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| US10240780B2 |
High turn-down modulating burner
A high turn-down burner adapted to receive a fuel flow for combustion including an outer housing including a central axis, a side wall having a top edge and a bottom edge, a plurality of apertures disposed on the side wall, a top wall adjoining the side wall at the top edge and a bottom wall adjoining the side wall at the bottom edge; an inner housing including a central axis, a side wall, a plurality of apertures disposed on the side wall, the inner housing is coaxially rotatable with respect to the outer housing; and an actuator adapted to harness and convert the power exerted by the fuel flow to a movement of the inner housing with respect to the outer housing, wherein the alignment of the apertures of the inner and outer housings is adapted to modify an effective combustion area of the burner. |
| US10240775B2 |
Multi-objective steam temperature control
A control system for controlling a steam turbine power plant having multiple steam flow paths that converge to a combined steam path controls the final steam temperature of the steam input into the turbine by controlling one or more temperature control devices in each of the steam flow paths. The control system includes a multivariable controller, such as a multi-input/multi-output (MIMO) controller, that produces two control signals that control each of a set of downstream control valves in the split steam flow paths. The controller receives two inputs in the form of measured or calculated process variables including the final steam temperature and the inter-stage temperature difference between the steam being produced in each of the two split steam paths and performs multi-objective control based on these inputs. However, when one of the downstream control valves is placed into a manual mode, the controller shifts to being a single objective controller to control the final steam temperature of the system and to thereby perform better or more optimal control. |
| US10240770B2 |
Lighting module comprising a laser element
A lighting module includes a semiconductor laser element configured for emitting a laser beam in an emission cone, a light-emitting element, and a reflecting surface, a main portion of which reflects light coming from the light-emitting element in order to form an outgoing light beam. A secondary guiding face reflects the light coming from the first emission cone into a measurement cone. Also included is a device for detecting incident light exceeding a predetermined threshold of light intensity which is arranged within the measurement cone. The optical structure of the guiding face causes a spreading of the light so that the measurement cone exhibits an aperture angle greater than that of the first emission cone. |
| US10240766B1 |
Expandable LED light ball
An expandable light emitting diode (LED) light system, including an expandable LED light ball, and a control box to control the expandable LED light ball. |
| US10240764B2 |
Lighting fixture for downlight with adjustable mounting bracket
Lighting fixtures for use with a can downlight are provided. In some embodiments, The lighting fixture includes a fixture housing having a recess. The fixture housing has a shape adapted to fit at least partially within a can housing. The lighting fixture includes one or more light sources disposed within the recess of the fixture housing. The lighting fixture includes an adjustable mounting bracket attached to the fixture housing. The adjustable mounting bracket is movable between a plurality of different positions to adapt the adjustable mounting bracket for engaging can housings of a plurality of different sizes. |
| US10240763B2 |
Method for illumination of outdoor cooking grill surface
Disclosed is a method for providing immediate, direct illumination of the cooking surface of an outdoor cooking grill. The method employs the installation of a one-piece metallic light fixture holder attachable to cooking grills which have a hinged, curvilinear grill cover. The light fixture holder comprises a rigid, symmetrically-bent channel member, at least one horizontally-oriented curvilinear attachment arm, fastening tabs, and at least one pre-drilled hole in each fastening tab, said holes, corresponding to holes commonly used to attach a handle to a grill cover. The pre-drilled holes of the fastening tab of the light fixture holder allow the light fixture holder to be easily fastened and co-located in holes provided for the original manufacturer's grill cover handle. An appropriately-sized LED or battery-powered light fixture is then securely placed within the channel segment of the light fixture holder. |
| US10240762B1 |
Electric recessible track assembly and method of installation in standard ⅝-inch thick drywall
A recessible track for a lighting system, the track including a channel defined by first and second opposing sidewalls, a base wall, and a longitudinal opening opposite the base wall, a first lateral flange extending laterally from an exterior of the first sidewall substantially parallel to the base wall and for at least a portion of the length of the track, and a second lateral flange extending from an exterior of the second sidewall substantially parallel to the base wall and for at least a portion of the length of the track. The channel is dimensioned such that it does not extend past a thickness of standard ⅝-inch drywall when recessed while the first and second lateral flanges secure the channel to the surface. The flanges may be concealed by blending with the drywall using a concealing material such as a joint compound or the like. |
| US10240759B2 |
Modular lighting fixture
An improved and modular lighting fixture that reduces shipping and storage requirements and costs, facilitates simple assembly and repair, and that is modularly configurable to provide flexibility when designing and installing lighting fixtures. The improved lighting fixture also reduces the adverse effect of external environmental factors such as moisture, dust, etc. by providing a seal that impedes ingress into the modular lighting fixture. |
| US10240757B1 |
Light apparatus
A light apparatus has a light module, a housing, and a direction switch structure. The light module has a light source. The light source emits light to a light emitting side of the light module. The housing stores the light module and has a first housing side and a second housing side. The direction switch structure is used by user for switching the light emitting side facing to the first housing side or the second housing side. When the light emitting side of the light module faces to the first housing side, a first light pattern is output by the light apparatus. When the light emitting side of the light module faces to the second housing side, a second light pattern is output by the light apparatus. The first light pattern and the second light pattern have different light characteristics. |
| US10240751B2 |
Systems and methods of illumination
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for illuminating a target area. Such systems may mitigate shadows and lack of light homogeneity at surgical intervention settings, or any other clinical or otherwise critical human operational confined area that utilize a substantially uniform light flooding. One or more lighting modules can be disposed in a target area, for illumination one or more illumination target locations. An object detection component can detect an object in the target illumination location, and provide data indicative of the detected object to an illumination module adjustment component. Based on the data indicative of the detected object, the illumination module adjustment component can provide data indicative of an illumination adjustment to the first illumination module. |
| US10240747B2 |
Vehicle lighting structure with first lamp assembly fixed to vehicle body and second lamp assembly fixed to trunk lid that align with one another with trunk lid closed
A first lamp assembly has a first side surface with a first light passage and a hollow interior with a first light dispersing member disposed therein. The first light dispersing member is positioned to receive light emitted through the first light passage and emit light received via the first light passage. The second lamp assembly has a hollow interior with a first lighting device disposed therein, and a second side surface with a second light passage. The first lighting device is positioned to emit light through the second light passage, such that when the second light passage and the first light passage are adjacent to one another with the first and second light passages being aligned, and with the first lighting device operating, the first lighting device emits light through the second light passage into the second light passage illuminating the first light dispersing member within the first lamp assembly. |
| US10240738B2 |
Vehicle LED bulb
A pair of a white LED light source 25 and a selective yellow LED light source 26 is provided on LED mounting face portions 21 located on both sides of a light source heat conduction portion 23. The selective yellow LED light source is mounted on an upper side of the white LED light source so that the selective yellow LED light source and the white LED light source are substantially in contact with each other in a vertical direction, and the selective yellow LED light source is mounted on a rear side of the white LED light source so that a distance between the selective yellow LED light source and the white LED light source in a front-rear direction is equal to or shorter than the width of the selective yellow LED light source and equal to or shorter than the width of the white LED light source. |
| US10240733B2 |
Solar decorative light
A solar decorative light having decorative flowers and a light string; the light string includes a transparent wire and multiple LED light beads; the transparent wire connects the LED light beads in series; the transparent wire twines the decorative flowers, with each of the LED light beads being positioned on a surface of a respective decorative flower. |
| US10240732B1 |
Control device and related user interfaces and techniques for controlling solid-state lighting device emissions
A control device and related user interfaces (UIs) and techniques for controlling the light output of a solid-state lighting device are disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, the control device may be configured to present a UI having one or more adjustment features operatively associated with one or more adjustment modes by which the control device may control the light output of a downstream lighting device communicatively coupled with the control device. Via a given adjustment feature, a user (or other controller) may adjust one or more characteristics, such as intensity, correlated color temperature (CCT), and color of the emissions of the lighting device. In some embodiments, the control device may be a computing device, mobile or otherwise, and the UI may be presented by a display element as a graphical UI (GUI). |
| US10240731B2 |
LED lighting assembly
An LED lighting assembly including a sidewall having an outer periphery with a dimension exceeding a maximum opening dimension of a standard-sized light bulb ceiling recess; at least one LED at least partially disposed within the sidewall; a plurality of heat dissipating fins between the sidewall and the LED; and a plurality of air flow channels, each having an air flow intake port defined by a lower portion of the sidewall and at least one of the heat dissipating fins; and an air flow exhaust port defined by an upper portion of the sidewall and at least one of the heat dissipating fins. Heat generated by the LED is transferred to the heat dissipating fins so as to drive a continuous flow of air into the air flow intake port and out of the corresponding air flow exhaust port of each of the air flow channels. |
| US10240730B2 |
Illumination device
An illumination device includes a light source unit; and a light guide plate configured to guide light from the light source unit and to emit the light outward. The light guide plate includes an incidence surface which constitutes one end surface of the light guide plate and on which the light from the light source unit is incident, and emission surfaces which constitute opposite main surfaces of the light guide plate and from which the light incident on the incidence surface is emitted. The emission surfaces include dots formed by micro prism processing. The dots on one of the emission surfaces and the dots on the other emission surface are position-shifted in rotational symmetry with each other. |
| US10240723B2 |
Digital regulated gas dispensing apparatus with a MEMS mass flow meter
The design and structure of a regulated digital gas dispense apparatus is exhibited in this disclosure. The MEMS mass flow meter embedded with a Bluetooth communication device and powered by a battery pack is designed to replace the mechanical low pressure gauge in a conventional gas dispense regulator such that the dispensed gas flowrate as well as totalized dispensed gas volume in each session or in consequent sessions can be continuously and precisely registered. The measured data are further relayed to local users via the local display or physical data port as well as via a paired smart device running a customized APP that can further relay the data to a designated cloud for cloud data processing, and the data can be streamed reversely. This disclosure shall assist and realize the ultimate optimized management for the users, distributors and/or gas manufacturers in the gas dispensing industry. |
| US10240721B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for refueling hydrogen vehicles
A dispenser apparatus that includes a first cascade stage having a first connector configured to connect to and disconnect from a first gas storage vessel, and a first conduit connected to the first connector and having a first valve and a first pressure measuring device, and a second cascade stage having a second connector configured to connect to and disconnect from a second gas storage vessel, and a second conduit connected to the second connector and having a second valve and a second pressure measuring device. A common flow path is fluidly connected to the conduits, and has a dispensing nozzle to connect to a vehicle during refueling. A controller is provided to control the first and/or second valve(s) to perform refueling using gas stored in at least one of the first and second gas storage vessels based on pressure measurements of the first and/or second pressure measuring device(s). |
| US10240720B2 |
Pressure valve
Pressure vessel (1) with a gas-impermeable liner (2) and a reinforcing layer (4) in composite material formed externally around the impermeable liner (2), as well as at least one boss (5) coupled to the impermeable liner (2) and to the reinforcing layer (4), wherein between the impermeable liner (2) and the boss (5) a polymeric sealing mass (7) is arranged bound to both the impermeable liner (2) and to the boss (5) by means of in situ cross-linking of the sealing mass (7). |
| US10240713B2 |
Camera stand having constant resistance for a portion of a range of motion along an axis of rotation
This application discloses a stand assembly that includes an upper portion for holding electronic components and a lower portion for supporting the upper portion. The lower portion including a base, a joint, and a second fastener structure configured to mate with a first fastener structure of the upper portion. The first fastener structure and the joint are configured to respectively provide a first degree of freedom of motion and a second degree of freedom of motion of the upper portion with respect to the lower portion. Movement of the upper portion at the first degree of freedom has substantially consistent resistance through first part of a first full range of motion associated with the first degree of freedom of motion. Movement of the upper portion at the second degree of freedom has substantially consistent resistance through a second full range of motion associated with the second degree of freedom. |
| US10240709B2 |
System and method for protecting one or more pipes against corrosion and corrosion-protected pipe
A carrier pipe is protected from corrosion by being received inside a casing at a location above ground. The casing, which can be formed from a polymer, defines a gap extending around an exterior surface of the carrier pipe. In one embodiment, the gap is substantially filled with a potting material having a corrosion-resistant property. In another embodiment, a self-contained impressed current cathodic protection system is received in the gap. A pull head is installed on the carrier pipe and/or casing for pulling the pipe assembly, including carrier pipe, casing, and elements received in the gap, into an underground bore as a single unit. In some embodiments multiple pipe assemblies are pulled together into the same bore. |
| US10240705B1 |
Method for notification of sewer line contents
A clean out notification disc is placed in a clean out underneath a clean out cover to provide a durable notification mechanism of certain conditions of a main sewer line, such as, for example, the existence of a sewer liner, a backflow valve or a grease trap. |
| US10240697B2 |
Fracturing liquid delivery hose for recovery of shale oil and gas, and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides a multi-layer hose comprising a cover layer, comprising a first polymer, an enhancement layer comprising woven filaments, and an inner lining, comprising a second polymer, wherein the first polymer and the second polymer are dissimilar. The first polymer is preferably a polymer with good wear resistance properties, e.g., thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), TPU/PVC, or PVC, or PVC/NBR. The second polymer is preferably a polymer with good chemical resistance properties, e.g., ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing said multi-layer hose. |
| US10240696B2 |
Pipe having resistance to both fire and cold
The present invention relates to a pipe having resistance to both flame and cold, where the pipe has good flame resistance to prevent flame or smoke from spreading through the pipe penetrating into the floor or wall in the case of a fire and also has good smoke resistance to prevent deterioration in the physical properties of the pipe even in the cold weather. |
| US10240694B2 |
Co-molded sealing ring for use in an electrical fitting, and a raintight compression connector and raintight compression coupler incorporating a co-molded sealing ring
A co-molded sealing ring for use in an electrical fitting has an uncompressed state and a compressed state and includes a first segment formed from thermoplastic elastomer and a second segment co-molded to the first segment, formed from a medium-density polyethylene material. A space formed between the first segment and an inner surface of an electrical fitting connector body when the ring is in the uncompressed state, is at least partially filled by a portion of the first segment when the ring is in the compressed state; the second segment having an end surface positioned away from the first segment, the end surface dimensioned for contact by a gland ring so as to urge the sealing ring into the compressed state so that the first segment forms a seal between the inner surface of the connector body and an outer surface of a conduit positioned within the connector body. |
| US10240689B2 |
Diaphragm check valves and methods of manufacture thereof
Microscale valves for use in, e.g., micropump devices, may be formed of a slitted diaphragm bonded o the interior of a valve tube. A bump in the diaphragm and/or a backward-leakage stopper may increase the breakdown pressure of the valve. A push-rod may be used to pre-load the valve membrane to thereby increase the cracking pressure. |
| US10240688B2 |
Device having a plurality of latching micro-actuators and method of operating the same
An actuator device including a plurality of transducer actuators, and a common pneumatic actuation mechanism for shaping the plurality of transducer actuators, wherein each actuator of the plurality of transducer actuators includes a shape memory polymer membrane, an integrated stretchable heater, and a pressure interface to the common pneumatic actuation mechanism. |
| US10240682B2 |
Over-molded splines for rotary valves
Rotary valve assemblies are disclosed, for example, for use in a thermal management system. The assembly may include a first rotary valve including a primary shaft including a hollow portion defining a first inner cavity and a first spline piece disposed within the first inner cavity on one end and including a primary spline feature on an opposite end, the primary spline feature having one or more primary splines. A second rotary valve may include a secondary shaft including a hollow portion defining a second inner cavity and a second spline piece disposed within the second inner cavity and including a secondary spline feature having one or more secondary splines. One or both of the first spline piece and the second spline piece may be formed of metal. The primary splines and the secondary splines may be configured to mesh together to form a spline joint between the rotary valves. |
| US10240680B2 |
Valve sealing device for a tilting-armature valve and method for producing a valve sealing device for a tilting-armature valve
A valve sealing device for a tilting-armature valve, including: a sealing body having a first surface configured to close in a fluid-tight fashion a valve seat and/or an opening in a valve; and a retaining body which is arranged on a surface of the sealing body which is opposite the first surface, and is configured to secure the valve sealing device in and/or on a cutout in a valve, in particular in a cutout in a tilting armature of a tilting-armature valve, in particular in which the sealing body and/or the retaining body is essentially cylindrical in shape. A related method to make the valve sealing device and a tilting-armature valve that includes the valve sealing device are also described. |
| US10240679B2 |
High conductance valve for fluids and vapors
A high conductance valve for use in fluid delivery systems is comprised of a flat non-circular orifice ridge adjacent to which a control plate having a planar control surface is proximally positioned to adjust the valve effective opening area and thereby the conductance of the valve. The length of the non-circular orifice ridge periphery is substantially greater than the circumference of a similarly sized circular orifice and therefore the realized effective opening area is also substantially greater despite having a similar footprint. |
| US10240677B2 |
Gasket
A gasket for sealing a compartment between rotating and fixed members. The gasket has a first ring; a second ring radially more external than the first ring; a first annular elastomeric element carried by the first ring and defining at least a first annular sealing lip cooperating with the second ring to counter the passage of external contaminants inside the compartment; a second annular elastomeric element carried by the second ring and defining at least a second annular sealing lip cooperating with the first ring to counter the passage of lubricant to the outside; a third ring coupled to the second ring and extending from this latter towards the axis of the gasket; and at least a third annular sealing lip, overhangingly projecting from the first elastomeric element and cooperating with the third ring to counter the passage of external contaminants from the outside towards the first sealing lip. |
| US10240676B2 |
Seal system
A seal system (1) for use in mixing apparatus (2) comprising a rotating shaft (3) which passes through a fixed structure (4), the seal system (1) being adapted both to prevent egress of content from the apparatus, and to resist ingress of material into the seal system. |
| US10240675B2 |
Fluid seal and method of sealing a gas containment system
A fluid seal system for a hydrocarbon recovery capsule includes a plurality of interconnected fluid seals each comprising an elongated sealing member clamped to a bulkhead plate and biasing a geomembrane to the bulkhead plate. A compression plate is positioned between each elongated sealing member and the bulkhead plate, thereby clamping the geomembrane to the bulkhead plate. An enclosed channel of each elongated sealing member receives a slurry. Clay amended soil surrounds and compresses the plurality of interconnected seals to provide a fluid seal that is capable of withstanding high temperatures while sealing off fluid and gas from the environment. A method of sealing a hydrocarbon recovery capsule is disclosed and described. |
| US10240674B2 |
Sealing device
A sealing device which allows the man-hour for mounting the sealing device to be reduced is provided. A sealing device includes: a slinger fitted and fixed to an end portion of an inner shaft; a core metal fitted and fixed to an end portion of an outer ring; an inner seal lip fixed to the core metal and in slidable contact with the slinger; an outer seal lip fixed to the core metal radially outward of the inner seal lip and in slidable contact with a side surface of a flange portion; and a labyrinth lip fixed to the core metal radially outward of the outer seal lip and forming a labyrinth seal together with the side surface of the flange portion. |
| US10240673B2 |
Parking lock control device for vehicle
A SBW-ECU includes: a P unreleasable region determination portion configured to determine whether a road surface slope Sr at a vehicle position and an output voltage Volr of an auxiliary battery fall within a predetermined parking lock unreleasable region or not; and a P release request rejection portion configured to reject a P release request in a case where P release request rejection conditions to are all satisfied, including a fact that the P unreleasable region determination portion determines that the road surface slope Sr at the vehicle position and the output voltage Volr of the auxiliary battery fall within the parking lock unreleasable region (the P release request rejection condition (c) is satisfied). |
| US10240666B2 |
Simplified gearbox mechanism
The improved gearbox mechanism of the present invention includes a plurality of cam-actuated simplified gear block assemblies, which transfer power from a power shaft to a secondary or output gear element. Each gear block assembly includes a gear block having a surface that periodically interfaces with a secondary or output gear element. In a preferred embodiment the interface surface comprises a plurality of projections or teeth which correspond to complementary projections or gear teeth on the output gear element. Each gear block assembly further includes a gear block, a torque lever arm, cam followers and/or a socket, which connect or link the gear block to a cam assembly, which in turn is connected to a power source. The cam assembly includes about its circumference a unique pathway or groove for each linkage assembly of a particular gear block assembly so that the movement of the gear block may be controlled in two dimensions in accordance with a certain design parameter. |
| US10240665B2 |
Systems and methods for tensioning a belt of a belt drive of an internal combustion engine
Methods and systems are provided for tensioning a belt of a belt drive of an internal combustion engine. In one example, a movable tensioning means assigned to an active tensioner is provided, which applies a force to a belt of a belt drive, and the active tensioner is controlled such that a compression of a spring of the tensioner is at least countered, so that a movement of the tensioning means under the load of the belt is at least hindered. The belt is then excited to vibration in a contact zone between the belt and the movable tensioning means by use of a starter so that the tensioning means exposed to the force of the spring is moved further in the direction of the belt under expansion of the spring, whereby the belt is tensioned. |
| US10240664B2 |
Tensioner with hydraulic locking feature
In an aspect, a tensioner includes a pulley, a main piston chamber, a reservoir, and first and second fluid passageways connecting the main piston chamber and reservoir, a main piston that is movable in the main piston chamber, a check valve, a control valve, and a movable reservoir member. The check valve prevents flow in one direction through the second passageway and permits flow in an opposing direction through the second passageway. The control valve is movable between to provide a first flow resistance, or a second flow resistance. The movable reservoir member is movable based on the amount of fluid in the reservoir in such a way as to change the volume of the reservoir, such that the reservoir, the main piston chamber and the first and second passageways together are included in a fluid circuit that is substantially free of any compressible fluids. |
| US10240663B2 |
Drive mechanism having a double worm gear
The invention relates to a drive mechanism having a drive motor and a drive element drivable by the drive motor. A first worm gear, which has a first worm gear shaft and a first worm wheel, and a second worm gear, which has a second worm gear shaft and a second worm wheel, are connected between the drive motor and the drive element. |
| US10240656B2 |
Valve arrangement with improved failsafe operation
A valve arrangement controls a flow of damping medium in a shock absorber. A radial column is provided with an axial failsafe flow such that the fail safe flow is not dependent on the exact axial position of the control valve member for creating the fail safe restriction, and less turbulence arise affecting the axial position of the control valve member. Thereby a valve arrangement is provided which has a more stable and reliable failsafe operation, resulting in a more dependable valve arrangement. |
| US10240655B2 |
Apparatus and methods for a vehicle shock absorber
A method and apparatus for a vehicle shock absorber comprising a main damper cylinder, a first reservoir and a second reservoir. One embodiment includes a first operational mode where both reservoirs are in fluid communication with the cylinder. In a second operational mode, only one reservoir communicates with the cylinder during fluid evacuation from the cylinder. In each mode, rebound from either or both reservoirs may travel through a single, user-adjustable metering device. |
| US10240652B2 |
Automatic slack adjuster
A slack adjuster for rotating an input shaft of a braking system includes a housing having an aperture defining a first axis. The slack adjuster also includes an output member positioned within the aperture. The output member is engageable with the input shaft for rotation therewith about a second axis parallel with and offset from the first axis. The slack adjuster also includes an incremental adjustment mechanism operable to impart cycloidal motion to the output member relative to the housing. |
| US10240650B2 |
Parking brake device in caliper brake device for railway vehicle
A parking brake reduced in size and simplified is installed on a rod-protruding side of a cylinder of a caliper braking device. A second piston is provided within the second cylinder that is coaxially coupled with the cylinder and movable coaxially relative to the rod. A one-way clutch is provided to switch ON/OFF due to a releasing/pressing by the second piston with respect to a switch disposed facing a cylinder side surface of the second piston. A parking operation auxiliary spring is provided on the side of the cylinder within a second cylinder, and a manual release piston is provided in a space of the second cylinder. A parking release lever pushes a manual release rod at the tip end of the manual release piston, pushing the second piston in the direction of retraction of the rod, at the same time as the manual release rod pushes into the rod. |
| US10240642B2 |
Film transfer tool
A film transfer tool that can be restored to a normal use state easily even though a small degree of sticking takes place in a transfer tape includes a supply bobbin, a take-up bobbin, a supply-side rotational shaft that is fixed to the supply bobbin, a take-up side rotational shaft that is fixed to the take-up bobbin, a ratchet shaft that is connected rotationally to the supply-side rotational shaft, a first rotational connection mechanism that connects the supply-side rotational shaft and the take-up side rotational shaft together rotationally and which includes a first clutch and a second rotational connection mechanism that connects the ratchet shaft and the take-up side rotational shaft together rotationally via a locking claw that is a ratchet rotational member. A ratio of a rotation speed of the ratchet rotational member to a rotation speed of the ratchet shaft is set to be greater than one. |
| US10240638B2 |
Cartridge bearing with bearing grease setting member
A bearing assembly for a vehicle includes an inner race having an interior surface and an exterior surface, an outer race having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a first sealing member disposed between the inner race and the outer race, the first sealing member having a sealing surface adjacent to the interior surface of the outer race, and a second sealing member disposed radially inward of the first sealing member and adjacent to a shoulder surface of the outer race, wherein the first sealing member permits grease bleed-off from the bearing prior to the first sealing member setting against the second sealing member. |
| US10240636B2 |
Rolling bearing device and oil supply unit
A rolling bearing device includes: a bearing portion that has an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of balls, and a cage that holds the plurality of balls; and an oil supply unit provided adjacent to the bearing portion in the axial direction and configured to supply lubricating oil to the bearing portion. The oil supply unit has: a pump that suctions lubricating oil into an oil chamber and discharges the lubricating oil by varying a capacity of the oil chamber by periodically driving a piezo element; and a control portion that causes the pump to operate by varying a rising time of a voltage applied to the piezo element in accordance with whether a drive period of the piezo element is long or short. |
| US10240631B2 |
Bearing apparatus including a bearing assembly having a continuous bearing element and a tilting pad bearing assembly
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to bearing apparatuses including a bearing assembly having a continuous superhard bearing element including a continuous superhard bearing surface and a tilting pad bearing assembly. The disclosed bearing apparatuses may be employed in pumps, turbines or other mechanical systems. In an embodiment, the bearing apparatus includes a first and second bearing assembly. The first bearing assembly includes a first support ring and a plurality of tilting pads. Each tilting pad is tilted and/or tiltably secured relative to the first support ring. The second bearing assembly includes a continuous superhard bearing element. The continuous superhard bearing element includes a continuous superhard bearing surface facing the plurality of tilting pads and exhibits a maximum lateral width greater than about 2 inches. |
| US10240629B2 |
Hook and methods of assembling and using the same
A hook for lifting a component includes a hook body and a latch. The hook body includes a coupling portion having an elongate aperture defined therein for receiving at least a portion of a chain, and an engaging portion extending from the coupling portion, the engaging portion defining a hook opening sized for receiving a first portion of the component therein. The latch is pivotably coupled to the coupling portion and pivotable between a first position and a second position relative to the hook body. The latch occludes the hook opening in the second position. The latch defines a chain aperture that is aligned with the elongate aperture such that the portion of the chain extends through each of the elongate aperture and the chain aperture and causes the latch to pivot between the first and second positions in response to a load being applied to the hook. |
| US10240624B2 |
Assembly and method for minimizing an overlap of a composite member riveted to another member
An assembly and method for minimizing an overlap of a composite member riveted to another member includes a first member having a first overlap area and a second member having a second overlap area. The overlap areas of the first and second members are in direct contact, thereby forming an overlapped region. The overlapped region may be thicker than the sum of the individual members. The second member includes an end defining a projection in the overlapped region. The rivet is disposed through the first member and at least partially through the second member in the projection, thereby interlocking the second member to the first member. The projections include a curved symmetrical body defining an apex. The rivet extends through the body such that a line extending from the center axis of the rivet is perpendicular to a tangent extending through the apex of the projection. |
| US10240620B2 |
Electromagnetic proportional control valve system
In an electromagnetic proportional control valve system, left and right position control apparatuses 20 and 30 are disposed on the both ends of a main spool in a three position proportional control valve 10 and perform stroke control for the main spool. The left and right position control apparatus respectively comprise position feedback springs 25 and 35, pilot control valves 21 and 31, and proportional solenoids 27 and 37. The pilot spool is moved, for operative control, in response to a compression force of a position feedback spring and an electromagnetic force of the proportional solenoid. In addition, the output pressure is applied to both ends of the pilot spool so that control is performed to generate output pressure with a negative characteristic against the electromagnetic force of the proportional solenoids. |
| US10240615B1 |
Apparatus, system, and method for dampening vibrations generated by exhaust fans
An apparatus for dampening vibrations generated by exhaust fans may include (1) at least one exhaust fan that (A) generates airflow across an array of storage devices that include rotating disks and (B) generates acoustic waves that produce propagating vibrations and (2) at least one acoustic attenuator that (A) includes a group of honeycomb-shaped openings that dampen the acoustic waves generated by the exhaust fan and (B) mitigates, by way of the honeycomb-shaped openings, interference to the rotating disks caused by the propagating vibrations produced by the acoustic waves. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10240614B2 |
Ventilation fan
A ventilator includes an opening formed on a bottom surface, a rectangular frame provided with a flange, a volute provided with a fan motor inside, and a connector connected to an air outlet of the volute. Four side surfaces of the frame excluding the top surface and the bottom surface tilt towards the outer lower side in a direction from the top surface to the bottom surface, and the opening area of the bottom surface is larger than that of the top surface. The ventilator saves packaging and installation costs, and further facilitates installation between the roof and the ceiling. |
| US10240613B2 |
Supersonic compressor with structural arrangement to increase pressure energy in a discharge process fluid received from a centrifugal impeller
A supersonic compressor provided may include an axial inlet and a centrifugal impeller fluidly coupled to the axial inlet. The centrifugal impeller may have a periphery and may be configured to impart energy to process fluid received via the axial inlet and discharge the process fluid from the periphery in at least a partially radial direction. The supersonic compressor may further include a static diffuser circumferentially disposed about the periphery of the centrifugal impeller and configured to receive the process fluid from the centrifugal impeller and convert the energy imparted. The static diffuser may include a plurality of diffuser vanes defining diffuser passageways therebetween. A supersonic ramp may be formed at an end of the at least one diffuser vane proximate the periphery of the centrifugal impeller. The supersonic ramp may be configured to generate a shock wave from the process fluid. |
| US10240612B2 |
Centrifugal compressor with inlet duct having swirl generators
A centrifugal compressor is disclosed. The centrifugal compressor comprises an inlet and an impeller comprising a hub and blades. The inlet is for conveying flow to the impeller comprising guide means and is arranged to guide the flow through the inlet to induce swirl in the flow adjacent tips of the blades, the direction of swirl being the direction of rotation of the blades, without substantially disturbing flow adjacent the hub. |
| US10240610B2 |
Turbocharger purge seal including axisymmetric supply cavity
A turbocharger rotating assembly (125) includes a shaft (20) rotatably supported in a bearing housing (123) via bearings (26, 128), a compressor impeller (18) mounted on the shaft (20), and an oil flinger (122) disposed on the shaft (20) between the bearings (26, 128) and the compressor impeller (18). The turbocharger (100) further includes an insert (134) disposed in the shaft-receiving axial bore (120) so as to surround the oil flinger (122), and a purge seal (160) operatively positioned in an interface (131) between the insert (134) and the oil flinger (122), whereby the purge seal (160) is configured to minimize oil passage from the bearing housing (123) into the interface (131). An annular cavity (150) encircles the radially outward-facing surface (138) of the insert (134), the cavity (150) forming a portion of a fluid path configured to deliver pressurized fluid to the interface (131). |
| US10240608B2 |
TiAl alloy, in particular for turbocharger applications, turbocharger component, turbocharger and method for producing the TiAl alloy
A TiAl alloy comprising the elements C, Si, B, Al and Ti, wherein a C fraction is ≤0.5 wt %, an Si fraction is 0.05-2.5 wt %, a B fraction is ≤0.4 wt % and an Al fraction is 25-43 wt %, in each case in relation to the total weight of the alloy. |
| US10240607B2 |
Blower assembly for a vehicle seat
A vehicle seat comprises a seat bottom having a bottom cushion and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom with the seat back having a back cushion. At least one of the bottom cushion and the back cushion defines a passage. The vehicle seat further comprises a blower assembly coupled to one of the seat bottom and the seat back. The blower assembly comprises a housing and a stator, which is coupled to the housing and comprises a plurality of driving coils. The blower assembly further comprises a rotor rotatably coupled to the housing about a rotational axis, with the rotor comprising a plurality of permanent magnets arranged to generate a flux concentrated on the driving coils. The blower assembly further comprises an impeller coupled to the rotor to rotate about the rotational axis to generate a flow of air through the passage. |
| US10240600B2 |
Magnetically engaged pump
A magnetically engaged pump includes a pump housing with a rotatable magnetic drive assembly, a cylindrical canister and a rotatable driven magnet assembly. This magnetic coupling is associated with a pump rotor and a laterally positioned gear wheel to define a gear pump. This magnetic coupling is alternatively associated with a pump rotor with an impeller to define a centrifugal pump. Either pump includes a stationary shaft to mount the driven magnet assembly and pump rotor. A rotatable carrier with bushings and thrust bushings coaxially supports the rotatable driven magnet assembly and pump rotor. |
| US10240597B2 |
Pump assembly including fluid cylinder and tapered valve seats
According to one aspect, a pump assembly includes a fluid cylinder, the fluid cylinder including a fluid passage, the fluid passage defining a tapered internal shoulder of the fluid cylinder, the tapered internal shoulder defining a first angle. A valve controls flow of fluid through the fluid passage. The valve includes a valve seat, which is disposed in the fluid passage and includes a tapered external shoulder, the tapered external shoulder defining a second angle. In one embodiment, the first tapered external shoulder engages the first tapered internal shoulder to distribute and transfer loading. |
| US10240594B2 |
Dynamic seal cartridge in a fluid end of a reciprocating pump
A seal assembly includes a packing nut and a pressure ring configured to be coupled to the packing nut. An inner surface of the pressure ring defines a first circumferential groove that is configured to receive a first seal. The first seal is configured to be inserted into the first circumferential groove before the packing nut is coupled to the pressure ring such that the first seal is inserted into the first circumferential groove without being substantially flexed. |
| US10240591B2 |
Air operated diaphragm pump
An air operated diaphragm pump is provided a housing having an orifice formed therein; a gas passageway configured to provide gas through the air operated diaphragm pump in order to pump syrup through the air operated diaphragm pump; a syrup passageway configured to provide the syrup through the air operated diaphragm pump when the gas is passed though the gas passageway, part of the syrup passageway configured in fluidic communication with the orifice of the housing with an inside pressure greater than an external pressure of the outside atmosphere when the syrup is provided through the air operate diaphragm pump; and an indicator arrangement configured or arranged in the orifice of the housing to communicate with the syrup passageway, and to respond or activate when a vacuum force exceeds a predetermined level and provide a visual indication when the syrup is no longer provided through the air operated diaphragm pump. |
| US10240585B2 |
Equivalent variable pitch differential control method and apparatus
An equivalent variable pitch differential control method and apparatus. The method includes: acquire a first control parameter and a second control parameter respectively by means of a static energy deviation PI control method; acquire an equivalent differential third control parameter using a dynamic energy deviation; and by taking a wind wheel measurement rotating speed and a wind wheel reference rotating speed as inputs, a proportion integration differentiation controller controls a wind generating set according to the first control parameter, the second control parameter, and the third control parameter, thereby making a wind wheel rotating speed follow the wind wheel reference rotating speed. A wind generating set is controlled in real time by combining first and second control parameters and an equivalent differential third control parameter to serve as parameter values of the proportion integration differentiation controller. |
| US10240583B2 |
Control method and control apparatus of wind power generator set
A control method and a control apparatus of a wind power generator set are provided, in which a wind speed at a location of the wind power generator set is acquired, turbulence intensity is calculated according to the wind speed, and a wind speed distribution range corresponding to the turbulence intensity is determined; a thrust variation amplitude of the thrust in the wind speed distribution range is determined based on a relationship among the thrust suffered by a wind wheel of the wind power generator set, a thrust coefficient and the wind speed; and a maximum rotating speed and a maximum torque of the wind wheel in the wind speed distribution range are adjusted according to the thrust variation amplitude. The maximum rotating speed and the maximum torque makes a fatigue load of the wind power generator set in the wind speed distribution range meet a preset standard. |
| US10240581B2 |
System and method for controlling pitch angle of a wind turbine rotor blade
The present disclosure is directed to a method for controlling a pitch angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The method includes adjusting, with an actuator, the pitch angle of the rotor blade during a start-up sequence of the wind turbine. The actuator adjusts the pitch angle of the rotor blade by rotating the rotor blade about a pitch axis relative to a hub. The method also includes determining, with a controller, a minimum pitch angle threshold of the rotor blade based on a tip speed ratio of the rotor blade. The method further includes comparing, with the controller, a current pitch angle of the rotor blade to the minimum pitch angle threshold. When the pitch angle meets the minimum pitch angle threshold, the method includes preventing, with the actuator, the pitch angle of the rotor blade from exceeding the minimum pitch angle threshold. |
| US10240580B2 |
Adjusting a rotor blade pitch angle
A method of adjusting a pitch angle of a rotor blade of a rotor of a wind turbine is provided. The method comprises varying the pitch angle of the rotor blade during wind operation of the wind turbine from a starting angle to reach a limit angle (α1, α2) at which the rotor blade and/or an operational value (P) of the wind turbine reaches a predefined threshold limit (P1/2; α1, α2), deriving a safe angle (α3, α4) dependent on the limit angle (α1, α2), operating the rotor blade at the safe angle (α3, α4) or an angle from the safe angle (α3, α4) away from the limit angle (α1, α2). A pitch angle adjustment system is also provided for the same purpose. |
| US10240574B1 |
Solar tracking and solar energy collection apparatus and method of using
The invention is directed to a solar tracking apparatus containing a polar axis aligned shaft which rotates continuously or intermittently at a rate simulating the apparent approximate fifteen degree per hour movement of the sun across the sky. A Fresnel lens, photovoltaic panel, parabolic dish or other solar collection/concentration device is adjustably mounted to about twenty three degrees either side of perpendicular to the axis of the shaft and directly at the Sun, collecting, focusing or concentrating the solar radiation on a receiving device, which stores the solar energy in the form of heat, re-directs the light or converts the energy into electricity. |
| US10240568B2 |
Manually actuatable feed pump and fuel system with a feed pump
A manually actuated feed pump is provided with a primer bulb to be manually actuated by an operator. The primer bulb has a pump chamber. A travel-controlled valve connects the pump chamber to a fuel line. The travel-controlled valve has a valve member that is moved by an actuation travel of the primer bulb into an open position that opens the travel-controlled valve. A first spring is operatively connected to the valve member and to the primer bulb. The primer bulb acts through the first spring on the valve member. |
| US10240564B2 |
Intake manifold for internal combustion engine
Provided is an intake manifold for an internal combustion engine, the intake manifold including an upstream portion, a first downstream portion, and a second downstream portion. The upstream portion includes a first upstream passage and a second upstream passage. The first downstream portion includes a first downstream passage configured to communicate the first upstream passage with an intake port of a first cylinder head. The second downstream portion includes a second downstream passage configured to communicate the second upstream passage with an intake port of a second cylinder head. The upstream portion, the first downstream portion, and the second downstream portion are provided in a separate manner. In the intake manifold, a flange of the first downstream portion is connected to a flange of the upstream portion, and a flange of the second downstream portion is connected to the flange of the upstream portion. |
| US10240552B2 |
Fuel injection system for engine
A battery-less fuel injection system, provided with an injector for injecting fuel supplied to an engine, a fuel pump for supplying fuel to the injector, and an ECU for controlling the injector, wherein a fuel pressure sensor for detecting the fuel pressure given to the injector is provided, and the ECU controls the fuel injection in the process of starting the engine, so that execution of fuel injection is suspended when the fuel pressure detected by the fuel pressure sensor is a set pressure or less, until it is confirmed that the detected fuel pressure has exceeded the set pressure. |
| US10240551B2 |
Electromagnetic valve control unit and internal combustion engine control device using same
Provided are an electromagnetic valve control unit and a fuel injection control device using the same that can precisely detect a change of an operating state of an electromagnetic valve, that is, a valve opening time or a valve closing time of the electromagnetic valve, precisely correct a drive voltage or a drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve, and appropriately control opening/closing of the electromagnetic valve, with a simple configuration. In an electromagnetic valve control unit for controlling opening/closing of an electromagnetic valve by a drive voltage and a drive current to be applied, the drive voltage and the drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve are corrected on the basis of a detection time of an inflection point from time series data of the drive voltage and the drive current when the electromagnetic valve is opened/closed. |
| US10240547B2 |
Fuel injection control device
Provided is a fuel injection control device capable of accurately detecting a valve opening delay time of a fuel injection valve, and implementing high-precision minute injection control. A valve opening delay time of a fuel injection valve is estimated on the basis of a plurality of valve closing delay times obtained when the fuel injection valve is operated with injection pulse widths that are different injection pulse widths from each other and with which the fuel injection valve is in an intermediate lift state. |
| US10240545B2 |
Air charge estimation via manifold pressure sample at intake valve closing
Methods and systems are provided for the estimation of an aircharge into a cylinder used to adjust an engine operating parameter, based on a manifold pressure signal stored in a buffer. In one example, a method may include sampling an intake manifold pressure sensor signal at even increments of time, stamping it with its corresponding crank angle and storing it in a buffer. The closest stored signal to the intake valve closing of a cylinder may be used to calculate its aircharge. |
| US10240541B2 |
Methods and systems for overriding automotive computer controlled cylinder management
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to an apparatus which enables a use to easily and safely disable a vehicular variable cylinder management technology system, while enabling restoration of the VCM/ECO mode under certain vehicle-related conditions or driving conditions. The presently disclosed apparatus comprises a potentiometer capable of modifying the voltage input received by the vehicle sensors. |
| US10240539B2 |
Hydraulic control system for engine
A hydraulic control system for an engine having a plurality of cylinders includes: valve stop mechanisms that switch the engine from all-cylinder operation to cylinder cut-off operation; a VVT that can change the timing to open and close valves 14 during all-cylinder operation and cylinder cut-off operation; an oil pump that supplies oil to hydraulically operated devices including the valve stop mechanisms and the VVT through a hydraulic path; and a control device. The control device controls a maintaining oil pressure, which is required to maintain the operated state of the valve stop mechanisms during cylinder cut-off operation, so that the maintaining oil pressure is set to a high value in a high oil viscosity region. |
| US10240537B2 |
Metering valve assembly and method of assembly thereof
A valve assembly includes a body including an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow passage extending therebetween. The flow passage includes a plurality of valve seats in a stepped arrangement between the inlet port and the outlet port. The valve assembly further includes a valve stem positioned within the flow passage. The valve stem includes at least one shaft and a poppet disk positioned at one end of the at least one shaft, and at least one reed petal coupled to the at least one shaft. The poppet disk is engageable with a first valve seat of the plurality of valve seats, and the at least one reed petal is engageable with a second valve seat of the plurality of valve seats. |
| US10240527B2 |
Exhaust-gas turbocharger
An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) with a bearing housing (2), a bearing cartridge (8) inserted into the bearing housing (2), a shaft (7) which is mounted in the bearing cartridge (8) and which extends in an axial direction, a bearing housing cover (9) which is connected to the bearing housing (2), a turbine wheel (5) which is arranged on the shaft (7), and a compressor wheel (6) which is arranged on the shaft (7), wherein the bearing housing cover (9) is connected directly to the bearing cartridge (8) in order to secure the bearing cartridge (8) in the axial direction and against rotation. |
| US10240526B2 |
Gas turbine engine with high speed low pressure turbine section
A compressor section is in fluid communication with a fan, which includes a first compressor section and a second compressor section. A turbine section includes a first turbine section driving the fan and the first compressor section and a second turbine section driving the second compressor section and the second compressor rotor. A first performance quantity is defined as a product of the first speed squared and the first area. A second performance quantity is defined as a product of the second speed squared and the second exit area. A performance ratio of the first performance quantity to the second performance quantity is between about 0.2 and about 0.8. A gear reduction is included between the first turbine section and the first compressor section. |
| US10240523B2 |
Heat pump
The heat pump includes a terminal block box housing a terminal block for supplying an electric power to at least one electrical device. The terminal block box is supported and made rotatable in a horizontal direction by a hinge. The terminal block box is located between a portion of side plates of a package and electromagnetic valves located on the side of the portion of the side plates. As a result, maintain of electrical devices can easily be performed. |
| US10240520B2 |
Split cycle engine
A split-cycle engine includes a compression cylinder having a first volume for a first working fluid and a second volume for a second working fluid, the first volume and second volume being separated by the compression piston, an expansion cylinder having a first volume for the first working fluid and a second volume for the second working fluid, the first volume and second volume being separated by the expansion piston, and a fluid coupling between the second volume of the compression cylinder and the second volume of the expansion cylinder, wherein the two second volumes and the fluid coupling provide a closed volume for the second working fluid, wherein the fluid coupling includes a regenerator arranged such that the two second volumes are thermally decoupled. |
| US10240519B2 |
Variable turbine and/or compressor geometry for an exhaust gas turbocharger
At least one of a variable turbine geometry and a variable compressor geometry for an exhaust gas turbocharger may include a housing including a first housing wall and a blade bearing ring having at least one guide blade rotatably mounted thereon. A control lever may be included for adjusting the at least one guide blade between a closing position and an opening position. An actuating shaft may be connected to the control lever in a rotationally fixed manner along a rotation axis. The actuating shaft may be rotatably mounted on the housing via a passage opening disposed in the first housing wall. The actuating shaft may directly support itself on the first housing wall in the passage opening. |
| US10240518B2 |
Integrated vane stops for variable-geometry turbocharger mechanism
A variable-geometry turbocharger (1) with a vane lever (11) that provides a stop function at full open position of the guide vanes (8). The integrated vane-open stop controls the full open position of the VTG mechanism. A vane lever (11) preferably has an integrated protrusion (50) that functions as a vane-open stop that contacts an adjacent vane lever (11), an integrated bolt (56), or the upper vane ring (16) at the full open position to regulate maximum exhaust gas flow to the turbine wheel (5). |
| US10240515B2 |
Heat exchanger, particularly motor vehicle engine charge air cooler
A heat exchanger, in particular a supercharging air cooler for a motor vehicle engine, comprises a housing (11) provided with a heat exchange bundle (3), a collector (13) of a cooling liquid circulating in the heat exchange bundle (3), and a collector plate (15) forming a side wall of the heat exchanger housing (11) and of the cooling liquid collector (13). The collector plate (15) is provided with orifices (27) communicating with the cooling liquid circulation pipes of the bundle (3). The collector plate (15) comprises a flat connecting part (33a, 35a) fixed to the cooling liquid collector (13) opposite edges of the orifices (27). The flat connecting part (33a, 35a) is contiguous to at least one of the edges. |
| US10240513B2 |
Method of repairing an engine cooling system and a repaired engine
A method for repairing an automotive cooling system within an engine block of an engine includes installing at least a hollow repair stent and sealant. The repair stent may have a continuous cross-section or may be a hollow semi-cylinder defining a gap. The method includes draining coolant from the engine, removing the water pump from the engine without removing the timing chain cover of the engine, inserting the hollow repair stent including the sealant through the coolant passage, wherein the coolant passage extends through the timing chain cover into the engine, re-assembling the water pump to the engine and adding coolant to the engine so that the hollow repair stent remains in the engine. |
| US10240511B2 |
Engine with cooling system
An engine assembly and method of distributing coolant in an engine assembly. A cylinder block includes one or more pairs of cylinder block openings disposed therein. Each pair of cylinder block openings include two cylinder block openings, each configured to house a piston. A cylinder head in fluid communication with the one or more pairs of cylinder block openings. A coolant manifold includes coolant flow passages, each in fluid communication with a coolant flow inlet disposed in the cylinder block between the two cylinder block openings in each pair of cylinder block openings. Fluid from each coolant flow inlet diverges into two coolant flow passages, each extending about a peripheral portion of a respective cylinder block opening. Each coolant flow passage extends from the peripheral portion of the respective cylinder block opening into one or more outlets from the engine block and into the cylinder head. |
| US10240505B2 |
Controlling nitrogen oxide emissions in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine
A method is provided for controlling nitrogen oxide emissions in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine by means of successive actuation of catalytic converters in the exhaust tract and of the internal combustion engine, wherein the catalytic converters or the internal combustion engine are actuated in succession if the actuation of a first device is not sufficient for reducing the nitrogen oxide emissions. An arrangement for carrying out the method is also provided. |
| US10240499B2 |
Exhaust purification system and control method of the same
An exhaust purification system includes: an NOx reduction type catalyst, which is provided in an exhaust system; and a regeneration treatment unit, which recovers an NOx purification capacity of the NOx reduction type catalyst, wherein the regeneration treatment unit includes: a target setting unit, which sets a target injection amount of at least one of a post injection and an exhaust pipe injection that is required for setting an excess-air-ratio of the exhaust gas to the target excess-air-ratio, based on a suction air amount of the internal combustion engine, the target excess-air-ratio, and a fuel injection amount of the internal combustion engine; and an injection controller, which controls an injection amount of at least one of the post injection and the exhaust pipe injection, based on the target injection amount input from the target setting unit. |
| US10240498B2 |
Device and method for regenerating a particulate filter arranged in the exhaust section of an internal combustion engine
A device and a method for regenerating a particulate filter that is arranged in the exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine. There is disposed at least one NO oxidation catalytic converter upstream of the particulate filter for the oxidation of NO, and in particular to form NO2. At least one heating device is also provided upstream of the particulate filter, by way of which an exhaust-gas flow that is conducted towards the particulate filter can be heated to a defined temperature in accordance with defined regeneration parameters, in particular in accordance with a degree of loading of the particulate filter and/or in accordance with an efficiency of an NO2-based regeneration of the particulate filter by way of an NO2 quantity formed in the at least one NO oxidation catalytic converter. |
| US10240496B2 |
Engine oil supply apparatus
An oil supply apparatus includes: an oil pump; a main oil supply path; a sub oil supply path connected to the main oil supply path; a first oil supply section which is connected to the main oil supply path and which supplies oil to a crank bearing section of a specific crank journal; a second oil supply section which is connected to the sub oil supply path and which supplies oil to a crank bearing section of a crank journal other than the specific crank journal; and a control apparatus which sets, as a target oil pressure, a highest required oil pressure among required oil pressures required from a plurality of hydraulic operating sections in accordance with an operation state of the engine, and which controls the discharge amount of the oil pump so that an oil pressure detected by an oil pressure sensor equals the target oil pressure. |
| US10240494B2 |
Valve timing control device for internal combustion engine
Lock pin (71) is disposed movably in axial direction in accommodation hole (70) formed at vane rotor (12). Top end portion of lock pin (71) is fitted into lock hole (23) provided at housing (11), then relative rotation position of vane rotor (12) is restrained at predetermined lock position. Vane rotor (12) is provided with small diameter portion (84) and large diameter portion (85) which are formed alternately in circumferential direction. Large diameter portion (85) extends in circumferential direction so as to cover lock hole (23). First vane (36A) protrudes from outer periphery of large diameter portion (85) to radially outer side. At least a part of lock pin (71) and at least a part of accommodation hole (70) overlap with large diameter portion (85), and are located at position that overlaps with area (86) formed by elongating first vane (36A) to radially inner side. |
| US10240492B2 |
Valve opening/closing timing control apparatus
There are provided a cylindrical portion in which a passage for feeding/discharging working fluid to/from a fluid pressure chamber is formed and which is disposed inside a driven-side rotary body, a bolt member that connects the driven-side rotary body to a cam shaft, a valve body body for regulating a flow direction of the working fluid relative to the fluid pressure chamber and a valve accommodating body that accommodates the valve body, the valve body and the valve accommodating body being disposed inside the cylindrical portion, and an urging portion provided on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side of the valve accommodating body and configured to generate a repulsive force between an other object that regulates a position of the valve accommodating body and the valve accommodating body. |
| US10240485B2 |
Turbine housing for an exhaust gas turbocharger
The invention relates to a turbine housing (2) for an exhaust gas turbocharger. The turbine housing (2) comprises an outer housing (3) and an inner housing (4) as well as a bearing flange (5). The outer housing (3) is joined to the bearing flange (5). The inner housing (4) comprises a first shell component (7) and a second shell component (8), wherein said first shell component and said second shell component are made of different cast steel materials and are placed side by side in a transverse plane (QE), which is oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the turbine housing (2), and are joined to each other. The bearing flange (5) is a one-piece part, made of uniform material, of the first shell component (7). |
| US10240483B2 |
Bearing race removal
A bearing housing may include a main body integrated with a bearing receiving portion. A bearing retention stop may extend from the main body and include a plurality of access cutouts for facilitating the removal of a bearing from the bearing housing without causing damage to the bearing. |
| US10240482B2 |
Vent system for load coupling guard
A gas turbine system includes a load coupling connecting a gas turbine to a generator. A load coupling guard surrounds the load coupling to define an enclosed spaced around the load coupling. The load coupling guard includes a porous sleeve such that hydrogen coolant leaked into the load coupling guard from the generator is vented to ambient air. |
| US10240478B2 |
Turbine with variable inlet cross-sectional area
A turbine 28 for an exhaust-gas turbocharger, having a turbine housing 2, a drum 11 arranged in the turbine housing 2 and rotatable about an axis of rotation 12, a turbine wheel 5 arranged rotatably in the drum 11, at least one volute 16, 17 formed in the turbine housing 2, at least one aperture 14, formed in the drum 11, for conducting a gas flow from the at least one volute 16, 17 to the turbine wheel 5, an inlet cross-sectional area Av of the volute 16, 17 being variable by changing an angle of rotation v of the drum 11 relative to the turbine housing 2, and the drum being mounted in the turbine housing 2 by way of bearing elements 19. |
| US10240476B2 |
Full hoop blade track with interstage cooling air
A gas turbine engine includes a turbine having a plurality of vanes, a plurality of blades, a turbine shroud arranged around the vanes and blades, and a turbine case arranged around the turbine shroud. The turbine shroud is sized to block combustion products from passing over the blades without pushing the blades to rotate. The turbine shroud includes a runner arranged around the blades and a carrier arranged around the runner. |
| US10240469B2 |
Cast turbocharger turbine housing having guide vanes
A turbocharger (1) includes a compressor section and a cast turbine section. The turbine section includes a turbine wheel (4), and a turbine housing (11) that defines a gas inlet (13), a gas outlet (10), a volute (9) disposed between the gas inlet (13) and the gas outlet (10). The turbine housing (11) also includes vanes (20) that protrude integrally from, and have a fixed orientation relative to, an inner surface of the turbine housing (11). The turbine wheel (4) is disposed in the turbine housing (11) between the volute (9) and the gas outlet (10), and the vanes (20) are disposed in the turbine housing (11) between the turbine wheel (4) and the volute (9). A method of casting the turbine housing (11) and the vanes (20) together as a single piece is described. |
| US10240467B2 |
Anti-rotation lug for a gas turbine engine stator assembly
A stator assembly includes a case including an arcuate wall having an aperture with circumferentially spaced first lateral surfaces. A stator vane has an outer platform with a notch. An anti-rotation lug has a base that is received in the notch and a boss extends from the base. The boss is received in the aperture. The boss has second lateral surfaces that engage the first lateral surfaces in an interference fit relationship. |
| US10240463B2 |
Blade made of organic matrix composite material provided with a metal strip, and a method of fastening a metal strip on a blade fiber preform
A blade made of organic matrix composite material for a gas turbine aeroengine, includes an airfoil extending transversely between a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a metal strip positioned on the leading edge of the airfoil, the metal strip having two flanges extending on either side of the leading edge over portions of the side faces of the airfoil forming a pressure side face and a suction side face so that the strip fits closely to the profile of the leading edge, the metal strip being fastened to the leading edge of the airfoil by at least one stitching thread; wherein the stitching thread has at least one external thread segment extending substantially transversely between a hole formed through a flange of the strip and a passage formed in a portion of the airfoil that has at least one face that is not covered by the metal strip. |
| US10240461B2 |
Stator rim for a turbine engine
A stator rim structure for a gas turbine engine comprises a stator having an end wall and a discourager defining a channel therebetween. The end wall is adjacent to a hot gas flow and the discourager is adjacent to a purge flow. A rotor has an angel wing extending into the channel. At least one supply passage is disposed within the stator and extends through the discourager and at least one aperture fluidly couples the supply passage with the channel. A flow of cooling air is fed from the supply passage into the aperture and into the channel to form a fluidic dam discouraging ingestion of the hot gas flow. |
| US10240459B2 |
Swash-plate hydraulic motor or swash-plate hydraulic pump
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a swash-plate hydraulic motor or a swash-plate hydraulic pump having a structure in which the swash plate can be stably held without mounting a shoe to the swash plate-side end of a tilt control piston. An example of the embodiment of the present invention is a swash-plate hydraulic motor (1). A spherical section (8b) is integrally formed on the swash plate-side end surface of a tilt piston (8), and a groove (10) into which the spherical section (8b) is fitted in a slidable manner is formed in the support surface (7b) (second support surface (7b2)) of the swash plate (7). The groove (10) is a part of the second support surface (7b2) and has a shape having a predetermined width and having a longitudinal direction which is oriented perpendicularly to the direction which connects two pivots (11). |
| US10240454B2 |
Lip skin sector and a method and apparatus for forming a lip skin sector
An apparatus for forming a sector of an annular component having an arrangement for securely retaining at least a portion of a blank mountable thereon. The retaining arrangement is adapted for leaving a portion of the retainable blank accessible. A punch is provided having an external surface contour shaped to correspond to the shape of all or a part of the profile of the sector of the annular component from a trailing edge to a leading edge and/or from a leading edge to an inlet edge. The apparatus has a cooperating forming arrangement for forming the profile of the sector of the annular component from the leading edge to the inlet edge. The retaining arrangement is adapted for forming a clamping boundary enclosing the accessible part of the blank to be formed by the punch. |
| US10240450B2 |
Depth range manager for drill string analysis
A depth range manager provide users with a way to run and retain multiple depth range analyzes for a drill string operation, including the operational parameters for each analysis. This allows users easily to view and compare the analyzes at the different drilling depth ranges. In some embodiments, instead of drilling depth ranges, users may also urn and retain multiple different models and analyzes using multiple different drilling times. The operational parameters for the multiple different models and analyzes may be defined and stored using a flexible one-to-many database structure that accommodates the different sets of operational parameters as well as any existing single-analysis parameters associated with legacy analyzes. A graphical interface allows users easily to define and store the operational parameters in the flexible one-to-many database structure. |
| US10240447B2 |
Method for optimizing conductivity in a hydraulic fracturing operation
A method of distributing proppant in a spatial arrangement throughout a created or enlarged fracture by pumping into a subterranean formation penetrated by a well multiple stages of fracturing fluid wherein a fluid laden with proppant is pumped into the well and a fluid substantially free of proppant is then pumped into the well; the fluid of the fluid laden with proppant and the fluid substantially free of proppant being the same. Vertically extending pillars are created within the formation. Fluid produced from the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir is then flowed at least partially through channels between the vertically extending pillars. |
| US10240443B2 |
Alkali metal silicides for high temperature wettability improvement in carbonate reservoirs
A process for altering a wettability characteristic of a carbonate formation to stimulate oil production includes selecting an oil bearing carbonate formation, injecting a silicide dispersion into the carbonate formation, and reacting the injected silicide dispersion with water. The reaction alters the wettability characteristic of the carbonate formation toward water wettability. The silicide dispersion can include an alkali metal silicide, such as sodium silicide. The reaction generates hydrogen, silicate, and heat that pressurizes the carbonate formation with the generated hydrogen, heats the carbonate formation with the generated heat, and reduces the viscosity of the hydrocarbons in the carbonate formation with the generated silicate. The reaction re-mineralizes the surfaces in the carbonate formation and alters the wettability characteristics of the carbonate formation as a calcium-silicon phase is formed. The hydrocarbons are recovered from the carbonate formation with a production well. |
| US10240440B2 |
Total control perforator and system
A shaped charge carrier tool is provided that has particular utility for perforating well casing as a preparation for cement placement. A plurality, four or more elongated shaped charge carrier ribs having a high bending modulus are secured for radially expanded displacement around a central framing tube or rod. Radius rods link the ends of the carrier ribs to top and bottom hinge carriers. The hinge carriers encircle the framing tube and are free for axial translation along the framing tube. Articulating hinges connect the radius rods to the carrier ribs and to the hinge carriers. Opposed compressed coil springs provide a resilient bias on the hinge carriers to translate the carrier ribs radially outward against the interior surface of a well casing as the tool passes from a riser tube into a larger inside diameter well casing. |
| US10240431B2 |
Nested flapper spring
A device in accordance to an embodiment includes a tubular housing having an inside diameter defining an axial bore, a top surface and an outer surface, a groove formed along the outer surface below the top surface, a flapper pivotally connected with the housing and pivotal between an open position to allow flow through the bore and a closed position to block flow through the bore and a torsion spring having a spring diameter and disposed in the groove and in connection with the flapper to bias the flapper to one of the open and the closed position. The torsion spring may be nested in a C-shaped groove. |
| US10240430B2 |
Supercharging pressure in a subsea well system
Pressure in subsea systems, and accumulators of the subsea systems, may be increased through the use of a supercharge cylinder to generate higher pressures from an initial pressure provided from a surface vessel. The supercharge cylinder may include a piston that can be stroked to increase pressure stored in accumulators located near subsea systems, such as a blowout preventer (BOP). The increased pressure provided by the supercharge cylinder may allow the same number of accumulators to be used in the subsea system but allow additional effective hydraulic fluid to be stored in the accumulators. |
| US10240428B2 |
Packer assembly with thermal expansion buffers and isolation methods
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for accommodating thermal expansion in a tool string are disclosed. Exemplary systems include one or more sacrificial members placed between or adjacent elements of the tool string that are expected to expand when subjected to high temperatures. The sacrificial members are configured to destruct upon exposure to a control signal or a critical temperature or load. Destruction of the sacrificial members provides additional clearance for adjacent elements to expand. |
| US10240427B2 |
Downhole tools comprising aqueous-degradable sealing elements
The present disclosure generally relates to downhole tools comprising aqueous-degradable sealing elements and, more specifically, to downhole tools comprising a body and an aqueous-degradable sealing element, wherein at least a portion of the body is also degradable upon exposure to a wellbore environment. A downhole tool that includes a body, wherein at least a portion of the body is degradable when exposed to a wellbore environment; and at least one aqueous-degradable sealing element composed of an aqueous-degradable elastomer, wherein the aqueous-degradable sealing element degrades when exposed to an aqueous fluid in the wellbore environment. |
| US10240424B2 |
Christmas tree
A Christmas tree and a method of completing a well in a standard wellhead. The tree is presented as separately deployable upper and lower portions with the master valves contained in the lower portion so that they are located below the wellhead housing to lower the height of the tree while increasing well safety and integrity. The upper master valve is bi-directionally sealing to allow for pressure testing, removing the requirement for tubing hanger plugs. |
| US10240423B2 |
Connector system
A system including a connector system configured to couple a first tubular to a second tubular comprising a sleeve configured to couple to the first tubular, wherein an inner diameter of the sleeve comprises a coupling feature, a lock ring configured to couple to an exterior surface of the second tubular and radially engage with the coupling feature of the sleeve, a piston ring configured to energize the lock ring into engagement with the sleeve, a first pressure ring configured to couple to the second tubular, wherein the first pressure ring is axially beneath the piston ring, and a second pressure ring disposed about the piston ring and configured to couple to the second tubular. |
| US10240421B2 |
String shot back-off tool with pressure-balanced explosives
A “back-off” tool comprises a magazine cylinder having one distal end of a long mast rod secured to the lower end-face of a magazine cylinder. The magazine cylinder is attached to an electrically detonated firing head. A first plurality of blind hole cavities penetrate the magazine cylinder end-face around the mast rod junction. A second plurality of elongated detonation cord ends are inserted into high temperature grease filled magazine cylinder cavities. From the cavities, the detonation cord lengths are bound to the rod surface along the rod length by non-metallic cord. The tool assembly is secured to the end of a wireline or tubing string for downhole placement and detonation. |
| US10240419B2 |
Downhole flow inhibition tool and method of unplugging a seat
A downhole flow inhibition tool includes at least a first component and a mating component at least a portion of one of the first component and the mating component is dissolvable in a target environment to reduce flow inhibition upon dissolution of the at least a portion. |
| US10240412B2 |
Drilling fluid processing tank and system
A reclamation unit including a frame and a settling tank. The settling tank being pivotably mounted to the frame, the settling tank being pivotable between a first position and a second position. The settling tank defining at least a partially open top, the at least partially open top being configured and arranged to receive a fluid when the settling tank is in the first position. The settling tank also being configured to promote emptying of the fluid from the at least partially open top when the settling tank is pivoted into a given second position. |
| US10240408B2 |
Sensor for a fingerboard latch assembly
A sensor unit for a fingerboard latch assembly comprising a latch bracket and a latch rotatably mounted on the latch bracket comprises a sensor arranged to sense the orientation of the latch and a wireless, optical or other communication unit arranged to communicate the orientation of the latch sensed by the sensor. The sensor unit may be mountable on the latch and comprise an orientation sensor arranged to take measurements that are dependent on the orientation of the sensor unit, and a processor arranged to derive an orientation signal representing the orientation of the latch from the measurements, the communication unit being arranged to communicate the orientation signal. A monitoring system receives the sensed orientations from plural sensor units. |
| US10240403B2 |
Opposing thread screw safety joint
Embodiments may generally take the form of a safety joint and methods related thereto. One embodiment may take the form of a safety joint deployable in a well. The safety joint includes a first sub and a second sub coupled to the first sub. The coupling of the two subs may include a first set of threads having a first orientation and a second set of threads having a second orientation different from the first set of threads. The first sub is decoupleable from the second sub upon disengagement of the first set of threads by rotation in a first direction followed by disengagement of the second set of threads by rotation in a direction opposite from the first direction. |
| US10240402B1 |
End fitting for sucker rods
The disclosure relates to an end fitting attachable to an end of a sucker rod. The end fitting includes a generally cylindrical body including a receptacle portion and a coupling portion along a longitudinal axis. The receptacle portion includes a receptacle extending inwardly from an open end surface of the body along the longitudinal axis for receiving the sucker rod end therein. The receptacle includes a plurality of wedge portions disposed therein and the coupling portion extends from a coupling end surface of the body opposite the open end surface. The wedge portions each have a peak portion, a first angled portion and a second angled portion. Each second angled portion has an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis wherein each angle of the second angled portions increases from the open end surface of the receptacle portion toward the coupling portion of the end fitting. |
| US10240401B2 |
Pipe joint having coupled adapter
An adapter for a wired drill pipe joint includes an annular adapter body having a first end, a second end, and an outer recess configured to receive a latch, an annular recess extending partially into the first end of the adapter body, a communication element disposed at least partially within the annular recess, wherein the second end of the adapter body is configured to be coupled to an end portion of a first wired drill pipe joint, and an annular latch coupled to the adapter body and configured to contact the first wired drill pipe joint when the adapter body is coupled to the first wired drill pipe joint and to resist decoupling of the adapter body from the first wired drill pipe joint. |
| US10240397B2 |
Hammering and rotatable drill bit
A hammering and rotatable drill bit, which is meant for ground and rock drilling includes a hollow shaft having a hole that is adjusted to direct flushing air onto the drilling surface to the front of the drill bit and further from there towards the outer edge of the drill bit. the drill bit includes a drilling part which protrudes from the surface of the drill bit, functions as a drill point and drills the mid-area of the hole to be created wherein the mentioned part is adjusted to prevent the flushing flow from flowing directly through the mentioned hole located inside the shaft onto the drilling surface. The mentioned part is arranged to allow the outlet of the flushing flow in a sideways direction to the grooves belonging to the drilling surface, which grooves lead to the edge of the drill bit, and is arranged to allow the outlet also partly to the front of the drill bit to the drilling surface by adjusting the groove, which leads to the edge of the drill bit, to start from the mentioned part from such a distance (d) from the center line (L) of the drill bit which distance (d) is less than the radius (R) of the hole. |
| US10240395B1 |
Leveling hunting ladder
Ladder modules are provided in manageable length sections. The first section is secured at the top with a multi-hole horizontal mounting bar that is secured by a ratchet strap with hooks. The bottom of the first section rests firmly on the ground with a cleat at the bottom to secure the ladder section and prevent shifting. The second section contains a ball on the bottom of the structure that is mounted onto the first section by placing the ball into the receiving end of the first section, which allows the second section to pivot 360 degrees and lean and tilt fore and aft. This section is also secured to the tree with a ratchet strap and hooks, and is safe to climb to the next section after tightening the ratchet strap. Additional sections can be added in the same manner as the second section to pivot and level as needed. |
| US10240390B1 |
Method of installing a bowed barrier system for a passageway
A bowed barrier extends across a passageway to prevent pets or children from moving through the passageway. The bowed barrier has a barrier panel, such as a plastic sheet, and a perimeter retainer, such as foam, that extends along the left and right sides of the barrier panel. The perimeter retainer interfaces with the sides of the passageway to retain the bowed barrier in place. The stress induced in the bowed barrier panel creates a force that retains the bowed barrier in a bowed configuration across the passageway. The convex side of the bowed barrier faces a barrier area, or area where a pet or small child may be confined to. If the child or pet pushes on the convex side of the bowed barrier the bowed barrier will increase the force against the passageway, thereby preventing the bowed barrier panel from being dislodged. |
| US10240388B2 |
Display case door assembly with tempered glass vacuum panel
A display case door assembly for a temperature-controlled storage device includes an opening into the temperature-controlled storage device and a vacuum panel mounted within the opening. The vacuum panel includes a first vacuum pane of tempered glass, a second vacuum pane of tempered glass, and an evacuated gap between the first and second vacuum panes. The evacuated gap has a predetermined thickness within which a vacuum is drawn, thereby providing a thermal insulation effect for the vacuum panel. The vacuum panel further includes a plurality of spacers disposed within the evacuated gap and configured to maintain the predetermined thickness of the evacuated gap when the vacuum is drawn therein. |
| US10240385B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling and confirming window position
An apparatus and a method for controlling and confirming a window are disclosed. An apparatus for controlling and confirming a window position, includes an input dial including a jog dial or a wheel dial and configured to input an input signal in response to a dialing operation by a user, a window configured to be opened or closed by a magnitude of the input signal inputted by the input dial, and a position confirming device configured to inform the user of a current window position in a tactile manner. |
| US10240384B2 |
Apparatus and method of controlling tailgate using rear-view camera in vehicle
A method of controlling a tailgate using a rear-view camera in a vehicle includes: supplying power to an electric device or an accessory of the vehicle, switching the rear-view camera to a switch mode if the vehicle is in a predetermined state, confirming whether or not brightness of an image captured by the rear-view camera becomes lower than a predetermined range for a predetermined time, confirming a change of brightness of the image using at least one tail lamp or another lamp installed adjacent to the rear-view camera if the brightness of the image becomes lower than the predetermined range for the predetermined time, and opening the tailgate if there is no change of brightness of the image. |
| US10240376B2 |
Biased hinge for equipoising support equipment
A support arm having a proximate support arm segment, a distal support arm segment, a hinge system; and at least one rotation limit stop secured to the hinge system to limit the extent of angular motion of the proximate support arm segment, the distal support arm segment or both, with respect to the hinge system. The rotation limit stop includes a first stop component and a second stop component slidable with respect to the first stop component. When the second stop component encounters a contact point on one of the support arm segments, the angular motion of the arm segment with respect to the hinge system is at a maximum. The second stop component can be secured in a plurality of positions with respect to the first stop component by an adjustment component. |
| US10240375B2 |
Piece of furniture
An article of furniture, comprising a furniture carcass, includes a two-part furniture flap having a first flap part, and a second flap part, and at least one support device for the two-part furniture flap. The at least one support device is connected to the furniture carcass and the two-part furniture flap in an articulated manner. The at least one support device has a transmission portion, which is on an inside of the first flap part and defines a setting angle of the second flap part to the first flap part according to a setting angle of the first flap part. |
| US10240371B2 |
Rolling door lock
A rolling door lock for a roll-up door, and more particularly a roll-up door that includes a latching handle assembly fitted to the exterior surface of a roll-up door. The latching handle assembly includes a handle and a hook. The rolling door lock attaches to the hook and handle of the latching handle assembly to prevent forced opening of the roll-up door. The rolling door lock includes a main body and a detachable bracket. The main body includes a hook securing portion and a pocket. The pocket includes a slot. During normal use the hook securing portion of the rolling door lock secures the hook of the latching handle assembly, and the detachable bracket secures the handle of the latching handle assembly. The lock mechanism locks the detachable bracket with the handle secured therein to the pocket. |
| US10240369B2 |
Vehicle door handle assembly for different thickness doors
A handle and latch assembly is provided for a vehicle door and includes a housing, a latch on the housing and a handle on the housing. A mounting bracket secures the housing to the door using screws with the door being sandwiched between the housing and the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket can be positioned in multiple orientations to accommodate doors having different thicknesses. The housing includes tapered pins that that press fit onto the mounting bracket to provide a temporary hands-free positioning of the assembly into the door until the mounting screws are installed. |
| US10240368B2 |
Anti-theft and safety mechanism for bottles
An anti-theft and safety mechanism for bottles is described, comprising a case, first locking and unlocking means, and second locking and unlocking means adapted to be actuated, when locking, through a manual action, after the mechanism has been inserted onto the neck of a bottle and, when unlocking, as consequence of the unlocking action exerted on the first locking and unlocking means, allowing the removal of the mechanism from the neck of the bottle, wherein the first locking and unlocking means comprise a hook which is adapted to fasten a collar of the bottle, and the second locking and unlocking means comprise a first half-circular element adapted to be moved in contact with the neck of the bottle preventing the access to the tip of the hook. |
| US10240363B2 |
Deadbolt lock assembly with visual feedback
A deadbolt lock assembly for engaging a door with a visual feedback feature on the exterior assembly of the lock. A plurality of LEDs may be positioned in a linear array on the exterior assembly and may illuminate in a sequence to communicate the movement of the latch when the latch moves away from a door jamb into a locked position. The plurality of LEDs may also illuminate in a sequence to communicate the movement of the latch when the latch moves toward a door jamb into an unlocked position. Additionally, the plurality of LEDs may also be illuminated in a pattern to communicate when the power level in the battery of the deadbolt lock assembly is low. |
| US10240360B1 |
Snow removal tent
A tent for snow removal is provided. The tent comprises a tunnel portion comprised of a textile material. The tent further includes a front opening at a front side of the tunnel portion, a rear opening at a rear side of the tunnel portion, an enclosure affixed to the tunnel portion, a snow sensor mounted to the enclosure, wherein the snow sensor is configured and disposed to generate an electrical signal in response to snow contacting the sensor, and a heating system configured and disposed to heat the textile material, where the heating system is configured and disposed to be activated upon reception of the electrical signal. |
| US10240357B2 |
Working deck netting system and related methodology
A debris netting system configured to installation on a working deck to provide a vertical barrier or wall to protect against the spread of debris, overspray, concrete, and the like. The system includes plurality of spaced apart brackets attached to the working deck with a mesh liner or net attached to and disposed between adjacent brackets. The brackets include vertically extending poles each having a pulley system to attach, retain, and adjust the height of the net. Each pole may have two pulley systems to accommodate a plurality of nets extending away from each bracket. The system is modular to form a series of debris nets to form a wall or barrier that can conform to the geometry of a particular working deck or other area require debris containment. |
| US10240355B2 |
Object binding
An apparatus for tying a wire 46; 52 around one or more objects such as concrete reinforcing bars 2 is disclosed. It comprises means for passing the wire 46; 52 in a loop around the bars and a rotatable head 4 for twisting the ends of the loop together. The head 4 has at least one gripping means such as a variable force clutch 32 for gripping the wire, the gripping means being adapted to provide a variable gripping force so as to apply a predetermined tension to the wire during at least a first phase of twisting.Also disclosed is pre-feeding the wire between tying operations; conditioning the surface of the wire; and using the electrical conductivity of the reinforcing bars to verify that the bars are present before tying. |
| US10240354B2 |
Drywall lifting apparatus
A drywall lifting apparatus is described which includes a base having one or more support features for supporting the drywall lifting apparatus on a floor. The drywall lifting apparatus further includes a hydraulic cylinder mounted, at a first portion of the hydraulic cylinder, to the base. The hydraulic cylinder has a second portion movable relative to the first portion through actuation of the hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder also includes a drywall support coupled to the second portion of the hydraulic cylinder and a human lift coupled to the drywall support or the second portion of the hydraulic cylinder. |
| US10240352B1 |
Crosshead structure
A universal crosshead structure having a first member and a second member. The crosshead structure may be reconfigured from a first length to a second length to fit a variety of applications. Each one of the first and second members may include a severable portion. The crosshead structure may include a trim and a head piece disjointed among the first and second members. |
| US10240343B2 |
Roof ridge shingle unit and method of using same
A roof ridge shingle unit including: a substantially elongated cover element shaped like a plurality of shingles longitudinally overlapping partially each other and having a substantially inverted V-shaped transversal cross-sectional configuration defining a pair of opposed side edges and a zenith ridge extending longitudinally therealong between the side edges, the cover element defining a top surface and an opposed bottom surface, the cover element defining longitudinally opposed first and second ends; and a first end attachment provided substantially adjacent the first end and a second end attachment provided substantially adjacent the second end. The first and second end attachments are configured and sized so that the first end attachment of the roof shingle unit is attachable to the second end attachment of a similar roof shingle units so that the roof ridge shingle units are secured to each other in a predetermined positional relationship relative to each other. |
| US10240340B2 |
Deck mounting system
A mounting system for mounting an external structure, such as a deck, with a building includes an anchor frame that couples with structural elements of the building and a bracket that couples with both the external structure and the anchor frame for securement. The anchor frame includes a plate element configured for mounting against a board of a building and anchor elements extending from the plate element and configured for mounting against a second board of a building. The bracket has a first face portion configured for coupling with the anchor frame and a second face portion spaced from the first face portion and configured for mounting with an external structure. |
| US10240338B2 |
Transportable modular system for covered isolation of assets
An easily assembled, transportable, re-deployable, modular, protective, double-roof system is disclosed which is compatible with other Modular Protective System (MPS) components and can be assembled in a variety of configurations to provide soldiers and equipment with protective enclosures. |
| US10240336B2 |
Truss assembly with alignment guides
A truss assembly (12) has a plurality of structural members joined by a truss joint. The truss joint includes first (16) and second (18) structural members and a pair of shear plates (22). Each shear plate (22) includes at least one shear tab (24) having a curved alignment guide (40) formed by an elongated slot with an open end. An end of the second structural member (18) has a locating hole (42) proximate its mounting bolt hole. The truss assembly further includes an alignment/drift pin (44) used to position the second structural member (18) with respect to the shear plates (22). The alignment/drift pin (44) is configured to be inserted into the locating hole (42) and then maneuverable into the alignment guide (40) to position the second structural member (18) so that mounting bolt holes in the shear plates (22) and a mounting bolt hole in the second structural member (18) align allowing insertion of a through bolt (30). |
| US10240332B1 |
Channel drain
A channel drain for use in a fabricated surface having an exposed appearance. The channel drain includes a first body having a plurality of support surfaces, with each support surface extending from a respective body sidewall in spaced relation to a body lower wall. A plurality of inserts are insertable into the first body. Each insert includes an insert cavity sized and structured to receive a selected material having an appearance substantially identical to the exposed appearance of the fabricated surface. Each insert is supported by certain ones of the plurality of support surfaces when inserted into the first body and is sized and structured to define a gap between the pair of body sidewalls when inserted into the first body, with the gap allowing for fluid to flow therethrough toward the body lower wall. |
| US10240329B2 |
Pop-up drain assembly
A pop-up drain assembly for a sink has drain piping, a stopper in the drain piping, a pivot rod for opening and closing the stopper and tends not to clog because the pivot rod is not within a fluid flow path. In one embodiment the stopper has flow diverter plates that channel fluid flowing through the drain piping away from the pivot rod so that hair, waste and debris does not catch on and accumulate on the pivot rod. In another embodiment the stopper and the pivot rod are engaged through magnetic coupling, and the pivot rod does not protrude into the fluid flow path. The stopper is preferably variable in length for adjustment to fit different distances from the pivot rod to the top of the drain piping. |
| US10240328B1 |
Dual provision shower head
A shower head that includes a spigot having threads for the assembly of a shower hose having an entrance point with a hollow structure for the passage of a water stream, a shower head handle having a spigot connected to the inferior position of the handle, an internally embedded soap dispenser having a chamber that is positioned in the internal structure of the shower head, along with a head connection leading from the superior position of the shower head handle which is opposite of the end of the shower head handle where the spigot is connected, and also includes a pattern plate accompanied with one or more pattern hole(s). |
| US10240326B2 |
Magnetic coupling for sprayheads
A faucet including a faucet head, a body and a magnetic coupling releasably coupling the faucet head to the faucet body. |
| US10240325B1 |
Mounting structure for faucet body and shaft
A mounting structure for a faucet body and a shaft includes a faucet body made of a zinc alloy material, a shaft seat assembly, a shaft and a press cover. The faucet body has a vertical passage and a mounting passage. The shaft seat assembly is disposed separately from the faucet body. The shaft seat assembly includes a shaft seat located in the vertical passage and a sleeve located in the mounting passage. The shaft is inserted in the sleeve and located between the press cover and the shaft seat. The mounting structure can reduce the material cost of the faucet body and ensure the water quality and the strength of the faucet body. |
| US10240324B2 |
Water-supply device
The invention is configured for water-supply and comprises the vertically oriented hydraulic accumulator; inlet and outlet connections; connected to a hydraulic accumulator filter with a removable cartridge, located in the casing; the hydraulic accumulator made in a suspended manner and equipped with the commutator with a flange for attachment to the hydraulic accumulator, located in its lower part. The commutator is made with channels, connected with the inlet and outlet connections, and with holes for attached controlling and regulating equipment. Filter casing is installed on the thread at the commutator. The invention reduces the size, and simplifies the structure of the device due to minimizing the number of transitions and connections, while simultaneous improving the conditions for monitoring and controlling water supply modes from one work place—from the commutator, which is the set of equipment for the device control automation in general. |
| US10240322B2 |
Energy storage system
An energy storage system associated with a machine having a work tool and one or more auxiliary loads includes a power source which generates mechanical power. An energy storage device supplies power to the one or more auxiliary loads. An electrical generator is operably coupled to the power source and converts at least a portion of the mechanical power into electrical power. The electrical generator supplies the electrical power to the energy storage device. A controller is communicably coupled to the power source, the work tool, the energy storage device, and the electrical generator. The controller determines a power demand of the work tool. The controller then compares whether the determined power demand exceeds a pre-determined threshold power. The controller disables the electrical generator from supplying the electrical power to the energy storage device if the power demand exceeds the pre-determined threshold power. |
| US10240321B2 |
Method for utilizing single input device and button to control multiple auxiliary functions
An operator control system for a work vehicle having at least one work vehicle actuator and at least one removable attachment with at least one attachment actuator. The operator control system comprises an operator control interface. At least one control device is coupled to the operator control interface. The control device is configured to control at least one of the work vehicle actuator and the attachment actuator. A shift device is configured to shift the control device from controlling at least one of the work vehicle actuator and the attachment actuator to the other of the at least one of the work vehicle actuator and the attachment actuator. |
| US10240319B2 |
Ground scraper
A ground scraper (10) including: a bowl (12) for holding excavated ground material; a cutting edge (14) mounted at a mouth of the bowl (12) for excavating the ground material; an apron (26) pivotally mounted to the bowl (12) for closing the mouth of the bowl (12); and a hitch assembly (28) including a draft tube (32) and a pair of draft arms (34) extending from the draft tube (32) and pivotally coupled to the bowl (12). Each draft arm (34) including a first portion (36) angled with respect to a second portion (38). |
| US10240317B2 |
Cover assembly
The present application provides a cover assembly having a frame and a cover removably connected to the frame. The cover is sealed to the frame by a sealing device, and the cover is removably connected to the frame by fasteners without interfering with the seal to prevent leakage through the area around the fasteners. The frame and cover each also have a plurality of alignment indicators that are aligned with one another to assist an operator in securing the cover to the frame. |
| US10240312B2 |
Aquatic contaminator elimination device
An apparatus for removing water contaminants, in which when water contaminants, such as oil, green algae and red algae, are generated on the water surface, the apparatus sucks in the water contaminants, passes the sucked in water contaminants through an absorbent paper in order that the water contaminants are absorbed by the absorbent paper, and makes the absorbent paper roll periodically or continuously, thereby maintaining the absorbability of the absorbent paper contaminated by the water contaminants. The apparatus includes a suction pipe for sucking in the water contaminants from an inlet; a suction pump connected to the suction pipe for sucking in the water contaminants from the inlet to the outlet side of the suction pipe; and an absorbent paper installed at the periphery of the inlet of the suction pipe, wherein the absorbent paper is installed to be movable in the inlet and absorb the water contaminants. |
| US10240308B2 |
Mobile barrier
A safety trailer including first and second platforms, at least one of said first and second platforms having an axle and wheels attached thereto; a plurality of interconnected wall sections positioned between and connected to the first and second platforms, the plurality of wall sections defining a protected work area on a side of the trailer; and wherein each wall section has a lower bracing section comprising a single horizontal beam, two diagonal braces and a plurality of cross-braces, to allow workers in the protected work area to access a portion of the area under the wall section. |
| US10240305B2 |
Road paver with support device
A road paver with a height-adjustable screed for installing a pavement layer and at least one support device for carrying and positioning at least one sensor unit is provided. The support device comprises a center bar, at least one extension bar for the center bar, and at least one attachment unit which detachably attaches the extension bar at one end of the center bar. The center bar and the extension bar are by way of the attachment unit relative to one another—when viewed in the vertical projection plane—at a first mounting angle connectable to one another, and the center bar and the extension bar are by way of the attachment unit connectable to one another—when viewed in the vertical projection plane—at at least one further mounting angle. |
| US10240304B2 |
Road paver with holding device for carrying and positioning a sensor unit
A road paver includes a paving screed adjustable in height for installing a road surface layer and at least one holding device for carrying and positioning of at least one sensor unit. The holding device has at least one swivel arm module for fastening the holding device on the road paver, at least one carrier arm module and at least one sensor module comprising the sensor unit. The carrier arm module is fastened by a first clamping device on the swivel arm module and the sensor module is fastened by a second clamping device on the carrier arm module, wherein the first and the second clamping device are formed respectively for a predetermined clamping force when the respective clamping devices are in a closed position. |
| US10240299B2 |
Mechanism and system for fastening track rail to a substrate and track rail fastening method
A fastening mechanism for coupling track rail to a substrate includes a fastener body formed by a metallic base and an overmolded non-metallic coating. Metallic pillars are coupled with the fastener body, and define bores for receiving anchors held fast within a substrate. The coating encases the metallic base and extends peripherally around the metallic pillars to position vibration-attenuating non-metallic material between the metallic base and the metallic pillars. |
| US10240295B2 |
Pitch-controlling agent and pitch-controlling method
Disclosed is a pitch control agent including a (meth)acrylamide-based amphoteric polymer. The (meth)acrylamide-based amphoteric polymer contains 50 mol % or more of (meth)acrylamide, 0.5 to 20 mol % of a diallyldialkylammonium salt; and 0.1 to 14 mol % of an anionic monomer, as copolymerizable monomer components. This pitch control agent is less likely to be affected by a change in a surrounding environment, and therefore can exhibit excellent pitch controllability under various environments in paper production process. |
| US10240294B2 |
Crosslinking/functionalization system for a paper or non-woven web
The present invention relates to a paper or non-woven web, comprising fibers and at least one crosslinking or functionalization agent selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, halogenated heteroaromatic compounds and salts thereof, wherein said at least one crosslinking or functionalization agent has a molecular weight of not more than 1000 g/mol, and wherein at least a part of said crosslinking or functionalization agent is bound to said fibers, a process for producing said paper or non-woven web, and the use of said crosslinking or functionalization agent in a paper or non-woven web. |
| US10240290B2 |
Method of producing cellulose nanofibrils
A cellulose nanofibrils production method comprising the steps of: identifying a desired level of cellulose nanofibrils pulp purity, partially refining pulp to produce a cellulose nanofibrils pulp purity between 5% and 15% less than the desired desired purity, and then separating out the cellulose nanofibrils from the longer fibers to produce the desired level of cellulose nanofibrils pulp purity. |
| US10240287B2 |
Heating of hydraulic digesters
A method and system for heating a hydraulic digester, such as a single-vessel hydraulic digester, which has a top separator, a level of chips and a liquid phase above the level of chips. The method includes: a. entraining chips in liquor to produce a slurry having a first temperature, b. feeding the slurry of chips to the digester through the top separator, c. supplying direct steam to the liquid phase between the level of chips and the top separator to heat the slurry to a second temperature for the impregnation stage, wherein the steam is fed by using at least one steam injector having a plurality of steam discharge openings; and d. heating the slurry to a third temperature and cooking the chips in a cooking zone, and withdrawing the cooked pulp from the bottom of the digester. |
| US10240286B2 |
Die press assembly for drying and cutting molded fiber parts
Methods and apparatus for fabricating a molded fiber part. The die press assembly includes: a first plate having a first mold form and a first plurality of vent holes; and a second plate having a second mold form and a second plurality of vent holes; wherein: at least one of the first and second plates comprises a blade operable to cut the part; the die press assembly is configured to compress the molded fiber part between the first and second mold forms; and the first and second pluralities of vent holes are configured to remove moisture from the part. |
| US10240282B2 |
Process for preparing aramid copolymer yarn using a halide acid wash
The present invention concerns methods for removing sulfur from yarn comprising the steps of: a) contacting never-dried polymeric yarn with an aqueous base, the polymer comprising imidazole groups and said polymer comprising sulfur atoms characterized as being in the form of sulfate anions; b) contacting the yarn with an aqueous acid comprising a halide; and c) rinsing the yarn. |
| US10240281B2 |
Clothing item separating device and clothing item processing device comprising same
A clothes separating device and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device according to this disclosure are provided with a separator that operates to grip clothes in a washing tub and to separate, from the gripped clothes, another item of clothes entwined with the gripped clothes. In this manner, a user does not need to separate a plurality of individual items of clothes before folding the clothes. Hence, it is possible to provide the clothes separating device that contributes to reducing a burden of work related to laundry and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device. |
| US10240280B2 |
Steam generator for a steaming device
The present application relates to a steam generator (40) for a steaming device (10) comprising a chamber (42) having a base (46) and a liquid receiving space (47) above the base (46), a heater (50) for heating water in the liquid receiving space (47), a steam outlet (49), and a foaming restriction barrier (70) disposed between the steam outlet (49) and the base (46). The foaming restriction barrier (70) comprises a first barrier section (71) spaced from the liquid receiving space (47) between the steam outlet (49) and the liquid receiving space (47). The first barrier section (71) is configured to prevent foam from passing into the steam outlet (49). The foaming restriction barrier (70) also comprises a second barrier section (72) spaced from the first barrier section (71) between the first barrier section (71) and the liquid receiving space (47). The second barrier section (72) is configured to prevent foam from passing from the liquid receiving space (47) into an intermediate space (85) between the first and second barrier sections (71, 72). The second barrier section (72) is configured so that all the steam generated from heating water in the liquid receiving space (47) below the second barrier section (72) passes through the second barrier section (72) into the intermediate space (85) and, from the intermediate space (85) through the first barrier section (71), before passing through the steam outlet (49). |
| US10240275B1 |
Washer/dryer laundry handling system
A chute fabricated of a polymer has an arcuate leading edge, an arcuate trailing edge, a left edge, a right edge, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The chute has a centerline extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The centerline is equally spaced from the left edge and the right edge. The chute is curved with an axis of rotation parallel with and elevationally above the centerline and spaced from the centerline and the top surface. |
| US10240274B2 |
Method and apparatus for using gravity to precisely dose detergent in a washing machine
A method of dosing detergent into a cleaning chamber of a washing machine using gravity. The method comprises providing an amount of detergent to be used in a washing machine, providing a detergent storage tank, providing a diverter valve comprising a detergent inlet, a detergent outlet, and an air vent, presenting a user interface at a location accessible to a user for a user to input load characteristics, relaying information via electrical signals from the user interface to a controller in electrical communication with the user interface, determining a dosage requirement and dispensing a fluid into the cleaning chamber. |
| US10240272B2 |
Laundry treating appliance with drive attachment mechanism
A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub and having an upper and lower basket base portion, a balance ring mounted to the upper edge of the basket peripheral wall, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a drive system comprising a motor operably coupled to the basket and the clothes mover and configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket or the clothes mover and a first and second drive shaft, and a drive attachment mechanism configured to couple the basket to the second drive shaft, with the drive attachment mechanism comprising a bushing assembly. |
| US10240270B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for stitching
Presented are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for stitching. The method includes sensing, by a first sensor, a movement of a work piece relative to a sewing head. The method further includes sensing, by a second sensor, a movement of the work piece relative to the sewing head. The method includes determining, by a processor, a translational and rotational movement of the work piece relative to the sewing head based on the sensed movement of the first sensor and the second sensor. The method also includes altering, by the processor, a speed of a reciprocating needle in response to the determined translational and rotational movement. |
| US10240269B2 |
Electret webs with charge-enhancing additives
Electret webs include a thermoplastic resin and a charge-enhancing additive. The charge-enhancing additive is a fused aromatic thiourea, a fused aromatic urea compound, or a combination thereof. The change-enhancing additive may also include a hindered amine light stabilizer compound. The electret webs may be a non-woven fibrous web or a film. The electret webs are suitable for use as filter media. |
| US10240268B2 |
Meltblown nonwoven web comprising reclaimed polypropylene component and reclaimed sustainable polymer component and method of making same
Process of preparing meltblown fibers that are reclaimed from a starting material of a polypropylene component and a sustainable polymer component is provided. In one aspect, the method includes blending starting fibers of a polypropylene component and a sustainable polymer component under heat to form a molten stream, and then vis-breaking the components to obtain a polymeric blend that is suitable for use in meltblowing applications. The molten stream of the vis-broken polymer components are extruded through a meltblowing die to form a stream of meltblown fibers that is then collected on a collection surface to form a coherent meltblown web. The starting material may be bicomponent filaments having a sheath-core configuration in which the polypropylene component is oriented in the sheath and the sustainable polymer component is oriented in the core of the filaments. The invention is also directed to meltblown fibers and webs prepared from the process. |
| US10240261B2 |
Support of a flexible bend in a revolving flat card
A support is provided for a flexible bend in a revolving flat card, the flat card having a cylinder and a cylinder axis. The support has at least three bearing points, with each bearing point comprising a bearing bolt and an adjusting lever. At each bearing point, the flexible bend is held on the bearing bolt such that a rotational motion of the bearing bolt brings about a displacement of the flexible bend radially with respect to the cylinder axis. Each bearing bolt has a bearing bolt axis, a fastening portion, a moving portion, and a contact surface for contact with the flexible bend. The contact surface is formed by a surface that spirals around the bearing bolt axis. |
| US10240260B2 |
Absorbent article containing a nonwoven web formed from a porous polyolefin fibers
An absorbent article containing a nonwoven web that includes a plurality of polyolefin fibers is provided. The polyolefin fibers are formed by a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase that includes a polyolefin matrix polymer and nanoinclusion additive is provided. The nanoinclusion additive is dispersed within the continuous phase as discrete nano-scale phase domains. When drawn, the nano-scale phase domains are able to interact with the matrix in a unique manner to create a network of nanopores. |
| US10240255B2 |
Methods for classification of toxic agents
Methods and systems for evaluating biological dataset profiles relating to toxic agents including candidate pharmaceuticals, environmental agents, biowarfare and chemical warfare agents are provided, where datasets comprising information for multiple cellular parameters are compared and identified, and used in the evaluation of candidate agents. |
| US10240254B2 |
Method of fabricating plates of super-hard material using a collimated cutting beam
A method of fabricating plates of super-hard material and cutting techniques suitable for such a method. A method of fabricating a plate (14) of super-hard material, the method comprising: •providing a substrate (4) have a lateral dimension of at least 40 mm; •growing a layer of super-hard material on the substrate (4) using a chemical vapor deposition process; and •slicing one or more plates (14) of super-hard material from the substrate using a collimated cutting beam (8), the or each plate of super-hard material (14) having a lateral dimension of at least 40 mm, wherein the collimated cutting beam (8) is collimated with a half angle divergence of no more than 5 degrees. |
| US10240253B2 |
Apparatus for manufacturing large scale single crystal monolayer of hexagonal boron nitride and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a large-scale single crystal monolayer of hBN including: preparing a single crystal copper substrate of (111) face in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus; removing impurities of the single crystal copper substrate of (111) face; forming a plurality of hBN crystal seeds by depositing a vaporized ammonia borane or a vaporized borazine on the surface of the single crystal copper substrate from which the impurities are removed; and forming a large-scale single crystal monolayer of hBN grown by mutual coherence between the hBN crystal seeds, an apparatus for manufacturing the same, and a substrate for a monolayer UV graphene growth using the same. |
| US10240251B2 |
Synthesis and processing of pure and NV nanodiamonds and other nanostructures for quantum computing and magnetic sensing applications
Using processes disclosed herein, materials and structures are created and used. For example, processes can include melting amorphous carbon doped with nitrogen and carbon-13 into an undercooled state followed by quenching. Materials disclosed herein may include dopants in concentrations exceeding thermodynamic solubility limits. |
| US10240250B2 |
Method to provide a patterned orientation template for a self-assemblable polymer
A graphoepitaxy template to align a self-assembled block polymer adapted to self-assemble into a 2-D array having parallel rows of discontinuous first domains extending parallel to a first axis, mutually spaced along an orthogonal second axis, and separated by a continuous second domain. The graphoepitaxy template has first and second substantially parallel side walls extending parallel to and defining the first axis and mutually spaced along the second axis to provide a compartment to hold at least one row of discontinuous first domains of the self-assembled block copolymer on the substrate between and parallel to the side walls, and separated therefrom by a continuous second domain. The compartment has a graphoepitaxial nucleation feature arranged to locate at least one of the discontinuous first domains at a specific position within the compartment. Methods for forming the graphoepitaxy template and its use for device lithography are also disclosed. |
| US10240248B2 |
Adaptive electric field shielding in an electroplating processor using agitator geometry and motion control
In electroplating apparatus, a paddle or agitator agitates electrolyte in a vessel to provide high velocity fluid flow at the surface of a wafer. The agitator is designed and/or moved to also selectively shield part of the wafer, for example the edge of the wafer, from the electric field in the vessel. Selectively shielding may be achieved by temporally shifting the average position of the agitator towards one side of the wafer, by omitting or shortening slots in the agitator, and/or by synchronizing movement of the agitator with rotation of the wafer. |
| US10240247B2 |
Anode holder and plating apparatus
To provide an anode holder and a plating apparatus including the same, the anode holder being configured to prevent additives and black films from spreading by moving between an internal space in which an anode is provided and an external space.An anode holder 60 according to the present invention includes: an internal space 61 that houses an anode therein; a diaphragm configured so as to cover a front face of the internal space 61; a hole 71 that is formed on an external surface of the anode holder and which communicates with the internal space 61; and a valve 91 that seals the hole 71 shut. |
| US10240244B2 |
Portable, liquid free, electroless, electrochemical deposition of metal on conductive and nonconductive surfaces
Electroless plating is accomplished by forming a metal salt and a polymer solution as a binder into a solid electrolyte block and depositing metal on the surface by rubbing or brushing the solid electrolyte block onto a surface with minimal or no water and without an electric potential/power source. The solid electrolyte block is also conformable/moldable and can be used to deposit metal on to both conductive and nonconductive surface through electroless deposition process. |
| US10240243B2 |
Flow distributor hole pattern
A flow distributor may comprise an inner surface, an outer surface, and a plurality of holes circumferentially disposed in the flow distributor and extending from the inner surface to the outer surface. Each of the holes may comprise an inlet defined at the inner surface and an outlet defined at the outer surface, wherein each inlet is axially offset from a circumferentially adjacent inlet. |
| US10240239B2 |
Manufacturing method of metal component and manufacturing method of electronic apparatus
This manufacturing method of a metal component enables precision processing of a corner portion, and the radius of curvature of a cog tip of a gear and the like can be made smaller than before. The manufacturing method of a metal component includes: (a) forming a mask film having, in plan view, a first side, a second side, and an extension portion that extends from a region between the first side and the second side on a metal film; and (b) forming a corner portion having, in plan view, a third side and a fourth side by etching the metal film. |
| US10240236B2 |
Clean resistant windows for ultraviolet thermal processing
Apparatuses and methods for cleaning a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. The semiconductor processing chamber may include a UV radiation source, a substrate holder, and a UV transmissive window. The UV transmissive window may include one or multiple panes. One or more panes of the UV transmissive window may be non-reactive with fluorine containing chemistries. In multi-pane windows a purge gas flow path may be formed in the gap between windows. A purge gas may be flowed through the purge gas flow path to prevent process gases used in the chamber interior from reaching one or more panes of the UV transmissive window. |
| US10240234B2 |
Gas distribution apparatus for processing chambers
Implementations described herein generally relate to a method and apparatus for depositing material on a substrate. In one implementation, a processing chamber for processing a substrate includes a chamber body and a substrate support disposed within the chamber body and adapted to support the substrate thereon. The processing chamber includes a plurality of gas inlets positioned above the substrate support to direct a process gas above the substrate support. A movable diffuser is pivotally mounted adjacent the substrate support via a pivoting mount. The movable diffuser includes a deposition head having a plurality of inlet openings for directing process gas toward the substrate support and a plurality of exhaust openings for providing an exhaust to process gas disposed above the substrate support by the movable diffuser. |
| US10240232B2 |
Gas control in process chamber
A process chamber is provided including a sidewall, a substrate support, and an exhaust vent disposed above the substrate support. A processing region is formed between the exhaust vent and substrate support, and the exhaust vent is coupled to an exhaust device configured to create a low pressure at the exhaust vent relative to the processing region. The process chamber further includes a gas ring including an annular shaped body having an inner surface that circumscribes an annular region. The gas ring further includes a plurality of first nozzles that are coupled to a first gas source and configured to deliver a first gas to the processing region. The gas ring further includes a plurality of second nozzles that are coupled to a second gas source and configured to deliver a second gas to the processing region. |
| US10240231B2 |
Chemical vapor deposition apparatus and its cleaning method
A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes: a reaction chamber, a reaction area in the upper portion of the reaction chamber, an exhaust area in the bottom portion of the reaction chamber and a pumping apparatus connected to the outside of the reaction chamber. The exhaust area includes an isolating device dividing the exhaust area into an exhaust chamber and a storage chamber. The isolating device has a sidewall with gas openings connecting the exhaust chamber and the storage chamber. The exhaust area further includes a scraping component that can move up and down between the upper end and the lower end of the gas openings. |
| US10240230B2 |
Process and method for in-situ dry cleaning of thin film deposition reactors and thin film layers
The invention relates to the use of thionyl chloride and related materials for dry etching of internal surfaces of metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) reactors to remove deposits. The method is also useful for the dry etching of process substrates within such reactors for cleaning and processing of those substrates. The invention may be particularly adaptable to chemical vapor deposition reactors used in the manufacture of high brightness LED's based on III-V semiconductors such as GaN and related materials. Features of the process include thermal, UV, and plasma activated dry cleaning, and the use of etchant gases such as COCl2, COBr2, COl2, SOl2, SOCl2, SOBr2, SO2Cl2, SO2Br2, NOCI, NOBr, NOl, S2Cl2, S2Br2, SCI2, SBr2, SOClBr, SOClF and SOFBr, either formed from neat materials or combinations of constituent gases such as CO, SO, SO2 or NO with halogens, to achieve the desired effect. |
| US10240228B2 |
Heat-resistant Al—Cu—Mg—Ag alloy and process for producing a semifinished part or product composed of such an aluminum alloy
A heat-resistant Al—Cu—Mg—Ag alloy for producing semi-finished parts or products, which is suitable for use at elevated temperatures and has good static and dynamic strength properties combined with an improved creep resistance and comprises: 0.3-0.7% by weight of silicon (Si), not more than 0.15% by weight of iron (Fe), 3.5-4.7% by weight of copper (Cu), 0.05-0.5% by weight of manganese (Mn), 0.3-0.9% by weight magnesium (Mg), 0.02-0.15% by weight of titanium (Ti), 0.03-0.25% by weight of zirconium (Zr), 0.1-0.7% by weight of silver (Ag), 0.03-0.5% by weight of scandium (Sc), 0.03-0.2% by weight of vanadium (V), not more than 0.05% by weight of others, individually, not more than 0.15% by weight of others, total, balance aluminum, is described. A process for producing a semi-finished part or product composed of the above-mentioned aluminum alloy is described. |
| US10240224B2 |
Steel alloy with tailored hardenability
An alloy with tailored hardenability includes carbon, silicon, manganese, nickel, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, and cobalt. A time and temperature transformation diagram of the alloy has a bainite nose and a ferrite nose that occur at approximately the same time at approximately 4 seconds at temperatures of about 750 K and 950 K, respectively. |
| US10240220B2 |
Electrical steel processing without a post cold-rolling intermediate anneal
Embodiments of the present invention comprises melting scrap steel into molten steel; decarburizing the molten steel and adding alloys; transferring the steel to ladles and casting the steel into slabs; hot rolling the slabs into sheets; pickling the sheets; annealing the sheets; cold rolling the sheets; and performing one or more of tension leveling, a rough rolling, or a coating process on the sheets after cold rolling, without an intermediate annealing process between the cold rolling and the tension leveling, the rough rolling, or the coating process. The sheet is sent to the customer for stamping and customer annealing. The new process provides an electrical steel with the similar, same, or better magnetic properties than an electrical steel manufactured using the traditional processing with an intermediate annealing step after cold rolling. |
| US10240219B2 |
High frequency heat treatment method of ultra-high strength parts
Disclosed is a high frequency heat treatment method of hot-stamping-treated ultra-high strength parts, which comprises: a first step of heating the parts until the temperature of a heat treatment zone thereof becomes the AC3 transformation point or higher; a second step of maintaining the temperature until phase transformation of the heat treatment zone to austenite is completed; and a third step of cooling the heat treatment zone to transform the structure thereof to ferrite-pearlite. The present method improves the energy absorbing efficiency by increasing the parts' elongation ratio by locally forming a softening structure which absorbs energy. |
| US10240218B2 |
Coaxial material-stirring lance and method of use
A coaxial material-stirring lance (40) and method used to treat molten metal in a ladle, the lance having a stirring gas chamber (48), and a plurality of gas permeable ports (50 52) arranged as upper and lower port arrays along a length of the gas chamber, and at least one material chamber (43) positioned inside and coaxial with the gas chamber and terminating in at least one material ports (60). In another embodiment, a second material chamber is included inside the gas chamber, parallel to and immediately adjacent the material chamber. In use, the coaxial material-stirring lance is lowered into the ladle of molten metal, and gas and material are both introduced into a respective chamber. Gas mixes material through the molten metal, causing impurities to be removed from the metal. |
| US10240217B2 |
Methods and systems for processing sugar mixtures and resultant compositions
A method including: (a) selectively reacting a first sugar in a mixture which includes at least one second sugar to form a product mixture comprising a product of said first sugar; (b) separating said product of said first sugar from said product mixture; and (c) separating at least one of said at least one second sugar from said product mixture. |
| US10240214B2 |
Methods for discriminating between HIV-1 and lentiviral vectors
The present disclosure provides compositions (i.e., amplification primers and probes), methods, and kits that are particularly useful for detecting and/or quantifying nucleic acids present in a sample, such as those derived from HIV or a lentiviral vector. |
| US10240213B2 |
Method for in vitro diagnosis or prognosis of testicular cancer
The invention relates to a method for in vitro diagnosis or prognosis of testicular cancer which comprises a step of detecting the presence or absence of at least one expression product from at least one nucleic acid sequence selected from the sequences identified in SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 6 or from the sequences which exhibit at least 99% identity with one of the sequences identified in SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 6, to isolated nucleic acid sequences and to the use thereof as a testicular cancer marker. |
| US10240210B2 |
Methods of stratifying patients for treatment with retinoic acid receptor-alpha agonists
Described herein are methods that define cellular populations that are sensitive to RARA agonists and identify patient populations that will benefit from treatment with RARA agonists. The methods may comprise administering RARA agonists to patient populations. |
| US10240199B2 |
Maternal plasma transcriptome analysis by massively parallel RNA sequencing
Methods are provided for diagnosing pregnancy-associated disorders, determining allelic ratios, determining maternal or fetal contributions to circulating transcripts, and/or identifying maternal or fetal markers using a sample from a pregnant female subject. Also provided is use of a gene for diagnosing a pregnancy-associated disorder in a pregnant female subject. |
| US10240189B2 |
Solid support assay systems and methods utilizing non-standard bases
Solid support assays using non-standard bases are described. A capture oligonucleotide comprising a molecular recognition sequence is attached to a solid support and hybridized with a target. In some instances, the molecular recognition sequence includes one or more non-standard bases and hybridizes to a complementary tagging sequence of the target oligonucleotide. In other instances, incorporation of a non-standard base (e.g., via PCR or ligation) is used in the assay. |
| US10240188B2 |
Detection of chemical modifications in nucleic acids
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to technology and methods for analyzing the structure of nucleic acid molecules, such as RNA molecules. More particularly, the presently disclosed subject matter is directed to methods of compositions for, and computer program products for nucleic acid analysis, such as RNA structure analysis. |
| US10240183B2 |
Method and apparatus for preparing a cellular container comprising means for pre-analysis of a sample that has been taken
A method for preparing a cell suspension for analysis includes at least: taking a sample of the cell suspension using a pipetting-dispensing device, which includes at least one pipe, and depositing the sample present in the pipetting-dispensing device in an analysis container. Between the taking of the sample and the depositing, the method includes at least one pre-analysis of the sample, which is carried out by a pre-analysis device placed on the pipe of the pipetting-dispensing device. |
| US10240175B2 |
Compositions and methods for producing benzylisoquinoline alkaloids
The present invention relates to host cells that produce compounds that are characterized as benzylisoquinolines, as well as select precursors and intermediates thereof. The host cells comprise one, two or more heterologous coding sequences wherein each of the heterologous coding sequences encodes an enzyme involved in the metabolic pathway of a benzylisoquinoline, or its precursors or intermediates from a starting compound. The invention also relates to methods of producing the benzylisoquinoline, as well as select precursors and intermediates thereof by culturing the host cells under culture conditions that promote expression of the enzymes that produce the benzylisoquinoline or precursors or intermediates thereof. |
| US10240174B2 |
Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) precursor producing microbes, and methods of making and using the same
Host cells that are engineered to produce benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIAs) precursors, such as norcoclaurine (NC) and norlaudanosoline (NL), are provided. The host cells may have one or more engineered modifications selected from: a feedback inhibition alleviating mutation in a enzyme gene; a transcriptional modulation modification of a biosynthetic enzyme gene; an inactivating mutation in an enzyme; and a heterologous coding sequence. Also provided are methods of producing a BIA of interest or a precursor thereof using the host cells and compositions, e.g., kits, systems etc., that find use in methods of the invention. |
| US10240173B2 |
Biosynthesis of forskolin and related compounds
The invention described materials and methods for producing oxidized 13R-MO, such as forskolin. In particular, the invention describes P450s involved in oxidation of 13R-MO including CYP76AH8, CYP76AH11, CYP76AH15, CYP76AH17, CYP71D381 and CYP76AH9. Host organisms expressing one or more of these P450s are useful in the production of oxidized 13R-MO. |
| US10240164B2 |
Transgenic plants having altered lignin density
The present invention relates to a method of modulating the density of lignin in a test plant compared to the corresponding lignin density in a wild-type plant cultured under the same conditions, the method comprising modulating the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene, wherein modulation of the concentration and/or activity of the polypeptide modulates lignin density in the test plant. The present invention further relates to the use of a genetic construct which is capable of modulating the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene, for modulating the density of lignin in a plant, wherein the genetic construct encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence substantially as set out in SEQ ID No's: 2 or 4, or a functional variant or fragment thereof. In addition the present invention relates to a plant host cell comprising a genetic construct which is capable of modulating the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene is also taught. |
| US10240163B2 |
Increasing the content of long chain fatty acids in seed oil
Provided are plants that express, or overexpress, a pPLAIIIδ protein. Constitutive or seed-specific expression of pPLAIIIδ protein in Arabidopsis increases seed oil content, the amount of C20 and C22 fatty acids, and the amount of C56, C58, and C60 triacylglycerols, effectively resulting in significantly higher oil yield per plant. Use of pPLAIIIδ is therefore an effective biotechnological tool to significantly increase plant yield, including oil, and the amount of high value long chain fatty acids in agricultural and horticultural crops, especially oilseed crops. |
| US10240162B2 |
Compositions and methods for silencing gene expression
A method of introducing naked dsRNA into a seed is provided. The method comprising contacting the seed with the naked dsRNA under conditions which allow penetration of the dsRNA into the seed, thereby introducing the dsRNA into the seed. |
| US10240159B2 |
Protease deficient filamentous fungal cells and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods useful for the production of heterologous proteins in filamentous fungal cells. |
| US10240157B2 |
Diagnostic and screening methods for atopic dermatitis
The present disclosure provides methods for identifying agents that are candidate agents for treating atopic dermatitis. The present disclosure provides methods for diagnosing atopic dermatitis. The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating atopic dermatitis. |
| US10240156B2 |
Modulation of synaptic maintenance
C1q is shown to be expressed in neurons, where it acts as a signal for synapse elimination. Methods are provided for protecting or treating an individual suffering from adverse effects of synapse loss. These findings have broad implications for a variety of clinical conditions, including treating and preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| US10240151B2 |
Compounds and methods for enhanced cellular uptake
Described herein are conjugated modified oligonucleotides that are complementary to a target RNA. The conjugate facilitates cellular uptake of the modified oligonucleotide, resulting improved potency. |
| US10240148B2 |
Methods and compositions for preventing concatemerization during template-switching
Compositions and methods for performing a template-switching reaction are provided that may include reducing or eliminating concatemerization of the template-switching oligonucleotide (TSO). In some embodiments, the composition may comprise: a reverse transcriptase; a TSO that includes a recognition sequence for a site-specific double strand nucleic acid cleaving enzyme, wherein the TSO has at its 3′ end at least one nucleotide capable of hybridizing to at least one or more non-templated nucleotides added to a templated cDNA strand by the reverse transcriptase; and a site-specific double strand nucleic acid cleaving enzyme that cleaves the TSO at the recognition sequence. |
| US10240143B2 |
Radiofrequency device for increasing intracellular bioactive substance and plant cell culture method using the same
There are provided a radiofrequency device for increasing amount of a bioactive substance in a plant cell and a plant cell culture method for increasing amount of useful intracellular secondary metabolites by using the radiofrequency device. The cell culture method of the present invention makes it possible to increase specific secondary metabolites such as daidzein, equol, and the like in a cell and thus can be used for development into various medicines, agricultural pesticides, spices, pigments, food additives, and cosmetics containing bioactive substances. Further, the cell culture method of the present invention improves conventional cell culture methods limitedly used for specific cells or specific metabolites for increasing amount of intracellular bioactive substances and thus can be widely applied to production of cells and secondary metabolites. |
| US10240141B2 |
Biocatalyst solvent using ionic liquid, and biocatalyst solution containing biocatalyst and said solvent
There is provided a biocatalyst solvent which is capable of dissolving a biocatalyst in a liquid state while maintaining the activity of the biocatalyst at a high concentration from a low temperature to a high temperature, and is capable of storing the biocatalyst for a long time period; and a biocatalyst solution using the biocatalyst solvent. Disclosed is a biocatalyst solvent which consists of an ionic liquid including a quaternary ammonium cation represented by the following Formula (I) and an anion: [Chemical Formula 1] N+[Ra]n[Rb]4-n (I) wherein Ra's each independently represent a hydroxyalkyl group having one or more hydroxyl groups and an a linear or branched alkyl moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in which the alkyl moiety may contain an oxygen atom; a carboxyalkyl group having one or more carboxyl groups and a linear or branched alkyl moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in which the alkyl moiety may contain an oxygen atom; or a hydroxycarboxyalkyl group having one or more hydroxyl groups, one or more carboxyl groups and a linear or branched alkyl moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in which the alkyl moiety may contain an oxygen atom; Rb's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer from 1 to 4. |
| US10240140B2 |
Expression system for psicose epimerase and production for psicose using the same
A gene expression cassette capable of producing psicose at high yield with high stability, a GRAS (Generally recognized as safe) microorganism, a method of producing the enzyme by using the GRAS microorganism, and a method of producing the psicose by using the GRAS microorganism and enzyme are provided. |
| US10240139B2 |
Process of microbic biotechnology for completely degrading gluten in flours
The present invention concerns the use of lactic acid bacteria selected and fungal enzymes for the gluten complete degradation from both bread and durum wheat, barley, rye and oat flour. In particular, the invention concerns the use of lactic acid bacteria selected and fungal enzymes for the gluten complete degradation (residual gluten concentration lower than 20 ppm) of cereal flours, which after detoxification can be used according to a standardized biotechnological protocol for the production of various gluten-free foods. |
| US10240134B2 |
Polymerase compositions, methods of making and using same
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for nucleic acid polymerization. In particular, modified polymerases and biologically active fragments thereof are provided that allow for nucleic acid amplification. In some aspects, the disclosure provides modified polymerases having lower systematic error as compared to a reference polymerase. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to modified polymerases useful for nucleic acid sequencing, genotyping, copy number variation analysis, paired-end sequencing and other forms of genetic analysis. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to modified polymerases useful for the generation of nucleic acid libraries or nucleic acid templates. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to the identification of homologous amino acid mutations that can be transferred across classes or families of polymerases to provide novel polymerases with altered properties. |
| US10240133B2 |
ERK-derived peptides and uses thereof
An isolated peptide being no longer than 20 amino acids comprising a sequence at least 95% homologous to the sequence GQLNHILGILGX1PX2QED (SEQ ID NO: 4), wherein X1 and X2 are any amino acid, the peptide being capable of preventing extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK) translocation into the nucleus. |
| US10240132B2 |
Composition and method for treating androgen-dependent disorders
Chimeric polypeptides comprising a dihydrotestosterone (DHT) reductase moiety, such as 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3α-HSD), fused to a signal peptide moiety, polynucleotides encoding same, and compositions comprising at least one microorganism cell capable of secreting the chimeric polypeptide, are provided. Further provided are methods and kits for treating, preventing or ameliorating androgen-dependent disorders, including but not limited to androgenic alopecia. |
| US10240128B2 |
Means and methods to increase adenovirus production
The invention relates to a method for increasing the yield of replication-incompetent adenoviruses having at least a partial deletion in the E1-region, wherein the adenoviruses are generated in a production cell by: (a) expressing an adenoviral pIX polypeptide from a nucleic acid sequence encoding adenoviral pIX polypeptide under the control of at least a minimal endogenous pIX promoter and a heterologous promoter; and (b) expressing the elements necessary for the production and assembly of the adenoviruses, thereby increasing the yield of adenoviruses generated in the production cell in comparison to the yield in the absence of nucleic acid sequence encoding the adenoviral pIX polypeptide. Further, the invention relates to a method for constructing an adenovirus library, a production cell, and the use of an adenoviral pIX polypeptide for increasing the yield of replication-incompetent adenoviruses having at least a partial deletion in the E1-region. |
| US10240124B2 |
Cell culture substrate comprising a laminin and a cadherin
The present disclosure related to isolated laminin-521, methods for making recombinant laminin-521, host cells that express recombinant laminin-521, and compositions containing laminin-521. Laminin-521 can maintain stem cells in vitro pluripotency, enable self-renewal, and enable single cell survival of human embryonic stem cells. When pluripotent human embryonic stem cells are cultured on plates coated with recombinant laminin-521 (laminin-11), in the absence of differentiation inhibitors or feeder cells, the embryonic stem cells proliferate and maintain their pluripotency. It has also been discovered that human recombinant laminin-521 (laminin-11) provides single cell survival of stem cells after complete dissociation into a single cell suspension. Useful cell culture mediums containing at most 3.9 ng/ml of beta fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) are also described herein. |
| US10240119B2 |
Combined anaerobic digester and GTL system and method of use thereof
A combined anaerobic digester system and gas-to-liquid system is disclosed. The anaerobic digester requires heat, and produces methane. The gas-to-liquid system produces heat, and converts methane to higher-value products, including methanol and formaldehyde. As such, the combination of the two systems results in significant savings in terms of capital and operating expenses. A process for producing bio-formaldehyde and bio-formalin from biogas is also disclosed. |
| US10240117B2 |
Bioreactor container and integrity check method for bioreactor containers
A bioreactor container comprising has an at least locally flexible wall and at least one container opening. The wall of the bioreactor container has a fluid-tight inner sheet, and an at least locally fluid-permeable or structured outer sheet. A method for testing the integrity of the bioreactor container also is provided. |
| US10240115B2 |
Method for preparing nanolipids with encapsulated alcohol
A method for preparing ethanol-containing nanolipid particles, which can be used in food products, frozen desserts, or beverages. The method comprises nanolipidic vehicles in which ethanol-containing substances are encapsulated, said ethanol-containing nanolipidic vehicles can be combined with food products, desserts or beverage ingredients including those that are subsequently frozen. The food product, dessert or beverage can remain in a frozen state during consumption by an individual. A composition comprising ethanol-containing nanolipid particles, which can be used in food products, frozen desserts, or beverages. |
| US10240108B2 |
Particles for malodor reduction
A composition including a plurality of particles, wherein the particles include: about 30% to about 95% by weight of a carrier; about 0.1% to about 30% by weight of a perfume; and about 0.00025% to about 30% by weight of a malodor agent; wherein the malodor agent comprises one or more malodor reduction materials having a Blocker Index of less than 3 or a Blocker Index average of 3 to about 0.001; and wherein each of the particles has a mass between about 0.1 mg to about 5 g. |
| US10240107B2 |
Laundry detergents containing soil release polymers
The invention relates to liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising a) one or more polyesters comprising one or more of the repeating structural unit (a1) and one or more of the repeating structural unit (a2) wherein G1 is one or more of (CnH2nO) with n being a number of from 2 to 10, R1 is H or COR2, R2 is X—(C3H6O)p—(C2H4O)q—Y wherein X is NH or O, Y is a C1-30 alkyl, the (C3H6O)— and (C2H4O)-groups may be arranged blockwise, alternating, periodically and/or statistically and wherein the connections of the groups (C3H6O)— and (C2H4O)— to X— and —Y are free to vary, or O-G1-H, p is based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 60, q is based on a molar average, a number of from 1 to 300, and b) one or more surfactants. The one or more polyesters of component a) possess advantageous stability in alkaline environments, possess beneficial solubility and advantageously are clearly soluble in alkaline compositions such as liquid laundry detergent compositions and also possess advantageous soil release and soil removal properties on fatty and oily stains. |
| US10240106B2 |
Lubricant-holding base material, method for producing same, lubricating material, and method for producing same
Provided are a lubricating material which is made of a non-fluorine-based compound and thus has a surface that is slippery enough for liquid such as water or oil, a lubricant-holding base material which holds a fluorine-based lubricant and thus can be used as a lubricating material, and methods for producing the same. A slippery film has a holding base and a lubricant. The holding base has pillar structure portions and fluorine-containing portions, and the fluorine-containing portions are provided on outer surfaces of a plurality of pillar portions in the pillar structure portion. The lubricant is a fluorine-based liquid, and the fluorine-containing portion has a C—F bond. The lubricant is loaded into a region surrounded by a plurality of the pillar portions and is held in this region. |
| US10240092B2 |
Coal mixture, method for manufacturing coal mixture, and method for manufacturing coke
A coal mixture is provided that maintains a high level of coke strength after carbonization, even where coal having an excessively large permeation distance is used in a large amount. The coal mixture includes large-permeation-distance coal and permeation-distance-decreasing coal. The permeation-distance-decreasing coal has a mean maximum vitrinite reflectance Ro of 1.25% or more and a total inert amount TI of 30 vol. % or less. The blending ratio of the permeation-distance-decreasing coal in the coal mixture is in a range derived by multiplying the blending ratio of the large-permeation-distance coal by 0.25 or more and 3.0 or less. |
| US10240088B2 |
Substituted polyphenyls
The invention relates to substituted quinquephenyls of the formulae indicated in the claims and description. They are particularly suitable as UV-stabilizing component in liquid-crystalline media. |
| US10240086B2 |
Garnet material, method for its manufacturing and radiation-emitting component comprising the garnet material
A radiation-emitting component comprising a ceramic material, comprising a garnet having the composition represented by the formula A3-xB5O12:Dx and a barium-containing oxide. In the garnet A3-xB5O12:Dx, A is selected from lutetium, yttrium, gadolinium, terbium, scandium, another rare earth metal or mixtures thereof. B is selected from aluminum, scandium, gallium, indium, boron or mixtures thereof. D is at least one dopant selected from chromium, manganese and rare earth metals, particularly cerium, praseodymium or gadolinium. The dopant is present with x is 0≤x≤2. |
| US10240085B2 |
Thin film and organic light-emitting device including the same
A thin film including a combination of a donor compound and an acceptor compound, and a phosphorescent dopant, wherein the donor compound and the acceptor compound form an exciplex having characteristics described in the specification. |
| US10240083B2 |
Thickening of fluids
An aqueous fluid, possibly a wellbore fracturing fluid, comprises an aqueous solution or dispersion of a first polymer, which may be polysaccharide, as a thickener and a cross linking agent to enhance the viscosity of the fluid by crosslinking the first polymer, wherein the crosslinking agent is a second polymer comprising at least one polymer chain with phenyl boronate groups distributed along the polymer chain and the phenyl boronic acid groups have nitrogen attached to the phenyl group at a position which is meta relative to the boronate group. |
| US10240079B2 |
Suspension for enhanced oil recovery
Embodiments of the present disclosure include suspensions for use in enhanced oil recovery, and methods of using the suspensions for recovering oil. Suspensions of the present disclosure include a nonionic surfactant that can dissolve in supercritical carbon dioxide, and a metal salt having a concentration of 200 to 1 parts-per-million. |
| US10240067B2 |
Curable polysiloxane compositions and slippery materials and coatings and articles made therefrom
The present teachings generally provide curable polysiloxane compositions including a base resin including a MQ vinyl siloxane. Articles of manufacture including the curable polysiloxane compositions and slippery coatings and materials also are provided. The compositions may be used to provide slippery, lubricious, or repellent materials and coatings and may provide anti-fouling function. The compositions can provide anti-fouling or foul-release function on open surfaces, internal surfaces, membranes; to provide pinning free or low contact angle hysteresis surfaces; to provide homogeneous interface to suppress nucleation; to provide a barrier layer such as anti-corrosion; to provide anti-stain, anti-smudge, anti-fingerprint, anti-soil function. |
| US10240064B2 |
Curable compositions and their use as coatings and footwear components
Curable compositions are provided comprising: (a) an isocyanate-functional prepolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 4000 to 15,000; (b) a curing agent comprising a mixture of polyamines, wherein at least one polyamine has an amine equivalent weight of 125 to 250; and (c) an abrasion resistant additive comprising organic and inorganic particles. The isocyanate-functional prepolymer is (i) a reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a polyamine having primary and/or secondary amino groups; and/or (ii) a reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a polyol. Upon application of the composition to a substrate as a coating and after curing to form a coated substrate, the coated substrate demonstrates a coating loss of less than 0.33 cm3 after being subjected to 1000 cycles of a TABER Abrasion Test using S-42 sandpaper strips and two 1000 gram weights. Coated substrates and footwear components prepared from the compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10240063B2 |
Light-shielding paint, light-shielding paint set, light-shielding film, optical element, method for producing light-shielding film, and method for producing optical element
A light-shielding paint includes an epoxy group-containing compound, an inorganic fine particle, a coloring agent, and an amine curing agent. The ratio (A′/A) of the mass (A′) of the amine curing agent to the active hydrogen equivalent (A) of the amine curing agent and the ratio (E′/E) of the mass (E′) of the epoxy group-containing compound to the epoxy equivalent (E) of the epoxy group-containing compound satisfy 0.1≤[(A′/A)/(E′/E)]≤0.45. |
| US10240061B2 |
Conductive polymer composite and substrate
The present invention provides a conductive polymer composite including: (A) a π-conjugated polymer, and (B) a dopant polymer which contains a repeating unit “a” shown by the following general formula (1) and has a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000. There can be provided a conductive polymer composite that has excellent filterability and film-formability by spin coating, and also can form a conductive film having high transparency and flatness when the film is formed therefrom. |
| US10240058B2 |
Reactively assisted ink for printed electronic circuits
An ink contains particles containing metal that reacts during sintering to produce an electrically conductive line or area having a diffusivity that is less than the diffusivity of the metal before the reaction. Resulting electronic circuits therefore exhibit longer useful lives, compared to conventionally inkjet printed circuits. |
| US10240057B2 |
Conductive polymeric ink composition
Disclosed is a conductive polymeric ink composition, wherein pH of the ink composition can be adjusted to a desired neutral pH value while maintaining dispersibility of PEDOT:PSS (Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)) used as a main component of the ink composition, thereby solving problems due to strong acidity, including a reduction in the lifetime of devices. Furthermore, a transparent conductive polymer thin film formed from the ink composition has low haze, low surface resistance and high conductivity, compared to thin films manufactured conventionally. |
| US10240052B2 |
Supercapacitor electrodes including graphenic carbon particles
Supercapacitor electrodes comprising active charge supporting particles, graphenic carbon particles, and a binder are disclosed. The active charge supporting particles may comprise activated carbon. The graphenic carbon particles may be thermally produced. The electrodes may further comprise electrically conductive carbon. |
| US10240044B2 |
Aqueous pigment dispersion and aqueous ink
The present invention provides an aqueous pigment dispersion including a pigment, an anionic group-containing organic polymer compound, and bio-nanofibers having an average diameter of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less and an aspect ratio of 100 or more, and also provides an aqueous ink using the aqueous pigment dispersion. The bio-nanofibers are preferably cellulose nanofibers or chitosan nanofibers. The anionic group-containing organic polymer compound is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins having anionic groups, polyurethane resins having anionic groups, and polysaccharide derivatives having anionic groups. |
| US10240043B2 |
Use for dyeing keratin fibres of a compound of azomethine type bearing two pyrazolopyridine units
The invention relates to a compound chosen from the compounds of formulae (I) and (II), the leucoforms thereof, the optical and geometrical isomers thereof and the tautomers thereof, and also the addition salts thereof with an acid or a base, and the solvates thereof. The invention also relates to the use of these particular compounds for dyeing keratin fibres. |
| US10240040B2 |
Method of making sulfur extended asphalt modified with crumb rubber
The present invention relates to asphalt compositions. The present invention provides for a sulfur rubber asphalt binder composition that includes a base asphalt having a softening point, elemental sulfur, and a crumb rubber material. The crumb rubber material is combined with the base asphalt and the elemental sulfur to create the sulfur rubber asphalt binder composition. The crumb rubber material is present in the sulfur rubber asphalt binder in an amount effective to increase the softening point as compared to the softening point of the base asphalt. |
| US10240039B2 |
Reinforced polycarbonate compositions
The disclosure concerns blended thermoplastic compositions comprising (a) from about 50 wt % to about 80 wt % of a polycarbonate component; (b) from greater than 0 wt % to about 12 wt % of an impact modifier component; (c) from about 10 wt % to about 40 wt % of a filler; and (d) from about 5 wt % to about 15 wt % of a flame retardant component comprising an oligomeric phosphate ester, wherein the oligomeric phosphate ester is a free flowing powder at 23° C.; wherein the blended thermoplastic composition has a ductility of 100% at 10° C. when measured by a Notched Izod Impact test performed according to ASTM D256; wherein the combined weight percent value of all components does not exceed 100 wt %; and wherein all weight percent values are based on the total weight of the composition. |
| US10240028B2 |
Halogen-free flame retardant polyamides composition
The present invention relates to halogen-free flame retardant compositions essentially comprising polyamide polymers (preferred is polyamide 6), at least a hypophosporous acid metallic salt (preferred is aluminum hypophosphite), at least a nitrogen based flame retardant agent (preferably selected among melamine condensation products such as melam, melem, melon or their mixtures, and melamine cyanurate), at least an organic polyhydric compound and optionally further conventional components. Such compositions are highly flame retardant. |
| US10240020B2 |
Process for producing porous materials
The present invention relates to a process for producing porous materials, which comprises providing a mixture comprising a composition (A) comprising components suitable to form an organic gel and a solvent mixture (B), reacting the components in the composition (A) in the presence of the solvent mixture (B) to form a gel and drying of the gel, wherein the solvent mixture (B) is a mixture of at least two solvents and the solvent mixture has a Hansen solubility parameter δH in the range of 3.0 to 5.0 MPa-1, determined using the parameter δH of each solvent of the solvent mixture (B). The invention further relates to the porous materials which can be obtained in this way and the use of the porous materials as thermal insulation material and in vacuum insulation panels. |
| US10240016B2 |
Method for a composite material impregnated with thermoplastic polymer, obtained from a prepolymer and a chain extender
A process for a composite material, including an assembly of one or more reinforcing fibers, impregnated with at least one thermoplastic polymer with a glass transition temperature Tg of less than or equal to 75° C. and a melting point of from 150° C. to less than 250° C. or a Tg of greater than 75° C., the process including: i) a step of impregnating said assembly in bulk melt form with at least one thermoplastic polymer, which is the product of polymerization by polyaddition reaction of a reactive precursor composition including: a) at least one prepolymer P(X)n of said thermoplastic polymer, and b) at least one chain extender, represented by Y-A-Y, ii) a step of cooling and obtaining a fibrous preimpregnate, and iii) a step of processing and final forming of said composite material. |
| US10240015B2 |
Modified polyphenylene ether, method for preparing same, polyphenylene ether resin composition, resin varnish, prepreg, metal-clad laminate and printed circuit board
A modified polyphenylene ether according to one aspect of the invention has an intrinsic viscosity, as measured in 25° C. methylene chloride, of from 0.03 to 0.12 dL/g, has on molecular ends thereof an average of 1.5 to 3 groups represented by formula (1) below per molecule, and includes not more than 5 mass % of a high-molecular-weight component having a molecular weight of 13,000 or more. In formula (1), R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbons, and R2 is an alkylene group of 1 to 10 carbons. |
| US10240012B2 |
Thermoplastic/thermoset grafted composites
Disclosed are thermoset/thermoplastic composites that include a thermoset component directly or indirectly bonded to a thermoplastic component via a crosslinked binding layer between the two. The crosslinked binding layer is bonded to the thermoplastic component via epoxy linkages and is either directly or indirectly bonded to the thermoset component via epoxy linkages. The composite can be a laminate and can provide a route for addition of a thermoplastic implant to a thermoset structure. |
| US10240010B2 |
Graphitic nanocomposites in solid state matrices and methods for making same
A composition and method for fabricating graphitic nanocomposites in solid state matrices is presented. The process for fabricating graphitic nanocomposites in solid state matrices may include selecting one or a mixture of specific graphitic nanomaterials. The graphitic nanomaterial(s) may be functionalizing with a moiety similar to the building blocks of the solid state matrices. The functionalized graphitic nanomaterials are mixed with the building blocks of the solid state matrices. The mixture may be cured, which causes in situ formation of the sol-gel solid state matrices that entraps and/or covalently links with the graphitic nanomaterials during the network growing process. This process allows the nanomaterials to be introduced into the matrices homogeneously without forming large aggregations. |
| US10240009B2 |
Composites of polyethylene and polylactic acid
A composite may include polylactic acid, polyethylene, and optionally a compatibilizer. The composite may be formed by combining the polylactic acid with the polyethylene. The composite may be formed into an extruded article. |
| US10240008B2 |
Thermoplastic vulcanizates and method of making the same
Described herein are thermoplastic vulcanizates comprising thermoplastic resin, an at least partially vulcanized rubber dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, and process oil. The process oil in the thermoplastic vulcanizate may be selected from extension oil, free oil, curative-in-oil, and/or combination thereof. At least a portion of the process oil in the thermoplastic vulcanizate is a low aromatic/sulfur content oil and has an aromatic content of less than 5 wt %, and a sulfur content of less than 0.03 wt %, based on the weight of that portion of the process oil. The thermoplastic vulcanizate exhibits improved gravimetric fogging properties. |
| US10240007B2 |
Shaped polylactide article and method of preparation
A method for preparing a shaped polylactide article including stereocomplex polylactide and to a shaped article obtainable by the method. In particular the method comprises melt mixing and solidifying poly-L-lactide (PLLA) and poly-D-lactide (PDLA) homopolymers in a weight ratio whereby one of the homopolymers is in excess, subsequently solid mixing the so obtained blend with additional homopolymer, and shaping the obtained solids mixture. |
| US10240003B2 |
Poly(aryl ether sulfone) composition and method of making
A poly(aryl ether sulfone) comprises units of formula (I): wherein Ar1 is a divalent C6-C15 aromatic group, Ar2 is a divalent C6-C15 aromatic group, Ar3 is a divalent C6-C15 aromatic group, and n is greater than 1; and a terminal group of formula (II) derived from a monofunctional phenoxide wherein is X is a hydrogen atom or an organic substituent having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; wherein the poly(aryl ether sulfone) has a hydroxyl group content greater than 0 and less than 50 parts per million (ppm), based on the poly(aryl ether sulfone) weight, a glass transition temperature of 180 to 290° C., a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 100,000, a halogen content of greater than 0 and less than 3000 ppm based on the poly(aryl ether sulfone) weight. The poly(aryl ether sulfone) is free of methoxy groups. |
| US10239998B2 |
Moisture curable polymer systems based on a mixture of polysilylated polyethers
Low viscosity mixtures of polysilylated polyethers are described. The mixtures include a) 50 to 95 weight percent of one or more first polysilylated polyethers which are free of urea groups, have an average of two or more terminal hydrolysable silyl groups per molecule and have a molecular weight of 4,000 to 20,000 and 50 to 5 weight percent of one or more second polysilylated polyethers which are free of urea groups, have an average of 1.8 to 4 terminal hydrolysable silyl groups per molecule and have a molecular weight of 1000 to less than 400. The mixtures have surprisingly low viscosities, and are useful as curable components of adhesive, sealant, caulking and/or coating compositions. |
| US10239993B2 |
Branched polycarbonate resin and method for producing same
Provided is a branched polycarbonate resin, including a constituent unit represented by the general formula (I′). |
| US10239990B2 |
Isatin copolymers having intrinsic microporosity
A copolymer including a repeating unit represented by Formula I: wherein: L is a divalent hydrocarbon group comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and L′ is optional and when present is represented by Formula II: wherein: Y, Y′ and Y″ if present, are independently selected from: a carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, phosphorous acid and phosphoric acid and their corresponding salt or ester; imino, amide, nitrile, hydrogen, hydroxyl and alkyl comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and A, A′ and A″ if present, are independently selected from an arylene moiety, with the proviso one or both Y″ and A″ may not be present. |
| US10239989B2 |
Curable composition
A curable composition that can be cured at low temperature in a short time regardless of the type of epoxy compound that is mixed therewith, and has a long pot life; an adhesive comprising said curable composition; a method for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material that uses the curable composition; and a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a matrix comprising the curable composition. A curing agent mixture composition that can be cured at low temperature and in a short time, and provides the curable composition with a long pot life. An epoxy compound (A) and an imidazole compound (B) are blended in with the curable composition. In addition, the imidazole compound (B) and at least one type of crosslinking agent (C) are blended in with the curing agent mixture composition. |
| US10239986B2 |
Highly elastic polyester modified urethane resin and clear coat composition containing same
Embodiments relate to a highly elastic polyester modified urethane resin and a clear coat composition containing the same, and more particularly, to a highly elastic polyester modified urethane resin having improved chipping resistance by introducing an aliphatic isocyanate and a caprolactone polyol to a polyester resin, and a clear coat composition including the polyester modified urethane resin as a main resin. For example, there is provided a polyester modified urethane resin, including polyester derived units obtained from an aliphatic polyalcohol and an aliphatic or alicyclic polyacid, caprolactone polyol derived units; and aliphatic diisocyanate derived units, as resin constituting units. |
| US10239982B2 |
Block polymers for sub-10 nm patterning
The present invention relates to a method for the synthesis and utilization of block copolymer can that form sub-10 nm lamella nanostructures. Such methods have many uses including multiple applications in the semiconductor industry including production of templates for nanoimprint lithography. |
| US10239978B2 |
Redox active colloidal particles for flow batteries
The invention provides a redox flow battery comprising a microporous or nanoporous size-exclusion membrane, wherein one cell of the battery contains a redox-active colloidal particle dispersed in a non-aqueous solvent. The redox flow battery provides enhanced ionic conductivity across the electrolyte separator and reduced redox-active species crossover, thereby improving the performance and enabling widespread utilization of the battery. Redox active colloidal particles (RACs) were prepared, analyzed, and were found to be highly effective redox species for use in redox flow batteries. |
| US10239976B2 |
Ethylene copolymers produced with single site catalyst
Embodiments of the invention described herein relate to a polyethylene polymer composition suitable for use in the manufacture of packaging articles, flexible films and/or sheets. In one embodiment, the copolymer comprises a polyethylene resin with density 0.918 g/cm3 to about 0.935 g/cm3, G′ at G″(500 Pa) value, as determined from Dynamic Mechanical Analysis at 190° C., of less than 40 Pa, Mz/Mw of greater than 2, CDBI50 of greater than 60. Other embodiments relate to polymer compositions with defined molecular characteristics and formulations suitable for use in the manufacture of articles including films, sheets, bags and pouches with improved creep resistance and high toughness and a good balance of film stiffness and processability in monolayer and/or multi-layer film structures. |
| US10239975B2 |
Silica-coated alumina activator-supports for metallocene catalyst compositions
Silica-coated alumina activator-supports, and catalyst compositions containing these activator-supports, are disclosed. Methods also are provided for preparing silica-coated alumina activator-supports, for preparing catalyst compositions, and for using the catalyst compositions to polymerize olefins. |
| US10239974B2 |
Ethylene-based polymers
The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer comprising the following properties: a) a ZSVR value from 1.2 to 2.6, b) a MWD from 1.5 to 2.8, and c) a tan delta (0.1 rad/s; 190 C) from 5.0 to 50. |
| US10239970B2 |
Method of producing fine particles of non-vinyl thermoplastic polymer
Fine polymer particles made by a method include producing an emulsion in a liquid prepared by dissolving and mixing a polymer A and a polymer B in organic solvents in which a solution phase composed primarily of the polymer A and a solution phase composed primarily of the polymer B are formed as separate phases, wherein the solvents in the two phases resulting from the phase separation are substantially identical to each other, and contacting the emulsion with a poor solvent for the polymer A to precipitate the polymer A, wherein the particles have a glass transition point of 150° C. or more and 400° C. or less, an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more to 100 μm or less, and a particle diameter distribution index of the particles is 2 or less, wherein the polymer A is nonvinyl type polymer. |
| US10239966B2 |
Block copolymer hydride and stretched film formed from same
The present invention is a hydrogenated block copolymer obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer [C] that comprises polymer blocks [A] and polymer block [B], a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer blocks [A] and a weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] in the block copolymer [C] being 45:55 to 65:35, a ratio (w[IB]:w[IIB]) of a weight fraction w[IB] of the repeating unit [I] derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a weight fraction w[IIB] of the repeating unit [II] derived from a linear conjugated diene compound in the polymer block [B] being 40:60 to 55:45, 90% of more of unsaturated bonds included in the block copolymer [C] having been hydrogenated, a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 to 150,000, a low-temperature-side glass transition temperature [Tg1] of 0° C. or more and a high-temperature-side glass transition temperature [Tg2] of 135° C. or more, and a stretched film. |
| US10239963B2 |
Mixed salt suspension polymerization process and resins and catalysts produced thereof
This invention relates to no-salt and mixed salt suspension polymerization processes for water-soluble monomers and resins and relates to catalysts produced from the same. |
| US10239960B2 |
Phosphonated polysaccharides and gels and process for making same
Products and processes that are related to phosphonated polysaccharide compositions, including phosphonated polysaccharide gels, having a substituent degree of substitution with a lower limit of 0.02 and an upper limit of 3, and having a weight average molecular weight with an upper limit of 5,000,000 g/mole, as well as to oil field application or fracturing fluid compositions comprising such phosphonated polysaccharide compositions. |
| US10239959B2 |
Acylation process
The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of an acylated polymer composition comprising amylose and/or amylopectin, comprising a pre-treatment step in the presence of an acid and a hydroxycarboxylic acid, subsequent acylation and, preferably, a post-treatment step with an acid. The products obtained are useful as additives in inks, varnishes, lacquers, coatings, thickeners, adhesives or binders. |
| US10239958B2 |
Process for modifying starches
A process for modifying starch comprises atomising an aqueous slurry of non-pregelatinised starch into an internal chamber in a bi-fluid nozzle of a spray dryer and treating the atomized slurry, in the internal chamber, with superheated steam to cause partial gelatinisation of the starch. The aqueous slurry containing partially gelatinised starch is discharged through an outlet in the internal chamber into a reactor where the droplets containing the partially gelatinised starch are subjected to further treatment with superheated steam, resulting in the completion of the gelatinisation of the starch in the reactor. Also disclosed is a bi-fluid nozzle for use in spray drying starch which comprises a nozzle body, a nozzle cap and an internal chamber located between the nozzle body and the nozzle cap. The nozzle body comprises at least one atomiser, for connection to a supply of an aqueous starch slurry, for atomising the slurry into the internal chamber and it has at least one inlet, for connection to a supply of superheated steam under pressure, for introducing superheated steam under pressure into the internal chamber. The nozzle cap comprises at least one outlet from the internal chamber. The internal chamber also comprises an interchangeable spacer element with a length of from 10 to 60 mm enabling the length of the internal chamber to be changed. A pregelatinised starch and its use in foods, especially baby foods and infant formulas, feed, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products are also disclosed. |
| US10239957B2 |
Peptide containing conjugates for dual molecular delivery of oligonucleotides
Disclosed herein is a peptide containing conjugate comprising (P)c-(L)d-(G)e, wherein P is a peptide and each occurance of P is independently selected from Table 2; L is an optional linker and each occurance of L, if present, is independently selected from Table 3; G is a targeting ligand and each occurance of G is independently selected from Table 4; d is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; and each of c and e is independently 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. The conjugate can be administered to a subject either alone or in combination with a composition comprising R-(L)a-(G)b, wherein R is an oligonucleotide as defined herein, to inhibit expression of a gene of the subject. |
| US10239956B2 |
Nucleic acid encoding bone marrow stromal antigen 1 antibody
The invention provides antibodies which bind to the ADP-ribosyl cyclase 2. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies are also provided. The antibodies may be used for the treatment of human cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, head and neck cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer and human inflammatory diseases, including asthma, gout, crohns, lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, diabetes and atherosclerotic. |
| US10239954B2 |
Antibodies specific for urokinase-type plasminogen activator and methods of use thereof for treating cancer
The present disclosure relates to antibodies specific for urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA). According to certain embodiments, the anti-uPA antibody specifically binds to the active form of uPA. In certain aspects, the anti-uPA antibody that specifically binds to active uPA binds specifically to the active form of human uPA (e.g., the antibody does not cross-react with active forms of uPA from non-human organisms). In certain aspects, an anti-uPA antibody of the present disclosure competes for specific binding to uPA with plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1), where binding of the antibody to uPA results in internalization of a complex that includes the antibody, uPA, and urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR). Also provided are antibodies that specifically bind to uPA and compete for binding to uPA with a synthetic ligand of uPA. The disclosure also provides anti-uPA antibody conjugates and compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical formulations) comprising the antibodies and/or conjugates. Methods and kits related to the anti-uPA antibodies, conjugates, or formulations including the antibodies and/or conjugates are also provided. |
| US10239953B2 |
Dual targeting of TAFI and PAI-1
Disclosed herein is a bispecific inhibitor for use in treating thrombotic disorders, such as acute thrombotic disorders like stroke and thromboembolism. The bispecific inhibitor is based on monoclonal antibodies targeting TAFI and PAI-1, and shows efficacy in the presence or the absence of plasminogen activators such as tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA). |
| US10239945B2 |
Therapeutic CD47 antibodies
Provided are anti-CD47 monoclonal antibodies (anti-CD47 mAbs) with distinct functional profiles as described herein, methods to generate anti-CD47 mAbs, and to methods of using these anti-CD47 mAbs as therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of solid and hematological cancers, ischemia-reperfusion injury, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases or as diagnostics for determining the level of CD47 in tissue samples. |
| US10239943B2 |
Treatment of eosinophil or mast cell related disorders
Provided herein are methods and uses involving antibodies that specifically bind to a KIT receptor tyrosine kinase for managing, treating, or preventing an eosinophil or mast cell related disorder and/or one or more symptoms thereof, for example a mast cell related disorder of the nervous system, e.g., central nervous system, for example neuromyelitis optica (NMO), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), multiple sclerosis (MS), and neurofibromatosis (NF). |
| US10239941B2 |
Anti-hepcidin antibodies and uses thereof
The present application relates to antibodies that specifically bind to hepcidin and methods of using the antibodies. Another aspect relates to antibodies which bind hepcidin and regulate iron homeostasis. Another aspect relates to the use of humanized antibodies which bind hepcidin for the treatment of a disease or condition associated with hepcidin. |
| US10239939B2 |
Anti-ED-A immunoconjugates for inflammatory bowel disease
Specific binding members that bind the ED-A isoform of fibronectin for use in methods of treatment, diagnosis, detection and/or imaging of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and/or for use in delivery to the IBD tissue of a molecule conjugated to the specific binding member. The specific binding member may, for example, be conjugated to an immunosupressive or anti-inflammatory molecule, such as interleukin-10. |
| US10239929B2 |
Peptide analogs for treating diseases and disorders
Provided herein are methods for the treatment of type I diabetes, Type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, or obesity, or of appetite suppression, or for mitigating insulin resistance, or for reducing an undesirably high fasting serum glucose level, or for reducing an undesirably high peak serum glucose level, or for reducing an undesirably high peak serum insulin level, or for reducing an undesirably large response to a glucose tolerance test in synergistic combination with metformin. A peptide selected from sequences SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 15 and SEQ ID NO: 17 are administered. |
| US10239928B2 |
Method of highly expressing target protein from plant using RbcS fusion protein and method of preparing composition for oral administration of medical protein using target protein expression plant body
The present invention provides a plant expressing a target protein, a method of preparing the same and a method of preparing a composition for oral administration of a biopharmaceutical using the same. A target protein expression system using plant cells according to the present invention solves conventional problems in plant cell culture, provides a method of producing a large quantity of target proteins including a biopharmaceutical protein and allowing a target protein to have a resistance to a protease present in a digestive organ, and therefore is very effective to enable commercialization of plant-derived biopharmaceuticals. |
| US10239925B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against ovarian cancer and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10239923B2 |
Specific amyloid beta binding peptides and the use of same for treating and diagnosing alzheimer's dementia
Peptides specifically binding amyloid beta and to methods of treating and diagnosing Alzheimer's dementia using such peptides are provided. |
| US10239922B2 |
Fusion proteins of superfolder green fluorescent protein and use thereof
The present disclosure pertains to methods of producing recombinant peptides that contain between 10 and 200 amino acid residues using novel carrier proteins derived from superfolder green fluorescent protein and its mutants. |
| US10239918B2 |
Cahuitamycins and methods of making and using the same
Provided herein are biofilm inhibitors obtained from marine microbial derived natural product extracts from Streptomyces gandocaensis, resulting in biofilm inhibitors, cahuitamycins. Also provided are mutant S. gandocaensis, methods of inhibiting biofilm formation, methods of producing, or increasing the production of, cahuitamycins, methods for synthesizing cahuitamycins, and methods of purifying cahuitamycins. |
| US10239914B2 |
In-situ solvent recycling process for solid phase peptide synthesis at elevated temperatures
An improvement of deprotection in solid phase peptide synthesis is disclosed. The method includes the steps of adding the deprotection composition in high concentration and small volume to the mixture of the coupling solution, the growing peptide chain, and any excess activated amino acid from the preceding coupling cycle; and without any draining step between the coupling step of the previous cycle and the addition of the deprotection composition for the successive cycle; and with the coupling solution at a temperature of at least 30° C. |
| US10239906B2 |
Apparatus and method for obtaining glycoglycerolipids and glycosphingolipids from lipid phases
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for separating glycoglycerolipids and also glycoglycerolipids and glycosphingolipids from a lipid phase that contains glycoglycerolipids and acyl glycerides or glycoglycerolipids and glycosphingolipids and acyl glycerides, in mild conditions with no hydrolysis and while at the same time effectively depleting the lipid phase of said glycoglycerolipids, glycoglycerolipids and glycosphingolipids and their accompanying substances using an aqueous extraction process. |
| US10239904B2 |
Method for producing solid lignin
Lignin-rich starting material is suspended in a first medium, which is acidic and aqueous, to form a aqueous acidic suspension, which is heated and allowed to form two continuous phases, a thermoplastic lignin phase and an aqueous phase. The thermoplastic lignin phase is separated from the aqueous phase and passed through a shape giving process into a second medium which is at a temperature lower than that of the thermoplastic lignin phase and in which the thermoplastic lignin phase is essentially insoluble. Solid lignin formed in the second medium is recovered. |
| US10239900B2 |
Processes for producing organophosphorous compounds
The present invention relates to processes for producing organophosporous compositions having low acid content as well as processes for reprocessing partially degraded organophosporous compositions that contain high levels of phosphorous acid. In one embodiment, a process comprises: (a) receiving a solid organophosphite compound that has been recrystallized or triturated, wherein the solid organophosphite compound comprises phosphorous acid; (b) dissolving the solid organophosphite compound in a an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent in the absence of water and free amine, wherein the hydrocarbon solvent comprises an aromatic hydrocarbon, a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon, or a mixture thereof; and (c) removing undissolved phosphorous acid from the solution, wherein the acid content of the organophosphite following step (c) is 30 ppm or less. |
| US10239896B2 |
Hydrosilylation iron catalyst
A hydrosilylation iron catalyst prepared from a two-electron ligand (L) and a mononuclear, binuclear, or trinuclear complex of iron indicated by formula (1), Fe having bonds with carbon atoms included in X and the total number of Fe-carbon bonds being 2-10. As a result of using iron, the hydrosilylation iron catalyst is advantageous from a cost perspective as well as being easily synthesized. Hydrosilylation reactions can be promoted under mild conditions by using this catalyst. Fe(X)a (1) (in the formula, each X independently indicates a C2-30 ligand that may include an unsaturated group excluding carbonyl groups (CO groups) and cyclopentadienyl groups, however at least one X includes an unsaturated group, a indicates an integer of 2-4 per Fe atom.) |
| US10239895B2 |
Compound for specifically binding to amyloid β-protein
Provided is a compound for specifically binding to amyloid β-protein. The compound has thereon a nuclide with a large thermal neutron capture cross section and the compound is capable of specifically binding to the amyloid β-protein. The property of the compound allows it to be used in conjunction with a neutron capture therapy device to eliminate amyloid β-protein. Similarly, when the compound is labelled with radioactive element 11C, the compound can also be used in conjunction with PET/CT for determining the part of the brain where amyloid β-protein is deposited, for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease. Also disclosed is a preparation process for the compound. The beneficial effect of the present disclosure is to make the therapy and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease more targeted by providing the compound for specifically binding to amyloid β-protein. |
| US10239894B2 |
Inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
Provided are compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their pharmaceutical compositions, their methods of preparation, and methods for their use in the prevention and/or treatment of HIV; including the prevention of the progression of AIDS and general immunosuppression. |
| US10239892B2 |
Method for producing alkyl-indium compounds and the use thereof
The invention relates to a method for the cost-effective and environmentally friendly production of alkyl indium sesquichloride in high yield and with high selectivity and purity. The alkyl indium sesquichloride produced according to the invention is particularly suitable, also as a result of the high purity and yield, for the production, on demand, of indium-containing precursors in high yield and with high selectivity and purity. As a result of the high purity, the indium-containing precursors that can be produced are particularly suitable for metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) or metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). The novel method according to the invention is characterized by the improved execution of the method, in particular a rapid process control. Owing to targeted and extensive use of raw materials that are cost-effective and have a low environmental impact, the method is also suitable for use on an industrial scale. |
| US10239889B1 |
Pentacyclic compound
The present invention provides compounds represented by formulas (1) to (VI) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: |
| US10239888B2 |
Targeted protein degradation using a mutant E3 ubiquitin ligase
The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula I or II: or an enantiomer, diastereomer, or stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties. The present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of endogenous proteins through the use of the bifunctional compounds of Formula (I) or (II) that link a mutant cereblon-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to a targeted protein which can be utilized in the treatment of proliferative disorders. The present application also provides methods for making compounds of the application and intermediates thereof. The present application also relates to polynucleotides or polypeptides of a mutant cereblon and methods of use thereof. |
| US10239873B2 |
7-azaindole or 4,7-diazaindole derivatives as IKKϵ epsilon and TBK1 inhibitor and pharmaceutical composition comprising same
Provided are 7-azaindole or 4,7-diazaindole derivatives as an IKKε (I-kappa-B kinase epsilon) and TBK1 (TANK-binding kinase 1) inhibitor. The 7-azaindole or 4,7-diazaindole derivative effectively inhibits IKKε and TBK1, and thus is useful not only as an anticancer agent for the treatment of various cancers including colorectal cancer, breast cancer, CNS cancer, colon cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, uterus cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, brain cancer, bladder cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer, head and neck cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, osteosarcoma, B-cell or T-cell lymphoma, acute or chronic leukemia and multiple myeloma, but as a therapeutic agent for chronic inflammation. |
| US10239871B2 |
Compounds and methods for regulating integrins
A method of treating inflammation, by administering an effective amount of a β2 integrin agonist to a patient, and reducing inflammation. A method of treating cancer, by administering an effective amount of a β2 integrin agonist to a patient, and reducing tumor growth. A method of treating a patient exposed to radiation, by administering an effective amount of a β2 integrin agonist to the patient after radiation exposure, and mitigating the effects of radiation exposure in the patient. A method of preventing effects of radiation, by administering an effective amount of a β2 integrin agonist to the patient prior to radiation exposure, and preventing the effects of radiation exposure on the patient. A method of treating acquired bone marrow failure (BMF), by administering an effective amount of a β2 integrin agonist to a patient. Methods of improving the health of damaged vasculature in a patient and activating β2 integrins. |
| US10239869B2 |
Sulfonamide compounds as voltage-gated sodium channel modulators
The present invention relates to sulfonamide compounds Formula (I) wherein the substituents are as described herein, and their use in a medicine for the treatment of diseases, disorders associated with the inhibition of Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC) particularly NaV1.7. It further relates to the compounds herein and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in treating diseases, disorders, syndromes and/or conditions associated with the inhibition of Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC) particularly NaV1.7. The invention also relates to process for the preparation of the compounds of the invention. |
| US10239864B2 |
2-H-indazole derivatives as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors and therapeutic uses thereof
Indazole compounds of formula (I) as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and cell-proliferation inhibitors, and therapeutic uses and methods of preparation thereof, are disclosed. These compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, prodrugs, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, are useful for treating diseases and disorders associated with activity of cyclin-dependent kinases, in particular CDK4/6, including but not limited to various cancers and inflammation-related diseases or conditions. |
| US10239863B2 |
Factor XIa inhibitors
The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of Factor XIa and plasma kallikrein. |
| US10239859B2 |
Nitrogen-containing heterocycles as pesticides
The present application relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and their use for controlling animal pests. |
| US10239848B2 |
Cyclohexenyl compounds, compositions comprising them and uses thereof
Compositions that include certain phenyl substituted cyclohexenyl compounds are administered to a subject in a method for treating obesity or an associated disease or disorder or in a method of reducing food consumption or body weight. |
| US10239847B1 |
Method for 2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid for cellular glutathione
Provided herein is a composition, method of manufacture, and method for treating a disease condition and/or raising cellular levels of glutathione, the composition comprising L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylate, (procysteine) having a purity of at least 99 to 99.5 percent. |
| US10239844B2 |
Disubstituted triazole analogs
The present invention relates to disubstituted triazoles, their synthesis, and their use as anti-cancer compounds. In particular, compounds of Formula (I) are provided. |
| US10239841B2 |
Method for producing pyrazole derivative
The invention relates to a production method of pyrazole derivative (6) by reacting compound (5) with an oxidant. wherein R1, R2, R3, X1, X2 and Z1 are as defined herein. |
| US10239838B2 |
Heteroaryl orexin receptor antagonists
The present invention is directed to heteroaryl compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. |
| US10239835B2 |
N-alkylaryl-5-oxyaryl-octahydro-cyclopenta[c]pyrrole negative allosteric modulators of NR2B
The present invention relates to N-alkylaryl-5-oxyaryl-octadihydrocyclopent[c]pyrrole negative allosteric modulators of NR2B receptors useful in the treatment of neurological diseases having the Formula I where R1, R2, L1, L2, X, Y, and Y′ are described therein. In an aspect, compounds of formula I are described and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, solvates, hydrates, tautomers, or stereoisomers thereof wherein: L1 is straight or branched C1-C5 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of OH, ORIO, NH2, NHRio, and N(Rlo)(Rio′) provided that no more than one oxygen or nitrogen is attached to any carbon. |
| US10239834B2 |
Antibiotic sensitivity-restoring and photosensitive agents
The present disclosure describes a method to treat conditions, including bacterial infections and cancer, using a photosensitive compound that, upon exposure to white light, can be activated. The photosensitive compound can also interact synergistically with antibiotics used concomitantly to kill drug-resistant bacteria. The photosensitive compounds can also be used to inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells. |
| US10239833B2 |
Intermediates, their process and use in preparation of selective α1-adrenoceptor antagonists, Silodosin
The present invention provides novel process for the preparation of the α1-adrenoceptor antagonists, Silodosin and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts indoline compounds, utilizing derivatives of Formula 1 and salts thereof. |
| US10239832B2 |
N-(1-hydroxy-3-(pyrrolidinyl)propan-2-yl)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide derivatives as glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors
Described herein are compounds of Formula I, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments containing such compounds, and compounds I for use to treat or prevent diseases or conditions associated with the enzyme glucosylceramide synthase (GCS). |
| US10239830B2 |
Benzenesulfonamide upregulators of NPC1 for Neimann-Pick disease and other lysosomal storage disorders
Methods and compositions for treating lysosomal storage disorders are disclosed. The methods involve administering a genus of benzenesulfonamides, particularly N-[3-(aminosulfonyl)phenyl]-benzamides and heteroarylamides. A genus of suitable compounds is shown in formula 1: |
| US10239826B2 |
Method for producing isocyanates
A method for producing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene in a stoichiometric excess in the gas phase, wherein the excess phosgene is subsequently recovered and recirculated back into the reaction. particular a method for the feedback-controlled recirculation of the recovered phosgene, particularly when the phosgene stream that should be recovered is distributed between multiple gas-phase reactors operated in parallel. |
| US10239823B2 |
Process for purifying long chain amino acids
There is disclosed a process for the purification of long chain amino acids by recrystallization in an aqueous solution of organic carboxylic acid in the absence or presence of solvent, comprising: (1) dissolving a long chain amino acid in an aqueous solution of organic carboxylic acid by heating; (2) cooling the solution of step (1) to crystallize the long chain amino acid; and (3) recovering the long chain amino acid of step (2) by means of solid-liquid separation. |
| US10239812B2 |
Systems and methods for synthesis of phenolics and ketones
Embodiments herein relate to apparatus and systems for phenolic and ketone synthesis and methods regarding the same. In an embodiment, a method of producing phenolics and ketones is included. The method can specifically include forming a reaction mixture comprising nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) and water. The method can also include contacting the reaction mixture with a metal oxide catalyst at a temperature of 350 degrees Celsius or higher and a pressure of at least about 3200 psi to form a reaction product mixture. The reaction product mixture can include at least about 20 wt. % phenolics and at least about 10 wt. % ketones as a percentage of the total mass of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC). Other embodiments are also included herein. |
| US10239810B2 |
Process for aldehyde manufacture
The process of the invention is a process for the production of an aldehyde from the corresponding alcohol comprising the steps of feeding to a reactor a feed stream comprising said alcohol and an oxygen-containing gas; reacting said alcohol in the gas phase with said oxygen-containing gas in said reactor in the presence of a catalyst comprising oxides of iron and molybdenum, wherein the process further comprises the step of adding water to said feed stream. The process is particularly useful for the production of formaldehyde by the oxidation of methanol. |
| US10239808B1 |
Cannabis extracts
A method is provided for removing THC from raw cannabis oil. |
| US10239804B2 |
Process for the preparation of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene from methyl chloride and chlorodifluoromethane
The present invention relates to a process for preparation of olefins containing fluorine. |
| US10239803B2 |
Process for the preparation of vinyl chloride
A process for the production of vinyl chloride comprises the step of passing a feed stream comprising ethylene dichloride (EDC) over a catalyst system comprising a dehydrochlorination catalyst and a hydrochlorination catalyst at a temperature, which may be in the range 150-350° C., sufficient to effect dehydrochlorination of the ethylene dichloride to produce vinyl chloride. |
| US10239802B2 |
Processes and apparatuses for toluene methylation in an aromatics complex
This present disclosure relates to processes and apparatuses for toluene methylation in an aromatics complex for producing paraxylene. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to processes and apparatuses wherein a toluene methylation zone is integrated within an aromatics complex for producing paraxylene thus allowing no benzene byproduct to be produced. This may be accomplished by incorporating a toluene methylation process into the aromatics complex and recycling the benzene to the transalkylation unit the aromatics complex. |
| US10239800B2 |
Catalyst and process for selective production of lower hydrocarbons C1—C5 from syngas with low methane and CO2 production
A catalyst composition containing cobalt manganese oxide which is modified with silicon in the form of a hydrophilic silica, the catalyst also containing at least one of lanthanum, phosphorus, Fe, Zr, and Zn, and optionally one or more basic elements selected from the group of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and transition metals. Also, methods for preparing and using the catalyst composition for producing aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons using the catalyst composition. |
| US10239799B2 |
Reaction products and methods for making and using the same
Reaction products and methods for making and using the same are provided. The reaction products particularly may include adducts of two or more reactants. The adducts particularly can incorporate a nitrification inhibitor, such as DCD. In particular embodiments, reaction products may be formed from the reaction of formaldehyde, DCD, urea, and an ammonia source. The adducts may be included in agricultural products, including fertilizer compositions and nitrification inhibitor systems. Fertilizer compositions including the adducts can be beneficial for reducing leaching of nitrification inhibitors applied to soil. |
| US10239798B2 |
Seed treatment methods and compositions
Disclosed are methods of enhancing plant growth, comprising treating seed at least one month prior to planting with an effective amount of a plant signal molecule, wherein upon harvesting the plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to plants harvested from untreated seed, or compared to plants harvested from seed treated with the signal molecule just prior to or within a week or less of planting. |
| US10239797B2 |
Micronutrient fertilizers and methods of making and using the same
A water insoluble micronutrient fertilizer, methods of producing, and methods of using the same are provided. The fertilizer may comprise at least one first micronutrient selected from the group consisting of chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, and zinc; a polyphosphate; and optionally at least one second micronutrient selected from the group consisting of boron, chlorine, iodine, molybdenum or selenium. The fertilizer compounds are preferably water insoluble, dilute acid soluble, and free-flowing powders. |
| US10239796B2 |
Tooling for use during heat treatment to support a preform made of powder
The invention provides tooling (100) for acting during heat treatment to support a preform (110) of a three-dimensional part obtained by shaping a metal or ceramic powder, the preform presenting at least one bearing surface (112) on which it can rest and at least one suspended surface (111) that is suspended relative to the bearing surface, the tooling comprising a tray (120), and a plurality of blocks (130) arranged on the tray and each having at least one surface (130a) for supporting the preform, the blocks being suitable for moving relative to one another by sliding on the tray between a first position in which the blocks are spaced apart from one another and together define a first volume, and a second position in which the blocks together define a second volume that is smaller than the first volume. The invention also provides a method of heat treating a preform made of powder and using such tooling. |
| US10239791B2 |
Refractory ceramic batch composition, use of a batch composition of this type, and metallurgical melting vessel
The invention relates to a refractory ceramic batch for the production of an unformed refractory ceramic batch, the use of a batch of this kind for lining metallurgical melting vessels and also a metallurgical melting vessel which is lined with an unformed refractory ceramic product based on a batch of this kind. |
| US10239790B2 |
Low-density high-strength concrete and related methods
A low-density, high-strength concrete composition that is both self-compacting and lightweight, with a low weight-fraction of aggregate to total dry raw materials, and a highly-homogenous distribution of a non-absorptive and closed-cell lightweight aggregate such as glass microspheres or copolymer polymer beads or a combination thereof, and the steps of providing the composition or components. Lightweight concretes formed therefrom have low density, high strength-to-weight ratios, and high R-value. The concrete has strength similar to that ordinarily found in structural lightweight concrete but at an oven-dried density as low as 40 lbs./cu.ft. The concrete, at the density ordinarily found in structural lightweight concrete, has a higher strength and, at the strength ordinarily found in structural lightweight concrete, a lower density. Such strength-to-density ratios range approximately from above 30 cu.ft/sq.in. to above 110 cu.ft/sq.in., with a 28-day compressive strength ranging from about 3400 to 8000 psi. |
| US10239786B2 |
Geopolymers and geopolymer aggregates
The invention relates to geopolymer compositions, geopolymers and methods for their production and use. The geopolymers may be used as aggregates, and those aggregates may be used in concrete manufacture. The geopolymer composition comprises fly ash or a fly ash substitute, an aluminum phyllosilicate, an alkaline component and water, wherein the water is present at an amount of about 6% to about 10% by weight of the composition. The geopolymers are made by forming a geopolymer composition as described above, compacting the mixture by applying pressure of about 50 to about 90 kgf/cm2; and curing the compacted mixture to form the geopolymer. |
| US10239778B2 |
Apparatus and method for severing a glass sheet
A method for severing a glass sheet includes preferentially heating a region of the glass sheet to form a softened region. A slit is formed in the softened region of the glass sheet to form a slit region. The slit extends at least partially into a thickness of the glass sheet. Heat is preferentially applied to the slit region of the glass sheet. |
| US10239777B2 |
Method for ultra-dehydrating thickened or pasty biomass products, and equipment for implementing the method
The invention relates to a method for ultra-dehydrating thickened or pasty biomass products, in particular sludge from wastewater treatment plants, according to which the products, in particular products having a dryness of 4% to 25%, are subjected to the following steps: hydrothermal carbonization treatment, including pressurization (1, 2) and thermal conditioning (30) for a duration in a closed reactor (4); followed by dehydration of the products by a ram press (12), obtaining a dryness of more than 50%; the temperature of the product upstream from the ram press dehydration being regulated by cooling between 40° C. and 90° C., advantageously to around 70° C., in order to optimize the filterability in the piston press; the steps of the method being performed in a confined space making it possible to prevent the release of smells into the atmosphere. |
| US10239772B2 |
Recycling loop method for preparation of high concentration ozone
The present invention relates to an apparatus for the production of ozone from water comprising at least one cell, consisting of an anode, a cathode and an interposed cation-conducting membrane, wherein the membrane conductively connects the anode and the cathode while forming flow channels for water that are separated from one another as anode and cathode chambers and wherein the flow channels are configured to allow for the recirculation of the water flow within the chambers. The present invention further relates to an electrochemical method and apparatus for producing ozone or dissolved ozone in water in high concentrations by mean of recirculation of water between at least one chamber and at least one water tank. |
| US10239766B2 |
Evaporator sump and process for separating contaminants resulting in high quality steam
A horizontal sump for producing high quality steam, includes at least one inlet, for connection to an evaporator, for receiving steam and contaminated water from the evaporator, the evaporator having a tube side and a shell side. The horizontal sump further includes at least one steam outlet for feeding steam to an evaporator compressor. The at least one steam outlet further includes at least one wash tray, for washing any entrained brine from the steam prior to introduction of the steam to the evaporator compressor, wherein the horizontal sump increases residence time of water and steam in the sump resulting in a steam of quality greater than that of the steam from the steam and contaminated water from the evaporator. |
| US10239759B2 |
Method of producing silica-based particles
A method of producing silica-based particles includes, when a dispersion liquid of composite oxide particles is prepared by simultaneously adding an aqueous silicate solution and/or an acidic silicic acid solution and an aqueous solution of an alkali-soluble inorganic compound in an alkali aqueous solution or in an alkali aqueous solution with seed particles dispersed therein, if required, the aqueous silicate solution and/or the acidic silicic acid solution and the aqueous solution of alkali-soluble inorganic compound are added so that the molar ratio of MOx/SiO2 are in a range from 0.01 to 2, herein MOx denoting an inorganic oxide other than silica and SiO2 denoting silica to prepare the dispersion liquid of composite oxide particles with an average diameter (Dp1) in a range from 3 to 300 nm. |
| US10239758B2 |
Silica sol and method for producing silica sol
A silica sol which has excellent moisture absorption resistance and stability as well as high purity and which does not cause coloring of a solvent or a resin to which the silica sol has been applied. The silica sol contains high-purity silica particles, water and/or a liquid organic medium serving as a dispersion medium, and an organic base compound, the silica particles being dispersed in the dispersion medium, wherein the silica particles satisfy the following requirements (a) to (c): (a) the silica particles have a specific surface area, as determined through a nitrogen absorption method, of 20 to 500 m2/g; (b) the silica particles have a moisture absorption amount per specific surface area thereof of 0.5 mg/m2 or less; and (c) the organic base compound is not substantially contained in the inside thereof. |
| US10239753B2 |
Composite material for hydrolytically generating hydrogen, device for hydrolytically generating hydrogen, method for generating hydrogen, device for generating electric energy, and possible applications
The invention relates to compact and lightweight disposable accumulators for generating electric energy with extremely high energy densities (>1 kWh/kg and >k Wh/liter), which are of immense interest in many areas of application. One possibility for implementing such energy accumulators consists in using metal hydrides in hydrogen generators in which hydrogen is generated by hydrolytically splitting off a proton from water in conjunction with the metal hydride. The chemical energy stored in the hydrogen can then be converted into electric energy in a fuel cell in a second step. Only half of the generated hydrogen originates from the metal hydride during the hydrolysis reaction; the water used for the hydrolysis process supplies the other half. |
| US10239751B2 |
Wafer-level package with enhanced performance
The present disclosure relates to a wafer-level package that includes a first thinned die, a multilayer redistribution structure, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The first thinned die includes a first device layer formed from glass materials. The multilayer redistribution structure includes redistribution interconnects that connect the first device layer to package contacts on a bottom surface of the multilayer redistribution structure. Herein, the connections between the redistribution interconnects and the first device layer are solder-free. The first mold compound resides over the multilayer redistribution structure and around the first thinned die, and extends beyond a top surface of the first thinned die to define an opening within the first mold compound and over the first thinned die. The second mold compound fills the opening and is in contact with the top surface of the first thinned die. |
| US10239748B2 |
Microelectromechanical device with protection for bonding
A microelectromechanical device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor die, bonded to the substrate and incorporating a microstructure; an adhesive film layer between the die and the substrate; and a protective layer between the die and the adhesive film layer. The protective layer has apertures, and the adhesive film layer adheres to the die through the apertures of the protective layer. |
| US10239743B2 |
Fitting for a cask having an overpressure function
A fitting arrangement for a cask is disclosed having a fitting sleeve with a riser pipe arranged therein, and resiliently moveable relative thereto. The fitting sleeve has a conically extending inner sealing surface tapering toward an upper end, and a seal is incorporated between the inner sealing surface and the upper end of the riser conduit. The riser pipe is pressed with the seal against the sealing surface with a spring force, and the seal is arranged internally in the upper end of the riser pipe, wherein a sealing body is arranged in the upper end of the riser pipe and is resiliently moveable relative thereto, which sealing body comes to bear with form-fit engagement on an internal sealing surface of the seal as a result of the spring force. |
| US10239740B2 |
Shopping facility assistance system and method having a motorized transport unit that selectively leads or follows a user within a shopping facility
A shopping facility assistance system includes a plurality of motorized transport units, a plurality of user interface units, and a central computer system having a network interface such that the central computer system wirelessly communicates with one or both of the motorized transport units and the user interface units. The central computer system is configured to control movement of the motorized transport units through a shopping facility space based at least on inputs from the user interface units. More particularly, the central computer system controls movement of the motorized transport units such that a given one of the plurality of motorized transport units selectively leads a user to a destination within the shopping facility or follows the user within the shopping facility as determined by the central computer system. By one approach, the motorized transport units move through the shopping facility via a plurality of preferred pre-determined path segments. |
| US10239738B2 |
Apparatus and method of monitoring product placement within a shopping facility
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring product placement within a shopping facility. Some embodiments provide an apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising: a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver; a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: obtain a composite three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances; and identify, from the evaluation of the 3D scan mapping, when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference offset distance of the product support structure. |
| US10239736B1 |
Rope retainer for a boom
An apparatus assists in retaining a rope in connection with a sheave on a boom. The apparatus includes a retainer supported by the boom for swinging outwardly relative to the sheave from a first position adjacent to the sheave for assisting in retaining the rope therein and a second position for facilitating removing the rope from the sheave. A holder may be provided for holding the retainer in the second position, so that the operator's hands are freed for other tasks. A receiver may also be provided for temporarily receiving a locking pin once removed from the retainer, thus helping to guard against loss. |
| US10239734B2 |
Method for lowering a subsea structure having a substantially flat support base into the water through the splash zone
The present invention relates to a method for lowering a subsea structure to be installed on the seabed into the water through the splash zone, said subsea structure comprising subsea equipment arranged on a substantially flat support base for preventing the subsea equipment to sink into the seabed. The method according to the invention comprises: lifting the subsea structure into the air in a horizontal position in which the flat support base extends substantially parallel to the horizontal plane; tilting the subsea structure while suspended in the air from the horizontal position into a tilted position in which the flat support base is angled with respect to the horizontal plane; lowering the subsea structure into the water through the splash zone in the tilted position; and tilting the subsea structure while suspended in the water below the splash zone back into the horizontal position. |
| US10239732B2 |
Conveyor device with moving comb plate in the longitudinal direction
A conveyor device includes a truss; a conveyance element, which is movable with respect to the truss in a longitudinal direction and which includes at least one groove extending along said longitudinal direction. The conveyor device further includes a comb plate having at least one tooth extending into the at least one groove. For minimizing the effects resulting from a comb crash, the conveyor device further includes at least one compensation device fixing the comb plate in the longitudinal direction during normal operation, but allowing the comb plate to move in the longitudinal direction in case of a comb crash. |
| US10239726B2 |
Ribbon self-orienting device for traversed rolls
A ribbon self-orienting device that is to be interposed between the source and the target of a traveling ribbon, either during winding of a ribbon into a traversed roll or during pay-off of a ribbon from a traversed roll. A pivoting frame is pivotally coupled to a frame support, at a pivot axis. First and second direction changing means coupled to the pivoting frame serve to change the direction of the traveling ribbon. A force transfer means transfers a transversely directed force, imparted by the traveling ribbon due to the ribbon traversing its traversed roll while under tension, to the pivoting frame causing the pivoting frame to move about the pivot axis. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10239724B2 |
Systems and methods for folding a stack of substrate sheets
Systems and methods for folding a stack of substrate sheets are provided. The system may include a roller assembly and a positioning mechanism. The roller assembly is configured for folding the stack of substrate sheets and the positioning mechanism is configured to position the substrate or stack for entry into the roller assembly. The positioning mechanism includes an upper curved form and a lower curved form to guide the stack of substrate sheets into a curved position for folding. The positioning mechanism further includes a folding blade positioned to extend through the gap between the upper and lower curved forms. The roller assembly can move the folded stack of substrate sheets in at least two directions. |
| US10239723B2 |
Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus
There is provided a sheet processing apparatus with improved visibility of a sheet bundle discharged without post-processing thereto. The CPU circuit receives the conveyed sheet, drives and controls the sheet-returning paddle, the rack part, the rear end regulation part, the alignment plate and the like and forms sheet bundle comprising of a plural number of sheets as received. Further, the CPU circuit drives and controls the alignment plate when discharging the sheet bundle S from the processing tray, the sheet bundle S exceeding the number of sheets which can be post-processed by the stapler. Therefore, the sheet bundle S which includes sheets equal to the allowable number of sheets for post-processing of the sheet processing unit is discharged to the second discharge position which is different from the first discharge position. |
| US10239720B2 |
Web winding device
The present invention provides an improved belted reel which is particularly well suited for the winding of soft, bulky tissue webs and overcomes the limitations of the prior art. The belted reel is capable of providing coordinated web tension and nip control by providing the winding parent roll with two nip points—the first nip formed between the winding roll and the second between the winding roll and a second support drum. Preferably the drum encircled by the endless belt lies above the second support drum and the first and second nip points lie in the same vertical plane. |
| US10239718B1 |
Sheet feeder
A contact member swingably moves about a swing axis to contact a recording medium stacked on a medium tray, and shifts to different states depending on volume of medium. A controller performs: a detection process of detecting the stacked volume based on signals of M times outputted from the sensor, the M times being a number of times that is larger than or equal to two times; a stack determination process of determining whether the recording medium is stacked on the medium tray based on signals of N times, the signals of N times being a part of the signals of the M times outputted from the sensor, the N times being a number of times that is smaller than M; and a sheet feeding process of controlling the feed roller to feed the recording medium, in response to determining that the recording medium is stacked on the medium tray. |
| US10239717B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and sheet-feeding apparatus
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a manual feed tray for placing a sheet subjected to image formation, a sheet sensor configured to detect whether or not the sheet is placed on this manual feed tray, a pickup roller configured to feed the sheet placed on the manual feed tray, and a controller. When a size of a sheet to be fed is designated by a user, and it is determined that the sheet is placed, the controller causes at least one of the pickup roller and the manual feed tray to start movement to a position of enabling the pickup roller to feed the placed sheet. |
| US10239716B2 |
Device and method for transporting substrates in a printing machine
The object of the present invention is to propose a novel device and a novel method to allow the transportation of printable substrates precisely, suited to substrates of various types, sizes and thicknesses. Furthermore, the invention is suited to printing machines that involve no contact with the substrate, such as inkjet printing machines. |
| US10239715B2 |
Sheet folding method, image forming system, and sheet folding device with motor employing being controlled to perform a feedback control with an integral gain
A sheet folding device, which is included in an image forming system and uses a sheet folding method, includes first and second drive motors, a first sheet conveyor driven by the first drive motor and configured to receive and convey a sheet toward a downstream side of a sheet conveying direction, a second sheet conveyor driven by the second drive motor and configured to receive the sheet conveyed from the first sheet conveyor and to convey the sheet to the downstream side of the sheet conveying direction, and a controller configured to fold the sheet to a predetermined folding length set according to an amount of conveyance of the sheet by the second sheet conveyor while the sheet is being held between the first and second sheet conveyors, and to perform a feedback control with an integral gain to the second drive motor. |
| US10239711B2 |
Transportable receiving and storage system
A system has a surge bin, a distribution conveyor assembly, an elevating conveyor assembly, and a receiving conveyor assembly. The surge bin has an internal storage compartment, a top input opening, and a bottom output opening. The distribution conveyor assembly has a distribution frame attached at an input end thereof to an upper portion of the surge bin, and a distribution conveyor mounted on the distribution frame. The elevating conveyor assembly has an elevating conveyor configured to receive granular material at an elevating input and discharge the received granular material selectively to the top input opening of the surge bin or to the distribution conveyor input. The receiving conveyor assembly has a receiving station configured to receive granular material from a discharge of a transport vehicle, and a receiving conveyor operative to transfer the received granular material from the receiving station into the elevating input. |
| US10239704B2 |
Method and conveying technology element for combining conveyor streams in a conveyor system
A method combines conveyor streams on a conveying technology element having a number of ingoing conveyor segments at least one coupling to an outgoing conveyor segment on which the ingoing conveyor segments are brought together, and a number of holding devices for holding a conveyor flow on the ingoing conveyor segments. In addition, a number of release devices disposed downstream of the ingoing conveyor segments logically connected to an OR-connection are provided for releasing a holding device or a conveyed object. A holding device or a conveyed object waiting at the holding device is then respectively released when a conveyed object preceding the waiting conveyed object in a sorting order passes one of the connected release devices or when there is no preceding conveyed object. A conveying technology element carries out the method. |
| US10239700B2 |
Cam unit and conveying device
The present invention is characterized to include a cylindrical cam that is provided to correspond to a moving path and possesses an engaging groove, the moving path moving in an uncoupled state with each of a plurality of carriers to which an object to be conveyed is respectively installed and the plurality of carriers being in states where a set of a plurality of first carriers and a set of a plurality of second carriers are alternately lined up, and a drive source that drives the cylindrical cam, wherein a first cylindrical cam and a second cylindrical cam, as the cylindrical cam, are respectively provided to correspond to a predetermined position in the moving path, the first cylindrical cam possessing an engaging groove with which only the first carriers are engageable and the second cylindrical cam possessing an engaging groove with which only the second carriers are engageable, a first drive source that drives the first cylindrical cam and a second drive source that drives the second cylindrical cam are included as the drive source, the engaging grooves of the first cylindrical cam and the second cylindrical cam are helical grooves that possess a first groove part and a second groove part, the second groove part being continuous with the first groove part, being positioned on a downstream side in a conveying direction with respect to the first groove part and having a pitch different from the pitch of the first groove part, and the second cylindrical cam rotates to move the second carrier that reached the first groove part when an interval of the first carriers is changed by the set of the plurality of the first carriers moving past the first groove part to reach the second groove part by a rotation of the first cylindrical cam. |
| US10239699B2 |
Medicine conveying apparatus
A medicine conveying apparatus includes storage containers and a circulation driving unit configured to circulate the storage containers so as to make a round along a circulation path, wherein an introduction position and a discharge position are set on the circulation path, so that the medicine introduced into each storage container that has arrived at the introduction position, and the medicine is discharged from each storage container that has arrived at the discharge position, the circulation path includes a first directional path and a second directional path, and the circulation driving unit allows an operator to select one of the first and second directional paths through which the storage containers are conveyed from the introduction position to the discharge position and circulates the storage containers through the selected path. |
| US10239698B1 |
Vibratory bowl feeder
An improved vibratory bowl feeder is provided. The improved vibratory bowl feeder includes a removable impact cone formed from an impact resistant material to deflect falling industrial workpieces toward the sidewall of a bowl. The impact cone includes a through-hole for a center bolt, the center bolt securing the impact cone to the bowl. An adhesive layer bonds the impact cone to the bowl, which is optionally formed from stainless steel. The impact cone includes a frusto-conical or hemispherical impact surface that deadens the impact from industrial workpieces falling from an overhead hopper. Replacement of the impact cone can be achieved within minimal downtime, and varying impact cones can be selected based on the size and the shape of the industrial workpieces for a given inspection run. |
| US10239697B2 |
Flexible element for a conveyor system
A flexible element for conveying goods in a conveyor system is provided. The flexible element includes a base configured to form a top surface, a bottom surface and an intermediate surface; a conveying means detachably mounted on the top surface and; a toothed projection detachably mounted on the bottom surface; and at least one pair of wheels mounted on the intermediate surface. A conveyor system for conveying the flexible element is also provided. |
| US10239694B2 |
Warehouse automation systems and methods
A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced. |
| US10239691B2 |
Storage and retrieval system
A storage and retrieval system including a vertical array of storage levels, each storage level having, picking aisles, storage locations, disposed within the picking aisles, and at least one transfer deck providing access to the picking aisles, a multilevel vertical conveyor system configured to transport the uncontained case units to and from the vertical array of storage levels, each storage level being configured to receive uncontained case units from the multilevel vertical conveyor system, at least one autonomous transport located on each storage level for transporting the uncontained case units between respective storage locations and the multilevel vertical conveyor system, and a controller configured to create a primary access path through the transfer decks and picking aisles to a predetermined one of the storage locations and at least one secondary access path to the predetermined one of the storage locations when the primary path is impassable. |
| US10239687B1 |
Above ground water tank fill/drain system
A trench is dug under an above ground water storage tank either before erection of the walls or after the wall is erected. A (rectangular) sump is preferably made of ¼ inch steel. It serves as a conduit from an inner tank liner port to an outside tank fill or drain port. The system eliminates hoses hung over the top edge of the tank wall. A pump can fill the tank from the outer port. The tank can be drained using head pressure of the water and/or a pump. |
| US10239683B2 |
System and method for protective eyewear dispensing
A system and method for improved dispensing for protective eyewear components, including frames, lenses and assembled protective eyewear glasses, is described. A housing stores and dispenses the eyewear components through an opening. In an embodiment, the eyewear components may be detachably connected together, such as via perforations, and/or may be coiled in a roll or stacked in serpentine configuration within the housing. Also, in one embodiment, a lever of other mechanism may be coupled to the housing to provide advantageous operations of the dispenser, including assembling and/or dispensing the eyewear components. Accordingly, the system and method provides advantages in that rapid and hygienic dispensing of protective eyewear components may be provided. |
| US10239681B2 |
Drum unloader
A drum unloader may include a pump assembly, a motor, a plate, a piston-cylinder assembly, and a sensor. The motor drives the pump assembly. The plate is mounted to the pump assembly and includes an inlet to the pump assembly. The piston-cylinder assembly includes a housing, a piston, and a piston rod. The housing defines a bore. The piston is received within the bore and cooperates with the housing to define a first cavity and a second cavity. The piston rod is attached to and extends from the piston such that the piston rod extends through the first cavity. The piston rod is coupled to the pump assembly, the motor and the plate such that movement of the piston within the bore causes corresponding movement of the pump assembly, the motor and the plate relative to the housing. The sensor measures a pressure within the second cavity. |
| US10239680B2 |
Blister package containing the laminated sheet and container
A laminated sheet or a container includes: an absorbing layer absorbing at least one of liquid and gas; a reinforcing layer laminated on the absorbing layer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween; an aluminum layer laminated on the reinforcing layer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween; and a barrier layer laminated on the aluminum layer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween and suppressing entry of at least one of liquid and gas. |
| US10239679B2 |
Stay-fresh food container
A container for storing a food product includes a receptacle and a plunger slidably movable along an inner wall of the receptacle. The plunger includes a support surface for the food product and a seal configured to form a seal between the support surface and the inner wall. A rounded lid with an apex is configured to be sealingly coupled to the receptacle. The lid includes a vent located at the apex. |
| US10239677B2 |
Easy-open media wrapper
A structure is described for forming a wrapper, e.g., for print media, where the structure includes a line of weakness for facilitating a user's tearing of the wrapper to access the contents. The line of weakness may include a first line of weakness portion that extends along a fold line of an envelope fold forming one of the front or rear or right sides of the wrapped package, as well as a second line of weakness portion that extends substantially perpendicularly to the respective longitudinal fold lines and a connecting line of weakness portion that extends between the first line of weakness portion and the second line of weakness portion and is disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to each. In this way, a tear initiated near the first line of weakness portion and may be propagated along the other portions to create an opening for accessing the product. |
| US10239676B2 |
Flexible film composition for heat seals and container with same
The present disclosure is directed to compositions and film structures suitable for heat seal production. The heat sealable flexible film structure includes: a layer (A) comprising a blend comprising from 35 to 80 percent by weight of the layer (A) of a propylene based plastomer or elastomer (“PBPE”) and from 20 to 65 percent by weight of the layer (A) of a low density polyethylene having a density in the range of from 0.915 g/cm3 to 0.935 g/cm3, wherein the blend has a melt index (as determined according to ASTM D 1238 (at 190° C./2.16 Kg); a layer (B), adjacent to layer (A), comprising a polyolefin-based polymer, wherein the polymer or polymer blend which makes up layer (B) flows more easily than the blend of layer (A) under conditions intended for making a hard seal with the film structure; and an outermost layer (C) comprising a material having a melting point greater than 140° C.; wherein the ratio of the thickness of layer (B) to the thickness of layer (A) is 3:1 or greater. The heat sealable flexible film structure is used to make a flexible container having one or more heat seals. The heat seal can be a frangible heat seal, a hard heat seal, or a combination of frangible heat seals and hard heat seals depending on the sealing conditions. |
| US10239674B1 |
Child-resistant container
Various embodiments of containers are described having a base and a cap that is configured to couple with the base. The base includes a housing having a hollow interior, with the housing extending upwardly from an upper surface of the base. The base also includes a set of flexible tabs that are configured to flex when a force is applied. The housing has a set of outward projections, each of which is configured to be inserted into a recessed portion or notch of the cap when the cap is coupled with the base. The cap further includes a set of downward projections that contact the flexible tabs, such that a downward force applied to the cap causes the flexible tabs to flex downwardly, and the projections of the housing to move within the first and second recessed portions. |
| US10239672B2 |
Drip-free glass bottles having a circumferential channel and methods of making and using such bottles
Described herein is a glass bottle configured to improve the mechanics of liquid flow and prevent drip initiation. Additionally, the glass bottle eliminates dripping during pouring to enable drip-free pouring. The dripping is prevented over a full range of pouring angles, which vary depending on the amount of liquid held in the glass bottle. A method of making the glass bottle and a method of enabling drip-free pouring using the glass bottle are also disclosed. |
| US10239671B2 |
Liquid dosing apparatus
An apparatus and means of repeatedly dispensing controlled doses of liquid comprising a resiliently squeezable container for containing a liquid detergent composition; a cap operably connected to said container, the cap comprising a nozzle for expelling the liquid out of the container; a dosing chamber operably connected to the cap, wherein the dosing chamber comprises a base having a discharge opening therein, sidewalls extending upwardly along the perimeter of said base and at least one inlet opening located proximal the sidewalls; at least one timer aperture located proximal to the discharge opening; a plunger, provided in the dosing chamber and moveable relative to the chamber so as to advance upon squeezing of the container, up to a blocking position; a valve retaining means located below the base; a valve provided in the valve retaining mean wherein the valve is movable from an open position, allowing liquid flow through the discharge opening, and a closed position, where the valve blocks the discharge opening; wherein the liquid is a shear thinning liquid and the shear thinning liquid has a viscosity of greater than 150 mPa·s measured at 10s−1 at 20° C. |
| US10239670B2 |
No spill cap assembly
A cap assembly connected to a container for dispensing the contents of the container includes an inner cap and an outer cap. The inner cap includes a cylindrical inner cap surface between a proximal end and a distal end that includes an inner cap opening. The outer cap is positioned over and secured to the inner cap. The outer cap includes a cylindrical outer cap surface between the proximal end and distal end, and the cylindrical outer cap surface includes an outer cap opening. The cap assembly includes an open configuration and a closed configuration. The outer cap can be rotated about the inner cap between the open configuration and the closed configuration. |
| US10239667B2 |
Closure for retort container
A retortable container is formed with an opening formed defined by a projecting rim. The rim includes an external surface and securing structure formed thereon. A flexible membrane is sealed to the rim and closes the opening. A closure is provided having a molded plastic tubular ring and a separately formed molded plastic disk. The tubular ring includes an overlapping flange at a top and directed inwardly towards an inwardly positioned open area. The skirt includes an engagement structure for securing the closure to the external surface of the rim. The disk is separately attached to the ring within the open area after the retort process is applied to the sealed bottle. |
| US10239661B2 |
Stackable plastic container
A container for storage and transport of goods includes four sidewalls which surround a first planar bottom and have on their upper end a rim. A second bottom with a multiplicity of bottom ribs is connected to the first bottom by welding the bottom ribs of the second bottom with the first bottom. At least two opposite sidewalls of the container have each a projection which extends away from a sidewall and at a predetermined distance from the sidewall extends parallel to the sidewall in the direction of the bottom of the container. The projection has a horizontal end face which extends parallel to the area of the upper rim of the sidewall, with the horizontal end face extending at a level underneath the bottom plate of the first bottom. |
| US10239660B2 |
Three-dimensional structure for storing and displaying an item
Three-dimensional structure is provided that includes an internal structure and an external structure configured to receive the internal structure. The internal structure includes a plurality of walls forming an accommodation opening and a magnetic element configured to be affixed or located within on the plurality of walls. The external structure includes a set of two surfaces having a first configuration of protrusions where the two of two surfaces are adjoining. Another set of two surfaces have a second configuration of protrusions, where the surfaces form at least one opening configured to allow insertion and removal of the internal structure. The set of two surfaces and the another set of two surfaces are configured for mating engagement with another external structure having substantially the same configurations, where the first configuration and the second configuration are configured to couple to each other. |
| US10239659B2 |
Container and construction made therefrom
A container for receiving therein a liquid is provided. The container comprises an upper portion, a lower portion opposite thereto, and sidewalls extending therebetween and all defining an enclosed volume therewithin. The upper portion comprises an opening to the volume. The container further comprises a cap configured to be secured to the upper portion for closing the enclosed volume. The upper portion is configured to be connected to the lower portion. The sidewalls are associated with one or more arrangements configured to facilitate connection to sidewalls of similarly constructed containers. |
| US10239657B2 |
Method for transporting mattresses and shipping container holding an assembly of stacked bedding products
An assembly of stacked mattresses and a method for preparing such an assembly are provided. The assembly of stacked mattresses comprises a first pallet, a second pallet, a plurality of mattresses positioned between the first pallet and the second pallet and straps coupling the first pallet to the second pallet, the plurality of mattresses being in a compressed state between the first pallet and the second pallet and the straps restraining expansion of the plurality of mattresses. The second pallet is comprised of a supporting member and a plurality of elongated reinforcing members extending across the supporting member, at least some of the reinforcing members including respective strap guiding members extending longitudinally along the elongated reinforcing member. At least some of the straps engage respective ones of the strap guiding members of the plurality of elongated reinforcing member of the second pallet so that displacement of the straps is constrained by the strap guiding members. In accordance with another aspect, a pallet for using in shipping bedding products is provided. |
| US10239654B2 |
Packing box
A packing box includes first and second sidewall parts spaced apart and facing each other, first and second connecting parts, a third connecting part attaching the second connecting part to the first sidewall part, a bottom part connecting lower portions of the first and second sidewall parts and the first and second connecting parts, and a top part facing the bottom part and connecting upper portions of the first and second sidewall parts and the first and second connecting parts to form a receiving space. The top part includes first to fourth upper paperboards folded and extended from the upper portions of the first and second sidewall parts and the first and second connecting parts to form a handle, and a fifth upper paperboard folded from the third connecting part and disposed under the first to fourth upper paperboards to prevent withdrawal of contents from the receiving space. |
| US10239653B2 |
Flat foldable packaging
A container having both a one-dimensional configuration before it is formed into its three-dimensional configuration. A blank is used to form the container and is initially flat with a plurality of fold lines. The container includes a base portion with a plurality of edges along its perimeter, a lid portion which is distanced from and parallel to the base portion, and a wall projecting orthogonally from each edge forming a plurality of walls. At least one wall is integrally connected to both the base portion and the lid portion. |
| US10239649B2 |
Double container and exterior sleeve used in double container
A double container includes: an inner container having a cylindrical barrel portion the upper circumferential edge of which is formed to have a curled portion, and a bottom portion provided on a lower end of the barrel portion so as to close the lower face thereof; and a exterior sleeve) which covers the barrel portion, and is secured thereto, so as to form a thermal insulating space between itself and the outer side of the barrel portion. The outer surface of the barrel portion of inner container is provided over the entire circumference thereof with a plurality of elongated projections, which consist of thermoplastic resin, arranged in a row and spaced apart in the circumferential direction, the projections extending in elongated fashion circumferentially and each having an amount of projection of 1.0 to 2.0 mm. |
| US10239647B2 |
Squeezable leak proof feeding bottle
A reusable food pouch having a removably insertable one-way valve is disclosed herein. The one-way valve may be used with the reusable food pouch if food product having a water-like consistency is being stored in the reusable food pouch to prevent spills if the reusable food pouch is inadvertently laid on its side. Conversely, the one-way valve may be removed from the reusable food pouch if the food product has a consistency more like thick oatmeal and/or applesauce to allow for free flow of the food product through a spout of the reusable food pouch. |
| US10239644B2 |
Flat-bottom stand-up bag, vertical form, fill, and seal system and methodology for utilizing the same
A vertical form fill and seal system supports a sheet of material having material segments and a tube sized for drawing edges of the elongated sheet of material together in an overlapping configuration to form the sheet into a substantially tube shape. The VFFS also includes a sealer that seals the edges of the material to one another and a gusseting mechanism sized for forming a gusseted tuck in each of a left panel portion of the material and a right panel portion of the material. A cutting mechanism removes a first portion and a second portion of a first segment of the material segments in order to form a first cut and a second cut in the first segment and a sealing mechanism folds and seals the first segment at the first cut and at the second cut to provide an end wall with a substantially flat, rectangular-shaped footprint. |
| US10239643B2 |
Rigid holding container with breachable perimeter bubble
A rigid holding container has a flexible cover sheet extending over the holding area for sealing the contents. The container has a wide, flat perimeter lip which provides a firm base for the seal between the cover sheet and the container. A breaching bubble is formed in the seal, under the cover and over the perimeter lip. The consumer breaches the bubble by pressing the bubble against the lip between the thumb and forefinger. The pressure compresses the air in the bubble causing the bubble to expand laterally. The expanding bubble breaches along the perimeter of the lip, producing a peel flap of flexible cover material. The consumer pulls the peel flap while holding the rigid container down, to remove the cover sheet. |
| US10239642B1 |
Hinge and lock mechanism for roll-out solar array
A roll-out solar array includes a first mandrel having first and second ends and a second mandrel having first and second ends. A hinge extends between the first and second mandrels, such that the roll-out solar array can transition between a stowed position where the mandrels are in a substantially parallel configuration and a deployed position where the mandrels are in a series configuration. A latch may be provided to lock the roll-out solar array in the stowed configuration. |
| US10239638B1 |
Home station for unmanned aerial vehicle
Described herein are apparatuses that provided various features related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An example apparatus may include, among other features, (i) a launch system for a UAV, (ii) a landing feature that is arranged on the apparatus so as to receive the UAV when the UAV returns from a flight, and (iii) a mechanical battery-replacement system that is configured to (a) remove a first battery from the UAV, and (b) after removal of the first battery, install a second battery in the UAV. |
| US10239634B2 |
OLED lighting for avionic keypanels
An illuminated keypanel includes an input device. The input device has control symbology. The illuminated keypanel also includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) sheet. The OLED sheet provides illumination to the control symbology of the input device. |
| US10239633B2 |
System and method to interchange flight control inceptors in an aircraft flight control system and cockpit
A flexible flight control system enables conversion from one architecture using one type of inceptor to another architecture using another type of inceptor, through the usage of modular software and hardware pieces with common interfaces among the different types of inceptors. Longitudinal and lateral directional control laws are adapted to be compatible with the specific aspects of the operation of each configuration/architecture, giving the option to the aircraft operator to choose any one of a number of inceptor architectures at time of manufacture. |
| US10239630B2 |
Aircraft refueling safety system
A system ensures the correct type of fuel is dispensed in an aircraft while removing the introduction of human error in the refueling process. The system includes an RFID tag disposed at one or more aircraft that electronically stores data such as engine type, engine hours, fuel type, tail number, and pilot/subscriber data for the aircraft on which the RFID tag is disposed. An RFID reader is disposed at or near a fuel dispensing mechanism, such as a fuel truck or tank. A signal indicative of fuel type is emitted from the RFID tag to the RFID reader. RFID tags on aircraft that are enrolled in the system's subscription service enable aircraft to be recognized by a module operating the fuel dispensing mechanism. Based on a comparison performed by the module, authorization to begin fueling is either permitted or declined. |
| US10239629B2 |
Method and system for recycling motor power of a movable object
A method for recycling motor power includes controlling a first motor of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a decelerating state to work in concert with a second motor of the UAV in an accelerating state to effect rotation of the UAV, receiving power from the first motor at a power bus in electrical connection with the first motor and the second motor, and providing a portion of the received power to the second motor through the power bus during the rotation of the UAV. |
| US10239623B2 |
Aircraft air conditioning system and method of operating an aircraft air conditioning system
An aircraft air conditioning system including a process air line having a first end connected to a process air source to allow a flow of process air therethrough. A ram air channel of the air conditioning system allows ambient air flow therethrough. A heat exchanger unit is disposed in the process air line and arranged within the ram air channel to thermally couple process air flowing through the process air line to ambient air flowing through the ram air channel. A water extractor disposed in the process air line downstream of the heat exchanger unit extracts water from the process air. A water supply system supplies extracted water into the ram air channel. The water supply system has a control arrangement to control a fluid connection between the water extractor and the ram air channel in dependence on an operating state of the aircraft air conditioning system. |
| US10239621B2 |
Aircraft seating network interface
A networked suite of aircraft-seat devices is disclosed, wherein the devices receive both power and network communications via the same terminal. The devices may be connected by a two-wire connection and may be configured in a daisy chain. Various aircraft seat devices, such as actuators, may be directly connected to the network or connected via control modules connected to the network. One device on the network may be designated as a master device for controlling network configuration. A method of automatically addressing network devices includes measuring a first quiescent current through the network, enabling an addressing current in unaddressed devices, and measuring the change in current at each device after enabling the addressing currents to determine the last device in the chain. |
| US10239617B2 |
Oxygen box for a limited maintenance access area above a ceiling panel of an aircraft cabin
An oxygen box is secured in an oxygen box hole through a panel of an aircraft cabin by fasteners that are positioned in an interior volume of the oxygen box and are inserted through holes in a back wall of the oxygen box that are aligned with fastener openings in an exterior bracket positioned behind the panel and behind the oxygen box opening where the fasteners are received by the fastener openings in the exterior bracket and the fasteners removably attach the oxygen box to the exterior bracket. |
| US10239611B2 |
Hybrid multicopter and fixed wing aerial vehicle
An aerial vehicle is includes a wing, first and second rotors, and a movement sensor. The first and second multicopter rotors are rotatably coupled to the wing, the first multicopter rotor is rotatable relative to the wing about a first lateral axis, and the second multicopter rotor is rotatable relative to the wing about a second lateral axis. Each multicopter rotor is coupled to each other multicopter rotor, wherein the multicopter rotors are restricted to collective synchronous rotation relative to the wing between a multicopter configuration and a fixed-wing configuration. The movement sensor is coupled to the multicopter rotors, wherein the movement sensor is positioned to rotate relative to the wing when the multicopter rotors rotate relative to the wing between the multicopter and fixed-wing configurations. |
| US10239610B2 |
Compact linear hydraulic actuator
In some embodiments, an actuator includes a chamber, a piston disposed within the chamber, and a tube. The chamber has a first port and a second port. The piston comprises a first surface, a second surface, and an elongated conduit coupling the first surface to the second surface. The first surface is disposed between the first port and the second port. The second surface is offset from the first surface. The tube is disposed at least partially within the elongated conduit of the piston. The tube comprises a third port disposed within the elongated conduit of the piston and a fourth port disposed outside of the elongated conduit of the piston. |
| US10239608B2 |
Aircraft landing gear
The invention relates to an aircraft landing gear (2) comprising: —a leg (6) that can be pivotably connected to a load-bearing structure of the aircraft (1) in order for the landing gear (2) to be deployed and retracted; —a wheel (13, 14) that is rotatable in relation to the leg (6), and an electric motor (15, 16) that can rotate the wheel (13, 14) in relation to the leg (6); —a transmission mechanism (17) designed to selectively transmit torque generated by the electric motor (15, 16) to the wheel (13, 14) in order to rotate the wheel in relation to the leg (6) or to the leg (6) in order to rotate the leg (6) in relation to the load-bearing structure of the aircraft (1) in order to deploy or retract the landing gear (2). |
| US10239606B2 |
Airflow interrupting devices
A flow interrupting device may cause a flow to separate from a wingtip device at a desired angle of attack. The flow interrupting device may be coupled to a leading edge of a wingtip device where a flow disruptor may be configured to alleviate a load on the wingtip device. The flow disrupter may comprise an edge that extends into a boundary layer at a threshold angle of attack that may disrupt the boundary layer and cause a flow to separate from the wingtip device. This separated flow may reduce stresses experienced by the wingtip device and wing during various flight conditions where a transverse flow is encountered. |
| US10239605B2 |
Chordwise folding and locking of rotor systems
An apparatus for chordwise folding and locking of rotor systems includes a grip assembly and a harness disposed at least partially within and coupled to the grip assembly. A rotor blade is rotatably coupled to the grip assembly and the harness. The rotor blade has a radially extended orientation and a stowed orientation. A linkage assembly has a first end, a second end and a pivot joint therebetween. The first end of the linkage assembly is rotatably coupled to the harness and the second end of the linkage assembly is rotatably coupled to the rotor blade. A first lock assembly selectively secures the rotor blade to the grip assembly and the harness when the rotor blade is in the radially extended orientation. A second lock assembly selectively secures the rotor blade relative to the harness when the rotor blade is in the stowed orientation. |
| US10239604B2 |
Structurally biased proprotor blade assembly
A tiltrotor aircraft includes a fuselage, a wing member extending from the fuselage, an engine disposed relative to the wing member and a proprotor mechanically coupled to the engine. The proprotor includes a plurality of proprotor blade assemblies each including a spar and a sheath extending spanwise along the spar forming the leading edge of the proprotor blade assembly. The spar has a root section, a main section and a tip section. The spar has a generally oval cross section at radial stations along the main section and a first edge having a structural bias relative to a generally oppositely disposed second edge at the radial stations along the main section. |
| US10239600B2 |
Marine propulsion assembly utilizing a dual opposed threaded drive shaft with taper
A marine propulsion assembly includes a propeller having a threaded hub whose threads are used for engaging with a drive shaft. The drive shaft includes both a first set of threads and second set of threads such that the first set of threads are used to engage with a keeper nut and a second set of threads are used to engage within the propeller hub. The first set of threads are configured to be opposite the direction of propeller rotation for preventing rotation of the keeper nut while the second set of threads are configured opposite the direction of rotation of the propeller to prevent the propeller from loosening on the drive shaft. The drive shaft further includes a tapered section for providing a stop to the propeller when engaging with the second set of threads. |
| US10239598B2 |
Cooling system for an outboard motor having a hydraulic shift mechanism
An outboard motor having an internal combustion engine that causes rotation of a driveshaft, a planetary transmission that operatively connects the driveshaft to a transmission output shaft, a band brake configured to shift the planetary transmission amongst a forward gear, neutral gear and reverse gear, a hydraulic actuator is configured to actuate the band brake, and a cooling water circuit that extends adjacent to the hydraulic actuator so that the hydraulic actuator exchanges heat with cooling water in the cooling water circuit. |
| US10239593B2 |
Fender with built-in fender cover using flocked material
A boat fender includes a vinyl fender core that is sized and shaped for suspension adjacent a boat exterior to protect the boat exterior from damage resulting from impact with an obstacle. An integrated cover is secured to the fender core, such as by flocking. |
| US10239592B1 |
Boat keel guard
A keel guard is comprised of a strip of PVC material having a length and a width. An alignment section is positioned along the length of the strip that is visible through the PVC material. The alignment section, which may be a groove for engaging the keel, facilitates installation and enables the installer to maintain the desired straightness along the entire installed length. Additionally, the see-through PVC material reveals any trapped air bubbles between the keel guard and the hull, enabling the are bubbles to be more easily removed, thereby providing a stronger, more uniform bond. |
| US10239591B1 |
Surf wake forming systems and methods employing primary subtab and secondary subtab
A wakeboat has a hull, the hull forming a wake when moving forward in the water, with a port disturbance and a starboard disturbance in the wake. A trim tab is supported by the hull at the stern of the hull. The trim tab comprises a primary subtab and a secondary subtab. One or more actuators may be optionally included to reposition the trim tab more into, or more out of, the water. Other systems and methods are also provided. |
| US10239590B2 |
Suction stabilized floats
Floats having a buoyant portion and a chamber portion hold liquid within their chambers above the interface of the surrounding body of liquid and gas which creates a downward force which stabilizes the float. If the liquid is water, the float holds water in the inner chamber which is disposed above the waterline of the body of water in which the float is suspended. The elevated water exerts a downward force that acts against rocking, swaying, and other destabilizing forces. |
| US10239589B2 |
Under seat caddy for marine craft
A storage caddy system for mounting underneath a seat has a mounting bracket for attachment between a bottom of the seat and at least one leg, and a storage caddy removably attached to the mounting bracket. The storage caddy has at least one storage compartment for storing an item, which is accessible by at least one access point in an outer wall of the storage caddy. The storage caddy is configured to allow movement of the seat relative to the leg. The storage caddy is slidable relative to the mounting bracket in a direction perpendicular to the leg from a partially stowed position to a fully stowed position. |
| US10239588B2 |
Water vehicle having a crane for lifting loads
A watercraft may include a crane for lifting loads. The crane may include a tower and a boom that is rotatble with respect to the tower. The tower may be positioned inside the outer contour of the watercraft so as to minimize the profile of the watercraft on radar. The watercraft may include a superstructure within which the tower may be disposed. The superstructure may include planar outer walls that are obtuse relative to a horizontal plane. A rotary bearing may be utilized to connect the boom to the tower and permit the boom to rotate relative to the tower. Further, when the boom is in a rest position, a lower edge of the boom may be positioned 10 cm or less above the crane deck. |
| US10239587B1 |
Buoy storage system
A buoy storage system for storing buoys on a boat includes a plurality of buoys that is each employed on a boat. A plurality of baskets is provided and each of the baskets is mounted on a deck of the boat such that each of the baskets is accessible to a user. Each of the buoys is removably positioned in an associated one of the baskets for storage and each of the buoys is vertically oriented in the associated basket. |
| US10239586B1 |
Pool noodle with drink holder
A pool toy consists of a flexible, buoyant pool noodle with a drink holder mounted to one end. A user sits on or astride the noodle in a well-known manner to float relaxingly in a generally upright posture in a pool, lake, or other body of water. The weight of the user on the flexible noodle causes the noodle to bend into a substantially U-shaped configuration, in which at least one end of the pool noodle projects above the surface of the water. The drink holder is mounted to an end of the pool noodle that is located above the surface of the water, providing a handy location to hold a beverage container. |
| US10239583B2 |
Covering system
A covering system for removably covering a vehicle, such as a boat, that includes a plurality of rotatively anchored swing arms rotatable between a covered position and an uncovered position. Each swing arm includes a mount and a pretensioner formed of one or more stays adjustably attached to part of a shaft of the arm to adjust an applied preload and transfer forces encountered during operation to part of the shaft rotatively anchored by the mount to a grounded structure such as a piling or post of a dock. The swing arms are pivotally connected to an elongate transversely extending carriage from which a cover is suspended with a boom of each arm connected to the carriage by a pivot assembly that also facilitates carriage and cover position adjustment. A pivot limiter can be included that limits or even stops pivoting of the carriage relative to the swing arm boom. |
| US10239581B2 |
Bicycle brake and shift lever assembly
A shift and brake lever assembly including a brake lever having a first surface facing a handlebar and a second surface facing away from a handlebar. A shift lever may be mounted to the second surface of the brake lever using mounting components. Complementary apertures of the various mounting components may lie on a common longitudinal axis. |
| US10239579B2 |
Bicycle electric rear derailleur
A bicycle electric rear derailleur that has a support body configured to be mounted on a bicycle frame at an assembly of wheels coaxial with a hub of a rear wheel of the bicycle, a movable body, having a chain guide and linkage between the movable body and the support body. The linkage between the movable body and the support body comprises an inner connecting rod and an outer connecting rod. The ends of the rods are articulated to the support body and to the movable body to form an articulated parallelogram. A battery power supply unit is supported by one of the inner connecting rod and the outer connecting rod. |
| US10239576B2 |
Front wheel drive bicycle assembly
A front wheel drive bicycle assembly includes a frame that may be mounted for riding. A front wheel is rotatably coupled to a front end of the frame and the front wheel rolls along a support surface. A pedal unit is rotatably coupled to the frame and the pedal unit is selectively pedaled. The pedal unit is in mechanical communication with the front wheel to rotate the front wheel thereby urging the frame along the support surface. A rear wheel is rotatably coupled to a back end of the frame and the rear wheel rolls along the support surface. Moreover, the rear wheel is selectively rotated about a vertical axis for steering. A steering unit is movably coupled to the frame and the steering unit is in mechanical communication with the rear wheel. In this way the steering unit selectively rotates the rear wheel about the vertical axis for steering. |
| US10239570B2 |
Device and method for performing tilt compensation by rotating arms
A tilt management device configured to perform tilt correction. The device measures a direction of tilt using a tilt sensor. Circuitry rotates connected arms to compensate for the measured tilt by modulating a center of mass of the device. |
| US10239562B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle with a passenger area having a seat disposed therein and an opening of the passenger area on the right or left sides of the seat. The vehicle frame includes an opening frame portion defining the opening of the passenger area. The opening frame portion comprises a lower attachment portion for attaching a hinge of a first door to the opening frame portion, and an upper attachment portion for attaching a hinge of a second door to the opening frame portion. The lower attachment portion and the upper attachment portion are portions formed by at least one of machining and welding. The lower attachment portion is formed in the main body frame of the vehicle frame, and the upper attachment portion is formed in the case of the vehicle frame. |
| US10239560B2 |
Subframe for vehicle
There is provided a vehicle subframe (1) in which a projecting portion (24, 31) of a front member (20) extends upward, while projecting from a body portion in a width direction, to have an upper end (25, 32), and exhibits a convex shape toward a front side, with the upper end (25, 32) functioning as a front attachment portion to a vehicle body, in such a manner that support stiffness of a suspension can be improved, while ensuring favorable productivity, high strength, and the like, with a simple configuration. |
| US10239559B2 |
Vehicle frames and methods of assembling the same
A vehicle frame is provided. The vehicle frame includes a body frame, a subframe mounted to the body frame, and a bumper frame coupled to the body frame. The bumper frame includes a beam having a first end and a second end. The vehicle frame also includes at least one brace coupling the beam to the subframe adjacent to at least one of the beam ends. |
| US10239557B2 |
Vehicle travel control device and autonomous driving control method
A vehicle travel control device includes: an EPS device turning a wheel of a vehicle; and a control device performing autonomous driving control that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle. The autonomous driving control includes: calculating a target steering angle of the wheel; and actuating the EPS device to turn the wheel such that a steering angle of the wheel becomes the target steering angle. Calculating the target steering angle includes: calculating an autonomous driving steering angle and a target state quantity required for automatic steering in the autonomous driving; calculating a counter steering angle required for vehicle stabilization control, based on the target state quantity without using a steering wheel angle; and calculating a sum of the autonomous driving steering angle and the counter steering angle as the target steering angle. |
| US10239543B2 |
Vehicle cooling system and corresponding operating method
A vehicle cooling system may include a cooling circuit for cooling at least one main component of a vehicle. The cooling circuit may include at least one cooler through which cooling air is flowable and at least two fan chambers adjoined to an outlet side of the at least one cooler. The at least two fan chambers may each include a respective fan arranged therein, a respective main outlet and a respective ancillary outlet. The vehicle cooling system may also include at least one waste air channel that may be connected to the respective ancillary outlets of the at least two fan chambers. The vehicle cooling system may further include at least one control device configured to control a cross-section of each of the respective ancillary outlets and to enable operation of the vehicle cooling system in a normal operating state and in at least two emergency operating states. |
| US10239537B2 |
Vehicle traveling control apparatus
A vehicle traveling control apparatus of the invention stops a vehicle by causing a braking force applying device to apply a braking force to the vehicle after determining that a driver is under an abnormal state. When a stop of a control for maintaining a vehicle at a stopped state is requested while a shift lever is set at a range other than parking and neutral ranges, the apparatus limits a driving force requested for a driving force supplying device to supply to drive wheels, to a value smaller than a driver's requesting driving force. |
| US10239534B2 |
Method and system for auxiliary power generation
An auxiliary power system for a motor vehicle includes a power generator that generates electricity to charge one or more auxiliary power system batteries. The motor vehicle includes an engine and drive train that distributes power from the engine to the drive wheels. The drive train can include a transmission, a drive shaft and a differential that connects the engine to the drive wheels. The power generator can be connected to the drive train (e.g., the transmission, the drive shaft or the differential) to draw power to generate electricity as well as to apply braking loads on the drive wheels to increase the ability to stop the motor vehicle. |
| US10239533B2 |
Method and device for anticipatory or predictive economical running of a motor vehicle including a determination of a route and a probable driving time and time of arrival
A method for anticipatory or predictive operation of a motor vehicle having a drive control system by which drive-relevant components of the drive-train are adjusted, and a detection system by which a travel route and anticipated driving time to a specified destination as well as the current position of the vehicle are determined. By way of the detection system and based on topographical information, a driving resistance profile of the route is prepared, to parameterize the drive control system such that the route is driven in a specifiable manner. If a need arises during the journey, a nominal arrival time or a travel route is specified or modified and, in accordance with the specified or changed nominal arrival time or route, the drive control system is dynamically re-parameterized so that the vehicle reaches its destination at the time concerned with regard to an efficient mode of operation. |
| US10239532B2 |
Method for operating a driver assistance system, and driver assistance system
A method for operating a driver-assistance system for the lateral guidance of a motor vehicle in a lane change from a current lane to a target lane in a traffic-lane split. Also provided is a driver-assistance system for the lateral guidance of a motor vehicle in a lane change from a current lane to a target lane in a traffic-lane split. The driver-assistance system encompasses a trajectory-ascertainment device, which is configured to ascertain a trajectory for the lane change of the motor vehicle from the current lane to the target lane so that the lane change from the current lane to the target lane is carried out at a predefined point in time following the traffic-lane split. |
| US10239530B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus for a regenerative braking system based on the battery input power
A vehicle control apparatus is a vehicle control apparatus controlling a vehicle and provided with a regenerative device generating electric power while applying a regenerative braking force by performing regenerative electric power generation, an electric power supply capable of exchanging electric power with the regenerative device, and a hydraulic device applying a hydraulic braking force attributable to a hydraulic pressure, and is provided with an electronic control device controlling the regenerative device and the hydraulic device so as to adjust the ratios of the regenerative braking force and the hydraulic braking force to a required braking force required for the braking of the vehicle based on an input electric power value input into the electric power supply. |
| US10239522B2 |
Inter-vehicle control apparatus
In an inter-vehicle control apparatus, a controller performs acceleration control of an own vehicle, based on an actual inter-vehicle physical quantity and a target inter-vehicle physical quantity. A limiter sets a limit value for a target jerk during the acceleration control. A detector detects an occurrence of at least one of: an event in which the inter-vehicle distance becomes discontinuously shorter; and an event in which a target inter-vehicle distance corresponding to the target inter-vehicle physical quantity becomes discontinuously longer. A determiner determines a risk of collision with the preceding vehicle, based on an operation state of the preceding vehicle in relation to the own vehicle. When at least one of the events is detected, the limiter sets the limit value to a value based on the risk of collision such that change in deceleration of the own vehicle is kept lower as the risk of collision decreases. |
| US10239520B2 |
Parking assistance device and parking assistance method
A parking assistance device according to an embodiment includes a determination unit that determines, when the parallel parking of a vehicle in a parking area is assisted, whether the parking space length of a frontage that the vehicle enters in the parking area is the sum of the full length of the vehicle and a certain length or more and a control unit that performs parking assistance for the vehicle along a route in which stationary steering control is not performed at a turning position of the vehicle when the parking space length is the sum of the full length of the vehicle and the certain length or more. |
| US10239513B2 |
Method for gear shifting in a hybrid vehicle
A method for obtaining gear shifting of a vehicle, where the vehicle has a planetary gearing in the drive train, a combustion engine with an output shaft connected to a rotor of a second electric machine and to a first component of the planetary gearing, a first electric machine with a rotor connected to a third component of the planetary gearing and an input shaft of a gearbox connected to a second component of the planetary gearing. The method is started with the components of the planetary gearing interlocked by a locking means, in which they are released during the gear shifting and interlocked again after the gear shifting has been carried out. |
| US10239511B2 |
Hydraulic pressure generation apparatus
One embodiment provides a hydraulic pressure generation apparatus including: a base body; a motor; a reservoir tank; a master cylinder which generates a brake hydraulic pressure by a brake manipulator; and a slave cylinder which generates a brake hydraulic pressure the motor. The base body includes: a first cylinder hole which is a bottomed cylinder hole, and in which the first piston is inserted; a second cylinder hole which is a bottomed cylinder hole, and in which the second piston is inserted; and a supply passage which leads from the reservoir tank to a hydraulic chamber of the slave cylinder. The supply passage is provided with a check valve which permits only inflow of brake fluid from the reservoir tank to a side of the slave cylinder, near a brake fluid discharge port of the second cylinder hole. |
| US10239510B2 |
Method for controlling a hydraulic brake system of a motor vehicle
A method of controlling a brake system of a motor vehicle having a braking assistance function. The brake system including a master brake cylinder, activated with a brake pedal. A distance s between a valve piston connected to the brake pedal, and a transmission element, connected to a pressure piston of the master brake cylinder is sensed and the brake system is controlled as a function of the sensed distance s. Within the scope of this monitoring process, brake pedal release is detected even when the pressure-generating unit is activated. In addition, despite an active braking assistance function, consistent interplay occurs between activation by the driver and assistance-side activation of the brakes given satisfactory pedal feedback. |
| US10239507B2 |
Vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus and road surface friction coefficient estimating device
One embodiment provides a vehicle brake hydraulic controller including: an antilock braking controlling module configured to perform an antilock braking control in which a brake hydraulic pressure applied to wheel brakes is reduced under the condition that a slip-related amount has reached a pressure reduction threshold value; and a turning judging module configured to judge whether a vehicle is turning based on a steering angle, wherein, when the antilock braking control is performed and in the case that the turning judging module judges that the vehicle is turning, the antilock braking controlling module performs a turning pressure reduction control so as to: change the pressure reduction threshold values to be more easily reached by the slip-related amount than at the time of straight running; and change the pressure reduction amounts to be larger than that at the time of straight running. |
| US10239503B2 |
Method for providing the application force generated by a parking brake
In a method for providing the application force generated by a parking brake, which is at least partially generated by an electromechanical brake device having an electric brake motor, a retensioning process is terminated in the event that (i) the motor current exceeds a limit value or (ii) the rotational speed of the motor drops below a limit value. |
| US10239497B2 |
Mounting structure for water blocking cap in wiper device, method for mounting water blocking cap, and wiper device
A mounting structure for a water blocking cap is adapted to a wiper device that includes a shaft holder and a water blocking cap. The shaft holder includes a stem and a fixed portion. The water blocking cap includes a mounting portion and a water receiver. One of the shaft holder and the water blocking cap includes a guide portion that moves the water blocking cap in a direction intersecting with the axial direction of the stem. In a mounted state in which the mounting portion is mounted to the stem, a part of the water receiver is arranged in a position that is closer to the proximal side of the stem than the fixed portion and in which the part overlaps with the fixed portion as viewed from the axial direction of the stem. |
| US10239496B2 |
Wiper blade assembly protector and method of protecting a wiper blade assembly
A protector for a windshield wiper assembly includes an elongated body defining a cavity receiving at least the blade of the wiper assembly. The cover is used to protect the assembly from snow, ice, mud, etc. Preferably, the assembly is pivoted away from the windshield before the blade is inserted into the body. Caps with decorative covers are provided at the ends of the body. The body may be made of a translucent material and may be covered with logos, insignia and other advertising materials. |
| US10239494B2 |
Secure vehicle access system, key, vehicle and method therefor
A secure vehicle access system comprises a vehicle and a key associated with the vehicle. The key comprises: a radio frequency, RF, key transceiver configured to: broadcast at least one signal; and listen for an acknowledgement message from the vehicle. The vehicle comprises: a radio frequency, RF, vehicle transceiver configured to: listen for the at least one broadcast signal from the key; and in response thereto, transmit an acknowledgement message back to the key to establish a communication link between the vehicle and the key. The key further comprises a ranging circuit configured to perform a distance determination between the vehicle and the key, following the establishment of the communication link, to determine whether to allow access to the vehicle. |
| US10239492B2 |
Wireless authentication device for saddle-type vehicle
A wireless authentication device for a saddle-type vehicle performs authentication through wireless communication with a mobile terminal carried by a user. The wireless authentication device for a saddle-type vehicle includes a first operating input device, a light-emitting and notification part, and a controller. The first operating input device receives an operation of switching to a state in which a power engine is capable of being started. The light-emitting and notification part is provided in the first operating input device or in a portion surrounding the first operating input device, and performs a light-emitting and notification operation in which light is emitted to notify a user that authentication has succeeded. The controller determines whether authentication has succeeded through wireless communication with a mobile terminal, and if the authentication has been determined to have succeeded, causes the light-emitting and notification part to perform the light-emitting and notification operation. |
| US10239489B2 |
Vehicle access system with inadvertent actuation control
In at least some implementations, a method for preventing inadvertant operation of a vehicle access system that includes a plurality of inputs involves providing a keypad operable to output signals to control a vehicle system based on entry of a code via the inputs, detecting when a predetermined access sequence is inputted via the inputs and outputting a signal to a vehicle system to allow access to the vehicle, and operating the keypad in a disabled mode wherein the keypad output signals are not outputted. The disabled mode may be activated either actively or passively or both, and the disabled mode may be terminated either actively or passively or both. |
| US10239488B2 |
Column housing for vehicle steering system
A column housing for a vehicle steering system is made of synthetic resin and coupled outside a column tube of a steering column for the vehicle system, the column housing including: a slit which is formed to be elongated in a predetermined direction so that the column housing is deformed inward when the column housing is pressed on and fixed to the column tube positioned inside the column housing; and a first reinforcing portion which is formed so as to protrude outward at a predetermined portion from an end position of an end portion of the slit to the periphery of the slit where the slit is not formed, and has a shape having an increased thickness relative to other portions of the column housing. |
| US10239487B2 |
Sensor device and device for checking the operational condition of a harness of a safety seat
A device for controlling the correct operating state of a restraining harness, intended for a safety seat, including at least one retaining strap that is under tension when the harness is in the state of restraining the occupant, the device being intended to be disposed in a predefined area of the latter, the device including: at least one sensor device including an elongate flexible element that is suitable for being positioned on the strap, and in particular rigidly connected thereto in the predefined area, and that is provided with a measuring system to measure, in the predefined area, at least a level of bending and/or tilting of the strap, a device to collect values linked to the level of bending and/or tilting, and internal or external device configured to analyze the values and of communicating with a receiver for receiving information on the operating state of the retaining harness. |
| US10239483B2 |
Gas generator and assembling method thereof
A gas generator includes, a housing with a gas discharge port, an igniter assembly and a gas generating agent in the housing; and a metallic cup of constant inner diameter covering the igniter to define a charging chamber. The igniter assembly includes a main body, including an ignition portion and an electro-conductive pin integrated with a metallic collar by a resin. The metallic collar has a fixing portion inserted into a hole in a bottom surface of the housing and a remaining portion projecting inward from the bottom surface of the housing, and a guide portion. An inner circumferential wall surface of the metallic cup and an outer circumferential wall surface of the fixing portion are press-fitted, and an annular gap is formed between the inner circumferential wall of the metallic cup member and an outer circumferential wall surface of the guide portion. |
| US10239482B2 |
Method for folding an airbag, and airbag module
A method for folding an airbag includes folding the airbag into an elongate state at least partially by roll-folding. The method also includes inserting a gas generator and/or an airbag-retaining metal sheet into the airbag. The gas generator and/or the airbag-retaining metal sheet is/are located in the central third of the airbag folded in elongate shape so that two end portions of the airbag project from the gas generator and/or from the airbag-retaining metal sheet. The method also includes guiding the airbag end portions around the outer circumference of the gas generator and/or of the airbag-retaining metal sheet in opposite directions toward each other up to a folding zone in which the end portions of the airbag at least almost contact each other. The method further includes folding over the end portions of the airbag from the folding zone outwards and guiding the airbag end portions in the opposite direction around the outer circumference of the gas generator and/or of the airbag-retaining metal sheet and around internal parts of the airbag end portions located thereon for forming external parts. |
| US10239480B2 |
Displaceable steering wheel safety systems and related methods
Apparatus, methods, and systems for repositioning a steering wheel and/or airbag cushion prior to and/or during deployment of the airbag cushion resulting from an impact event. Some embodiments may comprise a steering wheel configured to be positioned between a first, operational configuration and a second, deployed configuration at least in part by a translational movement of the steering wheel. An airbag cushion may be deployable from the steering wheel and may be configured to move from the first configuration to the second configuration before or during deployment of the airbag cushion. |
| US10239478B2 |
Four-quadrant protective dent shield system
A deployable dent shield assembly for a vehicle includes a deployable dent shield element adapted for translation between a stowed position comprising a coiled configuration disposed below a vehicle element and a deployed position overlaying at least a portion of a vehicle door and/or fender. The dent shield assemblies may be manually-operated or power-operated. |
| US10239476B2 |
System for inhibiting operation of a vehicle-based device while the vehicle is in motion
A system for inhibiting operation of a vehicle-based device while the vehicle is in motion includes a motion sensor, a timer, and a time delay override switch in communication with a control circuit. The control circuit selectively outputs one or more enable and/or inhibit signals based on the states of the motion sensor and timer. The time delay override switch can be actuated to place the timer into a timed out state from a timing state. |
| US10239472B2 |
Automotive door-hole-sealing material
An automotive door-hole-sealing material reduces noise to be generated by contact between the sheeted foam elastic material and the protrusion, and, moreover, improves quietness inside the passenger compartment with high sound absorption performance and sound insulating effect. The automotive door-hole-sealing material 1 includes a resin sheet 2, and a sheeted foam elastic material 3. The resin sheet 2 has a through hole 2c formed in association with a protruding end of the impact absorbing material 105. In a side view, the sheeted foam elastic material 3 has a portion relaxing within an inner periphery of the through hole 2c of the resin sheet 2. |
| US10239469B2 |
Cameras and camera housings for vehicle trailers
Apparatus are disclosed for cameras and camera housings for vehicle trailers. An example camera housing for vehicle trailers includes a first body defining an aperture and a second body coupling to the first body to define a cavity. The example camera housing also includes a panel that slides along the first body toward an open position to expose the aperture as the cavity receives a camera and toward a closed position to cover the aperture as the camera is removed. The example camera housing also includes a spring biasing the panel toward the closed position. |
| US10239468B2 |
Method of attaching vehicle-mounted camera
A method of attaching a vehicle-mounted camera includes assuming in advance a plurality of inclination angles as inclination angles of a glass surface, assuming in advance a plurality of positioning angles smaller in number than the plurality of inclination angles, specifying an inclination angle of the glass surface of a vehicle body to which the vehicle-mounted camera is to be attached, selecting at least one positioning angle from the assumed plurality of positioning angles and preparing a positioning member having the selected positioning angle, and fixing the vehicle-mounted camera to the glass surface of the vehicle body via the prepared positioning member. |
| US10239465B2 |
Method and system for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle
A vehicle-mounted bicycle carrier allows a bicycle to be mounted to the carrier in a ride-ready fashion, without the need to remove one of the bicycle wheels, and permits the reversible securement of both wheels simultaneously by a simple single pivotal movement of a tire retention loop. |
| US10239464B1 |
Wheel stabilizing assembly for a pick-up truck
A wheel/tire stabilizing assembly that can be removably mountable to a rear (or other) wall of a pickup truck bed is presented herein. The assembly can be used to facilitate the hauling of a wheeled vehicle (e.g., a motorcycle or bicycle) in the pickup truck bed, for example, by engaging or receiving one or more wheels/tires for stabilization. The assembly includes a wheel bracket and a mounting clamp adjustably interconnected or fastened to one another which can be clamped to the support surface. The mounting clamp may be moved or adjusted relative to the wheel bracket to fit or clamp to support surfaces having different widths or dimensions. The wheel bracket includes a pair of extension arms extending outward in a laterally spaced relation to one another defining a wheel receiving space. |
| US10239455B2 |
Reactive smart rear view display mirror
A motor vehicle includes a driver sensor detecting a position of a human driver of the motor vehicle. A rear view camera captures images of an environment behind the motor vehicle. A display screen is disposed within a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to each of the driver sensor, the rear view camera, and the display screen. The electronic processor receives images captured by the rear view camera, receives outputs of the driver sensor, determines a position of the driver's head or eyes dependent upon the outputs of the driver sensor, and transmits video signals to the display screen. The video signals are dependent upon the determined position of the driver's head or eyes and dependent upon images captured by the rear view camera. |
| US10239452B1 |
Minimizing false collision avoidance warnings
A route learning system for a vehicle and a method of using the system is described. The method includes: in response to determining that a current location matches a historical location, retrieving from memory false alert geotag that includes historical path data; and based on determining that a currently-predicted path does not match the historical path, replacing the currently-predicted path with the historical path to mitigate a false warning to a driver of a host vehicle. |
| US10239450B1 |
Collision avoidance and/or pedestrian detection system
A collision avoidance and/or pedestrian detection system for a large passenger vehicle such as commuter bus, which includes one or more exterior and/or interior sensing devices positioned strategically around the exterior and interior of the vehicle for recording data, method for avoiding collisions and/or detecting pedestrians, and features/articles of manufacture for improving same, is described herein in various embodiments. The sensing devices may be responsive to one or more situational sensors, and may be connected to one or more interior and/or exterior warning systems configured to alert a driver inside the vehicle and/or a pedestrian outside the vehicle that a collision may be possible and/or imminent based on a path of the vehicle and/or a position of the pedestrian as detected by one or more sensing devices and/or situational sensors. |
| US10239445B1 |
Projection assembly for a vehicle
A safety projection assembly including a housing comprising top, bottom, front, rear, and side portions that at least partially surround and at least partially define a cavity, the bottom portion of the housing is connected to at least a portion of the vehicle; and a projection mechanism at least partially received within the cavity of the housing, the projection mechanism is configured to project an image or a series of images onto at least a portion of the vehicle or an operator thereof. |
| US10239444B2 |
User-configurable indication device for use with an on-demand transport service
A system and method for configuring an indication device is described. An on-demand service system arranges a service for a user to be provided by a service provider. The system determines whether the user has specified an output configuration for an indication device in an account of the user. In response to determining that the user has specified an output configuration for the indication device, the system identifies data corresponding to the output configuration and transmits the data to a mobile computing device of the service provider to enable the mobile computing device to control the indication device of the service provider based on the data. |
| US10239441B2 |
Illumination device for a motor vehicle
An illumination device for a motor vehicle includes a light source constructed of a number of semiconductor diodes, and an optical device for generating a predefined light distribution from the light of the light source. The optical device is arranged in a housing. The illumination device is characterized in that the light source is rigidly connected to the housing. At least one optical waveguide is provided for guiding the light of the light source to the optical device. |
| US10239436B2 |
Trailer-mounted proppant delivery system
An apparatus and process for delivering proppant to a well site has a trailer with a bed thereon and at least one track of rollers extending in parallel relationship to the longitudinal axis of the trailer. The track of rollers extend substantially for an entire length of the bed of the trailer. At least one proppant container is translatably positioned on the track of rollers. The proppant container is movable along the array of rollers from one end of the bed to an opposite end of the bed. A bin can be removably positioned below the bed of the trailer in a position rearward of the front end of the trailer and forward of a rear end of the trailer so as to allow the proppant container to discharge into the bin. A conveyor is cooperative with the bin so as to move proppant from the bin to a location at the well site. |
| US10239435B2 |
Locking arm system for a retention ramp of a lift gate
The present invention provides a locking assembly for a ramp of a lift gate. The locking assembly comprises an elongated locking arm and a spring for spring loading the locking arm. The locking arm is pivotably disposed on a pivot point relative to the ramp. A biasing tension in the spring urges a proximal end of the locking arm to engage with a cam portion of the ramp to maintain the ramp in a selected position. The cam portion has multiple engagement surfaces for individually engaging with the locking arm, wherein selectively engaging the locking arm with each engagement surface of the cam portion maintains the ramp in a corresponding selected position. |
| US10239433B2 |
Headrest and method for assembling a headrest
A headrest (1) for a vehicle includes a main element (2) on which a wing element (3) is mounted by means of a hinge (4) so as to be rotatable about a substantially vertical axis. So as to create a frictional locking function, the hinge (4) includes a shaft (41) with a projection (43) as well as a bush (42) with a receptacle (44) that is associated with the projection (43). The shaft (41) is mounted in the bush (42), and in a locked position the projection (43) engages into the receptacle (44). |
| US10239431B2 |
Cross-tube attachment hook features for modular assembly and support
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat. An attachment bracket is coupled to an underside of the seat and includes forwardly-extending hook features. Each hook feature defines a receiving aperture to receive a front cross-tube. A polymeric overmold is disposed over each hook feature. A downwardly-extending retention member is disposed between the hook features. Rear support hooks are configured to engage a rear cross-tube of the seat as a seat carrier is rotated downwardly into position during manufacture. |
| US10239427B2 |
Vehicle seat with foldable stow position
A foldable vehicle includes a seat base, a seatback connected to the seat base for pivotal movement relative to the seat base from a generally vertical use position to a generally horizontal stow position atop the seat base, wherein the seat base is pivotally connected to the floor such that, when the seatback is moved from its use position to the folded, stow position, the seat base may be moved rearward and downward to thereby provide a lower load floor position. The seat also includes a lock mechanism to engage and lock the seat base in a first position when the seatback is positioned within the defined range of use positions, and unlock the seat base for movement to a second position when the seatback is positioned outside the use range. |
| US10239421B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat in which a swiveling motion of a sub-frame is restricted only to a desirable direction is provided. A sub-frame is suspended from a seatback frame. A first elastic member connects a right upper end of the sub-frame to the seat back frame, and a second elastic member a left upper end of the sub-frame to the seat back frame. A universal joint mechanism connects a lower lateral portion of the sub-frame to a lateral member of the seat back frame. |
| US10239417B2 |
Vehicle
An electronic control unit performs a control routine including a step of setting SOC_u(1) as an upper limit value of an SOC and a step of setting SOC_l(1) as a lower limit value when a battery temperature TBs is higher than a first threshold value TBs(1) and a step of setting SOC_u(2) as the upper limit value and a step of setting SOC_l(2) as the lower limit value when the battery temperature TBs is lower than a second threshold value TBs(2). |
| US10239416B2 |
System and method for improving reverse driving capability of electrified vehicles
A method includes controlling an electrified vehicle by modifying a state of charge (SOC) window associated with an energy storage device of the electrified vehicle in response to a reverse driving event or a trailer towing event. |
| US10239414B2 |
Information providing system, power receiving device, information providing method and information providing program
According to an embodiment, an information providing system for providing information about a wireless power transfer system including a power receiver mounted on a moving object and one or more power transmitters installed in one or more charging stations includes a search unit configured to extract location information of a charging station in which a power transmitter capable of feeding power to the power receiver is installed, by referring to a station storage unit that stores station information indicating correspondence between the location information of the charging station and the power transmitter of the charging station and to a history storage unit that stores a usage history indicating one or more power transmitters previously used by the power receiver, and an output unit configured to output the location information of the charging station extracted by the search unit. |
| US10239412B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless charging using variable switching frequency
A wireless charging method performed by a wireless power receiving apparatus for a vehicle includes: producing a resonance between a primary pad located outside of the vehicle and a secondary pad installed in the vehicle based on an initial switching frequency; and tuning a switching frequency of a direct current (DC) to DC (DC-to-DC) converter within a range determined based on the initial switching frequency, according to an output voltage outputted based on a resonance of the secondary pad which is caused by the primary pad. |
| US10239410B2 |
Method and arrangement for charging a vehicle battery
A method for charging a vehicle battery which stores electrical power for an electrical drive motor of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle battery is electrically connectable to a charging socket via a switch arrangement. The method includes: measuring a first electrical variable on the switch arrangement side facing the charging socket, by a first measuring device, measuring a second electrical variable on the switch arrangement side facing the vehicle battery, by a second measuring device, comparing the first and second electrical variables and closing the switch arrangement, if the first and second electrical variables substantially correspond, measuring the first and second electrical variables while the switch arrangement is closed, and adjusting the first measuring device and the second measuring device on the basis of a first measurement difference between measurement results of the first and second electrical variables while the switch arrangement is closed. |
| US10239408B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling low voltage direct current converter for eco-friendly vehicle
An apparatus for controlling a low voltage direct current (DC)-DC converter (LDC) for an eco-friendly vehicle includes a reference current receiver for receiving a reference current, a ramp signal generator for generating a ramp signal by overlapping an input current of the LDC, and a DC offset and a sawtooth wave for adjusting a gradient of the ramp signal, and a comparator for generating a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal using the reference current received by the reference current receiver and the ramp signal generated by the ramp signal generator. |
| US10239407B2 |
Variable carrier switching frequency control of variable voltage converter
A controller is configured to select a rate of change direction of an output voltage of a variable voltage converter (VVC) based on a direction of current flow associated with a capacitor of the VVC, and to adjust a magnitude of the rate of change direction based on directions of current flow associated with the capacitor and an electric machine coupled to the VVC. |
| US10239406B2 |
Hybrid vehicle
During a predetermined drive in which the hybrid vehicle is driven with operation of the engine in such a state that the first inverter and the second inverter are shut down, the hybrid vehicle controls the engine and the step-up/down converter such that the hybrid vehicle is driven with output of a torque from a first motor to a driveshaft via a planetary gear by decreasing the voltage of the high voltage-side power line to be lower than a reverse voltage of the first motor in the range of not lower than a lower limit control voltage that is higher than an allowable lower limit voltage. The hybrid vehicle increases the lower limit control voltage during the predetermined drive, compared with the lower limit control voltage during a drive other than the predetermined drive. |
| US10239405B2 |
Fuel cell equipped vehicle system and control method for fuel cell equipped vehicle system
A fuel cell equipped vehicle system in which an external power supply is coupled to an electric power supply line, the electric power supply line being coupled to a fuel cell, an electric power being input/output to/from a vehicular battery through the electric power supply line, the fuel cell equipped vehicle system performing an insulation test of the electric power supply line before charging the vehicular battery, the fuel cell equipped vehicle system including an insulation test unit configured to perform the insulation test of the electric power supply line; a switch that couples and cuts off between the fuel cell and the electric power supply line; and a control unit configured to control a coupling and a cutoff to/from the electric power supply line of the vehicular battery and control the switch, wherein the control unit is configured to cut off the vehicular battery from the electric power supply line and control the switch to cut off the fuel cell from the electric power supply line, and then drive the insulation test unit. |
| US10239401B2 |
Electric motor and gearing assembly
An apparatus with an electric motor including a stator and a rotor; a shaft secured to the rotor; a gearing assembly coupled with the shaft; and a housing assembly defining a non-partitioned interior space housing both the electric motor and gearing assembly. The shaft may be unsupported by bearing assemblies and/or free of oil seals and similar sealing engagements between the electric machine and gearing assembly. The motor may be an axial flux motor having a single stator. The gearing assembly may be a planetary reduction gear assembly with a sun gear mounted on the shaft. The apparatus may include only a single electric motor or include a second electric motor and second gearing assembly. The embodiments having a single motor may be used to drive a fan or a vehicle wheel. The embodiments having two motors may be used as a differential drive. |
| US10239397B2 |
Sealing system for movable window of rear window assembly
A slider window assembly for a vehicle includes at least one fixed window panel and a movable window panel. A perimeter seal is disposed at a surface of the fixed window panel and includes a continuous sealing element that circumscribes an opening of the fixed window panel and that is configured to substantially seal against a surface of the movable window panel about a periphery of the movable window panel when the movable window panel is closed. The perimeter seal includes a sealing tab at a corner region of the perimeter seal where an upper sealing portion engages a first elongated side sealing portion. The sealing tab is joined with an elongated sealing lip of the upper sealing portion or the first elongated side sealing portion. The sealing tab extends from the elongated sealing lip toward the surface of the at least one fixed window panel. |
| US10239396B2 |
Multi-purpose vehicle
A multi-purpose vehicle having a fastback state and a wagon state, which comprises a vehicle body, a main liftback body and a first driving device. The vehicle body comprises a roof, a C-pillar and a tail. The main liftback body is movably connected with the roof and the tail. The first driving device is located in the vehicle body and is connected with the main liftback body, so as to drive the main liftback body to move relative to the C-pillar, therefore the multi-purpose vehicle can be converted between the fastback state and the wagon state. |
| US10239392B2 |
Arrangement of a cover of a folding-top compartment in a cabriolet
A cover (9) of a folding-top compartment in a cabriolet vehicle can be pivoted by way of links (10, 10) between a position in which the cover (9) covers the folding-top compartment and a position in which the cover (9) does not cover the folding-top compartment. The cover (9) has, at a distance from its pivoting connection, at least one first guide element (15), and on the body, there is provided at least one second guide element (18). During the transfer of the cover (9) into its closed position, the two guide elements (15, 18) interact, and guide the cover (9), as far as the closed position. |
| US10239390B1 |
Movable panel assemblies
A vehicle includes an opening, a first panel, and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel obstruct the opening in a closed position and are movable to an open position. In the open position, at least part of the first panel may be positioned forward of the opening, and at least part of the second panel may be positioned rearward of the opening. In the open position, at least part of the first panel may be pivoted upward relative to the opening, and at least part of the second panel may be positioned rearward of the opening. In the open position, at least part of the first panel may be positioned forward of the opening. In the open position, the first panel may be moved forward and downward into an interior space, and the second panel may be moved rearward and downward into the interior space. |
| US10239386B2 |
Laminated glazing comprising profiled clip in beading
A glazing and notably a vehicle glazing, includes a laminated glazed element including an outside sheet of glass, an inside sheet of glass and an interlayer sheet of plastic situated between the two sheets of glass, wherein the profiled beading includes, when viewed in cross section, an interlayer flange situated between the interlayer face of the outside sheet of glass and the interlayer face of the inside sheet of glass. |
| US10239384B2 |
Air outlet device for feeding air to a vehicle interior in an controlled manner
An air outlet device for feeding air to a vehicle interior of a motor vehicle in a controlled manner includes an air flow duct and an air outlet opening element with an air outlet opening. The air flow duct is connected to the air outlet opening element and is adapted to conduct air from an interior ventilation device into the vehicle interior via the air outlet opening. The air flow duct has a first duct segment and a second duct segment, which is arranged between the first duct segment and the air outlet opening element. The first duct segment can be displaced in direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the first duct segment. The first duct segment is designed to control a direction of the air flowing out of the air outlet opening in accordance with the displacement of the first duct segment. At least one fin-like, movable air-conducting element is arranged in the first duct segment, can be displaced together with the first duct segment, and is adapted to control a direction of the air flowing in the first duct segment and thus a direction of the air flowing out of the air outlet opening in accordance with the position of the air-conducting element. |
| US10239379B2 |
Method for determining an actual level of a vehicle
A method for determining an actual level of a vehicle, includes determining an actual level of the vehicle as a function of a distance between at least one wheel of the vehicle and a superstructure of the vehicle, wherein the distance is determined by means of a signal detected by at least one chassis sensor, wherein the signal includes at least signal portions that correspond to an own movement of the vehicle and signal portions that correspond to an excitation by a road on which the vehicle actually drives; filtering the signal portions corresponding to the own movement of the vehicle out of the signal detected by the at least one chassis sensor by means of a filter function; calculating the actual level of the vehicle from a difference between the filtered signal without the signal portions that correspond to the own movement of the vehicle and the signal detected by the at least one chassis sensor. |
| US10239378B2 |
Robot and method for traversing vertical obstacles
A robot has a robot body on a frame structure, the robot body having at least one enclosed space to hold at least one delivery item. At least one sensing device detects objects along a direction of motion of said robot. The robot has six wheels, where at least two wheels on a side of the frame are connected to each other. The axis of rotation of each wheel is substantially fixed with respect to the robot during forward, rearward, and turning motion of the robot. During transition, via a substantially vertical obstacle, from a first substantially horizontally surface to a second substantially horizontally surface higher than the first substantially horizontally surface, one of the connected wheels causes an upward or a downward force to be applied to the other connected wheel. |
| US10239377B2 |
Vehicle with three or more wheels provided with an anti-roll stabiliser device and anti-roll control method of a vehicle having at least three wheels
A vehicle with 3 or more wheels includes at least two wheels aligned on the same axis. The vehicle has an intermediate centerline plane between the wheels parallel to a direction of movement, including a mass suspended in relation to the wheels defining a passenger or containment compartment, and two suspension groups kinematically connecting the suspended mass to the two aligned wheels. An anti-roll stabilizer device has at least one compensation mass kinematically connected to the suspended mass via a guide and movable in relation thereto. The anti-roll stabilizer device has a drive of the compensation mass to distance or bring the compensation mass closer to the centerline plane on the side opposite the displacement of a barycenter of the suspended mass with respect to the same centerline plane, to oppose the displacement with respect to the centerline plane of the position of the barycenter of the suspended mass. |
| US10239376B2 |
Hydraulic damper with an x-flow piston assembly
A hydraulic damper including a piston assembly having a piston body including at least two first channels and at least two second channels. The first and second channels are sloped. A compression side of each of the first channels is positioned radially outward relative to a rebound side. A rebound side of each of the second channels is positioned radially outward relative to a compression side. At least one main disc at least partially covers the rebound side of each of the first channels, and at least one main disc at least partially covers the compression side of each of the second channels. At least one supplementary channel is positioned radially inward with respect to the first and second channels. At least one supplementary disc at least partially covers at least one of a rebound side and a compression side of the at least one supplementary channel. |
| US10239372B2 |
Equalizer for suspension system
An equalizer includes a pivot arm pivotally connected between first and second spaced-apart plates fixedly connected to each other. First and second bump stops extend from one of the first and second plates to or toward the other of the first and second plates. A first shock absorber is disposed and selectively compressible between the pivot arm and the first bump stop. A second shock absorber is disposed and selectively compressible between the pivot arm and the second bump stop. |
| US10239370B2 |
Wheel suspension system
Robotic devices are presented including: a body; an electronic computing device housed within the body; and at least two wheeled suspension systems coupled with the body, each wheeled suspension system including, a first suspension system including: a frame, a rotating arm pivotally coupled to the frame on a first end and coupled to a wheel on a second end, and an extension spring coupled with the rotating arm on a third end and the frame on a fourth end, where the extension spring is extended when the wheel is retracted, a second suspension system including: a base slidingly coupled with the frame, and a number of vertically positioned extension springs coupled with the frame on a fifth end and the base on a sixth end. |
| US10239366B2 |
Wheel position detecting device and tire air pressure detecting apparatus having the same
A wheel position detecting device can suppress an erroneous detection of a wheel position even if a moving direction of a vehicle cannot be determined by wheel speed sensors whether in a forward direction or in a rearward direction. When an edge number (or a tooth number) is incremented based on detection signals of the wheel speed sensors of one, two or three wheels while the vehicle is at a halt, the edge number (or the tooth number) is not used as learning data. Thus, it is less likely that the wheel position is erroneously detected based on erroneous learning data. Therefore, even if the moving direction of the vehicle cannot be determined whether in the forward direction or the rearward direction by the wheel speed sensors, the wheel position detecting device can suppress the erroneous wheel position detection. |
| US10239356B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire is provided with improved braking performance and turning performance on ice. Circumferential narrow grooves are disposed at a density in the tire width direction of not less than 0.06 grooves/mm and not more than 0.2 grooves/mm. Width direction narrow grooves extend at an angle with respect to the tire width direction of not less than −45° and not more than +45°. The circumferential narrow grooves have at least one bent portion. The bend angle of the bent portion is not less than 40° and not more than 160°. |
| US10239349B2 |
Foldable chair having leg strengthening means
A foldable chair includes a chair body having two front legs, two rear legs connected pivotally to the two front legs; a seat disposed on the chair body; a backrest disposed on the chair body so as to be located above the seat; four leg support elements attached respectively to bottom ends of the two front legs and the two rear legs; four casters attached respectively to bottom sides of the leg support elements; two reinforcing plates attached respectively to inner sides of the two front legs and spaced at a predetermined distance from the leg support elements; and two strengthening rigs attached respectively to the two front legs and extending into the front and rear legs to an extent beyond bottom ends so as to be located between the reinforcing plates and the leg support elements, thereby strengthening the front and rear legs. |
| US10239347B2 |
Magnetic omni-wheel with roller bracket
A multidirectional wheel for traversing a surface is provided that includes a magnet and a plurality of rollers disposed around an outer periphery of each of the hubs of the wheels. The rollers are mounted for rotation in a second axial direction that is perpendicular to a first axial direction of the wheel. The rollers are supported by a plurality of magnetically-inducible brackets attached to the hub. The brackets are optimally sized and shaped to reduce the space between the magnetized materials of the wheel and the surface upon which the wheel travels. |
| US10239341B2 |
Picture album
A picture album can include a picture frame and has a front cover panel, back cover panel, and four side panels, all in a rectangular shape and covered by a material. The edges of the sides and the front cover have embedded magnets that allow the album to open flat and recover its original shape through engaging magnetic force when closed.Multiple picture sheets can be stored in the album using a multi-ring binder spine hardware. A display window is located on the front cover panel where a picture insertion sheet can be attached to the back of the display window by magnetic force so that a picture located in the picture insertion sheet can be viewed through the display window located on the front cover panel. |
| US10239338B2 |
Decorating material irradiated electron beam resin laminated on substrate
There is provided a decorative material which hardly undergoes deterioration of a substrate even when irradiated with an electron beam, and is excellent in surface properties such as stain resistance, abrasion resistance and marring resistance. The decorative material of the present invention comprises a substrate, and a pattern layer and/or a colored layer, and a surface protective layer which are successively laminated on the substrate, wherein the surface protective layer is obtained by crosslinking and curing an electron beam-curable resin composition, and a rate of reduction in a folding endurance of a material obtained by applying the electron beam-curable resin composition onto the substrate and then irradiating an electron beam to the electron beam-curable resin composition, relative to a folding endurance of the substrate before applying the electron beam-curable resin composition thereonto is 70% or lower as measured in the CD direction (lateral direction) of the substrate. |
| US10239337B2 |
Printable recording media
Disclosed herein is a printable recording media including a substrate and, at least, an ink receiving layer that includes a first distinct layer and a second distinct layer that is applied on top of the first distinct layer. The first distinct layer includes an electrical charged substance and the second distinct layer includes, at least, a polymeric binder and nano-size inorganic pigment particles. Also disclosed herein is a method for making the printable recording media. |
| US10239335B2 |
Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus performs printing on a sheet including adhesive label paper and includes a thermal head configured to perform printing on the sheet using heat, a platen roller which is positioned to face the thermal head, and configured to rotate to transport the sheet when the sheet is interposed between the thermal head and the platen roller, a heating unit configured to heat the thermal head, an output device, and a controller. The controller is configured to operate in a cleaning mode, in which the controller causes the thermal head to be heated to a predetermined temperature at which glue of the label paper is softened while the platen roller is in contact with the thermal head and rotating without transporting any sheet, and controls the output device to indicate that the thermal head has been heated up to the predetermined temperature and is ready for cleaning. |
| US10239333B2 |
Cutter, printer, and method of controlling cutter
A cutter includes a fixed blade, a movable blade, a drive motor that moves the movable blade, and a controller that drives the drive motor to move the movable blade toward the fixed blade and to cut a medium. The controller drives the drive motor such that output torque of the drive motor during a process other than a cutting process where the medium is cut becomes lower than the output torque of the drive motor during the cutting process. |
| US10239327B2 |
Method of printing and printer
A method of printing a pattern from at least two rows of fluid ejection nozzles, said nozzles ejecting a first fluid in a multi-pass printing mode, the method comprising: dividing the pattern to be printed between the rows of fluid ejection nozzles; applying masks to the rows of fluid ejection nozzles for printing with selected nozzles of each of the rows of fluid ejection nozzles during each pass; wherein a first mask for printing from a first row of fluid ejection nozzles during an n-th pass is different from a second mask for printing from a second row of fluid ejection nozzles during said n-th pass. |
| US10239324B2 |
Liquid-consuming apparatus
A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid storage chamber which stores a liquid, an inlet formed in a surface of the tank, and an outlet through which the liquid from the liquid storage chamber flows; a cap which is movable between a first position and a second position; a cover which is movable relative to the tank between a closed position and an open position; and a holding member which is connected to the cap and which holds the cap at the second position. The cap at the second position or the holding member is configured to obstruct a movement of the cover from the open position to the closed position. |
| US10239323B2 |
Bottle set
It is difficult to reduce the number of parts of a known bottle set. A bottle set includes: a bottle having an ink container capable of containing ink, and a nozzle through which the ink in the ink container can flow out; and a lid member that is attachable to and detachable from the bottle, and can cover the nozzle in a state where the lid member is attached to the bottle. An outflow port from which the ink in the ink container can flow out is formed in the nozzle, the lid member has a sealing portion that seals the outflow port in a state where the lid member is attached to the bottle, and the sealing portion is integrally formed in the lid member. |
| US10239322B2 |
Liquid cartridge
A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion. |
| US10239320B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus capable of smoothly supplying ink to first damper chamber and second damper chamber
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a first tank; a second tank; a recording portion including a first damper chamber and a second damper chamber; a first switch; a pump; a second switch; and a controller. The first switch is configured to be switched between a first state and a second state. The second switch is configured to be switched between a third state and a fourth state. After attachment of first and second cartridges to the inkjet recording apparatus, the controller performs an initial ink introduction including one of: a first drive process to drive the pump in a state where the first switch is in the first state and the second switch is in the fourth state; and a second drive process to drive the pump in a state where the first switch is in the second state and the second switch is in the third state. |
| US10239318B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus and maintenance method for the liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a plurality of pressure chambers that generate a pressure for discharging a liquid, a plurality of nozzles that communicate individually with the pressure chambers and that discharge the liquid, a common liquid chamber that includes a plurality of supply openings and that has, at an end portion side in an arrangement direction of the supply openings, a region in which flow speed of the liquid flowing toward the supply openings is higher than in another region, and a controller that controls a maintenance by expelling the liquid from the nozzles. During the maintenance, the controller controls expelling the liquid from a first nozzle to a second nozzle that is one of nozzles located on the end portion side of the first nozzle in the arrangement direction of the supply openings, in an order of the first nozzle to the second nozzle. |
| US10239316B2 |
Printhead having heated shield plate
An inkjet printhead includes: a manifold having a plurality of ink outlets defined in a manifold surface; a plurality of printhead chips mounted to the manifold surface and aligned with the ink outlets; a PCB mounted to the manifold surface and offset from the ink outlets, the PCB being electrically connected to the printhead chips; and a shield plate covering the PCB. The shield plate has one face in thermal contact with the PCB and an exposed opposite face defining a lower surface of the printhead. |
| US10239310B2 |
Non-transitory computer readable medium stored with predicted value output program, predicted value output device, and predicted value output method
A non-transitory computer readable medium stored with a predicted value output program, a predicted value output device, and a predicted value output method that can improve an accuracy of a predicted value of a value related to printing by an ink jet printer are provided. A printer controller configured to acquire and output a predicted value of a print-related value as a value related to printing by a 3D printer from 3D model data used in the printing by the 3D printer according to a print-related value prediction rule acquires an actual value of the print-related value in the printing by the 3D printer using the 3D model data (S231), and corrects the print-related value prediction rule based on a corresponding relationship of the 3D model data and the actual value acquired in S231 (S232). |
| US10239307B2 |
Printing system for printing on a substantially planar surface of a 3D-object and a method for printing thereof
A printing system for printing on a substantially planar surface of a 3D-object includes a printer for printing on the planar surface of the 3D-object and a controller configured to control printing of the printer. The printing system further includes a mask generation module configured to generate a mask having the shape of the planar surface from a 3D-model of the 3D-object and to provide the controller with the mask to prevent printing outside the planar surface according to the mask. |
| US10239303B2 |
Equipment and method for automatic plasticizing
An automatic plasticizing equipment (17) for image sheets (26) comprises a first plasticizing device (27) and an electronic control unit (22) for the plasticizing device and in which the first plasticizing device employs a first plasticizer film (28) unwinding from a first film spool (29). The plasticizing equipment (17) processes image sheets (26) with associated enhanced sheet codes (ESC), readable by machine, having dimension and finishing information associated to said image sheets (26). The equipment (17) further comprises a second plasticizing device (41), downstream of the first plasticizing device (27) for a second plasticizer film (42) of different typologies unwinding from a second film spool (43) for pre-forming plasticized image sheets (31, 44) of different typologies; and the electronic control unit (22) responds to the dimension and finishing information from the enhanced sheet codes (ESC) for selectively activating the first plasticizing device (27) or the second plasticizing device (41) or to leave the plasticizing devices deactivated so as to obtain plasticized image sheets (31, 44) of different typologies of plasticization or non-plasticized image sheets (46). |
| US10239299B2 |
Laminating apparatus
A laminating apparatus includes workpiece transport units, a vacuum laminating device and a flat press device. The flat press device includes a ball screw having a screw shaft and supporting a first one of a pair of pressing elements, a servomotor connected to the screw shaft of the ball screw, a gap measuring device (linear scale) for measuring a distance between the first pressing element and the second pressing element, and a pressing gap control system for moving the first pressing element to a position in which a predetermined gap is defined between the first pressing element and the second pressing element to stop the first pressing element at that position. The pressing gap control system changes the RPM of the servomotor, based on information on the distance between the first and second pressing elements which is provided from the gap measuring device. |
| US10239297B2 |
Scratch-resistant polycarbonate resin laminate
The present invention aims to provide a multi-layer sheet and a multi-layer film, each ensuring not only high transparency but also scratch resistance and being easy to print and thermoform.The above aim was achieved by a multi-layer sheet and a multi-layer film, each being a laminate which comprises a polycarbonate-based resin layer as a substrate and has a thermoplastic acrylic resin layer containing silicon dioxide particles as an outermost layer on one or both surfaces of the substrate, wherein the silicon dioxide particles have an average particle size of 0.1 to 2 μm, and wherein the content of the silicon dioxide particles is 0.1% to 1% by weight, relative to the total weight of the thermoplastic acrylic resin layer. |
| US10239290B2 |
Laminated body, molded body, molded product, and method for manufacturing molded product
A resin sheet is manufactured by: forming a rapidly-cooled transparent polypropylene sheet by rapidly cooling a molten polypropylene resin; laminating on the rapidly-cooled transparent polypropylene sheet a resin layer of polyurethane resin, the polyurethane resin having a tensile-rupture elongation in a range from 150% to 900% and a softening point in a range from 50 degrees C. to 180 degrees C.; and laminating a print layer on the resin layer. A molded article having a non-planar molding made of the resin sheet is provided by insert molding. The molding is formed into a complicated shape where a part of the molding has: 150% or more of an elongation ratio; 0.8 or less of a film-thickness ratio (B/A) before and after the sheet is molded; and/or a surface area ratio (Y/X) before and after the sheet is molded in a range from 1.5 to 5. |
| US10239288B2 |
Glass pane construction
The present invention relates to a glass pane construction, particularly bullet proof glass pane, to be used in a motor vehicle, having several transparent panes and layers made of glass, ceramic or synthetic material, which are connected in a layered manner connected to each other in a laminate, electrical controllable or switchable electrochromic layer means for electrical controlling or switching of the light transparency of the glass pane construction or of the bullet proof pane, wherein a laminar transparent UV filtering layer means for filtering of striking ultraviolet (UV) radiation is provided so that none or only a part of the UV radiation passes to the electrochromic layer means. |
| US10239275B2 |
Corrugated fiberboard printing device and box-making machine having the same
A corrugated fiberboard printing device includes a protection device which regulates approaching of a corrugated fiberboard within a predetermined distance against an inkjet head, and a controller. The protection device includes multiple regulation devices which are juxtaposed in a width direction of the corrugated fiberboard, and a movement mechanism which moves each of the multiple regulation devices in the width direction. The controller includes a specific column setting unit which is set to classify a specific column, in which a printing quality is less influenced even when the specific column is regulated by the regulation device, with respect to the corrugated fiberboard in a sheet width direction based on order information, and a movement mechanism control unit which controls the operation of the movement mechanism and moves each of the regulation devices so as to regulate the corrugated fiberboard in the specific column. |
| US10239274B2 |
Intersecting die lifting system
A pneumatic die transfer system for a press machine comprises at least two primary roller rails and at least two secondary roller rails set in respective T-slots in a bolster. The primary roller rails are perpendicular to the secondary roller rails. Airbags below each roller rail are selectively inflated to elevate either the primary or the secondary roller rails above the bolster face. The secondary roller rails each have a plurality of discontinuities configured to receive the primary roller rails and their associated airbags in an intersecting fashion. As a result, the bolster can be easily fabricated with intersecting T-slots and relatively few roller rails are needed to achieve fully orthogonal conveyance of a heavy die over the face of a bolster. |
| US10239273B2 |
Thermal insulation layer and pressure transfer medium for high-pressure high-temperature cell
HPHT press system includes a thermal insulation layer. The thermal insulation layer includes CsCl, CsBr, CsI, or a combination thereof, and the thermal insulation layer is electrically insulating. The thermal insulation layer may include a thermal insulation sleeve and/or a thermal insulation button for an HPHT cell. |