US10248421B2
Operation of a multi-slice processor that includes execution slices and load/store slices coupled via a results bus, including: for a target instruction targeting a logical register, determining whether an entry in a general purpose register representing the logical register is pending a flush; if the entry in the general purpose register representing the logical register is pending a flush: cancelling the flush in the entry of the general purpose register; storing the target instruction in the entry of the general purpose register representing the logical register, and if an entry in a history buffer targeting the logical register is pending a restore, cancelling the restore for the entry of the history buffer.
US10248417B2
A method for calculating FP (Full Precision) and PP (Partial Precision) values, performed by an ID (Instruction Decode) unit, contains at least the following steps: decoding an instruction request from a compiler; executing a loop m times to generate m microinstructions for calculating first-type data, or n times to generate n microinstructions for calculating second-type data according to the instruction mode of the instruction request, thereby enabling ALGs (Arithmetic Logic Groups) to execute lanes of a thread. m is less than n and the precision of the first-type data is lower than the precision of the second-type data.
US10248411B2
A virtual scan group manager (VSGM) can receive a plurality of respective sets of data from a plurality of respective devices. The VSGM can allocate respective portions of the plurality of respective sets of data to respective virtual scan groups (VSGs). The VSGs can be processed by storing the data contained in each VSG in a data repository. Respective sets of data stored in the data repository can be catalogued in a VSGM logfile.
US10248410B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for implementing a function update for an Advanced Driver Assistance System (“an ADAS system”) of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the method includes the vehicle receiving a Dedicated Short Range Communication message (“a DSRC message”) on a 5.9 gigahertz band. The DSRC message includes digital data that describes a driving situation of one or more other vehicles in relation to the vehicle. The method includes determining, based on the driving situation described by the digital data, to implement the function update for the ADAS system by reconfiguring a Field-Programmable Gate Array (“an FPGA”) of the vehicle which is operable to control an operation of the ADAS system. The method includes reconfiguring the FPGA of the vehicle to implement the function update so that the FPGA controls the operation of the ADAS system in a manner that conforms to the function update.
US10248404B2
Systems and methods for managing deployment of an update to computing devices are provided. An update deployment manager determines one or more initial computing devices to receive and execute an update. The update deployment manager further monitors a set of performance metrics with respect to the initial computing devices or a collection of computing devices. The update deployment manager may modify the rate of deployment based on the monitored performance metrics. For example, the update deployment manager may select additional computing devices to receive and execute an update. Further, the update deployment manager may halt deployment of the update. Moreover, the update deployment manager may rollback the deployment of the update.
US10248391B2
A method for building a software application includes: creating data fields based on input from a user, each having a value or a reference to another data field; grouping the data fields into node data structures, each having a node state for specifying allowable operations; assigning respective node data structures to a plurality of container data structures, respectively, where each container data structure stores information about conditions, actions, actions results, and permission settings to operate on one or more data fields. The method further includes creating tree data structures by linking the container data structures in a predetermined hierarchical manner, where each tree data structure includes information about relations of container data structures and node data structures in each tree data structure; and linking the tree data structures in an ordered sequence to create a computer executable process for performing an application.
US10248374B2
Examples of methods, systems, apparatus, and machine-readable storage media are provided to facilitate access and control of a remote desktop of a remote machine by a web browser of a client device through a web server without installing proprietary plug-ins or protocols on the client device. A web server may translate user input requests from a web browser into input calls compatible with a remote desktop display protocol. The web server may receive remote desktop drawing commands from the remote machine and translate the remote desktop drawing commands into web browser drawing updates compatible with the web browser. A web server may communicate with the web browser and the remote machine via HTTP and a remote desk top display protocol, respectively.
US10248367B2
The present remote support system is provided as an information processing system including an image forming apparatus, an information processing apparatus, and a relay server. The present information processing apparatus obtains a first session ID and temporary authentication information for communicating with the image forming apparatus via the relay server by transmitting a request to the relay server, and the information processing apparatus displays the temporary authentication information on a display. Also, the present image forming apparatus accepts temporary authentication information via user input and uses the temporary authentication information to transmit a request to the relay server to obtain a second session ID for communicating with the information processing apparatus via the relay server.
US10248364B2
To troubleshoot an error, a printer uses a job ticket and printer-independent document data to perform a job, such as printing a document. The job ticket includes instructions for hardware component settings of the printer. In response to a capture bug command, the printer will capture, from a group of hardware configuration sensors, real-time values of the settings for the print device hardware components while the print device implements performs the job. The printer will save the captured real-time values of the settings, the job ticket, and the printer-independent document data to a merged file, and it will transmit the merged file to a maintenance service.
US10248361B2
A method for use in a dispersed storage network operates to select a recovery of selected ones of one or more first sets of encoded data slices in response to detecting a storage error associated with the selected ones of the one or more first sets of encoded data slices; issue requests for a second decode threshold number of encoded data slices of selected ones of one or more second sets of encoded data slices corresponding to the selected ones of the one or more first sets of encoded data slices; decode the second decode threshold number of encoded data slices to produce recovered data in response to receiving the second decode threshold number of encoded data slices; encode the recovered data utilizing first IDA parameters associated with the first IDA to produce one or more rebuilt encoded data slices corresponding to the selected ones of the one or more first sets of encoded data slices; and facilitate storage of the one or more rebuilt encoded data slices.
US10248360B2
A method, system and computer program product for providing a guest with access to a virtual storage on a physical storage using a peripheral component interface hub. In one embodiment, the method comprises the guest sending to the peripheral component interface hub a request to access the physical storage, the request including physical addresses of the physical storage, and the peripheral component interface hub sending specified information about the request to a hypervisor. This method further comprises the hypervisor determining whether to grant or to reject the request; and when the hypervisor grants the request, the hypervisor sending a configuration command to the peripheral component interface hub. This command includes a mapping of addresses from the physical storage to addresses from the virtual storage. In an embodiment, the peripheral component interface hub uses this mapping to replace the addresses in the request with translated virtual addresses.
US10248333B1
One potential result of differing characteristics for certain two-terminal memory (TTM) is that memory management techniques, such as logical-to-physical (L2P), can differ as well. Previous memory management techniques do not adequately leverage the advantages associated with TTM. For example, by identifying and leveraging certain advantageous characteristics of TTM, L2P tables can be designed to be smaller and more efficient. Moreover, other memory management operations such as wear-leveling, recovery from power loss, and so forth, can be more efficient.
US10248321B1
Systems and methods are provided for increasing the likelihood that one or more processes in a set of linked processes related to an application will not be terminated while operating in a background state by adjusting importance levels assigned to the processes. In some embodiments, a low importance level may be assigned to a first subset of the set of linked processes associated with a lower priority. A second subset of the set of linked processes associated with a higher priority may be assigned a standard or elevated importance level. In some embodiments, a determination is made regarding whether a process in the first subset of the set of linked processes has been terminated. In response to determining that the process in the first subset has been terminated, a process in the second subset may be reassigned to the first importance level.
US10248304B2
The method for displaying a monitoring screen for a control program includes: providing a list of files of monitoring screens via a display unit; receiving a file of a monitoring screen to be displayed among the files of the list and a display location of the monitoring screen from a user; and executing the file of the monitoring screen input from the user to display the monitoring screen at the display location.
US10248301B2
Embodiments of the present invention analyze a context in which a user interacts with a computer interface and automatically optimizes the interface for the context. The controller or control mode the user selects for interaction may define the context, in part. Examples of control modes include gesturing, audio control, use of companion devices, and use of dedicated control devices, such as game controllers and remote controls. The different input devices are designed for different tasks. Nevertheless, a user will frequently attempt to perform a task using a control input that is not adapted for the task. Embodiments of the present invention change the characteristics of the user interface to make it easier for the user to complete an intended task using the input device of the user's choice.
US10248297B2
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with components across different domains in a single user interface in an online social network. The user interface includes a first component and a second component, where the first component exposes content from a first database system at a first network domain and the second component exposes content from a second database system at a second network domain. A first interaction with the first component is received at a computing device, followed by a reference being provided in the second component, where the reference includes information related to the first interaction. A second interaction with the second component regarding the reference can be received at the computing device. Interactions between the components hosted on different database systems can occur through an application programming interface (API).
US10248295B1
A system, method, and computer-readable media are described for suggesting an action based on multiple descriptors within a textual communication (e.g. email, text message). In one embodiment, event descriptors within an email are identified and displayed to the email recipient with an indication that the descriptors are selectable. Upon receiving the selection of at least two descriptors, an action is suggested to the recipient for acceptance. Upon receiving the acceptance, the proposed action is performed.
US10248286B2
An image forming apparatus comprises: a display which allows users to connect a first icon to a second icon on a first screen and is capable of displaying the first screen with a still image of the first icon in motion and a second screen matching an event; a completion detector which detects completion of the connecting operation; a processor which performs an operation predetermined for the first and second icon when the connecting operation is completed; an event detector which detects occurrence of an event during the connecting operation; and a controller which performs, if an event occurs before completion of the connecting operation, a control operation consisting of: storing composition information of the first screen with a still image of the first icon in motion; interrupting the first screen; and reproducing the first screen after disappearance of the second screen on the basis of the composition information.
US10248277B2
An integrated multilayer assembly for an electronic device includes a first substrate film configured to accommodate electrical features on at least first side thereof, said first substrate film having the first side and a substantially opposing second side, a second substrate film configured to accommodate electrical features on at least first side thereof, said second substrate film having the first side and a substantially opposing second side, the first sides of the first and second substrate films being configured to face each other, at least one electrical feature on the first side of the first substrate film, at least one other electrical feature on the first side of the second substrate film, and a molded plastic layer between the first and second substrate films at least partially embedding the electrical features on the first sides thereof.
US10248275B2
A sensor-equipped display device is provided and includes a display panel and a detection electrode. The panel includes a display area in which pixels are arranged with a first pixel pitch in a first direction and a second pixel pitch in a second direction. The electrode includes an pattern having line fragments. The pattern has connection points at which ends of the fragments are connected to each other, and at least part of the connection points is arranged linearly such that an arrangement gaps thereof in the first and second direction is set to a first and second connection point pitch.
US10248270B2
A method for performing capacitive force sensing involves acquiring a plurality of changes of capacitance at a plurality of sensor electrodes, determining an input object location, obtaining a mixed signal representing the plurality of changes of capacitance at the input object location, wherein the mixed signal comprises a touch signal portion and a bending signal portion, identifying at least one inflection point using the mixed signal, using the at least one inflection point, identifying a touch signal region of the mixed signal, performing curve fitting to complete the bending signal portion in the touch signal region of the mixed signal to obtain a completed bending signal, and determining an applied force based on the completed bending signal.
US10248268B2
The present disclosure discloses an OGS capacitive touch screen and a manufacturing thereof. The OGS capacitive touch screen includes: a glass substrate; a first transparent electrically-conductive layer formed on the glass substrate and including a plurality of first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction; an overcoat layer formed on the first transparent electrically-conductive layer; a plurality of vias formed in the overcoat layer, the vias corresponding to lead wire positions reserved for the plurality of first touch electrodes; and a second transparent electrically-conductive layer formed on the overcoat layer and including a plurality of second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction.
US10248267B2
An electrostatic sensing device comprises an electrostatic sensing module and a control unit electrically connected to the electrostatic sensing module. The electrostatic sensing module comprises a first electrostatic sensing element comprising opposite ends, and two first electrodes. The two first electrodes are separately located on and electrically connected to the two opposite ends of the first electrostatic sensing element. The first electrostatic sensing element is a single walled carbon nanotube or a few-walled carbon nanotube. The control unit electrically is configured to apply a direct voltage to the first electrostatic sensing element and measure a current/resistance of the first electrostatic sensing element.
US10248265B2
The present invention is a touch detection panel that uses capacitance changes between electrodes and changes thereof to determine a position of touch. The touch panel can be used in commercial applications where using a finger, stylus, or other object is the desired method of interface with an electronic system. The touch panel includes conductive electrodes and conductive lines connecting the conductive electrodes. The conductive electrodes themselves can be made of opaque conductive material, substantially transparent conductive material, or transparent conductive material depending on the requirements of an application. The Touch panel is connected to a controller that applies current and/or voltage to the touch panel and senses current and/or voltage from the touch panel to determine either single or multiple touch locations.
US10248264B2
A capacitive sensor for detecting a stimulus. The capacitive sensor includes first and second electrodes defining a capacitive coupling, and a processing unit electrically coupled to the first and second electrodes to determine the presence of a stimulus based on the rate of change of the capacitive coupling. A substrate is positioned adjacent the first and second electrodes, wherein the stimulus corresponds to the placement of an object against the substrate. The processing unit is operative to determine a time rate of change based on successive measurements of the capacitive coupling and in response to the capacitive coupling being greater than a predetermined reference value.
US10248262B2
Providing a user interface interaction is disclosed. A first set of one or more indicators associated with a first location on a touch input surface and a first force intensity of a touch input provided on the touch input surface is received. A user interface object associated with the first location is determined. A second set of one or more indicators associated with a second location on the touch input surface and a second force intensity of the touch input that has been in continuous contact with the touch input surface at least since the touch input was provided at the first location is received. The user interface interaction based at least in part on the user interface object, the first set of indicators, and the second set of indicators is provided.
US10248261B2
A touch panel, a display panel, a display device, and a method for recognizing a fingerprint are disclosed. The touch panel includes: an underlying substrate, a plurality of fingerprint recognizing units located on the underlying substrate, an encapsulation layer covering the plurality of fingerprint recognizing units, where each of the fingerprint recognizing units includes a light-emitting element and a photosensitive element; and a light path limiting structure arranged above the light-emitting element, where the light path limiting structure is arranged above the light-emitting element to enable light emitted from the light-emitting element to be totally reflected to thereby be transmitted in the light path limiting structure, and to exit the light path limiting structure by being concentrated in a small angle range.
US10248255B2
Provided are an array substrate, a touch display panel and a method for calculating touch pressure. The array substrate includes: a display region with a non-display region around the display region, thin film transistors in the display region and having an active layer, at least two semiconductor pressure sensors, a bias voltage applying circuit for applying a bias voltage to each semiconductor pressure sensor, and a voltage detecting circuit for acquiring a strain voltage from each semiconductor pressure sensor. A first straight line connecting a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal of the semiconductor pressure sensor intersects a second straight line connecting a third connecting terminal and a fourth connecting terminal of the semiconductor pressure sensor. The semiconductor pressure sensor is a semiconductor film in a polygonal structure having at least four sides, the active layer and the semiconductor film are in a same layer.
US10248253B2
Provided is a display panel including: a plurality of pixel electrodes divided into a plurality of groups; and a plurality of common electrodes arranged at a ratio of one to a plurality of pixel electrodes included in one of the plurality of groups. Each of a plurality of sensor electrode lines overlaps with corresponding one of a plurality of data signal lines in plan view. The plurality of sensor electrode lines and each of the plurality of common electrodes overlap each other in plan view. The each of the plurality of common electrodes is electrically connected to the plurality of sensor electrode lines. At least one insulating film is formed between each of a region between the data signal lines and the sensor electrode lines, a region between the sensor electrode lines and the common electrodes, and a region between the common electrodes and the pixel electrodes.
US10248248B2
Approaches presented herein provide for user interface selection through an intercept point defined by a touch sensitive bezel. More specifically, a touch sensitive bezel, in a device having a display at least partially surrounded by the touch sensitive bezel, senses a horizontal position and a vertical position on the display from two locations on the bezel touched by a user. An intersection on the display where the horizontal position and the vertical position cross is determined and can be marked on the display. A user may slide his/her fingers along the touch sensitive bezel to move the intersection around the display. A user may perform an additional action to confirm a selection of an item located at the intersection. The touch sensitive bezel can also be used to control interface selection on a display of a second device by mapping the horizontal and vertical positions to the second device display.
US10248247B2
A touch sensitive processing method is applicable to a touch sensitive electronic system comprising a stylus, an audio processor coupling to the stylus, a touch screen, and a touch sensitive processing apparatus coupling to the touch screen. The method comprises having the audio processor driving a tip section of the stylus for emitting electrical signals; and having the touch sensitive processing apparatus receiving sensed electrical signals via the touch screen for determining a position where the tip section is touching or approximating the touch screen.
US10248242B2
A force-touch sensing apparatus with metal traces includes an upper substrate, a metal trace layer, a transparent touch-electrode layer, an insulating layer, a transparent force-electrode layer, a resilient dielectric material layer, and a capacitance sensing circuit. The capacitance sensing circuit sequentially or randomly applies a touch capacitance-exciting signal to a selected transparent touch sensing electrode and receives a touch sensing signal from the selected transparent touch sensing electrode for a touch sensing operation. The capacitance sensing circuit applies a force capacitance-exciting signal to the at least one transparent force sensing electrode, and sequentially or randomly applies a counter-exciting signal to the transparent touch sensing electrode and receives a force sensing signal from the at least one transparent force sensing electrode for a force sensing operation.
US10248238B2
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 and common electrodes extend in the first direction, and scan lines extend in the second direction. A video signal transmission circuit and a common driver are 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 frame area adjacent to the overlapping part, the scan line driver is arranged more outward than the video signal transmission circuit and switch circuits.
US10248236B2
The present invention provides a display device comprising: a display panel including a data line, a gate line, and a pixel; a data driver configured to output a data signal to the data line; a gate driver configured to output a gate signal to the gate line; and a signal controller configured to control the data driver, and the gate driver, wherein at least one of the data driver and the gate driver comprises a first current monitoring unit configured to monitor output current of the at least one of the data driver and the gate driver.
US10248234B2
There is provided an operation processing device including an input direction acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an input direction according to a direction generated in response to an operation indicating the direction which is performed on an input unit to which the operation is input, an output direction indication unit configured to indicate, to a display unit configured to display an image, an output direction that is a direction in which the image of the display unit is changed in response to the operation on the input unit, and a determination unit configured to determine an orientation of the output direction with respect to the input direction according to a relative position relationship between the input unit and the display unit.
US10248224B2
Techniques for input based on interactions with a physical hinge are described. Generally, a new class of interactions involves user manipulation of a physical hinge in order to provide input to a computing device. These hinge-based interactions provide input to a computing system that can be leveraged to initiate one or more system-level commands or operations, initiate transitions between discrete views of content, interact with content displayed via one or more display devices, and so on. In an example, a sequence of two or more consecutive hinge angle changes is recognized as a hinge gesture to perform a particular operation, such as a transition between a single-tasking state and a multitasking state.
US10248219B2
An intelligent television and methods for user interaction between the intelligent television and the user are provided. In general, a user is provided with navigation, notification, and setup options which enable one or more functions associated with the intelligent television. The presentation of options is based on input received by the intelligent television. As a user provides input to the intelligent television via a remote control or other input device, the intelligent television is configured to interpret the input and provide interactive functionality in the form of content presented to the display of the intelligent television.
US10248216B2
A method for operation a terminal device with gesture and a device are provided. The method includes obtaining a gesture video segment comprising a preset number of frames of images, obtaining gesture track information of a user according to a location of a finger of the user in each frame of image of the gesture video segment, searching in a preset corresponding relationship between the gesture track information and an operation according to the gesture track information, obtaining the operation corresponding to the gesture track information of the user and performing the operation. With the technical scheme of the present disclosure, the gesture track information of the user is obtained via analyzing each frame of image in the obtained gesture video segment. The gesture track information of the user in a dimensional plane is concerned and the corresponding operation thereof is obtained via the gesture track information. This technical scheme may enrich the methods for triggering the operation, operate the terminal device without directly touching the terminal device and reduce the dependence on the peripheral devices, such as the mouse and the keyboard.
US10248215B2
Embodiments of electronic wristwatches are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an electronic wristband can provide additional electrical circuitry or devices that can be made available for use as or with an electronic device. In one embodiment, the electronic device can be a mobile electronic device that can be removably coupled to the electronic wristband which provides the additional circuitry or devices. Advantageously, the electronic device can utilize the additional electrical circuitry or devices provided within the electronic wristband to augment the capabilities of the electronic device. In another embodiment, the electronic device can be integrally formed with the electronic wristband which provides the additional circuitry or devices.
US10248214B2
An embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, via a wearable information handling device, a user motion; processing, via the wearable information handling device, the user motion into user motion data; determining, using a processor, that the user motion data is handwriting input; and converting, using the processor, the user motion data into a digital handwriting input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10248210B2
One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a touch-sensitive surface, which includes: a first surface on a first plane; and a second surface adjacent to the first surface, wherein the second surface is on a second plane different from the first plane. The illustrative system also includes a haptic output device configured to receive a haptic signal and output a haptic effect. Further, the illustrative system includes a processor coupled to the haptic output device and the touch-sensitive surface, the processor configured to: determine an event; determine the haptic effect based at least in part on the event; determine the haptic signal based at least in part on the haptic effect; and transmit the haptic signal associated with the haptic effect to the haptic output device.
US10248173B2
In one embodiment, a processor comprises: a first die including at least one core and at least one first die thermal sensor; a second die including at least one memory and at least one second die thermal sensor; and a thermal controller to receive first thermal data from the at least one first die thermal sensor and second thermal data from the at least one second die thermal sensor, calculate a first thermal margin for the first die based at least in part on the first thermal data and a first thermal loadline for the first die and calculate a second thermal margin for the second die based at least in part on the second thermal data and a second thermal loadline for the second die. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10248166B2
Provided is an electronic device to which measures for reducing influence by electro-static discharge are applied. A tablet of the present disclosure includes a display module, a first metal frame that holds the display module, a second metal frame disposed on a surface opposite to a surface of the first metal frame where the display module is held, and a printed circuit board having a ground electrically connected to the first metal frame, mounting an electronic circuit, and disposed on a surface opposite to a surface of the second metal frame where the first metal frame is disposed. An electro-static current diverges to the first metal frame and the second metal frame.
US10248160B1
In some examples, a display device may include a display surface having a rectangular shape and a bezel surrounding the display surface. The bezel may include a release mechanism linked to two L-shaped arms that are stored retracted into the bottom of the display device. When retracted, the L-shaped arms may not be externally visible. When selected, the release mechanism may cause the L-shaped arms to be released from the bottom of the display device. The L-shaped arms may each be positioned to hold (e.g., store) a keyboard. A length of each of the L-shaped arms may be independently adjustable. In some cases, a back of the keyboard may include a U-shaped ridge to couple with a U-shaped groove on a mouse to temporarily store the mouse on the back of the keyboard when the keyboard is stored in the L-shaped arms.
US10248159B2
The present disclosure relates to a display module and a mobile terminal. The display module includes a flexible circuit board, a display screen electrically connected to the flexible circuit board, and a drive chip electrically connected to the flexible circuit board and the display screen. The drive chip is located on a first side of the display module that is opposite to a second side of the display module that constitutes a display side of the display screen.
US10248157B1
A sample clock source includes a master oscillator providing a square wave at a predetermined frequency. A counter and at least one flip-flop are joined to receive the square wave and produce several different output square waves having reduced frequencies. A selector is provided to allow user selection of the different square waves. The selected square wave is provided to a pulse generator which produces a pulse having a known duration at the selected reduced frequency. The pulse generator output can be buffered and provided as the sample clock source. The buffer amplifier is designed to drive long cables with sufficient stability a signal fidelity.
US10248141B2
A system includes a safety system having one or more valves configured to block a flow of fluid from a source to a destination, a non-invasive pressure measurement system having a plurality of non-invasive pressure sensors configured to monitor a pressure of the fluid without directly contacting the fluid, and a controller configured to receive feedback from the non-invasive pressure measurement system and to adjust a position of the one or more valves of the safety system based on the feedback.
US10248140B2
A pressure regulator has a main body, a piston, an elastic element and an adjusting element. The main body has an inlet and an outlet. The piston is mounted movably between the inlet and the outlet. The elastic element is mounted in the main body to prepossess that the piston to move toward the outlet of the main body. The adjusting element is mounted adjustably in the main body and selectively abuts against the piston to selectively close a flow path from the inlet to the outlet. Adjusting the position of the adjusting element results influences the compressed length of the elastic element. Therefore, the preset outlet pressure is fine-tuned.
US10248135B2
A stepper motor is driven according to step driving modes including a full-step driving mode, a half-step driving mode and micro-stepping modes. The stepper motor may also be driven in an acceleration phase. A method of controlling the stepper motor includes controlling the current step driving mode of the motor by a processing unit. During the acceleration phase of the stepper motor and the stepper motor being in driven in a current step driving mode other than the full-step driving mode, the processing unit tests, after each speed increase, if a remaining computing power of the processing unit is sufficient for control of the stepper motor to remain in the current step driving mode, and if not the processing unit, in presence of a first switching condition, switches control of the stepper motor to the driving mode having the closest coarser step.
US10248130B2
A machine operating at an underground mine site is provided. The machine includes an engine, a frame, and a vision assembly. The vision assembly is configured to generate a vision feed of a portion of a roof of the mine site. The roof of the mine site has a plurality of bolts arranged in a predefined pattern. The vision assembly is configured to capture at least a portion of the predefined pattern of bolts based on a field of view of the vision assembly. A controller is communicably coupled to the vision assembly. The controller is configured to receive the vision feed of the portion of the roof of the mine site. The controller is configured to compare the vision feed with the predefined pattern of bolts. The controller is configured to determine a current position of the machine at the mine site based on the comparison.
US10248126B2
An obstacle avoidance walking method of a self-moving robot is provided, comprising: step 1000: the self-moving robot walks along the Y axis, sets the position at which obstacle is detect as an obstacle points and sets the coordinate of the point as a recorded point; step 2000: it is determined whether a recorded point, the Y-axis coordinate of which is within a numerical interval defined by the Y-axis coordinates of the current obstacle point and the previous obstacle point, has been stored previously; step 3000: if the determination result is positive, the recorded point is a turning point, and the self-moving robot walks along the X axis from the current obstacle point toward the turning point to the X-axis coordinate of the turning point, deletes the coordinate of the turning point, and the method returns to the step 1000 after performing traversal walking in an area between the turning point and the current obstacle point; and if the determination result is negative, the self-moving robot shifts for a displacement M1 along the X axis; step 4000: the self-moving robot walks along a reverse direction opposite to the former Y-axis walking direction, and the method returns to the step 1000; step 5000: the step 1000 to the step 4000 are repeated until Y-axis traversal walking is completed. The method accurately determines obstacle position and provides a concise walking path, and greatly improves the working efficiency of the self-moving robot.
US10248114B2
A process plant management system with asset health normalization and aggregation. Aspects of the system include asset monitoring components that sense operating parameters and determine the condition of assets using a number of disparate asset condition assessment methodologies based on those parameters. The system calculates normalized component health scores from the reported asset condition information and evaluates the normalized component health scores to produce an overall asset health score for each asset. The system maintains a hierarchical representation that organizes assets using physical and logical relationships. The system generates virtual health scores for parent objects in the hierarchy from the health scores of the children of each parent object.
US10248113B2
A program for light commercial building system (LCBS) solutions. Solutions and other systems may incorporate lightweight alerting service, auto-adjustment of gateway poll rates based on the needs of various consuming applications, detecting loss of space comfort control in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, HVAC capacity loss alerting using relative degree days and accumulated stage run time with operational equivalency checks, and HVAC alerting for loss of heat or cool capacity using delta temperature and dependent system properties. Also, incorporated may be triggering s subset of analytics by automatically inferring HVAC equipment details from controller configuration details, ensuring reliability of analytics by retaining logical continuity of HVAC equipment operational data even when controllers and other parts of the system are replaced, and an LCBS gateway with workflow and mechanisms to associate to a contractor account.
US10248111B2
A decision support tool to assist decision-making in the operation of a facility. The decision support tool allows a user to perform operational programming of the facility so that the analysis of specific operational events is flexible and “on-demand.” This is achieved by allowing the user to set scope and timeframe of the analysis according to business needs. As a result, the organization can make better-informed judgments whether to add operational activities and how to adjust the ones already formulated in the program. The decision support tool can also allow for the application of strategies to communicate intent behind the programming instructions and to improve the quality of business decisions.
US10248103B2
A numerical controller looks ahead and analyzes commands indicated by a block contained in a program, and identifies a travel direction of a control target for each of the commands to calculate a time constant based on the identified travel direction. The numerical controller then sets a time constant for filter processing based on the time constant for each of the commands, and performs filter processing on command data subjected to a linear acceleration and deceleration process, based on the set time constant. The numerical controller then calculates movement of each axis for each interpolation period, based on the command data subjected to the filter processing.
US10248096B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media storing instructions are described for implementing bidirectional exchange of quality data using a common protocol. An exemplary method comprises generating, at a first party computer system, a connection request communication including data relating to a project and sending the connection request communication to a second party computer system. The method further comprises receiving, from the second party computer system, a registration change communication comprising the data relating to the project, sending a record communication including a quality object associated with the project to the second party computer system, and sending an update communication updating information in the quality object, the update communication being one of a state changing communication or a non-state changing communication. The connection request communication, the record communication, and the update communication are sent in a first format that the second party computer system cannot interpret without reformatting.
US10248093B2
A system includes a first plate and a second plate disposed in parallel, and guides disposed between the first and second plates, including a first guide cantilevered from the first plate and a second guide cantilevered from the second plate. The first guide is offset from the second guide, and a plurality of bearings include a first bearing disposed at a distal end of the first guide, and a second bearing disposed at a distal end of the second guide. The first guide is arranged to mate with the second bearing, and the second guide is arranged to mate with the first bearing. The system further includes elastic members, including a first elastic member between the first plate and the second plate and provided concentrically around the first guide to extend in an axial direction along the first guide.
US10248088B2
A system for automatic setup and control of Lighting, Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning systems comprising a set of occupancy detectors and at least one controller where the controller determines various aspects of the building control based on the input of the occupancy detectors.
US10248079B2
An image-forming apparatus includes: a main body; a toner cartridge having a first opening; a process cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a second opening; a positioning part; a transfer unit; and an urging member. The toner cartridge and process cartridge are attachable to and detachable from the main body in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum. The positioning part and transfer unit are positioned above the process cartridge attached to the main body. The positioning part fixes the attached process cartridge in position relative to the main body. The urging member urges the attached process cartridge toward the positioning part and urges the process cartridge such that the toner can be supplied from the toner cartridge to the process cartridge through the first opening and the second opening when the toner cartridge and the process cartridge are attached to the main body.
US10248076B2
A cartridge includes: a rotational body; a joint member having a first joint-side engagement part configured to be engaged to a rotational body-side engagement part with a predetermined moving range in a rotational direction, and a press member, wherein the joint member has a second joint-side engagement part configured to be engaged with a transfer-side engagement part with central axes of the joint member and the driving force transfer member being substantially matched, and wherein when the second joint-side engagement part is contacted to the driving force transfer member at a position at which the central axes of the joint member and the driving force transfer member are not matched, the joint member is rotated within the predetermined range and the second joint-side engagement part is thus moved, so that the second joint-side engagement part is engaged with the transfer-side engagement part in the rotational direction.
US10248075B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a frame; a plate including first and second electrical contact portions; and a developing cartridge detachably mountable to the frame. At least a portion of the first electrical contact portion is movable relative to the plate and separated farther from the plate than the second electrical contact portion The developing cartridge includes: a storage medium and a pressing portion. The storage medium includes first and second electrical contact surfaces. The pressing portion is configured to press the first electrical contact surface toward the first electrical contact portion to bring the first electrical contact surface into contact with the first electrical contact portion and to press the second electrical contact surface toward the second electrical contact portion to bring the second electrical contact surface into contact with the second electrical contact portion in a state where the developing cartridge is mounted to the frame.
US10248070B2
There is provided a transportation apparatus in which a first transportation unit, which transports a paper sheet from a mounting portion, starts transportation of a next paper sheet at a time when a specific time has elapsed after the second transportation unit, which is positioned on a downstream side of the first transportation unit, starts to transport a paper sheet so that an inter-sheet distance between a preceding paper sheet and a following paper sheet becomes optimal.
US10248067B2
An image forming apparatus includes a cover, a cooperating member, a switching member, a detector, and a controller. The cover opens and closes an aperture in a main body of the image forming apparatus. The cooperating member moves to an activated position when the cover is opened for the first time. The activated position is a position where the cooperating member is enabled to cooperate with the cover. The switching member moves in cooperation with the cover through the cooperating member in the activated position as the cover is opened and closed. The detector detects an open state or a closed state of the cover according to the movement of the switching member. The controller determines that image formation is enabled when the detector has detected the closed state of the cover.
US10248063B2
In a case where conveyance abnormality of a sheet has occurred on a conveyance passage in course of execution of a print job which uses sheets included in a sheet set including a plurality of sheets with sequentiality stored in a first sheet feed tray and discharges a sheet having been subjected to image formation to a first discharge section of the plurality of discharge sections, conveyance of a causal sheet having caused the conveyance abnormality is stopped, and sheets having been being conveyed on the conveyance passage on an upstream side than the causal sheet are discharged to other discharge section other than the first discharge section. Thereafter, continuously, sheets located before a sheet to be fed first at a time of performing recovery printing after elimination of conveyance abnormality, are fed from the first sheet feed tray, and discharged the sheets to the other discharge section.
US10248060B2
A fixing device includes: a fixing belt that is endless and rotatable; a heating member that heats the fixing belt; a pressure member that is rotatable and presses the fixing belt from outside; a pad member that forms a fixing nip by sandwiching the fixing belt with the pressure member; a support member that supports the pad member; a friction reducing sheet that is provided between the fixing belt and the pad member and reduces friction with the fixing belt; and a heat equalizing sheet that is provided between the friction reducing sheet and the pad member and heats the fixing belt at the fixing nip uniformly in a width direction of a paper sheet passing through the fixing nip.
US10248050B2
A developing device includes a developing container, a rotatable developer carrying member, and a magnetic field generator. Magnetic members are provided at end portions of the developer carrying member with a gap to an outer peripheral surface of the developer carrying member, and magnet members are provided opposed to the magnetic members so as to magnetize the magnetic members. The outer peripheral surface of the developer carrying member includes a first region including a developing region corresponding to an image forming region and a second region outside and adjacent to the first region and having lower developer feeding power than the first region or having substantially no feeding power. The first region is larger than a region between outside surfaces of the magnetic members and is smaller than a region between inside surfaces of the magnet members.
US10248039B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a carrier low in specific gravity and less in both environmental fluctuation and change of the charge amount after aging, an electrophotographic developer using the carrier, and a method of manufacturing the carrier. To achieve the object, the carrier is manufactured by coating a core material composed of a magnetic component and a non-magnetic component with a resin, and the carrier is characterized in that water content is 200 ppm or less and cyclic siloxane content is 100 ppb or less. Further, an electrophotographic developer containing the carrier is provided.
US10248030B2
A method for evaluating a process recipe used in a liquid processing apparatus that performs a liquid processing by supplying a processing liquid from a nozzle to a substrate while rotating a holding part horizontally holding the substrate about a vertical axis, includes: storing the process recipe in a first storage part, which includes time-series data of a first combination of parameter values including a position of the nozzle and a rotation speed of the substrate; reading the process recipe from the first storage part; reading a pre-prepared risk data from a second storage part, which is determined by associating a second combination of parameter values with a risk information corresponding to a liquid splash risk; and displaying an assisting data for the first combination of parameter values in the process recipe, based on the process recipe and the pre-prepared risk data read from the first and second storage parts.
US10248027B2
A projection system (PS1) for a lithographic apparatus comprises: an optical path (100); a plurality of sensors (S1-S4); one or more actuators (A1-A4); and a controller (CN). The optical path is operable to receive an input radiation beam (Bin) and to project an output radiation beam (Bout) onto a substrate to form an image. The optical path comprises: a plurality of optical elements (M1-M4), the plurality of optical elements comprising: a first set of at least two optical elements (M1, M4) and a second set of at least one optical element (M2, M3). Each sensor is associated with one of the plurality of optical elements and is operable to determine a position of that optical element. Each actuator is associated with one of the second set of optical elements and is operable to adjust that optical element. The controller is operable to use the one or more actuators to adjust the second set of optical elements in dependence on the determined position of the first set of optical elements so as to at least partially compensate for optical aberrations and/or line-of-sight errors caused by the positions of the first set of optical elements.
US10248004B2
A method for the inscription of second-order nonlinear optical properties on a support including an amorphous material, the method including: heating the support within a temperature range allowing the movement of charges inside the support; applying a structured electrode to the support, generating an electrical field designed to induce the formation of non-linear optical properties on the surface of the support; and cooling the support.
US10247991B2
A liquid crystal device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate, a light shielding layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a transistor disposed above the first substrate, a data line that supplies image signals to the transistor, a scanning line that supplies scanning signals to the transistor and disposed across with the data line, a first transparent electrode disposed between the second substrate and the first substrate, a second transparent electrode disposed between the first transparent electrode and the first substrate, an insulating film disposed between the second transparent electrode and the first substrate, and a third transparent electrode disposed between the insulating film and the first substrate. The light shielding layer overlaps with the transistor in a plan view of the first substrate.
US10247990B2
In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the diameter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
US10247981B2
A reflective liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate on which a plurality of pixel areas are defined, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a cholesteric liquid crystal (“CLC”) layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a linear polarization member on the second substrate, a retardation member between the linear polarization member and the CLC layer, a light absorbing layer on the first substrate, and a light conversion member corresponding to the pixel area and interposed between the CLC layer and the light absorbing layer.
US10247974B2
A backlight rubber-iron structure and a method of manufacturing the same, a backlight and a display device are disclosed. The backlight rubber-iron structure includes a back plate and a rubber frame. The back plate has a bottom plate and a plurality of folded edges. A plurality of recesses is provided at joints of the bottom plate and the folded edges. Each recess is provided with a connecting hole and a blocking surface. The rubber frame includes a rubber frame body, a connector corresponding to the connecting hole in a one-to-one manner and a blocker corresponding to the recess in a one-to-one manner. The rubber frame body, the connector and the blocker have an integrated structure. The rubber frame body is in the backlight assembly receiving groove. Each blocker is in the corresponding recess and is clamped with the recess by abutting the blocking surface at the bottom of the recess.
US10247970B2
A display includes an integrated strain-gauge layer in or on the display for measuring the strain at a plurality of locations on the display. The display is deformable and secured to a display device by a first chassis. A method includes measuring, over a period of time, strain of the display of a first device at the plurality of locations and recording the strain measurements in a memory of the display device. Strain measurements associated with a failure of the display may be identified. The method may include simulating a dynamic system including a model of a second device. The model of the second device includes a model of a second chassis different than the first chassis and a model of the display associated with the failure. Simulating the dynamic system may include simulating deformation of the model of the display based on the identified strain measurements.
US10247968B2
An apparatus that is part of a lampshade comprises a first film, a second film and a border seal forming a closed chamber that is laminar in shape and hermetically sealed. A fluid is disposed for fluid motion in the closed chamber.
US10247966B2
Provided is an optical modulator module in which a modulation substrate having a plurality of optical modulation units is stored inside a package case. The optical modulator module includes a plurality of signal supply lines configured to supply a modulation signal to the optical modulation unit through a connector terminal which is introduced into the package case. At least two or more of the plurality of signal supply lines are set such that the signal supply lines have overall electrical lengths which are different from each other. A particular part of the signal supply line employs at least one of the following configurations (a) and (b): (a) setting the signal supply line having a longer overall electrical length to have a wider cross-sectional area of a surface perpendicular to a direction in which the modulation signal propagates; and (b) setting a cross-sectional area of the particular part to be wider than cross-sectional areas of parts other than the particular part and setting the signal supply line having a longer overall electrical length to have the particular part increased in length.
US10247965B2
An ergonomic surgical loupe consists of a housing, an objective lens, a mirrored Littrow prism, an ocular lens, and an adjustment mechanism. Light travels through the objective lens, is reflected through the Littrow prism, passes through the ocular lens and strikes the user's eye, enabling a 60 degree viewing angle for performing dental work or similar procedures. Occupational strain on the neck and back of the user is reduced by allowing the user to maintain an upright, neutral head and back position while performing work significantly below eye level.
US10247952B2
In a laser line projection apparatus, six spaced-apart unpolarized laser-beams are plane-polarized with low loss by a combination of a thin-film polarizer, a reflector, and two polarization rotators. Two beams are polarized in each of three polarization-orientations. Two of the polarization-orientations are orthogonally aligned with each other in P and S orientations. The other polarization-orientation is non-orthogonally aligned in an intermediate orientation. The beams are intensity-homogenized and projected into a line of radiation. Any point on the line of radiation is formed from rays with an angular distribution of polarization-orientation from S to P through the intermediate orientation and back to S through the intermediate orientation.
US10247945B2
In a projection system, providing a stop that forms an opening that is symmetric with respect to a first flat plane including the projection system optical axis and a first axis that extends in parallel to the first direction and intersects the projection system optical axis but asymmetric with respect to a second flat surface including the projection system optical axis and a second axis that extends in parallel to the second direction and intersects the projection system optical axis allows appropriate light adjustment at the stop even when pencils of light from the points in a video device exit at different angles along a second direction, whereby high-quality video images can be provided with the size of an optical system further reduced and therefore the size of an overall virtual image display apparatus reduced.
US10247944B2
A vehicular heads-up-display system includes a windshield-mountable partially reflective mirror that allows a vehicle user to view material displayed on the partially reflective mirror while, at the same time, viewing the road ahead without obstruction. A mount configured to accept a portable electronic device, such as a smartphone, may be situated to project the display of the portable electronic device to the windshield mountable partially reflective mirror when mounted in a vehicle. A tactile input device, including a wireless interface for entry of and transmission of input from a vehicle user to a smartphone may be configured for mounting on a vehicle steering wheel.
US10247941B2
A vision system of a vehicle includes a display configured to be disposed in the vehicle so as to be operable to display images for viewing by an occupant of the vehicle. The display includes a light field display. The system may include at least one camera configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a respective field of view exterior of the vehicle, whereby the display may display images derived from image data captured by the at least one camera. The vision system may include a head-up display system having the light field display disposed at or in the instrumental panel and projecting images onto a combiner on top of the dashboard facing the driver of the vehicle.
US10247935B2
The disclosed examples relate to various implementations of a micro-light emitting diode upon which is built a controllable variable optic to provide a chip-scale light emitting device. An example of the controllable variable optic described herein is a controllable electrowetting structure having a leak-proof sealed cell with a first fluid having a first index of refraction and a second fluid having a second index of refraction. The controllable electrowetting structure may be integrally formed on or in a substrate or semiconductor material associated with the micro-light emitting diode in alignment with one or more of the light emitting diodes of the micro-LED device to provide a controllable lighting distribution.
US10247931B2
An optical measurement method and an optical measurement device for determining the spatial or spatiotemporal distribution of a sample, the sample comprising at least one retransmission source retransmitting light depending on light projected onto the sample according to a predetermined law. The method has steps of projection onto the sample of at least two compact light distributions belonging to different topological families, which propagate along the same optical path; detection of the light retransmitted by said at least one retransmission source of the sample; generation of at least one optical image from the detected light; and algorithmic analysis of the optical images for obtaining location data on said at least one retransmission source.
US10247929B2
A light irradiation device according to an embodiment is for an additive layer manufacturing apparatus. The light irradiation device includes a light condensing unit and a function unit. The light condensing unit condenses a plurality of first light beams. At least a part of the function unit is positioned at a location among the plurality of first light beams or at a location surrounded by the plurality of first light beams.
US10247927B2
In the zoom lens, a first optical system is formed on the magnification side, and a second optical system is formed on the reduction side, with the intermediate image formed between the first optical system and the second optical system. The second optical system consists of, in order from the magnification side, a first lens group that has a positive power, a second lens group that has a positive power, a third lens group that has a positive or negative power, and a fourth lens group that has a positive power. During zooming, the second lens group and the third lens group are moved by changing spacings between the groups adjacent to each other in a direction of an optical axis, and the fourth lens group remains stationary with respect to the reduction side imaging plane.
US10247924B2
An imaging optical lens system includes six lens elements, the six lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element includes at least one convex critical point in an off-axial region thereof.
US10247923B1
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 having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of glass material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of glass material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10247921B1
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 plastic 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.
US10247917B1
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 camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10247915B2
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in 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. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive power. The seventh lens can have negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10247911B2
The present disclosure provides an imaging optical lens assembly, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, a second lens element with positive refractive power, a third lens element with negative refractive power, a fourth lens element with positive refractive power, and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and at least one convex shape in an off-axial region on the image-side surface, wherein the imaging optical lens assembly has a total of five lens elements.
US10247909B2
Focusing of a monitoring camera (100) with day and night functionality comprises selecting a focusing day mode or a focusing night mode based on the camera being in day mode or night mode. In focusing day mode, an IR laser range meter (110) will measure a reference distance continuously, and in the focusing night mode the IR laser range meter will only measure reference distance in response to a focus trigger signal being activated, and during a predetermined time period. The focus distance of the camera is set based on the measured reference distance.
US10247906B2
A system for directing light to an imaging element is provided. The system may include an optical element tray. The optical element tray may include optical elements having optical characteristics different from each other. The optical element tray may be configured to be moveable to form an optical path allowing the light to travel to the imaging element through none, one, or several of the optical elements. In various embodiments, the optical path may be selected from a plurality of linear and nonlinear paths formed by one or more optical openings, one or more optical channels, and optical reflectors.
US10247904B2
An embodiment includes a housing including a guide protrusion projecting from an upper surface thereof and a guide groove formed adjacent to the guide protrusion, a first magnet disposed at the housing, a bobbin on which a lens is mounted, a first coil disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin to move the bobbin by interaction with the first magnet, an upper elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing and having an end disposed in the guide groove, a damping member disposed between a side surface of the guide protrusion and a first end of the upper elastic member disposed in the guide groove, and a second coil for moving the housing by interaction with the first magnet.
US10247897B2
A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool.
US10247891B2
An optical communication mount configured for surface mounting of optical transmitters, receivers or transceivers. The mount includes a housing having holes extending from the back side to the front side of the housing. The mount includes a first set of electrically-conductive traces disposed on a bottom side of the housing for surface mounting the mount on a printed circuit board (PCB), and a second set of electrically-conductive traces disposed on the front side of the housing. The mount also includes optical fibers extending into the thru-holes from the back side of the housing. The mount includes photo devices substantially registered with the thru-holes at the front side of the housing in a manner to receive and/or transmit more optical signals by way of the optical fibers, wherein the photo devices are configured to receive bias voltages from the PCB by way of the first and second sets of electrically-conductive traces.
US10247890B2
A method of adjusting the parallelism of a surface of a block of optical fibers with a surface of a semiconductor chip or wafer laid on an XY table, including the steps of: a) providing a sensor rigidly attached to the XY table and a handling arm supporting the block, said surface facing the XY table; b) for each of three non-aligned points of the surface of the block, displacing with respect to each other the XY table and the block in the X and/or Y directions to place the sensor opposite the point, and estimating, with the sensor, the distance along the Z direction between the point and the sensor; and c) modifying the orientation of the block by means of the handling arm to provide the desired parallelism.
US10247887B2
A fiber optic adapter block is disclosed. The fiber optic adapter block includes at least three fiber optic adapters provided in a stacked arrangement extending widthwise in a longitudinal direction, wherein every other adapter of the at least three fiber optic adapters is staggered in a front to back direction with respect to an adjacent adapter such that front ends of the every other adapter of the at least three fiber optic adapters are aligned at a first depth and a front end of the adjacent adapter is at a second depth that is different than the first depth.
US10247881B2
A sequence of processing steps presented herein is used to embed an optical signal path within an array of nanowires, using only one lithography step. Using the techniques disclosed, it is not necessary to mask electrical features while forming optical features, and vice versa. Instead, optical and electrical signal paths can be created substantially simultaneously in the same masking cycle. This is made possible by a disparity in the widths of the respective features, the optical signal paths being significantly wider than the electrical ones. Using a damascene process, the structures of disparate widths are plated with metal that over-fills narrow trenches and under-fills a wide trench. An optical cladding material can then be deposited into the trench so as to surround an optical core for light transmission.
US10247872B2
Dual-sided optical films have extended split spreading structures formed on one major surface, and extended prisms formed on an opposite major surface. One portion of each split spreading structure has a low light spreading characteristic, and another portion has a high light spreading characteristic. For each split spreading structure, the low light spreading portion may be disposed alongside the high light spreading portion. The split spreading structures may be arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the prisms. Light that enters a given prism from one inclined surface thereof can be associated primarily with light transmitted through the low light spreading portion of the split spreading structure, and light that enters the given prism from the other inclined surface thereof can be associated primarily with light transmitted through the high light spreading portion.
US10247868B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a patterned retarder including an optical alignment layer or a first domain optically aligned in a first direction and a second domain optically aligned in a second direction. According to the invention, it is possible to improve productivity and to maximize optical alignment efficiency by reducing an optical alignment processing time using polarized pulse UV.
US10247867B2
A monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1-1 wherein in Chemical Formula 1-1, Z, L1, L2, R1 to R6, n, m, p, and a to f are the same as defined in the detailed description.
US10247864B2
In the present invention, a multi-film structure being coated on the surface of a workpiece is disclosed. The multi-film structure is formed by making a high-entropy material film of at least two layers and a non-high-entropy material film of at least one layer be stacked on each other. In addition, the multi-film structure can also be formed by making a first high-entropy material film of at least one layer and a second non-high-entropy material film of at least one layer be stacked on each other. This multi-film structure particularly contains interlaminar interfaces to inhibit crack extension and reduce plastic deformation, so that the hardness and toughness of the workpiece coated with this inventive multi-film structure would be obviously enhanced. Moreover, the appearance color of the workpiece can also be changed by the multi-film structure, wherein the color type is dependent on the optical interferences occurring in the multi-film structure.
US10247863B2
Provided is an organic pigment composition for color filters, which can be used preferably for a color filter that allows to produce a liquid crystal display device which has excellent heat resistance, a brighter display screen, and accordingly higher brightness; a method for producing the same; and a color filter which includes the organic pigment composition for color filters. The color filter has higher heat resistance by using the organic pigment composition for color filters which includes a phthalocyanine pigment and a pigment derivative in which the ratio of a multi-substituted phthalimide alkyl group to the whole amount of the pigment derivative is limited.
US10247860B2
A localized gap plasmon resonator includes: a pad including: a first plasmonic material to support a surface plasmon; and a first plasmon surface; a nanoelectromechanical (NEM) member disposed opposing the first plasmon surface of the pad and spaced apart from the pad by a plasmon gap, the plasmon gap supporting a plasmon resonance; and a plasmonic nanoprism disposed on the NEM member and including: a second plasmonic material to support a surface plasmon; and a second plasmon surface, such that: the second plasmon surface of the plasmonic nanoprism opposes the first plasmon surface of the pad; and the pad, the plasmonic nanoprism, and the plasmon gap support a localized gap plasmon (LGP) mode.
US10247856B2
A method for producing an antireflection layer on a silicone surface is described. The method includes application of an organic layer, production of a nanostructure in the organic layer by a plasma etching process, and application of at least one cover layer onto the nanostructure. An optical element can be produced by the method.
US10247853B2
System and method for rapidly merging earth observations with numerical simulations to provide an on-line decision-support tool for ecological forecasting. The output products will be gridded fields that incorporate both climatological variability and real-time observations. The system and method are based upon four elements: 1) a long-term, coupled biological-optical-physical simulation model run, 2) earth observation (EO) time-series (remote sensing), 3) historical in-situ data, and 4) real-time remote sensing data and in-situ observations.
US10247852B2
Methods and systems for conditioning expanded porosity, including a method that includes creating a disconnected pore structure by reducing the pore sizes of a rock sample's scanned image, identifying expanded pores within the rock sample and generating an expanded pore image from the expanded pores. The method further includes combining the expanded pore image with the scanned image to create an expansion mask, generating a grain conditioning volume based on at least one unexpanded region of the rock sample, combining the grain conditioning volume with the expansion mask to generate a fill volume image, combining the fill volume image with the scanned image to create an unexpanded volume image, and generating and presenting to a user a formation log using a model generated based upon the unexpanded volume image.
US10247841B2
A technique for use in geophysical surveying acquires seismic data at low seismic frequencies to generate better starting models for subsurface attributes rather than enhancing the bandwidth of airguns for broadband imaging as in conventional practice.
US10247835B1
A detector ring has a first unit and a second unit that are rotatably movable and an auxiliary unit movable in a central axis direction. The auxiliary unit is moved in the central axis direction relative to the units. The detector ring forms into a C shape to form a clearance. Subsequently, the first unit and the second unit are rotatably moved to move the clearance of the detector ring to a position distant from a support member. A patient can be introduced from the clearance. The detector ring is returned to an annular shape in the reverse sequence of the above one with the patient introduced. A annihilation radiation pairs can be detected from all directions to take a tomographic image, and a functional image with higher image quality than that of a conventional configuration can be obtained.
US10247832B2
An imaging system (102) includes a detector array (104) with a ring (106) with a first layer (110i) that detects gamma radiation and X-ray radiation and a second layer (110N) that detects only gamma radiation, wherein the first and second layers are concentric closed rings. A method includes detecting gamma radiation with a first layer of a dual layer detector in response to imaging in PET mode, detecting gamma radiation with a second layer of the dual layer detector in response to imaging in PET mode, and generating PET image data with the radiation detected with the first and second layers. The method further includes detecting X-ray radiation with the first layer in response to imaging in CT mode and generating CT image data the radiation detected with the first layer. The method further includes displaying the image data. The imaging system allows a single gantry for both PET/CT imaging.
US10247830B2
An object is to provide a vehicle position determination device, a vehicle control system, a vehicle position determination method, and a vehicle position determination program capable of determining a position of a vehicle with higher accuracy. A vehicle position determination device includes a coordinates acquisition unit that acquires a position of a vehicle in a geographic coordinate system, a recognition unit that acquires lane information of a road on which the vehicle travels and recognizes the position of the vehicle on the lane, and a control unit that corrects the position acquired by the coordinates acquisition unit on the basis of the position recognized by the recognition unit, and determines the position of the vehicle in the geographic coordinate system.
US10247826B2
A detection apparatus is provided. The detection apparatus includes a hardware processor programmed to at least calculate a first echo intensity of a first reception signal generated from a reception wave reflected on reflection objects, calculate a second echo intensity of a second reception signal generated from a reception wave reflected on the reflection objects, a signal duration of the second reception signal being shorter than that of the first reception signal, generate a first frequency distribution of the first echo intensity, generate a second frequency distribution of the second echo intensity, and extract a density of the reflection objects or an index of density of the reflection objects based on a comparison of the first frequency distribution and the second frequency distribution.
US10247825B2
An object detection device equipped at a predetermined height includes a waveform obtaining portion obtaining a wave height value of a reflected wave, a reference value calculation portion calculating a wave height value of a wave reflected from a reference obstacle present at the predetermined height as reference value, a detection value calculation portion calculating a wave height value of a wave reflected from a detection object as detection value, a reference distance calculation portion calculating a reference distance between the reference obstacle and the distance measuring sensor, a detection distance calculation portion calculating a detection distance between the detection object and the distance measuring sensor, a correction portion correcting the reference value and the detection value, and a height calculation portion calculating a height of the detection object relative to the predetermined height according to a relative comparison result of the corrected reference value and the corrected detection value.
US10247822B2
Sonar systems and associated methods are provided herein for sonar image generation. The sonar system is configured to enable rotation of a transducer array that includes at least two transducer elements. The transducer array may be mounted to a trolling motor capable of being rotated. The transducer elements can be positioned to enable use of interferometry to obtain angle information regarding sonar returns. The angle and range of each sonar return can be used to form images, such as a 2D forward looking image of the underwater environment. A heading detector can be used to obtain a heading of the transducer elements to enable creation of a 2D radar-like image of the underwater environment. Additionally, the heading, angle, and range of the sonar returns can be used to form a 3D image of the underwater environment.
US10247813B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a positioning method and a positioning system. The method comprises: obtaining a reference direction corresponding to a user; determining that an eye of the user is gazing at an auxiliary positioning object; acquiring position information of the auxiliary positioning object; acquiring a distance of the user relative to the auxiliary positioning object; acquiring an angle of a sight line direction of the user relative to the reference direction; and obtaining position information of the user according to the position information of the auxiliary positioning object, the distance of the user relative to the auxiliary positioning object, the reference direction, and the angle of the sight line direction of the user relative to the reference direction.
US10247809B2
A handheld screening device including: an antenna array including a plurality of antennas; an input mechanism to select an operation mode; and a controller to determine a group of antennas of the plurality of antennas, wherein the number of antennas in the group is based on the selected operation mode, and to control the group of antennas to emit electromagnetic waves. A corresponding method operates the handheld screening device.
US10247808B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to location reporting for extremely high frequency (EHF) devices. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus generally includes a transmit interface configured to output a first frame for transmission to another apparatus at a first time, a receive interface configured to obtain, at a second time, a second frame transmitted by the other apparatus in response to the first frame, and a processing system configured to generate a third frame for transmission to the other apparatus via the transmit interface, the third frame including information indicating a difference between the first time and the second time and an indication of at least one of an angle of departure of the first frame or an angle of arrival of the second frame.
US10247805B2
An observation supporting apparatus includes a position specifying section which specifies a coordinate point of a moving object detected in a viewing field through once observation. An orbit estimating section calculates an estimate orbit of the moving object in the viewing field based on the specified coordinate points. Data necessary to estimate the position of the moving object out of the viewing field is acquired using the estimate orbit by the orbit estimating section.
US10247804B2
A method of operating a respiratory-guided magnetic resonance imaging system (10) with regard to triggering of magnetic resonance image acquisition, the magnetic resonance imaging system (10) being connectable to a respiration monitoring device (46) which is configured to provide an output signal (48) whose level represents a respiration state of the subject of interest (20), the method comprising a step (56) of generating an interleaved acquisition scheme for acquiring magnetic resonance images, a step (60) of adapting, in case of an occurrence of an irregularity in the breathing of the subject of interest (20) in the output signal (48) obtained by the respiration monitoring device (46) in the course of executing magnetic resonance image acquisition, at least one parameter of the interleaved acquisition scheme, wherein the at least one adapted parameter is at least one of a next respiration state of the subject of interest (20) to trigger on for acquiring at least one magnetic resonance image, a radio frequency pulse sequence-inherent idle time, and the chronological order of at least one slice of the plurality of slices to be imaged of at least the portion of the subject of interest (20), a step (62) of halting execution of magnetic resonance image acquisition, and a step (64) of resuming execution of magnetic resonance image acquisition pursuant to the interleaved acquisition scheme using the adapted parameter; a respiratory-guided magnetic resonance imaging system (10) having a control unit (26) that is configured to carry out steps (56-64) of an embodiment of the disclosed method; and a software module (44) for carrying out an embodiment of the disclosed method, wherein the method steps (56-64) to be conducted are converted into a program code that is implementable in a memory unit (30) and is executable by a processor unit (32) of the respiratory-guided magnetic resonance imaging system (10).
US10247796B2
A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The system includes a magnet assembly, a controller, and a marker. The magnet assembly defines a bore within which an object is disposed. The controller communicates with the magnet assembly. The marker is disposed on the object and emits a rapidly decaying magnetic resonance signal after being excited by a short-TE sequence scan executed by the controller via the magnet assembly.
US10247795B2
A method that includes deriving a first power spectral density function of a signal input to a ripple cancellation filter; deriving a second power spectral density function of a signal concurrently output from the ripple cancellation filter; frequency shaping the first power spectral density according to a spectral rejection image of the ripple cancellation filter to obtain a test power spectral density; and indicating a degraded performance of the ripple cancellation filter in the event that the test and second power spectral density functions fail to match within pre-determined criteria.
US10247793B2
A radio-frequency (RF) coil assembly (120, 660) for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) signals. The RF coil assembly may include one or more of: at least one radio-frequency (RF) receive coil (246-x) for acquiring the MR signals; a detune circuit (248-x) including one or more circuit arms (A, B) serially coupled to the at least one RF receive coil, each of one or more circuit arms having at least two low-loss switches (350, 352, 450, 452, 462, 466) serially coupled to each other; a charge control circuit (372, 472) coupled to each of the one or more circuit arms at a location that is between the at least two serially-coupled low-loss switches of each of the one of more circuit arms and configured to draw power from the RF receive coil during a detune state; and an energy storage device (252, 370, 470) coupled to the charge control circuit and configured to store the drawn power.
US10247779B2
The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for accessing test compression architectures (TCA) in a device using either a parallel or serial access technique. The serial access technique may be controlled by a device tester or by a JTAG controller. Further the disclosure provides an approach to access the TCA of a device when the device exists in a daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customer's system. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.
US10247778B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes first and second chips sharing first and second data channels. The first chip compresses first test data of the first chip and outputs the compressed first test data through the first data channel in a first test mode, and the second chip compresses second test data of the second chip and outputs the compressed second test data through the second data channel in the first test mode.
US10247765B2
Activity sensing in the home has a variety of important applications, including healthcare, entertainment, home automation, energy monitoring and post-occupancy research studies. Many existing systems for detecting occupant activity require large numbers of sensors, invasive vision systems, or extensive installation procedures. Disclosed is an approach that uses a single plug-in sensor to detect a variety of electrical events throughout the home. This sensor detects the electrical noise on residential power tines created by the abrupt switching of electrical devices and the noise created by certain devices while in operation. Machine learning techniques are used to recognize electrically noisy events such as turning on or off a particular light switch, a television set, or an electric stove. The system has been tested to evaluate system performance over time and in different types of houses. Results indicate that various electrical events can be learned and classified with accuracies ranging from 85-90%.
US10247764B2
A measurement device that performs a predetermined measurement task together with a plurality of other measurement devices is provided. This measurement device is provided with a sampling phase generator for generating a sampling phase for instructing a timing of sampling, and a communication unit for communicating with at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices. The communication unit transmits the sampling phase generated by the sampling phase generator to at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices. The sampling phase generator is configured to generate a third sampling phase, using an operation that is based on a generated first sampling phase and a second sampling phase received by the communication unit from at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices.
US10247758B2
A current sensor includes a ferromagnetic core having a substantially central opening for receiving a current conductor and at least two gaps portions, each of the gap portions having an associated gap spacing. A detector of the current sensor includes at least one first sensing element disposed in a first one of the gap portions and configured to generate a respective first magnetic field signal in response to a first magnetic field generated in the first gap portion in response to a current through the current conductor. The detector also includes at least one second sensing element disposed in a second one of the gap portions and configured to generate a respective second magnetic field signal in response to a second magnetic field generated in the second gap portion in response to the current through the conductor. A method of sensing a current through a current conductor is also provided.
US10247748B2
A method includes generating motion data by receiving a gyroscope data from a gyroscope sensor, performing integration using the gyroscope data and generating an integrated gyroscope data using a first processor. The method further includes receiving a data from one or more sensors, other than the gyroscope sensor, and performing sensor fusion using the integrated gyroscope data and the data to generate motion data using a second processor.
US10247743B2
The type of blood collection tube (1) inserted into this system is automatically recognized, a lifting operation for checking the state and volume of analyte is switched on the basis of the automatic recognition result, a mechanical operation parameter based on the blood collection tube type is determined, and the blood collection tube (1) is grasped and lifted. Then, an image processing threshold is changed on the basis of the automatic recognition result, and image processing is performed using a threshold parameter based on the blood collection tube type to check the state and volume of the analyte. This enables precise automatic checking of the state and/or volume of the analyte for various types of blood collection tubes.
US10247742B1
Chemical compositions and methods provide labeling, detection and measurement of target substances in exhaled human breath, and can be implemented in connection with a handheld device—much like a Breathalyzer portable breath testing unit for alcohol—to support rapid quantification of levels of cannabinoid compounds, such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), of suspected users at the roadside.
US10247733B2
It is intended to find a highly specific epithelial ovarian cancer marker and to provide an antibody capable of specifically recognizing and detecting the marker or a fragment of the antibody. The present invention provides an anti-β1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 5B antibody for diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer, i.e., an antibody for detection of a glycosyltransferase β1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 5B as an epithelial ovarian cancer marker. The antibody recognizes, as an epitope, a part of a polypeptide of the enzyme consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1.
US10247732B2
Expression of Forkhead-box protein A1 (FOXA1), a transcription factor important for the normal development of the prostate gland is thought to be controlled by steroid hormones and GATA-3. Expression of FOXA1, GATA-3 and androgen receptor (AR) was retrospectively analyzed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in a series of 80 primary tumors and 28 metastatic prostate cancers including 15 matched paired samples. High nuclear FOXA1 expression was seen in 19% of primary tumors and 89% of metastatic tumors (p<0.0001). FOXA1 expression correlated positively with tumor size, extra-prostatic extension, angiolymphatic invasion, AR and metastasis but did not correlate with age, tumor stage, Gleason score, presence of PIN or multifocality, seminal vesicle or perineural invasion and status of surgical excision margins. Expression of GATA-3 was not seen in either normal epithelium or tumor. High FOXA1 expression is associated with development of metastatic prostate cancer. Accordingly, FOXA1 expression can be used to classify patients at higher risk for metastases.
US10247731B2
Finding biologically relevant cancer markers is key to developing an effective treatment. Once specific antigens have been identified that are present on the cell population responsible for propagating tumors, T cells can be genetically altered to target these antigens and then used for personalized T cell therapy. A method to identify and select peptide antigens that effectively associate with and are presented by host HLA surface molecules originating from tumor cells responsible for the persistence and propagation of a cancer has been developed. The system of using these data to produce T cells engineered to express T cell receptors recognizing the peptide antigens is used in the production of a personalized adoptive T cell therapy for cancer that eliminates the cells capable of tumor propagation and cancer progression. The system is especially useful in the production of cancer treatments to achieve complete durable remission of cancers of epithelial origin.
US10247712B2
An ink composition comprising an oxygen sensitive dye capable of fluorescing in a manner proportional to oxygen content; and a polymer matrix for the dye, the polymer matrix having units with pendant sulphonic acid or phosphonic acid groups or salts or esters of such groups, can be used with an appropriate meter to measure the oxygen content of packages in a non-invasive manner.
US10247711B2
The present invention provides reagents for instrumentation quality control and methods of use thereof. In particular, sets of peptides or other molecules are provided for evaluating the performance of instruments with mass spectrometry (MS) and/or liquid chromatography (LC) functionalities.
US10247701B2
An apparatus includes an oxide layer having ion transport channels that facilitate the migration of oxygen ions from a first side to a second side of the layer. Specifically, molecular oxygen is decomposed into oxygen ions at the first side, and oxygen ions recombine into molecular oxygen at the second side. The apparatus includes a first chamber having a polarizable medium located on the second side of the oxide layer; a second chamber having an analyte that includes dissolved oxygen is located on the first side. The apparatus further includes a gate electrode that is in contact with, and applies a voltage to, the polarizable medium; in this manner, an electric field is applied to the second side of the oxide layer, which drives oxygen ions across the oxide layer. The apparatus can be used as an oxygen sensor, e.g., for detecting oxygen in a liquid such as blood.
US10247699B2
The invention describes a detection system (1) for analytical separation processes, particularly for electrophoresis, characterized by an optoelectronic sensor layer (5) made from organic semiconductor materials extending along the carrier layer (2) for the sample to be tested, for detecting the separated sample.
US10247692B2
A reference electrode assembly for an electrochemical sensor, in particular for a potentiometric sensor, comprising a reference half-cell space having a reference electrode provided therein, the reference half-space comprising a storage space in which a reference electrolyte is provided at any rate in a storage state of the reference electrode assembly, the reference half-cell space further comprising a lock space that is permeable at any rate with respect to the passage of reference electrolyte into an environment of the reference half-cell space, the storage space, in the storage state of the reference electrode assembly, being separated from the lock space with respect to the passage of reference electrolyte, the reference electrode assembly being designed such that a connection permeable for the passage of reference electrolyte from the storage space to the lock space can be created between the storage space and the lock space in order to transfer the reference electrode assembly from the storage state to an operative state.
US10247673B2
A hand-held microfluidic testing device is provided that includes a housing having a cartridge receiving port, a cartridge for input to the cartridge receiving port having a sample input and a channel, where the channel includes a mixture of Raman-scattering nanoparticles and a calibration solution, where the calibration solution includes chemical compounds capable of interacting with a sample under test input to the cartridge and the Raman-scattering nanoparticles, and an optical detection system in the housing, where the optical detection system is capable of providing an illuminated electric field, where the illuminating electric field is capable of being used for Raman spectroscopy with the Raman-scattering nanoparticles and the calibration solution to analyze the sample under test input to the cartridge.
US10247670B2
An electronic device includes one or more light emitters for emitting light toward an object and one or more light detectors for collecting light exiting the object. A reflective coating, surface, or surface finish can be applied adjacent to the area to which light is emitted and/or through which light exits in order to increase the light collected by the light detector. The reflective coating can be oriented so as to reflect light back into the object.
US10247669B2
A cleaning robot has an optical measuring device for determining the type of surface to be cleaned. The optical measuring device has a light source and at least two light sensors. Light emitted by the light source hits a reflection point of the surface at an angle of incidence (α), and is reflected to the first light sensor at a corresponding angle of reflection (β). The light source, reflection point and first light sensor span a plane of incidence. A secondary plane that intersects the reflection point and has a second light sensor spans perpendicular to the surface, and exhibits an angle (δ) of between 80° and 100° relative to the plane of incidence. A straight line running through the reflection point and second light sensor has an angle (γ) relative to the surface that is essentially as large as the angle of incidence (α) or angle of reflection (β).
US10247658B2
A test jig for coating adhesion strength includes a base, a sample carrier, a first displacement mechanism and a second displacement mechanism mounted on the base, and a cutting knife holder equipped with two differently oriented cutting knives that is mounted between the second displacement mechanism and the sample carrier. The sample carrier, the first displacement mechanism and the second displacement mechanism can be driven to move such that the cutting knives can exert a constant pressure to cut the sample on the sample carrier.
US10247652B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to determining a size and/or density of Super-cooled Large Droplets (SLDs) in a cloud atmosphere by comparing detected optical signals reflected from small and large sampling volumes of a cloud atmosphere. In some embodiments, an optical pulse is generated and divergently projected from a first optical fiber. A collimating lens is aligned within the divergently projected optical pulse collimating a portion thereof. The collimated and uncollimated portions of the optical pulse are projected into the small and large sampling volumes of the cloud atmosphere, respectively. The ratio of the collimated to the uncollimated portions can be optically controlled. Signals corresponding to optical pulses having different collimated/uncollimated ratios are backscattered by the cloud atmosphere, detected and compared to one another. A processor is configured to calculate, based on scintillation spike differences between the optical pulses of different collimated/uncollimated ratios, a size and/or density of SLDs.
US10247649B2
A spine testing device having bearing supports located at a horizontal distance from one another in order to support opposite ends of an arrow, a measuring unit for determining a spine value of the arrow and a display unit for displaying the spine value. The bearing supports are equipped with a weighing device in order to measure a force emanating from the arrow. A stop is located in an area between the weighing devices at such a height that the arrow can be brought by a specified distance from a horizontal starting position into a bending position by exerting a force at a point of application of the same located between the ends of the arrow, in which bending position the application portion of the arrow lies in contact with the stop. The measuring unit includes an evaluation device having means for establishing a bending force acting on the arrow. The evaluation device includes a calculation formula with at least one reference value, so that the spine value of the arrow can be calculated by means of the calculation formula.
US10247643B1
System, method, and apparatus embodiments characterize potential air emissions during the pig receiver depressurization. The mass flow rate, pressure, and temperature of exhaust gas released from the pig receiver are ascertained using a mass flow meter, pressure gauge, and temperature gauge, respectively. A flow meter and control valve regulate flow of exhaust gas through a sampling line and into a grab sample collection train. The grab sample collection train includes grab sample containers (e.g., piston cylinders, double-ended cylinders, and evacuated canisters) that collect exhaust gas samples over a range of pressures. The exhaust gas samples are used to determine the concentrations of gas components in the exhaust gas over the range of pressures. These concentrations are interpolated and/or extrapolated to provide a concentration versus pressure curve for each identified component in the exhaust gas. The ascertained mass flow rate and gas concentration curve are used to characterize potential mass emissions of each gas component during pig receiver depressurization.
US10247633B2
In a combustion pressure sensor having built-in charge amplifier, signal line overheating and deterioration of detection accuracy is restricted. The combustion pressure sensor includes a sensor body that includes a piezoelectric element having one end connected to chassis ground through a housing and detects pressure in a combustion chamber of engine, and a charge amplifier that includes at least a voltage converting unit converting output of the sensor body into voltage signal and a reference voltage generating unit generating reference voltage supplied to the voltage converting unit and operates on power supplied from a signal processing unit disposed outside. The reference voltage generating unit includes a voltage generating circuit having a constant current circuit and a resistor connected in series. The voltage generating circuit has one end connected to power line extending from the signal processing unit, and the other end connected to the end of the piezoelectric element.
US10247625B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for correcting a temperature sensing signal of an IGBT temperature sensing device which outputs only a temperature sensing signal having a voltage value equal to or higher than a preset voltage value, by using an output limiting diode. The apparatus includes: a calculating part configured to calculate a conduction current value of the output limiting diode by using the resistance of an NTC thermistor included in the IGBT temperature sensing device; a determining part configured to determine a drop voltage value of a voltage drop occurring in the output limiting diode based on the conduction current value; and a correcting part configured to correct the temperature sensing signal by increasing the voltage of the temperature sensing signal output from the IGBT temperature sensing device by the drop voltage value.
US10247608B2
A method of controlling a spectroscopic module that includes a measurement light source, a variable-wavelength optical filter, a photodiode, and a conversion circuit for converting a drive signal voltage into a gap displacement amount. The spectroscopic module has a reference light source for emitting a reference light beam of a known wavelength. The controlling method involves varying a gap for the incident reference light beam, extracting two maximum points among data output from the photodiode, and updating a first conversion formula provided in the conversion circuit through use of drive signal voltages and gap amounts corresponding to the two points.
US10247597B2
A fuel pump assembly includes an attachment section and a pump housing. The attachment section includes an upper telescoping section having an outer portion and a support rod that extends into the outer portion for telescoping movement with respect thereto. The support rod further extends downward from the outer portion. The pump housing is supported to a lower end of the support rod of the attachment section. The upper telescoping section of the support rod is configured such that the pump housing is movable between a first position and a second position, such that in the first position the pump housing is retained by the upper telescoping structure a first distance away from the attachment section and in the second position the pump housing is located a second distance away from the attachment section. The first distance is greater than the second distance.
US10247596B2
A level measurement device for measuring a level (L) of a product, in particular a product contained in a container, comprising: mounting means for mounting said measurement device at a measurement site, an antenna comprising a dielectric antenna element for transmitting microwave signals (S) towards the product and/or for receiving echo signals (R) resulting from reflections of the transmitted microwave signals, and measurement electronics for determining the level (L) of the product based on a transit time needed for the microwave signals to travel to a surface of the product and of their echo signals to return to the device, is described allowing to prevent deposits to build up, which may eventually impair transmission and/or reception of the signals. To this extent, the measurement device according to the invention comprises a cap covering said dielectric antenna element and cleaning means for cleaning said cap are foreseen, which cause said cap to vibrate when they are activated.
US10247594B2
A meter bypass adapter has a body having: a first port; a second port; a third port; and a fourth port. At least one valve element is held by the body and moveable between: a first position wherein a flowpath is open from the first port to the second port and a flowpath is open from the third port to the fourth port without a direct flowpath from the first port to the fourth port; and a second position wherein a flowpath extends from the first port to the fourth port bypassing the second port and the third port. A single rotary actuator is held by the body to rotate about an axis and, in turn, shift the least one valve element between the first position and the second position.
US10247587B2
An operation input detection device includes an operation input section, a capacitive sensor, an operation input detecting section, and a sensor calibration section, which executes calibration of the capacitive sensor. The sensor calibration section includes an irregular calibration section. The irregular calibration section executes the calibration if the sensor output that has changed in the same direction as when the object to be detected approaches the operation input section exceeds a first threshold value, and the sensor output subsequently changes in the opposite direction and exceeds a second threshold value set in the opposite direction within a predetermined time.
US10247580B2
A circuit for evaluating measurement signals of at least one sensor with a control circuit. A control signal having a first frequency is generated by a control section of the control circuit, and the control signal is applied to the sensor. An electronic evaluation unit is provided for generating an evaluation signal originating from a measurement signal generated by the sensor. The electronic evaluation unit generates an opposing signal having the first frequency and a modifiable phase angle and superposes the opposing signal and the evaluation signal. The signal resulting from the superposition of the opposing signal and the evaluation signal is fed to a synchronous demodulator of the electronic evaluation unit.
US10247574B2
A system and method for determining and displaying a minimum maneuverable altitude for an aircraft to turn back includes automatically processing aircraft characteristic data, aircraft flight trajectory data, and environmental/airport services data, in a processing system, to determine a rate of change of aircraft maneuverable altitude with respect to change in aircraft heading. At least the determined rate of change of aircraft altitude with respect to change in aircraft heading is processed, in the processing system, to determine the minimum maneuverable altitude at least engine out conditions. Terrain data is processed, in the processing system, to determine a terrain clearance height above which the minimum maneuverable altitude may be implemented. The minimum maneuverable altitude is rendered, on a display device, on the altitude tape, and a pseudo gate is rendered on the display device that represents a height above the terrain that corresponds to the minimum maneuverable altitude.
US10247570B2
A data acquisition apparatus includes a processing resource operably coupled to an input unit and an output unit. The processing resource is arranged to provide an execution environment for supporting a user interface. An enquiry module is provided and supported by the execution environment. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus also includes a communications unit operably coupled to the processing resource for supporting communications over a communications network. The enquiry module is arranged to generate a search query relating to a point of interest and receive search results in response thereto via the communications unit, the enquiry module also being arranged to use the search results to derive data associated with the point of interest.
US10247564B1
A method and a system for recommending a pedestrian route based on crowd-sourced pedestrian navigation associated with an indoor area. The method comprises displaying a set of graphical icons representing a respective route traversal profile option, the set rendered within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a mobile device, the GUI depicting a layout of the indoor area, receiving a selection of a graphical icon from the set, storing route activity data in association with the selected graphical icon during traversal, by the mobile device, of a route within the layout, adding the route activity data to accumulated route navigation data associated with the selected graphical icon, and based on a predetermined threshold associated with the adding, deploying the respective route traversal profile option represented by the selected graphical icon, the profile option recommending the pedestrian route based at least in part on the route activity data.
US10247547B2
An optical pattern projector used for projecting a structured-light pattern onto an object for dimensioning is presented. The optical pattern projector utilizes a laser array, a lenslet array, a lens, and a diffractive optical element to create a repeated pattern of projected dots. The pattern repetition is based on the grid pattern of laser array. Each laser's collimated beam, when projected through the lens, impinges on the diffractive optical element from a slightly different direction. The diffractive optical element creates a sub-patterns that continue propagating along these different directions and combine on a target to produce a repeating optical pattern.
US10247539B2
The present invention is related with the two-channel point-diffraction interferometer for testing the optical systems or optical elements. The two-channel point-diffraction interferometer comprising a laser source inducing a linearly polarized laser beam which is divided by a beam splitter to a working channel and to a reference channel whereas the one half of light as working channel is directed from the first collimator to the working collimator by a first single-mode optical fiber to keep polarization of light unchanged, and another half of light as reference channel is directed from the second collimator to the reference collimator by a second single-mode optical fiber to keep polarization of light unchanged.
US10247518B2
Systems, devices, and methods for determining a predicted impact point of a selected weapon and associated round based on stored ballistic information, provided elevation data, provided azimuth data, and provided position data.
US10247514B2
A waterproof holster includes articulating main body and cover that come together to form a cavity that is sealed off from the external environment. A sealing component improves the sealing of the main body and cover. The holster includes a latch for opening and closing the main body and cover. The holster also includes within the interior cavity a dock for securing a firearm or other piece of equipment to be stored within the holster. The holster is part of a system including user-wearable accessories such as a belt and leg straps.
US10247507B2
In some embodiments, a crossbow trigger mechanism comprises a housing, a trigger, a latch and a latch retaining mechanism. The housing defines a slot. The latch comprises a string catch and a trigger engaging portion. The latch is moveable with respect to the housing between first and second positions. In the first position, the trigger engaging portion contacts the trigger. In the second position, the trigger engaging portion does not contact the trigger. The latch retaining mechanism is arranged to retain the latch in the second position.
US10247504B2
A military vessel may include a directable weapon and an antenna. The antenna can be swiveled from a first position, in which the antenna is disposed essentially vertically, into a second position, in which a height of the antenna above the military vessel is reduced to increase a directing range of the directable weapon compared to the first position. A method for operating a military vessel with a directable weapon and an antenna may involve swiveling the antenna from a first position, in which the antenna is disposed essentially vertically, into a second position, in which the height of the antenna above the vessel is reduced to increase the directing range of the weapon compared to the first position.
US10247498B2
A magazine for use in a firearm includes a housing defining an interior portion for housing one or more cartridges. A first feed lip is coupled to a first side of the housing and is operable to retain the one or more cartridges. The first feed lip includes a first arcuate portion extending from the housing and toward a centerline of the housing, and a second arcuate portion extending from the first arcuate portion and back toward the first side of the housing. A second feed lip is coupled to a second side of the housing and is operable to retain the one or more cartridges. The second feed lip includes a first arcuate portion extending from the housing and toward the centerline of the housing, and a second arcuate portion extending from the first arcuate portion and back toward the second side of the housing.
US10247482B2
A bent heat exchanger includes a first manifold, a second manifold, and a plurality of flat tubes each being configured to communicate the first manifold with the second manifold, and fins between the flat tubes; wherein the flat tube includes a first straight section, a second straight section and a bent section connecting the first straight section with the second straight section. The bent section includes the first twisted section connected to the first straight section, the second twisted section connected to the second straight section, and the connecting section connecting the first twisted section with the second twisted section, and the connecting section of the flat tube has a substantially flat shape or a flat arc shape. In this way, the height of the bent heat exchanger can be reduced, which facilitates the installation and improves the heat exchange performance of the heat exchanger.
US10247481B2
A multiple bank, flattened tube heat exchange unit includes a first tube bank including a plurality of flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship between a first manifold and a second manifold and a second tube bank including a plurality of flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship between a first manifold and a second manifold, the second tube bank disposed behind the first tube bank. The second manifold of the first tube bank and the second manifold of the second tube bank form a manifold assembly wherein an interior volume of the second manifold of the first tube bank and an interior volume of the second manifold of the second tube bank of the manifold assembly are internally connected in fluid communication.
US10247473B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing a substrate includes a non-vacuum enclosure; at least one opening in the non-vacuum enclosure to insert a substrate into or remove a substrate from the non-vacuum enclosure; a movable substrate carrier, including a plurality of substrate holders, disposed within the non-vacuum enclosure to linearly move substrates disposed on the plurality of substrate holders; a heater to heat an interior of the non-vacuum enclosure; a gas supply to supply a gas to the interior of the non-vacuum enclosure; and a vent to exhaust the gas from the interior of the non-vacuum enclosure.
US10247469B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a first storage compartment, an inner door pivotably rotatably installed to the cabinet, the inner door having a second storage compartment, an outer door configured to open or close the second storage compartment, and a drawer installed in the second storage compartment, the drawer being movable forward and rearward. The drawer includes a basket part (120) configured to receive food therein and a frame unit (140) configured to allow the basket part (120) to be separably seated thereon.
US10247462B2
A refrigerator having an ice-making device evaporator in addition to a refrigerator storage room evaporator. The ice-making device includes an ice tray and a cooling pipe contacting an outer surface of the ice tray. A refrigerant flows in the cooling pipe and directly cools the ice tray. The ice-making device evaporator receives the refrigerant from a condenser and supplies it to the cooling pipe. A heat insulation member wraps around the cooling pipe and can prevent the cooling pipe from exchanging heat with ambient air.
US10247453B2
A compressor module (1) comprises: a floor member (3); a gas cooler (24) mounted on the floor member (3); a compressor skid (10) disposed on a side of the gas cooler (24) opposite to where the floor member (3) is located, the compressor skid (10) being connected to the gas cooler (24); and a leg portion (15) connected to the compressor skid (10) and fixed to the floor member (3) that supports the compressor skid (10), the leg portion (15) providing a gap to dispose the gas cooler (24) between the floor member (3) and the compressor skid (10).
US10247445B2
A heater system includes a heater bundle and a power supply device. The heater bundle includes a plurality of heater assemblies and a plurality of power conductors. The heater assembly includes a plurality of heater units, each heater unit defining at least one independently controlled heating zone. The power conductors are electrically connected to each of the independently controlled heating zones in each of the heater units. The power supply device is configured to modulate power to each of the independently controlled heater zones of the heater units through the power conductors.
US10247441B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle through which refrigerant is circulated, an indoor unit that accommodates at least a load-side heat exchanger of the refrigeration cycle and is placed indoors, and a controller that controls the indoor unit. The indoor unit includes an indoor air-blowing fan, an air inlet through which indoor air is sucked in, and an air outlet through which the air sucked in from the air inlet is blown indoors. The controller activates the indoor air-blowing fan when leakage of refrigerant is detected. An air passage that allows air to pass through the air outlet is established in the air outlet at least when leakage of refrigerant is detected.
US10247438B2
A facility is provided for controlling climate settings for a space. The facility includes ascertaining by a cognitive control, thermal-comfort-related data for one or more individuals within the space, and determining climate settings for a climate system of the space using, at least in part, the thermal-comfort-related data of the individual(s) within the space. In addition, the facility includes identifying, by the cognitive control, a climate adjustment to be made for an individual of the individual(s) based, at least in part, on thermal-comfort-related data acquired for the individual, and based on identifying the climate adjustment, automatically controlling one or more climate adjusting devices of the climate system associated with a location of the individual within the space to enhance climate of the individual within the space.
US10247431B2
A fan coil apparatus includes an air flow path, a humidification unit, and a treatment applicator. The air flow path extends from a heating zone to a fan coil air outlet, and includes a humidification section. The humidification unit includes a humidification unit water droplet outlet and an air permeable water retaining member. The air permeable water retaining member and the humidification unit water droplet outlet are provided in the humidification section and the air permeable water retaining member is positioned downstream from the humidification unit water droplet outlet. The treatment applicator provides a disinfecting agent upstream from an air outlet of the humidification section.
US10247430B2
The present disclosure is directed to a single compressor HVAC system with hot gas reheat. The system includes a single compressor, a pair of condensers, a reheat heat exchanger, an evaporator, and an expansion device. Within the system, the refrigerant exiting the compressor is separated into two portions. In the cooling mode, the first and second portions of the refrigerant are directed from the compressor through the two condensers in parallel. In the reheat mode, the first portion of the refrigerant is directed through the first condenser, while the second portion of the refrigerant is directed through the reheat heat exchanger. The system also may include a head pressure control device that is designed to maintain the compressor discharge pressure within a desired range by adjusting the condenser fan speed.
US10247428B2
The present invention relates to a disc-type air ecosystem box. The disc-type air ecosystem box includes a housing, and the housing is provided to accommodate a power module, a health processing module, a summer load module, a winter comfort module, a safety module, and an air supply module. The health processing module, the summer load module, the winter comfort module, and the safety module are located on the periphery of the power module, and the air supply module is located behind the power module. The present invention further discloses an air-conditioning method for said disc-type air ecosystem box.
US10247427B2
A multi-temperature output fluid heating system including an input for receiving a fluid supply, a single heating source, a first output, a second output and a bypass path. The first output is fluidly connected to the input, where the first output is adapted for control by a first control device and to receive heat from the single heating source to achieve a first temperature at the first output. The bypass path fluidly connects the input and the second output. The input is adapted to empty a first portion of the fluid supply into the first output and a second portion of the input into the bypass path. The second output is adapted to receive an output from the first output and an output from the bypass path to achieve a second temperature.
US10247425B2
An oven appliance has a reflector positioned within a housing above an upper heating element. An air distribution manifold defines an entrance proximate a cooking chamber of the housing. A catalytic smoke reducer is positioned above the reflector at the entrance of the air distribution manifold. An air handler is operable to draw air from above the reflector through the catalytic smoke reducer and the entrance of the air distribution manifold.
US10247422B2
Disclosed is a fireplace which includes a firebase, a primary combustion zone with a first air supply unit, a secondary combustion zone, and an exhaust flue. The fireplace place also includes a charcoal/reduction layer which forms between the primary combustion zone and the secondary combustion zone, the arrangement and construction being such that the gases and/or particulate matter produced from the pyrolysis and/or combustion of the biomass fuel in the primary combustion zone have to pass over, or through, the charcoal/reduction layer prior to entering the secondary combustion zone and/or the exhaust flue. The fireplace also includes a second air supply unit for introducing heated secondary air into, or adjacent to, the secondary combustion zone, the arrangement and construction being such that the secondary air passes through (or adjacent to the region of) the charcoal/reduction layer to thus heat the secondary air.
US10247411B2
Embodiments of integrated burner assemblies, for use in classified hazardous areas, effectively utilize a designated general or non-classified area classification inside a burner housing to simplify wiring connections between various components of a managed burner system. A valve train which supplies fuel to the burner and a control unit which manages the burner assembly and the valve train are mounted external to the burner housing in a classified hazardous area. Mechanically protected wiring is used to connect the valve train and control unit to the non-classified area. The open wiring connections inside the non-classified area, connecting between the burner assembly and the mechanically protected wiring from the control unit and the mechanically protected wiring from the valve train are free of mechanically protection considerations.
US10247405B2
A light source unit according to an embodiment includes a device holder including a semiconductor light emitting device; a holder case including an opening where the device holder is disposed; and a dustproof member including a frame-shaped dustproof portion disposed in a gap between an outer periphery of the device holder and a wall surface of the opening.
US10247403B2
The present invention relates to a heat sink and a lighting apparatus, and the heat sink, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a heat transfer module for transferring heat generated from a light source module; and a housing including the light source module and a heat sink module for radiating the heat transferred from the heat transfer module.
US10247400B2
An emergency, camping, flood, home, work and law enforcement light has a large LED floodlight mounted by a two-dimensional hinge to a large battery/vehicular battery case, so when the case is on the ground, the light may be directed at any angle in both bearing and azimuth. The case further may have a light strip composed of numerous small LEDs capable of various modes of blinking operation in various colors, so as to mimic, in the dark, the appearance of emergency vehicles, for example with blinking orange lights, blinking red and blue lights and so on. The vehicle battery may provide power to a 12V/30V outlet of the case, or may be charged by the same socket.
US10247394B2
The current invention relates to a housing (10) for securing a recessed fixture in a support (20), the housing (10) comprising at least one spring (12) resting on a portion of the side wall (10a) when loaded, and extending outwardly from the side wall (10a) when released so as to secure the housing (10) in the support (20); the housing (10) further comprises at least one releasable retention member keeping the spring (12) loaded over a given length of insertion of the housing (10) into the support (20). The housing (10) can notably be used in a recessed light fixture.
US10247387B2
An illumination device system includes: an illumination device including an engaging portion configured to engage with an illumination device support base, a main body portion, a light emitting portion configured to swing around a turning axis in relation to the main body portion, and a cable extending from the main body portion; and a diffuser, and the diffuser swings around the turning axis between an advanced position positioned in front of the light emitting portion and a withdrawn position withdrawn from the front of the light emitting portion, and includes a first locking portion configured to engage with the illumination device support base and holds the diffuser at the advanced position, and a second locking portion configured to engage with the cable and holds the diffuser at the withdrawn position.
US10247386B2
A light-signaling system includes three lighting modules, each including two projectors fixed together. Each projector includes an elongated cylindrical lens defined by a horizontal generatrix direction, and a linear light source parallel to the generatrix direction, for emitting a luminous flux. The cylindrical lens is capable of generating and projecting a main flat light beam within a predefined azimuthal angular sector that is greater than 60°. The two projectors of the same lighting module are arranged such that the generatrix direction of the first projector and the generatrix direction of the second projector form an angle of 120° the bisectrix of which defines the main direction of the lighting module.
US10247385B2
The invention relates to a lighting device for issuing a light beam in a main direction along an optical axis. The lighting device comprises a light source and a positive, refractive lens provided on the optical axis, the lens being movable with respect to the light source over the optical axis. The lighting device further comprises a mixing structure provided on the optical axis and having an added blurring strength FWHM, with FWHM being in a range of 3° to 15°.
US10247381B2
An automotive lamp includes: a light source; a light emitting member that receives light from the light source and emits light; and a support member that supports the light emitting member. The support member includes a translucent light emitting member accommodating unit. The light emitting member accommodating unit includes a recess in which the light emitting member is accommodated. A light incidence surface and side surfaces of the light emitting member are in contact with the light emitting member accommodating unit in a state in which the light emitting member is accommodated in the recess.
US10247372B2
A light fixture includes a LED assembly and a housing. A lens assembly comprises a lens and a first end cap and a second end cap. The end caps are releasably connected to the housing such that the lens and the end caps are releasably mounted to the housing as a unit. The end caps may be releasably mounted to the housing by a deformable, resilient first engagement member that releasably engages a second engagement when the lens assembly is moved relative to the housing in a first direction. A force is created between the first engagement member and the second engagement member sufficient to hold the lens assembly in the housing and low enough that the lens assembly is removable from the housing by pulling the lens assembly in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US10247364B2
A method for installing a LED light bar into a light bulb. First, place a light module into bulb shell. The light bar module has a plurality of LED light bars and expansion structure. The expansion structure is unexpanded and disposed between the plurality of LED light bars. Each LED light bar has a certain bending property. Expending the expansion structure could make the plurality of LED light bars bent to the direction of bulb shell individually. And then, remove the expansion module and install the other components of the bulb.
US10247361B2
An inactive gas introducing facility for a storage rack is provided in which supply of inactive gas to a container is stopped if an open state of an inspection door is detected while in a normal stop state in which a stop nullifying command is not issued and in which the supply of the inactive gas based on the immediately preceding supply pattern is continued and any changes, through manual operation, to a parameter that defines the immediately preceding supply pattern are prohibited, if an open state of an inspection door is detected while in a stop nullifying state in which the stop nullifying command is issued.
US10247355B1
A telescopic pole mounting system is provided. The system comprises an adjustable spacer, a first end of the spacer coupled to a bracket and a clamp that partially encircles a vertical pole, ends of the clamp attached to the bracket. The system also comprises a cup attached to the spacer, movement of the cup causing one of expansion and contraction of the spacer. The system also comprises a telescopic pole that attaches to the cup, and raises and lowers the coupled clamp, spacer, and cup when the clamp is in loosened state. The telescopic pole also turns the cup in a first direction to expand the spacer and push the bracket away from the vertical pole, thus tightening the clamp about the vertical pole. The telescopic pole also turns the cup in a second direction to contract the spacer, thus loosening the clamp about the pole.
US10247353B1
A tripod has an outer tube, a central tube, an inner tube, two positioning pins, a connecting joint, a knob, a clamping device and a leg set. The outer tube, the intermediate tube and the inner tube are sequentially socketed. The inner tube has a first engaging disk with a through aperture. The connecting joint extends above a locking rod and has a second engaging disk with a bolt. The knob is provided with a threaded aperture. The clamping device has a back member and a side member, and a first locking aperture and a second locking aperture are respectively provided on the back member and the side member. The supporting legs are provided on the leg set, each of the supporting legs has a first surface and a second surface, and the second surface is provided with a recess containing a pivotal grounding nail.
US10247352B2
A rotatable connection for a stand apparatus for arrangement in an operating room, including an adjustable stop mechanism, which can be arranged between a first connection component and a second connection component mounted rotatably about a rotational axis relative to the first connection component and which is configured to define different rotational angles or rotation ranges of the connection components relative to each other. The adjustable stop mechanism includes: a stop ring which can be mounted to the first connection component in an anti-rotational manner, an anti-rotation device, a stop device with a counter stop, and a rotary block. The stop device can be positioned at the anti-rotation device in different rotational angle positions in an anti-rotational manner. A support system or a stand apparatus with such a rotatable connection and a method for adjusting the adjustable stop mechanism are provided.
US10247351B2
An orientable support head (1) for optical or video-photographic equipment comprises a first articulation element (2) and a second articulation element (3) which can be fixed to a support element and to the equipment, respectively, and which can be mutually moved, the first articulation element (2) comprises a member (10) which is internally hollow and which defines a receiving cavity (11) for the second articulation element (3), with a support element (15) for receiving in abutment the second articulation element (4) and an abutment element (14) for the second articulation element (4), locking means (20) which can be actuated in order to move the second articulation element (4) along a locking axis (X) between a release position (W), in which the second articulation element (4) is free to slide in the cavity (11), and a locking configuration (W′), in which the second articulation element (4) is urged against the abutment element (14) and is locked in the cavity (11), the locking means (20) further comprising a first guide element (34) and a second guide element (35) which are positioned in the member (10) and a pushing element (23) which is interposed therebetween along the locking axis (X) and which can be moved in translation with respect to those guide elements along an axis of translation (Y) which is transverse to the locking axis (X), the first guide element (34) being operatively interposed between the pushing element (23) and the support element (15), wherein there is provided a rolling member (31, 33) which is interposed between the pushing element (23) and the first guide element (34) and/or the second guide element (35), and the pushing element (23) is provided, on at least one base surface (S1, S2) which is directed towards the first guide element (34) or the second guide element (35), with at least one groove (30, 32) which cooperates with another groove (36, 37) which is defined in the first guide element (34) or the second guide element (35) in order to form a pair of guides (50) for the sliding receiving of the rolling member (31, 33), in which the base portion (30′, 32′, 36′, 37′) of at least one groove (30, 32, 36, 37) is inclined with respect to the locking axis (X) in such a manner that, following the translation movement of the pushing element (23), there is generated a movement of the second articulation element (4) along the locking axis (X).
US10247350B2
A sealed container (1) includes at least an outer container (2) and a gas adsorption device (4) being provided in a sealed space (3) within the outer container (2) and being capable of adsorbing a gas. The gas adsorption device (4) includes at least a copper ion-exchanged ZSM-5 type zeolite and a primary material having a lower gas barrier property than the outer container (2) does.
US10247346B2
A restraint system for use in securing temporary flow lines that include multiple pipe sections, each pair of pipe sections connected together with a fitting or coupling such as a hammer joint coupling. The system includes multiple pluralities of endless loop slings connected end to end with a cow hitch or girth hitch knot. Disconnectable fittings (e.g., shackles) are placed every three or more slings so that easy disassembly is afforded in case of leakage or other failure.
US10247345B2
Provided is apparatus (20) for heating a portion of subsea pipeline (10). The apparatus (20) generally comprises at least one electrical conductor (22), and a deployment mechanism (24) which is configured to operatively support a length of said electrical conductor (22) in a looped manner. In addition, the deployment mechanism (24) is further configured to deploy the looped conductor (26) circumferentially about at least a portion of the pipeline (10). When the conductor (22) is connected to a suitable power supply, the looped conductor (26) is configured to operatively induce an alternating magnetic field within the portion of the pipeline (10) in order to generate heat therein through induction heating.
US10247343B2
A fluid coupling includes a socket and a plug and is used to connect two fluid hoses, whereby the plug has a neck that can be inserted into the socket with an annular groove for engaging with a locking element. The locking element includes a push-button that can be activated in a radial manner from the exterior of the socket and from which two flexible fork arms protrude that engage into a hub of the socket and have diagonal ramp surfaces on the two opposing inner faces of the fork arms, whereby the diagonal ramp surfaces engage around the neck in the area of the annular groove around a part of the circumference of the neck. The annular groove is delimited by two opposing and diverging diagonal surfaces.
US10247339B2
An electrical and hydraulic coupling device for a system for supplying or distributing liquid to be sprayed onto a window of a vehicle. The device includes at least one tube and at least one first electrically conductive cable. The tube is delimited by a wall in which at least two liquid circulation ducts are formed and in which a heating element is embedded. The wall includes at least one recess that opens towards the outside of the tube and in which is housed all or part of the cable.
US10247335B2
An expansion joint including a hollow elastomeric body having coupling flanges at each open end configured to connect to flanges of a pipe system. The hollow elastomeric body is made of a material including an elastomer and fibers. A stretchable sensor is located within the material of the hollow elastomeric body. The sensor is configured to provide a varying electrical characteristic when the sensor is stretched or contracts. An analysis circuit is connected to the sensor, the analysis circuit configured to receive the varying electrical characteristic and to emit a signal corresponding to a level of the electrical characteristic received by the analysis circuit.
US10247333B2
An apparatus is provided for fixing two parts together. The apparatus includes a clamp having a first half shell, a second half shell and a fastener mechanism. The first half shell includes an extension. The second half shell includes an opening to receive the extension of the first half shell. The extension of the first half shell includes a stopper for maintaining an open position of the first half shell and the second half shell. The fastener mechanism is configured for moving the first half shell and the second half shell into a closed position such that the stopper is forced through the opening. The second half shell includes the opening to receive the extension of the first half shell for prohibiting rotation of first and second half shells relative to one another when the clamp is open.
US10247331B1
An apparatus for supporting an underground main service entrance device and at least one secondary service entrance device and a kit for assembling such apparatus are disclosed. A preferred embodiment of such an apparatus comprises metal posts, metal bars, a first enclosure, at least one second enclosure, and at least one enclosure-connecting conduit. The bars of the embodiment are preferably coupled to the posts horizontally. The preferred first enclosure is configured to contain a main service entrance device. The preferred second enclosure is configured to contain a secondary service entrance device. The first enclosure is preferably attached to two of the bars near the top while the second enclosure is preferably attached to at least one of the bars below the first enclosure. The first and second enclosures are connected by the enclosure-connecting conduit. The components of the embodiment are preferably removably coupled and may be reconfigured when needed.
US10247330B2
A pipe support assembly for use in the pipeline transmission industry. More particularly, an adjustable pipe support assembly for use in bracing and securing a section of pipe, while being able to removably detach a strap of said support assembly from said pipe, and thus, monitor and inspect an outer coating of said pipe for corrosion and/or any other possible damage to said pipe. More particularly still, a pipe support assembly having a plurality of pipe chocks with vibration regulators for use in preventing and controlling any vibratory movements of said pipe.
US10247304B2
A control device for a continuously variable transmission of a vehicle includes a shift control section being configured to perform a rough road corresponding control to increase the hydraulic pressure to a value larger than the hydraulic pressure at a smooth road judgment at which the smooth road is judged, at a rough road judgment at which the rough road is judged, and when a line-pressure-up control condition is satisfied at the rough road judgment, the line pressure control section being configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the line pressure when the line-pressure-up control condition is not satisfied.
US10247302B2
A control apparatus of an automatic transmission includes an electric hydraulic pump including a motor and a pump, an actuator for engaging or releasing a friction element by controlling a hydraulic pressure discharged from the pump, and a transmission control unit (TCU) for correcting a control signal to control the actuator depending on a dynamic characteristic coefficient of the friction element and the actuator during shifting when outputting the control signal to the actuator.
US10247299B2
In a shift lever device, a detent rod is assembled to a lever main body, and when a detent pin of the detent rod engages with a detent body and rotation is stopped, a lever is restricted from rotating. When a button is press-operated, the detent rod is displaced, engagement of the detent pin with the detent body is released, and the lever is allowed to rotate. The detent rod is assembled to the outside of the lever main body. This enables to detent rod to be easily assembled to the lever main body.
US10247298B2
A bearing pin assembly includes a bearing pin including a substantially rigid pin body. The bearing pin assembly also includes a resilient section disposed about the substantially rigid pin body. The resilient section is configured to facilitate bending of the bearing pin during operational loading of the bearing pin.
US10247294B2
A drive unit includes a housing having first and second chambers. An electromotive drive is disposed in the first chamber and including a hollow rotor shaft. A transmission is disposed in the second chamber and includes an output shaft extending through the rotor shaft such that a gap is formed. The transmission further includes a gearing arrangement that operably couples the output shaft to the rotor shaft and reduces a speed ratio between the rotor shaft and the output shaft so that the output shaft rotates slower than the rotor shaft when operating. The gearing arrangement includes a first element fixed to the rotor shaft and a second element that rotates slower than the first element when operating. An annular clearance is defined between the first and second elements. An annular seal has a first portion engaging with the first element and a second portion engaging with the second element.
US10247289B2
Method for producing a compound, rotationally symmetrical component (3) with internal and external teeth consisting of a blank (1) and a toothed body (5), wherein the two parts (1, 5) are designed in the form of a pot and in a first method step are inserted coaxially one inside another with interlocking, mutual support and in a second method step are interlocked together with at least one forming tool (17, 27) applied against the (inner and/or outer) circumference, wherein in the second method step the circumferential surface (14, 14′) of said blank (1) is continuously deformed in a rolling forming process in the axial direction and in the radial direction such that the circumferential surface (14, 14′) of the blank (1) is deformed to interlock into the tooth bases (10) of the teeth (6) of the toothed body (5).
US10247276B2
A method for controlling a rotation damper operating according to the gyroscopic principle for a motor vehicle, wherein the rotation damper includes a flywheel, which is driven by a drive and rotating about a rotation axis with an angular velocity ωφ, which is cardanically mounted via a first bearing element and via a second bearing element, wherein the flywheel is rotatably mounted on a first bearing element and at a rotation angle φ, and the first bearing element is rotatably mounted on a second bearing means about a first axis that is oriented orthogonally to the rotation axis of the flywheel, and the second bearing element is rotatably mounted at a second rotational angle (ψ).
US10247271B2
A sintered friction material comprises a metallic matrix and granular constituents embedded in the matrix. The metallic matrix comprises a copper base alloy. The friction material is characterized in that the granular constituents comprise at least one sintered cemented carbide in a proportion of up to 9 weight percent, based on the total weight of the friction material. Furthermore, a friction body, in particular for clutches and brakes, that comprises a friction lining with at least one layer made of the sintered friction material, and a method for the production of a friction lining with the sintered friction material are described.
US10247267B2
To reduce the attainable actuation times of an electrically actuated friction brake and simultaneously keep the friction brake inexpensive, a second transmission element (8) with an elevation curve (17) is proposed in which a coupling element (15) is provided on a first transmission element (5), and on the coupling element (15) there is arranged a follower element (14) which follows the elevation curve (17) under the action of the electric actuator (12) for the actuation of the first transmission element (5).
US10247264B2
A selectable one-way clutch includes a fixed plate, a rotatable plate, a switching plate, an arm member, and an actuator including an operating shaft member for moving the arm member. Lubricating oil is interposed between any adjacent two of the fixed plate, the switching plate and the rotatable plate. Where a first distance is a distance from a rotation center of the switching plate to a contact point of an operating portion of the arm member and a first contact portion of the operating shaft member in normal switching operation from a disengaged state to an engaged state and a second distance is a distance from the rotation center of the switching plate to a contact point of the operating portion of the arm member and a second contact portion of the operating shaft member in switching plate erroneous operation, the second distance is larger than the first distance.
US10247250B2
An outer joint member includes a cutout portion that is formed at least at each corner portion on an opening side of a cup section, which is defined between a radially inner opening end portion of each of track grooves and a radially inner spherical surface portion formed between the track grooves. The cutout portion is configured to prevent a cage from interfering with the outer joint member when the cage is incorporated into the outer joint member. The cutout portion and the track grooves of the outer joint member are finished by cold-forging ironing using a single ironing punch.
US10247248B2
A drive shaft includes a first shaft member made of metal, a tubular member made of CFRP, and a first exterior sleeve. The first shaft member is capable of being attached on one end side thereof to a first constant velocity joint, and has a first serrated part on which serrations are formed on another end side thereof. The tubular member is formed with a first fitting part fitted externally over the first serrated part. The first exterior sleeve covers the first fitting part by being disposed to extend over outer circumferential surfaces of the first shaft member and the tubular member. A film provided with a bonding assistance region and an adhesive are interposed between the outer circumferential surface of the tubular member and the inner circumferential surface of the first exterior sleeve.
US10247244B2
A bearing assembly includes a housing having a flange at a first axial side and a bearing attachment section at a second axial side and a rolling-element bearing having inner and outer rings and a plurality of rolling elements. The rings are sealed on first and second axial sides by first and second seal disks, and the outer ring is pivotably mounted in the attachment section of the housing and the inner ring is configured to be mounted on a shaft. The assembly also includes a seal assembly configured to form a seal between the flange and the shaft at the first axial side of the housing, an end cover, an O-ring compressed between the second axial side of the housing and the end cover and at least one seal barrier between the seal assembly and the first seal disk and/or between the cover and the second seal disk.
US10247238B1
A sliding track assembly with a first structure having first and second opposing pairs of convex rails connected to a surface of a compartment of the first structure. The sliding track assembly has a second structure having first and second opposing pairs of rail guide recesses located on an outer wall surface of the second structure. The first and second opposing pairs of convex rails of the first structure are aligned with the first and second opposing pairs of rail guide recesses of the second structure. An opening of the first structure receives an end of the second structure. The second structure slidably traverses a length of the first structure when the first opposing pair of convex rails are aligned with the first opposing pair of rail guide recesses and when the second opposing pair of convex rails are aligned with the second opposing pair of rail guide recesses.
US10247237B2
A rolling bearing includes an inner rim fixed to a rotating shaft, an outer rim spaced apart from the inner rim, a rolling member disposed between the inner rim and the outer rim, and an elastic mesh defining a plurality of through-holes and surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the outer rim.
US10247235B2
A method for setting a preload in a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly having at least one rolling-element bearing with at least one bearing inner ring and at least one bearing outer ring, the method including changing the preload in the bearing assembly starting from an initial value and measuring the electrical resistance between the bearing inner ring and the bearing outer ring and terminating the changing of the preload in the bearing assembly in response to a target value for the electrical resistance being reached.
US10247224B2
A refrigerator and refrigerator door in which the door includes a door panel that includes metal and that defines a first surface of the door and a second surface of the door. The door also includes a bending portion that is bent from the door panel toward a first side of the door panel and a cap panel that includes metal, that defines a third surface of the door and a fourth surface of the door, that is coupled to the door panel and a first surface of the bending portion, and that includes a recess. The door further includes a fixing member that is configured to press a second surface of the bending portion and that is coupled to the cap panel. The bending portion of the door is configured to be pressed between the cap panel and the fixing member.
US10247220B2
A mounting screw (1), comprising a head part (2), a tip part (3), the tip part (3) having a tapered shape tapering from the shank part (4) to the tip (5) of the screw, and comprising a tip part thread (6), said tip part thread (6) extending to the very end of the tip (5). The mounting screw (1) further comprises a shank part (4) between the head part (2) and the tip part (3), the shank part (4) comprising a shank part thread (7), wherein the pitch (P1) of the shank part thread (7) is larger than the pitch (P2) of the tip part thread (6), and the thread root of the tip part (3) being frustoconical in its shape.
US10247216B2
A fastenerless anti-peel adhesive joint includes a first part having a first surface and forming a first anti-peel feature including a first anti-peel surface, a second part having a second surface and forming a second anti-peel feature including a second anti-peel surface, and an adhesive disposed between the first and second surfaces and within the first and second anti-peel features. The adhesive connects the parts via adhesive bonds at the first and second surfaces and at the first and second anti-peel surfaces. The first and second anti-peel features are configured to load the adhesive bonds at the first and second anti-peel surfaces in shear stress when the fastenerless anti-peel adhesive joint is subjected to a peel force that is normal to the first and second surfaces such that the shear strength of the adhesive bonds at the first and second anti-peel surfaces prevents the parts from being peeled apart.
US10247214B2
A dissimilar material joining structure includes: a plate-shaped resin member; a plate-shaped metallic member; and a metallic rivet. The rivet includes a shaft, and a head integral with a first end of the shaft, and disposed outside a hole of the resin member hole. The shaft includes: a pillar; an enlarged diameter portion; and a punching portion that is joined to the metallic member via a weld. The hole of the resin member includes: a small-diameter hole portion adjacent to the pillar, and having an inner diameter equal to a diameter of the enlarged diameter portion; and a large-diameter hole portion adjacent to an outer circumference of the punching portion, and having an inner diameter greater than the diameter of the enlarged diameter portion.
US10247212B2
A device for holding an object to a support utilizing a base member that is connected to a resilient body via a connection mechanism. An arm is hingedly connected to the base member and possesses a surface for mounting an object. The base member and resilient body fit over a support.
US10247211B2
A device comprising a plurality of hollow units (11), each unit comprising a circumferential wall (12) having a first end region (5) and a second end region (13), wherein the first end region is narrower than the second end region and the plurality of units are in an interconnected arrangement, such that the first end region of a first unit (14) of the plurality of units is received within the second end region of a second unit (15) of the plurality of units, and a flexible elongate member (3) extends longitudinally through the interconnected units, whereby the circumferential walls of the interconnected first and second units abut each other and the interconnected units are secured together.
US10247210B2
A hydraulic lock for a thrust vector actuator includes a lock cylinder. The lock cylinder includes at least one slot and at least one bore. The slot is defined through a perimeter of the lock cylinder, and the bore is defined through a portion of the lock cylinder at a second end to extend towards a first end. The hydraulic lock includes at least one biasing member coupled to the bore. The hydraulic lock includes at least one pawl having a first pawl end and a second pawl end. The first pawl end is releasably coupled to the shaft of the thrust vector actuator. The second pawl end is coupled to the slot. The pawl is movable relative to the slot between a first, locked position in which the first pawl end is coupled to inhibit movement of the shaft, and a second, unlocked position.
US10247195B2
An impeller structure for a centrifugal pump that can feed both fibrous suspensions and water into a headbox of a fibrous web machine. The centrifugal pump utilizing the impeller structure pumps stock for both liquid-laid and foam-laid paper, tissue or board making applications and pumps water or other dilution fluid into a headbox circulation. In general, the impeller of the present invention is especially suitable for all such pumping tasks in the production of fibrous webs that a pulseless or low-pulse impeller is needed.
US10247192B2
The invention relates to a turbine engine comprising an air compression stage comprising at least one movable compressor wheel, an air inlet duct coupled to said air compression stage, a first sealing device, which is arranged between a front portion of the movable compressor wheel and the air inlet duct and comprising at least one seal, a channel for conveying the air compressed by the movable wheel and a second sealing device, which is arranged between a rear portion of the movable compressor wheel and the conveying channel and is configured to receive an airflow coming from the conveying channel, the turbine engine being remarkable in that the second sealing device is configured to allow some of the air passing therethrough to be bled and in that the bleed air is conveyed to the seal of the first sealing device so as to keep it under pressure.
US10247183B2
A horizontal piston compressor is disclosed, including a frame with a cylinder, and a piston reciprocably received in the cylinder. The has piston h an inner chamber and first and second end walls. The piston and the cylinder form a compression chamber for compressing the gas. A valve and an orifice are disposed in the first end wall, and are configured to supply gas from the compression chamber to the inner chamber during a compression stroke of the piston. A gas bearing supports the piston relative to the frame. The gas bearing includes an opening for supplying gas from the inner chamber to a space between the piston and the cylinder such that the gas supplied to the space exerts an upward pressure on the piston. The valve may be a spring-loaded valve, and the orifice may be an orifice insert positioned between the valve and the compression chamber.
US10247182B2
A pumping system for use in a well stimulation application includes a pump controlled by a controller, the controller operating to monitor operation of the pump and determine when cavitation is present or imminent in the pump. When cavitation is present, the controller automatically adjusts an operating condition of the pump reduce pump speed or increase a fluid pressure at the pump inlet.
US10247174B2
A solar thermal power generation system includes a solar heat collection system that generates superheated steam by solar heat, a main power generation system that performs power generation by part of the superheated steam generated by the solar heat collection system, a solar heat storage/release system that stores heat in a heat storage medium or releases the heat stored in the heat storage medium, and a secondary power generation system that performs power generation by saturated steam generated by the heat storage or the heat release in the solar heat storage/release system. The solar heat storage/release system includes a heat storage heater for exchanging heat between the rest of the superheated steam generated by the solar heat collection system and the heat storage medium to store heat in the heat storage medium and to generate saturated steam, a low-temperature tank for containing the heat storage medium to be supplied to the heat storage heater, and a high-temperature tank for containing the heat storage medium after the heat storage in the heat storage heater. The secondary power generation system includes a saturated steam turbine into which the saturated steam generated by the heat storage heater can be introduced.
US10247155B2
A fuel injector for a combustion engine includes an injector head including a nozzle, a premixer, and a distributor structured to distribute a plurality of different fuels to different sets of fueling orifices in the premixer. A pilot assembly of the fuel injector is coupled to the premixer and includes a first fueling passage for a first fuel and a second fueling passage for a second fuel. Multiple sets of fueling orifices are positioned within the fuel injector, the fueling orifice sets being selectively connectable to a plurality of different fuel supplies, and both located and sized so as to accommodate a wide range of flow rates to enable a combustion engine coupled with the fuel injector to operate on fuels having a range of Wobbe numbers and compositions.
US10247151B2
A fuel-tank-equipped working machine is provided, which is capable of securing a fuel tank to be large in a state where the fuel-tank-equipped working machine is secured to be compact. A generator 10 as a working machine includes a fuel tank 25 supported at an outer case 12. The working machine 10 includes a tank opening 35 that is formed at the outer case 12, a mounting concave portion 38 that is formed on the fuel tank 25, and a cushion portion 37 that is capable of being housed in the mounting concave portion 38. The tank opening 35 is formed so as to be able to expose an upper half part 25a of the fuel tank 25 to an outside 14 of the outer case 12. Further, the cushion portion 37 has a fitting groove 63 capable of being fitted to an opening rim 36 of the tank opening 35.
US10247150B1
An outboard motor engine has a cylinder block including vertically stacked cylinders divided into two cylinder banks arranged in a V-shape. Two cylinder heads define intake passages, each intake passage corresponding to a respective cylinder. Air intake manifolds include air intake runners that extend from an opposite end of the engine, around outer sides of the cylinder block, and respectively connect to the intake passages. Two vertically extending fuel rails are respectively located between the first cylinder head and the first air intake manifold and between the second cylinder head and the second air intake manifold. The fuel rails are integral with either the respective cylinder heads, or the respective air intake manifolds. Fuel injectors are coupled to the fuel rails and vertically spaced from one another with respect to each fuel rail such that each fuel injector is associated with a respective cylinder.
US10247143B2
A exhaust gas recirculation apparatus includes a throttle body; an intake manifold configured to distribute intake air to each intake port in an engine; an adapter member including a through channel capable of guiding the intake air to the intake manifold from the throttle body; and a gas supply path capable of guiding part of exhaust gas to an intake system from an exhaust system. The adapter member includes an inlet port, a discharge port, and a coupling channel. A first opening is wider than a second opening when the discharge port is divided into the first opening and the second opening at an imaginary plane, serving as a boundary, which includes a center line of a valve shaft and which extends along an extending-through direction of the through channel.
US10247141B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining a flow rate (Q) through an on-off valve (1) controlled by means of a pulse width modulated control signal (C) comprising a period (c) of updating the control signal and a control cycle (D), characterized in that, said control signal updating period (c) being a divisor of said control cycle (D), said method of determination comprises a determination period (d), the determination period (d) being shorter than or equal to the updating period (c) of the control signal (C) and being synchronized with the control signal (C), said determination period (d) being a period of refreshment of a determination of said flow rate (Q) through said on-off valve (1).
US10247140B2
Methods and systems are provided for water injection at an intake port of an engine toward or away from intake valves in response to engine operating conditions. In one example, a method may include port injecting water away from an intake valve in response to engine knock and port injecting water towards an intake valve in response to engine dilution demand. Further, the method may include adjusting an amount of water injected based on one or more of a change in manifold temperature and a change in exhaust oxygen level.
US10247131B2
In a cylinder head (1) having a built-in exhaust manifold (6) of an engine (10), outer coolant passages (23A and 23B) in which an engine coolant circulates are provided, and are disposed along the manifold positioned at a side of an outer surface (14C) of the cylinder head (1). Further, inner coolant passages (24A and 24B) having shapes which are branched from the outer coolant passages (23A and 23B) and then join are provided, and are disposed along the outer coolant passages (23A and 23B) and at an inner side of the cylinder head (1).
US10247130B2
A wet cylinder liner for internal combustion engines may include a cylindrical body composed of a ferrous alloy having a circumferential outer surface. The cylindrical body may include a first layer and a second layer disposed sequentially on the outer surface. The first layer may include at least one of at least one silicon and at least one two-component epoxy adhesive. The second layer may include a silane-elastomer compound. The silane-elastomer compound may include nanoparticles of silicon oxide and an adhesion modifier additive. The second layer may be configured as an interface between a cooling fluid and the first layer, as well as to resist erosion by cavitation. The first layer may facilitate an interface for resistance at high temperatures.
US10247127B2
A fuel injection equipment for an internal combustion engine is piloted by a central electronic unit, the equipment includes a piloted low pressure pump drawing the fuel from a low pressure tank and sending the fuel toward a piloted inlet valve controlling the inlet of a high pressure pump which pressurizes the fuel and sends it pressurized toward a manifold to which is connected at least one injector. The equipment also includes a high pressure accumulator, distinct from the manifold, and a piloted high pressure valve in fluid communication between the outlet of the high pressure pump and the manifold so that the high pressure accumulator stores and delivers pressurized fuel to the manifold.
US10247126B2
A feedback control method for a fuel delivery system of an internal combustion engine, having a fuel delivery pump for supplying fuel, the fuel delivery pump having a pump mechanism driven by an electric motor, which is controlled by a generated control signal. The current fuel volume delivered by the fuel delivery pump and the prevailing fuel requirement of the internal combustion engine are included in the control signal. The prevailing fuel requirement is determined using characteristic variables that characterize the operating state of the internal combustion engine.
US10247119B1
A system and method to perform bypass actuation detection includes alternating control of a bypass valve within an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system of a vehicle to direct flow of gas through a cooler module or a bypass module within the EGR system. The method also includes determining a position of an EGR valve that directs the gas into the EGR system, and verifying operation of the bypass valve based on the position of the EGR valve.
US10247108B2
A propulsion unit of an aircraft including a turbine (15), at least one fan (10) with an axis offset relative to the axis of the turbine and a power transmission mechanism between the turbine and the fan. The power transmission mechanism includes a speed reducing gear (20) with an input and a movement output, the input being in the extension of the axis (16) of the turbine and the output connected to the fan.
US10247106B2
An apparatus and method of reducing a flow of fluid and heat between a first space and a second space in a rotatable machine and an integral seal and heat shield device are provided. The device includes an annular flange configured to couple to the rotating member of the rotatable machine and a multi-walled seal shield member extending axially from the flange. The multi-walled seal shield member is formed integrally with the flange. The seal shield member includes a first wall including a plurality of surface features, a second wall spaced radially inwardly with respect to the first wall, and a cavity formed between the first and second walls. The integral seal and heat shield device also includes a cap end integrally formed and configured to seal the first and second walls. Each of the flange, the seal shield member, and the cap end are formed of a sintered metal.
US10247099B2
A gas turbine engine component comprises a first side wall, and a second side wall spaced apart from the first side wall. At least one internal cooling channel is formed between the first and second side walls. At least one pedestal is positioned within the at least one cooling channel and has a body extending from a first end connected to the first side wall to a second end connected to the second side wall. The body includes at least one protrusion.
US10247096B2
An inlet cooling system unit that is fluidly coupled to a gas turbine can include a filter module configured to filter inlet air, a chiller module configured to cool inlet air, and a framework. The framework is sized and shaped to define a filer module receiving region which supportably receives the filter module, and a chiller module receiving region which supportably receives the chiller module, the chiller module receiving region located below the filter module receiving region such that the chiller module is received below the filter module. Related gas turbine inlet cooling systems are also provided.
US10247092B2
A rotary internal combustion engine having an insert opening defined in a hot area of one of the walls of the stator body and in communication with its internal cavity. A cooling jacket is received in and lines the insert opening. An insert is sealingly received in the cooling jacket and made of a material having a greater heat resistance than that of the wall. The cooling jacket extends between the insert and the wall along most of the length of the insert to prevent direct contact between the insert and the wall. A cooling gallery surrounds the cooling jacket and the insert, and is defined at least in part by the cooling jacket such that a coolant circulated therein contacts the cooling jacket. The cooling jacket is located between the cooling gallery and the insert.
US10247088B2
There is provided a saddle-ridden type vehicle. A vehicle body frame has a head pipe and a pair of frame members extends rearward from the head pipe with expanding in a vehicle width direction. An engine is supported between the frame members. An air cleaner is configured to purify air for fuel combustion. A supercharger is configured to compress the purified air. An intercooler is configured to cool the compressed air and to supply the compressed air to the engine. The supercharger is disposed in front of the engine. The air cleaner and the intercooler are disposed above the engine and the supercharger.
US10247083B2
A straddle vehicle is capable of discharging high-temperature outdoor air having passed through a radiator with high efficiency. A motorcycle 1 includes a radiator, a fan, and a fan shroud. The radiator lowers the temperature of a coolant by heat exchange between outdoor air and the coolant. The fan suctions outdoor air, to make the outdoor air hit the radiator arranged upstream in an outdoor air flow direction. The fan shroud covers at least part of the fan, and discharges high-temperature outdoor air, which is outdoor air suctioned by the fan and having passed through the radiator, to outside. The fan shroud has a discharge opening and an air guide. The discharge opening allows the high-temperature outdoor air to be discharged outside. The air guide guides the high-temperature outdoor air such that it is discharged through the discharge opening in a direction including a laterally outward component.
US10247076B2
A vehicle includes an engine that combusts an air/fuel mixture to produce an exhaust gas stream containing oxides of nitrogen (NOx). A dosing system injects an amount of ammonia (NH3) into the exhaust gas stream based on an initial NH3 injection set point value. A selective catalyst reduction (SCR) device absorbs an amount of the NH3 contained in the exhaust gas stream and reduces an amount of NOx. An electronic hardware controller predicts an NH3 slip condition during which a portion the absorbed NH3 will slip from the SCR device, and modifies the initial NH3 injection set point value based on the predicted NH3 slip condition. The controller further generates a modified NH3 injection set point signal indicating an adjusted amount of the NH3 to inject during the predicted NH3 slip condition. The dosing system adjusts the amount of injected NH3 based on the modified NH3 injection set point signal.
US10247075B2
An aftertreatment system comprises an aftertreatment component structured to decompose constituents of an exhaust gas produced by an engine. A reductant insertion assembly is fluidly coupled to the aftertreatment component and configured to insert a reductant therein. A controller is operatively coupled to the reductant insertion assembly and configured to instruct the reductant insertion assembly to insert the reductant into the aftertreatment component for a first insertion time between first time intervals. The controller determines an operating condition of the engine, and determines if the operating condition satisfies a predetermined condition. In response to the predetermined condition being satisfied, the controller instructs the reductant insertion assembly to insert the reductant into the aftertreatment component for a second insertion time between second time intervals. The second insertion time is longer than the first insertion time.
US10247074B2
An exhaust purification system includes: an NOx reduction type catalyst, which is provided in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine and reduces and purifies NOx in an exhaust gas; and a regeneration treatment unit, which recovers an NOx purification capacity of the NOx reduction type catalyst by lowering an excess-air-ratio of the exhaust gas to a predetermined target excess-air-ratio, wherein the regeneration treatment unit includes: a target setting unit, which sets a target intake air amount that is required for setting the exhaust gas to the target excess-air-ratio, based on a fuel injection amount of the internal combustion engine; and an air-system controller, which controls at least one of an intake air amount and an exhaust recirculating amount of the internal combustion engine, in response to the target intake air amount input from the target setting unit.
US10247071B2
Composites of mixed metal oxides for an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprise the following co-precipitated materials by weight of the composite: zirconia in an amount in the range of 55-99%; titania in an amount in the range of 1-25%; a promoter and/or a stabilizer in an amount in the range of 0-20%. These composites are effective as supports for platinum group metals (PGMs), in particular rhodium.
US10247063B2
A valve train may include a camshaft, a cam follower, and first and second cams mounted axially adjacent in a torque-proof manner on the camshaft. The valve train may also include an adjustment arrangement having adjustable first and second mechanical engagement elements, which may each cooperate with at least one slide guide arranged on the camshaft. The valve train may further include a control shaft or control slide forming a stop for the first and second engagement elements and adjusting the first and second engagement elements into respective switching positions. The cam follower may be drivingly connected with the first and second cams in first and second positions, respectively. The first and second engagement elements may each be adjustable between respective basic positions, in which no contact exists with the associated slide guide, and the respective switching positions, in which the respective engagement element cooperates with the associated slide guide.
US10247060B2
A control valve (1) for a camshaft adjustment device, and to an internal combustion engine having a camshaft adjustment device and a control valve (1) is provided. The control valve (1) includes a valve housing (3) and a pressure medium guiding insert (23) arranged coaxially in a recess of the valve housing (3). A discharge passage (27, 28) of the pressure medium guiding insert (23) transitions into a discharge duct (22) running in the axial direction, wherein the discharge connection T can be connected to the control connections A, B and wherein the discharge connection T is arranged in a region between the second end (8), which is opposite the first end (6), and the control connections A, B.
US10247059B2
A camshaft adjuster (1) for driving and/or adjusting a camshaft (2) of an internal combustion engine, including a stator (3) and a concentric rotor (6) which is arranged within the stator in a rotatable manner. At least the stator (3) has a central receiving area (31) for receiving the camshaft (2), and at least one projection (13) which protrudes radially inwards is provided on a radial inner edge (12) of the central receiving area (31) in order to engage behind a camshaft (2) connecting piece (20) which protrudes radially outwards. A camshaft adjuster/camshaft combination (26) including such a camshaft adjuster (1) and a camshaft (2) which has a connecting piece (20) that projects radially. The projection (13) preferably engages behind the connecting piece (20). A method for assembling the camshaft adjuster/camshaft combination (26) is also provided.
US10247055B2
A cam phaser has a stator, a rotor positioned in the stator and including a locking pin, a locking cover including a receiving feature for receiving the locking pin, a cover plate, and a check valve plate positioned between the stator and the locking cover and including a plurality of valve elements. The cam phaser also has a plurality of first openings in each of the stator, locking cover, and check valve plate, a plurality of second openings in the locking cover, and a third opening formed in the check valve plate. The cam phaser further includes a retention feature for aligning components of the cam phaser during assembly, the retention feature including one or more tabs on a first component and one or more indentations on a second component receiving the one or more tabs.
US10247051B2
A camshaft module may include a module body in which at least one camshaft for controlling valves for a charge cycle of an internal combustion engine is accommodated. The camshaft may comprise a support shaft and sliding cam pieces that are accommodated on the support shaft so as to be displaceable in an axial direction of the support shaft. A support element may also be provided on which actuators for the axial displacement of the sliding cam pieces are accommodated. The support element may extend in the axial direction and therefore parallel to the support shaft. In some cases, a coefficient of thermal expansion of the support element substantially corresponds to a coefficient of thermal expansion of the support shaft.
US10247045B2
Apparatus, systems and methods are provided for the improved use of waste heat recovery systems which utilize the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) to generate mechanical and/or electric power from heat sources generating power from byproducts of water purification process(es). Waste heat energy obtained from heat source(s) is provided to one or more ORC system(s) which may be operatively coupled to electric generator(s). A heat coupling subsystem provides the requisite condensation of ORC working fluid by transferring heat from ORC working fluid to one or more other process(es) or system(s), such as anaerobic digester tank(s), to provide heat energy that enhances the production of fuel for the prime mover(s) without requiring the consumption of additional energy for that purpose.
US10247042B2
A containment arrangement for a gas turbine engine comprises: a radially outer annular casing (12); a fan track liner (28) radially within the casing comprising: an impact region (30) comprising a cellular material having a first compressive strength; at least one elongate ridge portion (26) extending through the impact region in a direction having an axial component, the ridge portion having a second compressive strength higher than the first compressive strength; and a gas-washed layer (38) radially within the fan track liner.
US10247038B2
According to one aspect, a flange fastening assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first flange having a first hole therein, a second flange having a second hole disposed adjacent to the first flange, and a shoulder bolt disposed through the first hole and the second hole. The shoulder bolt has a head portion, a stem portion, and a thread portion, and the stem portion and the thread portion define a shoulder. A bolt nut is disposed on the thread portion and a first spacer is disposed between the bolt nut and the first flange such that the first spacer overhangs the shoulder.
US10247030B2
Provided is a gas turbine capable of achieving high-speed startup of the gas turbine through quick operation control of an ACC system during startup of the gas turbine, improving the cooling efficiency of turbine stationary components, and quickly carrying out an operation required for cat back prevention during shutdown of the gas turbine. Included are a pressurizing device (40) connected to a branching channel (42) branching from the discharge side of a compressor (11) and capable of carrying out an operation for introducing and pressurizing air independently from the compressor (11); a temperature-control-medium supply channel (43) that guides compressed air pressurized at the pressuring device (40) to a turbine-cooling-medium channel (50) provided in stationary components of a turbine (13); and a temperature-control-medium return channel (44) that guides the compressed air that has passed through the turbine-cooling-medium channel (50) to the discharge side of the compressor (11) such that the flows are combined, and the pressurizing device (40) is operated at startup of the gas turbine and in preparation immediately before startup to carry out temperature-raising and cooling by letting the compressed air flow in the turbine-cooling-medium channel (50). The pressurizing device (40) is operated during shutdown of the gas turbine to exhaust the high-temperature gas remaining in the turbine (13).
US10247025B2
A rotating machine includes a casing (10) having a cavity (12) that a tip of a rotor blade enters, a plurality of sealing fins (17) extending from an inner circumferential surface of the cavity (12) of the casing (10) toward the tip of the rotor blade (50) and configured to seal a space between the casing (10) and the rotor blade (50), and swirl breakers (2) disposed between the plurality of sealing fins, extending from the inner circumferential surface of the cavity (12) of the casing (10) inward in the radial direction, and having swirl flow collision surface (3) with which a swirl flow collides and swirl flow transmission parts (n) formed at at least parts of the swirl flow collision surfaces (3) and through which the swirl flow passes in a circumferential direction.
US10247023B2
A seal damper system includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades that each include a platform and an airfoil that extends radially outwardly from the platform. A pocket is arranged circumferentially intermediate the blades and radially inwardly of the platform. A seal damper is arranged in the pocket. The seal damper includes a base section that extends along an axial dimension from a first axial end to an opposing second axial end. The base section joins a first arm that extends radially inwardly from the first axial end and a second arm that extends radially inwardly from the second axial end. The first arm includes a free end having a pair of spaced apart shoulders.
US10247020B2
A turbine engine system includes a gutter and a gear train with an axial centerline. The gutter is disposed radially outside of the axial centerline. The gutter includes an inner surface and a channel that receives fluid directed out of the gear train. The inner surface at least partially defines a bore in which the gear train is arranged. The channel extends radially into the gutter from the inner surface, and circumferentially to a channel outlet. The bore has a cross-sectional bore area, and the channel has a cross-sectional channel area that is substantially equal to or less than about two percent of the bore area.
US10247013B2
A turbine rotor blade that includes an airfoil defined between a concave pressure face and a laterally opposed convex suction face, and a cooling configuration that includes a cooling channel for receiving and directing a coolant through an interior of the rotor blade. The cooling channel may include fluidly connected segments, in which: a supply segment extends radially through the airfoil; an outlet segment discharges the coolant from the rotor blade at a shallow angle relative to a flow direction of a working fluid through the turbine; and an elbow segment connects the supply segment to the outlet segment and is positioned near the outboard tip of the airfoil. The elbow segment may be configured for accommodating a change of direction between the supply segment and the outlet segment.
US10246995B2
An apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes a flow restriction device that that contains a channeling element having a fluid flow passage, a restriction element spaced from the channeling element defining a gap between the restriction element and the channeling element, wherein relative movement between the restriction element and the channeling element obstructs flow of a fluid flowing through the flow passage to increase pressure in the fluid across the device. In one embodiment an activation device displaces one of the channeling element and the restriction element to adjusts or alter gap in response to certain changes in the pressure across the restriction device.
US10246976B2
A plunger lift system that uses a linear induction motor instead of gas or fluid pressure to lift the plunger. Electrical voltage is applied to electromagnets installed along the tubing of a wellbore that will induce magnets contained within a special plunger that is introduced inside the tubing to move it and allow it to lift liquids with a piston-like action. The electromotive force may be adjusted by varying the applied voltage as needed to lift the column of liquid from the wellbore or the current reversed to accelerate and optimize plunger descent.
US10246971B2
A valve assembly for a plug to close off a zone in the well for further treatment above the plug features a valve member initially pinned in an open position where flow up to a predetermined level can move through without dislodging the valve plug to move to its associated seat. If the perforating gun misfires a replacement gun can be run in with flow as the plug is still retained in the position for flow through the plug. On the other hand flow around the plug above a predetermined level will shear retainers for the plug and let the plug land on its seat closing flow in a downhole direction for treatment.
US10246963B2
A technique facilitates control of subsea equipment by providing a modular electro-hydraulic control system which can be used with various types of subsea equipment. The modular system is constructed to accommodate high axial loading while also withstanding high bending forces. Additionally, the components of the modular system are constructed and arranged to enable the modular system to fit through a rotary table of a rig. Depending on the parameters of a given application, the modular control system may be utilized for open water operations and in-riser operations.
US10246959B2
A downhole tool control apparatus includes a control assembly, a stroking assembly, and a pocket sleeve positioned in an outer sub. The control assembly and stroking assembly are independently slidable axially within the outer sub. The control assembly and stroking assembly slide depending on the flow rate of fluid through the downhole tool actuator. The stroking assembly includes a spline barrel having a spline projection positioned within a spline pocket formed in the pocket sleeve. The pocket sleeve and control assembly include one or more ratchet teeth positioned in the pocket sleeve such that as the flow rate is changed between a high and a low flow rate, the spline projection engages the ratchet teeth until an actuated cycle is completed, allowing the downhole tool actuator to move to an actuation position.
US10246955B2
A self-aligning mud pump apparatus is provided. In one embodiment, the mud pump includes a rotatable crankshaft, a crosshead, a crosshead guide, and a hub disposed in a housing. The hub is disposed on the crankshaft and is operable to convert rotating motion of the crankshaft to reciprocating motion of the crosshead within the crosshead guide. The hub is coupled to the crosshead via a connecting rod, which is connected the crosshead such that the connecting rod has five degrees of freedom with respect to the crosshead guide. The mud pump may also or instead include a piston coupled to the crosshead with five degrees of freedom between the piston and the crosshead. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
US10246944B1
A sonic drilling apparatus with adapter for emplacing columns includes a sonic drilling apparatus generating vibrational waves and having a fitting. An adapter is coupled to the fitting for removably attaching a column to the sonic drill apparatus. A centering assembly is positioned below the adaptor for receipt of a column therethrough.
US10246941B2
A bracket assembly is disclosed to secure a cable bundle to a ladder rung. The bracket assembly includes a metal bracket and protective grommets. The metal bracket has a first member, side walls and second members. The first member of the metal bracket is parallel to the second members of the metal bracket. The protective grommets are secured to the metal bracket. The protective grommets have a base member, sleeves extending from the base member, a side member and a bottom member. The assembled metal bracket and protective grommets receive the ladder rung and the sleeves of the protective grommets wrap around the cable bundle positioned on the ladder rung to secure the cable bundle.
US10246937B2
An improved barrel bolt assembly and extensible gate comprising the same wherein the assembly includes a washer having at least one inward or outward projection annularly disposed about an internal periphery thereof, a fastener having a head portion and a shank portion extending therefrom, and a barrel having a head portion and a boss portion extending therefrom, wherein the boss portion is operative to receive the fastener shank portion and the barrel boss portion further includes at least one inward or outward projection annularly and complementarily disposed and formed with respect to the inner periphery of the washer, to receive and mate with the washer, whereby the washer and barrel interlock to prevent rotational movement with respect to each other.
US10246933B2
An insulated glass unit (IGU) assembly station can include an assembly table, a conveyor assembly, and a projection component. The assembly table can have a table surface configured to receive first and second transparent window components, the table surface being positioned at an incline relative to a vertical position. The conveyor assembly can be configured to translate the first and second transparent window components along a translation pathway from a first end of the table surface to a second end of the table surface, the translation pathway being substantially parallel to the table surface. The projection component can be adjacent to the assembly table and can be configured to engage the first transparent window component to translate at least a bottom portion of the first transparent window component between an initial position and a first assembly position offset from the translation pathway.
US10246932B2
One embodiment of a deployable structural system having sandwich-like shell stiffness and strength properties is constructed of an outer elastic sheet and an inner elastic sheet connected by a number of substantially rigid webs wherein hinges constitute the connections. The hinge connection spacing dimensions on the inner and outer elastic sheets differ such that the resulting assemblage may be elastically bent into a compact cylindrical configuration. Deployment is achieved through reversal of the bending process and application of sufficient external restraints such that the deployed configuration is structurally stable. Additional application embodiments are described.
US10246909B2
A handle for a vehicle door is provided. The handle includes a fixed part, a grip lever being moveable according to a grip axis between at least an active position in which the rotation of the grip lever activates the opening of the door, and a rest position in which the grip lever does not rotate, an electronic active position, in which the grip lever activates an electronic unlatching of the door. A blocking element is moveable between a blocking position in which the grip lever is inhibited from rotating from the electronic active position to the mechanical active position and an unblocking position in which the grip lever is free to be moved to the mechanical active position. The present disclosure further relates to a corresponding vehicle that includes the handle.
US10246902B2
A cylinder and key lock mechanism is unlocked when a specific combination of rotation angles of dialer groups, each constituted by one internal dialer disc and by one external dialer ring coupled through teeth, is dialed through rotation of the key having a formed cipher. A security mechanism, being part of the key and driven by the insertion of the key into the cylinder, enables re-programming. When unlocked and with re-programming enabled, re-programming is possible where the inner dialer discs are decoupled from the respective outer dialer rings, the key can be rotated driving only the inner dialer discs and extracted leaving the system in a re-programming configuration. A new key having a different cipher can be inserted and the system exited re-programming with a different coupling between the inner dialer discs and the respective outer dialer rings so that they couple with the new key cipher.
US10246899B2
A portable shade assembly for use in providing shade and sun protection, and thus substantially cooler temperatures, to an outdoor environment. More particularly, a shade assembly for use in providing sun and Ultraviolet (UV) protection for a variety of different industrial uses and for use in being transported to a variety of different locations. More particularly still, a portable shade assembly comprising a spring-loaded frame, a shade screen, and a continuous cable, wherein said cable is run throughout said frame, thereby being able to extend and retract said shade screen, as needed.
US10246898B2
Disclosed are tent frames, and centralized locking and unlocking mechanisms for tent frames. A centralized locking mechanism includes a slider coupled with the first connector movably disposed on a central pole, and a fastening assembly coupled with the slider. The fastening assembly includes a fastener configured to selectively couple the second hole of the slider with the first restricting hole of the central pole and thus restrict the slider from moving along the central pole, and decouple the second hole of the slider from the first restricting hole of the central pole and thus allow the slider to move along the central pole. An unlocking mechanism is disposed at the lower end of the central pole for selectively unlocking the centralized locking mechanism.
US10246892B1
A swimming pool filtration systems and particularly toward a variable speed pump equipped with an electronically commutated motor, capable of producing variable water pressure heads suitable for operating swimming pool pressure cleaners as well as swimming pool filters. An electronically controlled electric actuating diverter valve is used to divert water flow to the filter or the pressure cleaner.
US10246889B1
A strip anchoring system for emergency roof tarp installations, having at least one strip assembly, which has a top face having a top cut out and a top cut out face, and a bottom face having a bottom cut out, a bottom cut out face, and a retaining strip, wherein the at least one strip assembly secures a tarp on a roof. A plurality of strip assemblies may be assembled linearly and/or at ninety degrees.
US10246886B2
An adjustable shim is described for attachment to a pre-hung door or a rough opening. The adjustable shim may include a base bracket for mounting the adjustable shim to the pre-hung door or the rough opening, an inner shim, an outer shim, and a first actuator operably attached between the base bracket and the inner shim. At least one of the inner shim and the outer shim is tapered. Rotation of the first actuator translates the inner shim substantially linearly relative to the outer shim, thereby adjusting a combined height of the inner shim and the outer shim.
US10246880B1
A roof edge capping assembly for directing water to a roof of a building includes a housing that defines an interior space. The housing comprises steel so that the housing is rigid. The housing has a top, a bottom, opposing ends, a first side, and a second side. The bottom is configured to couple to an upper end of a wall, such as an exterior concrete wall of a building. The first side and the second side are positioned proximate to an outer face and an inner face of the wall, respectively. The first side is dimensionally taller than the second side. The top extends downwardly from the first side to the second side. The top is configured to direct water that contacts the top to a roof of the building and to prevent the water from penetrating the upper end the wall.
US10246877B1
An arrangement for ventilating a laboratory is provided wherein a plurality of center carrier elements are in a spaced arrangement above a laboratory table row that defines two walking areas, one on each side of the table row. Each center carrier element comprises a vertical column element fastened on an upper end to the laboratory ceiling and at its lower end having center extension arms extending above the of laboratory table row. On the bottom side, the carrier elements carry a first and second air supply conduit in spaced relationship and delimit a lower receiving space therebetween extending over the length of the laboratory table row to carry supply lines. On the top side, the carrier elements carry an exhaust air conduit or alternatively, a side exhaust air conduit is received on side carrier elements opposite the first or the second air supply conduit.
US10246873B1
A hybrid structural member for an insulated structural panel includes a core member surrounded on at least two sides by a high-density structural foam. The hybrid structural member may be manufactured by placing a core member in a cavity of an injection mold and surrounding the core member by insulating foam on at least two sides. The core member may be held in place by screws, posts, pins, a vacuum, or other suitable means.
US10246865B2
A siphonic flush toilet system and method of priming the same having a toilet bowl assembly comprising at least one jet flush valve assembly and at least one rim valve; and bowl having a rim and a jet defining at least one jet channel. The bowl has a closed jet pathway to maintain the jet channel in a primed state with fluid from the jet flush valve assembly to prevent air from entering the closed jet pathway. Flush valves may have back-flow preventer mechanisms and/or at least partly flexible valve covers, including specific valve cover structures. Flush activation assemblies may have a flush activation bar connected to the pivot rod and/or an adjustable flush connector located between the pivot rod and the flush activation bar. A kit providing one or more flush activation elements is included. The kit elements may be usable with the toilet systems and methods described.
US10246864B2
A pressure toilet has a trapway providing “as needed” (bulk dependent) siphon assist. During normal liquid waste or low bulk flushing, no siphon is formed in the trapway, and the water and light waste in the bowl are evacuated solely under the force of the pressurized jet of water. A large volume near or just downstream from the dam is provided to accommodate the blow out from the water jet. Only upon reaching a threshold concentration of bulk waste material in the down leg does the trapway draw a siphon. A horizontal baffle at the lower part of the down leg assists in the accumulation of bulk material of sufficient concentration to establish a siphon in the trapway.
US10246862B2
In one example, an article for disposing of fat, oil, and/or grease (FOG) that may include a top opening defined by a perimeter rim configured for placement on a sink bottom surface surrounding a drain. A body may be attached to the perimeter rim, and having an exterior defined by a FOG-impermeable membrane, a portion of which may be sized to fit within the drain, and having an interior including FOG absorbent material. In another example, a container for disposing of (FOG) may include an outer shell having an at least partially hollow interior, a top opening part, a liquid impermeable bottom part, and a liquid impermeable middle part connecting and contiguous to both the top opening part and the bottom part, the top opening part comprising a rim adapted for placement on a surface surrounding a top part of a drain.
US10246858B2
Proposed is a monitoring apparatus for a sanitary installation, comprising a first sensor for monitoring the presence of persons in a first spatial region in the surroundings of the sanitary installation and comprising a second sensor for monitoring a second spatial region in the surroundings of the sanitary installation, wherein the first sensor comprises an operating mode and a standby mode and the second sensor is embodied to switch the first sensor from a standby mode into an operating mode in the case of a predetermined detection. In order to avoid faults in the operating procedure, the first sensor is embodied as a distance sensor, in particular as a TOF sensor.
US10246853B2
Mobile apparatus comprising a main frame (2), a sub-frame (1) connected rotatably to the main frame and an operating arm connected to the sub-frame, wherein the sub-frame is provided with a seating or standing location for a driver, operating instruments (4) controllable by a driver, and a bus system (5) connected to the operating instruments; wherein the main frame is provided with a lifting device (8) to which an implement (18) is connectable; wherein the mobile apparatus further comprises a drive (7, 17) for driving the lifting device and/or the implement, and a control unit (6, 16) connected to the bus system for controlling the drive on the basis of signals from the bus system; this such that the lifting device and/or the implement are controllable via the bus system using the operating instruments in the sub-frame.
US10246848B2
A hinge attachment bracket for use with a work implement is provided. The bracket comprises a substantial I-beam configuration that includes a first flange, a second flange, a web that connects the first flange to the second flange and that defines a boss that defines a pin receiving bore that establishes a radial direction, a radial plane and a longitudinal axis. The first and second flanges may merge toward each other tangentially forming a first extension portion.
US10246836B2
A CIR train that is adapted to traverse a roadway of asphalt pavement in order to recycle and repair the asphalt pavement includes a milling machine for removing asphalt paving material from the roadway. The CIR train also includes an asphalt cement supply tank and a mechanism for dispensing asphalt cement onto asphalt paving material that has been removed from the roadway. A heater is in fluid communication with the asphalt cement supply tank and the mechanism for dispensing asphalt cement on the asphalt paving material that has been removed from the roadway. The heater is adapted to heat the asphalt cement from the asphalt cement supply tank prior to said asphalt cement being dispensed on the asphalt paving material that has been removed from the roadway.
US10246830B2
The present disclosure relates to a railroad track tool apparatus. The apparatus comprises a tool configured to perform an operation to the rail of the railroad track, a clamp assembly, and a coupling. The clamp assembly is moveable between a clamped position and an unclamped position to removably couple the tool with the rail. The clamp assembly is moveable along the rail. The coupling is configured to couple the tool to the clamp assembly. The coupling comprises a pivot, a linkage assembly comprising an arm coupled to the pivot, and a head coupled to the linkage assembly. The coupling is configured such that the tool is moveable between an inner side and an outer side of the rail, rotatable toward and away from the inner side or the outer side of the rail, and rotatable toward and away from an underside of the rail.
US10246824B2
A drum unit includes a screen with numerous apertures through which airborne material including at least fiber passes, and a cylinder section without apertures, disposed to a rotating cylinder; a housing unit encloses the screen part of the drum unit inside and contacts the cylinder section; and a forming unit forms sheets using material that passes through the apertures.
US10246823B2
A compressible rope is disclosed comprising a plurality of strands. Interconnected outer strands form a sheath, and one or more inner strands form an inner core encased by the sheath. The inner core comprises a non-planar outer surface in contact with the sheath. The strands may be a monofilament or polyfilament material. The interaction between the non-planer outer surface of the core with the interior surface of the sheath can reduce bunching as well as the separation of the strands due to compressional forces.
US10246812B2
A drying rack designed to easily mount to a vehicle or other similar structure that is portable and collapsible. The drying rack includes a U-shaped bracket, a first support arm, a second support arm, a drying rod, a first locking hinge, and a second locking hinge. The first support arm and the second support make up the frame and are positioned parallel and offset to each other. The first support arm is terminally mounted to a first leg of the U-shaped bracket through the first locking hinge. Similarly, the second support arm is terminally mounted to a second leg of the U-shaped bracket through the second locking hinge. The drying rod is perpendicularly connected in between the first support arm and the second support arm. Additionally, the drying rod and the U-shaped bracket are positioned opposite to each other, across the first support arm and the second support arm.
US10246809B2
A washing machine includes an alternating current (AC) motor which generates torque, a clutch assembly which selectively transfers the torque to a rotating tub and a pulsator, a speed detector which detects a rotary speed of the clutch assembly, and a controller configured to repetitively perform operating and stopping the operating of the AC motor based on a predetermined target speed and the rotary speed of the clutch assembly in a spin-drying operation. The controller gradually increases the torque of the AC motor while operating the AC motor.
US10246802B2
Disclosed is a fabric for a roofing membrane adapted to waterproof a roof of a building, the fabric including: warp and weft yarns laid on each other on the front and back sides thereof in such a manner as to have numbers and lengths corresponding to an area of the fabric; ground yarns wound around one side warp yarn and the other side warp yarn in a zigzag form in such a manner as to interlace the weft yarn; and finishing yarns arranged on edges thereof to allow the ground yarns to be arranged therebetween, upper loops and lower loops being formed alternately on the warp yarns where the ground yarns, the finishing yarns, or the ground yarn and the finishing yarn are laid on each other.
US10246794B2
The crystal plane in the interior of the diamond substrate has a curvature higher than 0 km−1 and equal to or lower than 1500 km−1 by preparing a base substrate, forming a plurality of pillar-shaped diamonds formed of diamond single crystals on one side of the base substrate, causing diamond single crystals to grow from tips of each pillar-shaped diamond, coalescing each of the diamond single crystals grown from the tips of each pillar-shaped diamond to form a diamond substrate layer, separating the diamond substrate layer from the base substrate, and manufacturing the diamond substrate from the diamond substrate layer.
US10246790B2
The invention relates to electrowinning of aluminum from cryolite-alumina melts, and can be used in the shunt design of a cathode assembly. In an aluminum electrolysis cell, cathode vertical metal shunts, are designed such that their top part is melted aluminum, and the bottom part is solid aluminum. Shunts are located in conduits made in a hearth slab lining which has a widening in the middle part which is wider than both parts of the shunts. The widening in the shunt conduit can be filled with a composite material, i.e. titanium diboride-carbon. The shunts can be designed as a tube, and the widening in the conduit and the space inside the tube can be filled with the composite material titanium diboride-carbon. The invention makes it possible to increase the electrical efficiency due to the absence of contact assemblies, reduced current loss, and achieving an effective current distribution and current shunting.
US10246784B2
Corrosion to a metal surface in contact with corrosion forming components within an aqueous-based fluid system may be decreased, prevented, and/or inhibited by contacting the metal surface(s) with apatite forming components and forming at least one apatite species on the surface with the apatite forming components. The apatite forming components may be or include phosphates, organophosphates and combinations thereof. In a non-limiting embodiment, the apatite forming components may further include fluorides, chlorides, calcium, and combinations thereof.
US10246781B2
A method for removing a metallic deposit disposed on a surface in a chamber, including the following steps: a) a step of oxidizing the metallic deposit; b) a step of injecting chemical species adapted to volatilized the oxidized metallic deposit, the step b) being implemented during at least a part of step a); and in step b), the chemical species are injected according to a sequence of pulses.
US10246777B2
A heater block adapted to be installed in a plasma deposition or plasma etching apparatus that includes a showerhead and a reaction chamber, the heater block being adapted to be arranged in the reaction chamber to support a substrate and includes: at least one through-hole passing through the heater block, and on its upper face a plurality of surfaces separated from each other and defined by a continuous concavity; and the continuous concavity including: a plurality of main concaves or depressions, a plurality of concave channels connecting substantially every two adjacent main concaves or depressions, and a concave or depression, at the center of the heater block, of a different shape or size from the plurality of main concaves or depressions.
US10246773B2
A method for forming an amorphous thin film comprises: forming a seed layer on a surface of a base by supplying aminosilane-based gas on the base; forming the first boron-doped amorphous thin film by supplying the first source gas including boron-based gas on the seed layer; and forming the second boron-doped amorphous thin film by supplying the second source gas including boron-based gas on the first amorphous thin film.
US10246772B2
A method for forming a high aspect ratio feature is disclosed. The method includes depositing one or more silicon oxide/silicon nitride containing stacks on a substrate by depositing a first film layer on the substrate from a first plasma and depositing a second film layer having a refractive index on the first film layer from a second plasma. A predetermined number of first film layers and second film layers are deposited on the substrate. The first film layer and the second film layer are either a silicon oxide layer or a silicon nitride layer and the first film layer is different from the second film layer. The method further includes depositing a third film layer from a third plasma and depositing a fourth film layer on the third film layer from a fourth plasma. The fourth film layer has a refractive index greater than the first refractive index.
US10246771B2
A PCVD apparatus includes a waveguide member which supports the workpiece with a portion of the waveguide member positioned in a reactor and causes microwaves output from a high-frequency output device to propagate to the workpiece. In a process of gradually increasing an intensity of the microwaves propagating to the workpiece through the waveguide member from “0”, the intensity of the microwaves output from the high-frequency output device when step-up of a bias current of the workpiece occurs is referred to as a first intensity, and in a process of gradually increasing the intensity of the microwaves from the first intensity, the intensity of the microwaves when step-up of the bias current occurs again is referred to as a second intensity. During film formation, the microwaves having an intensity of higher than the first intensity and lower than the second intensity are output from the high-frequency output device.
US10246770B2
The present invention relates to a silicide alloy film that is formed on a substrate containing Si, the silicide alloy film including a metal M1 having a work function of 4.6 eV or more and 5.7 eV or less, a metal M2 having a work function of 2.5 eV or less and 4.0 eV or more, and Si, the silicide alloy film having a work function of 4.3 eV or more and 4.9 eV or less. Here, the metal M1 is preferably Pt, Pd, Mo, Ir, W or Ru, and the metal M2 is preferably Hf, La, Er, Ho, Er, Eu, Pr or Sm. The silicide alloy film according to the present invention is a thin-film which has excellent heat-resistance and favorable electrical property.
US10246769B2
A thin film deposition apparatus that can be simply applied to produce large-sized display devices on a mass scale and that improves manufacturing yield. The thin film deposition apparatus includes a deposition source that discharges a deposition material; a deposition source nozzle unit disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of deposition source nozzles arranged in a first direction; and a patterning slit sheet disposed opposite to the deposition source nozzle unit and including a plurality of patterning slits arranged in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. A deposition is performed while the substrate or the thin film deposition apparatus moves relative to each other in the first direction, and the deposition source, the deposition source nozzle unit, and the patterning slit sheet are formed integrally with each other.
US10246768B2
The present invention relates to metal micron-sized single crystals having a controlled curvature, which can be either fully or partially nanoporous; and to a process for growing of such single crystals from the confined volume of droplets of a eutectic composition melt comprising said metal as one of the two eutectic components, with no need of any fabrication steps.
US10246765B2
A martensitic Cr-containing steel having excellent corrosion resistance, SSC resistance, and IGHIC resistance is provided. A martensitic Cr-containing steel according to the present invention includes: a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, Si: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, Cr: 8 to 12%, V: 0.01 to 1.0%, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein an effective Cr amount defined by “Cr−16.6×C” is not less than 8%, and an Mo equivalent defined by “Mo+0.5×W” is 0.03 to 2%; a micro-structure wherein a grain size number of prior-austenite crystal grain is not less than 8.0; and a yield strength of less than 379 to 551 MPa, wherein a grain-boundary segregation ratio of Mo and W is not less than 1.5.
US10246760B2
The present invention is directed to a method for recovery of platinum from a coating on a component, wherein the coating includes platinum aluminide, the method including: contacting the coating on the component with a reagent solution, the reagent solution including a reactive species capable of solubilizing an aluminum salt in water, which results in formation of a platinum-rich residue on the component; separating the platinum-rich residue from the component; and collecting the platinum-rich residue. The reactive species may be hexafluorosilicic acid.
US10246753B2
Embodiments of a system and method for characterizing a mouth-associated condition in relation to a user can include one or more of: a handling network operable to collect containers including material from a set of users, the handling network including a sequencing system operable to determine microorganism sequences from sequencing the material; a microbiome characterization system operable to determine microbiome composition data and microbiome functional diversity data based on the microorganism sequences, collect supplementary data associated with the mouth-associated condition for the set of users, and transform the supplementary data and features extracted from the microbiome composition data and the microbiome functional diversity data into a characterization model for the mouth-associated condition; and/or a therapy system operable to promote a treatment to the user based on characterizing the user with the characterization model in relation to the mouth-associated condition.
US10246748B2
The present invention relates to methods and kits for the detection of predetermined biomarkers for early diagnosis and management of cancer, and in particular, colorectal tumors.
US10246746B2
A method of sequencing a target nucleic acid polymer by (a) modifying a target nucleic acid polymer to produce a modified nucleic acid polymer; (b) producing fragments of the modified nucleic acid polymer, wherein the fragments are attached to locations on a solid support surface (c) determining nucleotide sequences from the fragments at the locations; and (d) producing a representation of the nucleotide sequence for the target nucleic acid polymer based on the nucleotide sequences from the fragments and the relative distances between the locations on the solid support surface.
US10246721B2
A novel class of transporter protein, referred to as SWEET, GLUE or Glü, is disclosed. These transporters provide a novel system for the transportation of sugars across membranes within a cell and between the inside and outside of a cell. Such transporters are useful for understanding and altering the sugar concentration within certain organs of an organism, and within certain organelles within the cell. These transporters are also useful in protecting plants from a pathogen attack.
US10246720B2
A transgenic plant comprising a polynucleotide encoding a nitrogen utilization protein operably linked to a PBpr1 promoter is provided. The transgenic plant exhibits increased nitrogen use efficiency, increased biomass and/or increased seed yield. Seeds from such transgenic plants, genetic constructs to prepare such plants, methods of generating and growing transgenic plants are also provided.
US10246716B2
A series of independent human-induced non-transgenic mutations found at one or more of the SBEII genes of wheat; wheat plants having these mutations in one or more of their SBEII genes; and a method of creating and finding similar and/or additional mutations of SBEII by screening pooled and/or individual wheat plants. The seeds and flour from the wheat plants of the present invention exhibit an increase in amylose and resistant starch without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes. Additionally, the wheat plants of the present invention exhibit altered SBEII activity without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes.
US10246713B2
The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the TMPRSS6 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of TMPRSS6 and methods of treating subjects having a TMPRSS6 associated disorder, e.g., an iron overload associated disorder, such as β-thalassemia or hemochromatosis.
US10246706B2
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.
US10246687B2
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of reducing 5-((4S)-2-oxo-4-phenyl (1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl))-1-(4-fluorophenyl) pentane-1,5-dione to (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize the intermediate (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one in a process for making Ezetimibe.
US10246685B2
The present invention relates to recombinant MDV1 viruses and the uses thereof. The invention is particularly suited to vaccinate poultry against avian pathogens.
US10246682B2
The production of high quality retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cells is necessary for research and potential therapeutic uses. Especially desirable are methods for the production of RPE cells using xeno-free culture conditions. Disclosed herein are novel methods for the production of RPE cells from pluripotent cells with high yields, including xeno-free production methods. Also provided are methods of efficiently isolating RPE cells from cultures containing heterogeneous cell types, allowing for substantially pure RPE cell cultures to be established. Additionally, novel methods for the cryopreservation of RPE cells are provided.
US10246679B2
The present invention provides a method for putting a primed pluripotent stem cell in a less differentiated state, a method for producing a pluripotent stem cell having an improved chimera forming ability from a primed pluripotent stem cell, and a method for producing a chimeric animal by using the pluripotent stem cell obtained by any of these methods. The present invention also provides a composition containing a Wnt/β catenin signal inhibitor.
US10246675B2
A cartridge sealed from ambient air is used to send a liquid without causing the liquid to contact the fluid inside the cartridge. Inside of the cartridge 1 sealed from ambient air are provided chambers that send and receive reagents, and an elastic body membrane 51 is attached to the bottom surface. The cartridge main body 51 does not have a groove or anything else that becomes a channel, and the membrane 51 is not bonded to portions that become channels. A channel, not formed in a normal state, is formed upon deforming the membrane 51 under air pressure in the unbonded portion, and the fluid is moved inside. A valve function is provided at an inlet of each chamber, and the fluid is internally moved in any direction with channel deformation.
US10246671B2
The disclosure provides compositions and methods for making a colorized solution of an aqueous disinfectant that is both stable in bulk solution and will fade to clear within a predetermined period of time after being applied to a surface, for example as a spray or film. The compositions and methods described here allow an end user to visualize both the extent of coverage and the duration of contact of the disinfectant with the surface, thereby providing more efficient disinfection of the surface.
US10246670B2
What is disclosed is a liquid composition containing: 80 mol % to 99.9999 mol % of (Z)-1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1223Z) and 0.0001 mol % to 20 mol % of (E)-1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1223E). The liquid composition has small impact on the global environment and exerts azeotrope-like properties. Therefore, the composition of the liquid composition is not substantially changed even when the liquid composition is used in an open system or used for a long period. The composition of the liquid composition is also rarely changed even when the liquid composition is recovered by distillation. Therefore, the liquid mixture according to the present invention can be used suitably as a cleaning agent (a solvent).
US10246664B1
A cleaning solution and method of manufacturing a cleaning solution is set forth herein whereby the cleaning solution is environmentally friendly and meets direct release requirements so that the cleaning solution may be directly released into the environment. In one preferred embodiment, the cleaning solution includes water; a thickener; hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) a surfactant; and a pH adjuster.
US10246656B2
A system and method are provided for in-line processes of blending butane into gasoline streams, and for blending butane into a gasoline stream at any point along a petroleum pipeline. The invention additionally provides a method for measuring the vapor pressure and vapor to liquid ratio of the gasoline, both upstream and downstream of the blending operation, as well as the sulfur content of the butane entering the blending operation. The blending operation can be controlled to ensure that the blended gasoline meets EPA requirements for vapor pressure and sulfur content of gasoline. The invention further provides a method for accessing and monitoring the operation off-site.
US10246654B1
A process for making high density fuels having the potential to increase the range and/or loiter time of Navy platforms. Derivation of these fuels from a sustainable source will decrease the carbon footprint of the Department of Defense (DoD) and reduce reliance on nonsustainable petroleum sources. Fuels based on barbatene and thujopsene have volumetric energy densities comparable to JP-10 and can be produced from biomass sugars.
US10246653B2
This powder transport device comprises: transport pipe (11) that can transport powder by way of gravity by having a prescribed angle of inclination; a porous plate (12) that is disposed along the transport pipe (11) so as to divide a line cross section into a top section and bottom section and form a powder line (11d) in the top section; an inert gas supply line for fluidization (13) that is provided under the porous plate (12) and supplies an assist gas (g) to the powder line (11d) through the porous plate (12); and a deposit status monitoring device (20) that constantly monitors the state of the powder deposited on the top face side of the porous plate (12) in the powder line (11d).
US10246650B2
The present invention provides a catalytic cracking fractionation and absorption-stabilization system, and energy saving method thereof; the present invention is to arrange a waste heat refrigerator of the main fractionating tower, a waste heat refrigerator of rich gas and a waste heat refrigerator of stabilizer in a catalytic cracking fractionation and absorption-stabilization system so as to utilize low temperature waste heat at the top of a main fractionating tower, rich gas, stable gasoline, intermediate heat exchange flow of an absorber of the system as a refrigerator driving heat source; in order to cool naphtha and circulating gasoline to a low temperature lower than 40° C., control low temperature operations of the absorber and reduce the heat load of a desorber and a stabilizer, and the heat extracted by the refrigerators is cooled by cooling water with a higher temperature so as to reduce the consumption of the cooling water. In addition, developed residual pressure generating units and waste heat generating units coordinate to convert medium and low pressure of the dry gas and low-grade waste heat of other products in the system into electric energy that can be conveyed into a grid, therefore the electricity consumption of a dry gas compressor can be supplemented, and the operation cost of the system is reduced to the minimum.
US10246640B2
Mixtures of at least one dialkylphosphinic acid with at least one other dialkylphosphinic acid that is different therefrom, method for production thereof, and use thereof.The invention relates to a mixture of at least one dialkylphosphinic acid of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 are the same or different and are each C1-C18-alkyl, C2-C18-alkenyl, C6-C18-aryl, C7-C18-alkylaryl, with at least one different dialkylphosphinic acid of the formula (II) in which R3, R4 are the same or different and are each C1-C18-alkyl, C2-C18-alkenyl, C6-C18-aryl and/or C7-C18-alkylaryl, with the proviso that at least one of the R3 and R4 radicals is different than R1 and R2.
US10246638B1
A device and associated method are provided for a light emitting diode device (LED) with suppressed quantum dot (QD) photobrightening. The QD surfaces, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension of 10 nanometers, are treated with a solution including a multi-valent cation salt. In response to heating the solution, multi-valent cations become attached to the surface of the QD nanocrystals, forming treated QDs that are deposited overlying a top surface of an LED. The LED device emits a non-varying intensity of first wavelength light in the visible spectrum from the treated QDs, when subjected to a continuous exposure of a second wavelength of LED light having an intensity of greater than 50 watts per square centimeter. For example, blue, green, or red color light may be emitted when exposed to LED light in the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum, or a green or red color light when exposed to a blue color LED light.
US10246636B1
A LED device includes LED chips mounted on a substrate, a first fluorescent layer, a second fluorescent layer and a package housing. The LED chips emit a blue light. The first fluorescent layer has a first side facing to the LED chips for converting the blue light to a red light. The second fluorescent layer has a first side attached to a second side of the first fluorescent layer for converting the blue light to a red light emitted from a second side of the second fluorescent layer. The package housing holds the substrate and the first fluorescent layer.
US10246631B2
Methods of stimulating a subterranean formation using an acid precursor composition. A method of stimulating a subterranean formation. The method includes placing a fracturing composition in a subterranean formation. The method includes hydraulically fracturing the subterranean formation with the fracturing composition, to form at least one fracture and a spent fracturing composition. The method includes flushing the subterranean formation. The method includes placing an acid precursor composition in the subterranean formation, the acid precursor composition including an acid precursor. The method includes forming an acid from the acid precursor. The method also includes acidizing the subterranean formation with the formed acid.
US10246628B2
Compounds comprising multiple hydrophilic heads and a lipophilic tail may be contacted with a metal or other surface so as to adhere to the surface and inhibit corrosion, among other things. Suitable hydrophilic heads may include quaternary ammonium cation moieties, phosphonium cation moieties, and combinations thereof. Such corrosion-inhibiting compounds may be introduced into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation, for instance in oil and/or gas recovery operations and the like, whereupon the compound may adhere to a metal or other surface downhole so as to inhibit corrosion of the surface. These compounds may be employed in various other environments, such as any metal or other surface that may be exposed to corrosive conditions.
US10246620B2
The present invention is a CMP polishing agent, including polishing particles, a protective film-forming agent, and water, wherein the protective film-forming agent is a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile, and an average molecular weight of the copolymer is 500 or more and 20000 or less. This provides a polishing agent which can polish an insulation film with few polishing scratches and has high polishing selectivity of an insulation film to a polishing stop film in a CMP step, a method for manufacturing the polishing agent, and a method for polishing a substrate by using the polishing agent.
US10246607B2
An epoxy resin composition comprising a blend of at least (i) at least one epoxy group containing a polycyclic group, and (ii) at least one epoxy group that is different from the epoxy resin in component (i). As exemplary of component (i) is an epoxidized tricyclo decanedimethanol. A renewable epoxy of component (ii) is cardanol epoxy, derived from cashew nut shell oil (CNSL). Optionally, a component (iii) which is any other epoxy from that of (i) and (ii) can be included, such as Bisphenol-A/F diglycidal ether. The blend is characterized by low viscosity, making it amenable to airless spray application, high solids content and excellent solvent resistance and abrasion resistance.
US10246598B2
Disclosed are a manufacture method of quantum dots printing ink and manufactured quantum dots printing ink manufactured with the manufacture method. In the manufacture method, by mixing the first solvent and the second solvent, the viscosity of the quantum dots printing ink is adjusted to be in a predetermined range. Then, by mixing the third solvent with the first and second solvent, the surface tension thereof is adjusted to be in a predetermined range while maintaining the viscosity to be in the predetermined range. Furthermore, by adding the fourth solvent in the quantum dots printing ink, the vapor pressure is adjusted to be in a reasonable range. With mixture of kinds of solvents, the quantum dots printing ink of which the performance indicators, the viscosity, the surface tension, the dry condition are suitable for jet ink printing can be formulated to avoid adding the surfactant in the ink.
US10246597B2
An oil-based recording liquid according to the invention includes a color material and an oil-based medium, the oil-based medium contains a first organic medium having an SP value of 9.5 or more and an iodine value of 120 or more, and the content of the first organic medium is 50 percent by mass or more, or the oil-based medium contains an allyl compound.
US10246593B2
A Zn—Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) composition is added to a solution including a corrosion inhibitor and stirred, and a precipitate of the solution is collected, washed, and dried to form a corrosion inhibiting material (CIM), in which the LDH composition is intercalated with the corrosion inhibitor. An inorganic CIM and/or an organic CIM may be formed. The organic CIM may be added to a sol-gel composition to form an organic CIM-containing sol-gel composition, and the inorganic CIM may be added to a sol-gel composition to form an inorganic CIM-containing sol-gel composition. Further, the organic CIM-containing sol-gel composition may be applied on a substrate (e.g., an aluminum alloy substrate) to form an organic CIM-containing sol-gel layer and cured by ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the inorganic CIM-containing sol-gel composition may be applied on the substrate to form an inorganic CIM-containing sol-gel layer and cured by UV radiation, and the sol-gel layers may be thermally cured.
US10246591B1
There is provided a second component, and a method of producing a second component, for a two-component sprayable paint. The sprayable paint can be sprayed in a sprayer apparatus. The first component is methyl-methacrylate. The second component is a mix of: a catalyst for the methyl-methacrylate; and an acetone-based paint. In a particular case, the catalyst is benzoyl-peroxide or dibenzoyl-peroxide. In another case, the acetone-based paint comprises an acrylic copolymer binder.
US10246589B2
An anti-icing composition suitable for incorporation in bituminous conglomerates for road paving, comprising an alkali metal chloride, an alkaline-earth metal carbonate, an alkali or alkaline-earth metal formate, a polysiloxane and optionally an alkaline-earth metal chloride, in which the polysiloxane is contained in an amount between 0.5 and 2.0% by weight of the total weight of the composition; it is also described a bituminous conglomerate adapted to provide an anti-icing road paving, comprising aggregates, bitumen, filler and from 2 to 6% by weight of such anti-icing composition of the weight of the aggregates.
US10246568B2
A method for producing porous materials is disclosed. The porous materials can be produced by expansion of polymer gels.
US10246566B2
Provided are a polyethylene polymer powder and method of producing the same that can improve molding efficiency while maintaining high levels of molded product strength and wear resistance. The polyethylene polymer powder comprises an ethylene homopolymer or copolymer and has an intrinsic viscosity IV of at least 12 dL/g and not more than 35 dL/g, a melting peak full width at half maximum of at least 2° C. and not more than 7° C., a span (laser particle size distribution measurement) of at least 0.9 and not more than 2, and an α-olefin content of 0 mol % to not more than 1.50 mol %. The method of producing this polyethylene polymer powder includes polymerizing ethylene or ethylene and an α-olefin by slurry polymerization using a loop reactor. In the polymerizing, supply of a solvent and ethylene or supply of a solvent, ethylene, and an α-olefin is performed by a plurality of supply lines.
US10246564B2
One aspect of the present invention provides an end-modified conjugated diene polymer represented by Formula 1 below: wherein p is a conjugated diene polymer chain; R1 to R7 are each independently C1-C20 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chains; X is carbon (C), silicon (Si), or nitrogen (N); a is 1 or 2; and n is an integer of 1 to 200, and a method for preparing the same.
US10246562B2
A method of imparting color to a plastic substrate comprising applying to the substrate, or incorporating within the substrate, a diacetylene compound of general formula (I) wherein n=1 to 20; R1=an optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl group which may contain heteroatoms; T=H, an optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl group which may contain heteroatoms or —(CH2)m—C(═O)-Q2R2; Q1=NH, CO, NHCONH, OCONH, COS, NHCSNH or NR3, wherein m, Q2 and R2 are independently selected from the same groups as n, Q1 and R1 respectively; R3 is an optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl group which may contain heteroatoms; and irradiating the substrate to impart color to the substrate is described.
US10246553B2
In an organic fluorine compound, an organic group including a single aromatic ring or a condensed ring consisting of aromatic rings at a non-bonded terminal is bonded to each of all of terminals of a chain structure including a perfluoropolyether structure.
US10246551B2
A process for the production of a flame-retardant polymer is disclosed. The process includes reacting a polyol, for example glycerol, with an organophosphorus monochloride material to produce a phosphorus-functionalized polyol derivative. The process further includes reacting the phosphorus-functionalized polyol derivative with a polycarboxylic acid to form the flame-retardant polymer, wherein phosphorus is chemically bound to a polymer chain of the flame-retardant polymer.
US10246549B2
This invention relates to a composition comprising a semisolid epoxy resin containing a curative dispersed therein. The curative has a particle size such that at least 90% of the particles have a size below 25 pm at ambient temperature of 21° C., wherein the composition further comprises a diluent containing a particulate filler. The composition is used as matrix in prepregs. The use of the diluent increases peel strength of the composition when brought into contact with metal or wood substrate.
US10246548B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a polymeric network having at least one unit of formula (I), (II), and/or (III); wherein the composition is obtained by contacting at least one compound A comprising at least two functions selected from the group of function of formula —X—C(═O)—CHR1-C(═O)—R2, —C(═O)—C≡C—R2; or —C(═O)—CR1═CR2—NR4R5; wherein at least 25% by weight of compounds A have a functionality ≤5, with % by weight relative to the total weight of compounds A; with at least one compound B comprising at least one —NH2, or —NH3+ groups; wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L1 and L2 have the same meaning as that defined in the claims. The present invention also relates to a compound comprising at least two units and at most 5 units of formula (I), (II), and/or (III), described hereinabove. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing the composition and the compounds, to material, articles, and polymers comprising or using the compositions and compounds, and the use thereof.
US10246534B2
Provided is an apparatus for preparing polybutadiene which may improve productivity by minimizing a plugging phenomenon during the preparation of polybutadiene and increasing a conversion rate.
US10246519B2
The invention provides NSP4 inhibitors (such as anti-NSP4 antibodies) and methods of using the same.
US10246516B2
The invention relates to antibodies against the human La protein and to their use in immunotargeting, in particular the immunotargeting of tumor cells. The object of the invention is to provide improved antibodies which bind universal target structures on the surface of tumor cells, and to provide novel anti-La antibodies, in particular with a high affinity for La, a universal target structure on tumor cells, which make it possible to use the antibodies as recombinant fragments for immunotargeting. The invention comprises recombinant antibodies comprising: (i) a binding unit of an antibody which specifically binds to an epitope of a human nuclear antigen, preferably human La protein, and (ii) a binding unit of an antibody which specifically binds to an effector cell or of a ligand which specifically binds to an effector cell. The invention furthermore comprises novel antibodies which specifically bind the human La protein.
US10246508B2
Provided are isolated polyspecific antibodies directed to a unique epitope in the chemokine eotaxin 2. The antibodies bind additional CCR3-binding chemokines. Further provided are methods for using of the antibodies for attenuating the migration of various cells and for treating fibrotic diseases, autoimmune inflammatory disorders, monocyte related disorders or allergic atopic disorders.
US10246501B2
Disclosed are fusion polypeptides comprising fragments from a first and a second isoform of an interferon lambda family, nucleic acids encoding the fusion polypeptides, and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of making and using such compositions in treatment of interferon lambda-related diseases, disorders, and conditions.
US10246498B2
Non-FRET-based fusion protein reporter molecules are provided that can be used to monitor histone modifications in living cells. Transgenic animals, particularly non-human mammals, whose genomes comprise an expression cassette encoding a non-FRET-based fusion protein reporter, are also provided. Methods of using the fusion reporter molecules for diagnosing histone-modification-associated disorders and to identify candidate pharmaceutical agents that effect histone modification in cells and tissues are also provided.
US10246497B2
The invention relates to PYY compounds having the amino acid in the position corresponding to position 30 of hPYY(1-36) substituted with tryptophan and derivatives thereof with a modifying group attached to the position corresponding to position 7 of hPYY(1-36). The compounds of the invention are selective Y2 receptor agonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such PYY compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, as well as the medical use of the PYY compounds.
US10246484B2
A method is provided for purifying a recombinant protein from a mixture comprising the recombinant protein and related proteins, comprising the steps of: A. using a first equilibrating buffer in a first conductivity and pH to make the recombinant protein bind to an ion exchange medium; B. using a second equilibration buffer in a second conductivity and pH to continually equilibrate the ion exchange medium bound to the protein; C. using a washing liquid in a third conductivity and a gradually increasing pH to wash the ion-exchange medium, and eluting the first category-related proteins; D. using a first eluent in a fourth conductivity and pH to elute the ion exchange medium, and eluting the target recombinant protein; and E. using a second eluent in a fifth conductivity and pH to continually elute the ion exchange medium, and eluting the second category-related proteins.
US10246481B2
Provided herein, inter alia, are methods for the preparation of modulators of farnesoid X receptor (FXR), and compositions and uses of the modulators of FXR.
US10246480B2
Provided herein are compounds useful for the treatment of cancer.
US10246474B2
The present invention is a process for converting a phosphonate to a hydroxyalkyl phosphonic acid comprising the step of contacting together water, the phosphonate, and a sulfonated or phosphonated heterogeneous catalyst under conditions sufficient to convert at least 50% of the phosphonate to the hydroxyalkyl phosphonic acid. The process of the present invention provides a way of preparing hydroxyalkyl phosphonic acids safely and economically, without corrosive effects.
US10246473B2
A process for purifying an acryloyloxysilane comprising subjecting a mixture comprising an acryloyloxysilane, a haloorganoalkoxysilane, and an alkane-based non-polar solvent to a temperature and pressure sufficient to vaporize a portion of the non-polar solvent, the haloorganoalkoxysilane, or the non-polar solvent and the haloorganoalkoxysilane from the mixture to produce a purified mixture comprising the acryloyloxysilane. The examples disclose a three-step short-path distillation process, where in the first two passes, the residue-fraction is the one containing the product, whereas in the third path, the distillate is containing the purified product.
US10246466B2
The present invention relates to certain diaryl macrocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them, including methods for treating cancer, pain, neurological diseases, autoimmune diseases, and inflammation.
US10246464B2
The present disclosure provides compounds and methods for inhibiting the interaction of menin with its upstream or downstream signaling molecules including but not limited to MLL1, MLL2 and MLL-fusion oncoproteins. Compounds of the disclosure may be used in methods for the treatment of a wide variety of cancers and other diseases associated with one or more of MLL1, MLL2, MLL fusion proteins, and menin.
US10246462B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds and methods of use thereof for the modulation of chemokine receptor activity.
US10246461B2
The invention relates generally to pharmaceutical tablet compositions comprising fumaric acid and the compound (S)-2-(3′-(hydroxymethyl)-1-methyl-5-((5-(2-methyl-4-(oxetan-3-yl)piperazin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)amino)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-[3,4′-bipyridin]-2′-yl)-7,7-dimethyl-2,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-cyclopenta[4,5]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-1-one free base that is an inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase. The invention further relates to amorphous solid dispersions comprising at least one polymer and the Bruton's kinase inhibitor free base compound. The invention further relates to crystalline mesylate salts, crystalline chloride salts and crystalline sulfate salts of the Bruton's kinase inhibitor free base compound. In some aspects, the crystalline salts are single polymorphs.
US10246460B2
The present invention provides processes to manufacture substituted 1-[4-(Pyridin-2-yloxy)-cyclohexyl]-5,6-dihydro-4H-2,3,5,10b-tetraaza-benzo[e]azulenes. Also disclosed are compounds useful as intermediates in the methods of the invention.
US10246457B2
The present invention provides Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (Btk) inhibitor compounds according to Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, X2, R1, R7, R8 and R9 are as herein described. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods for their use in therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of Btk inhibitor compounds of Formula (I) in the treatment of Btk mediated disorders.
US10246451B2
Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of formula I where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X and R6 are as described herein. Also provided pharmaceutically acceptable salts or stereoisomer(s) of these compounds. In addition methods are provided for antagonizing the action of an α4-integrin to treat various pathophysiological conditions.
US10246448B2
The invention relates to compounds acting as antagonists of Transient Receptor Potential cation channel subfamily M member 8 (TRPM8), and having formula (I): Said compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases associated with activity of TRPM8 such as pain, ischaemia, neurodegeneration, stroke, psychiatric disorders, itch, irritable bowel diseases, cold-induced and/or exacerbated-respiratory disorders, urological disorders, corneal disorders associated to disturbances in the production of the tears and/or altered blinking such as epiphora and dry eye disease.
US10246433B2
This invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) in which R1, R2, U, V, L, M, R5, m, X, Y and Z are as defined herein, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods of using such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer.
US10246423B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a statin precursor, which process comprises a first reaction step, wherein a hydroxy-pyrimidine-carbonitrile is reacted with an organic sulfonyl halide to form the sulfonate-pyrimidine-carbonitrile; a second reaction step, wherein the sulfonate-pyrimidine-carbonitrile is reacted with N-methylmethane sulfonamide to form a pyrimidinyl-sulfonamide; and optionally a third reaction step, wherein the pyrimidinyl-sulfonamide is reacted with a reducing agent. All steps are conducted in toluene as the main solvent.
US10246417B2
This disclosure relates to picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US10246414B2
The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic derivatives which are allosteric modulators of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) and which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with endocannabinoid dysfunction and diseases in which the CB1 subtype of cannabinoid receptor is involved; to processes for their preparation; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them; and to methods of using them.
US10246413B2
The present invention relates to compounds having a selective FKBP51 ligand scaffold, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of these compounds together with pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient and/or diluents. Said selective FKBP51 ligand compounds can be used for prophylaxis and/or treatment of psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, disorders and conditions.
US10246412B2
The present invention provides a method of forming paracyclyophane containing disulfide functional group. The paracyclophane is prepared by adding 3,3′-dithiodipropionic acid (DPDPA) and N-ethyl-N′-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)carbodiimide (EDC) into 4-aminomethyl [2,2] paracyclophane. The present invention further provides a chemical film and a method of forming the same. The chemical film contains poly-p-xylylene with disulfide functional group and is formed on a substrate by a chemical vapor deposition process.
US10246409B2
The invention relates to a method for the preparation of bis(fluorosulfonyl)-imide and its derivatives at elevated temperature.
US10246400B2
The present invention relates to a method for the acetylation of an aqueous solution of lactic acid to (S)-2-acetyloxypropionic acid.The process comprises in particular removing water from the solution of lactic acid and reacting lactic acid with acetic anhydride in the presence of acetic acid.
US10246395B2
Described herein are methods of acylating an aryl substrate comprising combining a substituted aryl substrate with an acylating agent in the presence of a catalyzing medium, thereby acylating the substituted aryl substrate in the para position, wherein the catalyzing medium is an ionic liquid comprising at least one cation and at least one metal halide anion.
US10246380B2
A solid waste treatment method includes the steps of: degradation and sterilization via chlorination of the solid waste, stabilization of the solid waste and regeneration of biomass to reduce or eliminate solid waste. The solid waste treatment method may be utilized in agricultural, industrial or municipal settings.
US10246378B2
Methods of manufacturing composites are provided, including combining dihydrate calcium sulfate whiskers, hemihydrate calcium sulfate stucco, and water to form a slurry, and setting the slurry to form a composite having a natural porosity of about 60 volume percent or greater. Composites are also provided, including dihydrate calcium sulfate whiskers and dihydrate calcium sulfate crystals, and having a natural porosity of about 60 volume percent or greater.
US10246367B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a solid nanocomposite material comprising nanoparticles of a metal coordination polymer with ligands CN, said nanoparticles satisfying the formula [Alk+x]Mn+[M′(CN)m]z− where Alk is an alkali metal, x is 1 or 2, M is a transition metal, n is 2 or 3, M′ is a transition metal, m is 6 or 8, and z is 3 or 4; said Mn+ cations of the coordination polymer being bound by an organometallic bond or a coordination bond to an organic group R2 of an organic graft, and said organic graft furthermore being chemically attached, preferably by a covalent bond, to at least one surface of a solid support, by reaction of a group R1 of said graft with said surface.
US10246363B2
A transparent sheet includes a texture in relief on a first of its main faces, such that, if n is the refractive index of the material including the texture, Pm is the mean slope in degrees of the textured face and Y(q) is the percentage of the textured surface with a slope greater than q/(n−1) in degrees, then the two cumulative conditions exist: Y(q)>3%+f(q) %*Pm*(n−1) and Y(q)>10%, with f(q)=24−(3*q) and q=2 or 3.
US10246360B2
Method and plant to implement the continuous thermal hydrolysis of sludge to be treated containing organic matter, the method comprising at least: a. a step for de-structuring said sludge to be treated producing de-structured sludge; b. a step for the thermal hydrolysis of said de-structured sludge within a thermal hydrolysis reactor producing hydrolyzed sludge; c. a step for cooling said hydrolyzed sludge; said step for de-structuring consisting in: introducing said sludge to be treated into a dynamic mixer; heating said sludge coming from said dynamic mixer, this heating being obtained by the introduction, into a heat exchanger, on the one hand of said sludge coming from said dynamic mixer and, on the other hand, of said hydrolyzed sludge, this introduction inducing said cooling.
US10246357B2
A method includes treating a first brine stream including a plurality of minerals with an anti-scalant to produce a treated brine. The first brine stream is provided by a wastewater treatment system. The method also includes directing the treated brine to a first nanofiltration (NF) system disposed downstream from and fluidly coupled to the wastewater treatment system, generating a first NF permeate stream and a first NF non-permeate stream from the treated brine in the first NF system, directing the first NF non-permeate stream to a mineral removal system disposed downstream from and fluidly coupled to the first NF system, and removing the plurality of minerals from the first NF non-permeate stream to generate a first overflow stream in the mineral removal system. The first overflow stream comprises at least a portion of the plurality of minerals. The method also includes routing a first portion of the first overflow stream to a hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) production system disposed downstream from and fluidly coupled to the mineral removal system. The HCl and NaOH production system includes a second NF system that may receive the first portion of the first overflow stream and may generate a second brine stream from the first portion of the first overflow stream. The method further includes directing the second brine stream to a first electrodialysis (ED) system disposed within the HCl and NaOH production system and fluidly coupled to the second NF system. The first ED system may generate HCl and NaOH from the second brine stream.
US10246351B2
The device for producing ultrapure water according to the reverse osmosis principle with a reverse osmosis filter which is subdivided by the RO membrane into a primary chamber and a secondary chamber, with a primary circuit through which raw water is supplied to the primary chamber and concentrate is discharged therefrom, and with a secondary circuit for supplying permeate to at least one consumer, preferably to a dialysis device, is characterized in that a means for detecting organic and/or inorganic deposits is arranged in or on the primary circuit and/or the secondary circuit and is connected to an evaluation means.
US10246346B2
Compositions and methods for the removal of phosphates and other contaminants from aqueous solutions
Compositions and methods for removing phosphates, nitrates and heavy metals from aqueous solutions.
US10246341B2
The present invention discloses a method for producing lithium carbonate from a low-lithium brine by separating magnesium and enriching lithium. A salt-lake brine is used as a raw material and is converted into halide salts through dehydration by evaporation and separation by crystallization; the halide salts are directly extracted using trialkyl phosphate or a mixture of trialkyl phosphate and monohydric alcohol, and an organic extraction phase as well as remaining halide salts are obtained after solid-liquid separation; reverse extraction is performed on the organic extraction phase to obtain a lithium-rich solution with a low magnesium-to-lithium ratio, and lithium carbonate is obtained after concentration and removal of magnesium by alkalization. The used solid-liquid extraction method is simple with no co-extraction agent used, and a solute distribution driving force is strong, unaffected by phase equilibrium of the brine extraction agent. The mass ratio of magnesium-to-lithium significantly decreases in the extraction phase.
US10246338B2
A process for preparing precipitated silica comprising a reaction of a silicate with an acidifying agent to obtain a suspension of precipitated silica (S1), followed by a separation step to obtain a cake, a disintegration step of said cake to obtain a suspension of precipitated silica (S2), and a drying step of this suspension, wherein the disintegration step is performed by mixing using a twin-screw mixer or by extrusion.
US10246336B2
A method of making activated carbon including: compressing a mixture of carbonaceous source material and an alkali source material into a first solid form; and activating the first solid form to a form an activated carbon having a second solid form.
US10246333B1
Provided is a method for continuously manufacturing carbon nanotube fibers with high strength and high conductivity, which includes synthesizing carbon nanotube fibers by direct spinning; treating the carbon nanotube fibers with a strong acid while applying tension thereto; and washing the carbon nanotube fibers treated with the strong acid.
US10246324B2
According to one embodiment, a strain and pressure sensing device includes a semiconductor circuit unit and a sensing unit. The semiconductor circuit unit includes a semiconductor substrate and a transistor. The transistor is provided on a semiconductor substrate. The sensing unit is provided on the semiconductor circuit unit, and has space and non-space portions. The non-space portion is juxtaposed with the space portion. The sensing unit further includes a movable beam, a strain sensing element unit, and first and second buried interconnects. The movable beam has fixed and movable portions, and includes first and second interconnect layers. The fixed portion is fixed to the non-space portion. The movable portion is separated from the transistor and extends from the fixed portion into the space portion. The strain sensing element unit is fixed to the movable portion. The first and second buried interconnects are provided in the non-space portion.
US10246323B2
A method for forming a cavity of a sensor chip. The method comprises forming a first groove (a2) on a substrate (a1); bonding a covering layer (a4) onto the substrate (a1) to cover the first groove (a2), thereby forming a cavity; and etching the covering layer (a4) to decrease a thickness of the covering layer. The method can implement a thinner thickness of a film, thereby improving the sensitivity of a sensor.
US10246317B2
A water dispenser assembly for a refrigerator includes a housing having a front fascia with an actuator receiving area. An actuator is received in the actuator receiving area and includes inner and outer surfaces. The actuator is operable between at-rest and pressed positions. A hinge pin includes upper and lower ends with a body portion disposed therebetween. The upper and lower ends are pivotally coupled to upper and lower portions of the actuator receiving area to rotate the body portion of the hinge pin between extended and retracted positions. The body portion is further coupled to the inner surface of the actuator for movement therewith.
US10246315B2
A hand truck that weighs less than twenty-three kilograms (23 kg) when unloaded. The hand truck has a platform with wheels, which permits the platform to travel along a beam while reducing the chances of seizing as objects are loaded on or unloaded from the hand truck. The hand truck also has a strut pulley sub-assembly that controls the rate of travel of the platform along the beam.
US10246313B2
A concrete pit for housing the below-floor part of a vehicle lift that is at least partially below floor level is constructed of precast concrete pieces. In one embodiment, a trench is dug slightly bigger than the pit that will be installed, and a precast concrete base slab is placed in the hole. Features around the perimeter of the base slab mate with corresponding features around the bottom of a precast concrete hollow rectangle, which is placed on top of the base slab. Additional precast concrete hollow rectangles may be placed on top. A vehicle lift is placed within the concrete pit and in some embodiments fixed thereto using holes, protrusions, or other features built into the concrete pit. In some embodiments, plumbing, wiring conduit, and other passageways are cast into the pieces of the concrete pit to minimize manual installation work that needs to be done in the pit.
US10246311B2
The present invention relates to a winch, in particular a luffing winch, with a winch drum, at least one main drive driving the transmission input shaft, and at least one emergency drive driving the transmission input shaft in case of emergency, wherein at least one emergency drive can be coupled to the driven wheel of the transmission input shaft as required via at least one intermediate gear. The present invention furthermore is directed to a construction machine or a lifting device with at least one such winch.
US10246309B2
There is provided an optical measurement device, a load handling apparatus, a method for protecting an optical measurement device and a method for updating a load handling apparatus, where the optical measurement device comprises a permeable surface for communicating light to and from the optical measurement device. A hydrophilic coating is arranged on the permeable surface.
US10246301B2
An elevator system includes a hoistway and an elevator car suspended in the hoistway via a suspension member and drivable along the hoistway. The elevator car includes an elevator car panel and a battery pocket positioned in the elevator car panel. A battery is removably positioned in the battery pocket. The battery and the battery pocket are configured such that inspection, maintenance and/or repair of the battery is performed without entry into the hoistway of the elevator system. A method of servicing an elevator system includes driving an elevator car along a hoistway and stopping the elevator car near a selected elevator landing floor. A battery is at least partially removed from a battery pocket at the elevator car via a technician located at the selected elevator landing floor for inspection, maintenance, replacement and/or repair.
US10246300B2
An elevator car (20) comprises: a cab (24) having a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, a front, and a back, the front having a door (50); and a frame (22) supporting the cab. The cab comprises a perimeter shroud (120; 320; 420; 620) protruding above a surface of the top and leaving a well (130) exposing a central portion of an upper surface (60) of the top; the perimeter shroud protrudes above the upper surface; and the perimeter shroud has, in vertical section, a curved portion.
US10246297B2
The present invention relates to a rust removing device for an elevator guide rail and aims at solving a problem of great time and labor taken and insufficient rust removal due to that rust of existing guide rail is removed manually. The rust removing device comprises: a support; a rust removal rack, mounted on the support and covering guide rail; and a rust removal material, arranged on a U-shaped inner wall of the rust removal rack and fitted with a surface of the guide rail. The rust removing device of the present invention has advantages that the rust of the guide rail is removed automatically instead of being removed manually, featured by a high rust removing speed, energy saving, simple maintenance, and less influence on users due to long-time service stop because of rust removal.
US10246276B2
A combined rope-rod-driven parallel palletizing robot, comprises a chassis, wherein, a base driving mechanism is arranged on the chassis, a torque transfer mechanism is mounted on the base driving mechanism, a top gearbox is mounted on the top of the torque transfer mechanism, a gib arm is movably connected to the top gearbox, and a mechanical arm end tool is arranged on the movable end of the gib arm to operate a work object; the robot further comprises three steel wire rope drivers and three corresponding steel wire ropes, the three steel wire rope drivers are located on the chassis and evenly distributed around the base driving mechanism. In the present invention, the top gearbox and the torque transfer mechanism are driven by a rope to execute two-freedom spatial movement, so as to do palletizing work in a bigger work space.
US10246270B2
A transfer unit for transferring articles having a first orientation from a first line, to a perpendicular second line along which the articles advance with a second orientation, rotated in the horizontal plane relative to the first orientation, includes a carousel having a set of pickup devices carried by rotatably supported arms driven in counter-rotation and phase relationship with the rotation direction of the carousel. Counter-rotation is obtained by idler gears meshing with a crown wheel coaxial with and fixed to the carousel and with gears acting on the arms. The gripping devices are driven in counter-rotation relative to rotation of the arms to keep their orientation constant in the horizontal plane while free ends of the arms rotate. Counter-rotation of the pickup devices is obtained by a first pinion connected by a belt to a second, smaller pinion fixed on the axis of rotation of the arm.
US10246266B2
To reduce mechanical loading due to guidance of the transport unit of a conveyor installation in the form of a long stator linear motor and nevertheless ensure safe retention of the transport unit on the conveyor track of the conveyor installation in all operating conditions, the normal force (FNn) is controlled with a controller (Rk) for controlling the normal force (FNn). The controller (Rk) determines a normal-force-forming current component (iAnd) of the drive current (iAn) of the drive coils interacting with the transport unit (Tn) so that a resulting normal force (FΣNn) acting on the transport unit (Tn) as the sum of the normal force (FNn), a magnetic force (FMn) in the normal direction (N) caused by the drive magnets, and an external force (FEn) in the normal direction (N) acting on the transport unit (Tn) corresponds at least to a specified retaining force (FNnmin) in the normal direction (N).
US10246264B2
A roller train and a substrate conveying device are provided. The roller train is used for a substrate and includes a first roller including a first delimitation part, and a second roller including a second delimitation part. An axial line of the first roller is parallel to that of the second roller; the first roller and the second roller contact an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate, respectively; and, the first delimitation part and the second delimitation part are arranged on the first axis and the second axis, respectively, and configured to delimit axial displacement of the first roller and the second roller, respectively. The first delimitation part and the second delimitation part cooperate to prevent misalignment between the first roller and the second roller.
US10246259B2
A flexible funnel element attachable to a holder funnel element to form a funnel section of a material guide chute. The funnel elements include releasable connections to able the flexible elements to be interchanged at the holder elements when worn. Due to the modular construction of the funnel sections, the guide chute has component parts of different materials such that selected components may be optimized for wear resistance and maintaining the free flow of material through the chute.
US10246258B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for robotic item sortation and optimization along the vertical axis in a conveyor-based system. A robotic system may be mounted above or adjacent to a conveyor system that moves items along a conveyor belt or similar device. Once an item is laterally diverted from the conveyor system, the robotic system may collect the item at a respective holding station and move the item along a vertical axis for placement in one of a plurality of vertically-configured item handling devices.
US10246257B1
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for managing item storage using rotating platforms. In some examples, an item can be loaded on to a material conveyance device. The item then can be unloaded from the material conveyance device to a rotating platform. The rotating platform can include a sloped surface. Sensor data that identifies the item can be received. A robotic manipulator can be used to manipulate the item based at least in part on the sensor data.
US10246256B1
A rotary conveyance mechanism includes a pair of spaced apart, offset wheels and interconnecting carriages that are configured to maintain a horizontal position when the wheels are rotated. A tote presentation and management system can employ the rotary conveyance mechanism.
US10246253B2
In a fluid reservoir tank such as an oil tank, the metal roof floats. The American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice (RP) number 545 requires a floating roof to tank resistance of less than 30 milli-ohms. The improved cable system uses a preferred aluminum braided cable to provide low resistance combined with resistance to sour fluids. Prior art used copper and tinned copper braided cables. The new reel is factory pre-assembled and tensioned using a new cable guide with a cable stop bar which stops a cable stop attached near the end of the (approximately 80 foot) cable. A new spring assembly increased tension and extends cable life by minimizing slack in the cable.
US10246250B2
A drawn and wall ironed beverage can body, method for forming same, and a sealed and filled can, include a through-hole or aperture in the base. A grommet for charging a propellant in can is located in the aperture. The aperture has a burr that is located on the inboard side of the rim of the aperture.
US10246247B2
A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.
US10246239B2
A vacuum bottle sealing apparatus includes a lower unit disposed in an opening of a bottle; an upper unit installed on an upper portion of the lower unit; and a lifting and lowering unit disposed to pass through the lower unit and protrude inwardly of the upper unit from inside of the opening of the bottle. The lifting and lowering unit includes a lifting and lowering bar connected to the upper unit through the lower unit and lifted and lowered by the upper unit; and an elastic sealing ring mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the lifting and lowering bar and sealing am interior of the opening of the bottle as the elastic sealing ring is pressed by the lower unit and then deformed when the lifting and lowering bar is lifted.
US10246234B2
A packaging sheet for wrapping an article or object, providing structure around the article or object, or forming a box. The packaging sheet includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth panels, the second panel being connected to the first panel, the third panel being connected to the first panel opposite the second panel, the fourth panel being connected to the second panel opposite the first panel, and the fifth panel being connected to the third panel opposite the first panel. The packaging sheet also includes first, second, third, and fourth flaps connected to the first, second, third and fourth panels, respectively. In some embodiments, a first edge is defined between the third and fifth panels so that the fifth panel is adjoined to the third panel along the first edge, and the fifth panel defines second and third edges along which no flaps are adjoined.
US10246230B2
A safety closure for containers comprising a cover (3) and an internal element (4), the internal element being formed of a constraining portion (5) and a covering portion (6), the covering portion and the constraining portion being at least partially interconnected by means of at least a first preferential breakage zone (7B) which, when intact, joins them to each other, the constraining portion being provided with blocking means at the neck of a container with which the closure is intended to be associated and with first constraining means (10) which removably attach the cover, the internal element having sealing means (12) which, at least when the seal is intact, preserve the container content integrity.
US10246229B2
A beverage can end has a vent (40) that includes a button (50). The vent is actuated by downward force of a pull tab (70) that is transmitted to the vent score (42) through the button. The center panel (18) includes beads.
US10246228B2
A liquid dispensing container may include a body, lid, valve assembly, and straw. The valve assembly may be movable between a first position to allow contents to be discharged by inverting and/or squeezing the container, and a second position to allow the contents to be discharged by sucking and/or squeezing through a straw.
US10246224B2
A process of manufacturing a roll of plastic bags. The process includes forming a tubular blown film, and collapsing the tubular blown film so that the tubular blown film includes a first side, a second side, a first edge, and a second edge. Openings are cut in the collapsed tubular blown film, and sealing closure mechanisms are inserted through the openings into the collapsed tubular blown film. The sealing closure mechanisms are then fixed to the collapsed tubular blown film.
US10246223B2
A monolithic blow molded container is configured to hold liquids. A majority portion of the container is opaque and the container has an upper opening configured and adapted to allow liquid to be dispensed from the cavity of the container. The container also has a vertically oriented viewing stripe that bulges outward from the majority portion of the container in a manner such that liquid in the container can be observed through the transparent viewing stripe from two opposite viewing angles.
US10246221B2
A container features a pair of stacking features on its top and bottom walls enabling a plurality of such containers to be disposed in a vertically stacked configuration. One of these stacking features is a protrusion with a tip spaced from an outer surface of the respective wall and opposite sides depending from the tip on either side thereof towards the wall's outer surface, and the other one is a groove with a base recessed from an outer surface of the respective wall and opposite sides of the groove extending from the base on either side thereof towards the wall's outer surface. The groove of one such container is thus arranged to matingly receive the protrusion of another such container so that the two containers are interconnectable in the vertically stacked configuration.
US10246217B2
A drawn aluminum can shell has a peripheral crown which is double-seamed with an end portion of an aluminum can body to provide a can end having a generally flat center panel connected by an inclined curved or straight panel wall to an inclined inner wall of an annular U-shaped countersink. The countersink has an outer wall which connects with an inclined lower wall portion of a chuck wall at a junction below the center panel, and the chuck wall has a curved or inclined upper wall portion which connects with an inner wall of the crown. The chuck wall also has an intermediate wall portion forming a break, and the inner bottom width of the countersink is less than the radial width of the panel wall. The inclined upper wall portion of the chuck wall extends at an angle greater than the angle of the inclined lower wall portion of the chuck wall.
US10246215B2
A semiregular polyhedron box and method of assembly provides a rectangular cross-section, ten faces, twenty-four edges, and sixteen vertices. The box is plastic corrugated and has two rectangular sidewalls, two square sidewalls, and four corner sidewalls. The sidewalls join at their lateral edges to form an enclosed region defined by a generally rectangular shape and four chamfered edges. Four rectangular panels hingedly join two opposing upper edges of rectangular sidewalls. Each rectangular panel has two L-shaped slots. Four irregular panels hingedly join two opposing upper and lower edges of the square sidewalls. Each irregular panel comprises an irregular top edge having a convex curve, and top angled corners. Each irregular panel also comprises irregular lateral edges having a lateral notch and bottom angled corners. The top angled corners of the irregular top edge and lateral notch detachably interlock with the L-shape slots of the rectangular panel to close the box.
US10246211B2
A container is produced from a single-layered, helically bent sheet metal strip. In the strip's upper or lower border region a first helically running border portion of the strip is bent out via a helically running outwardly bent edge with a curved region toward the outside of the container as a protruding flange. A second helically running border portion is in the lower/upper border region. The border regions each border one another adjacently height-wise and are connected to one another in a fluid-tight manner via a continuous, helically running welded joint. The second border portion runs rectilinearly in the plane of the strip and the welded joint has a first and a second weld seam. The first and second weld seams are applied from the outside and the inside of the container, respectively, and the two weld seams are fused to each other in the weld route thereof.
US10246199B2
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) light for an aircraft includes a hollow cylindrical body, a plurality of LEDs mounted in the hollow body, and at least one reflector to receive light beams emitted by the LEDs and configured to direct the light beams in a lighting direction of the LED light. The LEDs are mounted on a cylindrical support and disposed radially in the cylindrical body, and the cylindrical support has a polygonal contour.
US10246198B2
An exhaust system for an aircraft includes an exhaust duct configured to be inserted within a plurality of leaf springs of an aircraft. The exhaust duct is configured to be in fluid communication with the auxiliary power unit for conveying exhaust from the auxiliary power unit to an exhaust exit, the exhaust duct including at least one exhaust bracket for movably mounting the exhaust duct to an airframe. An alignment system is configured to be operatively connected to the exhaust duct.
US10246192B1
A passenger seat module in which one or more of the modules can be installed in the cabin of a vehicle, such as an airplane, train, bus, automobile, etc. The passenger seat module includes a passenger seat, such as an adjustable reclining seat. A movable console having a table top is positioned in front of the seat and is slidably coupled to at least one rail mounted in the floor of the vehicle or to the module. The rail extends from the front of the module to about proximate the front portion of the seat, such that the console is slidable along the rail between the front of the module and a position just in front of the seat. The video monitor may be liftable substantially vertically through an opening in the table between a stowed position below the table to a viewing position above the table.
US10246191B2
A partition wall for integration into the vehicle cabin of a transportation means comprises a first surface and a second surface, which are arranged parallel to each other. The first surface comprises at least one recess, which may be filled with an at least regionally flat body designed correspondingly thereto, wherein the body is pivoted to the body by means of a swivelling means and may be brought into a stowed position and use position. The body fills out the accompanying recess when in its stowed position. This yields a multifunctional partition wall that may tangibly increase the comfort and available space on board the transportation means without taking up additional installation space.
US10246188B2
An apparatus for controlling a still position in the air, allowing a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a plurality of rotors to move swiftly to a given position in the air and make its airframe hover stably in that position, the apparatus including a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a plurality of rotors, a stationary plane from which and on which the miniature unmanned aerial vehicle takes off and lands, and a plurality of string-like members which link the miniature unmanned aerial vehicle with the stationary plane, wherein the plurality of string-like members are stretched to a length for all the members to become tense when the miniature unmanned aerial vehicle has come to a specified position which is a given position in the air. Also, it is preferable that the plurality of string-like members include at least three string-like members.
US10246180B2
A method and system for sharing information between independent agents having a processor and memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive signals indicative of a fault of a sensor system of a first independent agent; transmit signals indicative of a request for sensor information to a second independent agent; receive signals indicative of state information for the second independent agent in response to the receiving of the request for sensor information; and apply the state information to a navigation system of the first independent agent in response to the receiving of the state information.
US10246176B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automated balloon launching system for launching at least one balloon such as a meteorological balloon or a radiosonde. The system comprises a container and a storage arranged in the container for storing at least one box at a defined storage position p=1, 2, . . . , n. The at least one box includes a balloon and a sonde. A release silo is arranged at least partially on top of or above and adjacent to the container for sheltering the balloon during inflation. A x-, y- and z-manipulator is arranged in the container for removing a specific box from one of the defined storage positions p=1, 2, . . . , n, and for subsequent feeding the release silo with the specific box. The present invention also concerns a method for launching at least one balloon such as a meteorological balloon or a radiosonde.
US10246172B2
One embodiment of a deployable reversible camber sail system, based on a deployable shell (58) contained within a mast-sail assembly (11, 12) and supported and controlled by additional assemblies (13-15), is disclosed. The embodiment may be easily and quickly configured into the furled, feathered, port tack and starboard tack sail forms. In addition, this embodiment represents a highly efficient sail module which may be controlled by a single human operator or automated computer-based control system. Additional embodiments, utilizing assemblages of the first embodiment sail system module, are described.
US10246167B2
A boat includes a hull provided with a rear stern hatch located in correspondence with an internal stern compartment of the hull and suitable for opening and closing in correspondence with an aperture of the compartment. The hatch having a body with opposed sides located in correspondence with side walls of the compartment and upper edge and lower edge. The hull having a stern platform that is movable and submersible. The hatch is not provided with any direct connections to the hull, but it is connected to the stern platform to reach, upon opening, a position submersed in the water where the boat is located in the moment when the platform submerges into the water.
US10246160B2
A pedal for use in pedal exercise equipment such as a bicycle, in which a sole is stably placed on a pedal body while the stepping angle of the sole is adjusted in the right and left directions within a predetermined range. The pedal includes a pedal body; a plurality of brake pads provided at a predetermined interval from each other on the front surface and the rear surface of the pedal body such that one side surface of each of the plurality of brake pads is in contact with the front surface or the rear surface of the pedal body; and inclination control plates respectively positioned at the front side and the rear side of the pedal body, and having a plurality of brake mounting grooves which are formed on one side surface thereof and into which the brake pads are inserted and fixed.
US10246140B2
A method for adjusting a spoiler unit of a spoiler device of a motor vehicle from a first position into a second position includes determining a characteristic value for a positional difference between the first position and the second position and deriving, as a function of the characteristic value, a travel speed of the spoiler unit.
US10246137B2
An exemplary tailgate assembly includes, among other things, a first gate pivotably coupled to a vehicle body, and a second gate pivotably coupled to the first gate. The second gate has an inner surface that faces a vehicle cargo bed when the second gate is in a closed position. The first and second gates are moveable to a step position where the inner surface is a step surface to the vehicle cargo bed. An exemplary method includes, among other things, pivoting a first and a second gate to a step position where an inner surface of the second gate is a step surface to a vehicle cargo bed. The inner surface faces the vehicle cargo bed when the second gate is in a closed position.
US10246134B1
A mud flap adapted to be attached behind a wheel or outside a wheel of a vehicle, particularly useful in association with large trucks or tractor trailers, which facilitates the redirected flow of water, mud, snow and roadway debris to and down the exterior surface of the mud flap. The mud flap is adapted to be attached to a vehicle behind a wheel thereof, using conventional technology, and includes a panel defined by an interior surface intended to be positioned approximal a tire and an opposing exterior surface. The panel has a plurality of annular apertures extending through the panel. A plurality of elbow tubes extend from the exterior surface of the panel at each of the apertures, and a plurality of lip structures defined by an arced perimeter, extend from the interior surface of the panel. The elbow tubes of the disclosed technology include a body extending with a downward curvature relative to the panel when the panel is attached to the vehicle. In this configuration, water, snow, ice and roadway debris flow down the interior surface of the panel, are collected by the lips and redirected through the elbow tubes, down the exterior surface of the panel.
US10246133B2
A rear vehicle body structure includes right/left side rear upper side members having ends respectively connected to right/left side center pillar members disposed at right/left sides along a width direction of a vehicle as well as being formed to extend along a height direction of a vehicle and a center pillar cross reinforcement member formed to extend along the width direction to connect the right/left side center pillar members, and disposed at the right/left sides along the width direction. A rear upper cross member is formed to extend along the width direction to connect the right/left side rear upper side members.
US10246130B2
The subject matter of the invention is a trackless tugger train having at least one transportation module and at least two axle modules. Each transportation module is arranged between two axle modules, wherein each axle module has a wheel axle and a steering device for steering the wheel axle, wherein the steering devices of the axle module are embodied in each case in such a way that each steering device steers the axle module which is assigned to it, independently of a steering device of another axle module.
US10246128B2
A travel control device for vehicle (10) includes a steering transmission ratio variable device (14), a steering transmission ratio control device (16) configured to carry out such control that an actual relative rotational angle (θre) of the steering transmission ratio variable device reaches a target value (θret), a power steering device (18), a steering assist torque control device (20) configured to control the power steering device, and a driving support device (22) configured to correct a target steering assist torque so that an actual steering angle of steered wheels (19FL, 19FR) reaches a target steering angle for driving support. When the driving support device is in operation (Step 140), the magnitude of a change in a relative rotational angle generated by the control of the steering transmission ratio variable device is decreased (Step 150 to 200) compared to a case in which the driving support device is not in operation.
US10246127B2
A rotational angle detecting device has a detecting element that detects a rotating magnetic field of a magnet that is variable according to a rotation of a motor. A rotational angle calculator calculates a rotational angle and a rotation number. A power supply failure determining circuit has a volatile memory that stores power supply failure information indicating that power supply failure occurs in which electric power is not supplied to the rotational angle detecting device from a battery. A communication portion outputs the rotational information and output information corresponding to the power supply failure information to the controller. The communication portion receives a notifying signal after the controller receives the output information indicating that the power supply failure occurs. The volatile memory stores the power supply failure information indicating that the power supply failure occurs after the power supply failure occurs until the communication portion receives the notifying signal.
US10246126B2
An object of the present invention is to realize a feedback control apparatus and an electrically driven power steering apparatus capable of safely continuing control operation even in the event of the occurrence of a soft error. A controller 202 of the present invention determines a d-axis target voltage Vd and a q-axis target voltage Vq, which are control values for controlling an output value of the electrically driven power steering apparatus on the basis of a d-axis error signal δId and a q-axis error signal δIq, which are input values. In this processing, in a period before the occurrence of the soft error, the controller 202 determines the d-axis target voltage Vd and the q-axis target voltage Vq by means of PID control that uses a current input value and a past input value. In a period after the occurrence of the soft error, the d-axis target voltage Vd and the q-axis target voltage Vq are determined by means of P control that uses a current input value but does not use a past input value. In a period after a lapse of the above period, the PID control is resumed.
US10246124B2
An electric power steering device includes a main power supply unit capable of supplying power to a load; an auxiliary power supply unit connected to the main power supply unit and capable of supplying charged power to the load; a boosting circuit capable of boosting a voltage supplied from the main power supply unit and applying a resulting voltage to the auxiliary power supply unit; a circuit switching unit interposed between the main power supply unit and the load and closing one of a first connection circuit extending from the main power supply unit to the load and a second connection circuit extending from the main power supply unit to the load via the auxiliary power supply unit; and a controller performing switching control on the circuit switching unit so as to close the second connection circuit if the magnitude of power required by the load exceeds a first threshold.
US10246120B2
Construction is achieved that is able to effectively prevent the displacement in the axial direction of a ball bearing 16 that supports the middle section of a pinion shaft 6 so as to be able to rotate freely, and that is compact and low cost. A fastening groove 28b is formed around the entire circumference of a portion near an opening of the inner circumferential surface of a sub housing section 12c of a casing 10c, and a radially outside portion of a C-shaped retaining ring 29b is fastened in this fastening groove 28b. As a result, a side surface in the axial direction of a radially inside portion of the retaining ring 29b is pressed against a side surface in the axial direction of an outer ring 18 of a ball bearing 16 that is fitted inside and supported by the inner circumferential surface of the sub housing section 12c. Moreover, a clip 35 having a radially outside arm section 43 and radially inside arm section 44 is mounted in the opening edge section of the sub housing section 12c, and a diameter reduction prevention section 36 that comprises the tip-end section of the radially inside arm section 44 is inserted into a non-continuous area 34 of the retaining ring 29b.
US10246113B2
A wheel barrow that includes a three-wheel design and a secondary handle so that almost any single user, such as a disabled military veteran, can utilize the wheel barrow compared to traditional wheel barrows. The wheel barrow includes an A-frame, a first front wheel, a second front wheel, a rear wheel, a barrow receptacle, a clevis, and a handle bar. The A-frame is the main structural body of the wheel barrow. The first front wheel and the second front wheel provide a primary conveyance means for the wheel barrow. The rear wheel provides a secondary conveyance means for the wheel barrow and allows the wheel barrow to stand upright without the aid of the user. The barrow receptacle provides a storage means to carry material. The clevis allows the user to change directions when utilizing the wheel barrow. The handle bar provides an efficient leverage means.
US10246111B2
A system includes a locator device and one or more processors operably connected to the locator device. The locator device determines a trailing distance between a trailing vehicle system that travels along a route and a leading vehicle system that travels along the route ahead of the trailing vehicle system in a same direction of travel. The one or more processors compare the trailing distance to a first proximity distance relative to the leading vehicle system. In response to the trailing distance being less than the first proximity distance, the one or more processors set a permitted power output limit for the trailing vehicle system to be less than a maximum achievable power output for the trailing vehicle system, the permitted power output limit being set based on a power-to-weight ratio of the leading vehicle system.
US10246106B2
Herein described are at least an elongated flooring unit and a floor. In one embodiment, an elongated flooring unit includes a left web, a right web, a top flange, and a bottom flange, in which the top flange is positioned parallel to the bottom flange. The left and right webs, and the top and bottom flanges, enclose an air space configured for use as an air duct. In one embodiment, a floor includes a plurality of alternating enclosed air ducts and open air ducts formed by interconnecting a plurality of flooring units, in which each enclosed air duct of the enclosed air ducts is formed by two webs and two flanges of each flooring unit of the plurality of flooring units, and in which the two flanges include a bottom flange and a top flange.
US10246105B2
A transport system includes a main cable, a track assembly, and a conveyance assembly, wherein the track assembly is suspended from the main cable to allow unimpeded translational movement of the conveyance assembly along the track assembly. In another aspect according to the present invention, the track assembly has a track changing assembly that includes a track changing section rotatably coupled to a primary track section for selective alignment of the track changing section to any one of a plurality of exit track sections. A method of conveyance along a suspended track includes suspending a main cable between natural or artificial support structures, suspending a track assembly from the main cable, and mounting a conveyance assembly on the suspended track assembly to provide unimpeded translational movement of the conveyance assembly along the track assembly.
US10246104B1
Excess fuel consumption monitor and feedback systems for vehicles include sensor arrays of two primary types including those sensors deployed as part of a vehicle manufacturer established sensor suite and sensors deployed as after-market sensors. Together, these sensor suites include sensors coupled to vehicle subsystems and operating environments associated with the vehicle. Data from these sensors may be used as parametric inputs to drive algorithmic calculations which have outputs that express excess fuel consumption. Expressions of excess fuel consumption may be made instantaneously as real-time feedback to a vehicle operator/driver and/or a fleet manager as part of a summary report.
US10246089B2
A collision avoidance assist apparatus includes: an object detection part configured to detect a second moving object that crosses ahead in a travel direction of a first moving object; an estimation part configured to estimate a relationship between a future location of the first moving object and a future location of the second moving object based on a location of the detected second moving object; and a determination part configured to determine that there is a possibility that the first moving object and the second moving object will collide with each other in a case where the second moving object is capable of passing the first moving object without colliding with the first moving object based on the estimated relationship and a relationship between the first moving object and the second moving object when the second moving object passes the first moving object satisfies a predetermined condition.
US10246083B2
Using an estimated electric angle calculated by an electric angle estimation unit, a PWM control unit controls an output of a motor generator (MG2) having an abnormality of a resolver. The electric angle estimation unit converts, into an estimated rotation angle speed, a rotation speed of MG2 estimated from rotation speeds of an engine and a normal motor generator mechanically coupled to MG2. The estimated electric angle is calculated by correcting a sum of the estimated electric angle in a previous control period and an estimated electric angle change amount between the previous control period and a present control period obtained from the estimated rotation angle speed, with a calculated and estimated electric angle error. The electric angle error is estimated from a control command for an inverter and an actual current value detected by a current sensor.
US10246082B2
A drive system for a vehicle comprises an electrical machine, arranged between a combustion engine and an input shaft to a gearbox. The rotor of the electrical machine is connected with a component of a planetary gear, and the input shaft of the gearbox is connected with another component of such planetary gear. A first locking means may be moved between a locked position, in which the planetary gear's three components rotate at the same rotational speed, and a release position, in which the components are allowed to rotate at different rotational speeds. A second locking means is moveable between a locked position in which the output shaft of the combustion engine is locked together with a component in the planetary gear, and a release position, in which the combustion engine's output shaft is decoupled from such a component.
US10246075B2
An electronic control unit executes navigation-cooperative SOC control in which traveling situations on a traveling route found through a search performed by a navigation system are predicted and a state-of-charge is controlled by adjusting an output of an engine based on the predicted traveling situations to control charging-discharging of an electricity storage device. The ECU does not execute the navigation-cooperative SOC control when a temperature of the electricity storage device falls below a prescribed temperature and thus charging-discharging of the electricity storage device is limited.
US10246073B2
A hybrid-electric vehicle includes a power system, a controller, a driver seat, a passenger seat, a back seat, and sensors. The controller is in communication with the sensors and the power system. The seats are coupled, directly or indirectly, to the power system. The sensors are configured to detect occupancy of the driver, passenger, and back seats. The controller is programmed to receive occupancy data from the sensors, determine an occupancy status based on the occupancy data, set an operating parameter for the power system based on the occupancy status, and control the power system in accordance with the parameter.
US10246067B2
A method for operating a brake system for motor vehicles comprises in a normal control mode of the system, a displacement of a piston for a pressure supply device is terminated, and inlet valves of the wheel brakes are closed in the event of a specified brake condition. The normal control mode is switched to a special control mode in the event of a specified condition for the pressure supply device. In the event of the specified brake condition in the special control mode, a displacement of the piston of the pressure supply device is terminated by outputting an actuation signal to the pressure supply device, and for at least one selected wheel brake, the corresponding inlet valve is kept open and the corresponding outlet valve is opened at least temporarily while the inlet valves of the remaining wheel brakes are closed.
US10246057B2
Adaptor (112) for connecting a windscreen wiper unit (10) to a driving arm (26), the adaptor comprising two substantially parallel walls (28) connected together by means of at least one connecting element (30), the said walls having first, inner, side faces (28a) between which the said at least one connecting element extends, and outer side faces (28b), the said adaptor further having at least one stop element which is mounted on one of the said walls and which projects at least partially from the said outer side face of this wall, characterized in that the said at least one element (150) is movable between an operational stop position and a non-operational position.
US10246054B2
The present disclosure is based on a device and on a method for enabling access to a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has at least one sensor which senses the surroundings and and/or the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The core of the present disclosure is that the enabling of access which occurs in response to an enabling request originating from outside the motor vehicle takes place at least as a function of the sensing by the sensor. The disclosure advantageously provides secure access to the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
US10246051B2
A seatback portion has a tether passageway defined therein from proximate an upper section to proximate a lower section thereof. A seatbelt tether includes a tensioning mechanism, a tether ring and a connecting portion that extends from the tether ring to the tensioning mechanism. The connecting portion extends through the tether passageway with the tether ring located at the upper section outside the seatback portion. The tether ring is shaped and dimension to slide-ably receive a seatbelt. The tensioning mechanism selectively applies tension to the tether ring. In a non-tensioned state the tether ring is movable to an upper outboard side of the seatback portion. In a tensioned state the tether ring is pulled toward a headrest supporting section of the seatback portion inboard and away from the upper outboard side of the seatback portion.
US10246048B2
A seatbelt system comprising a buckle; a spool with a ratchet wheel and webbing that is windable onto or off of the spool as the spool rotates. A control mechanism is operatively engaged with a pawl located proximate the ratchet wheel. When the control mechanism is in a first condition, the pawl is disengaged from the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are rotatable to wind the webbing onto or off of the spool. When the control mechanism is in a second condition, the pawl is moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel and the ratchet wheel and spool are only able to rotate the webbing onto the spool. The control mechanism includes a button that has to be pushed by a user after the seatbelt is engaged with the buckle in order to move the pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheel.
US10246032B2
A trim made of plastics for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprises a first component (7) made of plastics and a second component (8) made of plastics. To improve such trim, the first component (7) is at least partly transparent or semi-transparent. The second component (8) includes one or more recesses (10, 11, 12) for a display element and/or for an input element (FIG. 2).
US10246027B2
The present invention relates to a bicycle carrier for a vehicle which allows a bicycle to be safely fixed and transported upside down, and the bicycle carrier includes: a vertical support 20 which is rotatably connected to a base support rod 10; a horizontal support 30 which is rotatably connected to the base support rod 10 so as to form a fixed angle with the vertical support 20; a bicycle holder 40 which is rotatably connected to the base support rod 10; an angle fixing holder 50 which is connected between the horizontal support 30 and the bicycle holder 40 so as to fix an angle between the horizontal support and the bicycle holder; two handlebar fixing holders 60 which are slidably installed at both sides of the base support rod 10; a bicycle frame fixing holder 70 which fixes a horizontal frame 120 of the bicycle; and three fixing straps (80; 82, 83, and 84) which are adjustable in length, in which the three fixing straps 80 are fixed to the vehicle and securely tightened, a bicycle 100 is turned upside down, the bicycle horizontal frame 120 is fixed to the bicycle frame fixing holder 70, and then handlebars 110at both sides of the bicycle are fixed to the two handlebar fixing holders 60, respectively, such that the bicycle may be safely fixed to the vehicle and may be transported.
US10246022B2
A map pocket assembly is provided with a seat back panel adapted to attach to a seat back, a map pocket panel coupled to the seat back panel and moveable between a closed position and an open position relative to the seat back panel to define a pocket opening therebetween, and a spring arm coupling the seat back panel to the map pocket panel to bias the map pocket panel to the closed position. The spring arm has first and second spring fingers extending from a spring base coupled to one of the seat back panel and the map pocket panel. The first and second spring fingers are moved to a spring angle relative to each other when the map pocket panel is moved to the open position that is greater than the spring angle when the map pocket panel is in the closed position.
US10246010B2
An ultrasonic sensor (10) includes a transmission and reception unit (11) for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave, a holder (12) and an attachment (13) for fixing the transmission and reception unit (11) to the bumper (1) of a vehicle, and light source units (14a, 14b) mounted in a back side of the bumper (1). The holder (12) is shaped so as to be exposed on a surface of the bumper (1), and guides light beams emitted by the light source units (14a, 14b) to the surface of the bumper (1), to project the light beams from a light projecting surface (12a) to the outside of the vehicle.
US10246006B1
Systems, devices, and methods for a tailgate LED (light emitting diode) cap system, device and method, for attaching LED caps on top of truck tailgates as a safe and secure after-market or retrofit product. The LED cap can be easily attached to the tops of truck tailgates with fasteners but are not removable without unlocking locks covering the fasteners.
US10246004B2
A vehicle headlight control apparatus controls headlights of a vehicle including LEDs. The vehicle headlight control apparatus includes: drivers and each of which gradually changes a luminance of the LEDs between a predetermined on state and a predetermined off state over a switching time period; and a lamp ECU that determines the switching time period in a changeable manner.
US10246001B2
A carrier of one or more light sources for a lighting and/or signaling module especially for an automotive vehicle, comprising: a substrate having at least one aperture and electrical tracks on at least one side; and at least one light-emitting diode (LED) having a body and electrical connection leads lateral to the body. The LED or at least one of the LEDs is placed through a respective aperture of the substrate, and the connection leads make contact with respective electrical tracks. The substrate is a rigid molded part having a three-dimensional shape possibly providing an optical function such as that of a reflector. In this case, the LEDs are directly supported by the optical part.
US10245998B2
A load (22, 26, 27, 28, 29) is restrained against movement by passing a tape or chain (21, 31, 39) around the load (22, 26, 27, 28, 29) and passing the tape or chain (21, 31, 39) through a slot (17, 44) in a plate or the like (14, 41).
US10245997B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag positioning system includes a tag holder having a first region with a slot extending from an edge of the first region, and a second region extending from the first region. When an RFID tag having an antenna is disposed in the slot of the tag holder and when the tag holder is adapted to be retained adjacent a filling fixture of a gas tank with the second region adapted to be in contact with the gas tank so that the slot is approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the gas tank, the RFID tag's antenna is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the gas tank.
US10245984B2
A seat system for a vehicle includes a seat having a seat bottom on which a person can sit. An intermediate support structure is secured to the seat and the vehicle which allows the seat to rotate relative to the vehicle. An actuator can interact with the seat to cause the seat to rotate relative to the vehicle. One or more sensors can each measure an aspect of motion. A processor can (i) receive input from each of the one or more sensors, (ii) determine from this input a measure of rotation of the vehicle away from a nominal, level horizontal orientation, and (iii) utilize the input to determine a desired rotation of the seat. An angle that the seat has been rotated away from a nominal, level orientation is more than insubstantially larger than an angle that the vehicle has rotated away from a nominal, level horizontal orientation.
US10245983B1
A seat assembly includes a frame assembly have a seat portion and a seatback portion, wherein a seat member is supported on the seat portion of the frame assembly and a seatback is supported on the seatback portion of the frame assembly. Each of the seatback and the seat include a support portion supported on a carrier member, wherein the support portion and the carrier member are comprised of porous non-absorbent materials that are configured to allow water to drain therethrough. A cover member is comprised of a perforated fabric that is non-absorbent, and includes a first portion covering the seat member and a second portion covering the seatback.
US10245979B2
An actuator includes a motor, a gear assembly, a pulley selectively rotatable about an axis by the motor via the gear assembly, at least one biasing member, a first cable connected at one end to the pulley, and a second cable connected at one end to the pulley. The pulley is rotatable in a first pulley direction to a first actuation position to increase tension in the first cable and is rotatable in a second pulley direction opposite the first pulley direction to a second actuation position to increase tension in the second cable. The at least one biasing member is operable to bias the pulley in the second pulley direction when the pulley is in the first actuation position and to bias the pulley in the first pulley direction when in the pulley is the second actuation position.
US10245975B1
The child car seat safety alarm is an alarm system. The child car seat safety alarm is configured for use with a child safety seat and a driver's seat. The child car seat safety alarm is configured to detect the weight of a first individual in the driver's seat. The child car seat safety alarm is configured to detect the weight of a second individual in the child safety seat. If the child car seat safety alarm detects the weight of the second individual in the child safety seat but does not detect the weight of the first individual, the child car seat safety alarm initiates a plurality audio and visual alarms to indicate that the second individual remains in the child safety seat. The child car seat safety alarm comprises a beacon module and a child safety seat module.
US10245971B2
A motor-generator system comprising an internal combustion engine, a motor-generator in driven engagement with the internal combustion engine by an endless belt, the motor-generator, a controller detecting a speed signal of the internal combustion engine, a driver input signal, a battery state signal and a motor-generator signal, the motor-generator operable to provide a motoring torque or a load torque to the internal combustion engine at a predetermined frequency according to a controller command, and the controller controlling the motor-generator torque at a frequency greater than 1 Hz such that when the internal combustion engine accelerates the motoring torque is applied to speed the motor-generator rotation and when the internal combustion engine decelerates the load torque is applied to slow motor-generator rotation such that motor-generator rotation is controlled to attenuate a system vibration.
US10245962B2
An active rectifier for a wireless power transfer system includes: a first rectifying circuit; a second rectifying circuit; a first switching circuit and a second switching circuit. The first rectifying circuit, the second rectifying circuit, the first switching circuit, and the second switching circuit are arranged in a form of a bridge circuit between a secondary coil of a vehicle and a battery of the vehicle, and the active rectifier controls the first and second switching circuits according to a charging status of the battery or an output status of the wireless power transfer system in order to change or maintain a charging power to the battery.
US10245954B2
A vehicle display device includes an image display device and a frame member. The image display device is disposed in front of a driver in a vehicle and displays an image. The frame member is disposed on a driver side of the image display device and surrounds a part of an image display region in the image display device. When displaying a new image in a surrounding of the frame member, the image display device displays the new image from an edge of the frame member in a slide-in manner.
US10245949B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle including an all-wheel drive that can be enabled and disabled, and a drive train including two clutches actuated by a control unit for enabling and disabling the all-wheel drive, and components rotating between the two clutches, which components are driven when the all-wheel drive is enabled and are uncoupled from the remaining drive train when the all-wheel drive is disabled. In order to allow early detection of defects and, in particular, bearing defects of the rotating components, and to determine the applied drag torque even without knowing the oil temperature, in one embodiment, when the all-wheel drive is disabled, the rotational speed (n) of at least one of the uncoupled components is measured in a time interval, and an angular acceleration of the uncoupled components is determined therefrom.
US10245941B2
The invention relates to a vent valve (1) for controlling the internal tank pressure of a fuel tank, having at least one valve housing (2) having at least one first connection (3) to the fuel tank and at least one second connection (4), which can be connected to a vent line leading to a fuel vapor filter. The vent valve (1) comprises at least one valve element, which is held in a valve seat (8) in a position in which it closes the first connection (3) by the force of gravity and/or by spring loading and, after a given pressure threshold is exceeded, is raised from the valve seat (8) and, when a given pressure threshold is undershot, returns to the initial position. The valve element and/or the valve element guide has/have at least one relief opening (10), which forms a bypass for a gap flow which arises, for example, during a return movement of the valve element.
US10245940B2
A dual-fuel tank houses one or more compressed natural gas (CNG) vessels and one or more diesel fuel vessels. The diesel fuel vessels are generally disposed laterally outwardly from the CNG vessels to provide a buffer that protects the CNG vessels from side impacts. The dual-fuel tank may be retrofit onto a diesel locomotive in place of the locomotive's diesel fuel tank to convert the locomotive into a dual-fuel locomotive. The dual-fuel tank may be provided in a ship.
US10245939B2
A grille shutter device includes: a first bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction; and a shutter mechanism that is provided with a plurality of support members extending from the first bumper reinforcement in a direction intersecting with the vehicle width direction, is supported by the plurality of support members, and regulates a flow rate of air which flows into an engine room from a grille.
US10245933B2
A vehicle includes: a center tunnel which is formed on a floor panel so as to extend in a front-rear direction; a high-voltage battery which is disposed on the center tunnel; and a frame member which holds the high-voltage battery, wherein leg portions are provided on a bottom portion of the frame member so as to extend obliquely downwards, and wherein the frame member is fastened to inclined surfaces of the center tunnel via the leg portions.
US10245930B2
A deflector device includes: a deflector base fixed to side edge portions of a roof opening portion provided in a roof of a vehicle; a deflector arm assembled to the deflector base to extend along the side edge portions and rotatably supported to approach and separate from the roof opening portion in response to an opening and closing operation of a panel for opening and closing the roof opening portion; a deflector unit configured to be deployed when the deflector arm is separated from the roof opening portion and to be stored when the deflector arm approaches the roof opening portion; and a biasing member installed such that one end side thereof is assembled to the deflector base and the other end side thereof biases the deflector arm in a direction in which the deflector arm is separated from the roof opening portion.
US10245929B2
A locking device for a top of a convertible vehicle having a locking support, a locking hook, which can be shifted in a translational and/or rotational manner so as to be displaced between a release position and a locked position, and a driving mechanism for the locking hook, the driving mechanism having a driving wheel, which is driven by a driving motor and which drives a slide movable on the locking support. The slide is connected to a driving section of the locking hook via a pull-link arrangement in such a manner that the locking hook undergoes a pivoting movement when the slide is moved.
US10245927B1
A tarpaulin fastening device includes a support frame for support of one or more winch/spool assemblies and associated interconnecting line cord. The interconnecting line cord is extracted/retracted from/to its respective winch/spool assembly through actuation of a gear assembly. The interconnecting line cord is woven through eyelets of one or more connection pins and terminated with an anchoring mechanism. Once extracted from the winch/spool assembly, the interconnecting line cord is anchored to a flatbed trailer using the anchor mechanism and each connection pin is alternatingly connected to connection points along a length of tarp covering a payload supported by the flatbed and to connection points along a length of the flatbed trailer. Once the interconnecting line cord is anchored and connected to the tarp and flatbed, the tarp is secured onto the payload by actuation of the gear assembly.
US10245925B2
A vehicle door structure has a door inner panel; a BL inner RF that is made of a fiber reinforced resin and that, together with the door inner panel, forms a closed cross-section structure portion; and an up-stop member that is structured to include joined portions that are joined to the BL inner RF, and a rubber stopper that is disposed further toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side than the closed cross-section structure portion. A communication hole, that communicates an interior and an exterior of the closed cross-section structure portion and through which the up-stop member is inserted, is formed in the BL inner RF. The joined portions are joined by rivets in a state of being superposed on the BL inner RF from a vehicle transverse direction inner side.
US10245922B2
The present invention relates to a flap (14) for an air extractor (10), in particular of a motor vehicle, said flap comprising a rigid or semi-rigid wall (42) and articulation means (40) to allow a pivoting of the flap about an axis (A) substantially parallel to the wall, wherein the articulation means are located on a single edge (44) of the wall. The articulation means are spaced from said wall and comprise a swivel element (40). The swivel elements are preferably spherical or rod shaped. It also relates to an air extractor (10), in particular of a motor vehicle, comprising a support (12) having at least one window defining an opening for the passage of air and at least one flap (14) as described above and movable between a position of closure of the opening and a position of opening up this opening.
US10245921B2
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a temperature estimation module and a coolant flow control module. The temperature estimation module can determine an estimate of a heater core air out temperature of a vehicle based upon a heater core inlet coolant temperature, a heater core outlet coolant temperature, an estimated volumetric air flowrate, and an estimated volumetric coolant flowrate. The coolant flow control module can control a rate at which coolant flows to a heater core of the vehicle by adjusting a position of a coolant control valve of the vehicle or an output of a coolant pump of the vehicle. The coolant flow control module can control the coolant flowrate to decrease a difference between a target heater core air out temperature and the estimated heater core air out temperature.
US10245920B2
A vehicle air conditioning device including a duct for supplying conditioned air from an air conditioner to occupants, in which the air conditioner executes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) in a vehicle compartment; and the duct is extended in a vehicle rear direction and is fixed to a floor carpet is provided.
US10245913B2
A vibration damper with a piston, a piston rod fastened to the piston, a working chamber divided by the piston into a first working chamber and second working chamber, and a generator drivable by movement of the piston rod. The damping force of the vibration damper can be influenced by energization of the generator. An energizable component part is provided that short-circuits the windings of the generator when unenergized and cancels the short circuit when energized.
US10245900B2
A tire (1) in which a carcass fold-back portion (40) is wound around a bead core (10) includes a hard bead filler (50) arranged on an outer side of a carcass (20) in the tread width direction (twd), the hard bead filler (50) extends, along a tire radial direction (trd), from an outer side of the bead core (10) at least to a center (BO) of the bead core (10), and a thickness (t) of the hard bead filler (50) along the tread width direction (twd) is not shorter than 0.5 mm on a straight line (L) passing over the center (BO) of the bead core (10) in the tread width direction (twd).
US10245898B2
There is provided a rubber decor or a tire having: a rubber; a white layer arranged on or above a surface of the rubber and composed of a white paint; and a colored layer composed of a paint except a white paint and at least partially applied on the white layer. The darkest part of the white layer has brightness of 80% or more. The white layer and the colored layer constitute a desired decoration.
US10245897B2
A pneumatic tire according to the present invention including a tread surface having at least one circumferential groove extending along a tire circumferential direction and a plurality of widthwise grooves opening to the circumferential groove, the widthwise grooves having a groove width wider than a groove width of the circumferential groove at least in a portion opening to the circumferential groove and, the widthwise grooves extending in a direction inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction, wherein a recess is formed on a groove wall surface of the circumferential groove opposite to the widthwise groove.
US10245886B2
A person support apparatus includes a base frame with a plurality of caster wheel assemblies, each of the caster wheel assemblies including a caster brake actuator movable between a total braking position and a non-braking position. A linkage system is coupled to the caster brake actuators for controlling the caster brake actuators and is operable to move the caster brake actuators between their total braking positions and their non-braking positions. The linkage system is configured to compensate for tolerances in the linkage system wherein the linkage system can control the caster brake actuators to simultaneously move between their total braking positions and their non-braking positions.
US10245879B2
The invention relates to the field of manual applicators, and in particular a manual applicator for applying a material on a substrate such as a sheet of paper. The manual applicator comprises a housing, an applicator endpiece projecting beyond a front opening of the housing, and a C-shaped handle. In a first section plane and in at least one section plane different from the first section plane and not parallel with the first section plane, the housing presents the same external outline adapted to be pressed into an internal outline of the handle, thereby enabling the handle to be fastened in a first orientation and alternatively in at least one second orientation different from the first orientation, the handle being oriented in the first section plane in the first orientation and in the second section plane in the second orientation. The first and second section planes are substantially in alignment with a longitudinal axis of the housing.
US10245869B2
In a thermal transfer sheet in which a transfer layer is provided on a substrate, the transfer layer has a layered structure in which a receiving layer, an intermediate layer, and a masking layer are layered in this order from the side of the substrate, the receiving layer is a solvent-based receiving layer containing a solvent-based resin and a silicone oil, the intermediate layer is a water-based intermediate layer containing a water-based resin, and the masking layer is a solvent-based masking layer containing a solvent-based resin and a colorant.
US10245863B2
Of at least three drive sources provided inside a printer body, a carriage-driving motor and a transport motor are disposed on one side with respect to a center portion in a width direction that intersects a medium transport direction while a sheet-feed motor is disposed on the other side with respect to the center portion in the width direction. The battery that provides electric power to the three drive sources is disposed such that the center of gravity of the battery is on the other side with respect to the center portion in the width direction.
US10245862B2
A power supply apparatus includes a power source unit configured to supply electric power to an electric load, a capacitor connected to a power supply line extending from the power supply unit to the electric load, a charge circuit configured to charge the capacitor while restricting a current value of the electric power supplied from the power source unit, a specifying unit configured to specify a voltage value of the capacitor, a first determination unit configured to determine whether the charge of the capacitor is completed in accordance with the voltage specified by the specifying unit, and a second determination unit configured to determine whether the voltage specified by the specifying unit is equal to or smaller than an error threshold value after the first determination unit determines that the charge of the capacitor is completed.
