US10528923B2
Apparatus and methods for assisting with maintenance and design of one or more structural elements of an aircraft are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises receiving actual utilization data for the aircraft and evaluating the actual utilization data with respect to at least one of a plurality of utilization criteria respectively associated with a plurality of utilization categories for the aircraft where the utilization categories are associated with respective predetermined maintenance programs for the structural element or for the aircraft as a whole. Based on the evaluation of the actual utilization data with respect to the at least one utilization criterion, one of the utilization categories is assigned to the aircraft. Based on the utilization category assigned to the aircraft, one of the predetermined maintenance programs is assigned to the structural element or to the aircraft as a whole.
US10528920B2
Methods and apparatus for dynamically processing events based on automatic detection of time conflicts are disclosed. An example method includes accessing first time and date information from a user schedule, the user schedule including a scheduled item; sending a request for second time and date information associated with a first event; generating a visual notification that the first event conflicts with the scheduled item, based on the second time and date information and the first time and date information; receiving third time and date information from a server, the third time and date information associated with an alternate event associated with the desired transaction; receiving travel information corresponding to the third time and date information from the server; facilitating a transaction based on the alternate event and the third time and date information; and updating the user schedule to include the third time and date information.
US10528916B1
Described are methods and systems for interview competency and question validation and analysis to improve the effectiveness of evaluation campaigns. In one method, processing logic of an interview design program, hosted by a digital evaluation platform, receives a request from a first device to create a digital interview for a position. The interview design program sends a list of competencies associated with the position and receives a selection of a set of desired competencies. The interview design program determines a list of questions that differentiate candidates within the desired competencies, ranks the list of questions by importance, and sends the list of questions and the ranking information to the first device and receives a selection of a set of desired questions. The interview design program creates the digital interview with the set of desired questions. The digital evaluation platform presents the digital interview to a candidate on a second device.
US10528915B1
A baked sandwich may be formed by baking a preparation comprised of a filler material provided between two portions of dough. The preparation is preferably formed from a pita dough to produced a freshly baked pita sandwich. The preparation is preferably baked in a conveyor oven. The baked sandwich is preferably cut into multiple pieces and provided to a customer. A variety of garnishes and sauces are preferably made available to the customer to be placed within the pieces of the baked sandwich.
US10528910B2
Techniques for monitoring and reporting a liquid level of a commodity in a tank includes measuring a commodity level in the tank using a tank meter and transmitting information indicating the commodity level to a server. A user may access the information from a user interface of a device to view the commodity level of the tank, informing the user of whether the commodity level is low. A provider of the commodity may receive a notification when the tank level is low. Information about the location of the tank may be used to schedule a future delivery of the commodity to one or more tanks.
US10528909B2
Regression-tree compressed feature vector machine for time-expiring inventory utilization prediction
This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. The system inputs the demand estimates into a likelihood model to generate a set of request likelihoods, each request likelihood representing a likelihood that the time-expiring inventory will receive a transaction request at each of a set of test price and test times to expiration. The system further trains a regression tree model based on a set of training data comprising each of the request likelihoods from the set and the test price and test time period to expiration used to generate the demand estimate that was used to generate the request likelihood.
US10528901B2
A system and method of classifying a driver as being capable of providing transport services are described. The system can receive information indicating that a driver is available to provide transport services from the driver's device. The system can cause the service application to display a prompt instructing the driver to perform a task. In response to detecting completion of the task based, at least in part, on location information about the driver's device, the system can classify the driver as being capable of providing transport services so that the service application can be enabled to receive an invitation for providing a transport service from the system.
US10528899B2
An analyzer system may include a computer-apparatus to collect traces from a pool of business traces, and to assign an unique vector value to each trace. The system may also include an assembler to create a tree based upon the unique vector value of each trace. The system may further include an analyzer to detect sub-trees within the tree to identify similarities among the traces based upon the traces inclusion within a given sub-tree.
US10528887B2
A device includes: a first qubit including a first co-planar waveguide; a second qubit including a second co-planar waveguide, in which the second co-planar waveguide crosses the first co-planar waveguide; and a qubit coupler including a loop having a first lobe and a second lobe, in which a first portion of the first lobe extends parallel to the first co-planar waveguide, a second portion of the first lobe extends parallel to the second co-planar waveguide, a first portion of the second lobe extends parallel to the first co-planar waveguide, and a second portion of the second lobe extends parallel to the second co-planar waveguide.
US10528881B2
Methods and apparatus for determining whether a media presentation device is in an on state or an off state are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises determining contribution values from at least one of a signal measured from a sensing device or an output signal accessed from the presentation device, wherein the contribution values are indicative of a state of a presentation device. Summing, via a logic circuit, a first plurality of the contribution values corresponding to a first measurement cycle to generate a first intermediate fuzzy score for the first measurement cycle. Storing the first intermediate fuzzy score in a buffer including a plurality of intermediate fuzzy scores corresponding to respective measurement cycles. Combining, via the logic circuit, the intermediate fuzzy scores corresponding to a first time period to form a final fuzzy score. When the final fuzzy score satisfies a threshold, setting the state of the presentation device as on and enabling crediting of media presented by the presentation device.
US10528872B2
Disclosed herein is a technique for implementing a framework that enables application developers to enhance their applications with dynamic adjustment capabilities. Specifically, the framework, when utilized by an application on a mobile computing device that implements the framework, can enable the application to establish predictive models that can be used to identify meaningful behavioral patterns of an individual who uses the application. In turn, the predictive models can be used to preempt the individual's actions and provide an enhanced overall user experience. The framework is configured to interface with other software entities on the mobile computing device that conduct various analyses to identify appropriate times for the application to manage and update its predictive models. Such appropriate times can include, for example, identified periods of time where the individual is not operating the mobile computing device, as well as recognized conditions where power consumption is not a concern.
US10528867B1
A method for learning a neural network by adjusting a learning rate each time when an accumulated number of iterations reaches one of a first to an n-th specific values. The method includes steps of: (a) a learning device, while increasing k from 1 to (n−1), (b1) performing a k-th learning process of repeating the learning of the neural network at a k-th learning rate by using a part of the training data while the accumulated number of iterations is greater than a (k−1)-th specific value and is equal to or less than a k-th specific value, (b2) changing a k-th gamma to a (k+1)-th gamma by referring to k-th losses of the neural network which are obtained by the k-th learning process and (ii) changing a k-th learning rate to a (k+1)-th learning rate by using the (k+1)-th gamma.
US10528863B2
Embodiments relate to a first processing node that processes an input data having a temporal sequence of spatial patterns by retaining a higher-level context of the temporal sequence. The first processing node performs temporal processing based at least on feedback inputs received from a second processing node. The first processing node determines whether learned temporal sequences are included in the input data based on sequence inputs transmitted within the same level of a hierarchy of processing nodes and the feedback inputs received from an upper level of the hierarchy of processing nodes.
US10528860B2
A card holder is used for an electronic device having a housing, and is able to accommodate a data card and be inserted into the housing. The card holder includes a card tray and a card cover. The card tray is configured to accommodate the data card. The card cover is connected to the card tray, is rotatable relative to the card tray, and includes a first end and a second end opposite to each other and a first protrusion extending towards the card tray. When the card holder is in a state of being inserted into the housing and a pushing force is applied to the first end, the card cover is rotatable about the first protrusion such that the first end extends further into the housing and the second end extends out of the housing. An electronic device is also provided.
US10528859B2
The present invention aims to provide an RFID tag capable of improving antenna efficiency with a simple configuration. Such an RFID tag includes: an antenna configured with a reader/writer; an IC chip to which the antenna is connected; a plurality of connection terminals inside outer peripheral edges of an insulating layer on which the antenna is formed; and an annular antenna-forming area on the entire periphery or substantially the entire periphery of the insulating layer. The antenna is formed into a loop in the antenna-forming area, with one of the plurality of connection terminals serving as a starting point and with one of the remaining connection terminals serving as an endpoint.
US10528855B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a physical part identification generation operation, comprising: defining design parameters for an encoded geometry; identifying data to be encoded within the encoded geometry; converting the data to be encoded to the encoded geometry; and, producing a part with the encoded geometry, the encoded geometry passively representing information.
US10528854B2
A print-mode determination processor determines the print mode of a print job that is described in a page description language (PDL) and that has a print mode set to an automatic determination mode, using image data generated for a preflight check by a preflight checker that performs a preflight check of image data of a print job. The image data for a preflight check has a resolution lower than that of thumbnail image data and sufficient to determine whether to set a color print mode or a black-and-white print mode, such as presence or absence of a color part in the image data of the print job or the degree of the color part, so that the time required for generating and analyzing image data for print mode determination can be shortened.
US10528846B2
A method to analyze a facial image includes: inputting a facial image to a residual network including residual blocks that are sequentially combined and arranged in a direction from an input to an output; processing the facial image using the residual network; and acquiring an analysis map from an output of an N-th residual block among the residual blocks using a residual deconvolution network, wherein the residual network transfers the output of the N-th residual block to the residual deconvolution network, and N is a natural number that is less than a number of all of the residual blocks, and wherein the residual deconvolution network includes residual deconvolution blocks that are sequentially combined, and the residual deconvolution blocks correspond to respective residual blocks from a first residual block among the residual blocks to the N-th residual block.
US10528845B2
Method, device, and storage medium for generating a GIF file. The method for generating a GIF file includes: obtaining an image set including a plurality of images; selecting at least two images from the image set, content of each of the at least two images satisfying a preset similarity condition, and a difference between photographing times of any two of the at least two images not exceeding a preset time threshold; and generating a GIF file according to the at least two images.
US10528839B2
Combinatorial shape regression is described as a technique for face alignment and facial landmark detection in images. As described stages of regression may be built for multiple ferns for a facial landmark detection system. In one example a regression is performed on a training set of images using face shapes, using facial component groups, and using individual face point pairs to learn shape increments for each respective image in the set of images. A fern is built based on this regression. Additional regressions are performed for building additional ferns. The ferns are then combined to build the facial landmark detection system.
US10528838B1
A method implemented on an augmented reality (AR) device includes receiving an image of a document on the AR device. The image of the document includes one or more areas of obfuscated text. A marker on the document is identified. The marker is associated with an area of obfuscated text on the document. The marker is scanned using the AR device. When the user of the AR device is authenticated, a non-obfuscated image of the text associated with the marker is displayed on the AR device.
US10528832B2
Methods and systems are provided for processing attention data. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, object data associated with at least one object of an exterior environment of the vehicle; receiving upcoming behavior data determined from a planned route of the vehicle; receiving gaze data sensed from an occupant of the vehicle; processing, by the processor, the object data, the upcoming behavior data, and the gaze data to determine an attention score associated with an attention of the occupant of the vehicle; and selectively generating, by the processor, signals to at least one of notify the occupant and control the vehicle based on the attention score.
US10528824B2
Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method of controlling a vehicle, includes receiving, via at least one processor, image data from each of plural cameras mounted on the vehicle. The method includes assembling, via the at least one processor, the image data from each of the plural cameras to form assembled image data. The method includes classifying and localizing lane features using an artificial neural network based on the assembled image data, to produce classified and localized lane data. The method includes performing, via the at least one processor, a data fusion process based on the classified and localized lane data, thereby producing fused lane feature data. The method includes controlling, via the at least one processor, the vehicle based, in part, on the fused lane feature data.
US10528816B2
Methods and systems are provided for displaying pertinent data, using augmented reality, to supplement information in images acquired by an imaging device of a mobile communication device. The images can be analyzed to find one or more matched objects, and recognition can be performed on the matched objects to recognize target components. It can be determined whether the recognized target components match one or more known patterns. Based on the known patterns pertinent data pertaining to the known patterns can be retrieved from one or more data sources, and displayed at a display using augmented reality to supplement information in the images acquired by the imaging device.
US10528815B2
A device, system, and method of assistance for visually impaired users. The system comprises a plurality of video cameras, often head mounted, computer processors and associated support devices and algorithms configured for computer vision, and a user worn haptic band comprising a plurality (two or more) of distantly spaced haptic transducers. This haptic band is worn such that user's hands are free for other tasks. The system uses its video camera, depth processing algorithms, and object recognition algorithms (hardware and/or software based) to identify a limited number of navigationally important objects. The spatial locations of each object deemed important is output to the user by varying output to the haptic transducers accordingly. The system is configured to identify and report objects as generic objects, identified objects, and potential obstacle objects. The system can also optionally provide audio information or tactile graphics display information pertaining to these objects as well.
US10528812B1
A system for object recognition and segmentation from digital images provides an intelligent object recognition and segmentation using one or more multilayer convolutional neural network (CNN) models trained in multiple-stages and in a parallel and distributed manner to improve training speed and efficiency. The training dataset used in each of the multiple training stages for the CNN models are generated, expanded, self-validated from a preceding stage. The trained final CNN models are augmented with post-model filters to enhance prediction accuracy by removing false positive object recognition and segmentation. The system provides improved accuracy to predict object labels to append to unlabeled image blocks in digital images. In one embodiment, the system may be useful for enhancing a digital landmark registry by appending identifying labels on new infrastructure improvements recognized in aerial or satellite land images.
US10528809B2
An iris image capturing device, an iris image recognition device and an iris image recognition method are provided. Multiple data sequences are captured, in which each data sequence includes an iris image. These data sequences are selected to be a positioning image or an image to be processed. The positioning image is for locating the iris, and the image to be processed is for generating a protected iris image according to where the iris is located in the positioning image.
US10528805B2
A biometric authentication apparatus acquires biometric information of a user, extracts a boundary candidate where a state of the biometric information changes, to extract a region in a vicinity of the boundary candidate and having a threshold area or greater, extracts a state feature quantity having a value that changes according to a change in the state of the biometric information, from the extracted region, and judges the state of the biometric information using the state feature quantity of the extracted region.
US10528794B2
A process at an electronic computing device that tailors an electronic digital assistant generated inquiry response as a function of previously detected user ingestion of related information includes receiving, from a video capture device configured to track a gaze direction of a first user, a video stream including a first field-of-view of the first user. An object is then identified in the video stream first field-of-view remaining in the first field-of-view for a determined threshold period of time, and the object processed via a video processing algorithm to produce object information, which is then stored. Subsequently, an inquiry is received from the first user for information, and it is determined that the inquiry is related to the object information. The electronic digital assistant then provides a response to the inquiry as a function of the object information.
US10528792B2
A display apparatus performs predetermined image processing on at least one image data item among the plurality of image data items, does not perform the predetermined image processing on at least another one image data item among the plurality of image data items, and to cause a display unit to display the plurality of image data items, if (A) it is determined, on the basis of meta-information associated with the plurality of image data items, that the plurality of image data items are image data items that have been output from a single image output apparatus, or if (B) it is determined that a display mode is set in which a plurality of image data items are to be displayed, the plurality of image data items including a first image data item and a second image data item generated by duplicating the first image data item.
US10528780B2
A wearable mobile electronic device is provided. The device includes: a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis between the proximal end and the distal end; a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and a third axis perpendicular to each of the longitudinal axis and the lateral axis; a data capture component, a pointing direction of the data capture component extending from the distal end; a touch display, a front surface of the touch display extending along the longitudinal axis and the lateral axis, the third axis normal to the front surface; and a mounting device configured to mount the housing to a hand such that the pointing direction of the data capture component points away from a wrist and the touch display is accessible to a thumb of the hand.
US10528776B1
Copies of a distributed ledger with multiple blocks are stored on multiple computing devices. A first computing device coming into proximity with a particular object triggers generation of a new block to the distributed ledger, the new block identifying a characteristic of the object and including a hash of a previous block of the distributed ledger. The new block is optionally verified before it is appended onto the distributed ledger and transmitted out to each of the multiple computing devices so that each copy of the distributed ledger includes the new block.
US10528774B2
An RFID system for selectively communicating with a targeted transponder from among a group of multiple adjacent transponders is provided. The RFID system may include a transponder conveyance system adapted to transport at least one targeted transponder from a group of multiple adjacent transponders through a transponder encoding area along a feeding direction and an antenna having a resonant inductor and a ferrite material, wherein the ferrite material at least partially covers the resonant inductor and defines an exposed portion of the resonant inductor. In one antenna-transponder alignment, the exposed portion extends substantially parallel to the feeding direction.
US10528769B2
A computer security device for protecting sensitive data stored in nonvolatile memory in a computer includes: an overvoltage generator comprising a high-voltage supply charging a capacitor through a resistor, wherein the capacitor is in electronic communication with the nonvolatile memory of the computer through a silicon-controlled rectifier; and a controller operable to receive a signal and in electronic communication with the overvoltage generator, wherein the controller is operable to produce a destruct signal. The generator is operable to apply an over-voltage condition to the nonvolatile memory of the computer through the silicon-controlled rectifier upon receiving the destruct signal from the controller.
US10528768B2
Methods and apparatus to provide user-level access authorization for cloud-based filed-programmable gate arrays are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) including a first memory and a second memory different from the first memory. The first memory stores a bitstream. The second memory stores a first user tag associated with the bitstream. The example apparatus further includes a kernel having an FPGA driver operatively coupled to the FPGA. The FPGA driver is to receive a command associated with accessing the FPGA from a user-executed application. The FPGA driver is further to identify a second user tag associated with the command. The FPGA driver is further to determine whether the command is to be accepted based on the second user tag.
US10528763B2
The invention discloses a method of protecting data exchanged between a service user and a service provider, which method comprises the steps of encoding data by converting meaningful content of the data into meaningless content to obtain encoded upload data for sending to the service provider; processing the encoded upload data at the service provider to obtain encoded download data for sending to the service user; and decoding the encoded download data by converting meaningless content of the encoded download data into meaningful content of download data.
US10528762B2
Aspects of the invention include receiving, using a processing system, a geographic location of a user. A trust level of an application is determined. Based at least in part on the trust level of the application meeting a threshold, the geographic location of the user is transmitted to the application. Based at least in part on the trust level of the application not meeting the threshold, a semantic label associated with the geographic location of the user is determined. The semantic label describes a type of place located at the geographic location of the user. An obfuscated geographic location that preserves the privacy of the geographic location of the user and is associated with a semantic label consistent with the semantic label associated with the geographic location of the user is generated. The obfuscated geographic location is transmitted to the application in place of the geographic location of the user.
US10528761B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for data anonymization in an in-memory database. An embodiment operates by identifying a textual attribute corresponding to data of an input table. A value corresponding to the textual attribute is determined for each of the plurality of records. A plurality of groups is generated based on the determined values. At least portion of the data as sorted into the plurality of groups is provided.
US10528760B2
Described is a system for cloud-based privacy-preserving navigation operations between multiple parties. The system performs a two-party computation (2PC) between input data related to a current location of a first party and public data stored on a cloud computing infrastructure. Each party individually performs a 2PC on the public data while maintaining privacy of their input data. The system then performs multi-party computations (MPC) between multiple parties and the cloud computing infrastructure. The multiple parties privately update the public data with a result obtained from the 2PC. For the first party, a privacy-preserved navigation result is generated using results obtained from the 2PC and the MPC. The first party is caused to perform a navigation operation based on the privacy-preserved navigation result.
US10528750B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user. These mechanisms and methods for displaying one or more data sets to a user can enable enhanced data security, more relevant data display, reduced processing, etc.
US10528743B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying characteristics of developers of problematic software. Report data generated by a security analysis tool is received, which is based at least in part on a security analysis of a program or an operational configuration. The report data indicates one or more security issues identified in the program or the operational configuration. A user is identified who is responsible for at least a threshold impact of the security issue(s). Coding or configuration characteristics associated with the user are then determined.
US10528741B1
Methods and systems are disclosed for automatically assessing and mitigating operational risks associated with using a software component in a software application. As a part of a method, one or more software components of the software application is accessed and software component characteristic information is received about each of the one or more software components, responsive to the accessing. The software component characteristic information includes information about a characteristic of a software component that is related to an operational risk associated with using the software component in the software application. Responsive to receiving the software component characteristic information, and based on the software component characteristic information, operational risk assessment information is generated using one or more rules. The generated operational risk assessment information is outputted where at least one step of the method is performed by a processor.
US10528736B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting preparatory-stages of rowhammer attacks may include (i) receiving, at a computing device, signatures of preparatory behaviors that are known to be exhibited by malicious virtual machines during preparatory stages of rowhammer attacks, (ii) monitoring, at the computing device, behaviors of a virtual machine that is hosted by the computing device, (iii) detecting, at the computing device while monitoring behaviors of the virtual machine, a behavior that matches one of the signatures of preparatory behaviors, and (iv) performing, in response to detecting the behavior that matches one of the signatures of preparatory behaviors, a security action to prevent the virtual machine from perpetrating a successful rowhammer attack. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10528735B2
Various approaches are described herein for, among other things, detecting and/or neutralizing attacks by malicious code. For example, instance(s) of a protected process are modified upon loading by injecting a runtime protector that creates a copy of each of the process' imported libraries and maps the copy into a random address inside the process' address space to form a “randomized” shadow library. The libraries loaded at the original address are modified into a stub library. Shadow and stub libraries are also created for libraries that are loaded after the process creation is finalized. Consequently, when malicious code attempts to retrieve the address of a given procedure, it receives the address of the stub procedure, thereby neutralizing the malicious code. When the original program's code (e.g., the non-malicious code) attempts to retrieve the address of a procedure, it receives the correct address of the requested procedure (located in the shadow library).
US10528728B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system provides security for a device and includes at least one processor. The system monitors a plurality of networked devices for a security risk. Each networked device is associated with a corresponding security risk tolerance. In response to a monitored security risk for one or more of the plurality of networked devices exceeding the corresponding risk tolerance, a network service is initiated to perform one or more actions on each of the one or more networked devices to alleviate the associated security risk. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for providing security to a device in substantially the same manner described above.
US10528727B2
A system and method is provided for detecting anomalous events occurring in an operating system of a computing device. An exemplary method includes detecting an event that occurs in the operating system of the computing device during execution of a software process. Moreover, the method includes determining a context of the detected event and forming a convolution of the detected event based on selected features of the determined context of the detected event. Further, the method includes determining a popularity of the formed convolution by polling a database containing data relating to a frequency of detected events occurring in client devices in a network, where the detected events of the client devices correspond to the detected event in the computing device. If the determined popularity is below a threshold value, the method determines that the detected event is an anomalous event.
US10528722B2
In one example, an enclave pool is formed. The enclave pool may include a plurality of enclaves. Each enclave may have a private enclave key and a public enclave key. A shared enclave pool key may be generated from or otherwise based on the public enclave key of each enclave of the enclave pool. A first enclave may be allocated from the enclave pool to a first cryptlet. A payload of the first enclave is received. The payload of the first enclave may be signed with a first digital signature by the private enclave key of the first enclave. A payload of the second enclave may be received. The payload of the second enclave may be signed with a second digital signature by the private enclave key of the second enclave. The first digital signature and the second signature may be validated via the shared enclave pool key.
US10528718B2
Techniques for providing a data confidence index are presented herein. In one embodiment, a method includes setting a default confidence index for a remote computing device, the confidence index indicating trustworthiness of data provided by the remote computing device, the remote computing device operating as part of a network of cooperating devices; applying a plurality of ordered rules for the remote computing device, respective rules comprising a rule pre-condition and a confidence index adjustment, respective rules considering one of a behavior of the remote computing device and a property of the remote computing device; and adjusting the confidence index for the remote computing device responsive to results of applying the plurality of ordered rules. A system and apparatus substantially perform steps of the disclosed method.
US10528712B2
Methods and systems are provided in this disclosure for operating an electronic device. The electronic device includes a user interface, a microphone, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor determines whether a user assistance restriction is established for a current functional operation of the electronic device. The microphone captures an audio stream and the electronic processor analyzing the audio stream to identify spoken words captured by the microphone. The electronic processor detects a violation of the user assistance restriction for the current functional operation of the electronic device based at least in part on a correlation between one or more of the identified spoken words captured by the microphone and a current functional operation of the electronic device. The electronic processor adjusts one or more operations of the electronic device in response to detecting the violation of the user assistance restriction.
US10528702B2
Mechanisms are provided for communicating with a patient. The mechanisms generate a patient registry comprising a plurality of patient registry records, each patient registry record being associated with a corresponding patient and comprising personal and medical information about the corresponding patient. The mechanisms collect, for each patient registry record, first data regarding treatment of the corresponding patient and second data regarding communications made with the corresponding patient. The mechanisms determine, based on analysis of the first data and second data associated with each of the patient registry records, a mode of communication that is most likely to result in a successful treatment of patients. The mechanisms initiate a communication with a patient of interest using the determined mode of communication based on the results of the determination.
US10528701B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for sepsis care management. First data regarding a patient and second data regarding a clinician's treatment of a patient are received by at least one processor. The first data regarding the patient is processed to assess a likelihood that the patient would benefit from administration of each of one or more critical actions for treatment of sepsis, wherein at least one of the one or more critical actions relates to a request for at least one additional diagnostic action. A target treatment protocol, comprising a decision for each of the one or more critical actions, is determined based on the assessed likelihoods. The second data regarding a clinician's treatment of the patient is compared to the target treatment protocol and a notification is provided to the clinician if the second data is incompatible with the target treatment protocol.
US10528700B2
An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs are discoverable by a gateway device on which models of industrial assets can be defined, where the models reference the BIDTs defined on the industrial devices. The gateway device can retrieve industrial data from the data tags, formatted in accordance with the data types and associated user-defined metadata specific to the respective data types. The gateway device or a separate application server system can then generate graphical presentations of the industrial data in accordance with the model and the metadata.
US10528691B1
A method for automated selection of a subset of a plurality of validation tests for testing a device under test (DUT), may include obtaining the plurality of validation tests; using a processor, obtaining from a user, via an input device, one or a plurality of conditions relating to one or a plurality of execution parameters; and using a processor, analyzing each of the validation tests to identify a subset of the validation tests that includes verification tests conforming to said one or a plurality of conditions.
US10528689B1
A system and methods to verify a correctness of data formatted according to an IEEE P1687 (IJTAG) standard, in connection with migration of test patterns from an instrument level to a top level of an integrated circuit design. Data describing an integrated circuit at the instrument level and at the top level is read from Instrument Connectivity Language (ICL) files, Procedural Description Language (PDL) files, and hardware description language (HDL) files. The methods include at least one of verifying structural descriptions of the integrated circuit in the ICL files and verifying an ability to use chip level inputs to access instruments in the integrated circuit. The verification procedure is performed prior to a simulation in which a migrated test pattern is applied to the integrated circuit.
US10528682B2
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable medium for automatically characterizing performance of a System-on-Chip (SoC) and/or Network-on-Chip (NoC) with respect to latency and throughput attributes of one or more traffic flows/profiles under varying traffic load conditions. The characterization of performance may involve a plot representative of latency and throughput, depending on the desired implementation.
US10528679B2
A system and method for real time translation of scanned documents includes a multifunction peripheral having intelligent controller including a processor and associated memory. A scan engine generates an electronic image of a tangible document and a touchscreen user interface receives a user scan instruction. The scan operation generates a scan file and a generated image of the document is displayed on the touchscreen. A user selects an area of the generated image via the touchscreen. An optical character recognition operation generates a character based file which is then translated from a source language to a target language. The resultant translation is then displayed on the touchscreen.
US10528677B1
A social networking system determines whether a particular user is qualified to provide translations of text from a first language to a second language. The determination may include evaluation of the language competencies of the user, and also of the trustworthiness of the user as a translator, as determined based on prior translations submitted by the user. The social networking system also selects translations of a text item for a user to whom that text is to be shown. When evaluating a candidate translation for presentation to the user, the evaluation may assess factors such as the determined qualification as a translator of the user who provided the candidate translation; a quality score of the candidate translation itself; and/or the similarity of the user viewing the content and the user providing the candidate translation.
US10528676B2
Translations for items of user-generated content are received from one or more users associated with a social networking system and/or one or more machine-generated translations. Each translation may translate a content item from a source or original language to a target language. Votes regarding the suitability of the translations are received from one or more users. In one aspect, the option to provide translations and/or vote on translations is provided to those users that are determined to be competent in the source language of the item of user-generated content. Determination of whether a user is competent in the source language can be based on the user profile of the user, the user-generated content of the user, the language competencies of the user's connections, and/or other social signals.
US10528673B2
A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
US10528672B2
A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
US10528666B2
Methods and apparatuses for determining a domain of a sentence are disclosed. The apparatus may generate, using an autoencoder, an embedded feature from an input feature indicating an input sentence, and determine a domain of the input sentence based on a location of the embedded feature in an embedding space where embedded features are distributed.
US10528653B2
A document accessible on a network may be opened by multiple users. A user may use a thin client application to access the document, wherein an image of the document and XML data including comments and locations of the comments in the document. Hint icons are displayed in the document where comments are anchored. Upon selection of a hint, an HTML comments pane may be displayed to a side of the document, exposing comments and replies to comments currently stored in the document. The comments pane may be scrolled to the comment associated with the selected hint. Additionally, highlighting may be provided over elements in the document associated with a selected comment. Comments may be added via the comments pane and saved to the document on the network. Comments and comment location data may be communicated to other clients, allowing for collaborative communication via a thin client application.
US10528651B2
A method, system, and/or computer program product provides client-side aggregation of web content. A client system receives a first and second set of content to be displayed on a web page and an associated style sheet describing a visual layout to be used when displaying the web page. The first and second sets of content are aggregated to create a combined set of content. A fully aggregated web page is created by transforming the combined set of content into a hypertext markup language (HTML) document. A browser on the client system then renders and displays the fully aggregated web page. An activation of an element on the rendered fully aggregated web page is detected, causing a change to the combined set of content. In response to detecting the activation of the element, a full page refresh of the rendered fully aggregated web page is executed.
US10528645B2
A processing device in an electronic device receives a search query for a reflowable electronic content item, the search query indicating at least one of a first formatting style or a first formatting construct. The processing device determines a first page of the electronic content item for which style data indicates that at least a portion of content data associated with the first page was previously presented using the at least one of the first formatting style or the first formatting construct, wherein the content data associated with the first page is defined according to previous display configuration settings used to previously present the first page. The processing device causes presentation of an indication of the first page as a search result.
US10528637B2
Systems and methods for presentation of content, or a title or link to content or presentation to a user on webpages of a website are provided. In one embodiment, a recommended content platform optimizes the links displayed on web pages based on a portfolio of content sources which determine which links are displayed in a given page view. The algorithms may or may not utilize data relating to user interaction with webpages and may produce different sets of links depending on the content of a webpage and a position on a webpage where the links are to be displayed. A given webpage may present links from multiple content sources displayed using multiple user interface elements distributed throughout the webpage.
US10528626B2
The disclosure concerns systems and methods for extracting data from documents. A computer receives a message from a sender. The message has the electronic document and an electronic address of the sender. Based on the address of the sender the computer selects a map that comprises location data of data fields and determines values of the data fields by extracting data from the electronic document using the location data of the selected map. Since the computer selects the map based on the address of the sender the computer does not need to rely on the content of the electronic document to select the correct map to use, which makes the selection less prone to errors and the method can be used with existing email systems.
US10528614B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing images from a gaze tracking device to provide location information for tracked entities. A gazed image is received from a gaze tracking device at which the user is gazing while operating the gaze tracking device. User speech is received from a microphone. The user speech is as having memorization intent. A description of a tracked entity that is an object of the memorization intent is extracted from the user speech. A tracking object in a tracking object database is created including the gazed image and the extracted description of the tracked entity for which the user has memorization intent. A determination is made of a location of the tracked entity and the determined location of the tracked entity is associated with the created tracking object in the tracking object database.
US10528612B2
A method and system for processing a request document including a request. The request document is processed using a question analysis function of a question answering system, thereby extracting elements of the request. The question answering system has multiple functions including the question analysis function. The extracted elements are categorized in accordance with an ontology model, thereby generating ontology components assigned to the extracted elements. A knowledge base includes data indicative of solutions for requests. The solutions for requests in the knowledge base are categorized in accordance with the ontology model. The knowledge base is searched using the generated ontology components, thereby identifying solutions for the request. The identified solutions are provided.
US10528607B2
Various approaches for automating code completion are described herein. More particularly, approaches are provided that automatically generate coded commands of a coding language (i.e., code) that function and operate as intended by the user. As the user codes the commands, such approaches assist a user in various ways. For example, such automated assistance provides the user an understanding of various coding options available in the coding language. The assistance also enforces the proper employment of the available coding options, as well as provides an understanding of the functionality of the generated code. Automating code completion provides various benefits to the user, such as decreasing the time the user spends generating code, increasing the likelihood that the generated code functions and operates on a system as intended, and reducing the number of code versions required to be executed or compiled by the system.
US10528600B1
Described is a system for identifying communication behavior patterns in communication activity time series. For each pair of variables in the communication activity time series, the system determines a transfer entropy measure, an effective transfer entropy measure from a randomly reordered version of the communication activity time series, and a partial effective transfer entropy measure. A dependency matrix is generated using pair-wised effective transfer entropy measures and partial effective transfer entropy measures, where each element in the matrix represents a total influence of a communication activity time series on another communication activity time series in the future. The dependency matrix is compared with dependency matrices generated from a predefined set of communication patterns to identify the communication behavior pattern. The system generates instructions regarding positioning of a sensor, such that the instructions provide guidance regarding placement of the sensor at a geographical region related to the identified communication pattern.
US10528596B2
A system and method is described for database split generation in a massively parallel or distributed database environment including a plurality of databases and a data warehouse layer providing data summarization and querying functionality. A database table accessor of the system obtains, from an associated client application, a query for data in a table of the data warehouse layer, wherein the query includes a user preference. The system obtains table data representative of properties of the table, and determines a splits generator in accordance with one or more of the user preference or the properties of the table. The system generates, by the selected splits generator, table splits dividing the user query into a plurality of query splits, and outputs the plurality of query splits to an associated plurality of mappers for execution by the associated plurality of mappers of each of the plurality of query splits against the table.
US10528593B2
Provided are techniques for delayed consistent point-in-time copy from a secondary device in an asynchronous mirror relationship. A consistent asynchronous mirror copy that includes an asynchronous mirror copy from a primary volume to a secondary volume and a point-in-time copy from the secondary volume to a tertiary volume is performed. A point-in-time copy is created from the secondary volume to an accessible consistent copy volume. In response to receiving a request to access a track of the accessible consistent copy volume, it is determined whether to access the track of one of the secondary volume, the tertiary volume, and the accessible consistent copy volume. A response to the request is provided with data accessed from the determined one of the secondary volume, the tertiary volume, and the accessible consistent copy volume.
US10528592B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for database scaling for multi-tenant applications. One example method includes receiving an indication to migrate a tenant of an application from a default database to a scale database. The tenant is locked. At least one stateful component that includes state information for the tenant is identified. The state information is serialized. The identified stateful component(s) are shut down. Data for the tenant is copied from the default database to the scale database. The tenant is assigned to the scale database. The serialized state information is de-serialized to generate de-serialized state information, and the de-serialized state information is stored in the scale database. The stateful component(s) are restarted and the tenant is unlocked.
US10528589B2
Some embodiments disclose techniques for enabling cross visualization interaction between data corresponding to different visualizations. In an embodiment, a visual analyzer system is disclosed that is capable of generating and displaying a plurality of visualizations to a user via a graphical user interface. The visual analyzer system is capable of receiving a selection of a particular portion of a visualization from a user and correlating the selected portion with portions of data in other visualizations that are displayed to the user. In some embodiments, the visual analyzer system is capable of highlighting the correlated portions of the data and presenting the highlighted portions via the graphical user interface to a user.
US10528575B2
A search query is received from a search engine of multiple search engines. One or more search results from each search engine of the multiple search engines in response to the search query are received. Each search result of the one or more search results includes a first search score. A factor is determined for each search result of the one or more search results. A second search score is determined for each search result of the one or more search results based on the first search score and the factor. The one or more search results are displayed to a user of the search engine in an order. The order is based on the second search score.
US10528573B1
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes, at a social media playback system comprising one or more computer processors and in communication with a data communications network, receiving data representing social media content from at least one social media service in communication with the communications network, the social media content comprising elements of social media, receiving, from a media provider in communication with the communications network, schedule data pertaining to a first media program, calculating, based at least in part on the schedule data, a relevance score for a first keyword identified in the social media content, the relevance score indicative of the relevance of the first keyword to the first media program, determining that the relevance score calculated for the first keyword satisfies a relevance score threshold, and storing data associating the first keyword and the first media program.
US10528572B2
The technology described herein provides an efficient mechanism for quickly analyzing huge amounts of media content to find media content (hereafter “content” or “media content”) that is relevant to a user. The technology analyzes features of a curator to classify curators by interest and/or find curators with similar content recommendations. The curator data can be used to make curator recommendations to users based on the user's interests. The technology described herein collects curator data from multiple content sites and analyzes the data to identify curators that recommend similar content on different content sites.
US10528571B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. A query is received. Search results are identified that are responsive to the query. A content item is identified for presentation along with the search results. It is determined, based on one or more criteria, when the content item is to be augmented. When it is determined that the content item is to be augmented and after identifying the search results, the content item is augmented based at least in part on an entry in the search result. An augmented content item is created. The augmented content item is provided.
US10528558B2
A method for processing a database query on a database system includes receiving the database query at the database system, determining a sequence of database operations for processing the database query, estimating a number of incoming data elements of the database system to be processed for each of the database operations, estimating a workload of a programmable integrated circuit of the database system for each of the database operations based on the estimated number of incoming data elements, assuming each of the database operations is performed in a single instantiation, selecting a number of instantiations Ni for a database operation i of the sequence of database operations based on the estimated workload of the programmable integrated circuit for the database operation i, and configuring the programmable integrated circuit to execute the determined sequence of database operations, the database operation i is instantiated Ni times.
US10528550B2
The method can include receiving the first stream of tuples to be processed by the stream operator hosted by one or more computer processors, the stream operator having at least one input port and a condition input port. The method can also include receiving, at runtime, a customized condition at the condition input port of the stream operator. The method can also include monitoring a first group of one or more tuples from the first stream of tuples at a first window of the stream operator. The method can also include determining whether the first group of one or more tuples at the first window fulfills the customized condition. The method can also include deleting, in response to the first group of one or more tuples fulfilling the customized condition, the first group of one or more tuples.
US10528545B1
A data processing system is disclosed for accessing databases and updated data items and triggering event notifications. The data processing system may comprise a first database including a plurality of records, and a second database including a plurality of trigger indicators. The database system may further include a hardware processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions in order to: receive an update data item; identify a record corresponding to the update data item; cause an update to the record based on information included with the update data item; identify a trigger indicator corresponding to the update to the record; determine that a type of the trigger indicator matches a type of the update to the record; and generate an event notification including information included in the update.
US10528539B2
In an example, there is disclosed an apparatus, comprising: a data store comprising a hash table having for at least some rows a hash entry indexed by a hash value, and comprising a hash chain of one or more pointers to a history buffer, and a spill counter; and one or more logic elements, including at least one hardware logic element, comprising a data compressor to: inspect a string0 comprising n bytes at position p in a data file; get the spill counter from a hash entry corresponding to string0; inspect a string1 comprising n bytes at p+k, wherein k is a positive integer; get the spill counter from a hash entry corresponding to string1; determine that the spill counter for string1 is less than the spill counter for string0; and search a chain1 (the hash chain of a hash entry corresponding to string1) for a matching string of size at least n+k with an offset of −k.
US10528538B2
Techniques are described herein for using user-defined aggregate functions for updating inverted index tables. A user-defined aggregate function is registered in a database system for updating an index table based on changes stored in a staging table. A query specifying the user-defined aggregate function may be executed in parallel to parallelize the updating of the index table.
US10528535B2
Some aspects as disclosed herein are directed to, for example, a system and method of configuring one or more configurable database work file limits and performing one or more actions in response to reaching or approaching the work file limits. The method may comprise determining, by a computing device, a user identifier associated with a user and an application identifier associated with an application. The computing device may determine, based on the user identifier and the application identifier, a workfile storage usage threshold associated with the user and the application. The computing device may determine whether a workfile storage usage associated with the user and the application approaches or exceeds the workfile storage usage limit. In response to determining that the workfile storage usage associated with the user and the application approaches or exceeds the workfile storage usage limit, the method may comprise determining a database language statement associated with the workfile storage usage approaching or exceeding the workfile storage usage limit and/or generating a notification comprising the database language statement and the workfile storage usage associated with the user and the application.
US10528532B2
A computer implemented method for integrating data into a target database may include: providing a plurality of source databases which each may include a relational schema and data for integration into the target database; generating at least one complexity model based on the relational schema and data of each source database, each complexity model indicating at least one inconsistency between two or more of the data sources which may be require to be resolved to integrate the data from the data sources into the target database; and generating an effort model that may include an effort value for each inconsistency indicated by each complexity model, each effort value indicating at least one of a time period and a financial cost to resolve the inconsistency to integrate data from the data sources into the target database.
US10528531B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for verifying biodata by verifying, in real-time, whether there are errors in biodata received from a client terminal. The method may include the steps of: receiving a request to upload biodata from the client terminal and storing the biodata to a storage system; extracting sequences from the biodata and verifying whether the sequences are valid data; upon detection of errors in a sequence, calculating an error ratio of the sequence and, when the calculated error ratio exceeds a threshold value, terminating the upload of the biodata.
US10528524B2
A method, system, and/or computer program product modify a computer resource that has been moved to a new geolocation. One or more processors detect that a geolocation of a software resource has changed to a new geolocation. In response to detecting that the geolocation of the software resource has changed to the new geolocation, the processor(s) apply a geolocation based resource policy to alter the software resource.
US10528520B2
A method, computer program product and/or system saves an original logical block in a file system and generates a first heatmap reflecting access operations on the original logical block. After taking of a file system snapshot, and receiving information that the original logical block is going to be revised, a second heatmap is generated, reflecting predicted access operations on the revised logical block. The second heatmap is based, at least in part, on the first heatmap. Selecting a physical storage location for the revised logical block is based on the second heatmap.
US10528518B2
An all-to-all communication operation which is carried out in a fabric of networked entities by defining in each of the entities a plurality of memory regions of contiguous memory addresses holding messages therein, and exchanging the messages repeatedly with all the other entities. Relatively small messages are copied using a CPU and larger messages are transmitted using scatter/gather facilities.
US10528515B2
An apparatus is described that includes a memory channel driver circuit having first driver circuitry to drive a data signal on a memory channel and second driver circuitry to drive an echo cancellation signal on the memory channel. The echo cancellation signal includes echo cancellation pulses that follow corresponding pulses of the data signal by an amount of time that causes the echo cancellation pulses to reduce reflections of the corresponding pulses of the data signal at a memory device that is coupled to the memory channel.
US10528509B2
The present disclosure discloses an expansion bus device that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of input-output devices. The expansion bus device includes a plurality of input-output slots, via which the plurality of input-output devices are coupled to the expansion bus device. The expansion bus device also includes a retimer switch communicatively connected to each of the plurality of input-output slots. The retimer switch supports switching between the plurality of input-output slots.
US10528500B2
A data packet processing method comprises: receiving data packet including a key message; analyzing the key message; determining whether the data packet is a high priority data packet or a normal data packet according to a result of analyzing the first key message of the data packet; and executing an Rx high priority interrupt in response to determining that the data packet is the high priority data packet. The Rx high priority interrupt is to immediately transmit an interrupt signal to interrupt receiving of the data packets.
US10528493B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure identify a target chip from among multiple chips coupled to a shared bus and customize an optimization parameter for the particular chip. Stated differently, in a communication system where only one chip (or a subset of chips) on a shared bus is the intended target, the system can customize an optimization parameter for the specific location of the target chip on the bus. As new data is received that is intended for a different chip—i.e., the target chip changes—the system can dynamically change the parameter based on the location of the new target chip on the bus.
US10528490B2
An apparatus and method are provided for managing bounded pointers. The apparatus has processing circuitry to execute a sequence of instructions, and a plurality of storage elements accessible to the processing circuitry, for storage of bounded pointers and non-bounded pointers. Each bounded pointer has explicit range information associated therewith indicative of an allowable range of memory addresses when using the bounded pointer. A current range check storage element is then used to store a current range check state for the processing circuitry. When the current range check state indicates a default state, the processing circuitry is responsive to execution of a memory access instruction identifying a pointer to be used to identify a memory address, to perform a range check operation to determine whether access to that memory address is permitted. In particular, when the memory access instruction identifies as the pointer one of the bounded pointers, the range check operation is performed with reference to the explicit range information associated with that bounded pointer. If instead the memory access instruction identifies a non-bounded pointer, the range check operation is performed with reference to default range information defined for the processing circuitry. On detection of at least one event, the current range check state is set to an executive state. When in the executive state, the processing circuitry is responsive to execution of a memory access instruction to disable the range check operation when the identified pointer is a non-bounded pointer. This provides an efficient, but controlled, mechanism for enabling the set of bounded pointers available to the processing circuitry to be altered.
US10528488B1
A method for efficient name coding in a storage system is provided. The method includes identifying common prefixes, common suffixes, and midsections of a plurality of strings in the storage system, and writing the common prefixes, midsections and common suffixes to a string table in the storage system. The method includes encoding each string of the plurality of strings as to position in the string table of prefix, midsection and suffix of the string, and writing the encoding of each string to memory in the storage system for the plurality of strings, in the storage system.
US10528474B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing access requests from a host to tracks in storage. A cursor is set to point to a track in a range of tracks established for sequential accesses. Cache resources are accessed for the cache for tracks in the range of tracks in advance of processing access requests to the range of tracks. Indication is received of a subset of tracks in the range of tracks for subsequent access transactions and a determination is made whether the cursor points to a track in the subset of tracks. The cursor is set to point to a track in the subset of tracks and cache resources are accessed for tracks in the subset of tracks for anticipation of access transactions to tracks in the subset of tracks.
US10528464B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory having memory dies controlled in parallel and each including a plurality of physical blocks, and a controller. The controller manages a plurality of logical areas for storing data portions received from the host and parities calculated from the data portions, the logical areas including first and second logical areas for storing first and second parity groups, respectively. Each first parity group includes k data portions received from the host and m parities calculated therefrom. Each second parity group includes k′ data portions received from the host and m′ parities calculated therefrom. Also, the controller maps each logical area to storage locations in the non-volatile memory dies such that the data portions and the parities of any one parity group are each stored in a different physical block in a set of physical blocks selected from different non-volatile memory dies.
US10528460B2
An information processing system, computer readable storage medium, and a method for managing computer memory. The method includes initializing at least one memory allocator within a computing system; deploying the at least one memory allocator on a multi-user or cloud system where users are charged a monetary fee based on consumption of at least one memory resource; determining, by the at least one memory allocator, a consumption of the at least one memory resource; determining a cost associated with the consumption that has been determined; and determining a monetary fee to charge the user based on the cost that has been determined.
US10528457B2
An automated system is presented for unit testing an application in a mainframe execution environment. The system includes a test configurator, a stub setup routine and an interceptor routine. The test configurator is configured to receive and parse a test input file, where the test input file includes a record for a particular file accessed by the application using the given type of file system. Upon reading the record, the test configurator calls the stub setup routine. The stub setup routine is associated with the given type of file system and creates an object for the particular file in the mainframe execution environment, such that the object is instantiated from a class representing the given type of file system. The interceptor routine is accessible by the application. In response to a given command issued by the application for the given type of file system, the interceptor routine operates to interact with methods provided by the object.
US10528451B2
Systems and methods for visualizing and/or analyzing trace data collected during execution of a computer system are described. Algorithms and user interface elements are disclosed for providing user interfaces, data summarization technologies, and/or underlying file structures to facilitate such visualization and/or analysis. Trace data history summarization algorithms are also disclosed. Various combinations of the disclosed systems and methods may be employed, depending on the particular requirements of each implementation.
US10528440B2
Systems and methods for generating a platform-independent metadata catalog framework of a database system are disclosed. These include receiving, at the database system, a metadata object, and determining a version of the received metadata object. Responsive to determining that a metadata catalog, which has catalog entries associated with unique versions of metadata objects, does not include a catalog entry associated with the version of the received metadata object, a catalog entry in the metadata catalog is created. The created catalog entry is then associated with the version of the received metadata object. Furthermore, a version number based on the version of the received metadata is generated, which is associated with the created catalog entry. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US10528439B2
A semiconductor system may include a host, a memory controller and a memory apparatus. The host may generate a mirror request when a program requiring a mirroring operation is executed. The memory controller may generate mirror information based on the mirror request. The memory apparatus may dynamically perform the mirroring operation based on the mirror information.
US10528434B2
The present disclosure provides a method, a device and a terminal for restoring a firmware program, which pertains to the technical field of electronic devices. The method may be applied in a terminal having an activated first storage region storing a firmware program most recently executed by the terminal and an inactivated second storage region storing a back-up firmware program. The method may include: receiving a signal to restore a firmware program in the terminal; in response to the receiving of the signal to restore the firmware program, deactivating the first storage region and activating the second storage region; and loading in the terminal the back-up firmware program stored in the activated second storage region. The disclosure may solve a problem in the related art that a firmware program can be restored only by using a flash tool, and it may achieve an effect of restoring a firmware program with the use of a single key, and thus facilitate simpler operation of the terminal by the user.
US10528429B1
A method is used in managing recovery of file systems. A determination is made during recovery of a file system as to whether information required for recovering the file system is missing. Based on the determination, storage for a slice is provisioned. The slice is updated with the information required for recovering the file system. Recovery of the file system is performed.
US10528412B2
In one aspect, multiple data path error collection is provided in a storage management system. In one embodiment, an error condition in a main data path between the storage controller and at least one of a host and a storage unit is detected, and in response, a sequence of error data collection operations to collect error data through a main path is initiated. In response to a failure to collect error data at a level of the sequential error data collection operations, error data is collected through an alternate data path as a function of the error data collection level at which the failure occurred. Other aspects are described.
US10528410B2
Techniques and mechanisms to identify an error to a host that controls a memory component based on communications based on a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Unified Protocol specification. In an embodiment, the memory component detects an error based on a data frame sent to the memory component from the host. In response to detecting the error, the memory device sends to the host a negative acknowledgment control (NAC) message including a negative acknowledgment identifier and an error code identifying an error type of the detected error. The NAC message is based on a NAC frame structure defined by the MIPI Unified Protocol specification. In another embodiment, the host receives the NAC message and stores error information based on the error code of the NAC message. The stored error information is accessible for purposes such as performance evaluation of the host and debugging.
US10528407B2
A method may include generating, by a diagnosis manager, a plurality of pre-processed files based on a plurality of log files containing operational information related to one or more of the plurality of modules operating in the cloud environment. The method may include generating a set of weightage matrices based on a plurality of tokens extracted from the plurality of pre-processed files, and identifying a plurality of clusters based on the set of weightage matrices. The method may further include determining, by a resolution manager coupled with the diagnosis manager, an operational issue for a specific module selected from the plurality of modules and associated with a specific cluster selected from the plurality of clusters, based on the subset of tokens associated with the specific cluster; and performing a predefined action on the specific module based on the operational issue.
US10528406B2
An application object framework provides a software developer with an ability to configure protocol extensions to the application object framework. The software developer may be enabled to configure protocol extensions to the application object framework that enable network communications using protocols that were not originally designed for use by the application object framework, or that did not exist at a time of creation or purchase of the application object framework.
US10528399B2
Techniques are disclosed for faster loading of data for hardware accelerators. One technique includes after determining that an accelerator is not ready to perform a workload, identifying data associated with performing the workload and negotiating for the data on behalf of the accelerator. After the negotiation, a cache directory entry associated with the data is marked with a “claimed” state indicating that the accelerator has obtained ownership of the data but does not have possession of the data. After an indication that the accelerator is ready to accept the data for the workload is received, the data is moved from a previous owner that has possession of the data to the accelerator. Another technique includes requesting a processing unit to perform a workload. If the processing unit is not ready to perform the workload, a translation cache used by the processing unit is warmed up by another unit.
US10528398B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that detects an initiation of a reset flow in a network edge computing system and determines one or more attributes of one or more long flow instructions during the reset flow, wherein the one or more attributes include a latency of the one or more long flow instructions. Additionally, the one or more attributes may be documented via an interface that is accessible by one or more of an operating system or a hypervisor associated with the network edge computing system.
US10528397B2
A method includes receiving, via a controlling Baseboard management controller (BMC), a request for a virtual machine (VM); providing, via the controlling BMC, a notification for requesting the VM to one or more candidate BMCs, to make at least one of the candidate BMCs provide an available response in response to resources monitored by the second BMC are sufficient for the VM; and assigning, via the controlling BMC, an assigned BMC to perform a VM creating operation according to the available response, such that the assigned BMC requests one or more processors corresponding thereto to create the VM.
US10528389B2
An apparatus and a method are presented for executing a program including a plurality of tasks, wherein one or more tasks of the plurality of tasks have real-time constraints, the method comprising the following steps for each task with real-time constraints: determining a real-time reference model for the task, wherein the real-time reference model of a task includes a plurality of micro tasks which are a partitioning of the task and an order among the micro tasks according to all possible execution paths of the task, and wherein the reference model includes a reference timing for each micro task; executing the task and a plurality of other tasks and determining after execution of a micro task of the task an actual timing, comparing the actual timing to the reference timing, and based on the comparing increasing the priority of the task.
US10528383B2
A method of identifying historical snapshots for a virtual machine (VM) is provided. Some example operations include receiving a request for a historical snapshot of a VM, the request indicating an ID for the VM. A detection is made that the ID for the VM in the request received is a new ID assigned to a VM. A determination is made whether the new ID corresponds to a newly created VM or an existing VM that has been previously registered using a previous ID, wherein the determining includes accessing a property of the VM including a use case identifier associated with an instant recovery request for a specific VM. Based on identifying that the new ID corresponds to a newly created VM, a new VM Group (VMG) object is created for the newly created VM corresponding to the new ID.
US10528382B2
A storage layer based orchestration method can efficiently migrate a virtualized, enterprise scale system across disparate virtualization environments. A copy of a source logical storage container with multiple virtual disks of virtual machines (VMs) can be created in a public cloud destination as a destination logical storage container. Each of the VMs is associated with at least one virtual disk that includes boot data (“boot disk”) for the VM. With application programming interface function calls and/or scripted task automation and configuration management commands, the orchestration method coordinates different applications and tools to convert the boot disks into canonical storage representations (e.g., logical unit numbers (LUNs)), to instantiate VMs in the destination environment, and to chain load the boot disks to launch the VMs in a different virtualization environment.
US10528380B2
A communication channel may be implemented from a host operating system (OS) to a guest OS of a virtual machine. The method may include receiving an instruction to create a communication channel between a guest OS of a virtual machine and host OS of a host computer system. The method may further include transmitting, to a virtual Universal Serial Bus (USB) hub executed by the host OS, a first request to create a virtual USB device on the virtual USB hub. The method may also include providing the virtual USB device to the guest OS and identifying an operation to be performed by the guest OS on the virtual USB device. The method may include providing, from the guest OS to the virtual USB hub of the host OS, a second request that includes the operation to be performed by the guest OS.
US10528378B2
The application discloses a load evaluation system for virtual machines in a cloud environment, comprising: a monitored data collecting module which is configured to collect monitored data from one or more virtual machines in a cloud data center; a monitored data processing module which is coupled with the monitored data collecting module and is configured to: perform aggregated grouping on the monitored data by using a first KMeans algorithm for each of the one or more virtual machines, each group having a center point coordinate, and calculate a performance characteristic of each virtual machine of the one or more virtual machines according to the grouping and the center point coordinates of individual groups, i.e., a first characteristic value; perform aggregated grouping on the one or more virtual machines using a second KMeans algorithm based on the first characteristic value of each virtual machine, thus determining the characteristic type and performance load value of each virtual machine of the one or more virtual machines. The application also discloses a load evaluation method for virtual machines in a cloud environment as well as a service node.
US10528370B2
Systems and methods for providing a custom action for an information post are described. In one embodiment, data for generating a user interface component for display at a client machine may be transmitted from a server to the client machine. The user interface component displaying one or more information posts may be capable of being generated in accordance with first computing programming language instructions provided by a first entity. Each information post may include information relating to a record stored on a storage medium accessible to the server. Selected ones of the information posts may have associated therewith a custom action activation mechanism for activating a custom action relating to the associated information post. The custom action activation mechanism may be capable of being generated in accordance with second computer programming language instructions provided by a second entity.
US10528361B2
Aspects described herein may provide methods and systems for loading a second application from a first application while maintaining a consistent user experience. A technique may comprise receiving, by a client application, a first application from web servers. Upon receipt of a request for a second application, the first application may display a first loading display. The client application and/or the first application may then retrieve the second application and, in the process of retrieving the second application, cause the second application to display a similar loading display. When the client application switches from the first application to the second application, the client may display the second loading display. The similarity of the two loading displays may minimize the interruption perceived by the user. The loading displays may comprise indications of loading status, advertisements, interactive elements, or other content for display to the user.
US10528357B2
A method and system for identifying a data recorder based upon a unique signature generated for the data recorder. Configuration information is received, the information specifying a plurality of data recording input parameters which are selected to facilitate use of the data recorder in a particular data recording application. A unique signature is generated according for the data recorder, the unique signature including a code which uniquely identifies the data recorder based on a transformation of the configuration information. The unique signature is stored for subsequent access or reference. To differentiate between similar makes and models of data recorders, at least a portion of the unique signature includes a unique core part number that is assigned to only one data recorder by, for example, the manufacturer of the data recorder.
US10528356B2
An apparatus and method for supporting simultaneous multiple iterations (SMI) and iteration level commits (ILC) in a course grained reconfigurable architecture (CGRA). The apparatus includes: Hardware structures that connect all of multiple processing engines (PEs) to a load-store unit (LSU) configured to keep track of which compiled program code iterations have completed, which ones are in flight and which are yet to begin, and a control unit including hardware structures that are used to maintain synchronization and initiate and terminate loops within the PEs. The PEs, LSU and control unit are configured to commit instructions, and save and restore context at loop iteration boundaries. In doing so, the apparatus tracks and buffers state of in-flight iterations, and detects conditions that prevent an iteration from completing. In support of ILC functions, the LSU is iteration aware and includes: iteration-interleaved load-store queue (LSQ) banks; a Bloom Filter for filtering instructions; and a load coalescing buffer.
US10528350B2
A data processing apparatus (100) executes threads and includes a general program counter (PC) (120) identifying an instruction to be executed for at least a subset of the threads. Each thread has a thread PC (184). The subset of threads has at least one lock parameter (188, 500-504) for tracking exclusive access to shared resources. In response to a first instruction executed for a thread, the processor (160) modifies the at least one lock parameter (188), (500-504) to indicate that the thread has gained exclusive access to the shared resource. In response to a second instruction, the processor modifies the at least one lock parameter (188, 500-504) to indicate that the thread no longer has exclusive access. A selector (110) selects one of the subset of threads based on the at least one lock parameter (188, 500-504) and sets the general PC (120) to the thread PC (184) of the selected thread.
US10528341B2
A system, a method, and a computer program product for deployment of objects are disclosed. At least one configuration for deploying of at least one artifact during runtime of an application is defined. The configuration includes at least one dependency for the artifact. The configuration is applied to the artifact. The artifact is deployed based on the applied configuration during runtime of the application. The configuration can include at least one of the following: a default configuration for the artifact and an explicit configuration for the artifact.
US10528340B2
The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for providing predictive quality analysis. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, a system may receive input data associated with a software program and compare the input data with one or more predetermined analysis parameters. The system may further determine at least one risk rating based on the comparison, wherein each risk rating corresponds to a distinct software category. The system may perform additional operations, including determining at least one adjustment to the software program based on the determined at least one risk rating, and prioritizing the at least one adjustment based on a predetermined adjustment priority standard. Furthermore, the system may provide a report including at least an indication of the at least one prioritized adjustment, a timeline for implementing the at least one prioritized adjustment, and plan implementing the at least one prioritized adjustment.
US10528339B2
For implementing cognitive feature based code level updates, an apparatus is disclosed. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a detection module that detects components operating at a client site, collects information associated with the detected components, and identifies defects in the detected components based on the collected information. The apparatus includes a network module that transfers the collected information to a host apparatus and receives a flash issuance from the host apparatus based on the collected information transferred to the host apparatus. The apparatus includes a repair module that retrieves a fix list from the flash issuance received from the host apparatus and implements the fix list for the detected components when defects are identified in the detected components.
US10528333B2
A system and technique for deploying an application in a cloud computing environment includes: a collecting module executable by a processor unit to collect, while a user is deploying an application, metadata and instructions issued by the user on deploying the application, the metadata comprising service metadata, application metadata and topology metadata, wherein the service metadata comprise metadata on a service required for deploying the application, the application metadata comprise metadata on the application, and the topology metadata comprise metadata indicative of a relationship between the service and the application; and a storing module executable by the processor unit to store the collected metadata and instructions as a model for re-deploying the application.
US10528329B1
Methods, systems, and computer program product for automatic generation of software application code
Disclosed are techniques for automatic generation of software application code. These techniques identify or generate a data model in a first programming language. At least one rule is identified or generated from the data model. This at least one rule is tokenized into a plurality of subparts based at least in part upon a second programming language. A rule hierarchy at which the plurality of sub-parts is located is determined based in part or in whole upon a corresponding class hierarchy of a class with which the at least one rule is associated. A transformed data model is generated in the second programming language using at least the plurality of sub-parts and the rule hierarchy.
US10528325B2
Hardware logic is described which is arranged to efficiently perform modulo calculation with respect to a constant value b. The hardware logic comprises a series of addition units (each comprising a plurality of binary adders). A first stage addition unit in the series groups bits from an input number into a number of strings, multiplies each string by a corresponding coefficient using adders and left-shifting and adds the resulting strings together to generate an intermediate value which, in most examples, has a smaller range of possible values than the input number. The series of addition units also includes a second stage addition unit and/or a final stage addition unit. A second stage addition unit uses similar methods to generate an updated intermediate value in a pre-defined terminating range. A final stage addition unit generates a final result from the final intermediate result output by an immediately previous addition unit in the series.
US10528319B2
Audio capture systems and methods applicable to a large interactive device (LID) are provided. An audio capture method can include relating captured ambient audio provided by a first user with media presented to the first user via the LID. The method can also include indicating related media displayed on the LID based upon an audio input provided by the first user.
US10528317B2
A communication system includes a first electronic apparatus settable with first setting information for a plurality of items and a second electronic apparatus settable with second setting information for the plurality of items, and communicably connected to the first electronic apparatus. The first electronic apparatus includes first circuitry to transmit, to the second electronic apparatus, the first setting information including determination information set for each of the plurality of items to determine whether the first setting information is synchronized with the second setting information. The second electronic apparatus includes second circuitry to receive the first setting information, determine whether the first setting information is synchronized with the second setting information for each of the plurality of items based on the determination information, and reflect a value set for one of the plurality of items of the first setting information on the second setting information according to a determination.
US10528316B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting requested content on public display devices are provided. In some implementations a method for presenting content on a display device is provided, the method comprising: receiving a request from a mobile device to present content, including image data, on a display device; receiving a graphical representation associated with a user; receiving location information associated with the mobile device; receiving display device information associated with display devices, including location information associated with that display device; selecting, without user input, a first display device on which to present the content based on the location information associated with the mobile device and the location information associated with each of the plurality of display devices; and in response to selecting the first display device, causing both the graphical representation associated with the user of the mobile device and the content to be presented by the first display device.
US10528314B2
A system and method for controlling an in-vehicle infotainment system to control content in using a primary display includes a mobile device and the in-vehicle infotainment system in communication with the mobile device. The in-vehicle infotainment system comprises the primary display and a first secondary display. The in-vehicle infotainment system receives a first content selection signal for a first content. The first secondary display displays the first content in response to the first content selection signal. The primary display displays a content identifier corresponding to the first content.
US10528306B2
A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
US10528304B2
The server of the present invention includes one or more processors operating to: acquire first identification information to identify an image processing apparatus and second identification information to identify a source of purchase of a consumable item used by the image processing apparatus, which are transmitted from an external device; store the acquired second identification information transmitted from the external device in a storage medium in association with the first identification information; acquire the first identification information transmitted from the image processing apparatus; determine whether the acquired first identification information transmitted from the image processing apparatus is stored in the storage medium; and start a predetermined service to make an order for the consumable item with the source of purchase in a case where the first identification information transmitted from the image processing apparatus is stored in the storage medium.
US10528302B2
An image forming apparatus, having a recorder, a display, an input interface, a memory, and a controller, is provided. The controller is configured to control the recorder to consume colorant to print images on sheets, count a consumption value and a quantity of the sheets consumed, determine an average usage value based on the consumption value and the quantity of the sheets, obtain a filled amount value and determine a first printable quantity, determine a second printable quantity, control the display to display a first screen including a first object indicating the first printable quantity in the display, control the display to display a second screen including a second object indicating the second printable quantity in the display, and control the display to display a screen including a third object, through which one of the first object and the second object to be displayed in the display is selectable.
US10528288B2
An aspect includes receiving a request to access one or more memory devices in a stack of memory devices in a memory. Each of the memory devices are communicatively coupled to at least one other of the memory devices in the stack via a through silicon via (TSV). A current operating mode of the memory is determined in response to receiving the request. Based at least in part on the current operating mode of the memory being a first mode, a chip select switch is activated to provide access to exactly one of the memory devices in the stack of memory devices. Based at least in part on the current operating mode of the memory being a second mode, the chip select switch is activated to access all of the memory devices in the stack in parallel. The request is serviced using the activated chip select switch.
US10528284B2
A dedupe module is provided. The dedupe module includes: a host interface; a dedupe engine to receive a data request from a host system via the host interface; a memory controller; a plurality of memory modules, each memory module being coupled to the memory controller; and a read cache for caching data from the memory controller for use by the dedupe engine.
US10528275B2
A storage system includes a first storage control device including a first memory being a volatile memory and a first processor, and a second storage control device including a second memory being a non-volatile memory and a second processor, wherein the second processor is configured to receive a first write request to write first data into a first storage device, store the first data into the second memory, and transmit the first data to the first storage control device, the first processor is configured to store the first data into the first memory, and transmit a first notification to the second storage control device, and the second processor is configured to receive the first notification, transmit a first completion notification in response to the first write request, and execute processing to write the first data, stored in the second memory, into the first storage device.
US10528271B2
A tape library storage system, keeps track of the identity(ies) of the drive unit(s) that write upon the storage medium of each tape cartridge, and associates the drive unit identity information with the data that each drive writes. The system writes the associated identity information in the tape cartridge memory and/or inserts the information in an index and writes the index on the tape. If a read error occurs when attempting to read data from the tape, the system, by reference to the associated identity information, determines the identity of the original tape drive that had written the data, and transfers the cartridge to the original drive to attempt again to read the data.
US10528266B2
A method and technique for allocation and balancing of storage resources includes monitoring, for each of a plurality of storage controllers, an input/output (I/O) latency value based on an I/O latency associated with each storage volume controlled by a respective storage controller. A network bandwidth utilization value and a network latency value corresponding to each storage controller is also monitored. An I/O latency value threshold, a network bandwidth utilization threshold, and a network latency value threshold is determined. Responsive to at least one of the I/O latency value, the network bandwidth utilization value and the network latency value for at least one storage controller exceeding a respective threshold, storage volume distribution among the storage controllers is rebalanced.
US10528265B1
A data storage system includes a plurality of Data Storage Devices (DSDs). A write command is sent to each DSD of the plurality of DSDs to each store one or more erasure coded shards of an overprovisioned number of shards. The overprovisioned number of shards is generated from an erasure coding on data to provide at least a predetermined level of data reliability. Write complete indications are received for a threshold number of shards less than the overprovisioned number of shards, with each write complete indication indicating that one or more shards of the overprovisioned number of shards has been stored in a DSD. It is determined that the data has been written with at least the predetermined level of data reliability after receiving write complete indications for the threshold number of shards, but before receiving write complete indications for all of the overprovisioned number of shards.
US10528261B2
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and system for optimizing data defragmentation. The embodiment may include collecting details related to contiguous storage space available on a disk drive. The embodiment may include identifying a type of object storage implementation utilized on the disk drive. The type of object storage implementation is based on how an object is stored within the disk drive. The embodiment may include identifying an important component of the object. The important component of the object is determined by a frequency of access. The embodiment may include identifying a non-important component of the object. The non-important component of the object is determined by a frequency of access. The embodiment may include moving the important component to an outer sector of the disk drive. The embodiment may include moving the non-important component to an inner sector of the disk drive.
US10528258B2
A storage controller receives a write command from a host computational device to write a dataset. A learning application maps the dataset into a Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) level by classifying the dataset into a category of a plurality of categories, wherein the plurality of categories correspond to a plurality of RAID levels. A storage management application writes the dataset to a RAID array that corresponds to the RAID level determined by the learning application.
US10528256B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing a space release command when mirroring data at a source storage to a target storage. A space release command is received to free a release space in the source storage while transferring changed data in a consistency group. A determination is made as to whether a transfer time to transfer remaining consistency group data in the consistency group for the release space that has not been transferred exceeds a response time to process a space release command. The remaining consistency group data in the release space is transferred to the target storage in response to determining that the transfer time does not exceed the response time. The release space for the space release command is freed in response to transferring the consistency group data in the release space to the target storage.
US10528242B2
Described herein are techniques for automatically forming groups of application windows. The techniques may be performed with a computing device executing a windowing system, the windowing system having a user interface element that can be interacted with by a user to manage applications executing on the computing device. Each application may correspond to a separate process and application window. It may be determined that an operation has occurred that will evict the application windows of target applications from the display, and in response an application group may be automatically formed. The application group may have indicia of the evicted target applications. The application group may be provided to the user interface element, and when the user interface element is interacted with by the user the user interface element displays user-selectable graphic application indicators for both the application group and applications other than the target applications.
US10528240B2
A method is provided. The method includes utilizing a processor to: load image data on a user interface, receive a first input selecting a particular mode to view the image data in on the user interface that causes display of an image derived from the image data on the user interface on a display, receive a second input, via a scroll wheel of a computer mouse, selecting a type of image that causes display in only a region of interest (ROI) of the selected type of image on the user interface on the display while a remainder of the image outside the ROI is displayed at a default state, and receive a third input, via a button the computer mouse, that causes application of the selected type of image to the entire image displayed on the user interface on the display.
US10528235B2
A mobile device and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which user's convenience is enhanced. The present invention includes the steps of if receiving a specific input from a user, displaying a screen capable of selecting either a gallery application and a camera application, if receiving a selection input from the user, running a specific application corresponding to the selection input, displaying a preview screen of the specific application, and if receiving a specific touch input from the user, adjusting at least one of a size and position of the preview screen.
US10528226B2
A display apparatus includes: a display; a communication device configured to communicate with a user terminals; and a processor configured to control the display to display a UI, which includes items corresponding to content to be shared by users, in response to inputs of the users received through the user terminals, and control the display to display, on the UI, reproduction control states of the content to be distinguishable according to the respective users.
US10528219B2
Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.
US10528218B2
An electronic device including a display configured to display at least one graphical user interface (GUI) element, and a controller configured to identify a user-preferred region preferred by a user on the display and control the display to display the at least one GUI element in the identified user-preferred region.
US10528217B2
A method for automatically generating column layouts comprises obtaining, by a page layout computer, source code of an electronic document comprising content, in response to a request to activate a page layout of the electronic document and before receiving a first input indicating a modification to a layout of the electronic document, automatically inserting, by the page layout computer, a coded hierarchy into the source code of the electronic document specifying a single section and a single column including the content, receiving, by the page layout computer, the first input indicating the modification to the layout of the electronic document, based on the first input and by the page layout computer, modifying the source code, causing, by the page layout computer, generating an updated editing view of the electronic document that graphically represents the modification to the layout.
US10528213B2
There is provided an information processing device including: a user information management unit configured to set a user in a window in which an operation screen of an application is displayed and grant at least one of execution authority of the application set in the window according to the user and browsing authority of content in the window to the window.
US10528209B2
A sub-grid of a grid of data is displayed on a display device. The data is organized over cells. The cells within the sub-table are visible on the display device, whereas the cells outside the sub-table are not visible on the display device. In response to the data of a cell outside of the sub-table changing, such that the cell is not visible on the display device, an indicator is displayed in the cell of the sub-table that is visible that is closest within the table to the cell having the data that changed.
US10528197B2
A circuit includes a first transistor having a control terminal and a current path between first and second current path terminals. A second transistor has a control terminal and a current path between first and second current path terminals. The first current path terminal of the first transistor is coupled to the first current path terminal of the second transistor at an intermediate point. A first current buffer has an input and an output. The input of the first current buffer is coupled to the second current path terminal of the first transistor. A second current buffer has an input and an output, the input of the second current buffer being coupled to the second current path terminal of the second transistor. A summation node is coupled to the outputs of the first and second current buffer.
US10528180B2
A system and method that combines skimmer detection technology with a waterproof and sealed touch sensor keypad that may be used outdoors in wet environments, and is capable of being operated by a user wearing gloves.
US10528177B2
A mobile terminal capable of sensing a touch input, and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a camera unit configured to receive an image in a camera mode; a display unit configured to sense a touch input; a control unit configured to designate a region on the basis of a touch input sensed by the display unit, execute the camera mode when a region is designated, control the camera unit to capture the received image, and display the captured image in the designated region.
US10528162B2
A display device integrated with a sensor includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed while facing each other, and having exposed ends at different sides thereof, a sealing material configured to seal an overlapping region between the first and second substrates, a display unit including a plurality of pixels provided in a sealed region inside the sealing material, a sensor electrode unit formed on the second substrate, a first pad unit formed in an exposed part of the first substrate, and a second pad unit formed in an exposed part of the second substrate.
US10528135B2
Systems, devices and methods that enable a user to access and interact with content displayed on a portable electronic display in an inconspicuous, hands-free manner are described. There is disclosed a completely wearable system comprising a wearable muscle interface device and a wearable head-mounted display, as well as methods for using the wearable system to effect interactions between the user and content displayed on the wearable head-mounted display. The wearable muscle interface device includes muscle activity sensors worn on an arm of the user to detect muscle activity generated when the user performs a physical gesture. The wearable system is adapted to recognize a plurality of gestures made by the user and, in response to each recognized gesture, to effect one or more interaction(s) with content displayed on the wearable head-mounted display.
US10528116B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for implementing fast resume from hibernate are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus can include a data storage device having a circuit configured to determine a first memory location of hibernation data without receiving an indication of the first memory location from the host, and store the hibernation data to a second memory location of the DSD.
US10528113B2
Technology for handling overcurrent conditions on electrical circuits that power multiple computing modules is disclosed. Aspects of the technology include a power system adapted to provide notifications of overcurrent conditions, and computing modules adapted to reduce an operating speed thereof in response to notification of an overcurrent condition.
US10528112B2
An MPS generation method, the method constituted of: at a predetermined frequency, alternately outputting a first MPS current pulse for a predetermined first time period and not outputting the first MPS current pulse for a predetermined first off time period; during the first time period, determining the magnitude of a current drawn by an input capacitor of a DC to DC converter; and responsive to the determined input capacitor current magnitude, outputting between the first terminal and the second terminal a second MPS current pulse for a predetermined second time period during the predetermined first off time period.
US10528103B2
A microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic device, a second microelectronic device, a first signal link, a second signal link, and a first power connection. The first microelectronic device may include a first interface powered at a first voltage. The second microelectronic device may include a second interface powered at a second voltage. The first signal link may supply a first signal at the first voltage from the first interface to the second interface. The second signal link may supply a second signal at the second voltage from the second interface to the first interface. The first power connection may supply a first reference signal at the first voltage from the first interface to the second interface.
US10528102B2
Methods and systems for improved thermal management of a portable computing device (“PCD”) with skin temperature sensors are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a plurality of skin sensors are provided in the PCD, the plurality of skin sensors disposed on a flexible printed circuit board (“Flex PCB”) located internal to the PCD proximal to an outer surface of the PCD. It is determined whether to obtain temperature information from one or more of the plurality of skin sensors, and one or more skin sensors from which to obtain temperature information are identified. The temperature information is obtained from the identified one or more skin sensors, and the temperature information is applied to a thermal mitigation policy.
US10528100B2
Thermal management devices and systems, and corresponding methods of cooling a computing device are described herein. The computing device includes a housing and an airflow management device. The housing includes a plurality of vents. The plurality of vents defines openings through the housing, respectively. The airflow management device is configured to block a first vent of the plurality of vents when the computing device is in a first configuration. The airflow management device is also configured to block a second vent of the plurality of vents when the computing device is in a second configuration.
US10528089B2
Method and communication device adapted for detecting an opening in a casing a communication device, wherein the device comprises an acoustic speaker and an acoustic sensor. The acoustic speaker is arranged to distribute an acoustic signal within a casing of the communication device and the acoustic sensor is adapted to receive an acoustic signal response constituted of the acoustic signal and an echo of said acoustic signal. The communication device further being adapted to analyze the received acoustic signal response and determining if the casing constitutes a closed space.
US10528083B1
A cover for a mobile device includes solar panels and an integrated keyboard. The solar panels are positioned on a stand of the cover and an angle associated with the solar panels can be changed so as to maximize input from a light source. The cover can be used to supply power and keyboard input to a mobile device while in use.
US10528082B2
An electronic device with a detachable battery cover is described. The electronic device comprises a device body, a battery cover, a first attachment body disposed on the device body, and a second attachment body disposed on the battery cover. The first attachment body and the second attachment body are attached to each other to connect the device body and the battery cover. The device body and the battery cover of the present disclosure are connect to each other through the first attachment body and the second attachment body so that the battery cover is firmly attached on the electronic device and easy to detach the battery cover. Attachment capacity of the first attachment body and the second attachment body will not be weakened with the increase in the number of detachments so that service life can be extend and the quality of the electronic device can be improved.
US10528076B2
A clock retiming circuit and method of operating a clock retiming circuit are described herein. A clock retiming circuit generates a retimed clock based on an input clock. The clock retiming circuit may have a normal mode when the input clock is available to the clock retiming circuit, and a retention mode that is entered in response to the input clock no longer being present. The clock retiming circuit resumes the normal mode in response to the clock again being present. The retention mode is a low current mode, in one aspect. Thus, the clock retiming circuit may operate in a low current mode when the input clock is not available. The clock retiming circuit may be tolerant to loss of the input clock. The clock retiming circuit may quickly re-establish the retimed clock in response to the input clock again becoming available.
US10528071B2
According to an embodiment of an electronic circuit, the electronic circuit includes a first input pin, a second input pin, an output pin, a control circuit and an output circuit. The first input pin is configured to receive a first input signal that includes an enable information and at least one operation parameter information. The second input pin is configured to receive a second input signal. The control circuit is configured to generate a drive signal based on the enable information included in the first input signal and the second input signal. The output circuit is configured to generate an output signal at the output pin such that a timing of the output signal is dependent on the drive signal and at least one parameter of the output signal is dependent on the at least one operation parameter information included in the first input signal.
US10528060B2
Systems and methods for stabilizing the steering and throttle of a radio-controlled (RC) vehicle are described herein. More specifically, sensors and circuitry are configured to control the wheel speed and wheel direction of a RC vehicle based on rotational information. In operation, one or more sensors may be configured to receive angular rotational information associated with a rotation of the RC vehicle. The rotational information may define a rotation of the RC vehicle around one or more axes of the RC vehicle. The circuitry may be configured to receive the angular rotation information associated with the rotation of the RC vehicle from the one or more sensors, and control a wheel speed and/or a wheel direction of at least one wheel of the RC vehicle based at least in part on (i) command data received from a controller associated with the RC vehicle and (ii) the received angular rotation information.
US10528052B2
Described herein are methods and systems for generating shared collaborative maps for planting or harvesting operations. A method of generating a collaborative shared map between machines includes generating a first map for a first machine based on a first set of data and generating a second map for a second machine based on a second set of data. The method further includes generating at least one shared collaborative map for at least one of the first and second machines based on the first and second maps.
US10528048B2
An autonomous vehicle platform and system for selectively performing an in-season management task in an agricultural field while self-navigating between rows of planted crops, the autonomous vehicle platform having a vehicle base with a width so dimensioned as to be insertable through the space between two rows of planted crops, the vehicle base having an in-season task management structure configured to perform various tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field.
US10528044B2
A driver performs switching to a manual driving mode in a state that the driver is suitable for a driving operation. In a vehicle that is driven by a plurality of driving modes including a self-driving mode to be performed by a self-driving control unit and a manual driving mode in which a driver performs a part of or all of a driving operation, before the manual driving mode is started, information for presenting a request for operating by the driver from a user interface unit to the driver is output to the user interface unit. The input unit receives a signal based on the operation by the driver. A notification unit notifies a self-driving control unit of a switching signal for instructing switching to the manual driving mode when a difference between a value obtained from the signal based on the operation by the driver, the signal having been input from the input unit and a reference value according to the operation request is within an allowable range.
US10528042B2
A system for monitoring a modular process plant complex having a plurality of interconnected process modules each of which includes a plurality of interconnected physical control objects. The physical control objects and their interconnections inside a physical process module are displayed together with associated control parameters as stylized control objects on an operator display screen with four different zooming levels: a first zooming level displaying diagrams of aggregated key performance indicators of the plant complex; a second zooming level displaying diagrams of the key performance indicators; a third zooming level displaying process modules associated with a plant area of the second zooming level; and a fourth zooming level displaying one or more physical control objects included in a process module of the third zooming level together with the associated control parameters and interconnections as stylized control objects on the operator screen display.
US10528037B2
A system tag identifying a device of a process control loop is determined/derived from a unique identifier of the device while the loop is communicatively disconnected from a process plant's back-end environment or control room. The system tag may be stored at the device itself or at a proxy that is disposed in the field of the process plant (e.g., at another component of the loop). One or more commissioning activities that include the device are performed in the field using the device's system tag, and at least some of the field commissioning activities may be automatically triggered based on the derivation of system tag. Upon the loop being communicatively connected to the back-end environment of the plant, the device's system tag known to the loop in the field is synchronized with the device's system tag known to the back-end of the process plant.
US10528033B2
Certain examples described herein relate to structure forming for the production of a three-dimensional object. In these examples, different structure forming components or functions are applied to volumes of a three-dimensional object. These structure forming components or functions are arranged to differentially generate a halftone output. The halftone output is generated by processing a material volume coverage representation for the three-dimensional object. The halftone output is used to provide control data for instructing production of a three-dimensional object.
US10528032B2
A method for generating an orthotic device is disclosed. In one implementation, the method includes generating CAD model data corresponding to an orthotic device to be applied to a body part of a patient. A pattern is mapped to a surface defined by the CAD model data to produce modified CAD model data, the mapped pattern defining a plurality of perforations formed at least partially through the surface. The modified CAD model data is transmitted to a three-dimensional printer. The three-dimensional printer is to produce the orthotic device having the plurality of perforations.
US10528030B2
Systems and methods are provided for designing casting and finished component models used to fabricate corresponding casting hardware for a casted component and mechanical components fabricated therefrom. One exemplary method involves identifying a first subset of machined casting surfaces in a casting model of the casted component, identifying a second subset of machined feature surfaces in a finished model of the mechanical component, determining respective machine stock values associated the machined feature surfaces based on distances between the respective machined feature surfaces and the machined casting surfaces, and providing graphical indicia of the respective machine stock values that are influenced by the relationship between the respective machine stock values and a machine stock threshold.
US10528026B2
An apparatus for orienting a partially coated spherical-object includes a pedestal, a camera, and a controller. The spherical object contains a coating over a portion of a surface. The coating defines a spherical-cap, and the spherical cap defines a polar-axis. The polar-axis is oriented normal to a plane defining a base of the spherical cap, wherein an intersection of the plane and the surface defines a boundary line. The pedestal retains the spherical object and selectively rotates the spherical object about a longitudinal axis of the pedestal. The camera captures an image of the spherical object on the pedestal. The controller is in communication with the pedestal and the camera. The controller is operable to control the rotation of the pedestal, detect the boundary line in the image, and determine when the pedestal has positioned the spherical object to cause the boundary line to have a zero curvature.
US10528021B2
A multi-platform industrial search and notification system performs automated and manually initiate information searches across multiple disparate industrial data platforms. The search system is built on a search platform that unifies plant-wide control system information from multiple diverse sources under a common namespace, or federated data model. The system can monitor this federated data model for conditions that may warrant attention by plant personnel, and deliver proactive notifications and operational data to selected users via their personal devices. The system can customize presentation of this data based on the user's role, location, and/or other contextual information. To this end, the system can automatically generate user-specific and context-specific dashboards, widgets, or other visualizations, and render these custom visualizations to the user at appropriate times.
US10528008B2
A process for producing a part provided with an external element includes: providing an electrically conductive substrate having an upper surface and a raised pattern with a crest on the upper surface; depositing an electrically insulating layer onto the upper surface around the pattern to a thickness less than or equal to the distance between the crest and the upper surface; depositing a metal layer onto the crest by galvanic growth so that the metal layer partly rests on the insulating layer; dissolving the insulating layer; covering an assembly including the substrate and the metal layer with a mass of a base material of the part to form an imprint; separating the mass and the metal layer from the substrate, the mass then exhibiting an external element formed by a recess, the shape of which corresponds to the imprint and the base of which interfaces with the metal layer.
US10528006B2
A wearable electronic device may include: a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a side member surrounding an inner space between the front plate and the rear plate, wherein the side member includes at least one portion including an external opening and an inner channel connecting between the inner space and the external opening: an insulating structure inserted into the inner channel; a conductive path partially embedded in the insulating structure, wherein the conductive path includes a first end exposed to the inner space and a second end exposed to the external opening; at least one printed circuit board positioned in the inner space and electrically connected to the first end of the conductive path; a display exposed through the front plate; and a band structure connected to the portion of the housing and configured to be mounted on a portion of a human body. The band structure may include a conductive rod movably inserted into the external opening and electrically connected to the second end of the conductive path, and an electronic component at least partially embedded in the band structure and electrically connected to the conductive rod. Other various embodiments may also exist.
US10527987B1
A fixing belt is heated by a heater in contact with an inner circumferential face through a lubricant while rotating about an axis. The fixing belt includes: a belt body formed in a tubular shape; a plurality of oil repellent portions formed on an inner circumferential face of the belt body, each having a surface free energy lower than that of the lubricant to repel the lubricant; and a plurality of oil nonrepellent portions formed on the inner circumferential face of the belt body, each having a surface free energy higher than that of the lubricant to hold the lubricant. The oil repellent portions and the oil nonrepellent portions extend in a circumferential direction of the belt body and are alternately arranged in an axial direction of the belt body.
US10527985B2
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes determination means for determining a size of an image forming area of a medium, heating means for including an endless rotating body, plural heat-generating members which are formed in a perpendicular direction to a transport direction and divided by a predetermined length, and are disposed so as to come into contact with an inner side of the rotating body, and a switching unit which switches individual conduction of these heat-generating members, and heats the medium, pressing means for forming a nip by performing pressing and contact at a position of the plural heat-generating members, and nipping and carrying the medium in the transport direction along with the heating means, and heating control means for controlling the switching unit to select and conduct heat-generating members and controlling the heating means to heat the medium.
US10527983B2
An image forming method includes: supplying a powder onto a recording medium; supplying a coated toner onto the powder on the recording medium; and fixing the powder to the recording medium by heating the coated toner supplied onto the powder and melting the coated toner.
US10527974B2
A belt device includes an endless belt, a support shaft, a contact member, a frame, and a regulating member. The contact member is configured to contact the belt. The support shaft is configured to support the contact member and rotate together with the contact member. The frame is configured to support the support shaft. The regulating member is configured to regulate movement of the contact member. The regulating member is configured to move relative to the frame, in a direction that crosses an axial direction of the support shaft, from a regulating position to regulate movement of the support shaft in an axial direction of the support shaft.
US10527973B1
An image forming apparatus includes an image holding unit, a transfer unit, a first-resistance detection unit, a second-resistance detection unit, and a selection unit. The image holding unit holds an image. The transfer unit includes a transfer member and a counter member. The transfer member is disposed in contact with an image holding surface of the image holding unit. The counter member is disposed across the image holding unit from the transfer member. The counter member is connected to a transfer power supply to cause a transfer electric field to act on a transfer region between the image holding unit and the transfer member. The transfer unit causes the image held by the image holding unit to be electrostatically transferred onto a recording medium transported to the transfer region. The first-resistance detection unit detects system resistance of the counter member, the image holding unit, and the transfer member. The second-resistance detection unit detects system resistance of the counter member alone or system resistance of the counter member and the image holding unit. The selection unit selects the first-resistance detection unit or the second-resistance detection unit, depending on a type of the recording medium.
US10527964B2
An electrographic printer includes an image carrier configured to receive ink capsules onto the surface of the image carrier. The image carrier is configured to transfer the ink capsules to a medium. The ink capsules comprise an ink having a viscosity in a range of about 100 cP to about and 100,000 cP and an encapsulant layer surrounding the ink. A roller configured to compress the ink capsules onto the medium such that the encapsulant layer ruptures and the ink adheres to the medium.
US10527945B2
A pattern forming apparatus comprising: a rotary drum that includes a cylindrical outer circumferential surface which is curved at a predetermined radius from a predetermined center line, that rotates about the center line in a state in which a part of a sheet substrate is supported in a length direction of the sheet substrate along the outer circumferential surface; a pattern forming part that forms the pattern on the sheet substrate at a first specific position; a scale disk that is fixed to an end portion of the rotary drum in a direction in which the center line extends while being coaxial with the center line and that includes a circular scale; and a first reading mechanism that is arranged to oppose with the scale formed at the outer circumferential surface of the scale disk, that is arranged at substantially same azimuth as an azimuth.
US10527943B2
Within area where of four heads installed on a wafer stage, heads included in the first head group and the second head group to which three heads each belong that include one head different from each other face the corresponding areas on a scale plate, the wafer stage is driven based on positional information which is obtained using the first head group, as well as obtain the displacement (displacement of position, rotation, and scaling) between the first and second reference coordinate systems corresponding to the first and second head groups using the positional information obtained using the first and second head groups. By using the results and correcting measurement results obtained using the second head group, the displacement between the first and second reference coordinate systems is calibrated, which allows the measurement errors that come with the displacement between areas on scale plates where each of the four heads face.
US10527940B2
A photosensitive resin composition capable of forming a cured film with satisfactory adhesion to substrates and excellent transparency, a polyamide resin which is used in the photosensitive resin composition, a method for producing the polyamide resin, a compound which is used as a raw material of the polyamide resin, a method for producing the compound, a method for producing a cured film using the photosensitive resin composition, and a cured film which is obtained by curing the photosensitive resin composition. The photosensitive resin composition including a resin and a photopolymerization initiator. The resin is a polyamide resin including a structural unit, which includes a specific saturated alicyclic skeleton, and at least one carboxy group esterified by a unit containing a polymerizable group of a predetermined structure.
US10527939B2
A monomer of formula (1a) or (1b) is provided wherein A is a polymerizable group, R1-R6 are monovalent hydrocarbon groups, X1 is a divalent hydrocarbon group, Z1 is an aliphatic group, Z2 forms an alicyclic group, k=0 or 1, m=1 or 2, n=1 to 4. A useful polymer is obtained by polymerizing the monomer. A resist composition comprising the polymer has improved development properties and is processed to form a negative pattern having high contrast, high resolution and etch resistance which is insoluble in alkaline developer.
US10527929B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes designing a layout, performing an optical proximity correction (OPC) process to correct the designed layout, fabricating a first photomask using the corrected designed layout, and forming patterns on a substrate using the first photomask. The OPC process includes generating an OPC model and correcting the designed layout using the generated OPC model. The generation of the OPC model includes rasterizing a planar image of an actual pattern to obtain first label data, rasterizing a simulation image of a simulation pattern to obtain second label data, the simulation pattern being obtained using the OPC model, in which a parameter set including process parameters is set, comparing the first label data with the second label data to obtain comparison data, and correcting the process parameters of the parameter set, based on the comparison data.
US10527917B2
A discharge lamp drive device includes a discharge lamp driver configured to supply drive electric current to a discharge lamp having a first electrode and a second electrode, a control unit configured to control the discharge lamp driver, and a storage unit configured to store a plurality of drive patterns of the drive electric current. The control unit is configured to select one drive pattern from among the plurality of drive patterns based on machine learning, and implement the selected drive pattern. The control unit performs a first control that increases a drive electric power supplied to the discharge lamp according to an increase in an inter-electrode voltage of the discharge lamp, in a case where the inter-electrode voltage is equal to or larger than a first voltage value and the inter-electrode voltage is equal to or lower than a second voltage value higher than the first voltage value.
US10527915B2
A laser light source includes; a plurality of laser devices that emit respectively different colors of laser light; a plurality of optical sensors that respectively detect the brightness of the plurality of colored lights; and a control unit that controls the brightness of each of the plurality of colored lights so that the detected values from the plurality of optical sensors become detection target values of brightness of the plurality of colored lights respectively corresponding to the brightness of synthesized light that is obtained by synthesizing the plurality of colored lights. If at least one of the detected values of the plurality of optical sensors cannot be controlled to be the detection target value, the control unit modifies all of the detection target values at the same proportion and controls the brightness of each of the plurality of colored lights to become the detection target values that were modified.
US10527910B2
A vehicle driver assist system includes a housing having a main body portion and a viewing window in the main body portion. A camera is provided in the main body portion and has a field of view through the viewing window. A glare reduction portion is adjacent the camera. The glare reduction portion has a textured surface for attenuating light reflection off of the glare reduction portion and into the camera.
US10527904B2
In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a display device, a display apparatus, a liquid metal material, and related fabricating molds, methods, and apparatus are provided. In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter provides a display device, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid metal materiel layer sandwiched by the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein the liquid metal materiel layer comprises: a base fluid, and a plurality of liquid metal particles dispersed in the base fluid.
US10527903B2
A structure for preventing deteriorations of a light-emitting device and retaining sufficient capacitor elements (condenser) required by each pixel is provided. A first passivation film, a second metal layer, a flattening film, a barrier film, and a third metal layer are stacked in this order over a transistor. A side face of a first opening provided with the flattening film is covered by the barrier film, a second opening is formed inside the first opening, and a third metal layer is connected to a semiconductor via the first opening and the second opening. A capacitor element that is formed of a lamination of a semiconductor of a transistor, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, the first passivation film, and the second metal layer is provided.
US10527899B2
A backplane for an electro-optic display that includes a data line, a transistor, a pixel electrode connected to the data line via the transistor, the pixel electrode positioned adjacent to part of the data line so as to create a data line/pixel electrode capacitance. The backplane further including a shield electrode disposed adjacent to at least part of the data line so as to reduce the data line/pixel electrode capacitance.
US10527894B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a backlight module opposite to the display panel. A circuit board is arranged at a first edge of the display panel, the circuit board is folded to extend from a first surface of the display panel away from the backlight module to a second surface of the backlight module away from the display panel, and at least one folding portion is arranged at a portion of the circuit board between the display panel and the backlight module. The display module further includes a cell tape configured to connect the display panel to the backlight module. The cell tape includes: a first region, attached to an edge of the first surface of the display panel; a second region, attached to an edge of the second surface of the backlight module; and a folding region, which is arranged between the first region and the second region, and connects the first region to the second region. At least one avoidance portion is arranged in the folding region and configured to avoid the folding portion of the circuit board.
US10527890B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulation substrate; a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate; a pixel electrode on the first insulation substrate; a first alignment layer on the pixel electrode; a cross-linking portion where separation type of reactive mesogens in a surface of the first alignment layer are coupled with one another; a common electrode between the liquid crystal layer and the second insulation substrate; and a second alignment layer between the liquid crystal layer and the common electrode; and wherein liquid crystal molecules to be adjacent to the first alignment layer and liquid crystal molecules to be adjacent to the second alignment layer have different pre-tilt angles, and wherein at least one of the separation type of reactive mesogens is coupled with an ammonium-based material.
US10527888B2
A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes a color film substrate, an array substrate disposed to face the color film substrate, and a blue backlight disposed on a side of the array substrate away from the color film substrate. The color film substrate includes a base substrate, red quantum dot blocks, green quantum dot blocks and blue light blocks disposed on the substrate. The color film substrate further includes a yellow light layer disposed between the red quantum dot blocks and the base substrate, and also between the green quantum dot blocks and the base substrate. The yellow light layer in the liquid crystal display panel of the present disclosure may block blue light, thereby improving the color gamut value.
US10527885B2
A display device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, an overcoat layer on an upper substrate, and a reflective layer on the overcoat layer. The TFT substrate covers a light guide plate and includes TFTs configured to drive pixels of the display device. The reflective layer on the overcoat layer reflects light output from the light guide plate towards a viewing surface of the display device. The reflected light overlaps a portion of a non-active area between the active areas of pixels of the display device in at least one dimension.
US10527884B2
The present disclosure belongs to the field of display technology, and particularly relates to a display device. The display device is divided into a plurality of pixel regions, in each of which a first electrode and a second electrode are provided oppositely, and an electrophoretic medium and charged particles are provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. A reflective medium layer is further provided in each pixel region, the reflective medium layer and the second electrode are provided on a same side of the electrophoretic medium and the charged particles. The second electrode is provided in only a part of the pixel region, and the reflective medium layer is provided at least in an area of the pixel region in which the second electrode is absent. The display device has high contrast by increasing brightness in white state display.
US10527871B2
A differential optical modulator includes, in part, a splitter splitting an incoming optical signal into first and second input signals, a first variable coupler generating a first differential output signal in response to the first input signal, and a second variable coupler generating a second differential output signal in response to the second input signal. The first variable coupler includes, in part, first and second couplers and a phase shifter disposed therebetween. The first coupler generates a pair of internal signals in response to the first input signal. The second coupler generates the first differential output signal. The second variable coupler includes, in part, third and fourth couplers and a phase shifter disposed therebetween. The third coupler generates a pair of internal signals in response to the second input signal. The fourth coupler generates the second differential output signal.
US10527863B2
A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement; a first image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the first image panel along a first optical pathway; a second image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the second image panel along a second optical pathway different from the first optical pathway; and a central image panel located between the first image panel and the second image panel, the central image panel including a first portion and a second portion. The optical arrangement directs light from the first portion and the second portion of the central image panel along different optical pathways. The optical arrangement is configured such that light from the first image panel and the first portion of central image panel are emitted from the HMD system in a combined fashion in a first eye direction, and light from the second image panel and the second portion of the central image panel are emitted from the HMD system in a combined fashion in a second eye direction different from the first eye direction.
US10527858B1
A waveguide display is used for presenting media to a user. The waveguide assembly includes a light source, a source waveguide, an output waveguide, and a controller. The light source emits image light based on scanning instructions from the controller. The source waveguide receives the image light from the light source, expands the image light in at least one dimension, and outputs an expanded image light to the output waveguide at an input area. The output waveguide outputs the expanded image light from a portion of an output area based on a direction of the expanded light from the source waveguide.
US10527850B2
Configurations are disclosed for a health system to be used in various healthcare applications, e.g., for patient diagnostics, monitoring, and/or therapy. The health system may comprise a light generation module to transmit light or an image to a user, one or more sensors to detect a physiological parameter of the user's body, including their eyes, and processing circuitry to analyze an input received in response to the presented images to determine one or more health conditions or defects.
US10527846B2
Various devices, arrangements and methods for managing communications using a head mounted display device are described. In one aspect, tracking data is generated at least in part by one or more sensors in a head mounted display (HMD) device. The tracking data indicates one or more facial movements of a user wearing the HMD device. A patch image is obtained based on the tracking data. The patch image is merged with a facial image. Various embodiments relate to the HMD device and other methods for generating and using the patch and facial images.
US10527842B2
A projector includes a mirror quasi-statically driven by a drive signal to scan a laser beam in a pattern. A drive circuit generates the drive signal so the mirror moves in a non-linear fashion, yielding unwanted resonances. The non-linearity results in movement of the mirror through a first projection area, into a dead zone, and into a second projection area. The laser beam is emitted as the mirror moves through the first and second projection areas, but not the dead zone. A controller samples a feedback signal of the mirror as it moves through the first and second projection areas, producing first and second projection area sample which are processed to produce first and second ripple measurements. First and second correction signals are generated as a function of the ripple measurements. The drive circuit applies the correction signals to the drive signal so that the unwanted resonances are attenuated.
US10527836B2
A microscope system comprises a microscope body, a stage configured to place a slide as an observation target and move in an X direction and a Y direction. The microscope system changes an arrangement of the placed slide with respect to the stage so as to cause a direction indicated by a mark provided on the slide placed on the stage to align with one of the X direction and the Y direction of the stage.
US10527828B2
A zoom lens forms an intermediate image at a position conjugate to a reduction side imaging plane and forms the intermediate image again on a magnification side imaging plane. The zoom lens includes a plurality of lens groups including at least two movable lens groups, which move by changing spacings between the groups adjacent to each other in a direction of an optical axis during zooming, at a position closer to the reduction side than the intermediate image. Among the plurality of lens groups, a final lens group closest to the reduction side has a positive refractive power, and remains stationary with respect to the reduction side imaging plane during zooming. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions (1) and (2) about the focal lengths of the movable lens groups.
US10527825B2
An image pickup optical system of the present invention includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, an aperture stop, and a third lens unit, and the second lens unit moves during focusing. The first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens sub-unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens sub-unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens sub-unit having a positive refractive power, and the focal length of the second lens sub-unit and the focal length of the image pickup optical system are appropriately set.
US10527820B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of glass material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of glass material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10527815B2
A vibration actuator that is easy to manufacture and has good driving performance, and a lens-barrel and a camera provided with the same. The vibration actuator is provided with an oscillator that generates oscillations; and a relative movement member that is pressure contacts the oscillator, and moves relative to the oscillator due to the oscillation. Either a contact face of the oscillator with respect to the relative movement member or a contact face of the relative movement member with respect to the oscillator is a thermosetting resin film that is formed of polyamide-imide resin and fluororesin, and the other contact face is an anodic oxide film.
US10527813B2
A plastic lens is fixed by a holder biting into the plastic lens, a side surface of the plastic lens has a gate trace, and a bite amount into the plastic lens of the holder closest to the gate trace is smaller than an average bite amount into the plastic lens of the holder.
US10527810B2
Embodiment of present invention provide an optical interconnect apparatus. The apparatus includes an optical signal path; a first set of fibers attached to a first end of the optical signal path via a first wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) filter; and a second set of fibers attached to a second end of the optical signal path via a second WDM filter, wherein at least the first set of fibers is a ribbon fiber. Embodiment of present invention further provide an interconnected optical system that includes a first optical transport terminal having a first set of optical signal ports and a second optical transport terminal having a second set of optical signal ports, with the two sets of optical signal ports being interconnected by the optical interconnect apparatus.
US10527802B2
Reversible polarity fiber optic connectors are provided having housings at least partially surrounding first and second optical ferrules with walls above and beneath the ferrules. Positioning removable elements such as latches, removable arms, or push-pull tabs on the first wall above the ferrules yields fiber optic connectors with a first polarity type, and positioning the removable elements on the second wall beneath the ferrules yields fiber optic connectors with a second, opposite polarity type. Various engagement mechanisms are provided on either the connector housing walls or on the removable elements, or both, to assist in affixing the removable element to the connector housing.
US10527787B1
Techniques are provided for single edge coupling of chips with integrated waveguides. For example, a package structure includes a first chip with a first critical edge, and a second chip with a second critical edge. The first and second chips include integrated waveguides with end portions that terminate on the first and second critical edges. The second chip includes a signal reflection structure that is configured to reflect an optical signal propagating in one or more of the integrated waveguides of the second chip. The first and second chips are edge-coupled at the first and second critical edges such that the end portions of the integrated waveguides of the first and second chips are aligned to each other, and wherein all signal input/output between the first and second chips occurs at the single edge-coupled interface.
US10527773B2
A backlight unit and a holographic display apparatus that includes a backlight unit are provided. The backlight unit includes a light source, a first light guide plate for guiding a light beam emitted by the light source in a first direction, a second light guide plate for guiding the light beam incident via the first light guide plate in a second direction, and an output/input coupler that is disposed between the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate.
US10527772B2
A display device includes a display panel; at least one light source package configured to emit light; and a light guide plate configured to receive the light emitted by the light source package and guide the light toward the display panel, wherein the at least one light source package includes: a light source configured to emit the light; a light converter disposed between the light source and the light guide plate, and configured to convert one or more properties of the light emitted by the light source; and a package housing in which the light source is disposed and including one side with an opening in which the light converter is disposed, the package housing including a unit support surface configured to support a side surface of the light converter.
US10527768B2
An inorganic polarizing plate, including in the order of reciting: a substrate that is transparent to light in a range used; a plurality of linear metal layers; a plurality of linear dielectric layers; and a plurality of linear light absorbing layers having a light absorbing effect. The plurality of linear metal layers are arranged on the substrate in a state of being apart from each other at intervals shorter than a wavelength of the light, and the plurality of linear dielectric layers are arranged on the plurality of linear metal layers respectively. The plurality of linear light absorbing layers are arranged on the plurality of linear dielectric layers respectively, and the linear metal layers have hollow portions.
US10527757B2
The invention provides a class of amphiphilic branched polydiorganosiloxane macromers and the uses thereof. Such a macromer comprises a polydiorganosiloxane polymer chain and two terminal groups free of any ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane polymer chain comprises (1) at least 5 dimethylsiloxane units in a consecutive sequence, (2) at least two first siloxane units each having methyl as one of the two substituents of each first siloxane unit and one first organic radical having one sole (meth)acryloyl group as the other substituent, (3) at least one second siloxane unit having methyl as one of the two substituents of the second siloxane unit and one second organic radical, which is free of any ethylenically unsaturated group and comprises one or more hydrophilic groups or polymer chains, as the other substituent.
US10527756B2
A plastic lens element includes an optical effective portion and a lens peripheral portion in order from a central axis to an edge of the plastic lens element. The lens peripheral portion surrounds the optical effective portion and includes a plurality of curve-shaped strip structures. Each of the curve-shaped strip structures is located and extended along a radial direction of the central axis. Each of the curve-shaped strip structures is curved in a concave form. The curve-shaped strip structures are prearranged in a circumferential direction of the central axis and around the optical effective portion. The curve-shaped strip structures are not directly connected to the optical effective portion.
US10527754B2
In an approach, a computer receives an observation dataset that identifies one or more ground truth values of an environmental variable at one or more times and a reforecast dataset that identifies one or more predicted values of the environmental variable produced by a forecast model that correspond to the one or more times. The computer then trains a climatology on the observation dataset to generate an observed climatology and trains the climatology on the reforecast dataset to generate a forecast climatology. The computer identifies observed anomalies by subtracting the observed climatology from the observation dataset and forecast anomalies by subtracting the forecast climatology from the reforecast dataset. The computer then models the observed anomalies as a function of the forecast anomalies, resulting in a calibration function, which the computer can then use to calibrate new forecasts received from the forecast model.
US10527749B2
A method for mapping a subterranean formation is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first set of subterranean formation data based, at least in part, on survey data from the subterranean formation. The method includes receiving a second set of subterranean formation data based, at least in part, on one or more formation samples from the subterranean formation The method includes determining a stratagraphic composition of the subterranean formation and generating a fortistratisgraphic map of the subterranean formation based, at least in part on the first set of subterranean formation data, the second set of subterranean formation data, and the stratigraphic composition of the subterranean formation.
US10527745B2
A method of processing geological data comprising a plurality of geological surfaces within a geological volume is provided. The method includes the steps of: (i) specifying a well trajectory which extends through the geological volume; (ii) identifying the geological surfaces within the volume which are intersected by the trajectory; (iii) determining, for each intersected surface, the depth, the dip angle and the dip direction of the surface at the point of intersection with the trajectory; and (iv) predicting a well log for the trajectory, the log specifying the depths, dip angles and dip directions of the intersected geological surfaces.
US10527742B2
A self-stabilizing scintillation detector system for the measurement of nuclear radiation, preferably gamma radiation, is provided, the system comprising a scintillation crystal, a photo detector, a photomultiplier (PMT) and one or two fast digital sampling analog to digital converters (ADC), where the scintillator is selected from a group of materials having a light decay time of at least 1 ns, and where the PMT is set to its highest possible gain. A first ADC for processing the single photo electron induced signals is connected to the PMT output, namely the anode output, this first ADC being set to operate with a very high sampling rate of at least 10 MHz, and a second ADC for processing the nuclear particle induced signals is connected to one of the PMT's dynodes with a significantly lower amplification.
US10527741B2
Systems and methods for configuring a radiation detector are provided. A first event is detected at a first scintillator crystal of a first detector unit. A second coincident event is detected at a second scintillator crystal of a second detector unit adjacent to the first detector unit. Operating parameters are calculated for the first detector unit based on the coincident events.
US10527739B2
A radiation detection system of an imaging system (100) includes a radiation sensitive detector array (112). The array includes a detector pixel with an optically transparent encapsulate material (114) with one or more particles (116) supporting one or more different scintillation materials (118), wherein each scintillation material is in the form of a nanometer to micrometer quantum dot. A method includes receiving radiation with a detector pixel, wherein the detector pixel includes an encapsulate with one or more quantum dots, wherein each of the quantum dots includes a scintillation material, generating, with the detector pixel, a signal indicative of the received radiation, and reconstructing the signal to construct an image.
US10527738B2
A detector array (118) for a radiation system includes first and second detector cells (202, 250). The first detector cell (202) includes a first scintillator (220) that converts a radiation photon (226) impinging the first scintillator (220) into first light energy (230), and a first solar cell (212) that converts the first light energy (230) into first electrical energy. The second detector cell (250) includes a second scintillator (270) that converts a radiation photon (276) impinging the second scintillator (270) into second light energy (280). The first scintillator (220) includes a first detection surface (224) through which the radiation photon (226) impinging the first scintillator (220) enters the first scintillator (220). The second scintillator (270) includes a second detection surface (274) through which the radiation photon (276) impinging the second scintillator (270) enters the second scintillator (270). The second detection surface (274) is substantially parallel to the first detection surface (224) and the second detection surface (274) is not coplanar with the first detection surface (224).
US10527734B2
A vehicle, for example, an autonomous vehicle receives signals from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and determines accurate location of the vehicle using the GNSS signal. The vehicle performs localization to determine the location of the vehicle as it drives. The autonomous vehicle uses sensor data and a high definition map to determine an accurate location of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle uses accurate location of the vehicle to determine RTK corrections that is used for improving GNSS location estimates at a future location. The RTK corrections may be transmitted to other vehicles.
US10527725B2
Embodiments describe a solid state electronic scanning LIDAR system that includes a scanning focal plane transmitting element and a scanning focal plane receiving element whose operations are synchronized so that the firing sequence of an emitter array in the transmitting element corresponds to a capturing sequence of a photosensor array in the receiving element. During operation, the emitter array can sequentially fire one or more light emitters into a scene and the reflected light can be received by a corresponding set of one or more photosensors through an aperture layer positioned in front of the photosensors. Each light emitter can correspond with an aperture in the aperture layer, and each aperture can correspond to a photosensor in the receiving element such that each light emitter corresponds with a specific photosensor in the receiving element.
US10527724B2
An air data system comprises an optical air data sensor onboard a vehicle, and includes an optical transceiver at a first location that is spaced apart from a second location on the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle center of gravity. The optical transceiver has at least one line-of-sight that is fixed relative to body axes of the vehicle, transmits light along the line-of-sight into an external interaction air region, and collects a scattered portion of the transmitted light. The system also includes onboard inertial sensors configured to measure rotation rates of the vehicle and generate rotation rate data. An onboard processor communicates with the air data sensor and the inertial sensors. The processor computes at least one line-of-sight velocity based on the collected scattered portion of the transmitted light, corrects the line-of-sight velocity for rotation rate induced bias, and computes air data parameters based on the corrected line-of-sight velocity.
US10527723B2
An apparatus for driving an ultrasonic sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a driving unit for providing a transmission pulse to the ultrasonic sensor to transmit an ultrasonic wave and for receiving an ultrasonic echo for the ultrasonic wave; an amplifier for amplifying an electrical signal for the ultrasonic echo; an analog-to-digital converter for converting the amplified electrical signal into an original digital signal; a signal processing unit for performing envelope-extraction-processing on the original digital signal and generating an envelope-extraction-processed signal; and a control unit for outputting a distance between the ultrasonic sensor and an external object based on the original digital signal and the envelope-extraction-processed signal, wherein the control unit monitors a frequency or phase change of vibration of a transducer of the ultrasonic sensor based on the original digital signal at least during a second period and analyses the envelope-extraction-processed signal during at least a third period.
US10527716B2
The present invention relates to a method of determining a distance or location of a remote device or reflector, the method comprising: receiving a signal from a remote signal transmitter associated with or contained in or attached to the remote device; estimating a first propagation delay associated with the received signal, wherein the first propagation delay represents a first candidate for a correct propagation delay; deriving a relationship between the first candidate and one or more other candidates for a correct propagation delay from the received signal; determining a plurality of other candidates for a correct propagation delay based on said relationship; generating a likelihood histogram based on said candidates for a correct propagation delay; selecting a propagation delay from said candidates based on the likelihood histogram; and determining a distance or location of the remote device or reflector using the selected propagation delay.
US10527715B2
A radar simulation device for testing a device under test with respect to at least one radar scenario is provided. The radar simulation device comprises a memory, a radar scenario simulator, and two or more antennas. The memory is configured to store the radar scenario with respect to the device under test, and to provide the radar scenario to the radar scenario simulator. The radar scenario simulator is configured to receive a first number of radar signals from the device under test via the at least two antennas, to simulate the at radar scenario by manipulating the first number of radar signals according to the radar scenario and generating a resulting second number of manipulated radar signals, and to transmit the second number of manipulated radar signals to the device under test via the at least two antennas.
US10527713B2
A method of calibrating a radar system of a vehicle is disclosed. A source signal is transmitted from a transmitter at a target at a selected location from the radar system. An echo signal is received as a reflection of the source signal from the target at an in-phase channel and quadrature channel of a receiver. A range space for the echo signal is obtained that includes a target peak corresponding to the target, wherein the range space includes a ghost peak for the target resulting from an IQ difference between the in-phase and quadrature channels. The IQ difference between the in-phase and quadrature channels is adjusted to reduce an amplitude of the ghost frequency peak.
US10527710B2
A software-defined radio system has a plurality of fixed radio receivers each operable to receive radio signals in a receiving band, to sample a received radio signal to produce a sample stream, and to send the sample stream over a network. The radio system includes at least one fixed sync signal transmitter operable to transmit predetermined sync signals in said receiving band to receivers of the aforementioned plurality. The radio system further comprises a data processing system which is connected to the network for receiving sample streams from the receivers. The data processing system is operable to align samples of a data signal contained in sample streams from different receivers by: detecting a sync signal in those sample streams; determining a timing offset between samples of the sync signal in those sample streams in dependence on predetermined locations of the different receivers and the transmitter of that sync signal; and aligning the samples of the data signal in dependence on the timing offset.
US10527705B2
System and method for determining a position of a target in an unbiased 3D measurement space: generating 2D measurement data in focal planes of each sensor; calculating a line of sight (LOS) from the target for each sensor; intersecting the LOSs and finding the closest intersection point in a 3D space; calculating a boresight LOS in 3D for each sensor; intersecting the boresight lines of sights for each sensor, and finding the closest intersection point in the 3D space to define an origin for forming the unbiased 3D measurement space; and forming local unbiased 3D estimates of the position of the target in the unbiased 3D measurement space as a difference between a closest point of the target LOS and a closest point of the boresight LOS.
US10527703B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for performing a self-test of a magnetic field sensor using internal diagnostic components for fault detection. The magnetic field sensor includes a magnetic sensing element coupled to a sensor biasing current source and a switching network coupled to the magnetic sensing element. The switching network includes one or more diagnostics switches and one or more signal switches, and the one or more diagnostic switches are coupled to a diagnostic input current source. The switching network is configured to generate a time-multiplexed signal having a magnetic signal responsive to an external magnetic field in a magnetic signal time period and a diagnostic signal in a diagnostic signal time period. The diagnostic signal may be operable to produce an intermediate signal to have a predetermined sequence between a first state and a second state.
US10527700B2
A method and system provides an acquisition scheme for generating magnetic resonance elastography displacement data with whole-sample coverage, high spatial resolution, and adequate SNR in a short scan time. The method and system can acquire in-plane and through-plane k-space shots over a volume of a sample divided into a plurality of slabs that each include a plurality of non-adjacent slices to obtain three dimensional multiband, multishot data, can apply multiband radio frequency refocusing pulses to the sample, can acquire navigators before readout, and can correct for non-linear motion errors.
US10527687B2
A magnetic sensor that is easy to ensure the height of the yoke and that is also easy to guide magnetic flux in the direction in which the magnetic field sensing film detects a magnetic field is provided. The magnetic sensor includes first magnetic field detection element 21 that has first magnetic field sensing film 38 that detects a magnetic field in first direction X, and first yoke 23 that includes first portion 23a that is located on a side of first magnetic field sensing film 38 with respect to first direction X, and second portion 23b that is in contact with first portion 23a in direction Z that is orthogonal to first direction X. The average dimension of second portion 23b in first direction X is larger than the average dimension of first portion 23a in first direction X.
US10527676B2
An abnormality diagnosing device diagnoses a driving abnormality of a single motor driven by a plurality of motor driving devices. The motor driving devices drive the motor by supplying three-phase alternating currents to a plurality of three-phase windings possessed by the motor. The abnormality diagnosing device is equipped with a rotational speed acquisition unit for acquiring a rotational speed value of the motor, a current acquisition unit for acquiring phase current values of respective phases flowing through the three-phase windings, and a determination unit for determining the presence of an abnormality, if an absolute value of the rotational speed value exceeds a predetermined value, and an absolute value of the phase current value of any one phase of the three-phase windings is less than a threshold value continuously for a predetermined time period.
US10527675B2
A motor driving device includes: an insulation resistance measuring unit configured to measure insulation resistance of a motor selected as a measurement target to thereby measure the insulation resistance of each of the multiple motors; a measurement interrupting unit configured to interrupt measurement of insulation resistance if a measurement interrupt condition is established; a storage unit configured to store information indicating the motor selected as the measurement target at the time of interruption of the measurement of insulation resistance; and a measurement resuming unit configured to, when measurement is resumed, resume measurement of the insulation resistance sequentially from the motor that had been selected as the measurement target when the measurement was interrupted, based on the information stored in the storage unit.
US10527668B2
An apparatus for predicting a future state of an electronic component is provided. The apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure a waveform of a signal related to the electronic component. Further, the apparatus includes a processing unit configured to calculate a predicted value of a characteristic of the electronic component based on a reliability model of the electronic component using the waveform of the signal.
US10527667B2
Method and device for detecting the process corner of a transistor are provided. The process corner detection method includes providing a ring oscillator. The ring oscillator includes an odd number of oscillation units connected in series and an output port of one of the oscillation units serves as the output port of the ring oscillator to output an oscillation signal. Each oscillation unit is constructed based on a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor. The process corner detection method further includes measuring the period of the oscillation signal and the maintaining time of the oscillation signal at a high level and a low level in each cycle; and determining the process corner of the PMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor in the oscillation unit based on the period of the oscillation signal and the maintaining time of the oscillation signal at a high level and a low level in each cycle.
US10527666B2
A method determines a fault location in a fault on an electric line. Accordingly first reference voltage values are determined by current and voltage sampled values at a first line end and an impedance of the line. Second reference voltage values are determined by current and voltage sampled values at a second line end and the impedance. Fictitious first reference voltage values are calculated using a wave guiding model, describing the wave response of the line, with the first reference voltage values. The fictitious first reference voltage values, in the fault-free case, correspond to the second reference voltage values at the second line end. Fictitious second reference voltage values are calculated with the second reference voltage values. The fault location is determined by the first and second reference voltage values and the first and second fictitious reference voltage values.
US10527659B2
An apparatus for determining a measure of the frequency of an electrical signal is provided. The apparatus is configured to, based on a plurality of samples of the electrical signal, determine a Hilbert transformation to obtain a value for each of the samples of the electrical signal for use as an imaginary representation of each of the samples of the electrical signal and combine each said imaginary representation with a corresponding real representation of the samples of the electrical signal to form a complex representation of the electrical signal; perform a Fourier transform on each said complex representation of the samples of the electrical signal and determine a phase angle therefrom; and determine a measure of the frequency of the electrical signal based on a derivative of the phase angle with respect to time.
US10527656B2
A battery power table setting method for using battery power efficiently and preventing battery overcharge includes: a first table generation operation for generating a first table by measuring a maximum charging power that prevents an output of a battery from being more than a maximum allowable voltage when the battery having a predetermined SOC value is charged at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time; a second table generation operation for generating a second table by measuring an SOC value at the time point that the battery reaches the maximum allowable voltage when the battery is charged with a predetermined power value at a predetermined temperature; a third table generation operation for generating a third table by calculating a second maximum charging power according to a predetermined temperature and a predetermined SOC value based on the second table; and a derating table generation operation for generating a derating table.
US10527655B2
An overload monitoring device for an electrical system including a measuring device for current and/or voltage, a time measuring device and an evaluation device connected to the measuring device and the time measuring device being provided, the evaluation device being designed for generating parameters from measured values of the measuring device and/or for detecting an overload situation based on the measured values and/or the parameters using time data of the time measuring device. A method for overload monitoring of an electrical system is also described, measured values being determined for a current and/or a voltage of the electrical system; time data being determined; parameters based on the measured values being generated; and an overload situation being detected based on the measured values and/or the parameters using the time data.
US10527649B2
An adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between a probe card and a bridge beam of a wafer prober, where the probe card is separated from the bridge beam by a gap. The adjustable load transmitter located in the gap, the adjustable load transmitter comprising two rotatable plates adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the bridge beam and the wafer prober and each comprising two flat, non-parallel contact faces. The adjustable load transmitter removes an angular misalignment between the bridge beam and the set of plates by rotating each of the rotatable plates about a pre-determined adjustment angle such that two angles of inclination are adjusted to zero. The adjustable load transmitter establishes the load transmission path by closing a clearance between the bridge beam and the contact face.
US10527646B2
An electrical contact assembly comprised of four identical modules arranged in a four-sided formation. Each module comprises of a bottom housing formed with two rows of through holes to allow a row of front and back contact pairs to be inserted, with separators in between each pair to prevent electrical conductance between the pairs. A top housing is then lowered onto the top of these contact pairs. With the aid of a key tool, the rows of contact pairs are inserted into through holes in the top housing. By virtue of different heights between the front and back rows of through holes, the front and back contact rows are inserted one first, and then the other. This allows for easier installation of an assembly with minimal tolerance accumulation.
US10527637B2
Provided is an automatic analysis device that enables a reagent to be reliably loaded in and loaded out within a stipulated amount of time, even during analysis and without stopping the analysis, and that enables a reagent to be exchanged without causing a long wait for the operator. Provided is the automatic analysis device that comprises the following: a reagent cooling box that cools and holds a plurality of reagent containers, and that accommodates therein a reagent holder for movably holding the reagent containers which are inside the reagent cooling box and a reagent loader for loading the reagent containers into and out of the reagent cooling box by moving in a vertical direction with respect to the reagent cooling box; a reagent cooling box cover that covers the upper surface of the reagent cooling box and that has an opening through which the reagent loader can pass; an instruction means that provides instructions for the movement of the reagent loader; and a control device that includes, within the time of one cycle, a first time slot in which an operation for analysis is carried out and a second time slot in which an operation for the loading in or out of the reagent containers is carried out, and that executes control so that the reagent loader is not moved if the driving of the reagent loader was instructed by the instruction means in the second time slot.
US10527628B2
The present invention provides a method, wherein the method classifies a subject as suffering from dry eye, the method consisting of: a. obtaining demographic data, consisting of the age and gender of the subject; b. obtaining a tear sample from the patient, and determining the level of human serum albumin; c. from the determined level of human serum albumin, assigning a score for the determined amount of human serum albumin; and d. from the assigned score, calculating a cutoff probability score, according to the following equation: wherein the subject has dry eye, if the calculated cutoff probability score is from 50% to 60%. exp ( - 0.6491 - 1.1142 * Albumin ) 1 + exp ( - 0.6491 - 1.1142 * Albumin )
US10527627B2
The present disclosure relates to urinary polyamines useful as prostate cancer biomarkers. In particular, the present disclosure provides a novel, highly-sensitive and specific, method for detecting and quantifying urinary polyamines using lanthanide complexes or citrate capped gold nanoparticles.
US10527625B2
One or more aqueous, near infrared emitting, high yield, highly photoluminescent, stable quantum dots conjugated to one or more biomarkers specific moieties. The conjugated quantum dots have an enhanced detection sensitivity and selectivity and may be formed using a novel and efficient method for conjugating one or more biomarker specific moieties to the quantum dots. The invention is further directed to a method for using the conjugated quantum dots for cancer detection in the margin of excised tissue.
US10527618B2
Means for enabling an immunoassay with a sufficient sensitivity in an immunoassay for measuring influenza virus in a sample using influenza virus M1 protein as an antigen is provided. A sample processing method in an immunoassay for influenza virus, which method comprises, in an immunoassay for influenza virus using an antibody which undergoes antigen-antibody reaction with influenza virus matrix 1 protein, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, bringing a sample containing influenza virus into contact with a sample processing liquid containing a surfactant having at least one group selected from the group consisting of palmityl, stearyl, and oleyl, is provided.
US10527610B2
The present invention relates to materials and methods for high throughput monitoring of target engagement of isopeptidases, such as deubiquitylating enzymes by, inter alia, small molecule inhibitors. In particular the invention relates to development of high throughput assays to measure isopeptidase activity in biological samples, such as cells, animal tissues, animal tumours, human tissue or patient-derived biopsies.
US10527609B2
Described herein is a protein capable of spontaneously forming an isopeptide bond for the development of a peptide tag and binding partner pair wherein the peptide tag and binding partner are capable of covalently binding to each other via an isopeptide bond. Also provided is a method for developing a peptide tag and binding partner pair which are capable of covalently binding to each other based on a protein which is capable of spontaneously forming an isopeptide bond. Additionally provided are peptide tag and binding partner pairs which are obtainable from isopeptide proteins. Further, specifically developed peptide tags and binding partners are described, together with nucleic acid molecules and vectors which encode those peptides or proteins.
US10527607B2
This disclosure provides a method for adjusting the maturation state of mammalian sperm for use in assisted reproductive technologies (ART). A mammalian ejaculate is provided and incubated under controlled conditions. Aliquots of the ejaculate are assayed during incubation period at intervals to determine maturation state and changes in the maturation state by observing the percent positive cells in the aliquot. The assays are repeated with successive aliquots at intervals during incubation to observe real time changes in the maturation state. The ejaculate remaining is processed for the desired ART after the percentage of positive cells in the latest aliquot being assayed begins to decline.
US10527600B2
Methods, apparatus and compositions are described for the measurement of metal and/or metalloid elements, including selenium in samples. More specifically, the invention provides a sensor and/or array of sensors to measure metal and/or metalloid analytes, e.g. sensor and/or array of sensors having a chelator molecule, the chelator molecule including a peptide which has a phenylalanine derivative.
US10527592B2
An ultrasonic probe, an ultrasonic imaging apparatus including the same, and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, which relate to a method for changing a pulse signal received by an ultrasonic probe by controlling a switching element mounted to an ultrasonic probe during pulse inversion harmonic imaging. The ultrasonic probe includes: a transducer array configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic signal; a printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected to the transducer array so as to transmit a pulse signal received from a main body of an ultrasonic imaging apparatus to the transducer array; and a switching circuit configured to change a waveform of the pulse signal received by the PCB and transmitted to the transducer array.
US10527578B2
A heater section includes a plate-like ceramic body (a first substrate layer 1, a second substrate layer 2, and a third substrate layer 3) having a longitudinal direction (front-rear direction) and a short-length direction (left-right direction), and a heater 72 disposed within the plate-like ceramic body and including a lead section 79 and a heating section 76 connected to the lead section 79. The heating section 76 includes a straight portion 78 extending along the longitudinal direction, and a lead side curved portion 77b connected to one of the ends of the straight portion 78 closer to the lead section 79. The lead side curved portion 77b has a lower resistance per unit length than the straight portion 78 at one or more temperatures in the range of 700° C. to 900° C.
US10527575B2
An auto-calibration system for diagnostic test strips is described for presenting data individually carried on each test strip readable by a diagnostic meter. The test strip meter may provide a predetermined varying resistance on one strip or a plurality of varying resistances from strip lot to strip lot.
US10527569B2
Provided is a method of suitably judging necessity of a recovering process carried out on a mixed-potential gas sensor based on an extent of reversible deterioration occurring in a sensing electrode. The method includes the steps of: (a) performing impedance measurement between a sensing electrode exposed to a measurement gas and a reference electrode exposed to a reference atmosphere, which are provided in the gas sensor; and (b) judging necessity of a recovering process based on electrode reaction resistance or a diagnosis parameter correlating with the electrode reaction resistance wherein the electrode reaction resistance and the diagnosis parameter are obtained based on a result of the impedance measurement. The two steps are intermittently or periodically repeated during use of the gas sensor, and it is judged that a recovering process is necessary when the judge parameter satisfies a predetermined threshold condition in the step (b).
US10527560B2
A system and method for measuring a material includes at least one transmitter for transmitting a first signal and a second signal. A variable reflector reflects a portion of the first signal at a first reflecting property to produce a first reflected signal, the portion of the first signal having traveled through the material. The variable reflector also reflects a portion of the second signal at a second reflecting property to produce a second reflected signal, the portion of the second signal having traveled through the material. A receiver receives the first received signal and the second received signal, the first received signal includes the first reflected signal having traveled through the material and the second received signal includes the second reflected signal having traveled through the material. The first reflected signal and the second reflected signal providing an indication of at least one property of the material. The at least one property includes permittivity, attenuation, anisotropy, and frequency dependency of the material.
US10527551B2
The present invention relates to a method of predicting a performance characteristic of a plant or yeast hydrolysate, wherein a plant or yeast hydrolysate sample is measured with 2D fluorescence spectroscopy in powder form. Said method comprises the steps for providing a model based on a predetermined value of a manufacturing parameter of interest. For this purpose a training set consisting of predetermined manufacturing parameter of interest (e.g volumetric productivity parameter, virus titer or cell number) and fluorescence spectroscopic data is used. The fluorescence spectroscopic data is correlated to the values of the manufacturing parameter of interest to obtain a calibration model/model parameters by applying multivariate data analysis. This calibration model is being used to predict the manufacturing parameter of interest for new samples dedicated for the manufacturing process. This prediction is used for a decision to accept or reject the lot which corresponds to the respective sample for use in the manufacturing process or for further evaluation depending on the pre-defined range of the manufacturing parameter of interest. The invention further relates to a method for preparation of a cell culture medium, preferably an animal protein free cell culture medium, a method for cultivating cells, a method for producing a recombinant target protein, a method for producing an immunogenic composition, whereby the above method of predicting a performance characteristic has been used for selecting the plant or yeast hydrolysate to be used in the manufacturing process.
US10527550B2
A method for investigating biological cells or cell cultures in a microplate reader receives at least one microplate with wells containing biological cells or cell cultures by a receiving device; positions the wells with respect to measuring devices of the microplate reader and detects integral measurement signals by at least one of the measuring devices. The biological cells or cell cultures in the specific wells of the microplate(s) are transilluminated by an illumination source of the microplate reader and imaged by an imaging camera. Each of the detected integral signals is compared with the image of the biological cells or cell cultures in the corresponding wells of the microplate(s) by a processor and is related to the imaged number, adherence, confluence or morphology of these biological cells or cell cultures.
US10527545B2
To provide a total reflection measurement device that can improve a light utilization rate more than a Cassegrain type objective mirror, is capable of total reflection measurement at low magnification, and can maintain compatibility with a conventional objective mirror. The device (1) includes: a pair of plane mirrors (2a, 2b) disposed on a central axis (P1); a pair of intermediate mirrors (4a, 4b) opposing to the plane mirrors (2a, 2b), respectively; a pair of ellipsoidal mirrors (6a, 6b) opposing to the intermediate mirrors (4a, 4b), respectively; and an ATR crystal (8) provided at a position nearer to the sample side than the pair of plane mirrors (2a, 2b) on the central axis (P1). The ellipsoidal mirrors (6a, 6b) are provided so that each one focal position (C1) formed by the intermediate mirror (4a, 4b) and the plane mirror (2a, 2b) are at same position on the central axis (P1), and each another focal position (C2) formed by only the intermediate mirror (4a, 4b) are also at same position on the central axis (P1). Further, the another focal position (C2) coincides with a boundary surface between the ATR crystal (8) and the sample.
US10527543B2
The technology disclosed in this application provide for non-destructive and non-contact optical characterization of fiber reinforced plastic composites and other structures under test based on optical transmission scanning.
US10527542B2
The present invention relates to a method of calculating a Topography Adjusted Vegetation Index (TAVI) based on a band ratio model and a solar altitude angle. The method includes the following steps: obtaining the apparent reflectance data of a remote sensing image through image preprocessing, analyzing the quality of the image and numerical distribution, calculating a Shadow Vegetation Index (SVI), and constructing a TAVI combinational algorithm: TAVI = B ir B r + f ( Δ ) · 1 B r , calculating an adjustment factor f(Δ) with the solar altitude angle, and finally obtaining anti-topographic effect TAVI vegetation information. The TAVI in the present invention is composed of two band ratio submodels RVI and SVI, the denominators of both of which are red band data of a remote sensing image, and the adjustment factor f(Δ), which is calculated by a solar altitude angle as a parameter with a sensor factor applied, has great physical significance. The TAVI calculation method does not need digital elevation model (DEM) data and remote sensing image classification when not depending on ground survey data, and ensures that the interference of the topographic effects with the vegetation information can be effectively eliminated by the TAVI, thereby avoiding the problem of reduced inversion accuracy of ground vegetation information due to different registration accuracy of a remote sensing image and DEM data.
US10527541B2
A method for non-destructively testing the heating of a determined zone of a part made of a polymer material, the method comprising the following steps: a) taking at least one colorimetric measurement on said determined zone to be tested and obtaining the value ap of the parameter a of the CIELAB colorimetric space; b) taking at least one colorimetric measurement on said reference zone of said part and obtaining the value ap/ref of the parameter a of the CIELAB colorimetric space; c) calculating Δap=ap−ap/ref; and d) establishing a risk of heating said determined zone to be tested if Δap is higher than a threshold value A1.
US10527540B2
An imaging system for a smartphone includes a housing configured to rigidly attach to a handheld smartphone device. The system further includes an arm extending from the housing, wherein the arm is configured to be adjustable such that the arm is movable toward and away from the housing. Additionally, the system includes a sample mounting portion attached to the arm, the mounting portion having a retaining device, wherein the retaining device is configured to secure a target sample, the mounting portion configured to direct an image of the target sample to a first camera in the handheld smartphone device.
US10527537B2
A method for estimating energy use in an air filtration system using a preselected air filter includes the steps of: entering filtration system information into a computer having access to dust holding capacity-pressure drop curves for a plurality of air filters; determining an estimated current energy use of the air filtration system for a current air filter in the system; and presenting the estimated energy use on a display of the computer. Proposed filters can be evaluated and filter operation and changing cycle can be optimized.
US10527534B2
A method (900, 1000) of determining a vibration response parameter of a vibratory element (104) is provided. The method (900, 1000) includes vibrating the vibratory element (104) at a first frequency with a first drive signal, receiving a first vibration signal from the vibratory element (104) vibrated at the first frequency, measuring a first phase difference, the first phase difference being a phase difference between the first drive signal and the first vibration signal. The method (900, 1000) also includes vibrating the vibratory element (104) at a second frequency with a second drive signal, receiving a second vibration signal from the vibratory element (104) vibrated at the second frequency, measuring a second phase difference, the second phase difference being a phase difference between the second drive signal and the second vibration signal. The method (900, 1000) further includes using the first phase difference and the second phase difference to determine at least one of a phase difference, and a frequency of the vibratory element (104).
US10527533B2
A volatile content analysis instrument is disclosed that includes a cavity and a microwave source positioned to produce and direct microwaves into the cavity at frequencies other than infrared frequencies. A balance is included with at least the balance pan (or platform) in the cavity. An infrared source is positioned to produce and direct infrared radiation into the cavity at frequencies other than the microwave frequencies produced by the microwave source. A lens is positioned between the infrared source and the balance pan for more efficiently directing infrared radiation to a sample on the balance pan. The lens has dimensions that preclude microwaves of the frequencies produced by the source and directed into the cavity from leaving the cavity.
US10527523B2
A sensor assembly includes a housing extending from an insertion end to an opposite coupling end, from a sensor end to an opposite back end, and from a top end to an opposite bottom end. The assembly also includes a sensor dish outwardly projecting from the sensor end of the housing and configured to hold one or more sensors. The assembly also includes a radio frequency (RF) transparent sensor cap configured to be secured to the sensor dish to secure the one or more sensors within the sensor dish. The housing also can be secured to a vehicle for the sensors to measure operational conditions of the vehicle. The housing of the sensor assembly may be connected to a drive train of the vehicle by inserting a fastener through a channel in the housing and into a jacking hole of the vehicle.
US10527522B2
A misfire determination device of an internal combustion engine, includes an angular velocity obtaining section which obtains two crank angular velocities corresponding to two crank angular positions, respectively, which are set between a range which is around a first compression top dead center and a range which is around a second compression top dead center, in which the first compression top dead center is a compression top dead center of a determination target cylinder, and the second compression top dead center is the compression top dead center of a next ignition cylinder in which ignition is performed next to the ignition performed in the determination target cylinder; and a misfire determination section which determines whether or not misfire has occurred in the determination target cylinder based on a result of comparing a deviation between the two crank angular velocities to a predetermined misfire determination threshold.
US10527518B2
A light source system (26) illuminating an optical system to be inspected (3) and making light fluxes of a plurality of wavefront measurement visual fields be emitted from the optical system to be inspected; a single wavefront sensor (28) calculating wavefront aberration on a basis of measurement of the light fluxes of the plurality of wavefront measurement visual fields emitted from the optical system to be inspected (3); and an optical path optical system (31) are included. The optical path optical system selectively makes the light fluxes of the plurality of wavefront measurement visual fields emitted from the optical system to be inspected (3) be incident on the wavefront sensor (28).
US10527514B2
A system and method remotely measure in real time through sound waves, geometric parameters of a pipeline in the launch step. An acoustic transceiver positioned in a pipeline includes an acoustic transmitter emitting an input acoustic signal into the pipeline, based on an electric pilot signal. An acoustic receiver detects the input acoustic signal and generates a first electric measurement signal, dependent on the input acoustic signal. The acoustic receiver receives an input return signal dependent on the input acoustic signal and on pipeline geometric parameters, and generates a second electric measurement signal based on the return acoustic signal. A control unit generates an electric pilot signal and connects to the acoustic transceiver and receives the first electric measurement signal and the second electric measurement signal. The control unit measures the geometric parameters of the pipeline based on the first and second electric measurement signals.
US10527501B2
A resistor which is able to have a reduced thickness for an insulating substrate and in which occurrence of cracking is able to be suppressed during production of the insulating substrate, the production of the resistor and mounting of the substrate, and in which the safety of a medical device is increased by forming the insulating substrate using a biocompatible material; and a temperature sensor are provided. This resistor is provided with: an insulating substrate that has a bending strength of 690 MPa or more and a thickness of 10 to 100 μm; a resistive film that is formed on the insulating substrate; at least a pair of electrode layers, that are electrically connected to the resistive film; and a protective film that covers a region where the resistive film is formed, while forming exposure portions so that at least parts of the electrode layers are exposed therein.
US10527497B2
The present specification generally relates to the field of imaging device and particularly discloses an imaging device for detecting infrared radiation. The imaging device comprises a first set of detectors responsive to infrared electromagnetic radiation in a first wavelength band, a second set of detectors and a filter disposed above the second set of detectors to prevent registration of electromagnetic radiation outside a second wavelength band at the second set of detectors. The second wavelength band is a subset of the first wavelength band. The imaging device is configured to detect a deviation from an expected value of a level of electromagnetic radiation in a third wavelength band based on signals obtained from the first set of detectors and the second set of detectors. The third wavelength band is within the first wavelength band and outside the second wavelength band.
US10527496B2
According to an example embodiment, a detector assembly for use in analysis of elemental composition of a sample by using optical emission spectroscopy is provided, the detector assembly comprising a rotatable element that is rotatable about an axis and that has attached thereto a laser source for generating laser pulses for invoking optical emission on a surface of the sample, which laser source is arranged to generate laser pulses focused at a predefined distance from said axis at a predefined distance from a front end of the detector assembly, and an optical receiver for capturing optical emission invoked by said laser pulses.
US10527491B2
Charging systems for wearable UV sensing devices. The charging systems include a wearable housing including a UV sensor, a central conductor, and at least one annular conductor extending around the central conductor. The system also includes a charger that has at least first and second conductive contacts, where the first and second contacts are spaced from each other and the central conductor and annular conductor are spaced from each other such that the first and second contacts are aligned with the central conductor and the annular conductor, respectively, when the housing and charger interface.
US10527485B2
A weighing device includes at least one weighing cell (3) disposed in a weighing cell housing (5) and a control cabinet (1). The control cabinet (1) includes a gas pressure control (7) to which can be connected a source with gas overpressure (9). The control cabinet (1) includes an outlet opening (11) through which the gas can exit. The control cabinet (1) is connected with the weighing cell housing (5) through a first connection (13) for supplying gas into the weighing cell housing (5), and through a second connection (15) for gas removal from the weighing cell housing (5). The gas pressure connection (7) is connected with the first connection (13) through a flow guide means (17), so that at least one part of a supplied gas first flows through an interior of the weighing cell housing and subsequently it exits through the outlet opening (11) of the control cabinet (1).
US10527482B2
A device for measuring superfine particles masses includes an exposure system with at least two measurement chambers having an identical geometry. Each measurement chamber has a deposition surface for the superfine particles which each have an aerosol feed line. The aerosol feed line has an outlet region to feed an aerosol onto the deposition surface, a means for generating a potential difference between the superfine particles in the aerosol and the deposition surface, and a grid arranged above the deposition surface. The outlet region has a widened outlet cross section having a constant distance from the deposition surface. At least one deposition surface is arranged on a piezoelectric crystal as a superfine balance. A first potential corresponding to a ground potential is present at each deposition surface. A second potential having a potential difference of at least 200 V in relation to the first potential is present at each grid.
US10527473B2
A microwave flowmeter and a flow rate measurement method are provided. The microwave flowmeter includes a transmitting circuit, a detecting circuit, and a computing unit. The transmitting circuit includes a substrate, a plurality of resonator elements, and a transmission line. Two ends of the transmission line receive high frequency electric feedings, so that the resonator elements separately generate corresponding microwaves and each of the microwaves has at least one resonant frequency. The detecting circuit detects offsets of the corresponding resonant frequencies that are caused when a fluid flows through the resonator elements, and records times at which the offsets happen. The computing unit is electrically connected to the detecting circuit, and computes a flow rate of the fluid according to the times at which the offsets happen of the resonant frequencies and locations that are of the resonator elements and that correspond to a flow path.
US10527470B1
An apparatus, method and non-transitory computer readable medium method are described for identifying the phase fractions and flow-rate of a petroleum carrying pipeline with three-phase wavy-stratified flow. A set of semi-cylindrical electrodes are mounted on the internal surface of a pipe to monitor the total capacitance and resistance of the three-phase contents. The phase fractions are determined by relating the resistance and capacitance to the phase-angles associated with the interfaces between water, oil and gas phases of the mixture. To calculate the flow rate, measured capacitances from two sets of electrodes with known separation distance are cross-correlated to determine time delay. Communications circuitry transmits the measurements to a remote control center for monitoring. Calculated and measured results demonstrate close agreement. The percentage error exhibited by the proposed inclined capacitive plate technique is calculated and compared with published values.
US10527466B2
An instrument cluster assembly including a display screen having a backlight. A pointer is movable to point to different portions of an instrument cluster gauge in order to convey information to a driver or operator. A light guide is included with the pointer. The light guide is configured to receive light from the backlight of the display screen, and illuminate the pointer.
US10527464B2
An assembly for a vehicle includes: a top housing rotatable about a bottom housing via a hinge; a sensor positioned between the top and bottom housings; the top and bottom housings each including a triangular portion that narrows into a rectangular extension portion; the bottom housing including raised bosses defining bolt apertures; the housings including outward indentations and corresponding inward indentations.
US10527459B2
This inductive position sensor is designed to measure the angular position of a shaft or the like and includes a support on which are realized, on the one hand, a primary winding, and on the other hand, at least two secondary windings in phase opposition with respect to each other. Each secondary winding is defined by a set of at least two loops in phase with each other. The secondary windings are connected in series and each arranged symmetrically with respect to a middle line so as to form each time a pattern on either side of this middle line, the two patterns having a separation between them in the area of said middle line. An assembly including such a sensor and a target with two oppositely directed helices.
US10527453B2
A system comprises a plurality of sensors, a sensor processor, and a sampling rate engine. The sensor processor is coupled to an output of each sensor of the plurality of sensors. The sensor processor estimates user dynamics in response to a first output signal of a first sensor of the plurality of sensors. The sampling rate engine is coupled to an output of the sensor processor. The sampling rate engine determines a sampling rate value of a second sensor of the plurality of sensors in response to a user dynamics value from the sensor processor. The second sensor comprises a selectable sampling rate. The selectable sampling rate is configured in response to the sampling rate value determined by the sampling rate engine.
US10527450B2
A navigation apparatus for an autonomous vehicle includes circuitry configured to receive at least one route between a start location and a destination, display the at least one route on a first screen that allows selection of a first set of routes from the at least one route, receive a plurality of characteristics corresponding to each of the at least one route. Each characteristic of the plurality of characteristics is associated with a measure and a longest block within which each characteristic can be performed continuously. The circuitry further configured to divide a route of the at least one route to generate a plurality of segments based on the plurality of characteristics, and display the first set of routes, the plurality of characteristics corresponding to the first set of routes, the measure and the longest block corresponding to the plurality of characteristics on a second screen.
US10527433B2
Recommending a parking space to a target vehicle is provided. Current crowdsourced data corresponding to a plurality of vehicles geographically located at a plurality of parking facilities in geographic proximity to an intermediary parking destination of the target vehicle for travel mode change between a starting location and a final destination during a multi-modal commute is received. A parking space recommendation is generated for the target vehicle at the intermediary parking destination based on parking space availability information that includes the current crowdsourced data corresponding to the plurality of vehicles geographically located at the plurality of parking facilities. The parking space recommendation is transmitted to a mobile device of a user corresponding to the target vehicle.
US10527432B2
A method of generating a horizon for use by an ADAS of a vehicle involves using digital location-based data, driver data and/or vehicle data to determine the likelihood that different outgoing paths are taken at a decision point along a currently traversed road segment, and deriving a probability that each path may be taken. The probability may be based on one or more of: an angle of the path relative to the incoming path, the road class of the path, a speed profile of the path, historical paths taken by vehicles at the decision point, and historical paths taken at the decision point by the individual driver or vehicle.
US10527431B2
Methods and systems for assisting a user at an event and venue are described. A user is guided or navigated to different points of interest at a venue. The points of interest include seat locations or surrounding services and facilities, such as restaurants, shops, and restrooms. Advertisements and promotions associated with surrounding services may be displayed to the user. The user may be notified of the presence of friends and family at the same venue, and be provided with real-time information about the event.
US10527430B2
Method, mobile device, computer program product, and apparatus relating to beacon data collection. A user context at a mobile device may be obtained and a recommended configuration for beacon data collection can be determined according to the recommended configuration. A reliability metric may be determined as part of determining the recommended beacon collection configuration. The beacon data collection may include filter or weight to define when or how to send or collect beacon data and/or positioning data.
US10527429B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide sailing information to users of a mobile structure. A sailing user interface system includes a logic device in communication with a compass or orientation sensor, a wind sensor, and/or a speed sensor. Sensor signals provided by the various sensors are used to determine a heading and a wind direction for the mobile structure, which can be referenced to Magnet North. The wind direction and heading may be used to orient a sail chart rendered by the logic device. The sail chart graphically indicates the heading of the mobile structure relative to the wind direction and a performance contour for the mobile structure. The sail chart may be displayed to a user to refine manual operation of the mobile structure, and the information rendered in the sail chart may be used to autopilot the mobile structure.
US10527428B1
Systems, methods, and vehicles for capacity based vehicle operation are provided. For example, a method can include receiving, by a computing system including one or more computing devices, object data based in part on one or more states of one or more objects. Based in part on the object data, the computing system can determine one or more features of the one or more objects. Based on a comparison of the one or more features of the one or more objects to a vehicle capacity criterion, the one or more objects that satisfy the vehicle capacity criterion can be determined. The vehicle capacity criterion can be based in part on a carrying capacity of an autonomous vehicle. In response to the one or more objects satisfying the vehicle capacity criterion, one or more control systems associated with operation of the autonomous vehicle can be activated by the computing system.
US10527425B1
Systems and methods for providing location and guidance, and more particularly for providing location and guidance in environments where global position systems (GPS) are unavailable or unreliable (GPS denied and/or degraded environments) utilizing inertial measurement units IMUs to provide such location and guidance. A series of low-accuracy or low-resolution IMUs, in combination, are utilized to provide high-accuracy or high-resolution location and guidance results along with an electronics-control system for handing off control of the measurement and guidance of a body in flight between groups or subgroups of IMUs to alternate between high dynamic range/lower resolution and lower dynamic range/higher resolution measurement and guidance as the environment dictates.
US10527424B2
An angle offset judging device (1) includes: an azimuth histogram generating section (126) for obtaining an appearance frequency of estimated azimuths; and an evaluating section (127) for making an evaluation of whether or not the appearance frequency thus obtained shows a tendency which is observed in a case where an azimuth is properly estimated under a binding condition concerning an advancing direction of a movement of a moving body.
US10527396B2
A device for destroying dangerous objects such as shells, munitions or other charges that are to be destroyed by detonating them, which device includes a packaging produced from a flat blank folded on itself along three folds, four folds or more in order to form at least three sides and two half, four sides or four sides and a flap for closing the packaging which is produced in the form of a tubular package of polygonal and notably square or rectangular cross section once the flat blank has been folded up, with explosive charges placed on the sides that are to be folded, the flat blank being of dimensions suited to being able to house, in the middle of the tubular package in contact with the explosive charges, one or more of the dangerous objects that are to be destroyed.
US10527393B1
A medium caliber high kinetic energy round with tracer and self-destruct mechanism having an optimized kinetic energy projectile incorporating a fully hardened projectile body and an explosive self-destruct mechanism for a medium caliber high rate of fire round. The medium caliber high kinetic energy ammunition round incorporates a multiple piece sub-projectile that integrates a tracer and high explosive self-destruct mechanism to neutralize the penetrator during self-destruct and minimize collateral damage during firing.
US10527386B2
Provided is a handguard attachment mechanism for use with a firearm using a standard AR-pattern barrel nut having a substantially cylindrical portion with an axial length and an enlarged diameter radial flange at a forward end. The handguard includes a substantially tubular handguard with proximal and distal ends. The proximal end includes a longitudinal slot extending from the proximal end toward, but not to, the distal end. A pair of clamping lugs, one positioned on each side of the slot adjacent the proximal end, have means for adjustably drawing the clamping lugs together to narrow at least a portion of the longitudinal slot. A circumferentially incomplete barrel nut bushing is configured to fit on the barrel nut. When the barrel nut bushing is placed on the barrel nut and the proximal end of the handguard is placed over the barrel nut bushing, the clamping means adjustably draws the clamping lugs together, compressing the barrel nut bushing on the barrel nut, to releasably secure the handguard to the barrel nut.
US10527385B1
A rapidly adjustable receiver extension preferably includes a modified receiver extension and a ramped indexing plate. The modified receiver extension includes an indexing slot machined in a standard receiver extension to receive the ramped indexing plate. The ramped indexing plate is retained in the indexing slot with any suitable retention method. The ramped indexing plate preferably includes a plurality of inclined surfaces with a flat indexing slot disposed between two adjacent inclined surfaces. A length of the flat indexing slot is slightly longer than a diameter of a locking pin. A threaded tap is formed in each inclined surface for receiving a set screw or the like as a stop. One end of the rapidly adjustable receiver extension is attached to a rifle and an opposing end of the modified receiver extension is retained in a butt stock.
US10527374B1
An anti-spring fatigue firearm magazine incorporates a lower magazine sleeve that can be positioned into an extended configuration relative to the main magazine body in order to reduce or eliminate spring fatigue from extended storage while fully loaded with ammunition.
US10527372B2
Provided is a side charging handle system for an AR-pattern firearm with an upper receiver having an internal longitudinal bore for receiving a bolt carrier assembly for longitudinal reciprocation therein, a side longitudinal guide slot, and a side charging handle having an engagement pin extending through guide slot to engage the bolt carrier assembly.
US10527371B2
An anomaly monitoring device is installed in an integrated gasification combined cycle plant that experiences varying loads, and the device monitors a heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between a carbon-containing fuel and a heat exchange medium flowing through a heat transfer tube. For each load on the integrated gasification combined cycle plant, the anomaly monitoring device calculates the average value and the standard deviation of a state quantity of the heat exchanger, calculates the Mahalanobis distance on the basis of the average value and the standard deviation, and from the calculated Mahalanobis distance determines the presence or absence of an anomaly of the heat transfer surface of the heat transfer tube.
US10527369B2
A heat exchanger element includes at least two honeycomb structures arranged serially and each including a cell structural portion having cells separated and formed by partition walls containing SiC and functioning as passages which extend from one end face to the other end face and which a first fluid passes through, and an outer peripheral wall disposed on the outer periphery of the cell structural portion. The first fluid passes through the cells of the honeycomb structures without leaking out of the cells or mixing. The cell structural portions of at least a pair of the honeycomb structures adjacent to each other among the honeycomb structures arranged serially are disposed with a gap, and the first fluid passing through the cells mixes together between end faces forming the gap.
US10527363B2
A condenser includes a housing formed in a hollow shape and having a steam inlet and a condensate outlet, inlet water chambers and outlet water chambers provided at respective ends of the housing. A large number of heat-transfer tubes connect the inlet water chambers and the outlet water chambers to each other inside the housing. Cooling water flows in the heat-transfer tubes, and intake pipes and drainpipes are respectively coupled to the inlet water chambers and outlet water chambers via expansion joints.
US10527357B2
Disclosed is a shell and tube heat exchanger that includes, inter alia, an elongated cylindrical shell that defines a longitudinal axis for the heat exchanger and an internal chamber. The shell has at least one feed gas inlet and feed gas outlet formed in an outer wall for allowing a feed gas to enter and exit the internal chamber. At least one tube sheet is associated with an end of the elongated shell and a plurality of circular baffles are longitudinally spaced apart within the internal chamber of the shell for redirecting feed gas flow within the internal chamber. The heat exchanger also includes a tube bundle which has a plurality of tubes for allowing effluent gas to traverse from an inlet plenum through the internal chamber of the shell to an outlet plenum. Additionally, a shroud distributor is arranged and configured to direct feed gas flow from the feed gas inlet to the internal chamber proximate the at least one tube sheet. The shroud distributor has at least one angled cut formed in an end thereof for distributing the flow of feed gas.
US10527352B2
An abrasion-resistant material for the working face of a metallurgical furnace cooling element such as a stave cooler or a tuyere cooler having a body comprised of a first metal. The abrasion-resistant material comprises a macro-composite material including abrasion-resistant particles which are arranged in a substantially repeating, engineered configuration infiltrated with a matrix of a second metal, the particles having a hardness greater than that of the second metal. A cooling element for a metallurgical furnace has a body comprised of the first metal, the body having a facing layer comprising the abrasion-resistant material. A method comprises: positioning the engineered configuration of abrasion-resistant particles in a mold cavity, the engineered configuration located in an area of the mold cavity to define the facing layer; and introducing molten metal into the cavity, the molten metal comprising the first metal of the cooling element body.
US10527348B2
A substrate processing method includes a substrate holding step of horizontally holding a substrate, a substrate rotating step of rotating the substrate held horizontally around a rotational axis along a vertical direction, a liquid-film forming step of forming a liquid film of a first organic solvent that is used to process an upper surface of the substrate on the upper surface of the substrate by supplying the first organic solvent to the upper surface of the substrate held horizontally, a vapor supplying step of supplying a vapor of a second organic solvent to a space between a facing surface of a heater unit that has the facing surface facing a lower surface of the substrate held horizontally and the lower surface of the substrate, a substrate heating step of heating the substrate being in a rotational state by means of the vapor of the second organic solvent in parallel with the substrate rotating step and the liquid-film forming step, and a substrate drying step of, after the substrate heating step, excluding the liquid film of the first organic solvent from the substrate held horizontally and drying the upper surface of the substrate in a state in which the rotation of the substrate is stopped and the substrate is in contact with the heater unit.
US10527347B2
A method for the separation of liquid CO2 from a 2 phase feed stream, the process comprising the steps of: cooling the feed stream to a cryogenic temperature; expanding the cooled stream so as to further lower the temperature of the feed through expansion; mechanically separating the expanded stream, using a mechanical separator, into a gas phase and a liquid CO2 phase, and; venting the gas phase and outflowing the liquid CO2.
US10527343B2
The present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising a storage container that has a crisper wherein the fruits and/or the vegetables are stored and a body that supports the crisper and that facilitates the placement of the crisper into the refrigerator.
US10527342B2
Disclosed are a refrigerator and a refrigerator door opening apparatus. The refrigerator includes a cabinet forming a storage space; a door configured to open and close the storage space; a panel installed on a front surface of the door to form an external appearance; a door handle provided in the panel and operable to open the door; and a door opening apparatus coupled to the door handle and configured to assist in opening the door. The door opening apparatus includes a main module installed inside the panel and configured to protrude backward from the panel according to the operation of the door handle; and a sub-module provided at an end portion of the door corresponding to the main module and configured to protrude backward in conjunction with the main module to push the cabinet and open the door.
US10527319B2
The present invention relates to a geothermal heat exchange system and a method of constructing a geothermal heat exchange system, and more specifically, to a geothermal heat exchange system which is to be installed in a borehole in the ground, the borehole being divided into a ground surface section and a shallow geothermal source section, the shallow geothermal source section of the borehole, which is hardly influenced by the atmospheric or ground surface temperatures, is filled with conventional heat conductive grouting material with high thermal conductivity, and the ground surface section of the borehole is filled with thermal insulation grouting material or thermal insulation cartridges to prevent the heat transferring medium in the geothermal heat exchange system, which has the geothermal heat obtained from the shallow geothermal source, from losing heat in the winter time or obtaining heat in the summer time when it passes through the ground surface section which is much influenced by the atmospheric or ground surface temperatures, thereby a geothermal heat exchange system that can increase the acquisition rate of geothermal energy, and a method of constructing the geothermal heat exchange system.
US10527313B2
A mass airflow measuring device includes an air passageway and a body positioned in the passageway. The body includes a peripheral section including a first channel, a sample section located radially inward of the peripheral section, and including an inlet port and a support section connecting the sample section to the peripheral section. The support section includes a second channel which communicates at a first end with the inlet port and at a second end with the first channel. A mass airflow sensor is mounted to the body.
US10527296B2
A controller assembly controls water flow through individual emitters of a heating/cooling system based on a temperature setpoint and room temperature indicator obtained from an associated thermostat. The controller assembly provides delta temperature room control using a high precision movement actuator fitted with two pipe temperature sensors to power modulate individual radiators, underfloor heating circuits or fan-coils to provide energy efficiency for individual room heating/cooling control. Based on the temperature difference between the room temperature and the setpoint the controller assembly controls water flow through the emitter by adjusting a valve to attain a target temperature delta between the inlet and outlet of the emitter. As the room temperature approaches the setpoint so that the temperature difference decreases, the power output of the emitter is modulated to achieve desirable performance characteristics.
US10527285B2
Sparkless igniters for pilot services comprising hot surface igniter elements, and methods for operating these igniters without the use of flame rods or thermocouples. The electrical resistance of the hot surface igniter element is measured and used to control the operation of the igniters using a suitable burner management system. The measured electrical resistance may also be manipulated to yield a control parameter for use in the burner management system. The igniters are designed to prevent quenching of the hot surface elements by the fuel-air mixture. The igniters optionally permit easy swap out of hot surface igniter elements.
US10527282B2
An example managed biochar kiln includes drum walls, a drum floor, and a lid formed to be fitted to a top edge of the drum walls to close a top end of the drum walls and form a combustion chamber between the lid, the drum walls, and the drum floor. The example managed biochar kiln also includes a chimney stack attachable to the lid. The example managed biochar kiln also includes a valve on the lid operable by an electronic controller to vary airflow through the chimney and out of the lid.
US10527281B1
A gas flare apparatus includes a burner tube that receives combustible gas and includes (a) a burner tube outer perimeter defined by a burner tube outer diameter and (b) a burner tube inner perimeter defined by a burner tube inner diameter. An updraft shield is concentric with the burner tube and extends outwardly relative to the burner tube outer perimeter to an updraft shield outer perimeter. A windshield tube is concentric with the burner tube and has a windshield tube inner diameter that is larger than the burner tube outer diameter. The windshield tube is positioned above the updraft shield. A cover plate spaced apart from and covering an upper opening of the windshield tube.
US10527279B2
A combustion apparatus includes a burner having a sheet-metal combustion plate which covers an open surface of a burner body; and a combustion box having a connection flange part to be coupled to a body flange part enclosing the open surface of the burner body, and is equipped with a cooling means for cooling the combustion box, an arrangement is made that overheating of the burner body due to heat transmission from the combustion plate can be prevented, even without enhancing thermal insulation performance of a packing to be interposed between a combustion plate flange part and the body flange part. The connection flange part is kept in direct contact with the combustion plate flange part and, coupled to the body flange part. The packing is provided with: a combustion plate seal part to be pressed under pressure against the combustion plate flange part; and a combustion box seal.
US10527272B2
An adapter for mounting a luminaire to a track of a track lighting system includes a main body and a head having axes that are angled with respect to each other. The head is configured to be insertable into the track and rotatable to align the adapter body with the track ant to make electrical contact with conductors within the track. The rotation required is less than 70 degrees, and may be as little as 13 degrees or less, enabling installation of track lighting near obstructions.
US10527266B2
The present disclosure is directed to a lighting system, the lighting system comprising at least two lighting modules. Each lighting modules includes a plurality of light emitting elements which are electrically coupled to one another. The lighting system further comprises a suspension assembly which is configured for longitudinally attaching to the at least two lighting modules to be arranged as two lighting modules adjacent to each other. The suspension assembly includes a first section configured for attaching to one of the two adjacent lighting modules, and a second section configured for attaching to the other one of the two adjacent lighting modules. The first section and the second section are mechanically connected for adjusting the longitudinal distance between the two adjacent lighting modules.
US10527258B2
A light fixture includes a light source, a wavelength-conversion material, and a reflector. The light source is configured to emit a first radiation, and has a front surface and a back surface. The wavelength-conversion material is arranged under the front surface and configured to convert the first radiation to a second radiation which has a first portion not able to reach the reflector and a second portion able to reach the reflector. The reflector is arranged over the back surface and configured to reflect the second portion away from the light source without passing through the wavelength-conversion material. The reflector has an end distant from the light source and is arranged in an elevation different from that of the wavelength-conversion material.
US10527256B2
A pumped fluorescent light source includes one or more mirrors that direct pumping light from one or more pump sources on a fluorescent body having a planar top surface and a convex back surface. The top surface may be coated with an anti-reflective coating and the back convex surface may be coated with a reflective coating to improve efficiency. The body top surface may also be roughened to scatter a portion of the excitation light provided from the mirror(s) to generate a white output beam. The mirror(s) have reflective surfaces disposed outside of a collection area of an output beam of the light sources, so that the collection area is not obstructed by the mirror(s). The light source also includes a collecting lens for collecting the light emitted by the body. The mirror may be a single parabolic mirror that focuses the excitation light on the body to stimulate emission.
US10527252B2
A vehicle lighting system includes a light source; a first lighting subsystem includes a first light path having a first end positioned to receive light from the light source and to deliver the light to a second end of the first light path; and a first electrochromic filter disposed in the first light path; and a second lighting subsystem includes a second light path having a first end positioned to receive light from the light source and to deliver the light to a second end of the second light path; and a second electrochromic filter disposed in the second light path, wherein the first lighting subsystem provides a first lighting function, and wherein the second lighting subsystem provides a second lighting function.
US10527248B2
The invention relates to a lighting device (1a) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a first light-guide (2) unit having a retaining bar (2a) and at least two outcoupling bars (2b) arranged at least at a distance from one another and protruding from the retaining bar (2a), a second light-guide unit (3) having a retaining bar (3a) and at least one outcoupling bar (3b) protruding from the retaining bar (3a), a number of light sources (4) for coupling light into the outcoupling bars (2b, 3b) of the light-guide units (2,3), wherein at least one light source (4) is associated with each outcoupling bar (2b, 3b), and comprising at least one lens (5), preferably a projection lens, arranged after the light-guide units (2, 3) for generating a light distribution, wherein each outcoupling bar (2b, 3b) has a light-outcoupling surface (2c, 3c) for emitting light into the at least one lens (5), wherein the first and the second light-guide units (2, 3) are separate components from one another, which are arranged in relation to one another in such a way that a respective outcoupling bar (3b) of the second light-guide unit (3) is arranged between neighbouring outcoupling bars (2b) of the first light-guide unit (2), and wherein an aperture (11) is arranged between the lens (5) and the light-outcoupling surfaces (2c, 3c) of the outcoupling bars (2b, 3b).
US10527246B2
The invention relates to an optical device for projecting a pixelized light beam, in particular for a motor vehicle. The device comprises at least two matrix-arrays each equipped with primary light sources able to emit light rays and each placed in a plane that is specific thereto; at least one primary optical system associated with each matrix-array and placed downstream of the matrix-array, each primary optical system forming a virtual image of the matrix-array upstream of the latter; and an optical projecting system forming an image from the virtual images, in which image the virtual images overlap partially.
US10527238B1
A lamp includes main bodies, casings, two joint fixing members, two cover plates, a control module and lighting-emitting modules. Each of the lighting-emitting modules is disposed on a side of each of the main bodies and is electrically connected to the control module. Each of the main bodies has a casing fixedly disposed on a side opposite to the lighting-emitting module. A passage is formed between the casing and the main body. The lighting-emitting module has a light-transmitting component and a plurality of light-emitting units corresponding to a plurality of lens structures of the light-transmitting component. The joint fixing members are fixed to at least one of the main bodies and the casings such that the main bodies and the casings are arranged side by side. The passages communicate with each other to form a through passage with the control module disposed therein.
US10527235B2
A light emitting device includes a support member, a semiconductor laser element, a light reflecting member, and a wavelength conversion member. The support member has a base and a cap that includes a light extraction window from which light is extracted upward. The semiconductor laser element is disposed within a space defined by the base and the cap. The light reflecting member is disposed in the space at a position where light from the semiconductor laser element is reflected toward the light extraction window. The wavelength conversion member is disposed between the semiconductor laser element and the light reflecting member, and includes a support surface that supports the light reflecting member, and a light incidence surface on which the light emitted by the semiconductor laser element is incident. Part of the wavelength conversion member is fitted into the light extraction window.
US10527233B2
An LED light bulb, comprising: a bulb shell; a bulb base connected with the bulb shell to defining a cavity inside the bulb shell, the cavity is filled with air selected from the group consisting of helium and hydrogen, the volume ratio of hydrogen to the overall volume of the cavity is from 5% to 50%; and an LED filament with a plurality of LED chips electrically connected to each other disposed in the bulb shell, at least two conductive supports, disposed in the bulb shell, a driving circuit, electrically connected with the two conductive supports and the bulb base, a stem disposed in the bulb shell, the LED filament is connected with the stem through the conductive supports, and a plurality of supporting arms, connected with and supporting the LED filament.
US10527232B2
A method of retrofitting a plurality of LED bulbs to a fluorescent tube fixture with a ballast, a fluorescent tube receptacle, a reflector housing and a lens comprises: removing the lens from the reflector housing; disconnecting the ballast from a mains power supply line and removing the ballast and the fluorescent tube receptacle from the housing. The mains mains power supply is wired to a plurality of Edison socket light-emitting diode (LED) bulb sockets extending from a body defining an electrical junction box and threading a plurality of LED bulbs into the bulb sockets. The electrical junction box is mounted to the reflector housing. The fixture lens is reinstalled to the housing such that the bulb adapter is received in an enclosure defined by the housing and the lens.
US10527226B2
Techniques are provided for constructing an adjustable kick panel assembly that is removable, adjustable, and attachable without the use of a tool. In one or more implementations, a bracket having a clip is inserted into a slot on a kick panel, and then twisted to secure the bracket to the kick panel. The bracket allows for height adjustment of the kick panel without a tool. The complete kick panel assembly is then attached to the base of an appliance by inserting the clip into a housing on the base.
US10527225B2
Frame and lens upgrade kits for lighting fixtures. A frame bracket defines the frame area, which can be rectangular, for example. A lens frame fits just inside the frame bracket with the lens frame being releasably attached thereto. The frame bracket can be constructed from collapsible frame bracket subassemblies. For example, a rectangular frame bracket may be assembled from first and second collapsible frame bracket subassemblies that fan out and lock together to create a rigid frame bracket. The subassemblies each comprise elongated side and edge brackets that are fastened together such that they can pivot about one another. In some embodiments, one side of the lens frame is attached to a corresponding side of the frame bracket with a rotatable clip that allows the lens frame to swing such that its other side can attach to the bracket frame with an attachment latch, which can be magnetic, for example.
US10527219B2
A mounting track includes a track section having a track base, two vertical track-rails, and horizontal track-beams laterally-spaced-apart from each other by a first distance. An endpiece is attachable to the track section and includes an endpiece base, a vertical endpiece rail, and horizontal endpiece beams. When attached to the track section, the track base and the endpiece base align, the vertical track-rails and the vertical endpiece rail align, and the horizontal track-beams and the horizontal endpiece beams align to form a continuous track within which a retention element of a mount assembly can move. The endpiece includes an insertion zone where opposing portions of the horizontal endpiece beams are spaced-apart from each other by a second distance that is larger than the first distance to facilitate insertion of the retention element into the track.
US10527211B2
An improved hose clamp having an annular band having an inner face, tensioning means, and an annular spring liner; the spring liner having a circumferential shoulder near an edge of the liner; and a central, cylindrical, flat, contact portion of smaller circumference than the shoulder, and of smaller width than the inner face of the band. The shoulder is adapted to abut the inner face and the contact portion is adapted to contact a hose or other article to be clamped.
US10527204B2
A reinforced hose includes an inner layer, a reinforcing intermediate layer, and an outer layer. The inner layer has and inwardly projecting sealing rib extending circumferentially on an inner surface thereof. The inner surface may also have an end stop to be engaged by a fitting received in the hose. The outer layer has a pair of annular clamp guides projecting outwardly which are axially spaced from an end of the hose. The sealing rib is positioned between the clamp guides to indicate an optimum location for a hose clamp.
US10527201B2
Proposed is a cable anchor for mounting a cable to a sheet. The cable anchor includes a first clamp portion to be mounted on a first side of the sheet and a second clamp portion to be mounted on the second side of the sheet, opposite to the first side. The first clamp portion and second clamp portion co-operate to retain a cable.
US10527198B2
Novel and advantageous pipelay reel systems and methods for use in laying flexible or rigid pipe or tubing in on and offshore operations. The pipelay reel system may have a pipelay reel having a drum arranged between two flanges. At least one flange of the reel may have a chute configured to receive an adapter coupled to a starting end of the pipe to be spooled on the reel. An initiation line coupled to a winch and intersecting the flange chute may be used to position the adapter with respect to a receiving end of the flange chute, and the reel may be rotated to pull the adapter down the chute to a latching end of the chute. Moreover, a latch may be used to secure the adapter in the chute such that the pipe may be spooled onto the reel.
US10527186B2
A valve arrangement including a valve and a valve actuation arrangement is provided. The valve has a known flow profile. The valve includes a valve member and a valve stem operably coupled to the valve member for adjusting the position of the valve member. The valve actuation arrangement is operably coupled to the valve stem. The valve actuation arrangement includes a drive arrangement and a control arrangement. The drive arrangement is operably coupled to the valve stem and configured to adjust an actual stem position of the valve stem based on an actual stem positional signal. The control arrangement is configured to generate the actual stem positional signal. The control arrangement is configured to generate the actual stem positional signal based on an input control signal representing a desired stem position based on a desired flow profile being different than the known flow profile.
US10527182B2
A pressure regulator including a body having a body inlet, a body outlet and a fluid passageway defined therebetween for allowing a fluid to be dispensed therethrough, the body further including a pressure control chamber adapted to receive a control fluid at a control pressure; a valve disposed in the fluid passageway for restricting flow of the fluid through the fluid passageway; a regulating member operatively connected to the valve for adjusting the position of the valve so as to maintain the fluid in the fluid passageway at a nominal pressure; a pressure sensor disposed between the control chamber and the fluid passageway for sensing a difference between the nominal pressure and the control pressure; and a resilient shutoff member operatively connected to the valve and the pressure sensor for closing the valve when the difference between the nominal pressure and the control pressure is below a predetermined threshold value.
US10527178B2
A rotationally adjustable valve is disclosed whereby the user is able to control the flow of fluids from complete shutoff to maximum flow by rotating the adjustment means of the valve, said rotation being axial to the flow of the fluid. Additionally, the user is able to attach high and low pressure test probes directly to the valve, as it is rotatably adjusted, so that additional equipment is not required next to the valve. An embodiment of this invention includes the use of an adjustable Cv disk to set the maximum flow of the valve, rather than just create a simple 180° on/off, very similar to a current 90° ball valve that this device will replace.
US10527175B2
A valve seat (10) comprises a substantially annular rigid scaffold member (12) and a substantially annular elastomeric sealing member (14) sealingly mounted on top of the rigid scaffold member. The valve seat has an outer peripheral surface for cooperation with the valve body of a valve assembly, and the elastomeric sealing member defines an inner sealing surface of the valve seat for cooperation with a valve closure disc of a valve assembly.
US10527174B2
A variable orifice flow device controls the flow of a fluid between a volute casing and a compressor motor casing in a compressor. The variable orifice flow device may be a shuttling valve, with positions controlled by, for example, valves controlling the flow of the fluid into a space opposite a side within the shuttling valve assembly. The variable orifice flow device may have one or more orifices through which a fluid can enter the compressor motor casing, and the surface area of the orifices may be controlled by the position of the shuttling valve.
US10527169B2
A power delivery device configured for an automatic transmission may include a brake disposed between a rotation element connected to a brake hub and a transmission housing, and a piston device disposed corresponding to the brake and operating the brake by hydraulic pressure, wherein the power delivery device configured for an automatic transmission selectively connects the rotation element to the transmission housing by use of dual pistons.
US10527167B2
A method for controlling a pulley of a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission may include: determining, by a controller, a pulley target torque and a target pulley ratio, upon detecting disturbance of the vehicle; determining, by the controller, target pressures of a driving pulley and a driven pulley based on the pulley target torque and the target pulley ratio and comparing the target pressures with each other; and controlling, by the controller, a pressure of a pulley having a larger target pressure in the comparing to be a maximum pressure generatable depending on a traveling situation of the vehicle and controlling a pressure of the other pulley to be increased to a correction pressure for implementing the target pulley ratio.
US10527165B2
A control device for an automatic transmission includes: a first engagement control section configured to bring the lockup clutch to a full engagement state after a rotation of the internal combustion engine is increased in a slip engagement state while a torque transmission capacity of the lockup clutch is increased, and a second engagement control section configured to add a predetermined capacity to the increased torque transmission capacity when the torque judging section judges an increase of the output torque of the internal combustion engine in a state where a sensed rotation speed difference in the slip engagement state of the engagement state of the first engagement control is increased to be equal to or greater than a first predetermined value, and then decreased to be equal to or smaller than a second predetermined value smaller than the first predetermined value.
US10527164B2
A method for controlling a continuously variable transmission is a control method of controlling in/out of oil to/from a primary oil chamber by using an oil pump provided in an oil passage between the primary oil chamber and a secondary oil chamber. The method includes: an abnormality determination step of determining whether rotation of the oil pump is abnormal; and when it is determined that the rotation is abnormal in the abnormality determination step, a hydraulic control step of making a secondary oil pressure higher than a pressure before the determination of abnormality.
US10527161B2
A control device that controls an automatic transmission is provided, in which device the automatic transmission includes a variator disposed in a power transmission path between a driving source and a driving wheel of a vehicle, and a friction engaging element disposed between the variator and the driving wheel, in a manner capable of transmitting a power disconnectably via the power transmission path. The control device increases a speed ratio of the variator toward a predetermined target speed ratio with disengaging the friction engaging element during a vehicle stop of the vehicle, and executes a learning regarding a hydraulic control of the friction engaging element when the friction engaging element is disengaged during the vehicle stop. The control device decreases the target speed ratio at a time of learning when the learning is executed during the vehicle stop, compared to a time of vehicle stop other than the time of learning.
US10527158B1
An electronic transmission range selection (ETRS) system for a motor vehicle transmission includes an ETRS housing disposed on the transmission, the ETRS housing having a magnetic field sensor in communication with a transmission controller; and a magnetic field source including a magnet component and a high magnetic permeability component. The magnetic field source disposed on a transmission selector shaft, the magnetic field source detectable by the magnetic field sensor at a plurality of predetermined positions along a movement path of the transmission selector shaft; and the magnetic field sensor detecting magnetic flux generated by the magnetic field source, and communicating magnetic field source position information to the controller. The high magnetic permeability component homogenizes the magnetic flux generated by the magnet component and the controller generates an electronic transmission mode signal based on the magnetic field source position information.
US10527157B2
A shift lever includes a lever knob, and a cover layer covering the lever knob, where the cover layer includes a touch sensor which generates touch information on a touch of a user, and the touch sensor includes a plurality of sensor pixels which senses a capacitance change corresponding to the touch.
US10527152B2
A gear unit includes a housing, a trough for guiding oil and reducing losses due to splashing surrounding a circumferential section of a toothing part, the trough including at least three parts, e.g., at least one bottom plate and two side walls, the bottom plate being screw-connected to the two side walls, the trough being fastened to the housing, the trough having an opening, the bottom plate and the side walls being stamped bent parts.
US10527150B2
A control device of a vehicle has a drive source, a power transmission device having a plurality of rotating elements coupled via a gear and a plurality of friction engagement elements selectively coupling the plurality of rotating elements for transmitting an output of the drive source, and a lubricating device supplying a lubrication oil to the friction engagement elements for lubrication, the control device comprising: a lubrication control portion configured to increase an amount of the lubrication oil to the friction engagement elements from the lubricating device in a booming sound generating region predefined with respect to a drive source rotation speed.
US10527149B2
A gear system includes gears that each have a tooth flank profile that includes a convex addendum and a concave dedendum, and when in mesh satisfy the Euler Savory equation for conjugacy with contact over the entire tooth flank such that lines of contact are unbroken. The portion between the addendum and dedendum is an involute or other geometric curve.
US10527147B2
A differential gear mechanism constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure can include a differential case, a clutch pack and a plurality of lock pins. The differential case can include a first differential case portion that defines a first output shaft opening and includes a plurality of clutch ear guides and a plurality of lock pin engaging surfaces. The clutch pack can include a plurality of annular plates that are interleaved between a plurality of annular friction disks. At least one of the annular plates and annular friction disks can include a plurality of radially extending plate ears that are received by the corresponding plurality of clutch ear guides. The plurality of lock pins can be received by the plurality of first lock pin engaging surfaces of the first differential case at locations in-line with the clutch ear guides.
US10527141B2
A telescopic actuator having a linear movement is disclosed including a motor for applying a drive torque to a screw drive, such that a threaded spindle can be linearly extended or retracted with respect to a screw nut. The telescopic actuator includes four screw drives and extends or retracts on both sides in the axial direction, the total extension path being composed of four partial extension paths.
US10527132B2
A planetary gear train apparatus of automatic transmission may include first planetary gear set including first to third rotation elements, second planetary gear set including fourth to sixth rotation elements, third planetary gear set including seventh to ninth rotation elements, fourth planetary gear set including tenth to twelfth rotation elements, fifth planetary gear set including thirteenth to fifteenth rotation elements, first shaft fixed to the second rotation element and the input shaft, second shaft fixed to the fourteenth rotation element and the output shaft, third shaft fixed to the third and seventh rotation elements, fourth shaft fixed to the fifth and thirteenth rotation elements, fifth shaft fixed to the sixth rotation element, sixth shaft fixed to the eleventh and fifteenth rotation elements, seventh shaft fixed to the first, fourth, and eighth rotation elements, eighth shaft fixed to the ninth and tenth rotation elements, and ninth shaft fixed to the twelfth rotation element.
US10527131B2
A selectable drive printing device includes a drive selector system to select between driving a print drive system and driving a scan drive system based at least partially on a position of a selector swing arm of the drive selector system. The selectable drive printing device includes a shifter to selectively shift the drive selector system between a scanning system drive position of the selector swing arm and a printing system drive position of the selector swing arm.
US10527130B2
An improved gear lift box with a reduced number of parts through integration of elements and increased durability, serviceability and versatility through reconfiguration of various elements and accessories.
US10527128B2
A method for dynamically balancing an unbalanced article about a rotary axis. The method includes determining a mass and a position of a corrective weight, the mass and position of the corrective weight being configured to at least partly correct an imbalance in the unbalanced article that is generated when the unbalanced article is rotated about the rotary axis; and spraying an atomized liquid or molten material toward a surface of the unbalanced article to form the corrective weight.
US10527124B2
A non-limit multi-function viscoelastic support structure group, relating to a field of aerospace structural design, includes a basic structure, a supported structure and multiple viscoelastic support structure units. The multiple viscoelastic support structure units form a circular discontinuous group and are arranged between the basic structure and the supported structure. The viscoelastic support structure units are connected with the basic structure and the supported structure respectively in ways of pre-pressing and surface contact, and no fixed constrained relationship exists. The present invention absorbs a vibration energy through a viscoelastic effect of own structural material and forms a spring-oscillator vibration attenuation system with the supported structure. With a geometric topology boundary change of the structure group, the supported structure is allowed to have a relative motion, thereby consuming the external vibration energy through converting into a kinetic energy of an oscillator, which effectively improves a mechanical environment of the supported structure.
US10527121B2
A gas spring with a casing with an axially extending side wall, an open end and a closed end wall spaced from the open end and a pressure chamber provided in part by the walls to receive a gas therein under pressure and a piston rod slidably received in a housing received in the casing and movable between extended and retracted positions. A pressure relief collar slidably carried around the piston rod and normally projecting axially outwardly of the casing can be displaced axially inwardly during an overtravel condition of the piston rod to displace a portion of a piston rod seal to open an overpressure relief path to allow pressurized gas in the pressure chamber to escape to the outside of the gas spring.
US10527116B2
A brake disc having a friction ring and a hub produced as a separate element and arranged inside the friction ring according. Recesses are configured in the friction ring on the inside to connect the hub to the friction ring and corresponding projections are formed on the hub, which projections engage in the recesses of the friction ring in order to be able to transfer torque from the friction ring to the hub. The recesses have an undercut at least partially in a radial direction, as viewed looking inward from the outside. The disc is simple and cost-effective to manufacture and has an acoustically advantageous operating performance, in particular in the case of thermal expansion.
US10527109B2
A clutch assembly includes a drive shaft extending along an axial direction, and an output component, the output component defining a central opening in which the drive shaft is inserted. The clutch assembly further includes a clutch selectively coupling the output component to the drive shaft. The clutch includes a cavity defined in the output component and in communication with the central opening. The clutch further includes a bearing disposed within the cavity, the bearing movable within the cavity between a first position and a second position. The bearing is spaced from the drive shaft in the first position. The bearing contacts an inner surface of the output component defining the cavity and contacts the drive shaft to transfer rotational motion from the drive shaft to the output component in the second position.
US10527104B2
In one embodiment, a coupler system for coupling a top drive and a tool, including a drive member of the top drive configured to transfer torque. The drive member having a housing with a bore therethrough and a window formed substantially laterally through the housing. An adapter of the tool is configured to be inserted through the window of the housing. In another embodiment, a method for coupling a top drive to a tool includes moving, the tool adjacent to the top drive, the tool including an adapter and the top drive including a housing having a window formed therethrough. The method also includes aligning the adapter with the window and inserting the adapter substantially laterally into the window of the housing, thereby longitudinally and torsionally coupling the top drive and the tool.
US10527103B2
A shaft interlock system may have an a interlocking piston that translates a movable locking apparatus configured to interface with a turbine shaft having a fixed locking apparatus. The movable locking apparatus may engage and disengage the fixed locking apparatus. When the movable locking apparatus is engaged with the fixed locking apparatus, the turbine shaft is only able to turn in one direction. When the movable locking apparatus is disengaged from the fixed locking apparatus, the turbine shaft is able to turn in both directions. In this way, a turbine shaft can be prevented from reverse rotation.
US10527098B1
Systems and methods are presented for directing oil to a bearing of a rotatable shaft. A system comprises a bearing race, a nozzle, and an oil catcher. The bearing race defines a first radial passage and a second radial passage axially displaced from the first radial passage. The nozzle is arranged to eject a stream of oil under pressure toward the shaft. The oil catcher is positioned between the bearing race and the shaft. The oil catcher comprises an annular catching flange at least partly defining a catchment region. The oil catcher defines a first channel extending from the catchment region to the first radial passage of the bearing race and a second channel extending from the catchment region to the second radial passage of the bearing race.
US10527094B2
A Hybrid ball bearing including an outer raceway, an inner raceway, and a plurality of balls arranged between the inner raceway and the outer raceway. The outer raceway and the inner raceway are made from bearing steel and have a first surface RMS roughness Rq1. At least one ball of the plurality of balls is made from a ceramic material and has a second surface RMS roughness Rq2. In a mint condition, the roughness of the raceways Rq1 is 2 to 5 times higher than the roughness Rq2 of the at least one ball, as well as a refrigerant compressor comprising such a hybrid ball bearing.
US10527091B2
In a self-aligning roller bearing, in a longitudinal section including a center line of a spherical roller and an axis of the self-aligning roller bearing, a clearance X between an outer end surface of a spherical roller on an axially outer side of the self-aligning roller bearing and a rib portion, and a clearance Y between an inner end surface of the spherical roller on an axially inner side of the self-aligning roller bearing and a guide ring have a relation of X
US10527084B2
An elastomeric collar has a body portion with a generally cylindrical shape from a first end portion to a second end portion and defining a through opening extending along a central axis. A first annular flange is connected to and extends radially outward from the first end portion of the body portion. A second annular flange is connected to and extends radially outward from the second end portion of the body portion, where the second annular flange is axially spaced by a gap from the first annular flange. The body portion, the first annular flange, and the second annular flange are made of an elastomer having a durometer of at least 40A.
US10527082B2
A connection structure for tapered male screw and threaded hole comprises a male screw and a female screw, and the male screw comprises an external helical surface and an end helical surface. The shape of the external helical surface is the same shape as a helical external surface of a rotating body formed by taking a right angle side of a right trapezoid coincident with a central axis of a cylindrical body as an axis of rotation and rotating the rotating body circumferentially at a constant speed, and at the same time moving the right trapezoid at a constant speed along the central axis of the cylindrical body. The shape of the end helical surface is the same as the helical end surface at the end in the movement direction of the axial movement of the rotating body.
US10527080B2
The invention relates to a fastener (10) for the temporary assembly of at least two pre-drilled structures of the type comprising: a body (11) able to come into contact with a face of the structures to be assembled; a spacer (17), secured to said body; two elastic half-clips (15), each clip having a hooking spur (16); a mechanism that can be moved relative to the body, comprising a threaded rod (18) connected to the half-clips, and a control nut (20) mounted on said rod, the control nut comprising: an internal tapping (19) cooperating with the thread (25) of the rod; an external thread (26) cooperating with an internal tapping (28) of the body; the body thread and the control nut thread being opposite handed.
US10527071B2
A fluid control apparatus includes a gas line unit detachably attached to a frame. The gas line unit includes a line support member to which a fluid control device is attached. The frame includes: a first horizontal frame member; and a second horizontal frame member located below the first horizontal frame member. The first horizontal frame member includes: a hooking member extending in a left-right direction; and a lower portion which is located below the hooking member and in which a plurality of first grooves that are open to front are formed. The line support member includes: a device placement portion; and a pair of side plate portions protruding rearward from right and left edges of the device placement portion. Each of the side plate portions includes: a base portion located below the hooking member; and an upper portion located above the base portion and behind the hooking member.
US10527065B2
The present disclosure relates to a variable pressure vessel. The vessel includes a liquid chamber and a gas chamber and a moveable barrier therebetween. The vessel has a volume, a first stroke, and a second stroke. The liquid chamber and the gas chamber each have a variable volume that changes responsive to the first stroke and the second stroke. The gas chamber has an outer wall wherein at least a portion of the outer wall is thermally conductive and allows heat to transfer therethrough. Movement of the moveable barrier between the liquid chamber and the gas chamber causes the volume in the liquid chamber and the volume in the gas chamber to displace each other. The volume in the gas chamber plus the volume in the liquid chamber is generally constant and generally equals the volume in the variable pressure vessel.
US10527058B2
A propeller fan that includes a hub body with a shaft coupling portion. The propeller fan also includes a plurality of hub blades extending spirally from the hub body. The propeller fan additionally includes a plurality of blades extending outward from the hub body and the hub blade to generate an airflow in an axial direction.
US10527055B2
An impeller includes a shell having a plurality of blades. The shell may also define a cavity. The impeller may further include a backplate that engages at least a portion of the shell. The backplate can include a post which can be coupled to the impeller through a fastener such as a threaded nut. The backplate can be thereafter clamped to the impeller shell. Seals can be provided in the impeller, such as in the backplate. The backplate and impeller shell can be piloted onto each other. In some forms splines can be used to secure the backplate to the impeller shell.
US10527054B2
A multi-blade forward-curved impeller for a centrifugal fan is disclosed. The impeller may include a blade having a curved portion and an extended portion. The curved portion may have a leading edge and a trailing edge, and the extended portion may extend outward from the trailing edge of the curved portion.
US10527042B2
A pumping system for moving water of a swimming pool includes a water pump, an infinitely variable speed motor, and an arrangement for operating the motor. In one example, the pumping system includes a memory configured to store a plurality of retained speed values, an arrangement for providing a plurality of retained speed values to the memory, and an arrangement for reading a selected one of the plurality of retained speed values from the memory. In addition or alternatively, the pumping system includes a storage medium for digitally storing a plurality of pre-established motor speed values and an arrangement for receiving input from a user to select one of the pre-established motor speeds. In addition or alternatively, the pumping system further includes an arrangement for restarting operation of the motor at a previously selected speed value when power supplied to the motor is interrupted during operation of the motor. A method for controlling the pumping system is also provided.
US10527035B2
An anti-ripple injection method for injecting an anti-ripple signal into a control system of a pump is disclosed. The control system controls an electric motor via an electric motor drive, and the electric motor drives the pump. The anti-ripple signal causes pressure ripples in the pump output to be at least partially cancelled. The anti-ripple injection method includes: injecting an anti-ripple signal of any waveform into the control system, the anti-ripple signal being represented by the following equation: f(θ)=ΣmAm cos(mθ+θm), wherein θ is the rotation angle of the motor shaft, m is the order of a signal harmonic in the anti-ripple signal, Am and θm are parameters with respect to the mth signal harmonic. A control system of a pump including the anti-ripple injection apparatus, and a pump system including the control system are also disclosed.
US10527028B2
A piston is cylindrical and includes: a concave spherical portion formed at one of end portions of the piston and having a partially spherical shape; a cylindrical hollow portion formed at the other end portion of the piston; and an oil passage formed between the concave spherical portion and the hollow portion, the concave spherical portion and the hollow portion communicating with each other through the oil passage. The concave spherical portion includes a concave spherical surface formed by forging and having a partially spherical shape. A convex spherical portion of a shoe is supported by the concave spherical surface so as to be slidable and rotatable. An area of contact between the concave spherical surface and a predetermined master ball corresponding to the convex spherical portion is 40% or more of an entire area of the concave spherical surface.
US10527023B2
The present disclosure is directed methods for manufacturing spar caps for wind turbine rotor blades. In certain embodiments, the method includes forming an outer frame or tray of the spar cap via at least one of three-dimensional (3D) pultrusion, thermoforming, or 3D printing. As such, the outer frame has a varying cross-section that corresponds to a varying cross-section of the rotor blade along a span thereof. The method also includes arranging a plurality of structural materials (e.g. layers of pultruded plates) within the pultruded outer frame of the spar cap and infusing the structural materials and the outer frame together via a resin material so as to form the spar cap. The resulting spar cap can then be easily incorporated into conventional rotor blade manufacturing processes and/or welded or bonded to an existing rotor blade.
US10527022B2
The invention relates to a valve assembly (50) of a radial piston hydraulic apparatus (1). Said apparatus includes a cylinder block (4) insertable onto a shaft (2) by translation. Said assembly (50) includes: a valve (51) in contact with said cylinder block (4); a valve train cover (52); and a first (541) and second (542) chamber that are defined, respectively, by a first (511, 521) and second (512, 522) space that are located at the interface between said valve (51) and said valve train cover (52), and are intended for the pressurized fluids that enable the conversion of pressure and/or mechanical stress. Said assembly (50) includes an additional section (54) defined by a third space (541, 542) located at the interface between said valve (51) and said valve train cover (52). Said section (54) is intended for receiving a pressurized fluid such as to enable the cylinder block (4) to be inserted onto the shaft (2).
US10527012B2
An engine assembly includes an engine compartment containing an internal combustion engine and a cooler compartment adjacent the engine compartment containing a heat exchanger. The engine and cooler compartments have an opening defined therebetween. A forced air system is operable to drive an airflow. A method for cooling the engine and its compartment is disclosed.
US10527001B2
The invention relates to a device (3) for driving actuators (7-10) for a thrust reverser, comprising a motorised drive unit (15) comprising a motor (22), a drive shaft (14) suitable for connecting to a flexible shaft (4, 5) for driving actuators (7-10), the drive shaft (14) being rotated by the motor (22) about a rotational axis (X), a manual drive unit (17) comprising a drive wheel (32) mounted such that it rotates about the rotational axis (X), and a clutch (18) comprising a clutch part (40) which is secured in rotation with the wheel (32) and mobile in translation in relation to the wheel (32), between an engaged position wherein the clutch part is connected to the drive shaft (14) in such a way as to secure the drive shaft (14) and the wheel (32) in rotation, and a disengaged position wherein the clutch part (40) is not connected to the drive shaft (14) so as to allow an independent rotation of the drive shaft (14) and the wheel (32).
US10526998B2
A system and method for fluidly sealing a cylinder head interface between an engine block and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. An example apparatus includes a perimeter seal disposed on an outer periphery of the cylinder head. The perimeter seal has a first surface to abut a cylinder head sealing surface and a second surface to abut an engine block sealing surface. The perimeter seal is configured to prevent fluid from an external environment from entering the cylinder head interface and to allow fluid within the cylinder head interface to vent to the external environment when the fluid is above a predetermined pressure. A first fluid transfer tube seal fluidly seals a first fluid transfer orifice extending between the engine block and the cylinder head. The perimeter seal and the first fluid transfer tube seal are formed as a unitary structure.
US10526989B2
Method, apparatus and mobile user appliance for adapting an energy utilization process of a vehicle. At least one value of an energy utilization characteristic quantity is ascertained that represents a first energy utilization process in a first vehicle, and a value of a parameter is ascertained that represents at least one constraint of the energy utilization in the first vehicle during the energy utilization process. A mathematical relationship between at least one of the provided values of an energy utilization characteristic quantity, the values of the parameters of the first vehicle and parameters for a possible second energy utilization process of a second vehicle is ascertained. Further, a data record is provided on the basis of the ascertained mathematical relationship, and a profile data record is provided that comprises the data record. Depending on the profile data record of the first vehicle and second parameter, a fuel composition and/or a split of energy types for a drive system of a second vehicle and/or control data for an energy distribution process in a second vehicle is/are ascertained for the second energy utilization process.
US10526985B2
An evaporated fuel processing device may include: a canister; a purge passage through which purge gas sent from the canister to an intake passage passes; a pump; a control valve disposed on the purge passage and configured to switch between a communication state and a cutoff state; a specifying device configured to specify an evaporated fuel concentration of the purge gas in the purge passage when the purge gas is to be supplied from the canister to the intake passage. A controller may be configured to switch the control valve based on at least a first cycle and a second cycle which is longer than the first cycle. The specifying device may specify the evaporated fuel concentration of the purge gas in the purge passage while the pump is active and the control valve is in the cutoff state in the second cycle.
US10526984B2
A fuel evaporative emission control device including an electronic control unit that, when fuel tank inner pressure exceeds a first predetermined pressure, performs tank purge of closing a bypass valve and opening a sealing valve, discharging fuel evaporative gas inside the fuel tank into an air intake path of an engine in an operated state through a purge pipe and a vapor pipe, and treating the fuel evaporative gas, where, when tank purge is performed, if a first predetermined period of time passes after closing of the bypass valve without the fuel tank inner pressure falling to or below the first predetermined pressure, the sealing valve is closed and tank purge is stopped.
US10526979B2
A gas turbine provided with an air bleeder tube (1) that, during startup, bleeds a portion of the compressed air of a compressor from the compressor and discharged the bled air into a cylindrical exhaust duct (20), wherein the air bleeder tube (1) is disposed at a portion that does not obstruct the flow of the main flow of combustion gas.
US10526978B2
The present invention relates to an assembly (10) comprising: an annular nozzle (4) of a turbine of a turbine engine, a structural annular element (6) of the turbine engine, the nozzle (4) and the structural annular element (6) each comprising a radial flange (16, 18), the flanges being applied axially onto one another, and at least one member (12) for axially retaining the flange (16) of the nozzle (4) with the flange (18) of the structural annular element (6), with the member being applied to one of the flanges and being able to axially retain the two flanges one on top of the other.
US10526971B2
An integrated fuel and environmental control system is provided and includes a first heat exchanger in which fuel and oil thermally communicate and a second heat exchanger disposable in a super-cooled fluid flow. The second heat exchanger is receptive of at least one of the fuel and oil from the first heat exchanger whereby the at least one of the fuel and oil thermally communicate with the super-cooled fluid flow. The second heat exchanger is also receptive of a second fluid whereby the second fluid thermally communicates with the super-cooled fluid flow downstream from the thermal communication of the super-cooled fluid flow with the at least one of the fuel and oil.
US10526961B2
A rotary internal combustion engine including a rotor assembly where at least a first and a second of the combustion chambers have unequal theoretical volumetric ratios. Also, a rotary internal combustion engine including first and second rotor assemblies where at least one of the combustion chambers of the first rotor assembly and at least one of the combustion chambers of the second rotor assembly have unequal effective volumetric compression ratios and/or unequal effective volumetric expansion ratios.
US10526957B2
A control device for an internal combustion engine including a turbocharger and a negative-pressure waste gate valve includes an electronic control unit configured i) to apply a first drive current value to a pressure regulation valve so as to maintain an opening degree of the waste gate valve in a fully closed state in a case where an actual boost pressure is lower than a target boost pressure and a boost pressure difference between the actual boost pressure and the target boost pressure is equal to or larger than a threshold, and ii) to apply a second drive current value that is smaller than the first drive current value to the pressure regulation valve in a case where the actual boost pressure is lower than the target boost pressure and the boost pressure difference is smaller than the threshold.
US10526953B2
Internal combustion engines having non-circular, preferably rectangular, cross-section pistons and cylinders are disclosed. The pistons may include a skirt with a field of pockets that provide a ringless, non-lubricated, seal equivalent. The pistons also may have a domed piston head with depressions thereon to facilitate the movement of air/charge in the cylinder. The engines also may use multi-stage poppet valves in lieu of conventional poppet valves, and a split crankshaft. The engines may use the pumping motion of the engine piston to supercharge the cylinder with air/charge. The engines also may operate in an inverted orientation in which the piston is closer to the local gravitationally dominant terrestrial body's center of gravity at top dead center position than at bottom dead center position.
US10526949B2
A thermally insulating protective sleeve. The thermally insulating protective sleeve comprises a tubular shell and a thermally insulating liner located in the tubular shell and made of a thermally insulating soft material. The shell comprises two longitudinally separated half-parts, the two half-parts being detachably connected to each other. The thermally insulating liner defines a hollow opening in the shell, and an object to be thermally insulated can be received in the hollow opening in such a way that the thermally insulating liner is subjected to pressure in a radial direction.
US10526945B2
A microchip oxygen sensor for sensing exhaust gases from a combustion process, and related methods. The microchip oxygen sensor includes a dielectric substrate and a heater pattern affixed to the substrate. A first electrode is affixed to the substrate and has a first plurality of fingers forming a first comb. A second electrode is affixed to the substrate and has a second plurality of fingers forming a second comb. The second electrode is disposed in spaced relation to the first electrode such that the first and second combs face each other. A semiconducting layer is disposed over the first and second electrodes so as form a physical semiconductor bridge between the first and second electrodes. The semiconducting layer comprises an n-type semiconducting material or a p-type semiconducting material. A porous dielectric protective layer, advantageously containing a catalytic precious metal, may cover the semiconducting layer.
US10526932B2
A head assembly for an internal combustion engine includes an electromagnetic valve actuation system. The head has an intake or exhaust passage defined therein. A valve is disposed in the passage and is operable to selectively open and close the passage. The head has a cooling passage defined therein for passage of a cooling fluid. An electromagnetic actuator has a piston in mechanical communication with the valve and a coil in fluid communication with the cooling passage. The electromagnetic actuator is operable to move the valve between a closed and an open position.
US10526926B2
An exhaust valve rocker arm assembly operable in a combustion engine mode and an engine braking mode can include a rocker shaft and a rocker arm. The rocker shaft can define a pressurized oil supply conduit. The rocker arm can receive the rocker shaft and is configured to rotate around the rocker shaft. The rocker arm can have an oil supply passage defined therein. A valve bridge can engage a first exhaust valve and a second exhaust valve. An accumulator assembly can be disposed in the rocker arm and includes an accumulator piston that translates within the accumulator piston housing between closed and open positions. A predetermined amount of oil is stored in the accumulator assembly.
US10526923B2
A control device includes a mode-recognizing unit that recognizes whether a start mode of a steam turbine is a cold mode in which a temperature of a steam contact portion of the steam turbine is lower than a predetermined temperature or a different start mode in which the temperature of the steam contact portion is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature, a first opening generator that generates a first degree of opening greater than a second degree of opening in the different start mode as a degree of opening of an intake air regulator of a compressor in a period after generation of steam from an exhaust heat recovery boiler is started and before supplying of the steam to the steam turbine is started, and a command output unit that outputs a command corresponding to the first degree of opening to the intake air regulator.
US10526919B2
A fan case includes a composite fan case body including an outer surface and at least one attachment tool attached to the outer surface of the fan case body. The attachment tool includes a boss that has at least one fastener opening with a threaded insert. A channel extends from at least one interior cavity of the attachment tool through an outer wall of the attachment tool.
US10526914B2
In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a gas turbine engine, method of using and designing such is disclosed. The gas turbine engine may comprise a fan including a plurality of blades, and a variable area fan nozzle. The fan may be configured to have a design point fan tip leading edge relative flow angle βADP, and may be further configured to have an off-design point fan tip leading edge relative flow angle β at an off-design fan operating point. The variable area fan nozzle may be configured to manipulate the amount of air flowing through the fan so that the absolute value of a difference between the design point fan tip leading edge relative flow angle βADP and the off-design point fan tip leading edge relative flow angle β is in a specified range.
US10526908B2
A gas turbine engine includes a circumferential row of blades, with the blades having respective blade tips. A seal is disposed about the blades. The seal has an abradable layer which the tips of the blades, at times, rub against when the blades rotate. The rubbing produces a maximum temperature at the abradable layer. The abradable layer includes a metal matrix and microballoons dispersed in the metal matrix. The microballoons are formed of a glass that has a glass transition temperature that is approximately 50° F. to 300° F. greater than the maximum temperature.
US10526906B2
A turbine blade for an aircraft turbomachine including a root, an airfoil and a platform inserted between the airfoil and the root and delimiting a gas circulation flowpath, the platform having two axial ends each forming an angel wing of which at least one has an internal cavity that will be supplied with air from the root of the blade. At least one of the two angel wings is drilled with at least one bleed hole for passage of a bleed flow from the internal cavity that will limit/prevent gas recirculation outside the flowpath.
US10526905B2
An asymmetric vane assembly includes a high count vane section including a first plurality of vanes oriented in a first position. The asymmetric vane assembly also includes a low count vane section including a second plurality of vanes oriented in a second position, a total number of vanes in the first plurality of vanes being greater than a total number of vanes in the second plurality of vanes, and each vane of the high count vane section and each vane of the low count vane section having substantially similar internal core geometry.
US10526900B2
A turbine component including a shrouded airfoil with a flow conditioner configured to direct leakage flow and coolant to be aligned with main hot gas flow is provided. The flow conditioner is positioned on a shroud base radially adjacent to the tip of the airfoil and includes a ramped radially outer surface positioned further radially inward than a radially outer surface of the shroud base. The ramped radially outer surface extends from a first edge to a second edge in a direction generally from the suction side to the pressure side of the airfoil, such that the first edge is positioned further radially inward than the second edge. Multiple coolant ejection holes are positioned on the ramped radially outer surface. The coolant ejection holes are connected fluidically to an interior of the airfoil.
US10526899B2
A turbine blade includes an airfoil that extends from a root end to a tip end. A tip shroud extends from the tip end. The turbine blade further includes a pressure side fillet. The pressure side fillet couples the tip end to the tip shroud. The pressure side fillet includes a first protrusion located adjacent to the tip end and a second protrusion located radially inward from the first protrusion.
US10526897B2
A gas turbine engine component includes a wall portion that includes a first side and a second opposite side. A plurality of passages extends between the first side of the wall portion and the second side of the wall portion and includes a plurality of inlets located on the first side of the wall portion. A plurality of outlets are located on a second side of the wall portion. The plurality of outlets include a first plurality of outlets located on a first side of the plurality of inlets and a second plurality of outlets located on a second side of the plurality of inlets.
US10526894B1
A propulsor for a gas turbine engine may comprise a case including a duct disposed along an axis to define a flow path, a rotor including a row of propulsor blades extending in a generally radial direction outwardly from a hub, the hub rotatable about the axis such that the propulsor blades deliver airflow into the flow path, and a row of guide vanes situated in the flow path. A first guide vane may comprise a radially inner length (LI), a radially outer length (LO), and a midspan length (LM). The first guide vane may have a first dimensional relationship defined as LO/LM. The first guide vane may have a second dimensional relationship defined as LI/LM. The first dimensional relationship and/or the second dimensional relationship may be greater than 1.05.
US10526892B2
A turbine of an organic Ranking cycle (ORC) is described. The turbine includes a shaft supported by at least two bearings and a plurality of axial stages of expansion, defined by arrays of stator blades alternated with arrays or rotor blades. The rotor blades are sustained by corresponding supporting disks. A main supporting disk is directly coupled to the shaft in an outer position with respect to the bearings, and the remaining supporting disks are constrained to the main supporting disk, and one to the other in succession, but not directly to the shaft. Some of the remaining supporting disks are constrained to the main supporting disk and cantileverly extend from the same side of the bearings that support the shaft, so that the center of gravity of the rotor part of the turbine is shifted more towards the bearings.
US10526891B2
A device for cutting a block of stone that includes a support bar including a monolithic metallic plate. The device also includes a wear bar that is secured to the monolithic metallic plate and has a longitudinal slot, and a cutting belt positioned in the longitudinal slot of the wear bar and including a cutting surface to cut the stone. A method of cutting the stone is also disclosed.
US10526887B2
Methods and systems for depth and radial orientation detection are provided. Methods for determining the depth or radial orientation of one or more downhole components include the steps of providing a target mass and a using a detection device for detecting the depth and/or orientation of the target mass. In some cases, the target mass is initially nonradioactive and then, after installing the target mass downhole, it may be irradiated to form a relatively short-lived radioactive target mass, which may then be detected with a radiation detector. In this way, the target mass acts as a depth or radial orientation marker. Where the target mass is situated downhole in a known radial relationship to another downhole component, the radial orientation of the other downhole component may be deduced once the radial orientation of the target mass is determined. Advantages include higher accuracies and reduced health, safety, and environmental risks.
US10526875B2
A carrier for at least one shaped charge, the carrier being disposable in use within an oil, gas, water or steam well bore. The carrier comprises a housing at least partially formed from a composite material which is non-frangible in normal use. The composite material component of the housing is arranged substantially to contain debris created within the carrier as a result of firing of the at least one shaped charge. The housing may be entirely of composite material or may comprise in inner metallic housing and an outer overwrap of composite material.
US10526863B2
Compositions and methods are beneficial for use in downhole applications, especially oil and gas well bores. A composition includes an elastomer doped with a dopant. The presence of the dopant increases a rate of microbial degradation of the elastomer by a microbe. A method includes forming an article including a doped polymer. The doped polymer includes an elastomer doped with a dopant. The method also includes placing the article in a service environment. The presence of the dopant in the doped polymer increases a rate of microbial degradation of the elastomer by a microbe in the service environment.
US10526861B2
Centralized control of a cement head using a pumping unit control device is provided. The control device, located at the pumping unit, is communicably coupled to the cement head and pumping unit via a wired or wireless link. Using the control device, the pumping unit operator sends control signals to the pumping unit and cement head to control the cementing operation from outside the red zone, thereby removing the need for a rig hand to operate the cement head.
US10526848B2
A downhole cutting apparatus includes a tubular body and a cutter block extending radially therefrom. The cutter block includes at least one row of cutting elements. The row or cutting elements defines a cutting profile having a first underreaming cutting edge, a second underreaming cutting edge, and a first backreaming cutting edge between the first underreaming cutting edge and the second underreaming cutting edge.
US10526841B2
In a cellular material a first panel having a series of lengthwise accordion folds across the width of the panel, alternate folds projecting toward the front of the panel and the back of the panel is attached to a second panel of material in a manner to create a series of P-shaped cells having a back, an upper cell wall and a lower cell wall in which the upper cell wall and the lower cell wall are curved in a same direction.
US10526822B2
A lid locking device of the present invention is provided with a power transmission mechanism which includes a worm gear, a worm wheel, a pressurizing protrusion portion, a pressurized face and an interference avoiding space between a motor and a locking member. The power transmitting mechanism transmits backward-driving power which allows the locking member to move backward to an unlocked position from the motor to the locking member but does not transmit the power from the locking member to the motor and cuts off the power. That is, the backward driving power received by the locking member from an engagement protrusion piece of a lid on closing the lid is cut off by the power transmitting mechanism and not transmitted to the motor.
US10526816B2
In a door lock, a locking mechanism includes an outer wheel, an inner wheel disposed inside the outer wheel and operable to rotate relative to the outer wheel, a clutch member disposed in the inner wheel and normally biased to radially extend from the inner wheel into the outer wheel to interengage the inner and outer wheels, and an arm plate sleeved around the inner wheel. When the inner wheel rotates in a first direction, the arm plate is driven by the inner wheel to actuate the deadbolt. When the inner and outer wheels are interengaged, the inner wheel drives the outer wheel by rotating in a second direction. When the inner wheel disengages from the outer wheel, rotation of the inner wheel in the first or second direction is idle relative to the outer wheel.
US10526813B2
An electronic lock device configured to be externally mounted on a building door is provided, and being configured to operate a lock by moving a lock bolt of an associated lock case between a retracted position and a protruded position. The device includes an electrical motor and a transmission for connecting said electrical motor to the associated lock case. The transmission includes a rotatable shaft configured to be connected to a lock follower of the lock case, and a rotatable member being drivingly connected to the electrical motor and being connected to an engagement member being allowed to pivot upon rotation of the rotatable member, such that the engagement member is engaging with the rotatable shaft when the electrical motor is driving the rotatable member.
US10526809B2
The disclosed technology includes utility pole repair plates for repairing a pole, such as a utility pole. One or more utility pole repair plates may be attached to a utility pole in an interconnected fashion to cover a portion or the entire circumference of a utility pole. A utility pole repair plate may include multiple substantially planar interconnected plate segments disposed at angles designed to accommodate a particular pole geometry.
US10526801B2
A board straightening tool comprising a handle non-rotatably attached to a cam rotatably attached to a locking dog provides force to straighten boards by grasping the joist supporting the tool and simultaneously wedging a shoulder of the cam against the board being fastened to the joist, and maintains a space between tool and board for edge-mount fasteners. Increased force against the board is provided by a fulcrum action of the cam to locking dog rotatable attachment and is maintained by locking the cam in place using a specially designed curved cam perimeter section that enables an installer to straighten a deck board while keeping his hands free. Locking dog locking fingers are constructed from a knurled metal for grasp power or of a smooth surface to reduce marring the joist. The tool also provides the force required to maintain consistently spaced gaps between the boards for a more desirable appearance.
US10526792B2
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system comprising tongue and grooves provided with protrusions and cavities which are displaceable in relation to each other and configured such that the protrusions can obtain a vertically unlocked position where they match the cavities and a vertically locked position where the protrusions overlap each other.
US10526782B1
A carriage is disclosed for moveably supporting an acoustical panel. The carriage comprises a frame having rolling members for movably for supporting the acoustical panel. A first and a second pair of support legs extend angularly from the frame for enabling a plurality of carriages to orientate acoustical panels in a linear or angular relationship. Each of the unique acoustical panels provides sound absorption as well inhibiting sound transmission.
US10526781B2
A modular building structure with relative integrated plants, as obtained by assembling a plurality of module frames to obtain a complex frame, allows associating ducts of one or more plants to the module frame. The module frames have a parallelepiped-like shape and are identified by beams joining in respective angles, including a plurality of connecting knots joining module frames adjacent to the angles; the adjacent beams of side-by-side module frames are spaced apart by the knots and the panels and are connected to the beams of the module frame thereto, so as to create an air gap. The integrated plants have a plurality of ducts arranged in the air gaps and in the through channels, which include, at edges or angles of the module frame, quick connections for connecting the ducts related to a module frame to those of another module frame placed side-by-side thereto.
US10526780B2
The present invention provides a building comprising a foundation; a wall supported by the foundation; and trusses supported by the wall. A plurality of hold down assemblies connects at least some of the trusses directly to the foundation. Each hold down assembly comprises an anchor; a tie-rod connected to the anchor; a bearing plate operably associated with an end portion of an associated truss for transferring load to the tie-rod; and a fastener securing the tie-rod to the bearing plate, thereby tying the associated truss directly to the foundation.
US10526779B2
A metal building system has multiple spaced building sections connected by inner and outer batten panels. Each building section has two spaced frame elements connected by inner and outer skin panels. The frame elements have two walls and a roof. The batten and skin panels have a metal layer that faces away from the frame elements and an insulation layer that faces the frame elements. The skin panels are seamed to the frame element and the batten panels are seamed to the skin panels such that there is no metal to metal contact between the frame elements, the skin panels and the batten panels. Each building section can be assembled at ground level, rotated to a final upright position and anchored.
US10526778B2
In a sewer cleaning vehicle is provided having a container for the water required for cleaning the sewer and/or the sludge obtained during cleaning of the sewer, and an extension arm which is liftable and lowerable and/or rotatable about a vertical axis and which is accommodated on the container for the manipulation of a flushing hose which can be supplied with compressed water and which can be inserted into the sewer. A suction hose with a suction draft can be lowered into the sewer. At least one further working device which is provided for working the sewer and which can be manipulated by the extension arm is carried along on the vehicle and can be loosely accommodated on an associated retaining device provided on the vehicle side and can releasably be coupled to the extension arm when required by an associated coupling device.
US10526770B2
An environmental system is disclosed. The environmental system is configured to provide varying degrees of ventilation and shading. In addition, the environmental system can include provisions for collecting rainwater and holding greenery. The system can includes a mounting structure, a set of frames, a plurality of bars, skins, beams, and optionally one or more plants.
US10526769B2
A tooth with a retaining system for retaining the tooth in a receiving portion of an adapter in a cutting system comprises a first holding system to releasably retain the tooth to the adapter; and a second holding system to tension and secure the tooth with respect to the adapter.
US10526758B1
A post foundation system is provided. The system has a shaft with a helical disk attached to one end and a post support attached to the other end. The helical disk drives the shaft into the ground as a rotational force is applied to the shaft. A fin section is rotatably coupled about the shaft between its first and second ends. The fin section can have one or more fins extending outwardly from the shaft. The fin section engages the ground to stabilize the post foundation system as the shaft of the post foundation system is driven into the ground.
US10526740B2
A self-cleaning drum washing machine, comprises a coaxial drum and outer tub. Cleaning particles are arranged between the drum and the outer tub. Structures between the drum and the outer tub opposite to each other are smooth. A flange is fixedly connected to the bottom of the drum; the outer portion of the flange has a smooth structure or an enclosed cavity is arranged on the outer portion of the drum bottom; the flange is arranged in the cavity; a shaft hole is arranged at the center of the cavity; and a drum shaft sticks into the cavity through the shaft hole and is connected to the flange. The smooth structures go against the attachment of dirt, so that the outer wall of the drum and the inner wall of the outer tub can be conveniently cleaned by the cleaning particles.
US10526737B2
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus equipped with an exhaust type drying system, which is capable of not only enhancing drying efficiency while reducing consumption of energy and cooling water required to dry laundry, but also achieving smooth exhaust of air even when a water trap is formed in a drainage duct. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a casing, an outer tub, an inner tub, a drainage duct for guiding wash water stored in the outer tub to be discharged to the outside of the casing, a first exhaust duct connected, at one end thereof, to the drainage duct, to guide air present in the outer tub into the drainage duct, and a second exhaust duct upwardly branched from the drainage duct, to exhaust air present in the drainage duct to the outside of the outer tub or the outside of the cashing.
US10526736B2
Provided are a nonwoven fabric mainly composed of amorphous polyetherimide having a melt viscosity at 330° C. of 100 to 3000 Pa·s, and satisfying conditions of: 1) an average fiber diameter of 0.5 to 5 μm; 2) an air permeability of more than or equal to 20 seconds/100 mL; and 3) a withstand voltage of more than or equal to 15 kV/mm, an insulating material using the nonwoven fabric, and a method for manufacturing the nonwoven fabric including continuously treating fibers between a pair of rolls at a temperature of 150 to 300° C. and a linear pressure of 100 to 500 kg/cm.
US10526730B2
Treatment of tough inorganic fibers and their use in a mounting mat for exhaust gas treatment device
A method of treating tough inorganic fiber bundles including opening a plurality of the tough inorganic fiber bundles such that tough inorganic fibers can be dispersed in a liquid slurry to lay down a homogenous fiber aggregate, wherein the tough inorganic fibers have a crush settle volume of greater than 250 ml, optionally greater than 450 ml. Also, a method of treating tough inorganic fiber bundles including dispersing a plurality of the tough inorganic fiber bundles in a slurry with a dilution of about 0.1% to about 2%, optionally about 0.1% to about 1%, effective to lay down a homogenous fiber aggregate, wherein the tough inorganic fibers have a crush settle volume of greater than 250 ml, optionally greater than 450 ml.
US10526727B2
A device includes a semiconductor substrate containing gallium nitride and having a crystal face inclined from 0.05° to 15° inclusive with respect to the c-plane. The semiconductor substrate includes an irregular portion on the crystal face, and the contact angle of pure water having a specific resistance of 18 MΩ·cm or more on the surface of the irregular portion is 10° or less.
US10526718B2
The present invention relates to the field of plating, including, but not limited to electroplating metallic articles, for example metallic discs that can be used as, or converted into, coins. Embodiments of the present invention described herein incorporate luminescent particles into plated metallic layers so that they can be detected for security purposes.
US10526716B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a metal chalcogenide thin film electrode, comprising the steps: (a) contacting a metal or metal oxide with an elementary halogen in a non-aqueous solvent, producing a metal halide compound in the solution, (b) applying a negative electric voltage to an electrically conducting or semiconducting substrate which is in contact with the solution from step (a), and (c) during and/or after step (b) contacting the substrate with an elementary chalcogen forming a metal chalcogenide layer on the substrate. The invention also relates to a metal chalcogenide thin film electrode which can be produced by the method and its use as an anode for releasing oxygen during (photo)electrochemical water splitting.
US10526703B2
A film forming apparatus includes a reaction chamber, a pedestal disposed inside the reaction chamber and configured to support a substrate, and a gas shower head over the pedestal. The gas shower head includes a plurality of first holes and a plurality of second hole disposed between a circumference of the gas shower head and the first holes. The first holes are arranged to form a first pattern and configured to form a first portion of a material film on the substrate. The second holes are arranged to form a second pattern and configured to form a second portion of the material film on the substrate. A hole density of the second pattern is greater than a hole density of the first pattern.
US10526695B2
A sputter unit is introduced comprising a housing, a gas inlet, an interface for removable connecting the sputter unit to a vacuum chamber, a gas outlet arranged for supplying a process gas received via the gas inlet to the vacuum chamber, an interface for removable connecting the sputter unit to a base unit comprising a vacuum pump for generating a vacuum in the vacuum chamber, and a transformer arranged in the housing for increasing a supply voltage into an ionisation voltage for ionising the process gas supplied via the gas outlet to the vacuum chamber.
US10526688B2
There is provided a Ni-based intermetallic alloy having a dual multi-phase microstructure containing a primary precipitate L12 phase and an (L12+D022) eutectoid microstructure. Thus, the Ni-based intermetallic alloy contains Ni, Al, and V as basic elements, and the contents of Ni, Al, and V are controlled to form the dual multi-phase microstructure. The Ni-based intermetallic alloy further contains at least one of Zr and Hf in addition to the basic elements.
US10526683B2
The present invention relates to a process for the selective and ecoefficient recovery of lead and silver jointly as a concentrate product from hydrometallurgical residues.
US10526679B2
There is provided a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and a hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet, which have excellent elongation properties, and methods for manufacturing the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and the hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet. The present disclosure relates to a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet in which a hot-dip galvanized layer is formed on a surface of abase steel sheet, the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent elongation properties and being characterized by the composition and the microstructure thereof.
US10526678B2
This disclosure provides a predetermined composition, where a conversion value C* of total carbon contents in Ti, Nb and V precipitates whose grain sizes are less than 20 nm is 0.010 mass % to 0.100 mass %, Fe content in Fe precipitates is 0.03 mass % to 0.50 mass %, and an average grain size of ferrite grains whose grain sizes are top 5 % large in ferrite grain size distribution of rolling direction cross section is (4000/TS)2 μm or less, the TS indicating tensile strength in unit of MPa.
US10526672B2
The disclosure provides an electrical steel sheet with an insulating coating excellent in both punchability and powdering resistance, without any chromium compound being contained in the insulating coating. The electrical steel sheet with an insulating coating includes an electrical steel sheet and an insulating coating formed on the electrical steel sheet. The insulating coating contains Si and particulate organic resin. The organic resin contains primary particles having an average primary particle size of 1.0 μm or less, and 5% or more and 50% or less of the primary particles of the organic resin are agglomerated particles.
US10526671B2
A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent ductility and stretch flangeability includes: a chemical composition consisting, in mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.3, Si: 0.6 to 2.5%, Mn: 0.6 to 3.5%, P: at most 0.1%, S: at most 0.05%, Ti: 0 to 0.08%, Nb: 0 to 0.04%, total of Ti and Nb: 0 to 0.10%, sol.Al: 0 to 2.0%, Cr: 0 to 1%, Mo: 0 to 0.3%, V: 0 to 0.3%, B: 0 to 0.005%, Ca: 0 to 0.003%, REM: 0 to 0.003% and the remainder of Fe and impurities; a microstructure having a main phase including at least 40 area % in total of martensite and/or bainite; and a texture in which proportion of an average X-ray intensity in an {100}<011> to {211}<011> orientations relative to an average X-ray intensity of a random structure not having a texture is less than 6.
US10526670B2
The present blast furnace and method for operating a blast furnace are able to reduce CO2 production and the amount of applied additives and heating material. The method for metal production of metal ores comprising the following steps: reducing a metal ore, particularly a metal oxide, and thereby producing furnace gas containing CO2 in a blast furnace shaft; discharging the furnace gas from the blast furnace shaft; directing at least a portion of the furnace gas into a CO2 converter and reducing the CO2 in the furnace gas into CO; directing at least a portion of the CO from the CO2 converter into the blast furnace shaft. The method produces CO as a gaseous reduction agent which may be easily introduced into the blast furnace shaft. Further, a blast furnace for metal production by reducing a metal ore designed for operating according to the method is described.
US10526650B2
The invention is directed to sequence-based profiling of populations of nucleic acids by multiplex amplification and attachment of one or more sequence tags to target nucleic acids and/or copies thereof followed by high-throughput sequencing of the amplification product. In some embodiments, the invention includes successive steps of primer extension, removal of unextended primers and addition of new primers either for amplification (for example by PCR) or for additional primer extensions. Some embodiments of the invention are directed to minimal residual disease (MRD) analysis of patients being treated for cancer. Sequence tags incorporated into sequence reads provide an efficient means for determining clonotypes and at the same time provide a convenient means for detecting carry-over contamination from other samples of the same patient or from samples of a different patient which were tested in the same laboratory.
US10526646B2
Chromogenic conjugates for color-based detection of targets are described. The conjugates comprise a chromogenic moiety such as rhodamine, rhodol or fluorescein. The chromogenic moiety is linked to a peroxidase substrate. The chromogenic conjugates can be used in immunohistochemical analysis and in situ hybridization. The conjugates can be used to detect 1, 2, 3 or more targets in a sample by color.
US10526639B2
The present invention relates to the field of analysis of the three-dimensional structure of the genome, i.e., for genome architecture mapping (GAM). The invention provides a method of determining spatial proximity of a plurality of nucleic acid loci in a compartment such as the cell nucleus, by exploiting their co-segregation amongst fractions of that compartment, identified upon separation of the nucleic acid loci from each other depending on their localization in the compartment to obtain a collection of fractions, e.g., by cryo-sectioning or cryo-milling the compartment; determining the presence or absence of the plurality of loci in the fractions; and determining the co-segregation of the plurality of loci. Co-segregation may then be analysed with statistical methods to determine spatial proximity. The method can be used e.g., for determining physical distance between a plurality of loci; and mapping loci and/or genome architecture, e.g., in the nucleus; identification of regulatory regions directing expression of a specific gene through spatial contacts; identifying the nuclear position of an exogenous nucleic acid in the nucleus and/or diagnosing a disease associated with a disturbed co-segregation of loci.
US10526637B2
Methods for improving the specificity of assays for botulinum neurotoxins are described. Reporting constructs are provided that include cleavable linker sequence with genetically modified recognition and/or cleavage sites. These linker sequences act as a substrate for a botulinum neurotoxin, with cleavage of the reporting construct providing a detectable signal. When first and second neurotoxins have activity with the same substrate protein, mutation and/or deletion of a recognition and/or cleavage site associated with the second neurotoxin improves the specificity of the detectable signal for the first neurotoxin.
US10526636B2
The present invention provides a method for determining whether or not a test sample contains at least one phytopathogenic fungus selected from the group consisting of Gibberella fujikuroi, Fusarium avenaceum, and Glomerella tucumanensis. The method according to the present invention comprises: (a) putting the test sample on a front surface of a cellulose film; wherein the cellulose film has a thickness of not less than 0.5 micrometers and not more than 3.7 micrometers; (b) leaving the test sample at rest for not less than 4 hours and not more than 8 hours after the step (a); (c) observing a back surface of the film after the step (b); and (d) determining that the test sample contains at least one phytopathogenic fungus selected from the group consisting of Gibberella fujikuroi, Fusarium avenaceum, and Glomerella tucumanensis, if a fungus is found on the back surface of the film in the step (c).
US10526632B2
The present invention relates to a method for selectively producing ginsenoside F2, compound Mc or compound O, which is originally present in ginseng in a trace amount, from a saponin of ginseng, and more specifically to a method capable of obtaining desired target compounds, that is, ginsenoside F2, compound Mc and compound O, in high yields, by treating saponins, obtained from ginseng, with particular enzymes to structurally convert the saponins.
US10526629B2
The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, variant RNA polymerases, the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the number of double-stranded RNA contaminates and run-on transcripts produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
US10526628B2
Select embodiments of the present invention employ biological means to direct assemble CNT-based nanostructures, allowing for scaling to macrostructures for manufacture. In select embodiments of the present invention, a method is provided for assembling DNA-functionalized SWNTs by phosphodiester bonding catalyzed by ssDNA-ligase to form macroscopic CNT aggregates.
US10526627B2
Disclosed herein are methods of making high molecular weight, reduced viscosity starch pastes by enzymatic conversion. The methods provide a process for producing enzyme-thinned starch pastes that have improved molecular weight distributions, i.e., starch pastes having a more mid to high molecular weight content and less low molecular weight sugars than traditional enzyme converted pastes at similar solids and viscosity. In some embodiments, the methods utilize an enzyme capable of producing longer-chain oligosaccharides rather than low-molecular weight sugars. Other embodiments utilize a combination of enzymes to provide low viscosity pastes that are stabilized against setback and retrogradation. Furthermore, the methods may utilize a continuous starch enzyme cooker for the production of the high molecular weight, reduced viscosity starch pastes.
US10526624B2
Methods and systems to produce product compositions comprising caprylate products using chain-elongating bacteria. For example, the caprylate product in the product composition is n-caprylic acid (C8) and the n-caprylic (C8) to n-caproic (C6) acid ratio is higher than 1:1. These methods use chain elongation towards C8 rather than C6. High n-caprylate productivity and specificity was accomplished by: 1) feeding a substrate with, for example, ethanol as the carbon source or alternatively, a high ethanol-to-acetate ratio as the carbon source; 2) extracting caprylate product(s) (e.g., n-caprylate product) from the bioreactor broth; and 3) acclimating an efficient chain-elongating microbiome. The methods can produce caprylate products such as, for example, n-caprylic acid, which is a higher value chemical than C4 and C6.
US10526623B2
The present invention generally relates to oil compositions and methods of producing such oil compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to an oil composition recovered from a fermentation product as well as methods of recovering such oil compositions for use in various processes such as bio-diesel production as well as in various edible applications.
US10526619B2
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US10526616B2
An improved nanoparticle for transfecting cells is provided. The nanoparticle includes a core polyplex and a silica coating on the core polyplex and, optionally, a polymer attached to an outer surface of the silica coating, where the polyplex includes an anionic polymer, a cationic polymer, a cationic polypeptide, and a polynucleotide. Also provided is an improved method of modifying intracellular polynucleotides. The method includes contacting a cell with a nanoparticle that includes a core polyplex and a silica coating on the core polyplex and, optionally, a polymer attached to an outer surface of the silica coating, where the polyplex includes an anionic polymer, a cationic polymer, a cationic polypeptide, and a polynucleotide.
US10526609B2
The present invention provides nucleic acid and protein sequences that enhance the expression of fusion proteins by host cells, and in particular bacterial species, together with methods use thereof. While described hereinafter in terms of expression of fusion proteins by Listeria monocytogenes, the present invention is applicable to expression of fusion proteins generally.
US10526595B2
Methods of non-destructively obtaining the genotype of a plant cell from a plant sample are disclosed. The plant cell is isolated from a plant cell sample using an integrated microfluidic device. The integrated microfluidic device includes an individual cell trap located downstream from a microfluidic channel and, the microfluidic device is configured to trap the plant cell in the individual cell trap. mRNA is extracted from the plant cell by contacting the plant cell with an atomic force microscope (AFM) probe and by attracting mRNA from loci of interest to the probe end using a dielectrophoresis DEP force under the alternating current (AC) field applied to the probe. The genotype of the plant cell is determined from cDNA obtained from the extracted mRNA. Alternatively, the mRNA is analyzed to determine gene expression patterns of the plant cell.
US10526593B2
The present invention discloses a composition for biomass hydrolysis. The components of the composition may be obtained by biological or synthetic means. Synthetically, the components of the composition of the present invention may be obtained by amino acid synthesis or may be procured commercially.
US10526591B2
Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with improved specificity and their use in genomic engineering, epigenomic engineering, genome targeting, and genome editing.
US10526590B2
The present invention relates to guide RNAs comprising adaptor segments having one or more modifications, and their use in homologous recombination by CRISPR:Cas systems. The modified adaptor segments are resistant to degradation by RNaseH. The present invention also relates to a dual guide RNA strategy in which a first guide RNA directs a Cas enzyme to make a double-strand break at a first target sequence, and a second guide RNA comprises an adaptor segment attached to a donor polynucleotide, and binds a second target sequence that is offset from the first target sequence.
US10526585B2
A alcohol dehydrogenase of sequence ID no. 1 containing metal ions and a quinone cofactor, or in addition, a functional variant exhibiting a sequence identity of at least 80%, preferably at least 86%, especially preferred at least 89% and at least one redox cofactor for the transformation of at least one trichothecene exhibiting a hydroxyl group on the C-3 atom, as well as a method for the enzymatic transformation of trichothecenes and a trichothecene-transforming additive.
US10526583B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods related to purification of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) particles.
US10526582B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. More particularly, the present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods, compositions and kits to rapidly fabricate functionalized three-dimensional tissues from multiple stacks of cell sheets using enzyme-digestible hydrogel substrates as supports for the cell sheets. Methods to generate the multi-layered cell constructs comprise contacting a cell-sheet on one digestible substrate with another cell-sheet on a different digestible substrate, enzymatically digesting with a first enzyme to remove the first substrate and subsequently adding repeating the steps to add another cell-sheet on same digestible substrate to form a multi-layered cell construct as disclosed herein. Additional aspects relate to using the multi-layered cell constructs for therapeutic use, research and in screening assays.
US10526576B2
Methods, kits, compositions, and systems are provided for culturing pluripotent stem cells to produce populations of cells comprising beta-like cells (e.g., pancreatic lineage, glucose-responsive, and/or insulin-producing). In particular, culture conditions are provided that result in the generation of beta-like cells from a starting culture of human pluripotent stem cells.
US10526574B2
The invention relates to a fed-batch process for the production of bacterial ghosts based on the decoupling of the lytic gene expression and actual lysis of bacterial cells.
US10526554B2
Methods and alternatives for the efficient and cost-effective production of high-octane fuel blends from C9 aromatic feeds including methyl benzenes and C2 and/or higher alkyl benzenes. The fuel blend can serve as a high-octane unleaded fuel or fuel blending component for a wide range of applications, particularly aviation gasoline and other high-performance transportation fuels.
US10526552B1
A method for producing alkene gases from a cracked product effluent, the method comprising the steps of introducing the cracked product effluent to a fractionator unit, separating the cracked product effluent in the fractionator to produce a cracked light stream and a cracked residue stream, wherein the cracked light stream comprises the alkene gases selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene, butylene, and combinations of the same, mixing the cracked residue stream and the heavy feed in the heavy mixer to produce a combined supercritical process feed, and upgrading the combined supercritical process feed in the supercritical water process to produce a supercritical water process (SWP)-treated light product and a SWP-treated heavy product, wherein the SWP-treated heavy product comprises reduced amounts of olefins and asphaltenes relative to the cracked residue stream such that the SWP-treated heavy product exhibits increased stability relative to the cracked residue stream.
US10526550B2
A process for hydrodesulfurizing an olefinic naphtha feedstock while retaining a substantial amount of the olefins, which feedstock has a T95 boiling point below 250° C. boils and contains at least 50 ppmw of organically bound sulfur and from 5% to 60% olefins, said process including (a) selective diolefin hydrogenation, under reaction conditions to convert at least 50% or 90% of the diolefins to paraffins or mono-olefins providing a pre-treated feedstock, (b) hydrodesulfurizing the pre-treated feedstock in a sulfur removal stage in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrodesulfurization catalyst, at hydrodesulfurization reaction conditions to convert at least 50% of the organically bound sulfur to hydrogen sulfide and to produce a desulfurized product stream containing from 0 ppmw to 50 ppmw organically bound sulfur, with the associated benefit of such a process providing a lower octane loss, compared to a process with a lower gas to oil ratio.
US10526545B2
Processes for combining the stripping sections for two different reaction zones, such as a diesel hydrotreating zone and a naphtha hydrotreating zone. The stripping section includes an air cooler, a combined overhead receiver and two different separation sections. The two separation sections may be in the same column, but be fluidically separated. Alternatively the two sections may be in different columns. A stream from the second section may be used as a reflux from the first. While a stream from the combined overhead condenser may provide a reflux for the first section.
US10526534B2
The composite material of the invention includes a plurality of quantum dots and a matrix. The matrix is formed by a plurality of siloxane compounds crosslinked with a component which comprises a plurality of oxime-based silicone primer compounds. The quantum dots are chemically bonded to the matrix through a plurality of amino groups. The quantum dots are uniformly dispersed in the matrix of the composite material.
US10526529B2
Methods include introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid including a polymer gel comprising a water-soluble polymer, a biocidal agent in an amount sufficient to viscosify the treatment fluid, and an aqueous base fluid.
US10526527B2
A method and system remove hydrogen sulfide from a sour liquid. In an embodiment, the method for removing hydrogen sulfide from a hydrocarbon containing fluid includes contacting a methylmorpholine-N-oxide solution with the sour liquid. The method also includes allowing the methylmorpholine-N-oxide to react with the hydrogen sulfide to remove the hydrogen sulfide.
US10526518B2
Methods and combinations for making and using one or more thermally conductive cellular foam layers comprising flexible cellular foam and metallic material particulates, and said thermally-conductive cellular foam layers may be located on, under, or in cushioning foams and mattresses or placed between on, under, within, or between other layering substrates to increase the overall cooling capability of the composite. The thermally conductive foam may be used in mattresses, pillows, bedding products, medical cushioning foams, and similar materials used in bedding environments.
US10526512B2
An adhesion element with variable surface adhesive force comprises a substrate, a heating layer, a buffer layer and a nanostructure array. The heating layer is formed on one side of the substrate, wherein a temperature of the heating layer is changeable by a power supply. The buffer layer is formed on the heating layer. The nanostructure array is formed on the buffer layer, and the nanostructure array is made of a metallic glass material and comprises a plurality of nanostructures which are spaced apart from one another and together form an ordered array. The plurality of gas chambers are formed by the nanostructure array.
US10526511B2
Pressure sensitive adhesives which can be converted to form structural adhesives are described. The pressure sensitive adhesives include a blend of acrylic PSA resins in combination with one or more particular urethane (meth)acrylate oligomers.
US10526504B2
The present invention relates to a coating composition comprising at least one thermoplastic acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer in a content of at least 30% by weight of the solids content of the coating composition, at least one UV-curable reactive diluent in a content of at least 30% by weight of the solids content of the coating composition, at least one photoinitiator in a content of ≥0.1 to ≤10 parts by weight of the solids content of the coating composition and at least one organic solvent, where the proportion of ethylenically unsaturated groups is at least 3 mol per kg of the solids content of the coating composition. This is used to provide films and mouldings coated therewith, having a metallizable, scratch-resistant and solvent-resistant surface.
US10526497B2
The present invention provides a plating method capable of easily performing various decorative plating processes. The plating method includes a bulge forming process of forming a bulge on an object to be plated by ejecting ink drops of first UV-curable ink from an inkjet head such that the ejected ink drops land on the object, and a plating process of plating the object having the bulge formed thereon, after the bulge forming process. Also, in the bulge forming process, the bulge is formed such that a second surface of the bulge to be plated has surface roughness different from that of a first surface of the object to be plated.
US10526494B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to primer coatings, polymeric substrates, and methods of producing thereof, which provide enhanced adhesion and enhanced chemical and water resistance properties. The primer coatings comprise functionalized styrene-butadiene and ink adhesion promoter.
US10526491B2
Provided is a quinacridone pigment composition for coloring plastics, particularly engineering plastics. The quinacridone pigment composition has high transparency and high color strength and also has high heat resistance, so that discoloration during molding of a resin (a color change of a molded plate) is very small. Also provided are a masterbatch and a resin molded product that contain the pigment composition. The pigment composition for coloring resins contains a quinacridone pigment and a pigment that absorbs fluorescence in a wavelength range of 500 to 600 nm. The inventors have found that, when the pigment composition is used as a colorant of a resin molded product subjected to a high-temperature thermal history, the change in color, i.e., the discoloration, of the resin molded product obtained is very small. Thus, the present invention has been completed.
US10526489B2
Resin compositions having a reduced solubility and methods for making and using same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the resin composition can include a phenolic resin, a latent acid, a catalyst, and a liquid medium. The catalyst can be a base compound and can be present in an amount of about 2 wt % to about 7 wt %, based on the combined weight of the phenolic resin, the latent acid, the catalyst, and the liquid medium.
US10526488B2
Disclosed herein is a preform having a preform wall. The preform wall preferably comprises a composition comprising at least one polyester component, a transition metal catalyst, and a vegetable oil. The vegetable oil may comprise at least one molecule having a double allylic structure. The at least one polyester component may comprise at least one acid unit and at least one diol unit. The concentration of double allylic structures of the vegetable oil in the composition may be greater than 5.0 meq/kg of all of the polyester components. The preform has improved aesthetic characteristics.
US10526485B2
The present invention is a polyamide resin composition having a thermal aging resistance in a level which is resistant to a high-temperature and long-term environment of 200° C. and longer than 1000 hours. According to the present invention, there is provided a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin (A) and another polyamide resin (B) which exhibits lower oxygen permeability than the polyamide resin (A), wherein a ratio by mass (A)/(B) of the polyamide resin (A) to the polyamide resin (B) is from 98/2 to 60/40, and wherein, to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polyamide resin (A) and the polyamide resin (B), 0.5 to 20 part (s) by mass of a metal cyanide salt of a composition formula (1) is compounded.
US10526482B2
A polybutylene terephthalate resin composition in which it is possible to effectively suppress discoloration without lowering the heat shock resistance. The polybutylene terephthalate resin composition is part of a molded article having a lightness L* value of 80 or higher as measured using a color difference meter, and includes a polybutylene terephthalate resin having a terminal carboxyl group content of 30 meq/kg or less, a carbodiimide compound, and a phosphite compound; and the phosphite compound content is 0.05-0.15 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of polybutylene terephthalate resin.
US10526459B2
A dip-formed article obtained by dip forming a dip-forming composition containing a latex of a carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber, wherein at least one surface is surface treated, a thickness is 0.02 to 0.2 mm, a coefficient of dynamic friction of the surface treated surface is 0.5 or less, and a tensile strength after surface treatment is 30 MPa or more is provided.
US10526447B2
Methods and compositions are provided for heat treating, e.g. quenching a metal. The quenching composition includes a composition that comprises a polyamidopolyamine compound having a molecular weight of about 500 to about 100,000 and comprising a pendent amino group; and/or a non-polymeric amidoamine having a molecular weight of about 290 to about 5000 and comprising an amino group; and a hydroxyl containing diluent. These compositions impart one or more of the functions of quenching, lubricity, anti/low foaming and/or bioresistance to the quenching fluid.
US10526446B2
The present invention aims at providing a polycarbonate resin composition having excellent transparency and possessing high levels of biogenic substance content rate, heat resistance, wet heat resistance and impact resistance in a balanced manner, a production method thereof, and a molded body of the polycarbonate resin composition. The present invention is a polycarbonate resin composition including a polycarbonate resin (A) containing a constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by the following formula (1), and an aromatic polycarbonate resin (B), a production method thereof, and a molded body of the resin composition:
US10526445B2
The present disclosure relates to a copolycarbonate including repeating units of Chemical Formulas 1, 2 and 3; and a composition comprising the same:
US10526436B2
A composition comprising (A) from 10 wt % to 90 wt % of a polymeric ethylene ionomer; (B) from 10 wt % to 40 wt % of a propylene component including at least one propylene based polymer having a propylene content of at least 50.0 wt %, based on the total weight of the propylene based polymer, and a melt flow rate from 0.5 g/10 min to 200.0 g/10 min (according to ASTM D-1238 at 230° C./2.16 kg); and (C) from 5 wt % to 20 wt % of a crystalline block composite.
US10526434B2
The present invention relates to a cascade process for the preparation of a block copolymer comprising a first type of polyolefin block and at least one type of second polymer block. The process according to the present invention involves the following consecutive steps: A) polymerizing at least one type of olefin monomer using a catalyst system to obtain a first polyolefin block containing a main group metal on at least one chain end; the catalyst system comprising: i) a metal catalyst or metal catalyst precursor comprising a metal from Group 3-10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table of elements; and ii) at least one type of chain transfer agent; and iii) optionally a co-catalyst; B) reacting the first polyolefin block containing a main group metal on at least one chain end obtained in step A) with at least one type of oxidizing agent to obtain a first polyolefin block containing at least one main group metal-functionalized oxidized chain end; and C) forming at least one second polymer block on the first polyolefin block, wherein as a catalytic initiator the main group metal-functionalized oxidized chain end of the first polyolefin block obtained in step B) is used.
US10526430B2
A methacrylic resin composition comprises not less than 90% by mass and not more than 100% by mass of a methacrylic resin [A] having: the total content of a structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate of not less than 90% by mass; a molecular weight MA of not less than 30000 and not more than 100000 in terms of polystyrene corresponding to the retention time indicating the value of the maximum strength in a chromatogram obtained by gel permeation chromatography; the area SgA of a region enclosed by an approximate curve obtained by fitting the data of a range indicating the strength of not less than 70% relative to the value of the maximum strength to a Gaussian function by the method of nonlinear least squares and the base line of the chromatogram of 45 to 80% of the area SA enclosed by the chromatogram and its base line; and the ratio MwgA/MngA of a weight average molecular weight MwgA to a number average molecular weight MngA of not less than 1.01 and not more than 1.20 in terms of polystyrene computed based on an approximate curve obtained by the above fitting.
US10526428B2
A process, for recovery of unreacted olefin monomer(s) from a particulate product of an olefin polymerization reactor, the particulate polymer product is supplied to a degassing vessel, where the particulate product is countercurrently contacted with at least a first gaseous stripping stream, which includes at least 5% by weight unreacted olefin monomer, and then with an inert gas stream under conditions effective to strip hydrocarbon impurities from the polymer product and produce a stripped polymer product, is provided.
US10526427B2
A method for producing a solid catalyst component (Aa) for α-olefin polymerization, which includes: bringing components (A1) to (A4) into contact with one another in an inert solvent; and without washing the contact product with an inert solvent, aging the contact product by keeping for a holding time of 3 days or more and 180 days or less, regarding the time point that all of the components (A1) to (A4) first come into contact, as a starting point.
US10526419B2
Isolated histidyl-tRNA synthetase splice variant polynucleotides and polypeptides having non-canonical biological activities are provided, as well as compositions and methods related thereto.
US10526416B2
An isolated polypeptide is provided. The isolated polypeptide comprising an antigen recognition domain specifically binding human HER-3 with a KD value of 10 nM or lower, wherein the polypeptide inhibits neuregulin (NRG) binding to the human HER3 and NRG-induced cancer cell migration and proliferation. Additionally clones NG83 and NG140 are provided which bind human HER-3 with a KD value of 10 nM or lower.
