US10281658B2
Waveguide connector assembly device and methods of forming waveguide connectors include a cap having an inner portion to protect a connection end face of a polymer waveguide, wherein the cap includes one or more insertion structures to position the polymer waveguide in relation to one or more components of an assembled connector, and an inner wall to seal around the assembled connector to prevent contaminants from entering the inner portion.
US10281657B2
An electrical rotary connection (15) comprising a first element (18) supported by a housing (16), a second element (19) supported by the housing, the first and second elements configured to rotate about a central axis (X) relative to each other at a rotary interface (20), the first element (18) comprising an input electrical lead (21), an electrical-to-optical E/O converter (22) having an optical source (23), and a transmitting lens (28), the second element (19) comprising a receiving lens (30) opposing the first element across the rotary interface, an optical-to-electrical O/E converter (32) having an optical receiver (33), and an output electrical lead (35), whereby electrical input received by the first element may be converted into light, the light may be transmitted on-axis across the rotary interface to the second element, and the light may be converted into an electrical output by the second element for transmission via the output electrical lead of the second element.
US10281647B2
The invention relates to an optical waveguide with at least one core region (1) extending along the longitudinal extent of the optical waveguide, and with a first jacket (2) which, viewed in the cross section of the optical waveguide, surrounds the core region (1). The invention further relates to an optical arrangement with such an optical waveguide, and to a method for producing the optical waveguide. The object of the invention is to make available an optical waveguide for high-performance operation, which is improved in relation to the prior art in terms of mode instability. The invention achieves this object by virtue of the fact that the optical waveguide consists of crystalline material at least in the core region (1).
US10281641B2
In one aspect, lighting devices are described herein. A lighting device comprises an optic housing, a waveguide optic and an optical insert positioned in the housing, the optical insert comprising one or more reflective sidewalls for redirecting light emitted from the waveguide optic. The waveguide optic comprises sidewalls and a light extraction face including extraction elements, wherein the reflective sidewalls of the optical insert cover at least a portion of the sidewalls of the waveguide optic.
US10281639B2
A solid state lighting strip (100) for mounting in or on a panel support element (210) of a modular panel system (200) including a plurality of solid state lighting elements (110, 110′), a light extraction layer (120) and a glare reducing layer (130) is disclosed. The solid state lighting elements are arranged such that the light emitted by said elements is coupled into the glare reducing layer via the light extraction layer. The solid state lighting strip (100) can be used as part of a lighting system, a panel support element (210) and a modular panel system (200).
US10281634B2
A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light source modules each including at least one light source unit, light guide lines connected respectively to the light source units, and a casing accommodating the plurality of light source modules and the plurality of light guide lines. The light guide lines are led from the light source units so as not to intervene in the plurality of light source modules when viewed in a direction perpendicular to an array direction of the plurality of light source modules. The plurality of light source modules are separately attachable and detachable in the direction perpendicular to the array direction of the plurality of light source modules.
US10281632B2
An illumination optical apparatus illuminates a pattern on a mask with illumination light. The illumination optical apparatus includes an optical integrator arranged in an optical path of the illumination light, and a polarization member made of optical material with optical rotatory power, which is arranged in the optical path on an incidence side of the optical integrator, and which changes a polarization state of the illumination light. The illumination light from the polarization member is irradiated onto the pattern through a pupil plane of the illumination optical apparatus.
US10281627B2
Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composition, size, and structure are dispersed in a host medium to create an optical notch filter, thereby attenuating only a narrow range of the visible spectrum.
US10281625B2
Disclosed are a retro-reflective sheet and a method for manufacturing the same. The retro-reflective sheet includes a heat-resistant film, a first thermoplastic bonding layer, a first heat-resistant layer, a colored layer, a light transmitting layer, a colored part allowing a portion of scattered light to be emitted to the outside through a first light condensing layer, a second thermoplastic bonding layer, a second heat-resistant layer, a reflective layer, and a reflective part reflecting light input to a reflective area through a second light condensing layer.
US10281605B2
Various technologies described herein are directed to a method that includes deploying a plurality of wave gliders in a seismic survey area, where the plurality of wave gliders has one or more seismic sensors coupled thereto for acquiring seismic data. The method may also include deploying at least one source vessel in the seismic survey area, where the at least one source vessel has one or more sources coupled thereto and a central communication unit disposed thereon. The method may then include positioning the plurality of wave gliders according to an initial navigation plan. The method may further include monitoring a relative position of a respective wave glider in the plurality of wave gliders with respect to other wave gliders in the plurality of wave gliders and with respect to the at least one source vessel.
US10281590B2
Location of a device within a monitored environment with compromised communication with ranging communication nodes. Specifically, an intermediate device previously located by communication with ranging communication nodes is provided to provide a ranging signal to a device to be located. The device to be located may in turn use a ranging signal received from communication with the previously located device and one or more ranging communication nodes to resolve a location.
US10281585B2
Method for the acquisition of a GEO (geostationary earth orbit) satellite and corresponding receiver
A Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite belonging to a constellation of satellites of a BeiDou navigation system is acquired at a GNSS receiver. Conducting the acquisition includes finding the edge of a data bit in a signal carrying a data stream of a given satellite in order to start a locked tracking phase and demodulating the data stream of the GEO satellite. Detecting the edge of the data bit includes performing, at the GNSS receiver, a coherent power accumulation over a constant data cycle, starting from two respective possible initial positions in the sequence of data. Detecting the edge of the data bit also includes computing a tracking ratio parameter as the ratio of the two coherent power accumulations multiplied by a constant value.
US10281584B2
A received Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS signal is processed by performing DSSS acquisition to obtain estimates of a frequency offset and a spreading code phase, sequentially obtaining, for each one of a plurality of segments of a received DSSS signal, a correlation function between the DSSS signal segment and a replica of a spreading code by using a Time and Frequency Transform based correlation method, the estimated frequency and the spreading code phase, and performing DSSS carrier tracking by tracking the phase of a correlation peak in the obtained correlation functions, and applying phase corrections to the obtained correlation functions to provide fine Doppler compensation. The time and frequency transform based correlation method involves, for each segment of the received DSSS signal, obtaining a plurality of samples and transforming the samples from the time domain to the frequency domain.
US10281561B2
A quadrature self-injection-locked radar utilizes a phase shifter to make a oscillation signal operating in two phase modes, and utilizes a frequency demodulator for frequency demodulation and a signal processor for signal processing to eliminate the nonlinear distortion caused by self-injection locked phenomenon. Therefore, the self-injection locked radar can be applied to more cases for detecting displacement variations with any range.
US10281558B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to joint compounds for sealing exterior sheathing wallboards applied on the exterior of buildings. This invention also relates to a process of preparing such exterior joint compounds. The joint compounds of this invention comprise an aqueous emulsion system and provide water resistance comparable to the substrate on which they are applied, that is, the exterior sheathing wallboards.
US10281556B2
Detecting and mitigating the effects of interference in a positioning system. A received signal is divided into a plurality of receive signal time/frequency (RSTF) values. A plurality of threshold values are determined based on expected energy values for the received signal. In one implementation, if a predetermined number of the RSTF values are above the threshold, the received signal is determined to be corrupt.
US10281552B2
Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein include measuring and reporting the unit planar area incident radiant flux striking multiple planes at known, determined angles of tilt from the horizontal and pre-determined angles of azimuthal orientation corresponding to that of an associated solar power generating apparatus which employs a single axis or two axis photovoltaic module tracking design.
US10281549B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a collector, a transformation module, an unfolding module and an inverse transformation module. The collector collects time-series k-space data of a plurality of channels while spatially changing a sampling position. The transformation module obtains transformed space data of the respective channels by applying, to the time-series k-space data of the respect channels, Fourier transform on a spatial axis and certain transformation on a temporal axis. The unfolding module eliminates a signal point on a basis of a certain criterion and performs unfolding using the transformed space data on the respective channels and sensitivity distribution information on the respective channels; and the inverse transformation module applies inverse transformation of the certain transformation on the temporal axis to an unfolded data on which the signal point has been eliminated and the unfolding has been performed.
US10281547B2
Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with NMR fingerprinting are described. One example NMR apparatus includes an NMR logic that repetitively and variably samples a (k, t, E) space associated with an object to acquire a set of NMR signals that are associated with different points in the (k, t, E) space. Sampling is performed with t and/or E varying in a non-constant way. Sampling is performed in response to a diffusion-weighted double-echo pulse sequence. Sampling acquires transient-state signals of the double-echo sequence. The NMR apparatus may also include a signal logic that produces an NMR signal evolution from the NMR signals, and a characterization logic that characterizes a resonant species in the object as a result of comparing acquired signals to reference signals.
US10281542B2
A method of magnetic resonance imaging includes executing an imaging sequence, in response to the imaging sequence, acquiring magnetic resonance data, entering the acquired magnetic resonance data in k-space in a memory along a predetermined k-space trajectory, and modifying the k-space trajectory during acquisition of the magnetic resonance data.
US10281539B2
The present invention addresses a challenge of providing a superconducting magnet device that enables it to realize an operation of opening and closing a permanent current switch of the superconducting magnet device at high speed with small electric heater capacity, avoiding an increase in the amount of heat incursion into the superconducting coil by not providing a driving mechanism from outside while enabling it to reduce refrigerant consumption or electric power consumed by a refrigerator, or an MRI apparatus using it having means for obtaining good image quality. The superconducting magnet device including a superconducting coil and a permanent current switch to enable it to realize permanent current flowing with the permanent current switch operated by an electric heater or an MRI apparatus using it has a heat transfer member to cool the permanent current switch from a cooling stage with solid conductivity and a thermal switch, and the thermal switch generates a gap in a heat transfer path including the heat transfer member for cooling and a refrigerator by thermal expansion when an electric heater is electrified.
US10281538B2
A warm bore cylinder assembly having an outer wall, an inner wall, and a plurality of braces is provided. The outer wall is configured to define an inner exterior portion of a cryostat assembly. The outer wall is generally cylindrical, is made of a conductive material, and has an outer wall thickness. The inner wall is disposed radially inwardly of the outer wall. The inner wall is generally cylindrical, is made of a conductive material, and has an inner wall thickness. The braces extend along an axial direction defined by the outer wall and the inner wall. The plurality of braces are interposed between and join the outer wall and inner wall. The plurality of braces define openings disposed between adjacent braces.
US10281525B2
A semiconductor device (1) according to the present invention includes a circuit to be tested (2) having a scan chain, and a first test control device (3) and a second test control device (4) that perform a scan test of the circuit to be tested by using the scan chain. The second test control device (4) performs a second scan test of the circuit to be tested (2), the circuit to be tested (2) gives the first test control device (3) an instruction to perform a first scan test after the second scan test is performed, and the first test control device (3) performs a first scan test of the circuit to be tested (2) in response to an instruction from the circuit to be tested (2).
US10281520B2
A method of diagnosing an abnormal state of a substrate-processing apparatus includes measuring a temperature of a chuck in the substrate-processing apparatus. The temperature of the chuck is compared to a target temperature of the chuck, with a temperature-controlling unit. A control signal is analyzed to diagnose an abnormal state of the substrate-processing apparatus. The control signal is transmitted from the temperature-controlling unit to a drive parameter-applying unit configured to provide the chuck with a drive parameter.
US10281515B2
Devices and methods for arc fault detection, based on arc sound signals, are disclosed. The device can monitor sound data from a power device by one or more microphones arranged near the power device and extract the characteristic of the sound data. The device can also compare the characteristic of the sound data with the arc fault feature database, and then determine to generate an arc alarm signal. The device is a stand-alone device, which can provide the forecast and early warning of arc faults, and can improve the reliability of arc fault detection.
US10281507B2
Customized hardware provides a generator sizing interface to the user for selecting individual loads that may be present at a particular facility of building. The hardware and/or generator sizing interface receives one or more load selections from the user and, in response, generates a single line diagram or a one line diagram for power flow analysis based on the load selections. The hardware and/or generator sizing interface accesses a database for power requirements for the load selections of the diagram. A List of potential generators or an optimal generator is identified based at least in part on the power requirement of the load selections.
US10281494B2
A method for measuring at least one signal with a digital oscilloscope according to the invention acquires sampled values of the at least one signal in individual time ranges which are each defined in relation to a trigger time of a trigger event, which is detected in the at least one signal in each case by the digital oscilloscope. A post-processing of the sampled values acquired in each case in the individual time ranges then takes place. According to the invention, the acquisition and the post-processing are implemented in parallel.
US10281492B2
Shielded probe systems are disclosed herein. The shielded probe systems are configured to test a device under test (DUT) and include an enclosure that defines an enclosure volume, a translation stage with a stage surface, a substrate-supporting assembly extending from the stage surface, an electrically conductive shielding structure, an isolation structure, and a thermal shielding structure. The substrate-supporting assembly includes an electrically conductive support surface, which is configured to support a substrate that includes the DUT. The electrically conductive shielding structure defines a shielded volume. The isolation structure electrically isolates the electrically conductive shielding structure from the enclosure and from the translation stage. The thermal shielding structure extends within the enclosure volume and at least partially between the enclosure and the substrate-supporting assembly.
US10281480B2
The present invention is in the field of coagulation diagnostics and relates to methods for detecting modulators of GPIb-thrombin interaction in a sample. To this end, the sample is contacted with isolated mutated GPIbα protein and thrombin, and the formation of a complex between mutated GPIbα protein and thrombin is determined.
US10281474B2
The present invention relates to methods for continuous or near-continuous separation and purification of samples, particularly biological samples, to reduce the number or volume of non-targeted analytes in those samples to enable improved mass spectrometric analysis of analytes of interest, and apparatuses for conducting those methods, utilizing a transport agent with a core domain and a binding domain, the transport agent exceeding 200 kiloDaltons or 10 nm, and the binding domain targeted to the analytes of interest, in conjunction with size-exclusion based chromatography to separate the transport agent-analyte of interest complex from non-targeted analytes that are not bound, or are only non-specifically bound, to the transport agent.
US10281473B2
The application discloses compositions, methods, systems, and apparatuses for rapid sequence analysis of proteins, including location of post-translational modifications and disulfide bonds. Limited digestion of fully denatured antibody occurs in seconds by flowing sample in 8M urea at constant pressure through a micro column reactor containing immobilized aspergillopepsin I, resulting in a product mixture containing 3-10 kDa peptides, which is then fractionated by capillary column chromatography and analyzed by both electron transfer dissociation (ETD) and collision activated dissociation mass spectrometry. This method provides 95% sequence coverage of a mAb and detects numerous post-translational modifications. For disulfide bond location, native mAb is subjected to longer digestion times. Release of disulfide containing peptides from accessible regions of the folded protein occurs with short digestion times. The identity of peptides connected by a disulfide bond is determined using ETD and ion-ion proton transfer chemistry.
US10281472B2
The present invention provides a novel approach to cancer diagnosis and therapy of cancer by providing compositions and methods for the identification and specific targeting of the cancer stem cell populations present in a tumor to eradicate, or slow or prevent tumor (5) growth and spread, including the potential for tumor metastasis, by modulation of the Renin-Angiotensin System including, but not limited to, Renin Receptor, Angiotensin II Receptor (2) and a secreted form of the Renin Receptor.
US10281457B2
The invention relates to a reconstructed scalp model, to the process for preparing it and to its use for evaluating the effect of cosmetic, pharmaceutical or dermatological topical products. The reconstructed scalp according to the invention may also be used for the preparation of the grafts intended for treating cutaneous scalp disorders.
US10281454B2
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a system for determining information on one or more constituents in a medium. The system includes N light emitters L1 . . . LN, wherein each light emitter Lx provides an amplitude modulated (AM) light at modulation frequency fx into a flow path of the medium from one side of a containment vessel for the medium. The system further includes a photodetector, for receiving the AM light from each light emitter after it passes through the flow path of the medium, and converting the AM light to an electrical signal characterized by a summation of frequency components from each modulation frequency fx. The system further includes one or more measuring circuits providing information about a concentration of one or more constituents in the medium determined from log ratios of a pair of amplitudes of fy and fz frequency components in the electrical signal.
US10281452B2
There is provided a blood coagulation system analyzer, including a measurement section and an analysis section. The measurement section measures a time change of impedance of a blood sample, which is obtainable by applying an alternating electric field to the blood sample. The analysis section extracts a parameter indicating the characteristics of the impedance from the measured data of the time change of the impedance. Furthermore, the analysis section analyzes a degree of enhancement of blood coagulation on the basis of a comparison of the extracted parameter with at least one reference value which defines the criteria of the enhancement of blood coagulation.
US10281450B2
An universal machine is comprised of the arrangement of a set of modules (CM) that make up means of rheological and mechanical tests for the assessment of longitudinal forces perpendicular to the rotation direction of an alternate current servomotor. Its modules are comprised of: a) structural organization; b) electronic components cabinet of the electronics system (St)/(Sw); c) dry gear reducer; d) alternate current servomotor; e) fast coupling system for changing geometries; f) test containers, as well as devices for the execution of materials in hardened state; g) load cell device for recording regular longitudinal forces. The machine provides the interconnection with a data processing system (PC) and the aforementioned modules (CM) are controlled by a specific electronic system (St) for speed control, torque control and rotation direction.
US10281449B2
In a method of determining a deterioration state of an object, the deterioration state of the object is determined by determining whether a calculated value reaches a state determination threshold value or not, the calculated value utilizing at least one of brightness and a color component value calculated from a detection value detected by an optical sensor. The optical sensor includes an examination section containing liquid, a light emitting element emitting detection light toward the examination section, and a light receiving element detecting color information of the detection light traveled through the liquid.
US10281445B2
A headspace sampler includes: a sample gas collection channel whose one end communicates with a needle; a pressure gas introduction channel and an exhaust channel that communicate with the other end of the channel in parallel via a branching pipe; a pressure control device that delivers pressure gas to the pressure gas introduction channel at a predetermined pressure; solenoid valves provided in the pressure gas introduction channel and the exhaust channel, respectively; and switching means for switching a state where a measuring pipe is inserted in the sample gas collection channel and a state where the measuring pipe is shorted away from the channel, wherein a pressure sensor is provided on an upstream side of the solenoid valve in the exhaust channel.
US10281444B2
A gas detection device includes a substrate having a main surface and a movable film structure located on, and including a portion thereof spaced from, the main surface of the substrate. The portion of the movable film structure located over and spaced from the substrate includes a first film formed of an insulating material, a patterned second film which deforms as a result of absorbing or adsorbing a predetermined gas, and a patterned third film comprising a resistive heater, at least a portion of the movable film structure spaced from the substrate being movable with respect to the substrate. From the perspective of a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the substrate, at least a portion of a pattern of the second film overlaps at least a portion of a pattern of the third film.
US10281443B2
A gas detection device includes: a gas sensor that detects a gas based on a change in an electric signal due to adsorption of a gas to be measured; a rotary body having the gas sensor mounted therein; and a motor that rotates the rotary body. The gas sensor is disposed at a location apart from a rotation axis of the rotary body. The motor rotates the rotary body at a constant rate.
US10281440B2
The clamping device according to the invention for clamping at least two processing devices for a sample preparation is made up essentially of at least three clamping blocks arranged in the axial direction, at least two of which are designed as movable clamping blocks, and a displacement mechanism for displacing the movable clamping blocks between an open position for inserting the processing devices, and a clamping position in which the at least two processing devices are clamped one on top of the other in the axial direction between two clamping blocks in each case. The displacement mechanism is designed for displacing the at least two movable clamping blocks in opposite directions.
US10281438B2
A method of detecting defects in a rolling bearing (10). The method includes acquiring a time-domain vibration signal An; filtering said time-domain vibration signal An; and then resolving it to obtain a deterministic time-domain vibration signal Fn and a random time-domain vibration signal Gn. Thereafter, the time-domain vibration signals Fn and Gn are transformed respectively into a deterministic frequency-domain vibration signal Jn and into a random frequency-domain vibration signal Kn, and then, for each element (11, 12, 13) and for each frequency-domain vibration signal Jn, Kn, a defect-presence frequency {circumflex over (α)} is determined corresponding to a maximum probability of the presence of a defect in said element (11, 12, 13) and to an associated reliability level p({circumflex over (α)}). An alert message indicating at least one defect in at least one element (11, 12, 13) is potentially delivered depending on the values of each defect-presence frequency {circumflex over (α)} and on each associated reliability level p({circumflex over (α)}).
US10281433B2
A cylindrically-shaped auxiliary electrode and a cylindrically-shaped reflecting electrode are located anterior to a spray flow ejected from an ESI ionization probe. An inlet end of a heated capillary extends into the space between the two electrodes. The auxiliary electrode and heated capillary are grounded, while the reflecting electrode is supplied with a direct-current voltage having the same polarity as measurement target ions. As a result, a reflecting electric field which reflects ions originating from sample components and charged droplets, being carried by the spray flow, is created within the space between the two electrodes. A focusing electric field for focusing ions onto the inlet end is also created in an area near the inlet end. The ions originating from sample components are thereby separated from the gas flow and gathered around the inlet end, to be drawn into the heated capillary and sent into a vacuum chamber.
US10281426B2
A method of mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed in which analyte ions of a desired charge state are isolated. The method comprises: separating analytes according to their electrophoretic mobility; ionizing the analytes; and mass filtering the resulting analyte ions, wherein the mass to charge ratios of the ions transmitted by a mass filter are varied as a function of the electrophoretic mobility and according to a predetermined relationship such that substantially only ions having said desired charge state are transmitted by the mass filter.
US10281413B2
Examples of nano-level evaluation of kerogen-rich reservoir rock are described. A micro-scale beam is formed from kerogen-rich reservoir rock. The beam has reservoir rock and kerogen, which has polymeric properties. A maximum dimension of the micro-scale beam is at most 1000 micrometers. A mechanical experiment that includes a tension test or a compression test is performed on the micro-scale beam. The mechanical experiment is imaged using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). A material parameter of the kerogen in the micro-scale beam is determined based on results of the mechanical experiment and images obtained responsive to the imaging. The material parameter includes a behavior of the kerogen in response to the mechanical experiment. The behavior of the kerogen can be used to determine, among other things, the energy required to break kerogen in a kerogen-rich shale to improve hydraulic fracturing efficiency.
US10281408B2
An inspection object imaging apparatus includes: a light source configured to produce a light beam belonging to an infrared wavelength band and having a predetermined spread half-angle on a surface of an inspection object; a projection optical system to project the light beam on the surface of the inspection object at a predetermined projection angle; and an imaging unit. The imaging unit includes an imaging optical system configured to condense reflected light and branch the reflected light to two different directions, and a first image sensor and a second image sensor, the first image sensor positioned on the inspection object side with respect to a position of the imaging optical system that is conjugate with the surface of the inspection object, along an optical axis of the reflected light, and the second image sensor positioned on the reflected-light travel direction side with respect to the conjugate position.
US10281407B2
A multi-fluid test strip may include a first zone to test a first fluid, a second zone to test a second fluid, and a third zone intermediate the first zone and the second zone. The third zone may prevent cross-contamination of the first fluid with the second zone and prevent cross-contamination of the second fluid with the first zone. The multi-fluid test strip may also include a first grip zone and a second grip zone. The first zone may be intermediate the first grip zone and the third zone and the second zone may be intermediate the second grip zone and the third zone. The first grip and second grip zones may be dimensioned to permit gripping of the first and second grip zones without touching the first or second zones.
US10281406B1
A method and apparatus for analyzing one or more elements of targeted moving food surfaces uses laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to detect the presence, absence, or amount of an element on a heterogeneous surface of an object, including surfaces of food products. A laser is used to quantify an element concentration without destroying the object. The method can be configured to include an automated on-line system comprising a closed-loop feedback control system operable to select a predetermined concentration.
US10281404B2
A SERS unit 1A comprises a SERS element 2 having a substrate and an optical function part 20 formed on the substrate, the optical function part 20 for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering; a measurement board 3 supporting the SERS element 2 upon measurement; and a holding part 4 mechanically holding the SERS element 2 in the measurement board 3.
US10281401B2
An opto-mechanical apparatus including a hollow housing member having a first end and a second end, the housing member having a longitudinal axis, a parabolic mirror positioned on a side of to the first end of the housing member, and a mirror adjustment mechanism attached to the second end of the housing member, the mirror adjustment mechanism connected to the parabolic mirror through the housing member, the mirror adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an axial position of the parabolic mirror along the longitudinal axis and to adjust a radial position of the parabolic mirror about the longitudinal axis.
US10281390B2
Disclosed are systems and methods of using integrated computational elements to determine unknown interferents in a fluid being monitored. One method includes monitoring a fluid with an optical computing device comprising at least two integrated computational element (ICE) cores configured to optically interact with a fluid and detect a corresponding at least two characteristics of the fluid, each ICE core being designed and manufactured with reference to known spectra related to the at least two characteristics of the fluid, generating output signals corresponding to the at least two characteristics of the fluid with the optical computing device, wherein an intensity of each output signal corresponds to a concentration of the at least two characteristics of the fluid, and calculating a representative spectrum of the fluid with a signal processor based on the known spectra of the at least two characteristics and the intensity of each output signal.
US10281387B2
A method and apparatuses to extend the time interval between out-of-service, in-tank inspections while insuring structural integrity using a risk-based, Bayesian statistical approach comprised of a passing leak detection test and the using the results from (1) tank floor thickness measurements, (2) prior out-of-service tank floor inspection results, and/or (3) acoustic emission corrosion maps of the tank floor to estimate the minimum thickness and maximum corrosion rate of the tank during the extension period. The present invention uses an in-tank, mass-based leak detection system to establish tank integrity, three or more ultrasonic (UT) thickness measurement sensors for measurements of the tank floor at one location, and to establish the spatial distribution of corrosion of the tank floor, one or more prior API 653/12R1 or STI SP001 tank floor thickness inspections and/or three or more in-tank AE sensors mounted inside the tank with vertical and horizontal locations in an oblique plane relative to the tank floor.
US10281386B2
Embodiments disclose a device for testing biological specimen. The device includes a sample carrier and a detachable cover. The sample carrier includes a specimen holding area. The detachable cover is placed on top of the specimen holding area. The detachable cover includes a magnifying component configured to align with the specimen holding area. The focal length of the magnifying component is from 0.1 mm to 8.5 mm. The magnifying component has a linear magnification ratio of at least 1. Some embodiments further include a multi-camera configuration. These embodiments include a first camera module and a second camera module arranged to capture one or more images of the first holding area and the second holding area, respectively. The processor may perform different analytic processes on the captured images of different holding areas to determine an outcome with regard to the biological specimen.
US10281384B2
Methods and systems are provided sensing particulate matter by a particulate matter sensor positioned downstream of a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust system. In one example, a method may include increasing an inlet opening of the particulate matter sensor when an exhaust flow rate falls below a threshold to allow more particulates to enter the particulate matter sensor and further includes decreasing the inlet opening when the exhaust flow rate rises above the threshold to reduce the particulates entering the sensor. By adjusting the amount of particulates entering the sensor based on the exhaust rate, and further including a plurality of flow redirectors inside the sensor, the rate of deposition of the sensor and hence the sensitivity of the sensor to the exhaust flow rate may be maintained at a desired level, and independent of the exhaust flow rate.
US10281382B2
A method for determining a mean cell volume for a blood sample includes: illuminating the sample with incident light at a plurality of illumination wavelengths and obtaining a two-dimensional image of the sample at each of the plurality of illumination wavelengths; identifying a plurality of cells that appear in each of the images; for each one of the plurality of cells, determining an integrated optical density corresponding to each of the plurality of illumination wavelengths; for each one of the plurality of cells, determining a cell volume based on the integrated optical densities corresponding to each of the plurality of illumination wavelengths; and determining the mean cell volume for the blood sample from the cell volumes for each one of the plurality of cells.
US10281379B2
A nano material testing apparatus includes a main frame; a testing unit including an actuator and a load cell connected to the actuator; a jig unit configured to be connected to the testing unit and including an upper jig that clamps one side of an upper portion of the nano material specimen and a lower jig that is located below the upper jig and clamps one side of a lower portion of the nano material specimen; a stage unit configured to be connected to the lower jig; a first alignment unit configured to be located to be spaced apart from a front surface of the nano material specimen; a second alignment unit configured to be located to be spaced apart from side surfaces of the nano material specimen; and a controller.
US10281373B2
A sample port system/device associated with a fluid collection device is provided and is configured to receive fluid-containing devices of varying diameters. A method of improving the work flow and safety involved in acquiring and/or testing fluid samples using such sample port system/device is also provided.
US10281372B2
A multi-channel headspace extraction needle is provided. The extraction needle includes an inner needle tube, a sealed connector, and a needle rod and an outer needle tube respectively installed on a top portion and a bottom portion of the sealed connector. The sealed connector includes a first conduit and a second conduit connected with a tube lumen of the outer needle tube. A sealing layer is disposed between a bottom tube wall of the inner needle tube, which extends into the tube lumen of the outer needle tube, and a sidewall of the outer needle tube. The sidewall of the outer needle tube includes a first through-hole and a second through-hole respectively disposed above and under the sealing layer. The first through-hole is connected with the tube lumen of the outer needle tube and the second through-hole is connected with a tube lumen of the inner needle.
US10281370B2
The disclosure relates to a syringe assembly and a syringing method of using the same. The syringe assembly comprises an ultrasonic element, a guide tube and a syringe. The ultrasonic element is used to generate an ultrasonic signal and receive a reflection of the ultrasonic signal. The guide tube comprises a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal. The syringe and the guide tube are connected with each other via the second connecting terminal. The syringe assembly according to the present disclosure is able to perform sampling, liquid level detection, clog detection, and the liquid volume detection.
US10281369B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for detecting biological analytes in a sample. The disclosed technology can be used to obtain readings of analyte concentration in a sample by imaging scattered light from an angled narrow beam illuminator. A fluid sample containing one or more biological, organic, and inorganic analytes including proteins, viruses, bacteria, phages, toxins, peptides, DNA, RNA, hormones, chemicals, drugs, and isotopes can be transferred to a microfluidic device having one or more channels with dimensions to generate capillary action for sample transport. The geometry of the microfluidic device may include a reservoir and sensing area, wherein an immunometric reaction can take place for the narrow beam scanning. The test particle may be coated with a specific binding member that is used to bind the binding pair member on an analyte in a sample. Test particles form the binding and the particle/analyte conjugate may be scanned.
US10281359B2
A misfire determination device of an engine in which explosion occurs at unequal intervals, the engine including a plurality of cylinders and a crankshaft which is angularly displaced at a different angle between expansion strokes, is configured to calculate generated torque correlation amount correlated with generated torque, based on an angular position signal of the crankshaft, and perform misfire determination, based on an average value of the generated torque correlation amount in an interval less than one cycle of the engine, at an angular position of the crankshaft which is different from an angular position of the crankshaft at an ignition timing.
US10281353B2
An air data probe includes a probe head and an air data sensing port. The probe head defines a longitudinal axis extending from a forward tip of the probe head to an aft end of the probe head. The probe head has an elliptical cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The air data sensing port is disposed in the probe head aft of the forward tip. A length of a major axis of the elliptical cross section and a length of a minor axis of the elliptical cross section can be configured to cause boundary layer separation of airflow across the probe head at a flow separation region that is aft of the air data sensing port.
US10281347B2
A tension monitoring apparatus is used for installing an underground utility by retraction that is applied to the utility. The tension monitoring apparatus includes a sensor for inground sensing of the tension force that is applied to the utility to produce a sensor signal. A processor monitors the tension force in a series of measurement intervals such that a plurality of tension force readings is generated for each of the measurement intervals. The processor stores a data set including a maximum tension force selected from the plurality of tension force readings for each one of the measurement intervals and copies the data set to a different location to create a copied data set after installation of the utility for subsequent selection and presentation of an overall maximum tension force.
US10281340B2
A temperature measuring system includes a laser light source to emit optical pulses, an optical fiber, arranged to pass through a plurality of measuring points, and input with the optical pulses, and a measuring device to detect back-scattering light output from the optical fiber and measure a temperature at the plurality of measuring points, to acquire measured temperature data. The measuring device computes corrected temperature data by varying a degree of smoothing the measured temperature data in a distance direction of the optical fiber, according to a correlation between the measured temperature data and a transfer function peculiar to the temperature measuring system.
US10281339B2
The present invention provides a terminal board for temperature compensation of a thermocouple, the terminal board comprising: -shaped terminal unit for connecting a compensation lead wire of the thermocouple to a PCB contact terminal connected to a control circuit of a circuit board so as to allow accurate temperature compensation of the thermocouple, the terminal unit having a pair of curved connection pins; a small-sized compensation sensor PCB which has a chip type temperature sensor for compensation at one end of the upper side thereof, an upper soldering surface which is soldered to a sensor pin unit for electrically connecting an output of the temperature sensor for compensation, and a lower soldering surface which is soldered to the terminal unit; and an L-shaped sensor pin unit for soldering the compensation sensor PCB together with the terminal unit, the sensor pin unit having a pair of rounded connection pins for contact-connection of the output of the temperature sensor for compensation to the temperature compensation sensor of the circuit board.
US10281335B2
Examples described herein generally relate to apparatus and methods for rapid thermal processing (RTP) of a substrate. The present disclosure discloses pulsed radiation sources, used to measure a broad range of low to high temperatures in the RTP chamber. In one example, two or more lasers, one of which emits pulses of radiation at 1,030 nm and one of which emits pulses of radiation at 1,080 nm, which measures temperatures below about 200° C., are used. In another example, two or more LEDs, one of which emits pulses of radiation at 1,030 nm and one of which emits pulses of radiation at 1,080 nm, are used. In yet another example, a broadband radiation source is used to emit pulses of radiation at least at 1,030 nm and 1,080 nm. These radiation sources are useful for detection of a broad range of low to high temperatures in the RTP chamber.
US10281329B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to determining the wavelength of a narrow-band light beam. Two portions of the narrow-band light beam are projected onto two dissimilar photodetectors, respectively. The two dissimilar photodetectors have dissimilar spectral responses over a domain of wavelengths that includes the wavelength of the narrow-band light beam. Each of the two dissimilar photodetectors generates an output signal indicative of a photocurrent induced by the projection of the portion of the narrow-band light beam thereon. A ratio of the differences between the photocurrents to the sum of the photocurrents of the two dissimilar photodetectors is determined. The determined ratio is a monotonic function of wavelength over the domain wavelengths including the wavelength of the narrow-band light beam. The determined ratio is thereby indicative of the wavelength of the narrow-band light beam.
US10281325B2
A hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter and method for optional use with a spectrometer is disclosed, which performs beam slicing in pupil space and stacks replicas of the input source generated from the pupil beam slices in image space. The optical reformatter comprises a collimator which receives an input light and produces a collimated beam; a first optical element which receives the collimated beam, redirects portions of the collimated beam back toward the collimator as reimaged beams and permits portions of the collimated beam to pass; a second optical element which receives the reimaging beams and redirects the reimaging beams back toward the collimator and the first optical element; to form an output beam comprising the portions of the collimated beams that are not redirected toward the collimator by the first optical element. Also disclosed is the use of the reformatter for reformatting the input light of a spectrometer system, and the use of the reformatter as part of a spectrometer device.
US10281316B2
A flow measuring device for ascertaining a corrected measured value of a flow velocity and/or a corrected mass flow of a medium, especially a gas, in a measuring tube, including: an apparatus for ascertaining a first measured value of flow velocity and/or mass flow of the medium by thermal, mass flow measurement; an apparatus for ascertaining velocity of sound and/or frequency dependent damping of an acoustic signal, especially an ultrasonic signal, in the medium and/or an apparatus for ascertaining an optical, wavelength dependent absorption of an optical and/or excited fluorescence of the medium, and an evaluation unit for correcting the ascertained first measured value of mass flow or flow velocity based on the ascertained sound velocity values and/or the frequency dependent, ascertained damping values of the acoustic signal and/or the ascertained absorption values of the optical signal and/or the florescence values of the medium, and method for ascertaining a corrected measured value of flow velocity and/or mass flow, and use of the device and method.
US10281313B2
A radar fill level measurement device for determining a fill level of a medium is provided, including a radar module to generate a transmission signal of at least 60 GHz; and an antenna coupled to the module and to transmit the signal to a surface of the medium and to receive a reflected signal, the module including a phase-locked loop including a push-push oscillator and a phase detector, the oscillator including a first and second outputs, a duplexer coupled between the push-push oscillator and the antenna, and a frequency multiplier coupled between the oscillator second output and the duplexer, the oscillator first output being directly wired to the phase detector input, the duplexer being coupled to the antenna, the phase detector including a reference input and a phase detector output coupled to an oscillator control input. A method for operating a radar fill level measurement device is also provided.
US10281305B2
A magnetic flowmeter flowtube assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a flowtube configured to receive a flow of process fluid. The assembly also comprises a fluoropolymer liner disposed within and extending through the flowtube. The assembly also comprises a plurality of electrodes assemblies disposed to measure a voltage induced within the process fluid. Each of the electrode assemblies includes a spring-energized seal disposed about each respective electrode.
US10281300B2
The disclosure relates to distributed optical fiber sensors arranged to detect coherent Rayleigh backscatter from a sensing optical fiber disposed in an environment, and to determine an infrasonic signal in the backscatter, or to determine a change in the environment within an infrasonic frequency range from the backscatter.
US10281297B2
A method of zeroing displacement data derived from a rotor having an array of features monitored by an array of stationary timing probes. The method includes steps to calculate the displacement at each probe for each of at least two measured revolutions from time of arrival measurements. Each displacement is defined as a sum of a common term and a unique term. The set of displacements is solved for the common term and the unique terms. A probe offset is calculated from each unique term. The zeroed displacements are determined by subtracting the common term and probe offset from the calculated displacements for each probe.
US10281293B2
A navigation system comprises a processor, a geographic database and a guidance application executable on the processor. The guidance application obtains data from the geographic database and obtains a photographic image. The guidance application overlays an advertisement route highlight on said photographic image. The advertisement route highlight graphically illustrates a path corresponding to a route and a direction of travel for the route. The advertisement route highlight includes a series of advertisement decals.
US10281291B2
A map and a marker corresponding to an object of interest are displayed via a user interface of a user apparatus. The marker is displayed on the map at a current marker position. Location data is received by the user apparatus, the location data comprises an instance of location data corresponding to the object. A way point is added to a way point array corresponding to the object based on the location data. Latitude and longitude steps are determined based on (a) the current marker position, (b) a first way point of the way point array, and (c) an adjustment factor. The current marker position is updated and the marker is rendered on the map at the updated current marker position in accordance with the frames per second rate for animating the movement of the marker on the map to smoothly animate the near-real time movement of the object.
US10281285B2
An approach is provided for point-based map matchers using machine learning. The approach involves retrieving points collected within proximity to a map feature represented by a link of a geographic database. The probe points are collected from sensors of devices traveling near the map feature. The approach also involves determining a probe feature set for each probe point comprising probe attribute values, and determining a link feature set for the link comprising link attribute values. The apparatus further involves classifying, using a machine learning classifier, each probe point to determine a matching probability based on the probe feature set and the link feature to indicate a probability that each probe point is classified as map-matched to the link. The machine learning classifier is trained using ground truth data comprising reference probe points with known map-matches to respective reference links, and comprising known probe attribute values and known link attribute values.
US10281274B2
A level and level-straightedge system is provided. The level may include one or more slip-resistant structure. The slip-resistant structure may be a collar formed from a high friction polymer material that at least partially surrounds a level vial. The collar may be co-molded with the material of the vial surround. The level may be a relatively small level having a length less than 14 inches and may include a groove for receiving a straightedge. The groove design alone or in combination with the collar may allow for a relatively short level to support a relatively long straightedge.
US10281268B1
A method includes receiving an image of a surface of a slider bar from an interferometer, where the slider bar includes at least two sliders, and where the image includes image data according to at least two image data channels for a slider bar surface and the at least two sliders. The method also includes generating a slider bar map of the surface of the slider bar based upon the image data of the image, where the slider bar map includes at least two data channels and ascertaining a plurality of individual slider surface maps based on a number of sliders included on the slider bar, where the ascertaining is also based upon the slider bar map having the at least two data channels. The method also includes segmenting the slider bar map according to the plurality of individual slider surface maps.
US10281266B2
An apparatus is described for measuring surface topography of a three-dimensional structure. In many embodiments, the apparatus is configured to focus each of a plurality of light beams to a respective fixed focal position relative to the apparatus. The apparatus measures a characteristic of each of a plurality of returned light beams that are generated by illuminating the three-dimensional structure with the light beams. The characteristic is measured for a plurality of different positions and/or orientations between the apparatus and the three-dimensional structure. Surface topography of the three-dimensional structure is determined based at least in part on the measured characteristic of the returned light beams for the plurality of different positions and/or orientations between the apparatus and the three-dimensional structure.
US10281265B2
A scene scanning method and a scene scanning system, adapted to obtain information for reconstructing a 3D model, are provided. The method comprises projecting, by a characteristic projecting unit, a characteristic pattern by applying an invisible light in a scene; capturing, by a sensing unit, a data of the scene and the characteristic pattern; and receiving, by a processing unit, the data of the scene and the characteristic pattern captured by the sensing unit.
US10281257B2
Disclosed are systems and methods to extract information about the size and shape of an object by observing variations of the radiation pattern caused by illuminating the object with coherent radiation sources and changing the wavelengths of the source. Sensing and image-reconstruction systems and methods are described for recovering the image of an object utilizing projected and transparent reference points and radiation sources such as tunable lasers. Sensing and image-reconstruction systems and methods are also described for rapid sensing of such radiation patterns. A computational system and method is also described for sensing and reconstructing the image from its autocorrelation. This computational approach uses the fact that the autocorrelation is the weighted sum of shifted copies of an image, where the shifts are obtained by sequentially placing each individual scattering cell of the object at the origin of the autocorrelation space.
US10281247B2
An example resetting gun target includes a first curved rocking member; a second curved rocking member; a connector portion joining the first rocking member and the second rocking member and maintaining a space between the first rocking member and the second rocking member; and a central target panel attached to the connector portion and situated in the space between the first curved rocking member and the second curved rocking member. The resetting gun target may further include paddle portions respectively situated at a first end and a second end of each of the first curved rocking member and the second curved rocking member.
US10281238B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a modular cartridge turret assembly system for quickly exchanging modular cartridges to interact with a ring gear. A modular cartridge may be a brake cartridge, which when inserted into a modular cartridge turret assembly, operably engages with the ring gear to inhibit the rotation of a turret. In an illustrative example, the brake cartridge, when inserted, may prevent damages and injuries caused by the rotation of the turret during transportation. In an exemplary embodiment, the modular cartridge turret assembly system may include a locking mechanism to secure the modular cartridge within the modular cartridge turret assembly. The locking mechanism may safeguard that the brake cartridge remains within the modular cartridge turret assembly system during turbulent situations caused by environmental conditions.
US10281234B1
A sling attachment device has a body having a strap facility adapted for attachment of a sling strap, a flexible elongated tether having a first end attached to the body, the tether having a free end opposite the first end, and the body defining a receptacle operable to receive the free end of the tether, such that the tether may be threaded through an aperture on a rifle and received by the receptacle to secure the strap to the rifle. The tether may have a selected first width along at least a portion of its length, and the free end may have a second width greater than the first width. A ball may be attached to the free end. The body may define a channel having a width larger than the first width and smaller than the second width. There may be an aperture adjacent to the channel.
US10281219B2
A plate laminated type heat exchanger includes: a plate laminated body which is formed by laminating a plurality of plates; and a heat exchanger body which includes a first header through which fluid (G) flows in from outside of the plate laminated body and a second header through which the fluid (G) flows out to the outside of the plate laminated body which are connected to the plate laminated body. Each of the plurality of plates is formed from a flat plate shape having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is provided with a plurality of grooves defined by inner walls through which the fluid flows. The plurality of plates are connected each other so that the first surface of one of the plurality of plates is brazed to the second surface of the other one of the plurality of plates.
US10281217B2
A multifluid heat exchanger includes a first tank connected to a second tank through a plurality of fluid conduits. A partition disposed inside the first tank divides an internal space of the first tank into a first space and a second space. The first space is in fluid communication with the second tank through the plurality of fluid conduits. As a result, a first internal fluid may flow from the first space to the second tank, while a second internal fluid may flow through the second space.
US10281213B2
A method for refurbishing a tap-hole including making a channel trough a tap-hole block, restoring the channel to form a refurbished tap-hole, detachably connecting a prefabricated refractory insert including a shell to a clay gun, where the insert includes a first and second ends in axial direction, where the second end is blocked, an opening arranged on the first end, a hollow passage in the axial direction, where the hollow passage is accessible through the opening, a plurality of lateral through holes, aligned in a longitudinal direction of the shell, with a constant interval covering 10-25% of the shell, the method further including inserting the insert into the channel, where the clay gun is fluidly coupled with the insert and the channel, injecting a grouting material from the clay gun into the insert and through the through hole into the channel and, disconnecting the insert from the clay gun.
US10281211B2
Apparatus and method for drying a product comprising placing the product on a first side of a support surface, and directing dry radiant heat toward the second side of the surface to heat the product. A sensor can be included to measure at least one characteristic of the product, such as the temperature or moisture content thereof. The temperature of the heat source can be regulated as a function of the measured characteristic. The support surface can also be made so as to be movable relative to the heat source. In an alternative embodiment, a plurality of control zones are defined and through which the product is successively passed. Each of the control zones has at least one associated heat source and an associated sensor so as to regulate the temperature of the heat sources associated with each control zone independently of those associated with another zone.
US10281209B2
A reboiler in fluid communication with a fractionator column in an offshore low temperature process removing carbon dioxide from natural gas has a vessel volume. A carbon steel tubing bundle is disposed within the vessel volume. Each tube in the bundle has an outer surface with a porous granular metal layer deposited thereon. The granular metal layer comprises a pore size distribution which promotes bubble nucleation during vaporization of a nearly pure liquid carbon dioxide stream.
US10281208B2
In a purification method, a carbon dioxide-rich gas is cooled in a first brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger, the cooled gas or at least one fluid derived from the cooled gas is sent to a purification step comprising a distillation step, the purification step produces a carbon dioxide-rich liquid which is cooled, then expanded, then sent to a second heat exchanger where it is heated by means of a fluid of the method, the exchanger carrying out an indirect heat exchange only between the carbon dioxide-rich liquid and the fluid of the method, the carbon dioxide-rich liquid at least partially vaporizes in the second exchanger and the vaporized gas formed heats up again in the first exchanger to form a carbon dioxide-rich gas.
US10281205B2
A system for melting contaminant-laden solids that have been separated from a hydrocarbon-containing vapor stream in a hydrocarbon distillation tower, comprising at least one plate positioned where the solids form within the hydrocarbon distillation tower, hollow tubing forming an integral part of each of the at least one plate, and a heating medium disposed to flow through the hollow tubing at a higher temperature than a temperature of the solids to at least partially melt the solids.
US10281202B1
A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment with a door pivotally coupled the cabinet between open and closed positions. A mullion assembly is operably coupled to the door between retracted and deployed positions relative to the door. The mullion assembly includes at least one receiving recess disposed on an inner surface thereof. At least one camera device is mounted on an inside edge of the door and vertically aligned with the at least one receiving recess of the mullion assembly, such that the camera device faces into the storage compartment when the first door is in the closed position, and is received in the receiving recess of the mullion assembly when the mullion assembly is in the retracted position. The camera device may also be mounted to a fixed portion of a hinge assembly that interconnects the mullion assembly and the door.
US10281201B2
A method for testing a normal operation of a refrigerator, the method including allowing a user to implement an application of a terminal for testing the refrigerator; displaying a list of controllable loads on a display unit of the terminal; allowing the user to select a desired load and input a setting command for the load; implementing a controller of the refrigerator to operate the load according to the setting command received from the terminal via the tag unit; and implementing the terminal to display state information of the operated load on the display unit.
US10281189B2
A combination light and pressure relief vent (10) is disclosed which includes a housing (11), a valve assembly (12), and a light assembly (13). The housing include a valve body (16), port tube (17), and an outside louver (18). The valve body has a low pressure intake port (25), a high pressure intake port (26), and a low pressure exhaust port (27). The valve assembly includes a low pressure intake valve (40), a high pressure intake valve (42), and a low pressure exhaust valve (44). The light assembly includes a heat sink casing (51) which partially defines a heat chamber (52). The casing has a front wall (55) to which is mounted an LED module (57). A lens cover (61) is coupled to the front surface of the casing. Heat generated by the LED module is transferred through the casing to the heat chamber to warm the valve assembly.
US10281187B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber below the fresh food chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes an ice maker disposed within the cabinet outside of the freezer chamber and proximate to the fresh food chamber. The ice maker is in thermal communication with a freezer evaporator via a fan, a supply duct, and a return duct. The ice maker includes a harvest heater and the freezer evaporator is deactivated while the harvest heater is active.
US10281186B2
An ice making system and method that includes an ice formation tray, an ejector, and an ejector shaft is disclosed herein. The ice formation tray has a first side and a second side. The ejector includes a unitary structure and an insert, with the unitary structure encompassing the insert on at least four sides. The ejector shaft spans between the first side and the second side of the ice formation tray, with the ejector shaft passing through a bore in the insert of the ejector.
US10281181B2
An expansion valve (1) for a vapour compression system, the valve (1) comprising a first valve part (5) having an outlet orifice (7) and a piston (8) movable inside the outlet orifice (7) in response to a differential pressure across the expansion valve (1), controlling a fluid flow through the first valve part (5). A cross-sectional flow area of the outlet orifice (7) between a circumference at an inner surface of the outlet orifice (7) and a circumference at an outer surface of the piston (8) varies as a function of the position of the piston (8) relative to the outlet orifice (7). A first cross-sectional flow area is defined at a first differential pressure, and a second cross-sectional flow area is defined at a second differential pressure, where the first cross-sectional flow area is smaller than the second cross-sectional flow area, and the first differential pressure is lower than the second differential pressure.
US10281169B2
A heat exchanger unit that includes a frame and at least one cooler. The unit includes a mount assembly for coupling, at least partially, the cooler to the frame. The mount assembly includes an elongated fastening member; an outer ring; an inner ring; and a deformable ring. The deformable ring is disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring.
US10281167B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for continuously monitoring residential air quality and providing a trend based analysis regarding various air pollutants are presented herein. The system comprises an air quality monitor located in a residential house, wherein the air quality monitor is configured to measure the level of an air pollutant. The system also includes a server that is communicatively coupled to the air quality monitor, wherein the server is configured to generate a unique environmental fingerprint associated with the residential house.
US10281161B2
In an air conditioner, an upper heat exchanger and a lower heat exchanger exchange heat between air and a refrigerant. An air cleaner includes a charging unit for charging particles in the air and a dust collecting unit for collecting the particles charged by the charging unit by an electrostatic force. An indoor unit body houses the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger and houses the air cleaner of which the center position in the height direction is positioned lower than a connection part between the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger.
US10281158B2
The present invention discloses a novel range cover system for protection of a user's range surface. The range cover system includes the non-obvious combination of independent surface covers and basin covers with optional features such as a backsplash, a surface ridge for liquid retention, range-to-counter-top gap covers, sealing joints for multiple section construction, folding pleats for fit adjustment, range edge protectors, magnetic adherence, adhesive adherence, suction-cup adherence, and visually enhancing graphic designs. The material of construction can be any suitable single material or combination of materials that is heat and flame resistant, and that is preferentially also stain and stick resistant. The benefits of this invention include ease of application, protection to the user's range surface and basin surfaces, increased mess control while using the range, ease of removal and cleaning of the product, increased range durability, and enhanced aesthetic appearance of the user's range and counter-top.
US10281156B2
A commercial oven, such as a combination oven providing steam and convection heating, may provide an equipment cabinet holding electronic equipment and having an external wall abutting other heating apparatus. The external wall includes an interior plenum through which air is circulated to provide compact virtual insulation from external heat sources.
US10281149B2
The present invention relates to a reverse flow prevention apparatus for common exhaust flue and a combustion apparatus having same. The reverse flow prevention apparatus for common exhaust flue, which is configured to collect exhaust gas of a plurality of combustion apparatuses, discharge the collected exhaust gas through a common exhaust flue, and prevent a reverse flow of the exhaust gas from the common exhaust pipe to each of the combustion apparatuses, includes a flange coupled to an exhaust port of each of the combustion apparatuses, an opening and closing apparatus hinge-coupled to an upper part of the flange to be opened and closed by a pressure difference between a lower portion and an upper portion thereof, and a body coupled to the upper part of the flange so as to accommodate the opening and closing apparatus. In accordance with the present invention, the reverse flow prevention apparatus, which may be directly installed at the exhaust port of the combustion apparatus, is coupled to the common exhaust flue upon installation thereof so that a separate certification may not be required to reduce time and costs for a certification.
US10281137B2
The present invention provides a ventilating and illuminating apparatus. The ventilating and illuminating apparatus includes a ventilating fan, a connecting frame, an illuminating device and a connecting shaft. The ventilating fan has a housing. The connecting frame is connected to the housing and has a mounting portion and a fastening hole. The fastening hole is disposed on the mounting portion. The illuminating device has an illuminating element and a through hole. The connecting shaft partially passes through the through hole of the illuminating device and the fastening hole of the connecting frame and is mounted on the mounting portion of the connecting frame, so as to fasten the illuminating device on the mounting portion of the connecting frame.
US10281135B1
A mountable cloud speaker lamp system produces both audio and visual output for the purpose of enjoyment and relaxation. The cloud speaker lamp system includes a cloud shaped enclosure with a cloud shaped front shell and a flat back shell; an electro acoustic transducer for sound generation mounted on the enclosure back shell; a light source mounted on the enclosure back shell for projecting light onto the cloud shaped enclosure front shell; an input interface mounted on the enclosure back shell containing an audio input and command receiver for receiving sound and light commands from an external source, an audio amplifier to amplify the input audio and generate bands of sound corresponding to light intensity, and an illumination driver to drive the light source; and a power source. The system is configured so that a single enclosure design encompasses the cloud appearance, and provides a sound and light radiating surface.
US10281133B2
A refrigeration appliance includes a door having a door rack or racks on the inside of a door leaf and a surface luminaire or lighting fixture disposed substantially perpendicular to the door leaf. The surface luminaire extends in the vertical direction beyond the door rack or racks and serves to illuminate an interior storage space. The surface luminaire is preferably an OLED.
US10281132B2
A wireless charging lamp belonging to the technical field of an illumination device comprises: a lamp holder, a light source, a lampshade and a supporting part. A master control circuit board and a charging emitter are provided in the lamp holder. The wireless charging lamp further comprises a charging receiver which is independently equipped, wherein the charging receiver comprises a charging receiver shell a receiving circuit board provided in the charging receiver shell. The wireless charging lamp not only has a traditional lighting function but also a wireless charging function. Compared with the conventional structures, the structure of the present invention needs neither a data line nor contacting with the digital product to achieve a charging function. The charging emitter is provided inside the lamp holder. Inserting the charging receiver into a charging interface of the digital product is capable of automatically activate the charging function.
US10281131B2
Heat-dispersion-elements for cooling light-module-inserts, as well as methods for cooling and systems for cooling are described. The heat-dispersion-element may have an outer arc and disposed opposite an inner arc. At least portions of the outer arc may be in direct physical contact with at least some portions of inside-surfaces of a housing. At least portions of the inner arc may be in direct physical contact with at least some portions of outside-surfaces of the light-module-insert. The heat-dispersion-element may be located between the light-module-insert and the housing. The heat-dispersion-element may have an overall torus or torus like shape, or a partial torus like shape. The heat-dispersion-element may have a base and fingers extending from that base. The base may be curved into the outer arc. The fingers may be curved to form the inner arc.
US10281122B2
A junction box housing system includes a housing, a first hanger connected to a first side of a sidewall of the housing, and a second hanger connected to a second side of the sidewall distal from the first side. In various examples, the housing is movable along the first hanger and the second hanger in a horizontal direction.
US10281114B2
A light control device includes: a sheet-like light control member; and a support device supporting the light control member such that an orientation of the light control member is variable. The light control member includes: first portions arranged in a first direction along a sheet plane of the light control member, each first portion extending in a second direction that is in non-parallel with the first direction and along the sheet plane of the light control member; and second portions arranged in the first direction alternately with the first portions, each second portion extending in the second direction.
US10281113B1
A vehicle lighting assembly is provided herein. The lighting assembly includes a panel defining an integrally formed cavity and a locator. A circuit board is disposed along the panel and defines an opening. The locator is disposed within the opening. A light source is coupled to the circuit board. The light source is disposed within the cavity. A substrate is disposed along an opposing side of the circuit board from the panel.
US10281110B2
Promotional items with enhanced advertising messaging. More specifically, embodiments are directed to a metallic-finished promotional item with a laser-engraved message that is illuminated or backlit by incorporating a light source into the promotional item. The light source acts to illuminate or brighten the laser-engraved message when the light source is powered on. Furthermore, according to embodiments, when the light source is not in use, the laser-engraved message remains appealing, hereinafter referred to “daylight appeal”, due to its enhanced contrast with the surrounding metallic finish.
US10281109B2
A LED lamp includes a driving member including a driving power, a controlling member including a PCB electrically connected to the driving power, and a light-emitting member. The light-emitting member includes a plurality of light plates having a plurality of light-emitting elements electrically connected to the PCB, and a plurality of reflecting portions. Each of the reflecting portions includes a pair of supporting beams and a plurality of staircase elements straddling the supporting beams. Each of the staircase elements includes a first face connected to one of the supporting beam, a second face connected to another supporting beam, and a third face connecting the first face and the second face. Each of the reflecting portions is mounted to a corresponding light plate and covers the light-emitting elements of the corresponding light plate.
US10281102B2
A light emitting device of the present invention includes a light-emitting section for generating fluorescence by receiving a laser beam, and a light irradiation unit for irradiating a light irradiated surface of the light emitting section with a laser beam that increases regularly in beam diameter in a direction in which the laser beam travels.
US10281091B2
In various embodiments, lighting systems include a carrier having a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon and a light-emitting array. The light-emitting array is disposed over the carrier and includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), each of which has at least two electrical contacts electrically connected to conductive elements.
US10281079B2
The present invention provides an insulated fluid conduit useful in facilities in which a hot fluid susceptible to deleterious phase changes in response to heat loss to a cold environment is transported. Such conduits may be particularly well suited to improve thermal control in subsea hydrocarbon production operations in which hot production fluids may undergo deleterious phase changes as a result of heat loss to the cold subsea environment. The fluid conduit includes an insulating material containing a silicone rubber and a phase change material such as octadecane. One or more barrier layers inhibit migration of the phase change material from the insulation layer and into the environment. In one or more embodiments, the phase change material is present as a microencapsulated phase change material.
US10281076B2
A coupler device for coupling first and second pipe bodies and a method for using the coupler device are disclosed, the coupler device including—a first connector hub configured to be connected to the first pipe body; a second connector hub configured to be connected to the second pipe body; a clamp configured to clamp the first and second connector hubs together, the clamp comprising two or more clamping members; and two or more clamping rods, along which the clamping members are configured to be displaced, wherein the at least two clamping rods are rigidly connected to the first connector hub.
US10281071B2
One aspect of the invention provides a bushing including: a plurality of rigid members defining one or more internal ribs including a first internal rib adapted and configured to engage a corrugation valley of corrugated tubing; and one or more elastic members adapted and configured to: hold the plurality of rigid members in substantially annular configuration; allow the plurality of rigid members to expand to allow a corrugation peak to pass under the first internal rib; and hold the plurality of rigid members against the corrugated tubing so that the first internal rib lies within a corrugation valley. Another aspect of the invention provides a fitting including: a body member defining a sleeve portion; and a bushing as described herein received within the sleeve portion of the body member.
US10281064B2
A method of forming a hose assembly is disclosed. The hose assembly includes a multilayer tube having an inner layer comprising a first polymeric material and an outer layer comprising a second polymeric material and defining an outer peripheral surface. The hose assembly also includes a reinforcing layer comprising reinforcing fibers and disposed about and embedded in the outer peripheral surface of the multilayer tube. The method comprises the steps of extruding the multilayer tube, and disposing reinforcing fibers about the outer peripheral surface of the multilayer tube to form a reinforced multilayer tube. The method also includes the steps of heating the reinforced multilayer tube to a temperature which is greater than a peak melting temperature of the second polymeric material, and cooling the reinforced multilayer tube to solidify the melted outer layer and embed the reinforcing layer in the outer layer to form the hose assembly.
US10281061B2
A clip and clip arrangement for mounting a tubular member to a support member. The clip may have a tubular member receiving portion and a mounting portion. The tubular member receiving portion may have first and second arcuate arms that cooperate to define a cavity for receiving the tubular member. The mounting portion may extend from the tubular member receiving portion and may have an arcuate mounting arm.
US10281059B2
A field joint transfer system for transferring a hot field joint along a curved path between a tensioner and a stinger during deployment of a pipeline from a pipelay vessel. The system comprises a plurality of adjustable pipe support units defining a curved path between the tensioner and the stinger, wherein one or more of the pipe support units can be moved out of engagement with the pipeline to allow the hot fieldjoint to pass the respective pipe support unit without contact, while maintaining support for the pipeline along the curved path. A mobile pipe support may be provided on an overhead gantry to follow the pipe as it passes along the curved path.
US10281050B2
In flexible package, a one-way valve may include a substrate forming a portion of the flexible package and having at least one inlet score, a top sheet having at least one outlet score and secured thereto by an adhesive to define a valve chamber in which the substrate and the top sheet are not permanently adhered to each other, and a liquid film within the valve chamber and adhering the top sheet to the substrate within the valve chamber until a pressure differential exists causing gases to pass through the one-way valve. The inlet scores and the outlet scores may be non-linear, or may be linear scores that are not parallel to each other to prevent the scores from collapsing on themselves and preventing gas flow when the package buckles.
US10281038B2
An actuator is applied to a shift by wire automatic transmission that operates in response to an electric signal output in accordance with an operation state of an operation member and that performs switching to a selected shift range, and rotates a control shaft provided in the automatic transmission about an axis line. The actuator includes: a case including an insertion hole through which the control shaft is inserted; a motor generating a driving force; gears contained in the case and transmitting the driving force to the control shaft; and an output shaft disposed coaxially with the insertion hole between the gears and the control shaft in the case, the output shaft allowing the control shaft to be inserted through the output shaft such that the control shaft is movable in a direction of the axis line and is rotatable about the axis line integrally with the output shaft.
US10281037B2
A worm gear assembly may include an input shaft having a first and second screw formed axially thereon, a first torque transfer unit comprising a first worm wheel operatively coupled to the first worm screw, a first radial pinion coaxially affixed to the first worm wheel, and a first axial crown wheel operatively coupled to the first radial pinion, and a second torque transfer unit comprising a second worm wheel operatively coupled to the second worm screw, a second radial pinion coaxially affixed to the second worm wheel, and a second axial crown wheel operatively coupled to the second radial pinion, wherein the first radial pinion is in meshed interface with the second radial pinion, and wherein torque differences between the first axial crown wheel and the second axial crown wheel are transmitted at least in part through said meshed interface.
US10281032B2
Under an abnormal determination, when a transmission gear stage is switched, a torque limit value is changed from a value before switching of the transmission gear stage to a value after switching thereof in a period in which this transmission gear stage is switched.
US10281026B2
A wrist for a work vehicle includes a frame configured to be attached to the work vehicle, a ring pivotally connected to the frame and including a ring gear and a pilot axially protruding a length beyond the ring gear in a direction away from the frame, a shield cavity with an annular shape which surrounds the pilot and is bounded at least in part by the pilot and the ring gear and with a thickness of the length, a motor including a housing fixedly connected to the frame and an output shaft engaged with the ring gear, a lubricant cavity with boundaries defined at least in part by the frame, the ring, and a lubricant shield. The lubricant shield is removeably secured to the frame with at least a portion of the lubricant shield within the shield cavity.
US10281024B1
A drive assembly is disclosed, with a variable speed transmission in a housing. A pair of clutch assemblies are engaged to a transmission output shaft, and engaged to and selectively driving a pair of axle shafts. A power take off includes a power take off output shaft and a clutch/brake mechanism. A first and a second output gears are driven by the transmission output shaft and disposed on a first and second jack shafts, respectively. A first intermediate gear is disposed on a third jack shaft and driven by the first output gear, and a second intermediate gear is disposed on a fourth jack shaft.
US10281021B2
A power system includes an electric motor, a transmission, and a differential gear system. The transmission includes a first gear that is mechanically connected to the electric motor, a second gear that has a rotation axis in common with the first gear and is mechanically connected to a differential gear casing of the differential gear system, a pinion gear that meshes with the first gear and the second gear, and a pinion holder that rotatably supports the pinion gear. The pinion holder has a pinion gear supporting portion which is disposed on a side of the differential gear casing of the differential gear system to support the pinion gear, relative to a meshing portion between the second gear and the pinion gear. An inner diameter of the second gear at the meshing portion is equal to or smaller than an outer diameter of the pinion holder.
US10281013B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission is provided to improve power delivery and fuel efficiency by applying six engagement elements to four planetary gear sets to achieve multiple speeds. The planetary gear train includes: input and output shafts; first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively including first to third rotation elements, fourth to sixth rotation elements, seventh to ninth rotation elements, tenth to twelfth rotation elements; and first to eighth shafts. In particular, the first shaft is fixedly connected to the second, sixth and eleventh rotation elements and the input shaft, the fourth shaft is fixedly connected to the fourth, seventh and tenth rotation elements, and the seventh and eighth shafts selectively and respectively connect a transmission housing to corresponding rotation elements of the first and third planetary gear sets, and the corresponding rotation elements are not connected to any shaft among the first to sixth shafts.
US10281011B2
Provided is an automatic transmission with which a switching mechanism thereof is hardly damaged even if the hydraulic pressure supplied to a hydraulic pressure control circuit temporarily changes. A control part ECU of the automatic transmission TM switches the first brake B1 to the reverse rotation preventing state when a signal indicating that the slider is at a position corresponding to the reverse rotation preventing state is received while the control unit ECU recognized that it has switched the first brake B1 to the fixed state.
US10281000B2
A variable damping assembly includes a base, a supporting member, a damping member, and an elastic member. The supporting member is positioned on the base. The damping member is rotatably coupled to the supporting member and presses against the housing. The elastic member includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end of the elastic member is coupled to the supporting member and the second end of the elastic member is coupled to the housing. The elastic member provides an elastic force and the damping member provides a damping force changed as the elastic force changes.
US10280996B2
A disc brake includes a brake caliper, a brake pad, a retaining spring holding the brake pad in a radial direction relative to a brake axis, a retaining bracket pretensioning the retaining spring in the radial direction, a first holder on the brake caliper configured to support the retaining bracket towards a radial outside, and a second holder on the brake caliper configured to support the retaining bracket radially towards the radial outside but not in an axial direction, the second holder comprising a stop. At least one of the first holder or the second holder has a stop acting in a first axial direction. The retaining bracket has at least one of a first protrusion that rests on the retaining spring in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction and a second protrusion that rests on the brake caliper in the second axial direction.
US10280992B2
A disc brake for a commercial vehicle includes a caliper that straddles a brake disc and is retained on a stationary brake carrier in such a way as to be axially movable in relation to the brake disc on two guide bars connected to the brake carrier. The guide bars are each guided in a sliding bearing that is non-movably retained in a bore of the caliper. The disc brake is designed such that at least one of the sliding bearings is made up of at least two metal sleeves, which rest against the guide bar and are located at a distance from one another in the axial direction, and at least one spacing sleeve located there between.
US10280988B2
A clutch actuator includes: a reduction gear to rotate in a housing by a motor; a connecting rod having a first end connected to the reduction gear; a pair of levers provided on a hinge shaft in the housing, and connected to a second end of the connecting rod to rotate according to a rotation of the reduction gear; a push rod contacting with a clutch actuator fork; and a wear compensating unit movably coupled between the levers in a vertical direction and provided with an inclined surface contacting a first cam. In particular, the push rod has one end extended outwardly of the housing and is coupled with the first cam of which one end is movably inserted into the first hole of the levers.
US10280986B2
An actuator for a transfer case includes an actuator member, a face cam mechanism, and a motor. The actuator member includes a circumferential flange and an annular body extending from an inner periphery of the circumferential flange. The annular body includes a circumferential slot opposite the flange defined between two end walls formed by the annular body. One of the end walls includes a bearing member coupled thereto. The face cam mechanism includes a follower coupled to a cam member. The cam member is configured to displace axially when rotated. The follower is disposed within the slot. In a first range of motion, the annular member is rotated independent of the face cam mechanism. In a second range of motion, the bearing member engages the follower to rotate the second cam member relative to the first cam member, and the follower moves axially along the bearing member.
US10280981B2
A bearing assembly for a wind turbine includes a bearing having an outer race, an inner race rotatable relative to the outer race, and a plurality of roller elements positioned within at least one raceway defined between the outer and inner races. Further, the bearing assembly includes at least one position sensor arranged with the at least one raceway. As such, the position sensor(s) is configured for monitoring movement of the plurality of roller elements. Moreover, the bearing assembly includes a controller communicatively coupled to the position sensor(s). Thus, the controller is configured to determine receive an output from the position sensor(s) and determine a position of one or more of the plurality of roller elements based on an output from the position sensor(s).
US10280976B2
A support structure for a bellows attached to a slide table, and which is capable of expanding and contracting in a movement direction of the slide table, includes support members that support the bellows, shafts disposed substantially in parallel with the movement direction of the slide table, and bushes that support the support member so as to be capable of moving in the movement direction of the slide table with respect to the shafts. Fluid bearings are formed by supplying a fluid between the bushes and the shafts.
US10280971B2
A joint device (6) having an axially extending joint pin (8) and a housing (11) that radially surrounds the pin, either wholly or partially. The joint pin (8) and the housing (11) can move relative to one another at least by pivoting or rotating, and a gap (13) between the two components is closed by a sealing device (14) which is effective in any position of the components (8; 11) relative to one another. The sealing device is designed in such manner that the sealing device (14), radially on the outside thereof, is in contact with and is supported by an inner wall area (15) of the housing (11).
US10280970B2
The piston and connecting rod assembly includes a connecting rod having opposed upper and lower ends, the upper end being pivotally secured to the piston by a conventional piston pin. The lower end of the connecting rod has a passage formed therein for receiving a conventional crankpin. However, an additional sleeve is provided for the piston. The sleeve has at least one sidewall, a closed upper end and an open lower end. The sleeve is releasably secured to the piston by any suitable type of releasable attachment or engagement. An upper surface of the closed upper end of the sleeve may have a plurality of apertures or recesses formed therein, allowing a tool with corresponding pins to engage the sleeve for removal thereof from the piston.
US10280964B2
A nut insert body includes an outer periphery and an aperture formed with threads. The threads are centered on a thread axis. The outer periphery of the nut insert body is curved about a curve axis defined about an axis having at least a component extending in a perpendicular direction from the thread axis. A component receiving a nut insert is also disclosed.
US10280959B2
Sliding fastener systems can include a fastener configured to fixedly attach to a first component having a first thermal expansion coefficient, a tray configured to fixedly attach to a second component having a second thermal expansion coefficient different from the first thermal expansion coefficient, the tray defining a sliding surface, and at least a portion of a locking element configured to engage with the fastener, the locking element having a base with a contact surface that movably contacts the sliding surface of the tray when the tray, the fastener, and the locking element fasten the first component and the second component together. The fastener and the locking element are configured to move with the first component and the tray is configured to move relative to the fastener and the locking element with the second component when there is a differential thermal expansion between the first and second components.
US10280958B2
A tapered clip comprises a base; and a clip body connected to the base and moveable relative to the base. The clip body includes a clipping member, and the clipping member includes a clip surface having a first clip edge and a second clip edge next to the first clip edge. The first clip edge forms a first angle with a plane that is perpendicular to a clip engagement direction and the second clip edge forms a second angle with the plane.
US10280955B2
A system for containment and organization of a medical wire features a clamp. A first ridged and grooved clamping block is located on a clamp first side posterior end and a second ridged and grooved clamping block is located on a clamp second side posterior end. A first side compression member is located on an inside surface of a clamp first side and a second side compression member is located on an inside surface of the clamp second side. An adjustable ratcheting lock attaches the clamp first side and the clamp second side. A first finger grip is located on an outside surface of the clamp first side and a second finger grip is located on an outside surface of the clamp second side. A Medical wire is placed between the first side compression member and the second side compression member then the clamp is compressed against the medical wire.
US10280953B2
A composite laminate for connection to at least one attachment component in a load-introduction joint, said composite laminate comprising an opening that is adapted to receive a load-introduction component of said load-introduction joint, wherein a prefailure indication element is provided in the region of said opening, said prefailure indication element being modifiable by said load-introduction component in a prefailure mode of said load-introduction joint for indication of an impending function-affecting failure of said composite laminate. The invention is further related to a corresponding load-introduction component.
US10280952B2
In an illustrative embodiment, a vertically stowable aircraft storage unit for providing additional storage in a cabin area of an aircraft includes a storage compartment, a vacuum lift mechanism, and a stowage container housing. The vacuum lift mechanism may include at least one vacuum actuator, and an air manifold in fluid communication with a vacuum source, the air manifold configured to provide vacuum and venting to the at least one vacuum actuator. The stowage container housing may be configured to receive the storage compartment in the stowed position and may be configured for mounting above a ceiling of the cabin area. The vacuum actuator may be mounted for lifting and lowering the storage compartment between the stowed position and a deployed position
US10280950B2
In this rod-less cylinder equipped with a guide mechanism (32), the guide mechanism (32) has: a first rail member (34), which is attached to the sidewall of a cylinder tube (2), has an inner rolling groove (34a), and is composed of alloyed steel; a second rail member (36), which is attached to a protrusion (31) of a slider (27), has an outer rolling groove (36a), and is composed of alloyed steel; a guide path (38a) provided in the protrusion of the slider and extending parallel to the second rail member; a connection member (39) having a connection path (39a) that connects the guide path and the inner rolling groove; and a plurality of rolling bodies (43) accommodated within an endless circulation path (42) formed of the inner rolling groove, the outer rolling groove, the guide path, and the connection path.
US10280943B2
A fan optimizing acoustic characteristics includes a yoke adapted to secure the fan to a building member and a central support structure extending from the yoke. The central support structure is an elongated member having a first end and a second end, the first end being selectively secured to the yoke and the second end extending downwardly therefrom. A fan assembly is secured to the second end of the central support structure. The fan also includes a plurality of sound absorbing elements.
US10280939B2
A cylindrical case body made of a composite material; a linking ring made of aluminum, fitted and fixed to a rear end portion of the case body and having an annular groove which receives a reverse thrust load from a reverse thrust transmission body; and ring constituent bodies made of titanium alloy, each of which is placed in the rear end portion of the case body and has an arcuate groove which undertakes a reverse thrust load larger than that received by the linking ring, are provided in a fan case. The ring constituent bodies are fitted in notches of the linking ring and are brought into contact with outward receiving walls of the linking ring. The ring constituent bodies are positioned relative to the case body in the axis direction and in the radial direction, and the annular groove and the arcuate grooves continue to each other.
US10280938B2
A motorcompressor unit includes a first motor driving the rotation of a rotor and a compression stage including a bladed impeller mounted on a driven shaft, the rotation of which is driven by the rotor. Also, common casing is gastight with respect to fluid handled by the motorcompressor unit, where the compression stage and the first motor are mounted in the common casing. The compression stage also includes a regulating member that regulates the angle at which the fluid flows to or from the bladed impeller, and a second motor that controls the regulating member, the second motor being mounted in the common casing.
US10280937B2
A vacuum pump component includes a stationary disk that is formed with a spiral groove (helical groove) having a ridge portion and a valley part and has a projecting (protruding) portion on both or either one of an inner-diameter portion of the disk which faces a rotary cylinder (rotator cylinder-shaped portion) and an inner-diameter side of a stationary cylinder disposed on an outer peripheral side of the stationary disk. A second vacuum pump component includes rotary disk formed with a spiral groove having a ridge portion and a valley part and having a projecting (protruding) portion on both or either one of an outer-diameter portion of a rotary cylinder disposed on an inner peripheral side of the rotary disk and an outer-diameter portion of the rotary disk which faces a spacer.
US10280933B2
A pump having a cutting wheel (20) and a pre-cutter (26) driven by a shaft portion (24) that projects axially from the cutting wheel (20) and has a plurality of wings (28) that extend radially from the shaft portion (24), wherein the wings (28) differ in their axial arrangement on the shaft portion (24).
US10280932B2
The turbomachine comprises a stationary component, a rotary component, rotatingly supported in the stationary component, and a sealing arrangement between the rotary component and the stationary component. A cooling arrangement is further provided, which is configured and designed for delivering a cooling fluid to the sealing arrangement and removing heat therefrom.
US10280920B2
The invention relates to a pump (2) intended to pump an additive in an SCR system for a vehicle. The pump is configured to rotate in a first direction of rotation in order to convey additive stored in a tank towards an injector via an injection channel. The pump includes a chamber (23) which houses a gear system (22). The chamber (23) is in fluid communication with the tank and the injection channel via an inlet channel (24) and an outlet channel (25) respectively. The pump is such that the inlet channel and the outlet channel are arranged so that after draining the injection channel, the chamber collects and retains the additive.
US10280914B2
A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a cylinder; a frame coupled to an outer side of the cylinder; a cylinder groove defined on an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder; and a sealing member provided in the cylinder groove. The sealing member may be provided between the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder and an inner circumferential surface of the frame.
US10280907B2
The present invention prevents a gas generated by evaporating a low-temperature liquid from remaining in an internal space of a booster pump and enhances efficiency of discharge and suction. A reciprocating booster pump 50 includes a cylinder 41, a piston 42, a suction check valve 65, and a discharge check valve 62. The cylinder 41 has a suction port 55 and a discharge port 56. The suction port 55 suctions a low-pressure, low-temperature liquid to an inside. The discharge port 56 boosts the low-temperature liquid and discharges the low-temperature liquid to an outside. The piston 42 reciprocates in an internal space 43 of the cylinder. The suction check valve 65 opens and closes a suction flow passage 64 between the internal space and the suction port. The discharge check valve 62 opens and closes a discharge flow passage 61 between the internal space and the discharge port. The suction check valve is configured such that if a relative pressure at the internal space establishing a pressure of the low-temperature liquid before being suctioned into the cylinder as a criterion is higher than a predetermined pressure, the suction check valve closes.
US10280904B2
An exemplary rotational assembly includes a base having a circular collar and first and second arms that rotate about the circular collar in opposite angular directions. In a stored state the arms have substantially the same angle relative to the circular collar; in a deployed state the arms have rotated into opposing positions. Each end of a Nitinol wire is coupled to the first and second arms and contracts when heated by the flow of electrical current. This contraction causes the simultaneously application of a rotational force to the first and second arms causing the first and second arms to rotate about the circular collar in opposite angular directions. The simultaneous counter rotating angular forces during rotation of the arms causes no substantial change in angular inertia at the base.
US10280902B2
The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a footwear hydraulic system for harvesting power generated by pressing a foot on a surface and providing a cushion for the impact. In certain aspects, a hydraulic system for a footwear may comprise at least one chamber with a first and second compartments separated by an elastic membrane. The first compartment may be filled with gas and the second compartment may be filled with liquid. The gas may provide impact cushion and transient energy storage, and the liquid may pressured to push a generator to produce energy. The pressure may be generated by pressing the footwear on a surface and/or the elastic membrane of the chamber trying to restore its shape.
US10280893B2
The present invention is a hydroelectric system having a siphon component, a generator component, and an electronics and control component, which produces an inflow of water caused by a vacuum initially created within the system and further aided by hydrostatic pressure. The inflow is directed to a ramp where it drives a water turbine located within the respective electrical generating system to produce electrical power.
US10280890B2
A system includes a processor configured to receive vehicle GPS coordinates. The processor is also configured to compare the received GPS coordinates to known device coordinates. Further, the processor is configured to page a vehicle computing system, requesting connection, if the vehicle coordinates and the known device coordinates are within a predetermined proximity and connect to the vehicle upon receipt of a response message from the vehicle.
US10280878B2
Various systems and methods are provided for exhaust gas recirculation. In one example, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system includes an EGR passage coupling an engine exhaust system to an engine intake system, an EGR cooler positioned in the EGR passage, a recirculation passage coupling an outlet of the EGR cooler to an inlet of the EGR cooler, an EGR cooler recirculation valve positioned in the recirculation passage and controllable to change a flow of exhaust gas though the recirculation passage, and a controller configured to adjust a position of the EGR cooler recirculation valve based on a temperature at the inlet of the EGR cooler.
US10280877B2
A method and apparatus for the oxy-combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine (ICE) used to power a vehicle includes one or more air separation devices that separate oxygen from the atmospheric air to mix with the fuel and return the nitrogen to the atmosphere and converts the free energy available in the form of waste heat from the engine exhaust gas stream and coolant system on board the vehicle into electrical and/or mechanical energy, which energy is used to separate oxygen from air to eliminate or significantly reduce the volume of nitrogen entering the ICE's combustion chamber, and thereby reduce NOx pollutants released into the atmosphere and increase the concentration of CO2 in the engine exhaust stream for capture using an integrated system to compress and increase the density of the captured CO2 for temporary on-board storage until it is discharged at a recovery station, e.g., during vehicle refueling.
US10280867B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of electromechanics. The teachings may be applied to high-pressure valves, including methods for operating a valve and with devices which are used for activating the valves. Some embodiments include methods for operating a pressure reduction valve for an accumulator injection system, wherein the valve is driven, against a return spring, with an energizable coil and armature, between a closed position and an open position. The method may include: supplying the coil with a defined electrical signal to move the armature, sensing the current intensity profile over time, and determining a movement profile for the defined current signal, including an opening or closing time, based at least in part on the current intensity profile over time.
US10280864B2
A control apparatus, which controlling an operation of an injector provided to an internal combustion engine, includes: a voltage application unit applying a voltage raised to have a step-up target value to the injector to open the injector; a current measurement unit measuring a drive current supplied to the injector in response to an application of the voltage; and a calculator calculating a current difference value which indicates a difference between an actually-measured profile and a reference profile. The actually-measured profile indicates a time-variation in an actually-measured value of the drive current, and the reference profile is a profile set in advance. The step-up target value is corrected according to the current difference value that is calculated.
US10280860B2
In an apparatus for controlling an air/fuel ratio of a general-purpose internal combustion engine using mixed fuel containing alcohol and gasoline and operated at a desired engine speed inputted by the operator while a throttle opening is regulated such that a detected engine speed converges to the inputted desired engine speed, a fuel injection amount determined for mixed fuel based on fuel injection amount characteristics is increased/decreased when a load is kept constant and the output air/fuel ratio is estimated to correct the fuel injection amount by the estimated air/fuel ratio, while a switch (knob) is installed to be manipulated by the operator to switch the fuel injection amount characteristics.
US10280857B2
Methods and systems are provided for regenerating a lean NOx trap. In one example, a method may include, responsive to an indication to regenerate a lean NOx trap (LNT), operating an engine with an overall rich air-fuel ratio to regenerate the LNT while minimizing fuel oil dilution by operating each cylinder of the engine with an alternating rich to lean air-fuel ratio pattern of two rich combustion events for every one lean combustion event across a plurality of engine cycles.
US10280856B2
An exhaust treatment catalyst (13) arranged in an engine exhaust passage and a heat and hydrogen generation device (50) are provided. The amount of fuel fed to the heat and hydrogen generation device (50), which is required for making the temperature of the exhaust treatment catalyst (13) rise by exactly a predetermined temperature rise by heat and hydrogen fed from the heat and hydrogen generation device (50) when the exhaust treatment catalyst (13) is not poisoned and does not thermally deteriorate, is calculated based on the amount of exhaust gas. When fuel of the reference feed fuel amount corresponding to the amount of exhaust gas is fed to the heat and hydrogen generation device (50) and the temperature rise of the exhaust treatment catalyst (13) fails to reach the predetermined temperature rise, the treatment for restoration from poisoning of the exhaust treatment catalyst (13) is performed.
US10280852B2
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the invention is applied to an internal combustion engine in which EGR gas and condensed water generated by an EGR cooler are supplied into a cylinder. The control apparatus calculates an equivalence ratio of the internal combustion engine, and controls an EGR valve and a condensed water supply valve such that, when the equivalence ratio is high, a supply rate of the condensed water increases and a supply rate of the EGR gas decreases relative to when the equivalence ratio is low.
US10280850B1
Methods and systems are provided for compound boosted engine comprising an electric supercharger. In one example, the electric supercharger may be double-ended with a compressor arranged on either side of an electric motor and rotationally coupled to the electric motor via shafts. The electric supercharger may be configured to provide boost assist to a twin turbocharger system via a bypass channel adapted with a bypass valve.
US10280849B2
An ECU, as a combustion system control device, includes various control units such as a first estimation unit, a second estimation unit, a comparison/selection unit, and an injection control unit. The first estimation unit estimates, as a first estimation value, the mixing ratio of each molecular structure species contained in fuel based on the value detected by an in-cylinder pressure sensor that is a combustion sensor. The second estimation unit estimates, as a second estimation value, the above mixing ratio based on the values detected by a density sensor and a dynamic viscosity sensor that are property sensors. The comparison/selection unit compares the first estimation value with the second estimation value to select an estimation value with higher estimation accuracy, and various control units such as the injection control unit control the operation of a combustion system by using the selected estimation value.
US10280847B2
A method for retracting a partially extended pin of a sliding camshaft actuator having first and second pins being selectively actuatable by adjacent first and second magnetic field generating coils includes determining if the first or the second pin is partially extended after engine ignition. A partially extended first pin is retracted with flux linkage created by the second magnetic field generating coil being coupled unto the first magnetic field generating coil, and a partially extended second pin is retracted with flux linkage created by the first magnetic field generating coil being coupled unto the second magnetic field generating coil.
US10280844B2
Control systems for controlling power systems based on fuel consumption and related program products
Power systems are disclosed. The power system may include a turbine component of a gas turbine system, and a computing device(s) in communication with the power plant. The computing device(s) may be configured to control the power plant system by performing various processes including defining a turbine inlet temperature range for a combustion gas flowing through the turbine component of the gas turbine system. The turbine inlet temperature range may be based on a desired operational load for the power plant system. The processes performed by the computing device(s) may also include determining fuel and maintenance cost ranges based on the turbine inlet temperature range, calculating a desired turbine inlet temperature range for the combustion gas based on the determined fuel and maintenance cost range, and adjusting an actual turbine inlet temperature of the combustion gas to be within the calculated, desired turbine inlet temperature range.
US10280825B2
A multi-cylinder engine exhaust structure disclosed herein includes: four branched exhaust pipes respectively communicating with four cylinders classified into two groups, each being comprised of two of the four cylinders with discontinuous exhaust strokes; two intermediate collecting pipes, each being formed by combining associated two of the four branched exhaust pipes respectively communicating with the two cylinders in an associated one of the two groups; a last collecting pipe formed by combining these intermediate collecting pipes; and an exhaust gas purifier coupled to an exhaust gas downstream end of the last collecting pipe. Two of the four branched exhaust pipes respectively communicating with two of the four cylinders to be activated as two active cylinders while the engine is performing a cylinder-cutoff operation are shorter than the two other branched exhaust pipes respectively communicating with the two other cylinders to be deactivated as two idle cylinders during the cylinder-cutoff operation.
US10280824B2
An exhaust system includes a particulate filter, a variable valve, and a controller communicatively connected to the variable valve. The controller is operative to determine a backpressure caused by the particulate filter in the exhaust system, and control a position of the variable valve as a function of the backpressure caused by the particulate filter.
US10280817B2
In a variable valve mechanism, during switching from a disconnected state to a connected state, the switch arm being displaced in a return direction comes in sliding contact with a pin end surface of the switch pin, and presses the pin end surface toward the disconnected position to push back the switch pin. At a sliding contact start time, the switch arm sliding contacts a portion of the pin end surface on a return direction side with respect to an idle-swing-side edge. At least during a period from a 10% position time to a sliding contact end time, a position of a pressed center relative to the pin end surface shifts toward the return direction side without stopping as the switch arm is displaced toward the return direction relative to a main arm, so that the sliding contact ends without stopping of the pressed center at a return-side edge.
US10280811B2
A valve train system that eliminates the inefficiencies of current spring biased systems. The system uses teeter beams that are manipulated by cams that are driven by cam shafts to control and operate the valve system more efficiently and dependably.
US10280810B2
An opposed piston engine is provided. The engine includes a mechanism enabling adjustment of a compression ratio of the engine.
US10280809B2
A method for operating a combined cycle power plant (CCPP) and improving a part load operation of the CCPP is provided. The CCPP may include at least a gas turbine, a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) located downstream of the gas turbine, a main steam turbine, and a supercritical steam turbine. The HRSG may include a low pressure steam system, an intermediate pressure steam system, and a high pressure steam system. To improve the part load efficiency of the CCPP, a base load operation of the CCPP may be initiated with supercritical pressure, via the supercritical steam turbine, such that the efficiency impact resulting from the part load operation is reduced.
US10280802B2
An apparatus for lifting an inner casing of a turbine includes a base, an arm, a guide roller, and an adjustment system. The arm has a first end and a second end, and is pivotally connected to the base intermediate the first end and the second end. The guide roller is operatively coupled to the first end of the arm to rotatably engage an exterior surface of the inner casing, and an adjustment system extending from the base and engaging the arm to change an angular position of the arm relative to the base and adjust a position of the guide roller relative to the exterior surface of the inner casing.
US10280799B2
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal arc segment that has a sealing portion and a first interface portion. The first interface portion defines circumferential mate faces. A support includes a mounting portion and a second interface portion. The mounting portion is configured to be fixedly attached to an engine static structure, and the second interface portion is radially inward of the first interface portion. At least one positioning member is dimensioned to abut the first and second interface portions such that the first and second interface portions are spaced apart by a predetermined distance in a radial direction.
US10280797B2
A casing structure interposed between the engine and the nacelle of an aircraft, the casing structure including a shroud surrounding the engine and including a plurality of sectors; at least one radial arm providing the connection to the nacelle; and a plurality of fasteners for securing the plurality of shroud sectors to one another or to the at least one radial arm; the plurality of fasteners including a plurality of connection tabs, each provided with two parallel series of holes for receiving two respective series of headed bolts, a first series passing through a corresponding set of orifices of one shroud sector, and a second series passing through a corresponding set of orifices of an adjacent shroud sector or an adjacent radial arm.
US10280794B2
A gas turbine engine having an engine axis and method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The gas turbine engine may comprise a fan configured to drive air, a low pressure compressor section having a core flow path and configured to draw in and compress air flowing along the core flow path, a spool configured to drive the fan, and geared architecture configured to adjust the fan speed. The gas turbine engine may also include a housing defining a compartment that encloses the geared architecture. The housing is disposed between the core flow path and the axis, and includes a shielded mid-section that is in thermal communication with the core flow path of the low pressure compressor section. The shielded mid-section includes an outer layer and an insulator adjacent to the outer layer.
US10280786B2
A Projectile Continuous Power Module (PCMP) is configured to take incoming or oncoming airflow of an inflight projectile and direct the airflow to a turbine for converting the airflow into electrical power. The PCMP is mounted within or otherwise coupled to an airframe of the projectile. The PCMP is coupled to the projectile in a manner such that an air inlet of the projectile is positioned to capture incoming or oncoming boundary layer airflow as the projectile travels.
US10280781B2
An exemplary shroud milling method includes milling a convex side of a shroud, milling a concave side of the shroud, and holding a shroud within a common fixture when milling the convex side and when milling the concave side.
US10280776B2
The present invention relates to a turbine assembly (10) of a turbine engine (1), comprising at least: a first bladed rotor (12), a bladed stator (13) and a second bladed rotor (14) arranged in series, the rotors (12, 14) being mounted on a shaft (2); a sealing plate (20) extending between the stator (13) and the shaft (2) and separating a first recess (C1) arranged between the first rotor (12) and the stator (13), from a second recess (C2) arranged between the stator (13) and the second rotor (14); and pressure-reducing means (300, 31) positioned inside the first recess (C1), the assembly being characterized in that said pressure-reducing means (300, 31) comprise a plurality of substantially radial recompression fins (300) extending into the first recess (C1).
US10280774B2
The present application provides a turbine nozzle including an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape may have a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The airfoil profile sections at Z distances may be joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
US10280772B2
Systems and methods provide a flow distribution device that includes a duct for a heat recovery steam generators having a duct an expansion portion extending from an inlet portion. The expansion portion has a larger cross-sectional area than the inlet portion. The flow distribution device includes a guide vane having a curved surface. The guide vane is positioned in the duct to extend from at least a part of the inlet portion into the expansion portion.
US10280767B2
In one embodiment, a hub for a fan of a gas turbine engine is provided. The hub having: a plurality of attachment features located on an outer circumferential surface of the hub, wherein at least some of the plurality attachment features extend radially away from the outer circumferential surface and are axially aligned with each other and at least some of the plurality of attachment features extending radially away from the outer circumferential surface and are off set from each other, and wherein the plurality of attachment features have an opening configured to receive a portion of a pin; and wherein at least some of the plurality of attachment features are located on a forward leading edge of the hub.
US10280757B2
A component for a gas turbine engine, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil that includes a pressure side surface and a suction side surface that join together at a leading edge and a trailing edge and a flow channel that extends between the pressure side surface and the suction side surface.
US10280753B2
There is provided a method of producing a product. The method comprises: supplying electricity generated in a photovoltaic cell arrangement and a piston engine, respectively, to electrolytic and catalytic reactions that are heated by concentrated sunlight; reacting carbon dioxide and water in the heated electrolytic and catalytic reactions to form a pressurized product, such as pressurized methanol; and expanding the pressurized product in the piston engine to generate electricity. There is also provided a system for production of the product as well as devices to be used in the method or system.
US10280747B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting seepage of hydrocarbons in subterranean zones. In one aspect, a method includes detecting hydrocarbon seepage at multiple different sampling depths from a surface in a surveyed geographic region, comparing each of the hydrocarbon seepage at the multiple different sampling depths, wherein hydrocarbon seepage at a reference depth is known, and determining hydrocarbon seepage through the surveyed geographic region based on a result of the comparison.
US10280741B2
Data is communicated from sensors at a downhole location near a drill bit to surface equipment. Communication to the surface equipment may be direct or may pass through a series of nodes. The nodes in some cases are intelligently reconfigured to achieve desired data rates, achieve power management goals, and/or compensate for failed nodes.
US10280735B2
A downhole sensor tool includes a sensor outsert coupled into an exterior pocket of the tool body. The sensor outsert is a pressure vessel with an exterior electrical connector coupled to the interior sensor. The sensor outsert contains a sensor, and is pressure-sealed about the sensor. The outsert includes an electrical connector coupled to the sensor. The electrical connector maintains the pressure seal of the outsert. The electrical connector may be a hermetic connector. The electrical connector can be coupled to an electrical connector or a hermetic connector of the tool body while maintaining the sealing of the pressure vessel.
US10280728B2
The present invention provides a gas-liquid separator/connector having three concentric tube device made such that flow of fluids from a ESP enters the bottom and are diverted into the largest of the three concentric tubes located as the outside tube. The relatively large space between the inside tube and the outside tube allows for the gas to separate from the liquid. The gas continues to rise to the surface in the tubing-casing annulus. The liquid now can enter by gravity the third tube that is placed outside the inner tube (the tubing) and the large external tube. This third concentric tube is not as long as the large outer tube and is connected at the bottom to become the entrance to the pump intake for the beam pump or PCP. The pump intake for the beam pump or PCP is a part of the smallest inner tube of the connector.
US10280723B2
In some embodiments, a plasma source can comprise a plasma emitter comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode defining an electrode gap. In some embodiments, the plasma source can further comprise an enclosure housing attached to a distal end of the plasma emitter, the enclosure housing can comprise a delivery device configured to introduce a metal conductor through an axial opening in the second electrode and into the electrode gap and a device housing attached to a proximal end of the plasma emitter, the device housing can comprise a high voltage transformer electrically coupled to a capacitor unit. In some embodiments, the capacitor unit electrically can be coupled to a contactor, and the contactor can be electrically coupled to the first electrode. Other embodiments of related methods and systems are also provided.
US10280720B2
A submersible reciprocating oil well pump unit, including: a control cabinet, a rotary type submersible motor, a borehole torque reversing device, a borehole reciprocating pump, a submersible cable, a first joint, a second joint, and an oil pipe. The control cabinet is disposed at wellhead and connected to the rotary type submersible motor submerged in a downhole sleeve via the submersible cable. The motor shaft is connected to one end of the screw rod of the screw pair of the borehole torque reversing device via the first joint. One end of the driving rod is connected to a push-pull rod of the borehole reciprocating pump via the second joint. The oil outlet is connected to the oil pipe. The borehole torque reversing device is adapted to drive the control cabinet to commutate automatically according to set loading values.
US10280707B2
A re-closable toe sleeve is disclosed where the toe sleeve has a port allowing fluid access from the interior of the toe sleeve to the exterior of the toe sleeve. A burst disk is placed inside the port to prevent fluid access from the interior of the toe sleeve to the exterior of the toe sleeve. However upon the fluid in the interior of the toe sleeve reaching a predetermined level the burst disk is removed or otherwise modified to allow fluid access through the port. A sliding sleeve is placed within the toe sleeve so that the sliding sleeve can be moved to cover the port thereby preventing fluid access from the interior of the toe sleeve to the exterior of the toe sleeve or the sliding sleeve may be moved to uncover the port thereby allowing fluid access from the interior of the toe sleeve to the exterior the toe sleeve. The sliding sleeve is mechanically moved from the surface and is typically run into the well in the open position such that the port is uncovered by the sliding sleeve.
US10280704B2
The present invention relates to an annular barrier to be expanded in an annulus between a well tubular structure and an inside wall of a borehole downhole for providing zone isolation between a first zone and a second zone of the borehole, the annular barrier comprising a tubular metal part for mounting as part of the well tubular structure, an expandable sleeve surrounding the tubular metal part and having an inner face facing the tubular metal part and an outer face facing the inside wall of the borehole, each end of the expandable sleeve being connected with the tubular metal part, and an annular space between the inner face of the expandable sleeve and the tubular metal part, wherein the tubular part and the inner face of the expandable sleeve substantially hermetically enclose the annular space, the annular space comprising a compound adapted to expand the annular space, and wherein the expandable sleeve comprises two first sections abutting the ends of the expandable sleeve and a second section between the first sections, the first section of the expandable sleeve has a first inner diameter in an unexpanded condition of the annular barrier, and the second section of the expandable sleeve has a second inner diameter in the unexpanded condition, which second inner diameter is larger than the first inner diameter in the unexpanded condition, or the first sections have a first thickness which is larger than a second thickness of the second section in the unexpanded condition. Furthermore, the invention relates to a downhole system and a method of expanding an annular barrier.
US10280691B2
An earth-boring bit includes a bit body threaded at its upper extent for connection to a drill string and a plurality of blades on the bit body, each blade having a leading edge and a trailing edge. A plurality of cutting elements is arranged on the leading edge of each blade and a junk slot is defined between pairs of adjacent blades. A surface texture may be formed on the surface of the junk slot, the surface texture being selected to alter a flow of drilling fluid through the junk slot. At least one milling element may extend at least partially across the junk slot between the trailing edge and leading edge of adjacent blades, wherein flow of cuttings generated by the cutting elements is impeded until the cuttings are disintegrated to a selected size.
US10280684B2
According to aspects of the present disclosure, systems and methods for controlling the speed of a fluid-controlled drive mechanism are described herein. An example system may include a housing, a variable flow fluid pathway disposed within the housing, an electromagnet coupled to the housing, a fluid-controlled drive mechanism in fluid communication with the variable flow fluid pathway, and a load-generating assembly coupled to the fluid-controlled drive mechanism. An example method may include altering a variable flow fluid pathway disposed within a housing, wherein the variable flow fluid pathway is in fluid communication with a fluid-controlled drive mechanism, and generating an electrical current through an electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet is coupled to the housing.
US10280673B2
Provided is a refrigerator. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.
US10280669B2
A door closer (10) includes an exterior housing (11), a spring assembly (12), a ratchet assembly (13), and a clutch assembly (14). The housing has a central tube (17), drive collar (23), a top end cap (52), and a bottom end cap (65). The drive collar includes an indexing pin channel (41) and indexing pin (42) which includes a pawl (45) having a contact surface (47) and a curved bearing surface (48). The spring assembly includes a shaft (73), a spring stop (80), and a helical torsion spring (106) positioned upon the shaft. The ratchet assembly resides within drive collar and includes ratchet wheel (111) having an annular array of ratchet teeth (112) configured to mesh with the pawl of the indexing pin. Each tooth has an undercut contact surface (113) and a curved bearing surface (114). The clutch assembly includes a bottom disc (120) and a top disc (121).
US10280664B1
A hinge includes a first member with a footing, an extension arm and a rod. The extension arm is connected to the footing and projects away therefrom. The rod is connected to the extension arm such that a center axis of the rod is disposed parallel to the footing. The hinge further includes a second member with a first end wall, a second end wall and a cradle wall. The first end wall is connected and spaced apart from the second end wall by the cradle wall to define a rounded receptacle configured to receive the rod. The second member includes a sleeve adjacent to the second end wall that covers a portion of the receptacle to define a cup wherein a portion of the rod is positioned inside the cup to permit rotation of the first member about the center axis and to limit radial movement.
US10280661B2
A latch assembly includes a chassis, a latch bolt moveably mounted on the chassis and having a closed position for retaining a striker and an open position for releasing the striker, a pawl having an engaged position at which the pawl is engaged with the latch bolt to hold the latch bolt in the closed position and a disengaged position at which the pawl is disengaged from the latch bolt, thereby allowing the latch bolt to move to the open position, an eccentric arrangement defining an eccentric axis and a pawl axis remote from the eccentric axis. The eccentric arrangement is rotatable about the eccentric axis, and the pawl is rotatable about the pawl axis. When the pawl moves from the engaged position to the disengaged position, the eccentric arrangement rotates in one of a clockwise and a counter-clockwise direction about the eccentric axis. With the pawl in the engaged position, a force applied to the pawl by the latch bolt creates a turning moment on the eccentric arrangement in the one of the clockwise and counter-clockwise direction, and the eccentric arrangement is prevented from rotating in said one of the clockwise and counter-clockwise direction by a moveable abutment.
US10280649B2
A magnetic unlocking device and a magnetic unlocking structure of a magnetic encoding key. The magnetic unlocking structure includes a lock core device and a magnetic unlocking device. The lock core device includes a lock core casing, a lock knob which is provided in the internal cavity of the lock core casing, a lock care front end cover and a lock core rear end cover that are located at both ends of the lock core casing. The internal wall of the lock core casing is provided with a monad longitudinal moving groove and a monad horizontal rotating groove. The lock knob is provided with an unlocking hole. The external wall of the lock knob is provided with a monad longitudinal slide-way. The monad longitudinal slide-way and the monad longitudinal moving groove correspond to each other and form a monad moving cavity.
US10280634B1
A product leveling device mounted to the front of a feeder box of a tile machine. The device includes a scraper mechanism with a plate having an edge to manufacture tile products of predetermined dimensions from material contained in a lower mold. A production board cooperates with the lower mold to receive the material. The thickness of the tile product can be selectively reduced without affecting the structure of the tile machine. Optionally, fingers can be added to the edge to form longitudinally channels in the material. Shoes are mounted to the end of the tamper head that coact with the material, including any channels, to produce a uniform pressure to the material.
US10280627B2
A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.
US10280625B2
The invention relates to a unit for covering and uncovering a surface using adjustable slats (3), comprising: for each slat (3), a set of two carriages (101, 102) guided in translation along guide tracks (8); a system (II) for moving the slats (3), comprising two movement motors (12) for each carriage pair (101, 102) equipping a slat, each motor being mounted in a different carriage; a system (I) for orientating the slats (3), comprising at least one orientation motor (14) for each carriage pair equipping a slat, said at least one motor being mounted in at least one of the carriages; and a control device for moving at least part of the slats in translation and orientating said slats.
US10280611B1
The present disclosure relates generally to systems for providing a durable water-resistant and fire-resistant foam-based seal in the joint between adjacent panels. A fire-resistant and water-resistant expansion joint seal is provided which includes one or more foam members and a plurality of intumescent members interspersed within the foam member or members to provide a spring recovery force and fire resistance.
US10280604B1
In a tri-flush toilet, three operational flush modes may be provided to enable water conservation. The toilet may include a third mode operating a peristaltic pump to reduce the water consumption per flush. The peristaltic pump is operably connected to evacuate fluids and/or solids form the toilet bowl.
US10280600B2
A jet regulator (100) including a jet regulator housing (2) is disclosed, in the housing interior of which a perforated plate (5) is provided with a plurality of flow-through holes (6) for dividing the through-flowing water. The jet regulator described is characterized in that at least one flow-through hole (6) extends conically towards its outflow side in at least one outflow-side hole section. It is also possible for flow obstacles to be provided on the outflow side of the perforated plate (5) in the jet regulator housing (2) and/or on the outflow front face of the jet regulator housing, which are arranged or concentrated there in a central or middle region and which deflect the through-flowing water into an outer annular zone. This jet regulator (100) enables an aerated and thereby sparkling-soft water jet to be generated even with low flow-through performance and low water pressure.
US10280591B2
A work machine that can prevent restarting of an engine against a will of an operator from an idle stop state is provided. A hydraulic excavator includes a display device that displays a confirmation screen image for allowing an operator to confirm whether or not an engine is to be restarted from an idle stop state, and an inputting device that allows the operator to input a restart instruction for the engine in an interlocked relationship with the display of the confirmation screen image. A machine controller includes a restart controlling section that restarts the engine based on the restart instruction for the engine inputted by the inputting device.
US10280590B2
Systems and methods are provided for inhibiting the bridging of a work vehicle. A method adjusts a position of an implement of a work vehicle to inhibit a bridging of the work vehicle. The method includes: receiving, by a processor associated with the work vehicle, a chassis pitch angle associated with a chassis of the work vehicle from the Grade Control System; determining, by the processor, whether the chassis pitch angle is greater than a predefined threshold; receiving, by the processor, a current height of the implement relative to a grade from the Grade Control System; determining, by the processor, an offset to move the implement to a height above the grade based on the current height of the implement; and outputting, by the processor, the offset to the Grade Control System to move the implement to inhibit the bridging of the work vehicle.
US10280588B2
A coupler is configured to couple an implement to an earth moving or materials handling machine. The coupler includes a locking member for locking a pin of an implement into a coupler in the recess. The locking member is driven by a hydraulic arrangement, with the hydraulic cylinder body being formed integrally with either the coupler body or the locking member. The coupler may be adapted to accommodate a range of implement pin spacings and/or diameters, so that the coupler can be used with different implements and in particular with different makes of implement.
US10280576B1
A mobile snow removal and collection apparatus including a wheeled motorized vehicle having a front cab and a vehicle chassis attached to a back end of the front cab. A snow removal collection tank is disposed atop the vehicle chassis. A heating unit is disposed atop the vehicle chassis, and a vacuum unit is disposed atop the heating unit. Each of a drainage hose and a snow intake hose is extended outward from and in fluid communication with the inner chamber of the snow removal collection tank. The vacuum unit is configured to pull snow into the inner chamber of the snow removal collection tank through the snow intake hose, and the heating unit is configured to melt the snow disposed within the snow removal collection tank.
US10280575B2
A cable-stayed suspension bridge structure suitable for super long spans by comprising a horizontally arranged main bridge main beam, wherein vertical main towers are arranged at ends of the main bridge main beam, and each main tower is anchored by stay cables; a main bridge vertical support and a longitudinal elastic damping stopper are arranged at positions of the main bridge main beam close to the main tower, and the main beam is kept stable longitudinally by virtue of the geometric stiffness of the cable force of the stay cable and the longitudinal elastic damping stopper.
US10280569B2
A golf course bunker drainage system has been developed that is a modular structure taking the form of a plurality of porous bunker paver blocks formed of material exhibiting vertical and horizontal infiltration rates at least the same as bunker sand. The plurality of porous bunker paver blocks is disposed as a boundary layer between a bunker subsoil bottom surface and overlying bunker sand, allowing rainwater to drain into the subsoil, with excess rainwater directed away from the bunker sand. The use of bunker paver blocks also maintains the integrity of the bunker shape and prevents movement of sand and other materials along steeply sloping bunker sidewalls.
US10280566B2
The present disclosure provides high bulk tissue products, as well as an apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same. The tissue products provided herein not only have high bulk, but they also have improved surface smoothness, particularly compared to tissue products of similar basis weights.
US10280555B2
A heating device for a rear wall of a tumble dryer is disclosed, wherein the heating device includes an electric heating arrangement which may be formed of heating coils. A bypass airflow which is not directly heated by the heating arrangement flows in addition in the housing so that the heat loss through the housing is reduced.
US10280546B2
A washing machine having a plurality of tubs includes a cabinet having a first tub disposed therein, a first door, having a second tub disposed therein, to open and close a laundry introduction opening formed at the cabinet, a second door to open and close a laundry introduction opening of the second tub, a first water supply part and a second water supply part to supply washing water to inside of the first tub and the second tub, respectively, and a first water discharge part and a second water discharge part to discharge washing water from the first tub and the second tub, respectively. This configuration allows a washing process to be performed at a plurality of spaces.
US10280545B2
A vapor-liquid separator includes a casing having an accommodation space, an inlet at the casing to allow a refrigerant mixture fluid to be intaken to the accommodation space therethrough, and an outlet at the side of the inlet to allow a gas phase refrigerant separated from the refrigerant mixture fluid to be discharged therethrough.
US10280539B2
The apparatus (1) for making a fibrous-containing and/or particle-containing nonwoven (NW) comprises a spinning unit (10) with a spinning head (104), a forming surface (11a) that is movable in a conveying direction (MD), and a channel (13) positioned between the spinning head (104) and the movable forming surface (11a), and formed between at least two transverse walls (14a; 14b), that extend transverse to the conveying direction (MD) and that are in the vicinity of the movable forming surface (11a), or that are in frictional contact with the movable forming surface (11a). The spinning unit (10) is adapted for spinning a stream of polymeric filaments or fibers (F) passing through said channel (13) and deposited onto said forming surface (11a). The apparatus further comprises supplying means (15) adapted for blowing at least one stream of cooling gas (C) and fibrous material and/or particles inside said channel (13) in the vicinity of the spinning head (104) and towards the stream of hot polymeric filaments or fibers (F) inside said channel (13), said at least one stream of cooling gas (C) enabling simultaneously to cool the stream of hot fibers or filaments (F) produced by the spinning unit (10) and to transport and blow the fibrous material (M) and/or particles inside said channel (13) and into said stream of hot polymeric filaments or fibers (F).
US10280516B2
The described embodiments relate to methods and apparatus for increasing rigidity of a metal housing while maintaining or reducing a wall thickness of the metal housing. More particularly a method for embedding a stiffener layer within an aluminum substrate is discussed. In one exemplary embodiment the stiffener layer can be a carbon fiber sheet applied to an inside surface of an unfinished housing and then subsequently covered by depositing a layer of aluminum over the carbon fiber in a solid-state deposition process. The deposited aluminum can adhere to the unfinished housing around or through the carbon fiber layer to bond with the unfinished housing. Deposition parameters can be controlled to prevent damage to the carbon fiber sheet.
US10280515B1
Various compositions and methods are disclosed for treatment of heat tints on stainless steel surfaces that allow for simultaneous pickling and passivation of stainless steel. Moreover, contemplated compositions and methods are free or substantially free of hydrofluoric acid and can be applied in various forms at different temperatures. In further preferred aspects of the inventive subject matter, the compositions contemplated herein include magnesium salts of acids, and especially magnesium salts of hydrofluoric and nitric acid, most typically in an aqueous base. Such compositions are significantly safer for a user and disposal. Where desired, additional ingredients may be added, including surfactants, chelators, thickeners, and/or fillers.
US10280512B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus to selectively deposit a carbon layer on substrate, comprising a plasma chamber to receive a flow of carbon-containing gas; a power source to generate a plasma containing the carbon-containing gas in the plasma chamber; an extraction plate to extract an ion beam from the plasma and direct the ion beam to the substrate, the ion beam comprising ions having trajectories forming a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of the substrate, the extraction plate further configured to conduct a neutral species derived from the carbon-containing gas to the substrate; and a substrate stage facing the extraction plate and including a heater to heat the substrate to a first temperature, when the ion beam and carbon-containing species impinge on the substrate.
US10280510B2
The embodiments described herein generally relate to a substrate support assembly for use in a plasma processing chamber to provide non-uniform gas flow flowing between the substrate support assembly and sidewalls of the plasma processing chamber. In one embodiment, a substrate support assembly includes a substrate support assembly including a substrate support body defining at least a first side of the substrate support body, and a corner region and a center region formed in the first side of the substrate support body, wherein the corner region has a corner width that is smaller than a center width of the center region, the widths defined between a center axis and the first side of the substrate support body.
US10280497B2
An aluminum bronze alloy containing 7.0-10.0% by weight Al; 3.0-6.0% by weight Fe; 3.0-5.0% by weight Zn; 3.0-5.0% by weight Ni; 0.5-1.5% by weight Sn; ≤0.2% by weight Si; ≤0.1% by weight Pb; and the remainder Cu in addition to unavoidable impurities. Also described is an aluminum bronze product having such an alloy composition, and a method for producing such a product from an aluminum bronze alloy.
US10280495B2
An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger use having a 35 to 50 μm thickness, a small springback at the time of corrugation, a suitable strength before brazing enabling easy fin formation, a high strength after brazing, and excellent erosion resistance, self corrosion resistance, and sacrificial anodic effect and a method of production of the same are provided. A fin material containing, by mass %, Si: 0.9 to 1.2%, Fe: 0.8 to 1.1%, Mn: 1.1 to 1.4%, and Zn: 0.9 to 1.1%, further limiting the impurity Mg to 0.05% or less, Cu to 0.03% or less, and ([Si]+[Fe]+2[Mn])/3 to 1.4% to 1.6%, and having a balance of unavoidable impurities and Al. A method of production prescribing hot rolling, cold rolling, intermediate annealing, and final cold rolling.
US10280487B2
The high alloy for oil well according to the present embodiment consists of, in mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 1.5%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 26.0 to 40.0%, Cr: 22.0 to 30.0%, Mo: 0.01% or more to less than 5.0%, Cu: 0.1 to 3.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.30%, N: more than 0.05% to 0.30% or less, O: 0.010% or less, and Ag: 0.005 to 1.0%, wherein the alloy satisfies the following Formula (1) and (2), wherein the high alloy for oil well has yield strength of 758 MPa or more: 5×Cu+(1000×Ag)2≥40 (1) Cu+6×Ag−500×(Ca+Mg+REM)≤3.5 (2) where, each element symbol in each Formula is substituted by the content (in mass %) of each element.
US10280475B2
A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer arranged on the steel sheet, in which the Si content and the Al content by mass % of components of the steel sheet satisfy a relationship 0.5
US10280470B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods and/or compositions for analysis of samples for C. difficile infection to determine whether or not an individual is at risk for having recurrent C. difficile infection or a CDI misdiagnosis. Methods include characterization of microflora composition from the gut, wherein alterations of the microflora gut composition are indicative of recurrence of infection. Methods include analysis of nucleic acids from the gut, such as 16S rRNA as being identifying of a particular bacteria in the analysis of bacterial populations of the gut.
US10280455B2
Methods and compositions are provided for improved nucleic acid amplification assays.
US10280454B2
A microarray is designed capture one or more molecules of interest at each of a plurality of sites on a substrate. The sites comprise base pads, such as polymer base pads, that promote the attachment of the molecules at the sites. The microarray may be made by one or more patterning techniques to create a layout of base pads in a desired pattern. Further, the microarrays may include features to encourage clonality at the sites.
US10280453B2
The present invention relates to the detection of a target nucleic acid sequence by a PTOCE (PTO Cleavage and Extension) assay. The present invention detects a target nucleic acid sequence in which the PTO (Probing and Tagging Oligonucleotide) hybridized with the target nucleic acid sequence is cleaved to release a fragment and the fragment is hybridized with the CTO (Capturing and Templating Oligonucleotide) to form an extended duplex, followed by detecting the presence of the extended duplex. The extended duplex provides signals (generation, increase, extinguishment or decrease of signals) from labels indicating the presence of the extended duplex and has adjustable Tm value, which are well adoptable for detection of the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
US10280452B2
A method and an oligonucleotide probe are described for determining the presence or absence of mutant alleles in a genomic locus. The probe binds to different alleles of a target sequence with different melting temperatures (Tm). The method determines the Tm of the probe when it is hybridized to the target sequence to establish whether a variant nucleic acid such as a mutant allele is present or absent in the target sequence. There may be variants in a target sequence that are not of interest, for example phenotypically silent mutations. To ensure that these variants do not influence the Tm of the probe, the probe contains universal base sites where such variants of no interest occur.
US10280445B2
The present disclosure relates methods of chromogen layering, wherein a first chromogen and a first stain (color) are produced on a sample, specific for a first analyte, followed by a second chromogen and a second stain (color) being produced on the same sample, specific for a second analyte. In addition, if desired, by overlaying the second stain on top of the first stain, a unique third color is produced that is specific for a third analyte. Therefore, the distribution of different colors throughout the sample could be used to identify at least two or more analytes simultaneously within a single sample.
US10280444B2
A method of quantitating sorption of stannous by microbial cells of a biofilm is an effective way of assessing efficacy of oral care products containing stannous.
US10280443B2
Disclosed is a method for purifying a target protein, comprising steps of: bringing a fusion protein containing an amino acid sequence of a peptide tag, an amino acid sequence of a cleavable site of a protease and an amino acid sequence of a target protein, into contact with the protease in a solution, to cleave the peptide tag from the fusion protein; and bringing the solution containing the peptide tag, the target protein and the protease into contact with an ion exchange resin to separate the target protein and the peptide tag, thereby acquiring a solution containing the target protein, wherein, in the fusion protein, the amino acid sequence of a cleavable site of the protease exists between the amino acid sequence of the peptide tag and the amino acid sequence of the target protein, and the peptide tag is polyanionic or polycationic.
US10280440B2
[Problems] To provide a method of producing a lipid, containing enhancing productivity of medium chain fatty acids or the lipid containing these medium chain fatty acids as components.[Means to solve] A method of producing a lipid, containing the steps of: culturing a transformant in which a gene encoding any one of the following proteins (A) to (C) is introduced into a host, and collecting a lipid from the cultured product: (A) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of the 91st to 348th positions set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; (B) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 80% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the 91st to 348th positions set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, and having acyl-ACP thioesterase activity; and (C) a protein containing the amino acid sequence of the protein (A) or (B), and having acyl-ACP thioesterase activity.
US10280435B2
The present invention generally provides improved gene therapy vectors, cell-based compositions, and methods of using the same in methods of gene therapy. The present invention further provides improved gene therapy compositions for expanding hematopoietic cells and related methods for treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the hematopoietic system such as thalassemias and anemias.
US10280425B2
Provided are a minicircle DNA recombinant parental plasmid having a genetically engineered antibody gene expression cassette and a preparation method for the plasmid, a minicircle DNA having the genetically engineered antibody gene expression cassette, a preparation method for the DNA, and applications thereof, and, a host cell having the minicircle DNA, a preparation method for the cell, and applications thereof. Also provided are a genetically engineered antibody, a preparation method for same, and applications thereof.
US10280420B2
The present invention relates to a recombination vector, a transformation cell into which the recombinant vector is introduced, a ribozyme expressed from the recombination vector, a prophylactic or therapeutic composition for liver cancer comprising the recombination vector and the ribozyme, and a therapeutic method for liver cancer using the composition, said recombination vector comprising: a tissue-specific promoter; and a ribozyme-target gene expression cassette comprising a trans-splicing ribozyme targeting a cancer-specific gene and a target gene connected to the 3′ exon of the ribozyme, wherein a splicing donor/splicing acceptor sequence (SD/SA sequence) is connected to the 5′ end of the ribozyme-target gene expression cassette, woodchuck hepatitis virus posttranscriptional regulatory element (WPRE) is connected to the 3′ end of the ribozyme-target gene expression cassette, and a nucleic acid sequence recognizing a micro RNA-122a (microRNA-122a, miR-122a) is further connected to the 3′ end of the WPRE.
US10280419B2
Methods and products are described related to use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system to introduce a modification into an APP gene, such as guide RNAs and recombinant proteins, for decreasing amyloid beta peptide produced by a cell. Also described are uses of such methods and products for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and/or age-related cognitive decline in a cell from a subject in need thereof.
US10280412B2
Provided are a mismatch-specific cleavage reaction using a novel heat-resistant mismatch nuclease, a method for removing errors in a nucleic acid amplification reaction using the mismatch nuclease, a method for inhibiting the amplification of a nucleic acid having a specific base sequence during a nucleic acid amplification reaction, and a method for detecting a nucleic acid having a single-base polymorphic mutation using this inhibition method.
US10280401B2
A method is provided to measure modulation of phosphatidylcholine export transport and/or formation activity in hepatocyte or stable cell-line preparations by test agents including but not limited to drugs, drug candidates, biologicals, food components, herb or plant components, amino acids, peptides, proteins, oligonucleotides, DNA, and RNA. Furthermore, the method is designed to determine modulation of phosphatidylcholine transport and/or formation activity not only by said test agents, but also their metabolites or biotransformation products formed in situ.
US10280392B2
Methods and devices for non-thermal PCR amplification of nucleic acid sequences. An electrical potential is applied to cause non-thermal separation of strands of a double-stranded nucleic acid or double-stranded nucleic acid/primer extension product.
US10280385B2
The cleaning agent composition for hard surface contains at least one kind of carboxylic acid compound selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, a polycarboxylic acid, and any neutralized salt of these, a specific first alkyleneoxy group-containing compound, a specific second alkyleneoxy group-containing compound, and a specific oxypropylene group-containing compound.
US10280378B2
A renewable fuel production system includes a carbon dioxide capture unit for extracting carbon dioxide from atmospheric air, a carbon dioxide electrolyzer for converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a water electrolyzer for converting water to hydrogen, a synfuels generator for converting carbon monoxide produced by the carbon dioxide electrolyzer and hydrogen produced by the water electrolyzer to a fuel. The fuel produced can be synthetic gasoline and/or synthetic diesel. A renewable fuel production process includes the steps of extracting carbon dioxide from atmospheric air via a carbon dioxide capture unit, converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide via a carbon dioxide electrolyzer, converting water to hydrogen via a water electrolyzer, and converting carbon monoxide produced via the carbon dioxide electrolyzer and H2 produced via the water electrolyzer to a fuel. The system is also capable of simultaneously or alternatively producing a separate industrial chemical.
US10280358B2
Spacer compositions and products may include a biopolymer component, a plant fiber component, and a weighting agent component, and in further non-limiting embodiments may include xanthan gum, a blend of plant fibers, and a weighting agent component. These spacer compositions and spacer products may be utilized in well fluid operations, including well cementing operations and well completion operations.
US10280346B2
The present invention relates to a one-part curable adhesive composition, in particular, a one-part adhesive composition having excellent initial and aged lap shear strength as well as low viscosity, and to the use thereof.
US10280337B2
A method for recycling optical device constituent members, wherein a transparent adhesive material is softened by heating and is crosslinked by light irradiation, an optical device constituent laminate having a constitution in which two optical device constituent members are bonded via a transparent adhesive material in a pre-crosslinked state is used as a recycle starting material, and the method including: heating at least the transparent adhesive material of the optical device constituent laminate; standing the optical device constituent laminate; hanging a linear member along an end edge of the transparent adhesive material located at an upper end edge of the optical device constituent laminate; dividing the transparent adhesive material by applying a load by the linear member; and producing the two optical device constituent members to which a divided one-side transparent adhesive material adheres.
US10280329B2
The present invention provides a pigment dispersion and a method of producing the pigment dispersion. The pigment dispersion includes: water; a pigment; a pigment dispersing polymer; and a rosin acid that includes at least one selected from the group consisting of abietic acid, salts of abietic acid, dihydroabietic acid and salts of dihydroabietic acid, and a total content of abietic acid, salts of abietic acid, dihydroabietic acid and salts of dihydroabietic acid is 50% by mass or higher with respect to a total mass of the rosin acid contained in the pigment dispersion. The pigment dispersion is excellent in terms of dispersibility, storage stability after dispersion, and jettability when used for an inkjet recording ink.
US10280327B1
The present invention is related to a method for preparing an eco-friendly crayon comprising: a) adding a pigment and food coloring agent while melting beeswax by heating; b) cooling the beeswax to block and then pulverizing the blocked beeswax; c) melting carnauba wax by heating; d) mixing the pulverized beeswax obtained in the step b with the carnauba wax obtained in the step c to prepare a mixture; and e) placing the mixture into a mold and cooling the mixture to prepare crayons, and an eco-friendly crayon including beeswax, the pigment, the food coloring agent, and carnauba wax prepared by the method.
US10280325B2
A jet ink composition, a jet ink coating method and a resulting jet ink coated article are all predicated upon the jet ink composition which includes in addition to a particulate pigment material and a solvent composition a resin composition. The resin composition includes an uncured silicone resin, an uncured epoxy resin and an uncured melamine resin. Upon thermal cure the uncured resin composition forms a cured resin composition with superior adhesion to substrates such as but not limited to glass substrates, ceramic substrates and metal oxide substrates.
US10280305B2
An acid modified asphalt binder is combined with an emulsifier solution to produce an emulsified asphalt binder. The acid modified asphalt binder may be formed by combining an asphalt binder, a phosphorous-based acid, and, optionally, a polymer modifier. The emulsifier solution may be produced by forming an aqueous solution of an amine and a phosphorous-based acid, which forms an aqueous solution comprising an amine phosphate. The emulsified asphalt binder may be combined with an aggregate to form a paving material. In other examples, the emulsified asphalt binder may be used alone, for example in a chip seal application, or in a diluted form, for example in a fog seal application.
US10280301B2
The present invention provides polymer modified aqueous urea formaldehyde resin (UF resin) binder compositions useful in making a treated glass mat, e.g., for roofing shingles, wherein the polymer modifier is an multistage aqueous emulsion acorn copolymer comprising one protuberant polymer stage containing phosphorous acid groups and one or more other polymer stage comprising an addition copolymer incompatible with the protuberant polymer stage, wherein the multistage aqueous emulsion copolymer has a measured Tg of from −60 to 25° C., or, preferably from −30 to 12° C. and, further wherein the weight ratio of the total of monomers used to make the one or more other polymer stage to the total amount of monomers used to make the protuberant polymer stage ranges from 3:1 to 50:1, or, preferably, from 3:1 to 30:1 or, more preferably, from 3:1 to 20:1, or, even more preferably, from 8:1 to 12:1.
US10280298B2
A highly saturated nitrile rubber composition containing a carboxyl group-containing highly saturated nitrile rubber (A1) which contains α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units 15 to 60 wt % and α,β-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer units 1 to 60 wt % and has an iodine value of 120 or less, a highly saturated nitrile rubber (A2) which contains α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units 15 to 60 wt %, has a content of the α,β-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer units of 0.9 wt % or less, and has an iodine value of 120 or less, and a polyamide resin (B), a content ratio of the carboxyl group-containing highly saturated nitrile rubber (A1) and the highly saturated nitrile rubber (A2) being a weight ratio of “carboxyl group-containing highly saturated nitrile rubber (A1):highly saturated nitrile rubber (A2)” of 2:98 to 98:2, is provided.
US10280292B2
A flexible tubing material includes a mixture of a polyolefin and a styrenic based block copolymer, wherein the styrenic based block copolymer has an A-B-A block configuration and a molecular weight of at least about 350 kg/mol.
US10280288B2
A composition of matter is provided, including anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers having a mean aspect ratio of at least 30. Another composition of matter is provided, including alpha-derived anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers. Yet another composition of matter is provided, including fine alpha particle-derived anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers.
US10280286B2
A method for manufacturing a rubber composition includes kneading a rubber component, an inorganic filler and a thioester-based silane coupling agent, and adding a vulcanizing agent and one or more compounds selected from the group of an imide compound and an N-oxyl compound to a mixture of the rubber component, the inorganic filler, and the thioester-based silane coupling agent such that the vulcanizing agent and the imide compound and/or the N-oxyl compound are kneaded with the mixture including the rubber component, the inorganic filler, and the thioester-based silane coupling agent.
US10280284B2
A powder essentially composed of aggregates based on boron nitride, the powder exhibiting an overall chemical composition, as percentages by weight, including between 40 and 45% of boron, between 53 and 57% of nitrogen, less than 400 ppm by weight of calcium, less than 5 %, in total, of other elements and more than 90% of boron nitride, limit included, as percentage by weight and on the basis of the combined crystalline phases, a mean circularity of greater than or equal to 0.90, a median pore size of less than or equal to 1.5 μm and an apparent porosity of less than or equal to 55%.
US10280269B2
In an example, a process includes polymerizing a mixture that includes an ethylene monomer, a propylene monomer, and a diene monomer to form an ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) terpolymer using ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). The process further includes chemically reacting the EPDM terpolymer with a norbornene-based phosphinate cross-linking material to form a flame-retardant, cross-linked EPDM rubber.
US10280260B2
The present invention relates to a phosphorus-containing polyphenylene oxide resin, its preparation method, a method for preparing the prepolymer of the phosphorus-containing polyphenylene oxide, a resin composition and an article thereof, wherein the phosphorus-containing polyphenylene oxide resin has a chemical structure represented by the following formula (I): wherein R′ is R″ is R′″ is hydrogen, Through the use of the above phosphorus-containing polyphenylene oxide resin, an article made from the resin composition can has good flame retardance, good thermal resistance and a lower percent of thermal expansion while dielectric properties can be maintained, such that the present invention is suitable for use in products such as copper clad laminate and printed circuit board.
US10280259B2
The present invention provides an alkynyl multi-arm polyethylene glycol derivative having a structure of a general formula I or general formula X VIII. In the derivative, X1, X2, X3 and X4 are linking groups, F1, F2, F3 and F4 are end groups, the end groups may be the same or may also be different, and are selected from: hydroxy, carboxyl, ester group, amino, alkynyl or the like, at least one of the end groups is alkynyl, and PEG is the same or different —(CH2CH2O)m—, wherein m is an integer ranging from 3 to 250, and l is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The multi-arm polyethylene glycol derivatives have stronger application flexibility, and have good application prospect in aspects such as organic synthesis, medicine synthesis and medical instruments.
US10280250B2
A resin composition, an insulating matrix comprising the same and a circuit board using the same. The resin composition of the present invention comprises: a cross-linked polymer formed by a diamine unit containing an imide group, which is represented by the following formula (1), and an isocyanate unit represented by the following formula (2): wherein, R1, R2, A, X and a are defined in the specification.
US10280248B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a polyurethane sealant, which comprises mixing (a) polyisocyanate, (b) polyetherpolyols, (c) aliphatic, exclusively amine initiated alkoxylation products having an OH-number of 400 to 1000 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 4, (d) blowing agents and optionally (e) chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents, (f) catalysts and (g) auxiliaries and/or additives to give a reaction mixture and reacting the reaction mixture to give the polyurethane sealant. The present invention further relates to a cast in place polyurethane sealant, obtained according to a process according to the present invention.
US10280241B2
The present invention relates to tackifier compounds and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a tackifier compound including independently substituted or unsubstituted fused rings A and B each independently chosen from (C5-C10)cycloalkyl and (C2-C10)heterocyclyl. Fused ring A is substituted with (R1)1-8 and fused ring B is substituted with —(OC(O)R′C(O)R2)1-8. At each occurrence R′ is independently chosen from (C2-C10)alkanylene, (C2-C10)alkenylene, (C2-C10)alkynylene, C5-C20(arylene), and (C1-C20)heteroarylene, wherein R′ is unsubstituted or substituted. At each occurrence R1 is independently selected from —OH, —OR3, and —OC(O)R′C(O)R2. At each occurrence R2 is independently chosen from —OH, —OR3, —NH2, —NHR3, and —NR32. At each occurrence R3 is independently chosen from (C1-C10)alkanyl, (C2-C10)alkenyl, (C2-C10)alkynyl, C5-C20(aryl), and (C1-C20)heteroaryl, wherein R3 is unsubstituted or substituted.
US10280236B2
The present invention relates to a novel ligand compound, a transition metal compound and a catalyst composition including the transition metal compound. The novel ligand compound and the transition metal compound of the present invention may be usefully used as the catalyst of a polymerization reaction for preparing an olefin polymer having a low density relative to a CGC catalyst. In addition, a product having a low melt index (MI) and a high molecular weight may be manufactured using the olefin polymer polymerized using the catalyst composition including the transition metal compound.
US10280235B2
This invention relates to propylene polymers having multimodal molecular weight distribution and propylene polymerization processes using single site catalyst systems with supports having multimodal particle size distribution comprising one mode peaked at particle size of 3-70 μm, and another mode peaked at particle size of 70-200 μm, the support also having an average particle size of more than 30 μm up to 200 μm and a specific surface area of 400-800 m2/g.
US10280232B2
A modified conjugated diene-based polymer is produced by reacting a conjugated diene-based polymer having an alkali metal or an alkali-earth metal at a terminal of the polymer with a compound represented by formula (1). R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrocarbyl group having 20 or fewer carbon atoms. R3 represents a substituted alkyl group having 20 or fewer carbon atoms prepared through substitution of at least one of a hydrogen atom and —CH2— of an alkyl group by a group containing only at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, and sulfur, or a monovalent aromatic group having 20 or fewer carbon atoms and containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, and sulfur, with the proviso that R3 does not have active hydrogen. R4 represents an alkanediyl group having 20 or fewer carbon atoms. n is 1 or 2.
US10280231B2
The disclosure relates to compounds specific for IL23A and BAFF, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of use thereof. Nucleic acids, cells, and methods of production related to the compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
US10280229B2
The present invention relates to linkers, containing amide surrogates with a regular or a novel lysosomal enzymatic cleavable dipeptidic unit, to connect cytotoxic drugs to antibodies. The present invention also relates to ADCs (antibody-drug conjugates) derived from these amide surrogate linkers for the treatment of cancers.
US10280228B2
The present invention concerns dosages for treatment of human cancer patients with an anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) antibody.
US10280225B2
Disclosed herein are non-myeloablative antibody-toxin conjugates and compositions that target cell surface markers, such as the CD34, CD45 or CD117 receptors, and related methods of their use to effectively conditioning a subject's tissues (e.g., bone marrow tissue) prior to engraftment or transplant. The compositions and methods disclosed herein may be used to condition a subject's tissues in advance of, for example, hematopoietic stem cell transplant and advantageously such compositions and methods do not cause the toxicities that are commonly associated with traditional conditioning methods.
US10280224B2
Anti-PD-1 antibodies are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies, and uses and methods using the same.
US10280222B2
The present invention provides antibodies having improved stability. Included are antibodies that are capable of binding to KIR3DL2 polypeptides. The antibodies are suitable for the treatment of disorders characterized by KIR3DL2-expressing cells, particularly CD4+T cells, including malignancies such as Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome, and KIR3DL2-expressing autoimmune disorders.
US10280217B2
The invention relates to a method of increasing protein biomolecule production in which a) a cell that produces a heterologous protein biomolecule is cultured, and b) an Additive and/or a source of the Additive is added to the culture medium in an amount sufficient to (i) increase a total yield of the heterologous protein biomolecule secreted into the cell culture media and/or (ii) increase a specific cellular productivity of the heterologous protein biomolecule secreted into the cell culture media.
US10280214B2
Herein are reported glycosylated repeat-motif-molecule conjugate of the following formula: (repeat-motif-molecule−linkern)m−conjugation partner−(linkero−repeat-motif-molecule)p, wherein n and o are independently of each other and independently for each value of m and p integer values of 0 or 1, and m and p are independently of each other integer values of 0 or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7, and wherein the repeat-motif-molecule conjugate comprises at least one oligosaccharide attached to a glycosylation site. Also reported are encoding nucleic acids and method for producing these repeat-motif-conjugates in mammalian cells.
US10280212B2
The present invention provides a composite comprising a novel antibody and at least one selected from the group consisting of a solid phase support and a labeled substance. The antibody consists of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 08, and is capable of binding to an intranuclear protein of an influenza virus type A. The influenza virus type A is at least one selected from the group consisting of H1N1, H2N2, H3N2, and H7N9. The antibody is bound to the at least one selected from the group consisting of the solid phase support and the labeled substance. The present invention also provides a detection device and a detection method using the composite.
US10280209B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for the treatment of a non-pathogen associated inflammatory disorders in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject an isolated peptide which specifically binds to an amino acid sequence within the dimer interface of a T cell costimulatory pathway member, particularly the T cell costimulatory pathway members CD28 and CTLA4. The present disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the isolated peptide and to use of the peptide in treating of a non-pathogen associated inflammatory disorders.
US10280207B2
The present invention relates to a human antibody specific for FcRn that is a receptor with a high affinity for IgG, a production method thereof, a composition for treating autoimmune disease, which comprises the antibody, and a method of treating and diagnosing autoimmune disease using the same. The FcRn-specific antibody according to the present invention can bind to FcRn non-competitively with IgG or the like to reduce serum auto-antibody levels, and thus can be used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
US10280201B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
US10280190B2
Derivatives of nicotinic acid riboside (NAR), nicotinamide riboside (NR), and reduced NAR and NR, including 1-(2′,3′,5′-triacetyl-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-1,4-dihydronicotinic acid (4a), and compositions containing the same and/or reduced derivative forms of nicotinamide riboside including 1-(2′,3′,5′-triacetyl-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-1,4-nicotinamide (2), are provided for use in the care of treatment of skin and skin conditions. In some embodiments, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and cosmetic compositions containing one or more NR, NAR, NRH, or NARH derivatives, or prodrugs or salts thereof. In further embodiments, the invention relates to methods of using one or more NR, NAR, NRH, or NARH derivatives, or prodrugs, solvates, or salts thereof, to promote the increase of intracellular levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) in cells and tissues for improving cell and tissue survival and overall cell and tissue health.
US10280176B2
Pyrazolo-quinazoline derivatives of formula (Ia) or (Ib) as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful, in therapy, in the treatment of diseases associated with a disregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
US10280168B2
The present invention relates to certain compounds (e.g., imidazopyrazine, imidazopyridine, imidazopyridazine and imidazopyrimidine compounds) that act as inhibitors of the MAP kinase interacting kinases MNK2a, MNK2b, MNK1a, and MNK1b. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases (e.g., cancer), neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), metabolic diseases (e.g. diabetes), neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism), or psychiatric disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or anxiety)) as well as methods of treating these diseases.
US10280164B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), methods of using the compounds for inhibiting HPK1 activity and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders associated with HPK1 activity such as cancer.
US10280163B2
Disclosed herein are 5 or 8-substituted imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines and pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one such 5 or 8-substituted imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines, processes for the preparation thereof, and the use thereof in therapy. Disclosed herein are certain 5 or 8-substituted imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines that can be useful for inhibiting indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and/or tryptophane 2,3-dioxygenase and for treating diseases or disorders mediated thereby.
US10280160B2
The invention relates to a compound of Formula I and methods of treating CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) mediated diseases, in particular cystic fibrosis, comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I to a patient in need thereof:
US10280157B2
The present application is directed to processes and intermediates for making 4-({2-[(aminosulfonyl)amino]ethyl}amino)-N-(3-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-N′-hydroxy-1,2,5-oxadiazole-3-carboximidamide, which is an inhibitor of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, useful in the treatment of cancer and other disorders.
US10280130B2
The present invention is directed to a new class of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) and processes for making them. In some embodiments of the present invention, the end groups of the multi-arm PIB copolymer is a conjugated diene, whereas the other component is a multi-functional dienophile. The components of the TPE of the present invention are chemically connected via the well-known Diels-Alder reaction which is thermally reversible (by the retro-Diels-Alder reaction) at moderately elevated temperatures. The reversibility of the Diels-Alder retro-Diels-Alder reactions allows the recovery of the original components of the TPE and thus its recyclability and also gives the TPE the ability to be reshaped or reformed.
US10280123B2
A fertilizer that may be comprised of water soluble soy protein and one or more species of beneficial microbes that aid in plant nourishment and soil enhancement, where the beneficial microbes may be Bacteria or Archae microbes.
US10280122B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to compositions including a plurality of capsules each independently comprising an outer wall and an inner compartment, the inner compartment independently comprising at least one of a first hardenable resin, a first hardener or activator, and a solvent, self-healing hardened resins formed from the same, and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation including placing the composition in a subterranean formation, and forming a selfhealing hardened resin in the subterranean formation from the composition.
US10280116B2
The invention relates to an additive mixture for addition to a building material covering mixture for forming a composite covering system for the floor, wall, or facade area, which additive mixture reduces the thermal conductivity or thermal dissipation of covering systems, in particular the thermal dissipation through objects and sub-bases coated with the covering system, in such a way that walking on the sub-base provided with the covering system is no longer associated with a sensation of cold feet. This is achieved in that the additive mixture has a proportion of between 50% wt and 95% wt of Muscovite mica.
US10280104B2
A method for removing mercury from flue gas in a flue gas desulfurization plant, in which the mercury concentration in the FGD gypsum is reduced without increasing the size of the waste water treatment plant, by increasing the volume-related mercury concentration in the wash wastewater and feeding this more concentrated flow of waste water to the waste water treatment plant.
US10280102B1
A method of conditioning source water is comprised of: (a) acidifying source water by aluminum or iron chloride to prevent carboxylate from forming scale and emulsion and/or convert bicarbonate to carbon dioxide, and separating oil and/or carbon dioxide by hydrophobic membranes to produce a de-oiled and/or de-carbonated source water; (b) adding a hydrated lime or a hydrated lime with an amine solvent to separate magnesium hardness in the form of brucite and sulfate in the form calcium sulfoaluminate or calcium sulfoferrate to produce a de-brucited and de-sulfated source water; (c) if desired, reacting the excess amounts of the hydrated lime or the hydrated lime and amine solvent within the de-brucited and de-sulfated source water with carbon dioxide from step (a) to separate at least most of calcium hardness and produce a de-calcited source water; and (d) de-oxygenating the treated source water in step (b) or (c) by hydrophobic membranes.
US10280101B2
The disclosed technology relates to water soluble, or partially water soluble, chain transfer agents for preparing water soluble polymers by Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (“RAFT”) polymerization in an aqueous medium.
US10280099B2
A circulating moving bed biofilm method for biological purification of waste water in a continuous process includes receiving a pretreated waste water inlet stream in an anaerobic zone of a reactor wherein micro-organism culture exist on free flowing biofilm carriers, letting the waste water stream with the biofilm carriers into an aerobic zone aerating the waste water stream and carriers received from the anaerobic zone, at an end of the aerobic zone, transferring the biofilm carriers to the anaerobic zone without transfer of water, and discharging the water through an outlet to a sludge separation process.
US10280097B2
Separation processes using osmotically driven membrane systems are disclosed generally involving the extraction of solvent from a first solution to concentrate solute by using a second concentrated solution to draw the solvent from the first solution across a semi-permeable membrane. Enhanced efficiency may result from using low grade waste heat from industrial or commercial sources. Pre-treatment and post-treatment may also enhance the osmotically driven membrane processes.
US10280092B2
A disorder rock salt composition for use as a cathode active material. The stoichiometry of the lithium, niobium, oxygen, and transition metal components of the disordered rock salt is varied to improved performance in an electrochemical cell while substantially maintaining the disordered rock salt crystallographic structure.
US10280089B1
A new family of crystalline microporous metallophosphates designated AlPO-92 has been synthesized. These metallophosphates are represented by the empirical formula Cc+Aa+Mm2+EPxSiyOz where M is a divalent framework metal such as magnesium, C is a cyclic organoammonium cation, A is an acyclic organoammonium cation, and E is a trivalent framework element such as aluminum or gallium. The AlPO-92 compositions are characterized by a new unique ABC-6 net structure, and have catalytic properties suitable for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes, as well as characteristics suitable for the efficient adsorption of water vapor in a variety of applications, such as adsorption heat pumps.
US10280088B2
Process for production of silica having variable thickening wherein a) a product stream I comprising at least a vaporous, hydrolysable and/or oxidizable silicon compound, b) a product stream II comprising oxygen and c) a product stream III comprising at least a combustible gas are made to react, characterized in that d) a feed port in a pipepiece A, said pipepiece A comprising one or more static mixing elements, is used to import product stream I into product stream II, or vice versa and thereby create product stream IV, then e) a feed port in a pipepiece B, said pipepiece B comprising one or more static mixing elements, is used to import product stream III in product stream IV and thereby create product stream V, f) product stream V leaving pipepiece B is imported into a reaction chamber, ignited therein and reacted in a flame, and g) the resultant solid material is separated off.
US10280087B2
A sheet manufacturing device includes: a feeder configured to feed a sheet; and a transferring unit configured to transfer carbon nanotubes with a predetermined length onto the sheet, the transferring unit including: a drawing unit configured to draw the carbon nanotubes from a grown form of the carbon nanotubes in a direction intersecting with a feeding direction of the sheet; and a cutter configured to cut the drawn carbon nanotubes.
US10280080B2
The present invention relates to a method of methane steam reforming using a nickel/alumina nanocomposite catalyst. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of carrying out methane steam reforming using a nickel/alumina nanocomposite catalyst wherein nickel metal nanoparticles are uniformly loaded in a high amount on a support via a melt infiltration method with an excellent methane conversion even under a relatively severe reaction condition of a high gas hourly space velocity or low steam supply, and to a catalyst for this method. In addition, the present invention prepares a nickel/silica-alumina hybrid nanocatalyst by mixing the catalyst prepared by the melt infiltration method as the first catalyst and the nickel silica yolk-shell catalyst as the second catalyst, and applies it to the steam reforming of methane to provide a still more excellent catalytic activity even under the higher temperature of 700° C. or more with the excellent methane conversion.
US10280077B2
Aspects include a method of manufacturing a flexible electronic structure that includes a metal or doped silicon substrate. Aspects include depositing an adhesive layer on the top side of the structure. Aspects also include depositing a release layer and a glass layer on the top side of the structure. Aspects also include reducing a thickness of the silicon substrate on the bottom side of the structure.
US10280075B2
A method for encapsulation of microelectronic components includes making a portion of sacrificial material on a front face of a first substrate in which the component is to be made. The method then includes making a cover encapsulating the portion of sacrificial material, and making the component by etching the first substrate from its back face. The etching is such that part of the component faces the portion of the sacrificial material, and such that the portion of sacrificial material is accessible from a back face of the component. The method then includes eliminating the portion of the sacrificial material by etching from the back face of the component, and securing the back face of the component to a second substrate.
US10280071B2
The present invention relates to the fields of physics, material sciences and micro and nano electronics, and concerns a method for producing a rolled-up electrical or electronic component, as can be used for example as a capacitor, or in aerials. The object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost, environmentally friendly and time-saving method for producing a rolled-up electrical or electronic component with many windings. The object is achieved by a method for producing a rolled-up component in which at least two functional and insulating layers, alternately arranged fully or partially over one another, are applied to a substrate with a sacrificial layer, wherein at least the functional or insulating layer that is arranged directly on the sacrificial layer has a perforation, at least on the two sides that are arranged substantially parallel to the rolling direction.
US10280062B2
A package including a fitment for dispensing a liquid from a flexible bag is disclosed. The fitment is secured to the bag and includes a compressible bulb and a piercing member that are coupled together. In two embodiments the fitment is configured so that the piercing member pierces through a wall of the bag to dispense the bag's contents through an outlet port of the fitment. One of those embodiments includes a separate valve to open and close the outlet port. Another embodiment does not include a separate valve to open and close the outlet port. A third embodiment makes use of a fitment connected to a filling gland of the bag and which is in communication with the interior of the bag. That third embodiment includes a frangible seal forming part of the fitment and which is pierced by the piercing member to dispense the liquid from the bag.
US10280041B2
An elevator system includes a hoistway and an elevator car to travel in the hoistway. Permanent magnets are mounted to the elevator car and primary windings are mounted in the hoistway to form a linear motor. The primary windings having a first section having a first number of turns and a second section having a second number of turns. The first number of turns is less than the second number of turns.
US10280027B2
A collection system for collecting flat objects, including a plurality of collection trays disposed one on top of the other, each of the collection trays having an entrance and an exit; a feeder unit for feeding individual objects or assembled groups of objects to the entrance of the collection trays and for depositing the supplied objects in the respective collection tray, the feeder unit and collection trays being movable or swivelable relative to one another; a conveyor unit for removing the objects deposited in a collection tray through the exit of the respective collection tray; and a movable retaining element, which closes the entrance of one of the collection trays after an individual object or an assembled group of objects has been deposited in the respective collection tray. All of the objects collected in the collection trays are simultaneously removed from the collection trays by a conveyor unit and stacked.
US10280023B2
The invention provides a web winding device for attaching a leading edge of a web to a take-up roller positioned at an end of a transport path. A guide device is rotatable around the roller axis of the take-up roller from a first to a second angular position. The first angular position is positioned adjacent the end of the transport path and the second angular position is positioned in a space between the transport path and the take-up roller. The guide device is arranged for: at the first angular position, pushing the leading edge of the web against the take-up roller; during rotation, holding the leading edge in pushing engagement with the take-up roller; and at the second angular position, guiding the leading edge between the web on the transport path and the take-up roller for attaching the leading edge to the take-up roller.
US10280021B2
A feeding apparatus includes a feeding rotary member, a conveying rotary member pair, an output unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The conveying rotary member pair includes first and second rotary members. The control unit stops a feeding operation when the detection unit does not detect the recording material by the time when a threshold time has elapsed after an operation of feeding a recording material is stated. The control unit determines that the recording material is stopped at a position on an upstream side relative to the nip portion in the feeding direction in a case where a rotation speed of the second rotary member, indicated by a state signal output from the output unit at least in a period of time from when the recording material reaches the nip portion to when the feeding operation is stopped, is faster than a threshold speed.
US10280018B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet regulation member, a lock portion, and a damper portion. The sheet regulation member is changeable between a regulation posture to regulate a sheet supported on a supporting portion not to enter a separation nip portion and a retracted posture to allow the sheet to enter the separation nip portion. The lock portion locks the sheet regulation member in the regulation posture. In a case where external force equal to or more than a predetermined amount is applied to the sheet regulation member toward the downstream in the sheet feeding direction with the sheet regulation member is locked by the lock portion in the regulation posture, the damper portion allows displacement of the sheet regulation member.
US10280016B2
Present embodiments include a linear drive transport system. The system includes a plurality of fixed tracks and a junction track disposed on a conveyor configured to align the junction track with each of the plurality of fixed tracks. The plurality of fixed tracks and the junction track include one of electromagnetic coils or permanent magnets arranged in series along the respective plurality of fixed tracks and the junction track. Further, present embodiments include a plurality of movers configured to move along the fixed tracks and configured to transition between each of the plurality of fixed tracks and the junction track when aligned, wherein the movers comprise the other of the electromagnetic coils or the permanent magnets.
US10280012B2
A firewood handling device for firewood pieces comprises a conveyor including one or more rotating, endless chains, wherein the conveyor extends from an input end to an output end. The conveyor chains are provided with carriers which project outwards from the outer sides of the chains and extend across and on a distance from each other in relation to the longitudinal extension of the conveyor such that spaces are formed between the carriers into which firewood pieces can be positioned. The carriers are formed with at least two, not cut through slots or recesses from below as well as from above which overlap each other. The conveyor in its output end is provided with at least two inner guiding members as well as with at least two outer guiding members.
US10280005B2
A conveying system including a conveying rail, at least one conveying vehicle, which is led along the conveying rail, wherein the at least one conveying vehicle forms a contact element, and also including a driver chain with at least one driver for driving the at least one conveying vehicle in the conveying direction. The driver forms a receiver for receiving the contact element for the purpose of forming a driving contact. The driver includes a deflecting member that forms a spatial limitation for the receiver. The deflecting member is elastically deflectable by the contact element while opening up the receiver.
US10280001B2
A bin-module based automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) includes a plurality of storage shelves, each removably supporting a plurality of bin modules. Each bin module includes multiple bins. The system also includes a collection shelf configured to removably support bin modules. The system further includes a dolly including: (a) a dolly frame, (b) a drive module configured to propel the dolly, and (c) an actuator configured to move a coupler to couple to the bin module supported in one of the plurality of storage shelves when the dolly is positioned adjacent to said storage shelf, the actuator being further configured to remove said bin module from said storage shelf to the dolly frame, and to move said bin module from the dolly frame to the collection shelf when the dolly is positioned adjacent to the collection shelf.
US10279991B2
A refrigerated stainless steel shipping container for use in transporting and holding perishable foods in a refrigerated or frozen condition for offshore oil and gas and marine industries. The shipping container is comprised of an exterior box encasing an interior box enclosing a food refrigeration chamber. Spaced apart exterior and interior walls on the interior box create compartments for cooling material such as dry ice. Cooling material is selectively placed in the cooling compartments to control the temperature in the refrigeration chamber without electricity or other external power source. The cooling compartments are vented to the outside of the cooling container to avoid exposure of the refrigeration chamber to gases produced by dissipating cooling material. The shipping container is skid mounted and has lifting lugs for attachment to lifting slings.
US10279985B2
A granulated nutritional supplement dispensing machine extracts single-serving doses from a multi-serving supplements cartridge for delivery as a drinkable solution. A lead serving chamber is pierced so that its powered contents drain into a mixing cup together with a metered quantity of water from an integrated water tank. A vibrator unit assists drainage of the granulated materials from the lead serving chamber. The mixing cup is rotated at high speed to blend the water and supplements into a slurry. The supplements cartridge is indexed after (or before) use so that an unopened serving chamber is presented each time for extracting its supplements. This enables partially-used supplements cartridges to be used in the machine, as is conducive in multiple-user households. The supplements cartridge is configured with read-write data capability to indicate whether or not the contents of each serving chamber have been emptied.
US10279984B2
A cartridge for obtaining a beverage by injecting into the cartridge a pressurized fluid, comprising a box-like body, which accommodates a substance from which it is possible to extract the beverage, and which accommodates on its inside an insert which separates the substance from a bottom wall of the box-like body, forming an interspace. The insert comprises an orifice for the passage of the beverage toward the interspace, whereas the bottom wall comprises a region which can be pierced to obtain an opening for the outflow of the beverage. In the interspace there is a basin which is arranged laterally with respect to the pierceable region in order to accumulate the beverage received directly from the orifice and make it flow out of the opening by overflowing.
US10279980B2
A novel thermally insulated enclosure includes an insulated wall and a magnet assembly coupled thereto for mounting the insulated enclosure to ferromagnetic structures. In a particular embodiment, the magnet assembly includes a plurality of magnets coupled to the insulated wall. In another particular embodiment, the magnet assembly is a removable magnetic device that can be connected and disconnected from the insulated enclosure. In another particular embodiment, the magnet assembly is a removable magnet carrier that can be incorporated into the structure of the insulated enclosure.
US10279979B2
A double bag vacuum insulation panel for use in a temperature assured shipper made in a steam chest molding machine is provided. The double bag VIP comprises a porous core, a heat sealable inner envelope and an outer bag. The inner envelope is made from a substantially gas impermeable first material having a first thickness and defines an interior having a pressure of less than or equal to about 30 millibar. The outer bag is made from a substantially gas impermeable second material having a second thickness. The outer bag encapsulates the inner envelope. The double bag vacuum insulation panel has an R value of at least about 28 hr-ft2-° F./BTU-in and the R value drops less than about 10% after being exposed to a temperature of up to 95 degrees C. for up to 7 seconds.
US10279976B2
A wipe container that includes a cover member that has a cavity, at least one wipe received in the cavity of the cover member, a base member that has a fluid reservoir, and a partition that is disposed between the cover and base members. The cover member, the base member, and the partition are sealed together to create a perimeter seal. The partition creates a barrier between the wipe on one side and cleaner on the other side. The container can be introduced into a clean room. Just prior to use, the partition is split open so that the cleaner mixes with water on the wipes.
US10279969B2
A lockable cap, is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. There is a three dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap and the dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock.
US10279967B2
A sealing cover for containers with increased heat resistance, easy-opening performance and sealability is provided. The sealing cover includes an upper layer which is provided with the opening tab, and a lower layer which includes an aluminum foil and a heat sealing adhesive layer thermally-adhering to the container. The upper layer and the lower layer are integrated with each other via thermal adhesion using a heat adhesive resin or film.
US10279959B2
Described herein are alkoxysilylamine precursors having the following Formulae A and B: wherein R1 and R4 are independently selected from a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C3 to C12 alkenyl group, a C3 to C12 alkynyl group, a C4 to C10 cyclic alkyl group, and a C6 to C10 aryl group and wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C2 to C12 alkenyl group, a C2 to C12 alkynyl group, a C4 to C10 cyclic alkyl, a C6 to C10 aryl group, and a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkoxy group. Also described herein are deposition processes using at least one precursor have Formulae A and/or B described herein.
US10279956B1
A box which is expandable vertically and horizontally is disclosed. The box can be expanded both vertically and horizontally simultaneously, or in only one of these directions. This is accomplished by pulling/pushing opposite sides further/closer to each other. Rails which at least partially extend between respective opposite sides allow such an expansion/or contraction, the rails, in embodiments, having a pin of one section of the box held within a slot of an adjacent section of the box. The box, in embodiments, is made up of four separate pieces, each being one quadrant (top & left, top & right, bottom & left, bottom & right) of the box. Such a box can be expanded/collapsed to fit within a window and hold an air conditioner there-in.
US10279955B2
Disclosed herein is a modular deck system that utilizes a combination of a movable platform having a plurality of vertical posts with engagement members. Decks, filled with freight, can be placed onto the vertical posts at various heights at different sections of the movable platform using a conveyance vehicle. Further, the height of the vertical posts can be extended using an extension post for securing tall cargo. The decks can also be locked to the vertical posts to prevent dislodgement of the deck during transport of the movable platform.
US10279947B2
The multilayer container includes a container body having a multilayer structure and a multilayer head of the container. The multilayer body of the container has at least one barrier layer connected, on one side, to at least one thermoplastic layer and heat sealed in a longitudinal overlapping joint formed of the edges of these layers. The body has its external surface covered with a polymeric coating, and the multilayer head of the container includes at least one non-metallic barrier layer connected, on one side, to at least one thermoplastic layer and is wholly extruded in the co-extrusion process. The essence of the invention is also a method for producing such a container.
US10279946B2
A label dispensing machine includes a label curving cover, and arched label output mechanism for outputting a continuous series of label strip to an inner side of the label curving cover where the lead end of the continuous series of label strip is curved by the label curving cover into an integral arch-shaped label. The label dispensing machine is disposed at one side of a film roll/bags-on-a-roll on a reel so that the arch-shaped label can be cut off and adhered to a cut-off lead end of the film roll/bags-on-a-roll and partially exposed to the outside of the tear line of the film roll/bags-on-a-roll easily for allowing the user to quickly find and lift the cut-off lead end of the film roll/bags-on-a-roll.
US10279944B2
A fitment mounting apparatus for mounting a hold open fitment to flexible packaging, wherein the hold open fitment has a flexible configuration variable between a first un-distended shape and a second stably distended shape, including a frame forming a holder configured for holding more than one of the hold open fitments within the holder, a flexible packaging positioning system arranged for positioning flexible packaging for mounting the hold open fitment to the flexible packaging, and an applicator coupled to the frame configured to engage at least one edge of the hold open fitment in the holder and bias the at least one edge so that the hold open fitment is singulated, from others of the more than one hold open fitments in the holder, and issued from the holder into the flexible packaging on the flexible packaging positioning system substantially simultaneous with singulation.
US10279943B2
A bag making and packaging machine is configured with a member that is easily detachable therefrom. The bag making and packaging machine includes a forming mechanism, a transverse sealing mechanism, a shaker unit, and an installation unit. The forming mechanism forms a film into a tubular shape as the film moves in a downward direction. The transverse sealing mechanism is installed below the forming mechanism, seals the film formed in a tubular shape in a direction transverse to the downward direction. The shaker unit acts on the film to improve a state of the film. The shaker unit is detachable. The installation unit is a member for installing the shaker unit below the forming mechanism and above the transverse sealing mechanism. The installation unit places the shaker unit thereon, supports the shaker unit, and has a slide surface for sliding the shaker unit in a horizontal direction.
US10279931B2
A method of forming a thermal protection system for high speed aircraft is described. The method includes mechanically working an uncured ablator material into a first surface of a felt layer such that the ablator material penetrates a distance into a thickness of the felt layer thereby forming an region that has a mixture of felt and ablator material, adding additional uncured ablator material to the worked ablator material, and curing the combined ablator material.
US10279923B2
Contact detecting system and method for air refueling tanker equipped with air refueling boom system
A contact detecting system for an air refueling tanker equipped with an air refueling boom, the system comprising a boom refueling nozzle comprising a valve to allow the exit of fuel, a latch to engage the refueling nozzle, a first contact detecting mechanism configured to transmit a signal when the refueling nozzle is in a contact position, a second contact detecting mechanism configured to detect the position of the latch and to transmit a signal when the latch is latched, and a third contact detecting mechanism configured to detect the position of the valve and to transmit a signal when the valve is open. The system further comprises a computing device configured to receive the signals from the first, second and third contact detecting mechanisms and to provide an output signal of the contact status of the refueling nozzle.
US10279922B2
The disclosure generally relates to baffle fuel dams and tank boundary fuel dams having a single-piece or two-piece construction. In one example, a baffle fuel dam is a single piece having slotted holes sized and spaced to accommodate for tolerance variations during installation. The baffle fuel dams also include a base angle that allows installation at multiple locations. The disclosure also relates to tank boundary fuel dams that include a two-piece configuration which incorporates slotted holes to accommodate tolerance variations and that are sized/spaced for different installation locations. The tank boundary fuel dams may also include a base angle that allows installation at multiple locations.
US10279919B2
A vehicle (100) comprising: an engine (102); a system for starting the engine (102); a fault detection module (120); an electrical power source (110); and a controller (116, 122). The controller (116, 122) is configured to, responsive to the fault detection module (120) detecting a fault occurring with the engine (102): determine a window in which to attempt to start the engine (102); control the electrical power source (110) to provide electrical power to the system for starting the engine (102); and control the system for starting the engine (102) to attempt to start the engine (102) using the supplied electrical power only during the determined window.
US10279917B1
A cable actuating mechanism that actuates through a central pivot axis of a pivoting mechanism including two articulating cable actuators that contact opposing ends of a floating pin that passes through the center of the pivot. One actuator is affixed to a stationary assembly of the pivot device and the other actuator is affixed to a rotating body of the device. A first cable pulled at one end of the device pulls a second cable at an opposing end of the device through the articulating cable actuators. The cable actuating mechanism can be used to unlock a seat recline lock device in an aircraft seat equipped with a pivoting armrest, among other applications.
US10279913B2
Described is a breakover mechanism for a passenger seat that includes a frame member with a rear portion attached to two opposing sides of a seat back of the passenger seat wherein the frame member is at least partially disposed under a seat pan of the passenger seat, at least one moving portion attached to a forward portion of the frame member, a carriage portion fixedly attached to the seat pan; and a single point mechanism attached to the carriage portion. Once a threshold loading condition occurs, the single point mechanism changes states to facilitate movement of the moving portion relative to the carriage portion.
US10279909B2
An elevator system includes a shaft extending between at least two decks of a vehicle. A base of the shaft is mounted to a deck structure of at least two decks by a coupling mechanism that accommodates flexing of the deck structure to enable the deck structure to flex independently of the base of the shaft. The elevator system further includes a cab within the shaft. The cab is movable between the at least two decks. The elevator system also includes a pneumatic system in selective communication with an interior of the shaft.
US10279906B2
Disclosed herein are example embodiments for automated hazard handling routine engagement. For certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as an unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV), may: (i) detect at least one motivation to engage at least one automated hazard handling routine of the UFV; or (ii) engage at least one automated hazard handling routine of a UFV based at least partially on at least one motivation. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth.
US10279899B2
A strake may extend along a portion of an approaching side of a tail boom of a helicopter. A number of vortex generators (VGs) may extend along a portion of a retreating side of the tail boom. For tail booms with circular cross sections, the strake and the VGs are positioned between approximately 5 and 15 degrees below a horizontal plane of the tail boom when viewed end on, on respective sides of the tail boom. For tail booms with non-circular cross sections, the strake and the VGs is positioned between approximately 5 and 15 degrees above a location where a change in curvature is greatest (e.g., where flow separation would otherwise occur) on a bottom half of the tail boom when viewed end on, on respective sides of the tail boom. A fairing may be located on the retreating side on the upper half of the tail boom, to create an asymmetric profile.
US10279894B2
A vortex generator arrangement for an aircraft comprising a surface section forming a flow surface interacting with a flow surrounding the aircraft in operation, wherein the surface section comprises an opening, a vortex generator movable between a retracted position and an extended position, a retainer for holding the vortex generator in the retracted position, a biasing structure for biasing the vortex generator towards the extended position and a release for releasing the vortex generator from the retainer such that the vortex generator can be moved towards the extended position. Further, a sealing membrane is provided completely sealing the opening when the vortex generator is in the retracted position. The vortex generator is movable through the membrane from the retracted position to the extended position. Furthermore, a flow control system, an aircraft and a method of controlling flow are described and claimed.
US10279893B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a rotorcraft includes receiving a first sensor value comprising a first coarse resolution portion and a first fine resolution portion, receiving a second sensor value comprising a second coarse resolution portion and a second fine resolution portion, and determining that the second coarse resolution portion corresponds with the second fine resolution portion when a difference between the second sensor value and the first sensor value is within a first threshold.
US10279890B2
A configurable control panel for an aircraft cockpit includes a set of universal control modules each comprising at least one screen including at least one manually manipulable control key. Each of the control modules further includes at least one master control module, and at least one universal slave module associated with the master module, and including a screen and at least one control key. The at least one master module is configured to control the screen and the at least one control key of the at least one universal slave module.
US10279883B2
An energy efficient and lighter-than-air high altitude platform (HAP) is disclosed that allows for sustained station keeping at high altitudes of about 50,000-80,000 feet for prolonged periods of time. The HAP includes an aerodynamically streamlined body that may have the topology of a torus. The body may be inflated with a lighter-than-air gas in an amount sufficient to provide lift to the high altitudes. The HAP has a duct extending through the pressurized body that diverts flow through the duct and reduces aerodynamic drag. The HAP may include one or more propellers situated in the duct to provide propulsion and maintain a given location of the HAP relative to ground. There may also be a control system, a solar energy collection system, an energy storage system, and/or any of a variety of payloads to accomplish various tasks, such as communication and/or situational awareness applications.
US10279876B1
A personal watercraft comprises a body including a seat support section in which a storage is accommodated; a front seat which is mountable on the seat support section; a rear seat which covers the storage in a state in which the rear seat is secured onto the seat support section; an opening/closing mechanism including a pivot section provided at a front end portion of the rear seat and opens and closes the rear seat and a slider section which guides the pivot section and slides the rear seat in a rearward direction. In a closed state in which the front seat and the rear seat are secured onto the seat support section, a rear end of the front seat is located rearward of and above a front end of the rear seat, and the pivot section is located below and forward of the rear end of the front seat.
US10279874B1
A fin system for releasibly securing a fin to a water craft the system including: a fin box with at least one elongated slot open at a first surface of the fin box and extending a depth inward towards a closed base opposite the first surface; one or more fixed securing features in the fin box, below the first surface and adjacent and open to the at least one elongated slot; one or more vertical access slots in the fin box, open at one end to the first surface, adjacent and open to the at least one elongated slot and extending the depth inwards towards the closed base; and, a fin with a fin base dimensioned to be slideably received by the at least one elongated slot of the fin box, wherein the fin base includes one or more fixed fin attachment mechanisms each having at least one tab or recess dimensioned to be received first by the one or more vertical access slots and received subsequently by the fixed securing features, wherein an engagement of the at least one fin tab or fin recess with the securing features secures the fin in the fin box.
US10279855B2
An apparatus for theft detection including a processing unit and a communication interface, the apparatus being provided for stationary mounting on a mobile object. The apparatus has at least an acceleration sensor, a rotation rate sensor, and a magnetic field sensor. The processing unit is furthermore configured to acquire an acceleration signal of the acceleration sensor, a rotation rate signal of the rotation rate sensor, and a magnetic field signal of the magnetic field sensor within a time span, and to determine a change in relative position of the apparatus as a function of the acceleration signal, the rotation rate signal, and the magnetic field signal. The processing unit is also configured to output a first signal by way of the communication interface if the change in position is greater than a first threshold value. A method for theft detection is also described.
US10279854B2
An apparatus for cutting a tinted film for a vehicle window is disclosed, the apparatus comprising: a housing having a top portion, the housing having a cutting-line displaying/displayed plate as a front portion thereof, wherein the cutting-line displaying/displayed plate is tilted such that the film is supported on the plate; a top horizontal extension from the top portion of the housing; a contaminant remover disposed on and beneath the top horizontal extension; and a cutting-line formation device housed in the housing, wherein the cutting-line formation device is configured to send cutting line data for the film to the cutting-line displaying/displayed plate when the cutting-line displaying/displayed plate includes a display panel; or the cutting-line formation device is configured to irradiate a beam corresponding to the cutting line data onto the cutting-line displaying/displayed plate when the cutting-line formation device include a beam projector.
US10279850B2
A side structure of a bus includes a skirt rail. Window fillers are connected to the skirt rail at lower ends, extend in an upper side, and are arranged from a front to a rear with a predetermined interval. A waist rail extends from the front to the rear with a predetermined distance in the upper side of the skirt rail and is engaged with each of the window fillers. A first region includes a first member connecting the waist rail and the skirt rail and a second member connecting the upper part of the first member and the lower end of the window filler. A second region includes a third member connecting the waist rail and the skirt rail and a fourth member connecting the upper of the third member and the lower part of the window filler.
US10279843B2
A reinforcing body is disposed in a closed cross sectional portion constituted by one or more vehicle body components. The reinforcing body is provided with a joining portion to be joined to the vehicle body components. The joining portion includes hard connecting portions connected to the vehicle body components in an abutting state, and a soft connecting portion connected to the vehicle body components via a vibration damping member. The storage shear rigidity (KB′) of the vibration damping member is set in the range: 800 N/mm
US10279838B2
A wheel mount, particularly for the front axle of a motor vehicle, has a basic body that has at least individual ones of the following accommodations or recesses: for accommodation of a kingpin for a wheel bearing, for connection of a brake caliper, for mounting of an upper wishbone fork, for mounting of an upper semi-trailing arm, for mounting of a tie rod, for mounting of a lower spring link, for mounting of a further lower wishbone, for positioning of a sensor, particularly an rpm sensor, for attachment of a sensor, particularly an rpm sensor, wherein the wheel mount is produced as a die-cast component made in one piece with these accommodations or recesses and connecting them with one another, preferably from light metal.
US10279818B2
Disclosed is a method for guiding passengers of public transport, in particular of trams or trains respectively, at stations or in station areas and/or inside the transportation unit. The passengers embark and disembark in the embark-/disembark area via at least two doors, and the embark-/disembark area extends to the length of the vehicle. The method includes: generating a prediction of the occupancy level of the vehicle with regard to the resulting situation in the vehicle after disembarking at each stop; distributing of the passengers which are moving to the entry area and/or waiting in the entry area ready for embarking corresponding to the prediction to the area of the doors for an approximately uniform distribution of the passengers inside the vehicle; and if applicable, distribution of the passengers inside the vehicle under consideration of the predicted, preferably section-wise occupancy level and of the passengers actually ready for embarking.
US10279800B2
A hybrid vehicle includes an electronic control unit configured to switch a use mode between a first use mode in which an owner of the hybrid vehicle is a user and a second use mode in which any of persons other than the owner is the user. The hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first MG, an electric power storage device electrically connected to the first MG, and the electronic control unit. When the use mode is the second use mode and the hybrid vehicle reaches a location near a destination, the electronic control unit executes recovery processing of recovering a SOC of the electric power storage device in a manner to bring the SOC closer to an initial value at time when the user starts using the hybrid vehicle.
US10279798B2
When a brake is turned on during travel of a hybrid vehicle, a required braking force required for a drive shaft is set based on a brake depression amount, a base rotation speed of an engine is set based on the required braking force, a shift stage is set based on the base rotation speed and a vehicle speed, a target rotation speed of the engine is set based on the shift stage and the vehicle speed, and the engine, the first motor, and the second motor are controlled such that the engine operates at the target rotation speed and the required braking force acts on the drive shaft.
US10279796B2
Disclosed is a method for control of a vehicle with a drive system comprising a planetary gear and a first and second electrical machine, connected with their rotors to the components of the planetary gear, a braking of the vehicle towards stop occurs by way of a distribution of the desired braking torque between the first and the second electrical machines, and wherein such electrical machines are controlled to transmit a total torque to an output shaft of the planetary gear, which corresponds to the desired braking torque at least to one predetermined low speed limit, before the vehicle stops.
US10279794B2
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a second motor, a battery, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that the hybrid vehicle travels using a required driving force; set a target rotation speed on a basis of the depression amount of the accelerator pedal, the vehicle speed, and a shift stage such that the target rotation speed of the engine increases as the depression amount of the accelerator pedal increases; set an upper-limit driving force; and control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that the engine operates at the target rotation speed and the smaller driving force of the upper-limit driving force and the required driving force is output to the drive shaft.
US10279793B2
Systems and methods for analyzing a driver's brake behavior are provided. In some aspects, the system includes a memory that stores instructions for executing processes for analyzing the driver's brake behavior, and a processor configured to execute the instructions. In aspects, the processes include: receiving data from one or more multi-modal sensors, determining whether each braking event of a plurality of braking events is a hard braking event; analyzing the one or more physiological signals of the driver to determine whether each of the hard braking events is a reactive hard braking event or an intended hard braking event; applying a Lasso regression analysis and a classification framework for each of the hard braking events to identify features that indicate whether a respective hard braking event is a reactive hard braking event or an intended hard braking event; and generating a signal notifying a vehicle of the features.
US10279779B1
A vehicle is provided that includes an input that receives a temporary user mode command from a user and a detector that detects and acquires biometric information of the temporary user. When the temporary user mode command is input from the user a controller registers the biometric information of the temporary user acquired by the detector and grants an authority for access and operation of the vehicle to the temporary user. Thus, the vehicle may more rapidly grant an authority for the use of the vehicle to a temporary user having an intention of temporarily using the vehicle, and since biometric information of the temporary user is deleted when a predetermined period of time has expired, the risk of the theft is reduced.
US10279775B2
A private controller area network (CAN) is provided in a vehicle to notify non-targeted electronic control units (ECUs) of unauthorized attempts to access a target ECU. Each ECU on the private CAN stores a common encrypted hacking notification key (HNK) and a unique identification code. When a first vehicle system ECU detects an unauthorized access attempt via the public CAN, it sends a warning message to the other ECUs via the closed, private CAN.
US10279770B2
An airbag for a vehicle includes a top, a bottom, a first panel, and a second panel spaced from the first panel. The airbag includes a first leg, a second leg, and a middle leg. The first leg extends from the first panel in a rearward direction. The second leg extends from the second panel in the rearward direction. The middle leg extends from the first panel and the second panel in the rearward direction. The first panel and the second panel each slant in the rearward direction along a direction from the top to the bottom of the airbag. The first panel and the second panel of the airbag in the inflated position may urge occupants to remain upright during an impact event, reducing loading on a chest of the occupants from seat belt.
US10279765B2
Safe protection equipment for all vehicles will significantly reduce the collision force by spring or liquid cylinder when the vehicle bumps to obstacle or two vehicles collide with each other. This equipment can be used on both front and rear of the vehicle. Combination of springs or liquid cylinder with different elasticity can reduce the collision smoothly.This equipment will protect both vehicles and drivers without changing the current air-bag protection system. It will significantly reduce the damage for serious collision accidents.This equipment is attached to the vehicle chassis with a pair of pad to pass the reduced collision force to the elastic tire when colliding vehicles are running in straight line. Normally vehicle running in straight line has high speed and the collision force is strong. The elastic tire can reduce the collision force further.
US10279763B2
Disclosed herein is a beam for a bumper. The beam includes: a rail member installed on a body of a vehicle, wherein the rail member is formed by processing a continuous fiber thermoplastics (CFT) into a rail shape and has a coupling portion having a flange-shaped coupling surface; a stay member disposed at the either side portion of the rail member in the longitudinal direction so that it is located between the body and the rail member, wherein the stay member is formed by processing the continuous fiber thermoplastics (CFT) into a stay shape, and is coupled with the rail member such that a coupling surface having a flange shape in parallel with the coupling surface of the coupling portion is coupled with it; and a fastening plate disposed between the coupling portion and the stay member to enhance rigidity of the coupling surface of the stay member.
US10279756B2
A complex harness for a vehicle, configured to be provided from a vehicle body to a wheel, includes a composite cable including a plurality of power wires, each of which includes a center conductor covered with an insulation, and a plurality of signal wires, each of which includes a center conductor covered with an insulation, an outer diameter of each of the signal wires being smaller than an outer diameter of each of the power wires, the plurality of power wires and the plurality of signal wires being integrated by an outer sheath including a thermoplastic urethane. A plurality of clamps for attaching the composite cable to the vehicle body are fixed to an outer periphery of the outer sheath respectively via a plurality of rubber members provided along a part of a longitudinal direction of the composite cable.
US10279755B2
The present invention relates to a wire harness arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising plural component control parts to control plural electric components for governing a drive of the vehicle, a main control part to generate a command signal for providing a command to the plural component control parts, and plural main wire harnesses to transmit the command signal. The plural electric components include at least a brake, an engine, a transmission, and a steering, and the plural main wire harnesses constitute a signal transmission loop which extends from the main control part and returns to the main control part by way of the plural component control parts.
US10279754B2
A sealing system can be used between a first vehicle component and a second vehicle component. As an example, the first vehicle component can be a filler panel, and the second vehicle component can be a bumper panel. The first vehicle component and the second vehicle component can be spaced from each other such that a gap is formed between the first vehicle component and the second vehicle component. A seal can be operatively positioned at least partially between the first vehicle component and the second vehicle component to close at least a portion of the gap. The interface seal can be floatingly connected to the first vehicle component. The interface seal can be unconnected to the second vehicle component. The interface seal can be substantially adjacent to the second vehicle component.
US10279740B1
A warning apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to detect whether there is an object in front of the warning apparatus, calculate, when there is an object detected in front of the warning apparatus, a distance between the object and the warning apparatus, determine whether the calculated distance is less than a safe distance, and control the warning apparatus, when the calculated distance is less than the safe distance, to output a first control signal to control warning equipment to output a first warning.
US10279736B2
A vehicle interior trim assembly such as an air bag cover assembly having an illuminable emblem is provided. The assembly includes a vehicle interior trim part and an illumination module having a light source configured to generate visible light rays when energized. A lens includes at least one layer molded in a molding process from an optical-grade material. The lens has a pattern of light-extracting deformities to extract light rays from an interior of the lens at a set of surface-defining areas of the lens. The surface-defining areas are sized, shaped and arranged laterally relative to each other in an emblem pattern. A decorative emblem has reflective surfaces overlying and spaced away from the surface-defining areas by an air gap. The extracted light rays traveling across the gap are reflected by the reflective surfaces to generate light in the emblem pattern about peripheral surfaces of the decorative emblem.
US10279732B2
Systems, devices, and methods for deploying a safety sign from a vehicle are provided. The systems and devices include a safety sign with a humanoid profile that may be conveniently and reversibly deployed from a vehicle.
US10279726B2
Provided is a vehicular lamp including a main lamp unit, a sub lamp unit, and an imaging unit disposed in a lamp housing and configured to perform a light distribution control of the main lamp unit based on an image captured by the imaging unit. The sub lamp unit is disposed between the imaging unit and the main lamp unit. Light emitted from the main lamp unit is shaded by the sub lamp unit and suppressed from being incident on the imaging unit.
US10279713B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion; a seatback configured to be tiltable in a front-rear direction; a deck board positioned behind the seatback; a covering having flexibility and provided to extend from the seatback to the deck board; and an object drop preventing material that covers, from a back side, a gap between the seatback and the seat cushion. The object drop preventing material is provided to extend from the seat cushion to an intermediate part of the covering in a length direction of the extending covering such that the object drop preventing material restricts an amount of upward bending of the covering.
US10279712B2
The present invention discloses a seatback latch assembly integrated into an interface between a seatback pivotally supported to a seat bottom. The assembly includes a pair of floor supported stanchions defining a package receiving space therebetween. A seatback sector forms a portion of the seatback and is pivotally secured between the stanchions within the package space for rotation between upright design and forward folded positions. A cam is pivotally supported within the package space between the stanchions and so that an abutment edge of the cam engages a shoulder location of the seatback sector in the upright design position. The cam is influenced to a disengaged position, resulting in rotation of the seatback to the folded position.
US10279708B2
Provided is a seat sliding device that includes a fixed rail, a movable rail, a first latch, a second latch, and a third latch. The first latch serves as a main lock. The second latch is positioned a distance from the first latch along a longitudinal axis of the fixed rail, and the third latch is positioned a distance from the first latch along the longitudinal axis.
US10279696B2
A structure is provided. The structure may include an alignment mechanism used to align an electric vehicle in a parking lane of an electric vehicle charging station, and a coupler assembly including an arm and a charging coupler located in the parking lane and positioned beneath the electric vehicle, the charging coupler is positioned at one end of the arm, and is moveable in a vertical direction relative to the parking lane, and another end of the arm is pivotally mounted in the parking lane, where the charging coupler includes one or more electrical contacts in a shape of a right conical frustum extending from the charging coupler in the vertical direction.
US10279693B2
A vehicle front portion structure includes: a non-contact charger disposed at a lower side of a vehicle front portion, configured to receive electric power transmitted from a non-contact power transmitting system, and carrying out charging of a battery that is installed in a vehicle; and a cross member disposed at the vehicle front portion further toward a vehicle front side than the non-contact charger, and extending in a vehicle transverse direction, a bottom surface of the cross member being disposed further toward a vehicle lower side than a bottom surface of the non-contact charger.
US10279691B2
A contactless feeding pad includes a power-receiving side pad, a power-transmitting side pad, and an auxiliary pad. The power-transmitting side pad is different from the power-receiving side pad in size or shape and transmits electric power contactlessly to the power-receiving side pad while being situated oppositely to the power-receiving side pad. The auxiliary pad is installed between the power-transmitting side pad and the power-receiving side pad in close proximity to the power-transmitting side pad or the power-receiving side pad and forms a resonance circuit.
US10279690B2
Systems and methods relating to a compact electric substation for use with charging stations for electric vehicles. A compact substation is equipped with a suitable transformer that steps down the voltage from a mains line from a power utility company to a voltage usable for electric vehicle (EV) charging. The substation is equipped with a distribution component that distributes the lower voltage power to a number of charging stations by way of contactors controlled by a controller. The controller activates/deactivates the relevant contactor to feed power to the relevant charging station based on a user's input at a user terminal. Suitable software in the user terminal ensures that suitable signals are sent to the controller only after the user has set a time frame for how long to charge an EV. The user terminal may be a point of sale terminal that also accepts user payment for the EV recharge.
US10279689B2
The present invention is a battery rescue activating reset device, used for powering a preset battery, the reset device including: a power supplier, a control circuit, an anode connection line, a cathode connection line and a connection line used for resetting. The control circuit includes an electric switch used for switch the power supplier to power the battery, when the anode connection line is connected to the anode end of the battery, or the cathode connection line is connected to the cathode end of the battery, then the connection line used for resetting is connected to both the anode end or the cathode end of the battery, and when the anode connection line is not connected to the anode end of the battery, or the cathode connection line is not connected to the cathode end of the battery, then meanwhile the connection line used for resetting is not connected to the anode end or the cathode end of the battery, making the electric switch closed.
US10279688B2
A charge-discharge control device charges a power storage device when the charge-discharge control device acquires no warming-up operation command. The charge-discharge control device, when the charge-discharge control device acquires the warming-up operation command, performs warming-up operation by repeated alternatingly charging the power storage device and discharging the power storage device via a first discharger. When a determiner determines during the warming-up operation that an amount of power discharged via the first discharger does not satisfy a criterion, the charge-discharge control device performs the warming-up operation by repeated alternatingly charging the power storage device and discharging the power storage device via a second discharger.
US10279678B2
A protective structure for a fuel pump includes a protector including a connecting wall, a first protective wall, and a second protective wall. The first protective wall and the second protective wall are disposed outside the fuel pump assembled to an internal combustion engine. A standing surface of the second protective wall on a side opposite to a second base end surface in a standing direction of the second protective wall includes a curved surface that is concave on the second base end surface side and that becomes closer to the second base end surface side as the curved surface becomes farther from the first protective wall.
US10279672B2
A transmission includes an electric motor arranged between a drive shaft connection area and an output shaft connection area. The electric motor encloses a cylindrical volume. A first group of shifting elements is arranged adjacent to and axially along a drive shaft in the direction of the drive shaft connection area offset to the electric motor or is at least partially arranged within the cylindrical volume of the electric motor. Shift forks of the first group of shifting element actuators are arranged adjacent to and axially along the drive shaft in the direction of the drive shaft connection area offset to the first group of shifting elements. A main gear set is arranged at least partially within the cylindrical volume of the electric motor or adjacent to axially along the drive shaft in the direction of the output shaft connection area offset to the electric motor.
US10279671B2
A protrusion (54) acting as an engagement portion is provided to a root (52) of a spindle (5) to an engine. An extending portion (45) extending above the root (52) of the spindle (5) is provided to a stopper (4). An opening (46) acting as a coupler is provided to the extending portion (45). The protrusion (54) and the opening (46) engage with each other, thereby reducing the risk of the spindle (5) coming off and regulating relative displacement of an upper rigid member (2) supporting the spindle (5) inserted into the upper rigid member (2).
US10279669B2
A pair of bracket fastening parts (7, 12, 91, 92, 121, 122, 161, 162) are provided on a side of the main body in an adjoining relationship, each bracket fastening part including a plurality of bosses (32 to 35, 72 to 75, 102 to 106, 132 to 137) arranged in a convex polygonal pattern and a plurality of ribs (37 to 42, 60, 80 to 84, 110 to 115, 140 to 146) connecting the bosses in a prescribed pattern. At least two of the bosses of one of the bracket fastening parts are shared by an adjoining one of the bracket fastening parts. Thereby, the engine can be adapted for multiple applications while minimizing an increase in the weight of the engine.
US10279667B2
A seal for an automobile door includes a glass run and a belt line inner seal. The glass run has a vertical portion which includes a vertical seal lip, and the belt line inner seal includes an upper belt line seal lip and a lower belt line seal lip. The vertical seal lip is integral and unitary with ends of the upper and lower belt line seal lips, and the vertical portion includes a A-divider wall portion extending vertically and protruding toward the outside of a cabin of the automobile between the upper and lower belt line seal lips. A predetermined gap is formed between the lower belt line seal lip and the divider wall portion when the window glass is in an open state, and the lower belt line seal lip contacts the divider wall portion when the window glass is in a closed state.
US10279661B1
A sun visor clip assembly for use with a vehicle includes a visor pivotably mounted to the interior roof of the vehicle and a flexible bar member disposed around the visor. The flexible bar member includes a first elongated member, a bend portion directly attached to the first elongated member, a second elongated member directly attached to the bend portion and extending towards the first elongated member. The visor is compressed by the first and second elongated members, thereby securing the flexible bar member to the visor. The first elongated member extends beyond the visor in the downward position adjacent to the windshield of the vehicle or upward position against the interior roof of the vehicle.
US10279660B2
A window cover for an automobile integrally includes: a front sheet to cover an outer surface of an automobile windshield; and a pair of side sheets to cover outer surfaces of left and right front door glasses, respectively. The side sheets are fixed to a vehicle body by a fixing device. The device includes a plate-shaped tab fixed to a rear edge of each side sheet. The tab is fixed by being inserted into a clearance between a rear edge of each of the front door glasses and a front edge of a rear door glass of a rear door placed rearward of the rear edge. Accordingly, convenience is improved because the cover can be easily attached to the vehicle body with the front and rear doors remaining closed, and workability is not deteriorated because the cover is not twisted or entwined when the front doors are opened or closed.
US10279659B2
A vehicle capacitive key input pad assembly includes a pad comprising a region defining an illuminated character. The assembly also includes a first electrode having electrode fingers and extending at least partially around the illuminated character region, and a second electrode having electrode fingers and at least partially extending into the character region. One or more electrode fingers trace a portion of the illuminated character.
US10279656B2
In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a vehicle heating system for a vehicle with an engine and a charge air cooler, the vehicle heating system including a high-temperature cooling circuit coupled to the engine, a low-temperature cooling circuit coupled to the charge air cooler and including a low temperature cooler, and a heating heat exchanger coupled to the low-temperature cooling circuit.
US10279634B2
Provided is a vehicular communication system configured to prevent crosstalk between signals transmitted from an in-vehicle wireless device constituting one wireless communication system such as a TPMS and a mobile device constituting another wireless communication system. The vehicular communication system includes a mobile device wirelessly transmitting a signal related to operation of a vehicle, an in-vehicle wireless device wirelessly transmitting a signal related to the vehicle, and an in-vehicle communication apparatus provided in a different part from the in-vehicle wireless device and wirelessly communicates with the mobile device and the in-vehicle wireless device. The in-vehicle communication apparatus receives signals transmitted from the mobile device and the in-vehicle communication apparatus, and determines whether there is crosstalk. The in-vehicle communication apparatus transmits to the mobile device or the in-vehicle wireless device, a stop signal instructing to stop signal transmission when crosstalk has occurred.
US10279623B2
A bicycle transmission includes an axle, an input component, a power transmission mechanism, a shift mechanism and an output component. The input component receives manually applied rotational force. The output component is rotatably supported by the axle. The power transmission mechanism transmits the rotational force of the input component to the output component through one of a plurality of power transmission paths. The shift mechanism includes a shift input member, a shift control member, a first saver spring and a second saver spring. The shift input member is settable in a plurality of rotational positions. The shift control member rotates in conjunction with movement of the shift input member to select one of the power transmission paths. In the shift mechanism, as the shift input member rotates in the first direction, the shift control member receives the rotational force applied in a first direction through the first saver spring.
US10279616B2
The present disclosure provides a printing plate capable of stably suppressing occurrence of a marginal phenomenon. The printing plate includes a printing projection portion having a plurality of projections formed in a distributed manner on a top surface of the printing projection portion, wherein the top surface of the printing projection portion includes a center region and a peripheral edge region adjacent to a peripheral edge of the center region, wherein the peripheral edge region includes printing direction portions extending along a printing direction and perpendicular direction portions extending along a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the printing direction, wherein distribution densities of the projections are different among the center region, the printing direction portions, and the perpendicular direction portions, and wherein, among the distribution densities, a distribution density in the perpendicular direction portions is highest, and a distribution density in the printing direction portions is lowest.
US10279615B2
A marking system comprises plural marking heads disposed side-by-side in a horizontal direction, each of the marking heads performing printing on a surface of a tire by thermal transfer with a thermal transfer tape when the each of the marking heads is in proximity to the surface of the tire, air cylinders provided with the respective marking heads and moving the respective marking heads in proximity to the surface of the tire to make the respective marking heads perform printing, a linear actuator moving the marking heads and the air cylinders in the horizontal direction, and a controller selecting at least one of the marking heads and controlling the linear actuator to move the selected at least one of the marking heads to a position opposite the tire, thereby making the selected at least one of the marking heads perform printing.
US10279607B2
A printing assembly has at least one transport direction defined by a transport path provided for the transport of printing material through the printing assembly. The printing assembly has at least one first support body on which at least one first image-generating device is arranged and which at least one first support body extends both in the transport direction and in a transverse direction that is oriented horizontally and orthogonally to the transport direction. The printing assembly has at least one first temperature-control device for the targeted generation of a temperature difference between a first point of the at least one first support body and at least one second point of the at least one first support body. That second point is spaced apart from the first point, at least in the transport direction.
US10279602B2
According to the invention, there is provided a recording method which includes discharging and adhering a reaction liquid to an ink non-absorbable or ink low-absorbable recording medium in a form of a droplet, by using an ink jet method, the reaction liquid containing a reagent for aggregating or thickening of a colored ink composition, so as to have a content of 0.1 mol/kg to 0.9 mol/kg, and the reaction liquid having an adhering amount which is set to be equal to or smaller than 1.9 mg/inch2, and adhering a colored ink composition to the recording medium to which the reaction liquid has adhered. A period from when adhering of the reaction liquid is ended until adhering of the colored ink composition is started is within 30 seconds. A surface temperature of the recording medium from the adhering of the reaction liquid to the adhering of the colored ink composition is equal to or lower than 38° C.
US10279597B2
A thermal print head includes a semiconductor substrate, a resistor layer with heat generating portions arranged in the main scanning direction, a wiring layer included in a conduction path for energizing the heat generating portions, and a protective layer covering the resistor layer and the wiring layer. The semiconductor substrate includes a projection protruding from the obverse surface of the substrate and elongated in the main scanning direction. The projection has first and second inclined side surfaces spaced apart from each other in the sub-scanning direction. The heat generating portions are arranged to overlap with the first inclined side surface of the projection as viewed in plan view.
US10279590B2
A pressing method for pressing a surface of a resin layer includes pressing a surface of a resin layer of a wafer using a pressing member, which is to be divided into a plurality of liquid ejection head chips, the wafer including a substrate and the resin layer to serve as an ejection port forming member provided on the substrate. The pressing of the surface of the resin layer is performed by positioning a structure closer to a circumference of the wafer than to an area that becomes the plurality of liquid ejection head chips on the substrate, the structure being in contact with the resin layer.
US10279580B2
A method of additively manufacturing a composite part comprises depositing a segment of a continuous flexible line along a print path. The continuous flexible line comprises a non-resin component and further comprises a photopolymer-resin component that is uncured. The method further comprises delivering a predetermined or actively determined amount of curing energy at least to a portion of the segment of the continuous flexible line at a controlled rate while advancing the continuous flexible line toward the print path and after the segment of the continuous flexible line is deposited along the print path to at least partially cure at least the portion of the segment of the continuous flexible line.
US10279576B2
A peeling method is provided. In a first step, a resin layer is formed over a support substrate, openings are formed along two opposite sides of a periphery of the resin layer in a top view, an element layer is formed over the resin layer and positioned on an inner side than the openings in the top view, and the support substrate and a counter substrate are bonded to each other so that an adhesive layer is in contact with the support substrate in the openings, thereby forming a process member. In a second step, an entire surface of the process member is irradiated with light from the support substrate side. In a third step, a blade is inserted into an end portion of the process member from an interface between the support substrate and the resin layer or from the resin layer, and is made to pass through the openings.
US10279575B2
A method for bonding a contact surface of a first substrate to a contact surface of a second substrate comprising of the steps of: positioning the first substrate on a first receiving surface of a first receiving apparatus and positioning the second substrate on a second receiving surface of a second receiving apparatus; establishing contact of the contact surfaces at a bond initiation site; and bonding the first substrate to the second substrate along a bonding wave which is travelling from the bond initiation site to the side edges of the substrates, wherein the first substrate and/or the second substrate is/are deformed for alignment of the contact surfaces.
US10279572B2
A hybrid softening strip for controlling stresses in a joint at low temperatures includes a layer of sacrificial material that can be tailored to fit the softening strip in the joint after the softening strip has been bonded to a structure.
US10279569B2
Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising two or more thermoplastic polymers and at least one RI balancing agent for adjusting the refractive index of at least one of the resins or layers is provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers exhibit enhanced optical properties while retaining other properties, such as impact resistance and acoustic performance.
US10279566B2
A glazing includes a transparent polymer material sheet having a thickness of from 5 to 25 mm and a glass sheet having a thickness of between 0.5 and 1.5 mm, which are bonded to one another by an adhesive interlayer, the hardness of which at a temperature at least equal to −5° C. is at most equal to 70 Shore A and the thickness of which is a decreasing function of the thickness of the glass sheet, an adhesive interlayer thickness of 2.5 mm being sufficient for a glass sheet thickness of 0.55 mm and an adhesive interlayer thickness of 1.25 mm being sufficient for a glass sheet thickness of 1.25 mm.
US10279557B2
A machine and method for converting film into bags or other articles includes a web traveling from an input section to a rotary drum, to an output section. The rotary drum includes at least one seal bar with a sealing zone and a weakening zone, or it can include or at least one sealing die that extends in the machine direction. The single sealing zone or sealing die may be a heated perforator, and may include a heating wire. The heating wire may be an NiCr wire stitched into the heater, and be disposed on a cap or on the seal bar. The weakening zone may create a line of weakness that is uniform or varies in intensity. The sealing zone may include temperature zones, cartridge heaters, cooling air, or heated air, or a source of ultrasonic, microwave or radiative energy.
US10279555B2
Even when a radial length of a swing arm is increased, no gap is generated between adjacent segments, and tires of various sizes can be handled while roundness of a drum is maintained. An expandable molding drum has a plurality of segments constituting a circumferential surface, the molding drum having a plurality of swing arms having one end portion swingably connected to an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical slider externally fitted with a drum shaft and having the other end portion swingably connected to the segment and expanding/contracting the segment along with movement of the slider in a drum shaft direction, and adjacent end portions of one end portions of the swing arms being swingably connected to the outer circumferential surface of the slider at intervals from each other in the drum shaft direction.
US10279551B2
A method for producing a microlens with a carrier wafer, in which a lens in one opening of the carrier wafer is molded into the carrier wafer by stamping of the lens and to a corresponding device for executing the method and to a microlens which has been produced using the method.
US10279544B2
Provided is a forming apparatus including an operating section that includes a base portion, a forming unit that includes an ejection unit having an ejection surface from which a droplet of a light curing forming liquid is ejected toward the base portion, that moves relatively with respect to the base portion, and that forms a three-dimensional object on the base portion by repeating both of ejection of the droplet and curing the droplet with an irradiation beam, and a reduction unit that disposes a reduction section, which reduces an amount of light reflected toward the ejection surface, around the three-dimensional object in the operating section.
US10279539B2
Aimed at providing a method for molding a thermoplastic resin product and a molding apparatus therefor that enable productivity, transfer quality or the like to be improved. Provided is a method for molding a thermoplastic resin product that includes a heating step, a transfer step, a cooling step and a mold-releasing step, and wherein, in the heating step, a stamper is irradiated with infrared rays in a state where a cooling member is not irradiated with infrared rays, and at least in the final stage of the transfer step, the stamper and the cooling member are brought into contact.
US10279538B2
Provided are: an imprinting method which suppresses volatilization of a photocurable resin applied on a transfer-receiving substrate by an inkjet method, satisfactorily maintains the wet-spreading property of the resin at the time of transfer, maintains cleanness of the environment for transfer, and can fill the environment for transfer with a particular gas appropriate for transfer; and an imprinting apparatus. Disclosed is an imprinting method of using a template having a concavo-convex pattern formed thereon, and transferring the pattern of the template by imprinting to a photocurable resin on a transfer-receiving substrate, characterized in that, in a space where the template and the photocurable resin are brought into contact, clean air is sent to the space through an air blowing port during a standby mode of not performing imprinting, and the flow rate of clean air in the space is reduced or clean air is not sent during an imprinting mode.
US10279532B2
A blow molding device in which pressure is accumulated in advance in a cylinder, which is used for providing pressurized an air space about a mouth of a preform to be molding into a container within a mold using a pressurized liquid. Pressure is also accumulated in advance in an accumulator. When a pressurized liquid is supplied into the preform, the opening-closing valve of the accumulator is opened to thereby apply the accumulated pressure within the accumulator to the liquid supplied into the preform, and the opening-closing valve is closed to thereby allow the accumulated pressure within the cylinder to pressurize the air space.
US10279528B2
A high adhesion composite film includes a thermoplastic elastomer layer and a modified adhesive layer. The thermoplastic elastomer layer includes a first surface and a second surface, and the second surface is opposite to the first surface. The modified adhesive layer is disposed on the first surface of the thermoplastic elastomer layer. By this way, the adhesion strength of the composite film can be enhanced significantly. Furthermore, the present disclosure can manufacture the high adhesion composite film without the use of solvents, which meets the requirements of environmental protection.
US10279523B2
A microbubble creating method using a forming machine for creating microbubbles by: installed a microbubble generating member in a mold, feed screw or barrel for enabling a perforated tip of the microbubble generating member to be surrounded by the applied fluid polymer so that when a high pressure high temperature gas is delivered through the perforated tip of the microbubble generating member, microbubbles are created with well mixed with the fluid polymer, and the expected foamed polymer product is thus obtained after cooling.
US10279522B2
The method for producing a member for applying a cosmetic product comprising: an application portion (3); a longitudinal core (5), housed in the application portion (3); the method comprising the following successive steps: a first step for injecting the application portion (3) into a cavity (29) of a mold (27); a second step for injecting the longitudinal core (5) into the cavity (29) of the mold (27). In the first step, a pin (31) is arranged in the cavity (29) and in the second step, the pin (31) is moved relative to the cavity (29), and the longitudinal core (5) is injected into a space (47) freed up by the pin (31).
US10279520B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of three-dimensional patterns in plastic mouldings, in particular to an injection-moulding process for the production of mouldings having a three-dimensional pattern, to the polymeric mouldings produced by means of this process, and to the use thereof, in particular for decorative purposes.
US10279516B2
A process for producing expanded pellets from a thermoplastic elastomer having an elongation at break of more than 100% measured to DIN EN ISO 527-2, comprising: (a) pressing a polymer melt comprising a blowing agent through a perforated disk (18) controlled to a temperature between 150° C. and 280° C. and into a pelletizing chamber (26), (b) using a cutting device (20) to comminute the polymer melt pressed through the perforated disk (18) into individual expanding pellets, (c) discharging the pellets from the pelletizing chamber (26) using a liquid stream (36), wherein the blowing agent comprises CO2 and/or N2 and the amount of blowing agent in the polymer melt is from 0.5 to 2.5 wt %, the pelletizing chamber (26) is traversed by a stream of liquid at a temperature between 5° C. and 90° C. and the pressure of 0.1 bar to 20 bar above ambient pressure such that the pellets are expanded in the pressurized liquid by the blowing agent, producing expanded pellets having an uninterrupted skin.
US10279511B2
A method for baking a continuous mat of mineral or plant fibers successively includes application of an aqueous solution, containing a binder diluted in the solution, onto mineral or plant fibers, shaping of the fibers to form a continuous mat on a conveyor in motion, and heating the mat in movement through an oven by a hot air flow at a temperature higher than the curing temperature of the binder. Furthermore, at least partial drying of the mat is carried out before entry into the oven. The at least partial drying includes irradiation of the mat in movement with radiofrequency electromagnetic waves whose frequency lies between 3 MHz and 300 GHz.
US10279493B2
A hair clipper has a vacuum system for collecting hair debris created by the cutting blades. Air flow through an adjustable air inlet is divided into multiple paths, including at least one primary flow path and at least one separate secondary flow path. A debris trap intersects both the primary air flow path and the secondary air flow path. The primary flow path allows air flow through a first path to be higher than a secondary air flow through the second path before debris accumulates in the debris trap. The primary air flow decreases as debris accumulates in the primary air flow path and the secondary air flow approaches and perhaps exceeds the primary air flow, whereupon some debris accumulates in the secondary air flow path as air is diverted through the secondary air flow path.
US10279491B2
A cutting device is disclosed. The cutting device has a first housing member and a second housing member that is removably attachable to the first housing member to form a housing. The cutting device also has a locking member that selectively locks the first housing member to the second housing member. The cutting device further has a carriage that is movably disposed in the housing, the carriage including a first attachment portion, which is disposed at a first portion of the carriage, and a second attachment portion, which is disposed at a second portion of the carriage that is disposed away from the first portion of the carriage. The cutting device also has a cutting member that is removably attachable to the first attachment portion at the first portion of the carriage.
US10279488B2
A charging system for an autonomous data machine may be provided. The system may comprise: a charging station, wherein the charging station has a low profile allowing the autonomous data machine to drive over to charge a power supply of the autonomous data machine automatically; and one or more processors of the autonomous data machine configured to make charging decisions to effect charging operations of the autonomous data machine that include charging time, charging location, and operations to be performed during charging. In some instances, the charging decision are based on at least one of the following: location of charging station, availability of charging station, mission parameters, locations of other autonomous data machines, and/or charging requirements and/or availability of charging stations.
US10279482B1
An example robot includes a hydraulic actuator cylinder controlling motion of a member of the robot. The hydraulic actuator cylinder comprises a piston, a first chamber, and a second chamber. A valve system controls hydraulic fluid flow between a hydraulic supply line of pressurized hydraulic fluid, the first and second chambers, and a return line. A controller may provide a first signal to the valve system so as to begin moving the piston based on a trajectory comprising moving in a forward direction, stopping, and moving in a reverse direction. The controller may provide a second signal to the valve system so as to cause the piston to override the trajectory as it moves in the forward direction and stop at a given position, and then provide a third signal to the valve system so as to resume moving the piston in the reverse direction based on the trajectory.
US10279480B1
Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media applicable to robots, such as balancing robots. Some implementations are directed to determining multiple measures of a property of a robot for a given time and determining a final measure of the property of the robot for the given time based on the multiple measures. One or more control commands may be generated based on the final measure of the property and provided to one or more actuators of the robot.
US10279475B2
Methods and systems for selecting a velocity profile for controlling a robotic device are provided. An example method includes receiving via an interface a selection of a robotic device to control, and receiving via the interface a request to modify a velocity profile of the robotic device. The velocity profile may include information associated with changes in velocity of the robotic device over time. The method may further include receiving a selected velocity profile, receiving an input via the interface, and determining a velocity command based on the selected velocity profile and the input. In this manner, changes in velocity of the robotic device may be filtered according to a velocity profile selected via the interface.
US10279474B2
The invention relates to a method for improving operation of at least one robot. The robot is being operated on the basis of a set of predefined actions. A method comprises generating combined actions by combining at least two actions out of a set of original actions stored in an action library. Storing the combined actions in the actions library in addition to the original actions. Applying a reinforcement learning algorithm to the set of actions stored now in the action library to learn a control policy making use of the original actions and the combined actions. And finally, operating the robot on the basis of the resulting action library.
US10279473B2
A workpiece model is created based on three-dimensionally measured data obtained by performing a three-dimensional measurement on a working space in which the workpieces are loaded in bulk. Holding data including a holding position of the workpiece model and a posture of a holding unit of a robot are set by setting a model coordinate system. The setting of the model coordinate system and the setting of the holding data are repeated while sequentially changing the posture of the workpiece, and multiple pieces of holding data are stored such that the multiple pieces of holding data correspond to the workpiece models. A three-dimensional search process is performed on the obtained three-dimensionally measured data, and an operation of the holding unit of the robot is controlled based on the holding data set to the workpiece model.
US10279469B2
The present application provides a multi-motion-platform parallel robot and a method of constructing the same. The parallel robot comprises a symmetrical basic parallel mechanism and one or more symmetrical branch parallel mechanism. The basic parallel mechanism comprises a symmetrical basic foundation platform, a symmetrical basic motion platform, and symmetrical main branched-chains. The branch parallel mechanism comprises a symmetrical branch foundation platform, a symmetrical branch motion platform, and symmetrical branch branched-chains. The basic parallel mechanism and the branch parallel mechanism are connected by means of a multiple-output motion pair having symmetrical output ends, and share one set of driving pairs and drive and control devices. The multi-motion-platform parallel robot and it's method of construction can be used for various industrial robots, three-dimensional profile modeling and scaling robots and walking robots, and have the advantages of having a simple structure, being easy to standardize, having a high production efficiency, and the like.
US10279461B2
The disclosure provides a multi-purpose portable gardening tool with multiple heads and combinations, belonging to the technical field of electric gardening tools. It solves the technical problems that the existing gardening tools have single function and are inconvenient to carry. The multi-purpose portable gardening tool with multiple heads and combinations includes a main machine, a function head, an extension tube, an extension intermediate head and a function intermediate head; the function head or the extension intermediate head is in spigot joint with a head end of the main machine, a head end of the extension intermediate head is connected to the extension tube having the function intermediate head at a head end thereof, and the function head is in spigot joint with a head end of the function intermediate head. The gardening tool in the disclosure at least includes three function heads, and may further extend more functions and methods of application by combining the function heads to the main machine and combining the main machine to the extension intermediate head, the function intermediate head and the extension tube, so that the gardening tool has more abundant functions to carry out multi-job operations only by one set of equipment, thereby improving convenience of use.
US10279458B2
A reversible ratchet wrench without a switch knob has a handle portion and a head portion. The head portion has an accommodation trough, a detent trough, and a blind hole. A ratchet wheel is disposed in the accommodation trough and displaceable in the accommodation trough toward the handle portion to form a first position and a second position. A detent is disposed in the detent trough. Left and right sides of one surface of the detent are formed with push portions, respectively. An elastic member is disposed in the blind hole and pressed against one of the push portions. For a reverse switch, the ratchet wheel is displaced to the second position and then the ratchet wheel is turned, so that the elastic member is pressed against the other push portion.
US10279454B2
A polycrystalline compact includes a plurality of diamond grains of micron size, submicron size, or both, and a plurality of diamond nanoparticles disposed in interstitial spaces between the plurality of diamond grains. A method of forming a polycrystalline compact includes combining a plurality of micron and/or submicron-sized diamond grains and a plurality of diamond nanoparticles to form a mixture and sintering the mixture in a presence of a carburized binder to form a polycrystalline hard material having a plurality of inter-bonded diamond grains and diamond nanoparticles. Cutting elements including a polycrystalline compact and earth-boring tools bearing such compacts are also disclosed.
US10279453B2
A painting-installation cleaning system is provided for cleaning at least one component of a painting installation, in particular at least one component of a painting robot or of a handling robot, characterized by at least one dry-ice nozzle for producing a dry-ice jet which cleans the component.
US10279452B2
Disclosed herein is a carrying mechanism that carries a plate-shaped workpiece in which a substrate larger than a wafer in area is stacked on a lower surface of the wafer. The carrying mechanism includes a carrying pad for covering an upper surface of the wafer, holding sections for holding the substrate on outside of the outer periphery of the wafer, and a water supply source for supplying water to the wafer. The carrying mechanism forms a predetermined gap between the lower surface of the carrying pad and the upper surface of the wafer, and carries the plate-shaped workpiece in a condition where the gap is supplied with a predetermined amount of water.
US10279447B2
A damper damping motion of a first object relative to a second object, the damper including: a casing including a conductor; plurality of magnetic elements serially in a first direction within the casing and each including at least one magnet so adjacent magnetic elements repel in the first direction; at least one magnetic element is moveable relative to other magnetic elements within and relative the casing; the conductor allows movement of at least one moveable magnetic element relative to the casing induces current in the conductor, the magnetic field produced by current providing a braking force to the moving magnetic element; at least one moveable magnetic elements includes a first connecting part and either casing or at least one other magnetic element includes a second connecting part, one connecting part for connecting the damper to the first object, and other connecting part for connecting the damper to the second object.
US10279445B2
A conveyance jig provided for integrally conveying a separate type control panel with a machine tool that are disposed separately, includes a fixing section with respect to a base and a holding section that holds a separate type control panel in a state of being installed on a movable stand with casters at the rear of the base in order to integrally conveys a machine tool including the base and a processing module that is movably installed to be movable in the front-rear direction along a straight line rail provided on the base separately with a gap in a width direction, and the separate type control panel that is installed on the movable stand with casters and disposed separately from the machine tool.
US10279435B2
The exposed metal tip of the strike end of an SMAW welding electrode is covered with a protective coating formed from a binder and metal particles. Because metal particles rather than graphite particles are used to provide electrical conductivity to this protective coating, flare-up of the arc when initially struck is eliminated substantially completely. In addition, the potential for weld porosity problems is also eliminated, because the metal particles of the inventive electrode do not produce CO2 as a reaction by-product which can ultimately lead to improper welding technique.
US10279433B2
The present invention provides a device and method for degating of an aluminum wheel blank by laser cutting, and the device comprises members including a lower lifting frame movable long beam, a middle lifting frame inner side oblique beam, a middle lifting frame pin shaft, a rubber supporting cushion, an upper lifting frame long fixed beam, a middle lifting frame outer side oblique beam, a first stroke limiting frame, a first stroke limiting wheel, a second stroke limiting frame, a second stroke limiting wheel, piston firm retaining rings, frame-shaped guide plates, directional sliding blocks, grating positioning devices, a wheel blank member, a roller way, a lower rack fixed frame, a lower gate taking device fixed frame, a laser cutting head, an eccentric turning wheel, high-temperature-resistant resin clamping gaskets, clamping blocks, rack vertical corner frames, clamping hydraulic cylinder pistons, horizontal clamping hydraulic cylinders, a movable plate and the like. When in use, the device of the present invention can realize the function of online removal of a wheel gate, can improve work efficiency, can also reduce labor force, and has the characteristics of high cutting precision, round and burr-free cutting position, stable performance, high degree of automation and the like.
US10279420B2
Provided is a rapid manufacturing process of ferrous and non-ferrous parts using a plasma electron beam in which the plasma electron beam is workable even in a low vacuum pressure environment and has a relatively large radiation range, productivity of the process is improved as a high-power beam can be emitted to a ferrous and non-ferrous powder, and production costs are reduced due to low maintenance and manufacturing costs.
US10279417B2
In some aspects, torch receptacles for coupling a plasma arc torch to a torch lead can include: a body having a first end to connect to the torch lead and a second end to connect to a torch body; a set of ports within the first end to fluidly connect to a set of fluid conduits within the torch lead; and a multiway valve within the body and fluidly connected to the set of ports and to a torch gas conduit formed in the second end, the multiway valve being configured to: i) manipulate a flow of fluids between the first end and the second end to select from primary gases entering the set of ports, ii) deliver a selected primary gas to the torch body through the torch gas conduit, and iii) fluidly connect the torch gas conduit to a gas supply manifold of the plasma cutting system.
US10279407B2
A circular saw blade includes a circular plate having a diameter, a thickness, a left face, a right face, a peripheral rim, and a central opening. A plurality of alternating teeth and gullets are disposed about the peripheral rim, each tooth having a front face facing generally toward an adjacent gullet in the cutting direction and a recess defined in the front face. A plurality of cutting inserts are affixed in the recesses in the teeth. Each insert has rake face facing generally toward the adjacent gullet in the cutting direction, a relief face extending generally toward the adjacent top face, and a cutting edge at a junction between the relief face and the rake face. Each rake face is disposed at a hook angle. The relief faces include unbeveled relief faces, left-beveled relief faces, and a right-beveled relief faces arranged in an alternating top bevel with raker pattern.
US10279403B2
In the present invention, there is disclosed a pair of multi-level J-channel cutter shears, comprising a shear blade permanently attached to a handle and a stationary blade being pivotally attached to the shear blade, and wherein an L-shaped channel runs therethrough, creating at least an upper and a lower cutting edge, and wherein the stationary blade includes multi-level cutting surfaces defining the upper and lower cutting edges, and wherein the stationary blade is also attached to a handle.
US10279400B2
A cutting tool rotatable about a tool axis, having a cutting body and at least one indexable, single-sided cutting insert removably secured in an insert receiving pocket of the cutting body. The cutting insert has opposing upper and lower surfaces with a peripheral side surface extending therebetween and a central axis passing therethrough. First and second clamping bores extend between and open out at the upper and lower surfaces. First and second primary cutting edges are formed at the intersection of the upper surface and the peripheral side surface. The lower surface includes first and second annular recesses communicating with the first and second clamping bores, respectively, and first and second recess channels extending from the first and second clamping bores, respectively, to the peripheral side surface. The first and second recess channels extend parallel to a longitudinal first plane containing the central axis.
US10279399B2
A milling tool with a disk- or strip-shaped base body, which can be driven around an axis of rotation, and several cutting inserts arranged along the outer circumference of the base body on opposite sides from one another, wherein the cutting inserts, viewed in the axial direction, overlap one another. The invention also relates to a tangential cutting insert for a milling tool of the above-mentioned type, with two side surfaces, through which a fastening opening extends, and two face ends, wherein cutting edges are formed at the junction of the front faces to the side surfaces, wherein the fastening opening is positioned eccentrically.
US10279388B2
A method of forming a component includes coupling a jacket around at least a portion of a precursor component to form a jacketed precursor component. The jacket is shaped to correspond to a net shape of an outer surface of the component. A mold is formed around the jacketed precursor component. A component material in a fluid state is introduced into a jacketed cavity defined in the mold to form the component. The jacketed cavity is defined in a space at least partially created by removal of the precursor component from the jacketed precursor component.
US10279384B2
A device and related method for removing debris from a metal wire formed by a process utilizing a lubricant is provided. The device includes at least two segments forming a passage through which the wire passes, each having a leading edge for stripping debris from the wire, and a resilient member positioned around the at least two segments and applying a force to the segments sufficient to cause contact between the leading edges and the wire passing through the passage. The method broadly includes the steps of moving the metal wire through a passage formed by a plurality of segments, contacting the wire moving through the passage using a leading edge of each of the plurality of segments, and applying a force to the plurality of segments to cause contact between the leading edge of each of the plurality of segments and the wire passing through the passage.
US10279379B2
A fluid manifold comprised of a manifold adapted to deliver fluid directly into a gap formed between a surface of a substrate and an acoustic transducer. The fluid is delivered into the gap at a variable rate along a length of the manifold. Preferably, the manifold includes a plurality of apertures positioned along the length of the manifold for dispensing the fluid into the gap at the variable rate.
US10279376B2
Provided are a measurement result display device and a measurement result display method which are capable of making a list of how much difference is present between an allowable value and a measurement value of each measurement item measured by a measuring instrument, in a visually discriminable state. An allowable upper limit value indicator 21 and an allowable lower limit value indicator 22 are disposed at display positions which are set in advance in a measurement result image 20 as positions indicating an allowable upper limit value and an allowable lower limit value, and a measurement value indicator 23 is disposed at a display position calculated from display positions of the allowable upper limit value indicator 21 and allowable lower limit value indicator 22 and a measurement value measured by the measurement unit 10.
US10279374B1
Provided herein are compositions and methods that relate to resurfacing and refinishing. The compositions comprise an aqueous detergent and VM & P naphtha. The methods can be applied to a variety of wooden surfaces including floors, fixtures, furniture and cabinetry.
US10279367B2
Provided herein is a sprinkler system including a compact-design connector coupling a flexible conduit to a sprinkler body. In one approach a sprinkler assembly includes a t-joint connector, a sprinkler body (e.g., a dry-type pendent body) coupled to the t-joint connector at a first opening of the t-joint connector, and a flexible conduit coupled to the t-joint connector at a second opening of the t-joint coupling. The sprinkler assembly may further include an adjustable bracket coupling the sprinkler body to a building structure, such as a ceiling or wall. The t-joint connector eliminates the use of an elbow-type connection to a flexible hose, thus enabling use in a freezer/cooler application, while also reducing the overall footprint of the sprinkler assembly.
US10279365B2
A thermal spray system and method includes a hot gas generator with nozzle accelerating heated gas towards a substrate in the form of a gas column projecting onto the substrate surface as a spot. One or more feedstock injectors proximate the nozzle exit, directed towards the gas column, are connected to a feedstock source. The hot gas stream transfers heat and momentum to the feedstock, causing the feedstock particles to impact onto a substrate to form a coating. The system further comprises one or more liquid injectors proximate the nozzle exit, directed towards the axis, and connected to a source of liquid. The system controls the flow and velocity with which the liquid is injected, permitting control of the depth of penetration of the liquid into the gas column. The method selectively prevents suboptimal feedstock particulates from adhering to the substrate and provides for the in-situ removal of suboptimal deposits.
US10279364B2
A can coating machine control system includes a coating control signal that functions as a go/no-go signal based on a plurality of monitored conditions such as can in position, vacuum pressure, gun in position, guard in position and speed condition. Local pressure regulation of the coating material in the spray gun is provided along with optional control of the material temperature. Local pressure regulation allows for optional spray weight control based on a wrap number derived from speed and gun spray durations. A CAN to CAN network buffer is provided as well for primary network isolation. A gun control circuit may be used to select specific gun drive signals and to adjust gun drive signals based on real-time feedback of the actual spray duration.
US10279358B2
A water spraying assembly includes a spray unit is selectively positioned on a support surface thereby facilitating a user to stand within the spray unit. The spraying unit is fluidly coupled to a fluid source thereby facilitating the spraying unit to spray a fluid onto the user. A spin unit is rotatably coupled to the spray unit and the spin unit is selectively rotated in a first direction. The user repeatedly jumps over the spin unit when the user stands within the spray unit. A remote control is provided and the remote control is in electrical communication with the spin unit such that the remote control selectively turns the spin unit on and off.
US10279354B2
An impact crusher for crushing a feed material received through an opening of the crusher is provided. The crusher includes: a housing defining a crushing chamber; at least one elevation adjustable impact barrier mounted in the crushing chamber; a barrier adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an elevation of the at least one impact barrier within the crushing chamber; and a rotor mounted in the crushing chamber and turned by a drive mechanism. The rotor is configured to direct feed material toward the at least one impact barrier. The bather adjustment mechanism includes at least one hydraulic cylinder mounted to the at least one impact barrier. The cylinder includes a sensor for detecting an absolute extension of the cylinder. A system for crushing a crushable material including an impact crusher and controller is also provided herein.
US10279352B2
A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) module is detachably combined with a reader system. The reader system includes a central processing unit (CPU) receiving a photo sensing signal to calculate gene amplification amount in real time and generating a temperature control signal based on a temperature signal and a temperature control information. The PCR module includes a photo sensor assembly, a partition wall, and an interface module. The photo sensor assembly includes a plurality of photo sensors and a temperature sensor. The photo sensors are arranged in an array shape to sense emission light generated from a specimen to generate the photo sensing signal. The partition wall is protruded from the photo sensor assembly to define a reaction space in which the specimen is received. The interface module is electrically connected to the photo sensor assembly to transmit the photo sensing signal and the temperature signal to the reader system.
US10279348B2
One of embodiments is a semiconductor micro-analysis chip for detecting particles in a sample liquid. The chip comprises a semiconductor substrate, a first flow channel provided on the semiconductor substrate to allow the sample liquid to flow therein, a second flow channel provided at a different position from the first flow channel of the semiconductor substrate to allow the sample liquid or an electrolyte solution to flow therein, a contact portion where a portion of the first flow channel and a portion of the second flow channel abut each other or intersect one another with a partition being arranged between the flow channels, and a fine hole provided on the partition of the contact portion to allow the particles to pass therethrough.
US10279346B2
A hand-held molecular diagnostic test device includes a housing, an amplification (or PCR) module, and a detection module. The amplification module is configured to receive an input sample, and defines a reaction volume. The amplification module includes a heater such that the amplification module can perform a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the input sample. The detection module is configured to receive an output from the amplification module and a reagent formulated to produce a signal that indicates a presence of a target amplicon within the input sample. The amplification module and the detection module are integrated within the housing.
US10279343B2
A transfer device for the contamination free transfer of biological material from a sealed chamber to a recipient. The transfer device includes a support having a first docking area and a second docking area. The first docking area has at least one inlet port, each inlet port creating a fluid connection with one sealed chamber. The second docking area has at least one outlet port, each outlet port creating a fluid connection with a recipient. The first docking area further includes a piercing element designed for piercing a sealing element of a sealed chamber in order to allow, together with at least one inlet port, a fluid connection between a pierced sealed chamber and the inlet port, to allow a contamination free transfer of the biological material from the pierced sealed chamber to at least one recipient.
US10279342B2
There are provided an ion-exchange polymer including a structure represented by the following General Formula (1) and a production method therefor, an electrolyte membrane and a production method therefor, and a composition for producing an ion-exchange polymer. In a case where the sum of a1, b1, and c1 is 1.000, a1 is 0.000 to 0.750, b1 is 0.240 to 0.990, and c1 is 0.001 to 0.100. L represents an alkylene group, L1 and L2 each represent a divalent linking group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R2 and R3 each represent an alkyl group or an allyl group, X1− and X2− each represent an inorganic or organic anion, and Y represents a halogen atom. Z1 represents —O— or —NRa—, and Ra represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
US10279338B2
An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a support and a catalytic metal supported thereby. The support includes a composite oxide represented by AO.xB2-αCαO3, wherein A represents at least one of an element having a valence of 1 and an element having a valence of 2, B represents an element having a valence of 3, C represents one or more elements selected from iridium, ruthenium, tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, and tungsten, x represents a numerical value of 1 to 6, and α represents a numerical value greater than 0 and less than 2. The catalytic metal includes one or more precious metals selected from rhodium, palladium, and platinum.
US10279336B2
Waste treatment and recycling of a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and a glass fiber-reinforced plastic are difficult owing to their excellent characteristics. The present invention has been completed on the basis of the finding that a reinforcing material can be recovered with high efficiency by bringing heated titanium oxide granules into contact with a reinforced plastic.
US10279331B2
The present process provides a method for synthesizing difficult to make oxide-free nanometals and such as Zn, Sn and Ti and alloys of the period 4 and 5 transition metal elements in a free and reduced state using a solution phase synthesis process. Also provided is a method for stabilizing their associated colloidal metal and alloy dispersions under kinetic control at modest temperatures (<90 degrees Celsius). A solution of an organic reducing agent containing at least two proximal nitrogen atoms is reacted with a separate solution containing one or more metal-organic salts dissolved in the same or different low molecular weight solvent as the reducing agent. The reaction products are stabilized with Lewis bases and Lewis acids and optionally can be concentrated by removing a portion of the volatile low molecular weight solvent by either the use of a partial vacuum or by chemical extraction into another phase.
US10279330B2
The exemplary embodiments relate to dampening and uniform loading devices and methods for loading a particulate material inside a vertical tube and include a columnar body having a longitudinal axis aligned in a vertical direction and a plurality of yielding lines. Each respect yield line is fixed at a first end and at a second end to the columnar body, and has a free-standing portion between the first end and the second end. The free-standing portion is configured to spiral around the columnar body.
US10279319B2
A membrane obtainable from curing a composition comprising: (i) a curable compound comprising at least two (meth)acrylic groups and a sulphonic acid group and having a molecular weight which satisfies the equation: MW<(300+300n) wherein: MW is the molecular weight of the said curable compound; and n has a value of 1, 2, 3 or 4 and is the number of sulphonic acid groups present in the said curable compound; and optionally (ii) a curable compound having one ethylenically unsaturated group; wherein the molar fraction of curable compounds comprising at least two (meth)acrylic groups, relative to the total number of moles of curable compounds present in the composition, is at least 0.25.
US10279307B2
In one aspect, the invention provides a method for the capture of at least one acid gas in a composition, the release of said gas from said composition, and the subsequent regeneration of said composition for re-use, said method comprising performing, in order, the steps of: (a) capturing the at least one acid gas by contacting said at least one gas with a capture composition comprising at least one salt of a carboxylic acid and at least one water-miscible non-aqueous solvent; (b) releasing said at least one acid gas by adding at least one protic solvent or agent to said composition; and (c) regenerating the capture composition by partial or complete removal of said added protic solvent or agent from said composition. Optionally, said capture composition comprising at least one salt of a carboxylic acid and at least one water-miscible non-aqueous solvent additionally comprises water or another protic solvent. In another aspect, the invention envisages a composition which additionally comprises at least one protic solvent or agent and release of the at least one acid gas is achieved solely by subjecting the composition to the application of heat or stripping with a stream of air. The method is typically applied to the capture and subsequent release of carbon dioxide, and offers a convenient and simple process which uses inexpensive consumables and offers significant advantages over the methods of the prior art.
US10279304B2
The present disclosure relates generally to processes for separating chemical compounds via two-dimensional gas chromatography. Certain embodiments comprise rapid heating and cooling of the second dimension column by a unique arrangement of heating and cooling elements.
US10279297B2
A bag filter arrangement for being arranged in a bag filter holder, comprising a bag filter having an end portion encompassing an open end of the bag filter, a bag filter seal for sealing against the bag filter holder, the bag filter seal being arranged to hold the bag filter, the bag filter seal comprising a bag filter facing surface, and wherein the bag filter seal comprises a recess on the bag filter facing surface, the recess being arranged to receive the open end portion of the bag filter.
US10279288B2
Disclosed is a capsule apparatus having a filter housing defining a filter chamber with a top cap having a plurality of ports extending substantially laterally from a top end of the top cap. The lateral and substantially uniform orientation of the ports facilitates connection to panel mount assemblies and improves filter maintenance processes. A transfer tube extending the length of the capsule allows the introduction of heated fluids from a top mounted inlet port to a bottom of the capsule chamber to allow or a substantially uniform heat gradient in the capsule filter chamber. A dispersion ring or dispersion plate may be secured to a distal end of the transfer tube to promote uniform dispersion of liquids and/or gases introduced into the capsule apparatus. An alternative shield secured in the housing defines a first chamber in fluid communication with an inlet and a second chamber wherein the two chambers are in fluid communication via an opening defined by a lower end of the shield and a bottom of the filter chamber. An alternative capsule apparatus has an outlet tube extending downwardly from a top mounted outlet port in fluid communication with an enclosed filter membrane secured below a column of loose filter media.
US10279287B2
Prevention of contamination of a dried product, deformation of particles, and a change of particle size distribution. The system includes: a solid-liquid separator in which a processing material is supplied between a pair of endless separation filter cloths wound around an outer periphery of a separation roll, and is dehydrated by being squeezed therebetween and also by ventilation gas passing from a ventilation port formed in an outer peripheral surface of the separation roll; and a horizontal rotary dryer provided on a subsequent stage of the solid-liquid separator, wherein carrier gas is made to flow in a rotating shell of the dryer in a cocurrent manner in the same direction as a conveyance direction of the processing material.
US10279275B1
A delayed gratification encouragement toy, provided in a housing having a reservoir for holding a plurality of snack items, a receiving cup having a transparent door, and an activity device. The child engages with the activity device until a milestone is reached. A reward of at least one snack item is dispensed to the child. If the child continues to engage with the activity device without retrieving the reward, additional rewards are dispensed and will increase significantly according to how long the child is willing to delay receiving the rewards.
US10279274B1
In various embodiments, a ride system includes a turntable, a multi-axis motion device, and a control system. The multi-axis motion device may be mounted in a fixed position on the turntable. The control system may be configured to manipulate the turntable and the multi-axis motion device in synchronization with an environment of the ride system. In various embodiments, the control system includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, where the memory is configured to store a ride experience command sequence. The processor may be configured to use a turntable motor controller to manipulate a turntable to execute a ride experience command sequence and use the motion device controller to manipulate a multi-axis motion device to execute the ride experience command sequence.
US10279256B2
A non-transitory computer readable game medium storing instructions for controlling an operation of a game system. The game system includes a head mounted display (HMD); a processor; a memory; and an input reception device capable of detecting a physical movement of a user. The processor is configured to cause the HMD to display a virtual reality space for forming a game. The processor is configured to cause the HMD to display, in the virtual reality space, a moveable object to be operated by the user in association with the physical movement of the user detected by the input reception device. The processor is configured to give a disadvantage to a player in the game in response to the physical movement of the user exceeding a predetermined velocity in comparison to a case in which the physical movement of the user is equal to or less than a predetermined velocity.
US10279247B2
An avatar-incentive healthcare therapy system has a physiological monitor for generating a physiological parameter indicative of physical health. An academic test for generating a test score is indicative of mental acuity. The avatar has outward characteristics and game play capabilities proportional to the physiological health and the mental acuity so as to incentivize improved physical health and academic performance.
US10279244B2
A movable dasher board system optimizes user safety in a hockey rink or similar arena. A bottom structure, provided by a sliding bottom surface or roller assembly, has low friction characteristics, typically a μs of 0.05 or less with respect to ice if a sliding surface, or if roller bearings an effective coefficient of rolling friction 0.04 or less. A dasher board assembly is operatively connected to and extends upwardly from the bottom structure. Biasing and impact force absorbing devices (such as pneumatic or hydraulic or spring-encasing telescoping tubes, or foam, gel, or compression springs) bias the bottom structure and dasher board assembly to a desired position and absorb the impact of a human hitting the dasher board assembly to minimize the possibility of injury to the human. The system may be installed in a pre-existing rink or other arena.
US10279238B1
The utility model discloses a width-adjustable skate with an interchangeable function, including a shell, a toe cap, a width adjustment screw, and a width adjustment moving part. The bottom of the shell is provided with a replaceable sliding assembly. By means of the replaceable sliding assembly, a user can mount a blade-type sliding assembly or a roller-type sliding assembly as required, thus implementing interchange. Moreover, the width of the skate is adjustable, such that the user feels more comfortable when wearing it.
US10279234B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having excellent grip performance under a wet condition. The present invention provides a golf club grip having an outermost surface layer, wherein the outermost surface layer contains (A) a crosslinked rubber and (B) a silica, and has, at at least a part thereof, a region where a spherical silica secondary particle with a particle size of 3 μm or more exists in an amount of at least two particles/mm2. If a spherical silica secondary particle with a particle size of 3 μm or more exists in a given amount at at least a part of the outermost surface layer, the golf club grip has an improved grip performance under a wet condition.
US10279231B1
A golf club head, preferably a putter head, comprising a replaceable face insert is disclosed herein. The golf club head comprises a body with face cavity and a secondary cavity in communication with, and disposed behind, the face cavity, and at least one opening extending through a top or sole portion into the secondary cavity. The replaceable face insert comprises a striking portion and a support structure having an elongated, vertical through bore extending from a rear surface of the striking portion. The support structure is received within the secondary cavity and the striking portion is received within the face cavity, and then a rod or bolt is inserted through the opening and into the elongated, vertical through bore to reversibly secure the face insert to the body. A linear bearing may be disposed within the elongated through bore to receive the rod or bolt.
US10279229B1
A golf club head with a multi-material construction in which a portion of the club head is a first material such as engineered stone or concrete and a second portion of the club head is a second material such as a metal, thermoplastic, or a composite.
US10279218B2
The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of one layer or a plurality of layers, the core being formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition containing: (A) a base rubber, (B) an organic peroxide, and (C) water and/or a metal monocarboxylate. The core has a hardness profile which satisfies specific relationships between the JIS-C hardness at the core center (Cc), the JIS-C hardness at a position 10 mm from the core center (C10) and the JIS-C hardness at the core surface (Cs).
US10279215B2
A variable-color region (106) of an information-presentation structure extends to an exposed surface (102) at a surface zone (112), normally appears along it as a principal color, and includes impact-sensitive color-change structure (132) and duration-extension structure (242). A segment (142) of the impact-sensitive color-change structure responds to an object (104) impacting the zone at an object-contact area (116) by causing an impact-dependent portion (138) of the variable-color region to temporarily appear along a print area (118) of the zone as changed color materially different from the principal color if the impact meets threshold impact criteria. The print area closely matches the object-contact area in size, shape, and location. The duration-extension structure responds to the impact by causing the impact-sensitive color-change structure to deform along an internal deformation area (288). This causes the time duration of the impact-dependent portion appearing as the changed color to be controllably extended.
US10279189B2
A wearable, multiphasic cardioverter defibrillator system and method are provided.
US10279182B2
System and methods are provided for determining a stimulation threshold for closed loop spinal cord stimulation (SCS). The system and methods provide a lead coupled to an implantable pulse generator (IPG). The system and methods deliver SCS pulses from the IPG to the lead electrodes in accordance with an SCS therapy, and determine an evoked compound action potential (ECAP) amplitude based on an ECAP waveform resulting from the SCS therapy. The system and methods increase the SCS therapy by increasing at least one of an amplitude, a duration, and number of the SCS pulses associated with the SCS therapy. The system and methods also include iteratively repeat the delivering, determining and increasing operations until the ECAP amplitude exhibits a downward trend divergence. The system and methods define a stimulation threshold based on the ECAP amplitude at the trend divergence.
US10279172B1
A lead wire assembly apparatus for an implantable medical device (IMD), the apparatus including a lead having first and second ends and a plurality of separate conductive segments serially located therebetween; a cover defining at least one cavity situated about ends of adjacent conductive segments; and a fluid located in the at least one cavity and coupling the adjacent conductive segments to each other. The fluid electrically couples adjacent conductive segments to pass driving signals of the implantable medical device. The fluid may further attenuate induced signals generated by radiofrequency (RF) signals of a magnetic resonance (MR) system.
US10279171B2
A shield layer is added to an existing lead or lead extension by applying the shield layer to the lead body between the proximal contact and distal electrode of the lead body. The shield layer may be covered with an outer insulative layer. An inner insulative layer may be applied over the lead body prior to adding the shield layer and the outer insulative layer. The shield layer may have a terminator applied to the end of the shield layer to prevent migration of the shield layer through the outer insulative layer. The shield layer may be of various forms including a tubular braided wire structure or a tubular foil. The tubular braided wire structure may be applied to the lead body by utilizing the lead body as a mandrel within a braiding machine.
US10279170B2
Systems and methods for epicardial pacing are provided. For example, this document provides epicardial pacing using a percutaneously delivered bifurcated pacing lead that has multiple electrodes that are directionally insulated to prevent extracardiac stimulation, including prevention of phrenic stimulation. In addition, the devices, systems, and methods provided can be used for ablation, defibrillation, and/or defibrillation in combination with pacing.
US10279162B2
Described herein are injection devices capable of automatically injecting substances into the soft tissue of a patient. The devices can inject low to high viscosity materials at predetermined, user selected injection rates, allowing the operator more control than a traditional syringe. The devices can allow mixing of more than one substance and/or reconstitution of a solid substance for injection. The injection devices described herein can allow the operator to easily inject one or more low to high viscosity liquid or gel soft-tissue augmentation fillers, one or more drugs, one or more other biocompatible materials, or combinations thereof.
US10279160B2
A cap for medical fluid lines and the like includes a hollow body within which a male or female connector accessible at one end of the body is coaxially housed. The connector is configured to inviolably obstruct the passage through the body. A unidirectional coupling locks in rotation the connector with respect to the body in the direction corresponding to the screwing of the connector, and a complementary connector, and to enable free rotation of the connector in the opposite direction. The connector can be possibly locked in rotation with respect to the body in the unscrewing direction, only following a positive command.
US10279147B2
Articulation devices, such as comprising pull rings, are provided having improved or increased visibility under conventional visualization techniques, such as fluoroscopy. Such improved visibility is achieved by the presence of at least one insert comprised of a material that is more visible or detectable under imaging techniques than the pull ring. The at least one insert is positionable within a cut-out in the articulation device and fixed into place by a suitable method such as adhesive, soldering, swaging, welding, laser welding, etc. The insert resides within the dimensions of the walls of the pull ring so as to not increase the outer diameter or decrease the inner diameter of the pull ring. This maintains the profile of the overall articulation device. Thus, the one or more inserts can improve the radiopacity of the pull ring, allowing the pull ring to be more visible and more easily identifiable under fluoroscopy than a conventional pull ring without negatively altering other features such as tensile strength or overall dimensions of the pull ring.
US10279144B2
A catheter sheath comprises a tubular member connected to a catheter handle, the tubular sheath including one or more electrical conductors and one or more electrode rings attached to the tip of the tubular member. The tubular member further includes at least one opening that allows the one or more electrical conductor to be electrically connected to the one or more electrode rings. The electrode ring is slid over the tubular member so as to cover the opening. The tubular member and the electrode ring are subjected to heat treatment by induction heating so that the material of the tubular member melts locally around the electrode ring to form a seal between the tubular member and the electrode ring.
US10279140B2
A pressure support system configured to provide pressure support therapy to a subject is described. The pressure support system comprises a humidifier configured to control the humidity of gas provided to the subject during a sleep cycle to ensure an amount of liquid will remain in the humidifier at the conclusion of an estimated usage time. The pressure support system is configured to ensure humidified breathing gas is delivered to a subject during a usage time within a pressure support usage period. During times when the subject's moisture demand is greater than amount of moisture available in the humidifier, the pressure support system may decrease the amount moisture in the breathing gas so humidified therapy is available during the entire time the user is asleep.
US10279134B2
An adapter for use with a flow generator includes a conduit attachable to the outlet of the flow generator and an identifying element supported by the conduit and providing an identifying feature unique to a specific peripheral component attachable to the flow generator. The identifying feature is communicatable to the flow generator so that appropriate operating parameters of the flow generator may be automatically selected by the flow generator to coordinate with the specific peripheral component.
US10279119B2
An apparatus includes a syringe body and a plunger. The syringe body defines a volume configured to contain a medicament. A proximal end portion of the syringe body includes an engagement portion, and a distal end portion of the syringe body includes a delivery tip. A side wall of the syringe body includes a transparent window. The plunger has a distal end portion configured to move within the volume of the syringe body to convey the medicament. An engagement portion of the plunger is configured to interface with the engagement portion of the syringe body to limit rotation of the plunger about a longitudinal axis of the plunger. An outer surface of the plunger includes a series of indicia, at least one which is visible through the transparent window.
US10279118B2
A drive mechanism (11) for a delivery device comprising a drive member (17) for driving a piston rod (13); a moveable dose setting member (19, 35) being disengaged from the drive member (17) in a dose setting state and being moveable in a drive direction in a dose delivery state, wherein the dose setting member (19, 35) engages with the drive member (17) in the dose delivery state in such a manner that the movement of the dose setting member (19, 35) in the drive direction is transferred to the drive member (17); and a spring member (21) being coupled to the dose setting member (19, 35) in such a manner that the movement of the dose setting member (19, 35) in a setting direction loads the spring member (21) in the dose setting state, the spring force of the loaded spring member (21) driving the dose setting member (19, 35) in the drive direction in the dose delivery state.
US10279107B2
A patch pump utilizes piezoelectricity to dispense medicament from a cartridge syringe to a patient. Pump can include a plurality of piezoelectric elements that when energized cause linear motion of a pushrod that interfaces with the syringe in the cartridge to advance the syringe and dispense the medicament. The high torque generated by the piezoelectric elements is directly converted into the same amount of torque on the lead screw, so no torque increasing gear reduction system is needed and the pushrod utilized to drive the syringe can be contained within and connected directly to the motor assembly. Such a piezoelectric-based system can therefore be made smaller and with fewer moving parts than an electromagnetic motor of the same capability such that the pump has a smaller size than has heretofore been possible with prior art electromagnetic-based syringe pumps and other pumps that utilize gear reduction systems.
US10279101B2
A dual lumen coaxial cannula assembly includes a first infusion tube having a first elongate body defining a first lumen therethrough and a second drainage tube co-axially aligned with the first infusion tube and having a second elongate body with a second lumen defined by a space between the first infusion tube and second drainage tube. A connector is removably attached to the first infusion tube and the second drainage tube for coupling the dual lumen coaxial cannula to an extracorporeal blood circuit. The first infusion tube and the second drainage tube include a plurality of infusion and drainage apertures, respectively, provided at the distal end and extending through the sidewall of the first infusion tube and the drainage tube, respectively.
US10279098B2
Simple-to-use systems, methods, and devices for priming replacement blood treatment devices, for swapping the blood treatment devices out, for replacing swapped-out blood treatment devices, and other related operations are described. In embodiments, a blood treatment device can be primed while a therapy is still running. When the replacement blood treatment device is needed, the therapy can be stopped momentarily (less than a minute) for the rapid and safe swap of the blood treatment device. Blood loss can be minimized. The down time from therapy can be minimized.
US10279091B1
A progressive sequencing lactating breast milk extraction apparatus comprising a series of compression segments arranged forming a conical shape extending between a wider chest end and a narrower extracted milk collection end, at least one vibration generating apparatus in vibrational communication with at least one compression segment of the series of compression segments; and an operational mechanism to contract and expand each compression segment. In use, the operational mechanism cycles each compression segment of the series of compression segments between a compressed state and a relaxed state and the cycles are provided sequentially from a rear of the progressive sequencing lactating breast milk extraction apparatus to the extracted milk collection end. The vibrational energy applied to the breast aids in flow of the milk through the breast.
US10279090B2
A breast milk storage system which comprises a mandrel for selective engagement with a bottle connector of a breast pump. The storage system also includes at least one clamp in pivotal engagement with the mandrel, and a lock ring. The lock ring is positioned for rotation about the mandrel and the at least one clamp. Rotation of the lock ring effectuates pivoting of the at least one clamp between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, the at least one clamp is pivoted with respect to the mandrel and presses against the mandrel so as to retain a storage bag in place by pinching said storage bag between the at least one clamp and the mandrel.
US10279084B2
A balloon or balloon cover comprising a composite material having a least one expanded fluoropolymer material and an elastomer is provided. The expanded fluoropolymer material can contain serpentine fibrils. In exemplary embodiments, the fluoropolymer is polytetrafluoroethylene. The composite material may be axially, helically, and/or circumferentially wrapped to form a balloon or balloon cover. The balloon or balloon cover exhibits a sharp increase in stiffness at a predetermined diameter. The balloon or balloon cover can be designed to have a stop point in either a radial or axial direction.
US10279082B2
The present invention relates to an implant having a surface comprising a coating on at least a portion of the surface of the implant, wherein the coating comprises at least two coating layers of bioactive compounds adjacent to each other, obtainable in a process comprising the following steps: providing an implant with a surface, providing a first suspension comprising at least one first bioactive compound in a first solvent, wherein the first bioactive compound is non-soluble or partially soluble in the first solvent, applying said first suspension comprising the at least one first bioactive compound onto at least a part of the implant surface forming a first coating layer; drying the first coating layer, providing a second solution comprising at least one second bioactive compound in a second solvent, wherein the second bioactive compound is soluble or readily soluble in the second solvent; applying said second solution comprising the at least one second bioactive compound onto the first coating layer forming a second coating layer, and drying the second coating layer.
US10279079B2
The present invention features, inter alia, biocompatible compositions that include a poloxamer and one or more additives such as hyaluronic acid, gelatin, fibronectin, or a peptide fragment of fibronectin. The compositions are useful in tissue repair or remodeling, including repair of an injured spinal disc, in drug delivery, in cell culture, and in inhibiting the formation of adhesions.
US10279072B2
Body tissue and structures in an airway may be treated with an artificial scab comprising an inhomogeneous, uncohesive, solid sheet-like body comprising a granular mixture of chitosan and polysaccharide particles. The artificial scab breaks apart into smaller pieces if peeled away from the surgical site or wound, thus reducing the risk of airway occlusion.
US10279071B2
An odor control layer for personal care products has a composition that has a PEG or PEG copolymer composition applied thereto. The layer can be placed in a personal care product, such as a diaper, training pant, absorbent under pant, adult incontinence product, or feminine hygiene product. Additional odor control layers may include silver nanoparticles and activated carbon compositions. In an alternative form, a single odor control layer includes the PEG composition and the activated carbon and/or silver nanoparticle compositions. A cleansing composition with PEG and possibly active carbon and silver nanoparticles may be combined with the personal care product to form a kit.
US10279067B2
A fragrance diffuser has a diffuser element connecting a first reservoir to a second reservoir. As a fragrant oil flows between the reservoirs, the diffuser element becomes saturated with oil and diffuses the fragrance or scent. The diffuser is self-contained, easy to interact with, without creating a mess. The diffuser is relaxing and pleasant to watch as it flows through from one end and drips to the other, releasing one small bubble at a time. It is refillable, transportable, and the intensity of the scent release can be controlled easily by saturating the wood more or less often.
US10279066B2
An aromatic agent container includes a container, a supporting bracket and a flow guiding device. The container contains an aromatic agent therein, and its top surface is formed of an opening. The supporting bracket of a ring shape is mounted onto the top of the container. The wall of the supporting bracket is formed of through holes. The flow guiding device is arranged inside the supporting bracket and at a spacing from the top of the container. The flow guiding device includes a driving motor with a fan arranged at an external of the bottom thereof. Accordingly, when the flow guiding device is activated and the fan is driven to rotate for fragrance of the aromatic agent to flow out of the opening of the container, the airflow generated by the fan allows the fragrance to exit from through holes and to spread into the surrounding air effectively and actively.
US10279063B2
The present application belongs to the technical field of household commodity and provides a sterilization box applicable to sterilize cosmetic tools, which comprises a base assembly, a housing assembly connected to the base assembly and cooperating with the base assembly to form a first cavity, and a supporting assembly connected in the first cavity and being able to connect with a plurality of cosmetic tools. The base assembly is provided therein with a second cavity. The sterilization box further comprises a circulation assembly configured to drive air circulations in the first cavity and in the second cavity and a sterilization assembly configured to sterilize the cosmetic tools. The circulation assembly includes a first ventilation assembly cooperating with the second cavity and a second ventilation assembly cooperating with the first cavity. A heating assembly cooperating with the first ventilation assembly is connected in the second cavity.
US10279059B2
A solution in which an ultraviolet radiation source is mounted on a flexible substrate is provided. The flexible substrate is capable of having a deformation curvature of at least 0.1 inverse meters. The flexible substrate may be incorporated within an existing enclosure or included in the enclosure. The flexible substrate can be utilized as part of a solution for disinfecting one or more items located within the enclosure. In this case, while the items are within the enclosure, ultraviolent radiation is generated and directed at the items. Wiring for the ultraviolet radiation source can be embedded within the flexible substrate and the flexible substrate can have at least one of: a wave-guiding structure, an ultraviolet absorbing surface, or an ultraviolet reflective surface. A control system can be utilized to manage generation of the ultraviolet radiation within the enclosure.
