US10705868B2
A virtualized execution environment is generated for an analytic engine that includes executable code to implement an analytic model for processing an input data stream. At an interface a configuration for the analytic model is received. The virtualized execution environment is dynamically configured for the analytic engine at runtime based on the configuration for the analytic model.
US10705864B2
A system and method for customizing communication processing within a communication platform that includes configuring a service handler, which comprises of at least setting execution code of the service handler; setting an association between the service handler and a communication event of the communication platform; detecting the occurrence of the communication event of a communication facilitated through the communication platform; invoking the service handler in response to the event, which comprises: executing the execution code in a serverless execution environment and generating a service handler response; and augmenting the communication in accordance with the service handler response.
US10705863B2
Disclosed are an Internet of Things (IoT) based method and system for interacting with users. The intelligent customer service system collects and stores real-time status information of at least one device in an IoT; receives a request of a user; queries a device knowledge graph according to content of the request, and invoke the real-time status information of a related IoT device to acquire a corresponding request result, wherein the device knowledge graph is established according to usage information and/or maintenance information of one or more IoT devices; and return the request result to the user.
US10705862B2
An interface generator 6 generates a user interface for a mobile communication device 2 by providing, at step S2, a menu of functional components to a website owner 5 and receiving an indication of which of the functional components are selected for inclusion in the user interface from the website owner, at step S3. When the interface generator 6 receives a request for the user interface from the mobile communication device 2, at step S7, it delivers the user interface to the mobile communication device, at step S8, for display by the mobile communication device 2. The generated user interface includes the selected functional components and selection of a functional component included in the displayed user interface by a user of the mobile communication device 2 causes the mobile communication device 2 to carry out a task.
US10705859B2
An online system customizes content items to be displayed on electronic displays. The electronic displays may be located at a venue with a large amount of foot traffic from users such as a park, airport, restaurant, shopping center, or airport. The system receives information from an electronic display describing users in vicinity of, or interacting with, the electronic display. For instance, the electronic display receives information from client devices of the users or by using sensors such as a camera that captures images of the users. Additionally, the system may receive interaction data generated by a touchscreen device of the electronic display. Based on the received information, the online system can select content items that are customized based on the interests of the users. The online system can also provide customized content items for display on a user's client device based on the user's interaction with an electronic display.
US10705856B2
Systems and methods provide for a network address management system for generating consistent network addresses to computing resources and for developing applications that are resilient to changes in the network addresses to those resources. In an embodiment, a consumer application executing on a computing system can receive a network address schema for a provider application via a library. The library may include a function for constructing a network address to the provider application. The consumer application can invoke the function to begin building the network address. The computing system/library extract context information at the time the consumer application invokes the build function, augment the context information using a selected application namespace (e.g., network address patterns and rules), and generate the network address using the augmented context information, patterns, and rules.
US10705855B2
Systems, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided for configuring an information computing machine during execution of a kernel image. The system can create a file system from a base file system image in system memory of the computing system, apply configuration files from a bundle image to the file system in memory, copy files from a persistent file system stored in the storage resource to memory, validate the files from the persistent file system, and apply validated files to the file system in memory. The base file system image and bundle image can be verified by comparing a signed hash of the image with a hash generated by the initial file system and checking the hash signature against a public certificate included in the initial filesystem. The system can further execute /sbin/init and start application services.
US10705840B2
An apparatus integrates arithmetic with logic operations. The apparatus includes a calculation device that calculates source data to generate and output first destination data. The apparatus further includes a normalization unit, coupled to the calculation device, that normalizes the first destination data to generate second destination data of a first type when receiving a signal indicating an output of first-type data, and normalizing the first destination data to generate the second destination data of a second type when receiving the signal indicating an output of second-type data.
US10705837B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for finding overlong source code segments (e.g., methods) by evaluating input source code segments for a plurality of predetermined code metric values in order to identify candidate source code segments (e.g., non-autogenerated methods) which do not meet a first code metric value and to assess each candidate source code segment against a second code metric value to identify different sets of candidate source code segments (e.g., test methods and normal methods) so that each set of candidate source code segments may be assessed against a tailored set of code length thresholds to identify any overlong source code segment having a code length which meets or exceeds at least two of the tailored set of code length thresholds.
US10705831B2
In a computer-implemented method for maintaining unallocated hosts of a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device at a baseline operating system version, a plurality of hosts of a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device is managed, where the plurality of hosts are allocable to workload domains, where the plurality of hosts each have an operating system version within a range of supported operating system versions, where unallocated hosts of the plurality of hosts are maintained within a pool of unallocated hosts, and where the unallocated hosts of the pool of unallocated hosts have a baseline operating system version of the range of supported operating system versions. A new unallocated host is received at the pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for inclusion to the pool of unallocated hosts. An operating system version of the new unallocated host is determined. Provided the new unallocated host has an operating system version other than the baseline operating system version, the new unallocated host is updated to the baseline operating system version. The new unallocated host is released to the pool of unallocated hosts for allocation to a workload domain.
US10705824B2
This disclosure provides a method, a computing system and a computer program product for optimizing computer-readable commands. The method includes detecting an intention of a set of commands based on a semantic model. The semantic model represents the set of commands and contexts of execution of the set of commands. The method further includes obtaining a predetermined semantic sub-model associated with the intention and updating the semantic model with the predetermined semantic sub-model. The method further includes generating a script of commands based on the updated semantic model.
US10705823B2
A system manages tenant application updates in a multi-tenant cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) system by defining one or more application templates; creating one or more applications for one or more tenants of the multi-tenant cloud-based IAM system using the one or more application templates; applying a change to at least one of the one or more application templates; determining whether the one or more applications need to be updated in an automatic mode, a semi-automatic mode, or a manual mode, to incorporate the change; and updating at least one of the one or more applications in an applicable one of the automatic mode, the semi-automatic mode, or the manual mode, based on the outcome of the determining.
US10705816B2
In some implementations, a user interface for designing a health management module is provided by a server system. The user interface identifies a plurality of health management templates. The server system initially receives data indicating a user input received through the user interface that selects one of the plurality of module templates. The server system also receives customization parameters that customize the selected module template for a particular organization. The server system then generates a customized health management module for the particular organization based on the selected template and the customization parameters. The server system finally publishes the customized health management module for the particular organization that includes instructions configuring an application provided by a third-party application store.
US10705812B2
In accordance with various embodiments, described herein is a system (Data Artificial Intelligence system, Data AI system), for use with a data integration or other computing environment, that leverages machine learning (ML, DataFlow Machine Learning, DFML), for use in managing a flow of data (dataflow, DF), and building complex dataflow software applications (dataflow applications, pipelines). In accordance with an embodiment, the system can provide a service to recommend actions and transformations, on an input data, based on patterns identified from the functional decomposition of a data flow for a software application, including determining possible transformations of the data flow in subsequent applications. Data flows can be decomposed into a model describing transformations of data, predicates, and business rules applied to the data, and attributes used in the data flows.
US10705808B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing and using a software defined network controller. A software defined network controller can be provided by a computing system that includes a processor. A service model that represents a service can be obtained. A network model that represents network resources that support the service can be obtained. Resources that support the service can be determined. Templates can be accessed to identify templates that relate to the resources. The templates identified can be assembled to obtain a template-based representation of the service. The template-based representation can be executed to determine if the service is ready for deployment.
US10705806B1
A system is configured to receive a notification that variable information, associated with a variable, is stored in a logical workspace; obtain, in response to the notification, the logical workspace; and generate meta information associated with the variable, where the meta information includes information associated with a temporal attribute of the variable, information associated with an application that generated the variable information, information associated with a contextual attribute of the variable, or information associated with a spatial attribute of the variable. The system is also configured to associate, the meta information with the variable information, where associating the meta information with the variable information permits an operation to be performed on the meta information or on the variable information based on the meta information.
US10705802B2
Data type configuration data is expressed and deployed to a database system to obtain a relational representation of the data types in addition to the compile code representation. Users or developers extend the data types by adding data to the relational representation, and the runtime environment operates off of the relational representation. Because the data types are extended (such as by creating new entities) using the data type tables in the relational representation, the extensions obtain the benefits of the type checking performed at compile time.
US10705795B2
A device may receive information associated with first and second bug reports to be classified as duplicate or non-duplicate bug reports. The device may identify first and second descriptions associated with the first and second bug reports, respectively. The first and second descriptions may be different descriptions having a shared description type. The device may identify a neural network for encoding the first and second descriptions, based on the shared description type. The device may encode the first description into a first vector using the neural network, and may encode the second description into a second vector using the neural network. The device may classify the first and second bug reports as duplicate or non-duplicate bug reports based on the first vector and the second vector. The device may perform an action based on classifying the first and second bug reports as duplicate or non-duplicate bug reports.
US10705782B1
A multi-panel video wall and system is disclosed having a computer with a memory or access to a public or private cloud containing a video file and a processor for executing the video file and a plurality of video display screens interconnected to one another and to the computer via wired or wireless transmission, each of the plurality of video display screens configured to work together to display a video content generated from the video file that extends across all of the plurality of video display screens. Upon user interaction or detection of a user, one or more of the plurality of video display screens seamlessly transitions away from the video content to display a separate video content for interaction with the user.
US10705780B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, device and storage medium for displaying an application page. The method includes: displaying a designated entry of an application, acquiring a configuration file of the application when a triggering operation to the designated entry is detected, and generating a native page of the application for a terminal according to the configuration file of the application and displaying the native page of the application on the terminal when the application is not installed one the terminal.
US10705772B2
The present disclosure relates to formulation and implementation of rules associated with printing devices. One example embodiment includes a method. The method includes monitoring, by a computing device, events associated with one or more printing devices. The method also includes identifying, by the computing device, a correlation between a first event type of the monitored events and a second event type of the monitored events. Further, the method includes formulating, by the computing device, a rule based on the correlation. According to the rule, when the first event type occurs, the computing device causes the second event type to occur in response. In addition, the method includes receiving, by the computing device, an indication that the rule should be implemented on the one or more printing devices. The method further includes implementing, by the computing device, the rule on the one or more printing devices.
US10705764B2
In one general embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes identifying a file to be archived, where such file is stored within a first storage area of a system, archiving the file by maintaining a first portion of the file within the first storage area of the system, and transferring a second portion of the file from the first storage area of the system to a second storage area of the system, and performing an action associated with the file, utilizing one or more of the first portion of the file and the second portion of the file.
US10705761B2
A method and a system for scheduling transmission of a plurality of input/output (I/O) operations to be executed by a storage device comprising: applying a slidable cell window to sequential I/O operations from a scheduled sequence, the slidable cell window being positioned over the sequential I/O operations starting with the first I/O operation, transmitting to the storage device the sequential I/O operations, receiving an operation execution confirmation from the storage device, determining a position of a given cell of the slidable cell window associated with the I/O operation, responsive to a position of the given cell being the first position of the slidable cell window: sliding the slidable cell window over the plurality of I/O operations so as to include at least one additional I/O operation in the slidable cell window, and transmitting to the storage device, the at least one additional I/O operation for execution.
US10705760B2
Techniques perform I/O management. The techniques involve: in response to receiving an I/O request for a redundant array of independent disks (RAID), placing the I/O request in a corresponding waiting queue based on a stripe related to the I/O request in the RAID; and in response to the I/O request being granted to process, executing the I/O request based on storage of data of the stripe in a cache memory. Accordingly, by using the cache mechanism for the stripes, the I/O processing efficiency is improved and the user experience is enhanced. Moreover, the count of access to the RAID is reduced, the bandwidth for the backend access is saved and the system performance is improved.
US10705752B2
Embodiments provide a method, a system, and a computer program product for performing copy operations of one or more data units in a hierarchical storage management (HSM) system. The HSM system includes an upper layer and a lower layer. The upper layer includes multiple storage nodes having a grid configuration. The method comprises scheduling a copy operations of multiple data units each of which is stored in at least one of the multiple storage nodes such that loads on the copy operations are distributed among the multiple storage nodes in which the multiple data units are stored and copying the multiple data units to the lower layer in accordance with the scheduling.
US10705740B2
In general, it is proposed to define techniques for managing a virtual storage volume in a cloud architecture comprising hosts which provide storage volume. The managing is achieved by checking the available virtual storage volume when a storage service request from a request interface is received. The virtual storage volume comprises at least one storage volume being assigned to the virtual storage volume. In case the storage service request can not be fulfilled by the available virtual storage volume, a request to the request interface is sent for requesting additional storage volume directly from at least one host. Upon receipt of an accept message that a storage volume fulfilling the storage service is exiting and available, the request interface initiates assigning of the additional storage volume to the virtual storage volume. As next the storage service request is executed on the virtual storage volume.
US10705739B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device including a disk, a head configured to write data to the disk, a buffer memory configured to temporarily hold data to be written to the disk, a recorder configured to temporarily hold data to be input from the buffer memory, and a controller configured to transfer first data from the buffer memory to the recorder and to transfer second data corresponding to the first data from the recorder.
US10705738B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for optimizing memory card performance. The method includes: determining a plurality of different preset time intervals, the preset time intervals being determined beginning from clock-cycle starting points; sending test data to a memory card using each of the preset time intervals, respectively; reading from the memory card the test data corresponding to each of the preset time intervals; comparing the test data sent using each of the preset time intervals with the corresponding test data that is read; in response to the sent test data and the read test data being consistent, determining that the preset time interval is valid; determining at least one group of preset time intervals, each of the groups of preset time intervals containing a plurality of valid and successive preset time intervals; determining a group of preset time intervals containing a maximum number of preset time intervals as a target group; determining an average value of all the preset time intervals in the target group as a time interval for writing to the memory card.
US10705734B2
A set of data storage values is received. It is determined that a data storage value in the set will not fit in an available memory segment including variable data column widths based at least in part on data sizes specified in a plurality of segment layout maps. A memory segment is selected for which a column width of a column will be expanded. A column width of the selected memory segment is expanded. A segment layout map corresponding to the selected memory segment is updated. The set of data storage values is stored in the selected memory segment.
US10705730B2
Display of supplemental content on a smartwatch wearable mobile device. A method establishes, on supplemental physical display plane(s) of a smartwatch wearable mobile device, virtual display plane(s). The smartwatch includes a primary physical display plane and the supplemental physical display plane(s). The supplemental physical display plane(s) at least partially surround the primary physical display plane. The method displays primary content on the primary physical display plane and supplemental content on the virtual display plane(s). The method also receives touch sensor input from a touch sensor of the smartwatch and maps the touch sensor input to interface element(s) of the supplemental content on the virtual display plane(s). The method selects the interface element(s) based on the mapping the touch sensor input to the interface element.
US10705727B2
In an embodiment, a flick motion is detected on a touch screen interface of a first device. In response to detecting the flick motion: data associated with the flick motion is identified and transmitted to a second device. The data may be automatically displayed in response to detecting the flick motion.
US10705718B2
A method includes: displaying a first view of a first application; detecting a first portion of a first input; if the first portion of the first input meets application-switching criteria, concurrently displaying portions of the first application view and a second application view; while concurrently displaying the portions of the application views, detecting a second portion of the first input; if the second portion of the first input meets first-view display criteria (liftoff of contact detected in a first region), ceasing to display the portion of the second application view and displaying the first application view; and if the second portion of the first input meets multi-view display criteria (liftoff of contact detected in a second region), maintaining concurrent display of a portion of the first application view and a portion of the second application view on the display after detecting the liftoff of the contact.
US10705712B2
A bulk-selection control is described in which the same user input action automatically causes both (a) scrolling of a list of visual indicators of items, and (b) selection of the items that correspond to the visual indicators. Specifically, as the visual indicator of an item is scrolled beyond a “selection-triggering position”, the visual indicator is visually marked to indicate that the corresponding item is selected, and the corresponding item is automatically added to a set of selected items. When scrolled the opposite direction, the items that have already been added to the set of selected items are not removed therefrom, even if the scrolling operation causes their visual indicators to cease to be beyond the selection-triggering position.
US10705709B2
A control method for playing media includes receiving an input from a user for triggering a play progress adjustment to the media playing on a screen. The method also includes generating an instruction for play progress adjustment based on the input. The instruction includes an adjustment manner, a target position and a start position of the input. The method further includes determining a target key frame immediately before a target time corresponding to the target position. The method additionally includes decoding data of the media starting from the target key frame and blocking presentation of the decoded media data starting from the target key frame. The method also includes playing media data decoded starting from the target time in response to a system time clock progressing to the target time.
US10705703B2
An immersive head-mounted display (IHMD) system includes an IHMD that is communicatively coupled to a control device. The IHMD includes a hardware data receiving component operable to receive data indicative of data generated by the one or more electronic appliances from the control device. The IHMD includes a processing unit further operative to: modify, based on selection of one or more electronic appliances, the graphical user interface to display modifiable settings of the selected one or more electronic appliances; update the modified graphical user interface based on requested changes to the modifiable settings; and transmit, via a hardware transmitting component to the control device, setting data to the selected electronic appliance, wherein the setting data is data obtained from the modified settings.
US10705702B2
Provided is an information processing device for enabling a plurality of content to be efficiently used on the same screen, the information processing device including: a manipulation detection unit configured to detect a manipulation by a user; and a control unit configured to control display on a screen according to the detection of the manipulation detection unit. The control unit performs control to cause, when the manipulation detection unit detects a manipulation for bringing at least two pieces of content displayed on the screen into contact with each other under control by the control unit, the at least two pieces of content to be displayed in alignment.
US10705697B2
An non-transitory computer-readable storage stores instructions which cause a controller to display an image represented by image data, edit the displayed image through a first indicator, determine whether the first indicator is in a holding state at a certain indicating position on a touch panel, determine whether a second indicator makes a particular contact at another position which is different from the position indicated by the first indicator in the holding state, and confirm the image which has been edited and is currently displayed on the display.
US10705692B2
A hand-held electronic device, method of operation and computer readable medium are disclosed. The device may include a case having one or more major surfaces. A visual display and a touch pad are disposed on at least one of the major surfaces. A processor is operably coupled to the visual display and touch screen. Instructions executable by the processor may be configured to: a) present an image on the visual display containing one or more active elements; b) divide the image into one or more regions that fill the display, wherein each region corresponds to a different active element; c) correlating an active element in the image on the visual display to a corresponding active portion of the touch interface; and d) activate one of the one or more active elements in response to a touch to a corresponding one of the active portions of the touch interface.
US10705690B1
A virtual desktop service may receive a request from a user to provision a virtual desktop and establish a secure communications connection between the virtual desktop service, a user client device, and additional client devices via a proxy server in order to stream same feed or virtual screens from the virtual desktop to multiple client devices. The virtual desktop service may provide for natively sharing or multiplexing an entire data stream from a virtual desktop to multiple client devices or natively sharing or multiplexing portions of a data stream from a virtual desktop to render each portion on a different client device.
US10705686B2
A method and system provide for entering text into a text field by determining complete-text terms, displaying the complete-text terms, and receiving a selection of a complete-text term as text to be entered into the text field. In some cases, a complete-text term can include all prior text entries used to determine the complete-text terms. In other cases, a complete-text term can include only a portion or none of the prior text entries used to determine the complete-text term. The determination of the complete-text terms can be based on a vehicle identifier. The determination of the complete-text terms can be based on one or more complete-text term selection-limiters, such a location, use, or diagnostic trouble code associated with the vehicle. The system can include a vehicle service tool that requests a set of complete-text terms and receives the set from a complete-text term storage device or an off-board processor.
US10705674B2
A dual-screen user device and methods for controlling data displayed thereby are disclosed. Specifically, the data displayed by the multiple screens of the dual-screen user device is conditioned upon the type of user gesture or combination of user gestures detected. The display controls described herein can correlate user inputs received in a gesture capture region to one or more display actions, which may include maximization, minimization, or reformatting instructions.
US10705672B2
Mechanisms to allow a user to flexibly display visual content on multiple display devices connected to a computer. Each of the multiple displays may be configured to display a portion of visual content from a computer desktop or from an external content source. Each portion of visual content to be outputted may first be enhanced, such as via magnification, before being displayed on one of the multiple display devices. The user may be provided with a first control that enables the user to adjust a portion of visual content displayed on a first display device independently of a portion of visual content displayed on a second display device. A second control may also be provided that enables the user to adjust the portion of visual content displayed on the second display device independently of the portion of visual content displayed on the first display device.
US10705670B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing and dynamically adjusting message composition indicators. The disclosed systems and methods provide users of electronic messaging systems, such as electronic messaging systems, with information regarding the message composition activities of other users.
US10705661B2
A touch device including a plurality of touch electrodes which are electrically separated is provided. Each touch electrode includes a plurality of first curved patterns and a plurality of conductive lines. The first curved patterns are parallel to each other. A first pitch is between two adjacent first curved patterns. Each conductive line is connected between two adjacent first curved patterns. The conductive lines are arranged in a plurality of second curved patterns. The first curved patterns intersect the second curved patterns. In this way, the touch device can have preferable touch and visual effects.
US10705659B2
The present invention relates to a film touch sensor in which a separation layer is formed on a carrier substrate prior to the formation procedures of the touch sensor, and a method of preparing the film touch sensor. The film touch sensor according to the present invention comprises a separation layer; an electrode pattern layer formed on the separation layer and comprising a sensing electrode and a pad electrode formed at one end of the sensing electrode; and an insulation layer formed on the electrode pattern layer and used as a base film layer.
US10705652B2
A method of providing a user defined user keypad and a mobile terminal supporting the same are provided. The method includes displaying guide information when entering a user keypad setting mode, determining a designation range for the user keypad according to a user interaction inputted based on the guide information, computing a key arrangement of the user keypad in response to the determined range, and configuring the user keypad according to the computed key arrangement.
US10705651B2
A device includes a controller coupled to a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a first array of capacitive nodes substantially aligned with a second array of capacitive nodes in a mechanical stack. The controller is configured, when in a self-capacitive mode of operation, to send a first drive signal to a plurality of the electrodes of the first array, send a shield signal to at least a portion of the electrodes of the second array at the same time as the first drive signal is sent to the plurality of electrodes of the first array, and sense touch inputs based on signals received from the plurality of electrodes of the first array while the first drive signal is being sent to the plurality of electrodes of the first array and the shield signal is being sent to the at least a portion of the electrodes of the second array.
US10705650B2
An information processing apparatus includes a position acquisition section, a point of gaze acquisition section, an amendment section, and a determination section. The position acquisition section acquires an input position to a touch panel. The point of gaze acquisition section acquires a point of gaze of a manipulator. The determination section determines whether the input position and the point of gaze satisfy at least one amendment condition. In cases that the determination section determines that the amendment condition is satisfied, the amendment section amends the input position based on the point of gaze. In cases that the determination section does not determine that the amendment condition is satisfied, the amendment section amends the input position by reducing a degree of an influence of the point of gaze as compared with the cases that the determination section determines that the amendment condition is satisfied.
US10705648B2
A pixel circuit, an array substrate, a display panel, a display device, and a display driving method are provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a pixel driving circuit, and an optical modulation circuit; in a touch stage, turning off the pixel driving circuit, driving the light emitting element to emit a modulated light of a first gray scale by the optical modulation circuit; and in a display stage, turning off the optical modulation circuit, and driving the light emitting element to emit light for display by the pixel driving circuit.
US10705647B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a touch control circuit, a touch driving circuit, and a touch display device, which selectively change and set one or more of a waveform, an amplitude voltage, and a pulse period of a touch driving signal without reduction in touch performance, and thus, provide a touch display device and an application device which are stable and reliable. Also, embodiments of the present application provide a touch control circuit, a touch driving circuit, and a touch display device, which selectively change and set one or more of a waveform, an amplitude voltage, and a pulse period of a load free signal without reduction in touch performance, and thus, provide a touch display device and an application device which are stable and reliable.
US10705639B2
An anti-reflective integrated touch display panel includes an anti-reflective structure and touch electrodes. The anti-reflective structure includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, a conducting layer disposed on the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer disposed on the second insulating layer, and a fourth insulating layer disposed on the third insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes silicon oxide or silicon nitride, and has a thickness of 0.1 to 2 micrometers. The second insulating layer includes silicon oxide or strontium oxide, and has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.1 micrometer. The conducting layer includes molybdenum, and has a thickness of 0.01 to 0.05 micrometer. The fourth insulating layer includes silicon nitride, and has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.3 micrometer. The touch electrodes are disposed between the third insulating layer and the fourth insulating layer.
US10705638B2
A computing device is disclosed. The computing device may include a display, a processor in communication with the display and an enclosure connected to the display. The computing device may also include an input/output (I/O) device in communication with the processor. The I/O device may also be connected to the enclosure. Additionally, the I/O device may include a modifiable display that may substantially match the appearance of the enclosure.
US10705635B2
A touch sensor includes a sensor unit having a first region including at least one pair of a first electrode and a second electrode, and a second region including at least two pairs of first electrodes and second electrodes, a plurality of sensing channels each including first and second input terminals, wherein the first input terminals of the sensing channels are connected to different ones of the first electrodes, an amplifying circuit connected between the second input terminals of the sensing channels and the second electrodes, and an input control unit connected between the amplifying circuit and the second electrodes, the input control unit including a first resistor connected to the second electrode of the first region, and a second resistor commonly connected to the second electrodes of the second region.
US10705634B1
An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display is flexible and bends around a bend axis as the housing is folded and unfolded. When the housing is in an unfolded configuration, the display lies flat in a plane and displays images for a user. When the housing is folded along the bend axis and placed into a folded configuration, a first portion of the display is covered by the housing and is hidden from view, whereas a protruding second portion of the display is uncovered by the housing and exposed for viewing. Control circuitry in the device may display notifications, icons, and other content on the exposed second portion.
US10705630B2
A control method of a computer includes: obtaining an image captured by an imaging device configured to make a pointing device to be in the image; identifying a first position corresponding to the pointing device based on the obtained image; obtaining radio wave reception information that indicates a reception state, by the wireless communication apparatus or the wireless communication device, of a radio wave transmitted and received between a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication device of the pointing device, wireless communication apparatus information that identifies the wireless communication apparatus, and device information that identifies the pointing device; estimating a second position corresponding the pointing device based on the obtained radio wave reception information and wireless communication apparatus information; and storing the obtained device information in association with the identified position when a matching degree between the first position and the second position satisfies a condition.
US10705628B2
An electronic pen has a cylindrical chassis, a circuit board disposed within a pillar-shaped hollow portion of the chassis, and a connector exposable from an opening in the chassis to outside of the chassis. The connector includes a housing and a shell. The shell has a first size in a direction parallel to a planar surface of a contact portion of the connector and orthogonal to the axial direction of the chassis that is smaller than a diameter of the hollow portion of the chassis. The shell is coupled to the circuit board in a state in which the direction of the first size of the shell is parallel to a planar surface of the circuit board, and a width of the circuit board in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the circuit board is less than the first size of the shell.
US10705627B2
A method for generating a signal includes: encoding, by an active stylus, transmission information into n-bit q-ary codes; performing, by the active stylus, frequency modulation on the n-bit q-ary codes, respectively, to generate a plurality of encoded frequency-modulated signals; and combining, by the active stylus, a preset fixed-frequency signal for detecting a stylus tip position with the plurality of encoded frequency-modulated signals to form an encoded signal. A method for analyzing a signal, an active stylus, and a touchscreen are also provided. The method for generating a signal, the method for analyzing a signal, the active stylus, and the touchscreen transmit more coding information within a relatively short time, thereby solving a problem of low efficiency of information transmission between an active stylus and a touch screen.
US10705619B2
The present invention relates to an electronic wrist wearable device that uses image and inertia sensors to track motion of hand and wrist of a user, and is able to determine locations (relative to a stationary object in physical environment), and discrete and motion hand gestures. The wearable device can also emulate various data input devices by matching the determined gestures with preregistered gestures and sending the data associated with the matched gesture to a relevant computer device. The wearable device can also send the said tracking information of the hand and the wrist to at least one external computer, which can process the received information to simulate hand motion, and to determine discrete and motion hand gestures. The said computer can also emulate various data input devices by matching the determined gestures with preregistered gestures and using the data associated with the matched gesture.
US10705612B2
Disclosed is a tactile stimulation device including: a plurality of actuators; and a control unit controlling each of outputs of the plurality of actuators so as to create a tactile stimulus at a target position corresponding to a target site of a body of a user, in which the control unit creates the tactile stimulus by using first to third actuators corresponding to first to third vertexes of a triangle including the target position therein among the plurality of actuators.
US10705611B2
This disclosure provides designer interfaces that present condensed representations of texture functions, the representations displaying selected control points that manipulate the representations, an algorithm that computes a texture function based on the positions of said selected control points, and the texture function generating a signal to control a force on an appendage of a user that touches a tactile surface, and methods of using the designer interfaces.
US10705600B2
An eye-tracking system comprises an illuminator that directs infrared light towards a detection region, a camera configured to generate an image of the detection region and a controller configured to detect a calibration target in the image and to detect or determine changes in the position and/or orientation of the camera relative to the calibration target. The eye-tracking system can be installed in a vehicle.
US10705596B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing virtual environments that are responsively adaptable to users' characteristics. Embodiments provide for identifying a virtual action to be performed by a virtual representation of a patient within a virtual environment. The virtual action corresponds to a physical action by a physical limb of the patient in the real-world. In embodiments, the virtual action is required to be performed to a first target area within the virtual environment. Embodiments determine that the patient has at least one limitation that limits the patient performing the physical action. A determination of whether the patient has performed the physical action to at least a physical threshold associated is made. The virtual environment is caused to adapt in order to allow the virtual action to be performed in response to the determination that the patient has performed the physical action to the physical threshold.
US10705595B2
Described herein are various embodiments for enabling realistic haptic feedback for virtual three-dimensional (3D) objects. A real proxy surface is provided for a virtual object, where the proxy surface may be a relief surface, such as a depth-compressed model of the virtual object. In an exemplary method, when a user touches a proxy surface, a position of the touch point on the surface is detected. The touch point is mapped to a corresponding point on the virtual object. A position of the virtual object is determined such that the touch point is in alignment with the corresponding point on the virtual object, and the virtual object is displayed at the first determined position on an augmented reality display. As a result, a user touching the proxy surface may have the sensation of touching a solid version of the virtual 3D object instead of the proxy surface.
US10705594B2
A Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB2 or eUSB2) device includes an integrated circuit (IC) having a physical layer to send and receive data on a pair of signal lines, a repeater communicatively coupled to the physical layer via the pair of signal lines, and having a port to send and receive data on a second pair of signal lines and a power management unit to provide power to the physical layer and the repeater during an active state and to gate power to the physical layer and the repeater during a low power state.
US10705584B2
Method and system are provided for power socket management. The method carried out at a server may include receiving power data from a plurality of user devices and obtaining event information for an event location, including details of the user devices required for the event. The method may process the power data for the required user devices for an event by optimizing the use of power sockets at the event location. The method may notify the required user devices of the optimized socket usage for a user device.
US10705583B2
A consumption device may be detected by a processor. At least one property of the consumption device may be determined. Based on that property, a power configuration for the consumption device may be determined. The processor may permit a finite electrical cell associated with the processor to power the consumption device according to that power configuration.
US10705575B2
A hinge device with a simple configuration and an electronic device are provided. The hinge device, is invisible between a first housing and a second housing from a front obliquely-upward direction, and is capable of preventing a lower end of the first housing from being covered by the second housing when the first housing is in an open state. A hinge device is provided between a display part and a keyboard part, and couples the display part to the keyboard part in an openable and closable manner. A U-shaped portion, which has a U-shaped cross section and one end portion formed integrally with the keyboard part, is included on a rear side of the keyboard part. A hinge portion is provided to the other end portion of the U-shaped portion to open and close the display part with respect to the keyboard part. The hinge portion supports a back surface of the display part, and is capable of rotating the display part. A recessed portion is formed in the one end portion of the U-shaped portion. The recessed portion prevents a lower end of the display part and the one end portion of the U-shaped portion from being brought into contact with each other when the display part is rotated.
US10705572B2
An electronic device is provided, which includes a housing including a first plate facing in a first direction, a second plate facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a lateral member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, at least one hinge structure disposed at an edge of the second plate, a stand member that is opened or closed at an angle from the second plate through the at least one hinge structure; and a display disposed in the space and being visible through at least a portion of the first plate. The second plate includes an engaging stopper formed by a first terminating plane near the at least one hinge structure. The stand member includes a first stopper formed by a second terminating plane facing the engaging stopper of the second plate. The angle is determined when the first stopper meets the engaging stopper.
US10705571B1
A foldable electronic device includes a first base, a second base, a hinge, a brake, an object sensor, and a controller. The hinge pivotally connects the first base to the second base. The brake is disposed in the hinge. When the first base is expanded with respect to the second base, the object sensor senses whether an object is placed on the second base. When the object sensor senses that the object is placed on the second base, the object sensor sends out a sensed signal. The controller selectively switches on the brake in response to the sensed signal, so as to restrain a rotating angle formed by the first base and the second base.
US10705559B2
A method and apparatus for performing current control for an integrated circuit are described. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises core logic coupled to receive a first current; a clock generator to generate a first clock signal; and a closed loop current controller coupled to the clock generator and coupled to provide a second clock signal to the core logic based on the first clock signal, the current controller to control an amount of the first current received by the core logic by changing the first clock signal to generate the second clock signal.
US10705547B2
A distribution station includes a mobile trailer, a pump on the mobile trailer, a manifold on the mobile trailer and connected with the pump, a plurality of hoses connected with the manifold, a plurality of valves on the mobile trailer, each of the valves situated between the manifold and a respective different one of the hoses, a plurality of guided wave radar level sensors, each of the guided wave radar level sensors being associated with a respective different one of the hoses, and a controller configured to communicate with the guided wave radar level sensors and operate the valves responsive to signals from the guided wave radar level sensors.
US10705543B2
A mass flow controller that includes a linearization system to control the linear response of a valve in order to control the gain of the mass flow controller. The linearization system includes a flow modeling system for processing at least one of a fluid type, a flow rate, a pressure, and a temperature value signal relating to flow of the fluid through a flow path and determining fluid properties. The linearization system also includes a valve modeling system to determine the required operational characteristics of the valve according to valve specifications, a desired flow rate, and the determined fluid properties. The linearization system determines a gain to control the lift of the valve in order to acquire a desired fluid flow rate. The gain is determined by calculating the derivative of predicted lift with respect to fluid flow and the derivative of drive with respect to predicted lift.
US10705542B1
Aerial vehicles may be outfitted with one or more transceivers for transmitting signals between one another. The signals may be time-stamped with times at which the signals are transmitted, and the times at which such signals are received, as determined from global clocks. The times-of-flight of such signals may be calculated from the differences between the times of transmission and the times of receipt, and used to calculate relative distances between the aerial vehicles. Additionally, where two or more of such signals are transmitted by an aerial vehicle, and received by another aerial vehicle, the times-of-flight of such signals may be used to track relative motion or determine an orientation of the aerial vehicle. Such signals may be transmitted and received by any number of vehicles or other objects, and may include any information, data or metadata regarding such vehicles or other objects.
US10705536B2
Route segment information is received from a first autonomous vehicle over a network. The route segment information includes one or more route segments and estimated entrance times, each of the entrance times being associated with one of the route segments and representing a time the first autonomous vehicle enters the route segment. Whether the first autonomous vehicle is within a specific route segment is determined based on an entrance time associated with the specific route segment and a current location of the first autonomous vehicle. If the first autonomous vehicle is within the specific route segment, a request is sent to invite the first autonomous vehicle to join a vehicle group of one or more vehicles associated with the specific route segment. The vehicle group is one of a plurality of vehicle groups that were determined based on route segment information received from a plurality of autonomous vehicles.
US10705535B2
The present invention provides a mobile robot configured to navigate an operating environment, that includes a controller circuit that directs a drive of the mobile robot to navigate the mobile robot through an environment using camera-based navigation system and a camera including optics defining a camera field of view and a camera optical axis, where the camera is positioned within the recessed structure and is tilted so that the camera optical axis is aligned at an acute angle of above a horizontal plane in line with the top surface and is aimed in a forward drive direction of the robot body, and the camera is configured to capture images of the operating environment of the mobile robot.
US10705528B2
A method of visual navigation for a robot includes integrating a depth map with localization information to generate a three-dimensional (3D) map. The method also includes motion planning based on the 3D map, the localization information, and/or a user input. The motion planning overrides the user input when a trajectory and/or a velocity, received via the user input, is predicted to cause a collision.
US10705527B2
Systems and methods for controlling aircraft obtain at least one of ground-referenced longitudinal movement data of the aircraft and ground-referenced lateral movement data of the aircraft. A round-referenced heading of the aircraft is obtained and a heading error is calculated based on a difference between the ground-referenced heading and a target heading. A lateral movement error value is generated based on at least one of the ground-referenced longitudinal movement data and ground-referenced lateral movement data, and based on the heading error.
US10705526B1
The technology relates to identifying sensor occlusions due to the limits of the ranges of a vehicle's sensors and using this information to maneuver the vehicle. As an example, the vehicle is maneuvered along a route that includes traveling on a first roadway and crossing over a lane of a second roadway. A trajectory is identified from the lane that will cross with the route during the crossing at a first point. A second point beyond a range of the vehicle's sensors is selected. The second point corresponds to a hypothetical vehicle moving towards the route along the lane. A distance between the first point and the second point is determined. An amount of time that it would take the hypothetical vehicle to travel the distance is determined and compared to a threshold amount of time. The vehicle is maneuvered based on the comparison to complete the crossing.
US10705520B2
A self-moving apparatus that provides a service by moving to a destination and includes a detection unit and a reporting unit. A reception unit receives a user instruction for causing the self-moving apparatus to move to a predetermined destination if the self-moving apparatus is in a predetermined state relating to maintenance or printing or if the self-moving apparatus is changed to be in the predetermined state. A detection unit detects a state of the self-moving apparatus. A moving unit that moves to the predetermined destination if the self-moving apparatus is in the predetermined state or if the self-moving apparatus is changed to be in the predetermined state on the basis of a detection result obtained by the detection unit.
US10705519B2
A distributed control system includes a remote control system configured to be communicatively coupled with plural separate vehicle systems. The remote control system is configured to remotely control operation of the vehicle systems and/or communicate with the local vehicle control system or operator. The remote control system also is configured to one or more of change how many of the vehicle systems are concurrently controlled by the remote control system or change how many remote operators of the remote control system concurrently control the same vehicle system of the vehicle systems.
US10705514B2
Systems and methods for controlling device performance variability during manufacturing of a device on wafers are disclosed. The system includes a process platform, on-board metrology (OBM) tools, and a first server that stores a machine-learning based process control model. The first server combines virtual metrology (VM) data and OBM data to predict a spatial distribution of one or more dimensions of interest on a wafer. The system further comprises an in-line metrology tool, such as SEM, to measure the one or more dimensions of interest on a subset of wafers sampled from each lot. A second server having a machine-learning engine receives from the first server the predicted spatial distribution of the one or more dimensions of interest based on VM and OBM, and also receives SEM metrology data, and updates the process control model periodically (e.g., to account for chamber-to-chamber variability) using machine learning techniques.
US10705513B2
The disclosure herein relates to a quality control method and system in aeronautical manufacturing. The system comprises a tablet connected to a concession management server, the server being itself linked to an aircraft configuration database, a three-dimensional digital model of the aircraft and a fault database. The element to be inspected is identified using the digital model and the fault is characterized by browsing a predetermined decision tree associated with the element.
US10705510B2
An additive manufacturing support device includes reading circuitry that reads shaped article data that is data indicating the three-dimensional shape of a shaped article, first generating circuitry that generates primary data that is data indicating the three-dimensional shape of a primary separated portion provided in a region where a cutting part of a cutting apparatus passes between the plate and the shaped article, and second generating circuitry that generates, based on a machining allowance between the cutting part and an object to be cut in a process in which the cutting part passes between the plate and the shaped article, secondary data for reducing change in the machining allowance.
US10705507B2
Method for generating a machining program of a plunge mulling machine tool, comprising the steps of: establishing a machining to be performed on a workpiece; acquiring first machining information that indicates stable cut conditions of the machine tool for the workpiece; acquiring second machining information that indicates engagement cut conditions of the machine tool during the machining on the workpiece; carrying out a determination of the rotation speeds of the machine tool during the machining on the basis of the second machining information and the first machining information; wherein the machining program is generated on the basis of the determination carried out.
US10705496B2
Provided is a control device of a home energy management system (HEMS). The control device includes a communication unit configured to connect to a HEMS gateway, a storage unit configured to store power usage information for a predetermined period in a home in which the HEMS gateway is installed, and a control unit configured to predict power consumption amount on the basis of the power usage information for the predetermined period, predict a power generation amount of a photovoltaic (PV) module connected to the HEMS gateway, calculate a PV power amount to be sold on the basis of the predicted power generation amount and power consumption amount, set sales price with respect to the calculated power amount on the basis of purchase information of purchasers, and control the HEMS so that sale power corresponding to the calculated power amount is provided on the basis of the set sales price.
US10705481B2
A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a drum unit including a photosensitive drum; a developing unit including a developing roller, a driving force receiving portion, and a development gear; a driving train for transmitting the driving force to the development gear. The developing roller is movable between a contact position and spacing position relative to the drum. The driving train includes a first driving portion connected with the driving force receiving portion and a second driving portion for transmitting the driving force toward the gear. When the developing unit is in the contact position, the first and second driving portions are connected with each other to transmit the driving force from the first driving portion to the second driving portion, and when the developing unit is in the spacing position, the first and the driving portion are not connected.
US10705477B1
A cleaning blade includes a contact part coming into contact with a member to be cleaned, the contact part being configurated by a member containing polyurethane rubber produced by polymerizing at least a polyol component, which contains over 50 mol % and 75 mol % or less of 1,4-butanediol relative to the entire polyol components, with a polyisocyanate component. The ratio (M100/Re) of 100% modulus (M100 [MPa]) to rebound resilience coefficient (Re [%]) is 0.25 or more. The rebound resilience coefficient (Re [%]) is 25% or more.
US10705469B2
A medium cutting device cutting a continuous medium carried along a carrying path in a carrying direction includes a sandwiching part that is provided capable of sandwiching a medium; and a cutting blade that includes an edge extending in a width direction (X) of the medium, which is perpendicular to the carrying direction, wherein the medium is cut by the edge while the medium is sandwiched and held by the sandwiching part. Wherein the edge is in a shape depicting an involute curve in which path lengths (PL) of the medium, which are determined from the sandwiching part to the edge in the carrying direction, are substantially constant over the edge in the width direction.
US10705461B2
An apparatus includes an image former and an induction heating fusing device. The image former forms an image. The induction heating fusing device fuses the image formed by the image former onto paper. Whether the induction heating fusing device has an error is determined by limiting a current applied to a resonance circuit included in the induction heating fusing device to less than a certain level.
US10705458B2
An image forming apparatus includes image forming units, a transfer unit that transfers a superposed toner image including toner images formed by the image forming units onto a sheet, a fixing unit that fixes the superposed toner image onto the sheet, and a controller that performs control such that a toner image is formed while the amount of toner used per unit area by the second image forming unit when forming a line image is smaller than that when forming a solid image. The image forming units include a first image forming unit that forms a toner image that is transferred onto the transfer unit relatively earlier than the other toner images and a second image forming unit that forms a toner image that is transferred onto the transfer unit relatively later than the other toner images, the first and second image forming units using the same color toner.
US10705452B2
A developing device includes a rotatable developer carrying member, a developer regulating member, and a cylindrical magnetic field generating member provided inside the developer carrying member and including a regulating magnetic pole provided opposed to the developer regulating member. A magnetic flux distribution provided by the regulating magnetic pole includes a first local maximum portion on a side upstream of a closest position between the magnetic field generating member and the developer regulating member, a second local maximum portion on a side downstream of the closest position, and a local minimum portion between the first local maximum portion and the second local maximum portion. A rectilinear line connecting the closest position and a center of the magnetic field generating member is positioned between the first local maximum portion and the second local maximum portion.
US10705448B2
In a case of performing a second rotation control to match the rotation phase of a first rotational polygon mirror with the rotation phase of a second rotational polygon mirror in a rising period, a period during which a non-image region is irradiated with light from both or one of a first light source and a second light source is controlled to be a second period longer than a first period.
US10705441B1
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate. An outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains fluorine-containing resin particles and a fluorine-containing graft polymer having a structural unit represented by general formula (FA), a structural unit represented by general formula (FB), and a structural unit represented by general formula (FC): where RF1, RF2, RF3, and RF4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; XF1 represents an alkylene chain, a halogen-substituted alkylene chain, —S—, —O—, —NH—, or a single bond; YF1 represents an alkylene chain, a halogen-substituted alkylene chain, —(CfxH2fx-1(OH))—, or a single bond; QF1 represents —O— or —NH—; fl, fm, and fn each independently represent an integer of 1 or more; fp, fq, fr, and fs each independently represent an integer of 0 or 1 or more; ft represents an integer of 1 or more and 7 or less; fx represents an integer of 1 or more; RF5 and RF6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and fz represents an integer of 1 or more.
US10705437B2
Disclosed is a method, and associated apparatuses, for measuring a parameter of interest relating to a structure having at least two layers. The method comprises illuminating the structure with measurement radiation and detecting scattered radiation having been scattered by said structure. The scattered radiation comprises normal and complementary higher diffraction orders. A scatterometry model which relates a scattered radiation parameter to at least a parameter of interest and an asymmetry model which relates the scattered radiation parameter to at least one asymmetry parameter are defined, the asymmetry parameter relating to one or more measurement system errors and/or an asymmetry in the target other than a misalignment between the two layers. A combination of the scatterometry model and asymmetry model is used to determine a system of equations, and the system of equations is then solved for the parameter of interest.
US10705436B2
An apparatus includes an overlay mark. The overlay mark includes a first portion including a first pattern and a second portion including a second pattern. The first pattern includes a plurality of first features and a first center feature each separated by a gap along a first direction. At least two gaps are the same but are different from the other gaps, and the first centers are symmetric with respect to the first center feature. The second pattern includes a plurality of second features and a second center feature each separated by a gap along the first direction. At least two gaps are the same but are different from the other gaps, and the second features are symmetric with respect to the second center feature. The first center feature of the first pattern is aligned with the second center feature of the second pattern along a second direction.
US10705428B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there are provided an organic treatment solution for patterning chemically amplified resist films, an organic treatment solution containing 1 ppm or less of an alkyl olefin having a carbon number of 22 or less and having a metal element concentration of 5 ppm or less for each of Na, K, Ca, Fe, Cu, Mg, Mn, Li, Al, Cr, Ni and Zn, a pattern formation method, an electronic device manufacturing method, and an electronic device use the same.
US10705422B2
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus comprising a deforming unit configured to deform a pattern surface by applying a force to a mold, a measuring unit configured to measure a deformation amount of the pattern surface, a control unit configured to control the measuring unit to measure the deformation amount in each of a plurality of states in which a plurality of the forces are applied to the mold, a calculation unit configured to calculate a rate of change in the deformation amount as a function of a change in the force applied to the mold, and a calibration unit configured to calibrate a control profile describing a time in the imprint process, and the force applied to the mold, based on the rate of change in the deformation amount.
US10705421B2
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern in an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, the apparatus comprising a deformation unit configured to deform at least one of the mold and the substrate, and a control unit configured to control a process of starting contact between the mold and the imprint material in a state in which the at least one is deformed, and then gradually increasing a contact area between the mold and the imprint material by gradually decreasing a deformation amount of the at least one, wherein the control unit controls relative positions of the mold and the substrate based on the deformation amount, so as to maintain a relative positional relationship between the mold and the substrate at a region where the mold and the imprint material are contact with each other.
US10705418B2
A projector includes a projection section that projects first light representing an image on a projection surface, a detection section that detects whether or not an enclosure member that encloses part of an area through which the first light projected via the projection section passes has been attached to the projector, and an adjustment section that adjusts the intensity of the first light based on the result of the detection performed by the detection section.
US10705416B2
A wavelength conversion element according to an aspect of the invention includes a first wavelength conversion layer that has a first light incident surface on which excitation light is incident and a first light exiting surface facing away from the first light incident surface and emits first fluorescence, a second wavelength conversion layer that has a second light incident surface on which at least the first fluorescence is incident and emits second fluorescence, and a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface and includes a light transmitting portion that transmits at least the first fluorescence. The first wavelength conversion layer is so provided that the first light exiting surface faces the first surface of the substrate, and the second wavelength conversion layer is so provided that the second light incident surface faces the second surface of the substrate.
US10705415B2
A projector device includes a housing, an optical modulation element provided in the housing, a lens tube with lenses provided inside, and a heat conducting component. A first side wall of the housing is provided with a through hole. The lens tube is nested in the through hole, and a first end of the lens tube is located in the housing and receives lights emitted from the optical modulation element. A first end of the heat conducting component is disposed on an outer wall of a first end of the lens tube, and a second end of the heat conducting component is connected with the housing.
US10705414B2
A projector a cooler configured to cool a cooling target based on transformation of a refrigerant into a gas. The cooler includes a refrigerant generator configured to generate the refrigerant and a refrigerant sender configured to send the generated refrigerant toward the cooling target. The refrigerant generator includes a moisture absorbing/discharging member, a first air blower configured to deliver air outside the projector to the moisture absorbing/discharging member, a heat exchanger connected to the refrigerant sender, a heater configured to heat the moisture absorbing/discharging member, and a second air blower configured to deliver, to the heat exchanger, air around a portion of the moisture absorbing/discharging member that is the portion heated by the heater. The heat exchanger, by cooling the air having flowed into the heat exchanger, generates the refrigerant from the air having flowed into the heat exchanger. The moisture absorbing/discharging member is fixed.
US10705410B1
A shrinkable camera skin assembly for altering the appearance of a camera body includes a camera wrap is positionable around a camera body to alter the appearance of the camera body. The camera wrap has a plurality of openings therein each being aligned with respective structural features of the camera body. A lens wrap is wrapped around a body of a camera lens to alter the appearance of the body of the camera lens. A hood wrap is wrapped around a lens hood to alter the appearance of the lens hood. Each of the camera wrap, the lens wrap and the hood wrap is comprised of a heat shrink material. Thus, the camera, lens and hood wraps can shrink around the respective camera body, camera lens and lens hood.
US10705408B2
An electronic device to autofocus on an object-of-interest within a field-of-view of the electronic device, includes an image sensor and a circuitry. The image sensor captures a sequence of image frames that includes a current frame and detect at least one prominent region in the current frame. The detected at least one prominent region has an optical flow similar to a direction of motion of the electronic device. The circuitry selects a region-of-interest from the detected at least one prominent region and estimates an autofocus point in the detected at least one prominent region. The circuitry controls focus of the image sensor at the estimated autofocus point in the current frame. The focus of the image sensor is controlled such that the estimated autofocus point exhibits a minimum deviation from an initialized position for the estimated autofocus point within the detected at least one prominent region.
US10705407B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures providing speckle reduction in photonic phased array structures.
US10705399B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a gate line extending in a first direction, first and second source lines crossing the gate line and arranged in the first direction, a first light-shielding layer having first and second openings, and an oxide semiconductor layer crossing the gate line, and in the display device, the first opening and the second opening are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction between the first source line and the second source line, the gate line is located between the first opening and the second opening, and the oxide semiconductor layer has a first overlapping portion overlapping the first opening.
US10705398B2
An array board 11b includes a display section AA, a source line 20 connected to the display section AA, a test circuit 40 connected to the source line 20 and configured to test the display section AA, a panel-side image input terminal that is disposed such that the test circuit 40 is between the terminal and the display section AA and to which a signal to be supplied to the source line 20 is input, a terminal connection line 51 connecting the source line 20 to the pane-side image input terminal 35A and the terminal connection line 51 including the terminal connection line 51 at least a part of which overlaps the test circuit 40 and a flattening film (insulation film) 28 at least disposed between an overlapping portion of the test circuit 40 and the terminal connection line 51.
US10705396B2
A circuit board includes first wiring, a first wiring arrangement region, first unit inspection sections, second wirings, a second wiring arrangement region, and second unit inspection sections. The first wirings are arranged regularly. The first wirings are arranged in the first wiring arrangement region. The first unit inspection sections are arranged in the first wiring arrangement region at given intervals and are a target for inspection images. The second wiring arrangement region is adjacent to the first wiring arrangement region. The second wirings are arranged in the second wirings. The second unit inspection sections are arranged in the second wiring arrangement region at given intervals and are occasionally the target for the inspection images. The second unit inspection sections are arranged in the second wiring arrangement region in an identical pattern.
US10705393B2
A display device includes a display substrate including a display area and a pad region, a first pad portion including a plurality of first pad terminals, the plurality of first pad terminals being arranged in a first direction, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a base film and a second pad portion. The second pad is electrically connected to the first pad portion. The second pad portion includes a plurality of second pad terminals electrically connected to the plurality of first pad terminals, and a plurality of first test lines. The plurality of second pad terminals includes a plurality of sub-pad terminals. One of the plurality of first lines is connected to a first sub-pad terminal of the plurality of sub-pad terminals, and a second sub-pad terminal of the plurality of sub-pad terminals is not connected to any of the plurality of first lines.
US10705385B2
An optical layered body including a substrate layer, and an optically anisotropic layer containing at least one liquid crystal cured layer, wherein a light transmittance of the substrate layer at a wavelength of 390 nm is 1% or less, and an in-plane retardation Re0(450) at a wavelength 450 nm before the optical layered body is exposed to the xenon lamp, an in-plane retardation Re0(550) at a wavelength 550 nm before the optical layered body is exposed to the xenon lamp, an in-plane retardation Re300(450) at the wavelength 450 nm after the optical layered body was exposed to the xenon lamp for 300 hours, and an in-plane retardation Re300(550) at the wavelength 550 nm after the optical layered body was exposed to the xenon lamp for 300 hours satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2): 0.95≤Re300(450)/Re0(450)≤1.05 (1), 0.95≤Re300(550)/Re0(550)≤1.05 (2).
US10705378B2
EL element, EL element substrate, lighting device, display device, and liquid crystal display device
An EL element including an EL light-emitting structure including a light-emitting layer on a transparent electrode, and a counter electrode on the light-emitting layer, a translucent substrate, and a light scattering layer between the EL light-emitting structure and the translucent substrate, the light scattering layer having a first surface on a transparent electrode side and a second surface on a side of the translucent substrate. The light scattering layer includes light scattering particles which includes particles that form agglomerates in a portion of the first surface such that the portion of the first surface has a concavo-convex shape. The light scattering particles further include particles positioned in order along the second surface such that the second surface is smoother than the portion of the first surface having the concavo-convex shape.
US10705376B2
A liquid crystal display device comprises a backlight module and a liquid crystal display module in a light emitting path of the backlight module. The liquid crystal display module includes a first conductive substrate facing the backlight module, a second conductive substrate spaced apart from the first conductive substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first conductive substrate and the second conductive substrate. The second conductive substrate includes a transparent substrate, a color filter layer formed on the transparent substrate, and a light converting layer formed on the color filter layer, and a transparent conductive layer formed on the light converting layer.
US10705374B2
An optical member including a light guide plate, a low refractive layer disposed on an upper surface of the light guide plate and having a lower refractive index than the light guide plate, a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the low refractive layer, a passivation layer disposed on the wavelength conversion layer and covering a side surface of the wavelength conversion layer and a side surface of the low refractive layer, and an optical pattern formed on a lower surface of the light guide plate.
US10705366B2
A method for fabricating micro-cell structures is provided and has providing a liquid crystal mixture; performing a heating step on the liquid crystal mixture at a temperature ranging from 45° C. to 150° C., performing a heat induced phase separation step on the liquid crystal mixture at a thermal phase separation temperature for a thermal phase separation titre such that the liquid crystal mixture forms liquid crystal particles and a network light-curing adhesive, wherein the thermal phase separation temperature and the thermal phase separation time are determined by a changing rate of a bright area ratio of the liquid crystal mixture; and performing a photo-curing step on the liquid crystal mixture by emitting an ultraviolet light so that a plurality of micro-cell structures are formed. The micro-cell structures with different transparency are fabricated based on different values of the thermal phase separation temperature and the thermal phase separation time.
US10705358B2
A display may have a backlight unit that provides backlight illumination. The backlight unit may include a light guide that distributes light throughout the display and an electrically adjustable lens array. The lens array may have lenses such as liquid lenses or liquid crystal lenses. By adjusting the lenses in the lens array, the angles of rays of backlight from the backlight unit may be adjusted to adjust the angle-of-view of the display. The angle-of-view of the display may also be adjusted using an electrically controllable filter layer. The electrically controllable filter layer may have a liquid crystal layer or a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer that can be controlled using electrodes. When the electrodes apply signals to the electrically controllable filter layer, portions of the filter layer change to a dark or translucent state and restrict the angle-of-view of the display.
US10705348B2
An optical power control system includes a laser source to provide an optical beam, a variable beam characteristics (VBC) fiber, and a controller operatively coupled to the VBC fiber and configured to control, in response to information indicating change in optical power of the optical beam, different states of perturbation so as to control optical power density.
US10705347B2
A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor substrate, a surface-emitting semiconductor light source on the semiconductor substrate, a monolithic first dielectric, and a second dielectric. The monolithic first dielectric is transparent to light emitted by the light source and includes first and second micro-lenses adjacent an aperture of the light source and having axes parallel to and offset from an axis of a beam of light emitted by the light source, and a saddle-shaped lens over the aperture of the light source. The saddle-shaped lens connects the first and second micro-lenses and reshapes the beam of light emitted by the light source to have a high aspect ratio. The second dielectric is transparent to light emitted by the light source and encapsulates a light emission surface of the saddle-shaped lens. The second dielectric has a higher refractive index than the monolithic first dielectric.
US10705344B2
A Heads-Up Display (HUD) system for mounting on a pair of glasses comprises a power module for providing electrical power removably mountable to one side of a lens assembly of the glasses, an electronics module connectable to receive electrical power from the power module, the electronics module removably mountable to an opposite side of the lens assembly of the glasses; and a display housing mounted on a display arm extending from the electronics module to a position within a field of vision of a user wearing the glasses. A pair of glasses adapted to receive a HUD system comprises a lens assembly providing one or more electrically conductive paths from a first side thereof to a second side thereof.
US10705324B2
Disclosed are a method and associated apparatus for efficiently exciting and detecting fluorescence. In a disclosed preferred embodiment, excitation lamp modules with multiple solid-state light sources shone at different oblique angles, such that multiple-beams converge in a single plane, are combined with appropriate emission filters that block the excitation light wavelengths while passing the emission wavelengths. A multitude of such modules are combined on a slider that can be accurately positioned in front of an observation point, such as a microscope's objective lens, external to the microscope, via a novel magnetic detent system, allowing for the rapid switching between the analysis of different fluorophores.
US10705323B2
A surgical microscope system for use in a medical procedure. The surgical microscope system is controlled in a first mode of operation corresponding to a phase of the medical procedure and defining at least one setting for adjusting a set of adjustable optics. While in the first mode of operation, the surgical microscope system automatically determines, from a captured image, an indication that a second mode of operation is relevant. The mode of operation is switched to the second mode of operation.
US10705313B2
A system and related method and assembly are disclosed. The system comprises one or more optical fibers configured to propagate one or more optical signals. The system further comprises at least a first cylindrical lens element fixedly connected with the one or more optical fibers and configured to expand the one or more optical signals along a predefined dimension. The system further comprises at least a second cylindrical lens element optically coupled with the first cylindrical lens element and configured to condense the expanded one or more optical signals along the predefined dimension.
US10705311B2
An integrated structure of auto focus (AF) and optical image stabilizer (OIS) mechanisms includes a lens holder, a frame, magnets, suspension elements, and a driver board. The lens holder has an AF coil disposed outside thereof and is suspended in the frame. The inner edges of the sidewalls of the frame are close to but do not contact the outer edge of the AF coil. The magnets are disposed between the frame and the lens holder and correspond to the outer edge of the AF coil, for driving the lens holder back and forth along an optical axis (i.e. the Z axis). The suspension elements suspend the frame in the direction of the optical axis. The driving board has fine pattern coils each corresponding to one of the magnets, for driving the frame laterally (i.e. along the X-axis and/or Y-axis) with respect to the optical axis.
US10705309B2
One embodiment includes an optical connection apparatus, including an optical cable, and a fiber-attach-latch connector terminating the optical cable, and comprising a connector housing including a latch element, the connector housing being configured to be reversibly inserted into a connector receptable of an optical module having an optical transceiver, and a connector boot connected to the connector housing and disposed around a part of the optical cable, wherein at least part of the connector housing is formed from radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic (EM) radiation absorbing material configured to absorb RF EM interference generated by the optical module.
US10705296B2
An optical energy transfer and conversion system comprising a fiber spooler and an electrical power extraction subsystem connected to the spooler with an optical waveguide. Optical energy is generated at and transferred from a base station through fiber wrapped around the spooler, and ultimately to the power extraction system at a remote mobility platform for conversion to another form of energy. The fiber spooler may reside on the remote mobility platform which may be a vehicle, or apparatus that is either self-propelled or is carried by a secondary mobility platform either on land, under the sea, in the air or in space.
US10705295B2
This application discloses an optical switch and an optical switching system. The optical switch includes a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and a first movable waveguide. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are immovable relative to a substrate. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are located in a first plane, and the first waveguide and the second waveguide do not intersect. The first movable waveguide is movable relative to the substrate. If the first movable waveguide is at a first location, the first movable waveguide is optically decoupled from the first waveguide and the second waveguide, and the optical switch is in a through state. If the first movable waveguide is at a second location, the first movable waveguide is optically coupled to the first waveguide and the second waveguide, and the optical switch is in a drop state.
US10705294B2
An optical waveguide termination device includes a waveguide and metal vias surrounding an end portion of the waveguide. The end portion of the waveguide has a transverse cross-sectional area that decreases towards its distal end. The metal vias are orthogonal to a same plane, with the same plane being orthogonal to the transverse cross-section. The metal vias absorb light originating from the end portion when a light signal propagates through the waveguide, and the metal vias and the end portion provide that an effective index of an optical mode to be propagated through the waveguide progressively varies in the end portion. Additional metal vias may be present along the waveguide upstream of the end portion, with the additional metal vias bordering the waveguide upstream of the end portion providing that the effective index of an optical mode to be propagated through the waveguide varies progressively toward the end portion.
US10705292B2
A waveguide structure including a waveguide having a thermally controllable section, and a method of manufacturing the structure. The waveguide structure comprises a plurality of layers. The layers comprise, in order: a substrate (306), a sacrificial layer (305), a lower cladding layer (303), a waveguide core layer (302), and an upper cladding layer (301). The lower cladding layer, waveguide core layer, and upper cladding layer form the waveguide, the waveguide has a waveguide core. The waveguide structure has a continuous via (307) passing through the upper cladding layer, waveguide core layer, and lower cladding layer and running parallel to the waveguide ridge (304) along substantially the whole length of the thermally controllable section. The waveguide structure also has a thermally insulating region (308) in the sacrificial layer extending at least from the via to beyond the waveguide ridge along the whole length of the thermally controllable section. The sacrificial layer comprises a sacrificial material outside of the thermally insulating region, and a thermally insulating gap (308) or thermally insulating material separating the lower cladding layer and substrate inside the thermally insulating region. The structure is manufactured by providing a wet etch to the sacrificial layer through the via in order to remove material from at least the thermally insulating region.
US10705283B2
A light source module including a first light guide plate, a first light source, a second light guide plate, a second light source, and a turning film is provided. The first light guide plate and the second light guide plate are sequentially stacked up. The second light guide plate is disposed between the first light guide plate and the turning film. The turning film has a plurality of prism columns, the prism columns face the second light guide plate. The first light guide plate includes a first light exiting surface, the first light exiting surface is located at a side facing the turning film and has a plurality of lenticular lens structures. The lenticular lens structures are arranged along a first direction and extended along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Besides, a display apparatus is also provided.
US10705275B2
A composite film includes at least one phase difference layer, a substrate, and an inorganic layer, in which the phase difference layer is a layer formed by curing a composition including a liquid crystal compound, the inorganic layer includes silicon nitride, a distance between the substrate and a surface of the composite film is 60 μm or less, with respect to each of the layers other than the substrate, a product E×t×1 of a modulus of elasticity E in unit of GPa, a thickness t in unit of μm, and a distance 1 from a surface of the substrate to a center of each of the layer in unit of μm satisfies Expression 1, and a total SUM(E×t×1) of E×t×1 of each of the layers other than the substrate satisfies Expression 2, 0.8≤E×t×1 (Expression 1), SUM(E×t×1)≤1500 (Expression 2); and the composite film.
US10705268B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a method for forming an optical component, for example, for a virtual reality or augmented reality display device. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a first layer on a substrate, and the first layer has a first refractive index. The method further includes pressing a stamp having a pattern onto the first layer, and the pattern of the stamp is transferred to the first layer to form a patterned first layer. The method further includes forming a second layer on the patterned first layer by spin coating, and the second layer has a second refractive index greater than the first refractive index. The second layer having the high refractive index is formed by spin coating, leading to improved nanoparticle uniformity in the second layer.
US10705267B2
A vehicular interior prismatic rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror casing and a prismatic reflective element disposed at the mirror casing and comprising a glass mirror substrate. The mirror substrate has a forward rounded perimeter region that is contactable and viewable by the driver of the vehicle and that provides a rounded transition between a front surface and a perimeter edge of the substrate. The mirror substrate has a rear perimeter edge region chamfered to form an angled surface between the rear surface and the perimeter edge. A reflector coating and a protective coating are disposed at the rear surface. An encapsulant is disposed about a perimeter region of the rear surface so as to encompass and overlay a portion of the angled surface and the reflector coating and the protective coating at the rear surface, with no part of the encapsulant being disposed at the forward rounded perimeter region.
US10705264B2
A varifocal lens module, consisting of a casing provided with a holding chamber, an opening end, an interconnecting hole, a soft lens disposed on the casing to seal the holding chamber, and a medium control device connects to the interconnecting hole. The soft lens is provided with a first curved surface having a first curvature exposed external of the casing and a second curved surface having a second curvature positioned interior of the holding chamber corresponding to the first curved surface. The medium control device is connected to the interconnecting hole for controlling the volume of the medium inside the holding chamber, whereby the change in volume of the medium changes the compression on the second curved surface, thereby modifying the second curvature of the second curved surface, producing a variation in the spacing between the second curved surface and the first curved surface to achieve a varifocal effect.
US10705263B2
A lens system includes a tubular vibrating member that vibrates due to an input drive signal; a case accommodating the vibrating member; a fluid that fills the case and immerses the vibrating member; and a pressure mitigating member that is installed in a gap between the vibrating member and the case, further outward than the vibrating member. A foam body made of fluororubber and having a large number of closed cells is used as the pressure mitigating member.
US10705255B2
There is disclosed a method and a system for creating a weather forecast. The method is implemented on a server. The method comprises: receiving, by the machine learning module, at least one current weather measurement parameter at a measurement time; receiving, by the machine learning module, a first average value of a historical weather parameter for the measurement time; generating, by the machine learning module, a normalized value of the weather measurement parameter based on a difference between the current weather measurement parameter and the first average value of the historical weather parameter for the measurement time; training the machine learning module to create a normalized value of a weather forecasting parameter based on, at least partially, the normalized value of the weather measuring parameter, the normalized value of the weather forecasting parameter being associated with a future forecasting time, the future forecasting time occurring after the measurement time.
US10705254B1
A system and method is provided for restoring a 3D tomographic model of the Earth's subsurface geology from the present-day to a past restoration time. Whereas at the present time all faults represent active discontinuities, at a past restoration time some faults have not yet formed. Accordingly, the restored model divides the fault network into τ-active faults (discontinuous surfaces for faults that intersect the layer deposited at the past restoration time) and τ-inactive faults (continuous surfaces for faults that do not intersect the layer deposited at the past restoration time). A new 3D restoration transformation is also provided that uses linear geological constraints to process the restoration model in less time and generate more accurate geological images.
US10705253B2
A method for building and using soil models that determine soil properties from soil spectrum data is provided. In an embodiment, building soil model may be accomplished using soil spectrum data received via hyperspectral sensors from a land unit. A processor updates the soil spectrum data by removing interference signals from the soil spectrum data. Multiple ground sampling locations within the land unit are then determined based on the updated soil spectrum data. Soil property data are obtained from ground sampling at the ground sampling locations. Soil models that correlate the updated soil spectrum data with the soil property data are created based on the updated soil spectrum data and the soil property data. The soil models are sent to a storage for future use.
US10705251B1
A system and method for characterizing subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs, such as through fault modeling in low order continuous scale simulation of real world subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs having discontinuities and improving an accuracy and speed of the characterizations.
US10705243B2
Disclosed is a nondestructive inspection system includes: a radiation source system generating different types of radiations and irradiating the generated different types of radiations toward an inspection object; a detector system detecting each of the radiations transmitted through the inspection object; a transfer system varying a position of the inspection object such that the radiations generated by the radiation source system are irradiated to the inspection object; and an image system generating an image regarding the inspection object on the basis of a detection result from the detector system, wherein the radiation source system comprises: an electron gun generating an electron beam; an electron accelerator accelerating the electron beam generated by the electron gun; and a target system selectively generating at least one of various types of radiations according to variables when the electron beam accelerated by the electron accelerator is irradiated thereto.
US10705241B2
Methods of geophysical prospecting are described herein. In the described methods, a data set of electromagnetic readings from a marine geophysical survey is obtained and loaded into a computer processing system. Using the computer processing system, a high-frequency subset of the data is selected based on a frequency threshold, and a seawater resistivity map is resolved from the subset for a seawater portion of the survey by inversion. The seawater resistivity map can subsequently be used to resolve a resistivity map of the seabed from the data set by inversion.
US10705240B2
Naturally-occurring, electromagnetic signals generated by interaction of solar wind with earth's magnetosphere adjacent a borehole are measured by an electromagnetic sensor positioned adjacent the borehole in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. Electromagnetic signals generated within the borehole are measured over a period of time by a borehole sensor positioned within the borehole. The electromagnetic signals change over the period of time due to variations in fluid distributions within the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. Electromagnetic changes to the electromagnetic signals generated within the borehole and to the passive, naturally-occurring electromagnetic signals over the period of time are determined by one or more processors. A computational model of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation is generated based in part on the electromagnetic changes.
US10705232B2
An integrated seismic system and method for monitoring seismic parameters of a subsurface structure is provided. The integrated seismic system includes a base station; a plurality of mobile satellite nodes, each of the plurality of mobile satellite nodes having sensor stations for collecting seismic data from the subsurface structure; and a fiber optic cable extending from the base station to the plurality of mobile satellite nodes and operatively linking the plurality of mobile satellite nodes and the sensor stations; the base station comprising: a light source for sending a light through the fiber optic cable, the light being distributed to the sensor stations and, in the sensor stations, experiencing a change or phase shift related to a physical property being measured; and a seismic acquisition unit for receiving seismic signals from the plurality of mobile satellite nodes via the fiber optic cable and generating seismic parameters therefrom.
US10705225B2
A preparation system for surveying operation of the present invention includes a mobile station disposed at a known observation point and a fixed station disposed at an unknown reference point. The preparation system includes an arithmetic step to determine the position coordinate of the unknown reference point based on positioning data received by the mobile station, positioning data received by the fixed station, and a position coordinate of the known observation point, and an assigning step to assign the unknown reference point whose position coordinate is determined as the known reference point.
US10705224B2
Systems, devices, and methods for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicle having a first GPS antenna and a second GPS antenna, where the second GPS antenna is disposed distal from the first GPS antenna; and an aerial vehicle flight controller, where the flight controller is configured to: utilize a GPS antenna signal via the GPS antenna switch from the first GPS antenna or the second GPS antenna; receive a pitch level of the aerial vehicle from the one or more aerial vehicle sensors in vertical flight or horizontal flight; determine if the received pitch level is at a set rotation from vertical or horizontal; and utilize the GPS signal not being utilized via the GPS antenna switch if the determined pitch level is at or above the set rotation.
US10705223B2
Asynchronous Global Positioning System (GPS) baseband processor architectures with a focus on minimizing power consumption. All subsystems run at their natural frequency without clocking and all signal processing is done on-the-fly.
US10705219B2
The present application discloses a method and apparatus for updating a map. An implementation of the method comprises: acquiring a laser point clouds obtained by scanning a surrounding environment and acquiring a periodic pose change of a vehicle in a scanning period; determining an a priori pose of the laser radar at a reference time in the current scanning period based on a known pose of the laser radar in a previous scanning period and the periodic pose change; performing motion compensation on the scanned laser point clouds to form a compensated point cloud frame; generating a partial point cloud characteristic map; matching the partial point cloud characteristic map with a map area obtained in a reference point cloud map, and correcting the a priori pose to obtain an a posteriori pose; and updating a three-dimensional point cloud map of a to-be-constructed area using the compensated point cloud frame.
US10705218B2
An object position detection apparatus 1 includes a distance image generation unit 10 which generates a two-dimensional distance image by measuring a distance to a subject including an object on the basis of a light transmission time, an object image generation unit 16 which generates an object image in which the object is extracted from the distance image of the subject, and an installation angle detection unit 20 which detects an installation angle of the distance image generation unit 10. The object image generation unit 16 includes a differentiator 17 which performs a process of removing a background other than the object from the distance image of the subject and a threshold value d for removing the background in the differentiator 17 is set in response to the installation angle of the distance image generation unit 10 detected by the installation angle detection unit 20.
US10705214B2
An optical projector comprises a collimated light source, a pattern generating optical element, and a variable optical element positioned optically between the collimated light source and the pattern generating optical element. The variable optical element is configured to adjust a divergence of a light beam incident on the pattern generating optical element. The pattern generating optical element is configured to emit patterned light when the variable optical element is in a first state, and to emit non-patterned light when the variable optical element is in a second state.
US10705213B2
An optical apparatus includes a photosensitive element, a lens and a microstructure unit. The microstructure unit is arranged between the photosensitive element and the lens. After plural light beams passing through the lens are received by the microstructure unit, travelling directions of the plural light beams are changed. Consequently, at least a portion of the plural light beams is guided to the photosensitive element. In such way, the light collecting efficacy of the photosensitive element is enhanced.
US10705204B2
A computer-implemented method executed by one or more satellites for assessing crop development by using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is presented. The method includes generating SAR images from scanning fields including crops, monitoring grown of the crops within the fields during a predetermined time period, and estimating a height of the crops during the predetermined time period by using interferometric information from one or more of the SAR images and tracking change in height and growth rates. The method further includes differentiating between crops in different fields by monitoring changes in the height of the crops during an entire growing season.
US10705196B2
A method for determining a length parameter of an electrode during operation of an electric arc furnace. An internal duct extends through the length of the electrode and is open at its lower end. A waveguide having a solid core is received in the internal duct and comprises a material having a low dielectric constant and high temperature resistance. The solid core of the waveguide includes at least one target. An electromagnetic radiation signal is emitted from a source and transmitted through the waveguide and the signal is diffracted and/or reflected from at least one target to produce at least one return signal which is transmitted back through the waveguide. A time or frequency difference between the emitted signal and the return signal is measured and the length parameter is calculated based on this difference.
US10705190B2
A lidar device comprises: a laser emitting unit for including a plurality of VCSEL elements emitting a laser beam; a metasurface for including a plurality of beam steering cells arranged in a form of two-dimensional array by a row direction and a column direction, wherein the plurality of beam steering cells guide the laser beam by using nanopillars; wherein the nanopillars included in the plurality of beam steering cells form a subwavelength pattern, wherein the increase of an attribute related to at least one of the width, height, and number per unit length of the nanopillars is repetitive along the direction from the center of the metasurface to the position of the row corresponding to the plurality of beam steering cells.
US10705188B2
The present disclosure provides a laser point cloud positioning method and system. The method comprises: converting laser point cloud reflection value data and height value data matched with a current location of an autonomous vehicle into laser point cloud projection data in a ground plane; assigning a weight for a reflection value matching probability and a height value matching probability of the laser point cloud projection data and a laser point cloud two-dimensional grid map, and determining a matching probability of the laser point cloud projection data and the laser point cloud two-dimensional grid map; determining a location of the autonomous vehicle in the laser point cloud two-dimensional grid map based on a matching probability of the laser point cloud projection data and the laser point cloud two-dimensional grid map. The present disclosure is employed to solve the problem in the prior art that when the laser point cloud matches with the map, an undesirable matching effect is achieved by individually considering the reflection value matching or height value matching, or superimposing the two simply. The present disclosure can improve the laser point cloud positioning precision, and enhance robustness of the positioning system.
US10705187B1
An aerial drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided for radar calibration testing. The drone includes an airframe including a fuselage with nose and tail, wings and elevators. The drone includes at least one antenna attached to the airframe, as well as a signal adapter coupled to the antenna to receive impinging radar signals and transmit an electromagnetic (EM) field that effectively cancels or combines with the scattered field of the drone, depending upon the adapter's mode of operation. In the first mode of operation, the adapter transmits an EM field that has an opposite phase to the drone's scattered field thereby reducing the radar cross-section of the drone. In the second mode, the adapter transmits an EM field that is in-phase with the scattered field thereby increasing the radar cross-section of the drone.
US10705181B2
A mobile station (MS), a base station subsystem (BSS), and various methods are described herein that enable the MS to receive acknowledgement of an access attempt for performing a multilateration timing advance (MTA) procedure using the Access Burst method without also being assigned resources.
US10705180B2
A mobile station (MS), a base station subsystem (BSS), and various methods are described herein that enable the MS to receive acknowledgement of an access attempt for performing a multilateration timing advance (MTA) procedure using an Access Burst method without also being assigned resources.
US10705174B2
A method performed by a radio access network node is provided. The radio access network node serves a Mobile Station (MS).The radio access network node receives a message from a positioning node, to be forwarded to the MS. The message comprises an indication that said message comprises a command to the MS to perform a Multilateration Timing Advance procedure for determining a position of the MS.
US10705170B1
Spike noise in a k-space dataset acquired in magnetic resonance imaging may be removed by generating a mask including a set of data points which constitute spike noise in the k-space dataset based on the acquired k-space dataset via a trained deep learning network, the mask corresponding to a location of the spike noise in the acquired k-space dataset. An image reconstructed based on the acquired k-space dataset and the mask may be displayed.
US10705169B2
An inert gas nucleus channel device comprising a magnetic resonance control system, a radio frequency generator, an RF amplifier and AD converter, a frequency synthesizer, a first mixer, a second power amplifier, a second T/R switch, an inert gas nucleus coil, a second pre-amplifier and a second mixer. A magnetic resonance imaging method is also disclosed. The method controls an increase or decrease in a frequency of a pulse or echo signal excited by a radio-frequency signal, implementing magnetic resonance imaging using hyperpolarized inert gases (such as xenon, helium, and krypton), making it possible to apply MRI to lungs and brains using the hyperpolarized inert gases, and expanding the probing range of MRI. The inert gas nucleus channel device is simple in structure and easy to operate and upgrades a hydrogen nucleus magnetic resonance imaging instrument to become a multi-nuclei MRI system using the hyperpolarized inert gases.
US10705167B2
A radio frequency transmit system (40) for use in magnetic resonance imaging apparatuses, comprising a radio frequency driver unit (42) including at least a first radio frequency power source (44; 82) and a second radio frequency power source (46; 84), a radio frequency coil arrangement (48) for generating an RF magnetic excitation field B1, and a plurality of switching members (68, 70, 72, 74) electrically connecting the radio frequency power sources (44, 46; 82, 84) to different pairs of drive ports (58, 60, 62, 64) in a first and in at least a second switching status. The first drive port (58) of the first pair of drive ports (58, 60) and the first drive port (62) of the at least second pair of drive ports (62, 64) are arranged spaced by a fixed predetermined angular distance in the azimuthal direction (56) about the center axis (50); and a magnetic resonance imaging system (10) including such radio frequency transmit system (40).
US10705157B2
A testing system may include an electrical cable, a computing device, a communication interface, at least one downstream device, and testing software. The communication interface may be coupled to the electrical cable and to the computing device. The at least one downstream device may be coupled to the electrical cable. The testing software may be stored on the computing device. The testing software may be configured to initiate and evaluate transfer of data between the computing device and the at least one downstream device through the electrical cable and the communication interface.
US10705152B1
Systems, devices, and methods of diagnosing an electrochemical cell using cyclic coulometry are discussed. An exemplary battery diagnostic system comprises a current generator to generate symmetric charge current and discharge current to excite an electrochemical cell, and a cyclic coulometer to evaluate performance of the electrochemical cell. The cyclic coulometer can adjust at least one of a charge time for applying the charge current, or a discharge time for applying the discharge current, to keep a monitored cell voltage toward a specific setpoint. The adjustment of charge or discharge time can be achieved by changing a current switch timing for reversing current from a first to a second current direction. The cyclic coulometer measures one or more electrical parameters during the charge or discharge cycle, and generates a performance metric using the measured electrical parameters.
US10705141B2
A method for managing a product includes: placing an integrated circuit in a bootstrap mode with debugging prohibition in response to each reset or power-up of the integrated circuit and in an absence of a reception, on a test access port of the product, of a first command; and placing the integrated circuit in an analysis mode with debugging authorization in response to reception, on the test access port, of the first command following the reset or the power-up of the integrated circuit. Placing the integrated circuit in the analysis mode is maintained at least as long as a second command has not been received on the test access port. Placing the integrated circuit in the bootstrap mode and placing the integrated circuit in the analysis mode are performed in response to a determination that the integrated circuit has never before been placed in the analysis mode with debugging authorization.
US10705138B2
A device testing approach employs optical antennas at test locations of a semiconductor device, usable as either/both radiators or receivers. As a radiator, an antenna responds to localized optical energy at a test location of the device to generate corresponding radiated optical energy that can be sensed and processed by a test system. As a receiver, an antenna receives radiated optical energy as generated by a test system and converts the energy into corresponding localized optical energy for affecting operation of the device. The optical antennas may be formed from metal segments on the same metal layers used for signal interconnections in the device, and thus the disclosed approach can provide enhanced test functionality without burdening the device manufacturing process with additional complexity solely to support testing. The testing approach may be used in different modalities in which the antennas variably act as transmitters, receivers, and reflectors/refractors.
US10705133B2
The present invention concerns a method and a device for estimating a level of damage or a lifetime expectation of a power semiconductor module comprising at least one die that is mechanically, thermally, and electrically attached to a substrate, composed of plural layers of different materials. The invention: obtains power losses of the power semiconductor module, obtains the temperature in at least two different locations of the power semiconductor module, estimates a thermal model between the at least two different locations of the power semiconductor module using the determined power losses and the obtained temperatures, determines if a notification indicating the level of damage or the lifetime expectation has to be performed according to the estimated thermal model and a reference thermal model. notifies the level and location of damage or the lifetime expectation if the determining step determines that the notification has to be performed.
US10705129B2
A solid state drive (SSD) with improved techniques for testing power loss protection (PLP) capacitors and a method for testing PLP capacitors of SSDs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the SSD includes a memory controller and one or more non-volatile memory devices and a volatile memory device coupled to the memory controller. The SSD also includes a PLP capacitor configured to supply a first voltage to the memory controller, the one or more non-volatile memory devices, and the volatile memory device in the event of a power loss or failure of the SSD. In one embodiment, the PLP capacitor is further configured to increase the first voltage to a second voltage prior to testing the PLP capacitor. In another embodiment, the memory controller is configured to reduce a volume of data stored in the volatile memory device prior to testing the PLP capacitor.
US10705125B1
An integrated circuit includes a load circuit having multiple functional modules, a first voltage regulator configured to provide a supply voltage to the multiple functional modules, and a supply current monitoring circuit including a second voltage regulator and a current monitor, the second voltage regulator being configured to provide a test supply voltage. A switch matrix is interconnected between the first voltage regulator, the supply current monitoring circuit, and the functional modules. Each of the functional modules in successive order is a module under test, and the switch matrix is configured to disconnect the first voltage regulator from the module under test and connect the supply current monitoring circuit to the module under test such that the second voltage regulator provides the test supply voltage to the module under test and the current monitor measures a supply current of the module under test in response to the test supply voltage.
US10705118B2
A testing apparatus includes a holster including a jack defining a conductive periphery configured to connect with a reference lead of the voltage probe to form a common ground. The apparatus includes a shunt defining first and second regions of different potential having predetermined difference. The second region is configured to connect with a reference lead of the shunt probe. The apparatus includes a bridge configured to connect the shunt probe lead with the common ground.
US10705113B2
A system including: a sensor module having an inertial measurement unit and attached to an arm of a user. The sensor module is initially calibrated to measure its orientation relative an initial reference pose. To recalibrate the sensor module, the arm of the user is moved to obtain a measurement of an orientation of the arm at a calibration pose relative to the reference pose. The arm is in a horizontal plan in both the calibration pose and the reference pose. Preferably, both arms are straight in the horizontal plane; and the hands meet each other at the calibration pose. The arm module may have twisted around the arm of the user from the time of the initial calibration and the time of recalibration. A twist of the arm module around the arm of the user is computed from the orientation measurement at the reference pose for recalibration.
US10705105B2
A system determines absolute speed of a moving object. In AM, time of flight data over a time period is processed to determine ranges between the system and the moving object. The system performs linear regression analysis on the collected ranges to calculate the radial velocity. The system measures angular swivel rate of the system to determine tangential velocity. From the radial velocity and tangential velocity, the absolute speed can be calculated by taking the square root of the addition of the square of the radial velocity and square of the tangential velocity. In MM, the system calculates object distance, i.e. distance in the direction of travel, by subtracting the square of a pre-determined perpendicular distance L, perpendicular to the direction of travel, from a square of line-of-sight distance R, and taking square root of the result. Absolute speed is determined by calculating the slope of modified linear regression curve-fit.
US10705102B2
A seed sampling system is provided having an automated seed loading assembly including a seed bin and being operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seeds within the seed bin. The system also includes an automated seed sampling assembly operable to remove tissue samples from the singulated seeds, and an automated seed transport assembly operable to transfer the singulated seeds from the seed loading assembly to the seed sampling assembly. The seed transport assembly includes multiple retention members. Each of the retention members is movable relative to the seed loading assembly and to the seed sampling assembly. The seed transport assembly is operable to position one of the multiple retention members adjacent to the seed loading assembly for engaging one of the singulated seeds, while positioning another of the retention members adjacent to the seed sampling assembly for presenting another of the singulated seeds to the seed sampling assembly.
US10705097B2
Provided herein are methods and devices for the detection of conditions or disorders by detecting altered levels of stress response pathway biomarkers. Also provided are methods and reagents for identifying panels of biomarkers associated with a condition or disorder.
US10705096B2
The present invention relates to methods of prognosing the survival of a diseased subject, particularly a subject with chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well as selecting an end-stage renal disease subject for a kidney transplant. The methods involve detecting an elevated amount of macrophage inhibitory cytoking-1 (MID-1) in a test body sample from the diseased subject. A method of preventing or reducing the risk of death in a CKD subject which involves removing or inactivating MIC-1 present in the blood, plasma or serum of the subject, is also disclosed.
US10705095B2
The invention relates to methods and products for the identification of a clinically significant immune response in subjects treated with a therapeutic protein. Aspects of the invention relate to methods and compositions for identifying a clinically significant immune response in patients treated with therapeutic amounts of a VLA4 binding antibody (e.g., natalizumab).
US10705093B2
Compositions and methods for determining the level of thiol and disulfide containing molecules in a sample are provided. The compositions and methods can be used to determine the level of oxidative stress in a subject with or without antioxidant treatment. Also provided are biomarkers of oxidative stress.
US10705091B2
The invention relates to a system, comprising: a) a sample processing unit, comprising an input port and an output port coupled to a rotating container having at least one sample chamber, the sample processing unit configured provide a first processing step to a sample or to rotate the container so as to apply a centrifugal force to a sample deposited in the chamber and separate at least a first component and a second component of the deposited sample; and b) a sample separation unit coupled to the output port of the sample processing unit, the cell separation unit comprising separation column holder (42), a pump (64) and a plurality of valves (1-11) configured to at least partially control fluid flow through a fluid circuitry and a separation column (40) positioned in the holder, the separation column configured to separate labeled and unlabeled components of sample flowed through the column.
US10705078B2
The invention describes a method for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, comprising the steps of: a) compartmentalising the compounds into microcapsules together with the target, such that only a subset of the repertoire is represented in multiple copies in any one microcapsule; and b) identifying the compound which binds to or modulates the activity of the target; wherein at least one step is performed under microfluidic control. The invention enables the screening of large repertoires of molecules which can serve as leads for drug development.
US10705074B2
The described invention provides a method for identifying a therapeutic compound effective to reduce invasiveness of fibroblasts characterized by a highly invasive phenotype obtained from a subject with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
US10705070B1
The present invention provides methods of assessing suitability of a pharmaceutical composition for medical use. The pharmaceutical composition comprises nanoparticles comprising rapamycin coated with albumin and a non-nanoparticle portion comprising albumin and rapamycin.
US10705059B2
The present invention relates to a gas sample injection apparatus for gas chromatography analysis comprising: a gas collecting tube for collecting the gas inside a cell and regulating it with an open/close valve to discharge a portion of the collected gas as a gas sample; a gas sampling loop for collecting the gas sample injected into a gas chromatograph; a first switching valve for regulating an injection of the gas sample filled in the gas sampling loop into the column of the chromatography with a carrier gas; a second switching valve connected to the gas collection tube and for regulating a diffusion of the gas sample into the gas sampling loop; and a vacuum pump for vacuum-depressurizing the gas sampling loop, and an injection method using the same.
US10705058B2
A sensing optical fiber acoustic emission integrated sensing system and method for monitoring the safety of a structure which comprises a sensing optical fiber temperature interference removal device and a sensing optical fiber acoustic emission demodulation device. A sensing optical fiber (206) successively passes through the sensing optical fiber temperature interference removal device and the sensing optical fiber acoustic emission demodulation device. A distributed sensing optical fiber acoustic emission regulation and control device for sensing the degradation of structure performance is integrated with a sensing optical fiber acoustic emission sensing system with multiple complex devices, multiple functional modules and multiple interconnection components.
US10705056B2
Methods are provided for identifying a cementation status of a multi-string cased wellbore utilizing sonic tools with monopole and/or dipole transmitters and with an array of sonic receivers axially displaced from the transmitter(s). The sonic tool is used to record waveforms. The waveforms are then processed to generate slowness and/or attenuation dispersions. The slowness and/or attenuation dispersions are projected onto a slowness and/or attenuation axis, and the results are compared to a data set of projected slowness and/or attenuation dispersions representing a plurality of different multi-string cased wellbore cement status scenarios in order to select the scenario most closely associated with the results. The presence or lack of eccentering of a casing is similarly obtained where the data set includes projected dispersions representing properly centered and ec-centered casings.
US10705047B2
Functionalized nanotube arrays, sensors, and related methods of detecting target compounds are presented. A functionalized nanotube array can include a plurality of metal oxide nanotubes. The metal oxide nanotubes can be formed of a metal oxide and can have an interior or exterior surface that is optionally functionalized with at least one metal ion. These metal nanotubes can be used in a sensor for detecting target compounds such as volatile organic compounds, and biomarkers in a fluid environment. The sensor can further include a power source configured to apply a voltage to the nanotube array and a current sensor configured to monitor and detect changes in a response current which varies upon binding with the target compounds.
US10705046B2
Provided is an electrophoresis device that, by electrophoresis, feeds a sample into capillaries and optically detects the sample, the electrophoresis device being provided with capillaries, a capillary head provided at the distal end of the capillaries, a phoretic medium-filled container used for electrophoresis and filled with a phoretic medium, a guide member that covers the side surface of the phoretic medium-filled container, a seal member that seals from below the phoretic medium filled in the phoretic medium-filled container, and a plunger that presses the seal member.
US10705038B2
There is described herein methods and systems for detecting of metallic chips in a fluid system of an aircraft engine. A resistance value is measured across a magnetic chip detector mounted to a fluid system of the aircraft engine. The resistance value is transmitted to an engine computer of the aircraft engine. In the engine computer, The resistance value is compared to a first threshold and a first warning indicative of a chip in the fluid is issued when the resistance value exceeds the first threshold.
US10705033B2
A sample handling apparatus/technique/method for a material analyze including a sample carrier for presenting a pressurized sample (e.g., LPG) to a sample focal area of the analyzer; a removable fixture for charging the pressurized sample into the sample carrier; the removable fixture including at least one port to provide sample to and from the fixture and carrier. The sample handling apparatus may include a retainer, wherein the sample carrier is removeably combined with the fixture using the retainer, the apparatus being insertable into the analyzer for sample analysis; and wherein the retainer includes an aperture for presenting the sample to the focal area from a filmed, lower end of the carrier in proximity therewith.
US10705027B2
A detecting method of optically detecting a surface defect of a moving steel material includes an irradiation step of irradiating an examination target part with illumination light beams from different directions by two or more distinguishable light sources whose light emission durations are set based on at least an allowable positional displacement of an image, the two or more distinguishable light sources repeatedly emitting light such that their light emission timings thereof do not overlap each other; and a detection step of obtaining images by reflected light beams of the respective illumination light beams and detecting a surface defect in the examination target part by executing subtraction processing between the obtained images.
US10705026B2
The inspection system includes an illumination source, a TDI-CCD sensor, and a dark field/bright field sensor. A polarizer receives the light from the light source. The light from the polarizer is directed at a Wollaston prism, such as through a half wave plate. Use of the TDI-CCD sensor and the dark field/bright field sensor provide high spatial resolution, high defect detection sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio, and fast inspection speed.
US10705011B2
A method for dynamic focusing is presented that can be performed by a dynamic focusing controller that can receive images from the image capture device, and for each image, determine a border of the particle within the image, and calculate a pixel intensity ratio of the image based on the border of the particle. The dynamic focusing controller can also calculate a median pixel intensity ratio from the pixel intensity ratios for each image, determine a focal distance direction based on the median pixel intensity ratio, calculate a focal distance based on the median pixel intensity ratio when the focal distance direction is positive, and calculate the focal distance based on a median border width when the focal distance direction is negative. The autofocusing controller can then send an instruction to the focusing mechanism to adjust the image capture device by the focal distance in the focal distance direction.
US10705010B2
A particle counter includes a detector that receives, using a light receiving element, interference light between scattered light and reference light, generates a detection signal corresponding to the interference light, and amplifies the detection signal using an amplifier; a counting unit that performs counting of the particle, based on the detection signal in a measurement period for measuring particle; and an optical path length variable unit that causes the optical path length of at least one of a first optical path and a second optical path to be changed at a predetermined rate, wherein the predetermined rate is set based on a flow velocity of the fluid so as to slow a change in a phase difference between the scattered light and the reference light and to make the frequency of the detection signal lower by changing the optical path length.
US10705003B2
A measuring assembly for detecting particles of a particle flow in a gas flow path, including an ionization stage which has an ionization device by which the particles to be detected can be ionized or are ionized. The measuring assembly further has measuring stage with a detector which detects the ionized particles of the particle flow, the detector has at least one electrode to which particles release the charge received at the ionization device. The released charge can be measured via an electric resistor connected to the at least one electrode. This provides an inexpensive and reliable measuring assembly which has a low susceptibility to errors in that the at least one electrode of the detector is designed as a microsystem. In order to improve the measurement of the charge carried by the ionized gas, the pores of a filter substrate are metallized and electrically connected to the resistor.
US10705002B2
A sensor for detecting electrically conductive and/or polarizable particles, in particular for detecting soot particles, includes a substrate, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer, which is arranged between the substrate and the first electrode layer. An insulation layer is formed betweem the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and at least one opening is formed in the first electrode layer and in the insulation layer, wherein the opening of the first electrode layer and the opening of the insulation layer are arranged one over the other at least in some segments in such a way that at least one passage to the second electrode layer is formed.
US10705001B2
An apparatus to provide multi-beam imaging of particles includes a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) configured to generate a plurality of light beams that converge with each other to form a measurement volume within a particle field. The plurality of the VCSELs are configured to provide uniformity in a background illumination of the measurement volume. An imaging optics is coupled to at least one of the plurality of VCSELs. A digital camera is coupled to the imaging optics to obtain a shadow image of a particle passing through the measurement volume at a focal plane of the digital camera. A processor is coupled to the digital camera.
US10704990B2
A sensor module configured to detect a vibration of a mechanical component includes a base connectable to the mechanical component, at least one spacer extending from the base, and a circuit board connected to the base by the spacer such that a mechanical vibration is transmitted from the component to the base to the spacer to the circuit board. The circuit board includes a circuit and wirelessly transmits signals indicative of a detected vibration. The spacer includes a body portion and a pin portion projecting from an end of the body portion. The pin portion extends into the at least one hole, and the body portion is blocked from passing though the at least one hole by contact with a region of a first side of the circuit board surrounding the at least one hole.
US10704982B2
Methods and apparatus to analyze sensor recordings are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sensor to record a plurality of recordings and a memory. The example apparatus also includes a processor to convert one or more of the plurality of recordings to corresponding spectral representations where the at least two recordings are separated by a time gap, calculate a spectral average based, at least in part, on the spectral representations, store the spectral average to the memory, and generate a data packet based, at least in part, on the spectral average. The example apparatus also includes a transceiver to transmit the data packet to another device to compare the spectral average to a baseline spectral average to determine a system condition.
US10704981B2
A scanning system for producing a path averaged concentration map of a leaking plume is provided. The system includes a tunable light source capable of tuning its wavelength over the absorption band of the specimen of interest, a lightweight mirror to scan the light, a lightweight collection optic, an array of detectors to measure reflected light, one or more processors configured to align the scanning with the detected signal and analyze the signal to produce a path averaged concentration map of the leaking plume, the one or more processors configured to use an analytical model of plume dynamics to compare the detected concentration map and calculate leak location and rate, and a flying platform that can fly in a control flight path.
US10704976B2
A pressure sensor according to the present invention includes a diaphragm (3) including a first principal surface (3A) and a second principal surface (3B) that is opposite thereto, the first principal surface receiving a pressure of a fluid; a semiconductor chip (1) provided with resistors that constitute a strain gauge; and at least three support members (2a, 2b, 2c) made of an insulating material, each support member being fixed to the second principal surface at one end thereof and to the semiconductor chip at the other end thereof and extending perpendicularly to the second principal surface so as to support the semiconductor chip. One of the support members (2a) is provided at a center (30) of the diaphragm in plan view. At least two of the other support members (2b, 2c) are provided at positions point-symmetrical about the center of the diaphragm in plan view in a region in which the diaphragm is deformed when a pressure greater than a pressure applied to the second principal surface is applied to the first principal surface.
US10704971B2
Disclosed is a valve actuator configured to determine, during operation of a valve by an alternating current (AC) motor of the valve actuator, an amount of torque produced by the AC motor. A process for measuring the amount of torque produced by the AC motor includes actuating a valve using the AC motor of the valve actuator, measuring, by a microcontroller of the valve actuator and during the actuating of the valve, a time interval between: (i) a first zero crossing of a waveform of AC voltage applied to the AC motor, and (ii) a second zero crossing of a waveform of AC current drawn by the AC motor, and determining, based on the time interval, an amount of torque produced by the AC motor during the actuating.
US10704956B2
Methods and systems to record amplitudes of an interference pattern of a source light at successive rows of a focal plane array as an interferometer traverses the source light, while varying an optical path difference of the interferometer. A fixed frame rate of the focal plane array may be selected such that each in-track row of the focal plane array provides a different point along the interferogram, for the same ground location.
US10704955B2
Color measurement instruments and processes provide automated and accurate color measurements. Sensor to sample distance is automatically adjusted by the instrument over the course of measurement collection. Adaptive parameters may include turntable speed, illumination spectrum, laser gain setting, number of measurement samples, duration of sampling, sample color measurement threshold, and distance variation measurement threshold.
US10704950B2
A liquid level detecting device includes a sensor housing having a circular rotation recess, a circular holder which is fitted in the rotation recess and held rotatably by the sensor housing, a float arm, a float, a magnet, and a Hall element. The sensor housing has a lock groove and a pair of insertion holes. The holder has a pair of flanges which project in opposite directions from an outer circumferential surface of the holder and are engaged with the lock groove and prevented from coming off the rotation recess by setting the flanges opposed to the respective insertion holes, fitting the flanges into the rotation recess, and then rotating the flanges. The holder has a pair of support projections which come into contact with a bottom surface of the rotation recess.
US10704945B2
A system for measuring concentration of water vapor in a gas includes a pressure sensor configured to sense a static pressure of the gas and a differential pressure sensor configured to sense a differential pressure. A temperature sensor senses a temperature of the gas. Circuitry estimates determines a concentration of water vapor in the gas based upon the measured pressures and temperature.
US10704937B2
A method for measuring respective flowrates of gas phase and liquid phase in a multiphase fluid using a critical flow nozzle flowmeter. The critical flow nozzle flowmeter includes a throttling nozzle having an inlet, an outlet and a throat, and the throat has a smallest flow area for flowing fluid; a gamma ray detector, including a gamma ray emitter and a gamma ray receiver, arranged in a way allowing the gamma ray emitted by the gamma ray emitter to pass through a cross-section at the inlet of the throttling nozzle in a diametrical direction to reach the gamma ray receiver; pressure sensors respectively configured for measuring the pressure P1 at the inlet of the throttling zone and the pressure P2 at the outlet of the throttling nozzle; and a temperature sensor configured for measuring the temperature T1 at the inlet of the throttling nozzle.
US10704934B2
A method calculates mean speed of a fluid flowing in an open channel or a partially filled duct. Fluid having a free surface of width L1 extending between walls of the channel or duct includes local speed measurements at the surface of the fluid over a zone of width L2, the set of local measurements generating a spectrum of discrete data expressed in a temporal domain. The spectrum of discrete data is converted into a spectrum of data expressed in a frequency domain via a Fourier transform. A Gaussian curve is fitted to the spectrum and the mean μ and the standard deviation σ of the Gaussian curve are calculated. L2 and σ enable calculating the distribution of speeds over L2. The ratio L2/L1 is calculated and the mean speed of the fluid within the channel or duct is determined based on the Gaussian curve and the ratio L2/L1.
US10704933B2
A sensor arrangement includes a sensor element and a magnet module. The sensor element is configured to measure a magnetic field and is positioned within a shaft. The shaft is configured to shield the magnet module and the sensor element. The magnet module is configured to generate the magnetic field. The sensor element is at least partially positioned within the shaft.
US10704929B1
In a general aspect, a position tracking system includes a sphere magnet that produces a magnetic field in a space. A magnetic field control system is configured to change the magnetic field by rotating the sphere magnet through a time-series of rotations over a time period. A position marker includes a magnetic field sensor that is configured to measure the magnetic field in the space during the time period. A data processing apparatus is configured to determine the position of the position marker based on magnetic field measurements obtained by the magnetic field sensor in the space during the time period.
US10704926B2
A sensor arrangement having a rotatable driving shaft extending along a rotation axis and comprising a bore extending from a first end face of the shaft along the rotation axis; a magnet arranged at least partially within the bore and coupled to the driving shaft, the magnet configured to generate a magnetic field within the bore; a sensor element arranged at least partially within the bore, and configured to sense a rotation of the magnetic field in response to rotation of the driving shaft; and a magneto-static shield arranged to surround the magnet and the sensor element, wherein the magneto-static shield is stationary with respect to the driving shaft.
US10704925B2
An angle sensor includes a ring magnet adapted to be attached to a rotatable shaft. The ring magnet has an axis of rotation and an inner radius and an outer radius extending from the axis of rotation to define an annulus. A first magnetic sensor is situated proximate the ring magnet to measure magnetic field lines within the annulus, and a second magnetic sensor is situated proximate the ring magnet to measure magnetic field lines outside the annulus.
US10704922B2
In order to avoid erroneous count of the number of steps in a case where a user is using a traveling means other than walking, a step counting section (13) switches between acceleration value change period ranges for counting the number of steps, depending on whether a traveling means determining section (11) determines that the user is walking or that the user is using a traveling means other than walking.
US10704907B2
A circuit device includes a clock signal generation circuit that generates a clock signal through an oscillation circuit, and a detection circuit including a circuit operating through an operation signal based on the clock signal. The clock signal generation circuit includes a first frequency adjustment unit which is capable of adjusting an oscillation frequency before an physical quantity transducer and the circuit device are connected to each other, and a second frequency adjustment unit which is capable of adjusting the oscillation frequency in a state where the physical quantity transducer and the circuit device are connected to each other.
US10704906B2
A method for producing a pendulum arrangement of a pendulum laser device includes producing a universal joint of a pendulum of the pendulum arrangement by forming two orthogonal, at least partially micro-structured shafts via plastic injection moulding and positioning at least two bearing shells on the at least partially micro-structured regions of at least one shaft of the universal joint. The method further includes producing an optic carrier of the pendulum of the pendulum arrangement as a single piece with the bearing shells by overmoulding at least two bearing shells surrounding a shaft of the universal joint via plastic injection moulding. The optic carrier is connected to the universal joint such that it is configured to rotate about the one shaft.
US10704899B2
A shape measuring device includes a stereoscopic-shape-data generating section 212 configured to generate stereoscopic shape data indicating a shape of the measurement object with a pattern projection method, a measurement-setting automatically adjusting section 217 configured to automatically adjust measurement setting for the partial regions on the basis of at least one of stereoscopic shape data of the partial regions and light reception data acquired in the partial regions when the stereoscopic shape data is generated, and a stereoscopic-shape-data coupling section 219 configured to couple, according to the measurement setting for the partial regions adjusted by a measurement setting adjusting section, the stereoscopic shape data of the partial regions generated again by the stereoscopic-shape-data generating section 212 and generate coupled stereoscopic shape data corresponding to the coupled region.
US10704898B2
A shape measuring apparatus includes: a light source; a two-beam interference objective lens; an imaging device; an observation optical system; a positioning device; and a control device. The control device calculates, for each unit region in the plurality of images obtained by the imaging device, as a focus position of the unit region, a position of the two-beam interference objective lens at which a luminance-based evaluation value is maximized over the plurality of images, and the control device measures a shape of a target object based on the focus position of each unit region in the plurality of images. The control device uses, as the evaluation value, a luminance of each unit region in the plurality of images as well as a value correlated with a difference between the luminance of the unit region and luminances of a plurality of unit regions adjacent to the unit region.
US10704893B2
A system for in-situ measurement of an apparent spectrum of a water body includes a floating device, and an optical sensing and conduction device, an electronic measurement device, a control circuit, and a power supply device which are loaded on the floating device. The floating device includes a floating body ring and an optical probe mounting frame on the floating body ring in a direction perpendicular to a ring surface. The optical probe mounting frame includes a vertical mounting assembly and a horizontal connecting assembly. The horizontal connecting assembly is provided radially along the ring shape of the floating body ring. One end of the horizontal connecting assembly is connected to the vertical mounting assembly and the other end thereof is connected to the floating body ring.
US10704887B1
A laser tracking system for determining pose information of a rigid object is disclosed. The laser tracking system includes three or more retroreflectors, three or more sets of multiple laser trackers, and an electronic controller. Each retroreflector is secured to the rigid object that is moveable within a frame of reference. For each set of laser trackers, each laser tracker is configured to direct a laser beam to and receive a reflected laser beam from an associated one of the retroreflectors within the frame of reference. The electronic controller is in communication with each of the laser trackers and determines the pose information of the rigid object in the reference frame based on information about the fixed location of each laser tracker in the frame of reference and information about a distance of each retroreflector from each laser tracker of the set of laser trackers associated with the retroreflector.
US10704883B2
A deformation passive sensor includes a system for detecting a variation in the distance between two points or regions of a structure, and a carrier having first and second parts configured to be fixed to the points or regions. The system includes a measuring assembly carried by the first part and actuatable only in one measurement direction in order to measure and store a measurement associated with at least one deformation in a measurement direction, and an actuating device including an intermediary assembly having an actuating member for actuating the measuring assembly, and an actuating assembly having a push part facing the intermediary assembly and configured such that the actuating member is moved with respect to the measuring assembly only when the second part moves in the measurement direction.
US10704879B1
The present invention provides a primer insert for a polymer ammunition cartridge comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface opposite the top surface; a coupling element that extends from the bottom surface, wherein the coupling element comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface comprises: a convex transition region that transitions from the bottom surface to a second segment wherein the transition region has an overall convex shape; a first segment extending from the second segment and terminates at a tip, wherein the first segment has a first segment distance from 0.02 to 0.18 inches and the second segment has a second segment distance from 0.02 to 0.18 inches, wherein the second segment has a second segment angle from +3 to −3 degrees relative to the first segment angle and the first segment has a first segment angle from +6 to −6 degrees from perpendicular to the top surface; a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface; a primer flash aperture positioned in the primer recess through the bottom surface; and a flash aperture groove in the primer recess and positioned around the primer flash aperture and adapted to receive a polymer overmolding through the primer flash aperture.
US10704878B2
The present invention provides a single piece polymer ammunition cartridge and polymer ammunition and methods of forming a single piece polymer ammunition cartridge and polymer ammunition.
US10704876B2
The present invention provides a single piece polymer ammunition cartridge and polymer ammunition and methods of forming a single piece polymer ammunition cartridge and polymer ammunition.
US10704875B2
The present disclosure relates to a construction method for improved tracer ammunition production. There is provided a method of forming a component for a round, said method comprising the step of causing said component to be drawn through at least one floating die.
US10704873B1
Methods and systems for illuminating an arrow nock or bolt end are disclosed, including providing a lighted nock having: a nock body which has a portion for attachment to an arrow or shaft and a slotted proximate end adapted to receive a bowstring; and a detent member, a luminous assembly, and a push member all of which are at least partially disposed within the nock body, wherein the push member comprises a recess and at least a portion of the push member protrudes into the proximate end; attaching the lighted nock to the bowstring, thereby releasing the portion of the detent member from within the recess of the push member; drawing the bowstring; and releasing the bowstring, thereby withdrawing the bowstring from the slot, and illuminating the nock. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10704864B1
A network of scopes, including one or more lead scopes and one or more follower scopes, is provided to allow the respective scopes to track the same presumed target. A lead scope locates a target and communicates target position data of the presumed target to the follower scope. The follower scope uses the target position data and its own position data to generate electronic control signals for use by follower scope to make position movements so as to re-position the follower scope from its current target position to move towards the target position defined by the target position data received from the lead scope. At least the second scope is mounted to, or integrated into, a vehicle, which uses the target position data to move to a new location so as to allow the second scope to better view the target.
US10704858B1
A vibration dampener for an archery bow includes a cylindrical sleeve containing a chamber and a unitary elastomeric member arranged in the chamber. The elastomeric member is pressurized to press against an inner surface of the sleeve and absorb vibrations from the bow during execution of an archery shot. The pressure applied to the elastomeric member may be fixed or it may be adjustable through use of a compression assembly.
US10704855B2
A system and method for testing firearm operating characteristics are provided using a force testing apparatus coupled to all or a portion of the firearm. Of significance, the system and method are configured to test the interaction(s) of multiple firearm components during operation without a live round such that firearm component defects, manufacturing tolerance problems, misalignments, and the like can be discovered during or subsequent to manufacture and prior to use.
US10704852B2
A firearm frame locking system locks a two-part firearm frame. This is achieved by a firearm frame locking system that includes an upper frame and a lower frame that slide into each other by means of projections that fit into grooves in both the upper frame and the lower frame. In the lower frame, a double-arm lever is located along the longitudinal axis of the firearm. One arm of the double-arm lever extends at least partially into/through a vertical hole in a horizontal rib of the lower frame. A second arm of the double-arm lever ends in the opposite position to a projection in the upper frame. A spring is placed between the horizontal arm and the rib.
US10704850B1
An electronic magazine loader for loading cartridges into a magazine includes a lifting wheel, a chute, and a magazine loading portion. The wheel receives an unordered batch of cartridges and singularly lifts and deposits the cartridges into the chute. The chute transfers the cartridges to the magazine loading portion where a setting mechanism inserts the cartridges into the magazine. A means for directionally orienting the cartridges orients all cartridges to a proper directional orientation before reaching the magazine loading portion. The means can be lifting wheel shelf structure or chute structure. The chute having a C-shaped portion above the magazine loading portion that precludes the cartridges from changing their proper directional orientation. The setting mechanism receives cartridges on a rotating wheel with rotating insertion lobes and cartridge receiving voids between adjacent lobes. The cartridges drop into a cartridge receiving void, and are urged into the magazine by a rotating lobe.
US10704844B2
A heat exchanger including a first header and a second header; flat tubes, each having two ends connected to the first header and the second header respectively; a fin arranged between adjacent flat tubes; an input-output pipe welded to at least one header of the first header and the second header; and a water guide member disposed to the input-output pipe and/or the at least one header.
US10704839B2
A two-phase heat transfer system including at least one two-phase evaporator, at least one condenser, a vapor conduit joining a vapor outlet of the two-phase evaporator to an inlet of the condenser, a liquid conduit joining an outlet of the condenser to a liquid inlet of the two-phase evaporator, and a thermally-actuated capillary flow valve. The thermally-actuated capillary flow valve having a valve inlet, a valve outlet, a thermal connection to a heat sink for cold biasing the capillary flow valve, a porous wick extending across the flow passageway of the capillary flow valve, and a heater thermally connected to the capillary flow valve, where actuation of the heater evaporates liquid in the porous wick to allow passage of vapor through the capillary flow valve.
US10704837B2
The present invention relates to a condenser for condensing gasses. The condenser comprises: an inner tube (1) having a bore (3) therethrough; an outer tube (2) having a bore (8) therethrough and two ends, the inner tube (1) passing through the bore of the outer tube (2); and a seal (15, 16) at each end of the outer tube. The outer tube has exterior and interior fins and is sealed to the inner tube so as to define a sealed space (11) between the inner tube and the outer tube. The space (11) is adapted to contain a liquid in contact with the inner tube (1) and the outer tube (2). The invention further relates to a method of condensing a gas using the condenser, a process of making a chemical using the condenser and a kit adapted to be assembled into the condenser.
US10704833B2
The invention comprises a light curing device with a light source (30) and a light guiding device, in particular a light guiding rod (18) with a light entry surface (31) that extends next to the light source (30) if regarded in the emission direction of the light source (30), and with at least one sensor (36) that is arranged next to the light entry surface (31), and with a control device (32) that is arranged within a handpiece (14) of the light curing device (10). The light curing device (10) further comprises a base station (12) of the light curing device (10). The base station (12) is provided with a second light source (24) and a second light sensor (26) for the bidirectional optical communication with the handpiece (14), which bidirectional communication takes place through the light guiding device (light guiding rod), in particular in the frequency range of visible light or UV light and in particular in a modulated manner.
US10704832B2
A method for operating a natural gas liquids processing (NGL) system, the system being selectively configured in either an ethane rejection configuration or an ethane recovery configuration, the method comprising, when the NGL system is in the ethane rejection configuration, collecting a reboiler bottom stream that, in the ethane rejection configuration, includes ethane in an amount of less than 5% by volume, and when the NGL system is in the ethane recovery configuration, collecting a reboiler bottom stream that, in the ethane recovery configuration, includes ethane in an amount of at least about 30% by volume.
US10704823B2
A vehicle heat management device that includes: a pump that circulates cooling water around a cooling water circulation path; an air blower that blows air through a radiator toward an exterior heat exchanger of an air-conditioning device of a vehicle; and a de-icing controller that, in a case in which an estimated ice adhesion amount on the exterior heat exchanger is a predetermined value or greater, starts first de-icing control by using a pump to circulate cooling water in a flow path including a second flow path, in the state in which a first flow path and the second flow path are isolated from each other by a first switching section, and using the air blower to blow air through the radiator toward the exterior heat exchanger.
US10704818B2
A method and system for dynamic power allocation in a transport refrigeration system (TRS) is provided. The method includes a TRS power source operating in an operational state. The method also includes monitoring an amount of current being drawn from one or more generator powered components of the TRS. Also, the method includes calculating, via a TRS controller of the TRS, a maximum available horsepower amount based on the amount of current being drawn from the one or more generator powered components. Further, the method includes controlling, via the TRS controller, an amount of horsepower directed to a compressor of the TRS based on the maximum available horsepower amount.
US10704817B2
A control system for controlling an output for at least one compressor includes a control unit that receives an indoor set point and an outdoor ambient temperature. The control unit determines a load request based on the indoor set point and the outdoor ambient temperature without considering an indoor room temperature. The at least one compressor receives control commands from the control unit based on the load request.
US10704812B2
A refrigerator may include a sensor configured to measure temperature, a thermoelectric device module having at least one fan and configured to cool the storage compartment; and a controller that controls a rotation speed of the fan. The rotation speed of the fan may be determined based on at least one of whether a storage compartment temperature condition measured by the sensor exists or whether an initial power input condition exists. The thermoelectric device module may be controlled differently in a first temperature region, in a second temperature region, and in a third temperature region of the storage compartment. When an initial power condition exist such that power is initially supplied to the refrigerator, the fan is controlled to spin at a rotation speed that exceeds a rotation speed corresponding to the third temperature region until a preset temperature within the second temperature region is reached.
US10704810B2
A centrifugal heat pump system includes a steam system with a steam supply, a steam turbine and a steam condenser connected in a steam loop; and a refrigerant system including a first compressor and a second compressor, a refrigerant condenser, and an evaporator connected in a refrigerant loop. The steam turbine includes a rotary drive shaft disposed axially and extending from a first end and a second end of the steam turbine. A sump system collects and redistributes oil or other lubricating fluid. The first compressor is coupled by a first coupling device to the first end of the steam turbine drive shaft and the second compressor is coupled by a second coupling device to the second end of the steam turbine drive shaft. The first and second compressors are connected in parallel in the refrigerant loop and controlled to share a cooling load equally.
US10704787B2
A closed trapped vortex apparatus includes: a tubular structure having a structural wall, the structural wall forming a cavity within the tubular structure, the structural wall having a lower boundary wall forming a boundary between the cavity and a core flow passage; at least one driver hole passing through the structural wall; an ignition source communicating with the cavity; a fuel source communicating with the cavity; and a plurality of flame tubes extending through the lower boundary wall of the tubular structure at preselected locations so as to provide communication between the cavity and the core flow passage.
US10704781B2
A waterproof light emitting module is provided. The waterproof light emitting module comprises a circuit board, a light emitting diode, a light guide plate, and a waterproof layer. The light emitting diode is over the circuit board, and having a light emitting surface, a first non-light emitting surface and a second non-light emitting surface. The light guide plate is adjacent to the light emitting surface of the light emitting diode. The waterproof layer covers the first non-light emitting surface and the second non-light emitting surface of the light emitting diode. The waterproof layer includes an adhesive, a substrate, a recessed portion of the light guide plate, a portion of the circuit board or a combination thereof. A display device including the waterproof light emitting module is also provided herein.
US10704779B1
A LED heat-dissipating downlight includes an enclosure body, a light source board, and a driving board. The enclosure body has a side opening. The accommodating chamber is substantially made of a heat dissipation material. The light source board and the driving board are disposed in the accommodating chamber. The light source board is disposed on a bottom of the accommodating chamber, and thermally contacted to the accommodating chamber. The driving board is disposed on the light source board. The driving board has a spacing hole, and the light generated by the light source board passes through the spacing hole to the side opening of the accommodating chamber.
US10704761B1
An inflatable decorative system includes an inflatable hollow bag body provided with an inflation port and a line hole, a plurality of first fixing portions having perforations or hook portions and arranged on an inner wall of the bag body, and a light string system. At least an end portion extends out of the bag body from the line hole, and the remaining portions are arranged inside the bag body and fixed among the plurality of first fixing portions so that the light string system is unfolded into a preset shape in the bag body after the bag body is inflated. The light string system can be directly hung among the plurality of fixing portions, and can also be fixed among the plurality of fixing portions by a reinforcing strip or reinforcing line.
US10704755B2
A lighting apparatus may include a light generating device for generating a primary light beam, a phosphor body that can be irradiated by means of the primary light beam and serves for partly converting primary light of the primary light beam into secondary light, and a spectral filter disposed downstream of the phosphor body. The spectral filter may be more highly transmissive to the secondary light than to the primary light where the spectral filter is arranged along a beam axis of the primary light beam incident on the phosphor body. The lighting apparatus may be used in LARP arrangement for vehicle lighting, general lighting, exterior lighting, stage lighting, effect lighting, etc.
US10704754B2
A vehicle lamp system based on a PBS (Polarization Beam Splitter) is provided, including a light source, the PBS, a collimating lens set, an imaging lens set, an LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) control chip and a light path control unit. The collimating lens set and the PBS are successively arranged along a light emission direction of the light source. The LCOS control chip is arranged at a light path of an S wave reflected by a contact surface of the PBS. The imaging lens set is arranged at an emergent light path of the S wave after being modulated by the LCOS control chip and transmitted through the contact surface of the PBS. The light path control unit is arranged at a light path of a P wave transmitted through the contact surface of the PBS. Through the light path control unit, utilization of a light energy is improved.
US10704752B1
A lamp includes a lamp base, a lamp cover fixedly connected to the lamp base, and a light source module electrically connected to the lamp base and housed in a space enclosed by the cover and the lamp base. The light source module includes a second plate electrically connected to the lamp base, a first plate connected to the second plate, a dot matrix light source disposed on a first surface of the first plate, and an optical cover covered on the first surface of the first plate. As the dot matrix light source is capable of displaying different preset patterns, the lamp of the invention can provide bright illumination while displaying a dynamic preset pattern according to the practical needs so that images of real objects to be simulated can be vividly presented, creating the certain specific atmosphere.
US10704749B2
A luminaire including a luminaire base, a luminaire head and a luminaire stand extending between the luminaire base and the luminaire head, wherein the luminaire head includes first illuminants, which are arranged in a common plane, and which are adapted to extract a first, indirect fraction of light, and wherein the luminaire head includes a glare suppression arrangement, which is arranged in parallel to the plane, and includes a light-directing foil and shielding elements, wherein the shielding elements are arranged so that a beam spread of the indirect fraction of light after passage through the glare suppression arrangement is limited to 30° with respect to a vertical to the plane, and wherein the glare suppression arrangement in the direction of the vertical has a maximum height of 2.0 cm.
US10704748B2
A light module includes a module main body and a flexible substrate. The module main body has a stem, and a high frequency lead and a DC lead. The flexible substrate has a stem contact portion in contact with the lower surface of the stem. A high frequency through-hole and a DC through-hole are formed in the stem contact portion in which the high frequency lead and the DC lead are respectively inserted. The flexible substrate includes plural surface wirings, a ground wiring provided in a first region which contains the high frequency through-hole, but does not contain the DC through-hole on the back surface of the stem contact portion, and an adhesive layer provided in a second region which is a region excluding the first region on the back surface of the stem contact portion.
US10704746B2
Lighting devices are described and may include a housing that includes one or more end walls and one or more side walls, the housing defining a chamber and a base. The lighting devices may include one or more of a solar panel, a rechargeable battery, a microprocessor, a wireless interface, and/or a plurality of lights, in communication with one another. The plurality of lights may be configured to emit light transverse to the one or more side walls, the lighting device also including a diffuser configured to diffuse and redirect light emitted by the plurality of lights into the chamber. The microprocessor may be configured to control at least one operating mode of the plurality of lights.
US10704744B2
A light source unit is disclosed in an embodiment. The disclosed light source unit comprises: a fixing plate having an opening portion; a light emitting device disposed in an opening portion of the fixing plate; and an optical lens disposed on the fixing plate, wherein the fixing plate has a plurality of fixing portions, the optical lens includes: a bottom surface on the fixing plate; a concave recess on the opening portion of the fixing plate; a light incident surface around the recess; and a light exit surface for emitting the light incident to the light incident surface, the fixing plate and the bottom surface of the optical lens are coupled to each other, and the fixing plate is spaced from the light emitting device.
US10704735B2
A method for replenishing the supply of cryogenic liquid from a storage tank (2) includes: pressurizing a container (14) with cryogenic gas at a first pressure, said container having passing through it a first cryogenic fluid flow line referred to as the cold line and a second cryogenic fluid flow line referred to as the hot line, passing cryogenic liquid at a second pressure through the cold line (12), and supplying the container (14) with cryogenic gas at least partially from cryogenic liquid pumped from the storage tank (2) and vaporized. A device is also provided for the method hereinabove.
US10704732B2
A posture maintaining device for a 360° camera according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a first correcting portion comprising a seating portion, on which a camera having a 360° view angle is seated, the first correcting portion being able to make a rotational movement about a first direction; a second correcting portion arranged on one side of the first correcting portion to be able to make a rotational movement about a second direction, which is different from the first direction; a third correcting portion arranged on the lower end of the second correcting portion to be able to make a rotational movement about a third direction, which is different from the first or second direction; and a counterbalance connected to the first correcting portion and configured to guide the camera so as to remain horizontal. A posture maintaining device for a 360° camera according to an embodiment of the present invention corrects the inclination in real time when images are taken through a camera having a 360° view angle, making it possible to implement pictures or moving images without vibration. Moreover, when images are taken through a camera having a 360° view angle, a gimbal with minimized image blocking is implemented, making it possible to obtain images with minimized interference.
US10704729B2
An insulating member comprises a body of rigid foam material having a first connecting edge surface and a second connecting edge surface, a groove formed into the rigid foam material of the body along the first connecting edge surface, and a tongue formed from the rigid foam material of the body along the second connecting edge surface. The groove, when viewed in a transverse cross-section, tapers from narrow to wide in a direction extending from its opening and into the body. The tongue, when viewed in a transverse cross-section, tapers from wide to narrow in a direction toward the second connecting edge surface. The tongue is bifurcated along its length into first and second ridges by a wedge-shaped void. A polymer coating of polyurea or polyurethane substantially covers the tongue and structurally reinforces the tongue allowing the first and second ridges to flex toward one another without breaking.
US10704723B2
A quick disconnect coupling for connecting a tube to another structure, such as a structure defining a port. The quick disconnect coupling may include a tube including a retention shoulder, a swivel rotatably disposed on the tube, and an adapter defining a bore for receiving a portion of the tube. The swivel may be engageable with the adapter to trap the retention shoulder between the swivel and the adapter. The adapter may be engageable with a receiving structure defining a port and the port may be in fluid communication with a lumen of the tube when the swivel is engaged with the adapter.
US10704717B2
An articulating joint for conveying fluid flow includes first and second conduit members forming a fluid flow path therethrough. An annular member is disposed about the outer surface of the first conduit member and has an outer surface forming a convex partial sphere. A retainer is disposed about the first conduit member and has a seal-retaining ring coupled to the second conduit member. An annular seal is disposed between the seal-retaining ring and the partial sphere to retain fluid in the flow path. A drilling mud return line includes a first such articulating joint, and may include a second articulating joint connected end-to-end to the first articulating joint.
US10704715B2
A vacuum valve comprises a valve suction port flange; a valve exhaust port flange having a greater opening diameter than that of the valve suction port flange; a valve plate; a valve driver configured to slidably drive the valve plate between a closed position and an opening position; and a gas flow path region including an opening of the valve exhaust port flange and having a changing flow path sectional area. In the gas flow path region, a flow path sectional area of an upstream region end is set to an opening sectional area of the valve suction port flange, and increases toward the opening of the valve exhaust port flange.
US10704714B2
A medium connector including a passage configured to allow for the flow of medium, and a multi-portion engagement surface positioned about the passage. The multi-portion engagement surface includes a first surface portion, and a second surface portion. The first surface portion is configured to provide an interference fit with a corresponding sealing surface of a mating connector. The second surface portion is configured to provide a clearance fit with the corresponding sealing surface of the mating connector. The ratio of the first surface portion and the second surface portion is selected to regulate an engagement force between the medium connector and the mating connector.
US10704696B2
Disclosed is a system for transporting fluid, including a first vessel and a second vessel, the system including: a split volume tank comprising a first volume and a second volume, wherein when one of the volumes expands the other volume collapses; and a four way valve fluidly connecting the first and second volumes and first vessel and the second vessel, the four way valve comprising a plurality of passages including a first passage and a second passage, the four way valve being controllable between a plurality of orientations including: a first orientation in which the first passage fluidly connects the first volume and the first vessel and the second passage fluidly connects the second volume and the second vessel; a second orientation in which the first passage fluidly connects the first volume and the second vessel and the second passage fluidly connects the second volume and the first vessel.
US10704695B2
A directional flow control device includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between an inlet end and a discharge end. A flow deflector is received in the housing. The flow deflector is rotatable in the housing about a rotation axis parallel to the longitudinal axis. The flow deflector has a flow channel therethrough having an intake bore at a front end of the flow deflector and a discharge bore at a rear end of the flow deflector. The intake bore is coaxial with the rotation axis and the discharge bore is offset from the rotation axis.
US10704682B2
A transmission control system, which is adapted to be installed in a vehicle body of a two-wheeler, includes a transmission assembly, a mobile device and a transmission controller. The transmission assembly is configured to be disposed on the vehicle body and to perform a gear-shifting operation. The mobile device is configured to be detachably disposed on the vehicle body. The mobile device includes an orientation sensor capable of detecting a current center-of-gravity of the vehicle body to generate a current center-of-gravity datum. The transmission controller is configured to be disposed on vehicle body, to receive the current center-of-gravity datum, to calculate a roll angle variation according to the current center-of-gravity datum, and to output a gear-shift control command according to the roll angle variation. The transmission controller is configured to indicate the transmission assembly whether to perform the gear-shifting operation according to the gear-shift control command.
US10704676B2
A transmission assembly including a clutch system, an accumulator, and a controller is provided. The clutch system may include a flow source. The accumulator may be selectively in communication with the flow source via a solenoid valve. The controller may be programmed to, responsive to detection of a vehicle stop and the accumulator charged below a predetermined threshold, output a command to open the solenoid valve to rapidly charge the accumulator from the flow source. The predetermined threshold may be an accumulator pressure between 700 kPa and 900 kPa. The controller may be further programmed to, responsive to detection of the accumulator being charged to or above the predetermined threshold, output a shut down command to an engine in communication with the transmission assembly and to output a close command to the solenoid valve. The flow source may be a pump out circuit or a line pressure circuit.
US10704671B2
An assisting element structure for a paddle shifter of a vehicle includes: an operating body having a centrally-disposed flange, with a first and second extending portions disposed at two ends of the operating body, respectively, the flange having therein a receiving chamber which the paddle shifter is fitted in; a groove corresponding in position to the first extending portion is concavely disposed on the flange, wherein a first through hole, a second through hole and a threaded hole are disposed at two ends and a middle of the groove, respectively, and a baffle corresponding in position to an inner wall of the second extending portion is disposed on the flange; a pressing element disposed in the groove and having two ends with a first and second elastic segments corresponding in position to the first and second through holes, respectively; and a screwing component disposed in the threaded hole.
US10704669B2
A planetary reduction gear ring gear for a turbine engine, in particular of an aircraft, the ring gear extending about an axis (X) and including first and second coaxial annular elements and respectively two inner annular teeth oriented differently. The first and second annular elements include respectively first and second radially external annular flanges to secure the first and second elements to one another, the teeth of the first and second annular elements being axially spaced from one another and from a joint plane (P) of the first and second flanges, and defining between them an annular space externally delimited by two annular rims supporting respectively the flanges. At least one of the flanges includes joint plane notches that are substantially radial for the oil to pass through by centrifugation. The ring gear further includes an annular row of oil-retention walls protruding from the rims in the space.
US10704666B2
A transmission for a motor vehicle includes an electric motor. A rotor shaft is connected in a torque-proof manner to a rotor of the electric motor. At least one bearing directly supports the rotor shaft. A transmission shaft is connected in a torque-proof manner to the rotor shaft. Both the transmission shaft and the rotor shaft are supported directly on a transmission component by the at least one bearing.
US10704664B2
In a differential gear device including: a differential casing rotatable about an axis and having a pair of through-holes; a pinion shaft accommodated within the differential casing and extending through the through-holes; a pair of pinion gears fitted on an outer circumferential surface of the pinion shaft such that the pinion gears are rotatable relative to the pinion shaft; a pair of side gears meshing with the pinion gears; and a pair of pinion washers interposed between the differential casing and the respective pinion gears, each of the pinion washers has a retainer structure partially inserted through a gap formed between an inner circumferential surface of a corresponding one of the through-holes and the outer circumferential surface of the pinion shaft. The retainer structure is held in contact with a corresponding axial end face of the pinion shaft, to prevent axial movements of the pinion shaft.
US10704654B2
An automatic transmission for a vehicle, may include an input shaft receiving power; an output shaft outputting power; a first planetary gear set having first, second, and third rotation elements; a second planetary gear set having fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements; a third planetary gear set having seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements; a fourth planetary gear set having tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements; a fifth planetary gear set having thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth rotation elements; and first to ninth shafts connecting the rotation elements of the first planetary gear set to the fifth planetary gear set.
US10704651B2
A low rotational speed gear module includes a fixed tube member, a rotational sleeve, a first planetary gear set, a sun gear, and a second planetary gear set. The fixed tube member includes a first inner gear. The rotational sleeve includes a second inner gear. The first planetary gear set includes a fixing plate, first planetary gears fixed to one side of the fixing plate, and a driven gear fixed to the other side of the fixing plate. The first planetary gear is engaged at one side with the sun gear and engaged at another side with the first inner gear. The second planetary gear set includes second planetary gears. The second planetary gears is engaged at one side with the driven gear and engaged at another side with the first inner gear and the second inner gear.
US10704650B2
A cycloidal gear pair reducer including an input shaft, mounted in a reducer casing such that it rotates about an axis referred to as “main axis”, an eccentric member carried by the input shaft and rotated by the latter, at least one cycloidal disc rotatably mounted on the eccentric member and having a cycloidal toothing, at least one ring gear provided with a receiving toothing with which the cycloidal toothing of the cycloidal disc meshes, and an output shaft, separate from the input shaft, arranged to be rotated by the cycloidal disc; the cycloidal toothing of the disc and the corresponding receiving toothing of the ring gear being helical.
US10704648B2
A tension fastener system is provided and includes a plurality of fastener bodies and tie materials. The fastener body includes a head with a webbing strap receiving passageway extending there through from lateral sides thereof, and a distal end having arms positioned opposite the proximal end and a securing feature section on each arm.
US10704646B2
A bungee cord lock includes a frame having a hook on one end thereof and a pair of channels and locking tabs for locking a bungee cord in place. The bungee cord lock can be used with a bungee cord for securing one or more articles. One type of bungee cord is a strap having a dog bone cross sectional profile.
US10704642B2
A piston/damper tube assembly may include a damper tube with damping fluid, a movable piston rod, a working piston, a controllable 4-way bottom valve with a control member, and a compensation space. Two flow passage ways of the bottom valve connect the working space remote from the piston rod via the control member to the compensation space. Two control ways of the bottom valve load the control member on a first side with a pressure of the piston rod-side working space and on a second side with a pressure of the compensation space. The control member may control the flow passage ways in a manner dependent on the pressure of the piston-rod-side working space that prevails on the control member on the first side via a fluidic connection, and on the pressure of the compensation space that prevails on the control member on the second side via an opening.
US10704634B2
A lower-side spring receiving member is adapted to receive a compression spring provided with an effective part, end turn parts which do not elastically deform, and rising parts located between the effective part and the end turn parts, at a lower side of the compression spring. The lower-side spring receiving member is provided with a contact part which is formed to protrude outward from an end at one side in the extending direction thereof, and which is in contact with the rising part so as not to form a gap between the contact part and the rising part. The contact part is in contact with the rising part of the compression spring by an elastic force caused by elastic deformation, regardless of a load on the compression spring.
US10704633B2
A multilayer wind spring for a display support and a lifting support thereof, the multilayer wind spring is formed by tightly attaching and winding multiple elastic metal sheets, each of the elastic metal sheets comprises: a stretching connection portion which is not involved in winding and unwinding and is always kept in an initial state, a movable sheet portion which is involved in winding and unwinding, and an unmovable wound portion which is not involved in stretching and is always kept in a wound state, the stretching connection portion, the movable sheet portion, and the unmovable wound portion are formed integrally and sequentially arranged in an unwinding direction, and the elastic metal sheets of the unmovable wound portions are arranged fixedly relative to one another.
US10704626B2
The present invention provides a system and method for providing drive shaft braking for an irrigation machine. According to an exemplary preferred embodiment, the present invention includes a system for providing drive shaft braking during the operation of an irrigation machine where the irrigation machine includes a drive system having a drive motor and a drive shaft. According to a preferred embodiment, the system in accordance with the present invention preferably includes a cam attached to the drive shaft, an extension arm having a first securing point, a securing arm having a second securing point and a spring attached between the first securing point and the second securing point. According to a further preferred embodiment, the system of the present invention preferably further includes a follower mechanism secured to the extension arm, which applies continual frictional pressure to the drive shaft in response to the force applied by the spring to the follower through the extension arm. According to a further preferred embodiment, an exemplary system according to the present invention functions to hold the drive shaft in place when rotational force is not actively applied to the drive shaft by the drive motor.
US10704619B2
A method for the transmission and damping of a mean torque with a superposed alternating torque in an arrangement having an input and an output. The mean torque and superposed alternating torque are transmitted along a path from the input to the output. A slip arrangement is provided in the torque path between the input and the output for transmitting mean torque and superposed alternating torque and for generating a speed slip between an input speed and an output speed in the path. The slip arrangement provides a maximum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of the maxima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component and provides a minimum of an external activation of the speed slip in the area of the minima of at least one periodic oscillation component of the alternating component.
US10704612B2
A cam mechanism used is provided with: a cam ring forming a circle around an axis and including a plurality of cam faces arranged circumferentially on a face of the circle facing in an axial direction, each of the cam faces sloping in a circumferential direction relative to a circumferential face perpendicular to the axis; a pressure ring adjacent axially to the face of the cam ring and including a plurality of cam faces opposed to the face of the cam ring and respectively symmetrical to the plurality of cam faces of the cam ring, the pressure ring being rotatable relatively to the cam ring about the axis; and a plurality of taper rollers interposed between the cam ring and the pressure ring, each of the taper rollers including a conical face tapering radially inwardly and capable of rolling on the cam faces.
US10704611B2
A backing plate assembly includes a front cover and a rear cover. The front cover defines an inner surface and a front plane, and the rear cover terminates at a lip. A backing plate forms a body having an outer surface that terminates at a base portion. When the outer surface is coupled to the inner surface, the backing plate is rotationally but not axially coupled to the front cover. The lip contacts the base portion to define a maximum axial distance between the backing plate and the front plane.
US10704601B2
A bearing assembly includes first and second rolling-element bearings each having first and second bearing rings, a raceway and a flange element at both ends of the raceways. Two of the flange elements are formed on a common flange body, and the flange body is axially pressed onto cylindrical mounting surfaces of the first bearing rings of the first and second rolling-element bearings and held in place by a press fit.
US10704593B2
Provided is a bearing structure, including: a thrust bearing surface having a through hole for allowing a shaft to be inserted therethrough; a plurality of land portions, which are formed on the thrust bearing surface, and are separated apart from each other in a rotation direction of the shaft; a tapered portion, which is formed between the plurality of land portions on the thrust bearing surface, and has a projection height in an insertion direction of the shaft which becomes higher toward a forward side in the rotation direction; and a thrust groove, which is formed in the tapered portion, and extends from the through hole to a radially inner side of an outer peripheral end of the tapered portion.
US10704590B2
Provided is a semi-annular shaped half thrust bearing. The half thrust bearing has a sliding surface and a back surface opposite to the sliding surface. The sliding surface includes a plurality of recesses. Each recess has a recess surface recessed from the sliding surface toward the back surface. The recess surface is convex toward the back surface in cross-sectional view in a center line direction of the half thrust bearing. The recess surface includes a plurality of grooves. The grooves are recessed from the recess surface toward the back surface. The grooves extend in the center line direction so that smooth surfaces and the grooves are alternately arranged on the recess surface in a horizontal direction of the half thrust bearing.
US10704585B2
A seating assembly for a vehicle comprises: a cushion comprising an outer edge and a plurality of snap-fit-fasteners; and a carrier comprising an outer edge surface and a plurality of snap-fit receivers near the outer edge surface of the carrier arranged to receive the plurality of snap-fit fasteners; wherein the plurality of snap-fit receivers have received and are retaining the plurality of snap-fit fasteners such that the cushion is interconnected with the carrier; and wherein the plurality of snap-fit fasteners and plurality of receivers are arranged to prevent the edge of the cushion from rolling up. The cushion further comprises a lip having an inward facing surface; wherein the cushion at least partially surrounds the carrier with at least a portion of the inward facing surface of the lip facing the outer edge surface of the carrier.
US10704566B2
The invention refers to a connector unit formed out a side piece of a blower housing and an engine mounting plate for a drive motor of a blower, whereby the engine mounting plate is attachable to the side piece in a variety of rotational or alternatively angular positions vis-à-vis a rotational axis that runs in an axial direction to the side piece.
US10704565B2
A side-channel pump having a pump housing in which an operating chamber which is provided with a side channel and a motor are arranged, and having an impeller in the operating chamber which rotates with a shaft which is driven by the motor. A cooling circuit extends from the operating chamber to the motor and from the motor to a suction portion of the pump, wherein the cooling circuit is supplied from an operating chamber whose outlet side is connected to an outlet opening of the side-channel pump. Using the pump, gas can be drawn in without the pump becoming overheated.
US10704560B2
A centrifugal impeller shroud assembly has a dynamically moveable impeller shroud for encasing a rotatable centrifugal impeller and resolving misalignment between the impeller shroud and the rotatable centrifugal impeller. The assembly comprises a static casing, an impeller shroud, a shroud arm, and a thermal member. The shroud arm is coupled between the casing and the impeller shroud. The thermal member is coupled to the impeller shroud and has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) lower than the CTE of the shroud. The shroud arm comprises a flexible portion configured to flex responsive to a differential pressure across the shroud arm.
US10704557B2
The present invention relates to a suction device for a hood, comprising an impeller, an electric motor that drives said impeller, a volute that houses inside the electric motor and the impeller, a capacitor, and a connector electrically connected to the capacitor for supplying power to the electric motor; the volute comprises a first semi-shell and a second semi-shell joined with each other so as to constitute the structure of the volute surrounding the impeller; the capacitor is housed in a first compartment formed in the first semi-shell, and the connector is housed in a second compartment formed in the second semi-shell; the first compartment and the second compartment are adjacent to each other in the volute.The present invention further relates to an associated range hood.
US10704553B2
Disclosed is a magnetic coupling for transmitting torque along an axis of rotation, comprising two coupling parts which can be rotated relative to each other, wherein a drive-side coupling part has a drive-side permanent magnet and wherein an output-side coupling part has an output-side permanent magnet that lies opposite and at a distance from the drive-side permanent magnet along the axis of rotation. One of the coupling parts comprises a diverting element which is at least partially ferromagnetic and is non-rotatably connected to the permanent magnet of said coupling part and one part of the diverting element is disposed radially outside the opposite permanent magnet.
US10704550B2
Liquid injected screw compressor with an inlet valve and blow-off valve; a liquid circuit with injector; a controller for the transition from unloaded to loaded, whereby when unloaded the inlet valve is closed and the blow-off valve is open, and when loaded the inlet valve is open and the blow-off valve is closed, and whereby during an aforementioned transition, when the injection pressure is below a minimum threshold, the inlet valve remains closed and is opened with a certain delay and that there are means to gradually increase the injection during this delay and to open the inlet valve when the injection pressure has reached the minimum threshold.
US10704544B2
A fluid transportation device for transportation fluid comprises a valve main body, a valve chamber base, a valve membrane, an actuator and a cover body, and locked and positioned by several locking elements, the electrically conductive locking elements are correspondingly penetrated through the penetration holes of the valve main body, the valve chamber base and the vibration plate of the valve membrane to lock with the corresponding screw holes, and a plurality of thread grooves respectively disposed on the vibration plate, the valve main body and the valve chamber base are corresponding to two thread grooves of the cover body, and an electrode lead of the piezoelectric element is embedded into the two thread grooves of the cover body and embedded into the thread grooves of the vibration plate, valve main body and the valve chamber base, so that the fluid transportation device is assembled.
US10704542B2
A reciprocating-piston machine includes at least one first cylinder and at least one first piston assigned to the first cylinder as well as at least one second cylinder and at least one second piston assigned to the second cylinder. During operation, the first piston and the second piston are deflected in a respective cylinder displacement chamber of the respective first cylinder and the second cylinder. The reciprocating-piston machine further includes a crankshaft which, during operation, can be driven and which has an eccentric crankshaft journal and a drive shaft coupling designed for the coupling of a drive shaft of a drive motor for driving the crankshaft. Additionally, the reciprocating-piston machine includes a first connecting rod configured to deflect the first piston, a second connecting rod configured to deflect the second piston, and a bearing pin about which the first and second connecting rod are rotationally movable.
US10704541B2
A slide member of the present invention is used in a slide unit which is included in a refrigerant compressor for compressing a refrigerant and provided inside a sealed container which reserves lubricating oil therein. The slide member is provided with an oxide coating film on a surface of a base material. The oxide coating film is configured such that (1) when the base material comprises an iron based material, the oxide coating film has a three-layer structure including a first layer comprising Fe2O3, a second layer comprising Fe3O4, and a third layer comprising FeO in this order from an outermost surface, (2) the oxide coating film has a dense structure having minute concave/convex portions with a height difference which falls within a range of 0.01 μm to 0.1 μm, or (3) when the base material comprises the iron based material, the oxide coating film has a three-layer structure in which the three layers comprise the iron oxides and are different in hardness.
US10704540B2
Systems and method of compressing and storing fluids without rotating machinery or hydrated electrochemical. The system and method makes use of shock waves, created by plasma generated by exposing the fluid to an ultrashort wavelength laser pulse from a femtosecond laser, and the fluid guided by check valves that create vortexes to resist backflow. The fluid and plasma being accumulated and recombined in a storage chamber in a compressed state.
US10704539B2
A metering pump includes a motor having a motor shaft extending through a drive housing, a carriage assembly disposed around the motor shaft and within the drive housing, a plunger return block mounted to the carriage assembly, a piston disposed along an axis, and a carriage bearing disposed on the motor shaft and within the carriage assembly, slidably coupled to the carriage assembly, and configured to provide a second contact point for maintaining the alignment of the carriage assembly with the axis of the piston. The piston further includes a stroke adjuster mounted to the carriage assembly to provide a first contact point for maintaining the alignment of the carriage assembly with the piston, a drive shaft connected to the stroke adjuster, and a plunger connected to the drive shaft. The metering pump also includes a cam coupled to the motor shaft to rotate with the motor shaft and a bearing disposed around the cam to rotate therewith and to contact the stroke adjuster and the plunger return block.
US10704523B2
A control system of a compression-ignition engine includes an intake variable mechanism and a controller. In a second operating range, the controller controls the intake variable mechanism so that, while partial compression-ignition combustion is performed under an air-fuel ratio (A/F) lean environment, an intake valve open timing takes timing at an advanced side of an exhaust TDC. In a first operating range on a lower load side, the controller controls the intake variable mechanism so that, while the partial compression-ignition combustion is performed under the A/F lean environment, under the same engine speed condition, the intake valve close timing is more retarded within a range on a retarded side of an intake BDC as the engine load decreases, and an absolute value of a change rate of the intake valve close timing to the engine load becomes larger than in the second range.
US10704521B2
An electronic ignition system for a portable gasoline tool includes a voltage boosting device, a spark plug connected with an output of the voltage boosting device, a DC power source, and a controller electrically connected with the DC power source and connected with the voltage boosting device. The controller controls an ignition voltage and an ignition advance angle. A related portable gasoline tool includes a body, a cylinder located in the body, a piston movable to and fro within the cylinder, a crankshaft co-moved with the piston, and a flywheel located on the body and driven by the crankshaft to rotate.
US10704520B2
A method for controlling activation of an ISG system is provided. The method includes obtaining a current vehicle location and determining whether the current vehicle location is within an ISG inhibition area. When the current location of the vehicle is within the ISG inhibition area, an ISG mode is automatically inhibited to prevent the engine from being turned off.
US10704510B2
A handheld work apparatus has a combustion engine for driving a tool of the work apparatus and further has an air filter unit for filtering the intake air of the combustion engine. The work apparatus defines a vertical direction. The air filter unit includes an air filter and a filter housing enclosing the air filter. The air filter extends along a filter axis and has a filter element disposed peripherally around the filter axis, wherein the filter axis forms an angle of inclination (α) with the vertical direction. The filter element has an upper filter section in relation to the vertical direction. The filter housing has, remotely from the upper filter section, at least one air intake window and, in addition thereto, a further upper, permanently open cold air intake window in the region of the upper filter section.
US10704505B2
Methods and systems are provided for a close-coupled aftertreatment device. In one arrangement, a system may include an engine comprising separate first and second overall exhaust lines, where a blow-off line branches off of the second overall exhaust line, and where the close-coupled aftertreatment device is arranged in the blow-off line and configured to receive exhaust gases during at least a cold-start of the engine.
US10704502B2
A marine outboard engine includes an internal combustion engine including at least one fuel injector; a fuel vapor separator including: a separator body, a fuel reservoir defined by the separator body, and a first fuel pump fluidly connected between the fuel reservoir and the fuel injector; a fuel tank; and a second fuel pump fluidly connected between the fuel tank and the fuel vapor separator. The fuel vapor separator includes a heat exchanger disposed in the separator body. The heat exchanger includes at least one fuel channel defined by the heat exchanger body, the at least one fuel channel including: an inlet adapted for receiving fuel from the engine, and an outlet fluidly communicating with the fuel reservoir; and at least one coolant channel defined by the heat exchanger body, the at least one fuel channel and the at least one coolant channel being in thermal communication.
US10704500B2
An evaporated fuel processing device may comprise a canister, a control valve disposed on a purge passage and switching between a closed state being a state of closing the purge passage and an open state being a state of opening the purge passage, a pump disposed between the canister and the control valve, an acquiring unit acquiring a characteristic value related to a characteristic of the pump in a situation where the control valve is in the closed state and the pump pressurizes gas in the purge passage on a control valve side relative to the pump, and an estimating unit estimating a flow rate of the gas that the pump discharges to the purge passage on the control valve side when the control valve is in the open state, by using the acquired characteristic value.
US10704499B2
A method for operating a device for injecting water into an internal combustion engine, the device including a water tank for storing water, a pump for conveying the water, the pump being connected to the water tank via a first line, and the pump being operable in a conveying mode and in a back-suction mode, a drive for driving the pump, at least one water injector, which is configured to inject water into an air-conducting line of the internal combustion engine, the water injector being connected to the pump via a second line, the at least one water injector being opened during the operation of the pump in the back-suction mode, in which the water is conveyed in the direction of the water tank, so that air flows into the second line.
US10704495B2
A pre-exit thrust reverser includes an upper reverser door pivotally mounted to a frame and having an upper trailing edge, a lower reverser door pivotally mounted to the frame and having a lower trailing edge and an exhaust duct fixedly mounted to the frame. The upper trailing edge is configured to extend aft of the lower trailing edge when the thrust reverser assumes a deployed state.
US10704493B2
A device for compressing a gaseous fluid includes a first chamber thermally coupled with a hot source, a second chamber thermally coupled with a cold source, a movable piston moved by a rod, and a regenerating exchanger establishing fluid communication between the first and second chambers. The rod is arranged in a cylindrical socket and guided in axial translation by a linear guiding system such as to guide the piston without contact relative to the sleeve. A sealing ring attached to the cylindrical socket surrounds the rod with a very low radial clearance, in order to limit the passage of the gaseous fluid along the mobile rod. Also disclosed is an integral cold casing having machined boreholes, a thermal screen in the hot casing, and a self-driving system with a resilient return means.
US10704488B2
A method is disclosed for controlling an injector of a combustion engine. The injector includes an injection valve housing with an injection valve cavity, a valve needle axially movable within the injection valve cavity, a valve seat on which the valve needle rests in a closed position and from which the valve needle is lifted for an open position, and a spring element configured and arranged to exert a preload force on the valve needle acting to urge the valve needle in the closed position. A calibration value is provided, which is representative for the preload force. A base quantity is provided correlated to the fluid volume to be dispensed by the injector. A set-point opening time length is determined based on the calibration value and the base quantity. The valve needle of the injector is controlled to be in the opening position correlated to the set-point opening time length.
US10704484B2
A controller for an internal combustion engine includes processing circuitry configured to execute: a dither control process of operating fuel injection valves to designate at least one of cylinders as a lean combustion cylinder, in which an air-fuel ratio is leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and to designate at least another one of the cylinders as a rich combustion cylinder, in which an air-fuel ratio is richer than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio; and an idle-time limiting process of causing an absolute value of a difference between the air-fuel ratio in the lean combustion cylinder and the air-fuel ratio in the rich combustion cylinder to be smaller when the internal combustion engine is idling than when the internal combustion engine is not idling.
US10704482B2
Methods and systems are provided for drying a wet-fouled spark plug during engine flooding conditions. In one example, a method may include, reverse rotating the engine unfueled and activating a heating element of an exhaust catalyst to flow heated ambient air through the combustion chamber to dry the wet-fouled spark plug.
US10704479B2
An active fuel vapor purge system includes: a turbocharger having a turbine and a compressor; a canister collecting fuel vapor; a purge pump pumping the collected fuel vapor; a main purge line connecting the canister and the purge pump; a first purge line branched from the main purge line and joined to an intake manifold at downstream of the compressor; a second purge line branched from the main purge line and jointed to an intake line at upstream of the compressor; purge control solenoid valves respectively disposed in the first purge line and the second purge line; a hydrocarbon sensor measuring an amount of hydrocarbon; a pressure sensor measuring an upstream pressure and a downstream pressure of the purge pump; and a controller controlling operation of the purge pump based on the amount of hydrocarbon and pressures at a front end and at a rear end of the purge pump.
US10704476B2
The present invention relates to a device for controlling the amount of air fed to the intake of a turbocharged internal-combustion engine comprising a turbocharging system including a turbocharger (7) with a turbine (8) connected to at least one exhaust gas outlet of said engine, as well as an outside air compressor (10), a line (15, 18) for partial transfer of the compressed air from the compressor to the turbine inlet, and an EGR line (18, 21) between an exhaust gas outlet and a compressed air intake line (4). The device is characterized in that the partial transfer line and the EGR line share at least one common portion (18).
US10704475B2
An engine control device controls an engine. The engine includes a turbocharger, a waste gate valve, and a throttle. In a predetermined low load region, the engine control device performs first control in which the waste gate valve is opened at a predetermined opening degree or more and output adjustment is performed by an opening degree of the throttle. In a predetermined high load region, the engine control device performs second control in which the throttle is opened at a predetermined opening degree or more and output adjustment is performed by an opening degree of the waste gate valve. When a torque limiting request is generated in the high load region, the engine control device performs third control in which the waste gate valve is substantially fully closed and output adjustment is performed by the opening degree of the throttle.
US10704466B2
Vehicles, such as aircraft, may include turbine-based combined cycle power plants (TBCC) for power to achieve high-mach speeds. Cooling systems for such TBCC may include a turbine-generator arranged to be driven for rotation by ambient air to reduce the temperature of the ambient air while providing electric power for use under cocooning of a primary gas turbine engine in favor of a scramjet engine during high-mach travel.
US10704465B2
Systems and methods for generating an oblique shock in a supersonic inlet are disclosed. The system can comprise an inlet with a slot disposed at an oblique angle to the main incoming air stream. High-pressure air can be provided through the slot into the main air stream. The high-pressure air can be introduced at a high enough pressure ratio—i.e., the ratio of pressure of the air stream from the slot to the pressure for the main flow—such that an aerodynamic ramp is created in the main air flow. The aerodynamic ramp, in turn, can cause one or more oblique shock waves to eventually slow the main air stream velocity to a subsonic speed prior to the face of the engine. Systems and methods for controlling the slot pressure ratio to create these shocks are also disclosed.
US10704461B2
An engine system includes an internal combustion engine, at least one turbocharger, and a catalytic treatment device. The engine includes an exhaust manifold system having a main exhaust manifold and a bypass exhaust manifold. A partial-engine bypass valve system is positioned between the engine and the exhaust manifold system. The bypass valve system when placed in a non-bypass position directs all of the engine exhaust gases to the turbine wheel of the turbocharger, and after passing through the turbine wheel the gases proceed to the catalytic device. In a bypass position of the bypass valve system, a bypass portion of the total exhaust gases is made to bypass the turbine wheel and proceed to the catalytic device, while the remainder first passes through the turbine wheel before going to the catalytic device.
US10704451B2
In one embodiment, there is provided a heat exchanger for equipment, having: at least one phase change material; and at least one heat exchange interface for heat exchange between the phase change material and a fluid flowing within, into and/or from a replaceable fluid container for the equipment, the replaceable fluid container having at least one fluid port adapted to couple to a fluid circulation system of the equipment when the replaceable container is coupled to a dock.
US10704438B2
A transportation refrigeration unit includes an evaporator circulating a flow of refrigerant therethrough to cool a flow of supply air flowing over the evaporator, a compressor in fluid communication with the evaporator to compress the flow of refrigerant, and an engine operably connected to the compressor to drive operation of the compressor. The engine includes an exhaust pathway to direct an exhaust gas flow from the transportation refrigeration unit, and a nozzle extending circumferentially around the exhaust pathway defining a nozzle flowpath between the exhaust pathway and the nozzle, the nozzle configured to flow a cooling airflow along the nozzle flowpath to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas flow.
US10704436B2
An internal combustion engine system includes a cylinder block with a plurality of cylinders, a gas intake manifold for providing at least air to the cylinder block and an exhaust gas manifold for exiting the exhaust gas from the cylinder block, wherein the exhaust gas manifold includes at least a main exhaust gas outlet and a waste gate exhaust gas outlet, wherein the main exhaust gas outlet is connected to a main exhaust gas pipe for guiding the exhaust gas to a main exhaust gas after treatment system and the waste gate exhaust gas outlet is connected to a waste gate exhaust gas pipe, and wherein the waste gate exhaust gas pipe is reconnected to the main exhaust gas pipe upstream of the main exhaust gas after treatment system and includes at least one waste gate exhaust gas after treatment unit, such as an oxidation catalyst such as a diesel oxidation catalyst, for catalytically treating the exhaust gas streaming through the waste gate exhaust gas pipe, and to a method for increasing the temperature in an internal combustion engine system.
US10704432B2
A device for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine includes a lifting profile assembly rotationally fixed on an axially movable camshaft, and has a control groove having a depth that varies along a rotation direction, an actuator to cause axial movement by controlled engaging in the control groove, and an electromagnetically drivable tappet unit that cooperates with the control groove such that, when rotating, a reset or driver effect is exerted on the tappet unit, wherein the tappet unit has at least two independently drivable tappets, the control groove engages a first individual tappet, forms a radially peripheral wall along a peripheral groove side whereby a second individual tappet is positioned outside the control groove during rotation, and a ramp section cooperating with the second individual tappet whereby the second individual tappet is reset or driven when the first individual tappet is reset or driven.
US10704431B2
A regenerative valve hydraulic actuator includes a high-pressure accumulator fed by a high-pressure feed hydraulic pump, an actuator defining an actuator hydraulic chamber for actuating—by way of a progressive lever arm ratio lever—a valve provided with a valve return device, a valve lifter hydraulic valve placed between the high-pressure accumulator and the actuator hydraulic chamber, a lifter check valve which connects a low-pressure accumulator to the actuator hydraulic chamber, a valve closure hydraulic valve placed between the chamber and a closure and regeneration hydraulic motor which recovers energy previously invested to open the valve.
US10704429B2
A rocker arm includes an outer arm and an inner arm which selectively pivots relative to the outer arm. The rocker arm also includes a lock pin which is displaced along a lock pin axis between a coupled position and a decoupled position. The rocker arm also includes a linkage and a linkage guide which guides the linkage along a linkage axis. One surface of the linkage engages an actuator while another surface of the linkage engages the lock pin such that the linkage translates motion from the actuator to motion of the lock pin.
US10704425B2
An assembly for removing entrained particles from a fluid stream passing through a gas turbine engine includes a first particle remover, a second particle remover fluidly coupled which receives a particle-laden stream from the first particle remover, and a venturi having a fluidly coupled to the second particle remover to increase the pressure differential across the assembly.
US10704421B2
This disclosure provides tools for installing and removing a combustion liner in a combustion casing. A mounting frame has fasteners positioned circumferentially around an end casing surface of the combustion casing and removably attaches the mounting frame to the combustion casing. A positioning member has pushing surfaces and pulling surfaces distributed circumferentially around the combustion liner. An axial positioning mechanism engages the mounting frame and the positioning member along a common axis. The axial positioning mechanism incrementally positions the positioning member relative to the mounting frame by adjusting a positioning distance between the mounting frame and the positioning member.
US10704412B2
An assembly for use with a gas turbine engine includes a block housing, a main bell crank, a bell crank, and a sync rod. The main bell crank extends between a main bell crank first end and a main bell crank second end that is connected to an actuator. The bell crank extends between a bell crank first end and a bell crank second end that is pivotally supported by the block housing. The sync rod is connected the main bell crank first end and the bell crank first end. The sync rod defines a first tab disposed proximate a first side and extends beyond a face of the sync rod.
US10704409B2
In one example embodiment, a fluid induced instability detection system is provided that monitors various vibration characteristics of a turbomachine, collects vibration data in real-time, and uses the vibration data to detect and analyze changes in various operating parameters such as vibration, speed, and loading conditions, and to provide an indication of a vibration anomaly and/or potential operational risk in one or more components of the turbomachine. The vibration data can be particularly associated with certain components that are directly or indirectly impacted by a modification in process fluid flow characteristics or lubrication oil flow characteristics in the turbomachine due to various reasons such as process fluid flow disturbances, lubricating oil flow disturbances, and/or a change in turbomachine operational parameters. The fluid induced instability detection system detects abnormalities in the vibration data and provides an indication of one or more potential faults in the turbomachine.
US10704399B2
A hot gas path component of an industrial machine includes a cooling pathway. The component includes a body including an outer surface; a thermal barrier coating (TBC) over the outer surface, the TBC exposed to a working fluid having a high temperature; and an internal cooling circuit in the body carrying a cooling medium. A cooling pathway is in the body and in fluid communication with the internal cooling circuit. The cooling pathway includes a terminating end in the body and a length extending along and spaced internally from the outer surface by a first spacing. In response to a spall in the TBC occurring at a location over the cooling pathway and the high temperature reaching or exceeding a predetermined temperature of the body, the cooling pathway opens at the location through the first spacing to allow a flow of the cooling medium therethrough.
US10704396B2
Components for gas turbine engines are provided. The components include a hot external wall that is exposed to hot gaspath air when installed within a gas turbine engine, and an interior impingement wall, wherein the interior impingement wall defines a feed cavity and at least one impingement cavity is defined between the impingement wall and the external wall. The impingement wall includes a plurality of impingement holes that fluidly connect the feed cavity to the at least one impingement cavity, the external wall includes a plurality of film holes that fluidly connect the at least one impingement cavity to an exterior surface of the external wall, and wherein the only source of cooling air within the at least one impingement cavity is the feed cavity.
US10704392B2
A turbine rotor blade including an airfoil, tip shroud, and fillet formed therebetween. The fillet defines a fillet profile variable about the intersection for connecting the tip shroud and airfoil and facilitating aerodynamic airflow. The fillet includes a pressure side fillet. The pressure side fillet comprises a pressure side fillet profile per points within a first set of points of X, Y and Z coordinate values in a Cartesian coordinate system, as set forth in Table I, where X, Y and Z are distances in inches from an origin and, when the points are connected by smooth, continuing arcs, the points define the pressure side fillet profile of the pressure side fillet. The first set of points includes points between and including point 1 and point 50 of each reference plane between and including a reference plane H and a reference plane W, as set forth in Table I.
US10704390B2
Disclosed herein is a revised version of housing wheel engine with method of hypotrochoid that patented U.S. Pat. No. 7,730,869. It keeps the main functions and also provides not only cases Rr≥3 but also cases Rr2 and Rr1, which means it has been able to develop engines as well as four pistons and two pistons, which the previous version cannot do.
US10704384B2
A retrievable receiver for electromagnetic telemetry signals originating from a first wellbore is located in a second wellbore. The receiver uses a casing of the second wellbore as an antenna. A signal pickup unit is provided on a multi-conductor wireline in the second wellbore. The signal pickup provides sensors (e.g. electrodes) for detecting signals at plural locations along the second wellbore. Signal reception can be optimized by adjusting the position of the wireline in the second wellbore and/or selecting sensor(s) for use in receiving the telemetry signals. The receiver may lack any active electronics in the second wellbore.
US10704382B2
Tracing subterranean fluid flow includes providing a first polymeric tracer to a first injector, collecting a first aqueous sample from a first producer, and assessing the presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample. The first polymeric tracer includes a first polymer formed from at least a first monomer. The presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample is assessed by removing water from the first aqueous sample to yield a first dehydrated sample. pyrolyzing the first dehydrated sample to yield a first gaseous sample, and assessing the presence of a pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample. The presence of the pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample is indicative of the presence of a first subterranean flow pathway between the first injector location and the first producer location.
US10704381B2
Tracing subterranean fluid flow includes providing a first polymeric tracer to a first injector, collecting a first aqueous sample from a first producer, and assessing the presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample. The first polymeric tracer includes a first polymer formed from at least a first monomer. The presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample is assessed by removing water from the first aqueous sample to yield a first dehydrated sample. pyrolyzing the first dehydrated sample to yield a first gaseous sample, and assessing the presence of a pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample. The presence of the pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample is indicative of the presence of a first subterranean flow pathway between the first injector location and the first producer location.
US10704375B2
The system and method for processing flowback fluid include a plurality of wellheads producing flowback fluid flows, a plurality of first stage separators corresponding to at least one wellhead of an installation with multiple wellheads and multiple flowback fluid flows, a plurality of metering devices corresponding to each first stage separator, and a second stage separator in fluid connection with the metering devices and the first stage separators. The second stage separator includes a solids separator to further control the storage volumes of the first and second stage separators and retention time in the second stage separator by removing solids.
US10704357B2
A downhole tool for connecting an interior of a casing to a formation, the downhole tool including an inner housing extending along a longitudinal axis X; an outer housing that encloses the inner housing and forms first and second chambers; a piston that separates the first and second chambers; a port that fluidly communicates an outside and inside of the downhole tool; and a stopping mechanism that prevents the piston from opening the port. The piston interrupts the fluid communication between the outside and inside the downhole tool.
US10704347B2
A system for analyzing gas extracted from drilling fluid is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a gas extractor having a gas extraction chamber within a gas extractor housing and a gas outlet for gas separating from the drilling fluid within the gas extraction chamber. Further, the system includes a gas analyzer, which has an optical analyzer and an optical source that are situated outside of the gas extractor. A gas analysis zone is in fluid communication with the gas extraction chamber and is optically connected via at least one fiber optic cable to the optical source and the optical analyzer. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
US10704346B2
A system having a screen having an upper side and a lower side for separating drill cuttings and drilling fluid within a vibratory separator; a tray positioned below the screen for receiving the drilling fluid from the screen; a pressure differential generator coupled to the tray, the pressure differential generator configured to create a pressure differential between the upper side and the lower side through the screen to enhance the flow of drilling fluid through the screen; and a hose assembly coupling the pressure differential generator to a coupler, an inlet of the coupler being arranged perpendicularly between a first outlet coupled to a mist eliminator and a second outlet coupled to a tank.
US10704345B2
A system and method for recovering drilling fluid from shaker tailings includes a hopper and a cover that is pivotable between a first position in which the hopper is uncovered and a second position in which the hopper is covered. In the first position, the hopper receives the tailings, which are pumped via a low shear pump to a centrifuge. The drilling fluid extracted in the centrifuge is stored in a holding tank. In the second position, the cover is angled with respect to the direction of gravity so as to divert shaker tailings from being received in the hopper. Some fluid from the holding tank is sprayed into the hopper through nozzles to convey the deposited tailings toward the pump. A level detector senses the level of the mixture in the hopper, and an associated control system controls the pump speed and the cover position to control the operation.
US10704340B2
A dampener device configured for incorporation into a downhole tool in a drilling system for absorbing axial, lateral and torsional shocks and vibrations to protect instrumentation during a drilling process includes a main sleeve having a main cavity containing a main spring and a first elastomeric ribbon interleaved between coils of the main spring. An adapter is connected to or formed monolithically relative to the main sleeve. The adapter is configured for connection to a first tool component. A plunger is configured to compress the main spring and a connector is configured for connection to a second tool component. The connector is attached to or formed monolithically relative to the plunger. A shaft extends between the adapter and the connector. The shaft is provided with an anti-rotation structure.
US10704339B2
A releasable connection mechanism for use downhole with a tubular member includes a collet, a collet stop, and a ring housing. The collet is configured to engage the tubular member, the collet stop is axially movable with respect to the collet between a disengaged position to not engage the collet and an engaged position to engage the collet, and the ring housing is selectively axially movable with respect to the collet. In the disengaged position, the collet is configured to move with respect to the ring housing to engage the ring housing and prevent the collet from disengaging the tubular member when the collet is tensioned with respect to the tubular member. In the engaged position, the collet is configured to remain axially stationary with respect to the ring housing and disengage the tubular member when the collet is tensioned with respect to the tubular member.
US10704333B2
A reinforcing metal blank may be used to form metal matrix composite (MMC) drill bits. For example, an MMC drill bit may include a shank attached to a reinforcing metal blank that extends into a bit body comprising a metal matrix composite, wherein the reinforcing metal blank comprises reinforcing structures that are positioned along at least a portion of an inner surface and/or at least a portion of an outer surface of the reinforcing metal blank and extend into the metal matrix composite; and a plurality of cutting elements coupled to an exterior portion of the bit body.
US10704328B2
Methods and apparatus for releasing a lead mill of a BHA from a whipstock in a wellbore include slideably releasing the BHA from the whipstock without relative rotation and without destruction of a retractable bolt. A system includes: a bias mechanism; a retractable bolt at least partially disposed in the bottom hole assembly and biased to a retracted position by the bias mechanism; and a retraction actuator capable of selectably opposing the bias of the retractable bolt. A method includes: coupling a whipstock to a BHA with a retention system, including: a retractable bolt biased to retract into the BHA; and a retraction actuator configured to resist the bias of the retractable bolt; and after the whipstock and BHA have been disposed in a wellbore, activating the retraction actuator so that retraction of the retractable bolt ensues.
US10704323B2
A resistance adjusting device for a non-pull cord window blind includes a base having a first positioning portion and a fixed shaft, a resistance adjusting seat sleeved onto the fixed shaft of the base by a transmission shaft, and a control pin sleeved onto the fixed shaft of the base by a driving shaft having a second positioning portion and a driving portion. When the second positioning portion is engaged with the first positioning portion, the control pin can't rotate, and the resistance of the lift transmission cord can't be adjusted. When the second positioning portion is separated from the first positioning portion and the driving portion of the driving shaft of the control pin is engaged with the transmission shaft of the resistance adjusting seat, the control pin can drive the resistance adjusting seat to adjust the resistance of the lift transmission cord.
US10704322B2
Various embodiments herein relate to power distribution networks for optically switchable windows. A number of different topologies are provided. In many embodiments, a control panel may be connected with a trunk line, which is connected to a plurality of optically switchable windows. The plurality of optically switchable windows may be powered by the shared trunk line. This topology provides substantial improvements over topologies in which each optically switchable window is connected to the control panel via separate, individual lines. Further, certain embodiments herein relate to installation kits for installing power distribution networks for optically switchable windows.
US10704307B1
In accordance with one aspect of the present development, an adjustable receiver for an associated appliance hinge includes a base adapted to be secured to an associated appliance body. A first cross-member is connected to the base and is movable relative to the base. The first cross-member provides a first hinge mounting structure for an associated appliance hinge. A second cross-member is connected to the base and is movable relative to the base. At least one link extends between and interconnects the first and second cross-members. The first and second cross-members and the at least one link define an adjustable hinge mount that is selectively movable relative to the base along an adjustment axis. The adjustable receiver further includes an adjustment system for selectively altering a position of the adjustable hinge mount relative to the base along the adjustment axis.
US10704301B2
A safety exit assist system and a method therefor are provided. The system includes a plurality of child lock latches configured to be respectively located in left and right doors of a vehicle and execute child lock or child lock release and a controller configured to control the plurality of child lock latches and instruct the plurality of child lock latches to execute the child lock if receiving a proximity warning signal relative to a rear of the vehicle from a blind spot detection (BSD) device.
US10704299B2
A method for securing a portable electronic device having a housing to a substantially immovable object utilizing a locking assembly having a security rod or spike formed with an anchoring end separated axially by a protruding end, a locking device with an internal locking mechanism and a cable permanently attached to the locking device at one end, includes several steps. The steps include securedly fixing the anchoring end of the security rod or spike to the portable electronic device upon or through the housing, attaching an other end of the cable to the substantially immovable object and inserting the protruding end of the security rod into an opening in the locking device to actuate the internal locking mechanism and lock the locking device to the captive security rod. Locking the security rod to the locking device concurrently locks the portable electronic device to which it is anchored to the substantially immovable object.
US10704298B2
An exit device comprises an inner door handle adapted to be mounted to a door for movement relative to the door from a first position to a second position. A pair of brackets are adapted to be operatively connected between the respective ends of a horizontal portion and a vertical portion of the door handle. Each bracket comprises a first bracket member secured to the door handle, a second bracket member adapted to be secured to the door, and a pin for joining the first bracket member and the second bracket member for rotation about an axis through the pin. The first bracket member and the second bracket member pivot relative to one another when the door handle moves between the first position and the second position.
US10704297B2
A sash window fastener includes lock and latch assemblies, and a fitting. The lock mounts upon the meeting rail, and includes a pivotable cam to engage a keeper on the master frame, and a pivotable arm acting as a follower. The arm interconnects with the latch within the meeting rail, so cam rotation controls arm positioning—causing translation of the latch. The cam can occupy three positions causing three corresponding latch positions: an extended position securing the cam to the keeper, with the latch engaging the master frame to prevent tilting, and also receiving a post of the fitting therein to further secure the window against impact loading; a first retracted position disengaging the cam from the keeper, and permitting sliding of the window into an open position that also elevates the latch member above the post; and a second retracted cam position causing latch member retraction that permits tilting.
US10704281B1
The present invention is a portable shelter for providing private while outdoors. The portable shelter comprises a cover and a supporting frame arranged inside the cover. The portable shelter is disposed in a collapsed state when the supporting frame is in a tensioned position, and in an installed state when the supporting frame is released from the tensioned position. The portable shelter includes a zipper extending at least partially along a vertical length of the cover to provide ingress and egress to interior space of the portable shelter when in the installed state. The portable shelter further comprises one or more retaining straps to hold the supporting frame in the tensioned position, when the portable shelter is in the collapsed state. The portable shelter further comprises two or more feet for supporting the supporting frame on the ground, while the portable shelter is in the installed state.
US10704274B2
A device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for leveling and aligning tiles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling device includes a body and two spaced and parallel strip members extending transversely from the body. Each of the spaced and parallel strip members extend to the front and rear of the body. Two opposing lateral open windows are formed in the body. A breakaway section is defined along the body. A wedge device is provided for penetrating one or more of the two opposing lateral open windows and exerting a force on the tiles for leveling them relative to each other.
US10704271B2
A wedge device for leveling tiles and a clip set for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the wedge device, the wedge device includes a body having an attachment end, a penetrating edge, a top, and a bottom. The attachment end is coupled to a backstop member and the penetrating edge is configured to penetrate the clip member. The body includes an inclined plane tapering from the attachment end to the penetrating edge. A line-of-sight opening extends along a longitudinal axis of the body to provide visibility through the body from the top to the bottom.
US10704264B2
An improved roof ridge cover. The roof ridge cover is formed to give the visual appearance of multiple shingles. The edges of the roof ridge cover wrap around existing roof shingles. The cover is stone coated to provide similar appearance to the adjacent roof shingle surfaces. Optional venting material may be used under the cover to allow air to vent from the attic thereby allowing the attic to breathe, although the vent material is sufficiently dense to prevent insects and bugs from passing through the vent material.
US10704262B2
Roofing systems are disclosed herein. In particular, an asphaltic roofing product having an asphaltic substrate and at least one granule disposed thereon is disclosed herein.
US10704229B2
A hydraulic driving apparatus that drives a plurality of driving subjects and regenerates energy thereof. This hydraulic driving apparatus includes: a first pump motor; a second pump motor that is switchable between a state of moving a first driving subject by hydraulic oil discharged from the first pump motor and a state of being operated as a pump by means of energy of the first driving subject; a first pump motor line that couples the first and second pump motors with each other; a first accumulator connected to the first pump motor line; a regeneration subject hydraulic actuator that moves a second driving subject; a second accumulator that receives hydraulic oil from the regeneration subject hydraulic actuator; a second pump motor line that couples the second accumulator with the first pump motor; and a pressure release changeover valve that opens/closes the second pump motor line.
US10704227B2
A trenching assembly used to cut a narrow trench in the ground surface. The trenching assembly comprises an attachment frame connected to a hood assembly via a linkage assembly. The attachment frame may be attached to the rear end of a work machine. A rotatable blade is disposed within a cavity defined by the hood assembly. The hood assembly may rotate about two different axes relative to the linkage assembly, and the linkage assembly may rotate about two different axes relative to the attachment frame. The trenching assembly uses a pair of accumulators to hydraulically rotate the linkage assembly about a horizontal axis relative to the frame in response changes in depth of the ground surface being cut by the blade. The linkage assembly may be hydraulically rotated using the accumulators without input from the operator.
US10704225B2
A pivot coupling system that permits the use of attachable equipment such as material pushers or containment plows with a range of vehicles including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), utility task vehicle (UTV), lawn and garden tractors, small farm tractors, small trucks, skid-steer loaders, etc.
US10704219B2
The present invention relates to a method of power management during pile foundation having a base machine for excavating a borehole and an attachment installed at the base machine for a simultaneous introduction of a casing into the ground, wherein the energy supply for the attachment is at least partially provided by the base machine and a control of the base machine dynamically regulates the energy flow from the base machine to the attachment.
US10704218B2
Described are various embodiments for coupling devices for dock installations.
US10704217B2
A concrete mat apparatus, includes a plurality of elongated concrete members, each member being aligned with and next to another concrete member. Each of the concrete members has an upper generally flat surface, a lower generally flat surface, and a plurality of inclined surfaces that each extend away from an upper or lower surface. Reinforcement extends from a first end portion of each concrete member to a second end portion thereof, the reinforcement including a plurality of longitudinally extending reinforcement bars and a plurality of encircling tie bars at spaced apart intervals. Cabling connects each of the elongated concrete members to another of the elongated concrete members. The upper inclined surfaces of one of the elongated concrete members forms a plane with the lower inclined surface of an adjacent elongated concrete member. A plurality of loops are provided along opposed edges of the mat.
US10704201B2
The present disclosure relates to a dry strength agent composition, use of an amine-containing cationic polymer for enhancing the dry strength of paper, and a method for enhancing the dry strength of paper. The dry strength agent composition includes at least two components. The first component is an amine-containing cationic polymer and the second component may be one or more anionic or amphoteric polymers.
US10704193B2
Provided is a reduction dyeing method for indigo color using Nesterenkonia sp. KDB2, KDB3 and/or KDB4. The reduction dyeing method is relatively simple, efficient and allows good reproducibility, by using Nesterenkonia sp. KDB2, KDB3 and/or KDB4 bacterial strains instead of a traditional fermentation process which entails poor reproducibility and is exacting and complicated.
US10704192B2
A foamed, opacifying element has a porous substrate composed of woven yarn strands composed of a thermoplastic polymer-coated multifilament core. It has a dry foamed composition on an opposing surface of the substrate, which includes: (a) 0.1-40 weight % of porous particles; (b) 10-80 weight %; (c) 0.2-50 weight % of one or more additives selected from the group consisting of dispersants, plasticizers, flame retardants, optical brighteners, thickeners, biocides, fungicides, tinting colorants, metal flakes, and inert inorganic or organic fillers; (d) less than 5 weight % of water; and (e) at least 0.002 weight % of an opacifying colorant different from all of the one or more additives of (c), which opacifying colorant absorbs electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of 380-800 nm. The elements have a light-blocking value (LBV) of at least 4 and can have a bending stiffness that is greater than 0.15 milliNewtons-meter.
US10704189B2
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a rotating drum operably positioned therein for processing fabric. At least one transducer is positioned proximate the drum that provides an ultrasonic resonance that is directed into an interior chamber of the drum. The ultrasonic resonance is adapted to be directed into damp fabric being treated within the interior chamber. The ultrasonic resonance serves to modify water trapped within the damp fabric into a substantially gaseous form.
US10704183B2
A household appliance for treating at least one item according to at least one cycle of operation includes a treating chemistry dispenser receiving a unit dose container and having a door moveable between an opened position and a closed position, a piercing mechanism located proximate to the treating chemistry dispenser and having a piercer that is moveable between a non-piercing position and a piercing position where the piercer is moved to perforate a unit dose container received within the treating chemistry dispenser.
US10704174B2
A device for applying a foamed treating material under pressure to a traveling sheet of relatively incompressible textile yarns. A foam applicator unit has a nozzle with a foam dispensing slot facing across one side of the traveling sheet of yarns. A drive roll faces the other side of the traveling sheet of yarns in tangential alignment with the foam dispensing slot. The roll has a resiliently compressible, soft rubber outer layer, which compresses to conform with the surface of the relatively incompressible yarns and presses the traveling sheet of yarns against the applicator surfaces leading to and away from the slot to prevent escape of foam and to prevent passage of foam between yarns to maintain uniform distribution of foam applied to the traveling sheet of yarns.
US10704169B2
Flame resistant fabrics that have incorporated into them cellulosic filament yarns. The cellulosic filament yarns may be flame resistant (either inherently FR or treated so as to be FR) or non-flame resistant. Fabrics according to some embodiments are formed entirely of cellulosic filament yarns. However, fabrics according to some embodiments include additional yarns to ensure that the fabric complies with NFPA 1971 and/or 2112.
US10704168B2
A filamentary core (3) for an elastic composite yarn (1), particularly for an elastic textile composite yarn, comprising at least two elastic performance filaments (11, 13), each of the at least two elastic performance filaments capable of being stretched at least about 2 times its package length and having at least 90% up to 100% elastic recovery after having being released from a stretching 2 times its package length.
US10704166B2
A die assembly suitable for spinning filaments and more particularly to a die assembly having a fluid environment around the die assembly's filament exit holes is provided.
US10704165B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to surface enhanced pulp fibers, various products incorporating surface enhanced pulp fibers, and methods and systems for producing surface enhanced pulp fibers. Various embodiments of surface enhanced pulp fibers have significantly increased surface areas compared to conventional refined fibers while advantageously minimizing reductions in length following refinement. The surface enhanced pulp fibers can be incorporated into a number of products that might benefit from such properties including, for example, paper products, paperboard products, fiber cement boards, fiber reinforced plastics, fluff pulps, hydrogels, cellulose acetate products, and carboxymethyl cellulose products. In some embodiments, a plurality of surface enhanced pulp fibers have a length weighted average fiber length of at least about 0.3 millimeters and an average hydrodynamic specific surface area of at least about 10 square meters per gram, wherein the number of surface enhanced pulp fibers is at least 12,000 fibers/milligram on an oven-dry basis.
US10704159B2
The present invention is a method of metal polishing and oxidation film process applied on a metal workpiece. The process comprises (a) providing the metallic workpiece in an electrolysis polishing liquid; (b) a temperature control device controlling a liquid temperature of the electrolysis polishing liquid; (c) a voltage supply device to exercising an operating voltage between the metallic workpiece and the electrolysis polishing liquid; (d) polishing the surface of the metallic workpiece and forming an oxidation layer by regulating the temperature control device and the voltage supply device; and (e) determining a film thickness of the oxidation layer formed on the metallic workpiece according to an operation time, wherein the film thickness is related to a roughness and a color displayed on the metallic workpiece. The metallic workpiece may be dyed together during the polishing process without adding any dyes. The present invention further provides a system of alloy oxidation film process.
US10704149B2
A method for processing a substrate in a substrate processing system includes selectively delivering at least one of a precursor, a deposition carrier gas, and a post deposition purge gas to a processing chamber. The method includes depositing film on the substrate by generating radio frequency (RF) plasma in the processing chamber between an upper electrode and a lower electrode while supplying an RF voltage to one of the upper electrode and the lower electrode and while the precursor and the deposition carrier gas is delivered. The method includes selectively supplying a direct current (DC) bias voltage to the upper electrode or the lower electrode; moving the substrate relative to a pedestal supporting the substrate while generating the DC bias voltage; and delivering the post deposition purge gas while supplying at least a portion of the DC bias voltage to the upper electrode or the lower electrode.
US10704139B2
Methods and apparatus for reducing defects in a workpiece are provided herein. In some embodiments, a sputter deposition target is provided for reducing defects in a workpiece, the target comprising a dielectric compound having a predefined average grain size ranging from approximately 20 μm to 200 μm. In other embodiments, a process chamber is provided, the process chamber comprising a chamber body defining an interior volume, a substrate support to support a substrate within the interior volume, a plurality of targets to be sputtered onto the substrate including at least one dielectric target, wherein the dielectric target comprises a dielectric compound having a predefined average grain size ranging from approximately 20 μm to 200 μm and a shield rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the chamber body and having at least one hole to expose at least one of the plurality of targets to be sputtered.
US10704136B2
A stinger for a cathodic arc vapor deposition system includes a head with a reduced area contact interface.
US10704135B2
A system for depositing coating on a workpiece includes a deposition chamber within which is formed a vortex to at least partially surround a workpiece therein.
US10704120B2
The present invention provides a method for easy and efficient recovery of high purity scandium from nickel oxide ore, the method comprising: an adsorption step for passing a scandium-containing solution through an ion exchange resin to adsorb scandium on the ion exchange resin; an elution step for eluting scandium from the ion exchange resin to obtain a post-elution solution; an impurity extraction step in which after the elution step, the scandium-containing solution is subjected to a first solvent extraction using an amine-based impurity extractant and is separated into a first aqueous phase containing scandium and into a first organic phase containing impurities; and a scandium extraction step in which the first aqueous phase is subjected to a second solvent extraction using an amide derivative-containing scandium extractant to obtain a second organic phase containing scandium.
US10704116B2
A high-strength thin steel sheet having excellent drawability and bake hardenability, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The high-strength thin steel sheet includes 0.0005 to 0.003 wt % of carbon (C); 0.5 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of silicon (Si); 1.2 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of manganese (Mn); 0.005 to 0.12 wt % of phosphorous (P); 0.008 wt % or less of sulfur (S); 0.005 wt % or less of nitrogen (N); 0.1 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of acid-soluable aluminum (Al); 0.01 to 0.04 wt % of titanium (Ti); iron (Fe) as a remainder thereof; and unavoidable impurities. The high-strength thin steel sheet has BH of 4 MPa or more and P of 80% or more in Equation 1: P (%)={Nin/(Nin+Ngb)}×100, Nin being the number of carbides having a size of 20 nm or less within a crystal grain, and Ngb being the number of carbides having a size of 20 nm or less at a grain boundary.
US10704111B2
A method for manufacturing of steel articles comprises nitriding (210) a steel article at a nitrification temperature in the interval 350-650° C., giving a nitrided steel article. The nitrided steel article is quenched (220) in a reactive quenching oil from the nitrification temperature. The reactive quenching oil comprises at least one of S, P, B, Mo and W. Thereby, the quenching additionally comprises coating (222) of the nitrided steel article by a solid lubricant comprising at least one of S, P, B, Mo and W. An apparatus for manufacturing of steel articles, a quenching oil and a steel article produced by the method are also disclosed.
US10704110B2
The present invention relates to a method for effectively recovering a sugar solution containing glucose and saccharogenic residues after saccharification using an acid or a saccharification enzyme of a wood-based or algae biomass, and a device for implementing the method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method capable of recovering a sugar solution using minimal equipment and water after aggregating fine particles by adding a protein suspension to a suspension of glucose and saccharogenic residues which are produced by saccharifying cellulose by adding an acid or saccharification enzyme to the biomass, while capable of minimizing an amount of saccharide lost in the residues, and a device for implementing the method.
US10704106B2
Methods for diagnosing or predicting the risk of developing endometrial cancer in a subject in need of such diagnosis or risk prediction are provided, comprising measuring the expression level of at least two miRNAs disclosed herein in the sample of the subject, and compared the expression level of at least two of the miRNAs in the test sample with that of the endometrial cancer-free sample. Kits for diagnosing or predicting the risk of developing endometrial cancer, containing an agent for sequencing or measuring the expression level of at least two miRNAs disclosed herein.
US10704104B2
The present invention relates to methods for screening a subject for a cancer. In particular, the present invention relates to a method (A) for screening a subject for a cancer comprising the steps of i) extracting the cell free nucleic acids from a sample obtained from the subject, ii) determining the total concentration of mitochondrial cell free nucleic acids, ii) determining the total concentration of nuclear cell free nucleic acids iv) calculating the ratio of the level determined at step ii) to the concentration determined at step iii), v) comparing ratio determined at step iv) with a predetermined corresponding reference value and vi) concluding that the subject suffers from a cancer when the ratio determined at step iv) is lower than the predetermined corresponding reference value or concluding that the subject does not suffer from a cancer when the ratio determined at step iv) is higher than the predetermined corresponding reference value.
US10704102B2
The present invention provides a method of diagnosing the existence or risk of hyperthyroidism in a feline comprising measuring the level of expression of one or more biomarkers selected from the group consisting of, e.g., IYD, TG, SLC5A5, NIS, TPO, TSHR, DUOX1, DUOX2 (ThOX), TGFB1, CSTD, DCN and SEPP1 and the expression products thereof, in a biological sample from the feline, wherein elevated expression of the one or more biomarkers in the sample relative to a control value for expression in a sample from a normal feline or feline population, or a baseline value from the feline, indicates the existence or risk of hyperthyroidism; a method of treating a feline so diagnosed; and compositions, reagents and kits for carrying out the specified methods.
US10704096B2
Provided are methods for aiding in diagnosing autoimmune diseases in a mammal, comprising contacting a sample of tear from the mammal with an antibody that specifically binds to a first polypeptide selected from the group Ctss, Ctsh, Ctsr, Ctsw, Ctsz, Ifng, Il16ra, Il10, Il10ra, Il15, Tnfa, Apo-F, or Lcn-2 or a second polypeptide selected from the group lactoperoxidase, lactoferrin or lysozyme under conditions favoring the formation of an antibody-polypeptide complex, and determining the amount of complex formed, wherein an increased formation of antibody-first-polypeptide complex or a decreased formation of antibody-second-polypeptide complex as compared to a suitable control, indicates a likely positive diagnosis of an autoimmune disease for the mammal, thereby aiding in the diagnosis. Methods of treating the autoimmune diseases are also provided.
US10704090B2
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for enriching components or cells from a sample and conducting genetic analysis, such as SNP genotyping to provide diagnostic results for fetal disorders or conditions.
US10704087B2
Disclosed are compositions and a method relating to amplifying and detecting nucleic acids.
US10704085B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for the detection of rare mutations and copy number variations in cell free polynucleotides. Generally, the systems and methods comprise sample preparation, or the extraction and isolation of cell free polynucleotide sequences from a bodily fluid; subsequent sequencing of cell free polynucleotides by techniques known in the art; and application of bioinformatics tools to detect rare mutations and copy number variations as compared to a reference. The systems and methods also may contain a database or collection of different rare mutations or copy number variation profiles of different diseases, to be used as additional references in aiding detection of rare mutations, copy number variation profiling or general genetic profiling of a disease.
US10704069B2
The current disclosure provides a process for enzymatically converting a saccharide into allulose. The invention also relates to a process for preparing allulose where the process involves converting fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to allulose 6-phosphate (A6P), catalyzed by allulose 6-phosphate 3-epimerase (A6PE), and converting the A6P to allulose, catalyzed by allulose 6-phosphate phosphatase (A6PP).
US10704067B2
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.
US10704065B2
There is described a method for producing polymeric 3-hydroxypropionamide (3HP amide), the method comprising: culturing an Acetobacter lovaniensis-bacterium in a growth medium containing phosphate and ammonium, wherein culturing of the bacterium produces polymeric 3HP amide. The polymeric 3HP amide may then be hydrolysed to 3HP amide or converted to other compounds of interest.
US10704061B2
This invention relates to lentiviral gene transfer vectors pseudotyped with hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and fusion (F) proteins from a respiratory paramyxovirus, comprising a promoter and a transgene; and methods of making the same. The present invention also relates to the use of said vectors in gene therapy, particularly for the treatment of respiratory tract diseases such as Cystic Fibrosis (CF).
US10704060B2
Disclosed herein are Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated (Cas) 9-based system related compositions and methods of using said CRISPR/Cas9-based system related compositions for altering gene expression and genome engineering. Also disclosed herein are compositions and methods of using said compositions for altering gene expression and genome engineering in muscle, such as skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle.
US10704059B2
The present invention provides a method to obtain DNA constructs that encode 3-domain Cry toxins (also called Cry toxins, Bt toxins, or β-endotoxins) lacking helix α-1. These DNA constructs have been modified to encode proteins that kill insects that are resistant to the corresponding unmodified Cry toxins. The DNA constructs encoding the Modified 3-Domain Cry Toxins and the encoded Modified 3-Domain Cry Toxins are provided together with the molecular vectors and the host cell comprising said constructs and the recombinant methods to produce the Modified 3-Domain Cry Toxins. Additionally, compositions comprising the Modified 3-Domain Cry Toxins are disclosed. The resistance of the insects to unmodified Cry toxins is due to reduced toxin binding to the insects' midgut receptors. The invention further provides methods to overcome resistance in crop pests.
US10704049B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for regulating microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis. The invention also relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing cancer in a subject in need thereof.
US10704042B2
Methods of amplification, purification and detection of nucleic acid sequences especially RNA are described. One aspect of the method involves the hybridisation and subsequent ligation of a nucleic acid structure to the nucleic acid sequence desired to be manipulated. The methods require that the nucleic acid structure comprises a double stranded region and a single stranded region. The single stranded region is complementary to the RNA sequence of interest. The double stranded region may also contain additional functionalities which are then used subsequently in the method.
US10704030B2
The present invention provides improved P450-BM3 variants with improved activity. In some embodiments, the P450-BM3 variants exhibit improved activity over a wide range of substrates.
US10704022B2
Provided are a cell evaluation apparatus and a cell evaluation method capable of preventing overlooking of remaining undifferentiated cells. A first evaluation part 1 and a second evaluation part 2 that evaluate cells to be evaluated are provided. The first evaluation part 1 includes first and second discrimination parts 31 and 32 that respectively discriminate whether the cells to be evaluated correspond to two types of cells on the basis of an image obtained by imaging the cells to be evaluated, and the second evaluation part 2 evaluates the cells to be evaluated under an evaluation condition different from an evaluation condition of the first evaluation part in a case where discrimination results in the first and second discrimination parts 31 and 32 are conflicting.
US10704006B2
The invention provides a lubricating composition containing an antiwear agent and an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further relates to the use of the lubricating composition in an internal combustion engine, or a driveline device.
US10704005B2
A water content sensor is positioned within a flowline downstream of a well-choke. The water content sensor is configured to determine a water content percentage of a production fluid flowing through the flowline. A temperature sensor is positioned downstream of the well-choke. The temperature sensor is configured to determine a temperature of the production fluid flowing through the flowline. A heating-jacket surroundings at least a portion of the flowline. The heating-jacket is configured to transfer heat into the flowline. A controller is configured to receive a signal from each of the water content sensor and the temperature sensor, and control the heating jacket in response to a signal from each of the water content sensor and the temperature sensor.
US10704002B2
Processes for producing high biogenic concentration Fischer-Tropsch liquids derived from the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (MSW) feedstock that contains a relatively high concentration of biogenic carbon (derived from plants) and a relatively low concentration of non-biogenic carbon (derived from fossil sources) wherein the biogenic content of the Fischer-Tropsch liquids is the same as the biogenic content of the feedstock.
US10703997B2
A process for the desulphurization of a gasoline cut containing sulphur-containing compounds, olefins and diolefins, involving (a) fractionating the gasoline in order to recover a light gasoline cut LCN and a first heavy gasoline cut HCN; (b) desulphurization of the first heavy gasoline cut HCN; (c) partially condensing desulphurization effluent obtained from b) in a manner such as to produce a gaseous phase of hydrogen and H2S and a liquid hydrocarbon phase HCN of dissolved H2S; (d) separating the liquid hydrocarbon phase HCN into an intermediate gasoline cut MCN and a second heavy gasoline cut HHCN; (e) carrying out a second desulphurization of the second heavy gasoline cut HHCN.
US10703987B2
Methods and systems to monitor and control crude oil processing with regards to crude oil specifications for bottom sediment & water (BS&W) and salt are provided. Crude oil processing may be monitored and controlled using key performance indicators (KPIs) that include the desalter voltage and dehydrator voltage as indicators of the BS&W and salt. In response to monitoring of the desalter voltage and dehydrator voltage, a high pressure production trap (HPPT) efficiency and a dehydrator separation efficiency may be controlled via adjustment of a wash water percentage, a demulsifier dosage, a dehydrator interface level, a desalter interface level, and a differential pressure across a mixing valve.
US10703986B1
Systems and methods are provided for selective oxidation of CO and/or C3− hydrocarbonaceous compounds in a reaction environment including hydrocarbons and/or hydrocarbonaceous components. The selective oxidation can be performed by exposing the CO and/or C3− hydrocarbonaceous compounds to a catalytic metal that is encapsulated in a small pore zeolite. The small pore zeolite containing the encapsulated metal can have a sufficiently small pore size to reduce or minimize the types of hydrocarbons or hydrocarbonaceous compounds that can interact with the encapsulated metal.
US10703984B2
Systems and methods are provided for using an oxygen-containing gas as at least part of the stripping gas for the stripping zone or section in a fluidized coker. By using an oxygen-containing gas as the stripping gas, heat can be added to the stripping zone selectively based on combustion of coke and/or hydrocarbons with the oxygen in the stripping gas. This can allow the temperature of the stripping zone to be increased relative to the temperature of the coking zone of a fluidized coking system. The flow of oxygen can be controlled to achieve a desirable temperature in the stripper while the reactor temperature is independently set by preheating of the feed and/or hot coke circulation to the reaction zone.
US10703981B2
Use of chemical pretreatment agents on the subsequent enzymatic conversion of coal is described. As an example, fungal manganese peroxidase (MnP) produced by the agaric white-rot fungus Bjerkandera adusta, where the enzyme MnP has little effect on the untreated coal controls, was investigated. The nature of pretreatment agents and their applied concentrations were found to have significant impact on subsequent enzymatic conversion of coal. Four agents were investigated: HNO3, catalyzed H2O2, KMnO4, and NaOH. Hydrogen peroxide was found to generate the greatest quantity of total organic carbon from the coal samples employed. Combined chemical and enzymatic treatment of coal is appropriate for enhanced depolymerisation of coal and coal-derived constituents and results in chemically heterogeneous and complex liquefaction products like humic and fulvic acids, which will have important ramifications in the generation of liquid and gaseous fuels from coals as nonpetroleum-derived fuel alternatives.
US10703967B2
A quantum dot including a first ligand and a second ligand on a surface of the quantum dot, a composition or composite including the same, and a device including the same. The first ligand includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and the second ligand includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2: MAn Chemical Formula 1 wherein M, n, and A are the same as defined in the specification; and wherein, R1, L1, Y1, R, k1, and k2 are the same as defined in the specification.
US10703954B2
Methods for treating a subterranean formation are described. The methods include providing a petrified cellulosic material, combining the petrified cellulosic material with a treatment fluid, and introducing the treatment fluid with the petrified cellulosic material in the subterranean formation.
US10703953B2
One object of the invention is to improve the affinity between the silicone resin and the thermally conductive filler to facilitate mixing thereof. Another object of the invention is to suppress a viscosity increase of a silicone resin composition containing a high level of loading of thermally conductive filler, and to provide a cured product having a higher thermal conductivity. According to the invention, a thermally conductive silicone composition is provided, which comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane having two or more alkenyl groups each bonded to a silicon atom per molecule; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two or more hydrogen atoms each bonded to a silicon atom per molecule in such an amount that the molar ratio of the hydrogen atoms each bonded to a silicon atom in component (B) to the alkenyl groups in component (A) is within the range of from 0.1 to 4; (C) 50 to 98% by mass, based on total weight of the composition, of a thermally conductive filler; and (D) a catalytic amount of a catalyst based on a platinum group metal, wherein the thermally conductive filler has a contact angle with water of at most 75° on the filler surface.
US10703951B2
Disclosed is a heat transport medium to be transported with a fluid that is liquid in an operating temperature range containing a porous material and a latent heat storage material penetrated in the pores of the porous material, wherein the latent heat storage material is incompatible with the fluid and has a melting point within the operating temperature range, and the porous material has a liquid repellency to the fluid, an affinity for the latent heat storage material, and a sponge hardness of not more than 50. This invention achieves stable heat transport with a high heat conversion efficiency even by circulating the medium through a pipeline over a long period of time. The porous material has an apparent density of about 0.05 to 0.5 g/cm3.
US10703944B2
An adhesive for laminating a metal foil to a resin film, the adhesive including: a polyol (A); a multimer of a polyisocyanate (B); and a metal compound (C) being a compound of at least one metal of Groups 7 and 12, wherein the multimer of a polyisocyanate (B) contains a multimer of a saturated aliphatic polyisocyanate and a multimer of a saturated alicyclic polyisocyanate. Also disclosed is a laminate having a metal foil and a resin film laminated through an adhesive layer obtained from the adhesive for laminating of the invention. Yet further disclosed is a packaging material for a battery casing obtained by using the laminate. Yet further disclosed is a battery case obtained by using the packaging material for a battery casing. Also disclosed is a method for producing a battery case which includes deep drawing or bulging the packaging material for a battery casing.
US10703943B2
Processing tapes for use in preparing optical articles include a thermally stable tape backing and a low tack adhesive layer at least partially coated on tape backing. The low tack adhesive layer includes a crosslinked, polyester-containing (meth)acrylate-based polymer that is essentially free of volatile components, is unchanged after heat aging of 150 C for 1 hour under a pressure of 4.31 kiloPascals, and is able to removably adhere to the anti-reflective, nanostructured surface coating of an optical construction.
US10703942B2
Low cytotoxicity compositions are disclosed, most particularly for use in adhesive medical products such as wound dressings (100) and medical skin coverings including surgical incision drapes, bacterial barriers without a wound pad for covering wounds and skin closure products. Methods of treatment are also disclosed that use the adhesive medical products, for example on patients with an injury or a long-term medical condition requiring repeated application of dressings, on patients undergoing surgery, on patients after surgery and/or injury requiring a skin covering, and skin closure methods.
US10703941B2
An electrically peelable pressure sensitive adhesive sheet has a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed of an electrically peelable pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising an acrylic copolymer (A) comprising 1 to 99 mass % of a constituent unit (a1) derived from a compound represented by the following general formula (a1), and a surfactant (B). The electrically peelable pressure sensitive adhesive sheet has high adhesion before voltage application, but the adhesion can be effectively decreased by voltage application for a short time. wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or has a substituent, and R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or has a substituent; and a value of n is an integer of 1 or more.
US10703940B2
A method of making an adhesive article comprises three steps. First, the method includes providing a liner having first and second opposed major surfaces with respective first and second silicone release layers disposed thereon. The second silicone release layer comprises a partially cured hydrosilation-crosslinkable silicone mixture comprises a first silicone polymer having at least three Si—H groups and second silicone polymer have at least two vinyl, and has an extractables content of 5 to 25 weight percent. Second, an adhesive layer is disposed onto the first silicone release layer. Third, the adhesive layer is exposed to E-beam radiation within a process chamber thereby providing a crosslinked adhesive layer. The second silicone release layer is exposed to oxygen during crosslinking of the adhesive layer. Adhesive articles made according to the method also disclosed.
US10703939B2
The acrylic composition for sealing contains an acrylic compound, a polyphenylene ether resin including a radical-polymerizable substituent at a terminal, an inorganic filler, a thermal radical polymerization initiator, and a thermoplastic resin.
US10703933B2
A method to accelerate cure of a multicomponent coating composition is described herein, including the steps of providing an isocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive compound, and replacing a portion of the isocyanate-reactive compound with a compound of formula I:
US10703931B2
A coating composition comprising a polyester resin binder and a phosphatized polyester. The compositions are useful for coating containers such as food and beverage containers. The compositions have excellent hydrolytic stability upon storage at high temperature. The compositions are formulated to be substantially free of bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE).
US10703913B2
A titanium dioxide powder has excellent red light-selective transmission function while maintaining hiding power. A cosmetic formulated therewith provides a natural finish and makes skin irregularities (pores) inconspicuous while having good covering properties. A titanium dioxide powder is obtained by firing titanium dioxide having acicular projections on the particle surface at 500-800° C. The titanium dioxide powder for the cosmetic is characterized by an apparent average particle size is 100-500 nm, an average crystallite size measured by X-ray diffraction is 15-30 nm, and a specific surface area is 10-30 m2/g.
US10703910B2
Coloring composition, ink jet recording ink, ink jet recording method, and ink jet printer cartridge
Provided are a coloring composition including a compound represented by Formula (1) shown in this specification and a compound represented by Formula (D) shown in this specification, an ink jet recording ink including the coloring composition, an ink jet recording method using the ink jet recording ink, and an ink jet printer cartridge that is filled with the ink jet recording ink.
US10703904B2
A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises: (A) about 20 to about 70% by weight of an aromatic polyamide resin comprising at least two aromatic dicarboxylic acid units; (B) about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of an olefin-based copolymer; and (C) about 10% to about 60% by weight of an inorganic filler. The thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article produced therefrom are excellent in plateability, impact resistance, heat resistance and the like.
US10703903B2
There is provided a polyamide composition for an LED reflection plate, including a polyamide (A), a titanium oxide (B), a magnesium oxide (C), a phenolic antioxidant (D), and a phosphorus-containing antioxidant (E), wherein the polyamide (A) is a polyamide having a dicarboxylic acid unit comprising 50% by mol or more of terephthalic acid unit and a diamine unit and having a melting point of 280° C. or higher; the phenolic antioxidant (D) does not have 4 or more phenol structures in its molecule; wherein the content of the titanium oxide (B) is 10 to 100 parts by mass, the content of the magnesium oxide (C) is 0.50 to 15.0 parts by mass, and the content of the phenolic antioxidant (D) is 0.10 to 0.80 part by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyamide (A); and the content of the phosphorus-containing antioxidant (E) satisfies the following expression (I): 0.25≤mass ratio [(D)component/(E)component]≤3.0 (I). There are also provided a reflection plate obtained by molding the composition, and a light-emitting device having the reflection plate.
US10703899B2
An ablative material comprises a phenolic resin, a polymeric phosphorylated amide, and a number of fillers. The polymeric phosphorylated amide is in the ratio of between 1 and 10 parts of the polymeric phosphorylated amide per 100 parts of phenolic resin or resin solids, by weight.
US10703896B2
The present disclosure relates to a transparent thermoplastic resin and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present disclosure provides a transparent thermoplastic resin that provides superior transparency without generation of flow marks on a surface, and does not exhibit cracks or a whitening phenomenon during processing due to superior whitening resistance, particularly superior whitening resistance at low temperature, a method of preparing the transparent thermoplastic resin, and the like.
US10703895B2
The present invention provides a water-soluble film having excellent solubility in cold water, high strength, and excellent hard-water resistance. The present invention also provides a method for simply producing such a water-soluble film. One aspect of the present invention relates to a water-soluble film including a polymer containing an anionic group other than a sulfonic acid (salt) group, and a water-soluble resin. The anionic group-containing polymer excludes an acrylic acid homopolymer. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method for producing a water-soluble film that includes a polymer containing an anionic group other than a sulfonic acid (salt) group, and a water-soluble resin. The method includes mixing a polymer containing an anionic group other than a sulfonic acid (salt) group and a water-soluble resin.
US10703889B2
An insulated electric wire includes a conductor and an insulating layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor.The insulating layer is formed of a crosslinked polymer of an insulating resin composition that contains a resin component containing a first copolymer which is a copolymer of ethylene and an unsaturated hydrocarbon having 4 or more carbon atoms and which has a density of less than 0.88 g/cm3, a second copolymer which is a copolymer of ethylene and an unsaturated hydrocarbon having 4 or more carbon atoms and which has a density of 0.88 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.91 g/cm3, and a third copolymer which is a copolymer of ethylene and an acrylic acid ester or a copolymer of ethylene and a methacrylic acid ester, or containing the second copolymer and the third copolymer, in which a content of the second copolymer is 40% by mass or more of a total content of the first copolymer and the second copolymer and 60% by mass or less of a total content of the first copolymer, the second copolymer, and the third copolymer, and a ratio represented by the total content of the first copolymer and the second copolymer: a content of the third copolymer (mass ratio) is 80:20 to 40:60, and 30 to 100 parts by mass of a flame retardant and 1 to 5 parts by mass of a crosslinking assistant relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin component.
US10703886B2
Polymer compositions containing a titanated chromium-based ethylene polymer, 150-350 ppm of zinc stearate and/or calcium stearate, 50-5000 ppm of a phenolic antioxidant, 200-3000 ppm of a diphosphite antioxidant, and optionally, 200-3000 ppm of a monophosphite antioxidant, are described. These polymer compositions have improved long-term color stability, as well as lower levels of color formation after aging.
US10703882B2
A plastic composition containing at least one weakly polar or apolar thermoplastic polymer; at least one metallic salt of an unsaturated aliphatic fatty acid; at least one first mediator which is a hydrocarbon compound having at least one cyclic group and having at least one polar substituent comprising an oxygen atom and/or nitrogen atom, wherein the first mediator comprises at least two cyclic groups per polar substituent, and wherein the melting point of the first mediator is no more than 80° C. below and no more than 50° C. above the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer; and at least one third mediator which is a hydrocarbon compound having at least one cyclic and preferably aromatic group which is unsubstituted or halogen-substituted, wherein the boiling point of the third mediator is no more than 100° C. below and no more than 80° C. above the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer.
US10703872B2
To provide a method whereby it is possible to efficiently produce an ion exchange membrane for alkali chloride electrolysis, which has high current efficiency and high alkali resistance at the time of electrolyzing an alkali chloride. This is a method for producing an ion exchange membrane 1 for alkali chloride electrolysis, having a layer (C) 12 containing a fluorinated polymer (A) having carboxylic acid type functional groups, by immersing an ion exchange membrane precursor film having a precursor layer (C′) containing a fluorinated polymer (A′) having groups convertible to carboxylic acid type functional groups, in an aqueous alkaline solution comprising an alkali metal hydroxide, a water-soluble organic solvent and water, and subjecting the groups convertible to carboxylic acid type functional groups to hydrolysis treatment to convert them to carboxylic acid type functional groups, wherein the concentration of the water-soluble organic solvent is from 1 to 60 mass % in the alkaline aqueous solution (100 mass %); the proportion of structural units having carboxylic acid type functional groups in the fluorinated polymer (A) is from 14.00 to 14.50 mol %; and the resistivity in the layer (C) 12 is from 3.0×103 to 25.0×103 Ω·cm.
US10703871B2
A differential density soft sanitary tissue paper web having from about 2% to about 56.5% by weight of the differential density soft sanitary tissue paper web of a softwood pulp fiber mixture, and from about 43.5% to about 99.9% by weight of the dry fiber basis of the differential density soft sanitary tissue paper web of a hardwood pulp fiber mixture is provided. The softwood pulp fiber mixture has: 1) from about 0% to about 56.4% by weight of the dry fiber basis of softwood pulp fiber; 2) from about 0.05% to about 3.0% by weight of the dry fiber basis of strengthening additive. The hardwood pulp fiber mixture comprises: 1) from about 43.4% to about 99.4% by weight of the dry fiber basis of hardwood pulp fibers; and, 2) from about 0.05% to about 20.0% by weight of the dry fiber basis of cellulose nano-filaments.
US10703860B2
An insulating coating material including a polyimide film, and an adhesion layer on at least one side of a polyimide film. The polyimide film has a weight of 23.5 g or less per 1 m2 and a loop stiffness value of 0.45 g/cm or more.
US10703859B2
A composition for use in 3D printing includes an unsaturated polyester resin including an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, a first diol monomer and a second diol monomer.
US10703851B2
The present invention relates to the use of nitrogenous compounds of formula (I) and/or corresponding quaternized and/or protonated compounds for production of polyurethanes, to compositions comprising said compounds and also to polyurethane systems, in particular polyurethane foams, obtained using said compounds.
US10703850B2
A resin composition contains: (a) a resin which constitutes a polymer having a structure represented by any one of the following general formulae (1) to (3) below and/or a copolymer having the structure; and (b) a basic compound, wherein R1 is a C4-C30 organic group, R2 is a divalent C4-C30 organic group, X is a sulfonic group, hydroxy group, or carboxy group, p is 1 to 4, and n is 2 to 100,000; wherein R3 is a C4-C30 organic group, R4 is a divalent C4-C30 organic group, Y is a sulfonic group, hydroxy group, or carboxy group, q is 1 to 4, and m is 2 to 100,000; wherein R5 represents a C4-C30 organic group, R6 is a divalent C4-C30 organic group, Z is a sulfonic group, hydroxy group, or carboxy group, r is 1 to 4, and l is 2 to 100,000.
US10703849B2
Carbon-linked 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) oligomers contain at least one first HMF unit and one second HMF unit. The first and second HMF units are linked by a carbon-carbon bond with involvement of an aromatically bound carbon atom at position 3 or 4 of the furan ring of the first HMF unit. The HMF oligomers may be used as reactive carbonyl compounds in the manufacture of thermally curable resins on the basis of phenolic compounds and/or aminoplastic forming agents as well as in the manufacture of wood composite products.
US10703842B2
A polymerizable system includes a curable composition and one or more encapsulated initiator particles. The curable composition can include one or more 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds and the encapsulated initiator particles can include one or more polymerization initiators encapsulated by a cured composition. The cured composition includes one or more 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds.
US10703840B2
A method for the preparation of a copolymer containing at least one alkyl methacrylate and maleic anhydride having a number average molecular weight of 4000 to 18000 g/mol proceeds by solution polymerization in the presence of a radical initiator.
US10703839B2
Provided is a method for preparing an acrylic copolymer, and more specifically, provided are a method for preparing an acrylic copolymer including: i) adding and polymerizing 50 to 80 parts by weight of a methyl (meth)acrylate monomer and 10 to 49 parts by weight of a C2-C12 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer, based on 100 parts by weight of a total monomer content, in a reactor (S1); and ii) adding and polymerizing 1 to 10 parts by weight of the methyl (meth)acrylate monomer, more than 0.01 part by weight to less than 1 part by weight of an acrylic cross-linking agent, and a surfactant, based on 100 parts by weight of the total monomer content, in which a polymerization conversion ratio of the polymerization in step (S1) is 70% to 90% (S2), an acrylic copolymer prepared therefrom, and a resin composition including the same.
US10703830B2
A process for preparing a (meth)acrylate comprising preparing an aqueous phase by combining water, one or more stabilizing agents, and one or more surfactants; preparing an oil phase by combining one or more free radical initiators, one or more monomers capable of undergoing radical polymerization, one or more crosslinking and/or graft-linking monomers, and stearyl methacrylate and/or lauryl methacrylate, wherein the free radical initiator is capable of partitioning preferentially into the oil phase; combining the aqueous and oil phases and mixing to form a suspension having oil droplets ranging in size from 1 to 10 microns; raising the temperature of the suspension to effect an initial polymerization forming a core polymer is provided.
US10703829B2
A process is provided for the polymerization of fluoromonomer to an dispersion of fluoropolymer particles in an aqueous medium in a polymerization reactor, by (a) providing the aqueous medium in the reactor, (b) adding the fluoromonomer to the reactor, (c) adding initiator to the aqueous medium, the combination of steps (b) and (c) being carried out essentially free of hydrocarbon-containing surfactant and resulting in the kickoff of the polymerization of the fluoromonomer, and (d) metering hydrocarbon-containing surfactant into the aqueous medium after the kickoff of polymerization, e.g. after the concentration of the fluoropolymer in the aqueous medium is at least 0.6 wt %, the metering being at a rate reducing the telogenic activity of said surfactant while maintaining surface activity.
US10703825B2
A cellulose acetate according to the present invention has a total degree of acetyl substitution of 0.4 to 1.1 and has a compositional distribution index (CDI) of 3.0 or less, where the CDI is specified by the formula: CDI=(Measured value of half height width of chemical composition)/(Theoretical value of half height width of chemical composition) where the measured value of half height width of chemical composition is a half height width of chemical composition determined by analyzing a cellulose acetate propionate by HPLC, where the cellulose acetate propionate is prepared by propionylating all residual hydroxy groups of the cellulose acetate (sample); and Theoretical value of half height width of chemical composition=2·35482√{square root over (3*DPw*(DS/3)*(1−DS/3))}/DPw [Math. 1] where DS is the total degree of acetyl substitution; and DPw is a weight-average degree of polymerization determined by a GPC-light scattering method using a cellulose acetate propionate prepared by propionylating all residual hydroxy groups of the cellulose acetate (sample).
US10703824B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments capable of penetrating cells via an ENT transporter, such as humanized antibodies. The disclosure also provides conjugates comprising the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments and a heterologous agent. The disclosure further provides methods for making and using the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments and conjugates, including humanized antibodies.
US10703822B2
This invention is in the field of treating or preventing inflammation in humans and animals and relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating or preventing various inflammatory conditions. In particular, the invention relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing inflammatory conditions such as citrulline-related inflammatory diseases. The invention provides specific binding molecules directed against citrulline-containing epitopes for use in the therapy and prevention of inflammatory conditions.
US10703820B2
Endoglin has been identified to play a functional role as a regulator of TGFβ1 signaling, particular in TGFβ1-mediated calcineurin expression. The present invention features methods of reducing cardiac damage, particularly in a subject undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy by administering a composition that inhibits endoglin activity. The present invention also features methods of treating autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, organ transplantation, and conditions association with oxidative stress related to TGFβ1-mediated calcineurin expression and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by administering a composition that inhibits endoglin activity. The present invention also features methods of treating fibrotic diseases by administering a composition that inhibits endoglin activity.
US10703818B2
Isolated human monoclonal antibodies which bind to and inhibit human CD25, and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. The human antibodies can be produced by a hybridoma, a transfectoma or in a nonhuman transgenic animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, capable of producing multiple isotypes of human monoclonal antibodies by undergoing V-D-J recombination and isotype switching. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the human antibodies, nonhuman transgenic animals, hybridomas and transfectomas which produce the human antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the human antibodies.
US10703811B2
The compositions and methods described herein include agents that inhibit inflammasome signaling in the mammal such as antibodies directed against inflammasome components used alone or in combination with extracellular vesicle uptake inhibitor(s). Also described herein are compositions and methods of use thereof for treating multiple sclerosis.
US10703809B1
Eculizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against C5 that inhibits terminal complement activation, showed activity in a preliminary 12-week open-label trial in a small cohort of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). The present study examined whether chronic eculizumab therapy could reduce intravascular hemolysis, stabilize hemoglobin levels, reduce transfusion requirements, and improve quality of life in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multi-center global Phase III trial. It has been found that eculizumab stabilized hemoglobin levels, decreased the need for transfusions, and improved quality of life in PNH patients via reduced intravascular hemolysis. Chronic eculizumab treatment appears to be a safe and effective therapy for PNH.
US10703802B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising at least two influenza A virus-neutralizing binding molecules that bind to an epitope in the stem region of influenza A virus hemagglutinin (HA) protein, the method comprising: i) a first binding molecule capable of neutralizing at least one influenza A virus subtype selected from the group consisting of H1, H2, H5 and H9; ii) a second binding molecule capable of neutralizing at least one influenza A virus subtype selected from the group consisting of H1, H3, H5, H7 and H9. The mixed composition of the present invention can effectively neutralize the multiple influenza subtypes of both phylogenetic group 1 and phylogenetic group 2 and can be used in combination with a chemical compound. Thus, the composition of the present invention is very useful for the prevention and treatment of a disease by influenza virus.
US10703801B2
The invention relates to antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof that potently neutralize infection of both RABV and non-RABV lyssaviruses. The invention also relates to antigenic sites to which the antibodies and antigen binding fragments bind, as well as to nucleic acids that encode and immortalized B cells and cultured plasma cells that produce such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies and antibody fragments of the invention in screening methods as well as in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment of RABV infection and infection with non-RABV lyssaviruses.
US10703796B2
The present invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating different forms of cancer and angiogenesis related diseases using cyclic peptides.
US10703792B2
A two-chain insulin analogue contains Aspartic Acid at position B10 and penta-fluoro-Phenylalanine at position B24, optionally Histidine or Glutamic Acid at position A8, optionally additional substitutions or modifications at positions A13 and/or A14 and/or B28 and/or B29. The analogue may be an analogue of a mammalian insulin, such as human insulin, may optionally include (i) N-terminal deletion of one, two or three residues from the B chain, (ii) a mono-peptide or dipeptide C-terminal extension of the B-chain containing at least one acidic residue, and (iii) other modifications known in the art to enhance the stability of insulin. Formulations of the above analogues at successive strengths U-100 to U-1000 in soluble solutions at at least pH value in the range 7.0-8.0 in the absence or presence of zinc ions at a molar ratio of 0.00-0.10 zinc ions per insulin analogue monomer.
US10703790B2
The present invention relates to novel monomeric fusion proteins derived from human GAG binding proteins such as chemokines with increased glycosaminoglycan (GAG) binding affinity and knocked-out or reduced GPCR activity compared to wild type GAG binding proteins, which are highly selectively competitive and are of increased bioavailability, and to their use for prevention or treatment of pathological cell movement as in metastasis.
US10703782B2
Disclosed herein are nucleotide sequences encoding an insecticidal protein exhibiting Lepidopteran inhibitory activity, as well as novel insecticidal proteins referred to herein as a BCW 001, BCW 002, BCW 003, and BCW toxic protein-containing chimeras and BCW toxin insecticide, transgenic plants expressing the chimeras or the insecticide, and methods for detecting the presence of the nucleotide sequences or the insecticide in a biological sample.
US10703779B2
The present invention relates to cyclic amino acid molecules, in particular 1,3,4-oxadiazole containing macrocyclic peptides, and a process to produce the same. The process involves the macrocyclization of amino acids or linear peptides. Specifically, the process comprises reacting an amino acid molecule with an isocyano-iminophosphorane and an aldehyde or a ketone.
US10703776B2
IL-2Rβ ligands and IL-2Rγc ligands and compounds comprising the ligands are disclosed. The ligands and compounds such as heterodimers and fusion proteins comprising the IL-2Rβ ligands and/or the IL-2Rγc ligands can be IL-2 receptor agonists.
US10703774B2
The invention relates to a method of isolating an immunoglobulin, comprising the steps of:a) providing a separation matrix comprising multimers of immunoglobulin-binding alkali-stabilized Protein A domains covalently coupled to a porous support,b) contacting a liquid sample comprising an immunoglobulin with the separation matrix,c) washing said separation matrix with a washing liquid,d) eluting the immunoglobulin from the separation matrix with an elution liquid, ande) cleaning the separation matrix with a cleaning liquid,wherein the alkali-stabilized Protein A domains comprise mutants of a parental Fc-binding domain of Staphylococcus Protein A (SpA), as defined by, or having at least 80% such as at least 90%, 95% or 98% identity to, SEQ ID NO 51 or SEQ ID NO 52, wherein the amino acid residues at positions 13 and 44 of SEQ ID NO 51 or 52 are asparagines and wherein at least the asparagine residue at position 3 of SEQ ID NO 51 or 52 has been mutated to an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, lysine, tyrosine, threonine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan, methionine, valine, alanine, histidine and arginine.
US10703773B2
The present invention aims to provide a novel glycosyl hesperetin, which is significantly reduced in miscellaneous tastes characteristic of conventional products containing glycosyl hesperetin, and a method for producing the same and uses thereof; and the objects are solved by providing a glycosyl hesperetin which comprises glycosyl hesperetin in an amount of 90% or more by mass but less than 100% by mass, on a dry solid basis, but it does not substantially contain furfural, and a method for producing the same and uses thereof.
US10703770B2
The present invention provides for a method for dissolving and/or depolymerizing lignin comprising: (a) providing a composition comprising lignin, (b) contacting the composition with a strong hydrogen donor, such as a polyol, to form a first solution, (c) incubating the first solution at a temperature equal to or less than 100° C., whereby at least 20% by weight of the lignin is dissolved, (d) optionally introducing an oxidation agent to the first solution to form a second solution, wherein the temperature of the second solution is equal to or less than 100° C., whereby lignin is depolymerized, and (e) optionally introducing an anti-solvent to the second solution to precipitate the depolymerized lignin.
US10703767B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe compositions comprising a molecular building block (MBB) having the formula [RE6(μ3-OH)8(O2C—)6N4C—)6] or [RE6(μ3-OH)8(O2C—)12], wherein RE is a rare earth metal ion. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe methods of making a metal-organic framework (MOF) composition comprising contacting one or more molecular building blocks (MBBs) with one or more bidentate ligands, wherein the MBBs have the formula [RE6(μ3-OH)8(O2C—)6N4C—)6] or [RE6(μ3-OH)8(O2C—)12], wherein RE is a rare earth metal ion.
US10703763B2
Crystalline polymorphous forms of the rifaximin (INN) antibiotic named rifaximin δ and rifaximin ε useful in the production of medicinal preparations containing rifaximin for oral and topical use and obtained by means of a crystallization process carried out by hot-dissolving the raw rifaximin in ethyl alcohol and by causing the crystallization of the product by addition of water at a determinate temperature and for a determinate period of time, followed by a drying carried out under controlled conditions until reaching a settled water content in the end product, are the object of the invention.
US10703759B2
Disclosed are 8,9-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimido[5,4-e]pyrimidin-5(6H)-one compounds, specifically represented by the Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein A and R1-R7 are defined herein. Compounds having Formula I are Wee1 kinase inhibitors. Therefore, compounds of the disclosure may be used to treat diseases caused by abnormal Wee1 activity.
US10703752B2
The present invention relates to novel integrin antagonists of Formula I and their use as a medicament, in particular for inhibiting neovascularization.
US10703751B2
The present invention relates to a compound according to formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof; wherein R1 is C1-alkyl, R2 is C1-alkyl, R3 is C2-alkyl, R4 is hydrogen, R5 is hydrogen. The invention relates further to said compounds for use in therapy, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, to said compounds for use in the treatment autoimmune diseases and to intermediates for the preparation of said compounds.
US10703750B2
The present disclosure generally relates to crystalline valbenazine. The present disclosure also generally relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising crystalline valbenazine, as well of methods of using crystalline valbenazine in the treatment of hyperkinetic disorders, and methods for obtaining such forms.
US10703746B2
Compounds of Formula I and Formula II and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed The variables A, B, Y, Z, X1, X2, R1-4 and R13-18 are disclosed herein. The compounds are useful for treating cancer disorders, especially those involving mutant IDH1 enzymes. Pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I or Formula II and methods of treatment comprising administering compounds of Formula I and Formula II are also disclosed.
US10703745B2
This disclosure provides compounds with Bcl inhibitory activity based on a new chemical scaffold. Acyl phosphonamidate compounds may include a P-phenyl phosphonamidate moiety which is N-acylated with an aroyl or heteroaroyl group. The P-phenyl phosphonamidate moiety can be optionally substituted at phosphorus with thio (═S) instead of oxo (═O), and/or with a thioxy group or a second amino group instead of an oxy group. One of the heteroatoms attached to phosphorus can be cyclically linked to a carbon atom of the adjacent phenyl ring attached to the phosphorus to provide, together with the phosphorus atom through which they are connected, a heterocyclic ring. By incorporating such a cyclic constraint between two phosphorus substituents of the core linking moiety a favorable binding conformation can be promoted in the compounds. Selected compounds promote apoptosis in senescent cells, and can be developed for treating senescent-related conditions, such as osteoarthritis, ophthalmic disease, pulmonary disease, and atherosclerosis. Selected compounds promote apoptosis in cancer cells, and can be developed as chemotherapeutic agents.
US10703741B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula I useful as inhibitors of PAD4, compositions thereof, and methods of treating PAD4-related disorders.
US10703740B2
This application relates to substituted benzimidazoles, compositions comprising them and their uses in the treatment of diseases and conditions in which inhibition of a bromodomain is indicated. For example, the application relates to substituted benzimidazoles and to their use as bromodomain inhibitors. The present application is also related to the treatment or prevention of proliferative disorders, auto-immune disorders, inflammatory disorders, dermal disorders, and neoplasms, including tumors and/or cancers.
US10703732B2
Provided is a production method of kakeromycin and a derivative thereof showing an antifungal activity and cytotoxicity and expected as a new antifungal agent or anticancer agent, by chemical synthesis. A production method of a compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; and n is 0 or 1, or a salt thereof, including a step of subjecting a compound represented by the formula (2): wherein R and n are as defined above, or a salt thereof, to an oxidation reaction.
US10703726B2
A simple method for producing a clinically applicable radiopharmaceutical composition containing 1-(2,2-dihydroxymethyl-3-[18F]fluoropropyl)-2-nitroimidazole ([18F]DiFA) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, is provided which includes a synthesis step of obtaining a crude product of [18F]DiFA from a labeling precursor compound for [18F]DiFA; and a purification step of purifying the crude product, in which the purification step includes purifying [18F]DiFA using two or more different types of reverse phase solid phase extraction cartridges.
US10703725B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel tetrahydroazepine compound and a process for producing the same.The present invention relates to a tetrahydroazepine compound represented by the formula (10) or a salt thereof, anda process for producing the said compound or a salt thereof. (In the formula, R1 is an optionally substituted alkyl group, R2 is an optionally substituted alkyl group and one of the X—Y bond and the Y—Z bond is a carbon-carbon double bond and the other is a carbon-carbon single bond).
US10703719B2
A method for producing (2S,5S)/(2R,5R)-5-hydroxypiperidine-2-carboxylic acid represented by the formula (10) below: the method including removing the protecting group from the hydroxyl group in a compound represented by formula (7) below: (wherein P represents a protecting group, R3 represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms) to synthesize a compound represented by formula (8) below: (wherein R3 represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aralkyloxy group containing 7 to 20 carbon atoms).
US10703715B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an alkanesulfonic acid by oxidation of a sulfur containing starting compound with an oxygen containing fluid, wherein the sulfur containing starting compound is provided in a reaction system, comprising a reaction vessel (1) with an expansion vessel (2) on its top, wherein the reaction vessel and the expansion vessel are connected to allow a flow of a fluid stream from the reaction vessel into the expansion vessel.
US10703714B2
The present invention discloses a process for the synthesis of aromatic carbamates from amine with dialkyl carbonate in the presence of binary or ternary mixed metal oxide catalyst. The present invention further discloses the yield of said aromatic carbamate in the range of 60 to 99%. Further, the ratio of amine to dialkyl carbonate is in the range of 1:2 to 1:30.
US10703706B2
The present disclosure provides treprostinil derivatives that can act as prodrugs of treprostinil. The treprostinil derivatives can be used to treat any conditions responsive to treatment with treprostinil, including pulmonary hypertension, such as pulmonary arterial hypertension.
US10703696B2
The method for isomerizing an organic compound comprises a step of selecting an alumina so that the acid amount calculated from the amount of ammonia desorbed at a desorption temperature of at least 300° C. by temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia is at least 0.10 mmol/g and at most 0.25 mmol/g; a step of fluorinating the selected alumina by a fluorinating agent to produce a partially fluorinated alumina; and a step of isomerizing, by using the obtained partially fluorinated alumina, an organic compound having at least two carbon atoms wherein to at least one of the adjacent carbon atoms, at least one fluorine atom is bonded and to the other, at least one chlorine atom or hydrogen atom is bonded.
US10703680B2
A method of forming a ceramic component is disclosed. A ceramic matrix material is combined with a binder material. The ceramic matrix material and the binder material are mixed to create an intermediate slurry. After mixing the ceramic matrix material and the binder material, reinforcing fibers are added to the intermediate slurry to create a final slurry. The final slurry is introduced into a mold cavity having a shape corresponding to the ceramic component. The final slurry is at least partially cured within the mold cavity to form an intermediate casting. The intermediate casting is sintered to produce the ceramic component from the intermediate casting.
US10703673B2
An architectural transparency includes a substrate; a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate, a first metallic layer over the first dielectric layer, a first primer layer over the first metallic layer, a second dielectric layer over the first primer layer, a second metallic layer over the second dielectric layer, a second primer layer over the second metallic layer, a third dielectric layer over the second primer layer, a third metallic layer over the third dielectric layer, a third primer layer over the third dielectric layer, and a fourth dielectric layer over the third primer layer. At least one of the metallic layers is a subcritical metallic layer.
US10703662B2
The present invention relates to a process for treating primary sludge in a wastewater treatment plant, comprising the steps of admixing an organic coagulant and/or polymer to wastewater; allowing a primary treatment of the wastewater in the presence of the organic coagulant or polymer; separating solids as a primary sludge from said primary treatment; and dewatering the primary sludge. The present invention further relates to a method of improving primary sludge dewaterability and improving energy balance of a wastewater treatment plant.
US10703661B2
The present invention relates to a method for purifying water using at least one unit for trapping one or more ions and at least one membrane filtration unit, wherein an aqueous stream is withdrawn from a source and is fed to the aforementioned unit for trapping one or more ions, wherein the aqueous stream leaving the aforementioned unit is fed to the aforementioned membrane filtration unit, and at least one concentrate stream and one permeate stream are obtained in said membrane filtration unit, wherein at least part of the aforementioned one or more ions that are trapped is added to the aforementioned permeate stream to obtain a permeate stream enriched with one or more ions.
US10703660B2
An organic contaminants treatment system comprises a first pH adjustment tank, a Fenton reaction tank, an H2O2 purging tank, a second pH adjustment tank, a holding tank, and a membrane tank. An organic contaminants treatment method couples Fenton reaction and membrane filtration.
US10703659B2
A scale remover that efficiently removes scale deposited inside a boiler without corroding a boiler includes polyacrylic acid and polymethacrylic acid and/or salts thereof.
US10703658B2
A tank is disclosed as having a tub therein that divides the volume of the tank into an anoxic chamber inside the tub and an equalization chamber outside of the tub. The anoxic chamber anoxically treats wastewater while the equalization chamber equalizes fluctuations in wastewater influent as well as provides a holding space for wastewater if power to the tank is cut off. The tank can be part of a system for treating wastewater, such as one with an anaerobic tank having an anaerobic chamber for anaerobically treating wastewater, an aerobic/filtration tank having a filtration sub-tank therein that divides the volume of the tank into a filtration chamber inside the sub-tank and an aerobic chamber outside of the sub-tank. The aerobic chamber can aerobically treat wastewater while the filtration chamber has a membrane unit for filtering wastewater.
US10703648B2
This invention is directed to a hydrocyclone that will separate particles from a liquid stream, such as from an irrigation water stream for use in drip irrigation. The invented hydrocyclone has an inlet, a separation section, a clean liquid outlet, and a slurry outlet, wherein the separation section has a vortex and a cone, and wherein the vortex length is more than three times longer than the cone length, and the cone has an angle of about 45 degrees. The invented hydrocyclone also has a vortex diameter to vortex length ratio of between about 0.8 and about 1.2, and a cone length to vortex length ratio of between about 0.28 and about 0.35. The invented hydrocylone may be of unitary construction. When in use, the invented hydrocyclone may create a clean water stream having at least 78% fewer particles than the original liquid stream.
US10703635B2
Provided is a process for producing isolated graphene sheets from a supply of coke or coal powder containing therein domains of hexagonal carbon atoms and/or hexagonal carbon atomic interlayers. The process comprises: (a) subjecting the supply of coke or coal powder to a supercritical fluid at a first temperature and a first pressure for a first period of time in a pressure vessel and then (b) rapidly depressurizing the supercritical fluid at a fluid release rate sufficient for effecting exfoliation and separation of the coke or coal powder to produce isolated graphene sheets, wherein the coke or coal powder is selected from petroleum coke, coal-derived coke, mesophase coke, synthetic coke, leonardite, anthracite, lignite coal, bituminous coal, or natural coal mineral powder, or a combination thereof.
US10703629B2
Process and apparatus for producing a hydrogen-containing product by steam-hydrocarbon reforming of multiple hydrocarbon feedstocks in a production facility utilizing a prereformer in addition to the primary reformer. The temperature of the reactant mixture introduced into the prereformer is controlled depending on the composition of the reactant mixture fed to the prereformer.
US10703626B2
The invention relates to a damping system for a mobile mass (2) of a MEMS device (1), the system being capable of preventing direct contact between the mass (2) and a surface element (3) of the MEMS device (1), the damping system comprising: a mechanical bumper (4) positioned between the mass (2) and the surface element (3); a system (5) for locking/unlocking the bumper (4), which comprises one branch (51) oriented towards the bumper (4) having a blocking end (53) and a pin joint (54) capable of pivoting the branch (51), the locking/unlocking system (5) defining two subsequent positions of the mass (2).
US10703624B2
The disclosure of the present invention relates to a HORSE BRIDLE MOUTHPIECE or more specifically to a horse bridle mouthpiece having side shanks and a moveable intermediate link connected to the ends of the side shanks using a ring and ball joint fitted into a tapered slot. The ring and ball joint configured to provide optimal control of the mouthpiece to convey clear signals to the horse and provide an improved fit and comfort.
US10703616B2
A battery electric counterbalanced forklift reliably prevents rainwater from entering an electrical part compartment in a counterweight and also allows a battery cover attachment task to be performed more readily than conventionally. The forklift includes a body frame forming a battery compartment within a vehicle body, an openable battery cover closing the battery compartment, a counterweight disposed adjacently behind the body frame, a hinge rotatably joining the body frame and the battery cover, and an inner cover disposed so as to extend widthwise beyond a boundary between the body frame and the counterweight. The inner cover and the hinge are fastened together to the body frame at a portion forming the boundary.
US10703613B2
A frame support includes an extensible carrier having a free end, a guide configured to guide the extensible carrier in an axially-movable manner, and a vertical support unit. The vertical support unit is arranged eccentrically at the free end of the extensible carrier. The frame support is adapted to be coupled to a vehicle.
US10703608B2
An elevator system is provided, the system includes an elevator car (100, 200, 300) having at least one elevator car door (202), a deterrent system configured to prevent the at least one elevator car door (202) from opening when the elevator car (100, 200, 300) is not in an unlocking zone (218, 318), and a disabling system configured to disable the deterrent system such that the at least one elevator car door (202) may be opened outside of the unlocking zone (218, 318).
US10703605B2
An elevator request authorization system is provided and includes a second server configured to grant an elevator use token upon request from a first server registerable with the second server for establishing secure communications between the second server and the first server. The first server is configured to be receptive of an elevator request relating to elevator usage by a user, to authenticate the user, to authorize the elevator usage by the user to which the elevator request relates, to request the elevator use token from the second server via the secure communications upon authentication and authorization and to deliver the elevator use token to the user upon receipt.
US10703604B2
An elevator system includes a control unit, a bus, a plurality of bus-nodes connected via the bus with the control unit, and a plurality of safety-state detection devices connected with the control unit via the bus-nodes. A method of commissioning the elevator system includes the steps: A) verification by the control unit of the safety-state detection means that are connected to the bus; B) checking of the functional capability of the safety-state detection means that are connected; C) checking by the control unit of the safety functions of the elevator system based on a change in state of a safety-state detection means; and D) release of the elevator system for a normal operation only after positive execution by the control unit of the steps A) to C), wherein the release is accompanied by a change in state of the control unit from an unsecured state into a secured state.
US10703598B2
An apparatus for picking a product, including a control circuit, at least one vacuum cup arranged to adhere at least one sheet of material to the at least one vacuum cup, and at least one sensor configured to monitor an area proximate the at least one vacuum cup, and transmit at least one signal regarding a presence of at least one sheet of material in the area, wherein the apparatus is arranged to displace to a second location while continuously monitoring the area proximate the at least one vacuum cup, the at least one sensor is configured to transmit the at least one signal, and the control circuit is arranged to determine, responsive to the at least one signal, the sheet of material is not present in the area, and generate an error signal indicating that the at least one sheet of material is not present in the area.
US10703593B2
A sheet housing device includes: a housing; and a sheet cassette. The sheet cassette has: a detection mechanism; and a pair of cursors. The detection mechanism includes: a detection switch; a first actuator; and a second actuator. A first cursor pushes down a pressed part of the first actuator and a connection part pushes up a connected part of the second actuator, and the second actuator swings in a first rotation direction from a first posture and the second actuator is set to a second posture in which a switch pressing part is capable of pressing a switch pressed part. The switch pressing part has: a first pressing part that is connected to a front end of a pressing arm; and a second pressing part that is disposed to protrude further toward an upstream side in the first rotation direction than the pressing arm does.
US10703588B1
A bin sweep system for moving particulate matter across a floor surface of a bin may include a sweep assembly positionable on the floor surface of the bin and movable across the floor surface. The sweep assembly has an inboard end for locating toward to a central area of the bin and an outboard end for locating toward a peripheral area of the bin, and a forward side oriented toward a direction of movement for orienting toward particulate matter to be moved. The system may also include a particle agglomeration breakup assembly configured to expel a fluid adjacent to the sweep assembly to impact particulate matter located adjacent to the forward side of the sweep assembly and facilitate breakup of any particle agglomerations positioned forwardly of the sweep assembly.
US10703578B2
A packaging machine for packaging products to be packaged using a stretchable film has a film transporter supplying the film. The film transporter has first and second belt conveyors that each have first and second transport belts, which are synchronously driven and arranged next to one another in a film transport direction. A belt conveyor is movable in a direction perpendicular to the film transport direction, and has a movable film guide to insert the film into the film transporter. The film guide has a guide plate for guiding the film. The guide plate has first and second recesses in an upper edge in the vertical direction facing the belt conveyors. The belt conveyors are to be inserted into a respective one of the recesses. The film transporter has cleaners for the belt conveyors.
US10703577B2
Provided is an object conveying system including: a conveying apparatus that conveys an object; one or more cameras that capture images of feature points of the object; a position measuring portion that measures positions of the feature points from the acquired images; a detecting portion that detects a position or a movement velocity of the object; a position correcting portion that corrects the positions of the feature points so as to achieve positions at which the feature points are disposed at the same time; a line-of-sight calculating portion that calculates lines of sight that pass through the feature points on the basis of the corrected positions of the feature points and the positions of the cameras; and a position calculating portion that calculates a three-dimensional position of the object by applying a polygon having a known shape to the calculated lines of sight.
US10703576B2
The invention relates to a system for manufacturing medical pouches and a method for manufacturing medical pouches in a system, said pouch being made from two layers of plastic film and at least one component per pouch, the system comprising a group of positioning aids for the components as well as a group of supports for the positioning aids, the positioning aids being supported on the supports which are conveyed in an endless path with the aid of a guiding mechanism, the system further comprising a component application station designed to bring a component, which has been introduced into the station by a positioning aid with the aid of a support, into a joining connection with the plastic film. The invention is characterized in that on the endless path, the supports are alternately guided first along a process run and then along a return run; the supports are placed at a certain distance from one another in the process run, are accelerated to increase the distance therebetween when the supports travel along the return run, and are decelerated to reduce the distance therebetween again when the supports intermittently travel along the process run. As a result, the system requires fewer product-specific parts.
US10703569B2
A delivery chute for use on a concrete mixer truck has automated systems to allow for repositioning and reconfiguration without requiring an operator to manipulate components. The chute is configured to have multiple segments that can be folded/nested with one another for transport and can be positioned in an extended configuration thereby forming a continuous delivery surface for purposes of delivering concrete to a desired location. Powered mechanisms are used to reposition these segments, thus eliminating the need for operators to handle chute segments at all. A control system is provided to coordinate operation of components so proper sequences are followed during folding, unfolding, raising, lowering and swinging operations. An operator can control each of these operations using a remote control, having single buttons to carry out specific operations.
US10703566B2
A method and apparatus are provided for sorting or retrieving items to/from a plurality of destinations areas. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a track that guides the delivery vehicles to/from the destination areas, which are positioned along the track. Once at the appropriate destination area, an item is transferred between the delivery vehicle and the destination area.
US10703564B2
A remotely operated vehicle, for picking up a storage bin from an underlying storage system, may include a vehicle body having a cavity adapted to contain the entire storage bin, vehicle rolling means for movement of the vehicle on the underlying storage system, and a lifting assembly for lifting the storage bin from the underlying storage system to a position above the lowest level of the vehicle rolling means. Additionally, the lifting assembly may include a lifting frame, a rotatable lifting shaft, a first lifting band assembly, and a second lifting band assembly. Further, the lifting frame is connectable to the storage bin and the rotatable lifting shaft is arranged in an upper part of the vehicle body.
US10703561B2
A device for coffee preparation, the device comprising a head module and a base module. The head module comprising; a first end and a second end with a bore extending therebetween, an elongate element extending across the bore proximal the first end of the head module. The base module comprising; a first end and a second end and a bore extending from the first end at least proximal the second end. The head module mounted above the base module; and wherein the elongate element comprises at least one flat surface facing in the direction of the first end of the head module.
US10703560B2
In the military, colleges, and university privacy can be at a minimum. Even around the home, there are children and visitors. In each of these environments, other individuals finding one's adult toy can lead to embarrassment. The present disclosure is a container designed to store an individual's adult toy in what appears to be a common household item such as a shampoo bottle, conditioner bottle or soap dispenser. These containers can then be transported to and from the bathroom there the adult toy can be used or cleaned in private and if the container is observed, questions will not be raised as to the contents of the container.
US10703555B2
[Problem] To provide a flow path tube that prompts gas/liquid stirring of fluids flowing through a tube channel, enables adjustment of the flow rate, and furthermore suppresses passage of foreign substances.[Solution means] A flow path tube 1 is configured by inserting and disposing within a tube channel 12 of a flow path tube body 10 at least one or more porous materials 20 having a continuous void structure and a necessary length/a necessary diametrical dimension. Moreover, at least one or more ejection holes 18 are formed at given positions in the flow path tube body 10 or in the porous material 20 to form a jet nozzle tube 14 using the flow path tube 1. Furthermore, a valve body 26 is attached to the base end 10c of the flow path tube body 10 to form an aerosol valve tube 16 using the flow path tube 1.
US10703552B1
A liquid drink concentrate dispensing system is provided. It includes a concentrate storage container and a housing with a piercing device for providing a flow path for selective discharge of drink concentrate into a cup for diluting with water. The storage container includes a pump to effect selective discharge of the concentrate.
US10703541B2
A medium storage box includes a storage unit that stores a medium, a handle configured to rotate in a first direction from a first state to a second state and a second direction opposite to the first direction from the second state to the first state, and a rotation restricting portion that prevents rotation of the handle in the second direction. The handle includes a grip portion and an arm that includes an upper surface portion or a top portion and extends in an extending direction toward the upper surface portion or the top portion from the rotational axis. The arm is configured such that an end portion of an arm center line side in the upper surface portion or the top portion is separated toward a first direction side with respect to an arm center line extending from the rotational axis to the extending direction.
US10703540B2
The disclosure provides a functionalized polymer for use in coating compositions and a method for making the functionalized polymer. In some embodiments, the functionalized polymer is a water-dispersible polymer, more preferably a water-dispersible polyester polymer, having one or more side groups including one or more salt groups. Packaging containers (e.g., food or beverage cans) comprising the functionalized polymer and methods of making such containers are also provided.
US10703537B2
Examples of the disclosure provide a storage apparatus comprising a substantially rigid, formed tray having a plurality of cells configured to provide separate storage compartments. The storage apparatus has a height, width, and depth configured for implementation within a standard sized cabinetry drawer.
US10703536B2
A display case assembly for footwear that allows the user easy access to each individual pair of footwear while displaying each item of footwear. The assembly includes one or more containers that can be stacked to form an assembly of storage devices that cooperate to assist access to the footwear in that a first device stacked on top of a second device can be used to hold the door of the second device open while the user accesses the footwear inside. The containers feature two adjacent doors with magnets located on their exterior surfaces positioned to contact the magnets on a door of a second container stacked on top of a first container. In addition, the containers feature a support column with magnets that are positioned to contact magnets on the doors when the doors are fully closed.
US10703534B2
The present disclosure concerns a coupling mechanism for detachably attaching two or more utility modules to one another, utility assembles, mobile carriers and other attachable modules and articles.
