US10262105B2
A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes a structured ASIC formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the structured ASIC connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline.
US10262096B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide improved placement of components in programmable logic devices (PLDs). In one example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a design identifying operations to be performed by a PLD. The method also includes determining a layout comprising positions of components of the PLD configured to perform the operations. The method also includes performing a timing analysis on the layout. The method also includes selectively adjusting the positions of the components using the timing analysis. Related systems and non-transitory machine-readable mediums are also provided.
US10262093B2
A computer implemented system and method of computer implemented method of instrumentation of an electronic design comprising receiving by a computer a computer readable representation of said electronic design having at least in one part of said electronic design, an analog portion. At least one instrumented netlist is generated based at least in part upon said representation of said electronic design. At least one specification of said electronic design is received and at least one set of valid states is generated based on said at least one specification. An analog verification coverage is determined utilizing said at least one instrumented netlist.
US10262085B2
The invention relates to a characterization method for characterizing the performance of wells in a stockpile or deposit of compressible fluid, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a plurality of operating points (400); defining a family of operating models (IPa, IPb); for each model of a family, enumerating (410) those points of the plurality of points that are reproduced by said model; and for managing said stockpile or deposit, selecting (420) at least one model (M) from the family of models on the basis of at least the result of the enumeration step.
US10262084B2
The invention relates to a method for constructing a patient-specific surgical guide comprising at least one contact element comprising a contact surface intended to match an anatomical structure to be treated and at least one guiding element for guiding a surgical instrument to treat said anatomical structure, said method comprising: —receiving a 3D medical image of the anatomical structure of the patient; —determining, in said 3D medical image, at least one region of interest containing a portion of the external surface of the anatomical structure intended to match a respective contact element of the surgical guide; —segmenting the 3D medical image in said determined region of interest so as to locally reconstruct the external surface of the anatomical structure; —computing the contact surface of the contact element from said reconstructed local surface of the anatomical structure; —constructing the at least one contact element to include the contact surface. —defining the position of the at least one guiding element with respect to the anatomical structure; —constructing the surgical guide by generating a rigid body including the at least one guiding element and said at least one contact element.
US10262069B2
An online system stores information identifying interactions by online system users with content provided by a third party system. The third party system includes a tracking mechanism in content that specifies one or more interactions with the content. When a user performs a specified interaction with the content via a client device, the tracking mechanism communicates information describing the performed interaction from the client device to the online system. The online system retrieves information identifying the user from the client device and stores the information describing the performed interaction in association with the information identifying the user. The third party system requests the online system generate content for presentation to the user, and the online system identifies content provided by the third party system with which additional users having at least a threshold measure of similarity to the user interacted to present to the user.
US10262067B2
System and method for presenting search results. Search results may be mixed and/or prioritized based on one or more criteria. Search results may be mixed and/or prioritized based on user profile data, preferred advertiser/merchant rankings or a combination thereof. Search results may presented to a viewer on a display device simultaneously along with broadcast and/or streaming content. The search results may be “pushed” to a client-side device and presented along with related broadcast content. Alternatively, the search results may be based on one or more user-provided search criteria.
US10262060B1
Systems and methods for facilitating searching, labeling, and/or filtering of digital media items are described. Users may provide queries for digital media items. Results from a search may be presented to the users. A user may provide selection of one or more displayed digital media items. A user selection may provide a digital media item exemplar that may be used to update the user-provided queries. Further searches based on the updated queries may be performed. A repository of digital media items may be queried both with an original text query supplied by a user and an updated query based user selection of digital media items returned from the original text query search. A user may be able to refine an initial text, image, and/or other query without having to know additional search terms.
US10262058B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for evaluating a search prompting system and a corresponding apparatus. The method includes: extracting corresponding assessment terms at random according to an assessment target; acquiring in sequence a minimum number of words that needs to be entered to cover each of the assessment terms; calculating a corresponding coverage efficiency factor and a corresponding prompt efficiency factor according to the minimum number of words that needs to be entered to cover each of the assessment terms, and calculating a coverage rate of each of the assessment terms according to the coverage efficiency factor and the prompt efficiency factor; and performing weighted averaging calculation on the coverage rate of each of the assessment terms, to obtain a coverage rate of the assessment target. In the present disclosure, a coverage efficiency factor and a prompt efficiency factor are further taken into consideration for the calculation of a suggestion coverage rate of an assessment term, so that the evaluation of the effectiveness of a search prompting system can be comprehensively quantified and refined. Therefore, the result of effectiveness evaluation can more accurately reflect the problems of the search prompting system, which enables developers to perform corresponding adjustment, thereby further improving the search prompt efficiency of the search prompting system.
US10262057B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for presenting content in accordance with a placement designation. One example method includes identifying terms associated with a campaign, the campaign having an associated content item that is presented to users responsive to requests for content, receiving an indication of a placement designation including targeting criteria for presenting the content item in a search suggestion control along with search suggestions, storing information associated with the campaign, and processing content requests.
US10262047B1
An interactive vehicle information map system is disclosed in which, in various embodiments, geographical, geospatial, vehicle, and other types of data, geodata, objects, features, and/or metadata are efficiently presented to a user on an interactive map interface. In an embodiment, the user may search vehicle-related data via the interactive map by providing search criteria including, for example, information regarding a geographic area, a time period, a vehicle, a vehicle owner, and/or a license plate number, among other items. The map system may provide search results including a list of vehicles that match the search criteria, vehicle information, and/or points on the interactive map that indicate license-plate recognition read locations, among other information. In an embodiment, the user may view detailed information associated with particular vehicles including, for example, captured images, vehicle-owner data, event history, and the like. Further, the user may export data and/or create search alerts.
US10262046B2
Techniques are disclosed for allowing administrators to manage runtime environments (RTEs). An RTE configuration component prompts for metadata characterizing a plurality of dynamically configurable runtime environments (RTE) for executing data queries. The RTE configuration component generates an RTE definition to associate with each of the plurality of RTEs. When a query is received for execution, the RTE configuration component dynamically configures the server computing system for query execution according to a selected one of the plurality of RTE definitions.
US10262042B2
A data record management system develops person match scores for data records that may relate to the same person or subject. In a genealogical system where the data records are represented as nodes in a family tree, and where multiple data records may relate the same person in question, the data record management system evaluates not only two data records to determine if they relate to the same person, but also individually evaluate various data records pertaining to people that are related to the person in question. Person match scores are calculated by combining sub-scores based on the comparison of corresponding nodes. Sub-scores for nodes pertaining to related people may be adjusted higher even if those notes do not match, to reflect circumstances such as remarriage.
US10262039B1
In one embodiment, an online social network may receive, from a client system of a first user of the online social network, a search query inputted by the first user; and identify one or more of the entities matching the search query. At least a portion of the entities being identified based at least in part on a recorded geographic proximity between the first user and each identified entity. The online social network may access one or more proximity coefficients for the identified entities from a proximity-coefficient system of the online social network; calculate a score for each identified entity based at least in part on the value of the accessed proximity coefficients for the identified entity and social-graph information associated with the identified entity; and send, to the client system of the first user in response to the received search query, search results for display to the first user.
US10262035B2
Disclosed herein are a system, non transitory computer-readable medium, and method for estimating database performance. A request for an estimate of data is read. The estimate is calculated based at least partially on a node located in a data structure.
US10262032B2
The technology disclosed relates to discovering a previously unknown attribute of stream processing systems according to which client offsets or client subscription queries for a streaming data store rapidly converge to a dynamic tip of a data stream that includes the most recent messages or events. In particular, it relates to grouping clients into bins to reduce a number of queries to the streaming data store by several orders of magnitude when servicing tens, hundreds, thousands or millions of clients. The bin count is further reduced by coalescing bins that have overlapping offsets. It also relates to establishing separate caches only for the current tips of data streams and serving the bins from the caches instead of the backend data store using group queries. Further, the caches are periodically updated to include the most recent messages or events appended to the dynamic tips of the data streams.
US10262029B1
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for selecting keywords for resources are disclosed. In one aspect, a search query is received associated with a first user. A determination is made that the first user is a follower of an entity feed that is provided by a first entity and that is provided through a social network. A content item is selected having distribution parameters specifying that the content item is to be provided to users that are followers of the entity feed and that submit the search query. The selected content item is provided for the first user.
US10262025B2
Embodiments provide an approach for efficiently searching a temporal key index as well as enforcing key distinctiveness property in a database table corresponding to the index. For example, by addressing time range overlaps in an index having a sort order for temporal keys, a database management tool of a server system may efficiently process client requests while enforcing a temporal key property in the database table.
US10262023B1
A method is used in managing data inconsistencies in file systems. A data inconsistency is detected in a file system data block of a file system. The file system includes a set of file system data blocks. Information regarding the data inconsistency is provided to a client of the file system. Based on the information, the client is enabled to determine an action for recovering from the data inconsistency.
US10262020B2
An effective dater provides effective dating to object in a runtime environment. The effective dater identifies an access to a first field of a first object during runtime of a program. The first object is not effective date enabled. The effective date of determines whether the effective dating is to be applied to the first field. In response to determining that effective dating is to be applied to the first field, the effective dater redirects the access to a second object. The second object is effective date enabled. The effective dater then accesses the effective dated value in the second field of the second object according to an access context.
US10262018B2
Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize, index, search, and present time series data based on searches. Time series data are sequences of time stamped records occurring in one or more usually continuous streams, representing some type of activity. In one embodiment, time series data is organized into discrete events with normalized time stamps and the events are indexed by time and keyword. A search is received and relevant event information is retrieved based in whole or in part on the time indexing mechanism, keyword indexing mechanism, or statistical indices calculated at the time of the search.
US10262017B2
Provided are methods, systems, and computer readable media for user interaction with database methods and systems. In an aspect, a user interface can be generated to permit dynamic display generation to view data. The system can comprise a visualization component to dynamically generate one or more visual representations of the data to present in the state space.
US10262010B2
At a device of a sender, a screen capture image is captured from a first portion of data presented on the device by a data source. Historical messaging data is analyzed to compute a set of topics in which the sender has participated. Using a topic from the set of topics as a context, a second portion of the data presented on the device by the data source is searched to extract an additional information from the second portion, the additional information corresponding to the context. the additional information is associated with the screen capture image. The screen capture image and the additional information are caused to be transmitted in a messaging channel.
US10262006B2
Providing contextual messages from a service to a user in a native application on a system. Embodiments determine a user specific context within the general context of the native application on a first device and provide in a user interface to the user information about the user specific context.
US10262004B2
Methods and systems are disclosed to initiate a snapshot of a volume distributed across a plurality of storage nodes of a distributed file system. The systems may create in the plurality of storage nodes a writeable sub-volume associated with the volume of the distributed file system. The system may identify a previous writeable sub-volume associated with a previous snapshot and mark the previous writeable sub-volume as read-only.
US10261999B2
A system and method for intelligent content searching is disclosed herein. The system saves all searches executed by the user and periodically re-executes one or more of the previously saved searches and display the subsequent search results to the user at an appropriate time without any user intervention. In one aspect, the system periodically re-executes one or more of the previously saved searches upon the occurrence of a trigger event, which may be trending events, news events, type of menus and/or screens accessed, new content being added on one or more service providers, a boot event, passage of time since last search, etc. In this way, users do not need to set alert or follow any search topic.
US10261986B2
A system and method for transferring annotations associated with a media file. An annotation associated with a media file is indexed to a first instance of that media file. By comparing features of the two instances, a mapping is created between the first instance of the media file and a second instance of the media file. The annotation can be indexed to the second instance using the mapping between the first and second instances. The annotation can be processed (displayed, stored, or modified) based on the index to the second instance.
US10261984B2
A browser and operating system (OS) compatibility system may include a user interface to select a first combination of a browser and OS for comparison to a second combination of a browser and OS. A download engine may capture source files for browsers for the first and second combinations. A parse engine may create Document Object Model (DOM) trees of objects of first and second website pages respectively for the browsers for the first and second combinations. A metric engine may read the DOM trees for attributes of the objects to capture metrics of the objects. An analysis metric engine may compare a metric of an object of the first website page to a metric of the same object of the second website page to determine a compatibility of the browser and the OS for the first combination to the browser and the OS for the second combination.
US10261979B2
There is disclosed a method of rendering a screen-representation of an electronic document. The method is executed on an electronic device. The method comprises: acquiring, by the electronic device, the electronic document to be rendered, the electronic document comprising a content portion and a rendering-instruction portion; generating, by the electronic device, at least one rendering command, the at least one rendering command based on the at least one instruction, identifying, by the electronic device, a portion of the content portion to be modified; while generating the at least one rendering command, generating, by the electronic device, at least one additional rendering command, the at least one additional rendering command not directly derivable from the at least one instruction; generating the screen-representation of the electronic document based on a combination of the at least one rendering command and the at least one additional rendering command.
US10261975B2
Provided are a four-dimensional non-equilibrium hyperchaotic system and analog circuit, based on the five simplest three-dimensional chaotic systems; an operational amplifier (U1), an operational amplifier (U2), and resistor and capacitor are used to constitute an inverting adder and an inverting integrator; multipliers (U3) and (U4) are used to perform multiplication operations; an 8V DC power supply is used for constant input; the operational amplifier (U1) and operational amplifier (U2) use LF347N, and the multipliers (U3) and (U4) use AD633JN; the operational amplifier (U1) is connected to the operational amplifier (U2) and the multiplier (U3); the operational amplifier (U2) is connected to the multiplier (U4), the DC power supply, and the operational amplifier (U1); the multiplier (U3) is connected to the operational amplifier (U1); the multiplier (U4) is connected to the operational amplifier (U2); the DC power supply is connected to the operational amplifier (U2); on the basis of the five simplest three-dimensional chaotic systems, a non-equilibrium four-dimensional hyperchaotic system is provided and an analog circuit is used for the implementation of same, thus a new method and idea is provided for the applications of chaotic systems to engineering fields such as communications.
US10261974B2
A method is disclosed for the estimation of subsurface temperature distributions from a 3-dimensional heat conductivity model for a geological formation. The method may be characterized by the following steps: (a) obtaining measured data corresponding to a geological subsurface formation of interest including seismic survey data, in-well temperature, seafloor or surface heat flux measurements and laboratory-based measurements of core porosity, (b) estimating a relationship between seismic velocity and heat conductivity, wherein seismic velocity is linearly dependent on porosity and heat conductivity is exponentially or linearly dependent on porosity, and (c) calibrating the model to the measured in-well data and laboratory-based measurements of core porosity.
US10261973B2
A method and system for causing downloads of applications based on user intents. The method includes determining, based on an input search query, a search intent; selecting, based on the determined search intent, at least one application from at least one applications central repository; causing, via a user device, creation of a dynamic display segment, wherein the dynamic display segment includes at least one icon corresponding to the selected at least one application; receiving, from the user device, at least one input indicating a user-selected application with respect to the at least one displayed icon; causing establishment of a direct communication link between the user device and a source of the user-selected application; and causing initiation of a download of the user-selected application on the user device over the direct communication link.
US10261971B2
An on-line social network system includes or is in communication with a search engine optimization (SEO) system that is configured to partition a number of available links from authoritative web pages to Job Search Results Rages (JSERPs) in a way that maximizes combined improvement in respective ranks generated by a third party search engine for JSERPs represented by keywords from the set of keywords.
US10261970B2
A system, method, and computer program for social mapping is provided. Data about a plurality of social network members is received. A first member of the plurality of social network members is allowed to identify a second member of the plurality of social network members with whom the first member wishes to establish a relationship. The data is then sent to the second member about the first member based on the identification. Input from the second member is received in response to the data. The relationship between the first member and the second member is confirmed based on the input in order to map the first member to the second member.
US10261969B2
The Sourcing Abound Candidates Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“Abound”) transforms data normalization support request and candidate criteria inputs via Abound components into criteria matching candidate indication outputs. An apparatus for sourcing active and passive jobseekers through jobseeker social media data, comprising a memory and a processor that issues instructions to: extract jobseeker data from a plurality of social media sources. That includes instructions to obtain jobseeker data from at least one of: various social media API's or crawl said social media sources and utilize extracted schemas to analyze said jobseeker data. Thereafter Abound may perform a link resolving and schema merging process to eliminate duplicates from the schemas and transform non-categorical schema data to conform with a master schema standard. Then Abound may reconcile variations in categorical schemas to said master schema standard and load jobseeker data into a master schema. After that, Abound may normalize said jobseeker data to develop initial user profiles and enrich said initial user profile with third party data to form enriched user profiles. Abound then may perform a complexity reduction process on said enriched user profiles to reduce comparisons of said enriched user profiles, evaluate and weight said enriched user profiles; and match said enriched user profiles to source available jobseekers.
US10261961B2
A method, computing device and computer program product are provided according to an example embodiment in order to replicate data, and more particularly, to replicate data between data centers while ensuring data consistency, where all participating data centers have both read and write capabilities for the data stored among them. According to an example embodiment, a replication framework including a replication client and replicator service, may include processing circuitry configured to: receive at least one revised data element at the replication client; retrieve a first version identification of a first existing data element stored in a first data center corresponding to the revised data element; cause the revised data element to be stored at a first data center, replacing the corresponding first existing data element; generate a replication event including the revised data element and the version identification; and receive, at the replicator service, the replication event.
US10261956B2
A query rewriter associated with a database management system or visualization client rewrites a database query based on properties, characteristics, etc. of the visualization to be rendered by the visualization client. For example, the query rewriter receives an initial query and one or more visualization parameters (such as width, height and/or type of visualization) for the visualization client. The query rewriter rewrites the initial query based on the visualization parameter(s), so as to produce a data-reducing query, and then outputs the data-reducing query for execution. The query rewriter can selectively rewrite the initial query depending on size of query results of the initial query. In some example implementations, the query rewriting models a process of rasterization of geometric primitives by the visualization client, so as to facilitate error-free visualization. In many cases, the query rewriter significantly reduces the volume of query results while facilitating fast interaction with the visualization.
US10261944B1
A method is used in managing file deletions in storage systems. A request to delete a set of replicas of a file of a file system is received. A replica of the file represents a state of the file at a particular prior point in time. A sibling indirect block associated with a portion of the file identified for deletion is identified. The sibling indirect block includes a set of file system blocks. A set of indirect blocks associated with replicas of the file is identified. The sibling indirect block and the set of indirect blocks share a subset of the set of file system blocks where the set of indirect blocks have been identified for deletion. Weight information associated with the subset of the set of file system blocks shared among the set of indirect blocks that have been pending deletion is merged. The set of indirect blocks are processed for deletion concurrently. Metadata of the sibling indirect block is updated with the merged weight information.
US10261941B2
The present invention relates to a data-processing technology allowing data to be recognized as a being, i.e. an organism having life, by applying, to all digital data, a birth/old-age/sickness/death concept derived from nature and giving the time-limited functions of naming, changing, and extinction to the digital data which has traditionally been recognized by the attributes of perpetuity and infinite replication and reproduction with complete fidelity. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system allowing a user to easily determine data maintenance and deletion by managing the history of data distribution and representing the current state of use of the data through an aging effect (i.e. becoming old, gray, sick, or recovering), which applies to living things in nature.
US10261936B2
The present subject disclosure provides a PCIe switch architecture with data and control path systolic array that can be used for real time data analysis or Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning. A systolic array is described which analyzes the TLPs received by an uplink port and processes the TLPs according to pre-programmed rules. Then the TLP is forwarded to a destination port. The reverse operation is described as well.
US10261931B2
A backplane (1) comprising —a first module connector (2d) configured to receive a first printed circuit board module (5d) and including a first connector portion (23d-26d); —a second module connector (2e) configured to receive a second printed circuit board module (5e) and including a second connector portion (23e-26e), the first connector portion (23d-26d) being connected to the second connector portion (23e-26e) through a backplane bus.
US10261924B2
A communication system for communicating control data between a processor and an interface includes configuration registers, a packet processor, an interrupt processor, a timing monitor, a configuration sampler, a control-frame processor, a mode selector, and a transceiver. The processor, timing monitor, and configuration sampler generate control data, a timing signal and frame structure data, respectively. The packet processor generates a transmit control configuration packet, which includes the control data. The control-frame processor inserts the transmit control configuration packet into a first control frame, outputs the control frame to the interface and extracts a receive-configuration packet from a second control frame for generating one or more interrupts. The mode selector generates mode and idle signals for determining the mode of the interface, based on the idle signal. In one implementation, the system uses JESD control frames to reduce GPIO pin usage.
US10261923B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a first electrical path comprising at least one driver and receiver; and a second electrical path comprising at least one driver and receiver, wherein the first and second electrical paths are to receive a same input signal, wherein the first electrical path and the second electrical path are parallel to one another and have substantially the same propagation delays, and wherein the second electrical path is enabled during a first operation mode and disabled during a second operation mode.
US10261916B2
The described embodiments include a computing device with two or more translation lookaside buffers (TLB). During operation, the computing device updates an entry in the TLB based on a virtual address to physical address translation and metadata from a page table entry that were acquired during a page table walk. The computing device then computes, based on a lease length expression, a lease length for the entry in the TLB. Next, the computing device sets, for the entry in the TLB, a lease value to the lease length, wherein the lease value represents a time until a lease for the entry in the TLB expires, wherein the entry in the TLB is invalid when the associated lease has expired. The computing device then uses the lease value to control operations that are allowed to be performed using information from the entry in the TLB.
US10261911B2
Apparatuses and methods for performing computational workflow management are provided. An example apparatus may include processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive a computation resource reservation request for cache from a client to perform a computation, and decompose the computation into a workflow of tasks, generate a task label for each task result and the associated task, and compare a selected task label with previous task labels to determine if the selected task label matches one of the previous task labels. The processing circuitry may be further configured to, in response to determining that the selected task label matches one of the previous task labels, perform the computation using a task result that is associated with the matched one of the previous task labels that is currently stored in the cache for the task result of the selected task label.
US10261901B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a last level cache and a memory controller to interface to a multi-level system memory. The multi-level system memory has a caching level. The apparatus includes a first prediction unit to predict unneeded blocks in the last level cache. The apparatus includes a second prediction unit to predict unneeded blocks in the caching level of the multi-level system memory.
US10261892B2
Method and apparatus for efficient test execution in a testing environment is provided. The method may include a test file. The test file may include one or more test cases for test execution. The test execution request may include one or more test files. The method may further use an execution server for the handling and the managing of the test request. The method may further use a plurality of agents. The agents may process and execute the test execution requests that are being handled and managed by the execution server. The processing and the executing of the test requests may produce real-time execution test results. The method may further cause the execution server to connect, in real-time, to the agent. The agent may display, on a GUI, the real-time status of the test execution requests.
US10261889B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that enable a portion of code to be marked in source code to disable compilation optimizations for the marked portion of code, while the rest of the source code is compiled with optimizations. In this manner, edit-and-continue debugging may be performed on the compiled source code in an enhanced manner. Modifications made to the marked source code (as well as the rest of the source code) may be compiled in an incremental manner, such that the portions of the source code affected by the modifications are compiled, while unaffected portions of the source code are not recompiled.
US10261887B1
A method for assertion debugging may include identifying in signals relating to an execution run of a code a segment of time for which an assertion has failed. The method may also include searching in the signals relating to that execution run, or in signals relating to another execution run of that code, to find one or a plurality of segments of time in which the signals are similar to the signals in the identified segment, for which the assertion was successful.
US10261886B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system may include a processor and a memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to generate a plurality of visual indicators on a flow graph. Each of the visual indicators may correspond to one of a plurality of functions performed during execution of software code. The memory may comprise instructions executable by the processor to generate, a connector to visually link a first visual indicator, corresponding to a first function, to a second visual indicator, corresponding to a second function. The memory may comprise instructions executable by the processor to generate a tail attached to the first visual indicator, a dimension of the tail corresponding to a duration of the first function before the first function call.
US10261884B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for correcting violation of a source code and a computer readable recording medium having a program performing the same, and more particularly to a method for correcting violation of a source code, which automatically corrects the defect of a source code and a computer readable recording medium having a program performing the same. The method for correcting violation of a source code includes: a violation detection step in which a source code is analyzed and one or multiple violations are detected; a correction information generation step in which multiple pieces of the correction information for correcting the detected violation are generated; a correction information merging step in which the multiple pieces of the generated correction information are merged; and a correction step in which the source code is corrected on the basis of the merged correction information.
US10261878B2
A processor memory is stress tested with a variable link stack depth using link stack test segments with non-naturally aligned data boundaries. Link stack test segments are interspersed into test code of a processor memory tests to change the link stack depth without changing results of the test code. The link stack test segments are the same structure as the segments of the test code and have non-naturally aligned boundaries. The link stack test segments include branch to target, push/pop, push and pop segments. The depth of the link stack is varied independent of the memory test code by changing the number to branches in the branch to target segment and varying the number of the push/pop segments.
US10261872B2
Account data comprising metadata for primary application instances running at a primary active cloud environment instance (ACEI) is stored. Application data associated with the primary application instances is stored at primary databases (DBs). The account and application data are transferred to secondary DBs at a secondary ACEI. The secondary ACEI may be a backup instance to substitute services provided by the primary ACEI in case of unavailability. For example, the location where the primary ACEI is hosted may be affected by a disaster. To failover a primary data center hosting the primary ACEI, a database takeover to the secondary DBs is performed. The secondary ACEI is configured correspondingly to the primary ACEI based on the transferred account data. Secondary application instances corresponding to the primary application instances are started at the secondary ACEI. Requests directed to the primary application instances are redirected to the secondary application instances.
US10261869B2
Performing a transaction in the context of a computing system that has one or more persistent systems coupled to one or more processors over a bus. As an example, the persistent system may serve as at least part of the main memory of the computing system. The transaction might implement multi-versioning in which a record is not updated in place. Rather, each record is represented as a sequence of one or more record versions, each version having a valid interval during which the record version is considered to properly represent the record. The transaction processing uses torn write detection so that recovery processes may use such guards to verify that there are no torn writes. For instance, torn write guards may be used to verify the integrity of record versions as well as the log buffers that refer to the record versions.
US10261866B2
Restoring a data processing system. Files on one or more storage devices of a data processing system are backed up to magnetic tape recording media. Metadata associated with the backed up files is recorded, including magnetic tape identification and tape location for each backed up file. Files on the one or more storage devices are identified that meet a selection policy for files required for rapid restoration of the data processing system. An index list is generated of the identified files and their associated magnetic tape metadata. The index list is sorted by magnetic tape identification and magnetic tape location. In response to a request to restore the data processing system, the identified files on the sorted index list are restored in magnetic tape identification and magnetic tape location sort order. Operation of the restored data processing system is then begun in accordance with the restored files.
US10261855B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine an application feature causing an application to crash. A set of users is ranked based on application data. The application data comprises crash cause data indicative of the number of times the application feature caused the application to crash for a user. A high crash user group is determined based on the ranking the set of users. The application feature is disabled for the high crash user group. A subset of the high crash user group is periodically replaced with a set of new users not currently in the high crash user group.
US10261854B2
Methods, apparatus, and system to analyze a memory integrity violation and determine whether its cause was hardware or software based.
US10261839B2
A computer-implemented method includes: monitoring, by a computing device, resource usage data for a hypervisor; monitoring, by the computing device, resource usage data for a guest machine; identifying, by the computing device, outliers in the resource usage data for the hypervisor and outliers in the resource usage data for the guest machine; executing, by the computing device, a root cause model based on the resource usage data for the hypervisor and the resource usage data for the guest machine; generating, by the computing device, a root cause report identifying results of the executed root cause model; and providing, by the computing device, the root cause report for display.
US10261827B2
A transactional memory environment includes a first processor and a processor set. The processor set includes one or more additional processors. In the transactional memory environment, a computer-implemented method includes sending a transaction query from the first processor to all processors in the processor set, and generating an indication by each additional processor in the processor set. The indication includes whether the additional processor is executing a current transaction. The computer-implemented method further includes sending the indication from each additional processor in the processor set to the first processor and proceeding, by the first processor, based on the indication. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US10261822B2
A system receives a request to deploy a virtual machine on a node from a plurality of nodes running a plurality of virtual machines in a cloud computing system. The system selects one of the plurality of nodes having a hard disk drive (HDD) input output operations per second (IOPS) value less than an observed HDD IOPS value for the plurality of nodes running the plurality of virtual machines. The system receives a predicted HDD IOPS value for the virtual machine and determines a new HDD IOPS value for the selected node based on the HDD IOPS value for the selected node and the predicted HDD IOPS value for the virtual machine. The system instantiates the virtual machine on the selected node when the new HDD IOPS value for the selected node is less than or equal to the observed HDD IOPS value for the plurality of nodes.
US10261817B2
A system on a chip comprising: a first communication controller; at least one second communication controller operably coupled to the first communication controller; at least one processing core operably coupled to the first communication controller and arranged to support software running on a first partition and a second partition; and a virtual machine monitor located between the first and second partitions, and the at least one processing core and arranged to support communications there between. The first communication controller is arranged to: generate or receive at least one data frame; and communicate the at least one data frame to the at least one second communication controller; such that the at least one second communication controller is capable of routing the at least one data frame to the second partition bypassing the virtual machine monitor.
US10261814B2
Methods, software, and apparatus for implementing local service chaining (LSC) with virtual machines (VMs) or virtualized containers in Software Defined Networking (SDN). In one aspect a method is implemented on a compute platform including a plurality of VMs or containers, each including a virtual network interface controller (vNIC) communicatively coupled to a virtual switch in an SDN. LSCs are implemented via a plurality of virtual network appliances hosted by the plurality of VMs or containers. Each LCS comprises a sequence (chain) of services performed by virtual network appliances defined for the LSC. In connection with performing the chain of services, packet data is forwarded between VMs or containers using a cut-through mechanisms under which packet data is directly written to receive (Rx) buffers on the vNICs in a manner that bypasses the virtual switch. LSC indicia (e.g., through LSC tags) and flow tables are used to inform each virtual network appliance and/or or its host VM or container of the next vNIC Rx buffer or Rx port to which packet data is to be written.
US10261807B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel solution to generate multiple linked device code portions within a final executable file. Embodiments of the present invention are operable to extract device code from their respective host object filesets and then link them together to form multiple linked device code portions. Also, using the identification process described by embodiments of the present invention, device code embedded within host objects may also be uniquely identified and linked in accordance with the protocols of conventional programming languages. Furthermore, these multiple linked device code portions may be then converted into distinct executable forms of code that may be encapsulated within a single executable file.
US10261801B2
A method includes receiving a request to process a set of data using a data processing application. The method includes, based on a feature associated with the set of data, selecting between (i) a first mode in which one or more running processes of the data processing application are used to process the set of data and (2) a second mode in which one or more new processes of the data processing application are started up. The method includes causing the data processing application to be executed according to the selected mode to process the set of data.
US10261796B2
Processor and method for executing in-memory copy instructions indicating on-chip or off-chip memory
A processor and a method for executing an instruction on a processor are provided. In the method, a to-be-executed instruction is fetched, the instruction including a source address field, a destination address field, an operation type field, and an operation parameter field; in at least one execution unit, an execution unit controlled by a to-be-generated control signal according to the operation type field is determined, a source address and a destination address of data operated by the execution unit are determined according to the source address field and the destination address field, and a data amount of the data operated by the execution unit controlled by the to-be-generated control signal is determined according to the operation parameter field; the control signal is generated; and the execution unit in the at least one execution unit is controlled by using the control signal.
US10261795B2
Method, apparatus, and program means for performing a string comparison operation. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes execution resources to execute a first instruction. In response to the first instruction, said execution resources store a result of a comparison between each data element of a first and second operand corresponding to a first and second text string, respectively.
US10261788B2
A processor includes a plurality of packed data registers. The processor also includes a decode unit to decode a packed variable length code point length determination instruction. The instruction is to indicate a first source packed data that is to have a plurality of packed variable length code points that are each to represent a character. The instruction is also to indicate a destination storage location. The processor also has an execution unit coupled with the decode unit and the packed data registers. The execution unit, in response to the instruction, is to store a result packed data in the indicated destination storage location. The result packed data is to have a length for each of the plurality of the packed variable length code points. Other processors, methods, systems, and instructions are also disclosed.
US10261779B2
There is provided a device (100) having hardware (102) and a first, upgradable, firmware (106) for controlling the hardware. The device further has a hypervisor (104) which links the first firmware to the hardware so as to control access of the first firmware to the hardware. In preparation for an upgrade of the first firmware, the hypervisor is configured to deny access of the first firmware to the hardware, access a second firmware, and control the hardware by the second firmware.
US10261760B1
Systems and methods trace performance data generated by a hardware synthesis tool chain to model elements of a model. During code generation, an initial in-memory representation is generated for the model. The in-memory representation includes a plurality of nodes that correspond to the model elements. The in-memory representation is subjected to transformations and optimizations creating transitional in-memory representations and a final in-memory representation from which HDL code is generated. A graph builder constructs a genealogy graph that traces the transformations and optimizations. The genealogy graph includes graph objects corresponding to the nodes of the in-memory representations. The synthesis tool chain utilizes the HDL code to perform hardware synthesis. The synthesis tool chain also generates performance data. Utilizing the genealogy graph, the performance data is mapped to the nodes of the initial in-memory representation, and to the elements of the model.
US10261759B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of recommending information that is contextually related to code using a social data graph. A machine learning technique is used to determine that the information is contextually related to the code. A social data graph is a graph database that stores information associated with users in a social networking environment. For instance, such information may be retrieved from user profiles, social updates, etc. of the users. A social networking environment is an online service, platform, or domain (e.g., Web site) that facilitates the building of social networks (e.g., social relations) among people who share interests, activities, backgrounds, real-life connections, etc.
US10261756B2
A computer-implemented method for preventing reference invalidation when reversing operations in synchronous collaborative applications may include (i) storing, on a client, a shared model of an engineering object including one or more features, (ii) receiving, from a user, an operation to be performed on the feature, (iii) before performing the operation, storing, in a command stack on the client, information sufficient to restore the feature to a state prior to performing the operation, (iv) receiving, from the user, a request to reverse the operation, (v) determining whether reversing the operation will create an invalid reference due to a conflicting operation having been performed on the feature at a second client, and (vi) in response to determining whether reversing the operation will create an invalid reference, reversing the operation or performing a resolution operation to prevent the reference invalidation. A system corresponding to the above method is also disclosed.
US10261754B2
A method of operating a data processing system when determining an unsigned normalized integer representation U of a number x is disclosed. When the number x has a value between 0 and 1, it is determined 31 whether the number x is greater than or equal to 0.5. When it is determined that the number x is greater than or equal to 0.5, the bit of the binary representation of the number x that represents the value 0.5 is inverted 32, and the unsigned normalized integer representation U of the number x is determined using the value of the binary representation of the number x having its bit that represents the value 0.5 inverted.
US10261745B2
An NFC-enabled digital apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC enabled-digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.
US10261744B2
A control method of an electronic device provides an application using an external electronic device. The method may include acquiring, by an electronic device including a display, a request to run an application, the acquiring including identifying execution information on the application; comparing the execution information with first device information corresponding to the electronic device and second device information corresponding to the external electronic device comprising another display. An execution screen of the application is provided through the display when the execution information corresponds to the first device information. The execution screen of the application or meta information corresponding to the execution screen to the external electronic device for output, so that the execution screen is provided through the other display when the execution information corresponds to the second device information.
US10261738B2
In executing a plug-in program for extending functionality of an application, an information processing device performs a)inputting a width of a sheet, and b) executing a setting based on the input width to a predetermined program, so that the predetermined program scales an object generated by the application to a size corresponding to the input width. Further, a setting screen on which a user is able to designate a scaling process by the predetermined program, is able to be displayed by executing the predetermined program, and in the executing, the setting based on the input width is executed by the plug-in program, to the predetermined program, without displaying the setting screen by the predetermined program.
US10261734B2
Apparatus, method and storage medium for controlling logout processing in a job processing apparatus
A job processing apparatus receives from a user an instruction to log into the job processing apparatus. Further, when an auto logout time elapses, the job processing apparatus causes the user logged into the job processing apparatus to log out of the job processing apparatus. The job processing apparatus sets a logout time so that a time until the user whose login instruction is received in a state where another user is logged into the job processing apparatus is caused to log out of the job processing apparatus is shorter than a time until the user whose login instruction is received in a state where another user is not logged into the job processing apparatus is caused to log out of the job processing apparatus.
US10261721B2
A memory system includes a first flash memory, a second flash memory and a controller. The first flash memory includes a memory array divided into a plurality of pages. The controller is coupled to the first flash memory and the second flash memory and configured to: control the second flash memory to record an address of a particular page in the first flash memory before programming the particular page; and control the second flash memory to record a program status of the particular page after the particular page has been programed.
US10261718B1
A technique controls data copy operations that copy data within an electronic environment. The technique involves performing, by processing circuitry, an initial series of data copy operations that copy data from a source location to a target location in accordance with an initial series of data copy triggers. The technique further involves receiving, by the processing circuitry, a set of electronic environment measurements from the electronic environment. The technique further involves making, by the processing circuitry, an adjustment to a next data copy trigger based on the set of electronic environment measurements, the adjustment modifying when a next data copy operation takes place after the initial series of data copy operations, the next data copy operation copying data from the source location to the target location.
US10261710B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a storage controller from a first system, a fencing command that includes a parameter identifying a scope of an operation performed on a shared volume, utilizing a processor, setting, by the storage controller, a fencing indicator for at least a second system that is connected to the shared volume, utilizing the processor, where the fencing indicator limits access to the shared volume by the second system, sending, by the storage controller, a notification to the second system, utilizing the processor, where the notification includes the parameter and informs the second system that the access to the shared volume is limited, receiving, by the storage controller, an unfencing command from the second system, utilizing the processor, and resetting or removing the fencing indicator for the second system, utilizing the processor.
US10261709B2
A memory data hole enabled management system includes a host subsystem with memory devices. A remote access controller subsystem identifies memory locations in the memory devices that include data holes, and generates an aggregated multi-device memory location table that associates the memory locations with continuous addresses. The host system then receives first instructions from the remote access controller subsystem to store data across the plurality of memory locations and in response, operates in a block mode to store the data across the memory locations via the aggregated multi-device memory location table. The host subsystem may then receive second instructions from the remote access controller subsystem to access the data across the memory locations and, in response, operate in the block mode to access the data across the memory locations via the aggregated multi-device memory location table.
US10261704B1
Systems and methods for managing content in a flash memory. A data structure such as a linked is implemented in flash memory. Nodes can be added to the linked list by overwriting portions of the node when only sets are required to update the node. The nodes may include multiple pointer portions such that existing pointers can be invalided and open pointer portions used for the update to the node.
US10261697B2
A storage device includes a data buffer, a device controller, and nonvolatile memories. The data buffer is configured to transact data from an external device. The device controller is configured to receive a command and an address from an external device, to control the data buffers, and to transact data with the data buffers. The nonvolatile memories are configured to perform write, read, and erase operations under control of the device controller. When a first link training between an external device and the data buffers is performed by the external device, the device controller performs a second link training between the device controller and a data buffer internally without control of the external device.
US10261686B2
Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a control method thereof, which has a display unit for displaying a virtual keypad and texts input by the virtual keypad. The mobile terminal includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit has a first area in which a virtual keypad is displayed and a second area in which a character input by a touch applied to the virtual keypad is displayed, and displays a first cursor for guiding a position at which a character is to be input. When an editing mode is executed in the state in which the first cursor is displayed, the controller displays, in the second area, a second cursor different from the first cursor, and selectively activates any one of the first and second cursors.
US10261681B2
A control method displays a display screen including a first display area that displays a target medical image and a second display area that displays a received plurality of similar medical images including first and second similar medical images, the first and second similar medical images being displayed adjacently to each other in the second display area. If a first operation is sensed, the control method displays the target medical image adjacent to the first similar medical image in the second display area, and also display the target medical image adjacent to the second similar medical image in the second display area. The first operation is an operation of moving the target medical image adjacent to the first similar medical image in the second display area, and also moving the target medical image adjacent to the second similar medical image in the second display area.
US10261659B2
A system and method for facilitating graphically conveying information via a visualization. An example method includes accessing a first set of data characterized by hierarchically related data objects; representing a first object as a first central node in a visualization; displaying one or more additional second objects via one or more second nodes that are positioned on a first orbit path around the central node; determining if an additional object of the one or more second objects exhibits a superior hierarchical relationship relative to one or more third objects; and then illustrating the one or more third objects as petals that are circumferentially displayed about one or more outer edges of one or more nodes of the one or more second objects. The example method further includes enabling conversion of petals to planet nodes that orbit one of the second nodes.
US10261657B2
Mechanisms are provided for allowing a user to dynamically manage rich media content in an efficient and effective manner. Tiles including media content, personalized video selections, content pack upgrades, and promotions for featured content are presented to a user. Each tile may include calls to view, purchase, discuss, rate, review, or read about associated content. Tiles may be presented as still images, logos, text, or live video. Multiple tiles may be manipulated using keyboard, mouse, touchpad, and/or touchscreen movements, motions, and gestures. In particular examples, an overlay provided on top of a tile mechanism provides a user with additional navigation and management options.
US10261652B1
A system includes an analytics collector that receives world state data to provide status relating to a plurality of mission analytics of an unmanned vehicle or an unmanned vehicle mission planner. An asset filter filters the status from the analytics collector with respect to mission analytics of a subset of selected assets. An analytic aggregator collects the filtered status from the asset filter and generates a visual analytics file based on one or more selected analytics for the subset of selected assets. A rendering pipeline processes the visual analytics file from the analytic aggregator and generates a formatted output file describing a visualization of the plurality of mission analytics from the visual analytics file.
US10261651B2
The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling maximizing and minimizing of hierarchically related windows.
US10261644B2
Disclosed are a display device and a driving method thereof which can allow the display lighter and thinner. A display device includes: a middle frame, a panel component which is disposed on a side of the middle frame. The middle frame is made of a conductive material and is grounded; the display device further includes a pressure detection unit; a pressure detection electrode is disposed between the two base substrates at the outermost sides of the panel component, and a capacitor is formed between the pressure detection electrode and the middle frame; the pressure detection unit is connected with the pressure detection electrode and the middle frame, respectively, and is configured for detecting a capacitance value between the pressure detection electrode and the middle frame.
US10261635B2
A touch substrate includes a base substrate and at least one driving electrode chain and at least one sensing electrode chain each of which is arranged parallel to each other on the base substrate. Each driving electrode chain includes a plurality of driving electrodes which are connected in series, and each sensing electrode chain includes a plurality of sensing electrodes which are connected in series. The driving electrodes and/or the sensing electrodes are made of a metal conductor, and a plurality of light transmissive regions are provided in each of the driving electrodes and/or the sensing electrodes made of the metal conductor. The touch substrate can be touched and controlled normally and can transmit light normally, while the surface resistance of each of the driving electrodes and/or the sensing electrodes therein is decreased greatly. Thus, the power consumption and production cost of the touch substrate is further decreased.
US10261634B2
A touch interface includes a plurality of emitters arranged along a first edge of a flexible electronics component to emit light that propagates across a surface of the flexible electronics component and a plurality of receivers arranged along a second edge of the flexible electronics component to detect light. The touch interface further includes a touch controller coupled to the plurality of emitters and the plurality of receivers. The touch controller is configured to cause one or more of the plurality of emitters to emit light, receive one or more signals indicative of detected light at the plurality of receivers, and determine at least one of a user interaction with the flexible electronics component or a current state of flexing of the flexible electronics component.
US10261632B2
One embodiment describes an electronic display that includes display driver circuitry that displays at least a first image frame and a second image frame on the electronic device using a first display pixel and a second display pixel. A timing controller of the electronic display determines at least a first insertion time for a first intra-frame pause for the first image frame and a second insertion time for a second intra-frame pause for the second image frame, which pause rendering of image data to allow the touch sensing circuitry to detect user interaction. The insertion times for the first and second intra-frame pauses are varied from one another by a determined step size.
US10261623B2
A coordinate measurement system including a coordinate indicating apparatus and a coordinate measurement apparatus for determining a position of a contact object including the coordinate indicating apparatus. The coordinate measurement apparatus includes a channel electrode unit including one or more electrodes, wherein capacitance of each of the one or more electrodes or capacitance between the one or more electrodes is changed based on a change in the position of the contact object, and a controller for applying an electrical signal to the channel electrode unit or measuring a reception signal input to the channel electrode unit. The coordinate indicating apparatus includes a conductive tip for forming capacitance with the one or more electrodes of the channel electrode unit, and a resonant circuit unit for generating identification information of the coordinate indicating apparatus, wherein the resonant circuit unit is connected to the conductive tip.
US10261622B2
Examples are described for touch-sensitive displays in which ground references for associated electronics are isolated from one another. In one example, a touch-sensitive display includes a display panel, and a touch sensor, the touch sensor including a receive electrode, the touch sensor including a transmit electrode, the receive electrode and the transmit electrode overlaying the display panel, and wherein a ground reference of the receive and/or the transmit electrode is isolated from a ground reference of the display panel, thereby creating a transmission-inhibiting communication boundary between the display panel and the touch sensor, the touch sensor communicatively connected to the display panel so as to exchange data between ground domains separated by the boundary.
US10261621B2
A touch display device is provided. The touch display device can comprise a touch display panel and a protection cover plate. The display panel can comprise a touch sensing region and a non-touch sensing region. The protection cover plate can be provided on the touch display panel and can comprise a display region and a non-display region that surrounds the display region. The display region can correspond to the touch sensing region, and the non-display region can comprise a touch key region. The surface of the protection cover plate that is adjacent to the touch display panel can be defined as a first surface such that a touch key electrode is provided in the touch key region on the first surface and a touch transfer electrode can be provided on the display region on the first surface. The touch key electrode can be electrically connected with the touch transfer electrode.
US10261615B2
An electronic device includes a touch sensitive display, and a processor electrically connected with the touch sensitive display. The processor is configured to sense a first touch and a second touch on the touch sensitive display, to display a first region expanding with respect to a location at which the first touch is made, on the touch sensitive display, to display a second region expanding with respect to a location at which the second touch is made, on the touch sensitive display, and to display a specified screen in the touch sensitive display if a sum of an area of the first region and an area of the second region exceeds a specified value.
US10261610B2
The present invention provides a touch control apparatus capable of detecting a tilt angle and an axial direction of a stylus, wherein the stylus includes a first electrode at a tip of the stylus, a second electrode surrounding the first electrode. and a first button; the touch control apparatus comprising: a sensing circuit connected to a touch screen; a signal strength detecting circuit; and a processing module connected to the sensing circuit and the signal strength detection circuit, the processing module being configured for determining the status of the first button based on the modulation sequence; and determining the tilt angle and the axial direction of the stylus based on the electrical signals of a plurality of time periods.
US10261600B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for remotely operating a target device. A camera image is obtained, including a target screen image (which is an image of a screen of the target device). The camera image is transmitted to and displayed in a second device. Operational information is obtained on the screen of the second device, which displays the camera image. The operational information is transmitted to a first device. Human device data, which derives from the operational information, is inputted from the first device to the target device.
US10261598B2
A user interface for an avionics interface device. The interface includes a display, selectable keys, and three annunciations. The keys include alphanumeric, functional, and line select keys. The functional keys are positioned above the display. The alphanumeric keys are positioned below the display. First and second portions of the line select keys are positioned along left and right side portions, respectively, of the display. All of the functional keys are separate and spaced apart from all of the alphanumeric keys. Pressing a line select key selects a line of the display that is positioned next to and aligned with the line select key. The annunciations identify a state of the avionics interface device. First and second annunciations indicate the device is configured to communicate with a Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications system and an Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, respectively. A third annunciation indicates the device has encountered a failure.
US10261596B2
Techniques are disclosed for processing a video stream to reduce platform power by employing a stepped and distributed pipeline process, wherein CPU-intensive processing is selectively performed. The techniques are particularly well-suited for hand-based navigational gesture processing. In one example case, for instance, the techniques are implemented in a computer system wherein initial threshold detection (image disturbance) and optionally user presence (hand image) processing components are proximate to or within the system's camera, and the camera is located in or proximate to the system's primary display. In some cases, image processing and communication of pixel information between various processing stages which lies outside a markered region is suppressed. In some embodiments, the markered region is aligned with, a mouse pad or designated desk area or a user input device such as a keyboard. Pixels evaluated by the system can be limited to a subset of the markered region.
US10261593B2
A hand of a user may be detected in free space, where a plurality of surface points are determined and include a center area surface point and at least two surface points of the plurality of surface points located on a periphery of the surface of the hand. A curve extending through the plurality of surface points may be determined based on a position of a curvature. The plurality of surface points are processed to determine if the plurality of surface points of the detected hand are arranged in at least one of a substantially concave area relative to the sensor, and/or a substantially convex area relative to the sensor. The detected hand may be identified as a palm or back of the hand based on the processing of the plurality of surface points.
US10261582B2
A method is provided for adjusting the playback rate of haptic effects to a desired playback rate. A desired playback rate is determined. A portion of a haptic signal based on the desired playback rate is generated. The portion of the haptic signal is sent to a haptic output device, causing the haptic output device to output haptic effects at a playback rate corresponding to the desired playback rate.
US10261573B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling at least part of one or more functions of an electronic device so as to reduce power consumption. According to various embodiments, the electronic device may perform operations of identifying the number of one or more displays functionally connected with the electronic device, executing at least part of one or more functions of the one or more displays in a first power consumption mode if the number of one or more displays is singular, and executing at least part of one or more functions of the one or more displays in a second power consumption mode if the number of one or more displays is plural.
US10261549B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing surface that faces a first side, a second housing surface that faces a second side, and a side surface that surrounds at least a portion of a space between the first housing surface and the second housing surface, a display arranged within the housing and including a first display surface including a display screen exposed through the first housing surface and a second display surface that faces the second side, a structure arranged between the second display surface and the second housing surface including a contact surface, the structure including a through-opening, and a sensor, at least a portion of which is arranged within the opening and which is arranged to detect at least a portion of light received from the outside of the housing after passing through the first housing surface and the display.
US10261539B2
An apparatus includes a plurality of independently clocked devices and a low frequency beacon. Each of the plurality of independently clocked devices has a respective local clock generator. The low frequency beacon communicates a low frequency synchronization signal to each of the independently clocked devices. The respective local clock generators of the plurality of independently clocked devices are generally synchronized using the low frequency synchronization signal.
US10261537B2
A start-up circuit for a bandgap reference voltage generator circuit, including a first native transistor with a drain connected to a supply voltage of the bandgap reference voltage generator circuit and a source connected to a gate of the first native transistor; a low voltage transistor with a source connected to ground, a drain connected to the source of the first native transistor, and a gate connected to a resistor; a second native transistor with a source connected to the resistor, a gate connected to the source of the first native transistor; a high voltage transistor with a drain connected to a drain of the second native transistor and a source connected to the supply voltage; and a transistor with a gate connected to the gate of the first high voltage transistor and a drain which provides a start-up current for the bandgap reference voltage generator circuit.
US10261535B2
The subject specification comprises enhanced power system balance control for a multi-tier hierarchical electrical distribution network (EDN). The EDN comprises a specified number of distribution network node controller (DNNC) components employed to desirably control power system balance, data communications, and power distribution between respective tiers of the EDN to facilitate efficient power distribution. In each tier, a power system balance component (PSBC), associated with a DNNC component, can monitor power system balance, such as load phase balance, associated with multi-phase power distribution for its tier, and detect power system imbalances in that tier. A power balance correction action can be identified and executed (e.g., automatically) in response to the detected power system imbalance to rectify the imbalance, wherein the correction action can include dynamic switching of loads between phases and/or filtering of the power signal.
US10261534B2
Methods and systems for a low-dropout regulator may comprise a voltage regulator comprising: (a) a pass transistor having a first terminal at a control gate, a voltage input at a second terminal, and a voltage output at a third terminal, and (b) an adaptive control circuit (ACC), electrically coupled to a reference voltage and each of the terminals of the pass transistor. The ACC may determine a ΔV between the second and third terminals and cause an error signal to be applied to the first terminal to keep ΔV essentially constant as the voltage input varies. The ACC may include a voltage summing circuit electrically coupled to the reference voltage and the input voltage to generate a comparison value. An error amplifier electrically coupled to the control gate and to the voltage summing circuit may generate the error signal from the comparison value and the output voltage.
US10261520B2
A motor controller includes: an error suppression compensation unit that outputs an error suppression signal for driving the motor such that a difference between the position command signal and a signal based on the motor position signal equals zero; an acceleration extraction unit that outputs an acceleration component of a natural frequency of a stand from a stand vibration signal; an acceleration compensation unit that outputs a proportional compensation signal obtained by multiplying the stand acceleration signal by a proportional gain; a machine end correction unit that outputs a machine end correction signal, and decreases an amplitude of vibration at the machine end relative position; and an addition unit that outputs a signal obtained by adding the machine end correction signal to the error suppression signal.
US10261518B2
An aircraft automatic control system protects structural parameters of an aircraft based on angle of attack protection by use of maximum allowed angle of attack values as a function of dynamic pressure or a combination of parameters that permit computation of dynamic pressure. Example techniques herein limit the wing lift coefficient as a function of dynamic pressure (or velocity) to create a limitation for the maximum lift produced by an aircraft wing.
US10261517B2
A rotorcraft including a flight control computer (FCC) providing a vertical speed hold for the rotorcraft, a collective control, and a collective trim motor connected to the collective control. The collective trim motor moves the collective control according to a collective set command generated by the FCC according to a target vertical speed and when the FCC determines the collective control is in-detent. A collective position sensor is connected to the collective control. The collective position sensor generates, and sends to the FCC, a collective position signal indicating the position of the collective control. A flight control device controls a flight parameter of the rotorcraft in response to a flight control device control signal received from the FCC. The FCC generates the flight control device control signal according to the collective position signal, and sends the flight control device control signal to a flight control device.
US10261513B2
One variation of a method for communicating state, intent, and context of an autonomous vehicle includes: at a first time, displaying a first icon representing a current state of a vehicle on a rear-facing visual display arranged on the vehicle; navigating toward an intersection; at a second time, detecting a state of the intersection ahead of the vehicle; rendering a second icon representing the state of the intersection at the second time on the rear-facing visual display; detecting a change in the state of the intersection at a third time succeeding the second time; selecting a next navigation action for the vehicle responsive to the change in the state of the intersection at the third time; prior to executing the next navigation action, rendering a third icon representing the next navigation action on the rear-facing visual display; and autonomously executing the next navigation action.
US10261512B1
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle having one or more computing devices that may receive instructions to pick up a passenger at a pickup location and determine when the vehicle is within a first distance of the pickup location. When the vehicle is within the first distance, the computing devices may make a first attempt to find a spot to park the vehicle and wait for the passenger. When the vehicle is unable to find a spot to park the vehicle on the first attempt, the computing devices may maneuvering the vehicle in order to make a second attempt to find a spot to park the vehicle and wait for the passenger. When the vehicle is unable to find a spot to park the vehicle on the second attempt, the computing devices may stop the vehicle in a current lane to wait for the passenger.
US10261509B2
An on-vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle and controlling traveling of the vehicle includes a vehicle position error specifying unit that estimates a position error of the vehicle, a travel control continuity information determination unit that determines information relating to continuity of a travel control state of the vehicle based on the position error of the vehicle estimated by the vehicle position error specifying unit, and a travel control continuity information output unit that outputs the information relating to the continuity of the travel control state of the vehicle determined by the travel control continuity information determination unit.
US10261505B2
A critical system comprises a control pathway comprising an actuation unit having a nonlinear behavior, that is able to be controlled by applying an input quantity and whose state is characterized by an output quantity. The behavior of the actuation unit being described by a flat nonlinear model, wherein the system comprises an estimation unit comprising a dynamic inversion linearization module calculating from the measured output quantity, the input quantity of the equivalent linear model; an estimation module estimating a flat output quantity from the input quantity of the equivalent linear model; and a computing module computing a residual based on the estimated flat output quantity and a measured flat output quantity, corresponding to the measured output quantity.
US10261502B2
Proposed is an anomaly detection method for communication behaviors in an industrial control system based on an OCSVM algorithm. According to the present invention, a normal behavior profile model and an abnormal behavior profile model, i.e. a dual-outline model, of communication behaviors in an industrial control system are established, parameter optimization is performed by means of a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm, an optimal intrusion detection model is obtained, and abnormal Modbus TCP communication traffic is identified. According to the present invention, the false alarm rate is reduced by means of cooperative discrimination of the dual-outline detection model, the efficiency and reliability of anomaly detection are improved, and the method is more applicable to practical applications.
US10261498B2
Provided is a numerical controller including a wait management table that stores wait management information of each machining program, a wait controller that performs wait control of each axis based on the wait management information with respect to an axis controller that controls each axis of each path, and a management unit that updates the wait management information of each machining program stored in the wait management table.
US10261489B2
A method includes requesting a controller, which controls one or more field devices in an industrial control network, to report code currently used by the controller for controlling the field devices. The code reported by the controller is compared with a stored baseline version of the code, and a notification is issued upon detecting a discrepancy between the code reported by the controller and the baseline version.
US10261473B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a wristband adapted to position a watch face substantially over at least one of a lateral radial portion of a wrist of a user or an anatomical snuffbox of the user. In an example, this watch face may be part of a smartwatch or other personal electronic device.
US10261467B2
A cartridge has a surface to be biased which is connected to a first surface extending in an intersecting direction that intersects with an insertion direction from an upstream side to a downstream side in the insertion direction, and an engaging portion engaging with a support member that supports the cartridge inside a main body and has a biasing member that biases an engaged portion to be engaged with the engaging portion in the intersecting direction. The engaged portion has a biasing surface extending in the intersecting direction from the upstream side to the downstream side in the insertion direction. Movement of the support member in the intersecting direction by the closing operation of an opening and closing member, the surface to be biased is biased by the biasing surface, the cartridge contacts with a positioning portion, and positioning of the cartridge is performed.
US10261462B2
An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that causes a supply operation to form a predetermined toner image and supplies toner of the predetermined toner image to a contact portion between a cleaning member and a photosensitive member at a non-image forming time. During at least a period in which toner of the predetermined toner image on the photosensitive member passes through a transfer unit during the supply operation, the control unit causes application of a pass-through voltage having the same polarity as a normal charge polarity of the toner and an absolute value that is less than an electric potential of a portion that is exposed by an exposure device of the photosensitive member, or having a reverse polarity that is reverse to the normal charge polarity of the toner to be applied from the transfer power supply to the transfer member.
US10261461B2
A corner cut apparatus for entering into a transport path for transporting a sheet in a crossing direction to cut corners of the sheet includes a cut blade frame that supports a cut blade shifting with respect to the sheet surface, a receiving blade frame that supports a receiving blade for receiving the shifting cut blade, and a drive member that causes the cut blade frame and the receiving blade frame to enter into the transport path of the sheet, where blade shapes of the cut blade and the receiving blade are a back-to-back shape with an entry direction as a reference line. By this means, it is possible to provide the apparatus for cutting corners at the lead edge and end edge of the sheet in an inclined or curved manner, only by shifting (up and down) the blade with respect to the sheet surface.
US10261460B2
A paper feed roller of the present invention comprises a roller body 2 integrally formed of elastic material in a cylindrical shape in which a plurality of protruding lines 6 are disposed on a peripheral surface 5 at even intervals, wherein the roller body 2 is formed so that crest portions 6a and trough portions 6b are continuously provided in a circumferential direction, an opening angle θ is equal to or more than 2° and is equal to or less than 8°, a radial height h of the protruding line is equal to or more than 0.051 mm and is equal to or less than 0.1 mm, and a curvature radius r1 at a shoulder is equal to or more than 0.55 mm.
US10261455B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a post-processing unit, and a controller. The image forming section forms an image on a recording medium. The post-processing unit processes the recording medium obtained after the image forming section forms the image. The controller controls a post-processing execution time of the post-processing unit on the basis of information obtained by reading at least one control pattern from the recording medium. The at least one control pattern is formed to control the image forming section.
US10261454B2
An image forming apparatus determines whether crease processing at a plurality of portions set on the sheet includes crease processing on two, front and back surfaces of the sheet; determines, if it is determined that crease processing includes crease processing on the two surfaces of the sheet, whether a connected post-processing apparatus that performs crease processing on a sheet can perform crease processing on the two, front and back surfaces of the sheet by one feeding; and controls, if it is determined that the connected post-processing apparatus cannot perform crease processing on the two surfaces by one feeding, to change, to one of the front and back surfaces of the sheet based on attribute information of the sheet, a surface to be processed in crease processing at the plurality of portions.
US10261447B2
A printing apparatus including a plurality of print driving units for printing a print dot on a print medium, a storage unit that stores a generated electromagnetic wave noise value which is a value of an electromagnetic wave noise to be generated by driving the print driving unit and an allowable electromagnetic wave noise value indicating tolerance of the generated electromagnetic wave noise, as electromagnetic wave noise data, and a control unit that controls driving of the print driving unit, in which the control unit controls the number of the print driving units to be simultaneously driven so as to be the generated electromagnetic wave noise value equal to or less than the allowable electromagnetic wave noise value.
US10261446B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image transfer unit configured to transfer an image formed on an image carrier to a sheet, according to a transfer control parameter, and a transfer control unit. The transfer unit is configured to set the transfer control parameter to a first value when a first portion of the image is being transferred to a first area of the sheet and to a second value when a second portion of the image is being transferred to a second area of the sheet transfers an image formed on an image carrier to a sheet.
US10261444B2
A developing apparatus includes a rotatable developer carrying member, a first chamber to supply developer to the developer carrying member, and a second chamber to collect the developer from the developer carrying member. A first conveyance screw in the first chamber conveys the developer in a first conveyance direction, and a second conveyance screw conveys the developer in the second chamber. The second conveyance screw includes a rotary shaft, a first vane portion, and a second vane portion provided downstream of the first vane portion. A developer discharge portion is disposed upstream of the second vane portion in the first conveyance direction and discharges excess developer. The developer discharge portion is disposed in a predetermined area of the second chamber in which the developer is deliverable to a communication portion, and is provided in a bottom portion in the predetermined area of the second chamber.
US10261443B2
A developer container includes a first sheet member installed on a rotation shaft disposed in a developer containing portion and transporting the developer to a developer carrying member, and a second sheet member installed on the rotation shaft and rotating in the same phase as the first sheet member. One end of the first sheet member and one end of the second sheet member are fixed to the rotation shaft so as to rotate in the same phase, and the other ends of the first and second sheet members are free ends. When the rotation shaft rotates in a state in which at least a part of the developer elevated by the first sheet member is positioned above the rotation shaft, the second sheet member rotates on the downstream side of the first sheet member, so as to control falling of developer on the first sheet member.
US10261436B2
In a case where another first region exists which faces the edge pixel across a second region on a line in a predetermined direction passing through the edge pixel of the first region, the correcting unit selects a correction amount for correcting the exposure amount applied by the exposing unit for the pixel to be corrected from information describing a plurality of correction amounts in accordance with a first number of pixels being a number of pixels on the line within the second region between the first region and the other first region and corrects the exposure amount for the pixel to be corrected in accordance with the selected correction amount.
US10261426B2
An optimization method for overlay error compensation is disclosed. The method comprises setting process parameters for each semiconductor layer of a semiconductor device corresponding to a run path formed by different lithographic apparatus which sequentially process target semiconductor layers from a first target layer to a latest target layer; measuring overlay errors between an actual and a theoretical exposed patterns of the first semiconductor layer; selecting a group of process parameters corresponding to the run path from the first target layer to the latest target layer aligned by the current semiconductor layer; after exposing the current semiconductor layer using the selected process parameters, measuring overlay errors between the current semiconductor layer and its target layer; and correcting the selected process parameters according to the overlay errors between the current semiconductor layer and its target layer, and the overlay errors between the actual and theoretical exposed patterns of the first semiconductor layer.
US10261420B2
The present application discloses an ultraviolet (UV) mask device and a method for using the UV mask device. The UV mask device includes: a platform, configured for carrying a substrate thereon; a mask substrate, configured above the platform for fixing a mask corresponding to the substrate on the platform; and a light source array, configured above the mask substrate by a first distance and including a plurality of UV light-emitting diodes (UV LEDs) emitting light having a first single central wavelength.
US10261419B2
A stage mover for moving a stage relative to a stage base includes a conductor assembly and a magnet assembly. The conductor assembly is coupled to the stage base and a plurality of coil units with each coil unit having one or more coils. Each of the coils has a coil width. The magnet assembly interacts with the conductor assembly and includes a plurality of spaced apart magnet arrays. Each of the magnet arrays is spaced apart from each adjacent magnet array by an array gap that is at least equal to the coil width so that independent and symmetric magnetic flux distribution can be achieved for each of the magnet arrays.
US10261406B2
The present invention provides a cinema screen that improves audience perception of brightness at, for example, a premium theater without additional illumination cost. The screen is produced from materials that also help mitigate speckle from laser illumination. The screen has properties and includes structures that may be tuned to the specific capabilities of the projection system, arrangement of the theater, and projector (and angle of projection, angle of viewing). Light reflected from the screen are direct toward audience members and away from walls and ceilings.
US10261404B2
A first projector device includes: a positional information obtaining unit that obtains first positional information of a second projector device and second positional information of a third projector device by obtaining positional information indicating a positional relationship with a communication partner through communication; a selection screen generating unit that generates a selection screen for selecting at least one from a plurality of the projector devices; and a projection unit that displays the selection screen. The selection screen generating unit determines, based on the first positional information and the second positional information, a first position where the second projector device is selectably displayed and a second position where the third projector device is selectably displayed on the selection screen.
US10261402B2
A light source device includes a first light source configured to emit excitation light in a first wavelength band and a wavelength conversion member having a plurality of surfaces and configured to convert the excitation light made incident from the first light source into converted light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band. The wavelength conversion member includes a first surface on which the excitation light is made incident, a second surface opposed to the first surface, and a third surface that emits the converted light. A first reflection layer that transmits the excitation light and reflects the converted light is provided on the first surface.
US10261401B2
A light source device has a blue solid-state light source, a red solid-state light source, a first retardation plate, a dichroic mirror, a phosphor plate, a second retardation plate, and a reflector. The first retardation plate causes light from the blue solid-state light source to have a phase difference. The dichroic mirror provides the light from the blue solid-state light source with polarization separation, receiving the light from the blue solid-state light source and light from the red solid-state light source in an identical direction. The phosphor plate emits fluorescence light, excited by one light, separated by the dichroic mirror. The second retardation plate converts, into circular polarization, polarization of the light from the red solid-state light source and other light, separated by the dichroic mirror. The reflector reflects light converted into circular polarization by being passed through the second retardation plate.
US10261392B2
The invention relates to an autofocus camera (1) comprising: —an image sensor (10), —an optical block (20) comprising a plurality of lenses with fixed focal length, —an optical device (30) with variable focal length comprising: •a deformable membrane (301), •a support (302) to which a peripheral anchoring area (301c) of said membrane is connected, •a cavity (303) filled with a constant volume of fluid, said cavity being delimited at least in part by said membrane (301) and a support wall (302), •an actuation device (304) of a region (301b) of the membrane located between the peripheral anchoring area (301c) and a central part (301a) of the membrane, configured to bend by application of electrical actuation voltage so as to displace some of the fluid volume towards the center or towards the periphery of the cavity (303), wherein at least one region distinct from the central part (301a) and of the actuation region (301b) of the membrane is stressed mechanically permanently so as to cause permanent deformation of the central part of the membrane by the fluid, the focal distance of the optical device (30) at rest under the effect of said mechanical stress being different from the focal distance of said optical device at rest prior to application of said stress.
US10261381B2
Prior electrochromic devices frequently suffer from high levels of defectivity. The defects may be manifest as pin holes or spots where the electrochromic transition is impaired. This is unacceptable for many applications such as electrochromic architectural glass. Improved electrochromic devices with low defectivity can be fabricated by depositing certain layered components of the electrochromic device in a single integrated deposition system. While these layers are being deposited and/or treated on a substrate, for example a glass window, the substrate never leaves a controlled ambient environment, for example a low pressure controlled atmosphere having very low levels of particles. These layers may be deposited using physical vapor deposition. In certain embodiments, the device includes a counter electrode having an anodically coloring electrochromic material in combination with an additive.
US10261363B2
The present disclosure proposes an optical compensation film for a liquid crystal display, including a first C-plate arranged on one side of a liquid crystal panel, a first polyvinyl alcohol layer arranged outside the first C-plate, a second C-plate arranged on the other side of the liquid crystal panel, an A-plate arranged outside the second C-plate and a second polyvinyl alcohol layer arranged outside the A-plate, wherein the in-plane compensation value for optical path difference of the A-plate lies in the range of [92, 184] nm, the compensation value for optical path difference in the thickness direction of the A-plate lies in the range of [46, 92] nm. The present disclosure also proposes a liquid crystal display including the above-mentioned optical compensation film for reducing light leakage and increasing contrast.
US10261362B2
An assembly for enhancing an image displayed on a liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed. The assembly comprises a housing configured to surround a backlight, an optical sheet, and an LCD. The optical sheet being located between the backlight and the LCD. The assembly further comprises a spring assembly for tensioning the optical sheet.
US10261361B1
A backlight module, a display panel and a display device. The backlight module includes a first light transmission substrate arranged on a light-emitting face. A projection of the first light transmission substrate on the light-emitting face coincides with the light-emitting face. A first reflection mirror and a second reflection mirror are also arranged on the first light transmission substrate. The first and second reflection mirrors are spaced apart and facing each other, and the second reflection mirror is arranged in such a way as to enable vertical emergent light on the light-emitting face to be incident to the first reflection mirror after undergoing a total reflection. The first reflection mirror is arranged in such a way as to enable light reflected by the second reflection mirror to exit after undergoing a total reflection. A plurality of light transmission holes are evenly distributed on the second reflection mirror.
US10261357B2
An electronic device may have a display such as a liquid crystal display. A color filter layer may be formed on a display layer such as a transparent substrate layer. The color filter layer may include an array of color filter elements on a central portion of a surface of the transparent substrate layer. The color filter layer may include a peripheral color filter of a single color that at least partially surrounds the color filter elements on the central portion of the inner surface. In an inactive portion of the display, an opaque masking material may be formed over the peripheral color filter. In an active portion of the display the opaque masking material may form a grid that covers interfaces between adjacent color filter elements. The peripheral color filter may completely cover the surface of the substrate in the entire inactive portion of the display.
US10261356B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a light shielding pattern disposed on the first substrate, where the light shielding pattern includes an open portion defined in a non-display area, and the open portion is defined in the light shielding pattern.
US10261346B2
Provided is an eyeglasses structure, including a mounting groove provided inside at least one side of a frame, wherein the mounting groove has a perforation inside. When an electronic device passes through the perforation, the electronic device is fastened to the mounting groove. In addition, the electronic device has a switch that is exposed to the mounting groove.
US10261341B2
Method for determining the feasibility of an ophthalmic lens by an ophthalmic lens manufacturing process comprising: an ophthalmic lens data providing step, a set of surface parameters providing step, an optical parameters providing step during which a set of n optical parameters (P1, P2, . . . , Pn) is provided, n being an integer greater than or equal to 1, each optical parameter Pi being provided with a tolerance value εi, —a feasibility check determining step, during which the feasibility of the ophthalmic lens by the ophthalmic lens manufacturing process is determined by determining if for i from 1 to n: - ɛ i ≤ [ ∑ j = 1 m ( ∂ P i ∂ α j ) 0 × Δ α j ] + A i ≤ ɛ i with ( ∂ P i ∂ α j ) 0 the value of the derivative of Pi with respect to the jth surface parameter αj on the nominal surface and Δαj the value of the jth surface parameter and Ai a combination of terms of order greater or equal to 2 for each Pi.
US10261340B2
A method for producing a customized progressive ophthalmic lens intended for a wearer having a prescription for a wearer's eye corresponding to said lens, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing an initial progressive ophthalmic lens design having a meridian line; b) providing binocular convergence data for the wearer; and c) modifying the initial design so that the meridian line is laterally shifted in position with respect to said initial design, for matching the convergence data provided at step b), for said prescription, and the modified design as resulting from step c) is used for the customized lens, wherein step b) comprises the following substeps: b1) providing a visual stimulus in a sagittal plane of the wearer; and b2) moving the visual stimulus within the sagittal plane between a predetermined maximum distance and a predetermined minimum distance.
US10261337B2
An apparatus for driving an optical-reflector includes a support frame having a groove line formed therein, an optical-reflector installed at the support frame to change a path of light input through an opening so that the light is put into a lens, a base frame having a guiding groove formed with a shape corresponding to the groove line, and a plurality of balls disposed between the groove line and the guiding groove so that the support frame and the base frame are kept in a spaced state, and a driving unit configured to move the support frame along a path corresponding to the groove line or the guiding groove.
US10261331B2
Provided is a stereoscopic image display device which comprises: an image control unit for outputting a left eye image and a right eye image; an image panel for displaying the left eye image and the right eye image; and glasses consisting of a left eye glass and a right eye glass which have the same transmissive characteristic to transmit only one of the left eye image and the right eye image displayed on the image panel.
US10261327B2
A head mounted display includes a control section that switches between a single-touch mode and a multi-touch mode in a case where an operation in a preset aspect is detected, and, in the multi-touch mode, in a case where a pseudo-pointer is moved to a corresponding position outside a display region of an image display section according to an operation on an operation surface, the control section changes a display aspect of the pseudo-pointer.
US10261324B2
A lens assembly can be removably attached to an eye cone of a HMD. The eye cone displays images to an eye of a user of the HMD. The eye cone includes a peripheral wall that extends towards rear of the HMD. The lens assembly includes a corrective lens and a frame. The corrective lens corrects a vision error of the eye of the user. The frame includes an inner surface onto which the corrective lens is attached. The frame also includes a wall that receives a peripheral wall of the eye cone for removably securing the lens assembly to the HMD. The HMD can include another eye cone that displays images to the other eye of the user. Another lens assembly can be removably attached to the other eye cone.
US10261323B2
Eye-tracked head-mounted displays are provide which, in one aspect, may utilize the same optics for eyetracking and image viewing, with a selected portion of the optics used for an eyetracking optical path and a selected portion of the display optics used for an image viewing optical path.
US10261316B2
An HUD (Head-Up Display) control apparatus may include: a distance detector configured to detect a distance to an obstacle in front of a vehicle; and a controller configured to adjust a virtual image formation position of HUD information to a closer position in response to the distance, when the obstacle is located at a closer position than a virtual image formation position in a specific range designed in an HUD.
US10261315B2
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source to emit light, a light deflector having a reflection face to deflect the light as a scan-use light to scan an image generation element by oscillating the reflection face, a light receiving element to receive a control-use light to generate a signal used for controlling a scanning condition of the scan-use light, and a control unit to control the scanning condition of the light deflector based on the generated signal.
US10261314B2
A head-up display, in particular for use in a vehicle, includes a light source and a projection screen. An intermediate screen is provided for the orientation of light emitted from a light source and, resulting therefrom, for the shaping of an image to be displayed on the projection screen. The intermediate screen is at least partially reflective.
US10261313B1
One aspect disclosed is a method including determining a location from a positioning system receiver, determining, using a hardware processor and the location, that the location is approaching a path of direction of visual direction information, displaying the visual direction information on a display of a wearable device in response to the determining, determining, using the positioning system receiver, whether the turn of the visual direction information has been made, determining, by the hardware processor, a first period of time for display of the content data based on whether the turn of the visual direction information has been made, powering on the display and displaying, using the display, content data for the first period of time, turning off the display and the hardware processor following display of the content data.
US10261307B2
Provided is a microscope system including: a stage on which a sample is placed and that is movable in a direction orthogonal to an observation optical axis; a detecting unit that detects a position of the stage; an imaging unit that acquires an image of the sample on the stage; an image generating unit that generates an overlapped image by overlapping the acquired image with the position of the stage; a searching unit that searches for a position of the acquired image in the generated overlapped image; and a control unit that performs control including causing the image generating unit to stop the overlapping process and causing the searching unit to execute the position search when detection by the detecting unit fails, and causing the image generating unit to resume the overlapping process starting from a search position of the searching unit when the search is successful.
US10261306B2
A method for execution upon operation of a microscope or for depiction of an object, or a part thereof, imaged with the microscope includes depicting a proxy of the object on a display of the microscope or on a further display. At least one manipulation is performed on the proxy, or on the depiction of the proxy, using an input means. At least one depiction parameter for the depiction of the object or of the part of the object, or at least one microscope control parameter, is derived from the manipulation. The object or the part of the object is depicted in consideration of the derived depiction parameter or of the derived microscope control parameter.
US10261304B2
An acquiring unit of a structured illuminating microscopy apparatus acquires at least two modulated images having the same wave number vector and the different phases; and a calculating unit of the structured illuminating microscopy apparatus, in a spatial frequency spectrum of each of at least the two modulated images acquired by the acquiring unit, separates a 0th-order modulating component and ±first-order modulating components of observational light fluxes superimposed on arbitrary two observation points based on at least four observation values regarding the two observation points which are mutually displaced by an amount of the wave number vector.
US10261297B2
A remote imaging apparatus, and corresponding method, includes a hyperbolic primary mirror that receives light from a remote object to be imaged. The primary mirror has a continuous surface that reflects, at least twice, the light from the remote object. The apparatus also includes a hyperbolic secondary mirror having a continuous surface that reflects, at least twice, the light from the remote object. The secondary mirror delivers the light to a field corrector via a port of the hyperbolic primary mirror, and the field corrector is configured to correct for an optical aberration of one or both of the hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors. Embodiments can provide low distortion, small aspect ratios, and small form factors and moments of inertia for fleets satellite-based and other imaging systems.
US10261291B2
A lens assembly includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens, all of which are arranged in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens includes a convex surface facing the image side. The second lens includes a concave surface facing the object side. The third lens is a biconvex lens with positive refractive power. The fourth lens is with negative refractive power and includes a concave surface facing the object side. The fifth lens is with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the image side. The lens assembly satisfies: −20≤f1/f≤2, wherein f1 is an effective focal length of the first lens and f is an effective focal length of the lens assembly.
US10261290B2
Compact wide angle lens designs are described. The lens has three lens groups and includes complex aspherical lens elements. The lens designs have a field of view of 80° or greater and satisfies at least one of the conditional equations a) BFL/EFL<=0.6 where BFL is the distance from the image surface vertex of the complex aspheric lens element to the image plane, EFL is the effective focal length of the optical lens, and, b) BFL/CA<=0.3 where CA is the clear aperture of the complex aspheric lens element, EFL is the effective focal length of the optical lens, and, c) 3=
US10261289B2
An optical imaging system for pickup, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side, comprising: the first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with refractive power, the fourth lens element with refractive power, the fifth lens element with refractive power; the sixth lens element made of plastic, the sixth lens with refractive power having a concave image-side surface with both being aspheric, and the image-side surface having at least one inflection point.
US10261283B2
An optical lens including a lens barrel, a fixing ring, and at least one lens element is provided. A bonding surface is provided on an inner side of a periphery of an end of the lens barrel, and a plurality of micro-structures are disposed on the bonding surface in a ring-shaped arrangement. The micro-structures protrude from the bonding surface. The fixing ring is disposed inside the bonding surface of the lens barrel. The lens element is disposed inside the lens barrel. The micro-structures on the bonding surface and the fixing ring are dissolved by a solvent, so as to fix the lens element inside the lens barrel. An assembling method of the optical lens and a lens barrel are also provided.
US10261279B1
A rack-level breakout box, system, and method for distributing high-fiber count optical fiber cables to one or more network racks. External routing of incoming and outgoing cables around the rack is kept neat and orderly, with one large cable serving a fully populated rack and, optionally, multiple racks. A flexible mounting configuration is further provided.
US10261275B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to a baffle with an integrated optical connector. One example includes a component to attach to an interconnect device where the component allows a heat exchanging medium to flow through an opening in itself. This example can include a slot in the component for integration of an optical connector into the component. The slot can also be used to secure the optical connector to the interconnect device and to align the optical connector to enable communication with the interconnect device.
US10261274B2
An optical fiber connection unit able to efficiently remove heat generated in the optical fiber connection unit. The optical fiber connection unit includes a closed circulation path, through which coolant for eliminating heat generated in the optical fiber connection unit by a laser beam propagating through the optical fiber connection unit circulates, and a coolant circulation device for causing the coolant to flow and circulate in the circulation path.
US10261273B2
An optical module to receive Rx-light from a single optical fiber and to transmit Tx-light to the single optical fiber is disclosed. In the optical module, the Rx-light enters a photodiode (PD) via a shortest path within a coupling block that provides surfaces constituting the path. The Tx-light emitted from a laser diode (LD) travels around a WDM filter within the coupling block. Both the Rx-light and the Tx-light enter the WDM filter at an acute angle. The lens to concentrate the Rx-light on the PD and to collimate the Tx-light is precisely aligned with respective devices mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB).
US10261272B2
This optical receptacle has: a first optical surface on which light emitted from a photoelectric conversion element is incident; a second optical surface for emitting the light incident on the first optical surface to an end surface of an optical transmission body; a light separating part for separating the light incident on the first optical surface into signal light oriented toward the end surface of the optical transmission body and monitor light oriented toward a detection element so as to proceed in a direction substantially opposite to the progress direction of the signal light; and a third optical surface for emitting the monitor light separated by the light separating part toward the detection element. The entire optical path between the first optical surface and the second optical surface is positioned inside the optical receptacle.
US10261260B2
The disclosure relates to a tunable microring resonator, comprising a primary waveguide having first and second ends, a plurality of secondary waveguides each having a different length and each having first and second ends and a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) adjustable to optically couple at least a first end of the primary waveguide with a first respective end of a selected secondary waveguide thereby allowing light to circulate within the tunable microring resonator.
US10261259B2
Consistent with the present disclosure, a coherent receiver PIC may be provided having waveguides that may be routed in a substantially U-shaped bend to feed both an incoming signal and a local oscillator signal into a 90-degree optical hybrid circuit, which may include a multi-mode interference (MMI) device. As a result, one or more local oscillator lasers may be provided between optical hybrid circuits in certain examples, and, in other examples, optical waveguides feeding optical signals to the optical hybrids are provided between the optical hybrid circuits. In both examples, a more compact receiver PIC layout may be achieved without waveguide crossings, that can be linearly scaled to accommodate reception of additional signals or channels without added complexity.
US10261253B1
An optical power combiner, or splitter, is formed from a first substrate and a second substrate, each substrate having a substantially planar joining surface, at least one substrate having a plurality of waveguide channels formed such as by etching, the plurality of waveguide channels coupled to a waveguide channel combiner having a plurality of waveguide channel apertures, the optical combiner having a single channel aperture on an opposite side from the plurality of waveguide channel apertures, the single channel aperture coupled to a single waveguide channel of zero or greater length, and to an edge opposite the plurality of waveguide channels.
US10261252B2
A photonic integrated circuit includes an optical coupling device situated between two successive interconnection metal levels. The optical coupling device includes a first optical portion that receives an optical signal having a transverse electric component in a fundamental mode and a transverse magnetic component. A second optical portion converts the transverse magnetic component of the optical signal into a converted transverse electric component in a higher order mode. A third optical portion separates the transverse electric component from the converted transverse electric component and switches the higher order mode to the fundamental mode. A fourth optical portion transmits the transverse electric component to one waveguide and transmits the converted transverse electric component to another waveguide.
US10261242B2
An optical fiber package is described comprising a light transmitting core having a core diameter, a coating layer surrounding the core, and wherein the amount of chlorine in the light transmitting core region is homogeneous and comprises at least 3000 ppm. The fiber package is such that the optical fiber core exhibits a reduction in the hydrogen induced attenuation losses. A method for fabricating the optical fiber package is also disclosed.
US10261240B2
A backlight module includes a light guide plate including a light incident surface having first and second light incident sections and a light propagation track that extends from the first light incident section into the light guide plate and delimits a light propagation path and is formed with an opening. A light bar includes first and second light sources respectively corresponding to the first and second light incident sections to allow light to enter the light propagation path to be reflected by the light propagation track for outward emission and allow light to enter the light guide plate for outward emission from the light emission surface. A control circuit is electrically connected to the first light source and the second light source for controlling ON/OFF states of the first light source and the second light source thereby allowing for displaying in a sectionized fashion.
US10261237B2
An instrument cluster, in particular for a vehicle, has a dial with a plurality of graphic areas, which are backlit by a device provided with at least one light source, with a front light-guiding element having a front face at least partially covered by a back surface of the dial, and with a rear light-guiding element; the latter has a receiving portion facing said light source and a transmitting portion, which transmits and guides the light received by the receiving portion and is spaced apart from and faces a rear face of the front light-guiding element; the rear face of the front light-guiding element has an optical compensation system, having curved convex or curved concave lens surfaces, for varying the intensity of the light transmitted from said transmission portion to the different graphic areas.
US10261235B2
A display apparatus which is not subject to light leakage from a cut edge of a quantum dot layer includes a display panel and a backlighting module. The backlight module includes light source, light guide plate, and quantum dot enhancement layer. The quantum dot enhancement layer has functional and invalidation portions. The functional portion converts light from the light guide plate into predetermined wavelengths. The invalidation portion is formed in the non-display region, and is unable to convert light from the light guide plate into predetermined wavelengths. A distance between a side surface of the invalidation portion and a side surface of the main display region is larger than or equal to a predetermined distance. The effect of the predetermined distance is to prevent the light leaking or transmitted from the invalidation portion from entering the display region at normal viewing angles.
US10261232B2
Lens device that includes converging lens having light output surface being spaced apart along lens axis from light input surface. Converging lens has total internal reflection side surface being spaced apart around lens axis and having frusto-conical shape extending between light input and output surfaces of the converging lens. Portion of light input surface of converging lens includes light input cavity being bounded by perimeter and having central axis and being generally shaped as portion of spheroid. Light input cavity has plurality of grooves each respectively following spline along light input surface that intersects with central axis of light input cavity and with respective point on perimeter, wherein each of respective points are mutually spaced apart around perimeter of light input cavity. Lighting system including lens device.
US10261231B2
A display apparatus including a round portion is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light toward the display panel, the light guide plate comprising a flat portion and a round portion; and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a first area configured to radiate light toward the round portion, and a second area configured to radiate light toward the flat portion, wherein a width of the first area is less than a width of the second area.
US10261227B2
A method for producing a retardation film comprising the steps of: co-extruding or simultaneously casting a thermoplastic resin A and a thermoplastic resin B to obtain a laminated film comprising a layer of the thermoplastic resin A and a layer of the thermoplastic resin B; and uniaxially stretching the laminated film at least twice to cross a molecular orientation axis in the layer of the thermoplastic resin A and a molecular orientation axis in the layer of the thermoplastic resin B each other at almost right angles.
US10261223B2
Exemplary method and system for providing a diffractive configuration in an optical arrangement are provided. For example, a material can be provided with at least one patterned surface having a very high aspect ratio. The material can be connected with at least one portion of a waveguide arrangement using a pre-polymer adhesive composition. Further, the pre-polymer adhesive composition can be caused to polymerize so as to form the diffractive configuration which at least approximately replicates a structure or at least one feature of the patterned surface.
US10261221B2
Corner cubes are well known retro-reflective devices. Corner cubes may be employed for high brightness in reflective image displays. An embodiment of a reflective image display is disclosed that employs corner cubes with metallized surfaces. Light reflection and absorption may be modulated with electrophoretically mobile light absorbing particles or electrofluidic systems. Display images may be created to convey information to a viewer.
US10261218B2
A strengthened cover lens is disclosed to include a substrate, including an upper surface, a lower surface substantially parallel to the upper surface, a side surface located between the upper surface and the lower surface, and the side surface being substantially perpendicular to the upper surface and the lower surface, an upper chamfer surface formed between the upper surface and the side surface and the upper chamfer surface being adjacent the side surface, a concave portion formed between the upper surface and the upper chamfer surface, and a protection layer covering at least the concave portion and the upper chamfer surface, and a method for strengthening a cover lens being durable for abrasive condition by rigid body such as metal in common use is also provided.
US10261209B2
A downhole drilling tool that has a deep-reading logging tool, a near-bit resistivity tool, and a gamma ray detector. Formation information logged using the deep-reading logging tool is used to build a preliminary stratigraphic model with a relatively low resolution. The preliminary stratigraphic model is further refined using data logged using the near-bit resistivity tool and/or the gamma ray detector to obtain a refined stratigraphic model with a higher resolution. The model is used to guide geosteering to achieve better well placement and trajectory control.
US10261199B2
A module (1) for a detector (14) of ionizing radiation comprising at least two detection segments (2) for detecting ionizing radiation, attached to a row carrier (3) allowing for the assembly of detectors (14) with an unlimitedly large detection surface for continuous imaging of ionizing radiation. The construction of the module (1), including a means (10) for power supply stabilization for each detection segment (2), an interconnection of electrical conductors (8), formed by printed circuit boards (9, 13) led vertically downwards perpendicular to the detector surface along the row carrier (3), and a parallel connection to the connectors (11) of the read-out electronics, increases the reliability and speed of the operation of the detector (14). Between the individual parts of the module (1) there are formed thermal bridges to stabilize the temperature and to increase the reliability of the detector (14) assemblies from the modules (1).
US10261197B2
A radiation detector includes a flexible substrate, and a sensor board including a layer which is provided on a first surface of the substrate and in which a plurality of pixels, which accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation, are formed, a conversion layer that is provided on the first surface side of the sensor board to convert radiation into light, a protective film that covers at least a region ranging from a region that covers the conversion layer to a region at an outer peripheral part of a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate, and a supporting member that supports the region of the substrate via the protective film from the second surface side of the substrate.
US10261188B2
An apparatus for capturing superimposed distance and intensity images includes a distance image measuring arrangement provided with a distance radiation source, an intensity radiation source, a distance detection unit and an intensity detection unit. Distance measurement radiation from the distance radiation source and intensity measurement radiation from the intensity radiation source are incident on an area of a surface of a test object via a jointly used radiation deflection unit. The optical components of the distance image measuring arrangement and the intensity image measuring arrangement are mounted on a support structure in a fixed spatial relationship with respect to each other. Distance and intensity images are thus superimposed in an optically positionally accurate manner to produce high-quality real-time images.
US10261176B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide orientation and/or position data from an orientation and/or position sensor (OPS) while it is rotating. A system includes a logic device configured to communicate with an OPS that is rotationally coupled to a mobile structure. The logic device is configured to receive orientation and/or position data from the OPS while the OPS is rotating relative to the mobile structure and determine rotationally corrected orientation and/or position data referenced to the mobile structure, a rotationally actuated sensor assembly mounted to the mobile structure, and/or an absolute coordinate frame.
US10261171B2
A device includes a radar signal detector that can determine a signal strength of a police radar signal and a direction of a source of the police radar signal. Additionally, the device includes a display in communication with the radar signal detector that provides a single display region having a visual appearance which varies based on both the direction and on the signal strength.
US10261166B2
A vessel location validation method and apparatus are provided. The vessel location validation method includes receiving a wireless signal from a vessel, acquiring location information of the vessel from the received wireless signal, and determining whether the acquired location information is valid based on the acquired location information and a signal strength of the received wireless signal.
US10261160B2
A method of imaging, by means of magnetic resonance, at least a portion of a human or animal subject of interest (20) positioned in a static magnetic field, the method comprising: —taking measurements of electrocardiogram data; —generate vector cardiogram data from the electrocardiogram data; —determining at least one parameter of an acquisition period of acquiring magnetic resonance signals from the vector cardiogram data in order to synchronize measurement of magnetic resonance signals to a cyclic movement of the heart of the subject of interest (20); wherein the at least one parameter of the acquisition period is determined from an actual value of a discriminating function and a predetermined reference function, wherein for determining the at least one parameter of the acquisition period, a step of adapting at least one of the discriminating function and the predetermined reference function is executed, dependent on a breathing status of the human or animal subject of interest (20); and—a magnetic resonance imaging system (10) for acquisition of images of at least a portion of a human or animal subject of interest (20), synchronized to a cyclic movement of the heart of the subject of interest (20), comprising: —a control unit (28) for controlling functions of the magnetic resonance imaging system (10); —an image processing unit (34) provided for processing acquired magnetic resonance signals; —an electrocardiogram device (36) for taking measurements of electrocardiogram data of the heart of the subject of interest (20); —a synchronization unit (40) coupled to the electrocardiogram device (36) and configured for determining at least one parameter of an acquisition period from the vector cardiogram data, wherein the synchronization unit (40) is configured to provide trigger signals (60) indicative of the determined at least one parameter of the acquisition period to the control unit (28); and wherein the synchronization unit (40) is configured to adapt at least one of the discriminating function and the predetermined reference function, dependent on a breathing status of the human or animal subject of interest (20).
US10261157B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure include a system that applies magnetic resonance elastography to a sample to obtain uncorrected k-space data where the magnetic resonance elastography utilizes a multi-shot spin-echo sequence with variable density spiral readout gradients, and adjusts the uncorrected k-space data to corrected k-space data by adjusting a k-space trajectory by shifting a center point for each shot to a new center point according to signal intensity and by adjusting a phase for each shot based on a phase offset that is determined according to the signal intensity.
US10261145B2
A system and method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and static field (B0) shimming. A coil system includes a conductive loop configured to be arranged proximate to a region of interest (ROI). The coil system also includes an alternating current (AC) circuit electrically connecting the conductive loop to an AC electrical connection configured to be coupled to an MRI system to communicate medical imaging signals received by the conductive loop from the ROI during a medical imaging procedure to the MRI system. The coil system further includes a direct current (DC) circuit electrically connecting the conductive loop to a DC electrical connection configured to be coupled to a DC power source and a plurality of circuit components configured to block DC signals from reaching the AC electrical connection in order to produce a spatially varying static magnetic field for shimming inhomogenieties of the static field.
US10261143B2
A probehead of an NMR-MAS apparatus includes a sample which has a rotation axis tilted by an angle θ>0 with respect to the z-axis. The angle θ can be adjusted about a target angle θtarget by tilting around a tilt axis. The rotation axis has a fixed angle with respect to the probehead, and the NMR-MAS apparatus tilts at least part of the probehead to adjust the angle θ. The probehead has an outer contour K between an upper end and a lower end. For all z between the upper end and the lower end, a cross-section S(z) of the contour K exists parallel to the xy-plane with a width Q(z) in the x-direction. The width Q(z) is smaller at points away from z=0, such that Q(z1)
US10261134B2
Apparatus for estimating charge state of secondary battery and method therefor are disclosed. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to estimate the state of charge of the secondary battery by repeatedly performing an algorithm of the Extended Kalman Filter by using a state equation that time-updates a state parameter including the state of charge of the secondary battery and a polarization voltage of the secondary battery, and an output equation that predicts the voltage of the secondary battery using an open circuit voltage according to the state of charge, the polarization voltage, and an internal resistance voltage generated by an internal resistance of the secondary battery, and the control unit increases a difference between state of charge noise and polarization voltage noise of the Extended Kalman Filter when the secondary battery becomes key-off state.
US10261122B2
Monitoring aging in an electric drive system includes energizing the electric drive system such that electrical current flows through a power semiconductor device therein, determining a value indicative of a voltage across the power semiconductor device, at a current level where voltage is substantially independent of temperature, comparing the determined value with a reference value, and outputting a signal responsive to a difference between the values that is indicative of an aging state of the power semiconductor device.
US10261114B1
Devices and methods for detecting a medical sensor device being attached to a host device are disclosed. The host device includes a reader circuit that can generate an AC pilot signal. When the medical sensor device is being attached to the host device, the AC pilot signal is fed to a non-linear circuit in the sensor device, which responds with a DC signal. The host device compares the magnitude of the response signal with a threshold magnitude. If the magnitude of the response signal is greater than the threshold magnitude, the host device determines that the sensor device is being attached and establishes connection with the sensor device.
US10261108B2
A system for testing functionality of die on a wafer including a plurality of contacts includes a support structure and a plurality of probes mounted to the support structure in an array. A configuration of each of the plurality of probes varies based on a position of the probe within the array to maintain uniform engagement between the plurality of probes and a corresponding plurality of contacts across the array.
US10261103B2
A laboratory sample distribution system and a laboratory automation system comprising such a laboratory sample distribution system are presented. The laboratory sample distribution system comprises a number of sample container carriers adapted to move autonomously and to communicate with each other and with a central control unit.
US10261100B2
The present invention provides a lipid extraction device comprising a capillary tube, wherein the capillary tube comprises a first region containing a first filler; and a second region present in a region other than the first region and containing a second filler having polarity different from the first filler. The present invention also provides a system and a method for extracting and analyzing lipids from a biological sample using the lipid extraction device.
US10261096B2
This invention relates to a method of diagnosing the depression, and more particularly to a method and kit for diagnosing depression after acute coronary syndrome, by measuring the concentration of a specific biomarker in the blood of a patient suffering from acute coronary syndrome to predict depression after acute coronary syndrome.
US10261094B2
A immunogenicity assay for detecting the presence of neutralizing antibodies to a biotherapeutic protein wherein the biotherapeutic protein has been administered to a patient in need, comprising the steps of (a) obtaining a sample from the patient; (b) incubating the sample in the presence of a capture reagent; and (c) adding a detecting reagent, wherein a decreased signal relative to a control sample indicates the presence of a neutralizing antibody to the biotherapeutic agent.
US10261083B2
The invention relates generally to compositions and methods for detecting protease activity in a subject or a biological sample using activatable antibodies, and the use of these compositions and methods in a variety of diagnostic indications.
US10261081B2
Methods for the quantification of influenza HA proteins and anti-influenza antibodies for the fields of vaccine-related protein quantification, potency determination, and efficacy evaluation are provided. According to the technology, quantification is achieved by providing capture agents attached to an array in a series of decreasing concentrations. Serial dilutions of a reference material also may be introduced. The reference material within each solution binds to the capture agents on the array and is labeled with a label agent capable of producing a detectable signal used to construct a calibration curve. A target material of unknown concentration is introduced to a separate identical array, and the target material binds to the capture agents and also is labeled by a label agent to produce a detectable signal. The calibration curve based on the reference material is then utilized to determine the concentration of the target material without the need to perform replicate experiments.
US10261076B2
Small molecule analytes (less than 1000 Daltons) in a fluid sample are detected using a competitive assay in a magnetic biosensor. The fluid sample is added to a biosensor detection chamber together with detection probes and magnetic tags which bind to the detection probes. The magnetic biosensor is functionalized with a capture probe that shares an epitope with the analytes, and the detection probe is capable of binding the epitope shared by the analytes and the capture probe, so that the presence of the analyte prevents detection probes (and magnetic tags) from binding to the biosensor. By measuring the binding of the magnetic tags to the magnetic biosensor, an amount of analytes in the solution is determined.
US10261072B2
Disclosed is a sample analyzer for analyzing a sample, including: a preparing unit that mixes a sample, a surfactant-containing diluent, and a nucleic acid staining reagent to prepare a measurement specimen in which nucleic acids of nucleated cells are stained and red blood cells are hemolyzed; a detecting unit that irradiates particles included in the measurement specimen with light to receive scattered light and fluorescence light emitted from the particles and output a detection signal; and a processing unit that counts white blood cells and fungi in the sample based on the detection signal.
US10261067B2
A nanopore FET sensor device and method of making. The nanopore FET sensor device includes a FET device stack of material layers including a source, channel and drain layers, and a nanoscale hole through the FET device stack to permit flow of strands of molecular material, e.g., DNA, therethrough. The perimeter of the nanoscale hole forms a FET device gate surface. The source and drain layers are provided with respective contacts for connection with measuring instruments that measure a flow of current therebetween. The molecular strands having charged portions pass from one side of a wafer substrate to the other side through the (nanopore) gate and modulate the current flow sensed at the source or drain terminals. The sensor collects real-time measurements of the current flow modulations for use in identifying the type of molecule. Multiple measurements by the same nanopore FET sensor are collected and compared for enhanced detection.
US10261059B1
A computing device is described that is configured to analyze whether at least one structural member can be galvanized. In an implementation, the computing device includes a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The computing device includes a module stored in memory and executable by the processor. The module is configured to instruct the processor to receive at least one structural member parameter. The structural member parameter is associated with a physical property of a structural member. The module is configured to analyze whether the structural member can be galvanized based upon the at least one structural member parameter.
US10261058B2
One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of analyzing liquid chromatography data. The method comprises collecting, by a data processing system, first volume fractions data from a first liquid chromatography column for a first absorbance wavelength of light λ1 from a first run of a liquid chromatography process on a mixture, wherein the first liquid chromatography column screens for a first characteristic of the mixture. The method further comprising, normalizing a first relative peak area for a first volume of a component of interest in the mixture for the first absorbance wavelength λ1 to obtain a first set of purity quotient values PQ1, collecting second volume fractions data from a second liquid chromatography column for a second absorbance wavelength of light λ2 from a second run of a liquid chromatography process on the mixture, wherein the second liquid chromatography column screens for a second characteristic of the mixture, normalizing a second relative peak area for the second volume of the component of interest in the mixture for the second absorbance wavelength λ2 to obtain a second set of purity quotient values PQ2, storing the values PQ1 and PQ2 in a memory, calculating a difference between values PQ1 and PQ2 for each volume fraction location of the first and second volumes to obtain a first set of purity quotient difference (“PQD”) values, displaying in a graphical display the first set of PQD values, and determining which volume fractions to pool together based on the display of the first set of PQD values.
US10261057B2
The invention discloses a flow control block for a stack of chromatography column modules, as well as a stack of chromatography modules comprising at least one flow control block. The flow control block is in a first position or configuration capable of connecting two chromatography column modules, or a chromatography column module and an endpiece, in parallel and in a second position or configuration it is capable of connecting two chromatography column modules, or a chromatography column module and an endpiece, in series.
US10261054B2
A method for the non-destructive ultrasonic testing of a part by the analysis of echoes returned by the part in response to the emission of an ultrasonic wave via an ultrasonic transducer, includes a step of determining a variable gain curve and a step of correcting the amplitude of the echoes returned by the part according to the variable gain curve and the moments of reception of the echoes. The method further includes steps of: producing a wave function representative of an ultrasonic transducer; producing transfer functions Fm representative of the frequency responses of reference samples Rm of the material forming the part; and calculating reference attenuation values between the wave function and the results of calculations of filtering of the wave function by the respective transfer functions Fm of the reference samples Rm.
US10261052B2
An anchor bolt diagnosing system includes a vibration sensing clip that clips an anchor bolt, and senses a vibration power of the anchor bolt, a blow sensing hammer that gives a blow to the anchor bolt clipped by the vibration sensing clip, and senses blow strength, and a diagnoser that obtains the vibration power and the blow strength output from the vibration sensing clip and the blow sensing hammer, and diagnoses soundness of the anchor bolt in accordance with whether a ratio of the vibration power to the blow strength is higher than a predetermined value.
US10261047B2
The present invention relates to a cartridge for conducting diagnostic assays. The cartridge consists of an assembly of components that are easily assembled. The cartridge provides means for receiving a patient sample, precisely controlling fluid introduction, onboard storage of assay fluid and conducting different assay protocols and detection of a plurality of analytes. Methods of use for the cartridge are described. The disclosed invention is suitable for point of care environments or any place where rapid, ultrasensitive testing is required.
US10261045B2
A sensor structural body, which is formed by stacking a sensor element and a heater, has a sensor protruding portion that protrudes distalward from a holder. The sensor element includes a solid electrolyte body, a measured-gas space, a reference-gas space, a pump cell, a monitor cell and a sensor cell. A heat-generating portion of the heater is entirely arranged in the sensor protruding portion. The length L (in mm) of a formation region of the heat-generating portion and the length H (in mm) of the sensor protruding portion in a longitudinal direction, in which the sensor protruding portion protrudes from the holder, are set to be in a range that is enclosed by first to fourth reference lines X1, X2, X3 and X4 on a two-dimensional coordinate plane whose horizontal and vertical axes respectively indicate the lengths L and H. The first to the fourth reference lines X1-X4 respectively represent the relationships of H=L, H=20, H=−4.24L+42.71 and H=−4.24L+68.6.
US10261039B2
A method for investigating permittivity within a target domain comprises a step of measuring, for a plurality of pairs of contact element groups, the contact elements of the contact element groups being arranged in capacitance measurement connection with the target domain, an electrical quantity of interest proportional to the capacitance of a capacitor formed by a pair of contact element groups; the contact elements comprising a plurality of electrodes supported between the target domain and an electrically conductive background body limiting the capacitance measurement zone of the electrodes. The contact elements may further comprise the electrically conductive background body.
US10261037B2
A structure to be monitored for damage and a method of monitoring the structure for damage are provided. The structure has a coating thereon, the coating defining a surface having characteristics which vary in a predetermined manner with damage to the structure. The surface has a series of conductive tracks applied thereto and in intimate contact therewith such that the said predetermined variation of the surface characteristics will vary the resistance of the series of conductive tracks in a predetermined manner in order to determine both location and extent of damage.
US10261023B1
A remote illumination and detection method, node, and system is described. The remote illumination and detection method generates a detection message when motion is detected by a detector. The detector includes a wireless communications module that wirelessly transmits the detection message to a remote sensing device. The remote sensing device includes a camera having a field of view and wirelessly communicates with the detector. The remote sensing device then proceeds to generate an illumination instruction to illuminate an area within the field of view, when the remote sensing device receives the detection message. The remote sensing device transmits the illumination instruction to an illuminator. The illuminator wirelessly communicates with the remote sensing device. The method then illuminates an area near the illuminator, when motion is detected by the detector and the illumination instruction is received by the illuminator.
US10261022B1
Processes for sensing a variety of toxic chemicals and/or processes for determining the residual life of a filter or filtration system are provided. Exemplary process for sensing a toxic chemical include contacting a toxic chemical, or byproduct thereof, with a sorbent that includes a porous metal hydroxide and a transition metal reactant suitable to react with a toxic chemical or byproduct thereof. The sorbent is contacted with the toxic chemical or byproduct thereof for a sampling time. A difference between a post-exposure colorimetric state of the sorbent and a pre-exposure colorimetric state of the sorbent or control is determined to thereby sense exposure to, or the presence of, the toxic chemical or byproduct thereof.
US10261019B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus comprising: a plurality of locations configured to have probes attached thereto, wherein interaction between the probes and an analyte generates a signal; an optical system comprising a plurality of collimators; a sensor comprising a plurality of pixels configured to detect the signal; wherein the collimators are configured to essentially prevent light from passing if a deviation of a propagation direction of the light from an optical axis of the collimators is greater than a threshold.
US10261018B2
An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing material embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTPE. The fluorescing material exhibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap corresponding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The fluorescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/HOSTPE is three or more.
US10261012B2
This disclosure concerns methods and apparatus for interferometric spectroscopic measurements of particles with higher signal to noise ratio utilizing an infrared light beam that is split into two beams. At least one beam may be directed through a measurement volume containing a sample including a medium. The two beams may then be recombined and measured by a detector. The phase differential between the two beams may be selected to provide destructive interference when no particle is present in the measurement volume. A sample including medium with a particle is introduced to the measurement volume and the detected change resulting from at least one of resonant mid-infrared absorption, non-resonant mid-infrared absorption, and scattering by the particle may be used to determine a property of the particle. A wide range of properties of particles may be determined, wherein the particles may include living cells.
US10261003B2
The roof construction broadly includes a sloped roof and a low-profile hail strike recording panel. The roof includes a plurality of shingles arranged in partially overlapped courses. The panel includes a deformable hail impact portion that is calibrated so that deformation caused by a hail strike corresponds with a known impact energy. The panel is secured to the roof so that the impact portion faces skyward in generally the same orientation as the roof. The impact portion of the panel engages and overlies at least part of one or more of the shingles.
US10261001B2
Various techniques are provided to implement a desorber of a sensor detector device that permits manual operation and is completely detachable from a main body of the sensor detector device. In one example, a device includes a desorber. The desorber includes an inlet comprising a fluid path configured to receive samples vaporized from sample media. The desorber also includes a cap configured to slide toward the inlet in response to a manual actuation of the cap performed by a user to transition the desorber from an open position to a closed position. The desorber further includes a heater configured to slide with the cap toward the inlet in response to the user actuation and vaporize the samples while the desorber is in the closed position.
US10260997B2
A microorganism concentrator includes a water storage part that stores water sample therein and a filter that partitions the water storage part into a supply side and a drain side for the water sample. The microorganism concentrator concentrates microorganisms that are too large to pass through the filter on the supply side by moving the water sample on the supply side to the drain side of the water storage part. In the microorganism concentrator, the filter is arranged in such a way that no vertically downward force is applied to a surface of the filter on the supply side.
US10260995B2
A test device of universal nail/screw holding power is provided. The device is capable of penetrating a nail/screw into a test piece at any angle and positioning the test piece on which a nail/screw is penetrated at any angle to test the nail/screw holding power. The device includes a base, two opposite supporting plates, two coaxial disks, an upper bearing plate, a lower bearing plate, a side bearing plate, a through groove, a trapezoid slot, and a plurality of trapezoid bolts on the same circumference. When the disk is turned, at least one trapezoid bolt is inserted into the trapezoid slot; when the at least one trapezoid bolt engages with the trapezoid slot and then is tightened up, the at least one trapezoid bolt and the trapezoid slot cooperatively limit the turn of the disk.
US10260993B2
Methods and systems for improving the uniformity of a tire are provided. More specifically, one or more characteristics of a composite uniformity parameter can be determined from harmonic magnitudes associated with a plurality of harmonics of the composite uniformity parameter. For instance, a range of a composite uniformity parameter and/or a distribution of amplitudes of a composite uniformity parameter for a set of tires can be determined from harmonic magnitudes associated with selected harmonics of the composite uniformity parameter. According to example aspects of the present disclosure, the one or more characteristics of the composite uniformity parameter can be determined using Weibull distributions of the harmonic magnitudes. Once identified, the one or more characteristics can be used to modify tire manufacture to improve tire uniformity.
US10260988B2
The present disclosure illustrates a non-contact measurement device for a radius of curvature and a thickness of a lens and a measurement method thereof. The non-contact measurement device utilizes a non-contact probe to integrate a motor, an optical scale and an electronic control module, so as to achieve measurement for the radius of curvature and the thickness of the lens. The present disclosure adopts astigmatism to achieve fast and precise focusing. To overcome the spherical aberration problem, thickness measurement can be implemented by the non-contact measurement device through a formula calculation and utilization of a correction plate, wherein single one probe is used for the measurement herein. For the thicker lens, the non-contact measurement device can be extended to use dual probes, so as to detect the top and bottom sides of the lens.
US10260979B2
[Object] Provided are a pressure detection unit and a pressure sensor using the same capable of performing a trimming operation using a simple structure during an assembly operation, and reducing a decrease in detection accuracy of a semiconductor type pressure detection device.[Solving Means] A pressure detection unit includes a base formed in a lid shape and made of ceramic, a receiving member formed in a plate shape, a diaphragm interposed between the base and the receiving member, a semiconductor type pressure detection device installed on a side of a pressure receiving space formed between the base and the diaphragm in the base, and three terminal pins electrically connected to the semiconductor type pressure detection device, the terminal pins penetrating the base, wherein the three terminal pins include an earth terminal pin, a power input terminal pin, and a signal output terminal pin.
US10260974B2
An electronic part (air pressure detecting device) 1 includes a sensor element (air pressure sensor element) 2 that includes an ambient air contacting surface S including an ambient air contacting region Sa to be exposed to ambient air, and a supporting substrate 4, arranged to support the sensor element 2. The sensor element 2 is bonded to one surface 4a of the supporting substrate 4 in a state where its ambient air contacting surface S faces the one surface 4a of the supporting substrate 4 and a gap, through which the ambient air flows, is formed between the ambient air contacting surface S and the one surface 4a of the supporting substrate 4.
US10260970B2
This invention relates to force/torque sensor and more particularly to multi-axis force/torque sensor and the methods of use for directly teaching a task to a mechatronic manipulator. The force/torque sensor has a casing, an outer frame forming part of or connected to the casing, an inner frame forming part of or connected to the casing, a compliant member connecting the outer frame to the inner frame, and one or more measurement elements mounted in the casing for measuring compliance of the compliant member when a force or torque is applied between the outer frame and the inner frame.
US10260967B2
An IGBT temperature sense circuit is provided. The IGBT temperature sense circuit automatically calibrates a temperature sense of a diode to minimize an error based on element characteristics of a temperature sense diode, precisely senses the temperature and removes a limit of a maximum current (to increase the maximum current) of an output of an IGBT. A temperature sense circuit includes an automatic calibrator that is configured to supply current of a current source to a current to a diode and a diode temperature sensor that is configured to measure a voltage of one side terminal of the diode based on the current of the diode based on a change of a temperature and adjustment of an operation of a protection object device.
US10260966B2
To provide a motor control device that specifies a type of temperature sensor by a simple technique, even in a case of the type of temperature sensor installed to a motor being unclear. A motor control device includes: a temperature detection circuit capable of mounting a plurality of types of temperature sensors as a temperature sensor installed to a motor; a storage unit that stores a plurality of conversion tables corresponding to each of the plurality of types of temperature sensors; and a motor temperature detection part that detects a motor temperature using feedback data from the temperature sensor and a conversion table corresponding to the type of temperature sensor, in which the type of temperature sensor installed to the motor is specified using comparison results between the temperature of a different motor from the motor obtained from a known type of temperature sensor or the temperature of the motor control device itself, and a plurality of calculated temperatures calculated using feedback data and conversion tables corresponding to each of the plurality of types of temperatures sensors.
US10260959B2
The present invention discloses a multi-lightpath and multi-angle measurement apparatus, including an electrically controlled rotary table, electronically controlled translation tables, a laser transmitting/receiving end face, laser couplers, a multipath data acquisition card, a laser controller, a translation controller, an etalon, a laser, detectors, and a computer. The measurement apparatus uses an all-fiber coupling structure, and two ends of the laser transmitting/receiving end face are respectively fixed on two electronically controlled translation tables. Therefore, a maximum area measured by the apparatus is 350 mm×350 mm, and an adjustable minimum translation distance is 1 mm. Bottoms of the translation tables are fixed on the electrically controlled rotary table. Featuring an ingenious design and a compact structure, the whole apparatus is easy to disassemble and easy to operate. The apparatus has high universality, and can implement two-dimensional measurement in a high-temperature combustion flow field.
US10260958B2
A resettable sensor assembly includes a body having a axis and defining a cavity therein. The body includes a first plurality of threads disposed about the axis. The assembly includes a housing mated to the body and including at least one electrical contact. The assembly further includes a plate. The assembly also includes an actuator element configured for translating the plate along the axis between a first position in which the plate contacts the at least one electrical contact and a second position in which the plate is spaced apart from the at least one electrical contact. The element is formed from a shape memory alloy that is transitionable between an austenite crystallographic phase and a martensite crystallographic phase in response to a thermal activation signal to thereby translate the plate between the first position and the second position.
US10260953B2
A method of thermographic inspection includes absorbing, at an applique applied to a test area of an article, light from a testing light source. The method further includes emitting, by the applique, thermal radiation directed to a capture device, the thermal radiation corresponding to at least a portion of the light absorbed by the applique.
US10260950B2
A hand-held measurement device for appearance analyses includes a measurement array which comprises a number of illumination means for applying illumination light to a measurement field in at least three illumination directions and a number of pick-up means for capturing the measurement light in at least one observation direction. The illumination directions and the observation directions lie in a common system plane. At least one pick-up means is embodied to spectrally gauge the measurement light in a locally integral way, and at least one imaging pick-up means is embodied to gauge the measurement light in terms of color in a locally resolved way. The spectral pick-up means and the locally resolving pick-up means are arranged such that they receive the measurement light reflected by the measurement field under the same observation conditions and in particular from the same observation direction.
US10260946B2
Optical computing devices may include capacitance-based nanomaterial detectors. For example, an optical computing device may include a light source that emits electromagnetic radiation into an optical train extending from the light source to a capacitance-based nanomaterial detector; a material positioned in the optical train to optically interact with the electromagnetic radiation and produce optically interacted light; and the capacitance-based nanomaterial detector comprising one or more nano-sized materials configured to have a resonantly-tuned absorption spectrum and being configured to receive the optically interacted light, apply a vector related to the characteristic of interest to the optically interacted light using the resonantly-tuned absorption spectrum, and generate an output signal indicative of the characteristic of interest.
US10260941B2
A chromatic confocal distance sensor has a housing in which a polychromatic light source, imaging optics having a longitudinal chromatic aberration, a spectrometer and a planar beam splitter surface are arranged. These lie in the light path of the measurement light between the light source and the imaging optics and between the imaging optics and the spectrometer. A first diaphragm is arranged in the light path between the light source and the beam splitter surface, and a second diaphragm is arranged in the light path between the beam splitter surface and the spectrometer. The diaphragms are arranged mirror-symmetrically with respect to the beam splitter surface. The measurement light propagates as a free beam inside the housing. The beam splitter surface, the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm are fastened together on a carrier which has an isotropic thermal expansion coefficient. This way, temperature changes cannot significantly affect the measurement accuracy.
US10260938B2
A foreign substance prevention apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a housing including a suction port which is a passage for sucking external air, and a discharge port for discharging the sucked external air; a fan which exists inside the housing and rotates so as to suck the external air; and a connection bracket for connecting the housing and a sensor.
US10260925B2
Provided is a container, which comprises a container body and a cover and further comprises a variable-pressure component, a metering channel, a liquid extraction channel and an outflow channel. The head of the metering channel is in communication with the variable-pressure component, and the tail thereof is in communication with the outflow channel and the liquid extraction channel. A valve, which is opened when the variable-pressure component is pressurized and is closed when the variable-pressure component is depressurized, is provided between the metering channel and the outflow channel. A valve, which is opened when the variable-pressure component is depressurized and is closed when the variable-pressure component is pressurized, is provided between the metering channel and the liquid extraction channel or within the liquid extraction channel. The metering channel, the liquid extraction channel and the outflow channel are fixed to the cover.
US10260921B2
A connection terminal is on a flange of a thermal flow meter. A terminal connection part has a first and a second bent part. The first bent part is bent from a first direction to a second direction. The second bent part has is bent from the first bent part to a third direction. The first and second bent parts are formed such that when connection pin parts of a plurality of the connection terminals and terminal connection parts of the plurality of connection terminals are projected onto a first imaginary plane, an imaginary line L extending along a first direction passing through the projection areas of each of the terminal connection parts of the plurality of connection terminals passes between the projection areas of the connection pin parts from among the connection pin parts of the plurality of connection terminals, that are positioned on both sides.
US10260913B2
Disclosed is a sensor enabling positioning of a flexible element subject to applied forces. The sensor includes at least two spatially separated light permeable tubes, each having first and second ends arranged on respective first and second frame portions of the flexible element. At least one of the first or second ends of at least one light permeable tube are attached to a corresponding first frame portion by a joining unit. Each of the at least two spatially separated light permeable tubes includes at least one light detecting device, connectable to a processing unit, and arranged at a light detecting position of a corresponding light permeable tube to detect light from at least one light emitting device through the corresponding light permeable tube and transferring information including information relating to the detected light to the processing unit, enabling the processing unit to determine the bend of the light permeable tubes.
US10260908B2
A position measuring device includes: a first graduation carrier having a measuring graduation; a scanning unit, which is arranged so as to allow movement in a measuring direction relative to the measuring graduation in order to generate position-dependent scanning signals by scanning the measuring graduation; a signal processing unit for processing the scanning signals into positional signals; and a signal interface via which the positional signals are able to be output to subsequent electronics. At least one correction unit is provided in the signal processing unit by which at least one signal error of at least one scanning signal is able to be corrected. A monitoring unit is arranged to detect the reaching of a limit value of the signal error, and a correction unit triggering the event is able to be deactivated subsequently.
US10260906B2
A rotary encoder for measuring absolute rotation around an axis of the rotary encoder, comprising: a magnetised element comprising first and second surfaces at an angle to one another; a first magnetic track provided on the first surface and a second magnetic track provided on the second surface, wherein the first and second magnetic tracks subtend an angle θ around the axis of the rotary encoder, wherein each magnetic track comprises a number of magnetic pole pairs, a magnetic pole pair being formed of two poles defining regions of opposite magnetic polarization, wherein the number of magnetic pole pairs in each track are different and have a greatest common factor of one; and first and second magnetic sensor arrangements, the first magnetic sensor arrangement arranged to detect a magnetic field of the first magnetic track and the second magnetic sensor arrangement arranged to detect a magnetic field of the second magnetic track, wherein the magnetic sensor arrangements are rotatably coupled to the magnetised element around the axis of the rotary encoder.
US10260905B2
A magnetic field sensor can sense a movement of an object along a path. A movement line is tangent to the path. The magnetic field sensor can include a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate can have first and second orthogonal axes orthogonal to each other on the first surface of the substrate. A projection of the movement line onto a surface of the semiconductor substrate is only substantially parallel to the first orthogonal axis. The magnetic field sensor can also include first, second, third, and fourth magnetic field sensing elements disposed on the substrate. The first and second magnetic field sensing elements have maximum response axes parallel to the first orthogonal axis and the second and fourth magnetic field sensing elements have maximum response axes parallel to the second orthogonal axis. Signals generated by the second and fourth magnetic field sensing elements can be used as reference signals.
US10260903B2
A meter is provided having a communication interface for receiving and interfacing with a communication device for transmitting measurement and other data to a central computer station via the communication device. The meter includes a measurement module for obtaining measurement data and a processor having a memory for storing application software for communicating the measurement and other data to the communication interface. The data are then provided to the communication device via the communication interface. The communication device is preferably a plug-and-play PCMCIA-type card or other type of memory card having a processor and a connection port for connecting to a port adaptor of the communication interface for receiving the data via the connection port-port adaptor connection. The communication device further includes communication circuitry for communicating the received data to the central computer station via one or more communications networks according to a communications protocol pre-programmed within the processor.
US10260902B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a utility resource are disclosed. One system includes a plurality of utility resource usage capture components connected to a utility resource management computing system via a satellite communications network. Each of the utility resource usage capture components includes a utility resource meter interface and a satellite communication module. The utility resource meter interface is configured to communicate with a plurality of different types of utility resource meters from a plurality of different manufacturers. Each of the plurality of utility resource usage capture components has a low power state and an operational state and configured to automatically enter the operational state, interrogate an associated utility resource meter to obtain a reading and communicate the reading via the satellite communication module, and return to the low power state. The utility resource management computing system stores information regarding a location of each of the utility resource usage capture components and is configured to receive and store readings from each of the plurality of utility resource usage capture components.
US10260900B2
Provided herein is a method, apparatus and computer program product for the generation of a route. In particular, the method may include receiving a plurality of trace points, where each of the plurality of trace points includes location information, receiving a distance tolerance value for each trace point, generating a first portion of a route using a first subset of the plurality of trace points, generating a second portion of the route using a second subset of the plurality of trace points, and concatenating the first portion of the route with the second portion of the route to generate a route. Generating the first portion of the route or the second portion of the route may optionally include removing a trace point that is less than a proximity tolerance distance away from a trace point immediately preceding the removed trace point in sequence.
US10260894B2
A determiner determines execution of rerouting. A notifier notifies the execution of rerouting if the determiner determines the execution of rerouting. A searcher executes a rerouting search if the determiner determines the execution of rerouting. A measurer measures the distance by which a navigation device has moved along a guide route, which is a result of the rerouting search by the searcher. In a case in which the determiner determines execution of next rerouting, the notifier notifies the execution of rerouting if the measured distance is longer than a threshold value and does not notify the execution of rerouting if the measured distance is smaller than or equal to the threshold value.
US10260877B2
An electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having at least one conductive trace thereon. A system on chip (SoC) is mounted on the PCB and electrically coupled to the conductive trace. A sensor chip is mounted on the PCB in a spaced apart relation with the SoC and electrically coupled to the conductive trace such that the sensor chip and SoC are electrically coupled. The sensor chip includes an accelerometer and/or a gyroscope, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive configuration data as input, acquire data from the accelerometer and/or the gyroscope. The control circuit is also configured to process the data so as to generate a context of the electronic device relative to its surroundings, the processing being performed in using a processing technique operating in accordance with the configuration data, and output the context.
US10260874B2
A conduit-bending level has a pair of bubble levels oriented in such a manner as to facilitate the bending of conduit in a first plane and a second plane that is perpendicular to the first plane. This bending operation is preferably conducted without having to detach the conduit-bending level from the conduit in order to make the second bend.
US10260873B2
Some embodiments of the invention include a surveying apparatus that includes an optoelectronic distance measuring device having a measuring beam path, a base for placing the surveying apparatus, a support which is mounted on the base such that it is rotatable about a vertical axis, a beam directing unit which is mounted in the support such that it is rotatable about a tilting axis, an angle measurement system for measuring the axial positions, and an actuatable positioning device driving the beam directing unit or the support. In some embodiments the positioning device may include a plurality of coils which are arranged in a positionally fixed manner in the form of a ring about the tilting axis and/or vertical axis, with winding axes which are axially parallel to the tilting axis or vertical axis.
US10260872B2
The present application provides an LTPS multilayered structure, which includes: a first stack layer having a reference pattern structure formed thereon and provided with uniformly distributed first references; and a second stack layer disposed on the first stack layer and having an alignment pattern structure formed thereon and provided with uniformly distributed second references each selectively aligning with one of the first references so that misalignment between the first stack layer and the second stack layer is precisely calculated by markings attached to each of the first references. The present further provides a method for measuring misalignment between a plurality of stack layers in the LTPS multilayered structure.
US10260866B2
A 3D imaging system uses a depth sensor to produce a coarse depth map, and then uses the coarse depth map as a constraint in order to correct ambiguous surface normals computed from polarization cues. The imaging system outputs an enhanced depth map that has a greater depth resolution than the coarse depth map. The enhanced depth map is also much more accurate than could be obtained from the depth sensor alone. In many cases, the imaging system extracts the polarization cues from three polarized images. Thus, in many implementations, the system takes only three extra images—in addition to data used to generate the coarse depth map—in order to dramatically enhance the coarse depth map.
US10260862B2
A method and system estimates a three-dimensional (3D) pose of a sensor by first acquiring scene data of a 3D scene by the sensor. Two-dimensional (2D) lines are detected in the scene data and the 2D lines are matched to 3D lines of a 3D model of the scene to produce matching lines. Then, the 3D pose of the sensor is estimated using the matching lines.
US10260860B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for providing an improved protective coating for a substrate that may be inspected using the unaided eye or other apparatus under available light. The protective coating is mixed with an additive including flakes or particles that, when applied to the substrate as part of the protective coating, allow the user to empirically determine if the surface has received an adequate protective coat. The determination of whether or not any defects exist may include comparing the observed appearance of the specialty pigment particles with a comparative standard.
US10260849B2
A warhead includes a casing having a removable front portion, a plurality of explosive segments positioned in the casing, a plurality of spacers positioned in the casing and separating the plurality of explosive segments from each other, and a removable piston configured to be inserted inside the removable front portion of the casing, wherein the removable piston pushes against the plurality of explosive segments to create a continuous segment. The removable piston may push against the plurality of explosive segments to close the plurality of spacers and move the warhead from an off position to an on position. The continuous segment may be above an explosive failure thickness in the on position. The continuous segment may be configured to detonate upon reaching the failure thickness.
US10260835B2
A system for cocking mechanism for a crossbow that uses an elongated handle pivotally attached to the center support to move a traveler engaged with the draw string from a release configuration to a drawing configuration and into engagement with a trigger assembly. A ratcheting mechanism prevents the elongated handle from moving toward the open configuration as the crossbow is being cocked.
US10260831B2
A magazine is provided for a firearm. The magazine comprises a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a user interface adapted to enable a user to select between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. The locking mechanism has a rotor movable between a first rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition and a second rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition. The magazine comprises an elongated shaft connected to the rotor. The magazine comprises a block element connected to the elongated shaft. The block element is adapted to move between a first position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition in which at least one of firearm operation and magazine extraction are prevented, and a second position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition in which firearm operation and magazine extraction are enabled.
US10260824B2
A cooler bypass valve assembly for an agricultural implement includes a cooler bypass valve configured to receive hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic supply. The cooler bypass valve position is adjustable between a first position that facilitates flow of the hydraulic fluid to a cooler bypass and restricts flow of the hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic fluid cooler, and a second position that blocks flow of the hydraulic fluid to the cooler bypass and facilitates flow of the hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic fluid cooler. The hydraulic fluid cooler is capable of reducing a temperature of the hydraulic fluid, and the cooler bypass directs the hydraulic fluid around the hydraulic fluid cooler. Additionally, the cooler bypass valve assembly includes a control assembly that controls the cooler bypass valve position based on the temperature of the hydraulic fluid.
US10260823B2
A pressure and/or temperature relief header for use in an HVAC heat transfer coil includes a main body adapted to be secured to bends in fluid coils of the HVAC fluid tube system. The main body includes holes in alignment with holes formed in the bends to enable liquid to pass from the bends into the expansion relief header. The expansion relief headers include a pressure release valve that automatically opens, preferably in response to pressure exceeding a predetermined threshold value or temperature falling below a predetermined value, to release liquid from the expansion relief header and then reseats. A discharge housing collects liquid released through the pressure release valve. A sensor detects the presence of liquid in the discharge housing.
US10260819B2
In some embodiments, a thermosiphon configured for use within a temperature-regulated storage device includes: a condenser region, including a plurality of evenly spaced condenser channels with horizontally symmetrical bifurcated branches connected to an adiabatic channel, each of the plurality of condenser channels connected at a top position to an upper channel; an evaporator region, including a plurality of evaporator channels, wherein each of the plurality of evaporator channels has a flow channel formed in a serpentine channel pattern and each subunit of the serpentine channel pattern is attached to a vapor return channel at a top of the subunit, and wherein the evaporator region has at least one lowest position connected directly to a vapor return channel; and an adiabatic region including at least one adiabatic channel connecting the evaporator channels and the condenser channels.
US10260818B2
A cooling system (20) includes a media exchanger (50), a cooling section (22), and a cooling circuit (120) for circulating a cooling fluid (130) between the media exchanger (50) and the cooling section (22). The media exchanger (50) receives outside air (38) and the cooling section (22) receives return air (32) from and interior space (34). When the cooling fluid (130) circulates into the cooling section (22) via the cooling circuit (120), the temperature of the return air (32) is reduced through indirect heat transfer between the cooling fluid (130) and the return air (32) to produce conditioned air (84). The conditioned air (84) is provided as supply air (46) into the interior space (34). When the cooling fluid circulates into the media exchanger via the cooling circuit, the temperature of the cooling fluid is reduced through direct heat transfer between the cooling fluid and the outside air.
US10260817B2
A stacked-plate heat exchanger may include a first stacked-plate pack and a second stacked-plate pack. Each pack may have a plurality of stacked plates placed side by side and connected to one another, and a base plate via which at least one of inflow and outflow of a coolant may take place. The first and second stacked-plate packs may be connected to one another with the base plates lying against one another. The stacked-plate heat exchanger may also include a holder that holds the first and second stacked-plate packs exclusively on the two base plates. The first and second stacked-plate packs may each be directly connected to at least one of a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet via the respective base plates.
US10260811B2
The invention relates to a dental furnace wherein a firing chamber is heated up in a first heating-up period at a first heating-up rate of more than 501 K/min, in particular more than 1001 K/min, which heats the furnace to at least 10001 C., in particular to 1100-12501 C. The first heating-up period is followed by an intermediate heating period, which is at least five minutes long, in particular at least ten minutes long, the gradient or heating-up rate of which is adapted to the material to be sintered in the dental furnace (10), and wherein this is followed by an end heating-up period (44) during which heating up is effected at a heating-up rate of more than 301 K/min, in particular approximately 501 K/min, and wherein during this the furnace temperature is held for at least five minutes, in particular for at least 25 minutes, above the temperature toward the end of the first heating-up period, and wherein forced cooling of the furnace (10) is performed after this.
US10260802B2
An apparatus for the production of air gases with variable liquid production by the cryogenic separation of air can include a cold box having a heat exchanger, and a system of columns; a pressure monitoring device; and a controller. The cold box can be configured to receive a purified and compressed air stream under conditions effective for cryogenically separating the air stream to form an air gas product. The apparatus may also include means for transferring the air gas product from the cold box to an air gas pipeline. The pressure monitoring device is configured to monitor the pipeline pressure, and the controller is configured to adjust the product pressure of the air gas product coming out of the cold box based upon the pipeline pressure and to further adjust liquid production from the cold box based on the adjusted product pressure.
US10260799B2
A domestic refrigeration device has an internal space for receiving foodstuffs, which is bounded by walls of an internal container, and a storage container for foodstuffs that is arranged in the internal space and can be closed with a lid. The refrigerator further has a mounting device with which the lid is mounted in the internal space such that it can be raised and lowered for opening and closing the food storage container. A control element is provided by which the lid can be actuated, wherein the control element for actuating the lid can be actuated along an actuation path and the lid can be positioned, in dependence on a position of the control element, in a first closed position and at least in a second fully open position. The control element itself has a display unit for displaying symbolic information depending on the position of the lid.
US10260792B1
The dry ice bag for use with a cooler is a device that receives a piece of dry ice, and which is placed inside of a cooler in order to cool said cooler. The dry ice bag includes a mesh opening along a bottom surface that is selectively exposed via a flap member in order to regulate the amount of cold that escapes from the dry ice bag. The dry ice bag also includes a securing member on a top surface such that the entire device is suspended from underneath a top surface of the cooler thereby enabling cold air to descend.
US10260786B2
An electromagnetic valve according to one embodiment includes a body having a lead-in port through which a refrigerant is led in, a lead-out port through which the refrigerant is led out, and a valve hole formed in a passage joining the lead-in port to the lead-out port, a main valve element that opens and closes a valve section by moving toward and away from the valve hole, and a solenoid that supplies a drive force in a direction of axis line to the valve element, the solenoid being mounted on the body. The main valve element has a pilot passage that is open to the valve hole and an orifice that throttles and expands the refrigerant led in from the lead-in port so as to be led out to the pilot passage, the orifice being so formed as to communicate between the lead-in port and the pilot passage.
US10260778B2
A plant for exploiting geothermal energy by circulating water or another fluid through a non-porous geological formation at a substantial depth below the earth surface, comprising multiple heat absorbing/production holes penetrating the said formation, with a total length of several kilometers and spaced more than 50 m apart. The production holes are connected to the surface by one single combined supply and return hole in which upward and downward flow is separated by a pipe comprising an insulating material and a seal. At the given positions of the common supply and return hole manifold zone designs connect the hole to the multiple production holes. The supply and return holes and production holes are closed circuits for transport of a fluid such as water through the said formation. A method for designing and establishing the plant is also disclosed.
US10260772B2
A sound attenuating baffle mounts within the duct section of an air distribution HVAC system, a ventilation system, or other air movement system for either air or gas streams, in which the duct section can be mounted directly to a fan or incorporated into a transmission duct. The sound attenuating baffle is typically oriented in the flow direction through the duct, and includes an outer casing containing sound absorbing material therein. An internal mass layer formed of a sound barrier material is suspended within the sound absorbing material which fills the outer casing. The mass layer increases the low frequency sound attenuation of the sound attenuating baffle.
US10260764B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for generating an air wall across a passage opening (100), which passage opening (100) has lateral edges and a top edge, comprising: a first and second blowing device (10, 20), arranged at the lateral edges in such a way that planar air streams are blown over the height and respective parts of the width of the passage opening (100); wherein the device (1) is provided with regulating means (13; 23) for regulating the blowing speeds of the blowing devices; and wherein the first blowing device (10) and the second blowing device (20) are provided with secondary blower slits (12; 22) which are parallel to the respective primary blower slits (11; 21), which secondary blower slits (12; 22) are connected to secondary means for drying and/or heating air to be blown.
US10260759B2
A household cooking appliance, in particular an oven, comprises a cooking chamber defined by a muffle having a flue with a fume outlet at an upper wall of the muffle, and a front door, for opening and closing the cooking chamber. The appliance further comprises a delivery channel, defined by a duct body that extends above the upper wall of the muffle, the duct body having an outlet of the delivery channel that is substantially at a front region of the appliance, above an upper portion of the door, and having a fume inlet in a lower wall of the duct body, which is in fluid communication with the fume outlet of the muffle and with the delivery channel. Operatively associated to the duct body is a ventilation assembly, so as to draw in fumes from the fume outlet of the muffle and expel them from the outlet of the delivery channel, the ventilation assembly being in a rear end region of the duct body that is generally opposite to the outlet of the delivery channel. The ventilation assembly comprises a radial fan with a centrifugal impeller inside the duct body, the centrifugal impeller being positioned above the fume inlet of the duct body substantially coaxial thereto and to the fume outlet of the muffle in such a way that at least the fumes are drawn in from the fume outlet substantially in the direction of the axis (X) of the impeller and forced in a radial direction into the delivery channel for being expelled from the corresponding outlet. The rear end region of the duct body has a generally rounded peripheral profile so as to form a volute of the radial fan, the duct body preferably having a shape generally tapered towards its rear end region and comprising a lower half-shell and an upper half-shell. Provided inside the duct body, within the boundaries of the delivery channel, is a flow-deflector element configured for rendering the flow forced by the centrifugal impeller into the delivery channel uniform.
US10260757B2
An oven rack assembly (2000) can be used with an oven (128′) having sets of liner ribs (1004). The oven rack assembly (2000) includes an oven rack (208), slide system (2018) and subframe (2040). The oven rack assembly (2000) also includes a retention/release assembly (2060) for facilitating retention of a position of the subframe (2040) onto liner ribs (2004) and for facilitating release of the subframe (2040) when a user wishes to remove or move the assembly (2000) from the oven. Attachment plates (2065) can also be included, with the plates (2065) mounted to side stampings (2022). The oven rack assembly (2000) also includes protruding forms (2122) on the subframe (2040) which interact with forms (2124) positioned along the liner ribs (2004) to prevent tipping of the subframe (2040) when the oven rack (2008) is moved to an extended position.
US10260752B2
A turbomachine includes a plurality of transition ducts disposed in a generally annular array. Each of the plurality of transition ducts includes an inlet, an outlet, and a passage defining an interior and extending between the inlet and the outlet and defining a longitudinal axis, a radial axis, and a tangential axis. The outlet of each of the plurality of transition ducts is offset from the inlet along the longitudinal axis and the tangential axis. The turbomachine includes a support ring assembly downstream of the plurality of transition ducts along a hot gas path, and a plurality of mechanical fasteners connecting at least one transition duct of the plurality of transition ducts to the support ring assembly. The turbomachine includes a late injection assembly providing fluid communication for an injection fluid to flow into the interior downstream of the inlet of at least one transition duct of the plurality of transition ducts.
US10260751B2
A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprises a single skin liner defining a combustion chamber. The single skin liner has an inner surface facing the combustion chamber and an outer surface exposed to a coolant flow discharged in a plenum extending from the outer surface of the single skin liner to the engine casing. Cooling holes extend through the single skin liner. Cooling protuberances, such as fins or pin fins, project integrally from the outer surface of the single skin liner into the plenum, the cooling fins being interspersed between the cooling holes.
US10260745B2
The invention relates to a damper for reducing pulsations in a gas turbine, which includes an enclosure, a main neck extending from the enclosure, a spacer plate disposed in the enclosure to separate the enclosure into a first cavity and a second cavity and an inner neck with a first end and a second end, extending through the spacer plate to interconnect the first cavity and the second cavity. The first end of the inner neck remains in the first cavity and the second end remains in the second cavity. A flow deflecting member is disposed proximate the second end of the inner neck to deflect a flow passing through the inner neck. With the solution of the present invention, as a damper according to embodiments of the present invention operates, flow field hence damping characteristic in the second cavity constant regardless the adjustment of the spacer plate in the enclosure.
US10260742B2
A heating torch (10) for burning a mixture of fuel and air. The heating torch (10) includes a fuel inlet port (12) for supplying fuel from a fuel source to an air entrainment chamber (14). The air entrainment chamber (14) includes at least one air inlet (22) for supplying air from the atmosphere to the air entrainment chamber (14). The air entrainment chamber 14 includes an outlet (26) for discharging from the air entrainment chamber (14) a mixture of fuel and air in a flow path extending from the outlet (26). The heating torch (10) also includes a combustion chamber (28) provided in the flow path A and spaced from the outlet (26). The combustion chamber (28) has an open end (30) facing in a generally downstream direction away from the outlet (26). The combustion chamber (28) includes at least one side opening (36) extending along a side of the combustion chamber (28).
US10260741B2
A burner resonance canceling apparatus adapted to cancel a resonance caused in a burner tube having a side wall, apertures disposed on the side wall, a first end configured for receiving a fuel mixture flow, a closed second end, a central axis extending through the first end and the second end, the apparatus includes a member having an enlarged end, a reduced end and a central axis extending through the enlarged end and the reduced end, wherein the enlarged end is configured to be positioned at the second end, the central axes are substantially coaxially disposed and the reduced end is configured to face the fuel mixture flow brought through the first end into the burner tube and the burner tube and the member cooperate to define a chamber the fuel mixture flow is configured to traverse from the reduced end to the enlarged end.
US10260732B2
A light includes a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion defines a battery port. The light also includes a heat sink extending upward from the lower portion. The heat sink includes a body defining a central aperture that extends along a central axis, a plurality of light support surfaces arranged around a perimeter of the body, and a top support member attached to tops of the plurality of light support surfaces. The light further includes a first plurality of LEDs coupled to the plurality of light support surfaces to emit light in a 360 degree pattern, a second plurality of LEDs supported on a surface of the top support member that is perpendicular to the plurality of light support surfaces, and a battery pack received in the battery port to power the first plurality of LEDs and the second plurality of LEDs.
US10260727B2
A light-emitting device (100) is provided with: a light-emitting module (1) in which a light-emitting section (30) is provided on a ceramic substrate (11); a heat sink (2); a holder (4) having a ceramic plate (50) for attaching the light-emitting module (1) to the heat sink (2); and a heat-dissipating sheet (3) provided between the ceramic substrate (11) and the heat sink (2).
US10260720B2
An area light includes a housing defining a central axis and including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion arranged to emit light. A lens is coupled to the housing, and a light assembly is disposed within the second portion. The light assembly includes a plurality of LEDs arranged to emit light through the lens and in a direction that extends 360 degrees around the central axis. A battery is selectively coupled to the housing and is arranged to provide power to the LEDs to allow for the emission of light at a level of at least 5700 lumens for at least two hours.
US10260714B2
A lamp casing mechanism includes a lamp arm holder, a lamp cover and a fixing member. The lamp arm holder includes a pivoted axle having a first and a second fixing holes. The lamp cover includes a first accommodation trough. The pivoted axle is located in the first accommodation trough. The fixing member includes a fixing portion. The fixing portion is detachably fixed to one of the first and the second fixing holes.
US10260710B2
A direct-type reflective diffusion lens and a lighting installation including the reflective diffusion lens. The reflective diffusion lens includes a first reflective surface concave and having a longitudinal cross-section with a parabola shape or normal distribution shape to totally reflect incident light, and a bottom surface comprising a light incident surface concave toward the first reflective surface. The reflective diffusion lens includes a second reflective surface having a longitudinal cross-section inclined by a first angle with respect to a central axis of the lens to totally reflect incident light and a refractive surface connecting the first reflective surface with the bottom surface. The refractive surface includes a first refractive surface having a longitudinal cross-section inclined by a second angle with respect to the central axis and a second refractive surface having a longitudinal cross-section inclined by a third angle with respect to the central axis.
US10260705B2
An LED module combines a heat sink portion and an LED arrangement. The heat sink portion is a first part of a multiple part heat sink having at least this first part and a second part. The heat sink portion is not sufficient alone to provide the required cooling for the operation of the LED arrangement so it can be small and low cost. A user can simply replace the LED module as a single unit, without the significant waste and cost of disposing of the full heat sink.
US10260699B2
A vehicle headlight for a semi-trailer truck and agricultural vehicle that includes a parabolic reflector, a light source, a lens, and lens legs that attach the lens to the parabolic reflector. The parabolic reflector includes a flat bottom, a curved sidewall that extends outwardly from the flat bottom to define an outer edge. The light source is attached to the flat bottom of the parabolic reflector. The light source emits light toward the outer edge of the parabolic reflector. A lens is located between the light source and the outer edge of the parabolic reflector. The lens includes a plurality of lens facets that are arranged in a matrix that outwardly extend toward the outer edge of the parabolic reflector. Each of the parabolic reflector and the lens have a focal point that are located at the same position on the base of the parabolic reflector.
US10260697B2
A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of projection lenses arranged in parallel in a certain direction intersecting a vehicle longitudinal direction, a plurality of first light emitting elements arranged behind the plurality of projection lenses, a common light source support member configured to support the plurality of first light emitting elements, the light source support member including at least one translucent part, and at least one second light emitting element disposed behind the common light source support member. A first light distribution pattern is formed by irradiating a direct light from each of the first light emitting elements toward the front through each of the projection lenses. A second light distribution pattern is formed by irradiating the light emitted from the at least one second light emitting element toward the front through the at least one translucent part and any one of the plurality of projection lenses.
US10260695B2
The invention describes a light conversion module (100) comprising a transparent substrate (120), a conversion layer (110) attached to a light exit side of the substrate (120), wherein the conversion layer (110) is arranged to convert a part of laser light (10) of a first wavelength range entering the substrate (120) via a light entrance side to converted laser light (20) of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, and to transmit another part of the laser light (10), such that a mixture of the transmitted laser light (15) and of a part of the converted laser light (20) leaves the conversion layer (110) in forward direction opposite to the side where the conversion layer (110) is attached to the light exit side of the substrate (120), and wherein the substrate (120) is arranged such that converted laser light (20) entering the substrate via the light exit side is inhibited to re-enter the conversion layer (110) via the light exit side by arranging a thickness of the substrate (120) perpendicular to the light exit side such that the converted laser light (20) entering the substrate which is totally reflected at the light entrance side of the substrate (120) does not hit the conversion layer (110) after one total reflection at the light entrance side. The invention further describes a laser-based light source (200), especially an automotive headlight, comprising such a light conversion module (100). The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such a light conversion module (100).
US10260693B1
A vehicle lamp lens includes a base wall and a light output wall. The base wall has a light input surface, and a base surface disposed in front of the light input surface, and having a plurality of parabolic base sections. The light output wall extends forwardly from a front end of the base wall, and has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a light output surface connected between front ends of the inner and outer surfaces. The outer surface is formed with a plurality of microstructures disposed proximate to the base wall. Each of the micro structures has a parabolic first surface portion having a first virtual focus. The first virtual focuses of the first surface portions of the microstructures are located at the same point.
US10260692B2
An apparatus for a theatrical lighting instrument including a light source, which emits light in a light path; a lens located in the light path, and which receives light from the light source and projects light from the light source; a computer memory; and a computer processor. The apparatus may also include first pluralities and second pluralities of cyan, magenta and yellow color filters, each filter including a variable density color filter operated upon by a motor configured to traverse each filter in and out of the light path. Each variable density color filter of the first pluralities of filters may include a high saturation color pallet. Each variable density color filter of the second pluralities of filters may include a low saturation color pallet. The computer memory may include software to multiplex the traversing of the first and the second pluralities of filters to one or more control channels.
US10260674B2
An elevation device comprises: a carrier, including an upper vertical frame having the left side and the right side oppositely disposed with a pair of rail slots, wherein one inner wall in each of the rail slots is longitudinally formed with a positioning slot allowing a guide rail to be disposed and positioned; a support seat, including a seat plate having the rear end thereof vertically extended with a pair of wing pieces, wherein backsides of the pair of wing pieces are respectively and longitudinally pivoted with at least one roller, the circumference of each of the at least one roller is formed with a guide slot confining the guide rail, thereby enabling each of the at least one roller to be longitudinally slid along the guide rail; and a constant force spring, formed in a coiled status and connected between the upper vertical frame and the support seat.
US10260673B2
A rotatable connection for a stand apparatus to be arranged in an operating room and including an adaptable stop mechanism which can be arranged between a first connection component and a second connection component mounted rotatably around a rotational axis relative to the first connection component and is configured to define at least two different relative rotational angles of the connection components or at least two different rotational ranges is provided. A carrier system or a stand apparatus having such a rotatable connection is also provided.
US10260670B2
Provided are a preparation method of a silica aerogel-containing blanket which includes mixing a water glass solution, a polar organic solvent, and a silazane-based surface modifier to prepare a sol, preparing a silica gel-base material composite by immersion and gelation of a base material for a blanket in the sol, and drying the silica gel-base material composite, and a silica aerogel-containing blanket prepared by using the preparation method.A silica aerogel-containing blanket having a high degree of hydrophobicity as well as excellent physical properties, particularly, low tap density, high porosity, and excellent mechanical flexibility may be prepared by the minimal use of a surface modifier without a surface modification step by the above method.
US10260667B2
A tamper-resistant frictionless connector assembly includes an outer sleeve with a first end and a second end opposite to the first end along an axis. A first sealed ring bearing has first outer ring, inner ring, and bearings, where the first outer ring is directly coupled to the outer sleeve at the first end. An inlet adapter directly coupled to the first inner ring and not directly coupled to the outer sleeve. A second sealed ring bearing has a second outer ring, inner ring, and bearings, where the second outer ring is directly coupled to the outer sleeve at a second end. An outlet adapter directly coupled to the second inner ring and not directly coupled to the outer sleeve. A thrust axial bearing abutting the inlet and outlet adapters, where the sealed ring bearings, the inlet adapter, and the outlet adapter are aligned along the axis.
US10260664B2
An end seal assembly configured to seal with a pipe. The seal assembly may include a cylindrical finned insert including an insert portion to be received in the pipe and a base portion at least partially facing the end face of the pipe, the insert portion having at least one annular fin extending radially outwardly, a pocket being formed between the at least one annular fin and the base portion, the at least one annular fin being deformable against the inner surface of the pipe; and a malleable annular end seal positioned near the pocket, the end seal being axially compressed between the base portion and the end face of the pipe and flowing around the end face to the inner surface of the pipe and into the pocket to inhibit fluid from passing from the inner surface of the pipe to the end face of the pipe.
US10260658B2
An underwater pipe assembly includes first and second pipes each of which has opposite inner and outer circumferential surfaces and an annular end face. An inner coil surrounds the inner circumferential surfaces of the first and second pipes at a junction therebetween. An annular inner cover layer covers the inner coil. An outer coil is sleeved on the outer circumferential surfaces of the first and second pipes at a position corresponding to the inner coil. An annular outer cover layer covers the outer coil. When the inner and outer coils are energized, the end faces of the first and second pipes are melted to fuse together the pipes, and the inner and outer cover layers are melted to radially fuse with the pipes.
US10260656B2
A vacuum valve placed between a vacuum vessel and a vacuum pump to adjust a valve opening degree using an operating fluid includes a packing mounted in a recessed groove of a piston. The packing is provided with a contact portion on a radially inner side and a contact portion on a radially outer side, and a slide-contact portion contacting with an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder. A portion between the contact portion and the slide-contact portion has a thin thickness.
US10260650B2
The present invention relates to improvements of valves of the cartwheel type, with receptive arrangements incorporating the valves, which comprise a component of elastomeric material in the form of a cartwheel fastened by means of the external ring to the valve case. The invention comprises a central plug connected by rods to the external ring and, normally, when used in two-way casings (with only one inlet and one outlet), the valve acts as a unidirectional valve. When used in a three-way casing, or a casing with more than three thereof, the valve can act to seal off and let through a flow of fluid on either side of the valve, alternately, depending on the fluid-circulation design choice.
US10260645B2
A shuttle valve for a safety valve arrangement is provided with a valve housing (2), which includes a fluid inlet (4) and two fluid outlets (6, 8). A movable shut-off body (12) is arranged in the valve housing (2) and can be moved between two closure positions, in which the movable shut-off body (12) closes one of the fluid outlets (6, 8). The shut-off body (12) is arranged in a pivotably about a pivot axis (D). The shuttle valve includes a linear drive (46) which is coupled to the shut-off body (12) in a manner such that the shut-off body (12) is pivotable between its two closure positions by moving the linear drive (46).
US10260632B2
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a first component, an annular vacuum chamber seal and a second component. The first component has a groove. The annular vacuum chamber seal comprises a main body portion and one or more blade or rib portions which protrude from the main body portion. The main body portion is located in the groove and the one or more blade or rib portions protrude above or beyond a surface of the first component. The second component is slid, in use, along the surface of the first component thereby deforming the one or more blade or rib portions so that the one or more blade or rib portions form a radial, diametric or piston seal between the first and second components.
US10260631B2
An improved leak resistant pump with sealing system for preventing leakage of a fluid from a housing. The sealing system has a housing, wherein the housing contains the fluid. A shaft penetrates the housing. A narrow fluid flow path directs a leaked fluid from the housing. A labyrinth seal constrains the leaked fluid from the narrow fluid flow path. A stationary seal constrains a flow of the leaked fluid from the labyrinth seal and a grease seal for constraining the flow of the leaked fluid from the stationary seal.
US10260627B2
A hydraulic brake mechanism for use in hydraulic systems to provide braking of a hydraulic motor is disclosed. The brake mechanism provides proper braking under a range of operating conditions, including (1) the start of flow from the pump to the brake and motor and braking is not desired; (2) operating conditions in which constant flow is provided from the pump to the brake and motor and braking is not desired; (3) operating conditions in which abrupt decreases of flow from the pump to the brake and the motor occur, for example where flow is reduced due to being drawn by another work element or hydraulic load, but under which a reduced supply flow is still present and braking is not desired; and (4) operating conditions in which the hydraulic flow from the pump to the brake mechanism and the motor is shut off completely and braking is desired.
US10260621B2
When an input torque becomes greater by a predetermined value or more due to an operation of increasing an amount of accelerator depression amount or the like during a gear shift, a controller for an automatic transmission updates a target gear shift characteristic value to a target gear shift characteristic value which is set when the gear shift is started with the input torque based on the input torque at the updating time, and performs gear shift control from a degree of progress in gear shift at the updating time based on the updated target gear shift characteristic value. Since the target gear shift characteristic value can be changed with respect to an increase in the input torque during the gear shift by this control, it is possible to prevent a decrease in durability of frictional engagement elements.
US10260617B2
Packaging for transmissions with an epicyclic gearbox speed reducer and oil pump is provided. Packaging comprises an epicyclic/planetary gearbox or single stage gear reducer with a sun gear, ring unit, and one or more planetary gears on the ring unit, and an oil pump located inside the packaging. The oil pump may be driven directly by a carrier, or driven by a carrier using a gear stage set. This configuration provides a tighter packaging of the full assembly of an epicyclic/planetary gearbox for transmissions with an internal oil pump, which reduces the weight of the unit, provides lubrication, and avoids splashing. The pump packaging may also be particularly valuable for electric vehicle (“EV”) independent motor applications.
US10260612B2
A device includes a front cover, a torque converter main body, a lock-up device, and a dynamic damper. The dynamic damper is fixed to an output plate of the lock-up device. The dynamic damper has a base plate, an inertial body that includes inertia rings and lid members, and an elastic unit. The base plate is fixed to the output plate. The inertial body can rotate relative to the base plate. The elastic unit can generate a variable hysteresis torque according to a relative rotation angle difference between the base plate and the inertial body, and couples the base plate and the inertial body elastically in a rotation direction.
US10260600B2
An automatic transmission includes: a brake device including a friction plate set configured with fixation friction plates and rotation friction plates alternately arranged, a piston, and an oil pressure chamber supplied with oil pressure that moves the piston toward the friction plate set side; a first rotating member; and second and third rotating members arranged at both respective axial sides of the first rotating member and each having an outer diameter smaller than that of the first rotating member. The friction plate set and the oil pressure chamber are arranged at both respective axial sides of the first rotating member and also arranged at an outer periphery side of the second rotating member and at the outer periphery side of the third rotating member, respectively. The piston extends from the oil pressure chamber toward the friction plate set side through the outer periphery side of the first rotating member.
US10260599B2
A multi-speed transmission including a plurality of planetary gearsets and a plurality of selective couplers to achieve at least nine forward speed ratios is disclosed. The plurality of planetary gearsets may include a first planetary gearset, a second planetary gearset, a third planetary gearset, and a fourth planetary gearset. The plurality of selective couplers may include a number of clutches and a number of brakes. The multi-speed transmission may have four planetary gearsets and six selective couplers. The six selective couplers may include four clutches and two brakes.
US10260595B2
A flywheel (6) is provided that comprises a rotatable shaft (7). At least one end of the rotatable shaft (7) is provided with a recess (51) and two magnets (15, 20, 31, 36). The flywheel (6) is provided with support means (18, 23, 34, 39) with the support means comprising: a first arrangement (18, 34) of magnets (17, 33) for vertical stabilization of the shaft (7); and a second arrangement (23, 39) of magnets (22, 38) for horizontal stabilization of the shaft (7). The first of the two magnets (15, 31) of the shaft (7) interacts with the first arrangement (18, 34) and the second of the two magnets (20, 36) interacts with the second arrangement (23, 39).
US10260592B2
Vibration damping device comprising two armatures and an elastomer body that connects armatures together and which delimits a first hydraulic chamber that communicates with a second hydraulic chamber that can be deformed by a constricted passage. A sealed box, integral with the second armature, contains a control device and an actuator. The box is sealed and comprises at least one flexible wall separating from the atmosphere, the interior space of the box.
US10260591B2
A gimbal vibration damper for a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) includes an upper vibration damping sheet which is connected with a bottom surface of a fuselage of the UAV, a lower vibration damping sheet which is connected with a top of a gimbal, and a vibration damping component which is located between the upper vibration damping sheet and the lower vibration damping sheet, wherein an upper end of the vibration damping component is fixed with the upper vibration damping sheet, a lower end of the vibration damping component is fixed with the lower vibration damping sheet. The gimbal vibration damper provided by the present invention is able to achieve better gimbal damping effect.
US10260589B2
A gas strut includes a housing, a rod, and a seal. The rod extends along a centerline and is spaced radially inward from the housing to axially move between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the housing. The seal includes an outer portion engaged to the housing, an inner portion in sliding contact with the rod, and a mid-portion spanning between and engaged to the inner portion and the outer portion during normal operation. The mid-portion is constructed and arranged to break after about a predetermined number of gas strut actuations.
US10260583B2
A brake disk has a wear-reducing surface coating including a wear indicator and a friction ring. The wear indicator is a raised portion on the friction ring and is underneath the surface coating. The raised portion runs around the friction ring in the form of a wavy line, for example. The raised portion has a height which corresponds to a wear limit.
US10260577B2
A vehicle launch control method may include judging, by a controller, whether or not a vehicle starts to be launched, determining, by the controller, target clutch torque through a designated first determination method and controlling a clutch based on the determined target clutch torque, upon judging that the vehicle starts to be launched, and determining, by the controller, target clutch torque through a designated second determination method differing from the first determination method and controlling the clutch based on the determined target clutch torque, when an engine speed variation and engine speed jerk respectively satisfy designated variation conditions and jerk conditions during determination of the target clutch torque through the first determination method and control of the clutch based on the determined target clutch torque.
US10260571B2
The invention comprises a clutch device having an actuating device, wherein the actuating device has an electrical eddy current brake. The eddy current brake has a brake stator with at least one coil and a brake rotor with a brake region, wherein the brake region has a first layer which is electrically conductive and which has a first lateral face and a second lateral face, the first lateral face facing toward the coil and the second lateral face facing away from the coil. The brake region has a second layer which is magnetic and which is connected to the second lateral face. The invention further comprises a corresponding production method.
US10260570B2
A friction plate has a plurality of friction material segments circularly fixed on an annular core plate, wherein each of the friction material segments includes an oil groove having an opening that opens in the direction of an outer circumferential edge of the friction plate and an end portion that ends between an inner circumferential edge and the outer circumferential edge, oil passages in communication in the direction of the inner and the outer circumferential edges of the friction plate are provided among the friction material segments, and at least some of the oil passages have a first shape, the width of which in a circumferential direction decreases from the inner circumferential edge of the friction plate toward the outer circumferential edge thereof.
US10260568B2
A connecting device for a chainring of a bicycle is disclosed, including a connecting disc, a shaft, and a crank. The connecting disc is adapted to be engaged with a chainring, and has an axial bore, a bulging portion bulging from a central portion of the connecting disc, and a surrounding portion, which is flat, and surrounds an outer periphery of the bulging portion. The shaft passes through the axial bore to be fixedly engaged with the connecting disc. The shaft has a connecting end. The crank has a connecting end engaged with the connecting end of the shaft, and a bearing end adapted to bear an external force to make the crank rotate around the shaft. Whereby, the amount of materials used to make the connecting device is decreased. At the same time, the manufacturing cost, the size, and the weight of the connecting device are all reduced.
US10260560B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to compact bearing assemblies configured to operate in small spaces and/or in harsh environments, bearing apparatuses including such bearing assemblies, and method of operating such bearing assemblies and apparatuses. For instance, one or more compact bearing assemblies may at least partially rotatably secure a shaft of a power generation unit to a housing thereof. Also, a first compact bearing assembly may connect or couple to the shaft and may rotatably engage a second compact bearing assembly, which may be connected or otherwise secured to the housing.
US10260557B2
A rotary machine, comprising: a stator assembly and a rotor assembly centered on a central axis; a magnetic bearing; and an auxiliary bearing including a first ring held in the stator assembly and a second ring delimiting a gap radially to the central axis relative to the rotor. The second ring is not rotating around the central axis in a primary operation mode and is dragged in rotation around the central axis in a secondary operation mode. The rotary machine includes a monitoring system for detecting a transition from the primary operation mode to the secondary operation mode. The monitoring system comprises a target formed on the second ring and a sensor unit fixed relative to the stator assembly. A bearing and a method for manufacturing a rotary machine are additionally disclosed.
US10260555B2
A thrust roller bearing cage (11) includes a thrust roller bearing (20) and a plurality of pockets (21) accommodating rollers (13). The thrust roller bearing cage (11) includes: a first cylindrical portion (36) extending in a direction of a rotation axis (12); a first disc portion (31) continuous with the first cylindrical portion (36) and extending in a radially outward direction; and a second cylindrical portion (37) continuous with the first disc portion (31) and extending in the direction of the rotation axis (12). The first cylindrical portion (36), the first disc portion (31), and the second cylindrical portion (37) are formed in an area located radially inside the pockets (21). The first disc portion (31) has a through hole (53).
US10260551B2
The present invention relates to an assembly of a self-locking hex head screw and a self-locking hex nut that use parallel screw threads of one or various types that lock against each other upon applying a torque. The resulting counteracting torque forces provided by the screw thread types are further enhanced by applying a physical lock using press fit surfaces on the nut and finally when a snap ring is deployed to that prevent these threads from prying loose later on.
US10260547B2
A swage collar includes a shank, a flange, and a through bore. The shank includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an outside diameter, and an overall length between the first end and the second end. The flange extends from the first end of the shank. The through bore extends longitudinally through the shank from the first end of the shank to the second end of the shank. The through bore defines an inside diameter. The inside diameter and the outside diameter together define a wall thickness of the shank. The wall thickness of the shank is in a range of about 0.1 times the overall length of the shank to about 0.16 times the overall length of the shank.
US10260544B2
A connector and connector assembly are disclosed. The connector may have a body with a first U-shaped surface defining a first axis, a second U-shaped surface defining a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis, a first fastener that penetrates a wall of the first U-shaped structure and is configured to clamp a rod within the first U-shaped structure, and a second fastener that penetrates a wall of the second U-shaped structure and is configured to clamp a rod within the second U-shaped structure. The connector assembly may have one or more rods secured within one or more connector bodies by one or more fasteners.
US10260535B2
A pressurized gas-powered actuator includes a housing and a piston movably positioned within the housing. The piston has a drive pocket formed therein. A gas generator is positioned exterior of the piston and in fluid communication with the drive pocket.
US10260526B2
An impeller of an axial fan includes a cup-shaped blade support portion configured to cover a rotor holder, and blades in a circumferential direction outside of the blade support portion. Rotation of the impeller generates a downward air flow from the inlet of the axial fan to the outlet of the axial fan. The axial fan includes first and second balance correction portions. The first balance correction portion is located between the blade support portion and the rotor holder. The second balance correction portion is located axially below the first balance correction portion, and is located axially below the rotor holder and a junction of each blade with the blade support portion. The impeller includes a first cone portion located axially below the second balance correction portion. A tangent to a radially outer surface of the first cone portion crosses the second balance correction portion.
US10260525B2
A fan module comprises a fan and a positioning frame cooperated with the fan. The fan comprising a fixing frame and a main body received in the fixing frame. The fixing frame forms a plurality of fixing columns, the positioning frame forms a plurality of fixing holes correspondingly to the fixing columns. The fixing columns are through the correspondingly fixing holes to fix the fan in the positioning frame.
US10260521B2
Described is a fan assembly comprising a body comprising an air inlet, an air outlet, and means for generating an air flow through the body, the body comprising a lower body section and an upper body section, the upper body section housing the means for generating the air flow and the lower body section housing a control circuit for controlling the means for generating the air flow. The fan assembly also comprises a nozzle for receiving the air flow from the body and for emitting the air flow, wherein the lower body section comprises an outer wall and an inner wall, the outer wall and inner wall defining an outer cavity surrounding an inner cavity, and wherein the control circuit is located within the inner cavity surrounded by the inner wall.
US10260514B2
A compressor control system includes a compressor compressing a fluid, an anti-surge valve preventing backflow in the compressor, the anti-surge valve being arranged on a line connecting an inlet and an outlet of the compressor and operated by a first signal, an inlet guide vane controlling an opening area of the inlet, the inlet guide vane being arranged at the inlet and operated by a second signal, and a controller connected to the anti-surge valve and the inlet guide vane and generating the first signal to control the anti-surge valve, a vane control signal to control the inlet guide vane, a pressure compensation signal to control the inlet guide vane to compensate for a change in pressure at the outlet of the compressor according to the first signal, and the second signal by combining the pressure compensation signal with the vane control signal.
US10260513B2
An RPM of a compressor is sensed by an RPM meter, and a sound velocity of an inlet gas sucked into the compressor is sensed by a sound velocity meter. A corrected RPM computation unit finds a corrected RPM of the compressor using a reference state quantity determined by a reference specific heat ratio, a reference gas constant, and a reference temperature of the inlet gas; the RPM sensed by the RPM meter, and the sound velocity sensed by the sound velocity meter.
US10260511B2
A ceiling fan includes a body having a disk which is driven by a motor. Multiple frames are connected to the disk and each frame has a rod which is connected between at least two seats and the disk. The at least two seats each are positioned by an inclination angle relative to a horizontal plane. A height difference is formed between the at least two seats of each rod. A blade is connected to each of the at least two seats of each rod of each frame. The ceiling fan includes less number of seats while more blades are connected to the seats.
US10260507B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a pump assembly including a pump chamber with an inlet and an outlet. The pump assembly also includes a first cup at least partially enclosing the pump chamber and including a protrusion with a central recess, and a shaft positioned within the central recess. The pump assembly further includes a substantially hemispherical rotor unit with at least one ferrous metal element molded in plastic, and an impeller coupled to the rotor unit. The rotor unit and the impeller are positioned inside the first cup and rotatable around the shaft.
US10260503B2
An electric compressor includes a rotary shaft, an electric motor, a compression mechanism, and a housing. The electric motor has a stator including a cylindrical stator core and a coil that has a coil end. The housing has a suction port and a main passage through which a fluid is flowed. An introduction hole through which the fluid is introduced into the compression mechanism is disposed opposite from the main passage. The housing has a coil end area in which a coil end of is disposed. The suction port and the introduction hole are connected via the main passage and the coil end area. The housing further has a groove including a first groove portion and a second groove portion having a depth greater than the first groove portion. A cross sectional are of a first passage portion is smaller than a cross sectional area of the main passage.
US10260502B2
The present invention relates to a pumping method in a pumping system (SP) comprising: a primary dry screw-type vacuum pump (3) with a gas entry orifice (2) connected to a vacuum chamber (1) and a gas exit orifice (4) leading into a conduit (5) before coming out into the gas outlet (8) of the pumping system (SP), a non-return valve (6) positioned in the conduit (5) between the gas exit orifice (4) and the gas outlet (8), and an ejector (7) connected in parallel to the non-return valve (6). According to this method, the primary dry screw-type vacuum pump (3) is put into operation in order to pump the gases contained in the vacuum chamber (1) through the gas exit orifice (4); in a simultaneous way, the ejector (7) is fed with working fluid, and the ejector (7) continues to be fed with working fluid all the time that the primary dry screw-type vacuum pump (3) pumps the gases contained in the vacuum chamber (1) and/or all the time that the primary dry screw-type vacuum pump (3) maintains a defined pressure in the vacuum chamber (1). The present invention also relates to a pumping system (SP) able to be used for implementing this method.
US10260501B2
A bearing structure for abutting a pair of gears of a gear pump includes a body including a face on which the gears rotate, an inlet defined in the body, and an outlet defined in the body. The bearing structure includes a sealing portion of the face configured to fluidly seal the inlet from the outlet, the sealing portion being defined as a portion of the face in sealing engagement with the gears at a rotational position of the gears wherein a volume contained by teeth of the gears and the face is constant or about constant as the gears rotate.
US10260500B2
A downhole dynamometer for a rod pumping unit is provided. The downhole dynamometer includes a shell within which a plurality of sensors, a non-transitory memory, and a dynamometer controller are located. The shell is configured to be coupled to a sucker rod string of the rod pumping unit and disposed in a well opposite a wellhead of the well. The plurality of sensors is configured to measure downhole accelerations of the sucker rod string and to measure a downhole load on the sucker rod string. The dynamometer controller is coupled to the plurality of sensors and the non-transitory memory. The dynamometer controller is configured to periodically collect measurements from the plurality of sensors and store the measurements in the non-transitory memory.
US10260499B2
A modular multi-pump system is provided. The modular multi-pump system may comprise a plurality of modular pump systems. A modular pump system may comprise a pump, at least one backpressure orifice, a pressure regulating valve (PRV), and a mix valve. The pump may receive and pump a fluid through the modular multi-pump system. The at least one backpressure orifice may set a desired fluid output pressure for the fluid flow. The pressure regulating valve may maintain modular pump system fluid output pressure in response to being in a balanced position, and may initiate fluid flow transition to the next modular pump system in response to being in a transition position. The mix valve may prevent fluid flow from the next modular pump system in response to being in a first position, and enable fluid flow from the next modular pump system in response to being in a second position.
US10260496B2
A conveying device at least for conveying a conveying medium includes at least one conveying space, with at least one conveying space element, which at least partly delimits the conveying space and is embodied in a rigid fashion, and with at least one elastically deformable conveying element which delimits the conveying space together with the conveying space element. The conveying space element includes at least one concave recess for at least partly forming the conveying space, wherein an inner surface of the conveying space element, which delimits the concave recess, forms a wall of the conveying space, wherein the conveying element comprises at least one conveying surface, which is utilizable in targeted fashion for a conveyance of a fluid in the conveying space and/or through the conveying space.
US10260494B2
The present invention provides an eccentric roundel structure for three-compressing-chamber diaphragm pump. The eccentric roundel structure is a truncated-cylinder eccentric roundel in an eccentric roundel mount. The truncated-cylinder eccentric roundel characteristically comprises an annular positioning dent, a truncated cylinder peripheral and a sloped top ring created from the annular positioning dent to the truncated cylinder peripheral to replace a conventional rounded shoulder. By means of the sloped top ring, the oblique pull and squeezing phenomena of high frequency incurred by the rounded shoulder in a conventional tubular eccentric roundel are completely eliminated. Thus, not only the durability of the three-compressing-chamber diaphragm pump for sustaining the pumping action of high frequency from the truncated-cylinder eccentric roundels is mainly enhanced but also the service lifespan of the three-compressing-chamber diaphragm pump is exceedingly prolonged.
US10260488B2
A high pressure pump including a linear actuator having a servo motor to axially rotate a hollow rotor shaft in alternating directions, the servo motor having a stator positioned co-axially around the hollow rotor shaft with an interior of the rotor shaft being co-axially coupled to a drive member to convert axial rotation into reciprocal displacement, the drive member being constrained against linear movement and supporting a shaft. At least one piston is coupled to the shaft and the piston is arranged within a cylinder to define a pumping chamber, whereby alternating rotation of the rotor shaft causes reciprocal linear displacement of the piston to pressurize fluid in the pumping chamber. A drive mechanism includes a controller coupled to a servomotor and an encoder to measure movement of the hollow rotor or output shaft and send a feedback signal proportional to the movement to the controller.
US10260487B2
Electrodeless plasma is supplied to a space between a cathode and an anode such that a resistivity in the space is reduced. The electrodeless plasma is accelerated with Lorentz force induced by a radial direction magnetic field component and an axial direction magnetic field component that are generated in the space, and current in the space.
US10260485B1
A delivery system having a telescoping spring is used to drive a plunger. The telescoping spring includes a nested inner spring that uses the unused volume on the inside of an outer spring. The telescoping spring has a staged release of each spring. The inner spring is connected to a non-anchored end of the outer spring, and rides within a container located within an inner dimension of the outer spring. The spring constant K of each spring can be the same or different. The delivery system can be fully mechanical or implemented as a smart delivery system under electronic control.
US10260479B2
A central shaft is oriented in a position that is normal to the surface of the ground and normal to a direction of fluid flow. The central shaft has a plurality of blades emanating from the central shaft, wherein each one of the plurality of blades has an outside edge and an inside edge, the inside edge being attached directly to an outside surface of the central shaft. The outside edge of the blade extends upward curving around the central shaft and the inside edge of the blade extends upward curving around the central shaft. The turn rate of the inside edge of the blades about the central shaft is less than the turn rate of the outside edge of the blades about the central shaft.
US10260477B2
An ignition device of an engine includes a control unit and an igniter including an ignition coil having a primary and a secondary winding. Supply and stop of a current to the primary winding are performed based on the ignition signal to generate high voltage in the secondary winding thereby to cause a spark to a spark plug provided for a cylinder of the engine. The control unit includes an engine speed variation detector that detects an engine speed variation. The control unit determines a misfire occurs in the cylinder when the engine speed variation is at or higher than a first threshold and smaller than a second threshold that is greater than the first threshold. The control unit determines an abnormality occurs in the igniter in the cylinder when the engine speed variation is at or higher than the second threshold.
US10260466B2
The invention generally provides a system and method for detecting, measuring, and/or classifying particulate and/or water contaminants in a fluid supply line, storage tank, or sump. Embodiments of the invention provide a contaminant detection apparatus with a detection chamber and a detection module. The detection chamber includes a housing with an internal fluid conduit and one or more acoustic transducers disposed in the housing. Alarms and/or automatic signaling may be included to shut off valves or pumps when contaminants are detected.
US10260462B2
In an intake device for an internal combustion engine, a difference in the air-fuel ratio between the cylinders is reduced without increasing the lengths of the branch passages. An intake device (23) for an internal combustion engine (1) having at least three cylinders (3) includes: an intake chamber (30) configured to be connected with an air inlet (16); and multiple branch passages (31) connected at upstream ends (41) thereof to the intake chamber and connected at downstream ends thereof to intake ports (6) communicating with the cylinders, respectively, wherein the upstream ends of the branch passages are arranged in a direction of rotation about a predetermined center line X in a same order as an order of ignition of the cylinders.
US10260451B2
An object of the present invention is to, while forming a heat insulating layer on a squish area surface of a top surface of a piston main body, prevent generation of large cracks on the heat insulating layer and suppress damages and peeling of the heat insulating layer. To achieve this object, in the present invention, a heat insulating layer on a squish area surface of a top surface of a piston main body is made thinner than a heat insulating layer on a cavity surface of the top surface of the piston main body.
US10260435B2
The present disclosure relates to an engine provided with cylinder deactivation (“CDA”) apparatuses for at least some engine cylinders and provided with a water pump, and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling the engine includes a controller: determining, based on output signals from vehicle driving information sensors, whether or not a current vehicle driving state corresponds to a CDA driving region; operating CDA apparatuses of some of the cylinders when the current vehicle driving state corresponds to the CDA driving region; determining whether or not detonation border lines (“DBLs”) of respective cylinders the CDA apparatuses of which are not operated precede a minimum spark advance for best torque (“MBT”); and, when the DBLs precede the MBT, operating corresponding water injecting nozzles so as to inject water into the respective cylinders.
US10260433B2
A method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle includes selecting a first target engine speed in response to a driver power request, calculating an available engine torque at the first target engine speed, adjusting the target engine speed if the available engine torque is insufficient to satisfy the driver power request, and commanding an engine to run at the target engine speed. The first target engine speed is optimized for fuel economy. The calculated available engine torque is less than a calculated maximum engine torque at the target engine speed, such that a torque reserve is maintained for engine vacuum.
US10260430B2
A GDCI engine control system includes a heated catalyst in an engine exhaust port that is in close proximity to a combustion chamber and is used to heat rebreathed exhaust gases. The engine more quickly reaches operating temperatures, and emissions are reduced during cold running.
US10260426B2
An adapter for a gas turbine engine has a first portion with a control module mount interface. A second portion with a sensor mount interface defines a sensor mount position relative to a control module. A connecting body connects the first and second portions such that the second portion provides a re-orientated sensor mount position relative to the control module. A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US10260414B2
An engine cover assembly including a fastener concealing plug is disclosed. The plug includes a conical wall having upper and lower ends. A lower circumferential ring is spaced apart from the upper ring. The lower end of the concealing plug includes a fastener-receiving recessed area. The fastener pocket of the engine cover includes upper and lower grooves having a ring area formed therebetween. The upper circumferential ring of the plug nests with the upper groove of the pocket, the recessed area of the plug nests with the ring area, and the lower circumferential ring of the plug nests with the lower groove of the pocket. The engine cover is positioned on the engine such that a cover attaching stud passes through a stud-passing aperture of the cover. A fastening nut is threaded onto the cover-attaching stud until it comes into contact with a compression-limiting spacer. The plug conceals the fastener.
US10260405B2
An internal combustion engine has a cylinder configured to combust an air-fuel mixture and expel an exhaust gas and a turbocharger for generating a pressurized airflow to the cylinder. The turbocharger includes a turbine scroll defining an inlet and an outlet, an exhaust gas driven rotating assembly having a turbine wheel disposed inside the turbine scroll, and a waste-gate defining an opening. A first sensor detects turbine outlet pressure. A second sensor detects turbine inlet temperature. A controller determines an effective area of the waste-gate opening and an exhaust gas mass flow-rate. The controller also determines a turbine inlet pressure in response to the detected turbine outlet pressure and the turbine inlet temperature, and the determined waste-gate opening effective area and the exhaust gas mass flow-rate. The controller additionally regulates a supply of fuel to the cylinder corresponding to the pressurized airflow affected by the determined turbine inlet pressure.
US10260402B2
A non-negative pressure radiator cap is provided and includes a pressure valve having a pressure member, disposed inside a body while having an aperture formed therein. The pressure member is pressed based on an increase in pressure of coolant to move coolant toward a reservoir tank. Additionally, a vacuum valve that includes a head part and a neck part moves vertically based on the pressure of the coolant to open or close the aperture. The neck part passes through the aperture from bottom to top. A sealing member is disposed between the pressure valve and the vacuum valve and has an insertion aperture that is formed at a position corresponding to the aperture of the pressure valve. A retainer is further inserted into the aperture and the insertion hole and a guide directs the vacuum valve to move vertically when the vacuum valve is opened or closed.
US10260400B2
A radio frequency system and method for monitoring an engine-out exhaust emission constituent. The system comprises a housing containing the emission constituent, one or more radio frequency sensors extending into the housing and transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals, and a control unit for controlling the radio frequency signals and monitoring changes in the emission constituent based on changes in one or more parameters of the radio frequency signals. In one embodiment, the control unit measures a rate of change in one or more of the parameters of the radio frequency signals for monitoring a rate of change of the emission constituent including for example the emission rate, accumulation rate, and/or depletion rate of the emission constituent.
US10260398B2
An exhaust purification system includes; a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of an engine to purify an exhaust gas; a catalyst temperature estimating unit that estimates a temperature of the catalyst based on an initial temperature of the catalyst at the time of starting of the engine and a caloric value of the catalyst which changes depending on an operating state of the internal combustion engine; and an initial catalyst temperature setting unit that sets an initial temperature of the catalyst based on a catalyst temperature stored immediately before stopping the engine, a temperature of an exhaust gas flowing into the catalyst which is stored immediately before stopping the engine, a temperature of an exhaust gas flowing into the catalyst which is acquired at the time of starting the engine, and a temperature of air taken into the engine which is acquired at the time of starting the engine.
US10260392B2
A treatment system for providing treatment of an exhaust stream comprising nitrogen oxides NOx, in which nitrogen monoxide NO and nitrogen dioxide NO2 are comprised. When the exhaust stream passes through the treatment system, oxidation occurs of compounds comprising nitrogen, carbon and/or hydrogen. An amount of nitrogen oxides NOx reaching a reduction catalyst device downstream of the oxidizing component in the exhaust treatment system is reduced. A ratio (NO2/NOx)det between an amount of nitrogen dioxide NO2 reaching a reduction catalyst device and the amount of nitrogen oxides NOx reaching the reduction catalyst device is determined. An active control of at least one parameter related to the combustion engine is carried out, based on the determined ratio, so that the amount of nitrogen oxides NOx reaching the reduction catalyst device is increased, if the determined ratio (NO2/NOx)det exceeds an upper threshold value (NO2/NOx)threshold_high.
US10260386B2
An exhaust valve rocker arm assembly operable in a combustion engine mode and an engine braking mode includes: a rocker shaft defining a pressurized oil supply conduit; a rocker arm that receives the rocker shaft and rotates around the rocker shaft, the rocker arm having an oil supply passage therein; a valve bridge that engages a first exhaust valve at a first foot and a second exhaust valve at a second foot; and a capsule assembly disposed on the rocker arm having a capsule body that moves between first and second capsule positions, wherein, in the first capsule position, the capsule body is in a retracted position in the rocker arm offset from the valve bridge, wherein, in the second capsule position, the capsule body extends rigidly for cooperative engagement with the valve bridge.
US10260377B2
In some aspects, a steam turbine system includes a high-pressure turbine section; a low-pressure turbine section; a high-pressure control valve operable to provide an adjustable flow of steam into the high-pressure turbine section; a low-pressure control valve operable to provide an adjustable flow of steam into the low-pressure turbine section; a controller associated with the high-pressure control valve and the low-pressure control valve. The controller is operable to: receive measurements of three or more different operating points of the steam turbine system, the measurements of each of the three or more different operating points including a position of the high-pressure control valve, a position of the low-pressure control valve, and two of process variables of the steam turbine system; calculate coefficients of a steam performance map of the steam turbine system based on the measurements; and generate the steam performance map based on the coefficients.
US10260374B2
A preform sheet for a composite component comprises a body section and a flange section. The preform body section includes a plurality of axial tows braided with at least a plurality of first bias tows and a plurality of second bias tows. The preform flange section includes a first braided flange layer and a second braided flange layer. The first braided flange layer is defined by the first and second braided bias tows of the preform body section extending into the flange section. Neither the first nor second braided flange layers have axial tows.
US10260372B2
A vibration damping assembly and a method of damping vibration in a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The vibration damping assembly includes a strut configured to couple a fan case and turbine engine case of a turbine engine, a strut cavity disposed within the strut, and vibration damping media disposed in the strut cavity.
US10260371B2
A method for providing an anti-icing airflow, including extracting a compressed airflow from a core flow path of an engine, heating the compressed airflow, mixing the heated compressed airflow with air extracted from a bypass flow path to create the anti-icing airflow having a higher temperature and pressure than that of the air extracted from the bypass flow path, and circulating the anti-icing airflow away from the bypass flow path. Also, an assembly located at least in part inside a turbofan engine and including a heat exchanger, a flow mixing device having a first inlet in the bypass flow path, a second inlet and an outlet, a first conduit providing fluid communication between the heat exchanger and a compressed air portion of the core flow path, a second conduit providing fluid communication between the heat exchanger and the second inlet, and a third conduit in fluid communication with the outlet.
US10260369B2
Apparatus to enable rotation of a compressor, the apparatus comprising: a guide for insertion through a fan of a gas turbine engine to the compressor, the guide including: a surface arranged to guide a drive assembly through an interior portion of the gas turbine engine to the compressor; and a first fastener arranged to fasten the guide to the gas turbine engine.
US10260364B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a sliding seal between two components. The sliding seal includes a first seal section and an uncoupled second seal section which allows the first and second seal sections to move relative to one another during relative movement between the two components. One or more spring tabs extend from the second seal section and bias the first and second seal sections away from one another.
US10260363B2
Aspects of the disclosure include a sealing insert, turbine component, and code for manufacturing a sealing insert. A sealing insert includes at least one insert wall for insertion proximate a component wall to define a space between the at least one insert wall and the component wall. At least one compressible seal is provided between the at least one insert wall and the component wall. The compressible seal or seals divide the space into a plurality of compartments.
US10260359B2
A vane for an exhaust system duct in a gas turbine engine including a vane plate, a guide plate, and a baffle. The vane plate includes a leading edge, a first leg and a second leg, with the first and second legs respectively extending on opposing sides of the leading edge to form a substantially U-shaped profile. The baffle connects respective distal ends of the first and second legs. The guide plate is accommodated within the vane plate, and includes a first aperture extending along the guide plate and aligned with the leading edge. The vane further includes a fluid inlet arranged, in use, to direct a fluid flow from outside the duct into an interior of the vane.
US10260354B2
A turbine airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a pressure sidewall extending along a spanwise direction, and from a leading edge of the airfoil towards the trailing edge of the airfoil. The turbine airfoil additionally includes a suction sidewall also extending along the spanwise direction, and from the leading edge towards the trailing edge. The pressure sidewall and suction sidewall define a cooling air cavity therebetween, and one or both of the pressure sidewall and suction sidewall define a trailing edge cooling channel extending from the cooling air cavity substantially to the trailing edge. Additionally, one or both of the pressure sidewall and suction sidewall include a plurality of pressure drop members extending partially into the trailing edge cooling channel for reducing an amount of cooling air flowing therethrough from the cooling air cavity.
US10260351B2
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a substrate and a sheath providing an edge. A cured adhesive secures the sheath to the substrate. The cured adhesive has a fillet that extends beyond the edge that includes a mechanically worked finished surface. A method of manufacturing the airfoil includes the steps of securing a sheath to a substrate with adhesive, curing the adhesive, and mechanically removing a portion of the adhesive extending beyond the sheath.
US10260345B2
Shield-carried noncontact frequency-domain electrical real-time advanced detection system and method
A shield-carried noncontact frequency-domain electrical real-time advanced detection system and method are provided. Noncontact electrodes are installed on a cutter head of a shield tunneling machine, current is emitted and received using capacitance coupling, the electrodes are connected to a host via a multi-way swivel joint, measured data is inversed and interpreted in real time, and the prediction result is transmitted to a control system of the shield tunneling machine so as to provide a technical support for safety construction of the shield tunneling machine; the noncontact electrodes are installed on the shield cutter head. Real-time advanced detection of geology in front of a tunnel face can be realized in the tunneling process, so that the requirement for quick tunneling construction is met, and the efficiency of advanced geological detection of the shield tunneling machine is improved; and an electrode system is only installed on the cutter head.
US10260344B2
A deep sea mining method includes providing a deep sea mining system for mining matter from a bottom of a body of water, the mining system including: a slurry line coupled with a pump system to transport the slurry from the bottom of the body of water; and a return line in fluid communication with the slurry line and distinguishable from the slurry riser, for transporting non valuable slurry part to the bottom of the body of water, the return line having a return line outlet proximate the bottom. The deep sea mining method further includes spreading the non valuable slurry part over the bottom of the body of water in a controlled manner.
US10260332B2
A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing well drilling and production operations. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to rate of penetration concerning a well being drilled, and present the information for related parameters in real time against a plotted “fairway” of determined maximum and minimum values, with a focus on the safety of the drilling operation.
US10260325B2
A method of recovering hydrocarbon resources in a subterranean formation may include injecting a solvent via a wellbore into the subterranean formation while supplying radio frequency (RF) power from the wellbore and into the subterranean formation. The method may also include recovering hydrocarbon resources via the wellbore and from the subterranean formation while supplying RF power from the wellbore and into the subterranean formation.
US10260320B2
A horizontal well completion tubing string capable of achieving sublevel mining comprises a production casing. A horizontal section of the production casing is connected to two primary screen pipes. A pumping pipe is fixed in a vertical section of the production casing via a packer. A horizontal section of the pumping pipe extends freely in a horizontal well section constituted of the two primary screen pipes and the casing. A secondary screen pipe is disposed on the horizontal section of the pumping pipe. Meshes of the secondary screen pipe each comprises a reduced section, a straight section and an impact section, wherein an inner diameter of the reduced section is reduced outwardly along the radial direction of the secondary screen pipe, and an inner diameter of the impact section is reduced outwardly along the radial direction of the secondary screen pipe.
US10260302B2
A milling tool includes a cutting insert coupled to a movable blade. The movable blade may change from a retracted to an expanded state to engage and cut downhole casing. A cutout initiation region of the movable blade makes contact with the downhole casing, and cutting inserts with turning portions designed to cut in a turning manner may be located in the cutout initiation region. Cutting inserts with milling portions designed to cut in a face-milling manner may be located outside the cutout initiation region. Some cutting inserts may include both turning portions and milling portions.
US10260299B2
An internal tractor system useful for advancing and withdrawing a tubular body within a wellbore is provided. Preferably, the wellbore includes a horizontal section, and the internal tractor system is used to advance a string of coiled tubing or a flexible jetting hose along the horizontal section. The internal tractor system includes an elongated carrier body. The carrier body defines a wall forming a plurality of radially-disposed prongs, and a passageway within the wall. The passageway is dimensioned to closely receive the tubular body along the length of the carrier body to prevent buckling. The internal tractor system also includes a wiring chamber housing electrical wires or data cables within one of the plurality of prongs, and at least one pair of grippers residing within opposing prongs. Each gripper is configured to engage the tubular body when rotatably actuated. A method of advancing a tubular body along a wellbore, using the internal tractor system is also provided.
US10260292B2
A system to protect a downhole antenna from fluid penetration, in some embodiments, comprises a collar; a bobbin antenna, mounted on the collar, including multiple coil slots on an outer surface of the bobbin antenna and including one or more intra-bobbin wireways between at least one of the coil slots and an outlet of the bobbin antenna; and a collar wireway that is dedicated to the bobbin antenna.
US10260290B2
Methods that may be employed to help to equalize the length of the teeth on a pin-and-box SCR connector during make-up include locating the make-up groove on the box at the far box end away from the pipe end. This causes the make-up force to tension and stretch the box to make it longer. Additionally or alternatively placing grease or other fluid in the nib groove creates a resistance force to nib entry. The grease or fluid exits through a nib vent port in the box while creating a resistance that compresses the pin and stretches the box causing the tooth spacing of the pin and the box to be similar. Providing a ring groove at both ends of the box allows a tensioning device to be used to tension the box causing box elongation, which equalizes the tooth length of pin and box members during connector make up.
US10260284B2
An equipment tower having a ladder formed of a plurality of ladder segments each joined to a respective tower segment by a pivotal connection prior to the tower segments being stacked during erection of the tower. The pivotal connection provides a degree of freedom of movement which facilitates the interconnection of adjoining ends of the ladder segments after stacking of the tower segments. Additional accommodation of as-built spacing of the adjacent ends of the ladder segments may be provided by a connecting segment. The pivotal connection may be a rod inserted through a rung of the ladder and supported by a support assembly attached to the tower segment.
US10260283B2
An air conditioning crane boom assembly having a number of mounting feet that removably secure the assembly to the rungs of a stepladder. Braces extend from these feet to a boom that extends horizontally away from the rungs of the stepladder. A pulley or a winch may be attached to the base of the boom, near the rungs of the stepladder, and the boom extends away from the stepladder to facilitate safe and stable lifting of loads such as air-conditioner components.
US10260279B2
Included are: a screen member 33: a fitter member 35 attached to a side end 33a of the screen member 33; a rail member 91 having a first chamber 91a and a first slit 91b joining the first chamber 91a, the first chamber 91a accommodating the side end 33a of the screen member 33 and the fitter member 35 passing through the first slit 91b to thereby allow the rail member 91 to hold the screen member 33 movably in a longitudinal direction of the first slit 91b; and a retainer 93 for retaining the rail member 91. The rail member 91 is compressively deformed in the width direction of the first slit 91b by the retainer 93, and the width of the first slit of the compressively deformed rail member 91 is narrower than the thickness T1 of the fitter member 35.
US10260277B2
An encapsulated glass assembly includes a plastic frame having at least three sides and corners, with the frame having a channel extending within its outer frame surface that includes a lower wall portion connected to a side wall portion. The outer frame surface further includes at least one upper wall portion extending from the side wall portion and extending along at least one side of the frame, each one of the at least one upper wall portions further defining a portion of the channel as a C-shaped channel. A glass panel coupled to the frame is retained within the C-shaped channel along at least one side of the frame such that the edge of the panel is adjacent to the side wall portion. An encapsulant having a Shore hardness less than the frame is bonded onto the panel and onto the frame to secure the panel to the frame.
US10260275B2
The present invention relates to a fastening means (1) for mounting doors or windows, which comprises frames (2) intended to be mounted in a mounting direction (26) in an opening (3) in a wall, a floor, a ceiling, said fastening means (1) comprises a bracket (5) intended to be mounted on the backside (8) of the frame (2) and at least one screw or bolt (9), intended to be screwed into the end portion (4) of the opening (3), said bracket (5) comprises at least one locking slot (6), said screw or bolt (9) comprises at least one locking projection (11) intended to be pushed into said locking groove (6) for fastening the frame (2). Said locking slot (6) consists of a groove (12) for example an U-formed groove, extending mainly in the longitudinal direction (22) of the frame (2), said locking projection (11) comprises the head (10) of the screw or bolt (9) or a head (10), which is covered by a casing (14) e.g. a housing, which at least in some part encloses the head (10), which presses the first wall (7) of the groove (12) downwards during the mounting, said wall (7) comprises at least of a re-springed backwards projection (21), which is resilient backwards in order to form said groove (12), said locking comprises at least some part of the head (10) of the screw or bolt (9), which is locked in said groove (12) between the first wall (7) and another wall (15), which stops the moving forward of the head (10) during mounting.
US10260273B2
The degrees of freedom are increased for the layout for a member (for example, an upper guide or the like that restricts an up-down direction position of a medium) to be disposed above a storage space for storing a paper sheet-shaped medium, and a disposable space for the member is enlarged. A medium storage box having an internal storage space for storing a paper sheet-shaped medium includes an upper installation member (for example, a lid section) that is disposed above the storage space, and a liquid ejection mechanism that ejects liquid from a liquid ejection nozzle. A liquid ejection direction of the liquid ejection nozzle is set in a direction toward a lower face of the upper installation member.
US10260272B1
An indoor safety shelter appearing to be one file cabinet or a sset of file cabinets is disclosed constructed with bullet-proof armor plates mounted on an interior support frame which protects one or more persons inside the shelter both from being discovered by and being harmed by an armed intruder in the case of a home or office invasion. The shelter can be assembled and disassembled on site from the interior of the structure providing for the ability of one or more persons protected inside the shelter to detach the plates if the bullet-proof door to the shelter, which is locked from the inside, becomes obstructed. The interior frame of the shelter has castors which allow the shelter to be moved.
US10260265B2
A laundry appliance including a chassis with a cabinet enclosing an interior of the appliance. A tub is provided within the appliance defining a liquid chamber. A drum is provided in the liquid chamber defining a treating chamber for treating articles according to a cycle of operation. The treating chamber can be enclosed by a door, selectively openable by a user to access the treating chamber. The door can be selectively opened in three different ways.
US10260263B2
The invention relates to a furniture hinge (10) with a hinge cup (52) having cup side walls (52.4) which encircle a cup opening at least partially, and having a cup bottom (52.1) which at least partially closes off the hinge cup (52) opposite the cup opening, with a spreading element (70) having two clamping jaws (72.1, 72.2) which at least partially radially enclose the cup side walls (52.4) of the hinge cup (52) and which are connected via a flange (71), and with a lifting arrangement for adjusting at least one of the clamp jaws (72.1, 72.2) between a first position and a second position. Here it is provided that at least one of the clamping jaws (72.1, 72.2) comprises at least one integrally formed spreading extension (76, 78) which, in the transition from the first position into the second position, cooperates with the hinge cup (52) so that the clamping jaws (72.1, 72.2) are spread. As a result, a furniture hinge is created, which can be produced cost-effectively, and which can be attached rapidly and securely to a piece of furniture.
US10260261B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a door positioned at the front of the cabinet. The refrigerator appliance also includes a hinge having a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet. The hinge bracket includes a lateral plate. A pivot pin is received in the lateral plate. The door is rotatably coupled to the pivot plate. A lateral surface of the door is spaced apart from the lateral plate of the hinge bracket along the vertical direction by a height. An adjustable spacer is positioned between the lateral plate of the hinge bracket and the lateral surface of the door to adjust the height. The adjustable spacer includes a rotatable washer and a fixed washer abutting the rotatable washer. The rotatable washer includes a first inclined engagement surface and a second inclined engagement surface. The fixed washer includes a third inclined engagement surface and a fourth inclined engagement surface.
US10260260B2
A door checker apparatus for a vehicle configured for realizing an optimized operation of opening or closing, of a door when the door is opened or dosed, may include a checker arm having a first end portion connected to the vehicle body and a second end portion connected to the door, a slider provided to be movable with respect to the checker arm, an elastic member configured to elastically support the slider, and a checker case accommodating the slider and the elastic member and provided to be movable with respect to the checker arm, wherein the checker case is injection-molded with a plastic material.
US10260258B2
In a state in which a high-frequency signal at a first detection frequency f1 is input to an LCR resonance circuit 20, upon detecting that a voltage signal S1 is greater than or equal to an upper-limit threshold value Vth11 or less than or equal to a first lower-limit threshold value Vth12, a high-frequency signal at a second detection frequency f2 is input to the LCR resonance circuit 20. Then, in a state in which the high-frequency signal at the second detection frequency f2 is input, the proximity of a human body or water to a sensor electrode 22 is detected by detecting that the voltage signal has reached less than or equal to a second lower-limit threshold value Vth21.
US10260249B2
A pool cleaner that may include a housing; a driving motor that is configured to assist in moving the pool cleaner; a filtering element that is at least partially surrounded by the housing; an intake aperture; a first fluid conduit; and a first grille that comprises two or more movable first panes; wherein the filtering element is configured to filter fluid from the intake aperture to provide filtered fluid; wherein the first fluid conduit is configured to direct the filtered fluid towards the first grille; and wherein the first grille is configured to output the filtered fluid at a first direction that is responsive to a position of the two or more movable panes.
US10260247B2
A floating pool skimmer (1) that randomly travels across the surface of a pool to ensure that the entire surface of the water in the pool is cleaned. The floating pool skimmer has an elongated hose (3) that attaches to a conventional fixed pool skimmer, a vacuum inlet and/or a vacuum hose (6) connecting an automatic pool vacuum (2) to a pool pump and filter. A basket (26) held within a main housing (8) strains water and traps debris which is held in the basket by suction from the pool filter while the pool filter is operational.
US10260244B2
The present invention relates to a formwork arrangement for forming a suspended concrete floor slab comprising a change in level in an underside thereof, a support bracket for use with such a formwork arrangement, and a method for employing the support bracket and formwork arrangement.
US10260233B2
A concrete wall formwork module is provided in which the lateral and longitudinal opposite side edges of the modules are provided with complementary shapes that lock in place two adjacent modules when they are both deployed. The opposite side edges of adjacent modules interlock in one direction and are configured for adjoining according to a shiplap arrangement in the other direction.
US10260226B2
A beam system and method of erecting a supporting arch enables large roofed structures to be erected quickly and economically. The method includes aligning a plurality of structural elements longitudinally; connecting upper corners of the structural elements to upper corners of adjacent structural elements, wherein adjacent lower corners of the structural elements remain unconnected; elevating first and second structural elements in a middle of the supporting arch; connecting lower corners of the first and second structural elements together; elevating third and fourth structural elements adjacent the first and second structural elements, respectively; and connecting lower corners of the third and fourth structural elements to lower corners of the first and second structural elements, respectively.
US10260224B1
The disclosed system divides the precast and cast-in-place construction into vertical and horizontal components. The vertical components are precast, permitting rapid vertical building construction without a delay for concrete to set. The three primary precast components are a column, a horizontal slab, and a central panel placed diagonally between the slabs.By separating the columns from the horizontal slabs, the molds required to precast are simplified and transportation of the precast elements is streamlined. The resulting precast components are also of a weight and size that is readily manageable using a standard construction crane.The horizontal components are a combination of cast-in-place, and precast components. The result creates a continuous unitary floor structure that carries larger loads with less thickness that purely simple span pre-cast construction.
US10260222B1
A liquid treatment system is provided having a vault that contains a treatment chamber and an outflow chamber. The treatment chamber may have a filtration media layer containing media that treats liquid as it descends through the filtration media layer, where it will accumulate in a porous layer or open space. The liquid will then be directed through the plurality of pipes to the outflow chamber, where the treated liquid is further directed to outside the system. Accumulated debris settled at the bottom of the treatment chamber may be flushed out by a spray bar.
US10260220B2
A sanitaryware cleaning system can include a sanitary fixture such as a toilet having a compartment formed on and under its deck. The compartment can house a cleaning tablet that is maintained within a waterway between a tank and a bowl of the sanitary fixture. When the fixture is operated, water flowing down the waterway can dissolve a portion of the cleaning tablet, thus injecting cleaning agents into the bowl along with the water.
US10260218B2
A spray head suitable for mounting on a flexible hose, wherein the spray head comprises a rotary switching mechanism for permitting selection of either a stream flow (i.e. laminated flow) or a spray flow, e.g. by directing flow received from the hose through different outlet nozzles. By providing a compact rotary switching action, the spray head may overcome problems caused by wear or scale build up that are seen in push button or linear switching mechanisms.
US10260216B2
A pull-down faucet includes a spout and a water hose movable within the spout. A spray hose connector is attached to the discharge end of the water hose. A sprayhead is in fluid communication with the spray hose connector and the water hose, and is movable between a docked position adjacent the discharge end of the spout, to an undocked position away from the spout. A magnet is secured to the interior of the spray hose connector, and a metallic element is secured near the discharge end of the spout.
US10260215B2
A faucet with a rotatable outlet structure includes a main body, a valve assembly disposed in the main body, a connecting structure rotatably received in the main body, an outlet structure rotatably mounted onto the main body and a control lever connected to the valve assembly, wherein the outlet structure includes an outer tube and an inner tube received in the outer tube. The outer tube is engaged to the connecting structure and the inner tube is securely sleeved on the connecting structure. Consequently, the inner tube is rotated with the outer tube when the outer tube is rotated relative to the main body such that inner tube does not need to be twisted when the outer tube is rotated relative to the main body.
US10260214B2
A slewing assist system for a machine having an upper body structure supported on an undercarriage structure includes a central rotation member. The central rotation member is rotatably coupled to undercarriage structure. A slip member is concentrically coupled to central rotation member and allows a relative rotational motion. At least one pin is coupled to slip member and engages slip member in expanded position such that central rotation member and slip member rotate together. A lever arm is fixedly coupled to slip member. A first end and a second end of an actuating element are coupled to lever arm and upper structure, respectively. The slewing assist system provides additional slewing assist to upper body structure by engaging slip member and central rotation member through pin. The slewing assist system assists in a first and a second rotational direction by extending and retracting second end of actuating element, respectively.
US10260213B2
A working machine includes a travel device, a motive power transmission device configured to transmit a motive power to the travel device, a transmission case configured to house the motive power transmission device, and a hydraulic operation fluid tank disposed on an upper surface of the transmission case.
US10260212B2
A method for determining breakthrough time of anti-seepage liners in a landfill, includes (a) detecting a leachate sample of the landfill to determine the initial concentration C0 of pollutants, and monitoring the leachate head h of the landfill; (b) determining the pollution-causing concentration CA of the pollutants according to functional orientation of local groundwater of the landfill; (c) determining, related parameters of the anti-seepage liners including the thickness z of the anti-seepage liners, the permeability coefficient k of the liners, and the porosity n of the material of the liners, and determining the related parameters of pollutant migration including the effective diffusion coefficient Da* and the mechanical dispersion coefficient Dm of the pollutants in the anti-seepage liners, and the adsorption retardation factor Rd of the anti-seepage liners on the pollutants; and (d) calculating the breakthrough time t of the anti-seepage liners according to a formula, t = nR d z 2 ( h + z ) k ( ( a ( C 0 C A ) b ) ln ( ( h + z ) k n ( D a * + D m ) ) + c ) .
US10260197B2
The invention relates to a novel binder system and its use for bonding textile fabrics as well as products containing such bonded textile fabrics. The materials according to the invention are suitable for manufacturing base interlinings which may be used for manufacturing base interlinings for sarking, roofing and sealing membranes, particularly for manufacturing coated sarking, roofing and sealing membranes.
US10260194B2
An apparatus and method towards a laundry treating appliance for drying laundry comprising a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber and having a front and a rear where at least one conductivity sensor is located within the treating chamber, and a motor rotating the drum tumbles laundry within the treating chamber to ensure contact of the laundry with the conductivity sensor.
US10260193B2
A method for forming a unitary component with a moisture sensor is provided. The method includes establishing three-dimensional information of the unitary component, converting the three-dimensional information into a plurality of slices, and successively forming each slice of the unitary component with an additive process. The moisture sensor of the unitary component includes a first conductive lead and a second conductive lead. A related dryer appliance is also provided.
US10260191B2
The invention relates to a device for balancing a machine with a rotary drum, the device comprising at least one balancing ring (20) for mounting coaxially on the rotary drum, which ring presents an inside space (51) subdivided into a plurality of distinct channels (52), said channels (52) extending around the axis of said balancing ring over its entire circumference. According to the invention, at least a portion of the channels (52) each present in at least one direction an inside dimension (b) that is not zero and less than or equal to 3 millimeters.
US10260178B2
A method for manufacturing a glove using a flat knitting machine, including a second pouch-like part forming step after knitting a first pouch-like part by means of a first knitting needle group. The second pouch-like part forming step includes a main body part knitting step of knitting a main body part and a pouch base part knitting step of knitting an annular pouch base part that is connected to the first pouch-like part. In the pouch base part knitting step, a first face of the annular pouch base part is knitted by a knitting needle, in the second knitting needle group, of a first row, for knitting one of the front cloth and the rear cloth, as well as a knitting needle, in the first knitting needle group, of the first row, that is adjacent to the second knitting needle group and corresponds to at least two hooks, and then a second face of the annular pouch base part is knitted by a knitting needle, in the first knitting needle group, of a second row that faces the knitting needle in the first knitting needle group that has knitted the first face of the pouch base part, as well as a knitting needle, in the second knitting needle group, of the second row.
US10260177B2
A woven fabric includes a plurality of warp and weft yarns. The yarn is formed by a combination of extra long staple cotton and Suvin cotton, which is spun together at a low speed on a ring frame. In alternate example embodiments, the yarn is formed by a combination of long staple cotton and Suvin cotton.
US10260170B2
Nylon based filaments, yarns, and fabrics having improved properties are provided. A filament contains a composite material formed from a (i) a main structural component containing a mixture of one or more base nylons and one or more secondary nylons, and optionally (ii) an additive component mixed with the main structural component. The one or more base nylons may include one or more aliphatic nylons and the one or more secondary nylons may include one or more semiaromatic nylons.
US10260165B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a nitride crystal substrate, including: arranging a plurality of seed crystal substrates made of a nitride crystal in a planar appearance, so that their main surfaces are parallel to each other and their lateral surfaces are in contact with each other; growing a first crystal film using a vapor-phase growth method on a surface of the plurality of seed crystal substrates arranged in the planar appearance, and preparing a combined substrate formed by combining the adjacent seed crystal substrates each other by the first crystal film; growing a second crystal film using a liquid-phase growth method on a main surface of the combined substrate so as to be embedded in a groove that exists at a combined part of the seed crystal substrates, and preparing a substrate for crystal growth having a smoothened main surface; and growing a third crystal film using the vapor-phase growth method, on the smoothed main surface of the substrate for crystal growth.
US10260163B2
The disclosure relates to a device for continuously producing qualitatively high-grade crystalline silicon carbide, in particular in the form of nanocrystalline fiber.
US10260160B2
A component for a manufacturing chamber comprises a coating and an anodization layer on the coating. The anodization layer has a thickness of about 2-10 mil. The anodization layer comprises a low porosity bottom layer portion having a porosity that is less than about 40-50% and a porous columnar top layer portion having a porosity of about 40-40% and comprising a plurality of columnar nanopores having a diameter of about 10-50 nm.
US10260159B2
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of tin electroplating. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for mitigating tin whisker formation on tin-plated films and tin-plated surfaces by doping the tin with gold.
US10260146B2
A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor substrate includes: a preparation step of preparing a sapphire substrate; and a buffer layer forming step of forming an AlN buffer layer on the sapphire substrate, wherein the buffer layer forming step includes: a group III nitride semiconductor forming step of forming a precursor of an AlN buffer layer on the sapphire substrate; and an annealing step of annealing the sapphire substrate on which the precursor of the AlN buffer layer is formed in a gas-tight state in which a principal surface of the precursor of the AlN buffer layer is covered with a cover member (such as a sapphire substrate) for inhibiting a component of the group III nitride semiconductor from dissociating from the principal surface of the formed precursor of the AlN buffer layer.
US10260129B2
A high temperature, high strength Ni—Co—Cr alloy is provided. The alloy includes, in weight percent (wt. %): 23.5 to 25.5% Cr, 15.0 to 22.0% Co, 1.1 to 2.0% Al, 1.0 to 1.8% Ti, 0.95 to 2.2% Nb, less than 1.0% Mo, less than 1.0% Mn, up to 0.24% Si, less than 3.0% Fe, less than 0.3% Ta, less than 0.3% W, 0.005 to 0.08% C, 0.01 to 0.3% Zr, 0.0008 to 0.006% B, up to 0.05% rare earth metals, and a balance of Ni plus trace impurities.
US10260128B2
Provided is a copper-base alloy with excellent wear resistance. The wear-resistant copper-base alloy includes, by mass %: 5.0 to 30.0% nickel; 0.5 to 5.0% silicon; 3.0 to 20.0% iron; less than 1.0% chromium; less than or equal to 5.0% niobium; less than or equal to 2.5% carbon; 3.0 to 20.0% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium; 0.5 to 5.0% manganese and/or 0.5 to 5.0% tin; balance copper; and inevitable impurities, and has a matrix and hard particles dispersed in the matrix, when niobium is contained, the hard particles contain niobium carbide and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Nb—C—Mo, Nb—C—W, and Nb—C—V around the niobium carbide, and when niobium is not contained, the hard particles contain at least one compound selected from the group consisting of molybdenum carbide, tungsten carbide, and vanadium carbide.
US10260117B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to a system for producing direct reduced iron wherein a portion of the top gas from a first module for reducing iron oxide by a direct reduction process is utilized as fuel in the thermal equipment of a second module for reducing iron oxide by a direct reduction process, wherein the second module comprises a process gas heating unit. In various aspects, the thermal equipment of the second module is a reducing gas heater and/or a steam boiler. In a further aspect, the top gas from multiple instances of the first module can be utilized collectively as fuel in the thermal equipment of the second module. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10260114B2
The present invention relates in a first aspect to a method of preparing a crystalline lanthanum-carboxylate coordination polymer and the crystalline lanthanum-carboxylate coordination polymer obtained or obtainable by the method. In another aspect of the present invention, also provides a method of detecting a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample.
US10260105B2
Embodiments provide methods and compositions related to determining treatments for colorectal cancer patients by detection and analysis of the expression level of miRNA such as miR-320e in the patients. Embodiments provide predictive, prognostic and/or diagnostics methods by identifying miRNAs that are useful for clinical management of cancer patients, particularly colorectal cancer patients or patients at risk or determined to have colorectal cancer. Methods and compositions are based, in part, on the discovery that expression of certain miRNAs in cancer patients is associated with advancing cancer stages and/or can predict the responsiveness of cancer therapy, and can, therefore, provide basis for designing treatment strategies. In particular embodiments, the miRNA molecule is miR-320, particularly miR-320e.
US10260103B2
The present invention provides dignostic assays for identifying thyroid cancer in a biological sample, including a fine needle aspirate, as well as related compositions and kits useful in practicing the methods of the invention.
US10260101B2
The present invention provides methods of detecting c-KIT-dependent-melanoma for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. The invention further provides methods of treating such melanoma by inhibiting c-KIT.
US10260100B2
The present invention relates to neuropathy, in particular to mutations in the FIG4 gene. The present invention also provides assays for the detection of variant FIG4 alleles, and assays for detecting FIG4 polymorphisms and mutations associated with disease states.
US10260099B2
Compositions and methods for diagnosis or treatment of epilepsy disease with EFHC1, EFHC1 agonists, or EFHC1 analogs are provided. Compositions and methods for diagnosis or treatment of epilepsy disease with EFHC1a, EFHC1a agonists, or EFHC1a analogs are provided.
US10260095B2
The invention relate to systems and methods for sequencing polynucleotides, as well as detecting reactions and binding events involving other biological molecules. The systems and methods may employ chamber-free devices and nanosensors to detect or characterize such reactions in high-throughput. Because the system in many embodiments is reusable, the system can be subject to more sophisticated and improved engineering, as compared to single use devices.
US10260085B2
In one form, a diagnostic element for determining at least one analyte is provided. In a further form, an analytical measuring device includes the diagnostic element. Still, other forms are related to methods for the determination of an analyte, correcting a signal generated by an analyte, and/or checking the detection optics of an analytical measuring device using the diagnostic element. Another form is related to a system for the controlled release of a reagent and the use of such a system as a circuit element. Other aspects include, but are not limited to, unique methods, techniques, products, systems and devices involving diagnostic elements.
US10260069B2
The present disclosure provides oligomeric compounds. Certain such oligomeric compounds are useful for hybridizing to a complementary nucleic acid, including but not limited, to nucleic acids in a cell. In certain embodiments, hybridization results in modulation of the amount activity or expression of the target nucleic acid in a cell. In certain embodiments, certain oligomeric compounds selectively reduce the expression of a target nucleic acid transcript relative to a non-target nucleic acid transcript.
US10260062B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted integration and/or targeted excision of one or more sequences into a cell, for example, for expression of one or more polypeptides of interest.
US10260055B2
Methods, systems, compositions and strategies for the delivery of WW domain-containing fusion proteins into cells in vivo, ex vivo, or in vitro via ARMMs are provided. Methods, systems, compositions and strategies for the delivery of cargo proteins, such as transcription factors, tumor suppressors, developmental regulators, growth factors, metastasis suppressors, pro-apoptotic proteins, nucleases, recombinases, and reprogramming factors into cells in vivo, ex vivo, or in vitro via fusion to ARMM associated proteins (e.g., ARRDC1 or TSG101) are also provided.
US10260044B1
The present disclosure relates to a method of expanding myeloid progenitor cells by culturing an initial population of cells in a medium comprising a mixture of cytokines and growth factors that promote growth and expansion of the myeloid progenitor cells. The expanded cell population provides a source of cells as therapeutic treatments for neutropenia and/or thrombocytopenia arising in patients subjected to myeloablative therapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
US10260017B2
A compound represented by the formula: wherein each R is independently selected from the group consisting of (i) substituted or unsubstituted alkyl with C=0 to 12 inclusive; wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl groups and hydrogen; wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl groups and hydrogen; and wherein one of R1 and R2 and one of R3 and R4 may optionally be bridged by a polymethylene group to form a cycloalkyl; wherein when C=0 in R, the combined group R1 R2 is the same as the combined group R3 R4; and wherein when C=1 in R, each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 are hydrogen.
US10260015B2
GCI fuel compositions and methods of making them are described. The GCI fuel compositions comprises a fuel blend having an initial boiling point in a range of about 26° C. to about 38° C. and a final boiling point in a range of about 193° C. to less than 250° C., a density of about 0.72 kg/l to about 0.8 kg/l at 15° C., a research octane number of about 70 to about 85, and a cetane number of less than about 27, the fuel blend comprising a naphtha stream and a kerosene stream.
US10260008B1
The invention relates to injecting steam into crude oil for several benefits, primarily of which is to remove salt by transferring the salt into the condensed water from the steam. Steam transfers salt via a different transfer mechanism and therefore doesn't require the high shear mixing of conventional water injection systems. As such, steam injection through a variety of procedures, is more efficient at gathering salt into water that itself is easier to remove from the crude oil.
US10259995B2
A treatment fluid that includes an aqueous fluid, an inorganic acid, and a hydrophobically modified quaternized polysaccharide may be useful in mitigating corrosion of metal surfaces by the inorganic acid. For example, a wellbore operation may include introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation and contacting a metal surface with a treatment fluid.
US10259986B2
A composition for use in various down-hole operations in oil and gas wells. The compositions can include various combinations of certain ethers and other components e.g., esters, alkoxylated alcohols, acidizing agents and hydrocarbon co-solvents. The compositions are useful in a wide variety of down-hole applications particularly well cleaning, filter cake removal and well stimulation techniques e.g., acidizing.
US10259979B2
Disclosed is a sealant composition. The sealant composition is composed of an epoxy resin having an active group, α-cyanoacrylate, an initiator wrapped with an inert sheathing material, a thermal curing agent, a filler, a coupling agent and an epoxy resin having no active groups. In the invention, a method for initiating sealant curing via a chemical initiator is employed, thus the UV irradiation process may be avoided, the cell alignment process may be simplified, and the cost of UV process and UV Mask, etc., may be saved; additionally, the sealant cure effect is uniform and controllable, and the risk of sealant break and liquid crystal pollution may be avoided.
US10259972B2
Provided herein are compositions, comprising polysilazane, polysiloxane, and a boron constituent. The compositions may further comprise carbon nanofibers. Also provided is a method for forming the compositions, composites formed from a composition, and a method for forming composites from a composition by mixing the compositions with fibers and curing the composition-fiber mixture.
US10259970B2
The present invention is to provide polyether compounds having epoxy hydroxyl urethane group, as the following formula (I), (II) or (III) shows: and waterborne epoxy resin composition. Using the hydroxyl urethane as emulsifier, the obtained waterborne epoxy resin composition of the present invention has better stability and freeze-thaw resistance.
US10259965B2
A surface treatment liquid composition for a substrate includes a nonionic resin particle and a multivalent metal salt.
US10259961B2
An ink jet textile printing ink composition according to the invention contains Li+, Na+, and a compound represented by the following formula (1):
US10259959B2
An aqueous coating composition includes a base metal pigment surface-treated with a fluorinated compound, a wax and water. Particles of the base metal pigment are flake-shaped. In the aqueous coating composition, a relationship of 0.65≤D/Z is satisfied where D is an average particle diameter of the wax and Z is an average thickness of the base metal pigment.
US10259949B2
The present disclosure relates to corrosion resistant coating compositions, kits and methods of applying the same, for use as fireproofing materials. The corrosion resistant spray applied fire resistant material contains an organic corrosion inhibitors, such as an aldonic acid, benzoic acid, or combinations thereof, to reduce or eliminate corrosion of the underlying substrate.
US10259948B2
A coating composition and coating products made therefrom, containing modified inorganic nanoplatelets that form mesomorphic structure in a resin phase. The coating products exhibit low permeation/penetration properties, and can be used as anti-corrosion or barrier coatings.
US10259947B2
The present application provides a primer composition, a method for treating a wet or damp surface with the primer composition, and a method to improve the adhesion of pavement markers to wet or damp surfaces. The primer composition comprises about 5 weight percent to about 90 weight percent of the reaction product of: (i) about 30 to about 70 parts by weight of an (meth)acrylate ester wherein the (meth)acrylate ester; (ii) about 70 to about 30 parts by weight of a hydrophilic acidic comonomer; and (iii) about 10 to about 100 parts based on 100 parts of the sum of the (meth)acrylate ester and the hydrophilic acid comonomer, of a plasticizer; dissolved in about 10 to about 95 weight percent of at least one organic solvent.
US10259936B2
The invention relates to fluoropolymer filament for use in 3-D printing, and 3-D printed fluoropolymer articles having low warpage, excellent chemical resistance, excellent water resistance, flame resistance, and good mechanical integrity. Additionally, the articles of the invention have good shelf life without the need for special packaging. In particular, the invention relates to filament, 3-D printed polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) articles, and in particular material extrusion 3-D printing. The articles may be formed from PVDF homopolymers, copolymers, such as KYNAR® resins from Arkema, as well as polymer blends with appropriately defined low shear melt viscosity. The PVDF may optionally be a filled PVDF formulation. The physical properties of the 3-D printed articles can be maximized and warpage minimized by optimizing processing parameters.
US10259935B2
The present invention relates to a flame retardant polypropylene composition for a conduit, appliance, and/or automotive wire, comprising a flame retardant composition comprising: a) a base resin comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer which comprises a polypropylene homo- or copolymer matrix and an ethylene propylene rubber dispersed in said matrix, and b) a metal hydroxide or hydrated compound, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a MFR2 below 0.8 g/10 min and a xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction content between 1 and 15 wt % based on the total weight of the heterophasic propylene copolymer.
US10259933B2
Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition excellent in mechanical characteristics, abrasion resistance, etc., comprising: a crosslinked composition (X) obtained by heat-treating, under molten condition, a composition containing 100 pars of a block copolymer or a hydrogenated product thereof, the block copolymer including a polymer block A mainly derived from an aromatic vinyl compound containing 1% by mass or more of an alkylstyrene and a polymer block B mainly derived from a diene compound, 10 to 300 parts of an olefin-based resin, 0.01 to 20 parts of a crosslinking agent, 1 to 50 parts of a crosslinking adjuvant, and 30 to 250 parts of a softener for rubber; and a hydrogenated block copolymer (Y) obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer having at least two polymer blocks of an aromatic vinyl compound and at least one polymer block of a conjugated diene compound, with the mass ratio of (X)/(Y)=10/90 to 90/10.
US10259929B2
The present invention relates to a plasticizer composition, a resin composition and methods for preparing the plasticizer composition and the resin composition, and provides a plasticizer composition capable of improving physical properties such as plasticizing efficiency, tensile and elongation retention, volatile loss and migration resistance, which are required for a plasticizer composition included in a vinyl chloride-based resin composition, to an equal or a higher level compared to existing plasticizer compositions, and a resin composition including the same.
US10259921B2
A three-dimensionally printed article comprises a build material and a support material, the support material comprising a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a DS of at least 1.0 and an MS of at least 0.6, wherein DS is the degree of substitution of methoxyl groups and MS is the molar substitution of hydroxypropoxyl groups. The support material can be removed from the build material by contacting the support material with water.
US10259920B2
A prepreg comprising at least one layer of carbon fibers and a curable thermosetting resin system, the curable thermosetting resin system at least partly impregnating the at least one layer of carbon fibers, wherein the curable thermosetting resin system comprises: a. a curable thermosetting resin including at least one epoxide group; b. a curing agent for curing the curable thermosetting resin, wherein the curing agent is present in the liquid phase and includes a cyanamide reactive group; c. an accelerator for accelerating the curing of the thermosetting resin by the curing agent, wherein the accelerator includes at least one urea reactive group; and d. a rheology modifier for the curable thermosetting resin system, wherein the rheology modifier is at least one of a thermoplastic resin and an inorganic particulate thickener or a mixture thereof.
US10259915B2
The present invention relates to substrates comprising a crosslinked network of covalently attached antimicrobial and/or antibiofouling polymers. The crosslinked network of antimicrobial and/or antibiofouling polymers acts highly efficiently against pathogens, e.g. bacteria and fungi. Both the antimicrobial and the antibiofouling cross-linked polymer networks are preferably better resistant to mechanical damage than simple surface-immobilized polymer monolayers. The antimicrobial and/or antibiofouling polymers of the crosslinked network are preferably obtained by ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) and exhibit a molecular weight of preferably more than 30,000 or even 100,000 g mol−1. The crosslinked network of antimicrobial and/or antibiofouling polymers is preferably covalently attached to the surface of a substrate, e.g. an implant, a medical device, medical equipment or a (tissue-supporting) biomaterial, etc. The present invention is also directed to uses of crosslinked networks of antimicrobial and/or antibiofouling polymers as defined herein, e.g. for coating a surface of a substrate, and to methods therefore.
US10259901B2
The present invention relates to multi-arm salt-tolerant star macromolecules, and methods of preparing and using the same. In one aspect of the invention, a salt-tolerant star macromolecule is capable of providing salt-tolerance to an aqueous composition.
US10259899B2
This invention relates to copolymer compositions of poly(vinylidene fluoride-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene) copolymers. The copolymers formed have excellent optical properties, corrosion resistance and electrical properties, with very low haze. Tetrafluoropropene monomer units may be present at from 0.5 to 60 weight percent of the copolymer.
US10259898B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of ethylene polymers using a number of reactors arranged in series comprising the steps in which a) ethylene, a diluent, a catalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally comonomers and hydrogen are introduced into a first reactor, b) polymerization of ethylene and optionally comonomers is carried out in the reaction mixture of said first reactor to make ethylene polymers, c) reaction mixture is discharged from said first reactor, d) said reaction mixture and fresh ethylene and optionally comonomers and hydrogen are introduced into the consecutive reactor to make additional ethylene polymers, e) said reaction mixture is discharged from said consecutive reactor and introduced into the further consecutive reactor, if any, with fresh ethylene and optionally comonomers and hydrogen to make additional ethylene polymers, steps c) and d) are repeated until the last reactor of the series, f) reaction mixture is discharged from last reactor of the series and ethylene polymers are recovered, wherein, additional co-catalyst is injected in at least a subsequent reactor of the series. Advantage of the process of the present invention is mainly to decrease catalyst consumption for the same polyethylene production, in other words to increase the productivity. In a most preferred embodiment the process of the present invention is carried out in two loop reactors under slurry conditions.
US10259891B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel catalyst for olefin (co)polymer production, which has high activity without using a large amount of a cocatalyst and is aimed for obtaining a particulate olefin (co)polymer. The invention relates to an olefin polymerization catalyst which comprises: a solid carrier (1) that has been brought into contact with a specific compound; and a metal catalyst component (2) that contains a transition metal compound (C) containing a transition metal M belonging to Group 9, 10, or 11 of the periodic table and has a reactive group Ra.
US10259884B2
The present invention is directed towards isolated antibodies that bind to GRP78.
US10259883B2
Methods are provided for the synthesis and secretion of recombinant hetero-multimeric proteins in mating competent yeast. A first expression vector is transformed into a first haploid cell; and a second expression vector is transformed into a second haploid cell. The transformed haploid cells, each individually synthesizing a non-identical polypeptide, are identified and then genetically crossed or fused. The resulting diploid strains are utilized to produce and secrete fully assembled and biologically functional hetero-multimeric protein.
US10259882B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to human OX40 receptor (OX40) and compositions comprising such antibodies. In a specific aspect, the antibodies specifically bind to human OX40 and modulate OX40 activity, e.g., enhance, activate, or induce OX40 activity, or reduce, deactivate, or inhibit OX40 activity. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating disorders, such as cancer, by administering an antibody that specifically binds to human OX40 and modulates OX40 activity, e.g., enhances, activates, or induces OX40 activity. Also provided are methods for treating autoimmune or inflammatory diseases or disorders, by administering an antibody that specifically binds to human OX40 and modulates OX40 activity, e.g., reduces, deactivates, or inhibits OX40 activity.
US10259861B2
In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating (promoting or inhibiting) growth of a tissue, such as bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, and/or neuronal tissue. The present invention also provides methods of screening compounds that modulate activity of an ActRIIB protein and/or an ActRIIB ligand. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful in treating diseases associated with abnormal activity of an ActRIIB protein and/or an ActRIIB ligand.
US10259858B2
This application relates generally to the production of polypeptides having specific antigen-binding properties of Fv domains, for example, insertable variable fragments of antibodies, and modified α1-α2 domains of NKG2D ligands.
US10259838B2
Described herein are methods, compositions and kits utilizing heterogeneous metal catalysts for the preparation of cycloaddition compounds, such as triazoles and biomolecules.
US10259822B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing compounds having a 16-oxabicyclo[10.3.1]pentadecene skeleton, specifically 14-methyl-16-oxabicyclo[10.3.1]pentadecenes, and conversion products thereof.
US10259813B2
Described herein are methods for making folic acid derivatives, intermediates, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof.
US10259806B2
The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to 5-[[4-[[morpholin-2-yl]methylamino]-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridyl]amino]pyrazine-2-carbonitrile compounds (referred to herein as “TFM compounds”) which, inter alia, inhibit Checkpoint Kinase 1 (CHK1) kinase function. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit CHK1 kinase function, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by CHK1, that are ameliorated by the inhibition of CHK1 kinase function, etc., including proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc., optionally in combination with another agent, for example, (a) a DNA topoisomerase I or II inhibitor; (b) a DNA damaging agent; (c) an antimetabolite or a thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibitor; (d) a microtubule targeted agent; (e) ionizing radiation; (f) an inhibitor of a mitosis regulator or a mitotic checkpoint regulator; (g) an inhibitor of a DNA damage signal transducer; or (h) an inhibitor of a DNA damage repair enzyme.
US10259802B2
This invention relates to compounds (Formula (1)) that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of muscarinic M1 receptor mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds provided are of formula where R1-R5, X1, X2 and p are as defined herein.
US10259799B2
Hydroxyl pyranone compound, method for producing same, and cosmetics composition comprising compound
The present invention relates to a novel hydroxyl pyranone compound, a method for producing same, and a cosmetic composition having the compound. The hydroxyl pyranone compound according to the present invention exhibits markedly improved effectiveness compared to the conventional adipocyte differentiation-promoting material, and thus is preferably included as an active ingredient in a cosmetic composition for increasing skin volume or elasticity.
US10259795B2
The invention provides α-amino esters of a hydroxypropylthiazolidine carboxamide derivative, (2S)-3-([1,1′-biphenyl]-4-ylsulfonyl)-N-[(1S)-3-hydroxy-1-phenylpropyl]-1,3-thiazolidine-2-carboxamide, as well as salts and crystal polymorphs thereof, that can be used to inhibit prostaglandin F receptor. The invention further encompasses methods of treating disorders such as pre-term labor at the early gestational stage by the administration of these substances to a patient in need of treatment.
US10259785B2
The present invention provides compounds and compositions that inhibit Factor XIa or kallikrein and methods of using these compounds and composition.
US10259783B2
Amines and amine derivatives that improve the buffering range, and/or reduce the chelation and other negative interactions of the buffer and the system to be buffered. The reaction of amines or polyamines with various molecules to form polyamines with differing pKa's will extend the buffering range, derivatives that result in polyamines that have the same pKa yields a greater buffering capacity. Derivatives that result in zwitterionic buffers improve yield by allowing a greater range of stability.
US10259768B2
A method of recycling a polyester includes the steps of providing the polyester, preparing a solution containing water and an alcohol, submerging the polyester in the solution, and hydrolytically depolymerizing the polyester while the polyester is submerged in the solution.
US10259762B2
A phenylene ether oligomer is prepared by a process that includes partially converting 2,6-dimethylphenol to 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethyl-4,4′-dihydroxybiphenyl and/or 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethyldiphenoquinone, converting the residual 2,6 dimethylphenol to poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) and any 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethyl-4,4′-dihydroxybiphenyl to 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethyldiphenoquinone, and reacting the poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) and 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethyldiphenoquinone to form the phenylene ether oligomer. The preparation can be conducted without isolation of intermediates.
US10259748B2
An aqueous oil-in-water emulsion containing a propylethoxysilane oligomer mixture or a mixture of a propylethoxysilane oligomer mixture and octyltriethoxysilane in a weight ratio of 3:1 to 1:3, at least one emulsifier or an emulsifier system, at least one content of a 2-aminoethanol and water is used as an addition in the production of hydraulically setting cement mixtures such as mortar, screed or concrete for reduction of the shrinkage characteristics.
US10259745B2
A method of chemically strengthening a glass. The method includes heating an ion exchange solution to a temperature less than about 360° C., and contacting the glass and the strengthening solution at the temperature for a duration from about 0.5 hours to about 24 hours. The ion exchange solution includes a primary nitrate and at least one monovalent or divalent cation nitrate component in an amount from about 1 wt. % to about 10 wt. %.
US10259738B2
A high refraction low dispersion optical glass having a refractive index of 1.86-1.92 and an Abbe number of 36-42. The components of the optical glass comprise, by weight percentage: B2O3: 1-30%; SiO2: 0-20%; La2O3: 25-55%; Gd2O3: 5-40%; Y2O3: 0-25%; Yb2O3: 0-10%; Ta2O5: 0-10%; Nb2O5: 1-30%; TiO2: 0-10%; ZrO2: 0.5-20%; WO3: 0-10%; ZnO: 0-15%; Al2O3: 0-10%; GeO2: 0-10%; Bi2O3: 0-10%. The optical glass does not contain PbO or F. A high refraction low dispersion optical glass having excellent light transmittance may be obtained by introducing suitable amounts of rare earth oxides having a high refraction low dispersion effect and optimizing the proportions of said components.
US10259737B2
A drawing method for glass is described. The method provides glass components that have a strongly increased ratio of width to thickness when compared to the preform, which makes the manufacturing of flat glass components more economical. The method purposefully controls the temperature distribution within the preform.
US10259735B1
Scale forming ions in seawater and the like of saline streams cause engineering difficulties that severely restrict the potential productivity of any desalination method. This invention provides innovative de-scaling methods to effectively eliminate scale problems in desalination plants. As a result of such effective de-scaling methods, this invention also provides a new effective design for Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) desalination plants, which is based on what its coined a Brine-Forward (BF) concept. The BF-MSF concept is multi-boiling without supplying additional heat after the brine heater of each train, and multi-concentration without supplying additional seawater after the first train of the plant.
US10259728B2
A device and process are disclosed for the separate removal of oppositely charged ions from electrolyte solutions and recombining them to form new chemical compositions. The invention provides the ability to create multiple ion flow channels and then form new chemical compositions therefrom. The process is accomplished by selectively combining oppositely charged ions of choice from different electrolyte solutions via the capacitive behavior of high electrical capacitance electrodes confined in insulated containers.
US10259727B2
An electrochemical system and method are disclosed for On Site Generation (OSG) of oxidants, such as free available chlorine, mixed oxidants and persulfate. Operation at high current density, using at least a diamond anode, provides for higher current efficiency, extended lifetime operation, and improved cost efficiency. High current density operation, in either a single pass or recycle mode, provides for rapid generation of oxidants, with high current efficiency, which potentially allows for more compact systems. Beneficially, operation in reverse polarity for a short cleaning cycle manages scaling, provides for improved efficiency and electrode lifetime and allows for use of impure feedstocks without requiring water softeners. Systems have application for generation of chlorine or other oxidants, including mixed oxidants providing high disinfection rate per unit of oxidant, e.g. for water treatment to remove microorganisms or for degradation of organics in industrial waste water.
US10259719B2
Process for obtaining lithium compounds and intermediate compounds, comprising the following steps: a) contacting aluminosilicate particles, for example α-spodumene, with at least one fluorine compound, for example HF, NaF or others; b) stirring the mixture increasing the temperature until reaching an appropriate temperature; c) carrying out at least a precipitation and filtration process of the mixture of step b), and, d) recovering the lithium compound. The process may comprise using HF at a concentration between 5 and 30% v/v or NaF at a concentration between 5 and 30% w/v; a solid/liquid ratio of step a) between 0.9 and 14.4% w/v; a particle size of between 29 and 200 μm. The final lithium product of the process may be lithium carbonate or lithium fluoride.
US10259713B2
Methods for preparing porous carbon hollow spheres are disclosed. The method includes contacting one or more polymer hollow spheres with a SiO2 precursor to form one or more SiO2-containing polymer hollow spheres; carbonizing the one or more SiO2-containing polymer hollow spheres to form one or more SiO2-containing carbon hollow spheres; and removing SiO2 from the one or more SiO2-containing carbon hollow spheres to form one or more porous carbon hollow spheres. The prepared porous carbon hollow spheres may be filled with liquid metal salts and treated at elevated temperatures to form filled porous carbon spheres. Methods of filling the porous carbon hollow spheres and compositions that include the filled porous carbon spheres are also disclosed.
US10259712B2
Peroxides and chlorine dioxide (compounds) can be stabilized for long periods of time (years) by combining the compounds with water that has been infused with dioxytetrahydride gas. Such stabilized materials can be used to infuse soft, solid substrates that can be used as sterile wipes, wound dressings, or the like.
US10259705B2
A packaged fuel unit and a refillable hydrogen generator that uses the fuel unit to produce hydrogen gas are disclosed. The fuel unit includes a reactant that can undergo a thermal decomposition reaction that produces hydrogen gas when heated to at least a minimum initiation temperature. The reactant is contained within a package that includes a poor thermal conductor with one or more thermal conductor sections for conducting heat from outside the package to the reactant. The hydrogen generator includes a holder with a cavity in which the fuel unit can be removably disposed and a heating system for heating the fuel unit when disposed therein. The hydrogen generator can be part of a fuel cell system including a fuel cell battery that is provided with hydrogen gas from the hydrogen generator.
US10259699B2
An adapter for an airtight connection to a container and for airtight dispensing of the container's contents, the adapter having: a gate valve, a tube extending from the gate valve to a female coupling, the female coupling being configured for insertion in a mouth of the container, the female coupling having a dispensing valve for opening when dispensing the container's contents and closing when dispensing is finished as needed, such that air is prevented from entering the container, and an airtight connector for connecting the adapter to the container.
US10259697B2
A valve assembly in a product channel comprises a regulating valve, a filling valve, and an elongated actuation element that is common to both. A filling-valve element that interacts with a filling-valve seat to open and close the filling valve. The regulating valve comprises an actuation element-side regulating valve element that interacts with a regulating-valve seat to control a product quantity to be filled. Both the regulating and filling valve elements are arranged on the actuation element. A driven actuator changes a position of the actuation element relative to the regulating valve seat and the filling valve seat as part of a filling operation.
US10259696B2
Machine (18, 19) for processing containers (1) including a base (7) having a high standing ring (8) and a central invertible diaphragm (9), the machine (18, 19) including: a container supporting frame (20) including a hollow support ring (21) for engaging a container base (7), a pusher (26) movable with respect of the container supporting frame (20), capable of coming into abutment with the container base (7) through the supporting frame (20), an actuator (28) for slidingly moving the pusher (26) frontwards towards the container base (7) through the supporting frame (20), and backwards, a strain gauge (29) coupled to the actuator (28) for gauging a strain applied by the actuator (28) to the pusher (26), a control unit (30) including a processor (32) connected to the strain gauge (29) and programmed for comparing a gauged strain value to a memorized strain reference value.
US10259695B2
Integrated utility devices are disclosed having a myriad of synergistic features. A body having an internal storage cavity may be sealed by a cap comprising a self-contained flashlight assembly. Also, hook attached to the body may serve dual purposes of providing a bracing surface for a bottle opener and a hook portion for a gated carrying clip for the body having internal storage cavity.
US10259694B2
A system and method for monitoring an industrial vehicle are presented. The system includes a first imaging subsystem for acquiring a plurality of load-carrying-portion images. A cargo-detection subsystem is configured for analyzing each of the plurality of load-carrying-portion images to determine whether cargo is positioned on the load-carrying portion. A power-detection subsystem is configured for determining when the industrial vehicle is running. A motion-detection subsystem is configured for determining when the industrial vehicle is in motion. An analytics subsystem is configured for calculating the amount of time that the industrial vehicle is running, the amount of time that the industrial vehicle is running while cargo is positioned on the load-carrying portion, the amount of time the industrial vehicle is in motion, and the amount of time the industrial vehicle is in motion while cargo is positioned on the load-carrying portion.
US10259686B2
Simplification of a device configuration and control is realized, which enables attraction and release by a magnet without using a battery. A magnet work machine includes a generator motor (8) driven by an engine (7); and an inverter (10) which controls a magnet (6) and the generator motor (8) such that the magnet (6) is energized by electric power from the generator motor (8) to attract metal scraps or the like, and during demagnetization for releasing metal scraps or the like, electric power applied to the magnet (6) is transmitted to the generator motor (8) as regenerative power so as to be consumed. The inverter (10) determines a torque of the generator motor (8) as a motor according to a voltage change of a main circuit based on a detected main circuit voltage so as to suppress the voltage change, and gives the torque as a command.
US10259685B2
A conveyor device (2) comprises: a conveyance element (8) extending in a longitudinal direction between two spaced apart landing portions (4, 6) and configured to move for conveying people and/or goods between the two landing portions (4, 6); at least one balustrade (10, 12) located laterally at one side of the conveyance element (8) and extending along the longitudinal direction of the conveyance element (8); and at least one sensor (22, 23), which is configured for detecting the presence of a person in a detection zone (28) which is defined by a main detection direction (D), at least one detection angle (α, β) and at least one detection range (R). The at least one sensor (22, 23) is located at or next to the at least one balustrade (10, 12), and the main detection direction (D) extends from the at least one sensor (22, 23) in a direction away from the balustrade (10, 12).
US10259681B2
A conveyance system including a system interface having a camera to generate an image including an input fingerprint and an input finger presentation; a dispatch system including a fingerprint recognition unit and a profile unit, the fingerprint recognition unit comparing the input fingerprint to a reference fingerprint; the dispatch system accessing a user profile when the input fingerprint matches the reference fingerprint; the dispatch system comparing the input finger presentation to a reference finger presentation in the user profile; and the dispatch system retrieving a destination from the user profile when the input finger presentation matches the reference finger presentation.
US10259677B2
An automatic cable spooling device is provided, comprising a frame adapted to rotatably hold a spooling drum; a drum motor operatively connected to the drum; and a levelwind arm positioned adjacent to the drum. The levelwind arm is movable in a plane aligned with the rotational axis of the drum. The system further includes an arm motor operatively connected to the levelwind arm; and a microcontroller in communication with the arm motor. An arm encoder is adapted to sense a position of the arm motor and is in communication with the microcontroller. Likewise, a drum encoder is adapted to sense a position of the drum motor and is also in communication with the microcontroller. The position of the levelwind arm is controlled by the microcontroller based on the position of the drum, the spooling width, and a predetermined cable diameter.
US10259667B2
A transportation system for stacking/carrying of containers including a panel, which has a stacking unit positioned on the panel and including a first body in which the containers are stacked; a transport element for transferring the container onto the panel by means of a first displacing member and including a base on which the container is placed; a second displacing member for transferring the container positioned on the base into the first body; a gripping arm that holds the transferred container; a third displacing member that moves the gripping arm; and a locking arm which has a flexible member that holds the container; a transport unit positioned on the panel; a displacing mechanism; a transport arm which is associated with the movable plate and which lifts the containers; and a support shaft having a fixing arm.
US10259662B2
Disclosed is a device for delivering sorted elements of the cap, stopper or other type, in order to feed a downstream work station, the device including a unit for lifting elements, in which a first sorting operation is performed, and, mounted downstream, a unit for treating the elements in which the elements are treated individually. Also disclosed is a delivery device including a conveyor mounted downstream from the treatment unit in order to direct the elements towards the work station, the conveyor moving the elements singly. Further disclosed is a corresponding method.
US10259654B2
A helical conveyor comprises a belt having a transport section for transporting products where the belt follows at least partly a helical path between a lower end and an upper end of the transport section and a return section where the belt follows a path. The conveyor comprises a lower end reverse guide for turning the belt upside down and reversing its direction of movement between the transport section and the return section at the lower end of the transport section and an upper end reverse guide for turning the belt upside down and reverting its direction of movement between the transport section and the return section at the upper end of the transport section. The return section leaves the upper end through a horizontally oriented upper return section portion and the return section leaves the lower end through a horizontally oriented lower return section portion.
US10259651B2
A pickup location that includes a control station and one or more storage compartment modules provides the ability for items to be ordered and delivered for pickup by a user without having to pack those items in a shipping package prior to shipping from a materials handling facility. Delivering items for pickup by a user without having to package the items prior to shipping, may provide a better experience for the customer, reduce waste in packaging material and a lower cost of delivering the ordered items to the customer.
US10259643B2
A dispensing system comprises a solenoid valve that includes an inlet end adapted to be attached to a container such that a valve stem thereof is held in an open state. A flow adapter includes a cylindrical wall and a post mounted within the cylindrical wall to define an annular passage therebetween. An inlet end of the flow adapter is sealingly attached to an outlet end of the solenoid valve, and the flow adapter is adapted to receive a spray insert within the annular passage.
US10259642B2
A blade dispenser is provided that includes a housing, a carrier, and a blade eject assembly. The housing defines a carrier cavity having an open end, and includes a blade loading mechanism. The carrier is operable to hold a plurality of blades. The carrier is selectively disposable within the carrier cavity of the housing. The blade eject assembly includes a button biased in a normal position relative to a base. The button is operable to be moved relative to the base and engage a blade disposed within the carrier, and to move the blade to a position where at least a part of the blade is disposed outside the housing.
US10259641B2
A plurality of stacked, interconnected wipes that collectively define a stack. Each wipe is connected to at least one other wipe on only one of the right side and the left side of the stack via a connection. In particular embodiments, immediately successive connections in a stacked direction are on alternating right and left sides of the stack. In other embodiments, immediately successive connections in a stacked direction are on the same side of the stack.
US10259636B2
A container (1) with separate sealed compartments for different substances. The container (1) comprises separate and relatively sealed first (A), second (B) and third (C) compartments. The first compartment (A) receives a first substance (such as colorant); the second compartment (B) receives a second substance (such as a developing solution); and the third compartment (C) defines a mixing volume for receiving the first and second substances from the first and second compartments. A rupturable portion adjoins the third compartment (C) and separates the first and second compartments (A, B), from the third compartment so that in use, when the a rupturable portion is ruptured substances from the first and second compartments (A, B) can pass to the third compartment (C). A passage (16) is provided in a wall of the third compartment (C) along an edge not shared with either of the first or second compartments. The passage (16) leads to a first opening that is opened by a first opening means (6) which when opened, permits controlled release of a user defined amount of the first and/or second substances; and the third compartment (C) has a second opening with a second opening means (66) which enables at least one of the sheets to be opened in order to access the third compartment (C) and remove first and/or second substances therefrom.
US10259629B2
A package material may include one or more layers of plastic laminate, a first side, a second side and a penetration area. A weakening line may extend from the penetration area and may provide an opening area in the package material. The package material may include a plastic opening device, with a first and second portion attached to the first and second side, respectively, and a material bridge penetrating through the penetration area. The second portion may cover at least partly the penetration area and may include a guiding portion extending from the penetration area adjacent to the at least one weakening line as to facilitate rupturing substantially along the at least one weakening line.
US10259627B2
A fastening system includes a ratchet head and a strap having a pair of side edges, a first side defining a base surface, and a second side having a plurality of teeth. A pair of troughs extend in a longitudinal direction and each is positioned interstitially between the plurality of teeth and a side edge. A plurality of standoffs are provided on the second side of the strap along each of the side edges, the standoffs extending from the base surface at least as far as a distal extent of the plurality of teeth. The ratchet head has a ratchet pawl operable to engage the plurality of teeth to adjustably receive and secure the strap.
