US10296430B2
Mobile phones and methods for mobile phone failure prediction include receiving respective log files from one or more mobile phone components, including at least one user application. The log files have heterogeneous formats. A likelihood of failure of one or more mobile phone components is determined based on the received log files by clustering the plurality of log files according to structural log patterns and determining feature representations of the log files based on the log clusters. A user is alerted to a potential failure if the likelihood of component failure exceeds a first threshold. An automatic system control action is performed if the likelihood of component failure exceeds a second threshold.
US10296418B2
A versioned records management computing system that uses a restart era in order to promote rapid recovery. A persistent store includes a multi-versioned record collection. The records are also associated with a restart era that corresponds to the era of operation of the computing system after a restart. Upon a recovery, the current restart era changes. An object collection media has an object collection that conforms to an object model such that the object model is used to operate upon the records. The object collection media is operable such that the object collection is durable so as to survive restarts of the system to thereby allow for accelerated recovery.
US10296417B2
In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes maintaining two or more error indicators for correctable errors occurring at two or more memory components. Each of the error indicators may be associated with a corresponding memory component. A correctable error may be detected as occurring during a first memory fetch operation at a first memory component. A first error indicator corresponding to the first memory component may be set, responsive to the correctable error at the first memory component. An uncorrectable error may be detected during a second memory fetch operation. It may be detected that the first error indicator is set. The first memory component may be marked, responsive to the uncorrectable error and to detecting that the first error indicator is set. The two or more error indicators for correctable errors may thus determine which memory component to mark due to the uncorrectable error.
US10296405B2
A memory system may be provided. The memory system may include a memory apparatus including a plurality of memory cells. The memory system may include and a controller configured to control a write operation and a read operation with respect to the memory apparatus, detect an error occurrence position by performing the write operation and the read operation on a corresponding region of the memory apparatus in which an error occurs based on error occurrence address information generated in the read operation while changing a level of data to be written, and determine a type of error based on the detected error occurrence position.
US10296403B2
A computing system including a first and a second application. The first application includes a first local software development kit (SDK) platform instance, and the first local SDK platform instance includes a first non-core SDK module instance, an application discovery module, and an inter-application communication module. The second application includes a second local SDK platform instance. The first non-core SDK module instance is configured to is a request to the application discovery module. Upon receipt of the request, the discovery module is configured to determine that the second local SDK platform instance includes a second non-core SDK module instance that is configured to service the request. The first local SDK platform instance, based on the determination, is configured to generate a deep link associated with the second application based on data collected by the first local SDK platform instance and provide the deep link to the first non-core SDK module.
US10296395B2
Performing a rooted-v collective operation by an operational group of compute nodes in a parallel computer includes: upon encountering a rooted-v collection operation during execution, identifying, by a root node of an operational group of compute nodes, a count to use for the selection of a collective algorithm for effecting the rooted-v collective operation; broadcasting, by the root node to the other computer nodes in the operational group, an active message, wherein the active message includes the identified count to use for the selection of the collective algorithm; and selecting, by all the compute nodes of the operational group based on the identified count, a same collective algorithm to effect the rooted-v collective operation; and executing the rooted-v collective operation by all compute nodes of the operational group using the selected algorithm.
US10296394B2
Computer-implemented methods and a system are provided for distributing tasks between a plurality of processes in a computer network. A method includes distributing, by a load balancer in the computer network, tasks between the plurality of processes. The method further includes maintaining, by the load balancer, a registry for each of the tasks. For a given task, the registry indicates which of the plurality of processes to which the given task is distributed based on a hash function. The method also includes forming, by the load balancer, a respective set of registries for each of the plurality of processes, based on a set of thresholds. The method additionally includes redefining, by the load balancer, the set of thresholds when one of the plurality of processes ceases or a new process, added to the plurality of processes, commences.
US10296387B2
Disclosed aspects include managing a set of assets for a user in a shared pool of configurable computing resources. The shared pool of configurable computing resources has a set of virtual machines. A set of usage data for the user is established. The set of usage data corresponds to usage of an asset by the user. Based on the set of usage data for the user, an asset action for the asset for the user on a virtual machine is determined. In response to determining the asset action for the asset, the asset action for the asset for the user on the virtual machine is selected.
US10296381B2
The method and system for analyzing schedulability configured for a computer for operating an operating system that supports a task group of hard real-time scheduling or a user processor operated in an embedded circuit. The system includes an operating system including a file system and a kernel, and generating non-periodic real-time task information and periodic real-time task information from the file system and the kernel, a tool for testing hard real-time schedulability that collecting the non-periodic real-time task information by applying a first predetermined scheduling algorithm and determining schedulability of a reserved resource for a real-time task group including the non-periodic real-time task information through a second predetermined scheduling algorithm.
US10296376B2
Embodiments presented herein provide techniques for executing a block-based workflow to perform a planning process for a semiconductor manufacturing environment. The block-based workflow includes a plurality of blocks that specify a set of operations for performing the planning process. One embodiment includes extracting planning data from a spreadsheet application, converting the data from a first schema to a second schema, generating a plan for the semiconductor manufacturing environment, and publishing the plan to the spreadsheet application, based on the plurality of blocks in the block-based workflow.
US10296374B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide a method of migrating a virtual machine. In response to receiving information of a newly added port, a first controller within a software defined network may search for a matching destination Internet protocol address within a first neighbor relationship table when an IP address contained in the information of the newly added port is taken as a source IP address. The first controller may send flow tables relating to the matching destination IP address to a destination virtual switching device of a migrated virtual machine, and update flow tables stored in virtual switching devices managed by the first controller. The first controller may send a migration success message including the information of the newly added port to a second controller, to enable the second controller to update flow tables stored in virtual switching devices managed by the second controller.
US10296372B2
Techniques disclosed herein generally describe providing fault tolerance in a virtual machine cluster using hardware transactional memory. According to one embodiment, a micro-checkpointing tool suspends execution of a virtual machine instance on a primary server. The micro-checkpointing tool identifies one or more memory pages associated with the virtual machine instance that were modified since a previous synchronization. The micro-checkpointing tool maps a first task to an operation to be performed on a memory of the primary server, where the first task is to resume the virtual machine instance. The micro-checkpointing tool also maps a second task to an operation to be performed on the memory of the primary server, where the second task is to copy the identified memory pages associated with the virtual machine instance to a secondary server. The first and second tasks are then performed on the memory.
US10296370B2
A method for a hypervisor supported by a source host to implement a port mirroring session in a virtualized computing environment includes receiving a packet passing through a first virtual port supported by the source host, wherein the packet is destined for a destination virtual machine on a destination host. The method also includes based on a first media access control (MAC) address of a first virtual network interface controller (VNIC) associated with a first monitoring virtual machine (VM), obtaining a first IP address associated with a first host that supports the first VNIC and the first monitoring VM, generating a port mirroring packet with the first IP address and a mirrored copy of the packet, wherein the port mirroring packet comprises a first Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) base header, which includes the first MAC address, and transmitting the port mirroring packet to the first host.
US10296365B1
Systems and methods are described for the collection and transmission of virtual machine resource operations information. Individual agents on virtual machine resources collect and store operations information in accordance with a current operations information collection configuration. The individual agents will initiate a transmission of the collected operations information, including an identification of the current operations information collection configuration being implemented by the respective agent. Responsive to the receipt of the transmission of the collected operations information, the monitoring processing service makes a determination of whether the current operations information collection configuration is appropriate or should otherwise be maintained or changed. The monitoring processing service will include the identification of the new operations information collection configuration in the message responsive to the transmission of the collected operations information from the agent.
US10296353B2
A method of protecting basic input/output system (BIOS) code. The method includes, with a relocation information tool executed by a processor, refactoring a number of data sections within a number of handlers of the BIOS code to tag a number of variables within the handlers. The tags indicate which of the variables should be protected at runtime. The method further includes generating a relocation file comprising a number of relocation addresses identifying locations of a number of dynamic variables that change at runtime. The relocation addresses point to a location within the handlers different from an original location. The method further includes, with a loader, loading at runtime the relocation file as part of a BIOS firmware image and adjusting data access to the dynamic variables in handler code to identify the location of the dynamic variables based on the relocation file.
US10296352B2
Systems and methods of processing using a quantum processor are described. A method includes obtaining a problem Hamiltonian and defining a nested Hamiltonian with a plurality of logical qubits by embedding a logical KN representing the problem Hamiltonian into a larger KC×N, where N represents a number of the logical qubits and C represents a nesting level defining the amount of hardware resources for the nest Hamiltonian. The method also includes encoding the nested Hamiltonian into the plurality of physical qubits of the quantum processor; and performing a quantum annealing process with the quantum processor after the encoding.
US10296347B2
Fusible instructions and logic provide OR-test and AND-test functionality on multiple test sources. Some embodiments include a processor decode stage to decode a test instruction for execution, the instruction specifying first, second and third source data operands, and an operation type. Execution units, responsive to the decoded test instruction, perform one logical operation, according to the specified operation type, between data from the first and second source data operands, and perform a second logical operation between the data from the third source data operand and the result of the first logical operation to set a condition flag. Some embodiments generate the test instruction dynamically by fusing one logical instruction with a prior-art test instruction. Other embodiments generate the test instruction through a just-in-time compiler. Some embodiments also fuse the test instruction with a subsequent conditional branch instruction, and perform a branch according to how the condition flag is set.
US10296342B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for executing an instruction are described. For example, an instruction includes at least an opcode, a field for a packed data source operand, and a field for a packed data destination operand. When executed, the instruction causes for each data element position of the source operand, add to a value stored in that data element position all values stored in preceding data element positions of the packed data source operand and store a result of the addition into a corresponding data element position of the packed data destination operand.
US10296340B2
A data processing apparatus 10 for executing an access instruction for n threads in order to access data values for the n threads includes storage circuitry 100 that stores data values associated with the n threads in groups defined by storage boundaries. The data processing apparatus also includes processing circuitry 80 that processes the access instruction for a set of threads at a time (where each set of threads comprises fewer than n threads) and splitting circuitry 110, responsive to the access instruction, to divide the n threads into multiple sets of threads, and to generate at least one control signal identifying the multiple sets. For each of the sets, the processing circuitry responds to the at least one control signal by issuing at least one access request to the storage circuitry in order to access the data values for that set. The splitting circuitry determines into which set each of the n threads is allocated having regards to the storage boundaries.
US10296338B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes: an accelerator associated with a first address space; a core associated with a second address space and including an alternate address space configuration register to store configuration information to enable the core to execute instructions from the first address space; and a control logic to configure the core based in part on information in the alternate address space configuration register. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10296335B2
An apparatus and method are described for efficiently processing and reassigning interrupts. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a plurality of cores; and an interrupt controller to group interrupts into a plurality of interrupt domains, each interrupt domain to have a set of one or more interrupts assigned thereto and to map the interrupts in the set to one or more of the plurality of cores.
US10296334B2
Apparatus, method, and system for performing a vector bit gather are describe herein. One embodiment of a processor includes: a first vector register storing one or more source data elements, a second vector register storing one or more control elements, and a vector bit gather logic. Each of the control elements includes a plurality of bit fields, each of which is associated with a plurality of corresponding bit positions in a destination vector register and is to identify a bit from the one or more corresponding source data element to be copied to each of the plurality of corresponding bit positions. The vector bit shuffle logic is to read the bit fields from the second vector register and, for each bit field, to identify a bit from the source data elements and responsively copy it to each of the plurality of corresponding bit positions in the destination vector register.
US10296331B2
Methods, computer systems and computer program products for service packages porting are provided. Aspects include a computer implemented method for a service package porting is provided. One or more processors provision a component of a first layer based on a plurality of component descriptions and build the service package on the first layer. Hence the one or more processors collect first log information that relates to build failures of the service package. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the method further comprises determine whether a build failure is related to the first layer based on the first log information and remove the component of the first layer if it is determined that the build failure is related to the first layer.
US10296330B2
Computer software development has produced many advances within computer science and in most aspects of modern society. Even with modern quality control, bug finding, and other code checking applications, computer software is often less than ideal. A developer may write code that is functionally accurate but lacks security, documentation, speed, storage, reusability, or other element that may make a segment of software code less than ideal. Identifying equivalent code and, when found, replacing it with a vetted equivalent promotes the deployment of software that is more robust, secure, usable and reusable, and/or satisfies performance or other objectives.
US10296323B2
A system and method for deploying user apps to user devices is disclosed. A service module on a host system maintains class files of the user app within an original archive, and creates an install agent archive and a modified user app archive from the original archive. In some embodiments, the service module deploys an install agent from the install agent archive and a runtime agent of the modified user app archive to the user device. In other embodiments, the install agent and the runtime agent are pre-installed within a virtual machine of the user device. The install agent receives the class files from the service module, and the runtime agent loads and executes the class files to deploy the user app on the user device. In a preferred embodiment, the system enables faster initial deployment and redeployment of user apps on Android user devices than current systems and methods.
US10296322B2
A controller according to an embodiment includes a main processing unit and a storage. The main processing unit shifts, when receiving an updating request of a control program during executing this control program, to program shifting through a restart in a state where a device power source is held. The program shifting starts an updating program for updating the control program instead of the control program. The storage is configured to be able to hold information while the device power source is held. The main processing unit causes the storage to store, before the restart, update requesting information indicating that the updating request is received, causes the storage to store a history of the restart, and performs a start determination on the updating program on the basis of the update requesting information and the history that are referred after the restart.
US10296319B2
An example information processing apparatus includes a display and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to control the information processing apparatus to perform operations including automatically connecting to a server; automatically receiving, from the server, one or more programs, without user selection of the one or more programs, the received programs including at least one new program, other than an update program, not already installed on the information processing apparatus; and automatically, and without user request, installing the received programs on the information processing apparatus.
US10296313B2
A computerized method is provided to consume a dynamically-typed language in a compatible language, and to compile source code in the compatible language to a target language. The methods make it possible to add type safety and static type checking to a superset of dynamically-typed languages, irrespective of whether the dynamically-typed languages are dynamically type-checked or not. In preferred embodiments, the methods allow for all types in an external language to be represented as a single type. In various embodiments, more than one unified external type can be allowed, each unified external type being specific to a group or class of types. In the methods, conversions are used as a mechanism to convert types. Conversions can be either implicit or explicit, and explicit conversions can be either implementation-defined or user-defined.
US10296309B1
An approach is proposed to support automatic API generation for integration of web-based components with a native application. First, mini apps are included in a container, wherein the mini apps are web-based features assembled together as a bundle of JavaScript assets to be integrated with the native application on a mobile device. A set of APIs to the mini apps are then automatically generated based on pre-defined schemas in native code specific to the platform of the mobile device and merged with the mini apps into the container. The container is published to a repository at a central, team shared, location and imported to the mobile device for integration with the native application. Finally, a target mobile application is created by integrating the mini apps with the native application on the mobile device via the APIs, wherein the target mobile application is uploaded and made available to an end user.
US10296308B2
The present disclosure is directed to providing a network application creation system that facilitates generating network applications from a design layout. In general, the network application creation system automatically generates one or more network applications from a design mock-up created by a user, such as a designer. For example, the network application creation system can provide one or more network applications to a user without requiring the user to hand code the design layout into the one or more network applications. In some example embodiments, the network application creation system generates structured files, style files, and/or asset files from a design layout and create a network application based on the generated files.
US10296304B2
A computer-implemented data analysis method including the steps of: providing a block for each group, in which the blocks are mapped to have different shapes from each other, and the groups are classified based on an attribute of a programming language-based function and instruction; providing a user interface for receiving the block selected by a user; generating a data analysis flow based on a user creation block that is generated when the selected blocks are combined in the user interface; transforming the data analysis flow to a programming language-based data analysis code through a language transform engine; and performing a data analysis based on the transformed data analysis code.
US10296302B1
The example embodiments are directed to a system and method for generating and controlling a user interface for managing a software development lifecycle of an industrial software application. In one example, the method includes developing a software application via a user interface, storing an application file representing the developed software application in a code repository associated with the user interface, testing the application file to determine whether the developed software application successfully satisfies requirements for a platform, and deploying the successfully tested application file from the code repository to the platform and activating the application on the platform, in response to receiving a user request.
US10296287B2
An audio/video (A/V) hub may measure the sound, corresponding to audio content, output by electronic devices. Then, the A/V hub may compare the measured sound to a desired acoustic characteristic at a first location in the environment based on the first location, a second location of the A/V hub, and an acoustic transfer function of the environment in at least a band of frequencies. For example, the comparison may involve calculating the acoustic transfer function at the first location based on the acoustic transfer function at other locations in the environment and correcting the measured sound based on the calculated the acoustic transfer function at the first location. Moreover, the A/V hub may determine equalized audio content based on the comparison and the audio content.
US10296282B2
An example implementation may involve a control device displaying a prompt to initiate a calibration sequence that involves calibration of a playback device for a given environment in which the playback device is located. The example implementation may also involve the control device displaying (i) a prompt to prepare a playback device for calibration within a given environment, (ii) a prompt to prepare the given environment for calibration of the playback device, and/or (iii) a prompt to prepare the control device for calibration of the playback device. The example implementation may also involve a control device displaying a selectable control, that, when selected, initiates calibration of the playback device. The example implementation may further involve a control device initiating calibration of the playback device.
US10296279B2
An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, using a processor, data to be displayed across at least two hingedly coupled display devices; determining, using a processor, the display mode of the data, the display mode being selected from the group consisting of an occluded mode and a non-occluded mode; in the occluded mode, processing, using a processor, the data to occlude pixels of the data based upon the determined display mode, the pixels being occluded at a location where a physical separation exists between the at least two hingedly coupled display devices; and displaying, using the at least two hingedly coupled display devices, the data according to the display mode determined. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10296277B2
An appliance device to display a workspace with an aspect ratio assigned to the workspace, regardless of the aspect ratio of a local display. The appliance device displays only a portion of the workspace in a viewport window at one time. The appliance device also displays a preview version of the entire workspace. The preview version comprises a user-interface tool which enables panning of the workspace in the viewport window. A presenter device makes a presentation while interacting with a workspace while viewer devices watch the presentation. A viewer device displays the workspace with the assigned aspect ratio and displays only portion of the workspace at one time. When the presenter device interacts with a location of the workspace, the presenter device operates in conjunction with a messaging infrastructure and the viewer devices to automatically cause each of the viewer devices to display the location of interaction in the workspace.
US10296274B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an input device configured to accept a user's operation and a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to receive a virtual desktop image transmitted by the server apparatus, display the received virtual desktop image on a screen, transmit, in a case where a second operation other than a first operation is accepted while the virtual desktop image has been displayed, operation information indicative of the second operation to the server apparatus, and display on the screen an indicator forward of the virtual desktop image, in a case where the first operation is accepted while the virtual desktop image has been displayed, the indicator being provided to change setting of hardware of the electronic apparatus.
US10296254B2
The present disclosure is to provide a synchronization method and device for a cloud storage system. The method includes receiving an operation request for a file object initiated by a client; calculating a hash value corresponding to the file object according to the operation request; acquiring the partition which the file object is stored according to the hash value; acquiring corresponding storage devices of each copy of the file object according to the partition which the file object is stored; initiating a write request to the storage devices to store the copies of the file object to the corresponding storage devices; and calculating a new hash value of the partition and transmitting the new hash value to an adjacent storage device. With the synchronization method and device of the present disclosure, it may reduce the network overhead and the synchronization delay.
US10296247B2
A storage-area network (SAN) system includes one or more storage drives directly connected to a fabric. Each storage drive provisions and operates a drive volume, and creates a security token for the drive volume. The system includes a client computing device directly connected to the fabric, and that executes a SAN software agent to create, mount, and use a logical volume realized by drive volumes of the storage drives. The client computing device accesses each drive volume using the security token for the drive volume. The system includes a SAN manager directly connected to the fabric that manages the drive volumes of the storage drives, manages the logical volume that the SAN software agent operates, receives from each storage drive the security token for the drive volume of the storage drive, and sends the security token for the drive volume of each storage drive to the SAN software agent.
US10296241B2
When user configuration data recorded in a recording medium is written into a PLC, the PLC determines, in accordance with a combination table stored in the recording medium, if a combination of the user configuration data and firmware already stored in the PLC is suitable. In addition, when firmware recorded in the recording medium is written into the PLC, the PLC determines, in accordance with the combination table stored in the recording medium, if a combination of the firmware and user configuration data already stored in the PLC is suitable.
US10296236B2
Offloading device management responsibilities from a storage device in an array of storage devices, including: retrieving, from the storage device, control information describing the state of one or more memory blocks in the storage device; and performing, in dependence upon the control information, a storage device management operation.
US10296228B2
A storage enclosure includes a plurality of hard drive sub-boards, each configured to include a plurality of hard drives. Each hard drive sub-board is coupled to one or more expanders, via and interface unit, with a set of dual-pass shielded cables. The expander includes a plurality of chipsets coupled to a complex logic device. Each chipset may communicate with a different subset of hard drives with potentially different timing characteristics. The dual-pass shielded cables may be arranged to mitigate these differences. In addition, pin assignments associated with the cables may be set in order to further mitigate the timing differences.
US10296219B2
A method and system are disclosed for storing client data objects in a deduplicated storage system. Deduplicated data may be stored in a plurality of physical data blocks. A content map layer can provide a mapping between the physical data blocks to logical map objects associated with the client data objects. The deduplicated data may be mapped to logical data blocks that comprise the client data objects.
US10296208B2
A method of adjusting an equalizer is disclosed. The method is applied to an electronic device for adjusting a plurality of gain values of the equalizer synchronously. The method of adjusting an equalizer of the present invention includes the steps of receiving an adjusting command; increasing or decreasing each of the gain values synchronously in an equimultiple way; storing adjusted gain values in a memory of the electronic device.
US10296204B2
A touch operation processing method and a terminal device. The method includes: detecting a touch operation of a user, which starts from a border of a screen display area to the screen display area, and using the first point touched by the touch operation in the screen display area as a starting point; and performing, according to the touch operation, reduction processing on an operation interface displayed in the screen display area, where one edge of an operation interface after the reduction processing includes the starting point. Therefore, the demand is met that the user triggers, by one hand, reduction processing on the operation interface and perform a selection operation on an arbitrary position in the entire screen display area of the terminal device when the user holds the terminal device with a large screen with one hand on it.
US10296195B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for creating custom user interface (“UI”) controls. A networked computing service may determine that an action performed by a user of the service is likely to be repeated, based on previous actions performed by the user and/or other users, parameters of the action including characteristics of an item associated with the action, and other criteria. The networked computing service may generate, or recommend generation of, a custom UI control that automates performance of the action. The networked computing service may automatically determine parameters of the action, and may determine alternative parameters and/or alternative actions if the action cannot be performed using the determined parameters. Custom UI controls may be associated with various computing devices and/or other electronic devices, and categories of custom UI controls may be determined and displayed.
US10296189B2
There is provided an information processing device comprising a housing, a display screen, a touch panel arranged on the display screen, an icon, which is displayed on the display screen and manipulated through the touch panel, a state detection unit for detecting a state change of the housing, a state determination unit for determining the state change of the housing detected by the state detection unit, and a display control unit for displaying the icon in a desired position on the display screen in response to a determination result of the state determination unit.
US10296182B2
A Managed Access System (MAS) at a correctional facility includes a local database for storing data relevant to authorized and unauthorized cellular communications activity, and a graphical user interface (GUI) for accessing the data and adjusting MAS settings. The local database is capable of synchronization with a remote database at a central facility. The central facility may include a processing system having code for monitoring the MAS and, in some configurations, additional MASs located at other correctional facilities. The code and the remote database may be configured to interface with the local databases at these other correctional facilities. A synchronization operation between the remote database and one or more local databases may be performed by a user with appropriate permissions. In this manner, an authorized user at the central facility can access the different MAS systems at different correctional facilities and manage the data or settings.
US10296170B2
According to one embodiment, contents which are created by first and second application programs are arranged two-dimensionally according to a first direction and a second direction. The first direction represents a chronological order, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. The first application is one of an application to input handwriting, an application to capture an image, an application to record voice, and an application to clip a part of a document. The second application is another one of the application to input handwriting, the application to capture an image, the application to record voice and the application to clip a part of a document.
US10296166B2
An electronic device displays one or more thumbnails. The device detects a first multi-contact gesture that includes movement of a first contact and a second contact; and, in response to detecting the first multi-contact gesture, the device displays content associated with a respective thumbnail and enlarges the content associated with the respective thumbnail to a respective enlarged size in accordance with the first multi-contact gesture. The device detects termination of the first multi-contact gesture; and, in response to detecting termination of the first multi-contact gesture: when a resizing metric based on the first multi-contact gesture is below a predefined threshold, the device ceases to display the content at the respective enlarged size; and, when the resizing metric based on the first multi-contact gesture is above the predefined threshold, the device displays the content on the display in a predefined arrangement.
US10296163B2
Embodiments of the invention include techniques for storing and managing repositories of electronic presentation documents. Presentation storage repositories may be implemented in various storage systems including individual computer servers, distributed storage networks, cloud-based storage systems, and the like. Presentation search interfaces may support various searching and customization capabilities. Search interface and search engine components may be implemented to receive search requests from client devices, retrieve electronic presentation data from one or more storage repositories, and generate customized search results based on the retrieved electronic presentation data. Search and presentation capabilities may include storing user-specific selections of presentation cover slides, and then retrieving and/or generating user-specific thumbnails for search results interfaces. Additionally, presentation access and usage statistics may be tracked and stored within the storage repository and may be incorporated into the customized searching and presentation capabilities.
US10296158B2
Disclosed is a system and method directed to creation, viewing, playing, sharing and/or utilizing information modules, such as mixed-media modules. A computing device communicates an interface to a client device, where the interface enables a user to create or edit content for inclusion in a narrative presentation for presentation of media, and generates a mixed-media module via integration of the content into a playable presentation of the content, the playable presentation of the content obtained from the narrative presentation.
US10296157B2
To provide a display device which includes a touch sensor and a large number of pixels and in which a driver circuit of a display portion and a driver circuit of a touch sensor are formed in one IC. The display device includes the display portion, the touch sensor, and a plurality of ICs. The plurality of ICs each include a first circuit. One of the plurality of ICs includes a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit has a function of outputting a video signal to the display portion. The second circuit has a function of outputting a signal for driving a sensor element included in the touch sensor. The third circuit has a function of converting an analog signal output from the sensor element into a digital signal.
US10296156B2
According to an aspect, a touch detection device includes a drive electrode layer including a plurality of drive electrodes formed in stripes in an array direction; a plurality of touch detection electrodes that are arranged in a manner facing the plurality of drive electrodes and generate capacitance with the plurality of drive electrodes; and a touch detecting unit that applies a touch drive signal to the plurality of drive electrodes and detects a position of an object in contiguity with a touch detection area based on detection signals supplied from the plurality of touch detection electrodes. The plurality of the drive electrodes include an end drive electrode that is provided to at least one end in the array direction and has a larger width in the array direction than the width in the array direction of drive electrodes other than the end drive electrode.
US10296153B2
Provided is an electrostatic capacitance touch panel with high manufacturing yield that can significantly decrease occurrence of defective product due to short circuit as compared with related art even if there is short circuit between a dummy pattern and an electrode included in an insulated area with wide width recognized as distinct from the electrode. Several first electrodes 20, several second electrodes 30, and a dummy pattern 50 made from the same material as or a material with the same refractive index as the electrode provided in an insulated area 40 between the adjacent first electrode 20 and the second electrode 30 are provided over the same surface of an insulating substrate 10. The dummy pattern 50 is segmented in the long direction of the insulated area.
US10296140B2
An information processing method, an electronic device, and an information processing apparatus are provided. The information processing method comprises determining whether a display output state of a display screen satisfies a first preset condition; in response to the first preset condition being satisfied, controlling a key region to be in a mis-touch avoidance mode; in the mis-touch avoidance mode, in response to a first operation at the key region being detected, determining whether the first operation satisfies a second preset condition; and in response to the second preset condition being satisfied, controlling the key region to be unresponsive to the first operation.
US10296139B2
A refreshing method of sensing baseline values for a capacitive sensor device and the capacitive sensor device are applied to confirm whether the differences between the current measured values and the factory or record baseline values are approximately equal, to determine whether to use current measured values as the sensing baseline values used in the following sensing procedure. When the differences are approximately equal, the current measured values are used as the sensing baseline values. When the differences are not approximately equal, the factory baseline values are used as the sensing baseline values, and the correcting procedure of the sensing baseline values of the sensing points is executed. In the correcting procedure, the signal characteristic of the measured value of each sensing point is detected to be high frequency or low frequency, to determine whether to refresh the corresponding sensing baseline values by the current measured values.
US10296137B2
Disclosed are a control circuit and a noise removing method for a touch screen. The present invention includes technology for performing differential sensing on the outputs of two adjacent sensing lines of a touch screen panel and integrating a differential sensing signal to filter noises. The control circuit and noise filtering according to the present invention may remove the display noise, tri-wave lamp noise having a predetermined frequency, 60 Hz noise and charger noise caused by battery charging that might affect the two adjacent sensing lines.
US10296134B2
An information processing apparatus including a detector that detects movement of a manipulation body in a vertical direction in relation to a display, and a processor that determines a speed of movement of the manipulation body based on an output of the detector, and determines a process to be executed based on the determined speed of movement.
US10296133B2
The present disclosure discloses a touch screen and a touch positioning method thereof, and a display device. The touch screen comprises: a plurality of mutually insulated fan-shaped first touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of mutually insulated and non-overlapped second touch sensing electrodes mutually insulated from the first touch sensing electrodes. The fan-shaped first touch sensing electrodes are arranged in a circle, and each of the second touch sensing electrodes is shaped like a non-closed ring concentrically arranged with the circle.
US10296131B2
A monitoring and controlling apparatus includes a functional cabinet, functional units, and a control cabinet. The functional cabinet includes a plurality of frames and a door at an opening of at least a part of the frames, each frame having a predetermined accommodation size. Each functional unit is detachably accommodated in respective frame and including a circuit and a component for a function of the functional unit. The control cabinet is disposed next to the functional cabinet, and configured to monitor and control the functional units.
US10296124B2
The present invention provides a touch screen, a driving method thereof, and a display apparatus. The touch screen includes a liquid crystal cell formed by assembling an array substrate and a color filter substrate and a fixed electrode provided at a side of the array substrate distal to the color filter substrate, and further includes a common electrode provided on the array substrate and a shielding electrode provided at a side of the common electrode distal to the fixed electrode, the common electrode serves as a first drive electrode in force touch, a position of the fixed electrode corresponds to that of the common electrode, and the fixed electrode is configured to assist the first drive electrode to detect a touch force in force touch.
US10296120B2
A touch display panel and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The touch display panel includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of viewing angle control (VAC) electrode units, and a plurality of touch receiving electrode units. Each pixel includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode. At least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode has a plurality of slits. The VAC electrode units are arranged along a first direction. Each VAC electrode unit includes a plurality of first VAC electrode series and a plurality of second VAC electrode series, and each first VAC electrode series and each second VAC electrode series are alternately arranged along the first direction. The touch receiving electrode units are arranged along the second direction, and the VAC electrode units and the touch receiving electrode unit form a touch unit.
US10296119B2
According to an example, a device may comprise a touchscreen light guide assembly, a lens disposed on the touchscreen light guide assembly, and a printed circuit board including a relief cut on an edge of the printed circuit board. The relief cut may be to receive the touchscreen light guide assembly and to allow the lens to extend into the printed circuit board relief cut.
US10296115B2
A touch display apparatus having a fan-out side is provided. The touch display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch sensing element and a display element. The first and the second substrate have a first surface and a second inner surface, respectively. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The second inner surface faces the first inner surface. The second substrate has a convex part and a concave part on the fan-out side. The second inner surface has a second outer lead bonding region in the convex part. The first outer lead bonding region of the first substrate is unshielded by the second substrate through the concave part. The second outer lead bonding region of the second substrate is unshielded by the first substrate. The touch sensing element and the display element are packaged in between the first and the second substrates.
US10296113B2
A plurality of core bodies are housed within a casing having an opening portion on one end side. A core body selecting mechanism is provided which includes a plurality of operating portions coupled to each of the plurality of core bodies, and makes at least a tip of one core body among the plurality of core bodies selectively project from the opening portion of the casing. A pen pressure detecting portion common to the plurality of core bodies is provided within the casing. When the operating portion is operated to make at least the tip of the one core body project from the opening portion, part of the operated operating portion engages with the pen pressure detecting portion common to the plurality of core bodies, and the pen pressure detecting portion detects a pen pressure applied to the tip projected from the opening portion.
US10296104B2
An HMD includes an image display unit that makes a user visually perceive an image, and an control device, capable of being moved independently of the image display unit, which includes a six-axis sensor detecting a movement and a track pad receiving an operation. The HMD controls the display of the image display unit in accordance with the movement detected by the six-axis sensor in a state where the track pad receives an operation.
US10296099B2
Embodiments described herein includes a system comprising a processor coupled to display devices, sensors, remote client devices, and computer applications. The computer applications orchestrate content of the remote client devices simultaneously across the display devices and the remote client devices, and allow simultaneous control of the display devices. The simultaneous control includes automatically detecting a gesture of at least one object from gesture data received via the sensors. The detecting comprises identifying the gesture using only the gesture data. The computer applications translate the gesture to a gesture signal, and control the display devices in response to the gesture signal.
US10296095B2
Slim profile magnetic user interface devices (slim UIDs) are disclosed. A slim UID may include a slim profile housing, a movable actuator assembly having user contact surfaces on opposite sides, along with a magnet, magnetic sensor, restoration element, and processing element. User mechanical interaction with the actuator element may be sensed by the magnetic sensor and processed to generate output signals usable by a coupled electronic computing system.
US10296090B2
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that determines the tactile attributes (e.g., an amount of pressure applied by a user, a length of time pressure is applied by a user, a velocity of the user input, etc.) associated with a received user input and determines which media guidance function, of a plurality of media guidance functions, is associated with the tactile attributes.
US10296089B2
A device includes a housing, a tip configured to be movable with respect to the housing, a resilient element fixed to the tip, a substrate fixed to the housing, a coil mounted or patterned on the substrate, and a controller configured to induce haptic feedback via the tip based on applying a signal to the coil. A surface of the substrate faces the resilient element. The resilient element presses against the surface in response to the tip receding toward the housing. The resilient element includes magnetic material. The signal applied on the coil induces a magnetic driving force on the resilient element.
US10296086B2
A system and method of using a peripheral device for interfacing with a virtual reality scene generated by a computer for presentation on a head mounted display. The peripheral device includes a haptic device capable of being placed in contact with a user and a haptic feedback controller for processing instructions for outputting a haptic signal to the haptic device. The haptic feedback controller receiving the instructions from the computer so that haptic feedback of the haptic device changes to correspond to a user's virtual interactions with a virtual object in the virtual reality scene as presented on the head mounted display.
US10296080B2
This disclosure presents systems and methods to simulate user presence in a real-world three-dimensional space.
US10296073B2
Computing devices receive power from multiple fuel cells, consuming natural gas and outputting electrical energy natively consumable by the computing devices. The fuel cells are sized to provide power to a set of computing devices, such as a rack thereof. The computing devices of a failed fuel cell can receive power from adjacent fuel cells. Additionally, the fuel cells and computing devices are positioned to realize thermal symbiotic efficiencies. Controllers instruct the computing devices to deactivate or throttle down power consuming functions during instances where the power consumption demand is increasing faster than the power being sourced by fuel cells, and instruct the computing devices to activate or throttle up power consuming functions during instances where the power consumption demand is decreasing faster than the power being sourced by the fuel cells. Supplemental power sources, supplementing the fuel cells' inability to quickly change power output, are not required.
US10296068B2
A display control unit executes control to display images requested to be rendered, including effects in a plurality of formats and of a plurality of kinds according to rendering requests, on a display medium via a GPU by using effect data in which the amounts of data have been reduced in accordance with the rendering frequencies of the effects. Specifically, the display control unit determines the amount of data to be reduced for an effect in a format and of a kind according to a rendering request in accordance with the rendering frequency of the effect, extracts the effect data in which data has been reduced by the amount of data from effect-data storage DBs, and provides the effect data to the GPU.
US10296065B2
A system on chip (SoC) includes a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks and a clock management unit (CMU) configured to perform clock gating on at least one of the IP blocks. The IP blocks and the CMU interface with one another using a full handshake method. The full handshake method may include at least one of the IP blocks sending a request signal to the CMU to begin providing a clock signal or to stop providing the clock signal, and the CMU sending an acknowledgement signal to the corresponding IP block in response to receipt of the request signal.
US10296061B2
In one embodiment, a reconfigurable and scalable hardware management architecture includes a digital controller for controlling two or more analog sense-and-control (ASC) circuits, where each ASC monitors voltage, current, and temperature of one or more power supplies (e.g., DC-to-DC converters), ICs, or a circuit board. The controller and ASCs are connected in a star architecture, where each ASC is connected to the controller via a different, dedicated interface to communicate regarding the power supplies being monitored. In addition, the controller and the ASCs are also connected in a bus architecture via a shared interface. The architecture can be re-configured by adding one or more additional ASCs or by removing one or more existing ASCs, where each additional ASC is (i) connected to a different I/O interface of the digital controller via a different, dedicated interface and (ii) connected to the digital controller and the two or more existing ASCs via the shared interface.
US10296053B1
Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with an attachable keyboard are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first display and a second display coupled to the first display, where the second display comprises one or more magnetic devices that provide a magnetic force configured to hold a bottom portion of a keyboard against a display surface of the second display.
US10296051B2
A device assembly for accommodating an electrically operated device may include a housing made from a plastic, delimiting a housing interior space, and having a viewing window formed therein that may be closed by a window pane made of a transparent material. The device may include an electrically operated device arranged inside the housing interior space, on the outside of which at least one actuatable control element may be provided. An aperture may be formed in a housing wall in which an actuating element made from an elastic plastic may be arranged at least partially and may be operable by a user of the electrically operated device. The actuating element may be coupled mechanically to the control element such that the control element is operable from outside the housing. An inner housing part made from an elastic plastic may be arranged on an inner side of the housing wall.
US10296045B2
An electronic reading device can include an adjustable RGBW front light and an ambient light sensor. Additionally, the electronic reading device can include circuitry configured to receive a signal from the ambient light sensor corresponding to a detected ambient light level, automatically display a default brightness level based on the detected ambient light level, determine if the brightness level is manually adjusted, automatically adjust the relative brightness based on the manually adjusted brightness level when the ambient light level changes, and update preferred relative settings to correspond to the manual adjustment.
US10296044B2
The description relates to hinged devices, such as hinged computing devices. One example can include a first portion and a second portion that have hinge ends rotatably secured relative to a hinge shaft. The example can also include a u-shaped friction arm extending from a first end positioned around the hinge shaft to a second end positioned around the hinge shaft and a pop-up assembly positioned along the hinge shaft between the first end and the second end and configured to create a bias to rotate the first and second portions away from one another.
US10296042B2
A display assembly having a top member connected to a bottom member. The top member has a top wall, sidewalls, and a flange having an outer edge that extends outwardly from the sidewalls. The bottom member has a bottom wall, sidewalls, a flange that extends outwardly from the sidewall, and an outer ridge on the flange that extends toward the top member.
US10296031B2
A reference voltage generator may include a voltage division unit configured to receive an external voltage, and divide the external voltage into a plurality of divided voltages. The reference voltage generator may include reference voltage output units configured to trim the divided voltages received from the voltage division unit according to a division control signal, and output supply reference voltages. The reference voltage output units may be symmetrically arranged at both sides of the voltage division unit.
US10296026B2
A low-noise voltage reference generator that utilizes internal gain and feedback to generate an output signal having reduced sensitivity to power supply variations and loading conditions is described. A method includes generating a current based on a voltage drop across a resistor. The voltage drop is based on a second voltage drop across a gate terminal of a transistor and a source terminal of the transistor. The method includes the current using a reference voltage to generate a mirrored current through a node coupled to the drain terminal of the transistor. The method includes generating a level-shifted voltage using a voltage on the node. The method includes buffering the level-shifted voltage using a power supply voltage to generate the reference voltage.
US10296022B2
An approach for configuration of a controller in a building automation system (BAS) using a code that may be generated by the BAS, but accessed without a network work connection.
US10296018B2
A system for exerting forces on a user. The system includes a user-mounted device having one or more masses disposed along one or more tracks. The system further includes a processor configured to generate a first actuator control signal to configure a first actuator to move a first mass included in the one or more masses at a first acceleration in a first direction along a first track included in the one or more tracks. The processor is further configured to generate a second actuator control signal to configure at least one of the first actuator and a second actuator to move the first mass at a second acceleration in the first direction along the first track. A magnitude of the first acceleration is above a threshold acceleration, and a magnitude of the second acceleration is below the threshold acceleration.
US10296016B1
This invention provides, in various embodiments, a variable frequency drive system for controlling a pump driven by a variable frequency electric motor, with the pump in fluid communication with a fluid system. The drive system of this invention improves the efficiency of the prior variable frequency drive systems by inserting into the memory of the variable frequency drive the maximum flow required for the particular flow system in which the pump is operating and adding an initial pump starting module that limits the initial starting flow rate from the pump to the desired maximum flow rate for the system, which is separately calculated.
US10296015B2
A sinusoidal signal that is frequency-swept so as to have a frequency region in which each frequency has a different number of cycles and/or application duration is applied to a control system in a movement device that moves a movement target, time-series data for transmission characteristics obtained from said control system as a result of the application of the aforementioned sinusoidal signal is acquired, and said time-series data is subjected to spectral analysis. This allows the provision of a positioning control device and a frequency-characteristics measurement method that make it possible to optimize measuring precision while minimizing increases in the amount of time it takes to measure frequency characteristics.
US10296009B2
To quickly recover from a status in which a local device position estimation is unavailable. A movement processor of an autonomous movement device executes a drive process for a driver so as to move autonomously. A position estimator estimates the local device position. An estimation determiner determines whether or not the estimation result of the local device position by the position estimator is uniquely defined. A movement process controller controls the movement processor so as to move to a position where the estimation result of the local device position by the position estimator is uniquely defined when the estimation determiner determines that the estimation result is not defined uniquely.
US10296005B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for field monitoring. A system for field monitoring comprises a plurality of types of sensor modules, an unmanned vehicle comprising a sensor system, and a control circuit configured to: receive onboard sensor data from the sensor system of the unmanned vehicle, detect an alert condition at a monitored area based on the onboard sensor data, select one or more types of sensor modules from the plurality of types of sensor modules to deploy at the monitored area based on the onboard sensor data, and cause the unmanned vehicle and/or one or more other unmanned vehicles to transport one or more sensor modules of the one or more types of sensor modules to the monitored area and deploy the one or more sensor modules by detaching from the one or more sensor modules at the monitored area.
US10296001B2
A control system of an autonomous vehicle (AV) can receive sensor data from a sensor array of the AV. The sensor data can comprise raw radar data from a radar system of the sensor array, and in many examples, a live LIDAR data from a LIDAR system of the sensor array. In certain implementations the control system can access a current localization map or a live LIDAR map of a surrounding area of the AV, and compare the raw radar data with the current localization map or the live LIDAR map to identify multipath objects in the raw radar data. The control system may then remove the multipath objects or track the actual objects corresponding to the multipath objects accordingly.
US10295992B2
A method for configuring a manufacturing plant includes generating a set of initial production schedules for manufacturing an entity, determining a set of consistent production schedules given each of the initial production schedules, selecting an instance of the consistent production schedules, generating a schedule for manufacturing instances of the entity, and operating the manufacturing plant using the schedule.
US10295988B2
A method of performing virtual connectivity change between first and second nets associated with an integrated circuit is presented. The method includes generating a first top view and a first perspective views of a layout of the integrated circuit when a computer is invoked to perform the virtual connectivity change. The method further includes defining layers associated with the first and second nets, and defining a boundary of the virtual connectivity change. The method further includes performing the virtual connectivity change between the first and second nets within the boundary, and generating a second top view and a second perspective view of the layout of the integrated circuit after the virtual connectivity change.
US10295986B2
A numerical controller which controls a machine tool acquires tool information including a shape of a tool, a machining condition in machining, and information related to a machining result of a workpiece after machining. A machine learning device performs machine learning on tendency of the information related to a machining result with respect to the tool information and the machining condition based on the tool information and the machining condition used as input data and based on the information related to a machining result used as teacher data, so as to construct a learning model. The machine learning device determines whether or not a machining result is good by using the learning model based on the tool information and the machining condition before the machine tool machines a workpiece.
US10295984B2
A safety-related control device for controlling an actuator with a first processing device that is configured to provide a safety function for the generation and/or processing of a signal for a safety-related control of the actuator, and a second processing device that is configured to provide an operating and/or additional function for the generation, processing, diagnostics, reproduction and/or transmission of further signals associated with the operation of the control device and/or of the actuator, and wherein the second processing device is furthermore configured to provide a test function for monitoring the functionality of the safety function.
US10295973B1
A guidance system configured for providing control information to a guided object moving the guided object from an initial state to a target final state within a finite time interval. A controller receives information of the desired state and information representative of the guided object's current state including position and velocity. The controller includes a processor configured to calculate a control solution based on four variables relating to the present state, and the target state, wherein the processor is configured to apply coefficient weights to each of the four state variables and wherein a common coefficient weight is applied to the current state of position and the target state of position, and different coefficient weights are applied to each of the current state and target state of velocity.
US10295970B2
A method for installing a pre-assembled powerplant and pylon assembly on an aircraft comprises determining a first length of a first link, determining a second length of a second link, determining a first distance occupyable by the first link between the pylon and the aircraft, determining a second distance occupyable by the second link between the pylon and the aircraft, determining a first result by subtracting the first distance from the first length, determining a second result by subtracting the second distance from the second length, and determining a third result by adding the first result and the second result. If the third result is less than or equal to zero, the first link is installed between the pylon and the aircraft before the second link. If the third result is greater than zero, the second link is installed between the pylon and the aircraft before the first link.
US10295966B2
A method for controlling an energy storage system which includes receiving time-series data and customer specific data and developing one or more customer specific control models based, at least in part, on the time-series data and the customer specific data. After developing one or more customer specific control models, the method proceeds by training the customer specific control models and then deploying the customer specific control model to the customer for use by the customer to determine which of a plurality of modes the energy storage system should be in. The method may include the development, deployment and/or execution of one or more centralized control models for controlling a network of any combination of common and/or different customer control models.
US10295956B2
A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus, the developer supply container includes an accommodating portion for accommodating a developer; a discharge opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the accommodating portion from the developer supply container; a developer feeding portion for feeding the developer in the accommodating portion toward the discharge opening; a rotatable drive receiving portion for receiving a rotational force; a drive transmitting portion for transmitting the rotational force received by the drive receiving portion to the feeding portion; a portion-to-be-detected for detecting rotation of the drive receiving portion; a contact surface for contacting a rotatable member provided in the developer receiving apparatus; wherein the drive receiving portion, the portion-to-be-detected and the contact are formed integrally.
US10295955B2
A cartridge drive gear assembly for holding a drum coupling includes a drive gear having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface including inner projections which extend into the interior of the drive gear and includes at least two voids disposed on opposing sides of the inner projections, and at least one slot disposed in the inner surface.
US10295950B2
A cleaning device includes a cleaning member, a container, a feeding screw including a blade for feeding toner inside the container toward an outside of the container, and a loosening member, stretching along a rotation axis direction of the feeding screw, for loosening toner on a container wall surface provided around the feeding screw by being swung about a rotational axis along the rotation axis direction in a direction crossing the rotation axis direction, and the loosening member includes a contact portion for rotating the loosening member in a first direction with rotation of the feeding screw in contact with the blade when the feeding screw is in a predetermined phase range and includes an urging portion for imparting, to the loosening member, a force for rotating the loosening member in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US10295949B2
A cleaning blade has a contact portion contacting a surface of an image bearing body. The contact portion removes a developer remaining on the surface of the image bearing body when the image bearing body rotates. Using coefficients α and β and a temperature T, a loss elastic modulus E″ of the cleaning blade is represented by: E″=α×eβT; 1.36×103≤α≤2.24×109; −0.12≤β≤−0.005; and 0° C.≤T≤100° C.
US10295948B2
An image forming apparatus including an image bearer, a transfer-bias power source, an environment sensor, and a controller. The controller controls the transfer-bias power source to change the DC component and the AC component, according to the at least one of temperature and humidity detected by the environment sensor and a duty of the transfer bias. The duty is A/(A+B)×100[%] where A denotes an area on a return-directional side to move toner from the recording sheet back to the image bearer, relative to a center value (Voff) of a maximum value and a minimum value of the transfer bias in one cycle of a waveform of the transfer bias, and B denotes an area on a transfer-directional side to move the toner from the image bearer to the recording sheet, relative to the center value (Voff) in the one cycle.
US10295944B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former having parts provided in a replaceable manner to be used for image formation; a sensing part that detects a characteristic value of the parts; and a controller that determines whether the characteristic value of the parts, which fluctuates immediately after manufacture, is in a stable state based on a comparison between information regarding the characteristic value of the parts based on a detection result of the sensing part and a threshold value and sets a process condition for the image former based on the detected characteristic value when determining that the characteristic value of the parts is not in the stable state.
US10295939B2
A fixing device includes an endless belt and a pressure rotator disposed opposite an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt. The pressure rotator has a first span in an axial direction of the endless belt. A nip formation pad, which is disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt, forms a fixing nip between the endless belt and the pressure rotator. The nip formation pad includes a belt-side face disposed opposite the endless belt. A radiant heater, which is disposed opposite the inner circumferential surface of the endless belt, heats the endless belt. A thermal conduction aid, which contacts the belt-side face of the nip formation pad, conducts heat in the axial direction of the endless belt. The thermal conduction aid has a second span within which the first span of the pressure rotator is provided at the fixing nip.
US10295934B2
A toner container includes containing chambers, a shaft member, rotary members, and stirring members. The containing chambers are arrayed in a first direction and partitioned from each other. The containing chambers contain respective toners of different colors. The shaft member extends in the first direction, passes through the containing chambers, and is rotatable about a rotational axis extending in the first direction. The rotary members are disposed in the respective containing chambers and each have a through-hole extending in the first direction. The rotary members are rotatable in response to rotation of the shaft member in an inserted state of the shaft member in the through-holes. The stirring members are supported by the respective rotary members and each extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The stirring members are pivotable in response to rotation of the respective rotary members. The stirring members have different pivoting positions upon pivoting.
US10295930B2
An applied voltage control device includes a potential difference determiner and an applied voltage controller. The potential difference determiner determines a potential difference between a maximum alternating current development voltage and a minimum alternating current development voltage, depending on a developing potential that is an absolute value of a difference between an average electric potential of an alternating current development and an electric potential of a latent image, so as to maintain a constant maximum voltage of a developing bias in the alternating current development. The applied voltage controller controls an alternating current development voltage, applied to move developer from a developer bearer to the latent image, so as to obtain the potential difference determined by the potential difference determiner.
US10295927B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a print head comprises a transparent substrate, a drive circuit, a first light emitting element (emitter), a second light emitting element (emitter) and a lens. The drive circuit supplies a current. The first light emitting element (emitter) which is an element on the transparent substrate outputs first light with a predetermined wavelength through supply of the current. The second light emitting element (emitter) which is an element on the transparent substrate outputs second light with the predetermined wavelength through the supply of the current. The lens converges a third light generated by overlapping the first light and the second light.
US10295926B2
An image forming apparatus using a contact charging method includes a control unit capable of executing cleaning in a post-rotation step at the end of a job and in an inter-image step during execution of the job. The cleaning involves moving toner adhering to a charging member from the charging member to an image bearing member. The job is a series of operations started by a predetermined start instruction and involving forming an image on one or more recording materials and outputting the one or more recording materials. When an instruction to start the next job is input during execution of cleaning in the post-rotation step, the control unit stops the cleaning in the middle of the execution, starts the next job, and adjusts timing for executing subsequent cleaning on the basis of information. relating to the amount of cleaning executed before being stopped in the middle of the execution.
US10295920B2
Provided is toner that contains a toner particle, and an external additive containing a strontium titanate particle, wherein the toner has an average circularity of at least 0.935 and not more than 0.995, the strontium titanate particle has a number-average primary particle diameter of at least 10 nm and not more than 60 nm, the strontium titanate particle has a peak in the range of 39.700°±0.150° and a peak in the range of 46.200°±0.150° in a CuKα x-ray diffraction spectrum obtained in the 2θ range of at least 10° and not more than 90° where θ is the Bragg angle, and the ratio of the area Sb of the peak at 46.200°±0.150° to the area Sa of the peak at 39.700°±0.150° is at least 1.80 and not more than 2.30.
US10295919B2
A toner is provided. The toner includes toner particles each including a mother particle and external additive particles covering the mother particle. In a SEM image of the toner, toner particles having a ratio Sd/St of from 5% to 50% are present at a frequency of 15% or more, where Sd representing an area of a largest recessed portion D of each toner particle and St representing whole area of the toner particle, Sd and St determined from the SEM image magnified and binarized to discriminate recessed portions and projected portions of the toner particle from each other. An external additive coverage rate Ca at the largest recessed portion D is from 30% to 100%.
US10295918B2
An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer is a single-layer photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin. The binder resin contains a polyarylate resin (1). The polyarylate resin is represented by general formula (1). The photosensitive layer has a scratch resistance depth of no greater than 0.50 μm. The photosensitive layer has a Vickers hardness of at least 17.0 HV.
US10295911B2
An extreme ultraviolet lithography system (10) that creates a pattern (230) having a plurality of densely packed parallel lines (232) on a workpiece (22) includes a patterning element (16); an EUV illumination system (12) that directs an extreme ultraviolet beam (13A) at the patterning element (16); a projection optical assembly (18) that directs the extreme ultraviolet beam diffracted off of the patterning element (16) at the workpiece (22); and a pattern blind assembly (26) positioned in a beam path (55) of the extreme ultraviolet beam (13A). The pattern blind assembly (26) shapes the extreme ultraviolet beam (13A) so that an exposure field (28) on the workpiece (22) has a polygonal shape.
US10295910B2
New photoresist are provided that comprises a low-Tg component and that are particularly useful for ion implant lithography applications. Preferred photoresists of the invention can exhibit good adhesion to underlying inorganic surfaces such as SiON, silicon oxide, silicon nitride and other inorganic surfaces.
US10295906B2
A conductive polymer composition including: (A) π-conjugated conductive polymer having at least one repeating unit shown by the following general formulae (1-1), (1-2), and (1-3); (B) a dopant polymer which contains a repeating unit “a” shown by the following general formula (2) and has a weight-average molecular weight in a range of 1,000 to 500,000; and (C) an amphoteric ion compound shown by the following general formula (3). This provides a conductive polymer composition having good filterability, coating property and film-formability onto a substrate to form a conductive film with good film quality and peelability with H2O or an alkaline developer; and forming a conductive film which reveals antistatic performance with high charge discharging ability and does not affect an influence of acid on the adjoined layer to be contact with.
US10295894B2
In a discharge lamp driver, a control section is configured to alternately repeat a first period in which an AC current is supplied and a second period in which a DC current is supplied, and when a first drive power lower than a rated power of the discharge lamp is supplied and an accumulated lighting time of the discharge lamp is shorter than a predetermined time, the control section is configured to set the length of the first period to be greater than that in a case where the first drive power is supplied and the accumulated lighting time is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, and set the frequency of the AC current during the first period to be higher than that in the case where the first drive power is supplied and the accumulated lighting time is equal to or longer than the predetermined time.
US10295890B2
The zoom lens (1) includes an aperture stop (ST1), at least three front side movable lens units (B2 to B4) disposed on an enlargement conjugate side further than the aperture stop and movable for zooming, and a front side fixed lens unit (B1) disposed on the enlargement conjugate side further than the at least three front side movable lens units and fixed for the zooming. The at least three front side movable lens units include two first front side movable lens units (B2 and B3) movable to the enlargement conjugate side for zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and a second front side movable lens unit (B4) disposed on the reduction conjugate side further than the first front side movable lens units and movable to the reduction conjugate side for the zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end.
US10295888B2
A lighting apparatus designed for the 360 degree videography/photography/virtual reality market, comprising an annular light emitter which distributes even light in a 360 degree pattern supporting all camera viewpoints yet avoids lens flares and is invisible to the camera lenses by way of a disk shielding the camera from the annular light emitter. The slope of the annular light emitter allows light to distribute upwards, downwards and outward while masking light from the camera lenses. The apparatus is capable of supplying continuous light or may be used as a photo flash.
US10295885B2
A wideband ultra-high refractive index mesoscopic crystal structure including: a first layer with high-conductivity unit bodies arranged in a matrix form, and a low-conductivity material disposed between the high-conductivity unit bodies; a second layer with high-conductivity unit bodies arranged in a matrix form, and a low-conductivity material disposed between the high-conductivity unit bodies; a first shield layer existing between the first and second layers and made of a low-conductivity material; and a second shield layer made of a low-conductivity material disposed on a side of the second layer such that the second layer is disposed between the first shield layer and the second shield layer, wherein the high-conductivity unit bodies in the first layer overlap the high-conductivity unit bodies arranged in the second layer, and wherein the first layer, the first shield layer, the second layer, and the second shield layer are sequentially stacked one or more times.
US10295881B2
A synaptic electronic device includes a substrate including a one or more of a semiconductor and an insulator; a photosensitive layer disposed on a surface of the substrate; an electrochromic stack disposed on the photosensitive layer, the electrochromic stack including a first transparent electrode layer, a cathodic electrochromic layer, a solid electrolyte layer, an anodic electrochromic layer, and a second transparent electrode layer; and a pair of electrodes disposed on the photosensitive layer and on opposing sides of the electrochromic stack.
US10295876B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus. The array substrate comprises a shielding electrode driven independently, and the shielding electrode covers at least one gate line and/or at least one data line. The shielding electrode can isolate a signal of the at least one gate line and/or the at least one data line, so that the signal of the at least one gate line and/or the at least one data line is prevented from interfering with normal deflections of liquid crystal molecules of a liquid crystal display. Moreover, since the shielding electrode is driven independently, the shielding electrode will not affect a voltage of a common electrode of the liquid crystal display.
US10295870B2
An electronic device and a method for operating thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen having a display region of a first ratio, and a processor operatively coupled with the touch screen, and configured to perform a set function in response to a preset first touch input that occurs on another region, where content is not displayed, of the display region in a state where the content of a second ratio is displayed on a partial region of the display region.
US10295864B2
A liquid crystal panel includes: a first polarizer and a second polarizer in opposite sides, a liquid crystal cell arranged between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, a first quarter waveplate, arranged between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, and a second quarter waveplate arranged between the second polarizer and the liquid crystal cell. The direction of an absorption axis of the first polarizer and the direction of an absorption axis of the second polarizer are consistent. The direction of an optic axis of the first quarter waveplate and the direction of an optic axis of the second quarter waveplate are consistent. The liquid crystal panel where the polarizers are pasted still keeps on normal-black mode when no voltage is applied on the liquid crystal panel. The contrast ratio of the liquid crystal panel is effectively enhanced as well.
US10295856B2
A display panel and a display device, the display panel includes a thin film transistor arranged in a display area of the display panel, the thin film transistor including an active layer; a metal layer; a plurality of force sensors disposed in the same layer as the active layer or the metal layer, each force sensor including a first bridge arm, a second bridge arm, a third bridge arm, and a fourth bridge arm connected end-to-end in sequence; a plurality of regulation resistors one-to-one corresponding to each force sensor, a first end of the regulation resistor being connected with a voltage regulation end, a second end of the regulation resistor being connected with a regulation bridge arm of the force sensor corresponding to the force sensor, the regulation bridge arm being any one of the first bridge arm, second bridge arm, third bridge arm and fourth bridge arm.
US10295850B1
A polarization-independent liquid crystal micro-lens array, comprising, an optically transparent, dielectric planar panel, an optically transparent upper planar electrode deposited upon the planar panel top surface and bottom surface, a top substrate positioned adjacent to the planar panel top surface, a top pattern electrode deposited on the top substrate internal surface, a top liquid crystal layer disposed between the planar panel top surface and the top substrate internal surface, the top liquid crystal layer having a first polarization, a bottom substrate positioned adjacent to the planar panel bottom surface, a bottom pattern electrode deposited on the bottom substrate internal surface, a bottom liquid crystal layer disposed between the planar panel bottom surface and the bottom substrate internal surface, the bottom liquid crystal layer having a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization.
US10295840B2
The present invention relates to a rimless glasses frame including at least one flexible clamping element having at least one connection portion which comprises at least two jaws which are suitable for clamping a spectacle lens, and at least one joining portion which comprises at least one cavity designed to allow said jaws to open as a result of said cavity being pressed, and including at least one locking element mounted in said cavity in the joining portion of the clamping element so as to lock said jaws closed.
US10295832B2
The present disclosure is to provide a slit grating applied in autostereoscopic display apparatus and autostereoscopic display apparatus. The slit grating includes a substrate and a plurality of light-shielding strips arranged in intervals on the substrate; the light-shielding strips is used to shielding incident light; the slit grating further includes a wire grid among a light-transmitting region between the light-shielding strips, and the wire grid is used to transmitting a first polarized component of the incident light and reflecting a second polarized component that is perpendicular to the first polarized component of the incident light. The autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a backlight module, a liquid crystal display and the slit grating. The present disclosure can improve brightness of display device, and achieve cost decreasing and thickness reducing at the same time.
US10295827B1
A depth camera assembly (DCA) includes a structured light generator, an imaging device and a controller. The structured light generator illuminates a local area with a structured light pattern in accordance with emission instructions from the controller. The structured light generator comprises an illumination source, an acousto-optic device, and a projection assembly. The acousto-optic device generates a structured light pattern from an optical beam emitted from the illumination source. The projection assembly modifies a general intensity envelope of the structured light pattern in order for the structured light pattern to illuminate a larger section of the local area, and projects the modified structured light pattern into the local area. The imaging device captures of portions of the structured light pattern scattered or reflected from the local area. The controller determines depth information for the local area based at least in part on the captured images.
US10295823B2
The present disclosure pertains to various embodiments of optical stimulation systems that may be configured to generate a stimulation beam capable of inducing a cutaneous sensation in a user. A position tracking system associated with the stimulation system may be configured to track a position of at least one target stimulation area. A controller may be configured to generate a control signal to selectively activate the stimulation system and to receive the position of at least one target stimulation area from the position tracking system. A beam steering system may be configured to receive input from the controller and configured to direct the stimulation beam toward the at least one target stimulation area based on the input from the controller.
US10295819B1
An electrowetting optical device is provided. The electrowetting optical device includes a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid. The non-conductive fluid includes a naphthalene based compound having Formula (I), Formula (II), and/or Formula (III): where R1, R2, and R3 are individually alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, or aryloxy groups; X includes carbon, silicon, germanium, tin, lead, and combinations thereof; and Z includes oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, polonium, and combinations thereof. The conductive liquid may additionally include a transmission recovery agent having Formula (IV) and/or Formula (V): where R4 is an alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, alkoxy, or aryloxy group. The electrowetting optical device additionally includes a dielectric surface in contact with both the conductive and non-conductive liquids where the conductive and non-conductive liquids are non-miscible.
US10295815B2
Various examples are provided related to imaging with augmented stereoscopic microscopes. In one example, an augmented stereoscopic microscope includes an objective lens that can simultaneously receive near infrared (NIR) images and visible bright-field images of an examined object and an augmentation module. The augmentation module can separate the NIR images from the visible bright-field images for processing by an image processing unit to produce synthetic images using the NIR images and combine the synthetic images with the visible bright-field images to form co-registered augmented images that are directed to an eyepiece of the augmented stereoscopic microscope. In another example, a method includes obtaining a NIR image of an examined object; generating a synthetic image using the NIR image; combining the synthetic image with a real-time visual image of the examined object to form an augmented image; and directing the augmented image to an eyepiece of an augmented stereoscopic microscope.
US10295801B2
The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having negative refractive power. In a case of changing focus from an object at infinity to an object at the closest distance, the first lens group is immovable, and the second lens group and the fourth lens group are moved in an optical axis direction along different trajectories from each other. The third lens group is moved in a direction intersecting the optical axis to perform camera shake correction.
US10295794B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10295793B2
A camera lens assembly is provided, including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens from an object side of the camera lens assembly to an image side of the camera lens assembly in turn. The first lens has a positive refractive power; the second lens has a negative refractive power, an object-side surface of the second lens is convex and an image-side surface of the second lens is concave; the third lens has a positive refractive power; the fourth lens has a refractive power, an object-side surface of the fourth lens is concave and an image-side surface of the fourth lens is convex; the fifth lens has a refractive power, an object-side surface of the fifth lens is convex and an image-side surface of the fifth lens is convex; the sixth lens has a negative refractive power.
US10295792B2
Present embodiments provide for an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through forming convex or concave portions on the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least an inequality, the improved optical imaging lens may provide better optical characteristics while the total length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened.
US10295788B2
Present embodiments provide for an ocular optical system. The ocular optical system includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element positioned in an order from an eye-side to an display-side. Through designing parameters satisfying at least two inequalities and convex and/or concave surface of lens elements, the improved ocular optical system may provide better optical characteristics, a decreased effective focal length and an enlarged angle of view while the total length of the ocular optical system may be shortened.
US10295779B2
A multiple lenses driving mechanism is provided, including a frame, a first lens holder, a second lens holder, a first lens driving assembly, a second lens driving assembly and a stopper. The first and second lens holders are disposed in the frame, arranged along a longitudinal axis for respectively holding a first lens and a second lens. The first lens and the second lens define a first optical axis and a second optical axis, respectively. The first and second lens driving assemblies are disposed in the frame to drive the first lens holder and the second lens holder, respectively. The stopper is disposed between the first and second lens holders and has a first restricting surface and a second restricting surface, facing the first and second lens holders, so as to restrict the first and second lens holders in a first restricted position and a second restricted position.
US10295771B2
A fiber optic terminal includes an enclosure defining an interior space having a plurality module holders and at least one module removably positioned in one of the plurality of module holders. Each removable module may include at least one input adapter and a plurality of output adapters. Each removable module may also include one or more splitters, cable storage components, pass-through components, or parking components. The fiber optic module may also include first and second arms extending from the front side of the body and a handle coupled to the first and second arms. The handle may be rotatable between a closed position and an open position, and may also be removable from the first and second arms when the handle is in the open position.
US10295766B2
The present disclosure provides an optical module, including: an optical sub-module and a first housing; where a first sub-surface of the optical sub-module is provided with a first boss, and the first housing is provided with a first opening corresponding to the first boss. The improved structure of the optical module can greatly increase heat conduction efficiency of the optical module.
US10295765B2
A photodiode package is disclosed that includes a TO-Can style body with an exposed sensor cavity that eliminates the necessity of an encapsulant dispensing process. The TO-Can body of the photodiode package includes an integrated coupling member to allow for coupling to a ROSA housing without an intermediate member. The photodiode package includes a base portion with a cylindrical wall portion that extends therefrom to form an optical coupling cavity. A surface of the base portion provides at least one mounting surface within the optical coupling cavity for coupling to a photodiode chip. The cylindrical wall may function as an integrated coupling member and may be used to directly couple the photodiode package, e.g., without an intermediate cap/ring, into a socket of a ROSA housing. The base portion and cylindrical wall may be formed from a single piece of material, or from multiple pieces depending on a desired configuration.
US10295746B2
An optical filter for attenuating higher-order modes in an optical waveguide includes a shoulder slab formed of a first material having a first index of refraction and disposed on a second material having a second index of refraction, the first index of refraction being higher than the second index of refraction. The shoulder slab defines a near end having a first width, an intermediate section, adjacent to the first end section, and a far end section, adjacent to the intermediate section and opposite the first end section along a direction of beam propagation. The optical filter also includes a waveguide ridge, formed of the first material and disposed atop the shoulder slab, that traverses the shoulder slab, and is configured to guide light of a fundamental mode along the direction of beam propagation from the near end section to the far end section.
US10295742B2
A guided light source that comprises: at least one quantum box associated with a discoid wave guide to achieve cylindrical propagation of a wave front emitted by the at least one quantum box in the discoid wave guide; an annular wave guide surrounding the discoid wave guide and having a grating coupler formed on its internal periphery to receive the wave front in normal incidence; an output wave guide optically coupled to the annular wave guide, in which the wave front is guided. The invention includes the method of fabrication of such a source, and its use for emission of a sequence of single photons.
US10295734B2
Disclosed is an optical fiber which includes a core including silica with a core diameter and having at least two dopants, a maximum relative refractive index delta of at least 0.7% and an alpha value in the range of 1.9-2.2. The core has a refractive index profile configured to transmit light in a multimode propagation at a first wavelength λ1 in the range of 800-1100 nm and to propagate light in a LP01 mode at a second wavelength λ2. The second wavelength λ2 is greater than 1200 nm. The optical fiber is structured to have a LP01 mode field diameter in the range of 8.5-12.5 μm at 1310 nm.
US10295729B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a display device with a first main surface and a second main surface which is opposite to the first main surface, a first member disposed in the first main surface side of the display panel, a second member disposed between the first member and the display panel, and a cover member disposed in the second main surface side of the display panel, and having a rigidity greater than that of the display panel. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the second member is greater than that of the first member.
US10295728B2
A light diffusing component is disclosed. The light diffusing component comprises a substrate, such as glass, having a frontside, a backside spaced apart from the frontside, and an edge configured to receive a light source. The glass sheet includes at least one scattering layer having a plurality of light scattering centers etched into at least a portion of the frontside of the glass sheet. The scattering centers have an increased density as the distance from the edge increases and the scattering centers are randomly distributed in size and smaller than about 200 μm. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a light diffusing component comprising masking a substrate, such as a glass sheet, and etching the substrate such that the density of the resulting scattering centers increased as the distance from the light source increases.
US10295715B2
A polarizer and fabrication method thereof, a display panel and a display device are provided. The polarizer includes an organic film capable of being aligned during a polarization treatment. The organic film includes at least one first region having a first polarization axis and at least one second region having a second polarization axis. A direction of the first polarization axis is different from a direction of the second polarization axis.
US10295714B2
A long-length circularly polarizing plate including: a polarizing film; a λ/2 plate having a slow axis in a direction forming an angle of 22.5°±10° relative to an absorption axis of the polarizing film; and a plate having a slow axis in a direction forming an angle of 90°±20° relative to an absorption axis of the polarizing film, in this order, wherein the λ/2 plate and the λ/4 plate have different wavelength dispersions, and an NZ factor of the λ/4 plate NZq satisfies NZq≤0.0.
US10295703B2
An apparatus may include a harvester head having a crop harvesting width, different components across the harvesting width to interact with plants being harvested, at least one sensor to sense a power characteristic associated with each of the different components and a processing unit to output a crop quantity distribution signal based upon differences in the power characteristic associated with the different components across the harvesting width.
US10295700B2
A system for a downhole tool includes an X-ray generator that outputs X-ray radiation into a surrounding sub-surface formation using electrical power received from a power supply and a detector device adjacent the X-ray generator. The detector device includes a first detector with a first radiation sensitivity that outputs a first measurement signal based on interaction between a first portion of the X-ray radiation and the first detector. The detector device also includes a second detector with a second radiation sensitivity adjacent the first detector, where the second detector outputs a second measurement signal based on interaction between a second portion of the X-ray radiation and the second detector. Further, the detector device includes a control system communicatively coupled to the X-ray generator and the detector device, where the control system determines characteristics of the X-ray radiation output from the X-ray generator based at least in part on a radiation model that describes expected relationship between the characteristics of the X-ray radiation and doses indicated by the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal.
US10295693B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for foreign object detection loop based on inductive thermal sensing
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for detecting foreign objects. An apparatus for detecting a presence of an object is provided. The apparatus includes a coil configured to inductively sense a presence of an object based on an electrical characteristic of the coil that varies as a function of a temperature of the object when the object is exposed to an alternating magnetic field. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to detect a change in the electrical characteristic.
US10295692B2
An acoustic array includes an acoustic transmitter and acoustic receivers radially or longitudinally offset from the acoustic transmitter. The acoustic array is disposed in a wellbore penetrating a subsurface formation. An acoustic signal is broadcast using the transmitter and a portion of the emitted signal is reflected by a reflector and received by the receivers. The presence or absence of fractures in the subsurface formation is inferred based on the received acoustic signal. Inferences are based on travel times and/or coherency of the received signals. Images can be made and fracture orientations determined. Frequencies in the sonic or ultrasonic range may be used. Measurements may be made while-drilling or while performing post-drilling operations. Processing may be done in real-time or post-processing may be performed on recorded data.
US10295685B2
The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems, for generating Angle Domain Common Image Gathers (ADCIGs). One computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a data processing apparatus, a set of seismic data associated with a subsurface region wherein the set of seismic data includes receiver signal data at a plurality of time steps; for each time step in the plurality of time steps: calculating a receiver wavefield based on the receiver signal data at the respective time step; separating a first direction receiver wavefield and a second direction receiver wavefield of the receiver wavefield using Hilbert transformation of the receiver signal data at the respective time step; and applying an optical flow process on the first direction receiver wavefield to calculate wavefield directions; and generating an Angle Domain Common Image Gather (ADCIG) based on the wavefield directions.
US10295674B2
Disclosed is a system for determining a protection level. The system includes a receiver configured to receive an error augmentation for a satellite orbit and clock error, an error augmentation for an ionospheric error, an error augmentation for noise and multi-path between a receiver and a satellite, and an error augmentation for a tropospheric error, a first calculator configured to calculate a first adjustment coefficient to be applied to the error augmentation for the satellite orbit and clock error and the error augmentation for the ionospheric error, and a second calculator configured to calculate a protection level by applying the first adjustment coefficient.
US10295668B2
A light source includes a laser configured to emit a ranging pulse including a sequence of fast pulses. A lidar system uses one or more properties of the sequence of fast pulses to determine a signature of the ranging pulse. A receiver includes a detector element configured to detect a light signal and a signature detection circuitry configured to determine whether the detected light signal corresponds to the signature of the emitted ranging pulse. The lidar system is configured to generate a pixel value based on the detected light signal if the detected light signal corresponds to the signature of the emitted ranging pulse.
US10295661B2
A storage medium-compatible communications unit, a phase detection unit, a parameter acquisition section and a location detection section are provided. The storage medium-compatible communications unit communicates with a storage medium by wireless using electromagnetic waves at a predetermined frequency. The phase detection unit detects phases of signals received from the storage medium. The parameter acquisition section acquires a distance detection parameter to be used in detecting a storage medium distance from a first position of an antenna to the storage medium. The first position is a position in a range of positions of the antenna from which the distance to the storage medium is shortest. The distance detection parameter is a value set in accordance with a positional relationship between the first position and a second position. The second position is a position of the antenna in the range of positions of the antenna that is different from the first position. The location detection section detects the storage medium distance, using a first phase detected by the phase detection unit at the first position, a second phase detected by the phase detection unit at the second position, and the distance detection parameter acquired by the parameter acquisition section. The location detection section identifies the first position at a time at which a trend of changes of phase detected by the phase detection unit in association with movement of the antenna reverses.
US10295657B2
A time of flight-based system is operable for ambient light measurements. A method of operation includes detecting, in at least one active demodulation detection pixel, a first particular wavelength and generating amplitude data of the first particular wavelength; and detecting, in at least one spurious reflection detection pixel, a second particular wavelength and generating amplitude data of the second particular wavelength. In a computational device that stores spectrum data corresponding respectively to a plurality of different ambient light source types, an ambient lighting condition is determined based on the amplitude data of the first particular wavelength, the amplitude data of the second particular wavelength and the spectrum data of a particular one of the ambient light source types associated with the amplitude data of the first particular wavelength and the amplitude data of the second particular wavelength.
US10295649B2
Technologies are generally described for identifying whether a propagation path between a mobile device and an access point is line-of-sight. In some examples, a method performed under control of a mobile device may include receiving, from an access point, a first signal transmitted at a first frequency band; receiving, from the access point, a second signal transmitted at a second frequency band; measuring a difference value between propagation properties of the first signal and the second signal; and identifying whether a propagation path between the mobile device and the access point is line-of-sight or non-line-of-sight based at least in part on the difference value.
US10295648B2
An optical encoder configuration comprises a scale, an illumination source, and a photodetector configuration. The illumination source is configured to output structured illumination to the scale. The scale extends along a measuring axis direction and is configured to output scale light that forms a detector fringe pattern comprising periodic high and low intensity bands that extend over a relatively longer dimension along the measuring axis direction and are relatively narrow and periodic along a detected fringe motion direction transverse to the measuring axis direction. The high and low intensity bands move along the detected fringe motion direction transverse to the measuring axis direction as the scale grating displaces along the measuring axis direction. The photodetector configuration is configured to detect a displacement of the high and low intensity bands along the detected fringe motion direction and provide respective spatial phase displacement signals that are indicative of the scale displacement.
US10295647B1
Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for enabling a mobile device with limited RF capability to obtain accurate directions for finding an object or asset via a multiple-antenna locator device. The mobile device generates a request to the locator device to obtain directions to find the asset. A request can also be made to obtain the mobile device's own location from the multiple-antenna locator device which has an antenna array and is in a fixed location that has good RF visibility. The locator device identifies the target asset and receives an RF signal from it using the antenna array. The signal is detected at each antenna and phase samples are recorded. The phase sample data is used in angle-related functions, such as angle of arrival and angle of departure algorithms to calculate the direction of the asset.
US10295639B2
The present invention describes a method for magnetic resonance (MR) and/or MR imaging, comprising acquisition of signals and MR images originating from a RE and gradient sequence causing isotropic diffusion weighting of signal attenuation, wherein the isotropic diffusion weighting is achieved by one time-dependent dephasing vector q(t) having an orientation, wherein the isotropic diffusion weighting is proportional to the trace of a diffusion tensor D, and wherein the orientation of the time-dependent dephasing vector q(t) is either varied discretely in more than three directions in total, or changed continuously, or changed in a combination of discretely and continuously during the gradient pulse sequence, 0≤t≤echo time, where t represents the time. The method may be performed during a single shot (single MR excitation).
US10295633B2
The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system (100) for acquiring magnetic resonance data (142) from a subject (118). The magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a processor (130) for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system. The execution of the instructions causes the processor to control (200) the magnetic resonance imaging system with the pulse sequence data to acquire the magnetic resonance data. The pulse sequence data comprises commands for acquiring the magnetic resonance data using an n point Dixon magnetic resonance imaging method. The execution of the instructions causes the processor to construct (202) two phase candidate maps (144, 146) using the magnetic resonance data according to the n point Dixon magnetic resonance imaging method; divide (204) each of the set of voxels into a set of object voxels (148); identify (206) a set of boundary voxels (152) and interior voxels within the set of object voxels; create (208) a chosen phase candidate map (154) in the memory; select (210) a chosen phase map value for at least a portion of the set of boundary voxels in the chosen phase map from the two phase candidate maps by selecting the candidate phase map value which indicates the lowest fat to water ratio; and calculate (212) the phase map value of the object voxels according to a phase candidate selection algorithm.
US10295632B2
In a magnetic resonance measurement apparatus such as an NMR measurement apparatus, when a frequency of an observation nucleus falls within a high frequency band, an RF reception signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal, and is input to an analog-to-digital converter. In this case, under-sampling is executed for the intermediate frequency signal in the analog-to-digital converter, and a second-order aliased signal component generated from a target signal component is observed. On the other hand, when the frequency of the observation nucleus falls within a low frequency band, over-sampling for the RF reception signal is executed.
US10295631B2
An arrangement for shielding an NMR tool from electromagnetic noise, having a nuclear magnetic resonance tool configured to send and receive signals, a first shield configured around a nuclear magnetic resonance antenna of the nuclear magnetic resonance tool and a second shield configured to reduce the effects of eddy currents in the first shield.
US10295621B2
An HF resonator assembly generates at least two independent alternating magnetic fields in a test volume of a magnetic resonance apparatus. The HF resonator assembly includes a first pair of flat coils that form a first HF resonator and comprise electrical conductor portions that surround a planar surface portion. The flat coils are arranged on opposing sides of the test volume, on coil support plates that are mutually parallel and in parallel with the longitudinal axis. A second pair of flat coils forms a second HF resonator on second coil support plates. The projections of the planar surface portions of the flat coils in each of the first pair of flat coils and the second pair of flat coils overlap in part, but not completely, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the respective planar surface portions.
US10295620B2
A magnetic resonance coil apparatus is provided, the apparatus having a posterior coil unit including a base unit and a further coil component, wherein the further coil component is arranged so as to be able to be tilted on the base unit with respect to the base unit and wherein the posterior coil unit includes a position acquisition unit.
US10295616B2
According to embodiments, multi-axis magnetic sensors (magnetometers) are disposed in an array or a plurality of arrays. The magnetic sensors can be disposed on modules that form the array. The magnetic sensors can each sense a local magnetic field coincident with the respective sensors. Data corresponding to the local magnetic fields can be analyzed by a magnetic field analysis circuit and assembled to form an image corresponding to the sensed magnetic field(s). The magnetic field analysis circuit can output the image corresponding to near-field magnetic features.
US10295606B2
A method for short detection in a battery pack, the battery pack including a plurality of cells, the method including: connecting a short detection module to the battery pack; determining by the short detection module that the battery pack is at rest; and selecting a first cell in the battery pack for testing for a short, wherein the testing includes: connecting a voltage source to the first cell; measuring a current of the first cell; and determining based on the measured current of the first cell whether the first cell contains a short.
US10295605B2
A state detecting method and device of a secondary battery correct impact resulting from state quantities caused by variation and calculate a state of charge with high accuracy. The state detecting method includes a first step of acquiring a detected voltage value and a detected current value, a second step of acquiring state quantities caused by variation such as a detected temperature value, a third step of determining if the detected voltage value is the voltage threshold value or greater, a fourth step of determining if the detected current value is the current threshold value or less, a fifth step of determining if a duration time of the current threshold value or less has elapsed a determination time, a sixth step of setting a state of charge in a reference state as the state of charge, and a seventh step of correcting the state of charge in the reference state.
US10295601B2
A battery state estimation apparatus includes a sensing data acquirer configured to acquire sensing data on a battery, and a battery state estimator configured to approximate the sensing data by mapping the sensing data to a predetermined feature space, and compare the approximated sensing data to predetermined reference information to estimate a state of the battery.
US10295580B2
A chip includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) and a test controller. The PLL includes an oscillator and a phase detector. In a normal mode, a first feedback loop includes a phase detector and an oscillator that generates an output based on a frequency input signal. In a test mode, the PLL is re-configured. The output of the loop filter can be decoupled from the input of the oscillator in the test mode and instead be coupled to the input of the phase detector. The oscillator can receive a test tuning signal provided by the test controller. In this test mode configuration, the PLL can measure the frequency of the oscillator.
US10295579B2
In an approach for estimating solar array power generation for an installation of a solar array, a processor determines a location of an installation of a solar array. A processor determines, over a course of a specified time interval, a path of traversal of a source of energy relative to the location of the installation of the solar array. A processor scans an area surrounding the solar array. A processor estimates, based, at least in part, on the path of traversal of the source of energy and the area surrounding the solar array, an amount of power to be generated by the solar array.
US10295577B1
In an embodiment, a current sense circuit includes a copy transistor having a gate configured to be coupled to a gate of an output transistor, and a drain coupled to an input terminal. The drain of the copy transistor is configured to be coupled to a drain of the output transistor. A first transistor has a current path coupled to a current path of the copy transistor. An error amplifier has a non-inverting input coupled to a source of the copy transistor, an inverting input configured to be coupled to a source of the output transistor, an output coupled to a gate of the first transistor, a positive power supply terminal coupled to the input terminal and a negative power supply terminal coupled to a reference supply terminal. A current-to-voltage converter has an input coupled to the current path of the copy transistor.
US10295570B2
The electronic device for sensing a current comprises a semiconductor chip comprising a main face, an electronic circuit integrated in the semiconductor chip, a redistribution metallization layer disposed above the main face of the semiconductor chip, a current path formed in the redistribution metallization layer, the current path forming a resistor that is connected at two resistance defining end points to the electronic circuit for sensing a current flowing through the current path, and external contact elements connected with the redistribution metallization layer for feeding a current to be sensed into the current path.
US10295568B2
A measuring device is used to increase a contrast of a plurality of measured values displayed in a spectrogram or spectral histogram and contains a data-acquisition unit, a computer unit and a statistic unit. The data-acquisition unit is embodied to detect a plurality of measured values to be displayed. The statistic unit is embodied to calculate a distribution which contains the frequency of occurrence for every level value of the measured values to be displayed. The computer unit is embodied to specify a dynamic range, over which the contrast extends. In this context, a specified proportion of the level values which image the noise are not used for the specification of the dynamic range.
US10295564B2
An apparatus for clamping a probe card may include a body portion, an inner clamping portion and a plurality of outer clamping portions. The body portion may be arranged between a printed circuit board (PCB) of the probe card and a test head. The inner clamping portion may be integrally formed with an upper surface of the body portion. The inner clamping portion may be configured to affix a central portion of the PCB to the test head. The outer clamping portions may be integrally formed with side surfaces of the body portion. The outer clamping portions may be configured to affix a portion surrounding the central portion of the PCB to the test head. Thus, a contact area between the clamping apparatus and the PCB may be increased.
US10295563B2
Provided are a test socket for a semiconductor device and a test device including the test socket. The test device includes a test socket including terminals arranged in a two-dimensional array and corresponding to terminals of the semiconductor device and a ground line extending along at least one row of two-dimensional array; and a substrate electrically connected to the test socket so as to transmit and receive a test signal. The test socket includes a ground line extending along at least one row of the two-dimensional array.
US10295552B2
Methods and kits for the diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism (PHA). In particular, the present invention relates to the use of a new diagnostic parameter that is composed of the ratio between the Ang II level, in particular the steady state equilibrium Ang II level, and the aldosterone level in a biological sample, such as e.g. plasma. The ratio of the two measured parameters is used to diagnose PHA in patients and has clear advantages over currently used diagnostic methods.
US10295551B2
Identification and use of proteins fluorescently labeled and that undergo a change in fluorescence index upon binding bilirubin are described. Probes are disclosed which are labeled at a cysteine or lysine residue and also probes labeled at both cysteine and lysine with two different fluorophores. These probes are useful for determination of unbound bilirubin levels in a fluid sample.
US10295548B2
Compositions and methods for accurate and sensitive quantitation of T-tau and P-tau are disclosed.
US10295546B2
A Method for the detection of the conformational state of a protein contained in a complex mixture of further proteins and/or other biomolecules, is proposed as well as assays for such a method. The method comprises the following steps: (1) Limited proteolysis of the complex mixture under a condition where the protein is in the conformational state to be detected leading to a first fragment sample; (2) Denaturation of the first fragment sample to a denaturated first fragment sample; (3) Complete fragmentation of the denaturated first fragment sample in a digestion step to a completely fragmented sample; and (4) Analytical analysis of the completely fragmented sample for the determination of fragments characteristic of having been the result both the limited proteolysis of step 1 as well as of the complete fragmentation in the digestion step 3. for the determination of the conformational state.
US10295545B2
Flow apparatuses comprising a separation channel, a downstream flow separator, a detection zone, an observation zone, and a waste channel. The separation channel has first and second flows in contact and allows lateral movement of components between contacting first and second flows. The downstream flow separator is in communication with the separation channel and diverts a part of the first fluid flow, the second fluid flow, or both, from the separation channel. The detection zone comprises a detection channel downstream of and in communication with the flow separator and configured to receive a plurality of diverted flows from the flow separator and a label channel configured to label the diverted flows from the flow separator. The observation zone is configured to record an analytical signal indicative of the quantity and the electrical properties of the component. The waste channel is at the downstream end of the observation zone.
US10295544B2
This disclosure provides high throughput immunoblot methods and apparatus for an antigen such as a chemical compound, a peptide, a nucleic acid, or a protein released from cells or virus particles in situ. The method yields highly sensitive and accurate results and is useful in analyze complex system including an antigen from cell or tissue lysate.
US10295542B2
The present invention is related to the anti-SOX10 antibodies, kits, cocktails, and use of anti-SOX10 antibodies for detection of cancer.
US10295524B2
There is provided an electrical measuring cartridge of a biological sample, the electrical measuring cartridge including at least a plurality of biological sample holding sections each being configured to contain the biological sample, and a pair of electrical conductive sections fixed to each of the biological sample holding sections.
US10295510B1
A part evaluation tool is disclosed and which may be used to assess a part-under-test for use in a system. A plurality of natural frequencies for a system operated at a first steady-state operational are identified. A vibrational response of a part-under-test is acquired, and resonance frequencies within this vibrational response are identified. Resonance frequencies of the part-under-test are compared with the identified natural frequencies for purposes of classifying the part as compliant (e.g., suitable for use in the system) or non-compliant (e.g., not suitable for use in the system).
US10295505B2
A device for ultrasound tests, includes one or more transducers for generating ultrasound beams with different powers/frequencies to be projected in direction of multiple targets, to ensure separate control of the temperature both of the targets and of the transducers and allows performing several tests contemporarily, by optimizing the functionality and the efficiency of the device, and guaranteeing results comparable therebetween for each test. The device also includes: a first supporting structure having at least a closed chamber receiving the transducer bodies and is isolated from a propagation liquid medium, by leaving exposed each respective vibrating surface in contact with the liquid medium at a prefixed distance from the respective targets, the closed chamber containing a thermorefrigerating fluid in contact with the body of the transducers; a second supporting structure for the targets; means for refrigerating the transducer bodies; and means for keeping the liquid medium at a predetermined temperature.
US10295494B2
Methods are disclosed for measuring an analyte concentration in a fluidic sample. Such methods allow one to correct and/or compensate for confounding variables such as hematocrit, salt concentration and/or temperature before providing an analyte concentration. The measurement methods use response information from a test sequence having at least one DC block, where DC block includes at least one excitation pulse and at least one recovery pulse, and where a closed circuit condition of an electrode system is maintained during the at least one recovery pulse. Information encoded in the excitation and recovery pulses are used to build within- and across-pulse descriptors to correct/compensate for hematocrit, salt concentration and/or temperature effects on the analyte concentration. Methods of transforming current response data also are disclosed. Further disclosed are devices, apparatuses and systems incorporating the various measurement methods.
US10295481B2
The present disclosure relates to detection systems and methods. One illustrative detection system may include a distributed radiation source having a plurality of radiation source focus points, which irradiate an object under detection, wherein the plurality of radiation source focus points are divided into a certain number of groups, and a primary collimator that limits rays of each of the radiation source focus points such that the rays emit into an XRD detection device. An XRD detection device may include a plurality of XRD detectors that are divided into the same number of groups as the radiation source focus points, wherein XRD detectors in a same group are arranged to be separated by XRD detectors in other groups, and rays of each of the radiation source focus points are received by XRD detectors having the same group number as the group number of the radiation source focus point.
US10295478B2
A mounting plate and an optical inspection apparatus are disclosed. The mounting plate includes: a base plate; at least two first bars disposed above the base plate and extending in a first direction; and at least two second bars extending in a second direction. Each second bar being configured to be slidable in the first direction relative to the at least two first bars. The mounting plate may further comprises a third bar extending in the first direction and disposed between two adjacent first bars, the third bar being configured to be slidable in the second direction relative to the at least two second bars.
US10295475B2
A method includes obtaining an image of a feature machined in a component with an imaging device, determining, by a computing device, a quality of the feature in the component based on the image of the feature, and storing, by the computing device, an indication of the quality of the feature in combination with a unique identifier for the feature in a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
US10295473B2
Gas detector tubes may be used to determine a concentration of target gases in air. The gas detector tubes described may be read either by and optical reader or visually by the user. A gas detector tube reader having an optical reader capable of reading a length of stain, a color change and color density of a reagent in a gas detector tube. The gas detector tube may further comprise sensors for measuring the environmental conditions during sampling.
US10295471B2
A plasma spectroscopic analysis method includes a concentration process of concentrating a target in a sample, in the vicinity of one of a pair of electrodes in the presence of the sample; a plasma generation process of generating plasma in the sample by applying a voltage to the pair of electrodes; and a detection process of detecting emission of the target generated by the plasma, wherein the plasma generation process is performed in the presence of a defoaming agent.
US10295470B2
To provide a microspectroscope that can perform a wide range mapping measurement with high sensitivity, at high speed, and with high wavelength resolution.The Raman spectroscope comprises: a unit for linearly irradiating excitation light; a movable stage for a sample; an objective lens for focusing Raman light from the linear irradiation region; an incident slit provided at the imaging position of Raman light; a spectrometer for diffusing the passing light; a CCD detector for detecting Raman spectral image; and a control device for controlling the mapping measurement by synchronizing the movable stage and the CCD detector. The control device controls the movable stage to move in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the linear irradiation light and obtain one average spectrum. At the same time, the control device is configured to perform the cycle of the CCD detector while the stage is moving to obtain one average spectrum of the moving region of the linear irradiation region in one light detection cycle.
US10295469B2
The invention provides a temporal focusing-based multiphoton excitation fluorescence microscopy system capable of tunable-wavelength excitation and an excitation wavelength selection module thereof. The temporal focusing-based multiphoton excitation fluorescence microscopy system comprises: an excitation light generating module for generating excitation light; an excitation wavelength selection module for generating reflected light having a predetermined output angle in accordance with the wavelength of the excitation light and generating detecting excitation light through a diffraction unit; and a fluorescent microscope. With the practice of the present invention, the wavelength of the excitation light can be changed by the excitation wavelength selection module in real time to excite different fluorophores with the corresponding maximum multiphoton absorption wavelengths, so as to obtain better fluorescent signals and improve the image quality of the temporal focusing-based multiphoton excitation fluorescence microscope system.
US10295458B2
An analytical device for determining a parameter of a liquid sample, especially a digestion parameter, such as chemical oxygen demand, total carbon content or total nitrogen content, comprising a reactor, and measuring system for ascertaining the parameter of the liquid sample. A container system for storing samples, reagents and waste products in containers, a transport and dosing system for metering and transporting the sample and reagents from the containers into a metering container and for disposal of waste products from the metering container into a waste container, and a measuring transducer for registering a measured parameter correlating, measured value of the liquid sample mixed in the reactor, and measuring, system, in given cases, with one or more reagents is provided. The transport and dosing system is embodied at least of a metering container, a piston pump and an additional sample taking apparatus at least for removal from a sample taking location of a predetermined volume of a liquid as a liquid sample.
US10295452B2
A system that provides for the measurement and control of proppant concentration in a liquefied gas fluid stream utilizing a non-nuclear optical detection device such as a near-infrared (NIR), visible (Vis), and ultraviolet (UV) photometer/nephelometer to be used in the fracture treatment of subterranean hydrocarbon formations.
US10295440B2
A mechanical part-stream sampler includes a housing positionable over a conveyor belt from which material is to be sampled. The housing encases one or more cutter arms and adjustable cutters. The cutter arms rotate 360 degrees such that the cutters extract a sample of material from the conveyor belt and deposit the sample in a discharge chute in the housing for later analysis. A programmable logic controller and human machine interface screen can be used to operate the sampler and to control the timing and speed of the cutter arms.
US10295437B2
In order to easily and accurately measure the cogging torque of an electric motor, the present invention includes a dynamometer connected to an electric motor, a torque sensor adapted to measure the torque of the electric motor, and a cogging torque measurement motor for measuring the cogging torque of the electric motor, and is configured such that when measuring the cogging torque of the electric motor, the electric motor, the dynamometer, and the cogging torque measurement motor are connected.
US10295434B2
A direct field acoustic testing system includes at least one control microphone, a controller operatively coupled to the control microphone such that the controller receives at least one input signal from the control microphone, and at least four acoustic transducer groups operatively coupled to the controller such that each transducer is separately controllable by the controller such that a separate output signal is received by each transducer from the controller. A setup signal is applied to each of the acoustical transducers. The acoustic output of each of the acoustical transducers is monitored using the at least one control microphone. Assumptions regarding the relationship between the acoustic fields measured by the control microphones are made to enable the controller to reduce the number of calculations needed to compute error functions and corrected drive signals to be applied to the acoustic transducer groups.
US10295433B2
Provided is a performance testing device including: a compressor configured to generate compressed air; an air storage tank configured to receive the compressed air generated by the compressor; a regulator connected to each of the compressor and the air storage tank to control a pressure of the compressed air; a main supply line connected to the regulator to move the compressed air; an input port line and an output port line connected to the main supply line to receive the compressed air from the air storage tank and deliver the compressed air to an input port or an output port of a test object; and a pneumatic booster configured to pressurize the compressed air received in the input port line or the output port line, wherein in order to test a performance of the test object, the pressurized compressed air is applied to the input port or the output port of the test object.
US10295432B2
A gas injector apparatus and method for use with a tracer gas airflow measurement system that allows for large, continuous tracer gas flow rates while avoiding operation at very cold temperatures that will damage equipment. The controlled and variable heating of high pressure tracer gas flow before a gas regulator allows all points in the system to remain above freezing, and within a safe temperature range. The system has a tracer gas source and a heater that heats the gas isobarically at high pressure (>100 psi) and the hot gas is expanded across a pressure regulator to a lower working pressure to ˜30 psi. The gas flow is modulated using a mass flow controller with a high turndown ratio and injected into a bulk fluid flow with an injector.
US10295431B1
A system for detecting a leak or spill and mitigating losses resulting therefrom comprises a floor covering and a software application. The floor covering includes a sensor assembly, a processing element, and a transmitter. The sensor assembly generates information when exposed to liquid. The processing element determines a location of the liquid based upon the information from the sensor assembly. The transmitter transmits data regarding the liquid. The software application executes on an electronic device and is operable to receive data from the floor covering regarding the liquid; display a message that liquid has been detected on the floor covering; calculate an area of the liquid; determine whether a leak is still occurring and if so, shut an electronically controllable valve; transmit data regarding the liquid to an insurance provider; and/or receive insurance-related information from the insurance provider, such as information related to a proposed insurance claim or estimated damage.
US10295424B2
An oil sensor attachment structure includes a guide projection disposed on an upper surface of an oil passage body and a sensor case. The guide projection includes a pair of first walls, a pair of first protrusions protruding toward each other, and a second wall. A receiving portion having a first receiving opening is provided between the first walls. The second wall faces the first receiving opening in a second direction with a gap therebetween. The sensor case includes a columnar portion, a flange protruding from the columnar portion, and a facing portion that is connected to the flange and that protrudes to a position above the flange. Each of the first protrusions has a first surface facing toward the other side in the second direction. The facing portion is disposed on the other side of the first surface in the second direction and faces the first surface.
US10295421B2
A sensor includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first side and an opposing second side, with the first side having a recess. The recess is defined by one or more side walls and a bottom wall. One or more of the side walls are substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall. A sensing diaphragm is defined between the second side of the first substrate and the bottom wall of the recess. A boss extends from the bottom wall of the recess. The second substrate may include a first side and an opposing second side, where the first side has a recess. The first side of the first substrate may be secured to the first side of the second substrate such that the recess in the first substrate faces and is in fluid communication with the recess in the second substrate.
US10295418B1
A sensor system includes a body, which includes an outer wall defining an inner opening centered about an axis, and radiating structures disposed in the opening and extending radially from the axis to the outer wall. The radiating structures are spaced circumferentially around the axis by a substantially equal angle. The system includes sensors that generate signals in response to deformations of the radiating structures. The signals provide vectors corresponding to the deformations. The deformations are caused by: (i) a torque about the axis, and (ii) a secondary torque or force. The system includes a controller electrically coupled to the sensors and configured to determine, by combining the vectors provided by the signals, a measurement of the torque about the axis. The sensors are arranged on the radiating structures such that combining the vectors substantially eliminates any effect of the secondary torque or force from the measurement.
US10295414B2
A method for determining an actual temperature of a coil of an electric machine, includes detecting a voltage in a no-load state of the electric machine; detecting a current strength in an induced short circuit state of the electric machine; calculating an actual stator coil resistance as a function of the voltage detected during the no-load state and the current strength detected during the active short circuit” state; and calculating the actual temperature of the coil of the electric machine as a function of the actual stator coil resistance.
US10295412B2
An integrated circuit counter includes a segmented thermometer coding counter architecture that reaches the thermodynamic energy minimum for a forward/reverse counting operation, requiring only one write or one erase operation per count so that energy consumption can be minimized, and circuit endurance maximized.
US10295405B2
A monitoring system for a multi-laser module includes detectors corresponding to each laser and situated to receive a portion of the associated laser beam uncombined with other beams. Laser characteristics are measured and stored, and in operation are used to identify device failures. A comparator receives a reference value and compares the reference value with a current operational value. If the current value is less that the reference value, a possible failure is indicated. Signal cross-coupling among the detectors is also used to identify undesirable scattering that can be associated with surface contamination or device failure.
US10295402B2
A method of determining the point source quality of a set of pixels associated with a detected energy signature is discussed that pre-records ideal test point source signatures at various sub-pixel locations and radiant intensities throughout the overall sensor field of view in a focal plane array, determines the sub-pixel location of an observed source, and compares the signature at a pixel of the observed source to the pre-recorded “ideal source” signatures at the determined sub-pixel location. to determine point source correlation.
US10295401B2
A flexible conductive diaphragm comprises at least one conductive film, and the conductive film comprises a flexible support layer (1), a flexible sensitive layer (2) overlapped on the flexible support layer (1), a flexible conductive layer (3) overlapped on the flexible sensitive layer (2), and an electrode (4) electrically connected with the flexible conductive layer (3). A method for preparing the flexible conductive diaphragm and a flexible vibration sensor based on the flexible conductive diaphragm are provided. With the combination of the techniques such as the flexible material, the nano-material and the arrayed micro-structure, the flexible vibration sensor has the characteristics of high sensitivity, low preparation cost, light weight, small thickness, small size, and being foldable and flexible, and can be applied in wearable or adherable electronic devices.
US10295400B2
A beverage coaster includes integrated electronics, such as a power system, a load cell, an analog to digital converter and a wireless transceiver. The beverage coaster communicates with a computing device to send information, such as a first weight, a second weight, and a third weight of objects placed on the beverage coaster. The first weight may be associated with a container, a second weight may be associated with a first ingredient, and the third weight may be associated with a second ingredient. The computing device is configured to display information related to the first, second, and third weights and provide instructions to a user thereof for maintaining proper proportions of the first and second ingredients as the user adds them to the container.
US10295396B2
A method for determining an estimated mass of an aircraft is provided. This method includes determining a first mass of the aircraft, from characteristics of the aircraft determined before or after takeoff of the aircraft, determining, during the flight of the aircraft, a second mass of the aircraft, from a lift equation of the aircraft expressing the mass of the aircraft as a function of information representative of the load factor of the aircraft, of a lift coefficient of the aircraft, of speed information of the aircraft and of a static pressure of a mass of air passed through by the aircraft, determined from measurements by sensors of the aircraft during the flight of the aircraft, evaluating the estimated mass at said determination moment, as a function of said first and second masses.
US10295392B1
A removable portable wireless fluid sensor system for use in hydrocarbon wells having a sensor assembly with a guided wave radar level and interface transmitter, a single flex probe with a sensor wire, a top tank mounting system for supporting the single flex probe, at least one turbulence breaker, and a secondary wireless controller in communication with a primary wireless controller. The secondary wireless controller communicates with the single flex probe, the guided wave radar level and interface transmitter, and the primary wireless controller. The removable portable wireless fluid sensor system is configured for detecting fluid levels in tanks accurately as levels change due to coiled tubing operations in completions of hydrocarbon wells, snubbing operations in completions of hydrocarbons wells, water transfer operations during fracturing of a hydrocarbon well, and flow back fluid measurement and well testing procedures for hydrocarbon wells.
US10295390B2
The present application relates to a system (10) for sensing liquid level in a receptacle (16). The system comprises a capacitive sensing probe (12), for sensing a capacitance between the capacitive sensing probe (12) and an electrically conductive portion of the receptacle (16). The system also comprises a control circuit (15) connected to the capacitive sensing probe (12) for detecting a level of the liquid in the receptacle (16) based on said capacitance, a non-isolated AC power supply (11) arranged to power the control circuit (15), the non-isolated AC power supply (11) having an electrical connection between its input and its output, and at least one filter capacitor (C1, C2) connected in series between the capacitive sensing probe (12) and the control circuit (15).
US10295389B2
The present disclosure relates to a fill level measuring device for measuring a fill level of a liquid material in a container, including at least two flexible wire probes that extend into the container, a signal generator, and an end weight for each flexible wire probe. The end-weights are joined together such that they can rotate with respect to each other and/or can move in an axial direction with respect to each other.
US10295388B2
Described and shown is a method for operating a Coriolis mass flowmeter (1) having at least one measuring tube (2), an oscillation exciting device (3) for exciting the measuring tube (2) to an oscillation (4), at least a first oscillation sensor (5) and a second oscillation sensor (6) and at least a first sensor signal path and a second sensor signal path. The object of the invention is to provide a method in which the measuring accuracy is increased compared to the prior art. The object is achieved in that at least one first test signal is generated having at least one first test signal frequency, that the at least first test signal is fed at least into the first sensor signal path and into the second sensor signal path, that the at least first test signal is guided by the first sensor signal path over the first oscillation sensor (5) and by the second sensor signal path over the second oscillation sensor (6), that a test signal propagation time difference of at least the first test signal is determined at least between the first sensor signal path and the second sensor signal path, and that a sensor signal propagation time difference between a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal is compensated with the test signal propagation time difference. Additionally, the invention relates to a corresponding Coriolis mass flowmeter.
US10295382B2
A vehicle sensor system includes a first sensor pod mounted to a pillar structure of the vehicle and a second sensor pod mounted to the pillar structure. A sensor pod deployment mechanism is operatively coupled to the first sensor pod and to the second sensor pod for deploying the first and second sensor pods from the pillar structure. The deployment mechanism is operable to move the first sensor pod between a stowed position and a deployed position of the first pod, and operable to move the second sensor pod between a stowed position and a deployed position of the second pod.
US10295381B2
An indicator has an optical member including a protuberance formed on a front side and an indentation formed on a back side of the optical member in which the indentation is smaller than the protuberance in terms of a projection area and in which the front-side protuberance fits into the opening in a front face of the housing; and an LED light source disposed opposite the back-side indentation of the optical member. A center axis of the front-side protuberance and a center axis of the backs-side indentation are in line with an optical axis of the LED light source. Light originating from the LED light source passes through the back-side indentation and the front-side protuberance, exiting from the opening in the front face of the housing. Thereby, only the center of the rectangular opening looks lighting up brightly, rectangularly.
US10295371B2
An electronic device and a magnetic sensor integrated circuit thereof are provided. The magnetic sensor integrated circuit includes a shell, a semiconductor substrate installed in the shell and a first to a third port extending from the shell. A rectifier and a position sensor are provided on the semiconductor substrate. The rectifier includes first and second output terminals and two input terminals respectively connected to the first and second ports. In a case that the first and second ports are positively or negatively connected to an external power supply, a voltage output by the first output terminal of the rectifier is higher than the voltage output by the second output terminal of the rectifier. The position sensor is connected to the first and second output terminals of the rectifier, and a magnetic field signal detected by the position sensor is output by the third port.
US10295370B2
A sensor device for detecting rotation, having a position transmitter with a shaft element having first and second shaft ends. The rotation to be detected is introduced via the first shaft end. The shaft element contains a magnet element at the second shaft end, a sensor element for detecting the rotation of the magnet element, and a housing part with at least two sections are separated from each other. The shaft element of the position transmitter is mounted on the first section, and the sensor element is arranged in the second section. The housing part and the shaft element each have a first bearing portion shaped so as to taper towards the shaft end in the region of the second shaft end, the shaft element supported on the housing part on the first bearing portion in order to support the position transmitter on the housing part.
US10295368B2
A data collection method performed by a collector for communicating with a master station by using DLMS protocol, includes: obtaining a collected-data item identifier from the master station, where the collected-data item identifier indicates a collected data item that needs to be reported to the master station in an event reporting manner; obtaining from a smart meter, to-be-reported data corresponding to the collected-data item identifier; generating a DLMS extension event packet, where the DLMS extension event packet includes a data attribute item and the to-be-reported data, and the data attribute item is used to identify a type of the to-be-reported data; and sending the DLMS extension event packet to the master station. Therefore, message exchange between the master station and the collector and occupied resources can be reduced, and data collection performance can be improved.
US10295366B2
A sensor error correcting apparatus is provided with: a roll angle estimator configured to estimate a roll angle on the basis of a yaw rate of a moving body, a wheel speed, and lateral acceleration; a converter configured to convert the yaw rate to a horizontal yaw rate, on the basis of an estimated roll angle; and a zero point corrector configured to compare an azimuth change amount obtained by integrating the horizontal yaw rate in a turning period, which is from a start of turning of the moving body to an end of the turning, with an azimuth change amount of the velocity vector in the turning period, and configured to correct the measured lateral acceleration.
US10295355B2
A method includes: receiving information corresponding at least to (i) a state of charge of an energy storage of a vehicle, (ii) route information corresponding to a planned driving route for the vehicle, and (iii) a predicted driver characteristic; determining using the received information, and presenting to a driver of the vehicle, a first energy-versus-distance measure for the planned driving route; receiving a user input indicating a proposed change in at least the driver characteristics, and determining using the received information and the user input, and presenting to the driver, a second energy-versus-distance measure for the planned driving route that takes into account the proposed change.
US10295352B2
A service providing method of a user terminal device connected to a display apparatus mounted on a moving means includes displaying a stored contact list and guiding one or more routes which displays a route guide screen to selected address information by utilizing a display apparatus if the address information is selected from personal information recorded on the displayed contact list. Accordingly, various services can be provided based on the personal information.
US10295351B2
A map difference data delivery system includes a map difference data delivery device and a map data holding device. The map difference data delivery device stores map difference data representing a difference between before and after version update and delivers the map difference data. The map difference data includes map elements updated in the version update and dependent map elements by dating back to update of map elements corresponding to a different version. The dependent map elements are map elements that have a dependent relationship and need to be previously updated to avoid conflict with other map elements when updated. The map difference data delivery device groups data of the dependent map elements that have a dependent relationship in the same version.
US10295346B2
A vibration element includes a detection signal electrode provided in a detection vibrating arm, a detection signal terminal which is provided in a support portion and electrically connected to the detection signal electrode, and a detection ground terminal provided in the support portion, and the detection ground terminal is disposed between a first connection portion which is a connection portion with a beam portion of the support portion and a second connection portion which is a connection portion with a beam portion, and is provided to extend to the outside of the first connection portion, and the detection signal terminal is provided between the detection ground terminal and an end portion of the support portion.
US10295342B2
A system, method and computer program product are provided for calibrating metrology tools. One or more design-of-experiments wafers is received for calibrating a metrology tool. A set of signals is collected by measuring the one or more wafers utilizing the metrology tool. A first transformation is determined to convert the set of signals to components, and a second transformation is determined to convert a set of reference signals to reference components. The set of reference signals is collected by measuring the one or more wafers utilizing a well-calibrated reference tool. A model is trained based on the reference components that maps the components to converted components, and the model, first transformation, and second transformation are stored in a memory associated with the metrology tool.
US10295337B2
A surface texture measuring apparatus includes an X axis displacement mechanism and a Y axis displacement mechanism displacing a measurable object having an interior wall along an XY plane; a measurement sensor measuring a surface texture of the interior wall without contact; a Z axis displacement mechanism displacing the measurement sensor in a Z axis direction orthogonal to the XY plane and bringing the measurement sensor to face the interior wall; a W axis displacement mechanism displacing the measurement sensor facing the interior wall in a normal direction of the interior wall; and a θ axis displacement mechanism displacing the measurement sensor facing the interior wall along the interior wall.
US10295331B2
A method of monitoring a hazardous zone (2) and a safe optoelectronic distance sensor (1) for monitoring a hazardous zone (2) at a movable machine part (3) having a protected zone (4), wherein the safe distance sensor (1) is arranged at the movable machine part (3), wherein a tool (5) is arranged at the movable machine part (3), wherein a plurality of distance sensors (1) are arranged in a modular manner and wherein the protected zone (4) is adapted to the tool (5).
US10295328B2
A calibration method for improving distortion of a waveform of a point-spread-function without constantly executing feedback control to a wavelength-swept light source is provided. An interference signal is generated by varying voltage to be applied to a light source within one period, the interference signal is sampled at equal time intervals on a time axis, the point-spread-function is obtained through Fourier transform by multiplying by a first window function, and a complex analysis signal including frequency information of light is obtained through inverse Fourier transform by multiplying the point-spread-function by a second window function. After a variation in a frequency of the light relative to a time within one period is obtained at equal time intervals by unwrapping phase information of the complex analysis signal, a correspondence relationship between the variation in the frequency of the light within one period and a variation in voltage within one period is obtained.
US10295324B2
A measuring instrument includes a measuring unit, an electric component unit and a pin jack. The electric component unit includes a signal processing part. The signal processing part is configured to calculate a measurement data based on a detection signal obtained by the measuring unit. The pin jack is provided in the electric component unit.
US10295322B1
A stuck shell remover and associated methods. The stuck shell remover is mountable on an ammunition press. The stuck shell remover includes a clamp that is clampable on a shell stuck in a die on the ammunition press. When the clamp is clamped on the stuck shell, the ammunition press can be actuated to pull the suck shell out of the die. The stuck shell remover may include a press connector that is movable with respect to the clamp to permit proper alignment.
US10295321B2
A projectile tracking with stop device is disclosed. An example projectile tracking with stop device includes an outer sleeve and an inner shaft, the outer sleeve having an interior chamber assembled over an exterior portion of the inner shaft, the outer sleeve and the inner shaft assembled for connecting to a projectile. The example projectile tracking with stop device also includes at least one stop-blade attached on a pin in the inner shaft. The at least one stop-blade folds into the inner shaft when the outer sleeve is in a closed position. The at least one stop-blade expands out beyond an outer circumference of the outer sleeve when the outer sleeve moves to an open position. In an example, the projectile tracking with stop device also includes a microchip positioned at least partly in a chamber of the inner shaft. The microchip emits a tracking signal for locating the projectile.
US10295317B2
A weighted body adapted for insertion into an existing gun magazine shell approximates the weight and/or density of live ammunition cartridges. The size and shape of the body allows for insertion down and into the slot at the top on the magazine, pressing down on the spring, with a sliding retainer stop or other feature to maintain the weight in position, filling or partially filling the internal volume of the magazine with the weight. The integral slide retainer stop attached at the top of the device is then moved or slid by the operator into a position that locks the weight into the magazine so it cannot pop back out due to spring pressure and will not interfere with other workings of the gun slide or receiver. A plurality of color-coded stops may be provided for use with the same or different weighted bodies corresponding to different calibers of ammunition.
US10295316B2
Arrowheads can include blades which remain deployed to a maximum cutting diameter on contact with soft media and deflect on contact with hard media in a target.
US10295314B2
The present invention relates to equipment for target ranges, and more specifically, to moveable track-mounted target carriers having means for adjusting suspension or cushioning. The present disclosure also relates to target carriers with cable tension adjusting means which can be accessed without disturbing or disassembling the target carrier.
US10295300B2
The invention relates to a device for controlling a liquid discharge from a toy gun, comprising: a chamber adapted to receive a pressurized liquid, the chamber comprising at least a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber, an outlet arranged at the chamber to enable a discharge of at least some of the pressurized liquid received in the chamber; a movable member movably arranged in the chamber; wherein the movable member is movable from a first position to a second position in response to a drop in liquid pressure in the first sub-chamber when compared to a liquid pressure in the second sub-chamber, wherein, at the first position, the movable member is arranged to close the outlet to thereby prevent liquid discharging from the chamber, and, at the second position, the movable member is arranged to open the outlet to thereby allow some of the pressurized liquid to discharge from the chamber. The invention also relates to a toy gun for discharging a liquid, comprising: a tank adapted to store a liquid; a nozzle adapted to discharge under pressure at least some of the liquid stored in the tank; and a conduit adapted to fluidly connect the above described device with the tank.
US10295298B2
Provided is a crossbow cocking system comprising a sled, an elongated cocking cable, a first handle, and a second handle. The sled may have a first side having a first bowstring retainer, a first arm having a first set of handle engagement features adapted for engagement with a first handle, and a first pulley rotatably engaged with the first arm; and a second side having a second bowstring retainer, and a second arm having a second set of handle engagement features adapted for engagement with a second handle, a second pulley rotatably engaged with the second arm. The first and the second handle may each be engaged to the elongated cocking cable, and be ergonomically adapted to permit an associated user to operate the each handle during a cocking operation with a hand in a vertical hand position.
US10295289B2
A trigger mechanism for a firearm provides modified and/or adjustable trigger pull length, reduced sear pressure, reduced reset trigger slap, and/or improved engagement of the trigger safety.
US10295286B1
A firearm with a tool-less adjustable trigger pull. The adjustment may be facilitated with a thumb rotatable wheel for tool-less tension adjustment of a trigger tension spring. The rotatable wheel may be accessed by snapping a trigger guard away from a stock of the firearm. Accordingly, the force required to actuate the trigger can be adjusted to the user's preference without having to remove the trigger assembly from the stock, and without need for external tools or accessories.
US10295283B2
Generally discussed herein are devices and methods for thermal management of a component. An apparatus can include a phase change material substantially at a phase transition temperature of the phase change material, a component near, on, or at least partially in the phase change material, and a heat removal device to transfer heat energy away from the phase change material and maintain the phase change material substantially at the phase transition temperature.
US10295274B2
A heat exchange system with at least one horizontal heat exchange chamber with heat exchange chamber boundaries which surround at least one heat exchange chamber interior of the heat exchange chamber is provided. The heat exchange chamber boundaries include at least one first opening for guiding in an inflow of at least one heat transfer fluid into the heat exchange chamber interior and at least one second opening for guiding out an outflow of the heat transfer fluid out of the heat exchange chamber interior. At least one heat storage material is arranged in the heat exchange chamber interior such that a heat exchange flow of the heat transfer fluid through the heat exchange chamber interior causes a heat exchange between the heat storage material and the heat transfer fluid. The heat exchange chamber is located at a soil area of a soil.
US10295267B2
The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising a block of first and second flow channels arranged adjacently to one another, said block being designed to be open at one inflow side and at one outflow side of the first flow channels for the inflow and outflow of a first fluid into or out of said first flow channels, and the second flow channels comprising openings for the inflow and outflow of a second fluid, said block consisting of a first element and a second element, each of these forming second flow channels and a side wall, and these elements being joined together such that the two side walls form block side walls which lie opposite one another, said second flow channels extending between these side walls and forming first flow channels between themselves and the side walls.
US10295261B2
A formulation containing polymer, resin and cement combined with aggregate can be used as a gunnable mix that is applied to a surface by being conveyed pneumatically in dry form to a nozzle, where water is added. Polymer in the gunnable mix enables it to adhere and bond to a surface, such as carbon brick, of a lining of a vessel used for the containment of molten metals. The formulation may be used, for example, to repair and protect blast furnace hearth linings.
US10295254B2
A system and method for recovery of rare gases such as neon, helium, xenon, and krypton in an air separation unit is provided. The rare gas recovery system comprises a non-condensable stripping column linked in a heat transfer relationship with a xenon-krypton column via an auxiliary condenser-reboiler. The non-condensable stripping column produces a rare gas containing overhead that is directed to the auxiliary condenser-reboiler where most of the neon is captured in a non-condensable vent stream that is further processed to produce a crude neon vapor stream that contains greater than about 50% mole fraction of neon with the overall neon recovery exceeding 95%. The xenon-krypton column further receives two streams of liquid oxygen from the lower pressure column and the rare gas containing overhead from the non-condensable stripping column and produces a crude xenon and krypton liquid stream and an oxygen-rich overhead.
US10295249B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door including a door frame with an opening, a panel assembly provided at the opening and configured to allow an inside of the refrigerator to be seen through the panel assembly from an outside of the refrigerator, a knock detection device configured to detect a user's knocking operation on the panel assembly, and a lighting unit provided inside the refrigerator and configured to turn on or off based on a signal of the knock detection device while the door is closed. The panel assembly includes a front panel, an insulation panel spaced apart from a rear surface of the front panel, and a spacer bar provided between the front panel and the insulation panel. An insulation space is defined between the front panel and the insulation panel, and the knock detection device is provided outside the insulation space.
US10295248B2
A refrigeration appliance includes a cabinet that defines a storage compartment. A door is pivotably coupled to the cabinet and is movable between a closed position for closing the storage compartment and an open position for allowing access to the storage compartment. The door includes an inner surface and an outer surface. An opening extends between the inner surface and the outer surface. A window is disposed within the opening. The window optionally includes a lower portion that is non-transparent. A storage bin is attachable to a lower portion of the inner surface of the door wherein the non-transparent portion of the window obstructs viewing of the storage bin when the door is in the closed position.
US10295246B2
A method for adjusting a position of a door on a housing of a household refrigeration appliance to change a placement of the door while located on the housing, includes separating a door leaf of the door from a front flange of the housing in a depth direction of the household refrigeration appliance by a gap in a closed state of the door. A tool is inserted into the gap and a readjustment element, which can be accessed through the gap, is readjusted by using the tool in such a way that the position of the door relative to the housing is changed in dependence on the readjustment of the readjustment element. A household refrigeration appliance is also provided.
US10295244B2
In various implementations, a heat pump may include heating operations and defrost operations. The heat pump may monitor cycle time(s) for one or more of the operations. Defrost operation(s) in the heat pump may be automatically adjusted based at least partially on cycle times.
US10295243B2
A gas supply device is configured such that its supply state is switchable between a first supply state supplying, as supply air, nitrogen-enriched air produced from outside air into a containe, and a second supply state in which the gas supply device takes outside air therein and supplies, as supply air, the outside air into the container. A CA system is provided with a branch pipe which guides at least part of the supply air flowing through a supply passage to an oxygen sensor, and an open/close valve which opens/closes the branch pipe. An outside air calibration operation is performed in which the open/close valve is opened in the second supply state to guide the least part of the outside air flowing through the supply passage to the oxygen sensor, thereby calibrating the oxygen sensor using the outside air.
US10295241B2
A bottom mount household refrigerator is provided with an apparatus to permit the dispensing of ice. According to one embodiment, a sealed ice making compartment is provided within the fresh food compartment. The sealed ice making compartment may be located at the bottom, at the top, or along a side wall within the fresh food compartment. According to another embodiment, ice is made in the ice compartment, and lifted upward to a dispensing location through the door of the fresh food compartment.
US10295238B2
An apparatus includes a compressor, a load, a heat exchanger, and a heater. The compressor compresses a refrigerant. The load uses the refrigerant to remove heat from a space proximate the load. The load sends the refrigerant to the compressor. The heat exchanger receives the refrigerant from the compressor. The heat exchanger transfers heat from a fluid to the refrigerant. The heat exchanger discharges the refrigerant to the compressor. The heater adds heat to the fluid.
US10295236B2
A compressor heating system includes a compressor drive controller electrically coupled to an outdoor controller configured to selectively implement a pulse width modulation algorithm to deliver a pulsed direct current (DC) from the compressor drive controller to at least one stator winding of a motor of a variable speed compressor to provide heat to the compressor to prevent refrigerant migration to the compressor when the compressor remains idle with respect to operating in a cooling or heating mode.
US10295231B2
A cooling system includes a refrigerant compressor and a first operating medium, which provides a mixture of refrigerant and lubrication oil. An oil separator reduces the percentage of the refrigerant in the operating medium to a value between 25% by weight and 80% by weight.
US10295230B2
A method of controlling FPA system stabilization includes calculating FPA adjustments as a function of FPA temperature and adjusting a TEC set point to assist the FPA adjustments in attaining a predetermined level of FPA performance. Adjusting the TEC set point can include adjusting the TEC set point as a function of at least one of ambient temperature, FPA temperature, or disparity between the predetermined level of FPA performance and a level of FPA performance obtainable by calculating the FPA adjustments as a function of FPA temperature alone without adjusting the TEC set point.
US10295228B2
A controller is configured to, based on a characteristic information of thermal output with respect to a temperature difference between a hot end and a cold end of a working chamber, changes at least one of a flow rate of a heating target fluid in a high temperature heat exchanger and a flow rate of a cooling target fluid in a low temperature heat exchanger. At least one of the flow rate of the heating target fluid in the high temperature heat exchanger and the flow rate of the cooling target fluid in the low temperature heat exchanger is adjusted such that the temperature difference between the hot and cold ends changes in a direction that increases thermal output.
US10295225B2
A thermal apparatus (1) which comprises at least one primary circuit (P1) in which a heat transfer primary fluid is moved, in a reciprocating movement, by a displacement device, and at least one heat exchange interface (I1,1, I1,2), of the primary fluid, in which a secondary fluid that unidirectionally in a secondary circuit (S1,1, S1,2). The apparatus is characterized in that the exchange interface (I1,1, I1,2) comprises at least one heat exchange zone (ZN, ZN+1, Z′N, Z′N+1) in which the primary fluid and the secondary fluid flow unidirectionally and countercurrent with respect to one another.
US10295223B2
A device for quantifying a useful thermal energy available in a tank for storing a heated or cooled fluid or solid includes: a plurality of thermoelectric converters configured to be distributed in plural locations of the storage tank; an electric circuit interconnecting the thermoelectric converters; a device measuring a single electrical variable of the electric circuit; and a converter converting a single measurement of the single electrical variable into a value for quantification of the useful thermal energy available in the storage tank.
US10295213B2
An air conditioning apparatus, being a power efficient and highly resistant to external noise, includes: an outdoor device; and indoor devices. The outdoor device includes: a first current path, through which AC power is supplied; and a second current path, through which AC power is supplied from the AC power supply to the control-power-supply generation unit through a first noise reduction unit, a second outdoor power-feed switching relay, and a surge-current suppression resistor. When there is a possibility an inrush current to the control-power-supply generation unit to be generated, the outdoor device supplies AC power of the AC power supply to the control-power-supply generation unit through the first current path. When there is not a possibility for an inrush current to the control-power-supply generation unit to be generated, the outdoor device supplies AC power of the AC power supply to the control-power-supply generation unit through the second current path.
US10295209B2
The air-conditioning system includes: an opening/closing device opening and closing an openable portion in an opening of a building; an air-conditioning device performing air-conditioning inside the building by consuming energy for operation; a monitoring device monitoring environmental information regarding the inside and outside of the building; and a controller controlling the opening/closing device and the air-conditioning device based on the environmental information from the monitoring device, date and time information representing a current date and time, building information representing a location condition of the building, and draft information determined by parameters including an opening area and an opening shape in the openable portion. The controller opens the openable portion and stops the air-conditioning device when the outside is more favorable in air environment than the inside, and closes the openable portion and starts the air-conditioning device when the inside is more favorable in air environment than the outside.
US10295208B2
A roof vent for ventilating the roof of a building to the atmosphere. The roof vent includes a flange portion to lay against the roof, the flange portion having an opening to let air vent from the interior of the building (e.g. an attic). The roof vent can optionally include a collar portion extending from the flange portion and enclosing, at least in part, about a periphery of the opening and a cap dimensioned and configured to cover over the opening (including the hole in the roof) and optionally over the collar portion. The cap is configured to provide a passage (between the flange portion and the cap) through which air can pass between the atmosphere and the opening. The roof vent also includes a corrugated filter plate, e.g. partially enclosed by the cap, and interposed between the central opening and the passage, the corrugated filter plate having a pore size sufficient to permit air to pass through but inhibit the passage of snow particles, cinder particles and/or water droplets there-through.
US10295207B2
An air blowing device adapted to be used in such a manner that at least two of the devices are horizontally and/or vertically aligned with each other, thereby to obtain a uniform flow of air in the downstream direction from device to device. An air-permeable front surface (11f) is formed to the blowing device (1) at the downstream side of a rectifier mechanism, and side surface sections (11a) which extend in the upstream direction of the device (1) are formed at both edges of the air-permeable front surface (11f). First ventilation holes (70a) are distributed at the air-permeable front surface (11f), and second ventilation holes (70b) are distributed at the side surface sections (11a).
US10295206B2
A gravity-assisted heat pipe ground cooling source cold storage system and a chiller set. The cold storage system includes a gravity-assisted heat pipe, a cold storage pool, a heat exchanging and cold condensing device, and a heat exchanger pipe. An inlet and outlet of the cold storage pool are parallel-connected to cold water pipes of a chiller set, and are connected or disconnected via control valves. The heat exchanger pipe is buried underground, and includes a flow inlet pipe and a flow return pipe having a cross section including a first arc, a second arc, a third arc, and a fourth arc. The second arc and the fourth arc are S-shaped arcs. The first arc has a radius exceeding that of the third arc, and centers of circles of the first arc and third arc are located at the cross section of the flow return pipe.
US10295197B2
The concepts relate to reducing energy loss associated with hot water systems. One example can monitor hot water use in a system. Upon completion of the hot water use, the example can recover some of the hot water from hot water lines into a water heater that heated the hot water. The method can also deliver the recovered hot water to the water heater in a manner that affects operation of a heating element of the water heater.
US10295186B2
A nozzle is provided including a nozzle body having an upstream end and a downstream end aligned about a central axis. A discharge portion is positioned adjacent the downstream end. A bore extends inwardly from the downstream end over the length of the discharge portion. An opening is formed in the nozzle body adjacent the discharge portion. The opening is fluidly connected to the bore to provide an interior air flow passage. A main fuel channel extends from the upstream end to the discharge portion. At least one fuel flow branch extends through the discharge portion between the bore and an outer surface of the nozzle body. The fuel flow branch is fluidly coupled to the main fuel conduit to provide a fuel flow passage. The outer air cap is positioned about the outer surface of the discharge portion of the nozzle body to form an exterior air flow passage.
US10295183B2
There is provided a wind boosted ventilation apparatus for removing exhaust gases from inside enclosed spaces to the atmosphere, said ventilation apparatus comprising a ventilation duct and an external wall having a plurality of openings, a circular pressure plate placed on the top of said ventilation duct, a shroud surrounding said ventilation duct in a such way that a gap is defined between said ventilation duct and said shroud, and a plurality of guide vanes extending outwardly and transversally with respect to the central axis, wherein said openings are extending along said external wall of the ventilation duct and are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to central axis of said ventilation duct, and said plurality of guide vanes are placed in a such way that they divide the area between the ventilation duct and the shroud into a plurality of compartments.
US10295175B2
Technologies are provided for applying energy to a combustion reaction. For example, a method may include supporting a combustion reaction; applying energy to the combustion reaction via one or more control signals; detecting a change in one or more parameters associated with the combustion reaction; comparing the change in the one or more parameters to a database; determining whether the change in the one or more parameters corresponds to a change in the combustion reaction; selecting a change in the one or more control signals from the database; and applying the change in the one or more control signals to change the a value of the energy applied to the combustion reaction responsive to changes in the one or more parameters associated with in the combustion reaction.
US10295174B2
The current disclosure relates to a method of steam generation. Particularly, the current disclosure relates to steam generation supply apparati and associated control systems that are used for enhanced oil recovery. Certain embodiments are provided including methods and associated control systems related to the startup as well as main steam pressure header control or maintenance of a desired steam quality for such steam generation systems during normal operation.
US10295167B2
Novel 3-D super-thermal conducting heat management design and delayed cooling using phase change materials are adopted to lower the temperature inside LEDs and other devices. The cooling mechanism uses a fin structure with hollow fins to dissipate heat to the environment. The hollow space inside the fins is connected to an interior chamber, where a liquid to vapor phase change material (L-V PCM) is provided to transfer heat from the LED chips to the surface of the hollow fins. The LED chips are mounted on an evaporator located at the bottom of the chamber. A liquid reservoir is provided, and the evaporator surface is hydrophilic with an additional wick structure to transport the L-V PCM liquid to the evaporator surface. The fins are parallel to each other and are either parallel or perpendicular to the evaporator surface. This structure has superior performance and is inexpensive to manufacture.
US10295165B2
A lighting device, assembly and method includes, in an embodiment, a lighting device having a light source. The lighting device also has a heat transfer device. The heat transfer device includes a primary conductor connected to the light source and a plurality of secondary conductors connected to the primary conductor. The secondary conductors define at least one heat transfer passageway extending in the upward direction.
US10295148B2
An example provides a lens comprising: a first body; a second body on the first body; and a curved surface part on the second body, wherein a groove is formed on the inside of the first body and the second body; the first body is arranged so as to protrude from the second body at the boundary area of the first body and the second body; the side wall of the first body absorbs light; and the side wall of the second body is inclined in the central direction.
US10295134B2
An emergency signaling device includes a housing containing a high voltage connection. A signal emitter is connected to the housing. A compartment in the housing having an opening is separated from the high voltage connection. A battery is positioned in the compartment and accessible through the opening.
US10295129B2
A system, method and apparatus for detecting a faulty bulb within an ornamental light string. The light string includes a plug at one end, a receptacle at an opposing end and a plurality of lamps in series arrangement coupled therebetween using an electrical wire. Each lamp includes a bulb, a socket coupled to the bulb, and a light source within the bulb that is electrically coupled to the electrical wire. The bulb includes a translucent cover coupled to a holder. The holder is removably coupled to the socket. The socket comprises a temperature-dependent color changing material, which can be thermochromic ink, which allows the outer surface of the socket to change colors depending upon its temperature thereby assisting in identifying a faulty bulb requiring replacement.
US10295127B2
A luminaire assembly having a housing containing a light assembly therein is disclosed. A control board is engaged with wide angle and spot LED's. Each wide angle LED is within a mixing chamber having a remote phosphor. The LED's are positioned outside the plane of the front cover such that a full peripheral emission of light is emitted from the luminaire, fully illuminating the user's surroundings.
US10295117B2
A device to handle and manage a heavy screen includes a supporting module, a connecting module, two first resilient members, and two second resilient members. The connecting module includes a mounting rod provided with a pulling rod at a middle portion, and two pivot rods rotatably installed on one end far away from the mounting rod of the pulling rod. Each first resilient member is connected to an end of the top plate, and each second resilient member is connected to an end of the bottom plate and one end of a pivot rod. The two first resilient members are stretched when screen is pulled down, and each pivot rod rotates relative to the pulling rod to pull the two second resilient members when screen is lifted. The screen is effectively weightless, enabling static positioning of the screen.
US10295113B1
A wheeled support stand with a recessed tray for supporting a vertical upright member is provided.
US10295112B2
A leveling pad for stabilizing a device is provided. The leveling pad comprises a metal base having a socket configured to receive a portion of the device and a liner coupled to the metal base and being configured to cold flow into a profile of a floor surface when a weight of the device is applied to the leveling pad. The liner may be of a polymer, such as vinyl. The liner is further configured to plastically deform into the profile of the floor surface. The plastic deformation is designed to increase a magnitude of a shear force or a tensile force required to separate the liner from a portion of the floor surface into which it is configured to plastically deform.
US10295110B2
A vacuum adapter for feeding-through vacuum-insulated coolant lines (11, 12, 22, 23) from the surrounding atmosphere into a vacuum processing installation has an intermediate volume (2) which is connected firstly to at least one insulation intermediate space (32, 33) of the vacuum-insulated feed lines and secondly to a vacuum pump. The pump capacity is available at least temporarily for evacuating the insulation intermediate space around the coolant lines (22, 23).
US10295104B2
A pipe liner and a method of using the same are provided. The method includes inserting a pipe liner impregnated with a resinous material into a length of pipe, where the pipe liner has an outer diameter substantially equal to or greater than an inner diameter of the pipe. A bladder having an unstretched outer diameter less than the inner diameter of at least a portion of the length of pipe and capable of stretching circumferentially is inserted into the pipe liner. The bladder is expanded under fluid pressure against the pipe liner, pressing the pipe liner against an inner wall of the length of pipe. The resinous material is allowed to cure and harden, leaving a renewed pipe wall. The length of pipe may have a plurality of inner diameters, and the bladder stretches to produce a smooth interior surface of the pipe liner across the plurality of pipe diameters.
US10295101B2
A push plug type line stop branch assembly for use with a tapping sleeve fitting on a pipe. The branch assembly has a bore defined therein for receive a plug. The inner walls of the branch assembly defining the bore are shaped in part to provide a shoulder for receiving a lip on the plug.
US10295100B1
A variable flow module controls flow of a fluid through a fluid distribution system. More specifically, the variable flow module comprises one or more rotatable elements allowing for the flow of the fluid, such as water, to vary in flow volume through a pipe.
US10295096B2
The invention relates to a rotating joint for transferring a first fluid, comprising a male member and a female member which are mounted movably in relation to each other and concentric, and one or more annular seals accommodated inside cavities arranged in the female member and optionally pressurized by means of an insulation fluid. The invention also relates to a fluid transfer system comprising one or more rotating joints according to the invention.
US10295092B2
A security adapter, which is provided for connecting a first and a second fluid line portion of a fluid line. The security adapter has an inner sleeve, which at a first sleeve end region has a fastening thread provided for connection to a first fluid line portion and at a second sleeve end region has an outer thread in the form of a movement thread. The outer thread can be screwed together with an inner thread of an outer sleeve, wherein the sleeve inner circumference of the outer sleeve is provided with a stop, against which a counter stop arranged on the outer circumference of the inner sleeve bears, in a rotational end position of the security adapter such that the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve are freely rotatable in relation to one another without engagement of the inner and outer thread forming the movement thread. In a screwed-in end position, the inner sleeve is screwed by way of its outer thread into the inner thread of the outer sleeve such that a stop surface on the inner sleeve bears against a counter stop surface on the outer sleeve.
US10295091B2
A threaded joint is adapted for tubes where the stress or the strain concentration hardly occur at a threaded corner portion of box side even when the threaded joint receives repeated tensile-compressive forces or repeated bending forces. In a radial seal type threaded joint, tensile efficiency TE (%) defined by a ratio Sc/Sp between a cross-sectional area Sc, an area of Critical Cross Section (CCS) including a portion where a tensile stress and a strain become the highest in a tube circumferential cross section of a box and a cross-sectional area Sp of a tube body satisfies formula TE (%)≥2.25×t/ρ+99.9 having a ratio t/ρ between an internal thread height t of the box and a radius of curvature ρ of a corner portion of internally-threaded bottom load surface side.
US10295087B2
A truss pick is provided for hanging tubular space frame truss. The truss picks of the present invention allow multiple methods of suspending truss from permanent structural objects.
US10295086B2
A pipe hanger includes generally U-shaped upper and lower hanger parts, and a locking bolt for interconnecting the upper and lower part. The lower hanger part has a saddle portion for supporting a pipe. One of the arms of the upper hanger part has a hook formed on a lower end. The corresponding arm of the lower hanger part has an aperture that is arranged over the hook. The same arm of the lower hanger part has at its end a tilt limiting abutment. In an open state of the pipe hanger the lower hanger part can be suspended from the hook and is allowed to swivel until the tilt limiting abutment abuts the corresponding arm of the upper hanger part. The other arm of the lower hanger part has a bore for the locking bolt to lock the lower hanger part and upper hanger part in the closed position.
US10295083B2
A real-time analysis system for operation of working ship based on ship attitude measurement includes: a central processing unit (10); a position monitoring unit (20) for detecting and providing position-attitude information and heading information of the working ship at a predetermined time, and the position-attitude information and heading information of the working ship at a predetermined time is provided to the central processing unit (10); a manual data input unit (30) connected to the central processing unit (10) and capable of providing the pipeline model data to the central processing unit (10) in a manual input method; and a display unit (40) connected to the central processing unit (10) which displays the dynamic response data of the pipeline according to the processed data provided by the central processing unit (10).
US10295078B2
Apparatus for determining whether a valve is fully opened or closed. In one embodiment a valve position translator includes a cam tube and a rod. The cam tube has a cylindrical wall. A first slot in the wall is disposed along a radial arc of the tube. A second slot in the wall extends from an end of the first slot at an angle acute to the first slot. The rod extends through the wall, and rotates the cam tube while moving linearly along the cam tube in the second slot and while moving in an arc in the first slot.
US10295077B2
Systems and methods of controlling a solenoid coil in a solenoid valve provide a controller that allows a supervisory or leakage current to be used in a peak-and-hold driver. The controller introduces a delay time after detection of a dropout voltage that prevents the solenoid coil from being immediately re-energized in order to ensure proper dropout of the solenoid coil. The delay time imposes a wait period during which the controller takes no action with respect to the current in the solenoid coil, allowing the solenoid coil to deenergize and return the valve to its normally-open or normally-closed position. Such use of a delay time may be limited to instances where the controller has already gone through a power-up cycle such that the response time needed by the controller to energize the solenoid coil is minimized, thus reducing the valve startup time.
US10295074B2
A check valve includes a valve case, a positive pressure valve, a spring, and a negative pressure valve. The positive pressure valve is slidably disposed in a valve chamber of the valve case. The spring urges the positive pressure valve to abut on a positive pressure valve seat of the valve case. The negative pressure valve is on the positive pressure valve to abut on a negative pressure valve seat of the positive pressure valve. The negative pressure valve closes a communicating passage in the positive pressure valve in a normal state, and opens it when a pressure in the fuel tank falls to a predetermined value or less.
US10295073B2
A flexible, resilient, self-sealing slit-type valve (40, 140, 240, 340) is provided with a configuration that minimizes the difference between the pressure differential at which the valve opens and the pressure differential at which the valve (40, 140, 240, 340) closes. The valve (40, 140, 240, 340) includes a peripheral mounting portion (42) and a valve head (60, 160, 260, 360) connected thereto. The valve head (60, 160, 260, 360) has an interior surface (78, 178, 278, 378) and an exterior surface (76) which each has a recessed configuration such that the thickness between the exterior surface (76) and interior surface (78, 178, 278, 378) is thinner at the center on the longitudinal axis (62) of the valve (40, 140, 240, 340) than at a radially outward location.
US10295068B2
The invention relates to a valve (1), comprising a valve housing (4) and a closing body (3) arranged in the valve housing (4) in such a way that the closing body can be moved longitudinally, wherein at least one inlet channel (5) and at least one outlet channel (6) are arranged in the valve housing (4). The closing body (3) interacts with a valve seat (8) formed on the valve housing (4) by means of the longitudinal motion of the closing body and thereby opens and closes at least one hydraulic connection between the at least one inlet channel (5) and the at least one outlet channel (6). The closing body (3) can be driven by means of a metal-bellows/piston unit (2), wherein the metal-bellows/piston unit (2) has a variable-length metal bellows (20) and a variable-volume working chamber (23) and wherein the metal bellows (20) bounds the working chamber (23) in a sealing manner.
US10295067B2
A retainer for retaining a check valve to a valve body includes a continuous body, a first group of projections, and a second group of projections. The continuous body is configured to engage a slot of the valve body to secure the continuous body to the valve body. The continuous body is further configured to include an opening configured to receive a portion of the check valve. The first group of projections is configured to extend radially from the continuous body. The first group of projections is further configured to contact the valve body to limit rotation of the retainer relative to the valve body. The second group of projections is configured to extend axially from the continuous body. The second group of projections is further configured to engage at least one of the check valve and the valve body.
US10295065B2
A method of designing a valve presenting an orifice of section that depends on the position of the valve member of the valve, which section can thus be controlled. The method includes determining a desired variation relationship for the flow section of the valve, which relationship defines a desired variation in the section as a function of time; setting a predetermined movement relationship for the valve member; and defining the shape of the fluid flow orifice in such a manner that, at each instant, if the valve member moves in compliance with the predetermined movement relationship, the flow section remains equal to the desired section. The method makes it possible to design a valve that is simple to control.
US10295062B2
A sealing element for sealing a high-pressure side from a low-pressure side at a rotating shaft, in particular in a pump, with a supporting ring configured to be arranged on a stator surrounding the shaft and from which a first annular membrane protrudes facing in the direction toward the shaft. From the first annular membrane, a second annular membrane protrudes facing in the direction toward the shaft. The first annular membrane is formed longer than the second annular membrane as viewed in the axial direction of the shaft, and the second annular membrane is configured with a sealing edge which is to be arranged lying on the shaft.
US10295061B2
An elastomer seal or gasket is to be inserted in a groove produced vertically on a support plane of a part, and tightened or clamped on an additional flat surface, with the seal presenting at least a portion of its cross-section (18, 20) including longitudinally a continuously variable shape, including fine side trips (42) spaced on at least one side and which are arranged vertically.
US10295057B2
A piston pin has an eccentric center of gravity and formed of different materials and is installed through a piston and an upper end of a connecting rod. The piston pin includes a cylindrical outer member and a cylindrical inner member formed of a material which has a lower density than the outer member and is arranged in the outer member.
US10295052B2
A vehicle transmission control device is provided in a vehicle having a gear type transmission capable of selecting a plurality of gear shift patterns, and an electric oil pump for supplying lubricating oil to a gear-shifting mechanism. The vehicle transmission control device includes a transmission controller that selects a path having a small load on the lubricated parts from among the plurality of power transmission paths upon detecting a malfunction has occurred in the oil pump to prevent seizing of lubricated parts and damage to gear-shifting mechanism if a malfunction occurs in the oil pump.
US10295050B2
When a jump downshift via an intermediate shift stage is requested and a rotation speed of an input shaft approaches a synchronous rotation speed of the intermediate shift stage, a target torque phase time when the gear shift via the intermediate shift stage is performed with input switching is set to be shorter than that when the gear shift via the intermediate shift stage is performed without using input switching and torque phase control is performed. Accordingly, it is possible to promptly perform engagement of an engagement-side frictional engagement element at the time of passing through the intermediate shift stage and to rapidly perform the gear shift after passing through the intermediate shift stage.
US10295048B2
A vehicle transmission having a valve body disposed adjacently to and in parallel with a side cover covering a front or rear side or a side surface of a transmission case in a vehicle width direction in a vehicle-mounted state, the side cover connected to the transmission case, in which an electromagnetic valve is included on the side cover side of the valve body, when viewed in a direction horizontal and parallel to mating surfaces of the transmission case and the side cover, a strainer for removing a foreign material in a hydraulic oil is disposed between the side cover and the valve body to overlap with at least a portion of the electromagnetic valve, and the strainer has an inflow portion for allowing the hydraulic oil to flow in disposed vertically above an oil surface.
US10295045B2
A cover for a transmission having improved airflow path is disclosed. The interior of the cover has a progressively narrowing airflow path to reduce pressure drop through the cover, thereby improving the cooling efficiency of the airflow through the cover. The cover includes a diverter sheltering the air inlet to the cover to prevent air in the cover from exerting outward pressure on the incoming air.
US10295038B2
A push-type transmission mechanism has a base, a plurality of fixing discs securely mounted on the base, and a driving component rotatably mounted on the base. The driving component includes a plurality of cam portions. Each fixing disc has a plurality of driven rolling components which can move in radial directions of the fixing discs and can protrude out of outer surfaces by abutment of the cam portions. An inner surface of a transmission block forms a corrugation structure extending continuously in a circumferential direction. The corrugation structure is abutted by the driven rolling components. Thus, speed is changed through the driven rolling component connecting to the corrugation structure. Besides, with the driven rolling components driven by the cam portions, power can be transmitted with high torque.
US10295033B2
A transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft, a variator, a plurality of clutches including a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch, and a variator bypass clutch, and a plurality of gearsets including a first gearset, a second gearset, a third gearset, and a fourth gearset. The transmission is operable in a plurality of operating modes, including at least mode in which the variator is utilized to provide a transmission ratio varying within a defined range and at least one mode in which the variator is bypassed to provide a fixed transmission ratio.
US10295025B2
A belt transmission system comprises: a first pulley; a second pulley; a belt; and an automatic tensioner having a first tension pulley and a second tension pulley applying tension to a portion of the belt located at a tension side and a portion of the belt located at a slack side of the belt, and an arm. Force from the belt makes the first tension pulley and the second tension pulley rotate in the same direction. When the first tension pulley rotates in a direction tensioning the belt, the second tension pulley also rotates in a direction tensioning the belt.
US10295020B2
A secondary drive unit (10) for demountable attachment to a machine having a primary drive unit and power take-off, the secondary drive unit (10) comprises a housing (12), a drivable input element (16) drivable by the machine at one end of the housing (12), a driven output element (18) at the other end of the housing (12) for driving a tool and/or another machine, and at least one rotatable gear carrier (44) in the housing (12) drivable by the drivable input element (16). An interior surface of the housing (12) includes a radially-inwardly projecting gear-carrier stop (58) overlapping the gear carrier (44). A low-friction rubbing element (62) is interposed between the gear-carrier stop (58) and the gear carrier (44) to prevent or limit gear-carrier lift. This prevents or limits undue lateral strain along a central rotational axis of the drive unit (10), and thus a possibility of internal shearing.
US10295011B2
An example system for using an inductor in magnetic skyhook damper isolation includes a first component moveable with respect to a second component, and a tuned magnetic dashpot positioned between the first component and the second component. The tuned magnetic dashpot damps movement of the first component relative to the second component, and includes a voice coil coupled to the first component, a magnet coupled to the second component and concentric with the voice coil, and an inductor positioned in series with the voice coil to enable frequency dependent damping, such that damping below a critical frequency √{square root over (2)}ωn is greater than damping above the critical frequency √{square root over (2)}ωn, where ωn is a natural frequency of movement of the first component relative to the second component.
US10295009B2
A mounting assembly (200) includes first and second mounting components (108, 112) that are displaceable relative to one another. At least one positive-stiffness biasing element (236) exhibiting a positive-stiffness spring rate is operatively disposed between the first and second mounting components. At least one negative-stiffness biasing (288, 290) element exhibiting a negative-stiffness spring rate is disposed between the first and second mounting components in parallel with the at least one positive-stiffness biasing element. A combined spring rate of the at least one positive-stiffness biasing element and the at least one negative-stiffness biasing element is less than the positive-stiffness spring rate of the at least one positive-stiffness biasing element alone. The mounting assembly can exhibit a natural frequency that is less than a natural frequency of a mounting assembly having the at least one positive-stiffness biasing element without the at least one negative-stiffness biasing element. Systems including such mounting assemblies are also included.
US10295007B2
A load absorber dampens relative movement between subsea bodies. The load absorber is cooperable with an actuating member such as a male piston element or a female cup on an opposed subsea body. The load absorber comprises a hollow structure defining an internal flow path for water. A flow restrictor acting on the flow path restricts a distal flow of water along the flow path from a proximal opening, caused by convergence between the actuating member and the load absorber. The flow restrictor comprises a shuttle element to restrict the flow path that is mounted to the structure for automatic movement from a first state to a second state in response to an increase in water pressure at the proximal opening. In the first state, the shuttle element effects greater restriction of the flow path than in the second state.
US10295005B2
A disc brake assembly is provided that includes a camshaft extending from a slack adjuster. A disc brake rotor and a brake caliper bridge having an outer plate and an inner plate are provided. A brake caliper carrier is provided with an outer brake pad contained by the brake caliper carrier and an inner brake pad contained by the brake caliper carrier. A cam carrier having two openings is provided along with a pusher plate having a first surface in contact with the cam and a second surface in contact with the inner brake pad. A first and a second slide pin each extend through an opening in the cam carrier and an opening in the pusher plate and an opening in the inner plate of the brake caliper bridge and into the brake caliper carrier. A cam is mounted onto the camshaft such that rotation of the camshaft will rotate the cam, and the brake caliper bridge inner plate having a surface in contact with the cam. The brake caliper bridge outer plate having a surface in contact with the outer brake pad, such that upon rotation of the camshaft and the cam, the pusher plate adjusts the axial position of the inner brake pad and the brake caliper bridge outer plate adjusts the axial position of the outer brake pad, actuating the brake.
US10295004B2
A brake system that includes a brake piston that includes a piston pocket. A nut is located inside the piston pocket. During a brake apply, the brake piston is adapted to move a brake pad against a brake rotor to create a clamping force. During the brake apply, the nut is moved with the brake piston.
US10295001B2
A control device of a lock-up clutch according to the disclosure is mounted on a vehicle including an engine, a transmission, a fluid-type power transmitting device interposed between the engine and the transmission, and the lock-up clutch provided on the fluid-type power transmitting device. The control device includes: a controller configured to slip-engage the lock-up clutch when accelerator opening of the vehicle changes in an accelerating direction, and configured to make a slip-engagement amount larger when a state of the fluid-type power transmitting device when the accelerator opening of the vehicle changes in the accelerating direction is a driven state than the slip-engagement amount when the state of the fluid-type power transmitting device is a driving state.
US10294997B2
A method of forming a damper assembly for a motor vehicle drive train is provided. The method includes staking a damper flange including a splined inner circumferential surface onto a damper hub to form a first rotational connection between the damper flange and damper hub; and forming a second rotational connection between a radially projecting protrusion of the damper hub and the damper flange. A damper assembly is also provided that includes a damper flange including a splined inner circumferential surface; and a damper hub including an outer circumferential surface staked to the splined inner circumferential surface of damper flange forming a first rotational connection between the damper flange and damper hub. The damper hub includes a radially projecting protrusion fixed to the damper flange forming a second rotational connection between the damper flange and the damper hub.
US10294995B2
An oil seal structure includes a bearing unit for a shaft, housed in a housing hole formed in a housing, and an opposing member that faces the bearing unit in an axial direction of the shaft and has a body part including an opposing face provided with an insertion hole through which the shaft is inserted. The opposing member includes an oil groove that is formed in the opposing face, is recessed in a direction separating from the bearing unit, and at least partially faces the bearing unit, and a portion at which the insertion hole opens in the opposing face projects toward the bearing unit side from a deepest portion in the oil groove.
US10294991B2
A linear motion guide unit prevents damage to a corner portion of an end surface of a carriage resulting from high-speed rolling of the rolling elements, and eliminates the need for strict dimensional management of facing end surfaces of the carriage and a spacer. A crowning is formed at an end portion of the carriage, and an R chamfered portion is formed at a corner of an end surface of the carriage. An R chamfered portion is formed at a corner of the end surface of the spacer. The R chamfered portions define a valley portion between the facing surfaces of the carriage and the spacer. The rolling elements roll above the valley portion while striding it to thereby be prevented from colliding against the corner portion of the end surface of the carriage, whereby damage to the corner portion of the end surface of the carriage can be prevented.
US10294989B2
A linear motion guide device has a high rigidity, a good linear motion guiding accuracy, and as little rattling as possible. The linear motion guide device prevents sand, water or other contaminants from entering its actuator main body, and features low maintenance requirement. A linear motion member of the linear motion guide device includes a plurality of axially divided segments. Each of these segments supports a plurality of guided members which make contact with two, mutually paired, guide surfaces of a housing. A preload can be applied between the guide surfaces and the guided member. The housing has a sealed structure, with a pressure inside the housing higher than an external pressure, for preventing external sand and water from entering the housing.
US10294982B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for transferring a rotational force. Apparatus include a shaft member that has a first end configured to receive a rotational force from a first mechanical component, and configured to receive a torsional load in response to receiving the rotational force. The shaft member also includes a second end configured to provide the rotational force to a second mechanical component. Apparatus also include a support member that includes a plurality of lobes coupled to the shaft member and configured to transmit the torsional load of the shaft member, where the plurality of lobes is coupled to each other along a central coupling and extend radially from the central coupling, where the plurality of lobes has a spiral geometry along a length of the support member such that an orientation of the plurality of lobes rotates along the length of the support member.
US10294974B2
The invention relates to the field of couplings, and more specifically to a system for assembling a modular coupling (100) comprising at least a main body (101), a thread (109) around a central axis (X) with restricted freedom to move relative to said main body (101) at least in a direction parallel to said central axis (X), and a distinct toothed part (113) that is fastened to the main body (101) and that presents a set of teeth with at least one front tooth (115) projecting along an axis parallel to said central axis (X). The system comprises a plurality of alternative toothed parts each presenting a different set of teeth for selection as a function of a set of front teeth of another coupling to which the modular coupling (100) is to be coupled.
US10294972B2
It relates to a joggle structure and a furniture with the same. The joggle structure has a groove and a tongue cooperating with the groove. The groove has a bottom surface and two groove side faces. Width of the groove gradually increases from groove opening to the bottom surface. The two groove side faces are a part of a rotational curved surface around a rotation axis arranged in the middle of the two groove side faces. The tongue has two tongue side faces for matching with the two groove side faces, and the two tongue side faces have the same shape as the groove side faces. In the process of engaging, the tongue is rotated with respect to the groove and joggled into the groove to make the two tongue side faces attach to the two groove side faces.
US10294968B2
An article retaining device having a first loop that can be elongated, a hook, an elastic second loop, and an elastic third loop. The hook joined to the first loop. The elastic second loop is joined to the first loop and to the hook. The elastic third loop joined to the first loop. The first, second, and third loops may be arranged around an article.
US10294967B2
A thermal management system includes a first hydraulic system for circulating a first hydraulic fluid at a first temperature and a second hydraulic system for circulating a second hydraulic fluid at a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature. The thermal management system also includes a sealed heat transfer device coupled between the first hydraulic system and the second hydraulic system. The sealed heat transfer device is not in flow communication with either of the first hydraulic system and the second hydraulic system. The sealed heat transfer device is configured to transfer heat from the second hydraulic fluid to the first hydraulic fluid.
US10294965B2
A blisk fan is provided for a turbine engine propulsion system. The blisk fan includes a hub configured to rotate about a rotational axis at a maximum rotational speed, and a plurality of blades extending radially outward from the hub to define a fan leading edge tip diameter. Each of the blades has a first vibratory mode at a natural frequency, which is greater than a first fan order and less than a second fan order at the maximum rotational speed. The compression system preferably has a balance factor of the compression system between 1.9 and 3.2.
US10294964B2
A thermal conditioning system for an off-shore wind turbine. The thermal conditioning system has an insulating structure that reduces the thermal losses by convection of treated air circulating through a duct inside the tower, from the base-level of the wind turbine to the nacelle structure. The treated air is supplied by an air-treatment system located at the base level of the wind turbine. In the insulating structure an insulating material of a greater thermal conductivity than the treated air is provided, and a plurality of voids is arranged between the insulating material so that air flow between the voids is prevented by the insulating material.
US10294957B2
A fan rotor blade extending radially from a hub is described. The fan rotor blade may include first surface and a second surface, where the first surface and second surfaces are respectively defined by a set of X-coordinates, Y-coordinates and Z-coordinates. The X, Y and Z coordinates can be set out in any of Tables T-1, T-2, E-1, and E-2. The X, Y, and Z-coordinates can also be scaled by a predetermined factor, with the X-coordinates are oriented in a tangential direction, the Z-coordinates are oriented in an axial direction, and the Y-coordinates are oriented in a radial direction.
US10294956B2
A propeller blade includes a body configured to extend radially from the hub of a propeller. The body can include a front surface, a back surface, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The top of the body can form a tippet that generally transitions the front and back surfaces from extending in a generally radial direction to a generally axial direction. The tippet can reduce radial flow and force losses, redirect the radial flow in an axial direction, reduce the exit flow area of the propeller, and increase the inlet flow area of the propeller. The front surface of the blade can have a planar configuration that prevents or reduces the creation of low or negative pressure across the front surface of the blade and associated cavitation.
US10294952B2
Arrangements for promoting the restriction of fluid flow along a shaft via providing a deformable ring member in an annulus between the shaft and housing. In an initial general condition, the deformable ring member permits free fluid flow in a general direction along the shaft while in a second, constricted condition, the deformable ring closes or blocks a gap or clearance normally conducive to free fluid flow to thereby restrict fluid flow. An actuation medium, which can take any of a very wide variety of forms, preferably promotes constriction of the deformable ring member directly or indirectly.
US10294951B2
A liquid pump includes a motor and an impeller. The motor includes a stator, a rotor, a base body and a shaft sleeve unit supporting the rotor for rotation. The shaft sleeve unit includes a fixing member fixed in the base body, a bearing received in the fixing member and surrounding the rotary shaft, and a resilient buffering member disposed between the fixing member and the bearing. The impeller is coupled to the rotor.
US10294950B2
A motor controller for an electric motor is provided. The electric motor is configured to drive a blower to generate an airflow. The motor controller includes a memory and a processor coupled thereto. The memory is configured to store a speed-to-airflow ratio associated with an airflow restriction on the blower. The processor is configured to receive a command for a calibrating airflow and operate the electric motor in a constant airflow mode to generate the calibrating airflow at a calibrating speed. The processor is further configured to write the calibrating speed and the calibrating airflow to the memory as the speed-to-airflow ratio.
US10294945B2
An impeller includes a fan frame, a hub, a plurality of axial blades and a plurality of wind guiding blades. The fan frame has a wind inlet, a wind outlet and an inner ring-shaped oblique surface, wherein the wind inlet is opposite to the wind outlet, and the inner ring-shaped oblique surface is formed at an inner side wall of the fan frame and adjacent to the wind inlet. The hub is disposed in the fan frame. The axial blades are connected to the inner side wall of the fan frame and the hub. The wind guiding blades protrude from the inner ring-shaped oblique surface.
US10294933B2
A disc pump includes a pump body having a cavity for containing a fluid. The disc pump also includes an actuator adapted to hold an electrostatic charge to cause an oscillatory motion at a drive frequency. The disc pump further includes a conductive plate positioned to face the actuator outside of the cavity and adapted to provide an electric field of reversible polarity, the conductive plate being electrically associated with the actuator to cause the actuator to oscillate at the drive frequency in response to reversing the polarity of the electric field. The disc pump further includes a valve disposed in at least one of a first aperture and a second aperture in the pump body. The oscillation of the actuator at the drive frequency causes fluid flow through the first aperture and the second aperture when in use.
US10294932B2
An improved air compressor includes a cylinder that is fitted with a piston body and defines at its top wall a plurality of exit holes having different diameters and communicating between the cylinder and an air storage container. The exit holes are sealed by plugs and compression springs. The exit holes allow the compressed air produced in the cylinder to enter the air storage container more quickly. When the piston body approaches the top wall of the cylinder, one exit hole, with a smaller diameter, allows the compressed air to enter the air storage container more easily. The exit holes with different diameters allow the piston body to move in the cylinder more smoothly, and thus the efficiency of inflating an object can be increased.
US10294920B2
A method for operating a turbine having a rotor including a hub and at least one blade rotatably arranged around its longitudinal axis at the hub, an induction generator having a stator and rotor coupled to the turbine shaft, a pitch drive system having an actuator, a control system, and a measuring device. The method includes: measuring the operational value of a component of the pitch drive system and adjusting the angle to the target pitch angle, wherein the wind turbine is operated according to at least two operational modes. During a first mode, a first target pitch angle is determined at least according to a power curve of the wind turbine or measured wind speed. During a second mode, a second target pitch angle is determined by adding a pitch offset to the first target pitch and is activated when the measured operational value exceeds a predefined activation threshold.
US10294918B2
The location of in-pipe turbines within a piping system and their relationships to other devices in the piping system is dependent on several factors for the ideal operation of these turbines, whether from the nozzle shooting liquid into air, or providing a stable pressure to the turbine and the generator. Several solutions to this issue are presented.
US10294917B2
The present invention describes a floating yawing spar buoy current/tidal turbine. The spar includes a spreader above the rotor(s) with the spreader tips connected to fore and aft cable yokes that transition to opposing mooring lines connected to anchors on the seabed. The spreader comprises a yaw motor, which drives gears that engage with a ring gear fixed to the outer perimeter of the spar.
US10294912B2
A blade attaching method is provided for a power generating apparatus which may include a blade, a hub having a blade attaching part, a bearing, a generator, and a pitch drive mechanism. The method may include, but is not limited to: a step of attaching a suspension device to the blade; a step of lifting the blade; a step of holding the blade so that the blade attaching part of the hub faces the blade root part of the; a step of rotating the blade attaching part by the pitch drive mechanism to a set angular position while holding the hub; and a step of fixing the blade to the hub after rotating the blade attaching part to the set angular position.
US10294904B2
Provided is a protective structure (64) for a fuel pipe (45) extending along the intake side of an engine main body (9) under an intake manifold (20). A protective member (61) is placed in front of the fuel pipe. The protective member includes a pair of legs (64, 65) secured to the intake side of the engine main body, a main body (63) extending from the legs upward in an arcuate manner along a front side of the fuel pipe and bent rearward in an upper part thereof, and an abutting projection (63G) extending from an upper end of the main body and projecting upward and rearward. A fastening member (26, 27) is passed through a flange of the intake manifold, and includes an engagement feature (36) positioned behind a free end of the abutting projection. The protective member minimizes the loading transmitted to the fuel pipe at the time of a vehicle crash.
US10294903B2
A fuel supply system having a low pressure region, a pumping device to deliver fuel from the low pressure region to a high pressure region. In the high pressure region between the pumping device and injectors there is a pressure storage system that is permanently under high pressure. The pressure storage system has a plurality of distributor units each with at least three connections connected in series. A respective injector connection of each distributor unit is connected to at least one injector each via a high pressure line that is under high pressure at times dependent on the injection cycle. Each distributor unit of the pressure storage system is assigned an individual leakage detection device. Each distributor unit is assigned a non-return valve, which allows a leakage flow starting out from the respective distributor unit in the direction of the pumping device.
US10294901B1
A vehicle fuel pump module includes a jet pump assembly and feed tube that delivers fuel to the assembly. The module includes, a first choke and a second choke. The first choke is disposed in the feed tube and provides filtering of the fluid and a reduction of pressure within the feed tube. The second choke is disposed in the jet pump assembly and provides a reduction of pressure of fluid within the jet pump assembly. The first and second chokes each include a choke housing that defines a passageway that extends between a fluid inlet and outlet, and a slot that is formed in a surface of the passageway. A ball is fixed within and obstructs the passageway, and abuts the slot. A fluid path defined between the ball and surfaces of the slot provides fluid communication between the fluid inlet and outlet of the choke housing.
US10294898B2
The motorcycle includes: a supercharger that pressurizes intake air to supply the pressurized intake air to an engine; and an intake air tank forming an air intake chamber therein, which air intake chamber is provided at the downstream side of the supercharger with respect to an intake air flow direction and stores the intake air. The air intake chamber structure further includes an intake pipe formed as a separate body from the intake air tank and mounted on the intake air tank. The intake pipe serves as an inlet of the air intake chamber and projects inward of the air intake chamber. A projecting end portion of the intake pipe has a passage area that increases toward the downstream side in the intake air flow direction.
US10294895B2
An abnormality sensing device for an evaporation fuel purge system is equipped with a purge passage that connects a canister to an intake passage of an internal combustion engine, a purge pump, a purge control valve, and a valve component that closes and opens the purge passage at a target passage including at least a first purge passage defined between the purge control valve and the intake passage. An abnormality determining portion detects a physical quantity relevant to a pressure change in the target passage in a determination possible state where the purge control valve allows the evaporation fuel to flow through the first purge passage and where the valve component prohibits the evaporation fuel from being supplied to the intake passage.
US10294894B2
A disclosed turbofan engine includes a gas generator section for generating a gas stream flow. A speed reduction device is driven by the power turbine. A propulsor section includes a fan driven by the power turbine through the speed reduction device at a second speed lower than the first speed for generating propulsive thrust as a mass flow rate of air through a bypass flow path. The fan includes a tip diameter greater than forty-five (45) inches and an Engine Unit Thrust Parameter (“EUTP”) defined as net engine thrust divided by a product of the mass flow rate of air through the bypass flow path, a tip diameter of the fan and the first rotational speed of the power turbine for cruise, climb and sea level takeoff power conditions.
US10294893B2
A system and method for monitoring a thrust reverser system are provided. The embodiments described herein utilize sensors located proximate locks comprising a thrust reverser locking system. The provided system and method detect deflection and displacement proximate the locks to determine when individual locks have failed.
US10294891B2
Disclosed is an energy collector system applicable to internal combustion engines. It may include: a) a collector of thermal energy from the exhaust gases; b) a thermal tank covered by helical tubes to gain heat by the exhaust gases; c) a heat exchanger; and d) an outer element capable of converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, such as a closed Brayton cycle turbine, a Stirling engine, a Rankine turbine or an open loop air motor for converting mechanical energy (coupling the difference in rpm) into electrical energy with an electrical generator. The thermal energy collector may be composed of a heat exchanger that collects energy from the exhaust gases. The electrical energy generated may be used for driving a hybrid vehicle. The thermal tank is capable of storing energy as heat, as well.
US10294886B2
A lower water jacket of a cylinder head includes a lower/upper exhaust collecting portion cooling portion configured between a lower exhaust collecting portion and an upper exhaust collecting portion by bypassing a lower exhaust collecting portion cooling portion. Besides, cooling water flowing through the lower/upper exhaust collecting portion cooling portion is merely cooling water of the lower water jacket, and cooling water of an upper water jacket does not flow through the lower/upper exhaust collecting portion cooling portion. Therefore, in the lower/upper exhaust collecting portion cooling portion, interference may not occur in cooling water of the two water jackets to restrain smooth flowing, and cooling effects of an area sandwiched by the lower exhaust collecting portion and the upper exhaust collecting portion are further improved.
US10294876B2
The present invention is a fuel injection method for a compression-ignition internal-combustion engine running in single-fuel or multi-fuel mode. The method, in a single-fuel mode, injects liquid fuel (Fuel1) into lower zone (Z1) and/or upper zone (Z2) of the combustion chamber and, in a multi-fuel mode, provides in the chamber mixing of an oxidizer with another fuel (Fuel2) and injection of liquid fuel (Fuel1) into lower zone (Z1) or both zones (Z1, Z2) of the combustion chamber.
US10294874B2
Methods and systems are provided for expediting EGR purging in a hybrid vehicle during transient operations, such as tip-out to lower load conditions. In response to decreasing engine torque demand, engine fueling is disabled and a motor is used to spin the engine unfueled until a desired LP-EGR rate is achieved. Alternatively, engine operation is maintained with EGR disabled until the desired LP-EGR rate is achieved, and the excess engine torque generated is stored in a system battery.
US10294867B2
An inner barrel for a nacelle for an engine is provided. The inner barrel includes a radially inner acoustic liner and a radially outer structural barrel. The structural barrel includes a flange for coupling the inner barrel to the nacelle. At least a portion of the flange is formed integrally with the structural barrel.
US10294863B2
A core compartment aft vent is disclosed. The core compartment aft vent may include a flexible core engine cowl surrounding a core engine case. A plurality of circumferentially spaced bumpers may be disposed within the aft vent and in operative contact with the flexible core engine cowl.
US10294854B2
There is provided a saddle-ridden type vehicle. An air intake piping is connected between an air cleaner and a supercharger. An air outlet piping is connected between the supercharger and an intercooler. An air bypass passage is provided between the air outlet piping and the air intake piping to allow compressed air to escape toward an upstream side of the supercharger without flowing in the supercharger. An air bypass valve is configured to open and close the air bypass passage. The supercharger is disposed in front of the engine. The air cleaner is disposed above the engine. The air intake piping extends in an upper-lower direction in a region ranging from the above of the engine to a front of the engine at one side in a vehicle width direction. The air bypass valve is disposed at the rear of the air intake piping.
US10294852B2
An engine system includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head. A coolant control valve unit is engaged with the cylinder head to receive a coolant exhausted from the cylinder block and a coolant exhausted from the cylinder head. The coolant control valve unit controls a coolant to be supplied to a heater, a radiator, and an oil cooler and controls the coolant exhausted from the cylinder block. The coolant control valve unit receives the coolant from the cylinder head, supplies the coolant to the oil cooler, and controls the coolant distributed to the heater and the coolant exhausted from the cylinder block.
US10294844B2
A method for operating a drive device includes heating a hot air stream with a heating device integrated in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine of the drive device, wherein the internal combustion engine is connected with an exhaust gas system; mixing the hot air stream upstream of a catalytic converter with a cold fresh air stream for adjusting a defined temperature of the hot air stream; and supplying the hot air stream having the adjusted defined temperature to the catalytic converter in at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine so as to heat the catalytic converter.
US10294839B2
An engine system includes a compression ignition diesel engine connected with an aftertreatment system. A source of diesel fuel, which may have a high sulfur content, is fluidly connected to the engine. The aftertreatment system includes a particle trap fluidly positioned between the engine and the tailpipe, and an SCR catalyst fluidly positioned on the particle trap or between the particle trap and the engine. The SCR catalyst is a sulfur tolerant SCR catalyst. A non-thermal particle trap regeneration system includes a valve fluidly positioned between a particulate volume and an inlet to the particle trap. A reductant system has a doser positioned, possibly in the exhaust manifold, to deliver a reductant into the aftertreatment system upstream from the SCR catalyst.
US10294836B2
Provided is a grounding structure for an internal combustion engine, including a resinous body 2 configured to be attached to an engine body 7 and having a recessed portion 6 formed on a side thereof facing the engine body 7; a nut portion 13 integrally provided in the body 2, wherein the nut portion 13 includes a first end portion 13a opened into the recessed portion 6 and is made of a conductive material; and an oil pressure switch 5 configured to be attached to a second end portion 13b of the nut portion 13; and a conductive spring 16 arranged inside the recessed portion 6, wherein the conductive spring 16 is attached to the first end portion 13a of the nut portion 13 and is pressed against the engine body 7.
US10294825B2
The invention relates to a waste-heat utilization assembly (1) of an internal combustion engine (50), comprising a circuit (2) that conducts a working medium, wherein a pump (6), a distribution valve block (7), two evaporators (10, 11), an expansion machine (3), and a condenser (4) are arranged in the circuit (2) in the flow direction of the working medium. The two evaporators (10, 11) are arranged in a parallel connection, and the parallel connection begins at the distribution valve block (7) and ends at a node point (8). A temperature sensor (21) for determining the outlet temperature of the working medium at the expansion machine (3) is arranged between the expansion machine (3) and the condenser (4).
US10294822B2
A nacelle of a turbine engine includes an external cowling, an internal cowling, and a heat exchanger associated with at least one circulation duct for a fluid. In particular, the circulation duct forms a recirculation loop through the heat exchanger, and the recirculation loop includes at least one circulation area extending at least partially along the external cowling in contact with a wall of the external cowling so as to allow exchange of heat by conduction with the air outside the nacelle.
US10294821B2
The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine defining a radial direction, a circumferential direction, an axial centerline along a longitudinal direction, and wherein the gas turbine engine defines an upstream end and a downstream end along the longitudinal direction, and wherein the gas turbine engine defines a core flowpath extended generally along the longitudinal direction. The gas turbine engine includes a turbine frame defined around the axial centerline, the turbine frame comprising a first bearing surface disposed inward along the radial direction. The gas turbine engine further includes a turbine rotor assembly including a bearing assembly coupled to the first bearing surface of the turbine frame and the turbine rotor assembly. The turbine rotor assembly further includes a first turbine rotor disposed upstream of the turbine frame and a second turbine rotor disposed downstream of the turbine frame. The first turbine rotor and the second turbine rotor are rotatable together about the axial centerline.
US10294820B2
A device for protecting against oil leaks towards the rotors of a turbomachine turbine includes an upstream cavity in which an oil/air mixture can circulate, the upstream cavity being delimited downstream by a journal of the turbine rotor and on the outside by a sealing flange of the journal extending axially in an upstream direction, a downstream cavity opening towards the discs of the turbine and communicating with the upstream cavity via a plurality of ventilation holes provided in the journal, and an upstream annular deflector fixed to the sealing flange of the journal and extending radially inwards towards the ventilation holes The upstream deflector has oil passage ports provided at the end of same secured to the sealing flange of the journal.
US10294818B2
A gas turbine having at least one inner and outer housing part, between which two housing parts a ring channel is at least partially arranged, which ring channel circumferentially surrounds the useful flow of the working fluid prevailing during operation of the gas turbine and circumferentially surrounds the gas turbine rotor. The ring channel is designed to conduct a cooling fluid in the circumferential direction, wherein the ring channel is divided into ring sectors in the circumferential direction by separators. A tube is at least partially provided in the ring channel which fluidically connects individual ring sectors to each other, and is designed as a distributing tube, which is fluidically connected to at least one cooling-fluid line for conducting cooling fluid and has at least one outlet opening, which at least one outlet opening is designed to transfer the cooling fluid from the tube into the ring sectors.
US10294815B2
A propulsion system comprises a turbine engine, and an engine nacelle including an SPF/DB inner wall having a hot side face sheet against the engine and a cold side face sheet that has noise attenuation openings.
US10294806B2
An article includes a body that has a coating thereon. The coating has a first portion disposed on a first section of the body and a second portion disposed on a second, different section of the body. The first portion has a first microstructure and the second portion has a second, different microstructure.
US10294805B2
An integrally bladed rotor includes a rotor that has a rim that provides an inner flow surface. Circumferentially spaced apart radially extending airfoils integrally with and from the rotor and joined by an airfoil fillet. An asymmetrical trench is provided in the rim between adjacent airfoils.
US10294803B2
Coating systems are provided for use on a CMC substrate, that can include: a bond coat on a surface of the CMC substrate; a first rare earth silicate coating on the bond coat; a sacrificial coating of a reinforced rare earth silicate matrix on the at least one rare earth silicate layer; a second rare earth silicate coating on the sacrificial coating; and an outer layer on the second rare earth silicate coating. The first rare earth silicate coating comprises at least one rare earth silicate layer, and the second rare earth silicate coating comprises at least one rare earth silicate layer. The sacrificial coating has a thickness of about 4 mils to about 40 mils. Methods are also provided for tape deposition of a sacrificial coating on a CMC substrate.
US10294795B2
A low pressure turbine engine component for use in an engine, for propelling a vehicle such as an aircraft is formed by a disk portion and a plurality of low pressure turbine blades extending outwardly from the disk portion. Each of the low pressure turbine blades has an airfoil portion with an axial chord length and a trailing edge. The low pressure turbine blades are spaced apart so that there is a pitch-to-chord ratio greater than 1.4, wherein the pitch is a distance between the trailing edges of adjacent ones of the low pressure turbine blades and the chord is the axial chord length of the blades.
US10294792B2
This invention relates to the field of internal combustion engines and compressors in general and to linear compressors, in particular these used as in U.S. Pat. No. 8,056,527, by accurately controlling the pressure being delivered into the combustion chambers of said engine while returning unused energy of the compression phase into the motor for complete expansion.Another improvement relates to a pressure compensated vane to be used inside grooves of the motor assembly rotor. This invention enables the vane to seal against the cavity of the housing tightly with minimal force.
US10294789B2
A hydrostatic axial piston machine (1) with a cylinder barrel (2) having at least one piston bore (3) in which is located a power unit piston (4) supported on a cam disk (18). A control surface (5) is stationary relative to the housing and is on a control base (6), against which control surface the cylinder barrel (2) is in contact. In the control base (6) there are a kidney-shaped inlet connection (8) and a kidney-shaped outlet connection (9). The sealing web surface on the control surface 5 on the control base (6) in the vicinity of the inlet connection (8) is reduced, so that in operation as a motor, when there is a pressurization of the inlet connection (8), a reduction of the hydrostatic relief force is achieved. In operation as a motor, a residual application of the cylinder barrel (2) against the control surface (5) from a hold-down force of a hold-down spring (24) that is in an operative connection with the cylinder barrel (2) and/or pressing cylinder compression forces is preserved. In addition or alternatively, the terminal areas of the kidney-shaped inlet connection (8) of the control base (6) have a transitional contour (K) in the shape of a flattened arc in the radially outer area.
US10294783B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to terminate sampling of fluid into one of a set of fluid sampling chambers sharing a common inflow sampling line by operating a set of closure mechanisms. Further activity may include initiating sampling of the fluid into another one of the set of fluid sampling 5 chambers, wherein the fluid sampling chambers are configured to sample the fluid in the sampling line in a selected sequence, such that filling a prior fluid sampling chamber as part of the sequence enables sampling in the next fluid sampling chamber as part of the sequence, and wherein the closure mechanisms comprise individual check valves 10 and a common diversion valve or individual diversion valves. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10294781B2
A pressure compensator assembly is deployed in a servo-driven mud pulser. The assembly includes a generally tubular compensator sleeve that expands and contracts in a radial direction in order to compensate for pressure differentials across the compensator sleeve. A thrust bearing arrangement is also deployed in a servo-driven mud pulser, the thrust bearing arrangement designed to protect the servo motor from reactive energy caused by servo motor stalls as the motor changes direction of rotation. A torsion bar is deployed in a drill string to protect fragile components and electronics in the drill string by absorbing and smoothing out torsion spikes in the drill string arising from stick-slip events.
US10294778B2
A method of optical communication in a well can include launching light having substantially coherent phase into an optical waveguide extending in a wellbore, modulating light having substantially coherent phase in the wellbore, and receiving the modulated light transmitted via the same optical waveguide. A well system can include at least one optical waveguide extending in a wellbore, and a downhole optical modulator which modulates light transmitted via the optical waveguide, the optical modulator comprising a potassium titanyl phosphate crystal. Another method of optical communication in a well can include launching light into an optical waveguide extending in a wellbore, the light launched into the optical waveguide having information modulated thereon using a carrier, modulating light in the wellbore, the modulating comprising modulating information using a subcarrier of the carrier, and transmitting the light modulated in the wellbore via the same optical waveguide.
US10294777B2
A steering tool system may provide a bottom hole assembly (BHA) and a surface control/interface (SCI). The steering tool may provide an improved electronic schematic that provides a data line that is separate from the power line. The BHA may provide a full bore flow path. The connectors of a cablehead section may be designed to ease make up with proper contact to the connectors. The BHA may also be suitable for pumping a ball to a hydraulic disconnect. The design of the system allows conductors to pass through the hydraulic disconnect and orienter control section.
US10294773B2
A magnetic ranging system utilizes the natural shape of magnetic fields for steering and/or landing of one wellbore in relation to another wellbore.
US10294772B2
An example apparatus for downhole cement inspection may include a tool body and an acoustic transmitter coupled to the tool body. An acoustic receiver may be coupled to the tool body at a first distance from the acoustic transmitter. A first array of acoustic receivers may be coupled to and positioned around a circumference of the tool body at a second distance from the acoustic transmitter. The second distance may be greater than the first distance. The acoustic receiver may be one receiver of a second array of acoustic receivers coupled to and positioned around the circumference of the tool body at the first distance. The first distance may be approximately three feet and the second distance may be approximately five feet.
US10294770B2
Systems and methods for automated workflow capture in a drilling application are provided. The interactions between a user and the drilling application are automatically tracked via a graphical user interface (GUI) of the drilling application executable at a computing device. The tracked interactions are based in part on input received from the user via the GUI with respect to a user-initiated operation related to an activity at a well site. Data for the workflow is captured based on the tracked interactions. The captured workflow data is stored in a memory of the computing device.
US10294766B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a multi-inlet fracturing head (MIFH) having a first inlet channel extending through a body of the MIFH, the first inlet channel being substantially perpendicular to an axis of the MIFH and directing fluid into a first flow passage of the MIFH. The MIFH also includes a second inlet channel extending through the body of the MIFH, the second inlet channel being at an angle relative to the axis and directing fluid into the first flow passage of the MIFH.
US10294764B2
Methods and compositions (e.g., comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion) for use in various aspects of the life cycle of an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, an emulsion or the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives, such as a co-surfactant or a linker. In some embodiments, a concentrate is provided which may be used to form an emulsion or microemulsion.
US10294757B2
Methods and compositions for the prevention of the formation, breakdown, and/or removal of gelled layers in an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods comprise a concentrate, as described in more detail herein, where the concentrate comprises two or more surfactants. In certain embodiments, the compositions and methods comprise an emulsion or a microemulsion. The emulsion or microemulsion may include a surfactant, optionally a solvent, and optionally a freezing point depression agent or other components.
US10294756B2
This invention relates generally to articles, devices, and methods for gas hydrate mitigation in deep-sea drilling applications. In certain embodiments, hydrate-phobic surfaces are provided that ensure passive enhancement of flow assurance and prevention of catastrophic failures in deep-sea oil and gas operations.
US10294755B2
A wireline retrievable injection valve for an oil or gas well has an internal valve that is initially moved to open a flapper safety valve and also opens to allow fluid flow through the valve. The internal valve includes a sleeve that opens the flapper safety valve and shields the flapper safety valve from fluid. In this manner the flapper valve is protected from being caused to “flutter” or “chatter” due to pressure variations in the fluid flow, which may damage the seat.
US10294753B2
A downhole shifting sleeve device includes a first segment and a second segment each including a housing, a sleeve, and a seat surface connected to the sleeve. Each seat surface is configured to engage a plug traveling through an inner bore of the device, which transfers the associated sleeve from a first position to a second position. The seat surface of the second segment is formed by a selective seat assembly. When the first sleeve is in the first position, the selective seat assembly is in a retracted position in which an inner diameter of the selective seat assembly is greater than or equal to an inner diameter of the second sleeve. When the first sleeve is in the second position, the selective seat assembly is in a deployed position in which the inner diameter of the selective seat assembly is less than the inner diameter of the second sleeve.
US10294751B2
An operating control line is in communication with an operating piston for the safety valve as well as an equalizing piston such that pressure in the operating control line opens the safety valve and holds the equalizer valve closed. A balance chamber receives fluid from an operating piston in the safety valve when the valve opens to displace a floating piston to the open position. Operating control line pressure reduction allows valve closure and opposite floating piston movement to the closed position. If the floating piston is forced by a tubing seal leak against the open position travel stop, pressure in a balance control line against the equalizing valve member moves it from a seat to then equalize pressure on opposed ends of the floating piston allowing a bias force to move the floating piston off the open position stop so the safety valve can open despite the tubing leak.
US10294748B2
A wellbore dart or pill is provided such that each time the dart passes through a downhole tool having a seat, an externally extending finger is forced radially inward into the dart. As the finger moves inward to its depressed position, the finger moves a ball or other placeholder from a first position to a second position. When the ball is moved to the second position it may be released into the interior of the well bore or into a chamber in the tool. Once each of the balls have been released from the second position the finger is locked radially outward causing the dart to land and be locked in place at the next seat that is encountered by the dart.
US10294740B2
Well fluid containment devices and methods. A housing may be provided for positioning around a pipe. A pipe gripping surface or grappler may be mounted to the housing. The pipe gripping surface resists movement when contacted in a first axial direction. The pipe gripping surface may permit movement when contacted in a second axial direction opposed to the first direction. The pipe gripping surface may, when contacted with a first force in a first axial direction, resist movement with an opposing force that increases as the first force increases. There may be a pressure relief connector between housing sections.
US10294739B2
A lower stabilizing arm for stabilizing tubulars for stabbing to the threaded connections of a drill string on drilling rigs. The lower stabilizing arm comprises a bracket and an upper arm having an upper end and a lower end. An upper pair of axially opposed rotary actuators connects the upper end of the upper arm to the bracket. A lower arm is provided having an upper end and a lower end. A central rotary actuator is connected between the lower end of the upper arm and the upper end of the lower arm. A roller bracket is provided having a pair of v-shaped rollers mounted on the roller bracket. A lower pair of axially opposed rotary actuators connects the second end of the lower arm to the roller bracket.
US10294736B2
A method is described for supporting a bundle of cables in a well or in a length of coiled tubing deployed in a vertical or deviated well during a process for assembly of a well heater which includes steps of injecting the cables from respective spools into the coiled tubing. The method includes the steps of: attaching an open-ended cable support adapter to the up-hole end of the coiled tubing, attaching a cable bundle clamp to the bundle of cables above the cable support adapter; cutting the cables from their respective spools above the cable bundle clamp; clamping a wedging tube carrier to the cable bundle above the cable bundle clamp; raising the cable bundle; removing the cable bundle clamp from the cable bundle; lowering the cables to insert the wedging tube into the adapter; and removing the wedging tube carrier from the bundle of cables.
US10294735B2
A self-aligning apparatus for a lifting system includes a structure which includes a first element having a first projecting free end and a second projecting free end which each receive at least one sheave at a point of attachment to the first element, and at least two first points of rotation. The at least one sheave cooperates with at least one wire. The at least two first points of rotation are arranged above the at least one sheave's point of attachment to the first element so that the apparatus self-aligns during use in an uneven loading event.
US10294730B2
A coupling apparatus and a method are for connecting two drill-pipe sections in a string of drill-pipe sections joined together by tool joints. The coupling apparatus comprises: a first pipe with a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion being provided with a tool joint for connection to a drill-pipe section; a second pipe with a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion being provided with a tool joint for connection to a drill-pipe section.
US10294718B2
A pull across screen assembly has a flexible screen member (e.g. flymesh) wound about a vertical rod positioned at one side of the opening. A line member arrangement is attached to the front of the screen member and part of the line member winds about a tapered drum which is positioned on top of rod and which rotates with rotation of the rod. The arrangement allows the screen member to be tensioned and also to be balanced as it is pulled across the opening.
US10294707B2
Double door system (1) comprising an understriking door leaf (2), an overstriking door leaf (3), a first door operator (11) adapted to move the understriking door leaf (2) between an open and a closed position, a second door operator (12) adapted to move the overstriking door leaf (3) between an open and a closed position and a mechanical brake arrangement (400), wherein the understriking door leaf (2) should be closed before the overstriking door leaf (3) to close the double door, and wherein the mechanical brake arrangement (400) is arranged to brake the movement of the overstriking door leaf (3). Mechanical brake arrangement (400) for controlling the movement of one of the door leafs of a double door system. Door operator system (10) comprising a first door operator (11), a second door operator (12) and a mechanical brake arrangement (400).
US10294705B2
The invention relates to a furniture hinge with a fastening portion and a hinge part connected thereto via a multi-axis articulated connection, wherein a spring preloads the hinge part directly or indirectly, at least in a subregion of the adjustment path of the hinge part, with respect to the fastening portion, and wherein the spring is mounted or can be mounted under tension between two spring bearings. In order, in such a furniture hinge, to achieve improved movement control and to make the required manual force for hinge opening or closing more even, provision is made according to the invention for the spring (76) to be adjusted in the region of its two spring bearings (74, 84.4) during the adjustment of the hinge part (20) from the opening into the closing position and/or during the adjustment from the closing into the opening position.
US10294700B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle door lock and an associated method for the operation thereof, wherein the vehicle door lock is equipped with a locking mechanism, which essentially consists of a catch and a pawl. The pawl has a contact surface for the catch, which rests on said contact surface when the locking mechanism is closed. According to the invention, a supporting element, which delays the opening of the locking mechanism, is associated with the pawl, so that the catch glides along the contact surface up to a predetermined opening angle until is it is released from the pawl.
US10294697B2
An access-control system is provided for a door lock that is associated with a door and a rotatable doorknob. The access-control system includes a doorknob cover.
US10294693B2
A latch apparatus is formed of a cantilevered beam (202) and a button (204). The cantilevered beam (202) comprises a loading feature (210) and a notch (216), while the button (204) comprises a slot (218) and an engagement tab (220). When mounted within a cavity of a housing, the cantilevered beam and button provide both push-in and side sliding movement of the button. The latch is locked by sliding the button in one direction, and the latch is unlocked by pushing the button inward and then sliding the button in an opposite direction. The housing may further comprise an angled catch feature within the cavity for mating with a complimentary angle of the button to avoid inadvertent unlocking of the latch. The combination of push in force and side sliding force minimizes inadvertent unlocking of the latch assembly.
US10294690B2
A plurality of storage sections include one or more reference storage sections each of which is defined to be a storage section that has an occupiable area at least a portion of which extends over a same positional range along the first direction as a portion of an occupiable area in the support position. A transport device includes a projecting and retracting mechanism configured to project and retract along the first direction a holding member configured to hold an object of paying of respects, and is configured to move the holding member toward a partition wall side along the first direction when moving an object of paying of respects to a reference storage section or to the support position by means of the projecting and retracting mechanism. The amount of projection of the holding member toward the partition wall side when moving an object of paying of respects to the support position is set to be greater than the amount of projection of the holding member toward the partition wall side when moving an object of paying of respects to a reference storage section.
US10294680B2
A bracket having a generally U-shape is disclosed. The bracket is sized and configured to be received over a wall, such as, for example, a masonry wall, to maintain a wall covering thereon. The bracket comprises a first leg and a second leg coupled by a cross-member to define the generally U-shape. The legs may be angled such that the spaced between the legs at the open end of the U-shape is smaller than the space between the legs at the cross-member. The bracket may also be provided as part of a kit. The kit includes at least one bracket and instructions. A method of covering a wall with a bracket is also disclosed.
US10294678B2
A device suitable for finishing and sealing the joints and openings of different surfaces is described here. The device includes a base, which is conical in its essence. The base has a collar to connect the device to the gun of sealant of finishing material; a holder is integrated with the base at an angle, a movable smoothing pad with a carriage is fitted in the holder, and the carriage is installed in a casing inside holder. In the working position, there is a space between the smoothing pad and the tip of the nozzle of the tube, so that the material which is applied from the tube to the surface can visually be monitored and thus the desirable quantity dosed during the performance of the works.
US10294675B2
A bracket for mounting panels to a carrier, the bracket comprising a base and two flanges extending away from the base, the base being located between the two flanges, each flange having an inwardly-facing surface and an outwardly-facing surface bounded by two side edges and a distal end, and wherein each flange comprises at least one outwardly protruding tab for engaging the carrier and thereby securing the bracket to the carrier, and wherein each flange further comprises a pair of slots for receiving a panel, each slot of said pair of slots extending from a different side edge of the flange at a location further away from the base than the outwardly protruding tab. A carrier and bracket assembly and a carrier, bracket and panel assembly are also provided.
US10294674B2
A rail connector includes a base and an outwardly extending projection rotatably connected with the base. The base has a flat lower portion and an upper portion which contains an opening that is parallel to the base lower portion. The projection includes upper and lower ends, the lower end being arranged in the base opening and the upper end having a threaded outer surface and extending outwardly from the base. The base is connected with a rail and the projection is connected with a baluster. The projection is rotatable relative to the base and allows the baluster to pivot to a desired angle.
US10294672B2
Improved building-integrated photovoltaic systems according to certain example embodiments may include concentrated photovoltaic skylights or other windows having a cylindrical lens array. The skylight may include an insulated glass unit, which may improve the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC). The photovoltaic skylight and lens arrays may be used in combination with strip solar cells. Arrangements that involve lateral displacement tracking systems, or static systems (e.g., that are fixed at one, two, or more predefined positions) are contemplated herein. Such techniques may advantageously help to reduce cost per watt related, in part, to the potentially reduced amount of semiconductor material to be used for such example embodiments. A photovoltaic skylight may permit diffuse daylight to pass through into an interior of a building so as to provide lighting inside the building, while the strip solar cells absorb the direct sunlight and convert it to electricity, providing for SHGC tuning.
US10294671B2
A prefabricated skylight and curb assembly and method for installing and fabricating same is disclosed. The skylight and curb assembly of the present invention may include a roof curb, a skylight, and a locking cap. The roof curb may define an outer perimeter and an inner open perimeter. Further, the roof curb may include a lower end for securing to a roof structure and an upper end for rigidly securing the skylight. The locking cap may include a retainer and a cover. The retainer may be disposed on the outer perimeter of the roof curb between the upper and lower ends. The cover may be adjustably secured to the retainer so that the cover may be moveable between a generally vertical position and a generally horizontal position.
US10294662B1
A glass decking assembly for securing a pair of adjacent glass panels, each having an outer edge and an inner edge, to a building structure, using a pair of outer framing members and an intermediate framing member that secures to the building structure with fasteners. A pair of outer setting blocks and an inner setting block covers the fasteners, attaches to the outer framing members and the inner framing member, and supports the adjacent glass panels with the outer edges supported by the outer setting blocks on the outer framing members and the inner edges supported by the intermediate setting block on the intermediate framing member. A lighting channel in the outer framing member facilitates edge lighting the glass panels.
US10294657B2
A gusset connection that allows greater relative movement between connected structural members and simplifies erection in the field. The gusset connection can be a first gusset portion moveably or fixedly connected to a vertical column and a second gusset connection moveably or fixedly connected to a horizontal beam. A diagonal brace is moveably or fixedly connected to the gusset connection. The first and second gusset portions are not directly connected to each other to allow relative movement between the column, beam, and diagonal brace.
US10294652B2
A pipe trap assembly is described. Embodiments of the pipe trap assembly can include a first plate, a second plate, and a plurality of fasteners. The second plate can include two or more protrusions extending inwardly from an interior edge of an opening in the second plate. The protrusions can be implemented to frictionally engage a waste line. In one example, the pipe trap assembly can be used to secure a waste line for coupling to a drain base of a drain assembly.
US10294647B2
A toilet seal for sealing between a plumbing fixture discharge and a waste drainpipe outlet is described. The toilet seal comprises a flange member having an inwardly extending flexible lip and one or more raised ridges defining an annular seal extending upwardly from an upper surface of the flange member. The toilet seal further includes a radiused wall extending downwardly from the flange member, which cooperates with the flange member to define a cavity for receiving a compressible member. The toilet seal further comprises a flexible sleeve extending downwardly from the radiused wall. Related methods are described.
US10294643B2
A sanitaryware cleaning system can include a sanitary fixture such as a toilet having a compartment formed on and under its deck. The compartment can house a cleaning tablet that is maintained within a waterway between a tank and a bowl of the sanitary fixture. When the fixture is operated, water flowing down the waterway can dissolve a portion of the cleaning tablet, thus injecting cleaning agents into the bowl along with the water.
US10294633B2
A bi-directional pump connected to a motor by a pair of supply/discharge lines; a regulator changes the bi-directional pump tilting angle; and a controller controls the regulator based on a turning signal outputted from a turning operation valve. At the turning acceleration, at which the signal increases, the controller calculates a motor flow rate passing through the motor and an instruction flow rate determined based on the turning signal. If the instruction flow rate is greater than a reference flow rate obtained by adding a predetermined value to the motor flow rate, the controller controls the regulator so the bi-directional pump tilting angle is adjusted to a tilting angle realizing the reference flow rate. If the instruction flow rate is not greater than the reference flow rate, the controller controls the regulator so the bi-directional pump tilting angle is adjusted to a tilting angle realizing the instruction flow rate.
US10294612B2
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, equipment, systems and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, in a vault in which hazardous gases are removed, destroyed and/or converted. The treatments are efficient and can reduce the recalcitrance of the lignocellulosic material so that it is easier to produce an intermediate or product, e.g., sugars, alcohols, sugar alcohols and energy, from the lignocellulosic material.
US10294602B2
A washing machine foot with automatic leveling function comprises: a jacket; an adjusting foot, which is arranged in the jacket and moves axially relative to the jacket; and a flexible assembly, which is arranged in the adjusting foot and is used for accommodating a hydraulic medium; one end of the flexible assembly is mounted in the jacket in a limiting manner, and another end of the flexible assembly is a telescopic end acting on the adjusting foot; and the telescopic end of the flexible assembly extends and contracts under action of the hydraulic medium to drive the adjusting foot to move axially, thereby implementing automatic leveling. According to the hydraulic principle, the washing machine foot is provided with the hydraulic medium, the washing machine feet can automatically adjust adaptively for different pressures due to the fluidity of the hydraulic medium.
US10294600B2
Discussed herein is a system for detecting an operating condition of a clothes washing machine or a clothes drying machine, which can include a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor, the MEMS sensor being physically attached to the clothes washing or drying machine and a computerized controller, such as a home automation controller, can be in communication with the MEMS sensor. The computerized controller can receive signals from the MEMS sensor that indicate the state of the clothes washing or drying machine. After receiving signals indicating the state of the clothes washing or drying machine, the computerized controller can use the signals to determine the operating condition of the clothes washing or drying machine and send a notification to a user device about the clothes washing or drying machine including the operating condition of the clothes washing or drying machine.
US10294599B2
The invention discloses a mobile dyeing cup for supercritical fluid waterless dyeing and finishing. The dyeing cup achieves separate or simultaneous filling of the medium into multiple dyeing units, and simultaneous heating of the dyeing units for proofing processing. A medium outlet is provided at the lowest position of the bottom of the cup, and the inner surface of the dyeing cup is coated with polytetrafluoroethylene, to effectively reduce residual dye chemicals in the cup and improve the cleaning efficiency. The perforated baffle at the bottom of the cup effectively prevents a textile product from blocking the medium outlet during medium filling and outputting, so that the processing medium and residual dye chemicals can be smoothly discharged. Accordingly, defects of an existing fixed proofing device such as low utilization efficiency, complex cleaning and incapability of meeting the proofing requirements of commercial production are overcome.
US10294598B2
The invention relates to a multi-pipe quantitative medium filling system of a supercritical fluid waterless dyeing machine. The system comprises a supercritical fluid medium reservoir, a stop valve, and a medium filter sequentially connected by a high-pressure main pipe, and at least two filling branches independent of each other and connected to the medium filter. Each filling branch includes a booster pump, a supercritical fluid high-pressure mass flowmeter, a ball valve, and a dyeing unit sequentially connected along a medium forward direction by a high-pressure branch pipe. By using a mass-measurement filling system having multiple branches independent of each other, the invention can effectively realize simultaneous and accurate quantitative medium filling for separate dyeing units and differentiated filling for dyeing units with different medium masses, thus overcoming disadvantages such as unreliability, inaccuracy and low use efficiency of a conventional method, and also making a dyeing operation simple and scientifically feasible.
US10294596B2
A process for forming a nonwoven composite begins with forming a first nonwoven from a plurality of primary fibers and optionally binder fibers. A second nonwoven layer is formed from a plurality of bulking fibers and binder fibers. A thermoplastic elastomeric film is placed between the two nonwoven layers, the film containing a thermoplastic elastomeric polymer having an elongation at break greater than 300% and a max softening point (thermomechanical analysis end point) between 150° C. and 200° C. as tested according to ASTM E2347-04. The layers are needled together creating a plurality of holes in the thermoplastic elastomeric layer and moving a portion of the primary fibers from the first nonwoven layer into the second nonwoven layer. The needled stacked layers are heated to alter the median size of the holes in the thermoplastic elastomeric film forming the nonwoven composite.
US10294589B2
A method for weaving a fabric (F), with warp yarns (412, 414, 422, 424) and inwoven weft yarns (61, 62, W1-W5), on a loom (2) which comprises a warp delivery unit (8); heddles (14) for moving warp yarns in order to form a shed; a mechanism (12) for moving (F1) each heddle vertically along a vertical path; weft insertion means (21, 22) for inserting each weft yarn in a shed (S1, S2) and for releasing the weft yarn at a given location along a weft axis (Y1, Y2); and weft delivery means (28) for delivering weft yarns (61, 62, W1-W5) to the weft insertion means, this method comprising, for at least two consecutive picks, at least the following steps consisting in a) opening the shed (S1, S2); b) picking, by the weft insertion means (21, 22), of a first end (612, 622) of a weft yarn (61, 62, W1-W5) presented by the weft delivery means (28); c) drawing (A3) the weft yarn into the shed, along the weft axis (Y1, Y2); d) releasing the weft yarn at the predetermined position along the weft axis; e) withdrawing the insertion means from the shed; and f) beating-up the weft yarn wherein, during step c), the shed is closed around the inserted weft yarn (61, 62), by moving warp yarns (412, 414, 422, 424) of a predetermined group (G4, G4′) of warp yarns to a semi-closed position.
US10294588B2
This control system (100) for at least one Jacquard mechanism (4) for forming shed has electromechanical selection devices (20) including magnets, a primary controller (70) intended to communicate with a weaving machine (2) and including at least one memory (76) to store weave pattern data and at least one computer (74). This system also includes at least two secondary controllers (40A, 40B), each electrically connected to the primary controller (70) and each able to control a group of electromechanical selection devices (20), each secondary controller having at least one memory (46A, 46B) for storing weave pattern data, at least one computer (44A, 44B), and control units (30) for the electromagnets belonging to the electromechanical selection devices (20). This system further includes at least one intermediate controller (50) in direct electrical connection, with one of the secondary controllers (40A, 40B) and with at least two electromagnet control units (30).
US10294569B2
A specific cysteine derivative is added to electroless copper plating compositions to improve the stability of the electroless copper plating compositions such that the plating activity of the electroless plating copper compositions is not compromised even when electroless plating at low plating temperatures and high stabilizer and high leached catalyst concentrations.
US10294565B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a first hole portion formed through a sidewall of the process chamber and horizontally extending outward and a second hole portion formed to be contiguous with the first hole portion and defining a supply channel for a process gas. The apparatus also includes a gas nozzle, a plurality of seal members and an annular spacer. A proximal end of the gas nozzle is inserted into the first hole portion. The plurality of seal members is spaced apart from each other between an outer circumferential surface of the gas nozzle and the first hole portion. The annular spacer is inserted into the first hole portion and is pressed against an annular surface of an opening periphery of the second hole portion by the gas nozzle in a state where the proximal end of the gas nozzle is engaged with the annular spacer.
US10294564B2
A method for forming boron (B) containing Al2O3 composite layers includes (a) reacting a substrate surface with an aluminum-containing precursor to form a first monolayer, (b) purging excess aluminum-containing precursor and reaction by-product, (c) reacting the first monolayer with a second precursor, and (d) purging excess second precursor and reaction by-product, such that steps (a) to (d) constitute one cycle, the composite layers being formed after a plurality of cycles, and the resultant composite layers have a chemical formula of BxAl2−xO3, where x varies in the range of 0 and 2.
US10294563B2
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) type processes for producing metal containing thin films comprise feeding into a reaction space vapor phase pulses of metal containing cyclopentadienyl precursors as a metal source material. In preferred embodiments the metal containing cyclopentadienyl reactant comprises a metal atom that is not directly bonded to an oxygen or halide atom. In other embodiments the metal atom is bonded to a cyclopentadienyl compound and separately bonded to at least one ligand via a nitrogen atom. In still other embodiments the metal containing cyclopentadienyl compound comprises a nitrogen-bridged ligand.
US10294562B2
Described herein is an exhaust manifold (1) comprising suction opening (2), a gas extraction chamber (3), an intermediate space (9), a gas collection chamber (5) and a suction line (4). A flow-impeding structure may be present within the intermediate space (9). The flow impeding structure may exert a flow resistance on the gas flow which is greater in a central zone (Z) than in edge zones (R) of the intermediate space (9), causing gas to flow into the suction opening (2) at a substantially uniform gas flow speed across the cross section of the suction opening (2).
US10294559B2
A sputter target assembly particularly useful for a large panel plasma sputter reactor having a target assembly sealed both to the main processing chamber and a vacuum pumped chamber housing a moving magnetron. The target assembly to which target tiles are bonded includes an integral plate with parallel cooling holes drilled parallel to the principal faces. The ends of the holes may be sealed and vertically extending slots arranged in two staggered groups on each side and machined down to respective pairs of cooling holes on opposite sides of the backing plate in pairs. Four manifolds tubes are sealed to the four groups of slots and provide counter-flowing coolant paths.
US10294556B2
A method of metallurgical processing includes, providing a workpiece that has been formed by additive manufacturing of a nickel-chromium based superalloy. The workpiece has an internal porosity and a microstructure with a columnar grain structure and delta phase. The workpiece is then hot isostatically pressed to reduce the internal porosity and to at least partially retain the columnar grain structure and the delta phase. The workpiece is then heat treated to at least partially retain the columnar grain structure and the delta phase.
US10294553B2
A method for continuously annealing aluminum alloy sheet at final thickness by continuously moving heat-treatable AlMgSi aluminum alloy sheet through a continuous annealing furnace arranged to heat the moving aluminum sheet to a set soaking temperature (TSET) in the temperature range of 500° C. to 590° C., the continuous annealing furnace has an entry section and an exit section, the moving aluminum sheet moves substantially horizontally through the continuous annealing furnace, wherein the moving aluminum sheet is rapidly cooled on leaving the exit section, wherein before or near the entry section of the continuous annealing furnace the moving aluminum sheet is pre-heated to a temperature of 5° C. to 100° C. below the TSET using an average heat-up rate as function of sheet thickness of at least Y=−31·ln(X)+50, wherein Y is the heat-up rate in ° C./sec and X is the sheet thickness in mm.
US10294551B2
A steel sheet including, by mass %, C: more than 0.100% and 0.500% or less, Si: 0.0001% or more and less than 0.20%, Mn: more than 0.20% and 0.50% or less, Al: 3.0% or more and 10.0% or less, N: 0.0030% or more and 0.0100% or less, Ti: more than 0.100% and 1.000% or less, P: 0.00001% or more and 0.0200% or less, S: 0.00001% or more and 0.0100% or less, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which a sum of a C content and a Ti content satisfies 0.200
US10294543B2
A method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by subjecting a slab of an inhibitor-less ingredient system containing C: 0.002-0.10 mass %, Si: 2.5-6.0 mass %, Mn: 0.010-0.8 mass % and extremely decreased Al, N, Se and S to hot rolling, hot band annealing, cold rolling, decarburization annealing, application of an annealing separator and finish annealing, when a certain temperature within range of 700-800° C. in a heating process of decarburization annealing is T1 and a certain temperature as a soaking temperature within a range of 820-900° C. is T2, a heating rate R1 between 500° C. and T1 is set to not less than 100° C./s and heating rate R2 between T1 and T2 is set to not more than 15° C./s, whereby grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent iron loss property and coating peeling resistance is obtained in the inhibitor-less ingredient system while ensuring decarburization property even when rapid heating is performed during decarburization annealing.
US10294532B2
A method and system for analyzing a microbiome of an individual, comprising: providing a sampling kit to the individual at a location remote from the sample processing network, the sampling kit including a sample container having a lysing component and a sample preservation component and configured to receive a sample from a collection site of the individual; receiving the sample container with the sample from the collection site of the individual; generating a microbiome sequence dataset based upon sequencing nucleic acid content of a microorganism portion of the sample; identifying a set of microorganisms represented in the microorganism portion based upon performance of a mapping operation on portions of the microbiome sequence dataset; generating an analysis based upon a set of features related to the microorganism portion; and transmitting information derived from the analysis to the individual.
US10294525B2
To introduce a biomolecule into a nanopore without the need to check the position of the nanopore in a thin film. In addition, displacement stability is ensured and stable acquisition of blocking signals is realized. An immobilization member 107 having a larger size than a thin film 113 with a nanopore 112 is used, and biomolecules are immobilized on the biomolecule immobilization member 107 at a density that allows at least one biomolecule 108 to enter an electric field region around the nanopore when the biomolecule immobilization member 107 has moved close to a nanopore device 101.
US10294523B2
Methods, compositions, and systems are provided for characterization of modified nucleic acids. In certain preferred embodiments, single molecule sequencing methods are provided for identification of modified nucleotides within nucleic acid sequences. Modifications detectable by the methods provided herein include chemically modified bases, enzymatically modified bases, abasic sites, non-natural bases, secondary structures, and agents bound to a template nucleic acid.
US10294517B2
Methods and compositions disclosed herein generally relate to determination of susceptibility to eosinophilic esophagitis, asthma, and/or allergic diseases, disorders, and/or pulmonary and/or upper gastrointestinal conditions arising therefrom and/or related thereto and the diagnosis, treatment, and/or management of eosinophilic esophagitis, asthma, and/or allergic diseases, disorders, and/or pulmonary and/or upper gastrointestinal conditions arising therefrom and/or related thereto. Embodiments of the invention relate to the association between genes and specific polymorphisms of genes with eosinophilic esophagitis. Embodiments of the invention can be used to determine and manage patient risk factors for development of eosinophilic esophagitis; this determination can then be used to diagnose eosinophilic esophagitis and to treat a patient diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis.
US10294514B2
Provided are methods and systems for detecting formation of nucleotide-specific ternary complexes comprising a DNA polymerase, a nucleic acid, and a nucleotide complementary to the templated base of the primed template nucleic acid. The methods and systems facilitate determination of the next correct nucleotide without requiring chemical incorporation of the nucleotide into the primer. These results can even be achieved in procedures employing unlabeled, native nucleotides.
US10294511B2
Embodiments provided herein relate to methods and compositions for preparing nucleic acid libraries. Some embodiments include preparing libraries from nucleic acids obtained from degraded samples, such as ancient samples and fixed samples.
US10294510B2
The present invention provides, inter alia, methods and compositions for imaging, at high spatial resolution, targets of interest.
US10294508B2
An automated system for identifying in a biological sample microorganisms and their antimicrobial susceptibility (AST). The system provided an automated platform for preparing, from a single biological sample, inoculates for both ID and AST. The system loads a plate for ID testing as samples are being prepared for AST testing. The system tracks the sample and the inoculates from the samples to link the test results to the sample and the patients from whom the sample was obtained.
US10294506B2
Methods of producing biological materials from cells and organisms are provided. Aspects of the methods include modulating the stress conditions of the cells and/or organism to produce biological materials having one or more desired properties. In certain aspects, the cell or organism is evaluated to detect the presence or absence of a stressed phenotype, wherein an unstressed phenotype may be produced before the cell or organism produces the biological material of interest. The biological materials produced from such cells and organisms may be used for a variety of applications, including therapeutic, research, and other applications.
US10294504B2
The present invention relates to a novel endoglycoceramidase whose hydrolytic activity has been substantially reduced or eliminated, such that the enzyme is useful for synthesis of glycolipids from a monosaccharide or oligosaccharide and a ceramide. More specifically, the endoglycoceramidase is a mutant version of a naturally occurring endoglycoceramidase, preferably comprising a mutation within the active site or the nucleophilic site of the enzyme and more preferably comprising a substitution mutation of the Glu residue within the active site or the nucleophilic site. Also disclosed are a method for generating the mutant endoglycoceramidase and a method for enzymatically synthesizing glycolipids using this mutant enzyme.
US10294500B2
To provide a method for directly and efficiently producing methacrylic acid in a single step from renewable raw materials and/or biomass arising from the utilization of the renewable raw materials. Further provided is a method for producing methacrylic acid using microbes having the ability to produce methacrylic acid, from renewable raw materials and/or biomass arising from the utilization of the renewable raw materials, as a carbon source and/or energy source. The method for producing methacrylic acid enables methacrylic acid to be safely and easily produced from biomass, without using petroleum-derived raw materials, by utilizing microbes having the ability to produce methacrylic acid.
US10294498B2
The invention provides a non-naturally occurring bacterium having decreased or eliminated activity of an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction defined by EC 1.2.7.5, such as aldehyde:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (AOR). Optionally, the bacterium also has decreased or eliminated activity of an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction defined by EC 1.2.1.10 and/or EC 1.1.1.1, such as aldehyde dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase, or bifunctional aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase. The invention further provides methods of producing products by culturing the bacterium in the presence of a gaseous substrate containing one or more of CO, CO2, and H2.
US10294495B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a fermented mineral pill with constipation reduction and fatigue recovery, the method comprising: cultivating Bacillus subtilis using a rice straw; fermenting at least one of a rice-husk powder, a rice-bran powder and a lentil bean power using the Bacillus subtilis to acquire a fermented mixture; and shaping and drying the fermented mixture into solid pills.
US10294494B2
Methods and compositions are provided for modifying one or more target loci in a cell. Such methods comprise providing a cell comprising a first polynucleotide encoding a first selection marker operably linked to a first promoter active in the cell, wherein the first polynucleotide further comprises a first recognition site for a first nuclease agent. A first nuclease agent is introduced into a cell, wherein the first nuclease agent induces a nick or double-strand break at the first recognition site. Further introduced into the cell is a first targeting vector comprising a first insert polynucleotide flanked by a first and a second homology arm that correspond to a first and a second target site located in sufficient proximity to the first recognition site. At least one cell is then identified comprising in its genome the first insert polynucleotide integrated at the target locus.
US10294488B2
The present invention refers to method for producing a transgenic plant with increased herbicide tolerance or resistance as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant, comprising transforming a plant cell or a plant cell nucleus or a plant tissue with a nucleic acid molecule encoding an Alopecurus cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, as well as to the nucleic acid, and plants with increased herbicide tolerance or resistance comprising the nucleic acid of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention refers to methods of controlling weeds at a locus which contains a plant with increased herbicide tolerance or resistance comprising the nucleic acid of the invention.
US10294471B2
A method for selecting and isolating aptamers that target M-Ig proteins with a microdevice including at least a first selection chamber is provided. The method includes preparing a first sample of M-Ig proteins from a serum; placing the M-Ig proteins in the first selection chamber; introducing a first group of oligomers including at least an M-Ig targeting oligomer into the first selection chamber, whereby the M-Ig targeting oligomer binds to the first sample of M-Ig proteins. The method further includes removing unbound oligomers of the first sample from the first selection chamber to isolate the M-Ig targeting oligomer.
US10294461B2
An object of the present invention is to modify a wild-type enzyme that is less reactive in the presence of an organic solvent to provide altered carbonyl reductases having better reactivity in the presence of the organic solvent than the wild-type enzyme, and/or to provide transformants producing such reductases. The present inventors have found altered carbonyl reductases having better reactivity in the presence of an organic solvent than the wild-type enzyme, from among a mutant enzyme library prepared by randomly mutating the wild-type enzyme gene, thereby arriving at completion of the present invention.
US10294453B2
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the stemness of human mesenchymal stem cells and, more particularly, to: a method for increasing the stemness of human mesenchymal stem cells by means of endothelin-1 treatment; the human mesenchymal stem cells having increased stemness by using the method; and a composition for increasing the stemness of human mesenchymal stem cells, containing endothelin-1 as an active ingredient. In the present invention, it is confirmed that the expression of a stemness marker is increased and that a stem cell characteristic is improved such as the length of telomeres being extended, by treating human mesenchymal stem cells with endothelin-1, and thus cellular life span is extended, aging is inhibited, and the growth and viability of cells are increased, thereby enabling mass culturing of human mesenchymal stem cells such that human mesenchymal stem cells are expected to be used effectively in cell therapy or regenerative medicine.
US10294450B2
A fluid pumping and bioreactor system including at least two cassettes, at least one storage reservoir, at least one bioreactor, at least one manifold including valve modules, and tubing to connect the cassettes to the storage reservoir and the bioreactor. The cassettes can include pumps, valves, and fluid conduits and can be communicatively connected to the at least one manifold. The bioreactor can include an adapter and fluid conduits extending through the adapter from the exterior of the bioreactor to the interior of the bioreactor. System and method for generating a tissue for transplant by decellularizing and recellularizing a supplied tissue.
US10294440B2
The present invention discloses a catalytic system for preparing highly branched alkane from olefin, which contains novel nickel or palladium complexes. In the presence of the catalytic system, highly branched oily alkane mixture can be efficiently obtained from olefins (such as ethylene) under mild conditions. The alkane mixture has a low bromine number, and can be used as a processing aid(s) and lubricant base oil with high-performance. Provides also was a method for preparing the catalyst and a method for preparing an oily olefin polymer.
US10294439B2
Provided herein are olefinic feedstocks derived from conjugated hydrocarbon terpenes (e.g., C10-C30 terpenes), methods for making the same, and methods for their use.
US10294438B2
Methods are provided for producing Group III base stocks having high viscosity and also having one or more properties indicative of a high quality base stock. The resulting Group III base stocks can have a viscosity at 100° C. and/or a viscosity at 40° C. that is greater than the corresponding viscosity for a conventional Group III base stock. Additionally, the resulting Group III base stocks can have one or more properties that are indicative of a high quality base stock.
US10294435B2
Aviation gasolines and additives may have manganese-containing anti-knock components. The scavengers herein mitigate the possible deleterious effects from using the manganese-containing anti-knock. The scavengers include molecules with a central atom of a Group 15 element other than nitrogen. Entities that are attached to the central atom are electron withdrawing entities including electron deficient atoms and electron deficient functional groups.
US10294433B2
A process for extracting a condensable vapor from a supplied gas, comprising the steps of: i) condensing the condensable vapor by cooling the supplied gas at a condensing surface, such that the supplied gas is divided into at least one condensed fraction and a product gas; while ii) removing the at least one condensed fraction from the condensing surface by mechanical scraping means.
US10294429B1
The invention relates to injecting steam into crude oil in two separate desalting steps to remove salt by transferring the salt into the condensed water from the steam and gravity separating the water from the crude oil. Steam transfers salt from crude oil via a different transfer mechanism and therefore doesn't require the high shear mixing of conventional water injection systems. In the invention, salt is also removed via an intermediate step of adding water with harshly mixing the added water with the crude oil.
US10294427B2
This invention is directed to the discovery of a reactive catalytic fast pyrolysis (RCFP) process utilizing hydrogen at low pressures.
US10294424B2
To show a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature thereof, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large positive dielectric anisotropy or having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics, and an AM device including the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having high maximum temperature and low minimum temperature as a first component, and the liquid crystal composition may contain a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a second component, a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component, or a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component.
US10294423B2
Disclosed are compounds represented by structural formula (I), methods of producing compounds represented by structural formula, and their use in inhibiting oxidation in an oxidizable material.
US10294409B2
The invention provides a modified graphite particle system for strengthening a polymer/binary/ternary composite oil displacement system. The modified graphite particle system comprises the following components: 1-5 parts by mass fraction dispersed graphite particles, 0.2-0.6 parts by mass fraction dispersant, 0.1-0.5 parts by mass fraction wettability modifier, and deionized water that accounts for the remaining content, based on 100 parts by total mass fraction of the components. In addition, the present invention also provides a preparation and a use of the modified graphite particle system for strengthening the polymer/binary/ternary composite oil displacement system. The modified graphite particle system for strengthening the polymer/binary/ternary composite oil displacement system can be used to improve mobility regulation ability and oil displacement efficiency in an injection stage, enhance injection pressure in a follow-up water displacement stage, and increase the oil displacement effect of the composite oil displacement system to the greatest extent.
US10294390B2
To provide a coating agent capable of forming a coating layer or film excellent in moisture permeability, flexibility and tensile strength.A coating agent comprising an isocyanate group-containing prepolymer obtainable by reacting a polyol mixture (A) and a polyisocyanate compound (B), wherein the polyol mixture (A) is a mixture of at least two polyoxyalkylene polyols which are different in the number of hydroxy groups or the hydroxy value, and said mixture has an average number of hydroxy groups being from 2.2 to 2.6, a molecular weight per hydroxy group being from 1,500 to 10,000 and an oxyethylene group content being at least 60 mass %.
US10294388B2
This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
US10294376B2
The present disclosure is directed to compositions having lecithin and plasticizer components and related methods. The disclosed compositions may also include one or more co-surfactants such as anionic surfactants and/or non-ionic surfactants.
US10294372B2
The present invention provides a novel surface-modified inorganic substance obtained by modifying the surface of an inorganic nitride or an inorganic oxide with a boronic acid compound, and a heat dissipation material, a thermally conductive material, and a lubricant which use the surface-modified inorganic substance. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the surface-modified inorganic substance, and provides, as a novel method for modifying the surface of an inorganic substance selected from an inorganic oxide and an inorganic nitride with an organic substance, a method for modifying the surface of an inorganic nitride or an inorganic oxide with an organic substance that includes making a contact between the inorganic nitride or the inorganic oxide with a boronic acid compound.
US10294358B2
The present invention relates to an impregnation process for a fibrous substrate, a liquid composition for implementing this process and the obtained impregnated fibrous substrate. The impregnated fibrous substrate is suitable for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. In particular the present invention deals with an industrial process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with a viscous liquid composition containing mainly methacrylic or acrylic components. This viscous composition is called hereafter liquid (meth) acrylic syrup. The invention concerns also a fibrous substrate pre-impregnated with said syrup which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. More particular the impregnation of fibrous substrate with the (meth) acrylic syrup is achieved in a closed mold. The present invention concerns also manufacturing process for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles and three-dimensional mechanical or structured parts obtained by this process.
US10294357B2
A multi-modal polymer blend of at least three fractions as determined by TREF is provided. The blend comprises a first propylene-based polymer, a second propylene-based polymer; and a third propylene-based polymer; wherein when subjected to TREF, the polymer blend exhibits: a first fraction that is soluble at −15° C. in xylene, the first fraction having an isotactic (mm) triad tacticity of about 55 mol % to about 85 mol %; a second fraction that is insoluble at −5 C in xylene or dichlorobenzene and soluble at 40° C. in xylene or dichlorobenzene; and a third fraction that is insoluble at 70° C. in xylene or dichlorobenzene and having an isotactic (mm) triad tacticity of about 85 mol % to about 98 mol %. Also provided are hot melt adhesive compositions comprising the polymer blend, tackifier, wax; and optionally a nucleating agent, articles containing the adhesive and methods of fabricating the articles.
US10294353B2
Methods of preparing high-density polyethylene (HDPE) nanocomposites by in situ polymerization with a zirconocene catalyst, a methylaluminoxane cocatalyst, a calcium zirconate nanofiller in a solvent. The calcium zirconate nanofiller, which is dispersed across the polyethylene matrix, is found to enhance catalyst activity, and other properties of the HDPE nanocomposites produced, including but not limited to flame retardency, crystallinity and surface morphology.
US10294350B2
The use of tetrahydrobenzoxazines I where R1 is a hydrocarbyl radical and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen atoms, hydroxyl groups or hydrocarbyl radicals, and where R2 to R5 may also form a second and a third tetrahydrooxazine ring, with the proviso that at least one of the substituents has from 4 to 3000 carbon atoms and the remaining substituents, when they are hydrocarbyl radicals, each have from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, as stabilizers for stabilizing inanimate organic material, especially turbine fuels, against the action of light, oxygen and heat.
US10294338B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for making thermoplastic vulcanizates comprising dynamically vulcanizing an elastomer in an extrusion reactor with a curative in the presence of a thermoplastic resin to form a thermoplastic vulcanizate. Process oil is added to the extrusion reactor at a first, second, and third location, where the amount of process oil introduced at the first oil injection location is less than that introduced at the second oil injection location, where the third oil injection location is downstream of where the curative is introduced to the extrusion reactor, and where the thermoplastic vulcanizate comprises at least 25 wt % of oil based on the weight of the thermoplastic vulcanizate.
US10294330B2
A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition includes a polyphenylene sulfide resin (a) of 90 to 50% by weight and a polyphenylene sulfide resin (b) and/or a polyphenylene sulfide resin (c) of the total of 10 to 50% by weight blended with the polyphenylene sulfide resin (a), relative to the total of the polyphenylene sulfide resins (a) to (c) as 100% by weight, in which the polyphenylene sulfide resin composition has a change rate of viscosity of 1.5 times or less when the composition is heated at 320° C. for 5 hours.
US10294324B2
There is provided a resin composition which has long-term heat resistance, rapid curing properties, high adhesive strength during heating, a low change ratio of adhesive strength, and a low normal temperature elastic modulus. The resin composition includes (A) a compound having in its molecule an OH group and any one of primary to tertiary amines, (B) dicyandiamide and/or imidazoles, (C) bismaleimides, and (D) a compound having in its molecule one or more epoxy groups, or cyanate ester.
US10294323B2
The present invention relates to novel thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) that contain alkylene substituted spirocyclic compounds. The present invention provides for TPU which exhibit high temperature resistance.
US10294319B2
The invention provides a triacrylate compound represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, each R is independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, R1 and R2 are each independently a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R3 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydroxymethyl group.
US10294318B2
A polymerizable composition includes at least one first monomer and at least one second monomer, wherein the at least one first monomer includes an isohexide bis(allyl carbonate) monomer, and wherein the at least one second monomer includes one or more ethylenic unsaturations. Another polymerizable composition includes the reaction product of an isohexide bischloroformate; at least one polyol; allyl alcohol; and, optionally, at least one polychloroformate. An exemplary polymerizable composition includes the transesterification reaction product of an isohexide; diallyl carbonate; and at least one polyol. A polymerizate including the polymerizable composition and an optical article including the polymerizable composition are also provided.
US10294312B2
A catalyst system comprising a combination of: 1) an activator; 2) one or more metallocene catalyst compounds; 3) a support comprising an organosilica material, which may be a mesoporous organosilica material. The organosilica material may be a polymer of at least one monomer of Formula [Z1OZ2SiCH2]3 (I), where Z1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl group, or a bond to a silicon atom of another monomer and Z2 represents a hydroxyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxy group, a C1-C6 alkyl group, or an oxygen atom bonded to a silicon atom of another monomer. This invention further relates to processes to polymerize olefins comprising contacting one or more olefins with the above catalyst system.
US10294305B2
Preparations and methods for treating a GD2 positive cancer by administering a preparation comprising an anti-GD2 antibody to a patient, wherein the patient is not concomitantly treated with Interleukin-2 (IL-2), and wherein one or more treatment periods with the antibody may be preceded, accompanied, and/or followed by one or more treatment periods with a retinoid.
US10294280B2
A fusion protein comprising an N-terminal portion and a C-terminal portion, wherein the N-terminal portion is a heterologous protein of interest which includes membrane proteins and antigens and the C-terminal portion is a polyhedrin targeting peptide which is derived from cypovirus polyhedrin and binds to cypovirus polyhedrin. The polyhedrin targeting peptide is described as a C-terminal portion of cypovirus polyhedrin and as C-terminal portion of cypovirus polyhedrin absent all or part of the N-terminal H1 helix sequence. Vectors and cells capable of expressing the fusion proteins are also provided. The fusion proteins fold with cypovirus polyhedrin to form modified complexes, polyhedra/microcubes useful in myriad applications, including as a platform technology for prophylactic or therapeutic vaccinations, therapeutics and diagnostics, including vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics etc. employing membrane proteins.
US10294267B2
Membranes having parallel channels in a surface of the membranes, wherein the channels have side walls having rough surfaces; filters and devices including at least one membrane, and methods of making and using the membranes, are disclosed.
US10294261B2
The present invention provides a compound represented by the following chemical formula (I); a tautomer or stereoisomer of the compound; or a salt of the compound, the tautomer, or the stereoisomer. In the chemical formula (I), R1 and R2 are each a Group 1 element or a protecting group of an amino group and may be identical to or different from each other, or alternatively, R1 and R2 together may form a protecting group of an amino group. R3 is a Group 1 element or a protecting group of a hydroxy group. R4 is a Group 1 element or —PR5R6R7R8 (R5, R6, R7, and R8 are each a Group 1 element, a lone electron pair, a Group 16 element, a Group 17 element, or a protecting group of a phosphorus atom, and may be identical to or different from each other). J is a hydrogen atom or an arbitrary atomic group, A is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an electron-withdrawing group, a silylene group, or a sulfide group, or alternatively, J and A together may form a linker. L is a single bond or a linker (a linking atom or a linking atomic group), the main chain length (the number of main chain atoms) of the linker is arbitrary, L may or may not contain each of C, N, O, S, P, and Si in the main chain, and may or may not contain each of a single bond, a double bond, a triple bond, an amide bond, an ester bond, a disulfide bond, an imino group, an ether bond, a thioether bond, and a thioester bond in the main chain. Z is an atomic group that can form a peptide bond with a labeling compound, or is an atom or atomic group including a label.
US10294258B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and compositions for functionalizing molecules, such as oligonucleotides, with functional groups, including polyhistidine tags useful in affinity methods. Some embodiments include methods for modifying and purifying complex mixtures of molecules by exchange of functional tags.
US10294255B1
A multifunctional crosslinking agent, a crosslinked polymer, and a method of making the same are disclosed. The multifunctional crosslinking agent, which may be used to crosslink amine-terminated polyamides, polyimides, or poly(amide-imide)s, includes three or four anhydride functional groups. The multifunctional crosslinking agent may be defined by a general chemical formula (I): (Z—Ar—)n—W, wherein W represents an anhydride functional group that is directly or indirectly bonded to Ar; Ar represents an aryl group that is directly bonded to W; and n is equal to 3 when W is P═O or N, or n is equal to 4 when W is Si or a carbon moiety.
US10294248B2
Described herein are compounds and compositions that modulate the activity of beta-lactamases. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein inhibit beta-lactamase. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.
US10294241B2
The present invention provides the following compounds having anti-viral activity. A1 is CR1AR1B, S or O; A2 is CR2AR2B, S or O; A3 is CR3AR3B, S or O; A4 is CR4AR4B, S or O; the number of hetero atoms among atoms constituting the ring which consists of A1, A2, A3, A4, nitrogen atom adjacent to A1 and carbon atom adjacent to A1, is 1 or 2; R1A and R1B are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, or the like; R2A and R2B are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, or the like; R3A and R3B are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, or the like; R4A and R4B are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, or the like; R3A and R3B may be taken together to form non-aromatic carbocycle or non-aromatic heterocycle; X is CH2, S or O; R1 is each independently halogen, hydroxy, or the like; m is any integer of 0 to 2; and n is any integer of 1 to 2.
US10294238B2
A description is given of a composition comprising at least one isosorbide diester, at least one isosorbide monoester and at least one fatty acid, and also of a process for the preparation thereof. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as pearlizing agent and opacifier in cosmetic compositions and detergents.
US10294235B2
The present disclosure is concerned with certain pyrrolopyrimidine compounds that are capable of inhibiting certain protein kinases, and especially the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) protein. Compounds of the present disclosure can be used to treat a number of disorders caused by or associated with abnormal LRRK2 kinase activity. Compounds of the present disclosure can be used to treat disorders including neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease; precancerous conditions and cancer; autoimmune disorders such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis; and leprosy (Hansen's disease). This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10294232B2
Described herein is the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitor 1-((R)-3-(4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, including crystalline forms, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the Btk inhibitor, as well as methods of using the Btk inhibitor, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US10294218B2
Novel 4,6-disubstituted aminopyrimidine derivatives with the following structure (I) have anti-HIV activity.
US10294216B2
There are provided compounds of formula (I) shown below as defined in the specification which are p38 MAP kinase inhibitors for use as medicaments for the treatment inter alia of inflammatory diseases.
US10294212B2
The present application provides novel inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 and/or indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-2 and/or tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase, metabolites thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. A therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds of formula (I) is useful in treating diseases resulting from dysregulation of the kynurenine pathway. Compounds of formula (I) act by inhibiting the enzymatic activity or expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 and/or indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-2 and/or tryptophan 2,3-dioxy-genase.
US10294210B2
This invention relates to malienated derivatives made from maleic anhydride, functionalized monomers, and one or more additional reagents, e.g., an oxygen-containing reagent (e.g., alcohol, polyol), a nitrogen-containing reagent (e.g., amine, polyamine, aminoalcohol), a metal and/or a metal compound. The invention relates to lubricants, functional fluids, fuels, dispersants, detergents and functional compositions (e.g., cleaning solutions, food compositions, etc.).
US10294202B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q1, Q2, Y1, and Y2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US10294200B2
A composition comprising polysulfides, wherein at least about 50 wt. % of the polysulfides are branched C20 to C60 polysulfides represented by general formula R15S1—[S]n—S2R16 wherein R15 and R16 are each independently a branched C10 to C30 alkyl group and wherein n is an integer from 1 to 10. A process of producing a polysulfides crude product comprising one or more branched C20 to C60 polysulfides comprising: (A) reacting a feedstock comprising one or more branched C10 to C30 mercaptans and sulfur in the presence of a catalyst and (B) collecting the polysulfides crude product.
US10294188B2
2-Acetoxyalkanoic acid esters are made in a reaction of an α-hydroxyalkanoic acid ester and an acetate ester in the presence of a transesterification catalyst. Unlike previous methods for making 2-acetoxyalkanoic acid esters, this process proceeds in high yield and high selectivity to the desired product.
US10294182B2
The present invention relates to a method for separating off a substance from a solution, in which electromagnetic radiation is radiated into the solution, an intensity of the electromagnetic radiation which has been scattered by crystals located in the solution is detected, the detected intensity is compared with a desired intensity (IS) and the temperature of the solution is regulated depending on the difference between the detected intensity and the desired intensity (IS) in such a way that the amount of this difference is reduced. If the amount of the difference between the detected intensity and the desired intensity (IS) is less than a limiting value, a crystallization method is started in which crystals of the substance are obtained which are then separated off.
US10294168B2
The invention relates to a method of producing a fertilizer composition from a feedstock that includes alcoholic beverages, waste product derived from the production of alcoholic beverages, or mixtures of the same. The feedstock is subjected to distillation to remove most of the ethanol and pH adjustment using a base. The invention also relates to a method of imparting flavor to a plant starting with the same feedstock, subjecting the feedstock to distillation and pH adjustment, and adding a flavorant to the resultant liquid before fertilizing the plant. The invention also relates to a method of producing a solid or liquid and solid foodstuff suitable for fish, bovine, swine, and the like for increasing dietary efficiency and reducing environmentally harmful solid and gaseous output.
US10294167B2
A method for recovery of phosphorous, in particular of phosphorous from a waste stream, and a product obtained thereby. The product is in a form wherein phosphorous can be released to, e.g., the soil and plants at a desired amount per interval of time.
US10294139B2
An apparatus for making a glass laminate, including: a source of a glass core sheet; a source of a first force that tensions the glass core sheet in a first axial direction; a source of a second force that tensions the glass core sheet in a second axial direction; and at least one molten glass reservoir extending along a length of the apparatus and on opposite sides of the glass core sheet that delivers a source of at least two glass clads to the opposite side surfaces of the bi-axially tensioned glass core sheet. Also disclosed are methods for making a glass laminate sheet using the disclosed apparatus, as defined herein.
US10294133B2
Methods for synthesizing macroscale 3D heteroatom-doped carbon nanotube materials (such as boron doped carbon nanotube materials) and compositions thereof. Macroscopic quantities of three-dimensionally networked heteroatom-doped carbon nanotube materials are directly grown using an aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition method. The porous heteroatom-doped carbon nanotube material is created by doping of heteroatoms (such as boron) in the nanotube lattice during growth, which influences the creation of elbow joints and branching of nanotubes leading to the three dimensional super-structure. The super-hydrophobic heteroatom-doped carbon nanotube sponge is strongly oleophilic and an soak up large quantities of organic solvents and oil. The trapped oil can be burnt off and the heteroatom-doped carbon nanotube material can be used repeatedly as an oil removal scaffold. Optionally, the heteroatom-doped carbon nanotubes in the heteroatom-doped carbon nanotube materials can be welded to form one or more macroscale 3D carbon nanotubes.
US10294129B2
A water treatment system comprises at least one electrolytic cell comprising at least one electrode and a power source for powering the electrode. The electrode may be a metal electrode comprising a coating of polymer comprising structural units of formula I (I) wherein R1 is independently at each occurrence a C1-C6 alkyl radical or —SO3M wherein M is independently at each occurrence a hydrogen or an alkali metal a hydrogen or an alkali metal, R2 is independently at each occurrence a C1-C6 alkyl radical, a is independently at each occurrence an integer ranging from 0 to 4, and b is independently at each occurrence an integer ranging from 0 to 3. An associated method is also described.
US10294125B2
The filter medium is a filter medium which uses a liquid containing oil and water as a separation target, and has a channel for the liquid. The filter medium includes a base constituting the channel, and one or more of nitrogen-containing fluorine compounds which are provided on at least a portion of a surface of the channel. The nitrogen-containing fluorine compound includes an oil-repellency imparting group and any one hydrophilicity imparting group selected from a group consisting of an anion type, a cation type, and an amphoteric type, in a molecule.
US10294124B2
An ultraviolet (UV) liquid treatment apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a conduit having an inlet to receive liquid to be treated and an outlet to discharge treated fluid, the conduit defining a plurality of liquid flow paths between the inlet and the outlet. The apparatus may further include an UV light emitting diode (LED) module array to illuminate the liquid, wherein the UV LED module array comprises a plurality of UV LED modules arranged on a curved surface of an array holder, such the UV LED module array is configured to generate a customized spatial light flux distribution within the conduit that matches the liquid flow paths so as to obtain a desired UV dose distribution.
US10294119B2
A method for manufacturing a zinc ferrite film includes forming a zinc ferrite film on a base material by having a reaction liquid, which contains metal ions including only bivalent iron ions and bivalent zinc ions, contact an oxidation liquid, which contains an oxidant that oxidizes the metal ions, in the presence of a pH adjuster. The pH adjuster includes a carbonate of ammonium and an alkali metal salt of mono-carboxylic acid.
US10294116B2
This invention relates broadly to the production of titanium alloys by electrolytic reduction processes, and is concerned in one or more aspects with the preparation of a feedstock for such processes. In other aspects, the invention relates to a novel synthetic rutile (SR) product and to methods of producing titanium alloy from titaniferous material.
US10294112B2
A compound is provided that has the formula: Ln4-x-zBxDzM2-n-yAnByO9, where Ln comprises La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, or a mixture thereof; x is 0 to about 2; D is La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, or a mixture thereof, where: D is not equal to Ln; if D is La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, or a mixture thereof, then z is 0 to less than 4; if D is Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, or a mixture thereof, then z is 0 to about 2; M comprises Ga, Al, or a combination thereof; A comprises Fe, In, or a combination thereof; n is 0 to about 1; y is 0 to about 1; and x+y is greater than 0. In one embodiment, a composition is generally provided that includes a silicon-containing material and such a boron-doped refractory compound.
US10294109B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing polycrystalline silicon having a reduced amount of boron compound impurities. Especially, the boron compounds are removed from the process for producing polycrystalline silicon, while the trichlorosilane is purified by distillation. The invention feeds condensed liquid trichlorosilane into a primary distillation tower below the liquid level inside the primary distillation tower thereby scrubbing the boron impurities upon contact inside the primary distillation tower. There result is trichlorosilane leaving the primary distillation tower with total amount of boron at least 10 times less.
US10294095B2
A micromechanical sensor that is produced surface-micromechanically includes at least one mass element formed in a third functional layer that is non-perforated at least in certain portions. The sensor has a gap underneath the mass element that is formed by removal of a second functional layer and at least one oxide layer. The removal of the at least one oxide layer takes place by introducing a gaseous etching medium into a defined number of etching channels arranged substantially parallel to one another. The etching channels are configured to be connected to a vertical access channel in the third functional layer.
US10294093B1
A touchless tap handle for beverage dispensing is provided that incorporates a spring and ball check valve within a spigot housing. The spigot housing as a male threaded end for connection to a beverage dispensing line. Between the beverage connection and the check valve is a flow control valve having a detachable control mechanism. A system operator can use the control mechanism to calibrate fluid flow. The control mechanism is further fastened or keyed to allow for removal after modifying system flow parameters. A tap handle extension is further provided that can be threadingly affixed to the spigot housing. The tap handle extension specifically does not control operational parameters, which are intended to be initiated through pushbutton control of a pour control system.
US10294079B2
An elevator system includes an elevator car, a motor, and traction sheave operably connected to the motor to drive rotation of the traction sheave. A belt is operably connected to the elevator car and in frictional contact with the traction sheave to urge movement of the elevator car. One or more deflector sheaves are located between the traction sheave and the elevator car over which the belt is routed to guide the belt to the elevator car. The one or more deflector sheaves include an outer sheave surface having a distance from a sheave axis that varies along a width of the traction sheave. The outer surface includes a first portion having a first coefficient of friction and a second portion having a second coefficient of friction less than the first coefficient of friction, the first portion guiding an elevator belt toward a lateral center of the outer surface.
US10294074B2
A method and system for managing an elevator system, includes providing a recovery car to travel in the hoistway via a motor, and engaging the car via an attachment device of the recovery car.
US10294068B2
An image forming apparatus includes a discharging portion to discharge a sheet on which the image has been formed, an image reading portion to read the image formed on the sheet, and a switching portion to switch between a first position where the discharged sheet is conveyed to a supporting portion and a second position where the discharged sheet is conveyed toward the image reading portion. The sheet conveyed toward the image reading portion is conveyed to a reading position after conveyance of the sheet by the discharging portion is finished, and the control portion conveys the sheet at a first conveyance speed in a period before a trailing end of the sheet is released from the discharging portion and conveys the sheet at a second conveyance speed different from the first conveyance speed in a period after the trailing end of the sheet is released from the discharging portion.
