US10579262B2
Links between data regions are intelligently formed, based on up-to-date popularity statistics, including a number of times a particular one of the data regions was a target for a potential link with another one of the data regions. An owner manages a popularity index incorporating the popularity statistics, where over time, the popularity index is subjected to an aging mechanism pursuant to a decaying algorithm. An owner one of the data regions decides whether to accept the one of the intelligently formed links based on at least one of a plurality of predetermined factors. If the one of the intelligently formed links is accepted by the owner one of the data regions, a potential referrer creates one of the data regions using one of the intelligently formed links. If the one of the intelligently formed links is rejected by the owner one of the data regions, data is written.
US10579257B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media related to a technique for providing handwriting input functionality on a user device. A handwriting recognition module is trained to have a repertoire comprising multiple non-overlapping scripts and capable of recognizing tens of thousands of characters using a single handwriting recognition model. The handwriting input module provides real-time, stroke-order and stroke-direction independent handwriting recognition for multi-character handwriting input. In particular, real-time, stroke-order and stroke-direction independent handwriting recognition is provided for multi-character, or sentence level Chinese handwriting recognition. User interfaces for providing the handwriting input functionality are also disclosed.
US10579256B2
An electronic device is disclosed which includes a housing including a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, a display disposed between the first surface and the second surface, at least a part of the display being exposed through the first surface, a pressure sensor disposed between the display and the second surface and detecting pressure of an external object applied on the display, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the pressure sensor. If a touch input of a specified pressure intensity or more is made by the external object in any region on the display, the processor activates at least one virtual function key operating in common with respect to any screens to be displayed in the display.
US10579252B2
Electrostatic friction textures on a touchscreen panel are used to create the sensation of braille text in a contextual menu adapted to an automotive environment. In particular, a center stack touchscreen friction display in a passenger vehicle provides one set of touch controls and HMI data to the driver while simultaneously providing either the same control options and HMI to the passenger in Braille form or a completely different set of information and menu structure in Braille form. The manner of providing a Braille display in an automobile is adapted for vehicle vibration and movement, the types of functions normally presented and/or controlled by passengers, and other challenges Braille readers of different ages, health, or experience may face when attempting to read Braille in a vehicle cabin.
US10579249B2
The subject matter described herein relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing an augmented scroll bar. In some examples, a system for utilizing an augmented scroll bar includes a processing unit, a memory accessed by the processing unit, and a scroll bar manager that is stored in memory and when executed by the processing unit is configured to display contents of a data file within a table layout of a display field. The scroll bar manager is further configured to display, within the display field, a scroll bar user interface element that includes a scrolling region and a view slider element that traverses the scrolling region, wherein the view slider element indicates a position of the table layout within a portion of the data file and the scrolling region graphically illustrates indicia corresponding to dynamic status information of data elements included in the data file.
US10579245B1
A technical solution provides a graphical user interface display that increases completeness and accuracy of determining values for installation parameters needed to install one or more garage doors and related equipment in different garage door (GD) installation environments where different types of GD installations use different combinations of installation parameters. Displays of different GD installation environments (e.g., single or multiple doors) with and without obstructions are generated using a graphical user interface with different parameter indicators generated in sequence according to GD installation type to determine values of GD installation parameters needed to improve accuracy of GD installation designs. The different parameter indicators are generated dynamically to illustrate the respective GD installation parameters such as opening dimensions, head room, side room on sides of an GD opening, shared side room between adjacent GD openings, as well as GD installation parameters impacted by obstructions in the GD installation environment.
US10579244B2
In one general aspect, a method can include displaying, on a display device included in a computing device, content in an application executing on the computing device, and determining that the computing device is proximate to a videoconferencing system. The method can further include displaying, in a user interface on the display device, at least one identifier associated with a videoconference, receiving a selection of the at least one identifier, and initiating the videoconference on the videoconferencing system in response to receiving the selection of the at least one identifier. The videoconference on the videoconferencing system can be initiated such that the content is provided for display on a display device included in the videoconferencing system.
US10579243B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide techniques that enable a communication server hosting a virtual communication session to receive theme parameters from a remote server to control the look and feel of the virtual communication session. In one example, a method includes sending a plurality of video feeds for display at a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of client devices coupled to a communication session. The communication session enables communication among a plurality of users of the client devices. The method also includes receiving a set of parameters of a theme to modify one or more visual properties of the GUIs. The method also includes sending the set of parameters to the client devices connected to the communication session to modify visual properties of the GUIs displaying the plurality of video feeds at the plurality of client devices based on the parameters of the theme.
US10579240B2
A user computing device may receive a command from a user to modify an object of a canvas. The received command may be accepted and the user computing device may perform one or more operations on the object of the canvas according to the command, such as modifying a mutable attribute. The canvas state may then be captured by the computing device using one or more patches. The computing device may generate and store one or more snapshots to include a subset of the one or more patches and further provide the one or more snapshots to playback a sequence of at least some of the one or more operations that were performed on the object of the canvas.
US10579232B2
An interface/electronics module for reading information from a vehicle data bus and controlling functions available through the vehicle data bus. A graphical user interface is provided. The interface may include a stand-alone tablet computer or may be part of an integrated and permanently-mounted display. The interface/electronics module may include the functionality of the factory audio system (such as a radio tuner, power amplifier, etc.). In addition, the interface/electronics module is able to transmit commands via the vehicle's CAN bus.
US10579228B2
An electronic device may have multiple users and multiple customized user interfaces for each user resulting in a large number of user customized UI dashboard configurations. However, defining these user customized UI dashboard configurations is performed by each user such that addition and/or replacement of software applications requires users to reconfigure customized UI dashboards. Similarly, organization generated dashboards must be configured on each user device. It would be beneficial for such user customized UI dashboard configurations to be updateable in response to information provided during new software installation, software upgrades etc or for UI dashboard configurations to be adjusted absent any such update/upgrade. It would also be beneficial for context rules to be adaptable based upon learned behavior or external adjustments just as it would be beneficial for the context rule engine to automatically identify new potential rules as a result of current and previous behavior.
US10579226B2
Systems and methods for time proximity based map user interactions with a user interface are provided. In one example implementation, a method includes providing for display a user interface on a display device. The user interface can display imagery of a geographic area. The method can include obtaining data indicative of a relevant time for contextual information. The method can include obtaining contextual information associated with the geographic area. The method can include obtaining a configuration for a user interface element associated with the time based contextual information based at least in part on time proximity of the contextual information to the relevant time. The method can include providing for display the user interface element based at least in part on the configuration.
US10579213B2
A method includes presenting a UI of a first application on a screen of a computing device and detecting a user input. For example, the detected user input may be an input tracing a continuous path on the screen of the computing device, and the path may include a first gesture extending from a first location to a second location on the screen followed by a second gesture extending from the second location to a third location on the screen. In response to detecting the first gesture, the computing device may display an interactive menu of the first application, the interactive menu comprising a plurality of menu options. In response to the detecting the second gesture, the computing device may identify one of the menu options. In response to detecting user input indicating completion of the second gesture, the computing device may determine the selection of the identified menu option.
US10579209B2
In a method and system, the method includes: acquiring a desktop thumbnail of each desktop screen in a desktop screen set, and collectively displaying all the acquired desktop thumbnails on a desktop home screen; listening to a sequence of tapping operations performed on the desktop thumbnails displayed on the desktop home screen, and determining a tapping location of each tapping operation in the sequence of tapping operations; and sorting and displaying, according to the tapping location of each tapping operation in the sequence of tapping operations, desktop objects that are on each desktop screen on a multi-screen desktop. Desktop thumbnails of desktop screens in a desktop screen set are collectively displayed on a desktop home screen, so that desktop objects on each desktop screen on a multi-screen desktop can be sorted and displayed by performing a tapping operation on the desktop home screen.
US10579201B2
A method for sharing data with a mobile terminal in an image display device, can include including receiving a broadcast signal including audio and video data, connecting to the mobile terminal via a wireless network interface, controlling the wireless network interface to transmit data to the mobile terminal wirelessly connected to the image display device, in which the transmitted data includes information for representing a screen posture direction of the image display device, controlling the wireless network interface to receive screen information from the mobile terminal wirelessly connected to the image display device, in which the screen information changes based on the information for representing the screen posture direction of the image display device and displaying a mirroring image based on the screen information received from the mobile terminal in a first region while displaying the video data included in the broadcast signal in a second region, in which the mirroring image corresponds to a current screen displayed on the mobile terminal, further the video data is received via a tuner while the screen information is received via the wireless network interface different from the tuner.
US10579193B2
A spatial frequency based capacitive motion sensor and method of operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the motion sensor includes an array of sense cells to capacitively sense capacitance variations induced by a surface in proximity to the array. The motion sensor further includes processing circuitry including a multiplexer and a processor to process motion dependent output signals from the array to measure motion of the surface in a direction parallel to a surface of the array. Generally, processor is adapted to execute a program to control the multiplexer to interconnect the sense cells of the array to configure the array as a comb-filter to detect at least one spatial frequency component of the capacitance variations, and to measure motion of the surface in a direction parallel to the array. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10579191B2
A touch sensor includes a base, first sensing electrode columns (FSECs), and second sensing electrode columns (SSECs). The base includes a sensing region (SR) including a rounded corner (RC), and a non-SR outside the SR. The FSECs extend in a direction on the base, each FSEC among the FSECs including first sensing electrodes (FSEs), each FSE among the FSEs including sub-electrodes. The SSECs are alternately disposed with the FSECs on the base, each SSEC among the SSECs including second sensing electrodes (SSEs). Sub-electrodes of one of adjacent FSEs among the FSEs are electrically connected to respective sub-electrodes of another of the adjacent FSEs. A sub-electrode closest to the RC among the sub-electrodes includes a rounded edge (RE) corresponding to the RC. A SSE closest to the RC among the SSEs includes a RE corresponding to the RC, and a protrusion part protruding toward the sub-electrode including the RE.
US10579189B2
A display device includes a first organic insulating layer covering video signal lines; a first metal layer provided above the first organic insulating layer; a first conductive layer provided above the first organic insulating layer and connected to a switching element via a first contact hole; a first inorganic insulating layer covering the first conductive layer and the first metal layer; a second conductive layer provided above the first inorganic insulating layer and connected to the first metal layer; a second inorganic insulating layer provided above the second conductive layer; a third conductive layer provided above the second inorganic insulating layer and connected to the first conductive layer via a second contact hole; and a fourth conductive layer provided above the second inorganic insulating layer, connected to the first metal layers via a third contact hole, and connected to the second conductive layer via a fourth contact hole.
US10579188B2
A display device with a touch panel includes a display panel, and a touch panel formed above the display panel. The touch panel includes X electrodes which extend in a first direction, and Y electrodes which extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The X electrodes and the Y electrodes respectively include intersection portions each formed where the X electrodes and the Y electrodes overlap each other, and electrode portions each formed between the intersection portions, wherein the electrode portions of one of the X electrodes is smaller in area than the electrode portions of one of the Y electrodes, and wherein floating electrodes are formed close to the electrode portion of the one of the X electrodes or Y electrodes, and over a reduced portion of the X electrode.
US10579187B2
A display control apparatus includes a display control unit for controlling a display unit for displaying an image, the display control unit being configured to display a plurality of represented images that represent a plurality of image groups classified depending on related information of the images on the display unit in a first display mode, and display related images relating to the represented images between a plurality of the represented images displayed in the first display mode depending on a user input on the display unit in a second display mode.
US10579185B2
The present disclosure is directed to a photosensitive touch circuit and a control method thereof. The circuit includes a first switch unit, a driving switch unit, a photosensitive switch unit, a first storage capacitor, and a second storage capacitor, wherein: the first switch unit is connected to a data signal line and transmits a data signal to the driving switch unit in response to a first control signal; the driving switch unit is connected to a liquid crystal capacitor and the first storage capacitor, and writes a received data signal thereto in response to a second control signal; and the photosensitive switch unit is connected to the second storage capacitor, generates a touch signal, and outputs a signal in the second storage capacitor to the data signal line through the first switch unit in response to a third control signal.
US10579184B2
A portable input device is described. The portable input device can wirelessly send control signals to an external circuit. The control signals can derive from touch or gestures applied to a touch sensitive surface. The control signals can also include a mouse click equivalent control signal generated by mechanical manipulation of the portable input device.
US10579157B1
An electronic device may have a reconfigurable keyboard. The keyboard may be formed from an array of keys coupled to a housing. Each key may have a movable key member and an associated key display. Control circuitry in the keyboard may direct the key displays to display dynamically adjustable key labels for the keys. Each key movable key member may be formed from a fiber optic plate. The fiber optic plate may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle with opposing first and second surfaces. The first surface may be adjacent to the key display and may receive key label images from the key display. The second surface may face outwardly towards a user and may receive key press input from the fingers of a user while presenting key label images for viewing.
US10579150B2
A gesture detection system uses two radar tones to concurrently detect absolute distance and relative movement of a target object. A radar-based detection device alternates transmitting a first radar tone and a second radar tone via a radar-emitting device, and then captures a first return signal and a second return signal that are generated by the first radar tone and second radar tone reflecting off the target object. The radar-based detection device demodulates the return signals into a first set of quadrature signals and a second set of quadrature signals and, in some cases, generates a first set of digital samples and second set of digital samples from the respective quadrature signals. Various aspects process the first set of digital samples and second set of digital samples to concurrently identify absolute distance and relative movement and, at times, determine an in-the-air gesture performed by the target object.
US10579148B2
An apparatus comprising: an input module configured to determine an input characteristic; a signal generator configured to generate a signal dependent on the input characteristic; and an output module configured to provide the signal to one or more separate apparatus, wherein the signal is configured to generate a tactile output.
US10579127B2
An apparatus for driving a touchpad of a portable terminal including a second control unit controlling the touchpad in an active mode is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor unit for generating interrupt signals when pressure on the touchpad is sensed, a first control unit for outputting activating signals to activate the second control unit when the interrupt signals are input and a switching unit for transmitting the interrupt signals generated from the sensor unit to the first control unit when the second control unit is in an inactive mode. Accordingly, even though the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal is in an inactive mode, the multimedia processor is activated when a user presses the touchpad, thereby making it possible to process signals input by touching the touchpad, particularly, to keep the user interface. Furthermore, the multimedia processor embedded in the portable terminal can reduce the consumption of battery power required to maintain the user interface, as compared with multimedia processors maintaining operating in a conventional polling method.
US10579119B2
A method for port policy management for active charge through of a peripheral device that has a first communication port and a second communication port may include detecting whether a valid power connection exists at the peripheral device, in response to detecting the valid power connection, determining a relationship between the first communication port and the second communication port, based on the relationship, determining, by the peripheral device, a power relationship among the peripheral device, the first communication port, and the second communication port, selectively configuring the first communication port, the second communication port, and the peripheral device to match the power relationship, and enabling active charging through of the peripheral device if active charging through is supported by the power relationship.
US10579118B2
Example implementations relate to detection circuits. In one example, a detection circuit includes a power supply, a transistor coupled to the power supply, a port coupled via the transistor to the power supply, where the port is to transmit power received via the transistor from the power supply to a corresponding port included in an external device when the corresponding port is coupled to the port, and a detection circuit to detect a voltage between the port and the corresponding port when the port is coupled to the corresponding port and interrupt, via the transistor, power supplied to the port when the detected voltage satisfies a threshold voltage.
US10579107B2
Reversible connector orientation detection circuitry, reversibly connectible devices having multiple device portions, and methods for determining a connection orientation of multiple device portions of a hardware device are provided herein. A hardware device can include a first device portion and a second device portion. A first resistor can be in a first side of the first device portion. A second resistor can be in a first side of the second device portion, and a third resistor can be in a second side of the second device portion. Connection of the first device portion to the second device portion in different orientations creates, through the resistors, different voltages that can be compared by a digital logic device to indicate orientation. The compared voltages are within either a low voltage range below a digital logic low threshold or a high voltage range above a digital logic high threshold.
US10579103B2
A flexible display is disclosed. The flexible display includes a substrate having a pixel array and a metal sheet disposed on the substrate and covering the pixel array. The metal sheet includes a groove that extends from one side to the other side of the metal sheet and has a predetermined depth. The groove includes at least one first groove extended in a first direction and at least one second groove extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
US10579091B2
A removable knob safety insert is installed in a cooking device such as a gas or electric stove, between and the rear face of its control knob and the face of its control panel. The knob safety insert is designed to manually control the activation or deactivation of the cooking elements, as desired. The push-in-and-turn type switches used in such devices require that the control knob be pushed in before the switch can be moved from its off position. When in its locked position, the knob safety insert prevents the control knob from being pushed and thus the cooking element from being activated. When in its unlocked position, the knob safety insert enables the control knob to be pushed, allowing the cooking element to be moved from its off position.
US10579083B1
An electronic system having a linear voltage regulator and method of operating the linear voltage regulator. A linear voltage regulator of an electronic system has at least three ballast devices. The method of operating includes producing a voltage at an output terminal that is electrically coupled to a node of a first one of the three or more ballast devices; receiving a power mode indication; activating a first additional ballast device of the linear voltage regulator to add first additional capacitance to a load corresponding to the power mode; generating one or more successively delayed ballast control signals based at least in part on the power mode indication; and activating, using the successively delayed ballast control signals, second additional ballast devices of the linear voltage regulator to add second capacitances to the load of the linear voltage regulator.
US10579079B2
Various automation units for a premises include a sensor, at least two resolvers, and a plurality of models of the data of the sensor. Each resolver has its associated models which define how the resolver uses the data of the sensor. The various resolvers are an alarm resolver, a presence resolver, a climate resolver and a voice resolver. Other automation units are cognitive or proactive, and include a data base to store at least recorded events per controlled equipment, an event analyzer to analyze recorded events to find patterns of activation of the equipment, and either a cognitive module to modify the associated scenario of a piece of equipment if the patterns do not match the scenario or a proactive module to create a new scenario for a piece of equipment based on the analysis.
US10579066B1
Methods for utilizing virtual boundaries with robotic devices are presented including: positioning a boundary component having a receiver pair to receive a first robotic device signal substantially simultaneously by each receiver of the receiver pair from a robotic device only when the robotic device is positioned along a virtual boundary; operating the robotic device to move automatically within an area co-located with the virtual boundary; transmitting the first robotic device signal by the robotic device; and receiving the first robotic device signal by the receiver pair thereby indicating that the robotic device is positioned along the virtual boundary.
US10579062B2
In one embodiment, a computer system generates a first vehicular path based on map information. The system collects data points representing geographical coordinates of vehicles that drove on a vehicular path lane at different points in time. The system segments the first vehicular path into path segments based on the collected data points. For each of the path segments, the system applies a smoothing function to select a subset of the data points that are within a predetermined proximity of the corresponding path segment and calculates a segment reference point to represent the path segment by combining the selected data points. The segment reference points of the path segments of the first vehicular path are interpolated to generate a second vehicular path such that the second vehicular path is used as a reference line to control ADVs driving on the first vehicular path.
US10579061B2
Provided are a parking assistance device for a vehicle and a parking control method thereof, capable of preventing collision with a stopper within a parking space by assisting parking in alignment with a parking reference line set with respect to an object located at a distance closest to the self vehicle among distances to objects located around a found parking space. The parking assistance device includes: a parking space searching unit configured to search for a parking space for parking of a self vehicle; a reception unit configured to receive sensing signals sensed from objects located around the parking space; a reference object determination unit configured to use the sensing signals to determine an object closest to the self vehicle as a reference object among the objects located around the parking space; and a parking reference line setting unit configured to set the parking reference line based on a front end of the determined reference object.
US10579060B1
Autonomous data machines and systems may be provided, which may be deployed in an environment. The machines may roam within the environment and collect data with aid of one or more sensors. The data may be sent to a control center, which may optionally receive information from additional data sources, such as other on-site sensors, existing static data, or real-time social data. The control center may send instructions to the machines to perform one or more reaction based on the received information. The autonomous data machines may be capable of reacting autonomously to one or more detected condition. In some instances, the autonomous data machines may be employed for security or surveillance.
US10579056B2
An automated driving control part includes a judging part for judging if there is a request for preparatory action for manual driving, a judging part for judging if there is a request for override action to manual driving, a judging part for judging if the steering wheel gripping condition is a nongripping state, is a first or second gripping state based on driver input information to the steering wheel, and judging completion of the preparatory action and override action based on the steering wheel gripping state. The action completion judging part judges that the preparatory action has been completed when there is a preparatory action request and when it is judged that the state is the first or second gripping state and judges that the override action has been completed when there is an override action request and when it is judged that the state is the second gripping state.
US10579053B2
Systems and methods for determine a cost-improved set of control commands for an aircraft based at least in part on deterioration costs are provided. One example computing device is configured to iteratively: input a candidate set of control commands for the aircraft into the deterioration cost model; receive, as an output of the deterioration cost model, an estimated deterioration cost associated with the candidate set of control commands; input the estimated deterioration cost into a cost function to obtain a total estimated cost associated with the candidate set of control commands; and determine an improved set of control commands based at least in part on the total estimated cost and the cost function.
US10579051B2
An oil mist management system includes a plurality of machine tools provided in a factory, and an oil mist concentration measuring apparatus for measuring concentration of oil mist in the factory. Further, a data processing apparatus determines whether the concentration of the oil mist is larger than a threshold value, and if the concentration of the oil mist is larger than the threshold value, the data processing apparatus issues a command to decrease machining speed or stop operation of a machine tool that has the lower priority rank among the machine tools.
US10579042B2
Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for defect rate analytics to reduce defectiveness in manufacturing. In an example implementation, a method include determining, from data associated with each feature for a manufacturing process, the data feature indicative of process defects detected based on the feature, an estimated condition for the feature that reduces a defect rate of the process defects, the estimated condition indicating the data into a first group and second group; calculating the rate reduction of the defect rate based on a difference in defects between the first group and the second group; for the rate reduction meeting a target confidence level for a target defect rate, applying the estimated condition to the manufacturing process associated with each of the features. In example implementations, the defect rate analytics reduce defectiveness in manufacturing with independent processes and/or dependent processes.
US10579039B2
Physical tools for trimming operations in forming of a sheet-metal part are set up based on numerically-simulated structural behaviors. FEA model representing a stamped sheet metal before trimming and a trimming operation setup are received. Each trim-steel contains a set of cutting-edge nodes associated with trim vector. At least one trim line is established by projecting cutting-edge nodes onto the FEA model according to the trim vector. Numerically-constrained node-pairs along the trim line are created at intersections with edges of crossed finite elements. FEA model is modified by splitting the crossed finite elements to preserve original geometry and to ensure numerical stability. New finite elements are defined using one of the nodes in corresponding node-pairs such that no finite element straddles the trim line. At each solution cycle of a time-marching simulation of trimming operations, simulated structural behaviors are obtained as the scrap portion(s) deforms and falls accordingly.
US10579032B2
A power distribution unit (PDU) interface system is disclosed. The PDU interface system receives, from an initiator, an input request associated with a PDU that includes a plurality of ports. The PDU is a first PDU type of a plurality of PDU types. The input request has a same syntax for each of the PDU types. It is determined that the PDU is the first PDU type of the plurality of PDU types. Based on the first PDU type, a first PDU-type input command is initiated to the PDU. The first PDU-type input command implements the input request on the PDU and has a different syntax than the input request.
US10579027B2
A system includes a back plane having at least one primary module and at least one secondary module that is redundant to the at least one primary module. The back plane is configured to limit energy from the at least one primary module and the at least one secondary module to a field device. The at least one primary module includes a first plurality of channels and is configured to provide channel to channel isolation among the first plurality of channels. The at least one secondary module includes a second plurality of channels and is configured to provide channel to channel isolation among the second plurality of channels.
US10579023B2
A plant includes equipment that operate to affect a variable state or condition of the plant in response to a control signal. A feedback controller monitors a process variable received via a feedback signal from the plant and uses an error signal representing a setpoint error between the process variable and a setpoint to generate the control signal for the plant. An exponentially-weighted moving average (EWMA) calculator generates EWMA values based on the setpoint error. A normalized index generator uses the EWMA values to calculate a normalized performance index. A threshold generator generates a threshold based on a first alarm parameter κ representing a normalized magnitude of the setpoint error and a second alarm parameter η representing a normalized duration that the setpoint error has persisted. An alarm manager generates an alarm in response to the normalized performance index crossing the threshold.
US10579001B2
An image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. A reverse unit pulls in the sheet from a main conveyance path and reverses a conveyance direction of the sheet to feed the sheet to a sub-conveyance path. A control unit causes a conveyance unit to convey a first sheet that is waiting to the main conveyance path after a trailing end of a second sheet that has been fed from a feeding unit and follows the first sheet has passed through a merging point, and moves a trailing end of the first sheet downstream of a branch point before the second sheet reaches the branch point.
US10578998B1
A fixing device includes an endless belt that rotates in a circumferential direction and that comes into contact with a recording medium, which is transported, at an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt, a heat generating plate that includes at least one heat generating portion and extends in an axial direction of the endless belt in such a manner that a surface of the heat generating plate is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the endless belt, the heat generating portion being formed in such a manner as to extend in the axial direction and in such a manner as to generate heat, a heat conducting unit that is in contact with a rear surface of a portion of the heat generating plate, the portion being different from a portion of the heat generating plate on which the heat generating portion is formed in a transport direction of the recording medium, and that conducts heat generated by the heat generating portion in the axial direction, an urging unit that urges the heat conducting unit toward the heat generating plate, a pressing unit that is disposed in such a manner as to oppose the heat generating plate with the endless belt interposed between the pressing unit and the heat generating plate and that forms a nip between the pressing unit and the endless belt in such a manner as to press the recording medium, which is transported, against the endless belt, and a moving unit that causes the pressing unit to move relative to the endless belt in such a manner as to set a nip width of the nip in a heating mode in which the endless belt is heated to be smaller than the nip width of the nip in a fixing mode in which an image is fixed onto the recording medium. When the heat generating portion that is included in a region of the nip in the transport direction of the recording medium and that generates heat in the heating mode has a length L1, the heat conducting unit that is included in the region of the nip in the transport direction in the heating mode has a length S1, the heat generating portion that is included in the region of the nip in the transport direction and that generates heat in the fixing mode has a length L2, and the heat conducting unit that is included in the region of the nip in the transport direction in the fixing mode has a length S2, the following formula (1) is satisfied. L2−L1
US10578993B1
An image forming apparatus includes first and second photoconductive drums, and a laser scanning unit including a plurality of optical elements configured to direct a first scanning beam to the first photoconductive drum from a first side of, and at a first incidence angle with respect to, a first line passing through a center of the first photoconductive drum and a second scanning beam to the second photoconductive drum from a second side of, and at a second incidence angle with respect to, a second line passing through a center of the second photoconductive drum. Magnitudes of the first and second incidence angles are substantially the same, and a second side of the first line and a first side of the second line are each between the first side of the first line and the second side of the second line.
US10578991B2
A nip portion is formed between a transfer member and an image bearing member. During an image transfer operation, a first transfer voltage is applied so that a first charging voltage is applied to the surface of the image bearing member forming the nip portion. Before paper enters, a second transfer voltage is applied so that a third charging voltage is applied to the surface of the image bearing member forming the nip portion. A void is formed by the image bearing member, the transfer member and the paper within the nip portion. Before an image transfer operation and the void is formed, one of the first and second transfer voltages and a third transfer voltage is applied so that a second charging voltage having a same polarity as the first charging voltage and being lower in absolute value is applied to the surface of the image bearing member.
US10578983B2
A lithographic apparatus comprises a base frame constructed to form a supporting structure of the lithographic apparatus, an active base frame support arranged between the base frame and a ground floor. The active base frame support is configured to support the base frame on the ground floor. The active base frame support comprises an actuator configured to exert a force in a horizontal direction between the base frame and the ground plane. The lithographic apparatus further comprises a control device configured to drive the actuator, a signal representative of a disturbance force on the base frame being provided to the control device, the control device being configured to drive the actuator using the force sensor signal.
US10578977B2
A stage assembly (10) that moves a device (15) includes a stage (14) that retains the device (15), a base (12), a stage mover assembly (16), and a supply system (20A). The supply system (20A) is secured to and positioned on the stage (14). The supply system (20A) includes a circulation system (24) that circulates a circulation fluid (22) through a circulation conduit (14D) in the stage (14) to control the temperature of the stage (14) and the device (15). The circulation system (24) can include a storage container assembly (234A) that defines a supply chamber (350) that supplies pressurized circulation fluid (22) to the circulation conduit (14D), a return chamber (352) that receives the circulation fluid (22) that was circulated through the circulation conduit (14D), a movable piston (354) that separates the supply chamber (350) from the return chamber (352), and a piston urger (356) that urges the piston (354) to move to reduce the supply volume of the supply chamber (350) and urge the circulation fluid (22) out of the supply chamber (350).
US10578970B2
Lithographic apparatuses suitable for, and methodologies involving, complementary e-beam lithography (CEBL) are described. In an example, a blanker aperture array (BAA) for an e-beam tool includes a first column of openings along a first direction. The BAA also includes a second column of openings along the first direction and staggered from the first column of openings. The first and second columns of openings together form an array having a pitch in the first direction. A scan direction of the BAA is along a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction. The pitch of the array corresponds to half of a minimal pitch layout of a target pattern of lines for orientation parallel with the second direction.
US10578961B2
The object is to provide a mask blank substrate, a mask blank, and a transfer mask which can achieve easy correction of a wavefront by a wavefront correction function of an exposure apparatus. The further object is to provide methods for manufacturing them.A virtual surface shape, which is an optically effective flat reference surface shape defined by a Zernike polynomial, is determined, wherein the Zernike polynomial is composed of only terms in which the order of variables related to a radius is second or lower order and includes one or more terms in which the order of the variables related to a radius is second-order; and the mask blank substrate, in which difference data (PV value) between the maximum value and the minimum value of difference shape between a virtual surface shape and a composite surface shape obtained by composing respective surface shapes of two main surfaces is 25 nm or less, is selected.
US10578955B2
The image projection system includes a projection-type display apparatus that projects an image onto a projection plane and has a first azimuth detector, the first azimuth detector detecting a projection azimuth; an imaging apparatus that images a projection screen of the image and has a second azimuth detector, the second azimuth detector detecting an imaging azimuth; and a signal processor that performs correction processing of the image. The signal processor includes an estimation unit and a correction unit, the estimation unit estimating an inclination of the projection-type display apparatus to the projection plane on the basis of the projection azimuth detected by the first azimuth detector, the imaging azimuth detected by the second azimuth detector, and the captured image acquired by the imaging apparatus; and the correction unit correcting a shape of the projection screen on the basis of the inclination of the projection-type display apparatus estimated by the estimation unit.
US10578951B1
A variable-volume enclosure that enables the photographing, from outside the enclosure, of highly reflective, objects placed in the enclosure without the reflections of things in the environment surrounding the enclosure being seen in the objects includes: (a) a translucent, planar base, (b) a pliable, two-way mirror that is configured so that, when its opposing edges are brought towards one another, the mirror's central portion bends upward to create a temporary enclosed region of the enclosure, (c) an attachment mechanism for fixedly attaching said one of the mirror's edges to the base's top surface, (d) an adjustable attachment mechanism that temporarily and adjustably attaches the mirror's other edge to the base's top surface, (e) a translucent covering which is adjustably attached to a mirror end.
US10578943B2
The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic fluid which comprises additive particles. The concentration of the additive particles in the electrophoretic fluid does not exceed 25% by weight and the additive particles are not seen at the viewing side during operation of the display. The resulting fluid can improve optical performance of a display device, such as image stability and contrast ratio. The present invention is also directed to an electrophoretic display comprising the electrophoretic fluid.
US10578942B2
The present disclosure relates to device, and operation method and manufacturing method thereof, wherein the device comprises a dichroic dye composite layer, a first liquid crystal display (LCD) composite layer, a wide waveband reflective composite layer and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) composite layer stacked in this order, wherein the dichroic dye composite layer is switchable between a black state and a transparent state, the liquid crystal display (LCD) composite layer is switchable between a display state, a transparent state and a dark state, the wide waveband reflective composite layer is switchable between a transparent state and a mirror state, and the organic light emitting diode (OLED) composite layer is switchable between a light-emitting state and a transparent state.
US10578938B2
An array substrate includes a base substrate and at least three layers of signal lines insulated from each other and arranged in a non-display region. The signal lines include first signal lines in a first layer and second signal lines in a second layer extending in an identical direction, and third signal lines in a third layer crossing the first and the second signal lines. A distance between each third signal line and the base substrate is larger than a distance between each first/second signal line and the base substrate. An orthogonal projection of each first signal line on the base substrate overlaps that of the corresponding third signal line to form a first overlapping region, an orthogonal projection of each second signal line overlaps that of the corresponding third signal line to form a second overlapping region which partially overlaps, or does not overlap, the first overlapping region.
US10578934B2
A display cell structure includes a first structure and a second structure disposed on the first structure. In the first structure, a liquid crystal layer is disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, defining multiple pixels. A color filter layer is disposed on the first substrate. In each pixel, the color filter layer includes a blue (B) color filter in a first sub-pixel and a yellow (Y) color filter in a second sub-pixel. In the second structure, a polymer networked liquid crystal (PNLC) or polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) layer is disposed between a third substrate and a fourth substrate. Multiple first and second transparent electrodes are correspondingly disposed on the third and fourth substrates. A quantum material layer is disposed between the third substrate and the first transparent electrodes. The quantum material layer includes a red quantum material (R-quantum material) and a green quantum material (G-quantum material).
US10578927B2
A method for manufacturing spacers and a method for manufacturing a display substrate are disclosed. The method for manufacturing spacers includes performing an over-development process on the photoresist layer processed by the exposure process to form a first photoresist pattern and a second photoresist pattern on the substrate; an outer edge of a lower portion of the first photoresist pattern near the substrate is provided with a recess, and an outer edge of a lower portion of the second photoresist pattern near the substrate is provided with a recess; waiting a first duration for photoresist on a surface of the first photoresist pattern to flow downwards to fill the recess of the first photoresist pattern, and photoresist on a surface of the second photoresist pattern to flow downwards to fill the recess of the second photoresist pattern.
US10578923B2
A liquid crystal display device includes first substrate including a display area in which a plurality of pixels are disposed and a non-display area which surrounds the display area, and a light-shielding member disposed on the first substrate, the light-shielding member disposed on boundaries between the plurality of pixels and on the entire non-display area and defining an alignment layer dam pattern, which is in the shape of a recess, in the non-display area, where the alignment layer dam pattern surrounds the display area and has step-type height differences on a side of the display area.
US10578921B2
A brightness homogenizing member comprising: an incidence surface and an emission surface, the brightness homogenizing member has a lamination structure in which the brightness homogenizing member has a layer of high refractive index and a layer of low refractive index are alternately laminated in a direction perpendicular to the emission surface, each of a plurality of the layers of high refractive index includes, on a light emission surface side, a light bending portion that bends at least a portion of light proceeding in a direction intersecting to the emission surface and cause the light to proceed in a direction in which an in-plane component parallel to the emission surface increases, in a case where the lamination structure is planarly viewed from a lamination direction in the lamination structure, the light bending portions are provided in different positions between the plurality of the layers of high refractive index.
US10578920B2
A low-resolution image is displayed at high resolution and power consumption is reduced. Resolution is made higher by super-resolution processing. Then, display is performed with the luminance of a backlight controlled by local dimming after the super-resolution processing. By controlling the luminance of the backlight, power consumption can be reduced. Further, by performing the local dimming after the super-resolution processing, accurate display can be performed.
US10578915B2
A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal cell and a polarizing plate; and a backlight unit including a light source. An outermost surface of the liquid crystal panel on the backlight unit side is a surface of a protective film included in the polarizing plate, an outermost surface of the backlight unit on the liquid crystal panel side is a surface of a diffusion member, and where an arithmetic mean roughness measured on an outermost surface of the liquid crystal panel on the backlight unit side is Ra1, a pencil hardness is P1, an arithmetic mean roughness measured on an outermost surface of the backlight unit on the liquid crystal panel side is Ra2, and a pencil hardness is P2, Expression 1: 33 nm
US10578908B2
A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. A surface of the array substrate facing the color filter substrate is divided into an active area and a non-active area. The non-active area includes a second region where no metal wiring is arranged. The surface of the array substrate facing the color filter substrate is non-flat in the second region. According to the present disclosure, a sealing strength between the color filter substrate and the array substrate can be improved, and pollution on a liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal display panel can be avoided.
US10578903B2
A display apparatus includes a display; a fixing bracket configured to be fixed to a wall; and a wall mount coupled to the fixing bracket, the wall mount being configured support the display, to be set in a close contact mode in which the wall mount is adjacent to the wall, and to be set a tilting mode in which the wall mount is tilted with respect to the wall. The display includes: a first accommodating portion recessed in a rear surface of the display and configured to accommodate the wall mount and the fixing bracket; and a wall mount coupling part provided within the first accommodating part and configured to be coupled to the wall mount. The rear surface of the display is brought into close contact with the wall when the wall mount is set to the close contact mode.
US10578900B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a flexible display panel for showing a picture, a panel support member disposed at the rear surface of the display panel for supporting the display panel, and a first hinge member fixed to the panel support member, the first hinge member having a predetermined axis of rotation. The display panel includes a first portion disposed in one side (first side) of two regions divided by an imaginary plane in which the axis of rotation is located and which is perpendicular to a front surface of the display panel and a second portion disposed in the other side (second side). The rear surface of the end portion of the first portion in the first side direction is exposed.
US10578891B1
Embodiments are directed to a microwave-to-optical transducer device. The device includes an anchorage structure that includes a bar extending in a plane and laterally delimiting two voids on each longitudinal side of the bar. That is, the two voids are arranged side-by-side in said plane. The device further includes a piezoelectric beam structured as an optical cavity (e.g., as a 1D photonic crystal cavity), where the beam extends transversally to the bar, parallel to said plane, and is anchored on a resting point on the bar. The beam extends outwardly, beyond the resting point and on each side thereof, so as to overhang each of the two voids. Embodiments are further directed to related microwave circuits, including a microwave-to-optical transducer such as described above and, in particular, to superconducting microwave circuits configured as quantum information processing devices.
US10578884B2
An optical component array and method of making an optical component array includes a plurality of optical components useful for projection devices or other optical devices.
US10578877B1
A near-eye display system is provided. The near-eye display system includes a display, an image capturing device, a storage device and a processor. The image capturing device is configured to obtain an image of a field of view in which a user watches the display. The storage device is configured to record programs or commands. The processor loads and executes the programs or commands recorded in the storage device to: calculate an in-view brightness distribution according to the image; establish a luminosity invert mask according to the in-view brightness distribution; and control the display to display according to the luminosity invert mask. In addition, a display method for the near-eye display system is also provided.
US10578876B1
A waveguide is provided including first and second diffraction gratings and a phase-matching region conterminous with the first and second diffraction gratings and disposed in an optical path between the gratings. For an optical beam propagating along the optical path, the first grating adds a first phase shift to the optical beam reflecting from the first grating, the second grating adds a second phase shift to the optical beam reflecting from the second grating, and the phase-matching region adds a matching phase shift to the optical beam reflecting from the phase-matching region. The matching phase shift is between minimum and maximum values of the first and second phase shifts.
US10578863B2
The present disclosure provides a heads up display, comprising: a projector, which is configured to project light to a preset region to form a projected image; an environment color acquisition device, which is configured to acquire an environment color of a background region corresponding to the preset region, wherein the background region is an external region observable through the preset region from an observer's position; and a controller, comprising a color control unit, the color control unit being configured to control a color of light projected by the projector according to the environment color, such that a color of the projected image and the environment color are distinguished from each other. Accordingly, the present disclosure further provides a heads up display method and a traveling apparatus. The present disclosure can enable a driver to always see displayed image clearly in various environments.
US10578856B2
In some embodiments, a camera skid is presented. The camera skid includes a body into which a camera can be inserted; and a front portion received into the body, the front portion including a lip that contacts a face of the camera.
US10578850B1
A fluorescence microscopy inspection system includes light sources able to emit light that causes a specimen to fluoresce and light that does not cause a specimen to fluoresce. The emitted light is directed through one or more filters and objective channels towards a specimen. A ring of lights projects light at the specimen at an oblique angle through a darkfield channel. One of the filters may modify the light to match a predetermined bandgap energy associated with the specimen and another filter may filter wavelengths of light reflected from the specimen and to a camera. The camera may produce an image from the received light and specimen classification and feature analysis may be performed on the image.
US10578844B2
Comprising a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, disposed at the most object side, and an image side lens group disposed at a side closer to an image than the first lens group G1, upon zooming, at least a distance between the first lens group G1 and the image side lens group being varied, the image side lens group comprising a vibration reduction lens group GVR which is moved so as to have a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis and a focusing lens group GF which is moved along the optical axis upon focusing, thereby providing a variable magnification optical system which has a higher optical performance, an optical apparatus and a method for manufacturing a variable magnification optical system.
US10578841B2
This infrared optical system using the wavelength range of 3 to 5 μm comprises, in the order from an object side, a first lens having a negative power and formed with a convex meniscus toward an object, a second lens that is convex on both sides, and a cold aperture. A bandpass filter is provided between the second lens and the image surface. The first and second lenses are configured with silicon or germanium with each provided with an aspheric surface at least on one side. The infrared optical system satisfies the conditional expressions: 0.1 μm<λ2−λ1<1 μm, 3 μm<λ1<5 μm, and 3 μm<λ2<5 μm. (Where λ1 and λ2 respectively represent a wavelength near the shorter wavelengths and a wavelength near the longer wavelengths in a half width of the transmission wavelength region of the bandpass filter).
US10578837B2
An array imaging module includes a molded photosensitive assembly which includes a supporting member, at least a circuit board, at least two photosensitive units coupled at the chip coupling area of the circuit board, at least two lead wires electrically connected the photosensitive units at the chip coupling area of the circuit board, and a mold sealer which includes a main mold body and has two optical windows. When the main mold body is formed, the lead wires, the circuit board and the photosensitive units are sealed and molded by the main mold body of the mold sealer, such that at least a portion of the circuit board are integrally formed together at a position that the photosensitive units are aligned with the optical windows respectively.
US10578834B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of glass material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of glass material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10578807B2
An optical apparatus comprising a reflective optical modulator and an integrated planar lightwave circuit. The circuit can have one or more pairs of input and output planar waveguides thereon. The input planar waveguide is optically coupleable to a first optical fiber and the output optical waveguide is optically coupleable to a second optical fiber. End segments of the input planar waveguide and the output planar waveguide are tilted towards each other such that the input planar waveguide is able to direct an optical signal from the planar lightwave circuit to a reflective modulator. The reflective optical modulator is configured to data modulate the optical signal and transmit said data modulated optical signal to the end segment of the output planar waveguide.
US10578805B2
An optical waveguide formed at the same layer as that of a microscopic optical device and a spot size converter largely different in size are integrally formed. A semiconductor device has an optical waveguide part functioning as a spot size converter. The optical waveguide part includes a plurality of optical waveguide bodies penetrating through an interlayer insulation layer in the thickness direction.
US10578800B2
Various embodiments of a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) are described herein. A PIC, functioning as a coherent receiver, may include optical components such as an optical coupler, a directional coupler, a beam splitter, a polarizing beam rotator-splitter, a variable optical attenuator, a monitor photodiode, 90-degree hybrid mixer, and a waveguide photodiode. The PIC may also include electrical components such as an electrode, a capacitor, a resistor and a Zener diode.
US10578792B2
A light source module includes a light guide member, a light exiting member, a first collimating light source, and a first light modulating member. The light guide member includes a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface, the first surface is configured as a light exiting surface and comprise a light exiting region; the light exiting member is disposed on the first surface in the light exiting region; the first collimating light source is configured to provide a first collimated light; and the first light modulating member is disposed on one of the first surface and the second surface and configured to change a transmission direction of the first collimated light so as to make it incident into the light guide member and make at least part of the first collimated light meet a total reflection condition of the light guide member.
US10578782B2
A coated substrate having a coating and a method of forming the same is disclosed, wherein the coating includes a plurality of discrete layers. The coating includes three reflective layers, an alloy layer disposed between two of the reflective layers, and two oxide layers and has a total thickness of 4000 Å or less.
US10578778B2
A continuous web of optical film laminate comprising, an optical film comprising a first substrate and an adhesive layer on the first substrate, a releasable film comprising a second substrate and a releasably treated layer on the second substrate, the releasably treated layer being in contact with the adhesive layer, a first conductive layer between the first substrate and the adhesive layer, and a second conductive layer between the second substrate and the releasably treated layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer comprise a static electrification prevention material, such that the optical film with the first conductive layer, and the releasable film with the second conductive layer, both have a sheet resistance of 1012 Ω/sq or less.
US10578772B2
An acoustic disdrometer is provided for measuring precipitation. The acoustic disdrometer has an acoustic transducer positioned within an acoustic chamber defined by an acoustic shell. Precipitation impacting the acoustic shell generates sound waves that are collected by the acoustic transducer for processing.
US10578766B2
Methods for computer modelling of a pressure transient behavior after shut-in and during fall-off of an injection event are provided to provide estimates of stimulated reservoir volume, formation permeability, stress contrast across the target and adjacent zones, fracture dimensions, fracture beyond the target zone, and pump pressure limits for maintaining fractures within the target zone, especially in fractured tight reservoirs.
US10578759B2
Various implementations directed to quality control and preconditioning of seismic data are provided. In one implementation, a method may include receiving particle motion data from particle motion sensors disposed on seismic streamers. The method may also include performing quality control (QC) processing on the particle motion data. The method may further include performing preconditioning processing on the QC-processed particle motion data. The method may additionally include attenuating noise in the preconditioning-processed particle motion data.
US10578749B2
An improved GNSS antenna having an integrated antenna element in combination with a plurality of built-in sources of additional data and/or a plurality of devices for receiving additional information for exchanging the information and transmission of GNSS signals from the antenna element to a GNSS receiver over a single RF cable.
US10578740B2
This disclosure presents a non-contact, frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) coherent optical distance measuring system and method for determining a measured distance over a wide distance range and simultaneously with fine range resolution. The approach and apparatus presented within eliminates the need for expensive, high frequency post-detection electronics to perform the necessary signal processing to accurately determine distance.
US10578729B2
A ranging method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending a ranging signal to a measured system, where the measured system includes at least one reflection point (S110); receiving a first spectrum signal obtained after the ranging signal is reflected by the at least one reflection point (S120); determining a second spectrum signal according to the first spectrum signal, where the second spectrum signal includes the first spectrum signal, and a spectral width of the second spectrum signal is greater than a spectral width of the first spectrum signal (S130); and estimating a distance of the at least one reflection point according to the second spectrum signal (S140). According to the ranging method and apparatus, a distance of a reflection point in a measured system can be determined in a relatively accurate manner, so as to improve ranging accuracy.
US10578726B2
An active sensing system includes an agent and at least one sensor operatively associated with the agent. The at least one sensor includes one or more emitters configured and disposed to establish a sensing zone. A conflict identification module is configured and disposed to identify one or more sensor conflict regions, and an active sensor controller is operatively connected to the at least one sensor and the conflict identification module. The active sensor controller is configured and disposed to form an adjustment zone within the sensing zone to accommodate the one or more sensor conflict regions.
US10578724B2
One example method involves obtaining a plurality of images using a camera located at a given position relative to a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device. A first image of the plurality may be obtained while a first aperture is interposed between the camera and the LIDAR device. A second image of the plurality may be obtained while a second aperture is interposed between the camera and the LIDAR device. The method also involves determining one or more alignment offsets between a transmitter of the LIDAR device and a receiver of the LIDAR device based on the plurality of images.
US10578716B1
A sensor enclosure comprises a cover and a structure. The structure can be encased by the cover. The structure comprises a frame, a ring, and one or more anchoring posts. The frame can be configured to mount one or more sensors. The ring, disposed peripherally to the frame, can be operatively coupled to the cover. The ring can include a drainage ring plate that drains rainwater accumulated on the cover away from the sensor enclosure. The one or more anchoring posts, disposed underneath the frame and the ring, can be used to anchor the sensor enclosure to a vehicle.
US10578714B2
A vehicle control apparatus performs traveling control of a vehicle based on a detection result of a radar apparatus that detects a target in the periphery of an own vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus calculates a shaft misalignment angle that is a misalignment amount of an attachment angle of the radar apparatus and a shaft misalignment direction, and sets a detection range over which a target to be subjected to traveling control of the own vehicle is detected. Until elapse of a predetermined initial period after startup, a width in a lateral direction of the detection range is reduced based on a predetermined initial angle that is the misalignment amount of the attachment angle of the radar apparatus. After the elapse of the initial period after startup, the width in the lateral direction of the detection range is reduced based on calculation values of the shaft misalignment angle and the shaft misalignment direction.
US10578712B2
Disclosed herein is an installation angle distinction apparatus including at least: an Input unit which inputs a current relative distance value, current relative velocity value and current horizontal angle value of a stationary object; an estimation unit which estimates a vertical height of the stationary object, and estimates vertical height values of the stationary object at each of predetermined time points for different distances and estimates a current vertical installation angle value of the detector; a determination unit which determinates that the current vertical installation angle of the detector is abnormal when the estimated current vertical installation angle value is deviated from a reference vertical installation angle value range preset; and a control unit which receives the current relative distance value, the current relative velocity value, and the current horizontal angle value, transmits an estimation command and a determination command to the estimation unit the determination unit, respectively.
US10578707B2
The present disclosure relates to a radar apparatus and a method for processing a signal using a radar apparatus, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for receiving and processing reception signals having different polarization characteristics using one array antenna. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a radar apparatus including: a long-range transmission antenna unit including one or more long-range transmission array antennae which transmit a first polarized transmission signal; a short-range transmission antenna unit including one or more short-range transmission array antennae which transmit a second polarized transmission signal; a complex array antenna unit which includes one or more complex array antennae receiving a first polarized reception signal and a second polarized reception signal which are received by reflecting the first polarized transmission signal and the second polarized transmission signal from a target; and a signal processing unit which detects the target using the first polarized reception signal and the second polarized reception signal, in which the first polarized reception signal has a cross polarization characteristic with respect to the second polarized reception signal, and a radar signal processing method.
US10578700B2
A magnetic resonance (MR) image is created by executing an imaging sequence with an MR apparatus, wherein data in k-space are acquired using multiple receiving antennae, and reconstruction of all image points that correspond to all k-space points belonging to the imaging sequence takes place using a sensitivity profile of the receiving antennae in order to also take account of data at k-space points at positions at which no data were acquired. Data acquired at a number of positions of particular k-space points, the number of the particular k-space points being smaller than the number of all k-space points belonging to the imaging sequence. The aperture of each of the receiving antennae is configured such that, for acquisition of data at a respective k-space point, the spectral main lobe of the respective receiving antenna also extends over k-space points adjacent to the respective k-space point.
US10578695B2
Selectively exciting bulk protons in certain tissue components, e.g. water, while suppressing the excitation of others, e.g. fat, can lead to images with better contrast for desired features. The invention provides binomial, off-resonance RF excitation pulses for differentiating tissue excitation that yields a larger fat suppression that prior art water excitation methods. Proper balancing of the frequency offset and the pulse duration with a relative phase offset between the pulses leads to large-bandwidth pass- and stopbands for water and fat, respectively. The pulses can be applied with short, or even zero, interpulse delay, leading to substantial time savings in the imaging sequence.
US10578694B2
Systems and methods for improved NMR signal detection are described. The system receives NMR signal data produced by a sample over time in response to an excitation pulse and selects a predefined system function for application to the NMR signal data for systematic variation of signal properties The system function has a different influence on NMR signal components than on noise components of the sampled signal and has a variation parameter to control the systematic variation. A plurality of variation parameter values is provided with differing values to influence broad NMR signals as well as weak NMR signals. The system generates for each variation parameter value a corresponding intermediate data set by applying the system function with the respective variation parameter value to the NMR signal data. Further, from each intermediate data set, a respective base value centered spectrum is generated in the frequency-domain.
US10578674B2
A personal consumer product having an energy emitting element in selective electrical communication with a power source is provided. Thermal control circuitry is used to isolate the energy emitting element from the power source when a temperature of the energy emitting element exceeds a threshold. A diagnostics routine is used to test the functionality of the hardware and software of the personal consumer product.
US10578670B2
A testing system includes a slot configured to receive a device-under-test (DUT), and a core testing processor configured to communicate with a user interface and with the slot, wherein the core testing processor is associated with communication that is independent of any other communications transmitted within the system, and wherein the core testing processor executes a set of tests associated with the DUT.
US10578668B2
A detection device for a mobile phone camera module includes a casing, a power board, a main board, a camera module data interface unit, and a connection port unit, wherein both the power board and the main board are disposed within the casing; the power board is respectively electrically connected with the camera module data interface unit and the connection port unit; the casing has multiple windows for respectively accommodating the camera module data interface unit and the connection port unit; a radiator, a power switch and an indicator light are disposed within the casing, and are electrically connected with both the main board and the power board. Furthermore, the detection device provided by the present invention provides multiple connection ports.
US10578667B2
Methods and systems automatically detect, classify and/or mitigate sensor errors using partial qualitative and quantitative knowledge of the subsystems. In various examples, sensor fault detection is performed with a custom designed representation scheme covering causality, correlation, system of equality and inequalities, and an associated logic. The logic is described by a set of algorithmic steps to iteratively assign trustworthiness level of sensors. Sensor fault classification is performed by combining mathematical and statistical techniques that can be utilized to expose bias, drift, multiplicative calibration error, precision degradation and spike error. Sensor fault mitigation is also performed on identified bias, drift, multiplicative calibration error, precision degradation and spike error.
US10578661B2
A method for determining a quality factor of an electrostatically actuated oscillator, the oscillator having a resonance frequency, the method including generating an excitation voltage defined as being the sum of a sinusoidal voltage and a voltage pulse; applying the excitation voltage at the input of the oscillator; acquiring in the time domain a response voltage present at the output of the oscillator after having ceased applying the excitation voltage at the input of the oscillator; determining the quality factor of the oscillator from the response voltage acquired at the output of the oscillator.
US10578654B2
A device for averaging a sensed current includes a sampling circuit that samples at least two sampling points of each cycle of a front-end alternating current (AC) sensed signal. The two sampling points is substantially symmetrical with respect to a midpoint of each respective cycle of the front-end AC sensed signal. The device also includes a timing circuit that controls a timing of the sampling circuit to sample the front-end AC sensed signal on the at least two sampling points based on a timing signal generated by the timing circuit. The device further includes an averaging circuit that averages the two sampling points for a given cycle of the front-end AC sensed signal to produce an average sensed current.
US10578650B2
Disclosed is a shunt resistor for measuring current, and a shunt resistor for measuring current, in which one or more protrusions having an unevenness shape, which are formed on one lateral surface of a shunt resistor and one or more solders are bonded to each other, respectively and the shunt resistor and a printed circuit board are electrically connected to each other to measure current of a battery through a shunt resistance included in the shunt resistor unit.
US10578646B2
A testing head for functionality testing a device under test comprises a plurality of contact probes, each contact probe having a rod-like body having a preset length less than 5000 μm extending between a first and a second end, the second end being a contact tip and an opening extending all over its length and defining a plurality of arms, parallel to each other, separated by the opening and connected to the end portions of the contact probe, and an auxiliary guide, arranged transverse to the body and provided with suitable guide holes, the contact probes sliding through each of them, the auxiliary guide defining a gap including one end of the opening being a critical portion of the body and a zone more prone to breakings in the body undergoing low or even no bending stresses in the gap with respect to the rest of the body.
US10578637B2
An air data probe includes a body, a mount adjacent to the body, a primary low ice adhesion surface coating on a primary impact region of the air data probe, the primary impact region being positioned for direct impact with water drops, and a secondary low ice adhesion surface coating on a secondary impact region of the air data probe, the secondary impact region being positioned for indirect contact by water drops. The primary low ice adhesion surface coating has a different composition than the secondary low ice adhesion surface coating.
US10578634B2
Provided herein are methods and systems of the invention that include the use of an automated solution dispenser to form a solution according to at least one target characteristic. A controller may be operatively connected to the automated solution dispenser, wherein the controller is programmed to direct mixing of one or more solids and one or more liquids to produce the solution. At least a portion of the solution can be dispensed into one or more containers.
US10578611B2
The invention relates to the surprising find that low density lipoprotein receptor-deficient mice (LDLr−/−) mice when fed with high energy diets produce controllable and consistent diabetic complications, especially renal damage, similar to the human pathophysiology and biological response. The invention thus comprises a method for discovering a preventive or therapeutic regimen for the prevention or treatment of diabetic micro- or macrovascular complications, comprising the steps of: a. feeding LDLr−/− mice, which have not been treated with streptozotocin, with a high energy diet; b. before, during and/or after this diet treating the mice with the preventive or therapeutic regimen; c. checking whether any change in the micro- or macrovascular system of the animal occurs. Specifically in such a method renal damage is assessed. Also use of said mice fed with a high energy diet for studying the diabetic micro- and macrovascular complications is part of the invention.
US10578610B2
Mitofusin modulatory peptides are described which may function as activators or inhibitors of mitochondrial fusion. The sequences and compositions comprising the sequences are useful for treating diseases or disorders associated with mitofusin 1 (Mfn1) and/or mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) and mitochondrial dysfunction. Methods of treatment, pharmaceutical formulations and methods of identifying compounds that mimic the activity of the peptides for use in screening assays are also described.
US10578608B1
Some embodiments include a genetically engineered cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding a detectable polypeptide operably linked to the Msi1 or Msi2 promoter and genetically engineered organisms comprising these genetically engineered cells.
US10578606B2
The present disclosure provides a biological fluid collection device, such as a blood collection device, that is adapted to receive a multi-component blood sample having a cellular portion and a plasma portion and quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively separate the plasma portion from the sample. A pressure gradient can be applied across a separation member to facilitate movement of the plasma portion ahead of the cellular portion. The present disclosure allows for both passive and active plasma separation and dispensing.
US10578594B2
A sensing and analysis system on a chip for sensing and analyzing chemical or biological analytes includes a chromatography column having an inlet and an outlet formed on the chip for temporal separation of components of analytes and at least one whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical resonator for sensing of the components. The chromatography column is formed on a first wafer layer. Each WGM optical resonator includes a hollow sealed enclosure formed at or over the inlet or the outlet of or elsewhere along the chromatography column such that a gas flowing through the chromatography column fills the hollow sealed enclosure. Each WGM optical resonator further includes an optical waveguide aligned with the sealed hollow enclosure for evanescent wave light coupling.
US10578592B2
A method for estimating temperature variation due to pressure drop in a mobile phase passing through a column in a high efficiency chromatographic separation system is provided. The method includes constructing a temperature triangle using a pressure-temperature thermodynamic plot of the mobile phase having isenthalpic curves of the mobile phase. Applications of the method include development of chromatographic methods for minimizing band broadening due to temperature variation and methods to mitigate the extent of temperature variation due to the pressure drop.
US10578590B2
A ground engaging member that engages a work material to dig into the work material includes a member body extending from a leading end to a trailing end, the member body having an internal surface defining a cavity therein, the cavity having a concavity that faces away from the leading end along a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction extending from the leading end to the trailing end; and a first wear sensing body embedded in the member body between the cavity and the leading end along the longitudinal direction. The member body is fabricated from a ground engaging tool (GET) body material having a GET body material density. The first wear sensing body is fabricated from a wear sensing body material having a wear sensing body material density that is not equal to the GET body material density.
US10578587B2
According to one embodiment, a method is used for diagnosing a deterioration of a utility pole having at least one bolt and a plurality of holes provided for attaching the bolt. In the method, an impact is applied to the bolt. Elastic waves generated due to the impact are detected by a sensor shaped like a bolt. The sensor is attached to at least one of the holes. A propagation situation of the elastic waves in the utility pole is derived, based on the elastic waves detected, and each position of the bolt and the sensor.
US10578586B2
A CWT-based method to calculate transmission coefficients of different Lamb waves using individual LEU signals. A neural network was trained to accurately predict WPDs based on the transmission coefficients of selected Lamb waves and the LEU signal energy. The method is capable of inspecting WPDs quickly along welds in thin structures.
US10578583B2
Embodiments of the present invention include systems, apparatuses, and methods that include a pipeline inspection apparatus containing a carriage, a first member including at least a first and second sensor configured to take a first round of measurements of a pipe, a second member including at least a third and fourth sensor configured to take a first round of measurements of the pipe, and a multiplexer. The first and second members are attached to opposite side members of the carriage. The carriage, first member, and second member are configured to surround a section of the pipe and are movably mountable on the pipe. The multiplexer receives a signal from the at least first, second, third, and fourth sensors and creates a measurement signal.
US10578575B2
A noise-reduced capacitive sensing unit is disclosed. The noise-reduced capacitive sensing unit includes: a sensing plate; a first bias voltage source for providing a first bias voltage; a second bias voltage source for providing a second bias voltage; a switch unit, connected between two bias voltage sources and the sensing plate, for selectively providing one of the bias voltages to the sensing plate; an excitation signal source for providing a bi-level waveform; a reference capacitor, formed between the excitation signal source and the sensing plate, for injecting the excitation signal to the sensing plate; and a voltage follower for providing sensing results, wherein an input node of the voltage follower is connected to the sensing plate.
US10578559B2
An electronic device having an indication member for determining liquid exposure in an electronic device is disclosed. The indication member may include ink and a layer covering the ink. The layer may include a liquid-permeable layer that allows liquid to pass through the layer and contact the ink. In this regard, at least some of the ink may rise through the layer and to a top surface of the indication member. Although the ink may be exposed at the top surface, in some cases, the ink is visible or detectable when exposed to light from an ultraviolet light source. Also, the top surface may include a pattern or other indicia that is also visible or detectable when exposed to the light source. When the indication member is exposed to liquid, the pattern may be altered or disturbed in a location corresponding to an exposed portion of the indication member.
US10578551B2
A process of in-situ detection of hollow fiber formation includes immersing a plurality of individual glass fibers in an index-matching material. The index-matching material has a first refractive index that substantially matches a second refractive index of the glass fibers. The process also includes exposing the individual glass fibers to a light source during immersion in the index-matching material. The process further includes utilizing one or more optical components to collect optical data for the individual glass fibers during immersion in the index-matching material. The process also includes determining, based on the optical data, that a particular glass fiber of the plurality of individual glass fibers includes a hollow fiber.
US10578548B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for systems, apparatuses, and methods for real-time fluid analysis. Embodiments include a removable and replaceable sampling system and an analytical system connected to the sampling system. A fluid may be routed through the sampling system and real-time data may be collected from the fluid via the sampling system. The sampling system may process and transmit the real-time data to the analytical system. The analytical system may include a command and control system that may receive and store the real-time data in a database and compare the real-time data to existing data for the fluid in the database to identify conditions in the fluid.
US10578546B2
A multi-angle optical characteristic measuring device and an optical unit therefor include: an illuminating portion that irradiates a measurement point with an illuminating light beam; a plurality of reflecting mirrors that are arranged facing the measurement point at a plurality of different observation angles, and modify traveling directions of measurement light beams emitted from the measurement point in response to the illuminating light beam; one light receiving optical system that receives the measurement light beams from the plurality of reflecting mirrors; and a two-dimensional detecting portion that detects the measurement light beams received by the light receiving optical system, and the plurality of reflecting mirrors modifies the traveling directions of the measurement light beams such that the two-dimensional detecting portion detects the measurement light beams at different positions on the two-dimensional detecting portion.
US10578543B2
Conventional systems for monitoring pipe networks are generally not scalable, impractical in the field with uncontrolled environments or rely of static features of pipes that are vary depending on the pipes under consideration. The ideal sensor-ed monitoring systems are not economically viable. Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide an improved data-driven model to rank pipes in the order of burst probabilities, by including dynamic feature values of pipes such as pressure and flow that depends on network structure and operations. The present disclosure enables estimating approximate values for the dynamic features since they are hard to estimate accurately in the absence of a calibrated hydraulic model. The present disclosure also validates the estimated approximate dynamic feature values for the purpose of estimating bursts likelihood vis-a-vis accurate values of the dynamic metrics.
US10578537B2
The invention relates to a method for determining properties of particles in a medium by measuring scattering of a light ray guided through the medium. The light ray (2) can be led through a scattering zone (4) more than once. Both the scattered (5) and unscattered light are measured using the same sensor (6). The invention also relates to a measuring device for measuring the properties of particles in a medium, such as flue gas.
US10578535B2
A device for determining the density of volumes of material to be imaged is provided, the device comprising a gas detector having first and second chambers separated by a micro-screen, making it possible to detect a stream of ionising particles, to calculate the path of each ionising particle and the stream of ionising particles passing through the first chamber, and comprising computing means for converting the calculations of paths and streams into information on the volume density of the material to be imaged.
US10578531B2
A system can include a torsion applicator (e.g., a torsion motor and shaft) configured to apply a torque to a test article that is additively built on and attached to a build plate. The system can include at least one twist sensor and at least one torque sensor. A method for determining quality of an additively manufactured article or batch thereof can include torsion testing at least one additively manufactured test article that is built on and attached to a build plate while the at least one test article is still attached to the build plate.
US10578529B2
In a tension measurement device, a load cell, a base portion in which the load cell is provided, a pair of load transfer beams each having a support point and an action point provided in different positions and being configured to transfer a load to the load cell at a tip side, and a pressing member which is supported by the base side pins of the pair of load transfer beams and to which the load is applied are provided.
US10578527B2
A test system comprising a heating device for heating content comprising a mixture of a first and a second product, said device comprising a test container suitable for receiving the content, a receiving container suitable for receiving the test container, a coil comprising induction turns, and a current source suitable for supplying current to the induction turns. The heating device is such that the induction turns are attached to the receiving container and extend helically concentrically around the receiving container. The test system further comprises an arm for mixing the content of the test container and a mechanism for guiding the arm. A method for implementing such a test system.
US10578523B2
A method of separating an analyte from a biological sample is described. The method comprises providing particles capable of binding said analyte when present in a solution in a container, said container comprising walls, wherein at least a part of said walls is flexible. The particles are suspended in the solution by exerting a force on the flexible part of the walls of the container more than one time. An aliquot of the suspended particles is then removed from the container. The removed aliquot is dispensed into a sample, and the sample is incubated under conditions suitable to immobilize said analyte on the particles. The particles with the bound analyte are then separated from other material and at least part of the biological sample is removed.
US10578511B2
A flexible universal bladder tool is disclosed to be coupled between a source of “smoke” and a fluid system to be tested for leaks, such as that found in the automotive industry. The bladder tool is an inflatable bladder that surrounds a flexible smoke delivery tube which communicates with the source of smoke and a fluid duct of the system under test. By virtue of the flexible nature of the smoke delivery tube, the inflatable bladder is adapted to be bent around any of a variety of curved fluid ducts. The flexible smoke delivery tube is detachable from the tool so that the tube can be quickly replaced with a different tube having a different length. The inflatable bladder is filled with fluid (e.g., air) to expand into sealing engagement with the fluid duet, and the system under test is pressurized with smoke supplied thereto by way of the flexible smoke deliver tube.
US10578506B2
A pressure sensor includes: a diaphragm joined to a front side of a housing via a joint portion; a sensor portion; a connection portion connecting the diaphragm to the sensor portion; and a heat receiving portion disposed at the front side of the diaphragm. When: a minimum value of an area of a minimum inclusion region which is a virtual region, which include a cross-section of a portion from the heat receiving portion to the diaphragm and of which an overall length of a contour become minimum on a cross-section perpendicular to the axial line, is defined as a connection area Sn; and an area of a region surrounded by the joint portion on a projection plane perpendicular to the axial line when the diaphragm and the heat receiving portion are projected onto the projection plane is defined as a diaphragm effective area Sd, (Sn/Sd)≤0.25 is satisfied.
US10578488B1
Disclosed herein are spectral imaging systems having an internally folded prism, which can have four different refracting surfaces. A first angle defines the spatial relationship between the first and second refracting surfaces. The first angle can have a range between 45-95 degrees. In some embodiments, the first angle can be 70 degrees. The spatial relationship of the third and fourth refracting surfaces can be defined by a second angle, which can be the same as the first angle. Finally, the spatial relationship of the second and third refracting surfaces can be defined by a third angle, which can have a range between 90-145 degrees. The prism index of refraction, the first, second, and third angles are selected such that TIR is achieved at two of the refracting surfaces. Additionally, these prism parameters are selected such that a 180 degrees fold of the optical path is achieved entirely within the prism.
US10578482B2
A proximity sensing device includes: a light source, a sensing unit, a light guide unit, and a window. The light source emits light, which is guided by the light guide unit to the window. The emitted light reflected by an object is received by the same window. The light guide unit includes a partial-transmissive-partial-reflective (PTPR) optical element, whereby the light emitted from the light source is reflected by the PTPR optical element, while the light reflected by the object passes through the PTPR optical element. There is only one window required.
US10578472B2
Methods and apparatus for obtaining an indication of fluid inflow in a section of a gas well having multiple perforations through which fluids comprising gas and/or liquid enter the well are described. In an example, the temperature within the section of the gas well is monitored at a plurality of locations. The locations comprising (a) a first set of locations, at or near a perforation; and (b) a second set of locations at which the temperature is substantially independent of the effects of the inflow of gas at a perforation. An indication of temperature excursions at the locations is obtained and used to obtaining an indication of the inflow of fluids to the well by relating the indications of temperature excursions from the second set of locations to liquid inflow and relating the indications of temperature excursions from the first set of locations to liquid and gas inflow.
US10578471B2
An apparatus and method for measuring the superposition of a plurality of sound waves propagating within a conduit containing a fluid having a plurality of transducers positioned substantially parallel to the flow direction along the wall of the conduit. The system includes a computing device for modeling the superposition of a plurality of sound waves as they propagate within the conduit.
US10578466B2
An injector testing system includes a testing rig having a receptacle and an injector mounting structure. The receptacle has an inlet for receiving fluid injected by an injector, a target outlet for receiving at least a portion of fluid injected through the inlet, and a runoff outlet for receiving fluid missing the target outlet. At least one fluid-quantity measuring device fluidly connected to at least one of the target and runoff outlets measures a quantity of fluid having flowed thereto. A controller receives signals representative of (i) a quantity of fluid having flowed to the at least one fluid-quantity measuring device via the target outlet, and (ii) a quantity of fluid having flowed to the at least one fluid-quantity measuring device via the runoff outlet or both of the runoff outlet and the target outlet. Based on these quantities, a proportion of fluid injected into the target outlet is determined.
US10578463B2
Systems and methods for processing sensor information obtained from a coding wheel of a motor may detect defects in the sensor information caused by contamination or damage of any of the angular step markers, index marker, and/or blank space on the tracks of the coding wheel. A step counter counts toward an overflow value representing the number of angular step markers on the coding wheel. The step counter and the index are correlated: when the overflow value is reached, if the index marker is not detected an error is raised; coincidently, when the index marker is detected, if the step counter has not reached the overflow value an error is raised. The systems and methods may be applied to bidirectionally rotating motors and other devices by detecting a change in rotational direction and switching from incrementing the angular step counter to decrementing it, and vice versa.
US10578453B2
A three-dimensional computer model of an environment is formed based on collected sensor data that includes at least one of image data of the environment and range data to objects in the environment. A plurality of candidate trajectories within the environment are generated based on the three-dimensional computer model. Rendered image data of the three-dimensional computer model and the plurality of candidate trajectories is formed. One of the candidate trajectories is selected based on the rendered image data and is utilized for controlling movement of a mobile platform.
US10578441B2
A navigation system includes a support structure configured to be positioned at a sea floor. The navigation system also includes multiple transducers coupled to the support structure at fixed locations and configured to emit multiple reference signals. The navigation system further includes a transducer coupled to a movable subsea vessel and configured to receive the plurality of reference signals. A controller includes a processor and a memory, and the processor is configured to determine a position of the movable subsea vessel relative to the support structure based on the multiple reference signals.
US10578439B2
Example implementations may relate to an RC vehicle with a receiver and an inertial measurement unit. In particular, the RC vehicle may include vehicle controller circuitry that works together with the inertial measurement unit to instruct the receiver to enter a bind mode when the RC vehicle is rotated, oriented, or positioned in a certain way. In an example embodiment, the RC vehicle may instruct the receiver to enter a bind mode when the RC vehicle is first powered on and is rotated 180 degrees in a certain direction, such as from upright to upside-down.
US10578418B2
A method and apparatus are described for forming a pattern including one or more markings on a substrate. The method includes the step of forming each marking by locally heating the substrate, for example using a fibre laser. A step is also performed of monitoring the temperature of the substrate, e.g. using a temperature sensor, whilst each marking is being formed. The method may be used to form a magnetic encoder scale on a stainless steel substrate having a high content of martensitic material. The local heating causes the martensitic material to be transformed into austenitic material. An encoder scale made using the method is also described.
US10578416B2
A device configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depths of holes for placement of bone screws and fastener for bone implant fixation procedures. The device includes a combination of a bone probe for physical examination of a hole drilled in a bone and a depth gauge member for determining a depth of the hole and providing digital measurement of the depth via a display on the instrument and/or via a wireless exchange of measurement data to a remote computing device, such as a tablet or smartphone. The device may further be connected to a separate neuromonitoring device and be used for nerve sensing and/or nerve stimulation by way of the bone probe. For example, the bone probe may include a conductive material such that the distal probe tip acts as an extension of the neuromonitoring device and may be used to sense and/or stimulate nerves.
US10578415B2
A device configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depths of holes for placement of bone screws and fastener for bone implant fixation procedures. The device includes a combination of a bone probe for physical examination of a hole drilled in a bone and a depth gauge member for determining a depth of the hole and providing digital measurement of the depth via a display on the instrument and/or via a wireless exchange of measurement data to a remote computing device, such as a tablet or smartphone. The device may further be connected to a separate neuromonitoring device and be used for nerve sensing and/or nerve stimulation by way of the bone probe. For example, the bone probe may include a conductive material such that the distal probe tip acts as an extension of the neuromonitoring device and may be used to sense and/or stimulate nerves.
US10578413B1
A bullet projectile is described with an internal magnetic hammer providing electromagnetic induction upon impact.
US10578412B2
A projectile for use with a firearm having a rifled barrel can include: a substantially cylindrical projectile body having at a front end an ogival nose section and at a rear end a tail section; a driving band section formed on the projectile body between the nose section and the tail section; a bore rider section formed on the projectile body between the nose section and the tail section; and a driving band lead-off section formed on the projectile body adjacent to the driving band section on a rearward side thereof and having an angled surface, with respect to a horizontal axis of the projectile body, that forms a transition from the driving band section to a portion of the projectile body adjacent to the driving band lead-off section on a rearward side thereof. The driving band lead-off section can be formed having an LD-Haack profile.
US10578411B2
An explosive device, such as a munition or a part of a munition, has an explosive material surrounded by a casing that has one or more voids within the casing. The one or more voids define sizes and shapes of the fragments that the casing breaks into when the explosive material is detonated. The casing may be made using an additive manufacturing process, with the one or more voids fully between an inner surface of the casing and an outer surface of the casing. The voids may substantially define the size and shape of fragments making up a majority of the volume of the casing, such as 75% or more of the volume of the casing. The voids may change direction within the casing, for example branching and intersecting to define a plurality of rectangular (parallelepiped) or other shaped fragments.
US10578408B2
A bore cleaning device is configured to clean a bore of a firearm. The device includes a cylindrically shaped cleaning pad including a solid, non-hollow core. The device further includes a propellant providing a force to push the cleaning pad down the bore of the firearm and a payload located in a bore-forward position of the cleaning pad. The device can optionally include a lower charge cap situated between the propellant and the cleaning pad.
US10578407B2
A system for inhibiting the electronic system of a target object is provided. The system comprises an Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) unit, and a projectile for carrying the ECM unit towards the target object.
US10578406B2
A vehicle has improved energy absorbing capability and occupants have increased blast survivability. The vehicle includes a suspended floor assembly. The floor assembly may be suspended by, at least in part, one or more suspensions arms that have an extendable portion. The floor assembly may also have a yaw plane energy absorber between the floor assembly and a wall of the vehicle.
US10578401B2
A sighting system for use with firearms, including an LED light, a power source for powering the LED light, a circuit that receives current from the power source and provides current to the LED light, wherein the current provided to the LED light is lower than 1% of a minimum forward current listed for the LED light by the LED light manufacturer and responsive to the current the LED light provides light that is visible at least in a dark environment, a housing for encasing the LED light, power source and circuit to act as an independent unit; wherein the housing is designed to be retrofit entirely on top of the firearm, so that in dim light a user is guided by light from the LED light to align the firearm toward a target.
US10578396B2
A modular grenade launcher system includes an upper chassis and lower chassis secured on opposite sides of a barrel of a weapon, such as a firearm. The chassis removably receives any of a plurality of interchangeable modules, including grenade launcher assemblies having different calibers. A separate modular and removable firing mechanism is provided, wherein multiple grenade launcher barrel assemblies can share a common firing mechanism. An accessory rail module is also provided to replace the grenade launcher barrel assembly and firing mechanism.
US10578376B2
The present invention relates to a fin (103) for a plate heat exchanger having an angular, wave-shaped structure with wave crests (131) arranged in parallel to one another, wherein a wave crest (131) is connected via a wave flank (132) to another wave crest (131), and wherein the wave crest (131) and the wave flank (132) succeed one another in a first spatial direction (D1), and wherein the wave crest (131) and the wave flank (132) are connected to one another by a sheet edge (134). The wave crests (131) have a flat outer surface (135). According to the invention, the outer radius (R101) of the sheet edges (134) is 0.05 mm to 0.18 mm. A method for manufacturing a fin (103) is also provided, which comprises a pressure-shaping step in which a previously provided bent wave-shaped structure (3) is shaped such that the outer radius (R1) of the sheet edges (34) is reduced (R101).
US10578374B2
A heat exchanger including a plurality of parallel fins, and at least one tube passing through the parallel fins, wherein the tube carries a fluid that exchanges heat with air passing through the heat exchanger. The parallel fins each include a plurality of air deflecting members formed therein. Each air deflecting member is bent substantially orthogonally relative to a planar surface of each fin, and each air deflecting member is configured to direct the air passing through the heat exchanger to increase turbulence of the air, and to impinge the air against adjacent parallel fins, and to balance air flow across the heat exchanger and decrease maldistribution of the air flow through the heat exchanger.
US10578352B2
The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment therein, an illumination device for illuminating the interior of the storage compartment, a door hinged to the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment, the door having an opening formed therein and a panel assembly having a front panel provided at the front thereof, a knock sensor module including a microphone module for sensing a sound wave generated by knock vibration applied to the door and a module microcomputer for determining whether the knock vibration is a predetermined knock based on the sensed sound wave, and a controller provided separately from the module microcomputer for receiving a knock-on signal from the module microcomputer and operating the illumination device such that light is transmitted through the panel assembly, whereby the interior of the storage compartment can be seen from outside the door.
US10578350B2
A lifting shelf bracket and a refrigerator having same are provided. The shelf bracket includes: a first rack and a second rack arranged vertically and parallel to each other, and toothed surfaces of the first rack and the second rack are opposite to each other; a first gear and a second gear meshing with each other and disposed between the first rack and the second rack, the first gear meshing with the first rack, and the second gear meshing with the second rack; a movable fixing plate, the second gear being rotatably connected to the movable fixing plate (5) via a first rotation shaft; a first transmission rod having an end passing through the fixing plate and fixedly connected to the first gear, and the first transmission rod rotatable around a central axis thereof; and a locking device disposed to the fixing plate for locking and unlocking the first transmission rod.
US10578349B2
Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.
US10578340B2
A vehicle heater includes a heat exchanger assembly unit (10) and a blower assembly unit (38). The heat exchanger assembly unit (10) has a first sealing surface (28) and the blower assembly unit (38) includes a second sealing surface (50), which is positioned opposite the first sealing surface (28) at a predefined location determined by the spacer arrangement (34). A sealing element (60) is clamped in between the first sealing surface (28) and the second sealing surface (50).
US10578339B2
The purpose of the present invention is: to enable hot water at a required temperature to be supplied, even in cases when compressor load factor is low; to suppress heat dissipation from a waste-heat recovery device; and to improve waste-heat recovery rate. A waste-heat recovery system in an oil-cooled gas compressor is provided with: a compressor main body (3); an oil separator (6); gas piping (8) which supplies, to a demanded destination, compressed gas separated from oil by the oil separator; oil piping (7) which returns, to the compressor main body, the oil separated by the oil separator; and a waste-heat-recovery heat exchanger (10) which recovers heat from the compressed gas and/or the oil. The waste-heat recovery system is also provided with: a hot-water storage tank (19); circulation circuits (17, 18) in which a heat medium is made to circulate between the waste-heat recovery heat exchanger and the hot-water storage tank; a circulation pump (22) provided to these circulation circuits; and a control device (32) which, in cases when the temperature of the oil or the compressed gas subjected to heat exchange in the waste-heat-recovery heat exchanger is equal to or less than the temperature of the hot water in the hot-water storage tank, stops the circulation pump or reduces the rotational frequency of the circulation pump.
US10578330B2
The present invention provides a system for conservation and efficient use of energy through controlling and monitoring of devices, the system comprising at least one structure, wherein the structure comprises at least one zone, wherein the zone comprises at least one sensor configured to capture ambient data; at least one device; and at least one processing controller connected to the sensor and the device, the processing controller configured to receive the ambient data from the sensor and operating parameters from the device; a user module configured to receive input parameters from a plurality of users; an admin module configured to provide pre-defined parameters for operating the device adapted in the zone of the structure and manage and view the device adapted in the zone of the structure; a central processing module, connected to the structure, the user module, and the admin module through wired and/or wireless connection, the central processing module configured to process the data received from the processing controller adapted in the zone of the structure and generate the optimum parameters for operating the device adapted in the zone of the structure.
US10578326B2
According to examples a system, a method and a computer program for controlling at least one indoor environmental condition of a room, comprising: At least one processor, and at least one memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: Receive data of a number of persons within the room. Receive second data of a clothing of the persons. Based on the first and the second data, send a signal to at least one hvac de-vice of the room configured to control a level of a cleanness of the indoor environmental condition.
US10578321B2
An air conditioner unit is provided that includes features for selectively cooling an indoor fan motor of the unit based at least in part on the outdoor temperature. Methods for selectively cooling indoor fan motors of air conditioner units are also provided.
US10578320B2
An axial fan includes: a cutout in a rear edge part of each of the plurality of blades, the rear edge part being opposite to a front edge part of the each of the plurality of blades in a rotational direction of the each of the plurality of blades, the cutout extending from the rear edge part toward the front edge part such that the cutout divides the rear edge part into an outer rear edge part and an inner rear edge part; a rib in a blade surface of the each of the plurality of blades, the rib extending from the hub toward an outer circumference of the each of the plurality of blades along the front edge part; and a first thickness-reduced part adjacent to an end of the rib, the end of the rib being closer to the outer circumference, the each of the plurality of blades being thinned in the first thickness-reduced part.
US10578317B2
According to one example, a convection oven comprises a cooking chamber having a front door and a rear door opposing the front door; a combustion chamber disposed below at least a portion of the cooking chamber; a side flue conduit configured to direct hot air from the combustion chamber to the cooking chamber; and a side sub-chamber with a convection fan configured to re-circulate at least a portion of the hot air within the cooking chamber, in which the side sub-chamber is disposed adjacent a side of the cooking chamber that is orthogonal to the front and rear door.
US10578311B2
A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a rear exhaust exit, a cooking surface on top of the housing, the cooking surface having an upper surface, a cooking compartment in the housing, a cooling air system that conveys cooling air through the housing, an exhaust channel in fluid communication with the cooling air system and the rear exhaust exit, the exhaust channel for guiding a portion of the cooling air from the cooling air system to the rear exhaust exit, and an airflow metering device configured to control an airflow of the portion of the cooling air flowing at least one of into the exhaust channel and within the exhaust channel.
US10578308B2
The present device relates to a system of gas burners, in particular for a cooking top for household use and including a pair of substantially concentric burners. The pair of burners including an outer burner equipped with a first base, a first burner body and a first flame divider, and an inner burner equipped with a second base, a second burner body and a second flame divider. The present device is characterized in that the first base of the outer burner and the second base of the inner burner are made from a metallic sheet that is shaped by deep drawing.
US10578303B2
An inlet assembly for a an abatement burner includes: an inlet conduit operable to convey an effluent gas stream to be treated from an inlet aperture via a bore to an outlet aperture for treatment; and a lance conduit operable to convey a fuel gas from a gas inlet aperture via a gas bore to a gas outlet aperture positioned within the bore for mixing with the effluent gas stream, a cross-sectional area of the gas bore increasing towards the gas outlet aperture. In this way, the expansion caused by the increasing cross-sectional area of the gas bore enhances the mixing of the fuel gas with the effluent gas stream which provides for improved destruction and removal efficiencies (DRE), which enables the inlet assembly to be operated with reduced quantities of fuel gas, while still maintaining required levels of DRE.
US10578300B2
A candle with an embedded item and methods for manufacturing same are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a candle having an embedded item can include providing a first set of items of a first value and a second set of items of a second value different from the first value, combining the two sets to create a third set, and distributing the items of the third set among a set of candles, one item per candle, where the presence, nature, or value of the item within the candle is obscured. The method can further include selling the candles for a first price, wherein, the presence of the embedded item, the nature of the embedded item, the value of the embedded item, or the value of the embedded item relative to the first price is not known to the purchaser. The embedded item can comprise an object redeemable for a prize.
US10578297B1
A high lumen output flashlight includes a flashlight head at a first end of the flashlight and a power assembly at a second end of the flashlight. The power assembly includes power management module body member with a pivotally mounted cover selectively covering a recess formed in a second end of the power management module body member. An O-ring is positioned between the pivotally mounted cover and the power management module body member in a manner providing waterproof or water resistant protection. A central body member is positioned between the flashlight head and the power assembly. The flashlight head includes an outer body member secured to a first end of the central body member and an LED light assembly is positioned within the outer body member. The outer body member includes a plastic heat insulating ring.
US10578283B2
A linear light fixture can include a housing that includes at least one wall that forms a cavity. The linear light fixture can also a light board having multiple light sources disposed thereon, where the light sources are arranged in a linear fashion with respect to each other on the light board, where the light board is disposed within the cavity of the housing. The linear light fixture can further include a lens slidably disposed within a receiving feature of the housing. The linear light fixture can also include a first auxiliary optical member disposed within cavity of the housing, where the first auxiliary optical member includes a first body having a first end and a second end, where the first body includes a light diffusion film. The first auxiliary optical member can fill a first gap between the lens and a first side wall of the housing.
US10578282B2
An electroluminescent lighting system includes an electroluminescent encapsulated and protected inside a solid wall mounting channel. The mounting channel is typically plastic. The mounting channel may itself be printed on its outside display surface, or it may protect a printed surface inside its channel. The mounting channel is sealed on one end by a sealing cap and on its opposite end by an electrical connector that powers the EL lamp inside the channel. This sealed system offers a durable shield for the EL lamp that is mounted inside the channel.
US10578280B2
An illuminator includes a hologram label and light-emitting diodes. The hologram label includes a reflective face. The light-emitting diodes are located near the hologram label. The light-emitting diodes are used to emit incident light onto the reflective face of the hologram label that reflects the incident light and hence provides reflected light. The incident light is colorless, and the reflected light is in at least one color.
US10578274B2
A lens array assembly includes plural lens elements each configured to receive incoming light from one or more light sources. The lens elements include biconic refractive elements on first sides of the lens elements and including diffractive elements on opposite, second sides of the lens elements. The lens elements are configured to change directions of the incoming light received from the one or more light sources such that outgoing light emanating from the lens elements is collimated in a first direction but diverges along a different, second direction.
US10578272B2
Lit image projection lamp and method. In an exemplary embodiment of a projection device of the present disclosure, the projection device comprises a light source; a first lens positioned at a first distance from the light source; and a second lens at a second distance from the first lens; wherein the first lens and the second lens are lenticular lenses, each having an optical axis; and wherein the projection device is configured to generate a three-dimensional image from light emitted from the light source that passes through the first lens and the second lens.
US10578271B1
A vehicle LED linear lighting module is provide, including at least one printed circuit board, at least one light bar, an optical colloid and a light conductor. The light bar is disposed on the printed circuit board and composed of a plurality of light emitting diodes in a linear lighting and arranged with equal pitches. The optical colloid has a first optical surface, a second optical surface and a third optical surface, and covers the plurality of light emitting diodes in a full coverage. By using different optical surfaces of the optical colloid and the arrangement of the light incident surface and the light exit surface of the optical conductor, the light strip can greatly improve the light effect.
US10578256B2
An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote phosphor light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of phosphors provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output.
US10578253B2
The invention relates to engineering geodesy for monitoring a height and deformation of a pipeline. The invention includes use of a complex of interrelated monitoring measures that include monitoring a control position of deformation control benchmarks using optic geodetic devices and mobile satellite geodetic receivers. A state geodetic network is used only at an initial stage for reference of the network sites to the local system of coordinates. Geodetic measurements are then converted to a local system of coordinates. The invention decreases an amount of time and labor for detection of the oil pipeline coordinates for operational needs and simplifies a planned high-altitude position data exchange, storage and transfer during measurement.
US10578249B2
A gas tank arrangement for an internal combustion engine is provided, the gas tank arrangement including a gas tank configured to contain a combustible gas, and a first additional gas tank positioned in downstream fluid communication with the gas tank, wherein the gas tank arrangement further includes a second additional gas tank positioned in downstream fluid communication with the gas tank and in upstream fluid communication with the first additional gas tank. A vehicle including such a gas tank arrangement is also provided.
US10578246B2
A handle and grip system for manipulating miniature objects is provided. The system embodies a handle portion and a base portion. The handle portion is adapted to provide three finger rests and a grip portion dimensioned to snap on to a neck portion of the base portion for simultaneously rotating and manipulating both portions. The base portion provides supporting surfaces for the miniature object. A base extension may also be provided by the system to removably engage the base holder to provide full support or for providing additional support while the user manipulates the snapped-on handle portion.
US10578243B2
The invention relates to an anti-tilt spring mechanism and tension mounting mechanism for a ball and socket mounting device (1), consisting of an outer ball shell (16) provided with a guide member (18) disposed in an outer housing (15); an inner ball (5) disposed in the outer ball shell (16) and having a neck portion (10), a slit (9) and a slide with bore (20); a socket (24), and a cap (17), with a mounting disc (2), provided with an adjustment screw (3), being attached to the neck portion (10) of the inner ball (5). The anti-tilt spring mechanism and tensioning mechanism are characterised in that one or more expediently configured elastic bodies inserted into the inner cavity (6) of the inner ball (5) are in contact with or attached to the guide member (18) of the outer ball shell (16) and the interior surface of the inner ball (5), such that the rotation of the inner ball (5) is counteracted by the torque produced by the force arising from the deformation of the elastic body effected by the rotation of the inner ball (5).
US10578242B2
A securing base includes a base seat unit and a clamp unit. The base seat unit includes a base seat formed with a receiving groove, and a securing plate secured to the base seat. The clamp unit includes a clamp member and a bolt member. The clamp member has an engaging segment disposed within the receiving groove, and a clamp segment disposed outside of the base seat unit. The bolt member extends drivingly through the engaging segment and extends rotatably into the securing plate. Rotation of the bolt member drives the clamp member to move along the bolt member, thereby moving the clamp segment to be distal from or proximate to the securing plate.
US10578236B2
A hose and a system including a hose may be used to connect various components. The hose may include a hose body, where an end segment of the hose body may be foldable over a clamp seat area of the hose body. There may be an opening in the end segment sized and shaped to provide access to a clamp, so as to better hold the clamp in place, while still enabling access.
US10578221B2
Described herein is a flow divider that has two chambers defined by two diaphragms and a spool disposed through the diaphragms. The spool has two tapered nozzles that extend into outlets from each chamber. Within the spool are orifices for providing fluid communication from an inlet to each chamber and dividing the flow. The flow divider generally maintains consistent flow to each outlet even when there is downstream backpressure by being able to move away from the outlet with the increased pressure to further drive the opposite nozzle into the other outlet to reduce the flow at the other outlet to balance the pressure at each outlet.
US10578216B2
A valve body includes an arm inserted portion that accommodates a part of a valve arm. A relation of hx
US10578214B2
To provide a piston ring comprising a hard carbon film that is easy to form and exhibits excellent adhesion and wear resistance, and a manufacturing method therefor. The above-described problem is solved by means of a piston ring comprising a hard carbon film 50 formed on at least an outer peripheral sliding surface 11 of a piston ring base material 1, wherein the hard carbon film 50 is a laminated film comprising a plurality of layers, including an upper layer 5 with a lamination pitch within a range of 3 nm to 50 nm inclusive, a middle layer 4 with a lamination pitch less than that of the upper layer 5, and a lower layer 3 with a lamination pitch within the same range as that of the upper layer 5 and greater than that of the middle layer 4. This hard carbon film 50 may be configured to have an sp2 component ratio within a range of 35% to 80% inclusive, measured in a TEM-EELS spectrum formed by combining electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) with a transmission electron microscope (TEM), and a hydrogen content within a range of 0.1 atom % to 5 atom % inclusive.
US10578212B2
A hydrostatic traction drive for a vehicle with a hydrostat includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor, and an electronic control unit. The hydraulic pump has an adjustable stroke volume, and includes an adjustment device configured to adjust the adjustable stroke volume. The hydraulic motor is arranged with the hydraulic pump in a hydraulic circuit, in particular a closed hydraulic circuit. The electronic control unit is configured to exclusively control the hydrostat so that the traction drive is controllable without knowledge or control of specific components thereof. The electronic control unit has a defined interface configured to pass a target value for an operating parameter of the hydrostat to the electronic control unit.
US10578206B2
An oil transfer assembly has a fixed structure, with at least one inlet for receiving lubricating oil, and an interface member rotating about an axis and having a front face, from which at least one duct starts for conveying the lubricating oil; the assembly is provided with a slide having an annular chamber, which is delimited axially, on one side, by the front face and connects the inlet with the duct; the slide is coupled to the front face so as to guarantee a seal for the fluid of the annular chamber and engages a guide seat provided in the structure in an axially sliding manner.
US10578195B2
A drive system includes a first planetary device at least selectively coupled to a first electromagnetic device, a second planetary device coupled to a second electromagnetic device and directly coupled to the first planetary device, an engine directly coupled to the first planetary device with a connecting shaft, and an output shaft coupled to the first planetary device. The first and second electromagnetic devices include a first shaft and a second shaft, respectively. The connecting shaft extends through the second electromagnetic device and through the second planetary device to the first planetary device. The first shaft, the second shaft, the first planetary device, the second planetary device, the connecting shaft, and the output shaft are radially aligned, forming a straight-thru transmission arrangement.
US10578194B2
A powertrain system includes an input element, an output element, and a magnetic transmission stage disposed directly at the output element. The magnetic transmission stage includes a first rotor with a first number of pole pairs, a second rotor with a second number of pole pairs, the second number of pole pairs being different from the first number of pole pairs, a third rotor with a number of pole bars arranged such that the magnetic field between the first and second pole pairs is modulated. A mechanical transmission stage is disposed between the magnetic transmission stage and the input element in the powertrain, and a control means controls a power flow between the input element and the output element. The control means is connected to a rotor of the magnetic transmission stage and to a shaft of the mechanical transmission stage.
US10578182B2
Housing has first and second parallel tubular chambers. The first chamber contains a gas spring whose output shaft connects to a first piston of area A1. The second chamber contains a second piston of area A2
US10578180B2
An air spring comprises a hollow elastic sleeve, an end component for securing the air spring to a first frame, a hollow piston for securing the air spring to a second frame that is movable relative to the first frame, and a cylinder surrounding the hollow elastic sleeve to constrain the diameter of the hollow sleeve. A meniscus loop is formed adjacent the piston to define a major diameter of the air spring and thereby reduce the natural frequency of the air spring.
US10578177B2
Provided is a device for detecting thickness of a brake pad, comprising a support body, a conducting wire or a resistor body, further comprising a conducting wire provided outside the support body, and possibly further comprising a resistor, some or all of the conducting wire, resistor body, and resistor are connected to form a circuit in a certain structure, and the conducting wire or the resistor body on the support body is rubbed together with the brake pad within a certain thickness range of the brake pad. By the present invention, the range of the thickness dimension of the brake pad can be determined, or the thickness dimension of the brake pad can be continuously reflected within a certain range.
US10578168B2
A synchronizer ring for a synchronization unit has a substantially constant sheet-metal cone which tapers in direction of its ring axis from a first axial cone end towards a second axial cone end. At the sheet-metal cone a centering collar is integrally molded and the sheet-metal cone includes a first sheet portion and axially adjacent a second sheet portion. In addition, the sheet-metal cone includes a step portion which axially extends between the second axial cone end and the first sheet portion, wherein a radial outer side of the step portion is offset with respect to a radial outer side of the first sheet portion towards the ring axis. Furthermore, there is shown a method for manufacturing a synchronizer ring.
US10578164B1
A bearing includes an inner ring defining an inner raceway, an outer ring defining an outer raceway, and a plurality of rolling elements contacting the inner raceway and the outer raceway to enable relative rotation between the inner ring and the outer ring. A connecting ring is radially between and contacts the inner ring and the outer ring. A chamber is bound at least partially by the connecting ring and one of the two rings. The chamber is at least partially filled with a conductive grease or lubricant to enable electric current to travel between the outer ring and the inner ring at the connecting ring.
US10578161B2
A spacer includes opposite first and second portions facing one another, and at least two spaced reinforcing beams connected to the first and second portions and extending transversally with respect to the portions, the reinforcing beams being disposed both on one side of the first and second portions. The spacer further includes at least one abutting beam connected to the first and second portions, extending transversally with respect to the portions and located on the side opposite to the reinforcing beams. The first and second portions delimit together with the reinforcing and abutting beams a pocket configured to receive at least a contact roller.
US10578158B2
Provided are a vacuum pump and a method for the vacuum pump in which, when contact between a rotating body and a stator is sensed, the cause of the contact can be analyzed. Contact determination is made using a threshold for rotating body contact determination for a displacement signal and a threshold for rotating body contact determination for an acceleration signal. The amount of unbalance of a rotating body is determined using a threshold for amount-of-unbalance increase determination for the displacement signal and a threshold for amount-of-unbalance increase determination for the acceleration signal. When, in one of the displacement signal and the acceleration signal, the threshold for amount-of-unbalance increase determination or the threshold for amount-of-unbalance increase determination is exceeded within a predetermined time before determination of an estimated time point of contact, the contact is determined not to be caused by an increase in accumulation of products.
US10578157B2
A magnetic bearing may include an inner ring and an outer ring arranged concentrically. The inner ring and the outer ring may be mounted rotatably relative to each other by way of axial and radial magnets. The magnetic bearing may also include a back-up bearing, which is integrated into at least one of the outer ring or the inner ring both in an axial direction and in a radial direction. The outer ring may be multipiece and may include a recess that opens inwards and receives the inner ring. Further, the back-up bearing may be made of aluminum, austenitic steel, bronze, or ceramic, and the back-up bearing may operate as a shielding device that shields magnetic fields emitted by the axial and radial magnets from one another.
US10578150B2
A connecting rod is adapted to extend between, and connect to, a crankshaft and a piston pin. The connecting rod includes first and second end portions, and an elongated rail. The first end portion is adapted to connect to the crankshaft. The second end portion is adapted to connect to the piston pin. The elongated rail longitudinally extends between the first and second end portions, and includes a first and second flanges, and a web. The first flange has opposite outer and inner first faces. The second flange has opposite outer and inner second faces. The web has opposite first and second surfaces, and laterally spans between, and is attached to, the inner first face and the inner second face. The inner first face and the inner second face, at least in-part, converge toward one-another as the rail extends from the first end portion to the second end portion.
US10578149B2
A connecting rod includes a rod having the form of a bar, a smaller end part, and a larger end part. The rod is provided with a friction generation portion at which friction is generated due to deformation of the rod.
US10578145B2
A washer-equipped screw is provided with a screw body, a metal washer, and a rubber washer. The screw body includes a cylindrical portion between a shaft portion on which a screw groove is formed and a head portion. A hole in the metal washer is inserted through the cylindrical portion so as to be adjacent to the head portion. A hole in the rubber washer is inserted through the cylindrical portion and positioned on a shaft portion side of the metal washer. A seat surface of the head portion has an inclined surface inclined away from the metal washer toward an outer periphery thereof.
US10578131B2
A spring retainer includes a locking member which locks one end side of the piston spring, and a rod-shaped member (82) of which one end is in contact with the locking member to restrict a length of the piston spring and the other end is fixed to the piston (11), and the rod-shaped member (82) is installed in a concave portion (140) of the piston (11), and the concave portion (140) has a protruding portion (142), which is extruded by plastic deformation toward a radial direction of the concave portion (140) and is formed of the same member as the opening circumferential edge portion (141), in the vicinity of the opening circumferential edge portion (141).
US10578128B2
An energy-dissipating device and fluid processing system is provided containing a compressor, a motor, a secondary fluid re-circulation loop, a purge line, and a fluid conduit. The compressor is configured to receive a hot fluid including condensable and non-condensable components, and produce therefrom a primary compressed fluid stream and a secondary fluid stream. The motor is configured to drive the compressor and for ingress and egress of the secondary fluid stream. The secondary fluid re-circulation loop is configured to control an operating temperature of the motor. The secondary fluid re-circulation loop includes a first energy-dissipating device configured to remove excess heat from the secondary fluid stream. The purge line separates a first portion of the secondary fluid stream in the fluid re-circulation loop from a second portion of the secondary fluid stream being returned to the motor. The fluid conduit receives the primary compressed fluid stream from the compressor.
US10578115B2
A composite component comprising fibres embedded in a matrix material. A plurality of pins extend through the matrix material. Each pin of the plurality of pins comprises a hollow bore such that the bore of each pin defines a plurality of holes in the composite component.
US10578114B2
An assembly including a compressor for a turbine engine, and a discharge system including a supply duct, one end of which is connected to the compressor, the duct being configured to collect therefrom a flow of air compressed by the compressor; and a pressure-reduction device including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being connected to the other end of the supply duct, wherein the pressure reduction device includes a casing forming a volume between the inlet and the outlet, a porous material occupying the volume, and a device for holding the porous material within the casing, wherein the outlet has an open section allowing the upper air to pass through the open section of the inlet.
US10578111B2
Systems and methods for decreasing a size of debris entering an electrical submersible pump assembly in a subterranean well with a debris handling assembly include a handler housing with an inner bore and a housing cutting profile located on an inner surface of the inner bore. A cutting blade is secured to a rotating shaft within the inner bore of the handler housing, the cutting blade being aligned with a first portion of the housing cutting profile. A mill is secured to the rotating shaft, the mill aligned with a second portion of the housing cutting profile. An annular mill space is defined by an outer surface of the mill and the inner surface of the inner bore, the annular mill space decreasing in a radial dimension in a downstream direction.
US10578107B2
Typical liquid-cooled compressors use the effective means of reducing no-load power by repeatedly starting and stopping an electric motor according to the amount of required air, but sufficient consideration has not been given to the fact that frequent starting and stopping of large-output electric motors leads to a decline in motor reliability. In order to solve this problem, a liquid-cooled compressor for circulating a liquid inside a compressor body using a pressure difference, and equipped with a cooling channel for circulating said liquid for cooling, configured so as to have an intake valve for adjusting the air intake of the compressor body, to change the amount of air taken in through the intake valve, and as a result, to perform a low-pressure operation during no-load operation at two levels of reduced operating pressure consisting of a value no less than a minimum circulation oil supply pressure and a low value. As a result, possible to provide a compressor which balances ensuring the reliability of the compressor and the electric motor during no-load operation of a large-output electric motor, and improving energy efficiency during no-load operation by reducing surplus power.
US10578103B2
A scroll compressor includes a shell, a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll disposed in the shell, a first scroll wrap and a second scroll wrap that are provided in the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll, respectively, and that are engaged with each other to form a plurality of compression chambers, a crankshaft that causes the orbiting scroll to perform eccentric revolving motion, a tip seal member that is inserted in the tip of the second scroll wrap along the spiral direction and that is in sliding contact with the first baseplate of the fixed scroll, and injection ports that are provided through the first baseplate of the fixed scroll and that introduce refrigerant at an intermediate pressure between suction pressure and discharge pressure into the compression chambers from the outside of the shell.
US10578067B2
A system includes a processor configured to receive vehicle GPS coordinates. The processor is also configured to compare the received GPS coordinates to known device coordinates. Further, the processor is configured to page a vehicle computing system, requesting connection, if the vehicle coordinates and the known device coordinates are within a predetermined proximity and connect to the vehicle upon receipt of a response message from the vehicle.
US10578057B2
A system for cleaning a fuel cap valve of a vehicle, may include a fuel cap having an air breather passage and a negative-pressure valve body configured for opening or closing the air breather passage; a canister for collecting evaporated gas inside a fuel tank to supply the evaporated gas into an engine intake system; and a negative-pressure control mechanism for controlling an engine negative pressure, which is applied from the engine intake system to the negative-pressure valve body of the fuel cap through the canister and the fuel tank, to reach a predetermined level or more, or for controlling the engine negative pressure at a repetition interval, in a fuel cap cleaning mode for cleaning the negative-pressure valve body of the fuel cap.
US10578054B2
A variable section nozzle includes an ejection casing and a plurality of internal flaps arranged in a ring downstream from the ejection casing. Each internal flap is connected to the ejection casing by a movable lever pivotally mounted to the downstream end of the ejection casing. Each lever is movable between a first position in which the internal flaps are in a high position and a second position in which the internal flaps are in a folded-down position. The nozzle includes a plurality of rigid movement transmission parts distributed circumferentially around the ejection casing. Each rigid movement transmission part is connected to two adjacent levers by connecting rods, and to a control actuator. Each rigid movement transmission part can move in a direction corresponding to the axial direction of the nozzle under the action of the control actuator to move the adjacent levers between the first and second positions.
US10578052B2
An end plate for a vehicle includes an upper end plate, a lower end plate, and a cover that covers a gap between a lower end edge of the upper end plate and an upper end edge of the lower end plate. The vehicle includes an engine and a housing. The engine is fastened to the housing through the end plate. A first stepped portion having a pair of a first flat surface and a second flat surface intersecting with the first flat surface is provided on the engine side of the cover. The first flat surface is inclined downward with respect to a horizontal plane as the first flat surface is directed toward the engine side.
US10578051B2
Systems and methods are provided for a cylinder block having one or more bulkheads. The bulkheads provide a dual-wall structure that may enhance the stiffness of the cylinder block in bending and torsion. The bulkheads may also provide an oil drain to allow oil to directly drain through a hollow core of the bulkhead. An overflow outlet may be formed in an inner wall of a bulkhead. In some implementations, a cylinder block with bulkheads may increase an oil capacity of an engine.
US10578047B2
A controller for controlling an internal combustion engine includes an injection amount calculation portion that calculates a base injection amount, an injection amount correction portion that corrects the base injection amount to calculate first and second corrected injection amounts, and an injection count determination portion that determines first and second fuel injection counts, which are respectively a number of times fuel is injected from first and second fuel injection valves. When the first and second corrected injection amounts are respectively calculated using the same base injection amount, the injection count determination portion sets the first fuel injection count corresponding to the first corrected injection amount to be equal to the second fuel injection count corresponding to the second corrected injection amount.
US10578045B1
A method using compensation learning strategy for a diagnostic of an internal combustion engine component includes operating the component via an actuator command to establish a first operating parameter representative of a first mode of component operation. The method also includes identifying a drift in the first parameter negatively affecting the first mode of operation. The method additionally includes determining compensation to the actuator command to counteract the first parameter drift during the first mode of operation. The method also includes determining compensation to the first parameter using the determined actuator command compensation. The method additionally includes applying the determined parameter compensation directly to the first parameter. The method also includes operating the component using the actuator command to establish a second operating parameter representative of a second mode of component operation. Furthermore, the method includes identifying a drift in the second parameter negatively affecting the second mode of operation.
US10578041B1
A method of predicting and controlling NOx generation amount is provided. The method includes calculating a difference between an actual and a reference NOx exhaust amount and analyzing influence of the in-cylinder pressure at a combustion start time, an oxygen amount in EGR gas, and a fuel injection timing. A NOx rate of change is calculated based on change in the in-cylinder pressure at the combustion start time, the oxygen amount in the EGR gas, and the fuel injection timing. A variation width and a NOx value are calculated at the combustion start time, the oxygen amount in the EGR gas, and the fuel injection timing. The NOx value is adjusted based on the NOx value adjustment amount and a NOx final value is determined. A target boost pressure, a target oxygen amount, and a target fuel injection timing are determined to provide a final command signal.
US10578030B2
A method of adjusting a fuel flow rate in a turbine engine propelling an aircraft, including: obtaining a first estimate of a flow rate of fuel injected into a combustion chamber of the turbine engine propelling an aircraft and as delivered by a fuel metering device of the turbine engine; obtaining a second estimate of the fuel flow rate, which second estimate is more accurate than the first estimate for at least one range of fuel flow rate values and being delivered by an estimator device having a flow meter; and adjusting the fuel flow rate threshold value with help of a difference evaluated between the first estimate and the second estimate, the threshold value being for use in an open loop for regulating the turbine engine.
US10578027B1
A gas turbine engine includes a fan, compressor, combustor, and turbine coupled to the compressor through a shaft. The compressor includes first, second, and third stages with respective rotor blades and stator vanes. The rotor blades and stator vanes are arranged such that a sum of mid-span axial gaps between the trailing edge of the first rotor blades and the leading edge of the first stator vanes, the trailing edge of the first stator vanes and the leading edge of the second rotor blades, the trailing edge of the second rotor blades and the leading edge of the second stator vanes, and the trailing edge of the second stator vanes and the leading edge of the third rotor blades is equal to a × inlet flow function 10 . a ≥ 75 mm and the inlet flow function = m T P .
US10578026B2
A seal system for a gas turbine engine includes a cover plate with a radial flange; a seal carrier adjacent the cover plate; an outer compliant seal supported by the seal carrier; an inner compliant seal supported by the seal carrier, the inner compliant seal engaged with the radial flange; and a spring between the cover plate and the seal carrier.
US10578021B2
A combustion system for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor dome. The combustor dome includes a fuel manifold with an inlet and nozzle components of a plurality of nozzles circumferentially spaced around the combustor dome. The fuel manifold and nozzle components are integrated with the combustor dome for fluid communication from the inlet to the nozzle components.
US10578013B2
The disclosed inventive concept allows an underlying component requiring servicing to be serviced without removing the heat shield entirely. The heat shield has two ends and an intermediate bendable area that allows it to flex, thereby giving the service technician access to the underlying component when only some of the fasteners are removed. The intermediate area of the heat shield is formed from a series of parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. The intermediate area of the heat shield is nominally flat and straight while the bellows are formed in the straight area by a process such as stamping. This combination of a flat and bellow enables the heat shield to be bent out of position and then restored to the original position after service. The heat shield may be entirely formed from a metal or the intermediate bendable area may be composed of a polymerized material such as rubber.
US10578002B2
Provided is a powertrain for a vehicle in which an exhaust purifier is utilized as a dynamic damper. The powertrain includes an engine, and a transmission linked to the engine. The engine has an exhaust purification system containing a GPF device for purifying an exhaust gas. The exhaust purification system is disposed along a rear external surface of a cylinder head. The exhaust purification system is supported via a first support on the engine. A vertical side portion of the exhaust purification system is located downstream of the first support in a flow direction of an exhaust gas, extending in a direction away from the external surface.
US10577999B2
System for the removal of noxious compounds and particulate matter from exhaust gas of a compression ignition engine comprising a three way catalyst unit having an NH3-SCR activity, an ammonia oxidation activity and an adsorption activity of volatile vanadium and tungsten compounds volatilized off an upstream SCR active catalyst.
US10577995B2
A vehicle exhaust system includes an outer housing defining an internal cavity surrounding an axis, an inlet baffle configured to direct engine exhaust gas into the internal cavity, an injector that is configured to spray a fluid into the internal cavity to mix with engine exhaust gas, and an inner wall spaced radially inward of an inner surface of the outer housing to define a gap. The inner wall has an impingement side facing the axis and a non-impingement side facing the gap. At least one heating element is associated with the non-impingement side to actively heat the inner wall to reduce spray deposit formation on the impingement side.
US10577992B2
A disclosed microwave heating apparatus includes a casing part configured to accommodate an object to be heated; a microwave generator configured to generate a microwave; an electromagnetic wave generator configured to generate an electromagnetic wave whose frequency is different from that of the microwave; an electromagnetic wave sensor configured to measure power of the electromagnetic wave, the power of the electromagnetic wave being measured after the electromagnetic wave incident on the casing part from the electromagnetic wave generator has passed through the object to be heated; and a controller configured to control, based on the power measured in the electromagnetic wave sensor, the microwave generator to generate the microwave.
US10577987B2
A combustion engine comprises combustion chambers (1-4) with reciprocating pistons (5), intake ports (6) and exhaust ports (7). Overflow ports (11,12) are provided between adjacent combustion chambers to provide an overflow channel (15,16) that closes during a high load mode of operation of said engine and opens during a partial load mode of operation. The overflow ports (11,12) straddle a path of shortest distance between adjacent combustion chambers and said overflow channel (15) extends at least substantially along said path of shortest distance. In a further aspect of the invention, exhaust ports (1b+2a, 3b+4a) of adjacent combustion chambers are joined into a common exhaust channel (P2,P4) that communicates with an exhaust header (20) of the engine through valve means (V1,V2) that open during the high load mode of operation of said engine and close during a partial load mode of operation.
US10577986B2
Systems and methods for improving the efficiency of a power plant exploit the temperature differential of the cooling water that may exist seasonally in some geographic locations. Specifically, new systems and ways of retrofitting existing systems to utilize the additional temperature differential of a power plant's coolant during colder months are provided in order to increase the efficiency of the plant. A second working fluid loop converts a portion of the condenser of the first working fluid loop into the boiler for the second working fluid loop in which the first and second working fluids in these respective loops are different. Thus, the energy output of the plant may be increased by the addition of a selectively operated secondary loop without an increase in fuel consumption.
US10577985B2
The purpose of the present invention is to maintain the intake pressure of a water supply pump at an operable pressure. A boiler is provided with: condensate pumps (a condensate pump and an auxiliary condensate pump); a branch line that causes water delivered by the condensate pumps to branch; a drum (a low-pressure drum) that is connected to one (a low-pressure branch line) of two lines into which the branch line branches; and a water supply pump that is connected to the other (a high-pressure branch line) of the two lines into which the branching line branches and that pumps water to an evaporator (a high-pressure evaporator). The boiler is additionally provided with pressure applying means that guides a portion of the water in the drum to the water supply pump side when the intake pressure on the inlet side of the water supply pump has become lower than a predetermined pressure.
US10577980B2
The present invention relates to a Rankine system comprising a valve including a valve member. The valve member is provided with a valve controlling element in the form of an elongated tapered end portion with a tip end facing the duct, wherein the tapered end portion is arranged to be inserted through the opening and into the duct as the valve member is moved towards the valve seat. The actuator is configured to hold the valve member in at least one intermediate position between the first and second end positions, where the tapered end portion occupies a portion of a cross-sectional fluid through-flow area defined by the duct so as to partly restrict a flow of fluid through the duct.
US10577979B2
An oil tank mounting system for use on a structure of a turbine engine, includes three mounts with each mount configured to constrain the oil tank with a different number of degrees of freedom of movement. A first mount may have fix the oil tank in one degree of freedom, a second mount may fix the oil tank in two degrees of freedom, and a third mount may fix the oil tank in three degrees of freedom. This allows limited rotational and expansion movement while coupling the oil tank to the engine. The mount attachments may be embodied in rubber, with pins, or with spherical joints in a variety of configurations. Frangible pins may be used to absorb energy but still retain the oil tank in the event of a high energy event.
US10577978B2
An assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine has a carrier component and a supported component. The assembly including a mounting system for coupling the supported component to the carrier component and a seal adapted to resist the movement of gasses between the supported component to the carrier component. In an illustrative embodiment, the assembly is a turbine shroud segment for blocking gasses from passing over turbine blades included in the gas turbine engine.
US10577976B2
An assembly is provided that includes a first component, a second component, a plurality of retainers and a fastener. The first component is configured with a plurality of first apertures. The second component is configured with a plurality of second apertures. Each of the retainers includes a pin and an arm projecting out from an end of the pin. The pin of each of the retainers is mated with a respective one of the first apertures and a respective one of the second apertures. The fastener is configured to fixedly connect the arm of each of the retainers to the first component.
US10577965B2
A turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan shaft, at least one tapered bearing mounted on the fan shaft, the fan shaft including at least one passage extending in a direction having at least a radial component, and adjacent the at least one tapered bearing, a fan mounted for rotation on the at least one tapered bearing. An epicyclic gear train is coupled to drive the fan, the epicyclic gear train including a carrier supporting intermediate gears that mesh with a sun gear, and a ring gear surrounding and meshing with the intermediate gears, wherein the epicyclic gear train defines a gear reduction ratio of greater than or equal to 2.3. A turbine section is coupled to drive the fan through the epicyclic gear train, the turbine section having a fan drive turbine that includes a pressure ratio that is greater than 5. The fan includes a pressure ratio that is less than 1.45, and the fan has a bypass ratio of greater than ten (10).
US10577961B2
A turbine wheel for use in a gas turbine engine having a plurality of blades attached to a rotor disk. The blades each fit within slots formed in the rotor disk to couple the blades to the rotor disk. Platform segments are arranged about each of the blades.
US10577951B2
A gas turbine engine includes a turbine having turbine blades and a shroud having a blade track for positioning radially outside of the blades. At least one of the blades and the blade track are secured in place using a dovetail connection between a dovetail receiver and a dovetail assembly formed to include a contoured root.
US10577947B2
A baffle insert for a component of a gas turbine engine is provided. The baffle insert having: a plurality of trip strips extending upwardly from an exterior surface of the baffle insert; and at least one rib extending upwardly from the exterior surface of the baffle insert.
US10577946B2
A blade includes an airfoil and a root having diverging walls. The diverging walls are made of a ceramic matrix composite material. A reinforcement element is provided between the diverging walls.
US10577944B2
An apparatus and method for cooling an engine component, such as an airfoil, for a turbine engine including an outer wall separating a cooling fluid flow from a hot fluid flow. A cooling circuit including a cooling passage having opposing sidewalls can be provided in the engine component. At least one turbulator can be provided between the opposing sidewalls, and can include a conduit having an inlet and an outlet passing through the at least one turbulator.
US10577941B2
An axial fan includes a motor, an impeller and a hub of the impeller for connecting to a shaft of the motor. A bottom wall of the hub has a central portion and an outer annular portion connected to the central portion by an intermediate portion defined by a plurality of blades arranged radially and angularly distributed about an axis of rotation. The blades are elasto-plastic blades and are able to prevent the impeller from moving axially parallel to the axis, moving radially perpendicular to the axis and a bending of the impeller with movements normal to the plane in which the mean surface of the impeller itself lies. The blades allow a movement with torsional bending around the axis to allow the damping of the resonance frequencies of the assembly formed by the impeller-shaft-rotor.
US10577939B2
An ceramic matrix composite blade for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The ceramic matrix composite blade includes a root, an airfoil, and a platform located between the root and the airfoil.
US10577935B2
A guiding surface expanding to the outer circumferential side from the upstream side toward the downstream side is formed on the support section, a guided surface expanding to the outer circumferential side from the upstream side toward the downstream side is formed at an end portion on the outer circumferential side of the shielding member, and the shielding member covers a gap between the disc and the turbine blade in the fitting section in a state in which the guided surface abuts against the guiding surface at least when the disc is rotationally driven.
US10577929B2
A method is provided, including: forming an optical computing device having a first plurality of sensing elements selected to measure a characteristic of a sample, generating a transmission function from a first add-on integrated computational element (ICE), and evaluating, with a merit-function and the transmission function of the add-on ICE, a predictive performance of a modified optical computing device that includes the add-on ICE in addition to the first plurality of sensing elements. Also, modifying the first add-on ICE to improve the predictive performance of the modified optical computing device according to the merit-function and a modified transmission function of the add-on ICE.
US10577928B2
A method includes operating a downhole acquisition tool in a wellbore in a geological formation. The wellbore or the geological formation, or both contains a fluid that includes a native reservoir fluid of the geological formation and a contaminant. The method also includes receiving a portion of the fluid into the downhole acquisition tool, measuring a fluid property of the portion of the fluid using the downhole acquisition tool, and using the processor to estimate a fluid property of the native reservoir fluid based on the measured fluid property of the portion of the fluid and a regression model that may predict an asymptote of a growth curve. The asymptote corresponds to the estimated fluid property of the native formation fluid, and the regression model includes a geometric fitting model other than a power-law model.
US10577925B2
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) measurements from a downhole well tool in a wellbore are obtained to identify length of fractures adjacent the wellbore. A ground penetrating radar transmitter of the downhole tool emits an electromagnetic pulse. The electromagnetic wave of the ground penetrating radar is diffracted on encountering an end or tip of a fracture, which acts as a secondary source. The diffracted signal is then collected by downhole receiver(s) of the downhole tool. Length of the fracture is determined based on the time of travel of the electromagnetic wave from its emission until its collection as a diffracted signal by the downhole receiver(s).
US10577924B2
Examples of techniques for anonymizing data are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processing device, raw data from a wellbore operation. The raw data can be associated with depths. The method further includes anonymizing, by the processing device, the raw data to convert the raw data to anonymized data. One or more techniques can be implemented to anonymize the data, such as shuffling the raw data, normalizing the raw data, and/or non-dimensionalizing the raw data. The method further includes analyzing, by the processing device, the anonymized data. The method further includes performing an action at the wellbore operation based at least in part on the analysis of the anonymized data.
US10577923B2
A leak-detecting assembly can include an array of hydrophones. The array can be moved within a hydrocarbon well. A variation in the Doppler shift caused by a stationary acoustic source (such as a leak) while the array moves towards and away from that source can be determined based on information from the array of hydrophones. The assembly can be associated with a passive system that captures acoustic signals directly from the source or leak and estimates a location of the source or leak based on measurement of Doppler shift in each receiver.
US10577911B2
An apparatus comprising one or more screens which in use eliminates sand and/or fluid slugs from blocking at a screen by placing at least the screen in an elevated secondary chamber, configured to prevent sand, fluid slugs and the like from accumulating around the screen.
US10577903B2
A plunger assembly arranged to minimize uneven wear spots or areas thereon during the plunger assembly's horizontal and vertical travel within a hydrocarbon producing well conduit. The plunger assembly comprises an elongated central mandrel having an elongated central bore extending longitudinally therethrough for transmitting fluids from a well through the plunger assembly, the elongated central mandrel having a generally cylindrically shaped outer surface along portions thereof, and a plurality of arcuately shaped wear pads guidedly supported on the cylindrically shaped outer portions of the central mandrel An array of elongated helically presented protrusions and a corresponding array of elongated helically presented grooves in mating interdigitation are arranged between the outer portions of the mandrel and their radially adjacent wear pads, so as to provide an inducement of rotation to the plunger assembly about its longitudinal axis during the plunger assembly's travel through a well conduit.
US10577900B2
An expansion assembly for expanding a tubular in a wellbore, the expansion assembly including a top anchor comprising: a workstring; a pusher ring being coupled to the workstring by a first releasable coupling; a ramp body having one or more ramp surfaces, said ramp body being releasably coupled to the workstring by a second releasable coupling; one or more anchor segments each having one or more wedge surfaces corresponding to and engaging the ramp surfaces of the ramp body, one end of the segments engaging the pusher ring; a release ring enclosing the workstring and arranged at an opposite end of the segments; one or more key merlons connecting the release ring to the pusher ring; and activating means for releasing the first releasable coupling.
US10577899B2
A system and method for installing a tubular in a wellbore, of which the method includes coupling a fluid connector tool to a lifting assembly, coupling a casing fill-up and circulation seal assembly to the fluid connector tool, and coupling two segments of casing together to form a casing string. At least one of the segments of casing is fluidically coupled to the casing fill-up and circulation seal assembly. The method also includes running the casing string into a wellbore, pumping a first fluid from the lifting assembly, through the fluid connector tool and the casing fill-up and circulation seal assembly, and into the casing string as the casing string is run into the wellbore, de-coupling the casing fill-up and circulation seal assembly from the fluid connector tool, and coupling a drill-pipe seal assembly to the fluid connector tool.
US10577895B2
An energy deposit determining system and method are provided that determines a productive lease or well. The system and method may be used for oil wells, gas wells, oil and gas explorations and/or mineral leases.
US10577893B2
A modularized gas wellpad apparatus and an expansion module, that is repeatable on a per-well or multi-wells basis and can be pre-manufactured. Tie-in points may be limited to a junction box and group and test headers only. The apparatus comprises gas handling components located close to the wellhead, and a heated, standalone enclosure for housing environmentally sensitive components. Various embodiments provide for a compact wellpad apparatus having a particular layout. Various embodiments include a built-in capability to mate-up to wellhead as-built locations and dimension deviations without field rework, even for multiple-wells modules.
US10577883B2
A weatherization system for a wellhead methane emission reduction system is described. The weatherization system reduces green-house gas emission into the atmosphere and reduces the effects of weather on the methane emission reduction system. The weatherization system includes a stack assembly connected to a housing of the reduction system by a housing adapter. The stack assembly includes a stack adapter and a stack cover, which collectively helps protect the methane emission reduction system and prevents weather or atmospheric factors from entering the housing. The weatherization system may include one or more sensors for measuring the effects of weather or degradation of at least one of the weatherization system and the methane emission reduction system.
US10577882B2
A whipstock interconnection body including a whipstock interface, a bottom hole assembly (BHA) interface, the BHA interface including a feature configured to inherently grip the BHA. A whipstock interconnection body including a whipstock interface, a bottom hole assembly (BHA) interface, the BHA interface configured for attachment to a back surface of the whipstock. A whipstock/BHA assembly including a whipstock, a BHA, a whipstock interconnection body releasably securing the whipstock to the BHA, the whipstock interconnection body including a whipstock interface, a bottom hole assembly (BHA) interface, the BHA interface including a feature configured to inherently grip the BHA. A whipstock/BHA assembly including a whipstock, a BHA, a whipstock interconnection body releasably securing the whipstock to the BHA, the whipstock interconnection body including a whipstock interface, a bottom hole assembly (BHA) interface, the BHA interface configured for attachment to a back surface of the whipstock.
US10577878B2
A dual gradient drilling system includes a subsea blowout preventer disposed above a wellhead, the subsea blowout preventer having a central lumen configured to provide access to a wellbore, a lower section of a marine riser fluidly connected to the subsea blowout preventer, a closed-hydraulic positive displacement subsea pump system fluidly connected to the lower section of the marine riser and disposed at a predetermined depth, an annular sealing system disposed above the closed-hydraulic positive displacement subsea pump system, and an independent mud return line fluidly connecting one or more pump heads of the closed-hydraulic positive displacement subsea pump system to a choke manifold disposed on a floating platform of a rig.
US10577876B2
During drilling operations various drilling mud properties may be measured and predicted. Uncertainties in the measured or predicted values may also be calculated. The estimated uncertainties may then be used to optimize mud sampling interval and/or control a mud mixer. A decision making algorithm may be performed to optimize a surface mud sampling interval such that the uncertainties are maintained within a bounded region with minimal number of sampling times.
US10577873B2
In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a shape memory alloy rope socket for a downhole tool is disclosed. The rope socket includes a coupler formed of a shape memory alloy. The rope socket further includes a housing surrounding the coupler. The housing including a pathway and a connector for attaching a downhole tool is attached. The rope socket further includes a line passing through the pathway and the coupler such that the coupler is in contact with the line along a length of the coupler when the coupler is in a reduced diameter state.
US10577858B2
A method of operating a motorized window covering is presented wherein in response to a standard movement command power is supplied to a motor in a continuous or generally continuous manner thereby moving the shade material from a start position to an end position in a generally continuous manner. However, in doing so, the motor rotates at a fast rate thereby causing elevated noise levels. In response to an automated movement command, power is supplied to the motor by cycling power to the motor between a powered state and an unpowered state thereby moving the shade material from a start position to an end position in an incremental manner. While moving the shade material in this incremental manner is slower, it is substantially quieter. The preferred mode of operation is selected based on whether the movement command is a standard movement command or an automated movement command.
US10577857B2
A tambour door has an elongated first slat, at least one elongated second slat extending parallel to and adjacent the first slot and a deformable connecting strip extending along the first and second slats. Interengageable anchor formations on the strip and on the slits coupling same together while permitting the slats to move limitedly transversely of themselves relative to one another.
US10577849B2
A cable guide for use with a window regulator assembly includes a body with a first rail support surface and a second rail support surface in a guide rail region, and a cable support surface and a cable retention arm in a cable region. The first rail support surface is configured to pass through an aperture in a guide rail and be placed on a first side of the guide rail and a cable retention arm configured to receive a tensioned drive cable of the window regulator. The cable guide with the first and second rail support surfaces is steadily secured to the guide rail by utilizing the pushing force from the tensioned drive cable. The aperture is located along the guide rail such that the aperture is out of the slide path of the window carrier of the window regulator assembly.
US10577844B2
A magnetically levitating door is disclosed herein. The door may have a magnet that is repelled from a magnet of a track. The track may be disposed adjacent to a door opening. The track may have a stabilizing roller to maintain vertical alignment of the magnets used to levitate the door off of the track.
US10577841B2
The problem addressed by the invention is that of being to switch a motor vehicle lock from normal operation to emergency or disruption operation within an especially short time and/or with the least possible expenditure of electrical energy. This problem is solved in that a lock for a motor vehicle having a lock mechanism and an electric drive is provided such that the lock can be electrically opened in normal operation. The lock has an additional operating state, called disrupted operation. In disrupted operation, the lock can be opened mechanically, which is not possible in normal operation. The lock comprises a mechanical energy accumulator for switching the lock from normal operation to disrupted operation.
US10577840B2
An automotive vehicle includes a closure arranged relative a closure frame to selectively cover an opening to the vehicle. The vehicle also includes an actuator configured to move the closure among a plurality of positions including open and closed positions, and a first sensor configured to detect motion of the closure among the plurality of positions. The vehicle additionally includes a latch assembly with an engaged state to retain the closure in the closed position and a disengaged state to permit the closure to move among the plurality of positions. A second sensor is configured to detect the engaged or disengaged state of the latch assembly. The vehicle further includes a controller which is configured to, in response to the first sensor detecting motion of the closure among the plurality of positions and the second sensor detecting the latch assembly in the engaged state, provide a diagnostic signal.
US10577839B2
A system, the system having: a pair of levers; and an over center spring secured to each of the pair of levers such that each leg of the over center spring is received by features on each respective lever, wherein opposing forces on each leg of the over center spring creates a negative torque on a first one of the pair of levers and a positive torque on a second one of the pair of levers when the system is in a first position and wherein the system when in a second position approximately half way to a final position from the first position provides zero torque to the pair of levers and wherein the system when in the final position creates a positive torque on the first one of the pair of levers and a negative torque on the second one of the pair of levers when the system is in the final position.
US10577836B2
The invention provides a unique security box secured to a fixed object for securing phone and tablet charging cords as well as electrical cords, thereby preventing theft of said cords. The security box includes a first groove formed in the interior surface parallel to one edge running the length of the lid and a second groove formed in the interior surface near the opposite edge, the two grooves aligned with identical grooves in a bottom portion of the box when the lid is closed. One annular hollow feature is centered within a groove in the bottom portion, a second and third annular hollow features securely positioned in the second groove spaced apart from each other at the distance equal to the length of the first annular hollow feature; the annular features forming an enclosed tube accepting a locking threaded through holding the box securely closed with the locking cable.
US10577835B2
A cable lockout assembly to tightly secure a cable that is arranged in a looped configuration with valves or switches in an ON/OFF or partial ON condition. A base includes a through passage for the cable. A rotatable piece is mated relative to the base for rotation about a central axis screw. The rotatable piece can be confined to the base by a conical washer on the central axis screw. A tool for rotating the rotatable piece engages with clamping force with the rotatable piece to fasten or unfasten the cable inserted in the through passage by fastening the rotatable piece over the base when the cable is placed in between the rotatable piece and the base. A cable manner is also employed to hold the wound cable and prevent loss of cable when the lockout is not in use.
US10577827B2
A modular barrier system enables demountable outdoor rinks—typically for ice hockey, or ice skating, or street hockey. A rink includes multiple panels, each having a factory-attached link. These panels are linearly disposed, adjacent to one another, to form a piecewise continuous boundary wall enclosing a desired area. Attaching one link to the next, typically via insertion of a thumbscrew, connects the panels into a robust assembly. Both straight and curved panels are provided, thereby enabling a rink with round corners. Each panel includes a shell molded from plastic resin, and has a hollow interior which can be filled with water (or other ballast).
US10577824B1
The present invention comprises a brace adapted to secure a fence rail to a fence post. This brace may optionally be installed onto an existing fence. The present invention may also be installed on a new fence. The brace may be adapted to support fences with cylindrical fence posts or rectanguloid fence posts and rectanguloid fence rails. Optional embodiments include braces for fence corner pieces. The brace may further optionally be adapted to secure fences on a steep incline. The invention includes a first fence rail brace member adapted to connect to 2 or more sides of a first fence rail; the first fence rail brace member is fused to a first side of a fence post brace member, the fence post brace member being adapted to connect to 2 or more sides of the fence post.
US10577823B1
A pipe coupler is disclosed for the repair of a damaged top rail of a cylindrical chain link fence pipe. The pipe coupler comprises a pipe coupler having a cylindrical body wall including a primary socket and a secondary socket. The primary socket and the secondary socket have a larger cylindrical diameter than the cylindrical top rail of the chain link fence for slidably engaging with the ends of the top rail portions. The pipe coupler has a socket door for covering a socket grove which prevents the separation of a replacement cylindrical rail portion or an existing cylindrical rail portion. A flexible strap and a clamp are used to keep the socket door closed.
US10577822B1
A case is mounted to a structure of a canopy or tent. The canopy functions as a campsite shelter. The case provides a lamp and a portal providing access to an interior space within the case where valuables may be safely stored. The apparatus may be secured to ceiling trusses of the canopy. An electrical circuit is engaged within the case and may include a battery providing power to the lamp. A remote control circuit functions to control the lamp. The battery may be charged by a solar cell. An audible alarm may be controlled by a motion sensor or by a case attitude detector remotely controlled.
US10577821B2
The present invention relates to an illuminated niche for storing cinerary urns. The niche includes a bottom wall, a top wall, a right side wall, and a left side wall that together define a hollow rectangular body. The niche includes a rear wall made of a translucent material configured to seal the niche at a rear end and allow a light flux to enter the interior of the niche. The niche includes a perimeter frame provided at an opposing end of the rectangular body. The perimeter frame defines an access area and provides a support frame for a fastening system. The fastening system receives an access door that allows access to the interior of the niche. The access door is made of a transparent material to allow the access door to act as a screen through which it is possible to see the illuminated interior of the niche.
US10577818B2
A parking system includes a parking lot having a parking space for parking a motor vehicle; sensors for scanning the parking lot; and a processing unit for assisting in a parking or pickup operation of the motor vehicle independently of a driver, the processing unit being designed to determine that a motor vehicle which is detected inside the parking lot with the aid of the sensors is driving outside a parking or pickup operation controlled independently of a driver, and to trigger an action in response.
US10577815B1
An adjustable beam sleeve device with two telescopically mounted first and second sleeve assemblies with movable bowl assemblies at the distal ends. The first sleeve and the second sleeve are selectively set in relative position by means of a screw to form a telescopic column. The bowl assemblies are urged towards each other by an elastic string that is kept taut to produce snug fit when the adjustable beam sleeve is used between forms used to contain the concrete when poured. After the concrete is poured, the string is cut or the knots at the ends are removed along with the bowl assemblies resulting in a passage through the poured concrete after it is cured.
US10577811B2
A prefill tool for finishing wallboard joints is provided for finishing a wallboard joint, and includes a box assembly defining a hopper, having a top wall and a front wall constructed and arranged for engaging the wallboard joint. The front wall partially defines a gate dimensioned for dispensing joint compound stored in the hopper. Also, the gate is located on a skid plate mounted on the front wall, the skid plate having a main portion, and a gate portion partially defining the gate being displaced from a plane defined by the main portion.
US10577797B2
A thermal barrier panel, the panel having a top face overlying a monolithic core, the core comprising a mixture of expanded glass granules, ceramic microspheres and a calcium aluminate cement binder, the expanded glass granules are selected from the group consisting of small granules having a size of about 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm, intermediate granules having a size of about 1.10 mm to 2.00 mm, and large granules having a size of about 2.10 mm to 4.00 mm wherein the volume of intermediate size granules comprises more than 50% of the mixture of expanded glass granules and the balance comprises small and large granules in a ratio of 1:2. The invention is also directed to a shipping container fitted with the fire containment panels of the present invention.
US10577792B2
The present Stacked Wall Truss Construction and its use in multi-story buildings makes use of prefabricated modular wall elements (100) that are interconnected in three dimensions to enable the rapid completion of building construction with improved quality of construction over that found in traditional multi-story building construction. The walls are created with stacking modular elements to form a vertically continuous structure, and Floor Modules (161,162) are supported by a Floor Shelf (141-144) at predetermined elevations to provide a solid surface on top of which a Topping Slab (1031,1032) of concrete is poured which fills the space between the Floor Module and the Wall Trusses to create an integral structure.
US10577790B2
An exterior insulating system for a building includes at least one insulating panel having a wall-facing side and an outward-facing side, a top and a bottom, the at least one insulating panel having a slope at the top that angles downwardly from the wall facing side to the outward-facing side; and at least one auxiliary panel having a first elongated edge dimensioned to be fastened along a soffit that is extending outwards from a wall of the building, the first elongated edge opposite a main body of the at least one auxiliary panel from a second elongated edge of the at least one auxiliary panel that is connectable to the at least one insulating panel, the main body incorporating structure for permitting airflow through the main body. In one example, the first elongated edge of the at least one auxiliary panel comprises holes therethrough for receiving respective fasteners to fasten the first elongated edge along the soffit.
US10577787B2
The present invention discloses the components and kit for technical construction method of sturdy and permanent connection up to six beam components perpendicularly, while none of the nodal joint structure protrudes outside the open channel(s) of the beam component(s). The method is user friendly during assembling.
US10577784B2
A shower head having a stem; a spray head coupled to the stem; a mixing valve located within the stem or the spray head, the mixing valve having a first valve member assembly for controlling a first fluid flow to a mixing chamber and a second valve member assembly for controlling a second fluid flow to the mixing chamber. Each valve member assembly includes a spool, a first valve member on the spool that engages with a first valve seat in a closed position and a second valve member on the spool that engages with a second, separate, valve seat in the closed position. An electrically powered first motor is located within the stem or the spray head. The first motor is coupled to the first valve member assembly to control movement of the first valve member assembly to control the flow of the first fluid to the mixing chamber.
US10577781B2
A faucet column and/or free-standing sanitary fitting with the faucet column includes a floor-side column end and a faucet-carrying column end, with at least one water conduit disposed within the faucet column, extending from the floor-side column end up to the faucet-carrying column end. The faucet column includes a supporting profile which extends from the floor-side column end up to the faucet-carrying column end, at least one cavity which encompasses the water conduit and extends from the floor-side column end up to the faucet-carrying column end and is provided by the supporting profile, and an enveloping element which surrounds the supporting profile.
US10577767B2
A method, system and apparatus for plasma blasting comprises a borehole in soil, a blast probe comprising a high voltage electrode and a ground electrode separated by a dielectric separator, wherein the high voltage electrode and the dielectric separator constitute an adjustable probe tip, and an adjustment unit coupled to the adjustable probe tip, wherein the adjustment unit is configured to selectively extend or retract the adjustable probe tip relative to the ground electrode and a blasting media, wherein at least a portion of the high voltage electrode and the ground electrode are submerged in the blast media. The blasting media comprises wet concrete. The adjustable tip permits fine-tuning of the blast. The blast is used to force the wet concrete into a customized shape within the borehole.
US10577752B2
A method of applying building a pavement structure using a polymer modified hot-applied tack coat is disclosed. This polymer modified tack coat is non-adhesive at ambient temperatures, and, thus, also non tracking. The tack is applied while hot, but cools quickly. The subsequent application of hot mix asphalt results in a superior bond between the asphalt layer and the tack layer. It is particularly well suited to bonded friction course applications since it removes the necessity of specialized spray paving machinery and allows the use of conventional asphalt distributors and pavers.
US10577751B2
The present invention relates to an operating and locking mechanism for diamond crossings of central rail-guided vehicles, comprising: a sliding plate (2A) fixed to a fixed part (2) of the diamond crossing forming a channel in its central area in the direction of the X axis, a guide block (10) fixed to the sliding plate (2A) comprising four guide grooves (10A, 10B, 10C, 10D) in the form of circular sectors located on the main plane of the guide block (10), the geometric center of which coincides with a theoretical pivoting point (17) of a moving panel (6) of the diamond crossing, where the sliding plate (2A) and the guide block (10) form a rectangular section groove (2F) the axis of which is parallel to the direction of the X axis, four shafts (12A, 12B, 13A, 13B) fixed to the moving panel (6) symmetrically with respect to a guide rail (7) of said moving panel (6) and perpendicular to the main plane of the moving panel (6), comprising respective rollers (12E, 12F, 13E, 13F) that can be moved and rolled respectively within the guide grooves (10A, 10B, 10C, 10D), and a cam plate (14) sliding in the longitudinal direction within the groove (2F) formed by the sliding plate (2A) and the guide block (10).
US10577750B2
Embossed multi-ply fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 15.8% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.
US10577749B2
Fibrous structures that exhibit a Tensile Ratio of less than 1.75 and/or less than 1.49 as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 1402.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm and/or a Machine Direction Modulus (MD Modulus) of less than 1253.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm and/or a Cross Machine Direction Modulus (CD Modulus) of less than 1569.2 g/cm at 15 g/cm, are provided.
US10577743B2
A laundry additive composition is provided that includes at least one zeta potential modifier, a fluoropolymer, a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C., and an antimicrobial active for imparting fabric protection benefits to a fabric, such as improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better hand feel, as well as imparting microbiocidal or microbiostatic properties to the fabric and/or washing machine surfaces. Laundry additive compositions can be used as a pretreatment prior to washing, through soaking a fabric or garment. Alternately, they can be added to a washing treatment liquor that comprises either the wash or rinse cycle of an automatic washing machine, to first provide and then maintain and refresh fabric protection benefits imparted to the fabric. Following use of a first treatment composition, protective benefits are maintained and refreshed by means of a second treatment operation employing a second treatment composition. The second treatment composition may have lower active levels of the protective agents to provide for economical and periodic maintenance of the imparted fabric protection benefits and/or refresh the microbiocidal or microbiostatic properties imparted to fabrics and/or washing machine surfaces.
US10577738B2
The invention relates to malodor controlling bacteria and related methods and compositions for the control and prevention of malodor.
US10577728B2
A method for preparing of a workstation of an air-jet spinning machine for the resumption of a yarn spinning process after an interruption includes inserting the yarn end into an inlet opening of the spinning nozzle and transporting the yarn in a reverse motion with aid of the spinning nozzle and a fiber feeding device to a guide channel disposed before the spinning nozzle. A spinning-in yarn end is formed on the yarn in the guide channel. A yarn reserve is formed in an underpressure yarn storage device in from of a yarn winding device. The reverse motion of the yarn to the guide channel is performed by reverse motion of a yarn drawing-off mechanism at the workstation. A workstation configured to perform the method is encompassed by the invention as well.
US10577715B2
A foundry mixture for making molds used for molding cast metal parts includes foundry sand, a non-aqueous binder, and a cleaning agent that includes calcium oxide. Residual foundry mixture remaining on the cast part after removal from the mold is removed by electrolytic cleaning of the cast part.
US10577710B2
A method for forming an adhesion promoting layer and a corrosion resistant layer over the surfaces of a body-in-white (“BIW”) structure is provided. The method includes immersing the BIW structure in a pre-activating bath to pre-activate the surfaces of the BIW structure. The surfaces of the BIW structure comprise at least an aluminum alloy surface, at least a surface comprising ferrous metal, zinc, or TiZr, and the surfaces are substantially free of magnesium alloys. An adhesion promoting layer comprising cerium and a corrosion resistant layer comprising polymers are subsequently deposited over the pre-activated surfaces of the BIW structure by immersing the BIW structure in an aqueous bath comprising a source of cerium cations and a polymer precursor.
US10577695B2
A method for manufacturing a discharge surface treatment electrode includes: a first laying of laying powder particles to form a first powder layer; and a first binding of binding some of the powder particles in the first powder layer to each other. The method further includes: a second laying of further laying the powder particles on the first powder layer in which some of the powder particles are bound to each other to form a second powder layer; and a second binding of binding some of the powder particles in the second powder layer to each other to form a stacked body of granulated particles. A region having a different porosity from another region is formed inside the stacked body.
US10577678B2
Alloyed Ag/Au nanospheres with high compositional homogeneity ensured by annealing at elevated temperatures show large extinction cross-sections, extremely narrow band-widths and remarkable stability in harsh chemical environments. A critical temperature has been found to be around 930° C., below which the resulting alloy nanospheres, although significantly more stable than pure silver nanoparticles, can still gradually decay upon extended exposure to harsh etchant. The nanospheres annealed above the critical temperature show homogeneous distribution of Ag and Au elements, minimal crystallographic defects, absence of structural and compositional interfaces, which account for the extremely narrow bandwidths of the surface plasmon resonance, and may render many plasmonic applications with high performance and long lifetime, especially for those involving corrosive species.
US10577677B2
Systems and methods for recovering rare earth metals from rare earth metal-containing magnets includes fragmenting or commutating the magnets, contacting the commutated magnets with a mixture of low molecular weight carboxylic acids such as formic acid and water, and removing or extracting non-rare earth metal carboxylate phases such as an iron carboxylate (formate) phase from a rare earth metal carboxylate (formate) phase, using a solvent such as water.
US10577654B2
The present invention relates to core-shell particles comprising encapsulated nucleic acids—a sensing sequence and a control sequence; the invention further relates to the use of such particles as a sensing element; to methods for measuring a property of interest in a setting employing such particles; to measuring systems and analytical kits comprising such particles.
US10577645B2
Disclosed are methods and kits for improving global gene expression analysis for a population of RNA molecules derived from a human blood, plasma and/or serum sample. In an embodiment, the method comprises the step of selectively depleting 5′-RNAY4 fragments from the population of RNA molecules or selectively blocking 5′-RNAY4 fragments within the RNA population. The 5′-RNAY4 depleted or 5′-RNAY4 blocked population of RNA can be used in a variety of global gene expression analysis protocols, including next generation sequencing. In a further embodiment, the method comprises selectively depleting or blocking miR-486-5p fragments within the RNA population. The miR-486-5p depleted or miR-486-5p blocked population of RNA can also be used in global gene expression analysis protocols, including next generation sequencing. The kit comprises oligonucleotide probes comprising a nucleotide sequence that is the complement to a nucleotide sequence of the 5′ end of the RNAY4 and/or oligonucleotide probes comprising a nucleotide sequence that is the complement to a nucleotide sequence of miR-486-5p.
US10577635B2
Provided herein, in some embodiments, are systems, methods, and compositions (e.g., cells and cell lysates) for enzymatically converting a polymeric glucose carbohydrate (e.g., starch) to sugar.
US10577631B2
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US10577629B2
The present invention relates, e.g., to in vitro method, using isolated protein reagents, for joining two double stranded (ds) DNA molecules of interest, wherein the distal region of the first DNA molecule and the proximal region of the second DNA molecule share a region of sequence identity, comprising contacting the two DNA molecules in a reaction mixture with (a) a non-processive 5′ exonuclease; (b) a single stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) which accelerates nucleic acid annealing; (c) a non strand-displacing DNA polymerase; and (d) a ligase, under conditions effective to join the two DNA molecules to form an intact double stranded DNA molecule, in which a single copy of the region of sequence identity is retained. The method allows the joining of a number of DNA fragments, in a predetermined order and orientation, without the use of restriction enzymes.
US10577625B2
The present invention provides the identification and use of EG261, homologs of EG261, orthologs of EG261, paralogs of EG261, and fragments and variations thereof for altering, e.g. increasing, pathogen tolerance and/or resistance in plants.
US10577622B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-xylosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US10577612B1
Methods of producing an exogenous protein in a bird egg are provided according to aspects of the present invention which include: providing transfected avian primordial germ cells by forming a complex of Cas protein and a guide nucleotide sequence in the avian primordial germ cells, whereby a donor DNA sequence is inserted into genomic DNA of the avian primordial germ cells under transcriptional control of a regulatory element that directs tissue-specific expression of the exogenous protein; introducing the transfected avian primordial germ cells into a population of recipient bird embryos and incubating the recipient bird embryos, generating germline chimera birds; obtaining a heterozygote and/or homozygote transgenic bird by breeding the germline chimera bird; and isolating the exogenous protein from an egg laid by a female transgenic bird.
US10577609B2
The present invention relates to a DNA aptamer specifically binding to a hepatocellular carcinoma-related Glypican-3 (GPC3) protein, treatment of cancers related to the Glypican-3 protein using the same, a composition for inhibiting a cancer and a composition for diagnosing a cancer comprising the same as an active ingredient.
US10577601B2
The invention provides methods for preparing DNA sequencing libraries by assembling short read sequencing data into longer contiguous sequences for genome assembly, full length cDNA sequencing, metagenomics, and the analysis of repetitive sequences of assembled genomes.
US10577597B2
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed an apparatus for nucleic acid extraction and an operation method thereof. The apparatus for nucleic acid extraction includes: a first rack having a plurality of sample tube receivers arranged in a circle; a second rack having a plurality of elution tube receivers arranged in a circle on an outer side thereof and a washing solution receiver positioned at the center thereof, a part of the washing solution receiver extending outwards to have projections formed in alternation with a plurality of the elution tube receivers; a main body having the first and second racks arranged to position the first rack on the top of the second rack; a rotational driver for separately rotating the first and second racks; a dispenser for separately dispensing a washing solution and an eluting solution into sample tubes; and a pressurizer for maintaining the inside of the sample tubes under raised pressure.
US10577583B2
Provided herein are methods of perfusion culturing an adherent mammalian cell using a shake flask and a plurality of microcarriers, and various methods that utilize these culturing methods.
US10577582B2
This invention is directed to methods of directly reseeding harvested adherent cells grown in a hollow fiber bioreactor. Also disclosed is a novel harvest media for use in directly reseeding adherent cells into a hollow fiber bioreactor.
US10577581B2
The present invention relates to the enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides, particularly, sialylated oligosaccharides comprising the carbohydrate moieties of the gangliosides GM3, GD3, and G.
US10577575B2
Embodiments for coating a bioreactor with a reagent are described. The embodiments may provide for changing flow rates, direction of flow, and/or bioreactor rotation to enhance the coating of the bioreactor prior to growing cells in the bioreactor.
US10577570B2
A laundry care composition including (i) from 2 to 70 wt % of a surfactant; and (ii) from 0.0001 to 20.0 wt % of a leuco polymer that includes a polyethylenimine and at least one leuco moiety covalently bound to the polyethylenimine. The polyethylenimine comprises three or more amine nitrogen atoms and 1 mol. % or more of amine hydrogen atoms in the polyethylenimine are replaced with a moiety selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxypropyl, 1-hydroxypropane-2-yl, and polyalkoxy groups. Methods of making the leuco polymer and methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions.
US10577563B2
Certain fatty acid amide-based surfactants such as cocamide DEA (also known as “coco(nut) diethanolamide” or “coco(nut) DEA”) when dissolved or dispersed in a cutting oil (diesel, light cycle oil, naphtha, and such other petroleum distillates) produce a petroleum distillate having significantly enhanced solvency for heavy residuals. Such solutions or dispersions are especially useful for cleaning vessels and similar equipment in refineries by circulating the solution or dispersion in the vessel, optionally with the application of heat.
US10577557B2
A fluid contains a base oil consisting of an alcohol-initiated polyalkylene glycol where polyalkylene glycol component is selected from a homopolymer of 1,2-butylene oxide and copolymer of 1,2-butylene oxide and propylene oxide; a glycerol-initiated unsaturated ester that is free of tertiary carbon atoms and quaternary carbon atoms; and an antioxidant.
US10577549B2
A method of removing material that fouls processing equipment that includes applying a composition comprising N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) to fouling material deposited on the processing equipment to solubilize and remove the fouling material from the processing equipment.
US10577547B2
The invention provides processes for the production of hydrocarbons from a biorenewable feedstock blended with a mineral feedstock comprises hydrotreating to remove heteroatoms and saturate olefins. The carbon monoxide is not fed to the downstream hydroisomerization reactor but supplanted with a hydrogen gas with a low concentration of carbon monoxide so as not to poison the hydroisomerization catalyst to improve the cold flow properties for a diesel fuel.
US10577535B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to compositions for treatment of a subterranean formation, and methods and systems including the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that can include obtaining or providing a substantially solid composition. The substantially solid composition can include a hydrogen fluoride precursor salt and an amide hydrochloride salt. The method includes combining the substantially solid composition with a carrier fluid to form a mixture. The method includes placing the mixture in a subterranean formation downhole.
US10577509B2
Provided is a flame-retardant coating agent for vehicle seats that contains (A) a nitrogen-containing compound, and (C) an aqueous thermoplastic resin. Also provided is a flame-retardant vehicle seat material that does not use a halogen compound or an antimony compound, that exhibits sufficient flame retardancy, and that suppresses the occurrence of marks from hot water.
US10577507B2
A composition for application to a metal substrate comprises an aqueous carrier, a hydroxide anion and/or a phosphate anion, and a corrosion inhibitor comprising an azole compound, a rare earth ion, an alkali earth metal ion, and/or a transition metal ion. A substrate or article includes the composition for application to a metal substrate and a coating on the composition. A method of fabricating a substrate comprises applying the composition to a substrate, allowing the composition to dry to form a dried composition, and applying a coating on the dried composition.
US10577503B2
A fabric having ultraviolet radiation protection is disclosed which has a quantity of zinc oxide particles with each of the zinc oxide particles having a surface and a quantity of an acid polymer, with the acid polymer binding to the surfaces of the zinc oxide particles. A fabric having ultraviolet radiation protection is further disclosed having a quantity of zinc oxide particles with each of the zinc oxide particles having a surface and a quantity of boronic acid polymer, wherein the boronic acid functional groups of the polymer bind to the surface of the zinc oxide particles.
US10577501B2
A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition includes a polyphenylene sulfide resin (A), an amino group-containing compound (B), an epoxy group-containing elastomer (C), wherein the polyphenylene sulfide resin (A) forms a continuous phase and the amino group-containing compound (B) and the epoxy group-containing elastomer (C) form a dispersed phase in the morphology of a forming product composed of the resin composition observed with a transmission electron microscope, and the modulus of elongation (the elastic modulus determined by performing a tensile test on an ASTM type 1 dumbbell test piece obtained by injection molding at a cylinder temperature of 300° C. and at a mold temperature of 150° C., under the conditions in which the distance between chucks is 114 mm, the test piece distance is 100 mm, and the elongation rate is 10 mm/min) of the resin composition is 1.0 MPa or more and 1000 MPa or less.
US10577500B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide copolymer (Co-PA) having a melting temperature (Tm-Co-PA) of at least 300° C., comprising steps of (a) preparing a first semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide (A), having a melting temperature (Tm-A) of at least 310° C.; and consisting of repeat units derived from 45-50 mol % terephthalic acid; 47.5-50 mol % of diamine; and 0-5 mol % of one or more other amine and/or acid group containing components; the mol % being relative to the total molar amount of said amine and/or acid group containing components; and wherein poly-amide (A) is prepared by a process comprising direct solid-state polymerization of a diamine-dicarboxylic acid salt of the terephthalic acid and the diamine; (b) providing a polyamide (B), being an amorphous polyamide having a glass transition temperature (Tg-B) below Tm-A, or a second semi-crystalline polyamide having a melting temperature (Tm-B) below Tm-A, or a combination of the amorphous polyamide and the second semi-crystalline polyamide; (c) heating and melt-mixing polyamide (A) and polyamide (B), thereby obtaining a miscible polymer melt with a temperature (T-melt) above Tm-A; and (d) cooling the melt to a temperature below the solidification temperature of the melt, thereby obtaining a solid semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide copolymer.
US10577496B2
A polyacetal resin composition. An aliphatic polycarboxylic acid having four or more carbons and two or more carboxyl groups and a hindered-phenol antioxidant are incorporated into a polyacetal copolymer obtained by copolymerizing trioxane as a major monomer with a cyclic ether and/or cyclic formal each having at least one carbon-carbon bond as a comonomer using a specific heteropoly acid as a polymerization catalyst, adding, to the resultant reaction product, a compound which is any of the carbonates, hydrogen carbonates, and carboxylates of alkali metal elements or alkaline-earth metal elements, the hydrates of these, and the hydroxides of alkali metal elements or alkaline-earth metal elements, and melt-kneading the mixture to deactivate the polymerization catalyst.
US10577495B2
The present invention relates to a complex composition of styrene-based block copolymer and PBT resin and, more particularly to, a complex composition of styrene-based block copolymer and PBT resin that uses a mixture of a styrene-based block copolymer, a paraffin oil and a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin to compensate for the unfavorable factors of thermoplastic rubber (TPR), that is, the defects of properties, including weather resistance, thermal resistance, oil resistance, adhesiveness, and printability, etc., and to improve processability. In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the complex composition comprises 10 to 200 parts by weight of a paraffin oil and 20 to 200 parts by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin with respect to 100 parts by weight of a styrene-based block copolymer.
US10577493B2
There is disclosed a phthalate-free, epoxidized plasticizer composition comprising a blend of: a) one or more fatty acid esters having less than 10% saturates; and b) one or more bio-based oil having an oxirane value of at least 5.0%. There is also disclosed a method of making a phthalate-free, epoxidized plasticizer composition comprising forming a blend of the fatty acid esters bio-based oils, wherein the one or more fatty acid esters and the bio-based oils are epoxidized either prior to forming the blend or in a single epoxidation step after the blend is formed. Plasticized composition containing the phthalate-free, epoxidized plasticizer composition, as well as articles made from such compositions are also disclosed.
US10577491B2
This disclosure relates to ethylene interpolymer compositions. Specifically, ethylene interpolymer products having: a Dilution Index (Yd) greater than 0; total catalytic metal ≥3.0 ppm; ≥0.03 terminal vinyl unsaturations per 100 carbon atoms, and; optionally a Dimensionless Modulus (Xd) greater than 0. The disclosed ethylene interpolymer products have a melt index from about 0.3 to about 500 dg/minute, a density from about 0.869 to about 0.975 g/cm3, a polydispersity (Mw/Mn) from about 2 to about 25 and a CDBI50 from about 20% to about 97%. Further, the ethylene interpolymer products are a blend of at least two ethylene interpolymers; where one ethylene interpolymer is produced with a single-site catalyst formulation and at least one ethylene interpolymer is produced with a heterogeneous catalyst formulation.
US10577487B2
An impact resistance is improved and a molding shrinkage percentage is reduced. A thermoplastic resin composition contains: an impact-resistant styrene resin composition which contains polystyrene as a main component and a dispersed rubber phase and in which a volume fraction of the dispersed rubber phase 12 is less than 30%; dispersed phases of elastomer; and particles of a filler. The dispersed phases of the elastomer contains, as a main component, a styrene-butadiene copolymer serving as a linear copolymer constructed by a triblock consisting of a butadiene block and styrene blocks coupled with both ends of the butadiene block.
US10577486B2
A first tire member manufacturing method includes an operation in which master batch is made, and an operation in which the master batch and high-cis polybutadiene rubber are mixed. The operation in which the master batch is made includes an operation in which carbon-black-containing pre-coagulation rubber latex is coagulated to obtain a coagulum, an operation in which a compound according to Formula (I) is added to the water-containing coagulum, and an operation in which the compound according to Formula (I) is dispersed within the coagulum. In Formula (I), R1 and R2 each indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, an alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, or an alkynyl group having 1 to 20 carbons. R1 and R2 may be the same or different, M+ indicates sodium ion, potassium ion, or lithium ion.
US10577478B2
The present invention refers to a polyamide moulding composition having an excellent adhesion to metal surfaces. Moreover, the present invention refers to structural parts with a metal component directly bonded to a thermoplastic component (interconnected without using a bonding agent/layer). The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing of such structural parts by an injection moulding or extrusion processes.
US10577477B2
Provided is a urethane curable composition including: a catalyst (a); a polyol (b) having two or more hydroxyl groups in one molecule; a polyisocyanate (c) having two or more isocyanate groups in one molecule; and silica particles (d) at a predetermined ratio, in which the catalyst (a) is a metal carboxylate represented by a formula (1): M(OCOR)n (1) where M represents Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, or Pb; R represents any one of a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a branched unsaturated hydrocarbon group, an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, and an aromatic hydrocarbon group; and n represents the same number as a valence of M.
US10577469B2
The present invention relates to a 3D-formable sheet material, a process for the preparation of a 3D-formed article, the use of a cellulose material and at least one particulate inorganic filler material for the preparation of a 3D-formable sheet material and for increasing the stretchability of a 3D-formable sheet material, the use of a 3D-formable sheet material in 3D-forming processes as well as a 3D-formed article comprising the 3D-formable sheet material according.
US10577465B2
The present invention relates to a silicon polymer production method using a non-transition-metal-catalyst method of hydrosilylation, and more specifically relates to a production method for a silicon polymer using a non-transition-metal-catalyst method of hydrosilylation, wherein an environmentally friendly silicon polymer is produced by using hydrosilylation using a non-transition metal as a catalyst, thereby avoiding the use of platinum, palladium and rhodium or other expensive platinum group catalysts and so achieving outstanding economic viability and making it possible to prevent residues of heavy metals.
US10577454B2
A formulation system contains: (a) a pre-polymer reaction product of a polymeric isocyanate and a polyether polyol, where: (i) the polymeric isocyanate contains five weight-percent or more methylene diphenyl diisocyanate; (ii) the polymeric isocyanate has a functionality of 3.0 or less; (iii) the polyether polyol is present in the pre-polymer at a concentration of one to 25 weight-percent; (iv) the polyol has an equivalent weight of 50 to 500 grams per equivalent; (v) the —NCO concentration of the pre-polymer is 15 to 31 weight-percent; (vi) the pre-polymer is free of isocyanate trimers; (b) a polyester polyol component containing 10 to 25 weight-percent of free glycol; and (c) a blowing agent that contains less than five weight-percent water; where the ratio of pre-polymer and polyester result in foam having a trimer content of 12 to 22 weight-percent, and an —NCO index of more than 300 and less than 700.
US10577447B2
The invention relates to a novel type of sacrificial polymer or support material for 3D printing, comprising a block copolymer consisting of: at least one partially or totally hydrophilic elastomeric block, with a Tg of less than 30° C. and comprising at least one hydrophilic monomer, and at least one water-soluble thermoplastic block with a Tg of greater than 30° C. and comprising at least one monomer bearing a carboxyl group, said copolymer being extrudable and granulable, said copolymer being partially or totally soluble in water or in aqueous medium, and the mass proportion of the thermoplastic block being greater than 50% of the weight of said copolymer.
US10577446B2
Low refractive index and high dispersion material which can produce a bonded-multilayer DOE having an excellent optical performance is obtained, and the optical member using this is obtained. The resin precursor for optical materials obtained through the addition reaction of the composite containing a di (meth) acrylate shown in the following Chemical Expression 1. where, R═H or CH3, and m+n=1 to 10.
US10577443B2
A thermoplastic elastomer composition contains components (A) to (D), wherein the content of the component (A), (B), (C) and (D) is, respectively, 26% by weight or more and 59% by weight or less, 2% by weight or more and 9% by weight or less, 16% by weight or more and 61% by weight or less and 11% by weight or more and 56% by weight or less, when the total amount of the components (A) to (D) is 100% by weight, and the ratio of the content of the component (C) to the content of the component (D) is over 1 and 5 or less.
US10577437B2
The present invention provides a hydrogenated block copolymer: having a polymer block (S) containing an aromatic vinyl compound unit as a main constituent; and a polymer block (B) containing a conjugated diene compound unit as a main constituent, in a molecule.
US10577434B2
Disclosed herein are phosphino- and phosphate-silane functionalized polymers, methods of preparing a reactive polymer functionalized with an alkoxysilane having a phosphorous-containing group as a functionalizing reagent, the resulting polymer and vulcanizates thereof. The vulcanizates of the functionalized polymers can be used to produce vulcanized products, including tires.
US10577433B2
The present application provides an improved process for the preparation of sugammadex by reacting a salt of 3-mercapto propionic acid with 6-per-deoxy-6-per-halo-γ-cyclodextrin in a suitable organic solvent. This application also provides crystalline form of a salt of 3-mercapto propionic acid, preferably di sodium salt of 3-mercapto propionic acid and its use for the preparation of sugammadex, whereas formula (I) shows the sodium salt of sugammadex.
US10577430B2
Mice are provided that comprise a reduction or deletion of ADAM6 activity from an endogenous ADAM6 locus, or that lack an endogenous locus encoding a mouse ADAM6 protein, wherein the mice comprise a sequence encoding an ADAM6 or ortholog or homolog or fragment thereof that is functional in a male mouse. In one embodiment, the sequence is an ectopic ADAM6 sequence or a sequence that confers upon a male mouse the ability to generate offspring by mating. Mice and cells with genetically modified immunoglobulin heavy chain loci that comprise an ectopic nucleotide sequence encoding a mouse ADAM6 or functional fragment or homolog or ortholog thereof are also provided.
US10577419B2
The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disease using antibodies (e.g. monoclonal antibodies), antibody fragments, and derivatives thereof that specifically bind KIR3DL2. The invention also relates to antibodies, cells producing such antibodies; methods of making such antibodies; fragments, variants, and derivatives of the antibodies; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.
US10577411B2
The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies binding to human angiopoietin-like 4 protein (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as “ANGPTL4”), and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising the same.
US10577410B2
Antibodies having Fab regions that specifically bind to Staphylococcus aureus protein A are capable of mediating opsinization of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria despite their expression of antibody-neutralizing protein A. These antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof can be used in methods of treating and/or preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections.
US10577407B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention includes administering a genetically modified Th17 cell to express a CAR having an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an ICOS intracellular signaling domain.
US10577405B2
Described herein are methods of syntheses and therapeutic uses of covalently modified peptides and/or proteins. The covalently modified peptides and/or proteins allow for improved pharmaceutical properties of peptide and protein-based therapeutics.
US10577396B2
An object of the present invention is to conduct a search for a compound to be arranged at a terminal of a peptide nucleic acid effective in detecting a single nucleotide polymorphism. Provided is a tolan compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a phenyl group or a naphthyl group, the phenyl group may have 1 to 5 substituents that are identical to or different from each other, and the naphthyl group may have 1 to 7 substituents that are identical to or different from each other.
US10577392B2
Methods of purifying proteins expressed in non-mammalian expression systems in a non-native soluble form directly from cell lysate are disclosed. Methods of purifying proteins expressed in non-mammalian expression systems in a non-native limited solubility form directly from a refold solution are also disclosed. Resin regeneration methods are also provided.
US10577391B2
Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays for amino acid and peptide synthesis on microarrays. In certain embodiments, methods for manufacturing and using the formulations, substrates, and arrays including one-step coupling, e.g., for synthesis of peptides in a C→N orientation are disclosed. In some embodiments, disclosed herein are formulations and methods for high efficiency coupling of biomolecules to a substrate.
US10577384B2
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases which are pathophysiologically mediated by the ghrelin receptor. The compounds have the general Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US10577375B2
The present invention concerns metallated porphyrin derivatives as ligands of G-quadruplex and their novel use as anti-viral agents.
US10577367B2
Provided are compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods for their use and production.
US10577361B2
The disclosure provides compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: The disclosure also provides processes for their preparation, intermediates used in these processes, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as modulators of dopamine D3 receptors, such as treating substance abuse or psychiatric diseases.
US10577348B2
A composition comprising (S)—N-(3-(6-isopropoxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide and hypromellose acetate succinate for pharmaceutical preparations, especially capsule preparations.
US10577347B2
The invention provides crystalline forms of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-(2-{[4-(4-carbamoylpiperidin-1-ylmethyl)benzoyl]methylamino}ethyl)piperidin-4-yl ester, and pharmaceutically acceptable solvates thereof. The crystalline form can be a freebase, or a salt such as a diphosphate, monosulfate or dioxalate salt. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these crystalline compounds or prepared using these compounds; processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline compounds; and methods of using these compounds to treat a pulmonary disorder.
US10577345B2
Disclosed herein are processes for synthesizing 2-hydroxy-6-((2-(1-isopropyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-pyridin-3-yl)methoxy)benzaldehyde (also referred to herein as Compound (I)) and intermediates used in such processes. Compound (I) binds to hemoglobin and increases it oxygen affinity and hence can be useful for the treatment of diseases such as sickle cell disease.
US10577343B2
Provided is a compound represented by formula (I): or an N-oxide compound thereof, wherein the variable groups are as defined in the specification. Also provided is an arthropod pest control agent containing a compound represented by formula (I) and an inert carrier. The compound represented by formula (I) and arthropod pest control agent exhibit an excellent controlling effect against arthropod pests.
US10577337B2
Prodrugs of tizoxanide, an analogue or salt thereof are disclosed. The prodrugs have an ester moiety comprising an amino acid moiety, and increase the bioavailability of the tizoxanide, an analogue or salt thereof. Compositions and methods of treating an intracellular protozoan infection, a viral infection or a cancer are also disclosed.
US10577313B2
A method for producing a sulfoxide derivative represented by general formula (1), the method being characterized in that a sulfide derivative represented by general formula (2) is reacted with an oxidizing agent in the presence of a catalyst that is a metal-ligand complex containing a metal compound and, as a ligand, a compound represented by general formula (3), and in the presence of a benzoic acid compound represented by general formula (4)
US10577307B2
A task is to provide a method for producing a polycyclic aromatic aminophenol compound through a reduced number of steps at a low cost with high safety. The method for producing a polycyclic aromatic aminophenol compound includes the step of reacting a compound represented by the general formula (1) below and an aromatic amino compound with each other: Wherein n represents an integer of 1 to 8, Ar represents a benzene ring optionally having a substituent, or a naphthalene ring optionally having a substituent, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, or an aromatic group optionally having a substituent, and R3 represents a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group, or a halogen atom.
US10577304B2
Methods for preparing isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems from non-isotopically modified 1,4-dienes involve selective oxidation of one or more bis-allylic position(s), or the preparation of isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems via trapping pi-allylic complexes with a source of deuterium or tritium. Such methods are useful for preparing isotopically modified polyunsaturated lipid including polyunsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acid derivatives.
US10577303B1
A method for esterification of one or more carboxylic acid groups in a compound containing one or more carboxylic acid groups wherein the esterification reagent is a diazo-compound of formula: wherein the R1 and R2 groups of the diazo compound are selected such that the corresponding organic compound of formula: exhibits a —C—H pKa value between 18 and 29 as measured in DMSO. Specific reagents and methods for esterification are provided. The esterification reagents provided exhibit high selectivity for esterification of carboxylic acid groups over reaction with amine, alcohol or thiol groups in the compound containing one or more carboxylic acid groups. The method can be used to selectively esterify carboxylic acid groups in peptides or proteins.
US10577297B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing saturated Cn- and C2n-alcohols, wherein the separation of the Cn-alcohols and the C2n-alcohols is effected by means of at least one two-column system or by means of at least one dividing wall column.
US10577290B2
A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29).
US10577285B2
Provided is a method for preparing a grain boundary insulation-type dielectric. The method includes the steps of obtaining a titanic acid compound and a ferroelectric having a value less than a melting point of the titanic acid compound; obtaining a mixture by adding the ferroelectric material to the titanic acid compound; and sintering the mixture at a temperature equal to or more than a melting point of the ferroelectric material.
US10577276B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an ultraviolet-absorbent glass that is suitable as a dark gray glass, that has a very low ultraviolet transmittance (TUV), and that has excellent color rendering properties for green. The present invention relates to an ultraviolet-absorbent glass in which: the ultraviolet transmittance (TUV) as defined in ISO 9050:2003 is 2% or less for a thickness of 2.8 mm; the visible light transmittance (TVA) based on a standard A light source is 10% to 30% inclusive for a thickness of 2.8 mm; the energy transmittance (TE) as defined in JIS R 3106:1998 is 30% or less for a thickness of 2.8 mm; a ratio R14/R9 for color rendering indices as defined in ISO 9050:1990 and JIS Z 8726:1990 is 1.8 or greater; and a ratio R14/R1 is 1.05 or greater.
US10577275B2
The invention relates to a glass sheet having high transmission of infrared (IR) radiation. More specifically, the invention relates to a glass sheet having a composition which comprises, in a content expressed as percentages by total weight of glass: SiO2 55-85% AI2O3 0-30% B2O3 0-20% Na2O 0-25% CaO 0-20% MgO 0-15% K2O 0-20% BaO 0-20% total iron (expressed in the form of Fe2O3) 0.002-1%, Cr2O3 0.001-0.5% Co 0.0001-0.5% Se 0.0003-0.5%. By virtue of its high transmission of IR radiation, said glass sheet can advantageously be used in a device using a technology requiring very good transmission of IR radiation, whether through the main faces or starting from their edge (for example, a screen or panel or pad) The invention thus also relates to the use of such a glass sheet in a device using infrared radiation propagating essentially inside said sheet.
US10577267B2
The invention discloses a fast biofilm formation method for an organic filler during treatment of sewage with a low C/N ratio, and belongs to the field of biofilm process for sewage treatment. The invention improves the effect of biofilm culturing by changing the micro-interface acting force of the filler and accelerating the attachment and colonization of microorganisms on the filler through increase of bacterial quorum-sensing molecules. As compared with a conventional biofilm culturing method, in the invention the biofilm culturing is rapid and operated conveniently, has strong practicality, and is a fast biofilm formation method for an organic filler, which is adapted for treatment of sewage with a low C/N ratio under an aerobic, anoxic or anaerobic condition.
US10577258B2
A water treatment system including a filter, an aerator, a hydrogen absorption manifold, a first treatment container, a second treatment container, a magnetron, a boiler, a superheater, a fractional distillation separator and a condenser. The filter is adapted for removing chloride ions and transmutated chlorine ions, while the hydrogen absorptive manifold is designed for absorbing hydrogen ions and reducing the pH of the water. The magnetron alters the spin of an electron in an outer shell of an atom contained in the water so that a solution added to the water coats selective elements causing them to precipitate from the water. The boiler and superheater may be utilized to convert the water to a superheated steam, while the fractional distillation separator is adapted for condensing and separating elements, including radioactive elements, from the superheated steam. A method for treating contaminated water using the water treatment system is also provided.
US10577256B1
A water monitoring device monitors and maintains swimming pool chemistry. The device mixes reagents with water in flowcells. The water chemistry is detected by measuring the light transmitted through the flowcells. The water monitoring device can communicate with computers, servers and mobile computing devices which can store and display the water chemistry information. The reagents can be stored in a replaceable reagent cartridge which can provide reagents for water testing and can be replaced when the reagents need to be replenished.
US10577252B2
A method is provided for synthesizing a molecular sieve having the framework structure of SSZ-109 using N1,N6-diisopropyl-N1,N1,N6,N6-tetramethylhexane-1,6-diaminium cations as a structure directing agent.
US10577251B2
A composition comprising synthetic mineral particles, such as silicate or phyllosilicate mineral particles, is presented. The composition can be prepared by a process in which a hydrogel precursor of the synthetic mineral particles is produced by a coprecipitation reaction between at least one compound comprising silicon, such as sodium metasilicate, and at least one compound comprising at least one metal element, such as a dicarboxylate salt of the formula M(R1—COO)2, wherein R1 is H or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. The coprecipitation reaction also takes place in the presence of at least one carboxylate salt of formula R2—COOM′ wherein M′ is Na or K, and R2 is H or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
US10577236B2
A product dispenser is configured to dispense products subject to a warning and products not subject to a warning, the product dispenser further configured to transmit a product warning notice only in response to a request to dispense a product subject to the warning. In another embodiment, a product dispenser is configured to dispense a food or beverage product and provide information indicative of an attribute of the food or beverage product, such as nutrition facts, as it is being dispensed. In another embodiment, a product dispenser is configured to enable a user to request a customized product from the product dispenser, to determine a first profile for the customized product blend, compare the first profile to a second profile, and reformulate the customized product blend to a dispensed product blend comprising a third profile approximating the second idealized profile.
US10577235B2
A beverage dispensing system including a control unit and a touch screen. Inputs are made to the touch screen to dispense beverages and apply system adjustments. The control unit controls a plurality of beverage dispensing valves according to inputs made to the touch screen.
US10577232B2
A seating support for an industrial truck with a standing platform that is bordered on one side by a platform rear wall comprises a first section and a second section. The first section comprises a support body, which further comprises a body rear wall configured to connect to the platform rear wall using one or more coupling elements and a standing surface configured to stand on the standing platform. The second section comprises a support surface for a person standing on the standing platform.
US10577221B2
Elevator systems and methods for inspection having an elevator car within an elevator shaft are described. A plurality of landing doors are located at respective landings within the elevator shaft and a landing door gib is located on one of the landing doors and subject to inspection. The landing door gib includes an indicator element thereon, and an inspection system is arranged with a detector located on an exterior of the elevator car and arranged to detect the presence of the indicator element in an inspection region.
US10577216B2
The present apparatus is provided with a placement tray (processing tray) to place sheets to undergo binding processing, and a bind unit that is able to shift along an end edge of sheets on the placement tray and that binds a plurality of sheets as a single bunch, where in the bind unit, a needle bind unit for performing binding processing on a bunch of sheets with a needle and a needleless bind unit for performing binding processing without a needle are provided together in a shift direction of the bind unit, and a length of the needleless bind unit is configured to be shorter than a length of the needle bind unit in the shift direction of the bind unit. By this means, provided is the apparatus capable of miniaturizing the entire apparatus, with the needle bind unit and needleless bind unit provided together.
US10577215B2
A stapler includes a staple cartridge in which a staple is stored, a storage unit to which the staple cartridge is attached to be detachable, a staple ejecting unit which ejects out the staple to penetrate a paper sheet, a cutting unit which cuts a staple leg of the staple penetrating the paper sheet, a binding unit which binds the paper sheet by bending the staple leg of the staple penetrating the paper sheet, a cut staple storage unit which stores a cut staple that is cut by the cutting unit, and a discharge unit through which the cutting unit and the cut staple storage unit communicate with each other to guide the cut staple to the cut staple storage unit. The cut staple storage unit is attachable to and detachable from the stapler.
US10577211B2
An apparatus to launch, retrieve, and store a recreational floating mat is described. The apparatus can provide the advantages of helping to ease the potential difficulties associated with launching, retrieving and storing recreational floating mats from dock side, pool side or from a floating vessel such as a boat or floating dock.
US10577206B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer section that transfers an image onto a sheet; a sheet conveying member that conveys the sheet, the sheet conveying member being provided upstream of the transfer section in a sheet conveyance direction; and a hardware processor that controls displacement of the sheet conveying member so that the sheet is displaced along a width direction of the sheet. The hardware processor sets a displacement speed of the sheet conveying member for the sheet during transfer of the image by the transfer section to be lower than the displacement speed of the sheet conveying member for the sheet before the transfer of the image by the transfer section.
US10577201B2
A system for moving merchandize from a warehouse to a vehicle is described herein. The system includes a movable conveyor belt system configured to move on a plurality of rollers in a two degrees of freedom, and one or more lift systems attached to the movable conveyor belt system. The system also includes one or more configurable panels mounted to the movable conveyor belt system via the one or more lift systems, the one or more configurable panels being configured to hold merchandize to be lifted by the one or more lift systems.
US10577200B2
Examples of an alignment assembly for loading a shipping container are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, the alignment assembly includes a base rotatably disposed on a pole and an alignment bracket moveably connected to the base. The alignment bracket may include a main support member connected to an alignment member. The alignment bracket is configured to permit the alignment member to be disposed substantially co-planer with a sidewall of the shipping container.
US10577197B1
Magazines for light sticks have an elongated tubular body defining a chamber configured to contain a stack of elongated light sticks, the body defining an exit aperture communicating with the chamber and proximate to a light stick feeding position, a movable actuator proximate the exit aperture and movable between a rest position and an actuated position, the body having a retention element proximate the exit aperture, the actuator having a contact portion spaced apart from the retention element, and the retention element and contact portion being operable to flex a light stick occupying the light stick feeding position in response to movement of the actuator from the rest position to the actuated position. The retention element and contact portion may be operable to eject the light stick occupying the light stick feeding position in response to movement of the actuator from the rest position to the actuated position.
US10577194B2
A device for loading, conveying and discharging objects, comprising: a plurality of trays each one of which is intended for carrying an object from a loading position to a discharge position, in which discharge position the object leaves the tray via an unloading section of the tray, a drive system for conveying the trays in a conveyance direction from the loading position to the discharge position, wherein for the purpose of conveying the trays along a path, the drive system comprises a series of linked driving elements, a drive for transferring a drive power onto the drive system, which drive power is required for conveying the trays, and a pusher arm arranged on the tray for by means of pushing away, discharging an object present on the tray, wherein pushing away takes place substantially transverse to the conveyance direction of the tray and wherein at least during conveyance of an object present on the tray the pusher arm is in a first position facing away from the unloading section, and wherein at least for discharging an object present on the tray, the pusher arm moves to a second position in which the pusher arm is near the unloading section of the tray, characterized in that a retaining means is arranged at the unloading section of the at least one tray so as to retain, in a first operation mode, an object present on the at least one tray when the object is moving towards the unloading section as a result of being exposed to dynamic forces during conveyance, and to allow, in a second operation mode, the pusher arm to discharge the object present on the tray by means of pushing away, and an adjusting means is arranged to position the retaining means either in the first or second operation mode.
US10577176B2
A shipping container includes a pair of side walls, a rear end, a front end, a roof, and a base frame. The base frame includes two longitudinal bottom side rails and a plurality of parallel bottom cross members on which a corrugated steel floor is resting and to which the cross members are secured. The steel floor includes a plurality of floor slabs and the steel floor includes corrugations. The corrugations having ridges and grooves running in a lengthwise direction of the container towards an opening for loading and unloading goods to be shipped or stored in the container. Attachments for lashing are installed in the corrugated steel floor.
US10577171B2
A tactile manipulation device comprised of at least one bent axle rod, a series of revolve rods, two substantially similar barrel housings and at least two retaining means. The embodiments differ in the geometric design of the barrel housings, the number of revolve rods, the angle of the bends in the rods, the number and style of retaining means used to lock the axle rod in the barrel housings. This series of similarly bent revolve rods are rotationally and removeably contained adjacent their distal and proximal ends within C-shaped channels formed parallel to the centerline in a pair of identical barrel housings. The ends of the revolve rods have mechanical tool bits thereon.
US10577165B2
A package for a product and method of retaining and releasing a product, where a container body is configured to support the product and includes a key support and a retaining key that is supported by the key support. The retaining key is movable between locked and released configurations, while in the locked configuration the retaining key retains a portion of the product and while in the released configuration the retaining key retracts to facilitate removal of the product from the container body.
US10577161B2
An apparatus is improved to successively make plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a spout, by employing the general feeding way of panel material, to be simple in structure, low in cost, high in speed and to make it possible to successively make the plastic bags two by two. A first folded portion is formed in a first web of panel material 1. An aperture is formed in a second web of panel material 2. A spout is inserted into the aperture, the spout and the second web of panel material 2 being heat sealed with each other. The second web of panel material 2 is guided by a guide device 18 to be folded after being heat sealed so that a second folded portion should be formed in the second web of panel material. The spout is turned over by the second folded portion. The second folded portion and the first folded portion are heat sealed with each other while the second folded portion and the second web of panel material 2 are heat sealed with each other about the spout.
US10577160B2
Carton (90) containing a plurality of containers (C) includes a dispenser defined by a dispenser (80) pattern (40) extending through the carton's first side panel (14), top panel (16), second side panel (18), and exiting end panel (84). The dispenser (80) is at least partially separable along the dispenser pattern (40) to form an opening into an interior of the carton (90). The dispenser pattern (40) includes first and second tear lines (51, 52) on first and second side exiting end flaps (32, 36) that extend downwardly toward one another from opposite sides of the exiting end panel. The first and second end dispenser patterns do not extend completely across respective first and second side exiting end flaps but stop short of an outer edge of respective first and second side exiting end flaps.
US10577157B2
An airflow cooling lid for hot beverage containers enables the user to cool down the beverage in the container by blowing outside air across the surface of the beverage without removal of the lid. The airflow cooling lid includes a circular cover snuggly placed over a hot beverage container having a mounting rim, a surface portion, a sipping portal in form of an opening for consuming the beverage, an airflow opening to be used as either the intake or exhaust portal for the air drawn over the surface of the beverage, and a pinhole vent opening for allowing outside air into the container and pressure release in the event both portals are plugged. The airflow portal is angled outward to allow the exhaust air to flow away from the face when blowing through either portal.
US10577155B2
A fabric bulk bag and a method for constructing the same, the bag including a continuous sidewall, a top portion, and a bottom, all defining a bulk storage space therein; the bottom further comprising eight sides which define an octagonal shape having an enlarged footprint so that the bag wall is sewn to the bottom in less time than a round shaped bag, yet when filled stands more upright with less tendency to lean than the current square shaped bags thereby providing a safer more dependable stacking bulk bag. In the method of producing the fabric bulk bag, the bag is constructed in less time than the prior art round bottom bags, uses less wall fabric than prior art square bottomed bags and when constructed and filled, supports itself more stable on a floor or pallet because it provides substantially more base for the product to rest on. In other embodiments, the bag would be multi-sided with greater than four sides.
US10577153B2
A disposable dual beverage receptacle includes of at least two fluid retentive chambers. A top chamber and a bottom chamber, the top chamber is connected with the bottom chamber using its base connector. The base connector has mechanisms for mounting and dismounting the bottom chamber. The bottom chamber is a beverage can.
US10577150B2
Examples provides one or more rolling pallet trays capable of interlocking together to form a modular rolling platform. A rolling pallet tray includes a rectangular base member with a top surface, a bottom surface, and a set of four sides. The top surface may have a lip extending upward along at least a portion of the circumference of the top surface. A set of rollers are pivotally mounted to the bottom surface. A floor-lock brake may be activated to stop movement of at least one roller to lock the rolling pallet tray in place. A set of linking mechanisms is attached to one or more of the sides for linking the individual rolling pallet tray to one or more other rolling pallet trays in a variety of different configurations. The linked rolling pallet trays in the modular rolling pallet tray pivot together as a single unit for greater stability.
US10577141B2
To provide a method for readily forming an easily separable portion having an adhesive strength that is required as a package bag on packaging film, a package bag having an easily separable portion formed by this method, and a filling-packing machine utilizing this method. A method forming an easily separable portion in packaging film by interposing at least two packaging films between a horn emitting ultrasonic waves and an anvil oppositely disposed to the horn, and vibrating the packaging films by the ultrasonic waves, in which a vibratable layer is provided on the packaging film in at least one of the horn side and the anvil side.
US10577120B1
A flight display system for a cockpit of an aircraft. The flight display system includes a first plurality of flight display units configured to communicate with each other in a daisy chain network. Each of the first plurality of flight display units includes a first physical network interface configured to communicate with one of the first plurality of flight display units, a second physical network interface configured to communicate with another of the first plurality of flight display units, and a flight display circuit. The flight display circuit is configured to receive avionics data via the first physical network interface and determine whether the avionics data is destined for the flight display unit receiving the data. The flight display circuit is configured to send the avionics data to the other flight display unit of the plurality of the first plurality of flight display units via the second physical network interface.
US10577114B2
An assembly for an aircraft engine mounting comprising an articulation axis supported by two plain bearings and a blocking device blocking the translation of the articulation axis in a direction which comprises a blocking screw that is screwed, in operation, into a first, tapped internal portion of a tubular extension secured to one of the two plain bearings, a first blocking system comprising an internal elastic stop ring housed in a groove formed in the tubular extension, and a second blocking system comprising a blocking screw which passes through first orifices passing through the second section of the blocking screw and second orifices passing through the tubular extension.
US10577113B2
An inflatable flotation device includes a main body and a plurality of light emitters coupled to the main body and configured to output light. The inflatable flotation device further includes a power connector including a positive terminal and a negative terminal configured to receive at least one of an input voltage or an input current therebetween. The inflatable flotation device further includes a first circuit control module (CCM) coupled between the power connector and the plurality of light emitters and configured to regulate the at least one of the input voltage or the input current to at least one of an operating voltage or an operating current of the plurality of light emitters. The inflatable flotation device further includes a second CCM coupled between the power source and the plurality of the light emitters and configured to regulate the at least one of the input voltage or the input current to the at least one of the operating voltage or the operating current such that the plurality of light emitters can receive the at least one of the operating voltage or the operating current in response to failure of at least one of the first CCM or the second CCM.
US10577112B2
An emergency ejection seat with a propulsion system is disclosed. The propulsion system may be provided by a propeller-equipped brushless motor. The emergency ejection seat includes speed controllers that can accelerate and move the seat with two different speeds. Several wedge-shaped recesses along the rear of the seat help limit the effects of a vacuum.
US10577108B2
An aircraft monument comprising a desk and a movable part that is mounted to the aircraft monument by means of an attachment device. The movable part is pivotable about an axis between a first position in which the movable part covers a first area of the desk and is essentially arranged inside of the aircraft monument such that its front faces in a first direction towards the back of the aircraft monument, and a second position in which the movable part is at least partially arranged outside of the aircraft monument and its front faces in a second direction that crosses the first direction. The movable part, in its second position, covers a second area of the desk that is less than the first area.
US10577105B2
A payload retrieval apparatus including an extending member having an upper end and a lower end, a channel having a first end and a second end, the channel coupled to the extending member, a first tether engager that extends in a first direction from the first end of the channel section, and a payload holder positioned near the second end of the channel and is adapted to secure a payload.
US10577104B2
A system of transporting micro-cargo incorporates an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a tether capture device. A tether is connected to and suspends a micro cargo container with a suspension system to vertically extend the tether. The system having a first pickup state and a second flight state with a transition between the first and second states. The first state provides the micro-container unsuspended via the tether from the suspension system. The transition state provides engagement of the tether by the UAV, the tether positioning the micro-cargo container with respect to the capture device which secures the tether. The second state is then entered with the micro-cargo towed by the UAV in cruising flight to its destination.
US10577101B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a water surface detection method, an unmanned aerial vehicle landing method and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The detection method includes: controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to generate an airflow, where the airflow is used to generate a water surface ripple; obtaining an image of a landing area of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a flight parameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and processing the image, and determining, with reference to the flight parameter, whether the landing area has the water surface ripple. Damage caused by erroneous landing of the unmanned aerial vehicle on a water surface can be alleviated by determining whether the landing area has the water surface.
US10577097B2
A glider, a system and methods for electric power production from wind are disclosed. The glider includes an airfoil, onboard steering means for pitching, rolling and yawing the glider when airborne, sensor means that provide a first signal related to an absolute position of the glider, a second signal related to an air speed of the glider and a third signal related to an acceleration of the glider, a control device connected to the steering means for controlling autonomous flight of the glider based on the signals provided by the sensor means, and a connection means for a tether connecting the glider to a ground-based electrical machine constructed for converting a lift force generated upon exposure of the airfoil to wind and transferred to the ground via the tether into electric power. The system includes the glider, the ground-based electrical machine and tether.
US10577095B2
An aircraft is provided and includes a non-rotating frame, an engine disposed in the non-rotating frame, a rotating frame, which is drivable by the engine to rotate relative to the non-rotating frame to generate lift and thrust, the rotating frame including a hub and rotor blades extending outwardly from the hub, an actuation system including electro-mechanical actuators (EMAs) respectively disposed in the rotating frame between the hub and the rotor blades, each EMA including a rotary inductive device, a gear train associated with each EMA and the corresponding rotary inductive device to convert linear displacements of a piston responsive to rotor blade lead/lag into rotation of the rotary inductive device and a controller that controls the rotary inductive device to operate, in a first mode, as a motor which drives the gear train, and, in a second mode, as a generator which is driven by the gear train.
US10577092B2
A head for a rotor of a rotorcraft, the head comprising a cap extending radially from an axis of rotation in elevation towards a periphery and extending in azimuth over 360 degrees, the cap extending in thickness between an inside face that is to face a hub of the rotor and an outside face overlying the inside face, the periphery being crenellated to define a succession of crenellations and of notches, each notch allowing a blade of the rotor to perform flapping motion.
US10577091B2
Disclosed herein is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft having three lifting surfaces and separate lift and cruise systems. The VTOL aircraft may include a fuselage having a roll axis, a thrust rotor to produce a propulsion thrust, first and second rotor booms, first and second canard surfaces, first and second wing surfaces, first and second tail surfaces, and a plurality of lift rotors to produce a lifting thrust force. The plurality of lift rotors includes a first plurality of lift rotors positioned on the first rotor boom and a second plurality of lift rotors positioned on the second rotor boom. The first and second rotor booms may be substantially parallel to the roll axis of the fuselage, where the fuselage is positioned between the first and second rotor booms. Each of the first and second rotor booms may be secured to the aircraft at three locations.
US10577088B2
An aircraft landing gear shock absorbing strut having an outer cylinder and a sliding tube coupled within the cylinder bore to move between compressed and extended conditions. The cylinder and tube define a variable-volume internal chamber. The internal chamber is divided into a first spring chamber and a second spring chamber. The first spring chamber is a pneumatic chamber containing a first gas that is compressed when the strut moves from the extended condition to the compressed condition to provide compression damping. The second spring chamber contains a second gas and a hydraulic liquid, and is configured to compress the second gas when the strut moves from the extended condition to the compressed condition. The second spring chamber contains one or more damping orifices through which the oil passes as the strut extends to provide recoil damping during extension of the strut.
US10577086B2
A high-efficiency, stall-proof airfoil is an aircraft wing configuration whereby a motive force directly induces gaseous fluid flow across a lifting surface of the airfoil without requiring a movement of the wing through an air space. The airfoil is provided with means to control a pitch, a roll and a yaw motion and to control a position and stability of the aircraft. When not undergoing horizontal displacement, it provides highly efficient use of fuel resources, precluding the formation of drag and its incumbent power consumption. Air pressure at a bottom of the wing remains essentially ambient. Therefore, differential pressure between a lower surface of the wing and an upper surface of the wing maintains its maximum possible quantity. Virtually, all of the power consumed is utilized in a production of lift. Additionally, because lift is generated without regard to an angle-of-attack, forward speed, nor a configuration of a leading edge of the wing, the configuration is essentially stall proof.
US10577085B2
An aerodynamic lift enhancing system for increasing aerodynamic lift generated by a body of an automotive flying vehicle is disclosed. The automotive flying vehicle includes a vehicle body enclosing a passenger compartment and having an upper surface at least partially defined by a hood, a roof extending over the passenger compartment, and a front windshield disposed between the hood and roof. The front windshield includes a leading edge positioned proximate a trailing edge of the hood and a trailing edge positioned adjacent the roof. The automotive flying vehicle includes wings extending laterally outward from the vehicle body. The aerodynamic lift enhancing system includes an air discharge nozzle located upstream from the leading edge of the front windshield, the air discharge nozzle operable to discharge a stream of air over the upper surface of the vehicle.
US10577082B2
A device and method for flying an aircraft is disclosed. A housing that is removably installable in a cockpit of the aircraft is installed in the cockpit. The housing includes a processor. The processor receives a flight measurement from the aircraft, determines a flight control parameter for flying the aircraft from the flight measurement, and operates a flight control device of the aircraft to implement the flight control parameter to fly the aircraft.
US10577069B1
A gear unit including a gear, a hub, and a support ring configured to reduce the maximum stress on the gear teeth and, in particular, the toe of the gear teeth.
US10577068B1
Systems and methods are for monitoring underwater impacts to marine propulsion devices. The systems can comprise a marine propulsion device that is trimmable up and down about a trim axis; a trim sensor that senses at least one of a current trim position of the marine propulsion device relative to the trim axis and a rate at which the marine propulsion device is trimmed relative to the trim axis; and a controller that is configured to compare the rate at which the marine propulsion device is trimmed relative to the trim axis to a stored threshold value to thereby determine whether an underwater impact to the marine propulsion device has occurred.
US10577067B1
[Problem to be solved] An object of the present invention is to provide a zero emission power generation sailing ship, wherein generated electric power is consumed for electric demand in the ship or consumed for electric demand in the ship and for driving the ship in response to wind condition, thereby realizing zero emission navigation.[Means for solving the problem] A zero emission power generation sailing ship comprises a sail provided on a deck, a water turbine-propeller, a power generator-motor which is driven by the water turbine-propeller operating as a water turbine and drives the water turbine-propeller operating as a propeller, and an energy storage device for directly storing electric energy generated by the power generator-motor or converting the electric energy into energy of a substance and storing the substance, wherein the water turbine-propeller operates as a water turbine and the power generator-motor operates as a power generator so as to generate electric power and a part of the generated electric power is consumed for electric demand in the ship and residual part of the generated electric power is stored in the energy storage device when the wind is strong, while the power generator-motor operates as a motor and the water turbine-propeller operates as a propeller and a part of the electric power drawn from the energy storage device is consumed for electric demand in the ship and residual part of the electric power is consumed for driving the power generator-motor operating as a motor when the wind is light, and further comprises a course selecting device provided with a computer program for selecting course based on ocean wind forecasting data so as to prevent exhaustion of the electric power stored in the energy storage device.
US10577066B1
This disclosure relates to the field of accessories to water vessels (watercraft) such as kayaks, surfboards, paddleboards, etc. where a paddle or oar is carried. The combined vessel handle and paddle clip comprises an exterior grasping surface and an interior surface configured to frictionally retain a paddle.
US10577058B2
A bottom plate for a marine boom includes a main plate extending in a first plane. The main plate has first and second ends with first and second sides extending there between. The first plane is defined by a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends and a lateral axis normal to the longitudinal axis and extending between the first and second sides. Top and bottom surfaces are bounded by the first and second ends and the first and second sides and extend parallel to the first plane. At least one lug is attached to the main plate and extends in a second plane generally perpendicular to the first plane. The lug includes a flange defining an aperture aligned generally parallel with the lateral axis, where radial thickness of the flange increases toward the main plate and decreases away from the main plate.
US10577055B1
A collapsible water vessel has a center hull section, a first plurality of hull extensions longitudinally slidable through an opening at a first end of the center hull section between extended and collapsed positions, and a second plurality of hull extensions longitudinally slidable through an opening at a second end of the center hull section between extended and collapsed positions. When the first plurality of hull extensions are in the extended configuration, adjacent hull extensions thereof form a sealing contact therebetween and an inboard most hull extension thereof forms a sealing contact with the center hull section. And when the second plurality of hull extensions are in the extended configuration, adjacent hull extensions thereof form a sealing contact therebetween and an inboard most hull extension thereof forms a sealing contact with the center hull section.
US10577051B2
A bicycle sprocket comprises a plurality of sprocket teeth including at least one first tooth and at least one second tooth. The at least one first tooth has a first non-driving surface including a first non-driving surface portion and a second non-driving surface portion so that a first ridge is formed between the first non-driving surface portion and the second non-driving surface portion. The at least one second tooth is configured to initially engage with the bicycle chain in a shifting operation. The at least one second tooth is disposed adjacent to the at least one first tooth. The at least one second tooth has a second non-driving surface including a third non-driving surface portion and a fourth non-driving surface portion so that a second ridge is formed between the third non-driving surface portion and the fourth non-driving surface portion.
US10577050B2
A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body and chain-driving teeth. The chain-driving teeth comprises at least one first tooth and at least one second tooth. The at least one first tooth has a first circumferential tooth-length defined in a circumferential direction at a radial location defined in vicinity of a reference line. The at least one second tooth has a second circumferential tooth-length defined in the circumferential direction at the radial location. The first circumferential tooth-length is larger than the second circumferential tooth-length. A dimensional difference between the first circumferential tooth-length and the second circumferential tooth-length is equal to or smaller than 1 mm.
US10577048B2
In one aspect, a controller for driving a motor of the present invention includes a driving control unit that controls driving of a motor, and a regenerative control unit that instructs the driving control unit to start regeneration when a signal from a pedal rotation sensor that detects a rotation direction of the pedal indicates that the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the regenerative control unit controlling an amount of the regeneration in accordance with a backward rotation amount of the pedal while the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the backward rotation amount being obtained by the pedal rotation sensor.
US10577047B2
A magnetic mountain bike pedal assembly provides for at least one pedal having a center member, the center member having at least one magnet in its center portion, a plate adapted to be removedly attached to a shoe wherein the plate contains at least one magnet, wherein when the plate and the center member are aligned a disconnectable magnetic connection is formed. In some embodiments, either the first magnetic element or the second magnetic element, or both may be Neodymium, and in some embodiments they may be axially-magnetized Neodymium. In some embodiments the present invention may also provide a shoe attached to the plate, the shoe having at least one ferrous metal cleat.
US10577046B2
The invention pertains to a bicycle with variable wheelbase which converts the user's body expansion and contraction into propulsion. The invention comprises a frame [1] having a front wheel, and a structure [2] having a rear hub [4]. The structure [2] is suspended pivotally to the frame [1] about a rotational axis [3]. The wheelbase is varied by pivoting the structure [2] about the rotational axis [3]. By pivoting the structure [2], the catching wheels [7] and [8], both connected to the rear hub [4], travel along the retainer [5] and [6], respectively, and transmit torque to the rear hub [4] in one direction.
US10577037B2
A system and process for gluing two components together includes measuring the temperature of one or both panels to be glued together prior to application of the glue to the panels. If the measured temperature of the panel(s) is outside a predetermined range, the system and process thermally conditions the panel(s) to bring them into the predetermined temperature range for proper adhesion. A control unit with predetermined reference values is in communication with the system temperature sensors and thermal conditioning devices to provide uniform gluing quality irrespective of the environmental conditions of the assembly line.
US10577034B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide airflow apparatus for a vehicle comprising: an airflow duct extending rearwardly from a front region of said vehicle, the airflow duct having an airflow inlet and an airflow outlet; a cooling duct, separate from the airflow duct, the cooling duct having a cooling inlet and a cooling outlet, wherein the airflow outlet is in proximity to the cooling outlet such that, in use, airflow through said airflow outlet influences airflow through said cooling outlet, the cooling outlet and/or the airflow outlet is in a bonnet of the vehicle and, in use, airflow exits the airflow outlet substantially parallel said bonnet.
US10577031B2
A first panel is slidably positionable in a bed of a truck. In a first position the first panel is contained in the bed. In a second position the first panel extends outwardly from a rear end to support an object that is longer than the bed. A pair of sliding units is each slidably coupled to the first panel and each of the sliding units is fastened to the bed of the pickup. Each of the sliding units facilitates the first panel to be urged between the first position and the second position while retaining the first panel in the bed of the pickup. A second panel is hingedly coupled to the first panel the second panel is positionable to be oriented perpendicular to the first panel to inhibit the object from sliding off of the first panel.
US10577029B2
A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cargo box, a tailgate moveable relative to the cargo box between an open position and a closed position, and a cable affixed to the cargo box and the tailgate. At least a portion of the cable includes a shape-memory material. Additionally, the motor vehicle includes a controller configured to activate the shape-memory material when the tailgate moves between the open and closed positions. A method is also disclosed.
US10577023B2
A roof frame includes a roof rail having a bottom, a bracket assembly, and a pillar. The bracket assembly includes a bracket inner and a bracket outer fixed to each other. The bracket inner and the bracket outer fixed to the bottom of the roof rail. The pillar includes a pillar inner fixed to the bracket inner and a pillar outer fixed to the bracket outer. The pillar inner and the pillar outer fixed to each other.
US10577018B2
A stabilizer comprises a damper having a housing and a piston rod. An inner adapter is associated with the damper for securing a first end of the damper to one of a first component or a second component. An outer adapter assembly is coupled to a distal end of the piston rod for coupling to the other of the first and second component. A one-piece spring seat is coupled to the housing of the damper so as to be held axially stationary relative to the housing. A coil spring is supported by the one-piece spring seat and the outer adapter assembly. The one-piece spring seat enables the coil spring to return the stabilizer to a neutral position regardless of whether the coil spring is under tension or compression.
US10577013B2
A steering assistance system for an agricultural vehicle includes a rigid axle on which steerable wheels are mounted and which is mounted so as to float relative to a supporting vehicle structure. The system includes a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle of the steerable wheels, a swing angle sensor for determining a swing angle of the rigid axle relative to the supporting vehicle structure, an actuating arrangement for influencing the steering angle, and a control unit that calculates a threshold value permissible for the steering angle depending on the detected swing angle. If the detected steering angle exceeds a tolerance range specified for the threshold value, the control unit executes steering interventions for reducing the steering angle by activating the actuating arrangement to satisfy the threshold value.
US10577011B2
A steering column assembly comprises a first support bracket, a second support bracket, a shroud, and an energy absorbing device. The energy absorbing device comprises a laminated strap having discrete first and second layers, each formed from a separate elongate strip of material that is free to slide over the other strip along a major portion of its length, a portion of the laminated strap being coiled into a spiral, a free end portion of the laminated strap passing through passing through an opening in the second support bracket or the shroud, the free end of a first one of the strips having an opening through which a fastener passes that secures the laminated strap to the first support bracket, and the free end of a second one of the straps being connected to the first strip in a region distal from the free end of the first strip.
US10576997B2
Installation of transport by overhead cable including at least one chair configured to be suspended on the overhead cable and including a pivoting seat surface, a back rest and a pivoting mechanism to modify the inclination of the seat surface with respect to the back rest, the installation including an actuator configured to cooperate with the pivoting mechanism so as to control pivoting of the seat surface, the actuator being mounted movable between a raised position in which the actuator controls raising of the seat surface in the direction of the back rest and a lowered position in which the actuator controls lowering of the seat surface.
US10576993B2
An apparatus for providing a voice output service in a vehicle can include: a controller configured to detect whether a driver enters the vehicle, determine a recommended function for the driver based on information of the driver and information of a state of the vehicle when it is detected that the driver enters the vehicle, and generate a voice output service message for informing the driver of the recommended function; and an output device configured to output the generated voice output service message.
US10576971B2
A push cart includes a wheel, a motor, an obstacle detector, and a controller. The motor is configured to generate a rotational force that rotates the wheel. The obstacle detector is configured to detect an obstacle. The controller is configured to execute, in response to detection of the obstacle by the obstacle detector, avoidance control to control driving of the motor such that a movement of the push cart is limited. The controller is configured to disable execution of the avoidance control in response to a determination that a specified disabling condition is satisfied.
US10576970B2
A method and system are disclosed for assisting the driver of a motor vehicle while driving through an intersection or road junction where at least three roads converge in a transition area. A future motion of an own or ego vehicle is estimated, and a future motion of a second vehicle is estimated. The probability of a collision between the own vehicle and the second vehicle is estimated based on the respective future motions. A search for a roadway marking arranged in the transition area is executed. If a roadway marking is found, the future motion of at least one of the own vehicle and second vehicle is estimated based on the detected roadway marking. A risk-reducing manuever is executed when the estimated collision probability exceeds a limiting value.
US10576969B2
Methods and systems are provided. One method includes processing communication with a vehicle and connected objects. The processing is by one or more servers of a cloud system where said vehicle is associated for receiving services. The connected objects include objects having communication capabilities that are either fixed at specific locations as infrastructure where the vehicle is traversing or is moving in location in areas proximate to where the vehicle is traversing. The method includes receiving by a server of the cloud system, geo-location for the vehicle using on-board electronics of the vehicle and data obtained from a global positioning system. Determining a heading direction of the vehicle based on detected changes in the geo-locations of the vehicle. Receiving state data from connected objects, and selecting one or more of the connected objects based on a current geo-location of the vehicle and the heading direction of the vehicle. The state data from the selected connected objects is processed to determine control data for the vehicle. Then, sending the control data to the vehicle, for processing by the on-board electronics of the vehicle, to cause an action by a system of the vehicle.
US10576959B2
A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle is configured to control the hybrid vehicle. The control apparatus is provided with: an arithmetic operator configured to arithmetically operate a pulsation compensating torque for compensating a pulsation component; an arithmetic operation controller configured to control the arithmetic operator (i) to arithmetically operate the pulsation compensating torque in a first cycle in a period that does not include a vertex portion in which the pulsation compensating torque is locally maximal or locally minimal and (ii) to arithmetically operate the pulsation compensating torque in a second cycle, a length of which is shorter than that of the first cycle, in a period that includes the vertex portion; and a torque controller configured to control the electric motor to output a torque including the pulsation compensating torque arithmetically operated by the arithmetic operator.
US10576953B2
An electronically slip-controllable braking system including an actuatable master brake cylinder, to which at least one wheel brake, associated with a wheel of a front axle and at least one wheel brake, associated with a wheel of a rear axle of a vehicle, are connected. An electronically activatable first actuator system sets and regulates brake pressures different from one another in the wheel brakes as a function of the particular present slip conditions. An electronically activatable second actuator system effectuates the setting and regulating of a uniform brake pressure at the wheel brakes and a third actuator system limits the brake pressure generated by the second actuator system at the wheel brakes associated with the wheels of the rear axle. The third actuator system controls a second pressure medium connection between the associated wheel brake of the rear axle and a pressure medium storage container.
US10576945B2
A vehicle may a capturer configured to capture an object around the vehicle to detect the object, a detector configured to obtain at least one of position information and speed information related to the object, and a controller configured to determine a collision avoidance control area for the object based on the at least one of position information and speed information related to the object, change the determined collision avoidance control area based on information related to a surrounding condition of a road on which the vehicle is being driven, and change at least one of time to send a signal to warn of a collision with the object and an amount of braking of the vehicle based on the changed collision avoidance control area.
US10576941B2
A pump system includes a pneumatic pump, a hose, a nozzle that can attach to a tire of a vehicle, and a processing device. The processing device receives a target tire pressure for the tire, receives a current tire pressure of the tire, and controls the operation of the pneumatic pump according to the target tire pressure and the current tire pressure. A method includes receiving a target tire pressure for a tire of a vehicle, receiving a current tire pressure of the tire, and controlling operation of a pneumatic pump according to the target tire pressure and the current tire pressure.
US10576936B2
A wiper arm holder for supporting first and second wiper arm elements located in extended position relative to a motor vehicle windshield. The holder includes a shaft section having a first end loop for attaching the shaft section to the first wiper arm element. The holder also includes a receiver section having a second end loop for attaching the receiver section to the second wiper arm element. The receiver section receives the shaft section and the shaft section is moveable relative to the receiver section. In use, the shaft section is moved to a desired position that changes a distance between the first and second wiper arm elements to place the first and second wiper arms in tension. Further, the holder includes a locking mechanism for locking the shaft section in the desired position. In an embodiment, the holder includes a rotatable support arm that abuts against the windshield to support the holder.
US10576931B2
A sensor-controlled key system for a motor vehicle for releasing an access authorization and for actuating auxiliary functions includes a control device having an electronic key device. The key system further includes at least one optical sensor device with at least one optical sensor element. The optical sensor element has a beam path that defines at least two observation regions B1, B2, Bn. The control device has a switching function that switches observation regions B1, B2, Bn on and off in dependence on a verified or non-verified access authorization.
US10576930B2
An apparatus and method for monitoring the productivity of a portable machine are provided. The method includes receiving motion data for at least one component of the portable machine from a multi-axis accelerometer, receiving position data for the at least one component from a process parameter sensor communicatively coupled to the at least one component, and determining, based on the received motion data and the received position data that the at least one component is oriented in a predetermined position for productive operation. The method also includes determining an area of productive operation using at least one physical dimension of the at least one component and the received motion data when the at least one component is oriented in the predetermined position for productive operation and incrementing a total area counter based on the determination.
US10576929B2
An electronic control unit configured to permit a vehicle to travel in an automated driving mode. The electronic control unit is configured to detect unauthorized access from an outside to an in-vehicle Local Area Network during the automated driving mode. The electronic control unit is configured to perform control to fix a gear position of an automatic transmission when the electronic control unit determines that unauthorized access from the outside occurs during the automated driving mode.
US10576924B2
An airbag is installed in a storage section of an instrument panel. The airbag includes a bag body, a part of which is constituted by a peripheral wall panel section. The peripheral wall panel section includes a pair of panels arranged in the vehicle width direction. At least one of the panels includes an assembled panel, in which adjacent fabric pieces are joined by a peripheral edge joint section. The assembled panel includes a support inflation section, which, when the bag body is deployed and inflated, projects outward of the bag body further than the other sections of the assembled panel so as to be in contact with the instrument panel. The support inflation section is constituted by a part of the peripheral edge joint section and a part of each of the two fabric pieces that are joined by the peripheral edge joint section.
US10576919B2
A vehicle power supply control device includes a vehicle power supply master connected at one end of a single-system trunk line unit and including a main battery charged with power and discharging power, a plurality of area power supply masters connected with the single-system trunk line unit through branch line units and connected with load units consuming power, a first supply path supplying power from the vehicle power supply master to the area power supply masters through the single-system trunk line unit, a second supply path different from the first supply path, and an external power supplying unit provided outside the area power supply masters and supplying power to the area power supply masters through the second supply path.
US10576911B2
A shielding device of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle for shielding an interior of the passenger compartment from a hydrogen tank in the motor vehicle includes a basic body. The basic body has a fiber-reinforced composite material with a hydrogen-permeation-inhibiting coating. The basic body is constructed as a wall or wall segment of the passenger compartment.
US10576910B1
A door edge guard has a transverse cross section in which a corner edge of a laminated strip from which the door edge guard is formed applies retention force against an inside-facing surface of a door edge.
US10576907B2
A surface scanning apparatus attached to a movable highway vehicle, mobile equipment or a drone (collectively, “platform”) that passes over a substrate, at least some of the features of which are to be sensed and characterized. The apparatus includes a variously adaptable, complete, and ready to operate packaged kit including configured sensor suites with components selected from the group consisting of a visual scanning sensor; an infra-red scanning sensor; a ground-penetrating radar unit; a laser range finder for sensing elevation of the apparatus above the substrate; a distance sensor for measuring displacement of the apparatus from a point of origin; a position sensing unit for determining a position of the apparatus; a simultaneous trigger mechanism; a structural boom assembly attached to the platform; and a processor for digitally processing measurements and signals collected by one or more of the group of components.
US10576900B2
A weapon mount assembly comprising a mounting structure with a mounting hole therethrough for receiving a mounting connector having a head for mounting the assembly to an object, the mounting structure having a front surface and a rear surface, the mounting hole having sufficient depth that the head of the mounting connector can be recessed relative to the front face; an elongated track on the front surface of the mounting structure; a weapon lock configured to receive barrel of a weapon and slidable along the length of the track; and fasteners for locking the weapon lock in the track over the mounting hole, wherein the track is sufficiently long that the weapon lock can be locked by the fasteners over the mounting hole to prevent access to the head of the fastener.
US10576899B2
A vehicle includes a panel defining a portion of an interior area in the vehicle and having a concave shape, and a reversible pocket configured to be attached to the panel in a stowed configuration in which the reversible pocket conforms to the concave shape of the panel and a deployed configuration in which the reversible pocket extends into the cargo area and defines a storage area together with the concave shape of the panel.
US10576895B2
Disclosed herein is an assembly for a side view mirror for a vehicle. The assembly comprises two arm members which are configured to receive a side view mirror thereat and a joining member for joining the arm members. The joining member comprises two sleeves, where each sleeve projects from a respective arm member and comprises an interlocking profile at a distal end thereof. The assembly also comprises a tightener configured for receipt through the sleeves when the sleeves are in an aligned configuration. Tightening the tightener draws the interlocking profiles of the aligned sleeves into engagement, whereby the arm members become rigidly joined.
US10576894B2
A control system and method for controlling side mirrors of a vehicle involve controlling, by a controller, a touch display to display a user interface comprising (i) control elements that enable a driver of the vehicle to control positions of the side mirrors, (ii) a simulated field of view of the driver generated based on current positions of the side mirrors, and (iii) an indication of any portion of the simulated field of view of the driver that corresponds to a blind spot of the driver, receiving, by the controller via the control elements displayed on the touch display, touch input from the driver indicative of desired positions of the side mirrors, and commanding, by the controller, an actuator system to position the side mirrors based on the desired positions indicated by the touch input.
US10576892B2
Embodiments include a vehicle comprising a plurality of cameras for capturing images within a field of view surrounding the vehicle; a processor for generating a real-time view of an area within the field of view using currently-captured images, and a time-delayed view of a region outside the field of view using previously-captured images stored in a memory; and a display for displaying a hybrid view comprising the real-time view and time-delayed view. Embodiments also include a vehicle camera system comprising a plurality of cameras configured to capture images within a field of view surrounding the vehicle, and a processor configured to generate a real-time view of an area within the field of view using currently-captured images, a time-delayed view of a region outside the field of view using previously-captured images stored in a memory, and a hybrid view of the vehicle by integrating the time-delayed view into the real-time view.
US10576887B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a brake pedal unit of a vehicle, comprising feedback to a driver. The brake pedal unit has a multiplicity of pressure-sensitive or force-sensitive sensors. According to the disclosure, in the method, output signals of the multiplicity of pressure-sensitive or force-sensitive sensors are detected. At least one position and/or an orientation of the operator's foot relative to the foot support element is determined from the detected output signals. A feedback signal that characterizes the determined position and/or orientation is output at an output unit of the vehicle.
US10576880B1
Examples of techniques for vehicle communication between a first vehicle and a second vehicle are disclosed. An example method includes displaying, on an external vehicle display of the first vehicle, vehicle data. The method further includes capturing, by a camera of the second vehicle, an image of the external vehicle display. The method further includes processing, by a processing device associated with the second vehicle, the image to extract the vehicle data about the first vehicle. The method further includes determining, by the processing device, a position of the first vehicle relative to a position of the second vehicle based at least in part on the vehicle data. The method further includes controlling, by the processing device associated with the second vehicle, the second vehicle based at least in part on the position of the first vehicle relative to the position of the second vehicle.
US10576861B1
A headrest apparatus for securing to a backrest of a seat such as a vehicle seat includes a headrest framework with generally parallel and spaced apart first and second side frames and a side frame connecting structure holding the side frames upright, and including a sheet assembly fitted to and suspended generally horizontally between and the first and second side frames above the seat backrest for supporting a user head.
US10576860B2
A head restraint assembly includes a base portion including a first post portion extending in a vertical direction. The assembly also includes a head restraint operatively coupled to the base portion. The assembly further includes a lock slide manually moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition, the locked condition disposing a portion of the lock slide within one of a plurality of recesses of the first post portion, the unlocked condition defined by removal of the lock slide from the plurality of recesses to allow adjustment of the head restraint in the vertical direction.
US10576857B2
A back frame (28) for a seat back (18). The back frame (28) has side members (30) and cross members (32). The side members (30) have a dimension (40) which is larger than a corresponding dimension (42) of the crossmembers (32). The dimensions (40) and (42) being taken along the same direction. The crossmember (32) is inserted into a partial opening (34) in the side member (30). Since the dimension (42) is less than the dimension (40), the partial opening (34) does not extend across the entire dimension (42). Instead the opening (34) only partially extends across the dimension (40) to a length substantially equal to dimension (42). The partial opening (34) is arranged against one side of the side member (30), so that the cross member (32) is positioned closer to that side. Sleeve nuts (36) are arranged in the side members (30), and are used to attach a recliner (54) which then attaches to the seat base (16).
US10576855B2
A mechanism for adjusting a contour of a seat, and a seat with a contour-adjusting mechanism, may include a selectively fillable air cushion and a support arrangement including a support element on which the air cushion is mounted.
US10576854B2
A method of manufacturing a bolster section for a seating assembly of a vehicle comprising: presenting a first metallic support element that includes a tubular portion; and overmolding the tubular portion of the first metallic support element with foam. The tubular portion of the first metallic support element is bent to a predetermined shape before overmolding the tubular portion of the first metallic support element with foam. A second layer of foam can be applied over the foam overmolded over the tubular portion of the first metallic support element. The second layer of foam can be a different type of foam than the foam overmolded over the tubular portion of the first metallic support element. A first end of the tubular portion can be flattened and an aperture formed therein, to allow the bolster section to be attached to a structural support of a seating assembly of a vehicle.
US10576848B2
A storage enclosure for a vehicle includes a seatback, an outboard member, a ceiling, and a tray. The tray includes a base with at least one wall extending upward from the base. The tray is selectively operable to transfer cargo between a passenger area and a cargo area. The tray is selectively operable to define the storage enclosure in the cargo area that is at least partially defined by the seatback, the outboard member, and the ceiling. The seatback is in a substantially vertical position.
US10576845B2
A vehicle seat to be mounted on a vehicle is provided. The vehicle seat includes a cushion frame, a back frame, a leg portion that couples the cushion frame to the vehicle side on a seat front side of the back frame. The leg portion includes a leg body extending downward from the cushion frame, and a fixing portion fixing the leg body to at least one of the cushion frame and the vehicle side. The fixing portion is displaced in a seat front or seat rear direction with respect to the leg body.
US10576839B2
A system for reducing motor drive loss in a vehicle. The system includes a motor designed to convert electrical energy into torque. The system also includes a sensor designed to detect motor data corresponding to at least one of a motor torque or a motor speed of the motor. The system also includes a memory designed to store testing data including optimized current commands for multiple combinations of motor torques that were determined during testing of the motor or a similar motor. The system also includes a speed or torque controller coupled to the motor, the sensor, and the memory and designed to receive a speed or torque command and to determine a current command signal usable to control the motor based on the speed or torque command, the testing data, the detected motor data, and an artificial intelligence algorithm.
US10576837B2
An electric drive unit is provided having an electric motor-generator coupled with a torque converter. Vehicles and machines employing the same, as well as methods of using the same, are also disclosed. The motor-generator may be configured to selectively drive a rotatable shaft with a motor output torque and generate electrical power from rotation of the rotatable shaft. The electric drive unit may further include a torque converter having an input and an output separated by a fluid coupling. The fluid coupling may be configured to selectively multiply torque received at the input such that a drive unit output torque at the output is selectively increased in at least a predetermined rotational speed range of the electric motor-generator.
US10576833B2
An exemplary charger positioning method includes, among other things, positioning a charging plug of a conductive charger relative to a charge port of a vehicle based on a wireless transmission between the conductive charger and the vehicle. An exemplary charger assembly includes a transmitter system associated with one of a vehicle or a conductive charger, a receiver system associated with the other of the vehicle or the conductive charger, and an actuator that moves a charging plug of the conductive charger to a charging position in response to a transmission from the transmitter system.
US10576832B2
An electrical connecting device for a charging cable is for charging an electric vehicle. The electrical connecting device includes a network-side first connecting element for electrically connecting the connecting device to an electrical supply network and a charging-cable-side second connecting element for connecting the connecting device to a network-side connector of the charging cable. The first connecting element includes at least two contact elements, each connected in an electrically conductive manner to one of at least two contact elements of the second connecting element; and a first temperature sensor, used for temperature monitoring and which is electrically connected to the second connecting element via a communication cable. The second connecting element has a further contact, connectable to a corresponding further contact of the network-side connector of the charging cable to transmit a signal of the temperature sensor to the charging cable.
US10576831B2
A primary unit is provided for producing an electromagnetic charging field for inductive coupling to a secondary coil. The primary unit has a multi-part primary coil, which includes N coil sections, with N>2, which are coupled to each other on a first end in the shape of a star. Moreover, the primary unit has N half-bridges, which are each coupled to a second end of the N coil sections. In addition, the primary unit has a control unit, which is configured to control the N half-bridges in relation to the secondary coil.
US10576829B2
A method for controlling a recuperation device that converts kinetic energy into electric energy in a vehicle is provided. The method includes the acts of actuating at least one actuation element for generating a braking action, at least briefly arranging the actuated actuation element in at least one predefined first trigger position, and activating the recuperation device in a defined functional scope in response to the brief arrangement of the actuated actuation element in the at least one predefined first trigger position.
US10576825B1
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a power converter, a charge port assembly, and a thermal conduit that conveys thermal energy from the power converter to the charge port assembly. A charge port heating method includes, among other things, generating thermal energy with a power converter of a vehicle, and directing the thermal energy from the power converter to a charge port assembly using a thermal conduit.
US10576819B2
The invention is based on the insight that a filling system obtained by combining a “Kruse” compatible threaded socket and an annular magnet as required for the operation of the “Elaflex” nozzle, will exhibit air exchange problems related to the difference in the positioning of the respective air intake openings of the “Kruse” bottle and the “Elaflex” nozzle. More particularly, the invention is based on the insight that by judiciously providing a chamber in fluid communication with the volume of air or vapor in the tank, filling may be made possible with a “Kruse” bottle as well as with an “Elaflex” nozzle.
US10576816B2
A transmission for electric vehicles may include a first input shaft receiving a rotational force from a first motor; a second input shaft receiving a rotational force from a second motor; a one-way clutch mounted between the first and second input shafts, transferring only a forward rotation of the first input shaft to the second input shaft, and transferring only a reverse rotation of the second input shaft to the first input shaft; an output shaft disposed in parallel to the first and second shafts; a gear shifting device coupled to the first input shaft and the output shaft and coupled to the second input shaft and the output shaft, wherein the gear pairs have different shift ratios, and a gear pair corresponding to a driving speed is selected by a clutch device; and an idler gear coupled between gears coupled to the second input shaft and the output shaft.
US10576812B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a mounting member structure capable of preventing unstable vibration of an engine mount. A mounting member structure, which is mounted on a power plant including an engine and has a mounting member disposed between the power plant and an antivibration device, wherein the mounting member has an opening abutting the power plant and an inner space continuous from the opening, a weight mass is disposed in the inner space, and the weight mass is fixed to a recess in the inner space through a first bolt. The mounting member is fastened to the antivibration device by a second bolt.
US10576810B2
Open roof construction for a vehicle comprises a roof opening in a stationary roof part, a panel which by an operating mechanism is movable between a closed position in which it closes the roof opening and an open position in which the panel is moved rearwards to a position at least partially above a part of the stationary roof part behind the roof opening. The operating mechanism comprises a rear moving assembly for guiding and supporting the panel. The open roof construction further comprises seals that are positioned in the roof opening in the region of roof opening edges and which are intended for cooperation with the panel, wherein the rear moving assembly is constructed such that, in the open position of the panel, part of it has come into engagement with the seal that is positioned in the roof opening in the region of the rearward roof opening edge.
US10576803B2
A shock absorber including: a first cylinder having an interior, first and second ends and defining an axis, wherein the interior includes a damping fluid chamber and a damping piston movably mounted therein for movement between the first and second ends, wherein the damping piston is mounted on a first end of a shaft, wherein the first end of the shaft is movably retained within the interior of the first cylinder; first and second bypass openings configured for opening into the damping fluid chamber at first and second axially spaced-apart positions; a bypass channel fluidly coupling the first and second bypass openings; a fluid metering valve; and a floating piston dividing a portion of the shock absorber into a gas chamber and the reservoir chamber, wherein the fluid metering valve and the floating piston define the reservoir chamber there between.
US10576802B2
A suspension arm includes an arm portion and coupling portions, and the suspension arm is integrally made of a fiber reinforced plastics in entirety. The entire arm portion is made of a random fiber reinforced plastics. Each of the coupling portions is made of a continuous fiber reinforced plastics in which continuous fibers are oriented along a circumferential direction of an insertion hole over a region on a distal end side of the suspension arm, which continuously extends by at least a half circumference around a center axis of the insertion hole, the region including a position crossing a flat plane that is orthogonal to a straight line connecting center points of the insertion holes of elastic bushes and passes through the center point of the insertion hole.
US10576801B2
A transverse control arm (1) of an axle arrangement for a vehicle having two transverse control arm struts (2, 3) and at least three kinematics points (4, 5, 6). Each of the two transverse control arm struts (2, 3) has a carrier hub end (9) and a carriage end (10). At least one of the two transverse control arm struts (2, 3) has a curvature (7) in a spatial direction, and this spatial direction being along a vertical axis that extends generally perpendicular relative to the plane defined by the at least three kinematic points (4, 5, 6).
US10576798B2
An articulated coupler permits vertical displacement of a towed vehicle relative to a towing vehicle while preventing lateral or horizontal displacement of the towed vehicle relative to the towing vehicle. Multiple linkage arms provide coupling for special configuration towed vehicles such as short wheel-mounted lifts that experience torsional forces due to the presence and absence of loads on the lift.
US10576797B2
A tire pressure detection apparatus includes: a transmitter at each of a plurality of wheels with a tire; and a receiver at a vehicle body. The transmitter has: a sensing device having a pressure sensor outputting a detection signal related to a tire pressure of each of the plurality of wheels and an acceleration sensor detecting an acceleration including a centrifugal acceleration caused by rotation of the wheel and a gravitational acceleration; a first controller performing signal processing on the detection signal of the pressure sensor and creating a frame storing data related to the tire pressure; and a radio wave transmitter transmitting the frame. The receiver has: a radio wave receiver receiving the frame; and a second controller detecting a tire pressure based on the data related to the tire pressure stored in the received frame.
US10576795B2
A control system for a motor vehicle includes a central tire inflation system (CTIS) electronic controller, the CTIS controller being configured to control the CTIS to cause inflation and deflation of one or more tires, the CTIS controller being configured to cause the CTIS to operate in a selected one of a plurality of operating modes in each of which the system is configured to set a pressure of one or more tires of the vehicle to a predetermined tire pressure value, the CTIS controller being configured to receive data indicative of a type of tire fitted to the vehicle, the controller being configured to prevent operation in a predetermined at least one of the plurality of operating modes in dependence on the data indicative of tire type.
US10576794B2
A tire inflation system wheel valve assembly is provided. The wheel valve assembly may include a body portion coupled with a cover portion. A diaphragm may be disposed between the body portion and the cover portion. The diaphragm and the body portion define a control cavity; and the diaphragm and the cover portion define a cover cavity. At least one control port is in fluid communication with the control cavity. In addition, a tire port is in selective fluid communication with the control cavity. Further, the cover portion defines an aperture in fluid communication with the atmosphere and the cover cavity.
US10576793B2
A pneumatic tire includes a projection formed on a surface of a tire side portion. The projection includes a top surface, and first and second side surfaces respectively forming a side surface in a tire circumferential direction. A first side edge portion, where the top and first side surfaces intersect, has an inclination to a tire radial direction viewed in a tire width direction. A second side edge portion, where the top and second side surfaces intersect, has an inclination to the tire radial direction as viewed in the tire width direction. A first tip end angle made by the top surface and the first side surface on the first side edge portion, and a second tip end angle made by the top surface and the second side surface on the second side edge portion are 100° or less. The rotational direction of the pneumatic tire is not designated.
US10576792B2
In one representative embodiment, a tire comprises an inner shell having a hollow interior space, an outer shell disposed radially outward from the inner shell, and at least one pump assembly disposed adjacent to the inner shell and having a compressible tube portion, wherein the tube portion of the pump assembly is configured to expand radially outwardly beyond the outer shell and to compress radially inwardly, and wherein the pump assembly is configured to direct a fluid from the tube portion of the pump assembly to the interior space of the inner shell.
US10576789B2
There is provided a pneumatic tire, in which a first set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by two first circumferential grooves and a plurality of first lateral grooves is provided in the center region that includes the tire equatorial plane, a second set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by one second circumferential groove and a plurality of second lateral grooves is provided in the outermost portion in the tire width direction on each side in the tire width direction, a rib is provided between the first set of blocks and the second sets of blocks, the rib is divided by at least one third circumferential groove, and a plurality of sipes is formed in the first set of blocks, the second set of blocks, and the rib.
US10576788B2
A tire with improved uneven wear resistance has a designated tire rotation direction and includes inclined grooves in both halves of the tread surface divided by the tire equatorial plane, the inclined grooves extending inward in the tire width direction from the tread surface edge side, being inclined opposite the tire rotation direction, and being aligned in the tire circumferential direction; and an inter-inclined-groove land portion formed between each pair of inclined grooves that are adjacent in the tire circumferential direction. Along a land portion edge of the inter-inclined-groove land portion on the tire rotation direction side thereof, a point P1 located ¾ of the tread half-width from the tire equatorial plane in the tire width direction is positioned on the tire rotation direction side of a point P2 located ¼ of the tread half-width from the tire equatorial plane in the tire width direction.
US10576785B2
Tire treads, especially tire treads for aircraft or for heavy vehicles, formed from a material that is based upon a cross-linkable rubber composition, the cross-linkable rubber composition comprising, per 100 parts by weight of rubber, between 40 phr and 100 phr of a polyisoprene rubber, between 0 and 60 phr of a highly unsaturated diene rubber and between 1 phr and 25 phr of a polyterpene resin having a glass transition temperature of between 50° C. and 120° C. The rubber composition further includes between 0.1 phr and 10 phr of a poly-thiosulfate anti-reversion agent having the formula: MO3S—S—X—S—SO3M wherein X is an alkylene radical or a radical comprising two or more alkylene units, pairs of which units being linked through an oxygen or a sulfur atom, through a group —SO2—, —NH—, —NH2+—, —N(C1-16alkyl)- or —COO—, or through an arylene or cycloalkylene radical and M is a metal.
US10576784B2
A tyre for motor vehicles, includes: a carcass structure; a belt structure applied in a position radially external to the carcass structure and a tread band; the tyre having a transverse curvature ratio of at least about 0.30, the carcass structure including at least one carcass layer including textile reinforcement elements obtained by means of cords having, in a load/elongation diagram, an elastic response of at least 55 N at an elongation of about 2%; and at least one tread portion comprising a cured elastomeric material obtained by curing an elastomeric compound including 100 phr of at least one elastomeric polymer, from 30 to 130 phr of at least one reinforcement filler including at least 60% of an inorganic material selected from among silica, alumina, silicates, hydrotalcite, calcium carbonate, kaolin, titanium dioxide and their mixtures, and from 1 to 35 phr of at least one resin.
US10576777B2
Provided are a single-layered hydraulic transfer printing base film, including 1.5 to 15 parts by mass of a plate or needle filler with an average particle diameter of from 2 to 14 μm and an aspect ratio of from 4 to 60 based on 100 parts by mass of polyvinyl alcohol and a method of producing a hydraulic transfer printing base film, including forming a film using a liquid containing 1.5 to 15 parts by mass of a plate or needle filler with an average particle diameter of from 2 to 14 μm and an aspect ratio of from 4 to 60 based on 100 parts by mass of polyvinyl alcohol. A hydraulic transfer printing base film that is not easily broken when fed from a roll and a method of producing the base film are thus provided.
US10576775B2
Provided is a knock type writing instrument provided with a simple mechanism allowing a stable fretting operation or the like. A knock type writing instrument 1 is provided with: a shaft cylinder 2; a refill 5 arranged inside the shaft cylinder 2; a spring 6 biasing the refill 5 backward; an operation part 20 pressed forward against a biasing force of the spring 6 in a knocking operation; and a main rotor 30, and is switchable between a writing state and a non-writing state with the knocking operation. The knock type writing instrument 1 is further provided with: a knock locking member 50 movable forward and backward inside the shaft cylinder 2 due to gravity; and a locking part 60 provided on a side of the shaft cylinder 2 and capable of being locked with the knock locking member 50. When a front end of the shaft cylinder 2 is directed upward, the knock locking member 50 moves backward to be locked with the locking part 60 to prevent forward movement of the operation part 20.
US10576774B2
A ballpoint pen is provided in which the width of the drawing line can be changed, wherein responsiveness can be improved when distinguishing between drawing thin lines and thick lines. A ballpoint pen 1 provided at the pen tip side with a first writing part having a writing ball 25, wherein the ballpoint pen 1 is characterized by being provided with a writing part at the pen tip side with which it is possible to write a thicker line than the line written with the first writing part, only the first writing part being used when the writing weight is 1 g and the writing angle is 90°, and the second writing part being used when the writing weight is 200 g, and the writing angle is 40-90°.
US10576770B2
Provided is an ink jet recording method including heating a recording medium, attaching an aqueous ink composition to the recording medium heated in the heating by ejecting the aqueous ink composition through a nozzle, the aqueous ink composition containing water, a solvent, and resin particles, and blowing wind to a surface of the recording medium in the attaching. The resin particles include particular resin particles that are dispersed in water after leaving a mixture liquid of the particular resin particles to stand for 2 hours at 40° C. and are not dispersed in water after leaving the mixture liquid to stand for 1 hour at 80° C., the mixture liquid containing a composition of the solvent contained in the aqueous ink composition and the particular resin particles as a solid resin component in a mass ratio of 1:1.
US10576767B2
A printer includes a printing unit having a printing head and a platen positioned opposite the printing head, the printing head being configured to print on a print medium that is fed between the printing head and the platen, a ribbon holding shaft configured to hold an ink ribbon that is wound thereon, a ribbon winding shaft configured to wind and collect the ink ribbon supplied from the ribbon holding shaft, and first and second guide shafts provided along a feeding route of the ink ribbon between the ribbon holding shaft and the ribbon winding shaft to apply tension to the ink ribbon. At least one of the first and second guide shafts has a tilt adjuster that applies a twist to the ink ribbon in a width direction of the ink ribbon through said at least one of the first and second guide shafts.
US10576754B2
A direct-to-object printer includes an ultraviolet (UV) curing verification subsystem. The verification subsystem includes a ribbon that frictionally engages an image on an object that contains UV curable material. An imaging device generates image data of the ribbon that engaged the image and the image data is processed to determine whether any uncured UV material is present on the ribbon.
US10576745B2
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a head unit including a print head provided with an ejection opening surface for ejecting ink and performing a print operation with respect to a print medium, a platen unit including a platen having a support surface to support the print medium opposite to the ejection opening surface in a case in which the print head performs the print operation, and a spacer member configured to define a print gap between the ejection opening surface and the support surface by abutting against the head unit. A cap member caps the ejection opening surface, and a cap moving unit moves the cap member with respect to the ejection opening surface. In addition, an adjusting member adjusts the print gap by moving the spacer member in association with an operation in which the cap moving unit moves the cap member.
US10576741B2
An ejection energy generating element is provided in a first pressure chamber so that a liquid in the first pressure chamber is ejected from an ejection port. A pressurization energy generating element is provided in a second pressure chamber so that the liquid in the first pressure chamber is pressurized. An opening area of a hole open to the second pressure chamber is smaller than an opening area of the ejection port.
US10576735B2
A non-contact printer controls the sensitivity of sensors provided upstream of a print head, to detect the approach of an object. In a calibration operation to set the sensitivity level of the sensors before a printing operation, the printer displays instructions to guide the operator and adjusts the sensor sensitivity to find detection threshold levels for a background (object absent) condition and when the object is present. The calibration results may be stored in association with data identifying the conveyor and the type of object used in the calibration operation. If the same conveyor and/or object type is used again in a later printing operation, the sensitivity level of the sensors can be set using the stored calibration results so that a further calibration operation is not necessary.
US10576730B2
The imaging sensitivity of negative-working lithographic printing plate precursors is improved by removing ozone from the ambient air surrounding the precursors that can be stored near an imaging means such as a platesetter prior to use. Ozone can be removed using a suitable filter containing activated charcoal or other ozone decomposing means, through which ambient air is filtered before and during the imaging process.
US10576728B2
A method and apparatus are provided for printing multicolored three-dimensional objects. The method includes: selectively exposing a photosensitive thermoplastic feedstock to light within an extrusion nozzle, the feedstock comprising a thermoplastic base mixed with a photosensitive material; extruding the exposed feedstock into a deposit to print an object; and photo-chemically developing the deposit to provide color to the deposit. An apparatus is provided for three-dimensional printing with an extrusion nozzle including a light exposing component for selectively exposing the photosensitive thermoplastic feedstock to light within the extrusion nozzle.
US10576721B2
Barrier films or sheets comprising cellulose nanofibrils and laminated packaging materials comprising such films, in particular for liquid food packaging, are disclosed. A packaging container comprising the laminated packaging material or being made from the laminated packaging material, in particular a packaging container for liquid food packaging, are also disclosed.
US10576712B2
A resin-coated metal sheet for containers that has excellent content releasability is provided. The resin-coated metal sheet includes a resin layer (A) and a resin layer (B). The resin layer (A) has a multilayer structure and is disposed on a side which, after the metal sheet is formed into a container, becomes the inner side of the container. The resin layer (B) is disposed on a side that becomes the outer side of the container. The resin layer (A) contains polyester as a main component and includes an uppermost resin layer (a1). A Raman band intensity ratio (I2968/I3085) on the surface of the resin layer (a1) is 0.6 to 0.9. The resin layer (B) includes polyester (I) composed mainly of polyethylene terephthalate and a polyester (II) composed mainly of polybutylene terephthalate. A Raman band intensity ratio on the surface of the resin layer (B) is 0.8 to 1.0.
US10576707B2
A jam-sensing method for a dunnage conversion machine includes the following steps: (a) converting a stock material into a relatively less dense dunnage material having characteristics that vary along the length of the dunnage material; (b) sensing the characteristics of the dunnage material; (c) generating a signal that varies as a function of the sensed characteristics; (d) monitoring the generated signal over time; and (e) generating a control signal when variation in the generated signal within a predetermined period is less than a predetermined amount, which would indicate a lack of movement of the material. This control signal can used to shut down the conversion process, thereby minimizing the extent of the jam condition.
US10576706B2
A method and apparatus for constructing a folded flat. The flat may include a first surface having a first panel and a second panel. Each of the first panel and the second panel include an inner edge. Further, the first panel may include a first score line that extends in the machine direction and a tab adjacent the first score line. The tab connects the first panel and the second panel. A folding apparatus may engage the first surface of the flat. The folding apparatus may include an engagement member and a fold assist member. The fold assist member may engage the area between the inner edge of the first panel and the inner edge of the second panel. The engaging member and the fold assist member cooperate fold the flat along the score line to form a folded flat.
US10576703B2
A kit for repairing a tire, comprising, a first pressurized container including a first fluid and a second pressurized container including a second fluid. The first fluid comprises a first propellant and an emulsion comprising styrene butadiene rubber, a foaming agent, and an antioxidant. The second fluid comprises isopropyl alcohol and a second propellant.
US10576699B2
A bond assembly includes a fixture having a first section movably coupled to a second section. The first section and the second section are disposed opposite one another. A bladder assembly is mounted to at least one of the first section and the second section. The bladder assembly is configured to apply controlled, localized pressure and heat to a component receivable between the first section and the second section.
US10576696B2
A method of forming a fibre composite component (10), the method comprising: providing a plurality of first fibres (102), the first fibres (102) being arranged in a plurality of layers (104a-e) with an uncured thermoset resin matrix (106) being provided therebetween. The resin matrix (106) comprises a plurality of second electrically conductive fibres (108) suspended therein having a shorter length than the first fibres (102). The method comprises then applying an energy field to the resin matrix (106) to thereby align the second fibres (108) such that they provide an electrically conductive path between adjacent layers (104a-e) of first fibres (102) to form an electrically conductive fibre network comprising the first and second fibres (102, 108). The method comprises then inducing an electric current through the electrically conductive fibre network to thereby heat and cure the resin matrix (106).
