US10552499B2
A landmark recommendation method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium integrated with life behavior analysis and social network. The aforementioned method analyzes device time information and device location information of a user device operated by a user so as to provide life behavior information related to the user, analyzes the life behavior information so as to provide a user preference value, weights a plurality of landmarks located in an inquiring landmark area according to the user preference value and a social recommendation value, and then selects a recommendation list from the landmark which meets a threshold value.
US10552497B2
Anonymizing product search results. Keywords related to a product are received. For each keyword, an associated list of terms, which lists the keyword and one or more additional terms that are closely related to the keyword, is generated. A combination list that includes combinations of terms selected from the associated lists of terms, where each combination includes two or more terms and at least one combination includes terms from different associated lists of terms, is created. A search, based on the combinations of terms in the combination list, is performed and online content is received. Based on product information in the online content, a list of products is generated. An anonymized list of products is generated from the list of products by masking product brand names of the products in the list of products. The anonymized list of products is presented on a user interface.
US10552492B2
A discussion thread is associated with a master recipients list that is maintained at an author's computer or a server computer. The recipients list is revised as participants in the discussion are added to and/or removed from the discussion. An author is notified when target recipients do not match the master recipients list. When a participant is added to the discussion from an old discussion instance, a thread manager provides for the added participant to receive a more current discussion instance.
US10552485B1
A system for determining percentiles for a performance data includes an interface configured to receive a request to determine a percentile value for the performance data and a processor configured to determine relevant data based at least in part on the request, determine an ordered data list map, determine the percentile value based at least in part on the ordered data list map, and provide the percentile value for the performance data.
US10552477B2
A metadata extraction machine accesses an image that depicts an item. The item depicted in the image may have an attribute that describes a characteristic of the item and an attribute descriptor that corresponds to the attribute of the item and specifies a value of the attribute. The metadata extraction machine performs an analysis of the image. The analysis may include identifying the attribute descriptor corresponding to the attribute based on image segmentation of the image. The metadata extraction machine transmits a communication to a device of a user based on the identifying of the attribute descriptor corresponding to the attribute of the item depicted in the image.
US10552476B2
A system and method of identifying objects is provided. In one aspect, the system and method includes a hand-held device with a display, camera and processor. As the camera captures images and displays them on the display, the processor compares the information retrieved in connection with one image with information retrieved in connection with subsequent images. The processor uses the result of such comparison to determine the object that is likely to be of greatest interest to the user. The display simultaneously displays the images the images as they are captured, the location of the object in an image, and information retrieved for the object.
US10552474B2
An image recognition method adapted to recognize a target image is provided. The method includes: providing the target image; training a learning database based on a plurality of feature blocks of the target image; randomly obtaining a plurality of incomplete feature blocks of the target image; adding the plurality of incomplete feature blocks into the learning database to form an enhancement learning database; and recognizing the target image based on the enhancement learning database. In addition, an image recognition device is also provided.
US10552468B2
Provided is a process including obtaining a corpus having a plurality of time-stamped documents; detecting topics in the unstructured natural language text; determining temporal-metrics of the topics based on time-stamps of documents to which the topics pertain; and predicting based on the temporal-metrics, whether a given topic among the plurality of topics will appear in future time-stamped documents.
US10552466B2
Method of searching comprising applying a function to individual elements within a digital work to form a set of index elements. Storing the index elements as an index for the digital work. Receiving a search term. Applying the function to one or more individual elements within the search term to convert the search term into one or more converted search term elements. Identifying a digital work having an index containing one or more index elements that match one or more of the converted search term elements. Returning search results of the identified digital work.Method of searching for a digital work comprising the steps of providing a search term. Receiving search results formulated by applying a function to one or more individual elements within the search term to convert the search term into one or more converted search term elements. Identifying a digital work having an index containing one or more index elements that match one or more of the converted search term elements, wherein the index is formed by applying the function to individual elements within the digital work to form a set of the index elements.Searchable index for a digital work formed by applying a function to individual elements within the digital work to form a set of index elements.
US10552465B2
In an example embodiment, a method for selecting text snippets to display on a computer display is provided. A universal concept graph for phrases relevant to a search domain is created, the universal concept graph representing each phrase as a node and relationships between the phrases as edges between the nodes. A result in the search domain is represented as a subgraph of the universal concept graph by extracting a portion of the universal concept graph containing phrases contained in the result. Then, a score is produced for each node of the subgraph, the score based on a graph analysis algorithm applied to the subgraph. Then text snippets to display for the result are selected to be displayed based on the scores produced in the subgraph for phrases contained in the text snippets.
US10552463B2
The present invention may be a system for creating indexes for information retrieval comprises a processor and a memory. The memory has program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by the processor to cause the system to read a document having hinting information into a memory, where the hinting information is associated with each unique expression in an original document. The program instructions are further executable to create the indexes from the document, where a first analysis method for generating a contiguous sequence of items from a text in the document is used for creating the indexes for each sequence in the unique expression with which the hinting information is associated and a second analysis method for dividing the text into meaningful units is used for creating the indexes for each word in the text other than the unique expression.
US10552459B2
A method for classifying a document using identified patterns includes determining frequent patterns based on a group of resources, where the frequent patterns include sets of words associated with resources that are related to a particular topic; determining frequent anti-patterns based on another group of resources, where the frequent anti-patterns include sets of words associated with resources that are not related to the particular topic, where the second group of resources is different from the first group of resources; determining a probability that the document is related to the particular topic based on the frequent patterns and the frequent anti-patterns; and determining a topic classification of the document based on the determined probability.
US10552448B2
A computer implemented method for updating and distributing data objects among multiple client applications is described. The method includes receiving object data for an object from a first application instance of an application engine, wherein the object data reflects a change to a state of the object based on action of the first application instance, updating a data structure for the object in a based on the received object data, determining whether a transformation policy is applicable to the object and, if so, modifying data associated with the object according to the transformation policy, identifying application instances that should receive updated object data for the object based on stored information identifying clients that have agreed to share updated object data and based on stored information identifying types of updates that clients are to receive, and communicating updated object data to the application instances that should receive updated object data according to stored preferences associated with each of the application instances.
US10552441B2
A method of multithreading extraction of data from a database is provided. The method comprises: acquiring a set of primary key character strings, the primary key character strings being uniquely associated with the data to be extracted from the database; extracting, from the primary key character strings, a first character string and a second character string; generating a first integer and a second integer based on: a preset base number, positions of characters included in the first and second character strings; determining a node segment based on the first and second integers, the node segment being associated with a node segment integer; converting the node segment integer to a node segment character; and generating an extraction statement associated with a thread for the node segment character converted from the node segment integer. The extraction statement can then be transmitted to a database when the thread is executed.
US10552439B2
A data profiling server extracts data from multiple data sources and stores the extracted data in a target data store. Validation functions are performed on the extracted to determine whether the data conforms to validation rules associated with the target data store and/or business logic definitions. For data that does not conform to the validation rules, the data profiling server identifies recommended transformations to be applied to the data to correct any errors that cause the data to not conform with the validation rules. A data profiling application presents to a user the data extracted from the multiple data sources in a grid structure. The grid structure also includes error indicators identifying the data that does not conform to the validation rules and specifies the recommended transformations identified by the data profiling server.
US10552435B2
Techniques for presenting data visualizations are described. Consistent with some embodiments of the present invention, a data visualization system includes an approximate query engine to derive approximate query results and present approximate data visualizations, in interactive time. The data visualization system also includes a precise query engine, thereby enabling a data analyst to selectively request that a precise query result be generated for a specific query, so that the data analyst can confirm a data observation made when viewing the approximate visualization for that specific query. The precise visualization is presented in a manner that allows the data analyst to view, and thus confirm or disprove, a data observation recorded when viewing the approximate visualization, and also compare the precise visualization with the previously generated and presented approximate visualization.
US10552434B2
To provide an information processing device, a control method, and a program that can determine the granularity of information at the presentation of the information in accordance with a user status. An information processing device including: a retrieval unit that retrieves information in response to a request of a user; an acquisition unit that acquires information on a current user status; a determination unit that determines granularity of information according to the acquired information on the user status when the retrieved information is presented; and a presentation control unit that controls presentation of the retrieved information with the determined granularity of information.
US10552432B2
A multi-tenant system stores a hierarchy of machine-learned models, wherein each machine-learned model is configured to receive as input a set of search results and generate as output scores for ranking the set of search results. Each machine-learned model is associated with a set of dimensions. The system evaluates search query performance. Performance below a threshold causes a new model to be generated and added to the hierarchy of models. Upon execution of a new search query associated with the same set of dimensions as the newly created model, the new model is used to rank that search query's search results.
US10552430B2
A method of increasing utilization of a computer program product having a plurality of features usable by multiple user groups. The method comprises: accessing a database storing multiple scenarios each defining a course of action characterised by usage of a respective subset of the features; via a network interface, receiving logs of past usage of some or all of these features by a target user group; based on the received logs, identifying one or more of the features that are unused or less frequently used by the target user group, and selecting one or more of the scenarios for the target entity which make use of the one or more unused or less frequently features. An indication of the one or more selected scenarios is output via a network interface, thereby causing the target entity to follow the course of action defined in at least one of the selected scenarios.
US10552429B2
Data assets, such as streams, databases, spreadsheets, or other data sources or types, are identified and representations of the data asset are stored. The representation of a data asset includes a schema used by the data asset, a location of the data asset, and keywords or other descriptive information. The representations of each data asset are indexed, and a search interface is provided that allows users to search for relevant data assets. In addition, dependencies, or other relationship information, among the various data assets is maintained and is used to generate a graph that shows the interrelatedness of the data assets. The graph can be explored by users to select data assets, and used to alert users when a change has been made to a data asset that may affect a data asset that they have used.
US10552427B2
In one embodiment, a method may comprise receiving a query to search for one or more entities of the data center, the query including one or more query tokens. The method may then identify one or more entity-type nodes corresponding to the query, and rank the entity-type nodes based on a score determined for each of the identified entity-type nodes. For at least a portion of the ranked entity-type nodes, the method may generate a structured query associated with each of the entity-type nodes based at least in part of one or more activity-type nodes connected to each of the entity-type nodes. Then, the method may retrieve, based on the structured queries, results from one or more databases.
US10552423B2
Technologies are described for facilitating query execution. A data network is received. The data network includes a plurality of nodes. Each of the nodes is associated with a portion of stored data. User input is received defining at least one semantic tag. User input is received associating the at least one semantic tag with at least one of the plurality of nodes. The association between the at least one sematic tag and the at least one of the plurality of nodes is stored.
US10552419B2
The present invention provides a computer implemented method for performing an application specific operation on a dataset over a distributed computing system. The computer implemented method includes collecting a set of application specific refining data present in a data stream of the dataset in a first map phase by the distributed computing system, resetting the data stream of the dataset to a beginning position by the distributed computing system, and generating one or more resultant data elements using the set of application specific refining data in a second map phase, by the distributed computing system.
US10552417B2
According to non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein, the functionality of an object cache in a server can be extended to monitor and track web traffic, and in particular to perform rate accounting on selected web traffic. As the server communicates with clients (e.g., receiving HTTP requests and responding to those requests), the server can use its existing object cache storage and existing object cache services to monitor web traffic by recording how often a client makes a particular request in the object cache and/or other data about the requests. Preferably, the object cache is still used for conventional caching of objects, the object cache thus providing a dual role by storing both web objects and rate accounting data.
US10552416B2
A Processing method for processing SQL statements of different flavors by a database management system may be provided. The method comprises receiving SQL statements of different SQL flavors, parsing each received SQL statement for identifying an SQL flavor characteristic, tracking an SQL statement identifier of a related SQL PREPARE operation for determining the SQL flavor characteristic at subsequent DMBS operations, adapting a DBMS mode of the DBMS dynamically to the identified SQL flavor characteristic, adapting another received SQL statement to a DBMS mode of the database management system, and sending each of the adapted SQL statements to the DBMS for the SQL PREPARE operation under the adapted database management system mode.
US10552410B2
The present invention discloses numerous implementations of system and method which receives a user request and, using methods of natural language processing including part of speech tagging, analyses the user request to generate a query to a database of information. Based on the machine understanding, the system presents an interactive representation of the uttered request back to the user. This provides context to the user, which explains the machine understanding of the request and acts as an interface to iteratively refine or adjust the machine understanding by altering specific elements of the uttered language. The methods of altering specific elements of the uttered language may vary depending on the element and a variety of user selectable interfaces may be used to display one or more queried elements along with alternative elements pertaining to the queried element. The user could select an alternative element and change the database query.
US10552400B2
Data of a database (e.g., database tables) can be reassigned from a first map to a second map in a database system that uses maps to assign data for processing to multiple processing units of a database system in accordance with one or more distributions schemes. Data portions can be selected in groups and moved in the selected groups in an efficient manner. The selection and/or movement of the data portions can be automated without requiring input for users of database systems.
US10552394B2
This disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for data storage in a non-relational database. The method comprises receiving a data item to be inserted into a table in the non-relational database. The method further comprises determining a dynamic data section and a static data section of the received data item. The method further comprises in response to the static data section not existing in the static data storage area, storing the static data section in the static data storage area. The method further comprises storing the dynamic data section in the dynamic data storage area.
US10552390B2
A method, computer program product, and system for analyzing performance of a computer system where at a plurality of time intervals, a set of KPIs of a database and database performance outputs are monitored. A database performance value is calculated based on the monitored KPIs and one or more database performance outputs. In response to determining the database performance value is below a first threshold, a KPI correlation coefficient is calculated. The calculated KPI correlation coefficient with the greatest value is selected as a target KPI. In response to determining that a count of functions of the target KPI meets a second threshold, a dynamic tabular representation of the determined target KPI is generated. A correlation matrix is generated based on the generated tabular representation and the plurality of time intervals and a first set of target functions are identified based on the generated correlation matrix.
US10552389B2
Techniques are provided for orphan object detection, invalid sequence number detection, and asynchronous object cleanup. A storage system may store data within one or more tiers of storage, such as a storage tier (e.g., solid state storage and disks maintained by the storage system), a remote object store (e.g., storage provided by a third party storage provider), and/or other storage tiers. Orphan objects, within the remote object store, that are no longer used by the storage system may be detected and/or deleted. When an aggregate of volumes is deleted, corresponding objects, within the remote object store, may be identified and/or deleted. Invalid sequence numbers (e.g., lost or corrupt sequence numbers locally maintained in a metafile) assigned to objects within the remote object store may be identified, deleted, and/or fixed.
US10552372B2
Techniques for a fast snapshot of application data in a storage system are disclosed. One computer-implemented method includes: receiving, over an electronic communications network, a first command to create a table; creating, in a storage system, the table including at least one row and a plurality of columns, the at least one row including a special metadata row, and fields of the plurality of columns including a key, a payload, a snapshot identifier number, a delete bit, a version identifier, and an entity tag; and initializing a key of the special metadata row and a payload of the special metadata row. The key of the special metadata row is initialized to a snapshot identifier, and the payload of the special metadata row is initialized to zero, and an entity tag of the special metadata row is initialized to a random value.
US10552369B1
A system on a chip may include a plurality of data plane processor cores sharing a common instruction set architecture. At least one of the data plane processor cores is specialized to perform a particular function via extensions to the otherwise common instruction set architecture. Such systems on a chip may have reduced physical complexity, cost, and time-to-market, and may provide improvements in core utilization and reductions in system power consumption.
US10552364B2
In some examples, a power delivery system includes a primary power path to provide power to a computing system. The power delivery system also includes a bypass power path. A port manager is to disable the primary power path and to enable the bypass power path in response to a dead battery condition.
US10552363B2
An electronic data processing device comprises: a processor (1); a serial interface comprising a connection for incoming data (16) and a connection for outgoing data (18); a hardware serial-interface controller (6) for controlling the serial interface; and a reception buffer (22) for receiving incoming data. The processor is arranged automatically to read data written to the reception buffer. The device is arranged so that the processor can indicate to the serial interface controller that it is unable to accept data. The controller is arranged to respond to incoming data by sending a rejection message from the outgoing serial connection and to prevent incoming data from being placed in the reception buffer.
US10552351B2
A technique for handling interrupts in a data processing system includes receiving, by an interrupt routing controller (IRC), an event routing message (ERM) that includes an event source number for a notification source with an unserviced interrupt. In response to receiving the ERM, the IRC builds an event notification message (ENM) based on the event source number. The IRC determines a scope for the ENM based on an event target group (ETG) associated with the event source number. The IRC issues the ENM to an interrupt presentation controller (IPC) at the scope associated with the ETG.
US10552347B2
A data processor includes an access target with the address assigned to a memory space, an access subject that gains access to the access target while specifying address, identifier, and access type, and a memory protection resource including an associative memory to perform an access control. The memory protection resource includes a plurality of entries, each including a region setting unit, an identifier determination information unit, and an attribute setting unit. When the address specified by the access subject at the access is included in the region set in the region setting unit in the entry, the identifier agrees with at least one of the identifiers specified according to the identifier determination information, and the specified access type agrees with the access type set in the attribute setting unit, the memory protection resource permits the access.
US10552344B2
A secure enclave circuit stores an enclave page cache map to track contents of a secure enclave in system memory that stores secure data containing a page having a virtual address. An execution unit is to, in response to a request to evict the page from the secure enclave: block creation of translations of the virtual address; record one or more hardware threads currently accessing the secure data in the secure enclave; send an inter-processor interrupt to one or more cores associated with the one or more hardware threads, to cause the one or more hardware threads to exit the secure enclave and to flush translation lookaside buffers of the one or more cores; and in response to detection of a page fault associated with the virtual address for the page in the secure enclave, unblock the creation of translations of the virtual address.
US10552343B2
Various systems and methods for queue management in computer memory are described herein. A system for implementing a zero thrash cache queue manager includes a processor subsystem to: receive a memory access request for a queue; write data to a queue tail cache line in a cache when the memory access request is to add data to the queue, the queue tail cache line protected from being evicted from the cache; and read data from a current queue head cache line in the cache when the memory access request is to remove data from the queue, the current queue head cache line protected from being evicted from the cache.
US10552340B2
A method and apparatus for performing memory access operations during a memory relocation in a computing system are disclosed. In response to initiating a relocation operation from a source region of memory to a destination region of memory, copying one or more lines of the source region to the destination region, and activating a mirror operation mode in a communication circuit coupled to one or more devices included in the computing system. In response to receiving an access request from a device, reading previously stored data from the source region, and in response to determining the access request includes a write request, storing new data included in the write request to locations in both the source and destination regions.
US10552338B2
An apparatus and method are provided for making efficient use of address translation cache resources. The apparatus has an address translation cache having a plurality of entries, where each entry is used to store address translation data used when converting a virtual address into a corresponding physical address of a memory system. Each item of address translation data has a page size indication for a page within the memory system that is associated with that address translation data. Allocation circuitry performs an allocation process to determine the address translation data to be stored in each entry. Further, mode control circuitry is used to switch a mode of operation of the apparatus between a non-skewed mode and at least one skewed mode, dependent on a page size analysis operation. The address translation cache is organised as a plurality of portions, and in the non-skewed mode the allocation circuitry is arranged, when performing the allocation process, to permit the address translation data to be allocated to any of the plurality of portions. In contrast, when in the at least one skewed mode, the allocation circuitry is arranged to reserve at least one portion for allocation of address translation data associated with pages of a first page size and at least one other portion for allocation of address translation data associated with pages of a second page size different to the first page size.
US10552336B2
According to one embodiment, when a read request received from a host includes a first identifier indicative of a first region, a memory system obtains a logical address from the received read request, obtains a physical address corresponding to the obtained logical address from a logical-to-physical address translation table which manages mapping between logical addresses and physical addresses of the first region, and reads data from the first region, based on the obtained physical address. When the received read request includes a second identifier indicative of a second region, the memory system obtains physical address information from the read request, and reads data from the second region, based on the obtained physical address information.
US10552331B2
An arithmetic processing device includes a memory access request issuance unit and a cache including a cache memory for tags and data and a move-in buffer control unit for issuing a move-in request for data on the memory access request when a cache miss occurs. The move-in buffer control unit, when the cache miss occurs, determines to acquire a move-in buffer and issue the move-in request when the memory access request has the same index as an index of any move-in request registered in the move-in buffer and the number of move-in requests of the same index registered in the move-in buffer is less than the number of ways, and determines not to acquire the move-in buffer and does not issue the move-in request when the memory access request has the same index and the number of the move-in requests of the same index reaches the number of the ways.
US10552328B2
There are provided a memory controller for controlling a memory device to perform a more stable sensing operation, a storage device including the memory controller, and an operating method of the storage device. A memory controller includes: a processor for transmitting a cache read command to a memory device and then transmitting a status read command to the memory device; and a cache read controller for outputting a data-out command to the memory device according to a sensing section code included in a status read response transmitted by the memory device in response to the status read command.
US10552322B2
Embodiments are directed to techniques for allowing a data storage system to be able to flush data to underlying storage when the bandwidth is high without excessively impacting the maximum latency. This may be accomplished by utilizing asynchronous flushing and by throttling incoming writes by preventing too many asynchronous flushes from happening when the amount of available cache space is too small. In addition, an improved system employing Copy on First Write (CoFW) may initiate write throttling only once the amount of available write cache drops below a dynamically-calculated threshold that accounts for an amount of space actually needed to store CoFW buffers. In addition, only a portion of the write caching process is placed under the protection of a mutex or a spinlock, allowing a significant portion of the write caching for any given write operation to be performed without needing the mutex or spinlock, allowing some increased parallelization.
US10552317B2
System and method for operating a solid state memory containing a memory space. The present invention provides a computerized system that includes a solid state memory having a memory space; a controller adapted to use a first portion of the memory space as a cache; and a garbage collector adapted to use a second portion of the memory space to collect garbage in the solid state memory. The controller is adapted to change a size of at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the memory space during operation of the solid state memory.
US10552312B2
Non-volatile devices may be configured such that a clear operation on a single bit clears an entire block of bits. The representation of particular data structures may be optimized to reduce the number of clear operations required to store the representation in non-volatile memory. A data schema may indicate that a data structure of an application may be optimized for storage in non-volatile memory. A translation layer may convert an application level representation of a data value associated with the data structure to an optimized storage representation of the data value before storing the optimized storage representation of the data value in non-volatile memory.
US10552308B1
Techniques for determining whether processes are running on a computing device are described. As an example, a detection process may create a virtual mapping of data to memory of the computing device. The detection process may access a file system storing special files including attributes of virtual memory mappings. The detection process may analyze the attributes of the virtual memory mapping, such as an amount of data stored or shared by the memory mapping, to determine that another process is sharing the memory mapping with the detection process. The detection process may send data to a server associated with the computing device indicating that a process other than the detection process is operating on the computing device.
US10552301B2
The Functional Tester Plug-in (FTP) extracts information from a data base to enhance automated testing tools to accommodate changes to the computer environment and so that a simulation can be fully executed even if an exception occurs. The FTP accesses the test script and static data store created by a developer using the automated testing tool, wherein the test script and static data store indicate a first resource to be tested at a verification point and a first expected result. The FTP identifies the first resource used by the test script at a first verification point and accesses the data base. The FTP identifies the status and configuration of the first resource in the data base. The FTP calculates an optimal expected result based on any changes in the status and configuration of the first resource.
US10552298B2
A method for debugging a streaming application is provided. The method may include establishing, by a processor, a debug region in the streaming application to mark a subgraph for debugging. The method may further include receiving a tuple flow suspension notification from a job control plane. The method may also include displaying a plurality of debugging options for debugging a streaming application on a graphical user interface based on the received tuple flow suspension notification. The method may further include determining a debugging option from the displayed plurality of debugging options based on a user selection on the graphical user interface. The method may also include translating the determined debugging option into a format compatible with the job control plane. The method may further include transmitting the translated debugging option to the job control plane.
US10552297B2
Determining instruction execution history in a debugger, including: retrieving, from an instruction cache, cache data that includes an age value for each cache line in the instruction cache; sorting, by the age value for each cache line, entries in the instruction cache; retrieving, using an address contained in each cache line, one or more instructions associated with the address contained in each cache line; and displaying the one or more instructions.
US10552295B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing performance engineering are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of providing, to a cloud computing system that is configured to implement multiple different types of virtual computing nodes, an instruction to execute an application on a virtual computing node that is a first type of virtual computing node of the multiple different types of virtual computing nodes. The actions further include determining computing performance parameters of the virtual computing node. The actions further include determining to execute the application on both the virtual computing node and an additional virtual computing node. The actions further include selecting, from among the multiple different types of virtual computing nodes, a second type of virtual computing node. The actions further include executing the application on the virtual computing node and the additional virtual computing node.
US10552293B2
Techniques are described for managing log data generated by software applications. The techniques can be implemented in a cloud-based infrastructure capable of collecting and analyzing log data generated by software applications through logging and tracing. Logging and tracing are techniques for monitoring the execution of the software applications. The techniques include a processing step where log data is screened before it is saved within log storage and an analyzing step where saved log files are retrieved or analyzed.
US10552285B2
A memory subsystem manages memory I/O impedance compensation by the memory device monitoring a need for impedance compensation. Instead of a memory controller regularly sending a signal to have the memory device update the impedance compensation when a change is not needed, the memory device can indicate when it is ready to perform an impedance compensation change. The memory controller can send an impedance compensation signal to the memory device in response to a compensation flag set by the memory or in response to determining that a sensor value has changed in excess of a threshold.
US10552279B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to computer-implemented methods, computer systems, and computer program products for testing hardware. The method includes reading a stream of test instructions. The method further includes determining if test instruction exceptions present in the stream of test instructions. The method further includes inserting an interrupt into the test instruction stream for each determined test instruction exception. The method further includes generating one or more error messages for each determined test instruction exception.
US10552273B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for removes and/or adding log and/or cache devices to storage pools of a storage appliance. Users, via a graphical-user interface, identify the log and/or cache devices for removal or addition. Subsequently, the log and/or cache devices are moved, according to a data profile corresponding to the devices, from a first storage appliance to a second storage appliance.
US10552268B1
Providing backup of virtual machines can be performed by a backup server. The backup server can maintain log-in credentials for a central management server and a virtual machine host. If communication is lost between the backup server and the central management server, the backup server can initialize a connection directly to the host and back up a target virtual machine.
US10552263B2
A system running method applied to an intelligent terminal is provided. The intelligent terminal includes a first system and a second system. The second system can implement a call function and/or a short message service function, and a function that can be implemented by the first system includes a function that can be implemented by the second system. The method includes: starting the first system and the second system, where an operation screen of the first system is visible to a user; detecting a running status of the first system; and when it is detected that the first system is faulty, terminating running of the first system, and switching to an operation screen of the second system disclosure.
US10552261B2
A selection decoder controls levels of a plurality of selection signals based on an address bit having at least one or more bits. A memory module is selected when its corresponding selection signal is at an activated level, and data can be read and written therein. A failure determination unit determines whether or not the selection decoder is in a failed state based on the levels of the plurality of selection signals.
US10552257B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having an interface to receive information from memory cells, the memory cells configured to have a plurality of states to indicate values of information stored in the memory cells, and a control unit to monitor errors in information retrieved from the memory cells. Based on the errors in the information, the control unit generates control information to cause the memory cell to change to from a state among the plurality of states to an additional state. The additional state is different from the plurality of states.
US10552248B2
A computing system may evaluate the operation of a manufacturing network using at least two of (a) macro-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of the manufacturing network as a whole, (b) micro-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of any of a plurality of micro-networks in the manufacturing network, (c) path-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of any of a plurality of node paths in the manufacturing network, or (d) node-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of any of a plurality of individual nodes in the manufacturing network. Based on the evaluating, computing system may identify at least one anomaly in the manufacturing network and then trigger at least one action that is directed to resolving the at least one anomaly.
US10552247B2
Managing real-time monitoring alerts is provided. An alert is generated for one or more metrics exceeding corresponding defined metric threshold values. A root cause dependency table showing relationships between alerts is retrieved. It is determined whether current real-time metrics are needed from one or more monitoring agents that correspond to dependent alerts not triggered in an alert chain of the generated alert based on information in the root cause dependency table. In response to determining that the current real-time metrics are needed from the one or more monitoring agents that correspond to the dependent alerts not triggered in the alert chain of the generated alert based on the information in the root cause dependency table, the current real-time metrics are requested from the one or more monitoring agents that correspond to the dependent alerts not triggered in the alert chain.
US10552243B2
Technology for handling page size mismatches when DPL-CLR is performed at multiple levels of a data storage system (for example, RAID level and flash card level). A “corrective DPL” corrects only a portion of the data that would make up a page at the level at which the data is stored (that is, the “initial DPL level”), and, after that, a partially corrected page of data is formed and stored in data storage, with the partially corrected page: (i) having a page size characteristic of the initial DPL; (ii) including the part of the data corrected by the corrective DPL; and (iii) further including other data. In some embodiments, the other data has a pattern that indicates that it is invalid, erroneous data, such that an error message will be returned if this portion of the data is attempted to be read.
US10552228B2
Techniques disclosed herein provide an approach for assigning resource consumers to available resources. In one embodiment, components of a distributed scheduler are organized into a hierarchy, such as a tree. A placement request received at a root scheduler of the hierarchy is propagated down the hierarchy, either to all children or to randomly selected subsets of children of each scheduler in the hierarchy. Leaf schedulers in the hierarchy that receive the request each propagate back up a score indicating the amount of free resources in its corresponding resource bucket. Branch schedulers then compare scores that they receive, and each further propagate one of the received scores, such as the highest score, based on the comparison, until the root scheduler is reached. The root scheduler makes an additional comparison and returns one of the resource buckets in response to the received placement request.
US10552227B2
Reconfigurable computing clusters, compute nodes within reconfigurable computing clusters, and methods of operating a reconfigurable computing cluster are disclosed. A reconfigurable computing cluster includes an optical circuit switch, and a plurality of computing assets, each of the plurality of computing assets connected to the optical circuit switch by two or more bidirectional fiber optic communications paths.
US10552223B2
A visual tool may be provided to display information associated with computer job allocation and to allow a user to explore different job configurations. Jobs executing on a computing environment comprising a shared pool of configurable computing resources may be monitored. Cost and duration estimates may be determined with uncertainty associated with the cost and duration estimates. Sandbox environment may be provided that allow users to manipulate one or more different job configuration options for executing the jobs in the computing environment.
US10552221B2
Systems, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are disclosed for management of resources and services (e.g., storage, registers, memory, ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) tables) to route packet sequences in a software-defined networking (SDN) environment. In one embodiment, this management occurs through the use of supply chain economics to manage utilization of TCAM resources.
US10552218B2
In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for linking tasks and resources are provided. A plurality of attributes associated with a task resource may be analyzed. A plurality of contexts that are associated with the plurality of attributes may be determined and the plurality of attributes may be classified into one or more contextual groups. At least one resource node related to the task resource may be identified, the at least one resource node having a plurality of identified attributes sharing at least two contexts associated with the plurality of attributes that are associated with the task resource. An actionable link to at least one resource corresponding to the at least one identified resource may be displayed.
US10552216B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an application heartbeat period adjusting method and apparatus, and a terminal, and in the embodiments, it is determined, according to an identifier of an application, that the application is in a heartbeat adjustment blacklist. A first heartbeat period of the application is adjusted to a second heartbeat period according to a preset trigger heartbeat period. The heartbeat adjustment blacklist includes an identifier of an application on which a heartbeat period adjustment needs to be performed, the first heartbeat period of the application is an original heartbeat period of the application, the second heartbeat period is a heartbeat period, which is adjusted according to the preset trigger heartbeat period, of the application, and the preset trigger heartbeat period is an adjustment period according to which the first heartbeat period is adjusted.
US10552215B1
A system and method are provided to allow real-time processes to overrun on a single processor or on a multiprocessor until either the latest start time of another real-time process has been reached or their own deadlines have been reached, and effectively utilize multiple processor resources by allowing process executions to be selectively preempted by other process executions and migrate from one processor to another processor at any time at run time to provide greater flexibility in utilizing any unused processor capacity and meeting deadlines, thus increase the chances that real-time processes will still be able to complete their computations despite overrunning, while guaranteeing satisfaction of important predetermined timing constraints, and increase both processor utilization and system robustness in the presence of inaccurate estimates of the worst-case computation times of real-time processes on a single processor or multiprocessor in a real-time system.
US10552214B2
A media balancer obtains a master schedule to be used as a basis for generating target schedules, user input specifying one or more target stations for which the one or more target schedules are to be generated, and a duration delta indicating a maximum difference between runtimes of the replacement media items and the one or more scheduled media items. The media balancer selects a media scheduler to identify replacement media items to be substituted for one or more scheduled media items identified in the master schedule and transmits information associated with the duration delta to the media scheduler. The media balancer receives a list of identified replacement media items selected by the media scheduler, and generates the target schedules by replacing scheduled media items with particular replacement media items taken from the list of identified replacement media items.
US10552200B2
A system and method include initiating a live migration of a virtual machine from a first host machine to a second host machine. The system and method include calculating, using a live migration tool, a data limit for an incremental data copy. The system and method also include determining, using the live migration tool, that a set of modified data stored in the memory of the first host machine equals or exceeds the data limit. The system and method further include pausing operation of the virtual machine responsive to the set of modified data stored in the memory of the first host machine equaling or exceeding the data limit.
US10552199B2
A system and method include initiating a live migration of a virtual machine from a first host machine to a second host machine. The system and method include copying an initial copy of data stored in a memory of the first host machine to a memory of the second host machine, determining a set of modified data, determining that transferring the set of modified data exceeds a downtime limit, calculating an increased throttling amount based on a rate of data copying and a rate of data change using from the set of modified data, determining the increased throttling amount does not exceed a throttling limit, applying the increased throttling to the virtual machine executing on the first host machine, and copying the set of modified data while the increased throttling is applied to the virtual machine executing on the first host machine.
US10552193B2
A system for providing security mechanisms for secure execution of program code is described. The system may be configured to maintain a plurality of virtual machine instances. The system may be further configured to receive a request to execute a program code and allocate computing resources for executing the program code on one of the virtual machine instances. One mechanism involves executing program code according to a user-specified security policy. Another mechanism involves executing program code that may be configured to communicate or interface with an auxiliary service. Another mechanism involves splitting and executing program code in a plurality of portions, where some portions of the program code are executed in association with a first level of trust and some portions of the program code are executed with different levels of trust.
US10552186B2
An approach for avoiding overloads of network adapters. The approach receives one or more requests from one or more virtual machines, wherein the one or more requests are directed to one or more network adapters. The approach determines whether a first network adapter of the one or more network adapters is saturated. Responsive to a determination that the first network adapter is saturated, the approach sends a first busy event to a first virtual machine of the one or more virtual machines.
US10552183B2
Computer systems, methods, and storage media for tailoring a user interface to a user according to a determined user state and a determined interface context corresponding to the determined user state. The user interface is tailored by modifying the format of at least a portion of the interface, including modifying the content, layout of the content, presentation sequence, or visual display of the interface. A user interface includes a selectable formatting object for controlling the formatting of the user interface and for generating feedback data for training an ensemble learning component to enable more effective predictive formatting changes.
US10552168B2
A method dynamically reconfigures a system on a chip (SOC) comprising multiple semiconductor intellectual property (IP) blocks. The method comprises, when booting a data processing system (DPS) comprising the SOC, automatically allocating different IP blocks to multiple different microsystems within the DPS, based on a static partitioning policy (SPP). The method also comprises, after booting the DPS, determining that reallocation of at least one of the IP blocks is desired, based on (a) monitored conditions of at least one of the microsystems and (b) a dynamic partitioning policy (DPP). The method also comprises, in response to determining that reallocation of at least one of the IP blocks is desired, automatically reallocating at least one of the IP blocks from one of the microsystems to another of the microsystems without resetting at least one of the microsystems. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10552163B2
A method and system performs instruction scheduling in an out-of-order microprocessor pipeline. The method and system selects a first set of instructions to dispatch from a scheduler to an execution module, wherein the execution module comprises two types of execution units. The first type of execution unit executes both a first and a second type of instruction and the second type of execution unit executes only the second type. Next, the method selects a second set of instructions to dispatch, which is a subset of the first set and comprises only instructions of the second type. The method determines a third set of instructions, which comprises instructions not selected as part of the second set. Further, the method dispatches the second set for execution using the second type of execution unit and dispatching the third set for execution using the first type of execution unit.
US10552158B2
Various embodiments of a microprocessor include a scoreboard implementation that directs the microprocessor to the location of data values. For example, the scoreboard may include individual bits that instruct the microprocessor to retrieve the data from a re-order buffer, retire queue, result bus, or register file. As a first step, the microprocessor receives an instruction indicating a process that requires data from one or more source registers. Instead of automatically retrieving the data from the register file, which is a costly process, the microprocessor may read the scoreboard to determine whether the needed data can be more cost-effectively retrieved from the re-order buffer, retire queue, or result busses. Therefore, the microprocessor can avoid costly data retrieval procedures. Additionally, the scoreboard implementation enables the microprocessor to handle limited out-of-order instructions, which improves overall performance of the microprocessor.
US10552154B2
An apparatus and method for multiplying packed real and imaginary components of complex numbers. A method comprises: multiplying selected imaginary and real data elements in a first and second source registers to generate a plurality of imaginary products; adding a first subset of the plurality of imaginary products to generate a first temporary result and adding a second subset of the plurality of imaginary products to generate a second temporary result; negating the first temporary result to generate a third temporary result and the second temporary result to generate a fourth temporary result; accumulating the third temporary result with first data to generate a first final result and accumulating the fourth temporary result with second data to generate a second final result; and storing the first final result and second final.
US10552151B1
An apparatus including a memory and a circuit. The memory may be configured to store a multidimensional array of data values. The circuit may be configured to (i) fetch a plurality of data vectors from the memory, where each of the data vectors comprises a plurality of the data values, (ii) calculate a plurality of modification values based on the data values, (iii) calculate a first value of a first window based on the data values, and (iv) calculate a second value of a second window by adding to the first value of the first window a next one of the modification values and subtracting from the first value of the first window a previous one of the modification values. The second window generally overlaps the first window in the multidimensional array along a particular axis.
US10552136B2
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving at a second device a request for data sharing from a first device, and receiving a first file package associated with an application installed on the first device, and the file package includes a first portion of information usable for installation of the application on the second device. The method also includes processing the first file package to obtain the first portion of information usable for installing the application on the second device, providing authentication information for downloading a second file package to a remote computer device different from the first device, and installing the application on the second device using the first portion of information and the second portion of information.
US10552120B1
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for quantum random number generation (QRNG). An example method includes generating, by a QRNG chip, a series of particles and transmitting the series of particles through a double-slit structure comprising a first slit and a second slit. The example method further includes detecting, by the QRNG chip, a first subseries of particles transmitted through the first slit to generate a first detected subseries of particles. The example method further includes detecting, by the QRNG chip, a second subseries of particles transmitted through the second slit to generate a second detected subseries of particles. The example method further includes decoding, by the QRNG chip, the first detected subseries of particles and the second detected subseries of particles to generate a decoded set of bits that, in some instances, may be used to generate a random number, a session key, or both.
US10552117B1
A method performed by a computing system includes receiving audio data from a plurality of vehicles. The audio data may include vehicle audio settings associated with a set of input parameters. The set of input parameters may include vehicle type. The method may further include analyzing the audio data to determine an audio setting trend for a subset of the plurality of vehicles. The method may further include transmitting to a destination vehicle, an audio setting profile based on the audio setting trend. The destination vehicle may be different than the plurality of vehicles. The destination vehicle may have at least one matching input parameter as the subset of the plurality of vehicles.
US10552109B2
Methods are provided for assessing reliability of a power system of a utility company. At least one main overview display is obtained. Violation markers are displayed on the one main overview display. A monitored elements tab is updated with a list of monitored elements.
US10552100B2
An information processing apparatus executes a printer driver, and includes processing circuitry and one or more memories. The processing circuitry is configured to display a first setting screen and a second setting screen. The first setting screen is used to perform setting of the printer driver via a desktop application. The second setting screen is used to perform setting of the printer driver via a store application. The memories include a first memory area and a second memory area. The first memory area is editable on the first setting screen, and stores a first address book editable by the processing circuitry. The second memory area editable on the second setting screen, and stores a second address book editable by the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to merge the first address book and the second address book.
US10552098B2
An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores generated image data, a first processing unit that, based on the image data stored in the storage unit and setting information, performs image processing according to a type of sheets stored in a first sheet feed cassette for printing of an Nth copy, a second processing unit that, based on the image data stored in the storage unit and the setting information, performs image processing according to a type of sheets stored in a second sheet feed cassette for printing of an (N+1)th copy, and a printing unit that prints image data processed by the first processing unit on a sheet fed from the first sheet feed cassette, and prints image data processed by the second processing unit on a sheet fed from the second sheet feed cassette.
US10552095B1
Disclosed herein is a technique to efficiently pack a print volume of 3D printers having print jobs with a large number of objects. The technique positions unique objects that adhere to a similar structural pattern more closely when the degree of variation between the objects is small. Thus, while each object is unique, a greater extent of similarity between the objects causes a given group of objects to be positioned more closely to one another in the print area of the 3D printer.
US10552087B2
Memory devices, memory systems, and methods of operating memory devices and systems are disclosed in which a single command can trigger a memory device to perform multiple operations, such as a single refresh command that triggers the memory device to both perform a refresh command and to perform a mode register read. One such memory device comprises a memory, a mode register, and circuitry configured, in response to receiving a command to perform a refresh operation at the memory, to perform the refresh operation at the memory, and to perform a read of the mode register. The memory can be a first memory portion, the memory device can comprise a second memory portion, and the circuitry can be further configured, in response to the command, to provide on-die termination at the second memory portion of the memory system during at least a portion of the read of the mode register.
US10552084B2
A method of operating a data storage device includes: receiving a single wipe device initialization command from a host, and in response to the wipe device initialization command, executing a wipe device initialization operation that during a single time period initializes the entirety of a mapping table defining logical partitions dividing memory space provided by a physical region of the data storage device.
US10552075B2
Deduplication of virtual-machine disk images and other disk images can involve identifying the first clusters in a file. The clusters are hashed. The first-in-file hashes (generated from first-in-file clusters) are stored in an in-memory index, while the full set of hashes is streamed in order to find matches with the hashes stored in the in-memory index. First-in-file hashes in the stream are compared, while other hashes in the stream are compared only if the immediately preceding hash resulted in a match. Comparing non-first-in-file hashes requires disk accesses, but since such comparisons are conditioned on first-in-file matches, there are relatively likely to result in sequences of matches. The net effect is a relatively fast deduplication with compression approaching that resulting from a full comparison of all hashes.
US10552074B2
One embodiment provides a method comprising storing a first set of explicitly enumerated data values in a first window data structure associated with a first time span. The method further comprises storing one or more sets of summary statistics in a second set of window data structures. Each window data structure of the second set of window data structures is associated with a time span older than the first time span. The one or more sets of summary statistics are based on a second set of data values. The method further comprises storing a third set of explicitly enumerated data values in a third set of window data structures, wherein each data value of the third set of explicitly enumerated data values is annotated.
US10552073B2
A storage system includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller. The nonvolatile memory device includes first and second memory blocks and stores data corresponding to first and second volumes. The controller performs a snapshot function on the data corresponding to the first and second volumes and determines data to be stored in the first and second memory blocks based on parameters for generating snapshots of the first and second volumes. The controller stores data corresponding to a snapshot deleted at a first time point in the first memory block, stores data corresponding to a snapshot deleted at a second time point in the second memory block, adds the first memory block to a victim block list after the first time point, and adds the second memory block to the victim block list after the second time point.
US10552070B2
Grouping of memory-based configuration state registers based on execution environment. A first set of configuration state registers is assigned to one memory region corresponding to a first execution environment, and a second set of configuration state registers is assigned to another memory region corresponding to a second execution environment. The first set of configuration state registers is separate from the second set of configuration state registers.
US10552066B2
A memory device includes a data path having a data bus. The memory device further includes a first one-hot communications interface communicatively coupled to the data bus, and a second one-hot communications interface communicatively coupled to the data bus. The memory device additionally includes at least one memory bank, and an input/output (I/O) interface communicatively coupled to the at least one memory bank via the first one-hot communications interface and the second one-hot communications interface, wherein the first one-hot communications interface is configured to convert a first data pattern received by the I/O interface into one-hot signals transmitted via the data bus to the second one-hot communications interface, and wherein the second one-hot communications interface is configured to convert the one-hot signals into the first data pattern to be stored in the at least one memory bank.
US10552063B2
A controller of a non-volatile memory manages each of multiple disjoint sets of physical pages as a respective page group. The controller mitigates errors by repetitively performing background mitigation reads of each of the plurality of blocks including, in order, performing a background mitigation read of a first physical page in a first page group in a first block; prior to again performing a background mitigation read in the first block, performing a background mitigation read of a first physical page in a first page group in each other of the plurality of blocks; performing a background mitigation read of a first physical page in a second page group in the first block; and prior to again performing a background mitigation read in the first block, performing a background mitigation read of a first physical page in a second page group in each other of the plurality of blocks.
US10552062B2
A data storage system includes: a plurality of data storage devices for storing a plurality of objects of a key-value pair; and a virtual storage layer that applies different data reliability schemes including a data replication scheme and an erasure coding scheme based on a size of an object of the plurality of objects. The plurality of objects includes a first object having a first size and a second object having a second size that is larger than the first size. The virtual storage layer classifies the first object as a small object, applies the data replication scheme, and stores the small object across one or more of the plurality of data storage devices. The virtual storage layer classifies the second object as a huge object, splits the huge object into one or more chunks of a same size, applies the erasure encoding scheme, and distributedly stores the one or more chunks across the plurality of data storage devices.
US10552061B2
A metadata track stores metadata corresponding to both a first customer data track and a second customer data track. In response to receiving a first request to perform a write on the first customer data track from a two track write process, exclusive access to the first customer data track is provided to the first request, and shared access to the metadata track is provided to the first request. In response to receiving a second request to perform a write on the second customer data track from the two track write process, exclusive access to the second customer data track is provided to the second request, and shared access to the metadata track is provided to the second request prior to providing exclusive access to the metadata track to at least one process that is waiting for exclusive access to the metadata track.
US10552058B1
Processing functions are offloaded to a memory controller for nonvolatile memory by a host in connection with write data. The nonvolatile memory executes these functions, producing processed data that must be written into memory; for example, the offloaded functions can include erasure coding, with the nonvolatile memory controller generating redundancy information that must be written into memory. The memory controller holds this information in internal RAM and then later writes this information into nonvolatile memory according to dynamically determined write time and/or destinations selected by the host, so as to not collide with host data access requests. In one embodiment, the memory is NAND flash memory and the memory controller is a cooperative memory controller that permits the host to schedule concurrent operations in respective, configurable virtual block devices which have been configured by the host out of a pool of structural flash memory structures managed by the memory controller.
US10552046B2
In a hierarchical storage system, blocks of data selected for auto-tiering migration, are selected based on dynamically adjusted group sizes. Contiguous blocks are organized into default groups. I/O activity of the blocks in a group is monitored. Based on the I/O activity, the default groups may be sub-divided into smaller sub-groups or combined into larger groups, to separate as much as practical, contiguous series of cooler blocks and contiguous series of hotter blocks into respective focused (concentrated) groups or sub-groups. The concentrated group or sub-group may then be migrated according to the average I/O activity of the included blocks. Group configurations are continually and dynamically adjusted according to changing I/O conditions.
US10552040B2
Mechanisms are provided for maintaining variable size deduplication segments using fixed size extents. Variable size segments are identified and maintained in a datastore suitcase. Duplicate segments need not be maintained redundantly but can be managed by updating reference counts associated with the segments in the datastore suitcase. Segments are maintained using fixed size extents. A minor increase in storage overhead removes the need for inefficient recompaction when a segment is removed from the datastore suitcase. Fixed size extents can be reallocated for storage of new segments.
US10552038B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose methods and systems for object storage. Migration policies and an algorithm applied by the module facilitates the migration of files (i.e., object replicas or erasure code fragments) from one storage to another storage. The FILE_HEAT is monitored over a period of time. If the FILE_HEAT of a file increases over a period of time relative to the other files, the file is migrated to a higher level storage. Files can be migrated to a higher level storage even if the FILE_HEAT of a file decreases over a period of time.
US10552024B2
Techniques of providing spatiotemporal visualizations are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a spatiotemporal visualization of at least a portion of data of a dataset is generated and displayed to a user in a graphical user interface of a device. An embodiment comprises receiving data comprising a plurality of measures and a plurality of dimensions; calculating a minimum and maximum magnitude of velocity for measures in the data; defining intervals in a range defined by the minimum and maximum velocity; selecting configuration settings for rendering a spatiotemporal visualization corresponding to the data and the intervals; generating the spatiotemporal visualization, the spatiotemporal visualization comprising a graphical representation of at least a portion of data comprising at least one of the measures and at least one of the dimensions over the defined intervals; and causing display of: the spatiotemporal visualization, and a plurality of selectable interaction controls corresponding to the spatiotemporal visualization.
US10552023B2
A predefined user interface definition specifying a first service is accessed in persistent storage. The user interface definition includes an extension including a fragment definition specifying a second service. First content is retrieved from the first service according to the user interface definition. Second content is retrieved from the second service according to the fragment definition. A user interface is rendered in a display space according to the predefined user interface definition and including the first content and the second content. At least one of the accessing, the retrieving first content, the retrieving second content, and the rendering is performed by at least one data processor forming part of at least one computing system. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US10552019B2
A portable device and a method for controlling brightness thereof are provided. The portable device includes a display, a sensor and a controller. The display provides a display region that is displayed with a first brightness. The sensor senses a surrounding brightness of the portable device. The controller controls the display to display a partial region corresponding to a User Interaction (UI) element in the display region with a second brightness based on the sensed surrounding brightness.
US10552007B2
The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling maximizing and minimizing of exposé views.
US10551978B2
A conductive sheet for a touch panel having an active area includes a first conductive layer that is formed of a first thin metal wire disposed in the active area; and a second conductive layer that is formed of a second thin metal wire disposed to overlap with the first conductive layer in the active area, in which a mesh pattern is formed of the first thin metal wire and the second thin metal wire in a case where the conductive sheet is seen from a direction perpendicular to the active area, the mesh pattern is a random pattern, an average line width of the first thin metal wire and the second thin metal wire is 0.5 μm to 3.5 μm, and an opening ratio of the mesh pattern is (92.3+X×1.6)% to 99.6%. X represents the average line width of the first and the second thin metal wire.
US10551977B2
A pressure detection apparatus includes: a drive power supply, a differential circuit, a pressure calculation unit, and at least one pressure sensor. Each pressure sensor includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, a third electrode plate, a first elastic dielectric layer, and a second elastic dielectric layer. One detection capacitor is formed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, and one detection capacitor is formed between the first electrode plate and the third electrode plate. The pressure sensor is connected between the drive power supply and an input terminal of the differential circuit, and an output terminal of the differential circuit is connected to the pressure calculation unit.
US10551973B2
A method of controlling a mobile device is described, the method comprising: receiving a time varying current or voltage of a signal generated on the terminals of an acoustic transducer of the mobile device, the time varying current or voltage being generated in response to a tapping and/or sliding motion on a surface of the mobile device performed by a user; comparing the time varying signal characteristics with a set of predetermined signal characteristics; and generating at least one user command in dependence of the comparison. The mobile device may reliably detect complex user commands using an acoustic transducer.
US10551965B2
A method and a device for testing a rotation performance of a touch display screen are provided. The method includes: determining at least two test positions in a display region of the touch display screen, the at least two test positions including at least one test position located in a central region of the display region and at least one test position located in an edge region of the display region; and testing a rotation performance corresponding to each test position of the at least two test positions.
US10551963B2
A touch panel enabling a repeat arrangement with a small design load, and a mesh pattern with a high degree of freedom and does not generate moiré, and a display device comprising same. A touch panel in which a drive electrode pattern/sensing electrode pattern include: first main electrode wires/second main electrode wires constituting line segments having a linear shape extending along a first wire direction/second wire direction; and first auxiliary electrode wires/second auxiliary electrode wires constituting line segments having a linear shape extending along the second wire direction/first wire direction and joining the first main electrode wires/second main electrode wires, and respective end points of the first main electrode wires/second main electrode wires are connected to end points of the closest first main electrode wire/second main electrode wire in adjacent nodes, by connecting wires having a different angle of inclination from the first main electrode wires/second main electrode wires.
US10551961B2
In one embodiment, logic embodied in a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium of a device determines a location of a touch gesture by a user within a touch-sensitive area of the device. The logic selects for the touch gesture based on its location within the touch-sensitive area one of a plurality of pre-determined offsets, the pre-determined offsets being specific to the device, the pre-determined offsets being derived from device-specific empirical data on usage of the device by a plurality of users, and the pre-determined offsets being pre-loaded onto the device. The logic applies the pre-determined offset to the location of the touch gesture to determine a touch input intended by the user.
US10551960B2
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes an input panel configured to sense a touch area corresponding to a touch manipulation of a user periodically. A processor is configured to set a reference area based on at least one first touch area and calculate a difference between a second touch area and the reference area. The processor further determines that a touch event occurs if the difference value is at least a first threshold value. Embodiments may additionally include the processor calculating a rate of change of the touch area based on the sensed touch area, and determining that the specified touch event occurs if the difference value is greater than or equal to the first threshold value and if the rate of change of the touch area is greater than or equal to a second threshold value.
US10551958B2
A touch input device includes a mounting unit in which a mounting groove is formed at an inner side of the mounting unit, and a touch unit accommodated in the mounting groove and installed to be detachable from the mounting unit, wherein the touch unit comprises a first touch portion and a second touch portion, which are provided on different surfaces of the touch unit and allow a user to input a touch gesture, and the touch unit is selectively coupled to the mounting unit to allow the first touch portion to face an upper side or to allow the second touch portion to face the upper side.
US10551957B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media to reduce latency in a graphics processing pipeline of an electronic device having a touch-sensitive input device and a display are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a temporal sequence of multi-touch scan data, processing the multi-touch scan data, determining an “optimal” time to deliver the processed multi-touch scan data to the relevant application(s) running on the device for processing, animating the resultant graphical changes that are determined by the application(s) based on the multi-touch input, and rendering the determined graphical changes to a frame buffer. In some embodiments, determining the “optimal” time for delivering the processed multi-touch scan data to the relevant application(s) comprises measuring the performance of the relevant application(s) in order to determine how likely it is that the necessary processing of the received multi-touch information may be completed before the conclusion of the next vertical blanking interval.
US10551956B2
An array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units defined by intersected gate electrode lines and data lines, a plurality of independent touch-control electrodes arranged in an array, and a touch-control circuit. The touch-control circuit includes a plurality of first switch units, a plurality of first control leads, a plurality of touch-detection terminals, and a control unit. The touch-control electrode is electrically connected to one touch-control terminal through at least one of the first switch units. The first switch unit is electrically connected to the control unit through at least one of the first control leads. The first control lead is configured between any of neighboring rows of the pixel units. Further, when the array substrate is in a touch detection phase, the control unit is capable of controlling an ON status of the first switch units to allow row-by-row control of touch detection for the plurality of touch-control electrodes.
US10551955B2
A touch display apparatus not subject to a visible moiré pattern includes a touch display panel and a brightness enhancement film (BEF). The touch display panel includes a substrate and a color filter layer. The color filter layer on the substrate facing the BEF includes color filters spaced from each other. The BEF includes auxiliary structures parallel with each other along a second direction. The auxiliary structures extend from the BEF toward the color filter layer. A number of the auxiliary structures per unit area is less than a number of the color filters per unit area. Auxiliary structures otherwise visible to eyes of user are completely covered by the color filters based on a refraction of light passing through the substrate, preventing interference leading to the moiré phenomenon.
US10551952B2
An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a base substrate and common electrode on the base substrate. The common electrode includes a plurality of sub-electrodes in an array, each being used for receiving a common voltage signal and a touch scan signal in a time-sharing manner. The array substrate further includes a common electrode wire corresponding to each sub-electrode. Each sub-electrode receives the common voltage signal through the common electrode wire, and the common electrode wire corresponding to each sub-electrode includes multiple sub-electrode wires, each being connected to the corresponding sub-electrode.
US10551946B2
A position pointer is provided for indicating a position on a sensor of a position detection device. The position pointer includes an elongate pointer body having a distal end and a proximal end; a first electrode disposed near the distal end; and a second electrode different from the first electrode and disposed near the distal end, wherein both the first and second electrodes are capacitively coupleable with the sensor of the position detection device. The position pointer includes a detection circuit configured to intermittently detect signals transmitted from the position detection device; a signal circuit configured to generate a position signal to be transmitted to the position detection device; and a transmission circuit configured to control transmission of the position signal. The transmission circuit, based on a detection result of the detection circuit, controls transmission of the position signal via the first electrode.
US10551939B2
The present invention relates to an attitude detecting device requiring no optical nor visual sensors but instead using an advanced processing method, which can be used in applications such as data-login, measurements, motion control, cursor pointing on graphic user interfaces, gaming, etc. The device includes inertial measurement units (IMU) such as accelerometers, gyroscopes and may also include magnetometers. The method utilizes the IMU's sensor data and uses a revised method to transfer 3-dimensional rotations into a representation, such as quaternions, Euler angles, yaw, pitch, and roll. The method also provides better performance when the device recovers from interrupts. The method further utilizes the above mentioned representation and turns it into 2-dimensional values in a precise way while intentionally remove the effects caused by rotation in the other unused degree of freedom.
US10551936B2
A gesture control system includes a processor, the processor in communication with a plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to perform the steps of detecting, using the plurality of sensors, a gesture in a volume occupied by a plurality of occupants, analyzing a prior knowledge to associate the gesture with one of the plurality of occupants, and generating an output, the output being determined by the gesture and the one of the plurality of occupants.
US10551934B2
Hand gestures, such as hand or finger hovering, in the proximity space of a sensing panel are detected from X-node and Y-node sensing signals indicative of the presence of a hand feature at corresponding row and column locations of a sensing panel. Hovering is detected by detecting the locations of maxima for a plurality of frames over a time window for sets of X-node and Y-node sensing signals by recognizing a hovering gesture if the locations of the maxima detected vary over the plurality of frames for one of the sets of sensing signals and not for the other of set. Finger shapes are distinguished over “ghosts” generated by palm or fist features by transforming the node-intensity representation for the sensing signals into a node-distance representation based on distances of detection intensities for a number of nodes under a peak for a mean point between valleys adjacent to the peak.
US10551927B2
Provided is a force conveyance system that is configured to have 6 degrees of freedom, thereby allowing freedom of movement such as opening/closing of a hand and adduction/abduction of a finger and reflecting a desired force to a fingertip without obstructing the movement of a finger. Also, the force conveyance system may estimate a fingertip position and a finger joint angle, measure a finger movement, and convey a more accurate force accordingly.
US10551917B2
An apparatus includes a glove for a human hand, and a sensing network coupled to the glove. The sensing network includes a strand of compliant material with a center axis and a multi-region angular displacement sensor connected to the strand. The multi-region angular displacement sensor includes a first angular displacement unit in a first sense region of the stand. The first angular displacement unit is used to determine a first angular displacement in response to deformation of the first angular displacement unit by a first joint of the human hand. The multi-region angular displacement sensor also includes a second angular displacement unit disposed in a second sense region of the strand. The second angular displacement unit is used to determine a second angular displacement in response to deformation of the second angular displacement unit by a second joint of the human hand.
US10551910B2
Virtual reality system and method improve clinical outcomes. The virtual reality system includes a virtual display device capable of providing virtual reality images to a patient; one or more actuators capable of providing physical experience to the patient; and a controller. The controller is capable of: automatically selecting a treatment model based upon one or both of (a) a received identity of a medical treatment applied to the patient and (b) a received identity of a targeted disease of the patient; and coordinating the virtual display device and the one or more actuators to provide a synchronized immersive virtual reality environment for the patient to experience based upon the treatment model.
US10551909B2
The disclosure describes a virtual reality system, including: a database configured to store sensory information paired with at least one virtual object; a virtual reality rendering unit to render the virtual object, where the virtual reality rendering unit is configured to render a virtual representation of a user of the system; a signal control unit configured to be connected to the virtual reality rendering unit; and a sensory stimulation unit comprising one or more sensory stimulators, where the one or more sensory stimulators are configured to be connected to at least part of an actual body of the user of the system, where the signal control unit is further configured to communicate the sensory information to the sensory stimulation unit upon interaction between the virtual object and the virtual representation in the virtual reality, and where the one or more sensory stimulators are configured to stimulate the part of the user's actual body based on the sensory information.
US10551904B2
Provided is a mobile terminal including a graphic memory that includes multiple graphic memory areas in which different pieces of image data are stored, and that provides pieces of first image data that are stored in one or several graphic memory areas that are selected according to a control command; a display unit that is switchable between an activated state and an inactivated state, and to which an image that corresponds to the first image data is output, in the inactivated state; a controller that generates the control command, based on the size of the image, and that controls the display unit in such a manner that the image which corresponds to the first image data is output; and a power source unit that applies a power to a graphic memory area that is selected from among the multiple graphic memory areas, according to the control channel.
US10551901B2
A frequency governing method for a processor includes reading power management information from the processor. The processor operates in an active state or one of multiple power saving states. The power management information includes first information indicating occupancy of a first core of the processor in the active state and second information indicating occupancy of the first core in a first power saving state. The method includes generating an effective utilization based on the first information and the second information. The method includes setting a target frequency by performing a selected action of a first action including increasing the target frequency and a second action including decreasing the target frequency with respect to a current frequency of the processor based on the effective utilization. The selected action is selected according to the effective utilization. The method includes instructing the processor to operate the first core at the target frequency.
US10551895B2
An image forming apparatus that enters a first power state in which a predetermined function is executable and a second power state in which the predetermined function is not executable includes a detection unit configured to detect an object; a return unit that a user operates in order to shift the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state; a notification unit configured to, in a case where an object has been detected by the detection unit, notify a user of a position of the return unit; and a power-source control unit configured to, in a case where the return unit has been operated by the user, shift the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
US10551894B2
The present disclosure provides devices and techniques for managing power distribution in a device. The devices and techniques include determining a first power level of a first battery of the device, and determining a second power level of a second battery of the device. Also, the devices and techniques include adjusting an input current limit of a system charger based on the first power level and the second power level. Additionally, the devices and techniques include steering power from one or both of the first battery or the second battery to at least one processor of the device based on the input current limit.
US10551892B1
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for a centralized backup power support system that improves testability of non-volatile dual in-line memory modules (NVDIMM) on Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) testers and in-system tests. An NVDIMM includes both volatile memories and non-volatile memories. According to an embodiment, a compact backup power distribution board is powered with an external power supply with an individual protection circuit. The backup power distribution board has an unlimited energy capacity for any density of NVDIMM and zero charge waiting time. According to an embodiment, instead of using an electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) to support backup power, a resistor is used instead of an EDLC on each backup power module. There is no charging time when the backup power module does not have EDLC cells, resulting in significant reduction in test time and production cost and increase in production output.
US10551881B2
The disclosed technology includes a thermal management hinge connecting at least two hinged components of a computing device. The thermal management hinge has at least two different thermal orientations for managing thermal conditions within each of the hinged components. For example, the thermal management hinge may have a thermally conductive orientation and the thermally insulating orientation.
US10551873B2
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a docking station includes a base housing comprising a first surface having a recessed portion, a second surface directed in an opposite direction to the first surface, and a side surface at least partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, a slide housing slidably mounted on the recessed portion to open and close at least a part of the recessed portion, and a connection member disposed on the recessed portion, in which as the slide housing slides, the connection member is hidden or exposed, and in a state where the at least the part of the recessed portion is opened, the slide housing is positioned inclined with respect to the first surface or the second surface. The docking station described above may be implemented variously depending on embodiments.
US10551852B2
There is provided a method of automatically landing a drone on a landing pad having thereon guiding-elements arranged in a pattern relative to a central region of the landing pad, comprising: receiving first image(s) captured by a camera of the drone, processing the first image(s) to compute a segmentation mask according to an estimate of a location of the landing pad, receiving second image(s) captured by the camera, processing the second image(s) according to the segmentation mask to compute a segmented region and extracting from the segmented region guiding-element(s), determining a vector for each of the extracted guiding-element(s), and aggregating the vectors to compute an estimated location of the central region of the landing pad, and navigating and landing the drone on the landing pad according to the estimated location of the central region of the landing pad.
US10551850B2
An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a vehicle computing system including one or more processors configured to receive map data associated with a map of a geographic location, receive pose data based on a pose estimate associated with a location of the autonomous vehicle, determine, based on the pose data, that the autonomous vehicle is on a coverage lane, and, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle is on the coverage lane, determine one or more candidate lanes, generate a route plan, based on the one or more candidate lanes and a current lane, and control travel of the autonomous vehicle on the route plan. The map includes (i) a coverage lane where the autonomous vehicle can travel under a partially-autonomous mode or a manual mode, and (ii) an AV lane where the autonomous vehicle can travel under a fully-autonomous mode. The autonomous vehicle configured to determine a pose estimate in a submap of a plurality of submaps where an autonomous vehicle can travel.
US10551846B1
A learning method for improving segmentation performance to be used for detecting road user events including pedestrian events and vehicle events using double embedding configuration in a multi-camera system is provided. The learning method includes steps of: a learning device instructing similarity convolutional layer to generate similarity embedding feature by applying similarity convolution operations to a feature outputted from a neural network; instructing similarity loss layer to output a similarity loss by referring to a similarity between two points sampled from the similarity embedding feature, and its corresponding GT label image; instructing distance convolutional layer to generate distance embedding feature by applying distance convolution operations to the similarity embedding feature; instructing distance loss layer to output a distance loss for increasing inter-class differences among mean values of instance classes and decreasing intra-class variance values of the instance classes; backpropagating at least one of the similarity loss and the distance loss.
US10551842B2
Systems and methods described herein are directed to predicting velocity and trajectory of a vehicle based on a route to be navigated for a vehicle, thereby estimating the vehicle drive cycle, for one or more segments of the route. The predicted velocity trajectory is determined from a machine learning function that takes into account historical information from vehicle routes traveled by other vehicles.
US10551840B2
A perception perceives a driving environment surrounding an ADV based on sensor data obtained from a variety of sensors. Based on the perception data received from the perception module, a planning module is to plan a trajectory for a current driving cycle to drive the ADV. In addition, the planning module determines a driving intent and one or more regions of interest (ROIs) surrounding the ADV based on the trajectory. The driving intent and the ROIs information is then provided to the perception module as a feedback. The perception module can then processing the sensor data from selective sensors to generate the perception data for a next driving cycle. The selected sensors may be determined and selected based on the driving intent and the ROIs, such that the sensor data of the unrelated sensors may be ignored to reduce the computation cost of the perception module.
US10551838B2
The system can diagnose sensor issues for a vehicle that can perform automatic driving functions based on areas where sensors overlap coverage and sensor performance limitation (SOTIF (Safety Of The Intended Functionality) in ISO 26262). First, the system can identify sensor overlap zones for advanced driver assistance systems/automated driving (ADAS/AD) applications that can be used for multiple sensor correlation and diagnostics. Once the zones have been identified, the system can define detailed multiple sensor correlation and diagnostics (e.g., the same kind of sensor, different kind of sensors, two-way plausible check, three-way voting, etc.). Finally, verified sensor output may be used in monitoring sensor fusion/deep neural network (DNN) outputs within defined a monitor zone.
US10551836B2
A computing system can determine a probability of precipitation based on Bayesian inference conditioned on probabilities associated with vehicle wiper status, vehicle jerk, vehicle sway, and vehicle lateral offset. The computing system can disable a vehicle lane assist system based on the probability of precipitation and operate a vehicle with the disabled vehicle lane assist system.
US10551831B2
A method is described for operating a vehicle, the driverlessly driving vehicle halting in response to an emergency stop signal in the context of driverless driving of the vehicle within a parking facility, the method being free of a step of checking whether halting is necessary. A corresponding apparatus is described for operating a vehicle, and to a vehicle. A method is described for operating a parking facility for vehicles, and to a corresponding parking facility. A computer program is also described.
US10551829B2
Context recognition methods and apparatus are provided for an application processor and a micro control unit. It is determined whether an operation switch condition for switching to a sleep mode is satisfied. A request for execution of a context recognition function is sent to a micro control unit, when the operation switch condition is satisfied. The application processor switches to the sleep mode, when the context recognition function is executed by the micro control unit. The micro control unit collects sensor data at previously stored time intervals, and previously stored state information is updated based on the sensor data.
US10551821B2
A robot includes a movable part, and the movable part performs an action based on a position of a first marker obtained using first position and attitude of the movable part when a first image containing the first marker is captured by an imaging unit provided in the movable part and second position and attitude of the movable part when a second image containing the first marker is captured by the imaging unit.
US10551820B2
A method for calculating an optimized trajectory via a simulation program and an optimization routine, wherein the trajectory is provided via the simulation program and adapted to boundary conditions, where the method includes a loop in which, as individual steps, a first trajectory is provided, a further trajectory, and the adaptation of the further trajectory is modified based on the boundary conditions, such that the optimized trajectory is a trajectory which has been provided based on an extremal or predetermined parameter, where the optimized trajectory is provided after the calculation by a control device for moving a holder for a component, and where at least one component and the production machine are displayed in a 3D display.
US10551818B2
The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and computer-readable media for the fault detection and identification in an aircraft that may occur in real time during a flight, or any time the aircraft is operating. For example, a controller may receive and calculate various parameter values at various times during an aircraft flight, and compare those values to baseline values in order to determine if a fault has occurred. Additionally, the controller may identify a fault that has occurred by comparing a calculated fault signature value with a fault signature database comprising fault signatures and their associated faults.
US10551817B2
A controller controlling a synchronized operation of spindle and feed axes. The controller is configured to make a spindle axis perform an accelerated rotation at maximum capacity from a starting position aiming at a maximum rotation speed; detect a maximum acceleration of the spindle axis; detect a residual rotation amount of the spindle axis; detect a current speed of the spindle axis; and execute a position control for making the spindle axis perform a decelerated rotation so as to reach a target position, after the accelerated rotation at maximum capacity. The controller is further configured to make the spindle axis perform the decelerated rotation at a positioning deceleration higher than a deceleration corresponding to the maximum acceleration and equal to or lower than a maximum deceleration capable of compensating for a mechanical loss in a drive source during the decelerated rotation of the spindle axis.
US10551798B1
A compact crown for an electronic device such as an electronic watch, including a set of wipers capable of determining a rotation angle, rotation direction, or rotation speed, is disclosed. The set of wipers is in contact with at least one resistance member at different angular positions around a rotation axis. The crown may have a group of ground taps disposed along the resistance member and a measured signal may vary based on the position of each wiper as it contacts the at least one resistance member. A compact crown may also include capacitive members and capacitive sensors in order to similarly determine rotation angle, rotation direction, or rotation speed.
US10551795B2
A spatial light modulator providing an expanded viewing window and a holographic display apparatus including the spatial light modulator are provided. The spatial light modulator includes a mask member having a periodic pattern that is arranged to split an area of each of a plurality of pixels into at least two portions such that a space between lattice spots formed by a period structure of the spatial light modulator increases.
US10551781B2
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of types of parts, and forms an image on a sheet using the plurality of parts. The apparatus includes the following. An image former forms the image on the sheet. An image reader reads image data of the sheet on which the image is formed. A hardware processor detects an image abnormality from the read image data, specifies a target part for diagnosis from the plurality of parts based on the detected image abnormality, calculates a deterioration degree of the specified target part, and diagnoses whether the target part is a cause for the detected image abnormality based on the calculated deterioration degree.
US10551770B1
A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt having a surface that receives a toner image, a support roller supporting the intermediate transfer belt, and a transfer unit that transfers the toner image from the intermediate transfer belt to a recording medium. The transfer unit includes a transfer belt and a transfer roller disposed opposite the support roller with the transfer belt and the intermediate transfer belt therebetween. The transfer roller has a volume resistance value of one-tenth or less of a system resistance value for a current of 120 μA between the support roller and the transfer roller.
US10551769B2
A color printing unit includes one printing station for each color along with one anode roller. A continuous transfer belt is guided over a deflection roller and a control roller. One or more sensors measure a property of reference markings printed on the transfer belt. A control device for controlling and adjusting the transfer belt acts on the control roller through an actuating motor as a function of the detected properties of the reference markings. The one or more sensors are arranged in the area of the control roller for the transfer belt, by which an additional tension roller saves costs and space. During the measurement, at least for the period in which the printed reference markings pass under the one or more sensors, relative movements between the one or more sensors and the control roller are ruled out.
US10551766B1
A mode control section forms a plurality of reference toner images having different densities on a photosensitive drum, where the frequency of an alternating-current voltage of a development bias is varied with a potential difference between direct-current voltages of a development roller and the photosensitive drum maintained constant, generates a reference straight line indicating a relationship between a toner amount of each reference toner image obtained by converting the density of the measured reference toner image into weight, and a representative value of current values of a development current measured during formation of the reference toner image, and acquires the amount of electrostatic charge of toner using the reference straight line.
US10551764B2
An optical scanning apparatus includes a deflector for deflecting a beam emitted from a light source, the deflector including a rotatable polygonal mirror for reflecting the beam, a motor for rotating the rotatable polygonal mirror, a substrate carrying the motor and provided with a circuit for driving the motor, and a magnetometric sensor carried on the substrate; an optical box accommodating the deflector. The substrate is provided with two holes for fastening the substrate to the optical box. The optical box is provided with two contact portion contacting the substrate in a state that the substrate is fastened to the optical box through the two holes. The magnetometric sensor is disposed at a position closer to a line m connecting the two holes than to a line n connecting two positions on the substrate where the two contact portions contact.
US10551762B2
An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt, an inner roller, an upstream roller, a pressing member, and a guiding member. In a cross-section perpendicular to a rotational axis of the inner roller, a downstream free end of the guiding member is disposed downstream of a pressing portion normal line Lc with respect to a feeding direction of the sheet, where L is a reference line which is a common tangent of the inner roller and the upstream roller in a contact portion relative to the belt, Ld is a pressing portion tangent line, parallel with the reference line, of the belt in a region where the pressing member contacts the belt, and Lc is the pressing portion normal line passing through a contact point between the belt and the pressing portion tangent line Ld and perpendicular to the reference line L.
US10551760B1
Provided is an image recording composition used for an electrostatic image developing toner or an ink-jet ink, containing a photoisomerization compound which is a stilbene derivative having a structure represented by Formula (1), wherein R1 represents an electron donating group; R2 represents an electron withdrawing group; R3 to R10 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group which may have a branch, provided that at least one of R3 to R10 represents an alkyl group which may have a branch.
US10551759B2
A toner having: a toner particle including a binder resin; and an inorganic fine particle, wherein the inorganic fine particle includes a calcium strontium zirconate fine particle.
US10551746B2
A lithographic apparatus comprises a substrate table for holding a substrate and a projection system for projecting a radiation beam onto a target region of the substrate so as to form an image on the substrate. The projection system comprises a lens element arrangement having a first lens element. A first pressure sensor is arranged to measure at least one pressure value adjacent the first lens element. A controller determines a first change in a pressure difference over the first lens element and/or a further lens element based on a signal received from the pressure sensor, determines adjustments to a position of one of the substrate table and projection system based upon the determined first change, and causes actuators to make adjustments to the substrate table or the projection system.
US10551743B2
A method for critical dimension control in which a substrate is received having an underlying layer and a radiation-sensitive material layer thereon. The radiation-sensitive material is exposed through a patterned mask to a first wavelength of light in the UV spectrum, and developed a first time. The radiation-sensitive material is flood exposed to a second wavelength of light different from the first wavelength of light and developed a second time to form a pattern. Prior to flood exposure, the radiation-sensitive material has a first light wavelength activation threshold that controls generation of acid to a first acid concentration in the radiation-sensitive material layer and controls generation of photosensitizer molecules in the radiation-sensitive material layer, and a second light wavelength activation threshold different than the first light wavelength activation threshold that can excite the photosensitizer molecules resulting in the acid comprising a second acid concentration greater than the first acid concentration.
US10551742B2
An EUV lithographic structure and methods according to embodiments of the invention includes an EUV photosensitive resist layer disposed directly on an oxide hardmask layer, wherein the oxide hardmask layer is doped with dopant ions to form a doped oxide hardmask layer so as to improve adhesion between the EUV lithographic structure and the oxide hardmask. The EUV lithographic structure is free of a separate adhesion layer.
US10551734B2
A mask blank with phase shift film where changes in transmittance and phase shift to an exposure light of an ArF excimer laser are suppressed. The film transmits light of an ArF excimer laser at a transmittance of 2% or more and less than 10% and generates a phase difference of 150 degrees or more and 190 degrees or less between the exposure light transmitted through the phase shift film and the exposure light transmitted through the air for the same distance as a thickness of the phase shift film. The film has a stacked lower layer and upper layer, the lower layer containing metal and silicon and substantially free of oxygen. The upper layer containing metal, silicon, nitrogen, and oxygen. The lower layer is thinner than the upper layer, and the ratio of metal to metal and silicon of the upper layer is less than the lower layer.
US10551730B2
An image capturing apparatus including an audio input unit and a driving unit attenuates or disables driving sounds of the driving unit and post-driving sounds as appropriate to reduce unnecessary sounds and improve usefulness of audio data, and an image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit, a panning/tilting unit configured to change an image capturing direction, and an audio input unit attenuates or disables an audio-related function while the panning/tilting unit is driving and until a predetermined determination condition is satisfied after the driving.
US10551727B2
An illumination device of the invention includes a light source unit including light emitting devices having light emission surfaces, a collimating system having collimating lenses provided to respectively correspond to the light emitting devices of the light source unit, into which lights from the respective light emitting devices enter, a collecting lens into which the lights output from the collimating lenses enter, and a rod lens having a light incident end surface into which the light collected by the collecting lens enters. The light source unit and the collimating system are adapted so that a principal ray of the light output from the light emission surface corresponding to a part of the light emitting devices of the light source unit may enter a position separated from an optical axis of the collimating lens corresponding to the part of the light emitting devices of the light source unit.
US10551719B2
An electro-optical directional coupler is provided having a substrate and a first and second optical waveguide formed on the substrate, where the second waveguide extends adjacent to and parallel with the first waveguide for at least one interaction length. The interaction length has a first end and a second end such that an optical signal applied only to one of the first and second waveguides couples to the other of the first and second waveguides between the ends. A first electrode is proximate the first and second waveguides and between the ends of the interaction length. A first voltage applied to the first electrode independently tunes a coupling of a TE mode. A second electrode located proximate the first and second waveguides and the first electrode and between the ends of the interaction length. A second voltage applied to the second electrode independently tunes a coupling of a TM mode.
US10551718B2
A protection member is disposed on a curved part of a housing having a desired curvature between a first display panel and a second display panel, thus the protection member is deformed along with the curvature of the curved part and curved. The curvature of the curved part formed in the housing has a plurality of curvatures.
US10551694B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal device includes a first substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and the second electrode is located on a side of the liquid crystal layer with respect to the first electrode and includes a first opening, the first opening is formed into a polygonal shape including a base portion and at least one projecting portion projecting from the base portion along a first direction, a width of the base portion along the first direction is greater than a width of the projecting portion along the first direction, and the liquid crystal layer exhibits transparency while no voltage being applied and scattering property while voltage being applied.
US10551688B2
An electrode structure and a liquid crystal display panel are disclosed. The electrode structure comprises a first trunk electrode and a second trunk electrode, the first trunk electrode and the second trunk electrode intersecting with each other to form a trunk electrode intersecting point; and a plurality of branch electrodes, the branch electrodes being spaced from one another, and one end of each branch electrode being connected with at least one of the first trunk electrode and the second trunk electrode and forming a trunk-branch angle with a corresponding trunk electrode. The trunk-branch angles of the branch electrodes decrease gradually or increase gradually along a direction from the trunk electrode intersecting point to far therefrom. An electric field distribution in the electrode structure can be optimized, and an orientation of liquid crystal can be optimized accordingly. Therefore, a display performance of the liquid crystal display panel under a wide viewing angle can be improved, and an aperture ratio thereof can be maintained.
US10551682B2
An active matrix substrate includes: first to third lines formed in first to third line layers, respectively, a signal different from a signal supplied to the first lines and the second lines being supplied to the third lines; first connection lines 21a, 21b that connect the first lines or the second lines with the first terminals; and second connection lines 24c that connect the third lines with the second terminals. One of two adjacent ones of the first connection lines is at least partially formed in one of the first line layer and the second line layer, and the other is at least partially formed in the other line layer. In areas that are in the sealing area and where the first connection lines and the second connection lines are superposed, the two of the first connection lines are at least partially superposed when viewed in a plan view.
US10551680B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, and a first pixel which is disposed on the first substrate, and includes a pixel area and a circuit area adjacent to the pixel area where the first pixel further includes a first pixel electrode in which a slit extending in a first direction is defined, a first sub-pixel electrode disposed on one side of the slit, and a second sub-pixel electrode disposed on another side of the slit, the slit, the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode are disposed in the pixel area, and the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode are directly connected to each other in the circuit area.
US10551675B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and an optical compensation structure attached to the base substrate. The optical compensation structure is capable of expanding viewing angle ranges of the display substrate in different directions.
US10551672B2
A display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a light amount control layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first line disposed on the first substrate and extending in a first direction and a second line disposed on the first substrate and extending in a second direction which intersects the first direction; a light blocking member disposed on the first substrate and overlapping at least one of the first line and the second line; a plurality of color conversion layers on the second substrate in respective pixel areas; and a partition wall among the plurality of color conversion layers, corresponding to the first line and the second line. The partition wall has a width less than a width of the light blocking member.
US10551670B2
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept includes a display panel and a color conversion panel disposed on the display panel, in which the color conversion panel includes a color conversion media layer and a scattering layer including a scatterer and at least one of a pigment and a dye adsorbed on the scatterer.
US10551669B2
A light-emitting device comprises a first optical element covering an LED and covered by a second optical element. The first optical element has: a first incident surface on which light emitted from the LED is incident; a recessed first reflecting surface, above the first incident surface, and reflecting to the side the light is incident via the first incident surface from the LED; and a first emitting surface across the periphery of the first reflecting surface, which emits the light from the first reflecting surface. The second optical element has: an incident-reflecting surface formed by, concentric second incident surfaces on which light emitted from the first emitting surface is incident, and second reflecting surfaces alternately with the second incident surfaces, that reflect upward the light incident on the second incident surfaces; and a second emitting surface above the incident-reflecting surface, that emit light reflected by the second light reflecting surfaces.
US10551658B2
An image display apparatus that that can easily separate an image display apparatus from a touch panel. The image display apparatus comprises a liquid crystal panel (image display apparatus main body), a touch panel that has a fine, uneven structure on its surface and faces the liquid crystal panel via a gap, and an adhesive member for securing these, the adhesive member comprising a substrate, a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer, wherein an adhesive strength (W1) between the first adhesive layer and the liquid crystal panel is less than an adhesive strength (W3) of the first adhesive layer and the substrate, an adhesive strength (W3′) of the second adhesive layer and the substrate, and an adhesive strength (W5) of the second adhesive layer and the touch panel, and wherein a breaking strength (W4) of the substrate is greater than W3′ and/or W5.
US10551656B2
Discussed are a display device and a multiscreen display device including the same, which conceal a bezel. The display device in one embodiment includes first to fourth edge display modules displaying an image on a bezel area overlapping each of first to fourth non-display areas of an image display module. The first to fourth edge display modules each include a flexible printed circuit board including a first cover part covering a corresponding non-display area, a second cover part bent from the first cover part and disposed on a side surface of the image display module, and a third cover part extending from the second cover part, a dot light source array including a plurality of dot light source devices provided in the first cover part, and a light source driving circuit unit provided in the third cover part and driving the dot light source devices to display an image on the bezel area.
US10551655B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first area, a second area, a third area and a fourth area from an end portion to an inner side in a planar view. An organic insulating film is present in the second area and the third area, and is not present in the fourth area. A conductive film is formed at least on the organic insulating film of the second area. A sealing material is present in the first area, the third area and the fourth area to attach the first substrate and a second substrate. A through portion is adjacent to an inner side of the fourth area and penetrates the first substrate, the second substrate and the sealing material.
US10551654B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a front cover including a first side wall covering one side of the display panel and a hook provided on an outer surface of the first sidewall, and a back cover coupled to the front cover. The back cover includes a rear wall positioned behind the front cover, a second side wall bent forward from the rear wall and covering the first side wall, and a latching portion bent toward inside of the second side wall and engaged with the hook.
US10551649B2
A display panel includes an array substrate, and a plurality of display units disposed on the array substrate each of which includes a display sub-pixel for receiving sunlight radiation and performing display, a solar cell disposed adjacent to the display sub-pixel and configured to receive sunlight radiation and perform photoelectric transformation, a micro-electromechanical optical valve disposed above and movable over the display sub-pixel and the solar cell to control a light transmittance of the display sub-pixel, and a blocking structure disposed at an edge of the display unit to limit the movement of the micro-electromechanical optical valve within the display unit.
US10551644B2
A Mach-Zehnder modulator includes an optical waveguide, first and second arm waveguides, an embedded area, an conductive semiconductor layer, first and second signal upper layers extending over the embedded area and connected to the first and second arm waveguides, a first ground upper layer extending over the embedded area along at least one of the first and the second signal upper layers, a ground lower layer connected to the first ground upper layer and extending through the embedded area along the and second first signal upper layers, and a first conductive upper layer connected to the ground lower layer and extending over the embedded area along at least one of the first and second signal upper layers. The ground lower layer extends between the optical waveguide, the first signal upper layer, and the second signal upper layer.
US10551626B2
A multispectral beam combiner includes a prism body having an output surface, a fiber entry block attached to the prism body, and a plurality of input fibers attached to the fiber entry block. Each of the plurality of input fibers is operable to support a different wavelength. The multispectral beam combiner also includes a collimator attached to the prism body. The collimator is operable to reflect and collimate light propagating from the fiber entry block. The multispectral beam combiner further includes an immersion grating operable to diffract light propagating from the collimator. The output surface of the prism body is operable to pass light propagating from the immersion grating.
US10551625B2
An illuminator optical system combines, homogenizes, and shapes light spatially and angularly from one or more high power fiber coupled lasers. It may include a multichannel fiber cable, collimation and beam shaping optics, a multiple lens array (e.g., fly's eye lens array), and an objective lens. The multichannel fiber collects the light from the high power fiber coupled lasers and produces an aligned array of one or more optical fibers at the output of the cable. The light output from the cable is collimated and relayed to a multiple lens array that spatially divides and shapes the light into an array of beams. The objective lens homogenizes the light by collimating and overlapping the beams into a uniform top hat irradiance distribution in at least one dimension, resulting in the illumination pattern having the required spatial size and desired angular distribution at the illumination plane.
US10551624B2
Apparatus and methods for coupling an optical beam from an optical source to a hi-tech system are described. A compact, low-cost beam-shaping and steering assembly may be located between the optical source and hi-tech system and provide automated adjustments to beam parameters such as beam position, beam rotation, and beam incident angles. The beam-shaping and steering assembly may be used to couple an elongated beam to a plurality of optical waveguides.
US10551622B2
An input-coupler of an optical waveguide includes one or more Bragg polarization gratings for coupling light corresponding to the image in two different directions into the optical waveguide. The input-coupler splits the FOV of the image coupled into the optical waveguide into first and second portions by diffracting a portion of the light corresponding to the image in a first direction toward a first intermediate component, and diffracting a portion of the light corresponding to the image in a second direction toward a second intermediate component. An output-coupler of the waveguide combines the light corresponding to the first and second portions of the FOV, and couples the light corresponding to the combined first and second portions of the FOV out of the optical waveguide so that the light corresponding to the image and the combined first and second portions of the FOV is output from the optical waveguide. The input-coupler splitting the light to two or more intermediate components provides an increased FOV.
US10551617B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image forming optical system having an aperture stop, a first lens, and a second lens, and an imager having a light-receiving surface that is curved to be concave toward the image forming optical system, and a relative partial dispersion for a medium of the first lens differs from a relative partial dispersion for a medium of the second lens, and when a straight line indicated by θgFLA=α×υdLA+βLA (where α=−0.00163) has been set, θgFLA and υdLA for the medium of the first lens are included in both of an area determined by the following conditional expression (1) and an area determined by the following conditional expression (2), andthe following conditional expression (3) is satisfied: 0.68<βLA (1), υdLA<50 (2), and 0<|f/Rimg|≤1.5 (3).
US10551613B2
A micromirror and micromirror array may have a first stationary structure, and a mirror structure connected to a first pivoting structure that pivots the mirror structure relative to the first stationary structure about a first axis of rotation. A first comb drive pivots the mirror structure about the first axis of rotation. The first comb drive has a first portion attached to the stationary structure and a second portion attached to the mirror structure, the first portion being electrically isolated from the second portion. The micromirror or micromirror array may be mounted to a Through Silicon Via (TSV) wafer having electrical connections that extend between a first side and a second side of the TSV wafer such that the first and second portions of each comb drive are electrically connected to the electrical connections.
US10551605B2
A confocal inspection system can optically characterize a sample. An objective lens, which can be a single lens or a combination of separate illumination and collection lenses, can have a pupil. The objective lens can deliver incident light to the sample through an annular illumination region of the pupil, and can collect scattered light returning from the sample to form collected light. Confocal optics can be positioned to receive the collected light. A detector can be configured with the confocal optics so that the detector generates signals from light received from a specified depth at or below a surface of the sample and rejects signals from light received from depths away from the specified depth. An optical element, such as a mask, a reconfigurable panel, or the detector, can define the annular collection region to be non-overlapping with the annular illumination region in the pupil.
US10551604B2
Systems and methods for confocal imaging are described. In one implementation, a confocal imaging system may include a light source configured to emit excitation light having one or more wavelengths, a sample holder configured to hold a sample, a two-dimensional (2-D) imaging device, a first set of optical elements, and a second set of optical elements. The first set of optical elements may include a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and at least one lens. The first set of optical elements may together be configured to collimate the excitation light, apply a predetermined phase modulation pattern to the collimated excitation light, and illuminate the sample in an excitation pattern.
US10551600B2
A zoom lens which include, in order from an object side: a unit A including a unit configured to move for zooming; an aperture stop; and a positive unit B configured not to move for zooming, in which the unit B includes front and rear units with an air interval therebetween longest between the aperture stop and an image plane of the zoom lens, in which the front unit consists of, in order from the object side, a positive first front unit, a negative second front unit configured to move perpendicular to an optical axis of the zoom lens to perform image stabilization, and a third front unit having a positive refractive power, in which a lateral magnification of the second front unit, focal lengths of the first front unit, the second front unit, and the third front unit are set appropriately.
US10551597B2
A telephoto lens assembly comprises sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis a first lens, a second lens, a stop, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens. The first lens has negative refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the object side. The second lens has negative refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the image side. The third lens has positive refractive power. The fourth lens has refractive power. The fifth lens has refractive power. The sixth lens has positive refractive power. The fourth lens and the fifth lens are cemented.
US10551590B2
Example methods of manufacturing a glass mirror apparatus includes the step of providing a chemically strengthened glass sheet with a thickness of less than or equal to about 2 mm. The method further includes the step of applying a reflective layer to the second major surface of the glass sheet to provide a first glass mirror. In further examples, a glass mirror apparatus comprises a chemically strengthened glass sheet with a thickness of less than or equal to about 2 mm. A reflective layer applied to the second major surface of the glass sheet to provide a first glass mirror.
US10551587B2
Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin including a first coil disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a housing provided with first and second magnets for moving the bobbin by interaction with the first coil, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, and a first position sensor for detecting a sum of intensities of magnetic fields of the first and second magnets, wherein the first position sensor is disposed in a space between the first magnet and the second magnet when the bobbin is disposed at an initial position.
US10551583B1
Methods and systems for optical interconnection.
US10551582B2
A transceiver printed circuit board (PCB) includes an integrated circuit (IC) with at least two different functionality, a photodiode and a laser. The IC has a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a third side connecting the first side and the second side, and a fourth side opposite to the third side. The photodiode and the laser are both located in a first space beside the first side. The functionality of a transimpedance amplifier, a laser driver, and a clock and data recovery is integrated into the IC.
US10551572B2
A protective assembly method using a transparent layer within the fiber interconnect system aids in optical coupling by preventing an air gap from forming between the fiber cores within a connector. A fiber protection device made of a thin transparent film, which includes an adhesive layer, is applied over the fiber end-faces at the connector interface, the film having characteristics which allows it to conform to the fiber end and minimize coupling loss between fibers. According to one aspect, the film is part of a cartridge that provides structural support for the film to facilitate application of the fiber protection device. The film may be divided by perforate patterns that define one or more fiber protection devices formed by the film. The assembly method can include usage of an applicator base plate upon which the cartridge is mounted. According to another aspect, the film may be part of a single-use disposable pod for application of a single fiber protection device.
US10551563B2
An optical guide comprising a core that has a entrance segment that is rectilinear in an entrance direction, an exit segment that is rectilinear in an exit direction, and a transition segment between the rectilinear entrance segment and the rectilinear exit segment. The exit direction is different from the entrance direction so that light propagates between the entrance segment and the exit segment in a propagation direction that has a bend having an interior side and an exterior side. The transition segment comprises a region with a pseudo-index gradient, this region having an interior edge on the interior side of the bend and an exterior edge on the exterior side of the bend. The region with the pseudo-index gradient comprises trenches formed in the core in order to make a refractive index decrease from the interior edge to the exterior edge.
US10551558B2
A lighting unit includes a single core optical fiber, a light converter, and an exit end. The single core optical fiber includes an incident end and a distal end, and is configured to guide primary light, which is a laser light incident on the incident end, to the distal end. The light converter is formed inside the optical fiber, and is configured to receive the primary light guided by the optical fiber, convert optical properties of at least part of the received primary light and generate secondary light. The exit end is arranged at the distal end of the optical fiber, and is configured to emit the secondary light externally as illumination light.
US10551545B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a light guide plate, a backlight module and a display apparatus. The light guide plate includes: a light guide plate body, and a prism structure disposed on a light exit face of the light guide plate body and including a plurality of prisms. The plurality of prisms each have a top farthest from the light exit face of the light guide plate body. A height difference is formed between the tops of the plurality of prisms, and/or the top of at least one of the plurality of prisms has a portion with a part farthest from the light exit face of the light guide plate body, and a height difference is formed between the part and the top of the at least one of the plurality of prisms.
US10551542B1
According to one implementation an assembly is provided that facilitates a coupling of one or more light diffusing optical fibers to one or more light emitting diodes. According to one implementation the assembly includes a light emitting diode positioned inside a cavity of a frame that is equipped with means to directly or indirectly electrically couple the anode and cathode of the light emitting diode to a printed circuit board. A proximal end portion of the light diffusing optical fiber is supported inside a through opening of a lid positioned over a front side of the frame. The light diffusing optical fiber includes a core that is surround by a cladding. According to some implementations the proximal end of the light diffusing optical fiber is butt-coupled to the light emitting diode with there being no gap between the proximal end of the fiber and the light emitting side of the light emitting diode.
US10551530B2
A prismatic retroreflective sheeting includes a structured layer that includes a plurality of cube corner elements including a reduced tungsten oxide, a radiation-treated region, and a non-radiation-treated region. The prismatic retroreflective sheeting includes also includes an information-containing layer above the structured layer. The information-containing layer includes at least one indicia defining an edge. The radiation-treated region of the structured layer is adjacent and below at least part of the edge of the at least one indicia.
US10551527B2
A photonic diode includes a first meta-material structure having a first bar and a second meta-material structure having a second bar arranged in a direction perpendicular to the first bar. The first bar and the second bar are separated from each other. Further, the first bar and the second bar are at least partially overlapped when viewed from a light propagation direction.
US10551523B2
Methods including taking a gamma spectrum from a wellbore at a target depth, wherein the wellbore penetrates a subterranean formation and has a completion profile comprising a pipe and an annulus between the pipe and the subterranean formation; determining a cement volumetric void space in the wellbore at the target depth; establishing a cement-void-spatial calibration curve based on obtained gamma spectra representing cement spatial void space locations in the annulus of the completion profile, wherein each cement volumetric void space amount in the wellbore has a characteristic cement-void-spatial calibration curve; comparing the wellbore gamma spectrum and the cement-void-spatial calibration curve; and determining a location of the cement volumetric void space in the wellbore at the target depth.
US10551483B2
A personal area radar is provided to permit a user to be aware of their surroundings. This may be in 360 degrees or any other suitable coverage area and angle. The personal area radar can show objects to the user through fog, smoke, precipitation, darkness and with full 360 degree field of view capability, significantly improving the user's overall situational awareness. They may also be used to view things that are behind solid objects such as in or behind walls or underground. These systems may be highly integrated phased array radar systems mounted on a helmet. They may use small, high frequency radars able to detect solid objects (and/or semi-solid objects) such as people, improvised explosive devices (IED), or other solid objects. These methods and systems may provide the user with 360 degrees view and awareness of objects regardless of external conditions such as weather, darkness or other obstructions.
US10551475B2
A method of detecting abnormality in an unmanned aircraft control system that allows an unmanned aircraft including a first transceiver and a first directional antenna, and a ground facility including a second transceiver and a second directional antenna, to transmit and receive a signal to and from each other, the method including: calculating an inter-antenna distance from the first directional antenna to the second directional antenna; calculating respective transmission performances of the first directional antenna and the second directional antenna; calculating respective reception performances of the first directional antenna and the second directional antenna; estimating a reception level of a radio wave at each of the first transceiver and the second transceiver; and determining occurrence of abnormality in each of the first transceiver and the second transceiver when a difference between the estimated reception level and an actual reception level is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
US10551474B2
The presently disclosed subject matter includes a method, a system and a delay compensation unit configured for compensating a delay in communication between a sensing unit and a control unit. A succession of two or more captured images are received from the sensing unit; information indicative of command dynamics parameters are obtained from the control unit; based on the information and a respective transfer function which models the dynamics of the sensor module, the expected reaction of the sensor module to the command is determined; and information indicative of the reaction before the command is executed in the sensing unit can be provided.
US10551472B2
A beacon transmitter device (BTD1; 700; 900) is disclosed. The beacon transmitter device comprises a controller (710; 910) and a short-range wireless beacon transmitter (732; 932). The controller is configured to cause a first transmission (S12) of a short-range wireless beacon signal (BA1) by the beacon transmitter, the beacon signal identifying a beacon region. The controller is also configured to wait during a beacon delay time period (BDTP), and then cause a second transmission (S32) of the short-range wireless beacon signal (BA1) by the beacon transmitter. The beacon delay time period (BDTP) is sufficiently long to allow a short-range wireless beacon receiver device (P1), when being in a passive mode, being in range of the beacon region and having received the first transmission of the beacon signal, to receive and react (S34) on the second transmission of the beacon signal.
US10551462B2
A method for performing magnetic resonance imaging with variable flip angle (VFA) readouts includes preparing longitudinal magnetization of a spin system associated with a subject to a target state, yielding a prepared longitudinal magnetization. The prepared longitudinal magnetization is converted to an image using a VFA readout sequence, wherein the VFA readout sequence comprises a plurality of radio-frequency pulses with corresponding flip-angles varying according to a modulation function.
US10551459B2
A method for performing magnetic resonance imaging of an object is provided. The method includes acquiring MR signals from the object via an MRI system, and generating correct T2 values and incorrect spin densities by applying a fitting model to the MR signals. The method further includes generating one or more correction factors, and generating corrected spin densities based at least in part on the incorrect spin densities and the one or more correction factors. The one or more correction factors are based at least in part on the correct T2 values and a bandwidth of a fat suppression signal applied to the object.
US10551450B2
Techniques provide for passive Q switching in a bimodal resonator environment, where magnetic resonators are coupled for power transfer. A passive Q switch is responsive to a driving power from one magnetic resonator coupled to another magnetic resonator. After the driving power reaches a threshold, the passive Q switch shunts the receiving magnetic resonator, at least partially, to reduce the Q of that second resonator, which allows faster detection operation of the second resonator in some applications. The technique allows for fast Q switching in a bimodal resonator system, especially one having resonators having magnetic fields that are orthogonal to one another.
US10551444B2
A method of operating an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system can be provided by activating an idle state for a UPS module included in the UPS system and providing a UPS module test input to the UPS module in the idle state. A UPS module test response can be provided from the UPS module in the idle state, to the UPS module test input. The UPS module test response can be compared to a predetermined UPS module test response and the UPS module can be identified as a potentially faulty UPS module responsive to determining that the UPS module test response varies from the predetermined UPS module test response by more than a threshold value.
US10551440B2
A remote blade closing detector switch is positioned on or near the jaws of an electric power disconnect switch, where proper seating of the blade in the jaws activates a detector switch. An extended conductor lead electrically connects the detector switch an RFID tag placed in a convenient reading location. The detector switch is configured to control a data signal, power to the antenna of the RFID tag, the power supply to the RFID tag, or a data signal between an RFID chip and an antenna as mechanisms for enabling and disabling the tag to report a status indicator. An antenna tuning compensator may be utilized to compensate for the impedance of the long conductor lead connected to the antenna. A noise filter may also be used to suppress electrical noise picked up by the long conductor lead in the harsh electrical environment of the disconnect switch.
US10551427B2
A method for determining a two-dimensional spectrum of a specified carrier having a specified mobility and density in a material of an electronic device, the method including performing a magnetic field-dependent Hall measurement on the material of the electronic device; determining, using the magnetic field-dependent Hall measurement, a probability density function of a conductance of the material of the electronic device, wherein the probability density function describes a spectrum of a plurality of m-carriers, wherein the plurality of m-carriers includes the specified carrier having the specified mobility and density; and determining an electrical transport of a plurality of electrons and holes inside the material of the electronic device by observing a variation of the probability density function with any of the specified mobility and density of the specified carrier.
US10551425B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for quickly identifying disconnection of a Current Transformer (CT) in protection of a 3/2 connection mode based bus. The present disclosure can quickly and accurately identify the disconnection of the CT, thereby avoiding the problem of a maloperation in protection of a bus caused by the disconnection of the CT.
US10551416B2
Systems and methods for measuring AC voltage of an insulated conductor are provided, without requiring a galvanic connection between the conductor and a test electrode or probe. A non-galvanic contact (or “non-contact”) voltage measurement system includes a sensor subsystem, an internal ground guard and a reference shield. A common mode reference voltage source is electrically coupled between the internal ground guard and the reference shield to generate an AC reference voltage which causes a reference current to pass through the conductive sensor. Control circuitry receives a signal indicative of current flowing through the sensor subsystem due to the AC reference voltage and the AC voltage in the insulated conductor, and determines the AC voltage in the insulated conductor based at least in part on the received signal. The sensor subsystem includes at least two independent sensors that are used to compensate for conductor position while improving accuracy and dynamic range.
US10551415B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of locking a faulted circuit indicator (FCI). For example, the FCI may include a locking assembly. The locking assembly may include a lock plate that selectively moves between a locked position and an unlocked position. When in the locked position, the lock plate blocks a lock link of the FCI from moving in a first direction to prevent the FCI from opening. When in an unlocked position, the lock plate enables the lock link of the FCI to move in the first direction to allow the FCI to open.
US10551406B2
Methods, systems, and devices for acoustic structural reflection interference mitigation are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, some embodiments may provide for structural reflection interference mitigation for compact three-dimensional ultrasonic anemometers. Some embodiments include a method that may include transmitting a first acoustic signal from a first acoustic transmitter. At least a first portion of the first acoustic signal from the first acoustic transmitter may be hindered from being received at a first acoustic receiver. At least a second portion of the first acoustic signal from the first acoustic transmitter may be received at the first acoustic receiver along an acoustic propagation path. In some embodiments, the first acoustic transmitter may include a wide-beam transmitter. Some embodiments may utilize four wide-beam transducers positioned at apices of a tetrahedron.
US10551403B2
An apparatus for obtaining pressure measurements in an airstream includes a Pitot tube. The Pitot tube includes at least one total pressure port configured to be positioned in the airstream facing upstream, at least one static pressure port configured to be positioned in the airstream facing downstream, at least one first directional port, and at least one second directional port. The at least one first directional port and the at least one second directional port are positioned on opposite sides of the at least one total pressure port and face obliquely with respect to the direction that the at least one total pressure port faces.
US10551400B2
Device for solid-phase microextraction and analysis of substances to be analyzed, in particular in a gas chromatograph, with at least one collector, which is made of sorbent and/or adsorbent material and is placed on a rod-like support, and with at least one sample container, which is sealed with a pierceable partition wall and into which the collector is introduced piercing the partition wall for a sampling time, wherein the sealing of the sample container is assembled from the pierceable partition wall and a clamping ring, which can be mounted on the sample container and presses the partition wall together with a sealing element onto an upper rim of the sample container, and which comprises a socket in which a fitting of a transport adapter which is attached to a handling end of the rod-like support can be anchored detachably and with sealing surface pressure after the collector is inserted into the sample container following piercing the partition wall.
US10551396B2
A method of operating a sensor system including at least one sensor for detecting an analyte gas and a control system includes electronically interrogating the sensor to determine the operational status thereof and upon determining that the operational status is non-conforming based upon one or more predetermined thresholds, the control system initiating an automated calibration of the sensor with the analyte gas or a simulant gas.
US10551386B2
The present invention provides a biological substance detection method for specifically detecting a biological substance from a pathological specimen, by which method, when immunostaining using a fluorescent label and staining for morphological observation using a staining agent for morphological observation are simultaneously performed, the results of fluorescence observation and immunostaining can be assessed properly even if the fluorescent label and/or the staining agent is/are deteriorated by irradiation with an excitation light. The biological substance detection method according to the present invention is characterized in that the brightness retention rate of an immunostained part is in a range of 80% to 120% in relation to the brightness retention rate of a part stained for morphological observation when the fluorescent label used for the immunostaining is observed.
US10551385B2
Method of determining a likelihood of cancer relapse in a subject who has completed cancer tumor surgery, radiotherapy treatment and/or chemotherapy treatment comprises contacting an antibody that binds specifically to a serum form of thymidine kinase 1 (STK1) protein with a blood serum sample one to six months after completing the surgery and/or treatment, and before any cancer relapse has been detected; determining an amount of antibody binding to STK1 protein in the sample; correlating the amount of antibody binding to STK1 protein to a concentration of STK1 protein in the sample; and based on the concentration of STK1 protein in the sample, generating decision support information representative of a likelihood of cancer relapse in the subject one to ten years after completion of the surgery and/or treatment, the decision support information comprising a likelihood value defining one of a high or low likelihood of cancer relapse.
US10551381B2
The present invention provides matched antibody pairs for the specific detection of one or more of the four dengue virus serotypes in a biological sample that may contain one or more of such dengue virus serotypes. Each matched antibody pair is capable of detecting not more than one serotype of dengue virus NS1 protein that may be present in the sample and will not cross react with other serotypes that may be present in the sample. Multiple matched pairs may be used to detect one or more dengue virus serotypes that may be present in a sample. Such matched pair antibodies, facilitate the development of confirmatory in vitro diagnostic tests such as sandwich immunoassays, that detect and distinguish the presence of one or more dengue virus serotypes in a biological sample, preferably a sample derived from human subject. The invention also provides kits comprising the matched antibody pairs of the invention and methods for using the kits for immunoassays for the specific detection of one or more serotypes of dengue virus in a patient population. The present invention also provides monoclonal antibodies specific for the NS1 protein of dengue virus and therapeutic compositions and methods for treating dengue virus infection.
US10551378B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a tissue staining method that makes it possible to observe both information on the morphology of a tissue and information on a biological substance such as an antigen molecule to be detected on a single section and in a single view field. The present invention provides a tissue staining method, including carrying out (A) a HE (hematoxylin-eosin) staining, and (B) a histochemical staining, serially on a single tissue section, wherein the histochemical staining is defined as a histochemical technique for detecting a biological substance to be detected in a tissue in a visible manner by use of a binding reaction between the biological substance to be detected and a probe biological substance capable of binding specifically to the biological substance to be detected.
US10551371B2
Devices and methods for performing extracellular recording of cells, such as excitable cells, cardiomyocytes, and cardiomyocyte precursor cells is provided. An exemplary device includes a nonconductive substrate forming or provided as a base of one or more wells; a recording electrode positioned on the substrate within the well, wherein the recording electrode is accessible to cells when a cell sample is added to the device; and a reference electrode positioned within the well in a cell-free zone, the cell-free zone characterized as free from contact with cells when the cell sample is added to the device, thereby preventing contact between cells and the reference electrode.
US10551368B2
A method and kit for detecting the presence of lead in a solid sample is disclosed. The solid sample is brought into contact with a nonaqueous solution of a dithiocarbamate capable of forming a gel upon contact with lead, with the formation of a gel showing that lead is present in the solid sample.
US10551365B2
The present invention relates to a probe device for analyzing physical properties of food, having a teeth form, and more specifically, to a probe device for analyzing physical properties of food, having a teeth form, capable of objectively analyzing various physical properties felt by a person when chewing food, selecting and using a probe corresponding to a molar, a front tooth or a canine tooth, allowing a vertical motion of a press to be interlocked with a motion of the jaw joint, and allowing chewing experiments similar to real chewing of the human body to be carried out by enabling smooth occlusion of the upper jaw and the lower jaw.
US10551355B2
Provided are a highly reliable probe including a light reflecting layer, which is resistant to the falling off of the light reflecting layer, and an information obtaining apparatus using the same. The probe includes: an element including at least one cell, each cell including a first electrode provided on a substrate, and a vibration membrane including a second electrode provided across a gap from the first electrode; an acoustic impedance matching layer disposed above the element; and a light reflecting layer. The light reflecting layer is fixed to the substrate via an adhesive layer.
US10551354B2
It is provide a method for determining at least one of physical, chemical and biological properties of a medium with the aid of at least two transmitter-receiver pairs and on the basis of at least one first and one second acoustic wave. The first acoustic wave has propagated at least in part between a first transmitter-receiver pair through the medium and the second acoustic wave has propagated at least in part between a second transmitter-receiver pair through the medium, wherein the medium adjoins an inner lateral surface of an elongate conduction element that is arched transversely to its direction of longitudinal extent.
US10551350B2
The present invention provides a method for simulating magnetic flux leakage based on loop current, the magnetic distribution of a single loop current is obtained by solid angle, then the magnetic field distribution of a semi-infinite solenoid is obtained based on the assumption of arrangement of loop currents in the magnetized specimen, and its equation is given; and the JA hysteresis model is introduced to obtain the distribution of quasi-static magnetic flux leakage field, on the basis of analyzing the relation between the distribution of a loop current on the surface of the defect and the excitation magnetic field, the distribution of quasi-static magnetic flux leakage field is obtained based on the semi-infinite solenoid.
US10551341B2
Provided is a gas sensor having simpler configuration than a conventional multi-gas sensor, and being capable of measuring NOx and NH3 simultaneously. In the gas sensor determining a NOx concentration in a measurement gas based on a pump current flowing between a NOx measurement electrode and an outer pump electrode, the outer pump electrode has catalytic activity inactivated for NH3 so that a sensor element further includes a NH3 sensor part having a mixed potential cell constituted by the outer pump electrode, a reference electrode, and a solid electrolyte between these electrodes, and determination of a NH3 concentration based on a potential difference occurring between the outer pump electrode and the reference electrode and determination of a NOx concentration based on the pump current and the NH3 concentration can be performed simultaneously or selectively when the sensor element is heated to 400° C. or higher and 600° C. or lower.
US10551340B2
The present invention provides capacitor-based fluid sensing units. The capacitor-based fluid sensing unit comprises a substrate, a first electrode configured on the substrate, a sensing layer configured on the first electrode, a second electrode configured on the sensing layer. More particularly, the second electrode is a porous electrode, while the sensing layer is made of a porous dielectric material and has a thickness between 50 nm and 5 mm. Permittivity of the sensing layer changes as fluid permeates from the second electrode to the sensing layer. The subsequent change in capacitance of the capacitor-based fluid sensing unit is used to determine the volume of the fluid.
US10551335B2
The object of the present invention relates to a system for measuring the salinity of hydrocarbons at the bottom of an oil well, using the technique of time domain reflectometry (TDR). The system comprises an electromagnetic pulse generator, an oscilloscope for displaying and measuring the frequency, amplitude and wavelength of the signal, a signal amplifier, a computer for processing and storing the information, and a metal wire that functions as a waveguide To transmit the signal from the signal generator to the hydrocarbon to which its salinity is to be determined at the bottom of the well. The signal returns from the bottom of the well to the oscilloscope where the difference between the sent signal and the return signal is measured. This difference allows us to infer the salinity of the hydrocarbon. The guide wire is attached to the production line by means of a strap or other fastening device from the surface to the bottom of the well, where the tip of the cable is inserted into the pipe to contact the hydrocarbon and in this way detect its salinity. It is possible to use the same pipe as a waveguide to transmit the test signal to the bottom of the well. In addition, the salinity of the hydrocarbon can be determined at different points along the well.
US10551330B2
In one aspect, a cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopic tomography device includes a sample stage to support a sample. An electron beam source scans an electron beam over the sample to yield light emission by the sample. A reflective element directs the light emission by the sample to a light detector. A controller controls operation of the sample stage, the electron beam source, and the light detector. In one aspect, a CL spectroscopic tomography device includes an electron beam source which directs an electron beam at an object to yield an emission by the object. A detector detects the emission. A controller receives information from the detector related to the detected emission. The controller derives a two-dimensional (2D) CL map from the information related to the detected emission, and derives a three-dimensional (3D) CL tomogram from the 2D CL map.
US10551327B2
An inspection system includes a thermographic sensor configured to capture thermographic data of a component having holes as a fluid is pulsed toward the holes, and one or more processors configured to temporally process the thermographic data to calculate temporal scores for the corresponding holes, spatially process the thermographic data to calculate spatial scores for the corresponding holes, and calculate composite scores associated with the holes based on the temporal scores and based on the spatial scores. The composite scores represent a likelihood that the corresponding holes are open, blocked or partially blocked.
US10551322B2
A SERS unit comprises an integrally formed handling board and a SERS element secured within a container space provided in the handling board so as to open to one side in a thickness direction of the handling board. The SERS element has a substrate arranged on an inner surface of the container space and an optical function part formed on the substrate, for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering.
US10551320B2
Methods and systems for detecting a particle defect on a wafer surface, transforming the particle to a spectroscopically active state, and identifying a material composition of the activated particle by a spectroscopic technique are described herein. Particle defects are transformed by chemical treatment, thermal treatment, photochemical treatment, or a combination thereof, such that an activated particle exhibits atomic vibrational bands that can be observed spectroscopically. In one embodiment, a surface inspection system detects the presence of a particle defect on a wafer surface, activates observable Raman bands in one or more of the detected particles, and identifies the material composition of the activated particle by a spectroscopic technique. By performing both defect detection and composition analysis on the same inspection tool, it is not necessary to transfer a wafer to a different review tool, or combination of tools, to perform composition analysis of particle defects deposited on semiconductor wafers.
US10551315B2
A fluorescence spectrophotometer includes: a light source; an excitation side spectroscope configured to separate light from the light source to generate excitation light; an integrating sphere having an inner surface configured to scatter the excitation light that has entered the integrating sphere; a sample holder, which is provided at a position on the integrating sphere that is not directly irradiated with the excitation light that has entered the integrating sphere and that is capable of being irradiated with the excitation light that has been scattered by the inner surface, and which is capable of holding a sample to be measured; a detector configured to detect fluorescent light emitted from the sample irradiated with the excitation light that has been scattered by the inner surface; and an imaging device configured to take the sample image of the sample that emits the fluorescent light.
US10551299B2
To provide a multipass cell permitting a reduction in a volume of an inner space into which sample gas is introduced, there are provided: a cell main body with the inner space into which the sample gas is introduced; and a pair of mirrors provided oppositely to each other in the inner space, wherein light incident from an incidence window of the cell main body is subjected to multireflection between the pair of mirrors and is emitted from an emission window of the cell main body, wherein: each of the mirrors is shaped such that light spots formed on a reflecting surface of each of the mirrors are scattered in an elongated region of a predetermined width through the light multireflection; and each of the mirrors is formed into an elongated shape along a longitudinal direction of the elongated region.
US10551293B2
Provided is a sample property detecting apparatus including: a wave source configured to irradiate a wave towards a sample; a detector configured to detect a laser speckle that is generated when the wave is multiple-scattered by the sample, at every time point that is set in advance; and a controller configured to obtain a temporal correlation that is a variation in the detected laser speckle according to time, and to detect properties of the sample in real-time based on the temporal correlation, wherein the detector detects the laser speckle between the sample and the detector or from a region in the detector.
US10551292B2
A system and method for measuring particle mass distributions as a function of particle diameter. The system includes a nebulizer, a particle size classifier and a particle detector. The system may include a dilution module. It may also include a particle mass classifier. The system and method are useful for distinguishing particle populations of similar size and different densities as well as determining the interaction between materials (binding) in mixed colloid systems with varying material ratios. The system and method are also useful for determining particle density in both homogeneous and heterogeneous colloids.
US10551286B2
An aspect of the invention is a testing system for applying loads to a test specimen. The testing system includes the actuator and the first support portion supporting the actuator. The actuator is configured to support a first end of the test specimen, while a second support portion configured to support a second end of the test specimen. In various embodiments, combination of sensors that can include displacement sensor and/or accelerometer(s) provide associated output signals that are received by a displacement compensator that is configured to provide a displacement output signal indicative of differential displacement between first end and the second end of the test specimen.
US10551281B2
A computer-implemented method for testing an real and/or virtual automotive system through a test by a test environment interacting with the real and/or virtual part, which includes a test series with different test cases of the test for different execution conditions that are specified in test configurations. Each combination of test case and test configuration is assigned a test status value from a group of predefined test status values in accordance with an evaluation of the function of the system in the corresponding test. For further planning, execution, and/or evaluation of the test series at least once a relative test coverage of at least one of the status values is determined in the resulting test case configuration matrix and/or a relative potential for improvement of the test coverage of at least one of the status values with regard to a test case and/or with regard to a configuration is determined.
US10551279B2
The prediction model includes the steps of calculating a surface area S1 of a control mold, measuring the force F1 for demolding from the control mold, determining first and second test specimens with respective surface areas S0, S′0, measuring the force F0 for demolding from the first test specimen, measuring the force F′0 for demolding from the second test specimen, calculating the ratio of S0 and S′0 so as to define a test specimen surface area ratio Rse, calculating the ratio of the force F0 for demolding from the first test specimen and F′0 for demolding from the second test specimen so as to define a force ratio Rfe, measuring the molding surface area Sm of a mold to be measured and calculating the force Fm for demolding from the mold to be measured such that Fm=F1×Sm/S1×Rfe/Rse.
US10551278B2
Disclosed is a wheel end face detection and correction device, which includes a frame, a self-made cylinder, a detection system, a correction system and the like. A wheel is preliminarily positioned in the center, a cylinder II drives an expansion sleeve to descend to match a center hole of the wheel, the attitude of a datum plate is adjusted to attach to a flange face of the wheel, and an expansion core is pulled by a cylinder rod; the cylinder II drives the wheel to ascend, and a servo motor drives the wheel to rotate; a servo electric cylinder II drives a dial indicator to be located below a rim end face of the wheel, a servo electric cylinder I drives the dial indicator to contact an end face of the wheel, and the end face run-out of the wheel may be detected.
US10551275B2
The present teaching aims to provide: a cam angle sensor fault diagnosis apparatus for straddled vehicle, capable of detecting a fault of a cam angle sensor installed in a straddled vehicle and guessing a fault place; an engine system; and a straddled vehicle. A cam angle sensor fault diagnosis apparatus for straddled vehicle includes: a cam signal receiving unit connected to a signal output line through which a cam angle sensor outputs a cam signal in accordance with the rotation angle, the cam signal receiving unit being configured to receive a cam signal via the signal output line; a state determination unit that determines one or two fault states of the cam angle sensor from a disconnection state, a power supply fault state, and a ground fault state, distinguishably from the other fault states, in accordance with a signal level of a cam signal received by the cam signal receiving unit; and a signal output unit that outputs a fault signal representing the one or two fault states determined by the state determination unit, in such a manner that the fault signal representing the one or two fault states is different from a fault signal representing the other fault states.
US10551271B2
Using a calibration sensor to calibrate an unstable sensor from a network of unstable sensors. Approaches for using a calibration sensor to calibrate the unstable sensor initially identify an unstable sensor in a geographic region to be calibrated by a calibration sensor using a model of environmental conditions for the geographic region, and then use the model to determine how to calibrate the unstable sensor using the calibration sensor.
US10551259B2
A stator to guide a location-dependent magnetic field in a circumferential direction around a rotation axis. In one example, the stator includes a first stator ring revolving around the rotation axis, and a second stator ring revolving around the rotation axis and arranged concentrically with the first stator ring. The first and second stator rings include claws which are arranged so as to revolve around the rotation axis and at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction and engage with one another at least on a toothing axial plane. The claws are separated from one another by an air gap so that, when the magnetic field is arranged in the toothing axial plane, the magnetic field is guided towards the stator rings via the claws according to a relative angular position. Each claw has the contour of a mathematically smooth curve when viewed across the circumferential direction.
US10551257B2
A system for measuring in-train and coupling forces of freight rail cars is provided. The system includes at least four strain sensing elements mounted to the coupler of a railway vehicle. Signals from the strain sensing elements are transmitted to a receiver where they are converted into force readings.
US10551254B2
A ring oscillator system for characterizing substrate strain including, a substrate including a through-substrate-via, at least two ring oscillators, wherein a first ring oscillator is closer to the through-substrate-via than a second ring oscillator, and a logic difference circuit that is configured to receive an input from at least the first ring oscillator and the second ring oscillator, and detect a difference between the signal frequency of the first ring oscillator and the signal frequency of the second ring oscillator.
US10551249B2
Components resolved in time by a separator accumulate in a sample cell and are analyzed by electromagnetic radiation-based spectroscopic techniques. The sample cell can be configured for multiple path absorption and can be heated. The separator can be a gas chromatograph or another suitable device, for example a distillation-based separator. The method and system described herein can include other mechanical elements, controls, procedures for handling background and sample data, protocols for species identification and/or quantification, automation, computer interfaces, algorithms, software or other features.
US10551245B2
Exemplary spectrally encoded probes are provided having forward view capabilities. These probes are configured such that the detection element comprises a plurality of light collecting components, where the distal ends at least partially surround the illumination element and the proximal ends form a linear array that is optically connected to a dispersive component.
US10551240B2
A self-cleaning sensor to determine a level of a liquid includes a tube with an interior coating and a plurality of horizontally aligned, electrically isolated, electrical contacts. The self-cleaning sensor includes the plurality of horizontally aligned, electrically isolated, electrical contacts that each terminate in an outer surface of an interior wall of the tube and are electrically connected to one or more electrical devices in a cap residing on the tube. Additionally, the self-cleaning sensor includes a float that is composed of a low density, low dielectric constant material buoyant in one or more liquids to be measured where each horizontal dimension of the float corresponds to each horizontal dimension of the tube.
US10551239B2
A sensor arrangement for measuring liquid height in a tank can include a housing, a transducer, and a couplant. The housing can have an interior and an aperture, the aperture placing the interior of the housing in communication with the environment external to the housing. The transducer can be seated within the aperture. The couplant can be mechanically connected to the transducer and can have a compressible couplant body. The couplant body can extend between the transducer and the external environment for transmitting an acoustic pulse from the transducer to a tank bottom for measuring height of a liquid overlaying the transducer.
US10551235B2
An adjustable measuring device that contains an elongated scoop, a handle, and a cup and a moveable member configured to adjust a position of the cup, with the scoop forming an open cylinder and the cup being slidable inside of the elongated scoop, and with the handle being elongated in a direction away from the scoop, and having a gauge display.
US10551233B2
An air flow rate measurement device disposed in an intake passage by passing through an insertion hole of an intake pipe of an engine to communicate inside and outside includes: a case having a bypass channel, a part of air flowing through the intake passage flows into the bypass channel; a flow rate sensor arranged inside of the case, and having a flow rate detector which detects a flow rate of air flowing through the bypass channel; and a humidity sensor arranged outside of the case, and having a humidity detector which detects a humidity of air flowing through the intake passage. A surface of the humidity detector is arranged to oppose a wall of the case through a clearance.
US10551232B2
A flow meter detects a flow rate of a fluid. The flow meter includes a housing having a flow passage, through which the fluid can be guided from an inlet opening of the housing to an outlet opening of the housing, a measuring tube, which is inserted into the flow passage and constricts the flow cross section in one section of the flow passage, and a holding device, by which the measuring tube is retained on the housing. A respective flow straightener having at least one aperture through which the fluid can flow is arranged between the inlet opening and the measuring tube and/or between the measuring tube and the outlet opening. The flow straightener is configured as a separate component part, which is secured on the holding device by a form-locking or force-locking connection.
US10551224B2
An encoder includes a light source. A booster circuit boosts a power supply voltage output by a battery, and outputs the boosted voltage. The voltage is applied to one end of a light-emitting diode. A driver circuit is inserted between another end of the light-emitting diode and a ground, the driver circuit controlling current flowing through the light-emitting diode. A voltage detector circuit detects a voltage between the light-emitting diode and the driver circuit. A control circuit causes the booster circuit to boost the power supply voltage when the voltage is lower than the power supply voltage; stops the boosting performed by the booster circuit when the voltage is equal to the power supply voltage; and controls the driver circuit such that, after the voltage reaches a predetermined value, current flows to the light-emitting diode.
US10551220B2
A capacitive measurement device for indicating when two surfaces moving relative to each other are spaced less than a predetermined distance apart. The device comprises a probe having an elongated conductor, an insulating core, a conducting inner guard, an insulating interlayer, and a conducting sheath. A portion of the conductor, insulating core and conducting inner guard form a probe tip which extends beyond the insulating interlayer and conducting sheath by a predetermined offset. The probe is configured to extend from a first surface by a predetermined distance and to generate a signal when the tip is contacted by a second surface.
US10551213B2
An example includes a sickle-shaped magnet arrangement, for use in determining a rotational angle of a rotatable object and is configured to co-rotate with the rotatable object around a rotational axis, includes an inner circumferential surface having an inner radius that is based on an azimuthal coordinate of the sickle-shaped magnet arrangement, an outer circumferential surface having an outer radius that is based on the azimuthal coordinate of the sickle-shaped magnet arrangement, wherein at least the inner radius or the outer radius varies based on the azimuthal coordinate; and an axial thickness between a first end of the sickle-shaped magnet arrangement and a second end of the sickle-shaped magnet arrangement, wherein the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface form a first sickle-shaped portion and a second sickle-shaped portion, wherein the first sickle-shaped portion is diametrically opposite the second sickle-shaped portion, and wherein the first sickle-shaped portion is magnetized in a first direction and the second sickle-shaped portion is magnetized in a second direction that is within a threshold angle of the first direction and different from the first direction.
US10551210B2
Dynamic message selection and presentation based on integration of data from two or more applications is provided. Data from two or more applications on a first device is integrated utilizing an authentication token associated with the first device. Responsive to a real-time message request associated with an application, a data storage having one or more messages is interrogated. A first message from the interrogated data storage is selected and presented in real-time based on the message request, route traversal information from a first application, and profile data associated with a second application.
US10551206B2
A navigation server includes a network interface controller through which identification information and movement line information of a mobile terminal are received from the mobile terminal, the movement line information including location information and a timestamp, a storage device in which movement line data of the mobile terminal and location data of different places are stored, and a processor configured to extract the movement line data from the movement line information and record the extracted movement line data in the storage device. The processor, in response to a search criteria received from the mobile terminal through the network interface controller, generates using the movement line data and the location data of the different places, a navigation map that shows a place that is located along a route defined by the movement line data and meets the search criteria, and transmits the navigation map to the mobile terminal for display.
US10551198B2
An apparatus of providing guidance information provides guidance information about the result of recognizing a crosswalk around a vehicle as information for inducing safe driving. The guidance information about a crosswalk is differently provided in accordance with a surrounding situation concerned with forward traveling of the vehicle.
US10551185B2
The invention makes it easy to link wheel alignment inspections to improving stability when traveling and to suppressing uneven tire wear. The straight running state of a vehicle is verified (S1), and the vehicle is placed on a tester in the straight running state (S2). The wheel alignment of the vehicle in the straight running state is measured using the tester (S3). The individual toe of each front wheel and each rear wheel is adjusted to eliminate differences between the left and right wheels (S4). The wheel alignment, such as the included angle, is measured again, and the causes of any wheel alignment failures are narrowed down on the basis of the measurement results (S5 to S7). Wheel alignment failures impacting steering pull or uneven tire wear are evaluated on the basis of the results of the measurements in S3 (S8).
US10551168B2
The invention includes an apparatus (110) and method (152) for determining a deformation (170) of a three-dimensional, flexible structure in the form of a tubular construct (112) with a minimum of optical waveguides. An optical waveguide (116) is introduced into the tubular construct (112), where the optical waveguide (116) extends as a helical winding (118) within the tubular construct (116) and has a multiplicity of strain measuring means (126). The configuration of the apparatus and method performed reduces the average material load of the strain measuring means and improves resolution and measurement range of the sensor (optical waveguide) while maintaining readout frequency of the strain measurements. The apparatus (110) also includes an evaluation device (130) configured to determine the deformation of the tubular construct (112), in particular in relation to an axis, surface and/or volume of the tubular construct (112), from measurement values (154) from the multiplicity of strain measuring means (126).
US10551164B2
A technique for acquiring target's coordinates for industrial dimensional metrology involves a target that serves both as a 2D contrast target and a 3D contact target, and a metrology tool. The target has proximal and distal surfaces, at least some of which being primarily flat and facing a common normal direction. At least 3 mm separate the proximal and distal surfaces in the normal direction. Reflectivity factors of the distal and proximal surfaces differ by at least 20%. Risers connecting pairs of the proximal and distal surfaces are sufficiently undercut so that none of the risers are in view at nominal viewing angles. At least two reference edges are defined where risers meet proximal surfaces. The tool has meeting features for registration with the edges and primarily flat surfaces, in at least two registered positions, to permit a retroreflector of the tool to acquire coordinates the target centre.
US10551160B2
Disclosed is a comprehensive thread checking fixture, includes a no-go end, a handle, a measuring column, a measuring sleeve and a jackscrew. The checking fixture not only can be used for detecting the size of the detected threads, but also can be used for detecting the depth of the detected threads, and has the characteristics of simple structure, high detection precision, strong compatibility, low manufacturing cost and the like at the same time.
US10551158B2
An impact-detection device includes at least one waveguide provided at each of the two ends thereof with a connector. The device further includes a ring with a curved outer contour. The ring forms a separate part with planar radial surfaces. The waveguide is built into the body of the ring about the ring, and the two ends of the waveguide are arranged on the outside of the ring.
US10551156B2
A toy dart includes a deformable cap that safely impacts a target. The cap includes two layers of substantially parallel hollow passages that provide spaces that allow the cap to deform. The lower layer, having two hollow passages, is supported by exterior posts and an interior wall between the two hollow passages. The upper layer, having three hollow passages, is supported by exterior posts and interior walls that are laterally offset from the interior wall of the lower layer. The upper and lower layers are separated vertically by a substantially flat divider. Due to the difference in the number of hollow passages and interior walls in each layer, the upper layer is more rigid than the lower layer such that the lower layer of the cap deforms more than the upper layer of the cap upon initial impact with the target.
US10551152B2
A projectile deployment system includes an entangling projectile that includes a pair of pellets and a tether connecting the pellets. A projectile casing includes a pair of sockets, each socket sized to carry one of the pair of pellets, each of the sockets including a longitudinal axis, the pair of sockets being positioned relative to one another such that the longitudinal sockets diverge horizontally away from one another while at least a portion of one of the sockets is arranged vertically higher than another of the sockets. A selectively activatable pressure source is capable of expelling the entangling projectile from the projectile casing toward a subject. A launcher carries an activator operable to activate the pressure source to expel the entangling projectile from the projectile casing toward the subject.
US10551147B1
A multi-barrel mortar launcher with an array of barrels and a fire control mechanism, where the array is configured to fire one mortar round from each barrel with substantially the same time-on-target in an impact area having an array of blast radii corresponding to the array of barrels.
US10551144B2
A combination receiver tube and adjustable stock for a firearm having a receiver. The receiver tube extends rearwardly from the receiver and includes a series of recessed locations formed along a length extending surface thereof, each of the recesses further including an ascending surface extending at an acute angle from the recessed location to an outer surface of the tube. The stock has a forward opening communicating with an open interior so that the stock is slidably mounted over the receiver tube to support axial movement of the stock relative to the tube. The stock includes a lug which is biased for seating within a first selected one of the recessed locations and, upon counter-biasing the lug to unseat from the recessed location, permitting the stock to be rearwardly extended from the receiver tube across consecutive recessed locations.
US10551143B2
A quick detach mount and method are disclosed. The mount includes an accessory receiving portion shaped to receive a quick detach interface, and a first arm extending from the accessory receiving portion. The quick detach mount is shaped to receive a first fastener and a second fastener, whereby the quick detach mount is shaped distribute a force from the accessory receiving portion.
US10551138B1
A stock assembly for a takedown firearm and related methods are disclosed. The stock assembly has a buttstock assembly, and a forend assembly removably couplable to the buttstock assembly at a first location and a second location. When the forend assembly is coupled to the buttstock at the first location, the forend assembly is positioned to support a barrel of the firearm in a longitudinal firing position. When the forend assembly is coupled to the buttstock at the second location, the forend assembly is positioned to support the barrel at an angle relative to the longitudinal firing position.
US10551134B2
A header for a heat exchanger includes a first and a second cylindrical portion. The first cylindrical portion has a first diameter, and extends over a first length portion of the header. The second cylindrical portion has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, and extends over a second length portion of the header. Tube receiving slots are arranged along the first length portion. An end cap is received into an open end of the first cylindrical portion, and is joined thereto to seal a first end of the header. An open end of the second cylindrical portion is arranged at a second end of the header opposite the first end to allow for fluid flow into or out of the header. A circumferential bead is located between the first and second cylindrical portions, and extends radially outward of the first cylindrical portion.
US10551126B2
Modular air cooled condenser apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example mechanical draft modular air cooled condenser disclosed herein includes an example condenser module that includes a plenum and a first condenser bundle having a first set of tubes having first ends and second ends and a first condensate header connected to the second ends of the tubes. The example condenser module also includes a second condenser bundle having a second set of tubes having third ends and fourth ends and a second condensate header connected to the fourth ends of the second set of tubes. In addition, the condenser module includes a third condenser bundle having a third set of tubes having fifth ends and sixth ends and a third condensate header connected to the sixth ends of the third set of tubes. The condenser module also includes a fourth condenser bundle having a fourth set of tubes having seventh ends and eighth ends and a fourth condensate header connected to the eighth ends of the fourth set of tubes. The condenser module further includes a shroud that houses a single fan, the single fan positioned to create a draft to flow over the first condenser bundle, over the second condenser bundle, over the third condenser bundle, and over the fourth condenser bundle. In addition, the condenser module includer a support frame that supports the first, second, third, and fourth condenser bundles.
US10551120B2
A method for cryogenic cooling without fouling is disclosed. The method comprises providing a first cryogenic liquid saturated with a dissolved gas; expanding the first cryogenic liquid into a separation vessel, separating into a vapor, a second cryogenic liquid, and a first solid; drawing the vapor into a heat exchanger and the second cryogenic liquid and the first solid out of the separation vessel; cooling the vapor against a coolant through the heat exchanger, causing the vapor to form a third cryogenic liquid and a second solid, the second solid dissolving in the third cryogenic liquid; and combining the second cryogenic liquid and the first solid with the third cryogenic liquid, producing a final cooled slurry. In this manner, the cryogenic cooling is accomplished without fouling.
US10551119B2
A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to improve the recovery of C2 (or C3) and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream. The preferred method of separating a hydrocarbon gas stream generally includes producing at least a substantially condensed first stream and a cooled second stream, expanding both streams to lower pressure, and supplying the streams to a fractionation tower. In the process and apparatus disclosed, the tower overhead vapor is directed to an absorbing means and a heat and mass transfer means inside a processing assembly. A portion of the outlet vapor from the processing assembly is compressed to higher pressure, cooled and substantially condensed in a heat exchange means inside the processing assembly, then expanded to lower pressure and supplied to the heat and mass transfer means to provide cooling. Condensed liquid from the absorbing means is fed to the tower.
US10551111B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator. First and second inner containers (110, 120) are respectively provided with first and second tube evaporators (210) in the inside thereof. The first and second inner containers (110, 120) are respectively provided with first and second winding tube evaporators (310, 320) on the outside thereof. First connecting tubes protrude from the first inner container (110) at two ends of the first tube evaporator (210), and the first winding tube evaporator (310) is connected to one of the first connecting tubes. Second connecting tubes protrude from the second inner container (120) at two ends of the second tube evaporator, the second winding tube evaporator (320) is connected to one of the second connecting tubes, and the other of the first connecting tubes is connected to the other of the second connecting tubes.
US10551108B2
Systems and devices cool content of individual beverage containers without sacrificing portability and cooling performance, and/or maintaining beverage containers cold. Exemplary implementations provide container having enclosed vertical double-wall structure with integral horizontal base defining interior space within enclosed vertical double-wall structure, or having wall structure formed from sheet of flexible material folded to form base and sealed along opposite sides of sheet to define interior space within wall structure and also having interior pocket formed by interior wall attached to interior surface wall structure. Interior space within wall structure is capable of accommodating at least one beverage container. Cooling material is sealed inside the double-wall structure, or removably placed inside interior pocket, to cool and/or maintain cold content of beverage container placed in interior space of container. Method includes providing container including wall structure accommodating cooling material and removably placing cooling material said structure.
US10551104B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for a TRS to automatically sense a voltage level and configuration of an input AC power provided by an AC power source and automatically adapt to the input AC power being used are provided. When the voltage level of an input AC power supplied to a TRS changes, the TRS can automatically detect the change of the voltage level, and adjust a winding configuration of a compressor motor of the TRS and a voltage level of the TRS based on the detected voltage level of the input AC power.
US10551103B2
Disclosed herein are a cooling device and method of controlling the same. Cooling device includes a plurality of refrigerant pipes including a polymer material and a power source configured to supply heating power for self-heating of the refrigerant pipes to the refrigerant pipes.
US10551088B2
A cooling or heating system creating an open temperature-controlled zone for personnel, the system having HVAC equipment for producing and delivering cooled or heated air, a lower air outlet disposed in a deck member, an upper air outlet disposed in a wall member, and a central air intake disposed between the lower and upper air outlets, whereby conditioned air expelled from the lower and upper air outlets is recycled through the central air intake and HVAC equipment.
US10551073B2
A thermostatic actuator for a radiator valve includes a thermostat mechanism configured to passively open the valve when an environmental temperature is less than a set point and to close the valve when the temperature is greater than the set point. A set point adjustment mechanism draws power from a power supply to selectively drive unitary movement of the thermostat mechanism to adjust the set point. Multiple actuators are used in a zoned radiant heating system in which a controller is operatively connected to the set point adjustment mechanism of each actuator to selectively transmit a control signal to actuate the set point adjustment mechanism to drive unitary movement of the respective thermostat mechanism to adjust the respective set point.
US10551058B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to integrated combustion assemblies including a perforated flame holder, combustion systems that include one or more integrated combustion assemblies, and related methods. For example, an integrated combustion assembly may be placed into service (e.g., integrated into a combustion system) as a complete and/or replaceable unit, such that elements and/or components of the combustion assembly are preassembled and no further assembly is required at the installation site.
US10551054B2
A steam using facility in which a generated condensate amount changes in association with a change in an environmental state value, based on a correlation between the environmental state value and the generated condensate amount. An environmental state value when the generated condensate amount becomes a set alarm amount is set as an alarm state value. An alarm is issued when an actual environmental state value by a measuring instrument changes in an increasing direction of the generated condensate amount to reach the set alarm state value.
US10551053B2
A fired heater with a film temperature optimizer is presented. The fired heater is for heating a process fluid in process coils within the fired heater. The process coils experience high temperatures at the outlets. The film temperature optimizer includes baffles or means for changing the flow of the fired heating gas around the process coils near the coil outlets. The baffles are positioned near the process coil outlets.
US10551051B2
A cabinet and a kit for retrofitting a cabinet are disclosed. The cabinet includes a stationary box, at least one moveable wing attached to the stationary box and configured to open and close relative to the stationary box. The at least one moveable wing includes at least one of a door hinged to the stationary box or a drawer mounted via slide actuators to the stationary box. The cabinet also includes a reed switch attached to the stationary box, a magnet attached to the at least one moveable wing, and at least one light emitting diode (LED) fixture installed within the stationary box. Opening the at least one wing separates the reed switch from the magnet and permits current to flow to the at least one LED fixture to illuminate at least an interior portion of the stationary box.
US10551042B2
The present invention is directed to a multipurpose adaptable work light, system, and method of use. The invention comprises a first housing member having an external connection port, a second housing member coupled to the first housing member, a lighting device coupled to the first housing member and disposed within the second housing member, a power source coupled to the lighting device, at least one magnet coupled to the first housing member, and an adaptor plate coupled to the first housing member. Each of the at least one magnet, the adaptor plate, the external connection port, and the second housing member may be utilized in various tandem and independent configurations in order to affix the work light to a suitable workplace environment surface, such as an overhead hook support, a tripod mount, a magnetically-active surface, a junction box, or to a wide variety of surfaces, including, without limitation, horizontal, vertical, angled, flat or curved surfaces.
US10551041B2
A LED module (14) including a circuit board (20) provided with electrical conductors and defining opposed circuit board first and second surfaces (61 and 62); a power input (40) electrically coupled to the electrical conductors; LEDs (22) provided on the circuit board first surface (61), each LED (22) defining a light emitting surface (23) facing substantially away from the circuit board (20), the LEDs (22) being electrically coupled to the electrical conductors for being powered when the power input is powered; an encapsulation layer (50) having an encapsulation layer index of refraction and covering the circuit board first surface (61) and the LEDs (22); a CCT correcting layer (48) having a CCT correcting layer index of refraction and coating at least part of at least one of the light emitting surfaces (23) and provided between the at least part of the at least one of the light emitting surfaces (23) and the encapsulation layer (50). The CCT correcting layer and encapsulation layer indices of refraction differ from each other.
US10551034B1
A theatre lighting apparatus including a base housing; and a lamp housing; wherein the lamp housing is remotely positioned in relation to the base housing by a motor; and wherein the lamp housing is comprised of a plurality of light sources and a plurality of lenses. Each of the plurality of lenses has a first surface and a second surface; each second surface of each of the plurality of lenses has an inner portion and a perimeter portion; and wherein the inner portion of each of the plurality of lenses is substantially more polished, and substantially less diffuse that the corresponding perimeter portion of each of the plurality of lenses so that light is transmitted in a substantially uniform direction through the inner portion of each of the plurality of lenses and light is transmitted in a scattered manner through the perimeter portion of each of the plurality of lenses.
US10551032B2
A lighting assembly (1000), a lamp and a luminaire are provided. The lighting assembly comprises a first light source (110), a second light source (108) and an UV filter (104). The first light source emits in operation visible light (112). The second light source emits in operation UV light (108). The UV filter allows a transmission of visible light and absorbs or reflects UV light. The UV filter is arranged in an optical path from the second light source towards the first light source to prevent the UV light to impinge on the first light source while allowing the emission of the UV light into the ambient of the lighting assembly.
US10551022B2
A vehicle lamp includes a light source, a rotation reflector that includes a reflective surface that reflects emission light emitted from the light source while rotating, a projection lens that projects the reflected light from the rotation reflector to a front of the vehicle, and a movable shade provided between the rotation reflector and the projection lens. The movable shade is configured to be movable between a first position where the reflected light passes when the reflected light is projected to the front side of the vehicle and a second position where at least a part of incident light that is incident from the projection lens is shielded so as not to reach the rotation reflector.
US10551018B2
To reduce the optical members and the complexity of optical design. A vehicular lamp including: a light source; a light collecting member; a first polarizer advancing in a first direction a first component of the light, and advancing in a second direction a second component; a liquid crystal element disposed on one side of the first polarizer in the first direction; a second polarizer disposed on one side of the liquid crystal element in the first direction; a projection lens disposed on one side of the second polarizer in the first direction and projecting the first component to the front of an own vehicle; a reflecting member for reflecting the second component; where the first component is focused at a first focal point, the second component of the light is focused at a second focal point, and the liquid crystal element is disposed corresponding to the first focal point.
US10551017B2
Automatic light control system for a Luminaire with a light source and beam forming light collector with and intense hotspot. The Luminaire automatically selects a large aperture when a gobo is selected. When no gobo is selected then a medium aperture is automatically selected. In some embodiments these selections can be overridden. In some embodiments the large and medium aperture are on a non-glass gobo wheel. In further embodiments, when blackout is selected, this wheel automatically advances ½ position or 1 and ½ position so as to support a blackout state of the fixture until a non-blackout condition is selected.
US10551012B2
A wrist-worn flashlight can include a lighting unit attached to a wrist band for allowing a user to wear the device on the wrist and a remote control that attaches to a finger of the user for allowing the user to control the light unit by finger. The remote control may allow the user to power the lighting unit on/off and/or switch between multiple lighting modes. The wrist-worn flashlight can enable a user to operate and toggle between modes using the user's fingertips. The flashlight can illuminate a target and free both hands of the user to work on the target. Moreover, the flashlight can allow the user to directionally train the beam on the target as desired and control the beam without diverting it.
US10551005B2
An inflatable structure for gas storage includes an inner bladder containing a gas for storage and an outer wall spaced from the inner bladder. An intermediate space between the bladder and the outer wall is pressurized with a gas (such as air) other than the storage gas so that the structure is protected from environmental conditions such as wind and snow loading. The bladder and outer wall may be flexible fabric membranes and may be provided with lightweight support frames. The structures may be combined in a network of like structures for large scale storage.
US10551004B2
A fluid delivery system adapted to isolate an ampoule and/or process line during purge, including an inlet control valve connecting a source of pressurized gas to a refillable ampoule, an outlet control valve connecting the refillable ampoule to a location of use, a process control valve connecting a process line to the refillable ampoule, a process isolation valve, and a purge supply valve, e.g., a three-way purge supply valve, arranged between the process isolation valve and the process control valve. A method of purging a fluid delivery system is also disclosed, including closing a process isolation valve, connecting a process line to a refillable ampoule, supplying a purge gas through a purge supply valve, e.g., a three-way purge supply valve, and cycling open and close at least once a process control valve coupled to the process line. A manifold for use in refilling an ampoule and purging a fluid supply system is also described.
US10550995B1
A display device having rotary cover structure includes: a display main body (1), having a display screen (11) and a back cover (12), two slide rails (13) arranged at two sides of the display screen (11), and a side edge part (14) arranged between the two slide rails (13); two rotation shaft assemblies (2), disposed at the side edge part (14), and having two rotation shafts (21) disposed corresponding to the two slide rails (13); an axial core line (L2) of each the rotation shaft (21) is arranged to be parallel to a central line (L1) of the side edge part (14); and a slide cover (3), having two slide blocks (31) sliding along the two slide rails (13) and capable of being displaced between a shielding position for shielding the display screen (11) and an exposing position allowing the display screen (11) to be exposed.
US10550994B2
A system for positioning a rotatable vessel includes a rotatable vessel having a target block fixed thereto. A protrusion that is configured to mate with the target block is coupled to a slide plate and moveable relative to the slide plate toward the target block. The slide plate is slidably adjustable relative to a fixed base plate. The precise rotational position of the vessel can be controlled by fixing the slide plate relative to the base plate, such that when the slide plate is locked to the base plate, extension of the protrusion into engagement with the target block will rotationally position the vessel. When the protrusion and the target block are engaged, the vessel and the slide plate are linked, and the position of the slide plate may be adjusted relative to the base plate to set an adjusted desired position of the vessel.
US10550993B2
Rotary support systems, associated control devices, and methods of operating the same. Rotary support systems include a mast configured to support an elevated device and a base that includes a rotary mechanism that rotatably couples the mast to the base. The rotary mechanism is configured to selectively rotate the mast. The mast has a cross-sectional profile that is non-circular. Rotary support systems additionally may include a controller configured to interface with an electric motor to rotate the mast with respect to the base. Controller implemented methods for operating a rotary support system include receiving an input command and, responsive to the receiving the input command, sending an output command to an electric motor to rotate the mast relative to the base.
US10550991B2
A clamping apparatus includes a carrier portion formed on a regularly shaped panel, where a track slot is formed in a length direction in the carrier portion; a movable unit, mounted at an end of the carrier portion and capable of being separated from the carrier portion along a length direction of the track slot; and a clamping unit, mounted on a movable unit and configured to prevent, in at least four directions, a clamped object from being separated from the carrier portion. The problem that a size range of clamped objects applicable to the clamping apparatus is limited. The clamping unit is configured to prevent, in the at least four directions, the clamped object from being separated from the carrier portion, effectively preventing the clamped object from being separated from the carrier portion and allowing the clamped object to be protected even in a complex environment.
US10550982B2
A quick connect coupling includes a hollow female connector body, a male end form configured to be received in the female connector body, a retainer, and a verifier coupled. An entry end of the female connector body defines a pair of windows on opposite sides of the entry end. The retainer extends along the windows and into a bore of the female connector body. The verifier includes legs and feet that extend into the windows and into the bore. The windows define a ramped edge, and the retainer is forced against the ramped edge by an annular upset of the male end form. The retainer spreads outward and springs back after the upset clears the retainer. The feet of the verifier include a ramped surface and spread outward in response to a force applied by the upset. The verifier can be pushed down after the legs are spread apart.
US10550951B2
An actuator includes a brushless DC motor, an output device, a reduction system coupled between the brushless DC motor and the output device, and a contactless position sensor configured to sense a position of the output device.
US10550948B2
A discharge valve for a hydraulic pump of a hydraulic unit defines a valve port, and includes a valve body and a receiving element. The valve body is configured to seal off the valve port. The receiving element adjoins the valve port, and defines a cavity configured to receive the valve body. The cavity has a longitudinal axis and an inner wall with a radially outwardly oriented pocket configured to receive the valve body.
US10550947B2
A block valve and a block valve for a raw material container having a structure in which a retaining part of a liquid material or cleaning fluid is not present inside. In the block valve, a first side of a main flow path in communication with a supply route of a block body and a first minimal port part of a first diaphragm valve in a tilted state with respect to the block body are connected, a second side of the main flow path and a second minimal port part of a second diaphragm valve are connected, a port opening of the second diaphragm valve is in communication with a supply port part, and a joint port part of the first diaphragm valve and a connection line in a vertical direction are connected by a communication path.
US10550939B2
Provided is a saddle-ride type vehicle, which does not reduce cooling efficiency of an engine, is hardly affected by heat from the engine, and can increase a degree of freedom of configuration such as the orientation at the time of arrangement, size and shape of a shift actuator. The saddle-ride type vehicle (100) includes the engine (120), and the engine (120) has a cylinder block (120a), a cylinder head (120b) and a head cover (120c) and has a crankcase (123) below the cylinder block (120a). The saddle-ride type vehicle (100) also includes a shift drum drive unit (140) for rotating a shift drum (136) which changes a gear train (133) in a transmission (132). The shift drum drive unit (140) includes a shift actuator (141) formed of an electric motor, and a decelerator (142). The shift drum drive unit (140) is attached to a front surface of the crankcase (123) below the cylinder block (120a) via a unit case (146) housing the decelerator (142).
US10550935B2
A hydraulic mechanical transmission includes a first hydraulic unit having a first shaft and a second hydraulic unit having a second shaft. The second hydraulic unit is connected in hydraulic fluid communication with the first hydraulic unit by high and low pressure lines. At least one of the first and second hydraulic units has variable displacement. A mechanical torque transfer arrangement transfers torque between the first shaft and the rotatable component of the second hydraulic unit. One of the first and second hydraulic units operates as a hydraulic pump and the other of the first and second hydraulic units operates as a hydraulic motor.
US10550931B2
A shift system and methodology for an automatic transmission of a vehicle is provided. The shift system includes a paddle shifter system configured to be controlled to manually shift gears of the transmission, and a manual gate console shifter system configured to be controlled to manually shift the gears of the transmission when in a manual gate shifting mode. A shift control system is configured to control shifting behavior of the transmission based on whether the paddle shifter system or manual gate shifting mode is activated. When the paddle shifter system is activated, the shift control system automatically upshifts a gear of the transmission when a speed of the engine exceeds a predetermined speed, and when the manual gate shifting mode is activated, the shift control system prevents automatically upshift a transmission gear when the speed of the engine exceeds the predetermined speed.
US10550930B2
A planet carrier arrangement includes a bearing assembly having first and second roller bearings and a traction element having a first end supported by the bearing assembly such as to enable the traction element to oscillate. A planet carrier is mounted in a suspended manner to the traction element, wherein one of the roller bearings of the bearing assembly is configured to absorb an axial force seeking to lift the planet carrier.
US10550924B2
A transmission, in particular a coaxial transmission or linear transmission, comprising a toothing, a tooth holder in which a plurality of tooth segments are accommodated to engage with the toothing, wherein the tooth segments are borne to be radially shiftable relative to the tooth holder, a drive element having a profiling for radially driving the tooth segments borne in a radially shiftable manner, wherein the transmission has inner initial stress.
US10550913B2
A pulley contacting portion of a friction transmission belt is made of a rubber composition containing an EPDM mixture as a rubber component. The EPDM mixture as the rubber component includes a first EPDM with an ethylene content of 67% by mass or more and a second EPDM with an ethylene content of 57% by mass or less. A content of the second EPDM in the EPDM mixture is larger than a content of the first EPDM in the EPDM mixture. An average ethylene content of the EPDM mixture is 54% by mass or more and 59% by mass or less.
US10550911B2
An internal combustion engine for use with a propeller driven aircraft includes a camshaft adapted to function as an output shaft that rotates a propeller to provide propulsive thrust. A gear set is configured to transfer rotational power from the crankshaft to the camshaft and to rotate the camshaft at a velocity that is proportional to the rotational velocity of the crankshaft. The gear set is disposed rearward of the engine housing rearward wall and is configured to rotate the camshaft in a direction opposite the crankshaft rotation. The length of the camshaft reduces engine torsional vibration. In one embodiment, the engine is a six-cylinder compression ignition engine having a boxer configuration and can generate a peak output power within a range from about 300 horsepower to about 350 horsepower.
US10550906B2
The invention relates to a spring, in particular to move at least one part of a fixture of the vehicle interior space. It was the object of the invention to create a spring, that does not cause disturbing noises due to vibrations. The object is solved by the spring being made of plastic.
US10550892B2
A motor includes a rotor rotatable about an axis, a housing defining a motor chamber receiving at least a portion of the rotor, and a bearing assembly rotatably supporting the rotor on the housing. The housing includes a pair of axially spaced apart endshields. The bearing assembly includes a bearing and lubricant collection structure associated with the bearing. The lubricant collection structure defines a collection chamber configured to collect lubricant from the motor chamber and direct the lubricant to the bearing.
US10550888B2
A bearing housing in which a rolling bearing is built includes a cylindrical inner circumferential surface and an end face formed continuously with an axial end of the inner circumferential surface in an orientation perpendicular to a central axis of the inner circumferential surface. The inner circumferential surface has an annular groove that is radially outwardly recessed around an entire circumference of the inner circumferential surface. A snap ring is attached into the annular groove to reduce displacement of the rolling bearing. A recess recessed in an axial direction and extending in a radial direction is provided in the end face of the bearing housing.
US10550887B2
A bearing material may include a polyamide/imide plastics polymer material having an amine content including a fluorinated diamine and a non-fluorinated diamine.
US10550881B2
The invention relates to an axle and bearing for a conveyor chain link, such as those used in commercial bakery equipment. The conveyor chain link generally includes at least one roller bearing wheel with a central hole, an axle pin, and a link component with a bore. The axle pin is configured to extend through the hole in the roller bearing wheel and the bore in the link component to attach the at least one roller bearing wheel to the link component. The axle pin includes a medial portion having at least one surface engagement feature configured for anti-spin engagement with the link component. The roller bearing wheel includes at least one engagement feature for anti-spin engagement with the distal end of the axle pin.
US10550874B2
A connection element, in particular a setting bolt, for connecting at least two components, in particular metal sheet components, is disclosed. The connection element has a tapered region and a shaft region, the properties of which are different. The connection element is formed as one piece. A method for producing a connection element is also disclosed.
US10550852B2
A gas turbine engine includes a combustion section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section that extend in an axial direction. A fan section is arranged upstream from the compressor section. An airfoil is arranged in one of the fan section, the compressor section and the turbine section. The airfoil includes pressure and suction sides extending in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip. The airfoil has a leading edge that is projected onto a plane from various views and the plane is perpendicular to a viewing direction which corresponds to the various views. The plane is parallel with the axial direction in a 0° view. The various views include the 0° view which projects into an axial plane in the axial direction. A 90° view projects into a tangential plane in a tangential direction normal to the axial direction and views between the 0° and 90° views. The airfoil has a maximum leading edge projection in a 20° to 40° view. The radial direction is normal to the axial and tangential directions.
US10550851B2
A fan includes an impeller and a metallic base portion. The base portion is arranged to be in thermal contact with a heat source. The impeller includes a resin portion including a plurality of blades, and a metal plate. In addition, the metal plate includes a flat plate portion arranged below the blades. A lower surface of the flat plate portion and an upper surface of the base portion are arranged axially opposite to each other with a gap intervening therebetween. An axial dimension of the gap is arranged to be 200 □m or less at least at a portion of the gap. Heat of the heat source is transferred to the metal plate through radiation from the base portion. Then, an air current produced by the impeller absorbs the heat from the metal plate. The heat generated from the heat source is thus efficiently discharged to an outside.
US10550840B2
An embodiment provides a vane pump device includes multiple vanes; a rotor that includes vane grooves which support the vanes so that the vanes can move in a radial direction of rotation and which form columnar grooves accommodating oil on a rotation center side, and that rotates due to a rotating force received from a rotation shaft; a cam ring that includes an inner circumferential surface facing an outer circumferential surface of the rotor, and surrounds the rotor; and an inner plate that covers an opening of the cam ring. The inner plate includes a first recess portion that supplies low pressure oil to the columnar grooves, a second recess portion that is formed away from the first recess portion, and supplies high pressure oil to the columnar grooves, and an inner-plate first groove connected to the first recess portion and the second recess portion.
US10550839B2
A pump module and a device for producing a fluid jet with a pump module are disclosed. In an embodiment the pump module may include a pump housing in which at least one pump piston is mounted in a reciprocatingly movable manner and is provided with at least one sealing element which during a pumping operation interacts with a cylinder. For creating such a pump module producible in a simple manner and nevertheless exhibiting the functionality necessary for the pumping operation, embodiments disclose a valve block, which receives at least one valve associated with the cylinder, wherein the cylinder is sealed against the valve block. Furthermore, a cover element may abut against the valve block on a side opposite to the cylinder and between itself and the valve block forms an inlet passage leading to the cylinder and/or an outlet passage communicating with the cylinder.
US10550834B2
A tube pump and a fluid delivery method, the tube pump including a plurality of pressing portions and a tube that delivers fluid. The pressing portions is spaced apart from each other in a rotational direction and provided for a rotation body turned by a drive unit and the tube is provided on an outer circumferential side of the rotation body. The tube pump includes a control unit that turns the rotation body opposite to a delivery direction until the rotation body reaches a predetermined angle so as to restore an area of the tube, pressed by the pressing portion on a most upstream side in the delivery direction, by an increase in pressure within the tube accompanied with a movement opposite to the delivery direction of the pressing portion adjacent to a downstream side in the delivery direction.
US10550832B2
A diaphragm pump includes a driving mechanism and a counting sensor. The driving mechanism includes an arm portion attached to a deformed portion that forms a pump chamber, and a crank that rotates integrally with the rotating shaft of a motor, in which the rotation of the crank is converted into a reciprocal motion to make the arm portion reciprocally move. The counting sensor is configured to use the arm portion as a detection target and alternately switch between a detection state and a non-detection state as the arm portion makes the reciprocal motion. It is therefore possible to provide a diaphragm pump capable of detecting a discharge flow rate using an inexpensive ready-made motor.
US10550830B2
A cryopump includes a second cryopanel unit which is thermally connected to a second cooling stage of a cryocooler, a radiation shield which includes a shield main opening, a shield side opening, and a shield bottom opening, and a cryopump housing having a housing bottom portion which faces the shield bottom opening. A dimension of the shield bottom opening is larger than a distance from the second cryopanel unit to the housing bottom portion.
US10550823B2
A method for balancing segmented rotor blades for a wind turbine may include determining a weight for each of a plurality of blade segments, wherein each blade segment extends between a first end and a second and is configured to form a common spanwise section of a segmented rotor blade between the first and second ends. The method may also include determining an initial static moment for each blade segment based on the weight of the blade segment, wherein the initial static moment of at least one of the blade segments differing from the initial static moments of the remainder of the blade segments. Additionally, the method may include adding mass to each of the blade segments to increase the initial static moment for each blade segment to a predetermined static moment, wherein the predetermined static moment is greater than each of the initial static moments of the blade segments.
US10550821B2
A Pelton runner with a wheel disk and separately fabricated buckets (2), which may be cast or made from a solid block of material and secured detachably to the wheel disk (1), fastened by at least one screw (5) or at least one bolt. At least one screw or at least one bolt is designed as an expansion screw (5) or expansion bolt, where the expansion screw (5) or expansion bolt is subjected to controlled pre-stressing, and each bucket (2) has at least one expansion screw (5) or expansion bolt that is arranged perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the wheel disk (1) and secured to the wheel disk (1).
US10550815B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling an integrated starter-generator, including receiving a start signal; determining an initial position of a rotor with respect to a stator phase winding integrated starter-generator of the integrated starter-generator; applying a pulse-width-modulated signal to the stator winding corresponding to determined initial position of the rotor; measuring current of the stator winding in response to applied pulse-width-modulated signal to determine current variation; if current variation is more than a threshold value, determining updated rotor position and applying a pulse-width-modulated signal to the stator winding corresponding to the updated rotor position; determining speed of the rotor, if speed of the rotor is more than a threshold value, monitoring a trigger signal from an ignition trigger sensor coupled to the engine; and if the trigger signal is received, determining the updated rotor position and exciting the stator winding corresponding to the updated rotor position.
US10550812B2
A fuel injector for the injection of fuel, which includes a fuel supply element for supplying the fuel, a current bar which extends at least partially parallel to the fuel supply element, and an extrusion coat, which surrounds the fuel supply element and the current bar, the extrusion coat encompassing a longitudinal rib that extends in the axial direction of the fuel injector and is disposed on the fuel injector opposite the current bar.
US10550805B2
The present disclosure relates to various apparatus for controllably restricting an air flow to a vacuum controlled actuator in a vehicle induction system for the purpose of controlling a response of the actuator. In one embodiment the apparatus is a hose component having a hose that forms a flow channel, and which has an air flow restrictor seated within the flow channel. The air flow restrictor has a main body portion and an end wall having a reduced diameter air flow aperture. The air flow restrictor restricts air flow through the hose by a predetermined degree to tailor a response of the actuator in flow communication with the hose.
US10550803B2
Provided are a filter medium for a filter, which makes it possible to obtain a filter high in collection efficiency, low in pressure loss and long in filter lifetime, a method for producing the same, and a filter using the filter medium for a filter. A filter medium for a filter is used as a constituent member of a filter and composed of a wet type nonwoven fabric, wherein the filter medium for a filter has a multilayer structure of two or more layers, and there is no interface between the above-mentioned two layers.
US10550799B2
An evaporative emissions control system for an internal combustion engine having an air intake manifold is provided. The system includes a carbon canister configured to receive fuel vapor, a purge valve fluidly coupled to the carbon canister, an air induction system configured to fluidly couple to the air intake manifold, a conduit fluidly coupled between the purge valve and the air induction system, and an inlet valve disposed in the air induction system. The inlet valve is configured to selectively move between an open position and a closed position to vary an air restriction in the air induction system and generate a vacuum. The vacuum draws fuel vapor from the carbon canister through the conduit into the air induction system.
US10550796B2
A turbofan comprising a fan casing and a nacelle comprising a cowl translatable between an advanced position and a pushed-back position in which the mobile cowl and the fan casing define a window therebetween. The nacelle also comprises reverser flaps, each reverser flap being mounted in a linked manner on the mobile assembly between a closed position in which it obstructs the window and an open position in which it does not obstruct the window. The nacelle also has an impelling mechanism comprising a lever arm rotatable on the mobile assembly and having a roller, a connecting rod mounted rotatably between the reverser flap and the lever arm, and a channel receiving the roller, the channel having a front part parallel with the translation direction and a rear part extending after the front part and oriented inward as it progresses from the front toward the rear.
US10550792B2
A fuel injection control device for an engine includes an ECU. The ECU is configured to: change a port injection ratio in accordance with an operation state of the engine; execute correction of the total fuel injection amount by reflecting a correction amount in a basic fuel injection amount depending on the operation state when the port injection ratio is changed; and when the ECU changes the port injection ratio and calculates a second correction amount that is the correction amount having one of the positive and negative values during the execution of the correction based on a first correction amount that is the correction amount having the other one of the positive and negative values, limit reflection of the first correction amount in the basic injection amount.
US10550774B1
A method and system for operating an engine includes operating the engine with a first plurality of parameters associated with a first fuel type, comparing a detonation signal a first to a first voltage threshold, forming a plurality of vectors by storing detonation signal values that exceed the first voltage threshold, in vectors as vector values wherein later in time vectors include previous vector values, summing vector values for each vector to form a plurality of sum values and when one of the plurality of sums values exceeds a sum threshold, changing an engine controller to operate with a second plurality of parameters associated with a second fuel type.
US10550768B2
An intercooled cooling system for a gas turbine engine is provided. The intercooled cooling system includes cooling stages in fluid communication with an air stream utilized for cooling. A first cooling stage is fluidly coupled to a bleed port of the gas turbine engine to receive and cool bleed air with the air stream to produce a cool bleed air. The intercooled cooling system includes a pump fluidly coupled to the first cooling stage to receive and increase a pressure of the cool bleed air to produce a pressurized cool bleed air. A second cooling stage is fluidly coupled to the pump to receive and cool the pressurized cool bleed air to produce an intercooled cooling air. The intercooled cooling system includes an air cycle machine in fluid communication to outputs of the cooling stages to selectively receive the cool bleed air or the intercooled cooling air.
US10550763B2
An engine control apparatus is configured to control a direct injection engine that includes a combustion chamber and an intake system including an intake port. The engine control apparatus includes a cleaning component sensor and a mode controller. The cleaning component sensor is provided in a fuel system and configured to detect a cleaning component included in fuel. The fuel system includes a fuel tank and an injector and is configured to supply the fuel to the combustion chamber. The mode controller is configured to cause execution of a cleaning mode by the direct injection engine, under a state in which the cleaning component included in the fuel is higher than a threshold. The cleaning mode includes increasing an amount of a fuel-air mixture flowing back from the combustion chamber to the intake port.
US10550752B2
A pipe connection arrangement for connecting two pipe ends arranged in an exhaust line of a combustion engine, the two pipe ends being aligned axially with respect to one another and/or are spaced apart and, on the outer circumferential surface thereof, each have a raised spherical segment in a ring shape. The spherical segments are accommodated in a connecting pipe which surrounds the pipe ends in an overlapping section such that the circumference of the raised spherical segments rests radially on an inner wall of the connecting pipe in a spherical-segment contact region.
US10550749B2
An exhaust gas temperature sensor diagnostic system includes an exhaust gas temperature sensor, a controller and a storage device. The controller is programmed to wakeup after a predetermined time after engine shutdown, determine a temperature of the sensor and ambient temperature, calculate a difference in the temperature of the sensor after wakeup to a temperature of the sensor at engine shutdown, determine an estimated temperature of the sensor based on the ambient temperature and the predetermined time, add the difference in the temperature of the sensor at wakeup to the estimated temperature to determine a compensated estimated sensor reading, determine a difference between the compensated estimated sensor reading and a corrected sensor reading, compare the difference between the compensated estimated sensor reading and a corrected sensor reading to a threshold to determine whether the sensor is operating properly. The storage device is configured to store information related to the sensor.
US10550747B2
A combustion system for ships operated at low cost is provided. A combustion system 1 for ships includes an internal combustion engine 20 that burns fuel, an exhaust line L2 through which exhaust gas flows, the exhaust gas being generated through combustion of the fuel in the internal combustion engine 20, an exhaust heat recovery device 40 that is disposed in the exhaust line L2 and that recovers exhaust heat from the exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine 20, and a denitration device 50 that is disposed in the exhaust line L2 and that removes nitrogen oxide from the exhaust gas using a denitration catalyst. The denitration device 50 is disposed downstream from the exhaust heat recovery device 40 in the exhaust line L2. The denitration catalyst contains 43 wt % or more of vanadium pentoxide and has a BET specific surface area of 30 m2/g or more.
US10550743B2
The invention relates to a cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine which has, in addition to the mere covering function, additional integrated functions, wherein the cylinder head cover according to the invention includes the following: a cover body, which, when the cylinder head cover is assembled, is mounted on an engine block of the internal combustion engine and covers a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine; a separator, through which a raw gas stream can be conducted for the purpose of cleaning, the separator being at least partially formed and/or delimited by the cover body; and/or a valve device, which is at least partially formed and/or delimited by the cover body; wherein the cylinder head cover includes a nozzle device which is integrated in the separator and/or the valve device.
US10550739B2
A valvetrain assembly has valves each having a valve stem; a main camshaft with main cams, a main cam corresponding to each valve; main rocker arms each corresponding to a valve and having a valve stem actuation portion, a pivot axis parallel to the main cam shaft, and a main cam follower for following the corresponding main cam, wherein the valve stem actuation portion, pivot axis, and main cam follower are arranged along the main rocker arm length distanced from each other; an auxiliary cam on the main camshaft; an auxiliary cam follower for each auxiliary cam, following the auxiliary cam, wherein each auxiliary cam follower is movable on one main rocker arm between a first and second position; a latch on respective main rocker arm(s) for locking the auxiliary cam follower in the first position; and an auxiliary camshaft with a selector cam for each latch, controlling the latch.
US10550727B2
A hanging device of a component of a turbine includes: a bridge member that bridges upper ends of a pair of side wall plates facing each other with the turbine interposed therebetween, among plates which constitute an enclosure surrounding an outer periphery of the turbine, and has a traveling path; and a hanging tool that hangs the component of the turbine and travels along the traveling path.
US10550721B2
An apparatus is disclosed including a first and second article, a first interface volume disposed between and enclosed by the first article and second article, a cooling fluid supply, and at least one cooling fluid channel in fluid communication with the cooling fluid supply and the first interface volume. The first article includes a first material composition. The second article includes a second material composition. The at least one cooling fluid channel includes a heat exchange portion disposed in at least one of the first and second article downstream of the cooling fluid supply and upstream of the first interface volume. A turbine shroud is disclosed wherein the first and second articles are an outer and inner shroud. A turbine nozzle is disclosed wherein the first and second articles are an endwall and fairing.
US10550719B2
A trip system for a steam turbine closes a trip-and-throttle valve and a control valve of a steam turbine in an emergency. The trip system includes: an emergency shut-off device that shuts off supply of control oil for the trip-and-throttle valve and the control valve to close the trip-and-throttle valve and the control valve; and a drain device that includes a plurality of solenoid valves connected in parallel and drains the control oil by opening the solenoid valves. The emergency shut-off device includes a cylinder, a piston that slides in the cylinder, a spring that applies biasing force to the piston, a plurality of piston valves provided to the piston, and a plurality of chambers formed by the piston valves.
US10550714B2
A gas turbine engine includes a front center body case structure. A geared architecture is at least partially supported by the front center body case structure. A bearing structure and the front center body case structure rotationally support a shaft driven by the geared architecture, the shaft drive a fan. A bearing compartment passage structure is in communication with the bearing structure through the front center body case structure. A method is also disclosed.
US10550713B2
A gas turbine engine includes a front center body case structure. A geared architecture is at least partially supported by the front center body case structure. A bearing structure and front center body case structure rotationally support a shaft driven by the geared architecture, the shaft drive a fan. A bearing compartment passage structure is in communication with the bearing structure through the front center body case structure. A method is also disclosed.
US10550705B2
A turbine housing assembly seal can include a cylindrical portion that defines an opening having an axis where the cylindrical portion is disposed at a cylinder radius from the axis; a lower edge disposed at a lower edge radius that exceeds the cylinder radius; an sloped annular portion that extends radially inwardly from the lower edge; a lower bend that extends from the sloped annular portion to a lower axial position of the cylindrical portion; an upper bend that extends from an upper axial position of the cylindrical portion; and an upper edge that extends radially outwardly from the upper bend to an upper edge radius that exceeds the cylinder radius and that is less than the lower edge radius.
US10550703B2
A locking spacer, which is fitted in a dovetail slot provided on an outer circumferential surface of a disk put on a rotor shaft, includes: a pair of first blocks each provided with a dovetail joint, and configured to have a size occupying a portion of an internal space of the dovetail slot; a pair of second blocks having a size occupying a portion of the internal space of the dovetail slot, the portion not being occupied by the pair of first blocks, and each being provided with a locking groove; and a locking block having a size occupying a portion of the internal space of the dovetail slot, the portion not being occupied by the first and second blocks, and being provided with a rotating locking arm configured such that opposite end portions thereof are inserted into the locking grooves.
US10550690B2
This description relates to computer simulation of physical processes, such as computer simulation of multi-species flow through porous media including the determination/estimation of relative permeabilities for the multi-species flow through the porous media.
US10550684B2
The operation of rotary equipment carried on elongate structure such as coiled tubing extending into a borehole from the Earth's surface is carried out by providing at least one optical fibre extending downhole to the rotary equipment from the surface, using optical time domain reflectometry to operating the optical fibre as a distributed vibration sensor while the rotary equipment is in operation, and thereby observing vibration created by the rotary equipment.
US10550676B2
Systems and methods for determining proper phase rotation in a linear motor where the phase rotations associated with power and return strokes are initially unknown. Power having an initial phase rotation is provided to a linear motor until the motor's mover reaches the end of the stroke, and then power to the motor is discontinued. While power is discontinued, the mover is monitored to detect its movement. if the mover moves without power, the mover was at the top of the stroke, so the initial phase rotation is associated with an upward stroke of the mover, and a second phase rotation which is opposite the initial phase rotation is associated with a downward stroke of the mover. Otherwise, the initial phase rotation is associated with the downward stroke of the mover and the second, opposite phase rotation is associated with the upward stroke of the mover.
US10550675B2
A downhole assembly of an artificial lift system includes: an adapter for connection to production tubing; a receptacle shaft; an up-thrust bearing; a centrifugal pump; and a down-thrust bearing. The receptacle shaft has a latch profile for receiving a latch fastener of a drive coupling and a torsional profile for mating with the coupling to longitudinally and torsionally connect thereto. The up-thrust bearing includes: a thrust driver longitudinally and torsionally connected to the receptacle shaft; and a thrust carrier connected to the adapter. The centrifugal pump includes: a diffuser connected to the adapter; a pump shaft torsionally connected to the receptacle shaft; and an impeller connected to the pump shaft. The down-thrust bearing includes: a thrust driver longitudinally and torsionally connected to the pump shaft; and a thrust carrier connected to the adapter.
US10550661B2
An improved method and apparatus for dropping a ball, plug or dart during oil and gas well operations (e.g., cementing operations) employs a specially configured tool body assembly having valving members (e.g., safety or kelly values) and valving members holding plugs, balls, or darts to be dropped. In one embodiment, the ball(s), dart(s) or plug(s) are contained in a sliding sleeve that shifts position responsive to valve rotation. An optional indicator indicates to a user or operator that a ball or plug has passed a selected one of the valving members. A transmitter (or transceiver) provides an ability to generate a wireless signal that is received by receivers (or transceivers) on the tool body assembly. Each receiver (or transceiver) controls an electrical actuator that engages a valving member or the indicator. Wireless signals can be used to open or close a valve or to reset a “tripped” indicator.
US10550653B2
The present invention relates to air drilling and an apparatus, system and process for air storage for speeding up and making the air drilling process in a wellbore more efficient. The present air storage system is used to divert high pressurized air from the air compressors into an air storage tank for storage during drilling process of adding another piece of pipe to the well. In the present invention, the compressed air can be stored in the air storage system until the connection is made and the driller is ready to resume drilling. This high pressurized, large volume of stored air in the air storage system helps the compressors quickly build up enough air to resume the drilling process thus reducing the amount of drill downtime during the process of making a new pipe connection in a well.
US10550645B1
A system and method for enabling drilling equipment to access and work with well heads located in a cellar type arrangement. Modules are combined together with wheel risers to form various shaped platforms for spanning across the roof of cellars for hydrocarbon extraction. The various shaped platforms provide support adjacent the well head for work over rigs and surface rigs to drive adjacent the well heads located in the cellar.
US10550641B2
Various embodiments include methods and apparatus structured to increase efficiencies of a drilling operation. A drilling apparatus can be structured to include a hammer drill to move a hammer to impart impact force to a bit box in conjunction with a rotary drive shaft. The hammer drill can be arranged as a mechanical drive hammer capable of being applied to both fluid drilling and air drilling. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10550638B2
A ladder apparatus has a first ladder section having a pair of side rails and a plurality of rungs extending between the side rails, a second ladder section hingedly connected to the first ladder section adjacent an upper end of the first ladder section, and a latch mechanism affixed to one of the ladder sections and engageable with the other of the first and second ladder sections. The second ladder section is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The latch mechanism is adapted to secure the second ladder section in the retracted position. The second ladder section will extend in generally parallel relation to the first ladder section when in this retracted position. A ladder top is affixed to the upper end of the first ladder section and extends outwardly therefrom so as to have an end surface positioned away from the first ladder section.
US10550636B2
A screwless curtain control assembly is revealed. An assembly segment is disposed on one end of a bead chain base while first radial positioning parts and first axial positioning parts are arranged at the assembly segment alternately. A sleeve including second radial positioning parts and second axial positioning parts is mounted to the assembly segment of the bead chain base. Thereby the bead chain base and the sleeve are connected stably by the first radial positioning parts and the first axial positioning parts connected to and positioned by the second radial positioning parts and second axial positioning parts respectively. Thus both labor time for fastening screws and cost of the screws are saved. Therefore the screwless curtain control assembly meets the modern industry's requirement for high efficiency at low cost.
US10550632B2
A slat roof (1) comprising beams (2), a plurality of slats (3) arranged parallel to one another therebetween and slat shafts (4) by means of which the slats (3) are rotatably fixed to the respective beams (2), wherein at least one slat shaft (4) is hollow and wherein the slat roof (1) comprises at least one corresponding tensioning cable (5) which is inserted through said hollow slat shaft (4) and the ends of which are fixed to the respective beams (2). In addition, a method for adapting a slat roof.
US10550629B2
A molded article includes an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface spaced apart by a thickness of the molded article and defining, on opposite sides of the molded article, an inner panel, a main body, and a contoured portion. The contoured portion extends between and interconnects the inner panel and the main body so as to surround the inner panel and be surrounded by the main body. The contoured portion includes contoured corner segments and contoured intermediate segments extending between respective pairs of the contoured corner segments lengthwise. The thickness of the molded article includes a first maximum thickness at the contoured intermediate segments measured from the exterior surface to a closest point of the interior surface, and a second maximum thickness at the contoured corner segments measured from the exterior surface to a closest point of the interior surface that is less than the first maximum thickness.
US10550627B2
The present disclosure relates to pillars useful in the fabrication of insulated glass units, particularly, vacuum glazing, insulated glass units. The invention also relates to insulated glass units containing said pillars. The present disclosure provides a pillar for use in a vacuum insulated glass unit wherein the pillar includes a body. The body includes a plurality of first structures, at least one first void region between the plurality of first structures; and a first land surface region located between the plurality of first structures and at least one first channel having first and second ends and a first channel opening proximate the first surface of the body. The first channel is in fluid communication with the local environment through at least one of its first and second ends, and the at least one first void region is in fluid communication with at least one of the local environment in a direction parallel to the first surface and the at least one first channel. The height of the plurality of first structures is less than the depth of the first channel.
US10550624B2
An extrusion for a multiple configuration window base frame is disclosed. In one aspect, the frame includes a main body defining an interior-side surface and an opposite opening-side surface extending between first and second ends. To facilitate use with different window types, part or all of the opening-side surface can be formed in a parallel arrangement with the interior-side surface. The frame can include a first attachment arrangement located proximate the main body first end that is configured for attachment to one or more cladding members. In one aspect, the first attachment arrangement includes a first clip member having a first outer portion and a first inner portion that define a first female receiving area and having a first overhang portion extending at least partially across the female receiving area to enable a snap-fit connection between the main body and the cladding member.
US10550620B2
An entrapment detection sensor that detects entrapment caused by an opening/closing body includes an anode sensor electrode and a cathode sensor electrode. The anode sensor electrode is set on the opening/closing body at a location where entrapment caused by the opening/closing body occurs. The cathode sensor electrode is set on the opening/closing body at a location spaced apart by a gap from the anode sensor electrode. The entrapment detection sensor detects a charged object that approaches the anode sensor electrode as an entrapment subject and cancels detection of the charged object that approaches the cathode sensor electrode.
US10550617B2
A self-closing hinge has a housing shaft section with a bore extending therethrough in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis is attachable to a first rotatable member. A bore extends through the housing shaft section. The cross-sectional profile of the bore in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis has at least one arcuate portion and at least one non-arcuate portion. A roll pin rotatably disposed in the bore has substantially the same cross-sectional profile as the bore. A pair of shaft members, each having a shaft-member body attachable to a second rotatable member, has a pin inserted in an interference fit in the opposed ends of the roll-pin bore. The pins have a cross-sectional profile corresponding to the roll-pin cross-sectional profile.
US10550615B2
An exemplary vehicle hinge assembly can include a hinge pin and a latch. The latch is configured to transition from a locked position to an unlocked position when the hinge assembly is opened in a first orientation, and is configured to stay in the locked position when the hinge assembly is opened in a second orientation different than the first orientation. The latch in the locked position blocks movement of the hinge pin from the engaged position. An exemplary securing method can include rotatably coupling a door to a vehicle body with a hinge assembly. When the hinge assembly not inverted, movement of a hinge pin of the hinge assembly from an engaged to a disengaged position is permitted. When and inverted, movement of a hinge pin from the engaged position is blocked.
US10550612B2
A latch assembly which provides a locking latch that pivots with movement of the handle and also pivots independently of movement of the handle in order to allow closure of the drawer or door without requiring that the handle be actuated to an open position for closure.
US10550611B2
A door handle, which can be mounted in movable fashion in or on an automobile, and of an actuation device for the door handle, wherein the door handle has a handle section and two mounting sections arranged in the region of opposite ends of the handle section, wherein the actuation device comprises an actuation lever which, by one end thereof, is pivotably connected to a first of the mounting sections and, by the other end thereof, is mounted on a housing section so as to be pivotable between a rest position and an actuated position, wherein, when the actuation lever is in the rest position, the door handle assumes a closed position, and when the actuation lever is in the actuated position, the door handle assumes an actuated position from which the door handle can be pulled manually into an open position in order to unlock a door lock.
US10550600B2
A lock includes a housing assembly, an actuatable lock assembly and a latching assembly. The actuatable lock assembly is positionable in at least a closed orientation and an open orientation. The latching assembly further includes a latch, a cam and a motor. The latch, having a cam profile, is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the actuatable lock assembly is maintained in the closed orientation. In the unlocked position, the actuatable lock assembly is positionable into an open orientation. The cam is rotatably mounted and has a first follower configured to intermittently coact with the cam profile of the latch, to, in turn, move the latch between the locked position and the unlocked position. The motor is coupled to the cam. Actuation of the motor causes rotation of the cam, resulting in movement of the latch between the locked and unlocked positions.
US10550597B2
A suicide preventing fence including: a plurality of pole parts provided standing upright from the ground surface at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of linking parts which are formed in the shape of pipes and horizontally link the spaces between the pole parts. The fence further includes rotating bodies which are formed with an internally hollow abacus bead shape and are provided on the outer circumferential surfaces of the linking parts, and bearings which are provided on the outer circumferential surfaces of the linking parts, positioned in the centers on the insides of the rotating bodies. The fence further includes rotating bolts which are provided on the outer circumferential surfaces of the linking parts and are inserted in through passing regions on both side surfaces of the rotating bodies so as to rotate together with the rotating bodies.
US10550591B2
A building cleaning system for cleaning a side of a building can include an elongate brush structure that is rotated by an electric motor, a frame for supporting the brush structure that can be oriented to face toward the side of the building, and a plurality of air moving devices mounted to the frame for generating counterforce to force the frame toward the building. The air moving devices can including fans or blowers. The air moving devices can be being spaced apart from one another in an orientation that extends along the length of the frame. A lift arrangement can be provided for moving the frame along the side of the building.
US10550577B2
A face mounting system for mounting a plurality of panels to a surface of a wall is disclosed. The plurality of panels are attached to the surface of the wall by way of rails having hooks that engage a protrusion of the clips. The rails and the clips may be attached to the wall and the panels respectively or vice versa. Each of the panels may be attached and removed to the wall one at a time and in any order.
US10550572B2
A composite structural member for a building structure comprises a first elongate portion having a first end region and a second end region and a second elongate portion having a first end region and a second end region. The second end region of the first elongate portion is connected to the first end region of the second elongate portion so that the composite structural member provided thereby is substantially longer than either of the first and second elongate portions. The first elongate portion may comprise a first member suited for resisting high magnitude forces and the second elongate portion may be a second member, less well suited for resisting high forces but having lower cost per unit length. The composite structural member may be a rafter, especially a rafter of a portal frame.
US10550564B1
A system for flushing a conduit having an inlet, an outlet, and at least one flow restricted outlet between said inlet and said outlet. There is a pump operative to periodically be turned on and off for pumping a liquid from a liquid source to the inlet, a pressure pulse being generated when the pump is turned on. A hydraulically actuated indexing valve has an inlet connected to the second outlet end of the conduit, the indexing valve including a valve element assembly indexable between a plurality of indexed positions in response to a plurality of pressure pulses, wherein in at least one of the indexed positions, return flow from the second outlet end of the conduit flows through the outlet of the valve to increase flow rate through the conduit.
US10550560B2
Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for containing fluid from an overflowing toilet. An annular fluid containment basin is located near the base of a toilet and is configured to encircle the base of the toilet and collect fluid flowing down the exterior surface of the toilet. A moisture sensor is located within the annular fluid containment basin and configured to sense a spill. A drain is also located within the annular fluid containment basin to direct fluid to bypass an S-bend or trap connected to the toilet.
US10550556B2
A power supply assembly and method for a plumbing fixture includes a control circuit that controls operation of the plumbing fixture, and a wireless power receiving circuit coupled to the control circuit that wirelessly receives energy and provides the energy to the control circuit.
US10550550B2
A two-part sillcock includes interior and exterior sillcock members selectively coupled to actuate a valve that controls fluid flow to a faucet. The interior sillcock member includes a flanged housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a valve with a stem including a coupling at the outlet end. The coupling is supported within the housing by an adapter adjacent the outlet end. The exterior sillcock member includes a flanged faucet including a handle shaft with a coupling at the inlet end. An adapter adjacent the housing outlet supports the valve stem coupling and guides and receives the faucet handle shaft coupling for engagement of the couplings. When the exterior and interior sillcock flanges are connected, the faucet handle shaft coupling is connected with the valve stem coupling, so that movement of the handle controls operation of the valve. A dual two-part sillcock includes two sillcocks connected by a mixing assembly.
US10550542B2
A construction machine includes a hydraulic cylinder configured to drive an attachment, a hydraulic circuit configured to supply hydraulic oil to the hydraulic cylinder, an input device that is operated by an operator, and a controller configured to control the hydraulic circuit in at least one of a first control mode where the attachment is caused to generate a force corresponding to an operation amount of the input device and a second control mode where the attachment is driven at a velocity corresponding to the operation amount of the input device.
US10550525B2
A method and device for compacting the ballast bed of a track, especially in the region of a switch, comprising a switch tamping machine (1), which is fitted with a tamping unit (4), a lifting and lining device (2) comprising at least one pair of roller pincers (6) and at least one lifting hook (7) for lining the track position, and which is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner on the machine frame (2) in the longitudinal direction of the machine. In order to provide advantageous lining conditions, it is proposed that a switch component measuring system (3), which is provided upstream of the lifting and lining device (2) in the working direction (C), is provided for the position-dependent measurement of the position of the switch components.
US10550517B2
Aspects provide for a Whitewater processing system suitable for managing an ejected Whitewater spray during operation of a paper or board making machine. A de-air system may provide for improved removal of air from the Whitewater. A calming system may reduce turbulence in a liquid flow, reducing turbulence in the flume. The de-air system and calming system may be disposed together or separately. Certain aspects may be implemented with a turbine (e.g., used to generate electricity from the Whitewater spray). Some aspects may provide for improved handling of variable spray velocities.
US10550514B2
A cloth heating apparatus includes a body, a receiver, a cloth holder, and a heater. The receiver is disposed in the body. The cloth holder is removably attached to the receiver, to hold a cloth. The heater is disposed in the body, to heat the cloth. The cloth holder is removably attachable to a printing apparatus to print an image on the cloth, with the cloth held on the cloth holder.
US10550502B2
The present invention relates to a method for production of bags for the transport and storage of bulk goods or liquids, wherein use is made of tubular fabric cut into several pieces, which are then assembled together, including the steps of: providing a tubular fabric; flattening the tubular fabric to form a first double-thickness fabric having two opposite sides, respectively an internal side and an external side, extending between two flattened edges; folding-in or pleating at least one of the flattened edges of the double-thickness fabric to form a gusset; cutting the tubular fabric into pieces and assembling the pieces to form a bag; wherein the assembly of two of the pieces includes the steps of: assembling the first and second pieces by means of seams formed around or near first to fourth gusset ends.
US10550495B2
A polylactic acid resin fiber is obtained by melt-spinning a mixture containing 100 parts by weight of a poly-L-lactic acid (A) having an L-lactic acid purity of 99 mol percent or more, 3 to 10 parts by weight of a plasticizer (B), and 0.3 to 1.0 parts by weight of a lubricant (C), wherein the following conditions (a) and (b) are satisfied: (a) the stretch recovery rate is 5 percent or less; and (b) the degree of crystallinity measured by a differential scanning calorimeter is 50 to 70 percent.
US10550490B2
A transparent conductive film with a metal mesh embedded in a substrate and a method of fabrication thereof is provided. The metal mesh has a cap that is pressed and embedded in a substrate or a deformable material on a substrate, providing superior mechanical stability by mechanical interlocking. The embedding mechanism also provides superior chemical and environmental stability. A fabrication method is provided and includes a vacuum-free and low-cost process for large-volume manufacturing of the transparent conductive film with tunable performance.
US10550487B2
The invention provides methods for direct growth of low noise, atomically thin freestanding membranes of two-dimensional monocrystalline or polycrystalline materials, such as transition metal chalcogenides including molybdenum disulfide. The freestanding membranes are directly grown over an aperture by reacting two precursors in a chemical vapor deposition process carried out at atmospheric pressure. Membrane growth is preferentially over apertures in a thin sheet of solid state material. The resulting membranes are one or a few atomic layers thick and essentially free of defects. The membranes are useful for sequencing of biopolymers through nanopores.
US10550485B2
Disclosed is a pipe-type electrolysis cell including: a pair of terminal electrodes including an outer electrode and an inner electrode that are electrically connected to each other at respective first ends thereof and separated from each other at respective second ends thereof; and a bipolar electrode installed between the terminal electrodes and electrically insulated the terminal electrodes.
US10550482B2
The invention provides the use of a surfactant as a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the surfactant is selected from derivatives of alkyl polyglucosides and derivatives of terpene alkoxylates, and mixtures thereof, provided that the derivatives are not sulfosuccinates. Also provided is a method of preventing or reducing corrosion of a metal component that is in contact with, or will be in contact with, an aqueous fluid, wherein the method comprises providing a surfactant and applying the surfactant to the metal component or adding the surfactant to the aqueous fluid that is in contact with, or will be in contact with, the metal component, wherein the surfactant is selected from derivatives of alkyl polyglucosides and derivatives of terpene alkoxylates, and mixtures thereof, provided that the derivatives are not sulfosuccinates.
US10550474B1
A deposition system includes a system housing having a housing interior, a fixture transfer assembly having a generally sloped fixture transfer rail extending through the housing interior, a plurality of processing chambers connected by the fixture transfer rail, a controller interfacing with the processing chambers and at least one fixture carrier assembly carried by the fixture transfer rail and adapted to contain at least one substrate. The fixture carrier assembly travels along the fixture transfer rail under influence of gravity.
US10550472B2
Apparatus and methods for gas distribution assemblies are provided. In one aspect, a gas distribution assembly is provided comprising an annular body comprising an annular ring having an inner annular wall, an outer wall, an upper surface, and a bottom surface, an upper recess formed into the upper surface, and a seat formed into the inner annular wall, an upper plate positioned in the upper recess, comprising a disk-shaped body having a plurality of first apertures formed therethrough, and a bottom plate positioned on the seat, comprising a disk-shaped body having a plurality of second apertures formed therethrough which align with the first apertures, and a plurality of third apertures formed between the second apertures and through the bottom plate, the bottom plate sealingly coupled to the upper plate to fluidly isolate the plurality of first and second apertures from the plurality of third apertures.
US10550463B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of mobile communication, and particularly to a method for manufacturing an antenna, and further relates to a mobile device. The manufacturing method provided comprises: S1: forming a paint coating on a surface of a ceramic back shell; S2: forming a concave area on the paint coating; and S3: forming the antenna in the concave area. The antenna manufactured by using the method for manufacturing an antenna provided by the present disclosure is difficult to bend, and is difficult to come into untight attachment with a back shell of a mobile phone, which can make the antenna occupy an installation space in the mobile device as little as possible.
US10550451B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an Ni-based alloy pipe or tube for nuclear power with reduced rate of SCC crack propagation. The Ni-based alloy pipe or tube for nuclear power according to the present invention is an Ni-based alloy pipe or tube having a wall thickness of 15 to 55 mm, having a chemical composition of, in mass %: 0.010 to 0.025% C; 0.10 to 0.50% Si; 0.01 to 0.50% Mn; up to 0.030% P; up to 0.002% S; 52.5 to 65.0% Ni; 20.0 to 35.0% Cr; 0.03 to 0.30% Mo; up to 0.018% Co; up to 0.015% Sn; 0.005 to 0.050% N; 0 to 0.300% Ti; 0 to 0.200% Nb; 0 to 0.300% Ta; 0% or more and less than 0.03% Zr; and the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the Ni-based alloy pipe or tube has a microstructure being an austenite single phase, and the chemical composition satisfies the following equation, Eq. (1): −0.0020≤[N]/14−{[Ti]/47.9+[Nb]/92.9+[Ta]/180.9+[Zr]/91.2}≤0.0015 Eq. (1). For the element symbols in Eq. (1), the contents of the corresponding elements in mass % are substituted.
US10550449B2
An apparatus for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy, including a high vacuum chamber housing at least one crucible for the alloy to be separated; at least one heating element arranged, during use, around the crucible; at least one condensation device, which faces, during use, an upper mouth of the crucible. The particularity of the present invention resides in that the condensation device includes at least one cold element and at least one deflector that is adapted to divert the flow of the aeriform substances derived from the melting and evaporation of the alloy toward the cold element. The invention also relates to a process for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy.
US10550448B2
A cold rolled steel wire having the following chemical composition expressed in percent by weight, 0.2≤C %≤0.6, 0.5≤Mn %≤1.0, 0.1≤Si≤0.5%, 0.2≤Cr≤1.0%, P≤0.020%, S≤0.015%, N≤0.010%, and optionally not more than 0.07% Al, not more than 0.2% Ni, not more than 0.1% Mo and not more than 0.1% Cu, the balance being iron and the unavoidable impurities due to processing. This wire has a microstructure including bainite and, optionally, up to 35% acicular ferrite and up to 15% pearlite. A fabrication method and flexible conduits for hydrocarbon extraction are also provided.
US10550446B2
A high-strength steel sheet with excellent formability and high yield ratio that has TS of 980 MPa or more and YR of 68% or more is obtained by providing a predetermined chemical composition and a steel microstructure that contains, in area ratio, 15 to 55% of polygonal ferrite, 8% or more of non-recrystallized ferrite, and 15 to 30% of martensite, and that contains, in volume fraction, 12% or more of retained austenite, in which the polygonal ferrite has a mean grain size of 4 μm or less, the martensite has a mean grain size of 2 μm or less, the retained austenite has a mean grain size of 2 μm or less, and a value obtained by dividing an Mn content in the retained austenite (in mass %) by an Mn content in the polygonal ferrite (in mass %) equals 2.0 or more.
US10550440B2
Provided herein is a RNA-based riboregulator that detects protein translation and uses this stimulus to regulate expression of an unrelated protein. In one embodiment, provided herein is a synthetic nucleic acid molecule configured as a translation-sensing riboregulator, where the synthetic nucleic acid molecule comprises a first nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide, a translation-sensing riboswitch (TSR), and a second nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide, wherein the translation-sensing riboswitch comprises a stop codon of the first nucleotide sequence, a fully or partially double-stranded stem-forming domain, and translation initiation elements of the second nucleotide sequence.
US10550439B2
Methods for identifying and determining drug response of patient specific oncogenic mutations are provided. The methods provided identify specific (personalized) drug treatment based on the effect of drug on the patient derived markers associated with aberrant signal transduction pathways, in biological samples of a cancer patient.
US10550432B2
The present invention relates to a method of predicting the risk of developing ankylosing spondylitis using DNA copy number variation. It was verified that the risk of developing ankylosing spondylitis can be effectively predicted using primers for detecting DNA copy number variation, of the present invention, and the sensitivity and specificity of prediction can be improved by grafting the results of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) measurements, and thus more fundamental approaches for preventing and treating ankylosing spondylitis are expected.
US10550431B2
The technology described herein is directed to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of infection, e.g. after burn injury.
US10550429B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing and analyte characterization. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including analyte characterization by polynucleotide sequencing. The compositions, methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein generally describe barcoded oligonucleotides, which can be bound to a bead, such as a gel bead, useful for characterizing one or more analytes including, for example, protein (e.g., cell surface or intracellular proteins), genomic DNA, and RNA (e.g., mRNA or CRISPR guide RNAs). Also described herein, are barcoded labelling agents and oligonucleotide molecules useful for “tagging” analytes for characterization.
US10550424B2
The present invention provides breeding methods and compositions to enhance the germplasm of a plant by the use of direct nucleic acid sequence information. The methods describe the identification and accumulation of preferred nucleic acid sequences in the germplasm of a breeding population of plants.
US10550418B2
An apparatus that identifies the type of a test cell based on a result obtained by performing mass spectrometry on the test cell includes a higher-level database, which contains mass lists that each list ion mass values of constituent components of a known cell, and a lower-level database, which contains partial mass lists that each list only strain-specific ion mass values out of the ion mass values. The higher-level database is first searched for a test mass list which is created from the result of the mass spectrometry performed on the test cell, and based on a result of the search, an organism species to be searched in the following search operation is determined. Mass values common to the organism species are subsequently deleted from the mass list for the test cell, and the mass list having undergone the deletion operation is used to search the lower-level database.
US10550411B2
The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having an acetyl-CoA pathway and the capability of utilizing syngas or syngas and methanol. In one embodiment, the invention provides a non-naturally occurring microorganism, comprising one or more exogenous proteins conferring to the microorganism a pathway to convert CO, CO2 and/or H2 to acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA), methyl tetrahydrofolate (methyl-THF) or other desired products, wherein the microorganism lacks the ability to convert CO or CO2 and H2 to acetyl-CoA or methyl-THF in the absence of the one or more exogenous proteins. For example, the microbial organism can contain at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an enzyme or protein in an acetyl-CoA pathway. The microbial organism is capable of utilizing synthesis gases comprising CO, CO2 and/or H2, alone or in combination with methanol, to produce acetyl-CoA. The invention additionally provides a method for producing acetyl-CoA, for example, by culturing an acetyl-CoA producing microbial organism, where the microbial organism expresses at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an acetyl-CoA pathway enzyme or protein in a sufficient amount to produce acetyl-CoA, under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce acetyl-CoA.
US10550406B2
Methods and compositions are provided for nuclease-mediated gene editing of primary cells without the use of viral mediated delivery. Methods of treatments using edited primary cells are also provided.
US10550400B2
The invention relates to transgenic plants comprising an inverted-repeat construct which triggers post-transcriptional gene silencing of an endogenous visual reporter gene driven by a tissue-specific promoter wherein said tissue is relevant for pathogen entry, propagation or replication and their uses for screening natural or synthetic molecules, microorganisms or extracts from micro- or macro-organisms for their potential ability to inhibit pathogen entry, propagation or replication in plants by enhancing PTGS or for characterizing the mode of action of natural or synthetic molecules that are known to enhance plant disease resistance through an ill-defined mode of action.
US10550398B2
The present invention relates to RImA-inactivated filamentous fungal cells secreting a polypeptide of interest and methods of producing a secreted polypeptide of interest in said cells as well as methods of producing said cells.
US10550395B2
The subject invention provides methods, assays and products for detecting small-molecules in a sample, in particular, in both clinical and field settings. The method for detecting a small-molecule target in a sample comprises providing a sample, contacting the sample with an aptamer-based sensor selective for the small-molecule target, and sensitively and rapidly detecting the small-molecule target in the sample. Specifically, the method utilizes EATR-amplified small-molecule sensors based on cooperative binding split aptamers (CBSAs).
US10550393B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a convenient and low-cost method for enhancing the stability of a DNA aptamer and/or its capacity to bind to a target molecule, and a DNA aptamer obtained by the method.The object is solved by substituting an internal hairpin structure (stem-loop structure) of the DNA aptamer with a structure called mini-hairpin structure and optionally increasing GC pairs in a stem portion of the DNA aptamer.
US10550392B2
The present invention provides synthetic DNA aptamers that bind a target explosive to allow detection of that explosive. In various embodiments, the synthetic DNA aptamers may include one or more aptamers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID 1-6. The various synthetic DNA aptamers are sensitive to different explosives. The synthetic DNA aptamers provide an inexpensive, in situ means for testing for explosive, which may be used for both soil and water samples. This testing may include an assay method using the synthetic DNA aptamers or a biosensor linked to the synthetic DNA aptamers.
US10550389B2
The present invention is drawn to methods and compositions for treating inflammatory disorders of the lower airways, comprising administering an effective amount of an agent, which modulates the expression and/or activity of a proinflammatory cytokine or fragment thereof, preferably in a human. The proinflammatory cytokine contemplated by the invention includes IL-1, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-alpha. The present invention describes a kit comprising a delivery device and a pharmaceutical composition for administration of the agent. The pharmaceutical composition includes at least one proinflammatory cytokine inhibitor, optionally one or more additional active ingredients, and at least one pharmaceutically active carrier. The delivery device further comprises a nebulizer, an inhaler, a powder dispenser, an intrapulmonary aerosolizer and a sub-miniature aerosolizer.
US10550388B2
Compositions and methods for treatment of glioma are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to methods of treating glioma by inhibiting pleiotrophin signaling to limit high-grade glioma invasion.
US10550380B2
The present invention concerns a method for selectively activating a thermostable hydrolase at a temperature above T1. The present invention provides compositions comprising a thermostable hydrolase and a temperature sensitive inhibitor, wherein said thermostable hydrolase and said temperature sensitive inhibitor form a hydrolase-inhibitor complex at a temperature below T1, but which dissociates at a temperature of about T1. The present invention also relates to uses of said compositions, and a method for preparing said compositions.
US10550377B2
The present invention relates to a method for suppressing or treating cancer, in particular to a method for suppressing or treating one or more of colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and/or lung cancer. The therapy employs use of a non-cytotoxic protease, which is targeted to a growth hormone-secreting cell such as to a pituitary cell. When so delivered, the protease is internalised and inhibits secretion/transmission of growth hormone from said cell. The present invention also relates to polypeptides and nucleic acids for use in said methods.
US10550357B2
Water-soluble unit dose article containing solid laundry detergent composition and water-soluble film.
US10550356B2
Provided herein are solid textile treating compositions; compositions containing colorants stabilized with one or more colorant stabilizers; compositions containing colorants that do not need to be stabilized by one or more colorant stabilizers; solid wash cycle conditioning agents; liquid textile treating compositions; cleaning agent compositions containing these; methods of making these; methods of treating textiles with these; textiles treated by these; containers containing the compositions; and methods of visually designating when a composition has reached or passed its pull date.
US10550355B2
The invention relates to an aqueous foaming cleaning composition for removing soil at low temperatures from a surface to be cleaned, characterized in, that the aqueous foaming cleaning composition comprises: a linear and/or branched C12-alkyl dimethylamine oxide or C12-alkyl diethylamine oxide or C12-alkyl methylethylamine oxide; a linear and/or branched C14-alkyl dimethylamine oxide or C14-alkyl diethylamine oxide or C14-alkyl methylethylamine oxide; at least one anion tenside of: a dodecyl (oxyethylen)w sulfat, wherein w represents an average addition mole number ranging from about 1 to about 10, and/or at least one polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether carboxylic acid or salt thereof represented by formula (I): RO-(AO)n−1-A′-COOmM (I) wherein, R represents a linear and/or branched alkyl group having about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms; AO represents an alkylene oxy group having about 2 to about 4 carbon atoms; n represents an average addition mole number ranging from about 1 to about 20; A′ represents an alkylene group having about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; M represents H or a cation; and m represents the number equal to a valence number of M; —a source of alkalinity; and —water.
US10550353B2
Multi-surfactant systems where two or more surfactant molecules are coupled to control the spatial distribution of polar groups of the combined surfactant molecules are disclosed. The system can be implemented by an aqueous medium including an associate charge constant surfactant and charge variable surfactant. The charge variable surfactant has at least one neutral end group at one pH value of the medium and at least one either an anionic polar group or a cationic polar group at a different pH value of the medium. The charge constant surfactant has at least one, and preferably two or more groups that does not change charge at the one or different pH values of the aqueous medium. The multi-surfactant system can be coupled or connected to the surface of a substrate where the arrangement of the two or more coupled surfactant molecules control the polarity of the substrate surface.
US10550351B2
The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one oxygen-containing oil having a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less as a base oil, and the refrigerating machine oil being used with a trifluoroethylene refrigerant.
US10550350B2
The present invention generally relates to compositions for use in lubricating oils. In certain aspects, the present invention is generally directed to boroxine compounds having alkyl groups where one or more of the alkyl groups contains at least 8 carbon atoms. Such compounds may present improved hydrolytic stability, compared to other boroxine compounds. Such boroxine compounds may be used, for example, to improve seal compatibility in an engine. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for making such boroxine compounds, engine oils containing such boroxine compounds, methods of using such boroxine compounds, or the like.
US10550347B2
Unleaded aviation gasoline. High quality aviation alkylate, or similar base fuel is blended with selected alkyl benzenes to improve the functional engine performance to avoid harmful detonation in aircraft piston engines. Monoalkylated benzenes such as toluene and ethylbenzene are utilized in combination with dialkylated benzenes, such as xylenes. Aromatic amines, for example p-toluidine and m-toluidine, may be added to increase MON. Alcohols such as ethanol and/or methanol may be added in effective amounts to produce unleaded AVGAS which meets a required freeze point. Amounts of toluene to p-toluidine, and/or of the amount of p-toluidine to m-toluidine may be in a controlled ratio in amounts effective to produce unleaded AVGAS which meets a required freeze point. Isopentane and/or butane may be included to provide a required vapor pressure profile. Manufacturing may be achieved using an additive concentrate including aromatic solvents, aromatic amines, and alcohols.
US10550336B2
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feed. The apparatus includes a plurality of stages, wherein hydrocarbon feed is introduced into a bottom stage reactor and flows in an overall upward direction. A reaction catalyst stream is introduced into a top stage reactor and flows in an overall downward direction. In each of the stages, the hydrocarbon feed is allowed to come in contact with the reaction catalyst stream received at the particular stage for cracking of the hydrocarbon feed. The final cracked product stream is obtained at an outlet of the top stage reactor and a final spent catalyst stream is obtained at an outlet of the bottom stage reactor.
US10550333B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods of producing ethylene and propylene by the catalytic steam cracking of naphtha using an HZSM-5 catalyst. An example method can include providing a naphtha feedstock, providing steam, and providing an HZSM-5 catalyst. The method can further include preparing the HZSM-5 catalyst by titanium modification or alkaline treatment, followed by phosphorus modification. The method can further include feeding the naphtha feedstock and steam to a reactor containing the catalyst and removing an effluent from the reactor having a combined yield of ethylene and propylene of greater than about 45 wt-%.
US10550331B2
A method and an installation for producing a concentrate of aromatic hydrocarbons from light aliphatic hydrocarbons and from mixtures thereof with oxygenates. Initial raw material is fed into two in-series-connected reaction units, with zeolite catalysts a mixture obtained following the reaction units is separated into a liquid fraction and a gas fraction, and the gas fraction is fed to the inlet of the first and second reaction unit. The method is characterized in that the gas fraction obtained following the reaction units is separated into a hydrogen-containing gas and into a broad fraction of light hydrocarbons, containing olefins, and in that the hydrogen-containing gas is fed into an oxygenate synthesis unit, in that the resultant oxygenates are fed to the inlet of the first and second reaction unit, and in that the broad fraction of light hydrocarbons, containing olefins, is fed to the inlet of the first reaction unit.
US10550329B2
A method for recycling or processing asphalt waste held in a vessel that extracts oil from the waste and cleans the remaining solids includes the steps of adding a reaction solvent into the vessel and into contact with the asphalt waste, adding a bioremediation product into the vessel, adding a quantity of water into the vessel sufficient to effectively stop activity of the bioremediation product, and then removing any oil present in the water from the water. The resulting free oil collected from the process is similar to No. 4 fuel oil.
US10550305B2
An object is to provide a dispersion of ultrafine cellulose fibers having a high thickening effect and a gelling function. There is provided a subterranean formation processing composition comprising ultrafine cellulose fibers, which has a haze value of 1.0% to 50%, when the composition is suspended in water such that the solid concentration of cellulose fibers is 0.2% by mass. The composition of the present invention can be used as an additive to the fluid at the time of the processing of subterranean formation, especially the processing of the well. The present invention provides also various fluids which are used in well processing. The present invention provides a method for processing a subterranean formation, for example, drilling of an exploratory well or a wildcat, an appraisal well, an exploratory well or an exploration well, a delineation well, a development well, a production well, an injection well, an observation well, and a service well; cementing; fracturing; and a method for producing petroleum resources.
US10550304B2
Quaternary ammonium compounds and compositions comprising the compounds are disclosed. The compositions are valuable as gas hydrate inhibitors in the oil and gas exploration, recovery and processing industries. The compounds and compositions may have improved biodegradability and reduced toxicity when compared with benchmark materials. Quaternary ammonium compounds of the present disclosure have the formula (I) in which R is C1-4 alkyl, C6-10 aryl, or C1-4alkyl-C6-10aryl; R1 is hydrogen or a group of formula —C(═O)X; and R2 is hydrogen or a group of formula —C(═O)Y, provided that R1 and R2 are not both hydrogen; X and Y are each independently a hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl or C1-6 alkenyl group, and Z is a C4-24 alkyl or C4-24 alkenyl group; each D is independently C1-4 alkylene; and A− is an anion.
US10550302B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one fluoroolefin and an effective amount of stabilizer that may be an epoxide, fluorinated epoxide or oxetane, or a mixture thereof with other stabilizers. The stabilized compositions may be useful in cooling apparatus, such as refrigeration, air-conditioning, chillers, and heat pumps, as well as in applications as foam blowing agents, solvents, aerosol propellants, fire extinguishants, and sterilants.
US10550297B2
There is provided a transparent paint protection film comprising an acrylic adhesive layer, wherein the acrylic adhesive layer comprises a first cross-linking agent comprising a metal ion and a second cross-linking agent; and a base layer disposed therebetween, wherein the base layer is selected from at least one of polyurethane, polyvinylchloride, polyolefins, and combinations thereof, wherein the transparent paint protection film has a Young's modulus of less than or equal to 200 MPa; and optionally a clear coat disposed along a major surface of the base layer that is opposite the surface that is adhered to the adhesive layer.
US10550296B2
A thermally conductive sheet in which an adhesive thermally conductive layer and a non-adhesive resin layer are stacked. The adhesive thermally conductive layer includes an acrylic resin formed by curing an acrylic compound and a thermally conductive filler, a glass transition temperature of the acrylic resin is from −80 to 15° C., a tack property of the adhesive thermally conductive layer is higher than a tack property of the non-adhesive resin layer, the tack property of the non-adhesive resin layer is from 6 to 30 kN/m2. The non-adhesive resin layer has a glass transition temperature from 60 to 110° C. The tack property is measured by pressing probe on a layer and peeling the probe under conditions of pressing speed of 30 mm/min, peeling speed of 120 mm/min, load of 196 g, pressing time of 5.0 sec, pulling distance of 5 mm, probe heating of 40° C. and sheet stage heating of 40° C.
US10550292B2
Adhesive compositions that contain thermally conductive carbon-based materials that are also electrically insulated; methods for using such adhesive compositions and methods for their preparation.
US10550289B2
A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for use for a battery is provided. The pressure sensitive adhesive sheet comprises a base material, a hard coat layer provided at one side of the base material, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer provided at a side of the hard coat layer opposite to the base material. The pressure sensitive adhesive sheet can well maintain the adhesive strength to suppress delamination from an adherend even in case of contact with an electrolyte solution.
US10550283B2
Corrosion and chip-resistant coatings for high tensile steel components, such as automotive coil springs, can be formed from a coating composition comprising a primer having an epoxy resin with the proviso that the epoxy resin does not have an EEW of about 860 to about 930, a polyhydroxyl functional phenolic curing agent having a HEW of about 200 to about 500, and a platy filler. The primer contains less than 20 wt % zinc. The topcoat includes an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of about 450 to about 1400, an elastomer-modified epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of about 1000 to about 1600, a foaming agent and a reinforcing fiber.
US10550279B2
An antimicrobial coating composition comprising, i) a first polymer; ii) from 50 ppm to 2000 ppm of at least one of silver ions and silver element; and iii) from 10% to 60% of titanium dioxide particles. From 50% to 100% of the titanium dioxide particles are encapsulated by a second polymer; and the total amount of the first and the second polymers is from 5% to 80% by dry weight based on total dry weight of the coating composition.
US10550278B2
The present invention relates to [1] a water-based ink for ink-jet printing containing titanium oxide (A) and a pigment dispersant (B), in which the pigment dispersant (B) contains a constitutional unit derived from an anionic group-containing monomer (a) and a constitutional unit derived from a polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate (b); an average molar number of addition of an alkyleneoxide in the polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate (b) is from 15 to 100; an acid value of the pigment dispersant (B) is from 100 to 400 mgKOH/g; and a content of the pigment dispersant (B) in the water-based ink is from 0.3 to 18 parts by mass on the basis of 100 parts by mass of the titanium oxide (A), and [2] an ink-jet printing method of ejecting the water-based ink described in the above item [1] onto a printing medium using an ink-jet printing apparatus to print characters or images on the printing medium. According to the present invention, there are provided a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which contains titanium oxide as a pigment, and is excellent in redispersibility, and an ink-jet printing method.
US10550265B2
Polycarbonate-containing compositions having desirable properties, such as good resistance to environmental stress cracking, are achieved using a combination of a polycarbonate polymer, a compatibilizing agent and an olefinic elastomer. The polycarbonate-containing composition may include about 40-98 weight percent of one or more carbonates polymers; about 0.1-10 weight percent of one or more compatibilizing agents; and 0.1-10 weight percent of one or more olefinic elastomers. The polycarbonate-containing compositions (e.g., polycarbonate blend compositions) preferably have good chemical resistance to medium chain triglycerides. The compositions may be employed in components, such as housings, that require resistance to cleaning fluids used in hospitals. For example, the composition may be employed in components that require resistance to hospital grade tuberculosis disinfectants.
US10550261B2
An anti-slipping material consisting of a thermoplastic elastomer composition, wherein the composition comprises (a) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer composed of a hydrogenated block copolymer obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer having polymer block (A) consisting of a vinyl aromatic compound in molecule, and having a polymer block (B) consisting of a conjugated diene compound in molecule, (b) 150 to 200 parts by weight of a softener, and (c) 25 to 50 parts by weight of a propylene-based resin having a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn, which is weight-average molecular weight/number-average molecular weight, of 3.0 or lower.
US10550255B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a polyolefine resin composition includes 1 to 20 parts by weight of one polyolefine resin having a first melt index; 1 to 20 parts by weight of another polyolefine resin having a second melt index different from the first melt index; 60 to 85 parts by weight of an inorganic filler; and 5 to 20 parts by weight of a fluorine-acrylic copolymer-based compound.
US10550251B2
The present invention relates to a rotomolded article, comprising at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin comprising at least two metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene fractions A and B, wherein the polyethylene resin comprises: at least 25% to at most 55% by weight of polyethylene fraction A based on the total weight of the polyethylene resin, wherein fraction A has a melt index MI2 of at least 25.0 g/10 min as determined according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg, and a density at least 0.005 g/cm3 higher than the density of the polyethylene resin; and wherein the polyethylene resin has a density of at least 0.938 g/cm3 to at most 0.950 g/cm3 as measured according to ASTM D-1505 at 23° C.; a melt index MI2 of at least 1.0 g/10 min to at most 25.0 g/10 min as determined according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing said rotomolded article.
US10550247B2
The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires which can improve crack resistance, ozone resistance, discoloration resistance, and tire appearance while maintaining a good balance between them, and also provides a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, containing a rubber component having a combined content of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 80% by mass or more per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component: 0.1 to 8.0 parts by mass of polyether (A) having a glycol ether content of 80% by mass or more and a HLB of 3.5 to 19.0, the polyether (A) excluding Pluronic nonionic surfactants; 2 to 70 parts by mass of carbon black; and 0.3 to 7.0 parts by mass of an antioxidant.
US10550244B2
A resin composition comprising one or more cyanate compounds (A) selected from a group consisting of a naphthol aralkyl-based cyanate compound, a naphthylene ether-based cyanate compound, a xylene resin-based cyanate compound, a trisphenolmethane-based cyanate compound, and an adamantane skeleton-based cyanate compound; a polymaleimide compound (B) represented by general formula (1); and a filler (C).
US10550243B2
A superabsorbent polymer includes polymeric particles, surface cross-linking agents and an extract of a plant of Sapindaceae. The polymeric particles have cross-linking inside the polymeric particles. The surface cross-linking agents are covalently bound to the surface of the polymeric particles so as to constitute a layer of surface cross-linked region at the surface of each polymeric particle, and the extract of the plant of Sapindaceae covers the surface of the polymeric particles.
US10550238B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing a gelled, dried composition forming a monolithic aerogel with a heat conductivity of less than or equal to 40 mW·m−1·K−1 and derived from a resin of polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s), to this aerogel composition and to the use thereof. This process comprises: a) polymerization in an aqueous solvent of said polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s) in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst, to obtain a solution based on the resin, b) gelation of the solution obtained in a) to obtain a gel of the resin, and c) drying of the gel to obtain a dried gel. According to the invention, step a) is performed in the presence of a cationic polyelectrolyte dissolved in this solvent, and the process also comprises a step d) of heat treatment under inert gas of the dried gel obtained in step c) at temperatures of between 150° C. and 500° C. to obtain the non-pyrolyzed aerogel whose heat conductivity is substantially unchanged, even after exposure to a humid atmosphere.
US10550236B1
Polyolefin shrink-wrap films may include a light-absorption additive to make them laser-cuttable by commonly-available lasers. This can make them more amenable to alteration by laser after being shrink-wrapped around a product package, such as alteration to remove sections of the polyolefin shrink-wrap film or to create tabs or perforations to facilitate removal of the polyolefin shrink-wrap film.
US10550230B2
A preparation method of a superabsorbent polymer, and a superabsorbent polymer prepared thereby are provided. The preparation method of the superabsorbent polymer according to the present disclosure prevents polymer particles from being broken or the surface thereof from being damaged during preparation and handling of the superabsorbent polymer, thereby providing a superabsorbent polymer having excellent absorption properties and permeability.
US10550222B2
The present invention discloses a PBAT resin composition comprising following components: (a) poly(butyleneadipate-co-terephthalate); (b) iron element; wherein, based on a total weight of the PBAT resin composition, a weight content of the iron element is 1 ppm-500 ppm. By adding iron-containing compounds into the composition and controlling the content of the iron element in a range of 1 ppm-500 ppm in the composition, a speed of reaction of aromatic structure in the PBAT resin under a hot and humid condition can be postponed, so that after the prepared PBAT resin composition is aged in boiling water for 24 hours and 48 hours, a variation of b-value is less than 2. The PBAT resin composition has obviously improved color stability in resistance to boiling water aging.
US10550219B2
The present invention provides a curable composition excellent in curability and capable of forming, through light irradiation, a cured product excellent in light resistance, heat resistance, and transparency. The curable composition contains the following component (A), the following component (B), and the following component (C): the component (A): an alicyclic epoxy compound represented by the following formula (a): the component (B): a light resistance imparting agent having a maximum absorption wavelength in a region between 280 and 320 nm in an ultraviolet-visible light absorption spectrum from 250 to 400 nm; and the component (C): an optical cationic polymerization initiator: wherein R1 to R18 are the same as or different from one another and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group that may contain an oxygen atom or a halogen atom, or an alkoxy group that may have a substituent; and X represents a single bond or a linking group.
US10550218B2
Transparent, impact-resistant, anti-icing coatings are disclosed. In some variations, a transparent anti-icing coating comprises: a continuous matrix of a hardened material; asymmetric templates that inhibit wetting of water, wherein the asymmetric templates have a length scale from about 10-300 nanometers; porous voids surrounding the asymmetric templates, wherein the porous voids have a length scale from about 15-500 nanometers; and nanoparticles that inhibit heterogeneous nucleation of water, wherein the nanoparticles have an average size from about 5-50 nanometers. Disclosed coatings have transparencies of 90% or higher light transmission. These coatings utilize lightweight and environmentally benign materials that can be rapidly formed into coatings. A uniform distribution of particles and asymmetric templates throughout the coating allows it to be abraded, yet retain its anti-icing function as well as transparency. Therefore if the surface is damaged during use, freshly exposed surface is identical to that which was removed, for extended lifetime.
US10550217B2
A polymerizable composition suitable for use in producing molded articles that can maintain a high refractive index, and can be prevented from cracking, peeling from a support, and dimensional changes due to a high-temperature thermal history. A polymerizable composition including (a) 100 parts by mass of a specific reactive silsesquioxane compound, (b) 10 to 500 parts by mass of a specific fluorene compound, and (c) 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 100,000; a cured product obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition; and a high-refractive-index resin lens material including the polymerizable composition.
US10550212B2
The present disclosure provides an article of manufacture made from or containing a propylene-based terpolymer, having (i) ethylene-derived units in the range from about 0.5 wt. % to about 1.8 wt. %; (ii) 1-butene-derived units in the range from about 1.5 wt. % to about 2.5 wt. %; (iii) a ratio of C2 wt %/C4 wt % in the range from about 0.40 to about 0.80, wherein C2 wt % is the weight percent of ethylene-derived units and C4 wt % is the weight percent of 1-butene-derived units; (iv) a melt flow rate in the range from about 30 g/10 min to about 80 g/10 min; (v) a xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. lower than about 5.0 wt. %; and (vi) a melting point higher than about 140° C. The article can be a container, which can be used for food applications.
US10550204B2
The present disclosure provides a novel transition metal compound having excellent structural stability together with polymerization reactivity, and thereby is useful as a catalyst in preparing an olefin-based polymer, particularly, a low density olefin-based polymer, and a catalyst composition including the same.
US10550201B2
The present invention generally relates to an antibody composition including antibodies conjugated to nanoparticles. The antibody composition may be used in methods to treat drug use, drug addiction, and effects of drug use.
US10550199B2
This disclosure provides compositions and methods for expressing and displaying isolated integral membrane proteins (IMPs) or fragments thereof in a native conformation for use in the screening, selecting, and identifying of antibodies or antibody-like molecules that bind to a target IMP of interest.
US10550193B2
The present invention provides bispecific antibodies that bind to CD3 and tumor antigens and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the bispecific antibodies of the invention exhibit reduced effector functions and have a unique binding profile with regard to Fcγ receptors. The bispecific antibodies are engineered to efficiently induce T cell-mediated killing of tumor cells. According to certain embodiments, the present invention provides bispecific antigen-binding molecules comprising a first antigen-binding domain that specifically binds human CD3, a second antigen-binding molecule that specifically binds human CD20, and an Fc domain that binds Fcγ receptors with a specific binding pattern. In certain embodiments, the bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the present invention are capable of inhibiting the growth of B-cell or melanoma tumors expressing CD20. The bispecific antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers as well as other CD20-related diseases and disorders.
US10550192B2
The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that bind to leptin receptor (LEPR), and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that bind LEPR and antagonize LEPR signaling. In certain embodiments, the invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that bind LEPR in the presence or absence of leptin. In other embodiments, the invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that exhibit partial agonism of LEPR signaling. The antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of the present invention are useful for the treatment of various conditions, including but not limited to congestive heart failure cachexia, pulmonary cachexia and cancer cachexia, autoimmune disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease, lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, cardiovascular diseases, elevated blood pressure, neurodegenerative disorders, depression, cancer such as hepatocellular carcinoma, melanoma, breast cancer, and other diseases and disorders associated with or caused by elevated leptin signaling.
US10550191B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment comprising an antibody against CCR8.
US10550188B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise a binding moiety conjugated to a polynucleic acid molecule and a polymer. Also described herein include methods for treating a cancer which utilize a composition or a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a binding moiety conjugated to a polynucleic acid molecule and a polymer.
US10550186B2
Methods for treating cancer, e.g., in conjunction with anti-cancer therapy, like immunotherapy, and for identifying candidate therapeutic agents, by targeting ICAM4. While MDSCs in mice have been extensively characterized, their human counterparts are not well defined, and cell markers present in mice are not always usable in humans. MDSCs have been described as a heterogenous population of myeloid derived cells with immune suppressive capacity (5, 9, 40, 41). Recent renewed interest in the role of MDSC accumulation in human tumors has resulted in the increased need to define these cells better in order to target them for therapeutic intervention.
US10550184B2
This invention provides a humanized, anti-human receptor for advance glycation end-products (RAGE) monoclonal antibody or a fragment of such antibody which binds human RAGE as well as compositions containing, and uses of, such antibody and fragments.
US10550181B2
Disclosed are an anti-human TIM-3 antibody having high ADCC activity or antibody fragment thereof by screening a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof which binds to the amino acid sequence of the extracellular region of TIM-3 or its three-dimensional structure and exhibits ADCC activity; a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a DNA encoding the antibody; a vector comprising the DNA; a transformant which is obtainable by introducing the vector; a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof which comprises using the hybridoma or the transformant; and a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof as an active ingredient.
US10550178B2
An isolated antibody, consisting of an anti-glutathionylated eNOS antibody, wherein the anti-glutathionylated eNOS antibody has been generated against an immunogen consisting of a peptide that includes glutathione; a first linker; an eNOS peptide; a second linker; and a T-cell epitope; and wherein the anti-glutathionylated eNOS antibody is adapted to recognize redox modulated eNOS proteins.
US10550171B2
The present disclosure provides peptides that modulate an immune response in an individual. The present disclosure provides peptides that modulate cellular responses in vitro. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the peptides. The peptides and compositions are useful in methods of modulating an immune response in an individual, which methods are also provided.
US10550169B2
Methods for constructing efficient inhibitors of target TNF superfamily receptors, single chain target TNF superfamily ligands that inhibit of target TNF superfamily receptors while failing to engage or inhibit non-target TNF superfamily receptors, and methods of their use to treat diseases are provided. Single chain RANKL, TNF, and TRAIL ligands that effectively inhibit their target receptors while failing to inhibit non-target TNF superfamily receptors are also provided.
US10550158B2
Anti-peptide antibodies (APAs) are extremely important tools for biomedical research. Many important techniques, such as immunoblots, ELISA immunoassays, immunocytochemistry, and protein microarrays are intrinsically linked to APA function and completely dependent on APA quality. Unfortunately, not all commercially-available APAs have good antigen binding characteristics; as a result, researchers are often unable to perform high quality protein analysis experiments. This disclosure describes a new method for the scalable production of polyclonal APAs using recombinant antigens. These recombinant peptide antigens have several advantages over traditional peptide antigens which improve the ease and speed of antibody production. The recombinant antigens can be scalably produced and purified much faster than traditional synthetic peptide-conjugates. These recombinant antigen-carriers are designed to specifically aggregate in vivo after administration into the host; this aggregation greatly enhances immunogenicity and may eliminate the need for the use of chemical adjuvants which cause physical irritation and discomfort to the host.
US10550157B2
Compositions and methods of treating a central nervous system (CNS) disorder or mood disorder in a subject in need of such treatment are described. A therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a melanocortin 5 receptor (MC5R) peptide ligand in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is administered to the subject. The MCSR peptide ligand is a selective MCSR antagonist, in which administration thereof to the subject can treat the CNS disorder or mood disorder with clinical improvement observed in a relatively short time.
US10550155B2
This invention provides new anticancer analogs of antimicrobial peptide temporin-SHa. New analogs (SEQ ID NOs: 2-6) of temporin SHa and, two different conjugates (7 & 8) comprising of monomeric and dimeric form of SEQ ID NO 4 with cancer targeting ligand were identified as anticancer peptides.
US10550149B2
Provided herein are deuterated compounds and compositions useful in increasing PPARδ activity. The compounds have a formula where L5 comprises at least one deuterium. Exemplary species include The compounds and compositions provided herein are useful for the treatment of PPARδ related diseases (e.g., muscular diseases, vascular disease, demyelinating disease, and metabolic diseases).
US10550138B2
The present invention relates to a chiral spiro phosphine-nitrogen-sulfur (P—N—S) tridentate ligand, preparation method and application thereof. The P—N—S tridentate ligand is a compound represented by Formula I or Formula II, their racemates, optical isomers, or catalytically acceptable salts thereof. The ligand has a primary structure skeleton characterized as a chiral spiro indan skeleton structure with a thio group. The chiral spiro phosphine-nitrogen-sulfur tridentate ligand can be synthesized by reacting racemic or optical active compound 7-diary/alkyl phosphine-7′-amino-1, 1′-spiro-dihydro-indene compound having a spiro-dihydro-indene skeleton as the starting material. The chiral spiro P—N—S tridentate ligand being complex with transition metal salt can be used in an asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation reaction for catalyzing carbonyl compound. In particular, in asymmetric hydrogenation reaction process, being complex with iridium for catalyzing β-alkyl-β-keto ester can obtain a high catalytic activity (a catalyst amount of 0.0002% mol) and high enantioselectivity (up to 99.9% ee) result. So the present invention has a practical value for industrial and commercial production.
US10550137B2
A stabilizer for producing a polyester resin comprises a phosphate ester composition which includes a phosphate ester compound having Formula (I), wherein X1 represents and X2 represents H or wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a linear C2-C4 alkylene group, a branched C3-C4 alkylene group, and a combination thereof.
US10550118B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): which contain a 4-membered heterocyclic amide, where the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are useful as JAK kinase inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat respiratory diseases, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US10550116B2
The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) or (I′) in which R1, R2, R3, Aa, Ab, Ac, Ad, Ae, Q and n have the definitions given above, to the use thereof as acaricides and/or insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof.
US10550108B2
Compounds that are not related to NAD, and which target PARP1-histone H4 interaction are provided, as well as compositions of these compounds, and methods for specific inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) using these compounds are provided. These PARP-1 inhibitors may be used to treat cancer in which PARP-1 activation or biologic activity plays a role, including prostate cancer, breast cancer, kidney cancer, ovarian cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, and glioblastoma, among others.
US10550106B2
The present disclosure is directed to disclosed compounds that modulate, e.g., address underlying defects in cellular processing of CFTR activity.
US10550102B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
US10550100B2
The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: Wherein R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R6, Cy, and the subscript n are as defined herein.The present invention relates to compounds inhibiting ADAMTS, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of inflammatory diseases, and/or diseases involving degradation of cartilage and/or disruption of cartilage homeostasis by administering the compound of the invention.
US10550099B2
The invention relates to inhibitors of mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase (mt-IDH) proteins with neomorphic activity useful in the treatment of cell-proliferation disorders and cancers, having the Formula: where A, B, W1, W2, W3, and R1-R6 are described herein.
US10550087B2
Described are processes for the synthesis of certain compounds, useful for treating diseases, e.g. eye disease, such as glaucoma and ocular hypertension, in a subject.
US10550080B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula I which inhibit NaV1.7, and include pharmaceutically acceptable salts, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods using and making such compounds and compositions.
US10550079B2
The disclosure relates to the field of fusion proteins. In some aspects, the invention to artificial fusion proteins comprising cytochrome P450 enzymes linked to reductase enzymes and uses thereof. In some aspects, the disclosures relates to compounds produced by artificial cytochrome P450 enzymes.
US10550072B2
The present invention relates to the discovery of new class of hydrolysable amino acid derivatives and absorbable polyester amides, polyamides, polyepoxides, polyureas and polyurethanes prepared therefrom. The resultant absorbable polymers are useful for drug delivery, tissue engineering, tissue adhesives, adhesion prevention, bone wax formulations, medical device coatings, stents, stent coatings, highly porous foams, reticulated foams, wound care, cardiovascular applications, orthopedic devices, surface modifying agents and other implantable medical devices. In addition, these absorbable polymers should have a controlled degradation profile.
US10550069B2
Disclosed herein are forms of L-ornithine phenyl acetate and methods of making the same. A crystalline form may, in some embodiments, be Forms I, II, III and V, or mixtures thereof. The crystalline forms may be formulated for treating subjects with liver disorders, such as hepatic encephalopathy. Accordingly, some embodiments include formulations and methods of administering L-ornithine phenyl acetate.
US10550067B2
A levulinic acid composition A having: a. at least 95 wt. % of levulinic acid; b. between 5 wppm and 5000 wppm of formic acid; and c. less than 1000 wppm of angelica lactone, based on the total weight of the composition. A process for the isolation of a levulinic acid composition, having the following steps: a. performing acid catalyzed hydrolysis of a C6 carbohydrate-containing feedstock to obtain reaction product X, b. subjecting of reaction product X to solid-liquid separation to provide a composition 1, c. feeding composition 1 to at least two purification steps to treat composition 1 to obtain a levulinic acid composition, wherein a second or a further purification step is a melt crystallization step.
US10550061B2
This disclosure provides for routes of synthesis of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids and their salts, including acrylic acid. For example, disclosed is a process for producing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or its salt, comprising: (1) contacting a group 8-11 transition metal precursor, an olefin, carbon dioxide, a diluent, and a sulfur oxoacid anion-substituted polyaromatic resin or a phosphorus oxoacid anion-substituted polyaromatic resin with associated metal cations to provide a mixture; and (2) applying reaction conditions to the mixture suitable to produce the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a salt thereof. Methods of regenerating the polyaromatic resin with associated metal cations are described.
US10550059B2
A process for the production of acetic acid which process comprises the steps of. (a) introducing methanol and/or a reactive derivative thereof and carbon monoxide into a first reaction zone containing a liquid reaction composition comprising a carbonylation catalyst, optionally a carbonylation catalyst promoter, methyl iodide, methyl acetate, acetic acid and water, (b) withdrawing at least a portion of the liquid reaction composition from the first reaction zone; (c) passing at least a portion of the withdrawn liquid reaction composition to a second reaction zone, wherein a gas feed comprising carbon monoxide is added to the liquid reaction composition withdrawn from the first reaction zone at one or more points upstream of the second reaction zone, one or more points within the second reaction zone, or a combination of one or more points upstream of the second reaction zone and one or more points within the second reaction zone; and (d) passing at least a portion of the liquid reaction composition from the second reaction zone into a flash separation zone to form: a vapour fraction, which comprises acetic acid, methyl iodide, methyl acetate and low pressure off-gas; and, a liquid fraction, which comprises carbonylation catalyst and optional carbonylation catalyst promoter; wherein the flow rate in kg of gas feed comprising carbon monoxide which is added to the second reaction zone per tonne of liquid reaction composition being passed to the flash separation zone (kg/te), is in the range of from 0.5FG to 1.2FG, wherein FG is defined according to equation 1: (1) FG=(0.296086962×tr)+(0.369636×RR)+(0.295878701×GP0.8134)−23.3448 wherein, tr is the residence time (seconds) of the liquid reaction composition within the second reaction zone which is calculated using equation 2: (2) tr=V2/Ff wherein, V2 is the volume of the second reaction zone (m3) and Ff is the volumetric flow rate of liquid reaction composition to the flash separation zone (m3/s), RR is the reaction rate of the liquid reaction composition passed to the second reaction zone at the temperature at which it is withdrawn from the first reaction zone (mol/litre/hour), and Gp is the purity of the gas feed comprising carbon monoxide which is added to the second reaction zone expressed as the mass fraction of carbon monoxide in the gas feed.
US10550047B2
A process for the production of oligomerized olefins comprising the following steps: purification of an organic composition (OC1) in at least one adsorber to obtain an organic composition (OC2); oligomerization of organic composition (OC2) in the presence of a catalyst to obtain an organic composition (OC3); distillation of organic composition (OC3) in a distillation column (D1) to obtain an organic composition (OC4) from the upper part of (D1) and an organic composition (OC5) from the lower part of (D1); hydrogenation of organic composition (OC4) to obtain an organic composition (OC11) and regeneration of an adsorber (A1) employing organic composition (OC11) as regeneration media.
US10550046B2
Provided are: a catalyst for dehydration, with which isobutylene is able to be produced with high conversion and high selectivity through a dehydration reaction of isobutanol; and a method for producing isobutylene. This catalyst has a BET specific surface area within the range of from 210 m2/g to 350 m2/g (inclusive) as calculated from N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms. It is preferable that this catalyst is formed of at least one substance selected from among alumina, silica alumina, zeolite, and solid phosphoric acid. It is more preferable that this catalyst contains alumina, and it is especially preferable that this catalyst is formed of alumina. In this method for producing isobutylene, the isobutanol concentration in the starting material gas is preferably 20% by volume or more, more preferably 40% by volume or more, and especially preferably 60% by volume or more. In addition, the temperature of a catalyst layer is preferably from 230° C. to 370° C. (inclusive), and more preferably from 240° C. to 360° C. (inclusive).
US10550044B2
The present invention provides for biochar coated particles and a method for coating the particles with biochar.
US10550040B2
Provided is a zirconia sintered body that uses coloring of cerium oxide, the zirconia sintered body exhibiting a bright red color. The zirconia sintered body includes an oxide of cerium is an amount of 0.5% by mole or more and less than 4% by mole in terms of CeO2, yttria in an amount of 2% by mole or more and less than 6% by mole, an oxide of aluminum in an amount of 0.1% by weight or more and less than 2% by weight, and the balance being zirconia. The oxide of cerium contains trivalent cerium, and the zirconia has a crystal structure including a tetragonal phase.
US10550017B2
The water treatment system, particularly pre-filtration unit of the water treatment system, comprising at least one chlorine sensor device, includes a salt-water treatment device which is connected to the chlorine sensor device, an electrolysis cell being disposed in the associated line, and thereafter a pump and a release valve.
US10550015B2
A disinfection device for a trapped-liquid comprising of a drain trap for a liquid flow having an inner surface to trap a volume of the trapped-liquid and a helical coil capable of generating metal ions to eliminate biological cells attached to said drain trap. An electric valve is connected to a tap water and the helical coil and a power supply provides a current and a voltage to the helical coil for a period of ionization and a sensor system installed in the drain trap to sense flow of a liquid through the drain trap. A timer system to determine the length of a stagnant-time that the trapped-liquid is stagnant in the drain trap; and to determine the length of an ionization-time for the period of ionization.
US10550014B2
A desalination and energy storage system comprises at least one water reservoir, at least one negative-ion redox electrode, at least one positive-ion redox electrode, a cation-exchange membrane disposed between the at least one negative-ion redox electrode and the water reservoir, and an anion-exchange membrane disposed between the at least one positive-ion redox electrode and the water reservoir. The at least one water reservoir comprises an input and an output, wherein water in the at least one water reservoir is reduced below a threshold concentration during a desalination operation mode. The at least one negative-ion electrode comprises a first solution and is configured to accept, and have, a reversible redox reaction with at least one negative ion in the water, and the at least one positive-ion electrode comprises a second solution and is configured to accept, and have, a reversible redox reaction with at least one positive ion in the water.
US10550013B2
A water filtration system (100) includes: a raw-water inlet (100a); a pure-water outlet (100b); a purified-water outlet (100c); a waste-water outlet (100d); an integrated filter cartridge (1); and a return flow path (101). The integrated filter cartridge (1) has a first port (10a), a second port (10b), a third port (10c) and a fourth port (10d). The purified-water outlet (100c) and the waste-water outlet (100d) both are connected to the third port (10c), and a water storage device (2) is provided to at least one of the fourth port (10d) and a flow path connected to the pure-water outlet (100b). The return flow path (101) has a first end connected between the first port (10a) and the raw-water inlet (100a) and a second end connected between the waste-water outlet (100d) and the third port (10c).
US10550010B2
A method of fabricating an oleophilic foam includes providing a foam comprising a base material. The base material is coated with an inorganic material using at least one of an atomic layer deposition (ALD), a molecular layer deposition (MLD) or sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) process. The SIS process includes at least one cycle of exposing the foam to a first metal precursor for a first predetermined time and a first partial pressure. The first metal precursor infiltrates at least a portion of the base material and binds with the base material. The foam is exposed to a second co-reactant precursor for a second predetermined time and a second partial pressure. The second co-reactant precursor reacts with the first metal precursor, thereby forming the inorganic material on the base material. The inorganic material infiltrating at least the portion of the base material. The inorganic material is functionalized with an oleophilic material.
US10550007B2
The invention relates to electrodes comprising doped nickelate-containing compositions comprising a first component-type comprising one or more components with an O3 structure of the general formula: AaM1vM2wM3xM4yM5zO2 wherein A comprises one or more alkali metal selected from sodium, lithium and potassium M1 is nickel in oxidation state 2+, M2 comprises one or more metals in oxidation state 4+, M3 comprises one or more metals in oxidation state 2+, M4 comprises one or more metals in oxidation state 4+, and M5 comprises one or more metals in oxidation state 3+ wherein 0.85≤a≤1; 0
US10550002B2
A method for treatment of a hexachlorodisilane and its hydrolyzed product is disclosed. It comprises adding a hexachlorodisilane or its hydrolyzed product into a sulfuric acid solution for reaction.
US10550000B2
A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode including a carbon material; and non-aqueous electrolytic solution. A photoelectron spectrum of oxygen 1s is obtained from an analysis of the anode by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. A first peak positioned in vicinity of 1360 reciprocal centimeters and a second peak positioned in vicinity of 1580 reciprocal centimeters are obtained from an analysis of the carbon material by Raman spectroscopy. A half band width ΔW1 of the photoelectron spectrum is about 3 electron volts or more. A half band width ΔW2 of the second peak is about 19 reciprocal centimeters or more. A ratio I1/I2 of intensity I1 of the first peak to intensity I2 of the second peak is from about 0.15 to about 0.3 both inclusive.
US10549999B2
Methods for the production in an electrochemical cell of graphene and graphite nanoplatelet structures having a thickness of less than 100 nm in a cell having a negative electrode which is graphitic and an electrolyte which consists of ions in a solvent, where the cations are sulfur-containing ions or phosphorus containing ions, wherein the method comprises the step of passing a current through the cell to intercalate ions into the graphitic negative electrode so as to exfoliate the graphitic negative electrode.
US10549995B2
A chemical core for an oxygen generator. The chemical core is capable on ignition of producing oxygen by chemical reaction. A first end of the chemical core has a smaller cross-sectional area than a second end of the chemical core such that the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the second end to the cross-sectional area of the second end is 0.20:1 or more.
US10549991B2
The present disclosure relates to a process plant and a process for production of a hydrogen rich gas, comprising the steps of (a) directing an amount of a synthesis gas comprising at least 15%, 50% or 80% on dry basis of CO and H2 in combination, a gas comprising steam, and a recycled intermediate product gas to be combined into a first reactor feed gas, (b) directing said first reactor feed gas to contact a first material catalytically active in water gas shift reaction, producing an intermediate product gas, (c) splitting said intermediate product gas in the recycled intermediate product gas and a remaining intermediate product gas, (d) combining said remaining intermediate product gas with a further amount of synthesis gas forming a second reactor feed gas, (e) directing said second reactor feed gas to contact a second material catalytically active in the water gas shift reaction, producing a product gas, characterized in the H2O:CO ratio in said first reactor feed gas being from 0.5 to 2.0 and the H2O:CO ratio in said second reactor feed gas being from 0.5 to 2.0. with the associated benefit of distributing the heat development and thus reducing the maximum temperature in the reactors by limiting the extent of reaction of the reacting mixture, and thereby reducing the amount of steam required for limiting methanation.
US10549988B2
The present disclosure relates to a wafer-level package that includes a first thinned die having a first device layer, a multilayer redistribution structure, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The multilayer redistribution structure includes redistribution interconnects that connect the first device layer to package contacts on a bottom surface of the multilayer redistribution structure. Herein, the connections between the redistribution interconnects and the first device layer are solder-free. The first mold compound resides over the multilayer redistribution structure and around the first thinned die, and extends beyond a top surface of the first thinned die to define an opening within the first mold compound and over the first thinned die. The second mold compound fills the opening and is in contact with the top surface of the first thinned die.
US10549987B2
Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) structures, methods of manufacture and design structures are disclosed. The method includes forming a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) beam structure by venting both metal material and silicon material above and below the MEMS beam to form an upper cavity above the MEMS beam and a lower cavity structure below the MEMS beam.
US10549986B2
An illustrate method (and device) includes etching a cavity in a first substrate (e.g., a semiconductor wafer), forming a first metal layer on a first surface of the first substrate and in the cavity, and forming a second metal layer on a non-conductive structure (e.g., glass). The method also may include removing a portion of the second metal layer to form an iris to expose a portion of the non-conductive structure, forming a bond between the first metal layer and the second metal layer to thereby attach the non-conductive structure to the first substrate, sealing an interface between the non-conductive structure and the first substrate, and patterning an antenna on a surface of the non-conductive structure.
US10549982B2
A packaged pressure sensor, comprising: a MEMS pressure-sensor chip; and an encapsulating layer of elastomeric material, in particular PDMS, which extends over the MEMS pressure-sensor chip and forms a means for transferring a force, applied on a surface thereof, towards the MEMS pressure-sensor chip.
US10549971B2
A guide-roll arrangement for guiding movement of a second mast segment relative a first mast segment of a lift-truck, comprising a roll pin having opposing first and second ends, wherein the first end comprises a recess, and a roll supported on the roll pin; and a sliding element arranged in the recess, said sliding element comprising opposing contact and sliding surfaces, wherein a support piece is arranged in the recess and comprising a contact surface for supporting the sliding element, wherein the contact surface of the sliding element is supported on the contact surface of the support piece and wherein one of the contact surfaces of the support piece and the sliding element is concave and the other is convex.
US10549966B2
A rope guide is provided for use in rope rescues and rope climbing. The guide includes a frame comprised of two legs, pivotally connected at the inner ends so that the outer ends can be adjusted between substantially open and substantially closed positions. A lock pin secures the frame in a selected pivotal position. The mouth of the frame between the outer ends of the legs can be positioned over an object, such as a rail, a building edge, or a rock so as to protect the rope from contact with such objects.
