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| US10281963B2 |
Image display device and head mounted image display device
An image display device includes a display unit that displays an image so as to be visually recognized by an observer, a holding member that holds the display unit and has at least a portion thereof exposed to the outside, and a heat conduction member, having a sheet shape, which is connected to the holding member. The display unit includes an image forming device that forms the image. The heat conduction member comes into contact with the image forming device so as to be capable of heat conduction, and transmits heat of the image forming device to the holding member. |
| US10281961B1 |
Hard drive tray facilitating removal and installation
A carrier for securing a computer drive within a chassis facilitates the removal and installation of the computer drive in the carrier by using pins to engage the mounting holes of a computer drive. |
| US10281959B2 |
Tree computer kiosk system and method
A tree computer kiosk is provided that includes a tree-shaped housing having a trunk and at least one limb and limb stub, where the limb stub is configured to accommodate a display screen. The tree-shaped housing accommodates a computer system including a processor and at least one electronic component. A power supply provides power to the computer processor and other electronic components. The tree-shaped housing includes mounting and mechanisms for securing one or more speakers, cameras, and display screens. |
| US10281958B2 |
Portable electronic device and pivoting assembly
A portable electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a pivoting mechanism, a linking mechanism, and a first speaker unit. The pivoting mechanism is pivoted between the first body and the second body and includes a first rotating shaft, a second rotating shaft, and a third rotating shaft, and the third rotating shaft has a mounting portion. The linking mechanism includes a first rolling member and a second rolling member. The first rolling member is connected to the third rotating shaft of the pivoting mechanism, and the second rolling member is connected to the second rotating shaft of the pivoting mechanism. The first rolling member and the second rolling member roll relative to each other within an angle range. The first speaker unit is fixed to the mounting portion. |
| US10281957B2 |
Mechanical shock protection for electronic device
An electronic device includes an enclosure and an interior component. A flexible bar protects the interior component from mechanical shock. The flexible bar includes at least one component support portion configured to contact the interior component, and at least one enclosure support portion configured to contact the enclosure. According to one aspect, a first shape protrudes from a first surface of the flexible bar and is configured to receive force applied by the enclosure in a first dimension, and a second shape protrudes from a second surface of the flexible bar and is configured to receive force applied by the enclosure in a second dimension. According to another aspect, a first shape protrudes from a first surface of the flexible bar and is configured to receive force applied by the enclosure and elastically deform before a remaining portion of the flexible bar outside the first shape elastically deforms. |
| US10281956B2 |
Display device having a flexible display panel
A display device includes a display panel having a bendable part and flat parts, at least one flat part disposed at each side of the bendable part; and a panel guide attached to surfaces of the flat parts of the display panel, in which the display panel is attached to the panel guide when the bendable part is in a state of being tensioned at a reference strain included in an elastic range. |
| US10281955B2 |
Docking system for portable computing device
A docking system may comprise a case mount for a portable computing device. The case mount can releasably dock and lock with a base mount in any of a number of docking position orientations. A plurality of case mount contacts can be organized into a plurality of case mount contact groups, wherein the case mount contact groups are arranged in a pattern on the case mount that permits a physical connection between a plurality of base mount contacts and a different one of the case mount contact groups for each of the different docking position orientations. Furthermore, an actuator can cause base mount latches to move in a manner that permits disengagement of the case mount from the base mount to an undocked position for the case mount if an undocking force is applied to the case mount. |
| US10281952B2 |
Cover
A cover adapted to a first electronic device is provided. The first electronic device includes a first electrical connector. The cover comprises: a connecting portion; a covering portion extending from the connecting portion to cover the first electronic device; and a pivot portion. The pivot portion includes a fixing pivot member fixed to the connecting portion; and a magnetic pivot member pivotally connected to the fixing pivot member and including a second electrical connector. The second electrical connector is electrically connected to the first electrical connector when the first electronic device is connected to the magnetic pivot member. |
| US10281950B2 |
Electronic device having flexible display panel
The present invention provides an electronic device having a flexible display panel wherein a user can easily fold or unfold a plurality of unit bodies to expand or contract the display area of the flexible display panel, and when the unit bodies are folded, a portion of the flexible display panel is received in the hollow unit body. |
| US10281949B2 |
Cable wiring structure, operation device, and work machine
A cable wiring structure includes a cable, a first holder, and a second holder. The cable connects a first appliance mounted in a work machine and a second appliance mounted in the work machine to transmit an electric signal. The cable includes a first held part and a second held part different from the first held part. The first holder holds the cable at the first held part. The second holds the cable at the second held part. A first range in which the cable bends at the first held part is smaller than a second range in which the cable bends at the second held part. |
| US10281947B2 |
Mounting assembly for a control pedal of a vehicle
A mounting assembly for a control pedal of a vehicle includes two walls arranged in parallel in relation to each other, a pivot shaft extending between the walls, two locking structures arranged to pivotally retain the pivot shaft in a use position between the walls, and at least a control pedal rigidly provided on the pivot shaft. The control pedal and the pivot shaft are rotatable around an axis of rotation. Further, the mounting assembly is provided with a joint including at least one lock protrusion provided on at least true of the locking structures and an internal groove provided on at least one of the walls. The at least one lock protrusion is arranged to engage with the internal groove, when the locking structure is in a use position. Further, the at least one of the locking structures further includes a rotating prevention protrusion extending radially from an outer surface of the locking structure, the rotating prevention protrusion being arranged to engage with a stop arranged at the at least one of the walls, when in the use position. |
| US10281945B2 |
Information terminal control method and information system
An information terminal control method includes (a) accepting an instruction requesting for displaying of comparison between a power consumption of first electrical facilities provided in a first establishment and a power consumption of second electrical facilities provided in a second establishment, and (b) displaying, on a display, comparison data comparing between the power consumption of the first electrical facilities and the power consumption of the second electrical facilities, the comparison data being calculated with reduced influence of a difference between an environmental condition of the first electrical facilities that influences an efficiency of the first electrical facilities and an environmental condition of the second electrical facilities that influences an efficiency of the second electrical facilities. |
| US10281942B2 |
Low-dropout regulator
A low-dropout (LDO) regulator is provided. The LDO regulator comprises a first circuit operating as a closed loop control system. The first circuit is configured to control a voltage at a first node such that the voltage at the first node is substantially equal to a specified regulator output voltage. The LDO regulator comprises a second circuit operating as an open loop control system. The second circuit is configured to increase the voltage at the first node when a current flowing through a load changes from a first current to a second current. The first current is substantially equal to 0 amperes. |
| US10281939B2 |
Methods and equipment for reducing power loss in cellular systems
Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current (“DC”) power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first end of the power cable that is remote from the power supply. Related cellular base stations and programmable power supplies are also provided. |
| US10281931B2 |
System and method of control of electronic parcel lockers
A system, apparatus, and method for use in delivery of items to a storage unit. The storage unit can include one or several storage receptacles and a control unit that controls and monitors the status of the one or several storage receptacles. The storage unit may be included in a storage unit system that can include one or several storage units and a central control unit. The central control unit can communicate with the one or several storage units, and can receive status and availability updates from the one or several storage units. |
| US10281928B2 |
Systems and methods for raising and lowering a marine device on a marine vessel
A system for a marine vessel operating in a body of water includes a trimmable marine device coupled to and movable with respect to the vessel and an actuator that raises and lowers the marine device. A control module is in signal communication with the actuator. A GPS receiver determines a current and/or predicted global position of the vessel, and a processor accesses a memory storing bathymetry data and retrieves a water depth corresponding to the vessel's current and/or predicted global position. The control module compares the water depth to a depth of the marine device based on the marine device's current position. The actuator raises the marine device in response to the control module determining that the water depth is not enough to accommodate the depth of the marine device at the current position without potential collision between the marine device and the body of water's bottom. |
| US10281926B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling vehicles in a platoon
A system for controlling vehicles in a platoon includes a lead vehicle controller on a lead vehicle in the platoon and a following vehicle controller on a following vehicle in the platoon. The lead vehicle controller is adapted to determine a braking distance, based on an initial speed of the lead vehicle and a percent of full service brake application of the lead vehicle, and transmit a braking distance signal indicating the braking distance. The following vehicle controller is adapted to identify the braking distance upon receiving the braking distance signal, determine a percent of full service brake application of the following vehicle based on an initial speed of the following vehicle and the braking distance, and transmit a signal to a following vehicle service brake to apply the following vehicle service brake at the determined percent of full service brake application. |
| US10281924B2 |
Vision system for vehicle docking
A vision system comprises at least one camera fixedly mounted to a structure and providing a view of an area surrounding a loading dock. The at least one camera communicates with at least one transmitter capable of transmitting a video signal from the at least one camera. A receiver is located in a vehicle such that the receiver receives the transmission of the video signal from the at least one camera in response to a docking event. |
| US10281923B2 |
Planar-beam, light detection and ranging system
A planar-beam, light detection and ranging (PLADAR) system can include a laser scanner that emits a planar-beam, and a detector array that detects reflected light from the planar beam. |
| US10281921B2 |
Autonomous parking of vehicles in perpendicular parking spots
Method and apparatus are disclosed for autonomous parking of vehicles in perpendicular parking spots. An example vehicle includes a front corner, a sensor, and a parking controller. The parking controller is to detect, via the sensor, a perpendicular parking spot and determine a linear parking path located within the perpendicular parking spot along which the front corner is to travel. The parking controller also is to determine an approaching turn path to the linear parking path and autonomously turn along the approaching turn path and the linear parking path into the perpendicular parking spot. |
| US10281920B2 |
Planning for unknown objects by an autonomous vehicle
Among other things, a world model is maintained of an environment of a vehicle. A hypothetical object in the environment that cannot be perceived by sensors of the vehicle is included in the world model. |
| US10281914B2 |
Alerting predicted accidents between driverless cars
This patent application discloses methods and systems for alerting computerized motor-vehicles about predicted accidents. In an example method, a motor vehicle alerts another motor vehicle about a predicted accident, even though that accident is between the alerting car and a third motor vehicle—for example, the alert is transmitted by non-visual electromagnetic (EM) radiation. When an adjacent motor vehicle receives such accident alert and determines it might itself be hit, it will react so as to minimize its chances of being hit or at least to minimize the damage if it is being hit. Optionally, one or more of the motor vehicles has an onboard device for measuring a blood-alcohol level of a human driver thereof. The measured blood-alcohol level may be used to compute a probability of an occurrence of an accident and/or may be included in one or more of the transmitted accident alerts. |
| US10281912B2 |
Autonomous inspection system
Systems, methods and computer readable media for autonomous robotic inspection are described. A system can include a robot having one or more processors, a memory device, one or more sensors, a communications interface and a locomotion subsystem. The system can also include a base unit coupled to the robot via a fiber optic cable and having a mechanical tether connected to the robot for retrieving the robot. |
| US10281908B2 |
Wireless communication enabled relay
A motor protection relay including a housing and a printed circuit board disposed within the housing, the printed circuit board including a central processing unit and a wireless communication interface, the wireless communication interface adapted to receive wireless communication signals for configuring operating parameters of the motor protection relay via the central processing unit. |
| US10281905B2 |
Control system for agricultural equipment
In an agricultural machine, sensor signal variability is identified, over a period of time. A control system deadband is identified, based upon the sensor signal variability. A control system uses the control system deadband to control the agricultural machine. |
| US10281904B2 |
Method for printing a plurality of voxels of an object
The present invention relates to a method for printing a plurality of voxels of an object in a plurality of passes of a print head of a printing system over a substrate, each pass having a movement direction of the print head relative to the substrate while ejecting marking material from the print head towards the substrate, each voxel having a position in the object, the method comprising the steps of for each voxel of the object selecting a movement direction of the print head based on the position of the voxel in the object, selecting at least one pass in which the voxel will be printed, the at least one pass having a movement direction which corresponds to the selected movement direction of the print head, and printing the voxel in the selected at least one pass. The present invention also relates to a printing system configured to execute the method. |
| US10281903B2 |
Process for design and manufacture of cavitation erosion resistant components
A process for designing and manufacturing a cavitation erosion resistant component. The process includes selecting a base material for use in a cavitation erosion susceptible environment and conducting a uniaxial loading test on a sample of the selected material. Thereafter, atomic force microscopy (AFM) topography on a surface of the tested sample is conducted and used to provide a surface strain analysis. The process also includes crystal plasticity finite element modeling (CPFEM) of uniaxial loading and CPFEM nanoindentation of the selected material over a range of values for at least one microstructure parameter. A subrange of microstructure parameter values that correlate to CPFEM nanoindentation results that provide increased CE resistance is determined. Finally, a component having an average microstructure parameter value that falls within the subrange of microstructure parameter values is manufactured. |
| US10281902B2 |
Methods and apparatus for machine learning predictions of manufacture processes
The subject technology is related to methods and apparatus for discretization and manufacturability analysis of computer assisted design models. In one embodiment, the subject technology implements a computer-based method for the reception of an electronic file with a digital model representative of a physical object. The computer-based method determines geometric and physical attributes from a discretized version of the digital model, a cloud point version of the digital model, and symbolic functions generated through evolutionary algorithms. A set of predictive machine learning models is utilized to infer predictions related to the manufacture process of the physical object. |
| US10281898B2 |
Method and system for controlling automated operations on a workpiece
A method of controlling at least one operation performed on a workpiece is provided. The method includes transmitting, from a first electronic reference device coupled to the workpiece, at least one operating parameter to at least one autonomous device. The method also includes performing, by the at least one autonomous device, the at least one operation on the workpiece in accordance with the received at least one operating parameter. |
| US10281892B2 |
Pipelining for cyclic control systems
A method of managing a control system includes: executing a first iteration of a program in a first processor core of a multi-core computer system during a first period (S1501), executing a second iteration of the program in a second processor core of the multi-core system during a second period that overlaps the first period (S1502); and using outputs of the iterations to control the control system (S1503). |
| US10281888B2 |
Electronic device with screen-cleaning function
An electronic device with automatic screen-cleaning function includes a film attached to a flexible display screen. The film includes heat-sensitive projections, light detection units, and heating circuit. Each light detection unit can detect a brightness value of light under the flexible display screen. The detected brightness value is evaluated against a predefined brightness value. When the detected brightness value does not equal the predefined brightness value, at least one electrical resistance heater element is controlled to generate heat, causing one of projections to bulge from the film. The bulging projection pushes out the flexible display screen, thus making dust or other external contaminant fall from the flexible display screen. |
| US10281887B2 |
Optimized communications with HART instruments
A device, such as a HART multiplexer, may allow access to one or more HART instruments from a single interface. The device may also support access to the HART instruments from a second interface. Requests for reading or writing data to or from a HART instrument may be combined at the device into a set of HART commands that may be more efficient than the HART commands that would be sent if each request was processed independently. |
| US10281882B2 |
Electronic timepiece, and control method of an electronic timepiece
An electronic timepiece has a reception device; an input device; a detection device that detects a start reception operation of the input device and outputs a start reception signal; a manual reception controller that operates the receiver and executes a reception process if the start reception signal output from the detection device is received; an automatic reception controller that determines if an automatic reception condition is met, and operates the reception device to execute the reception process if the automatic reception condition is met; and a reception setter that enables or disables operation of the automatic reception controller. The reception setter enables operation of the automatic reception controller if the start reception signal output from the detection device is received if operation of the automatic reception controller is disabled. |
| US10281879B2 |
Micromechanical timepiece part comprising a lubricated surface and method for producing such a micromechanical timepiece part
A micromechanical timepiece part includes a silicon-based substrate having at least one surface, at least one part of the surface having pores which open out at the external surface of the micromechanical timepiece part and the pores include a tribological agent. A method for producing a micromechanical timepiece part starting from a silicon-based substrate, the silicon-based substrate having at least one surface, at least one part of which is lubricated by a tribological agent, the method includes the steps of forming pores on the surface of the part of the surface of the silicon-based substrate, and depositing the tribological agent in the pores. |
| US10281877B2 |
Digital holography device and digital hologram generation method
A generation method of a digital hologram includes steps of emitting coherent light from a coherent light source, imaging a hologram that is an interference pattern of an object beam and a reference beam due to the emission light from the light source, and setting a plurality of wavelengths of the illumination light that generates the hologram detected by the detector, and wherein the plurality of wavelength are specified by the wavelength setting step based on a magnification percentage X of a conjugate image set up by a user not to disturb visibility of an image when a real image and the conjugate image reconstructed by a predetermined calculation means relative to structures of observation targets are superimposed to a corresponding real image so that a shortest wavelength λmin and a longest wavelength λmax satisfy the expression λmax/λmin≥(1/X+1). |
| US10281875B2 |
Optical scanning device and image forming device having the same
A print head includes a platform with a face whose portion covered with a heat conductor includes a heat release section, which is deformed relative to a substantially flat portion of the face of the platform to be located at a smaller distance from the surface of the chip in a direction normal to the face at a side near to the light emission area in the longitudinal direction of the light source panel than at another side far from the light emission area. Alternatively, the heat conductor, when disconnected from the face of the platform, is thicker at a side near to the light emission area in the longitudinal direction of the light source panel than at another side far from the light emission area. |
| US10281872B2 |
Image-forming apparatus provided with detachable waste toner container and sheet-conveying guide
An image-forming apparatus includes an apparatus body and a process cartridge attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body. The apparatus body includes a sheet-feed roller and a body wall. The process cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a drum frame; a developing roller; a cleaner; a conveying pipe and a waste-toner container for storing waste toner removed from the photosensitive drum by the cleaner and conveyed by the conveying pipe. The waste-toner container is detachably mountable on the drum frame. The waste-toner container mounted on the drum frame is positioned opposite to the photosensitive drum with respect to the developing roller. The body wall of the apparatus body and a container wall of the waste-toner container constitute a part of a sheet-conveying guide for guiding conveyance of a sheet from the sheet-feed roller toward the photosensitive drum when the process cartridge is attached to the apparatus body. |
| US10281863B2 |
Image forming device, transfer medium conveyance device, image forming system, and program
An image forming device includes: an image forming part that forms an image on a transfer medium; a conveyance part that conveys the transfer medium; and a hardware processor that controls the conveyance part, receives a result of reading by an image reader, which reads an image on the transfer medium passing through the image forming part, and determines whether an image on the transfer medium is normal, wherein the hardware processor can perform control of sorting, by a sorting part that can perform sorting of a transfer medium according to a result of the determination, a transfer medium determined to have a normal image and a transfer medium determined to have an abnormal image, and can further perform control of previously grasping analysis time in the determination and suspending conveyance of the transfer medium at a conveyance position at or in advance of a sorting position. |
| US10281862B2 |
Image forming apparatus including an image density detector of halftone images
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer to bear a plurality of halftone images having a same image density and a high-density image located one cycle downstream of the latent image bearer from at least one of the plurality of halftone images, a transferor to apply a predetermined transfer voltage to transfer the plurality of halftone images and the high-density image, a transfer electric field forming target to bear the plurality of halftone images and the high-density image transferred from the latent image bearer, a detector to detect image densities of the plurality of halftone images on the transfer electric field forming target, and a controller to determine a primary transfer voltage applied at a time of image formation, based on image density variations of the plurality of halftone images detected by the detector. |
| US10281861B2 |
Image forming apparatus using test images to adjust position of latent image
The image forming apparatus includes an adjustment unit that adjusts the position where the electrostatic latent image is formed in a rotation axis direction of a photoconductor in accordance with the position of a sheet that has reached the transfer unit in the rotation axis direction of the photoconductor. The adjustment unit adjusts the position where the electrostatic latent image is formed in the rotation axis direction of the photoconductor in normal printing and does not adjust the position where the electrostatic latent image is formed in the rotation axis direction of the photoconductor in a case where a test image is to be printed. |
| US10281859B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit, an image bearing member, a transfer unit, and a detector. The transport unit transports a continuous recording medium. The image bearing member retains an image thereon. The transfer unit has a transfer member that is movable into and out of contact with the image bearing member and transports the recording medium by nipping the recording medium between the image bearing member and the transfer member. The transfer unit transfers the image on the image bearing member onto the recording medium. The detector detects an electrical resistance of the transfer member in a state where the transfer member is disposed at a noncontact position located away from the image bearing member. |
| US10281856B2 |
Image forming apparatus that suppresses influence of a heater triac malfunction
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, first and second power terminals both coupled to a power supply, a fixing unit including a heater, a first switch, a first detector, a second switch, and a controller. The first switch includes a triac and is turned on and off on the basis of a first control signal. The first detector generates a first detection signal corresponding to the turning on and off of the first switch. The second switch includes a relay and is turned on and off on the basis of a second control signal. The controller generates the first control signal, and generates, on the basis of the first detection signal, the second control signal. Each of the heater, the first switch, and the second switch is provided in a power supply path that couples the first power terminal and the second terminal to each other. |
| US10281855B2 |
Image forming apparatus for starting image formation with a reduced waiting time
An image forming apparatus includes an image fixing unit to pass a sheet carrying an unfixed toner image on a first side. The image fixing unit includes: a first fixing section adjacent to the first side of the sheet; a first heating section to heat the first fixing section; a second fixing section adjacent to a second side opposite to the first side of the sheet; and a second heating section to heat the second fixing section. The image forming apparatus further includes: sheet feeding trays holding sheets; a storage unit storing fixing temperatures of the fixing sections preset for each type of the sheets in the sheet feeding trays; and a controller to select standby temperatures from the fixing temperatures, based on temperature profiles of the fixing sections, and to instruct the heating sections to respectively maintain the fixing sections at the selected standby temperatures during a standby mode. |
| US10281852B2 |
Image forming apparatus that controls an execution frequency of a rubbing treatment of a fixing device
An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion that detachably mounts either one of a fixing portion and another fixing portion. Each fixing portion includes a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member that, together, form a nip for fixing a toner image on a sheet, and a memory. A rubbing rotatable member executes a rubbing process of rubbing a surface of the first rotatable member, and a moving mechanism moves the rubbing rotatable member between a rubbing position, in which the rubbing rotatable member is in contact with the first rotatable member, and a stand-by position, in which the rubbing rotatable member is separated from the first rotatable member. In addition, a controller stores information corresponding to an execution frequency of the rubbing process designated by an operator through an operating panel, in the memory of the fixing portion that has been mounted in the mounting portion. |
| US10281850B2 |
Fixing device with nip formation pad having an abutment region and opening portions
A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt, a heat source, an opposed member, a nip formation pad, and a heat conductive member. The nip formation pad includes an abutment region, a first opening portion, and second opening portions. The abutment region includes a plurality of abutment surfaces abutting a first face of the heat conductive member. The first opening portion is disposed at a center of the abutment region to form a non-contact area at which the nip formation pad does not contact the heat conductive member. The abutment region includes an upstream abutment area and a downstream abutment area from the first opening portion in a direction of conveyance of a recording medium. The second opening portions divide at least one area of the upstream abutment area and the downstream abutment area into a plurality of portions in a longitudinal direction of the nip formation pad. |
| US10281849B2 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
A fixing device includes a heating roller to be heated by a heat source, a pair of rollers composed of an upper-side pressure roller and a lower-side pressure roller both for pressing a sheet, and a fixing belt wound around the heating roller and the upper-side pressure roller, in which, in a space surrounded by the fixing belt, a shield for shielding heat from the upper-side pressure roller is disposed to face the upper-side pressure roller. |
| US10281848B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
An improved image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a nip forming member, a transfer power source, and a controller. The controller switches a transfer mode between a first mode to transfer the toner image onto a first type sheet having a surface smoothness higher than a surface smoothness of a second type sheet and a second mode to transfer the toner image onto the second type sheet. The controller controls the transfer power source to output the transfer bias having an opposite-peak duty of greater than or equal to 50% that is a duty on the side of the opposite-peak value in the first mode. The controller controls the transfer power source to output the transfer bias having an opposite-peak duty of less than 50%, which is different from the opposite-peak duty of the first mode, in the second mode. |
| US10281847B2 |
Intermediate transfer material, production method of the same, and electrophotographic image-forming apparatus
Provided is an intermediate transfer material used for an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus in which a toner image held on an electrostatic latent image carrier is primarily transferred to an intermediate transfer material, and then, the primarily transferred toner image is transferred from the intermediate transfer material to a transfer material through a secondary transfer device, wherein the intermediate transfer material has a substrate layer and an elastic layer; and the elastic layer contains a structure composed of a rubber having a double bond (C2) and a rubber having no double bond (C0) being bonded with each other through a urethane bond. |
| US10281837B1 |
Developing device and image forming apparatus therewith
A developing device has a developer carrier, a regulating member, a regulating pole, and a magnetic pole generation member. The regulating member has a magnetic body for regulating the thickness of developer on the surface of the developer carrier. The regulating pole is arranged inside the developer carrier to face the regulating member. The magnetic pole generation member is arranged upstream of the regulating member in the developer carrier rotation direction, and has a magnet for generating, at an end portion of the regulating member, a magnetic pole of a polarity different from that of the regulating pole. The regulating member has, in its side face, a depressed portion having an inner face with an arc-shaped cross-section. The magnetic pole generation member is cylindrical, with a radius substantially equal to that of the inner face of the depressed portion, and is rotatable while staying fitted in the depressed portion. |
| US10281835B2 |
Exposure device and image formation apparatus having cut fringe holding member
An exposure device according to an embodiment includes: a substrate in which light-emitting elements are mounted; an optical system which converges light emitted from the light-emitting elements; a holding member includes a holding member body which holds the substrate and the optical system, and a cut fringe projected from the holding member body; and a support member provided at a predetermined position in the holding member between the substrate and the optical system. The support member is formed of a cured agent attached to a shear surface of the cut fringe of the holding member, and the support member includes a contact surface with which the substrate is in contact. |
| US10281833B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging roller, a toner image forming portion, a voltage source, a detecting member, a controller, and a test executing portion configured to execute an operation in a test mode in which in a period in advance of the image forming period, a plurality of test AC voltages having a test peak-to-peak voltage with different frequencies are successively applied to the charging roller and alternating currents are detected by the detecting member. The test executing portion sets a predetermined peak-to-peak voltage on the basis of a specific frequency which is a maximum frequency at which a relationship between the frequencies and the alternating currents acquired in the operation in the test mode maintains linearity. |
| US10281827B2 |
Noise reduction for overlay control
The present disclosure provides a method. The method includes patterning a substrate by a patterning tool; collecting a plurality of overlay errors from a plurality of fields on the substrate; identifying noise from the plurality of overlay errors by applying a first filtering operation and a second filtering operation that is different from the first filtering operation. The method further includes grouping the plurality of overlay errors that are not identified as noise into a set of filtered overlay errors; calculating an overlay compensation based on the set of filtered overlay errors; and performing a compensation process to the patterning tool according to the overlay compensation. |
| US10281825B2 |
Method of sequencing lots for a lithographic apparatus
A lithographic apparatus applies patterns to substrates, the substrates being processed as a plurality of lots. Each lot of substrates receives a particular layer pattern under layer-specific operating conditions. A thermal model is provided for modeling and compensating one or more characteristics of thermal behavior of components within the lithographic apparatus, in response to the varying layer-specific operating conditions associated with a sequence of lots. The thermal model is also used to simulate thermal behavior of the apparatus when processing a given collection of lots in different possible sequences. Based on comparison of the simulated thermal behavior in different sequences of lots, an optimized sequence is determined. Optionally, lot sequencing rules are determined and used to obtain a preferred thermal behavior when processing a collection of lots in the future. |
| US10281824B2 |
Microlithography projection objective
Microlithography projection objectives for imaging into an image plane a pattern arranged in an object plane are described with respect to suppressing false light in such projection objectives. |
| US10281823B2 |
Illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes first and second optical raster plates. An irradiance distribution of projection light on the first and second optical raster plates determines an angular light distribution of the projection light exclusively at a first portion and a second portion, respectively, of an illuminated field. The second portion is distinct from and arranged adjacent to the first portion. It is possible to produce different illumination settings in different adjacent portions on the mask. First and second Fourier optics establish a Fourier relationship between the first and second optical raster plates one the one hand and the first and second portion on the other hand. The first and second Fourier optics have a first and second focal length, respectively, that are variable in response to a focal length change command signal from a control unit. |
| US10281820B2 |
Block copolymer
The present application relates to a block copolymer and uses thereof. The present application can provide a block copolymer—which exhibits an excellent self-assembling property and thus can be used effectively in a variety of applications—and uses thereof. |
| US10281818B2 |
Resist composition and patterning process
A resist composition comprising an alkali metal salt of tetraiodophenolphthalein, tetraiodophenolsulfonphthalein or tetraiodofluorescein exhibits a sensitizing effect and an acid diffusion suppressing effect and forms a pattern having improved resolution, LWR and CDU. |
| US10281809B2 |
Projection apparatus and illumination system
The invention provides a projection apparatus and an illumination system. The projection apparatus includes an illumination system, a light valve, and a projection lens. The illumination system includes at least one laser light source, at least one light separating element, a wavelength conversion element, and a reflective element. The at least one laser light source is adapted to generate at least one laser beam, and the at least one laser beam is adapted to penetrate at least one first coating region of the light separating element. The wavelength conversion element is adapted to convert the laser beam from the light separating element into a converted beam. A second coating region of a reflective surface of the reflective element is adapted to reflect a portion of the laser beam from the wavelength conversion element, and the second coating region and the first coating region are adapted to reflect the converted beam. The portion of the laser beam and the converted beam constitute an illumination beam. In the projection apparatus and the illumination system of the invention, the converted beam may be more effectively used, so that the illumination system has good optical efficiency, and the projection apparatus has good imaging effects. |
| US10281807B2 |
Projector, heat dissipation module, and heat dissipation fin set
A projector includes a casing, an optical engine module, and a heat dissipation module. The optical engine module is disposed in the casing. The heat dissipation module is disposed in the casing and includes a heat dissipation fin set. The heat dissipation fin set includes at least one heat dissipation fin and at least one turbulent structure. The heat dissipation fin has a surface. The surface includes a first turbulent region and a second turbulent region. The first turbulent region is adjacent to the second turbulent region. The turbulent structure is disposed at least one of the first turbulent region and the second turbulent region, and the turbulent structure protrudes from the surface. An opening is formed between a top end of the turbulent structure and the surface. |
| US10281805B2 |
Image display device and image display method
An image display device includes: a light source unit that sequentially supplies light of a plurality of colors; an image formation unit that is provided with a pixel region that is made up of a plurality of pixels, light of a plurality of colors supplied by the light source unit sequentially irradiating the pixel region, and images of a plurality of colors being sequentially formed by the modulation of the incident light by each of the pixels; and a controller that controls the image-forming operation of the image formation unit. The controller causes formation of images of at least one color among the plurality of colors with pixel combinations made up of a plurality of pixels as pixel units and individually controls each pixel that make up the pixel combinations. |
| US10281803B2 |
Panoramic camera mount
A panoramic device includes a base member and a clamp member rotatably interconnected within a single plane of rotation with the base that includes a first rotatable knob to selectively inhibit the rotation of the clamp member with respect to the base. The upper surface includes a central region that is at a different elevation than another portion of the upper surface. The clamp includes a pair of opposed surfaces suitable to detachably secure a camera thereto. The one of the opposed surfaces is maintained in a fixed relationship with respect to the clamp member. The other one of the opposed surfaces is in a movable relationship with respect to the clamp member using a second rotatable knob. The first knob and the second knob are rotatably connected with respect to one another. |
| US10281802B2 |
Connecting module and system using the same
The connecting module is converted to a third state from a first state through a second state. The connecting module includes a fourth part, a first part, a second part and a third part, which are sequentially disposed in an axial direction. The first part is fixed to the third part. From the first state to the third state, the fourth part rotates together with the first part. From the first state to the second state, the first part rotates with respect to the second part, and the second part moves with respect to the third part in the axial direction. |
| US10281801B2 |
Optical member driving system
An image capturing unit is provided, including a base, a frame movably connected to the base, a lens holder movably disposed in the frame for receiving a lens, a first magnet, a first coil, a second magnet, and a second coil. When a current is applied to the first coil, a magnetic force is generated between the first magnet and the first coil to move the frame and the lens holder relative to the base. When a current is applied to the second coil, a magnetic force is generated between the second magnet and the second coil to move the lens holder relative to the frame. |
| US10281796B2 |
Nonlinear optical material and methods of fabrication
Disclosed is a nonlinear optical (NLO) material for use in deep-UV applications, and methods of fabrication thereof. The NLO is fabricated from a plurality of components according to the formula AqByCz and a crystallographic non-centrosymmetric (NCS) structure. The NLO material may be fabricated as a polycrystalline or a single crystal material. In an embodiment, the material may be according to a formula Ba3ZnB5PO14. |
| US10281788B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
It is an object to provide a liquid crystal display device which has excellent viewing angle characteristics and higher quality. The present invention has a pixel including a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first liquid crystal element, and a second liquid crystal element. A pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a signal line through the first switch. The pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element through the second switch and the first resistor. The pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a Cs line through the third switch and the second resistor. A common electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a common electrode of the second liquid crystal element. |
| US10281783B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device including an insulating substrate, a first gate driver, a first gate line and a conductive material layer is provided. The first gate line has a first end connected to the first gate driver and a second end opposite to the first end, and extends in a first direction. The conductive material layer is located between the insulating substrate and the first gate line, overlaps the first gate line, and extends in the first direction. In the display device, the second end of the first gate line is electrically connected to the conductive material layer. |
| US10281781B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing the same
A display device includes a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area which is outside the display area; a first gate signal line and a second gate signal line each on the non-display area of the first substrate; a connection electrode which is on the non-display area of the first substrate and connects the first gate signal line and the second gate signal line to each other; and a static electricity prevention pattern which is on the non-display area of the first substrate and on the connection electrode. |
| US10281780B2 |
Method of installing electronic component, display device and display system
A display device includes a substrate stack including two substrates, a line between the two substrates, and a substrate side line connection part at an end of the line. The display device also includes an electronic component having an electronic component side line connection part. The electronic component side line connection part faces a vertical end surface of the substrate stack. The display device further includes a junction part that electrically joins the vertical end surface and the electronic component. The junction part includes a solder junction part between the substrate side line connection part and the electronic component side line connection part, a resin adhesion part at a region outside the solder junction part that adheres the vertical end surface and the electronic component, and a low-melting junction part between the vertical end surface and the electronic component and formed of a material having a melting point lower than the solder particle. |
| US10281777B2 |
Pixel configuration for a curved dual-panel electronic display device
A curved dual-panel electronic display device including a back display panel having a curved shape and a plurality of pixels and a front display panel having a curved shape and a plurality of pixels. The front display panel back display panel being stacked and curved such that the outer surface of the front display has convex shape. A first pixel from the front display panel overlaps with a second pixel from a second display panel in a normal view, and a length of the first pixel in a direction of the curve of the front display panel is larger than the length of the second pixel in a length direction of the curve of the back display panel. |
| US10281772B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel
An LCD device includes a TFT array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a plurality of photo spacers. The photo spacers are located inside the liquid crystal layer. The TFT array substrate includes a pixel electrode layer and an alignment layer. The alignment layer is arranged on the of TFT array substrate on the side near the liquid crystal layer. The pixel electrode layer is arranged on the alignment layer on the side far away from liquid crystal layer; the alignment layer includes a plurality of contact portion. The bottom of the photo spacers are holding with the contact portions. A plurality of block portion is adjacent to the contact portions. The block portion is a protrusion formed toward the color filter substrate with respect to the contact portion, so that the displacement of the photo spacers on the TFT array substrate can be limited. |
| US10281769B2 |
Optical sheet member and image display device using same
An optical sheet member includes a polarizing plate including a polarizer (A); an optical conversion member (D); and a brightness enhancement film including a reflection polarizer (B), in which the brightness enhancement film has a reflection center wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm, and the optical conversion member (D) converts a part of blue light which is transmitted through polarizer (B) and is incident on the optical conversion member (D), and has an emission center wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm and which has an emission center wavelength range of 500 nm to 600 nm and red light which has an emission center wavelength range of 600 nm to 700 nm, and transmits a part of the blue light. When the optical sheet member is incorporated in an image display device, front brightness, contrast, and a color reproducing region are enhanced, and color unevenness is reduced. |
| US10281768B2 |
Surface light source device and liquid crystal display device
A surface light source device includes: a plurality of LEDs emitting a light; a substrate having the plurality of LEDs mounted thereon; a light distribution control element arranged on the substrate, and distributing the light emitted from the plurality of LEDs; a reflection sheet reflecting a part of the light distributed by the light distribution control element to a display surface side of the surface light source device; a housing accommodating the plurality of LEDs, the substrate, the light distribution control element, and the reflection sheet; and a retaining member retaining the light distribution control element and the substrate under a state in which the retaining member is in contact with a surface of the light distribution control element that is opposite to a surface of the light distribution control element in contact with the substrate. |
| US10281765B2 |
Backlight unit provided with supporter of light source unit, manufacturing method of the supporter, and display device including the backlight unit
An exemplary embodiment provides a backlight unit including: a bottom chassis; a supporter positioned to extend along one edge of the bottom chassis; a light source unit fixed to the supporter; and a light guide plate that is positioned on the bottom chassis and is configured to transmit light emitted from a light source of the light source unit. The supporter may include a main body of which at least one corner area is cut and an insertion portion that is positioned at the corner area. Each of the main body and the insertion portion may include a base portion and a side wall, and the side wall of the insertion portion may extend from the side wall of the main body and in a direction different than a direction of the side wall of the main body. |
| US10281764B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate facing the first display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second display substrates, where the first display substrate includes a lower substrate, a pixel electrode, which is disposed on the lower substrate, and a protrusion pattern, which is disposed on the pixel electrode along an outer edge of the pixel electrode, the second display substrate includes an upper substrate and a light-shielding member, which is disposed on a surface of the upper substrate facing the first display substrate and in which indentation pattern parts are inwardly indented in a plan view, the light-shielding member includes light-shielding parts that are an entirety of the light-shielding member except for the indentation pattern parts, and the indentation pattern parts overlap parts of the pixel electrode. |
| US10281761B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
Provided is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a first sub-pixel configured to represent any one of red, green, and blue; a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel and configured to represent a different color from the first sub-pixel; and a black matrix disposed underneath along a boundary between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel and configured to have a particular width that suppresses color mixture between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel. |
| US10281758B2 |
LTPS array substrate and method for manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides an LTPS array substrate, comprising: a substrate; a gate electrode insulating layer; an interlayer insulating layer; an organic layer; a plurality of pressure sensitive plates formed on the organic layer; a metal layer formed on the organic layer and has a pattern of a plurality of planar touch control signal lines and a plurality of touch pressure control signal lines, wherein the touch pressure control signal lines are connected to the pressure sensitive plates; a passivation layer, wherein a plurality of common electrode plates are formed in the passivation layer, and the planar touch control signal lines are connected to the common electrode plates via a plurality of touch control through-holes. |
| US10281751B2 |
Liquid crystal dropping apparatus and heating thermos device
A liquid crystal dropping apparatus and a heating thermos device are provided. The liquid crystal dropping apparatus includes a heating member configured to heat a liquid crystal in the liquid crystal dropping apparatus, a detecting member, configured to detect a temperature of the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal dropping apparatus, and a control unit respectively connected to the heating member and the detecting member. The control unit controls the heating member according to the temperature detected by the detecting member to keep the temperature of the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal dropping apparatus being a predetermined temperature value. |
| US10281750B2 |
Processing platform for display panel
A processing platform for display panel, comprising a bracket; a platform base having two end portions to which a rotation shaft is fixed, wherein the rotation shaft is rotatably connected with the bracket, and the rotation shaft and the platform base rotate about the rotation shaft as an axis; a platform being connected to the platform base by a telescopic mechanism which can make the platform move in a direction of approaching the platform base or deviating from the platform base, and having a surface which is away from the platform base and on which an suction structure for sucking the display panel is disposed. |
| US10281749B2 |
Display substrate, method for driving the same and display device
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides a display substrate, its driving method and a display device, so as to reduce the power consumption of the display device. The display substrate includes a plurality of first transparent regions arranged in an array form. Each first transparent region serves as a subpixel, and a pixel includes at least two adjacent subpixels. The subpixels in each pixel correspond to backlight lamps in different colors respectively. The display substrate further includes a plurality of light-shielding structures each corresponding to one of the subpixels and configured to adjust a light transmission rate of the subpixel. |
| US10281746B2 |
Wavelength-tunable III-V/Si hybrid optical transmitter
An optical transmitter includes a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) coupled to an input end of a first optical waveguide. An end of the first optical waveguide provides a transmitter output for the optical transmitter. Moreover, a section of the first optical waveguide between the input end and the output end is optically coupled to a ring modulator that modulates an optical signal based on an electrical input signal. A passive ring filter (or a 1×N silicon-photonic switch and a bank of band reflectors) is connected to provide a mirror that reflects light received from the second optical waveguide back toward the RSOA to form a lasing cavity. Moreover, the ring modulator and the passive ring filter have different sizes, which causes a Vernier effect that provides a large wavelength tuning range for the lasing cavity in response to tuning the ring modulator and the passive ring filter. |
| US10281745B2 |
Electronic spectacles
The invention relates to spectacles. Said spectacles comprise a spectacle lens having a liquid crystal cell (LC) the transmission (TR) of which can be switched between transmitting and blocking. Furthermore, the spectacles comprise an eye tracker (ET) which can detect the viewing direction of the eye. They further comprise at least one sensor (IL, IR) for measuring the brightness of the visible light incident on it, said sensor being arranged on the eye side of the spectacle lens and measuring the brightness entering through the at least one spectacle lens in a spatially resolved manner. The sensor can determine the brightness of the visible light incident on it from the viewing direction of the eye detected by the eye tracker. The spectacles also have a closed loop control system for controlling the transmission of the liquid crystal cell, a desired value for the brightness at the level of the eye being predetermined, and the closed loop system using the brightness measured by the sensor in the viewing direction of the eye as the actual value. |
| US10281742B2 |
Contact lenses for myopic eyes and methods of treating myopia
A contact lens and a method for treating an eye with myopia is described. The contact lens includes an inner optic zone and an outer optic zone. The outer optic zone includes at least a portion with a first power, selected to correct distance vision. The inner optic zone has a relatively more positive power (an add power). In some embodiments the add power is substantially constant across the inner optic zone. In other embodiments the add power is variable across the inner optic zone. While in some embodiments the inner optic zone has a power designed to substantially eliminate lag of accommodation in the eye with myopia, in other embodiments, the add power may be higher. |
| US10281741B2 |
Ophthalmic lens treatment system
An ophthalmic lens treatment planning System receives lens and ophthalmic lens treatment information from a customer lens order, identification of available equipment to apply ophthalmic lens treatment(s) from the customer order, and performance and parameters of the available equipment. The ophthalmic lens treatment planning System formulates an optimal ophthalmic lens treatment plan to be implemented by the available equipment to apply the ophthalmic lens treatment(s) from the customer order to the lens. Following application of the optimal ophthalmic lens treatment plan to the lens, the resulting lens may be measured to provide last run results and the last run results may be fed back to the ophthalmic lens treatment planning System to provide further performance and parameters of the available equipment to the ophthalmic lens treatment planning System. |
| US10281740B2 |
Contact lens manufacturing method and contact lens
The purpose of the present invention is to provide novel contact lens manufacturing method and contact lens capable of giving a lens inner surface shape reflecting a cornea shape of a contact lens wearer more easily than before with sufficient accuracy to reflect the cornea shape, thereby improving comfort during use. By using statistical information on a corneal surface shape obtained from a population of target eyes having a feature to be treated, a fitting for a rotationally-symmetric shape is performed based on a definitional equation using a radius of curvature (R) and a conic constant (C.C.) while a fitting for a rotationally-asymmetric shape is performed based on a definitional equation using a Zernike function. A shape of a lens rear surface (20) corresponding to the corneal surface shape specified by these definitional equations is adopted for a rear surface of a peripheral area of a contact lens (10). |
| US10281739B2 |
Brightness-dependent adjustment of a spectacle lens
Adjustment of an eyeglass lens or a pair of eyeglasses by means of an individual brightness-dependent centering of an eyeglass lens. In particular, a method for adjusting an individual eyeglass lens for at least one eye of an eyeglass wearer, including: defining an individual usage situation which comprises at least one target brightness value for the light to be captured by the at least one eye; determining a position of the pupil in at least one direction of view of the at least one eye which occurs or is expected at the at least one target brightness value; determining a reference point of the eyeglass lens, in which the eyeglass lens effects a required correction of individual refraction data for the at least one direction of view; on the basis of the determined individual value of the pupil position, providing and arranging the eyeglass lens in such a manner that the at least one reference point of the eyeglass lens is arranged in front of the at least one eye of the eyeglass wearer. |
| US10281735B2 |
Optical system and optical apparatus incorporating the same
An optical system includes an aperture diaphragm, a first optical element disposed on a light incident side of the aperture diaphragm, and a second optical element disposed on a light emission side of the aperture diaphragm. Transmittance distribution of the first optical element satisfies a predetermined conditional expression. Transmittance distribution of the second optical element satisfies a predetermined conditional expression. |
| US10281732B2 |
System and method for autostereoscopic imaging using holographic optical element
Systems and methods for creating an autostereoscopic display include a holographic optical element (HOE) recorded using coherent light divided into diverging reference and object beams that illuminate the HOE from opposite sides. The object beam passes through first and second diffusers with one diffuser being a directional diffuser to more uniformly illuminate the HOE. Optic elements may be used to more closely match beam diameters and/or profiles of the recording wavelengths. Baffles may be positioned on opposite sides of the HOE with openings aligned proximate the reference beam and object beam paths, respectively, to reduce stray reflections and provide ambient air flow attenuation or damping. One or more edges of the HOE are masked to reduce or prevent stray light from entering and reflecting within the HOE during recording. |
| US10281725B2 |
Light flux diameter expanding element and image display device
A light flux diameter expanding element includes a light guiding plate with a light input face and a light output face, and with a thickness of 0.2 mm to 0.8 mm; a diffraction grating on the input side; and a diffraction grating on the output side, and is provided so as to have the same grating period as that of the diffraction grating on the input side, in which a forming region of the diffraction grating on the input side is smaller than that of the output side, and a grating period of the diffraction grating on the input side is a period in which a small diffraction angle in diffraction angles of +1-st order diffracted light and −1-st order diffracted light, which are diffracted in the diffraction grating on the input side, in the light guiding plate becomes larger than a critical angle of the light guiding plate. |
| US10281724B2 |
Image display device
An image display device is used by being mounted on an observer, and includes: a frame section that includes a front section and a temple section; a modulated light generation section, a scan section that is arranged in the temple section and scans the modulated light which is emitted from the modulated light generation section; a deflection section that is arranged in the front section and deflects the modulated light which is scanned by the scan section toward the eye of the observer; and a detection section that detects the modulated light which is reflected in the deflection section. |
| US10281721B2 |
System and method for augmented reality head up display for vehicles
What is disclosed is a method for augmented reality head up display in a user vehicle comprising: capturing, by input devices, input data; receiving, by a communications manager, said captured input data from said input devices; receiving, by said communications manager, data from a communications path from at least one of a data center, and one or more external parties; providing, by said communications manager, said received captured input data from said input devices, and said data received from said communications path to a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to said communications manager; generating, by said CPU, custom data based on at least one of said received captured input data, and said data received from said communications path; and displaying, by a windshield projector, said generated custom data on a windshield of said vehicle. |
| US10281719B2 |
Virtual reality display device and method of driving the same
A display device performs efficient driving by selectively scanning a peripheral area processed to have low resolution. The display device includes a gate driver that scans a first subset of pixel rows in a first scan block including only the peripheral area during a first frame and a second frame, and respectively scan during the first frame and the second frame a second subset of pixel rows and a third subset of pixel rows in a second scan block including the medial area and the peripheral area excluding the foveal area, and scan pixel rows of pixels in a third scan block including the foveal area, the medial area, and the peripheral area during the first frame and the second frame. |
| US10281718B2 |
Scanning MEMS reflector system
The actuation range obtained with a bending piezoelectric actuator in MEMS mirror system is mechanically amplified by fixing the moving end of the actuator to a suspender which suspends a reflector from a frame. The fixing point lies somewhere between the two ends of the suspender. The actuator and the suspender together form an actuator unit with a greater actuation range than one actuator can obtain by itself. In one embodiment, the suspender is a rigid lever. In another embodiment, the suspender is another bending actuator so that an additional increase in the actuation range can be obtained from the actuating movement of the second actuator. |
| US10281716B2 |
Mirror driving device and driving method thereof
A piezoelectric actuator part which generates a driving force to rotate a mirror part about a rotation axis includes a first actuator part and a second actuator part having a both-end supported beam structure in which base end parts on both sides in an axial direction of the rotation axis are fixed. The first actuator part has a first electrode part and second electrode parts. The second actuator part has third electrode parts and a fourth electrode part. The arrangement of the each electrode part constituting an upper electrode corresponds to a stress distribution of principal stresses in a piezoelectric body during resonance mode vibration, and a piezoelectric portion corresponding to positions of the first electrode part and the third electrode parts and a piezoelectric portion corresponding to positions of the second electrode parts and the fourth electrode part generate stresses in opposite directions. |
| US10281715B2 |
Imaging displacement module
An image displacement module is adapted for an optical apparatus to switch image positions of a plurality of plane image. The image displacement module includes a carrying base and a rotating base. The carrying base is adapted to control the rotating base to vibrate back forth within an angle, such that the imaging positions of the plane image on the horizontal direction are moved by a first distance and the imaging positions of the plane image on the vertical direction are moved by a second distance at the same time. Alternatively, the carrying base is adapted to control the rotating base to rotate relative to two axes of a reference plane, such that the plane image are moved by a distance along one of a plurality of movement directions. |
| US10281711B2 |
Endoscope with retention member
An endoscope includes an image sensor that is disposed at a front end portion of an insertion portion of the endoscope; a circuit board that is mounted with the image sensor; a plurality of electric wires that are electrically connected to the circuit board; and a retention member that has a retention portion tying up the electric wires; and the retention portion is disposed in a narrowed section that is provided in the insertion portion and inside a part adjacent to the front end portion in an axial direction of the insertion portion and narrowed in a narrowing direction perpendicular to the axial direction so that the electric wires are tied up to be longer in a direction perpendicular to the narrowing direction and the axial direction than in the narrowing direction. |
| US10281704B2 |
Observation apparatus and observation method to observe a sample with reflected light transmitted through the sample
Provided is an observation apparatus and an observation method with which it is possible to observe imaging subjects, such as cells or the like, without labeling the imaging subjects and without causing an increase in the apparatus size. Provided is an observation apparatus including: a light-source unit that emits illumination light upward from below a sample; and an image-capturing optical system that has an objective lens that collects transmitted light, which is the illumination light emitted from the light-source unit that has passed through the sample by being reflected above the sample and that captures, below the sample, the transmitted light collected by the objective lens. |
| US10281698B2 |
Laser scanning microscope and method for correcting imaging errors particularly in high-resolution scanning microscopy
A laser scanning microscope (SR-LSM) and a method for correcting imaging errors in a laser scanning microscope. The SR-LSM includes an illumination device for providing an illumination spot; a scanner for moving the illumination spot to consecutive scanning positions over a sample to be examined; an adaptive optics unit for controlling a wavefront of the illumination spot with a control device and a detector for determining a spatially resolved imaging spot emitted by the sample. An evaluation unit is provided for determining a point-spread function (PSF) of the imaging spot at each scanning position, whereby a wavefront correction signal determined from the point-spread function (PSF) of a scanning position is supplied to the control device of the adaptive optics unit or is used in digital post-processing of the microscope image (e.g. by means of deconvolution). |
| US10281691B2 |
Lens drive device, camera module, and camera-mounting device
A lens drive device is provided with: an AF drive unit that has an AF coil unit and an AF magnet unit and automatically carries out focusing by moving an AF movable unit with respect to an AF fixed unit, making use of drive force from a voice coil motor; and a base unit disposed with an intervening space on the image formation side of the AF drive unit in the direction of the optical axis. The AF drive unit has elastic support units connecting the AF movable unit and the AF fixed unit. The AF movable unit is affixed to the AF fixed unit by being pressed upward to the light receiving side in the direction of the optical axis by the AF magnet unit and urged toward the image formation side in the direction of the optical axis by the elastic support units. |
| US10281689B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a positive first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, and a positive sixth lens. The first lens is formed in a shape so that surfaces thereof on the object and image plane sides have positive curvature radii. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a negative curvature radius. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that surfaces thereof on the object and image plane sides are aspheric. |
| US10281687B2 |
Varifocal optical system
The present disclosure relates to the field of imaging technologies and, particularly, relates to a varifocal optical system. The varifocal optical system includes a front fixing group, a triple prism, a zooming group, a compensating group, an objective lens group and an image plane which are successively arranged along an incident direction of light, and a total focal length of the varifocal optical system is a fixed value; the front fixing group includes a first lens; the zooming group includes a second lens; the compensating group includes a third lens and a fourth lens arranged along an optical path direction; the object lens group includes a fifth lens; and the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens are all glass lenses. The present disclosure can satisfy the developing trend of miniaturization on electronic devices, and has a better imaging performance. |
| US10281685B1 |
Camera optical lens
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions. |
| US10281678B2 |
Assay apparatuses, methods and reagants
Apparatuses, systems, method, reagents, and kits for conducting assays as well as process for their preparation are described. They are particularly well suited for conducting automated analysis in a multi-well plate assay format. |
| US10281672B1 |
Fiber optic patching system
A fiber optic patching system may include one or more cassettes which may be removably coupled a chassis. A cassette may include a channel with a lock tab disposed within the channel. Each cassette may be adapted to receive and secure any type of data cable and cable connector. A chassis may include an alignment slot and a key which may extend away from the alignment slot, and the key may have a key aperture. The cassette may be coupled within the alignment slot by inserting the key into the channel so that the lock tab and key aperture are engaged together. Preferably, the portion of the key having the key aperture may be movable away from the portion of the cassette having the lock tab to disengage the lock tab and key aperture so that the cassette is able to be uncoupled from the alignment slot. |
| US10281671B2 |
Combined hybrid cable housing and splitter
An assembly can include a barrel housing having an opened end. The barrel housing can also include a barrel port for mounting a first compression fitting. A racetrack tray can be positioned within the barrel housing. The racetrack tray can receive an optical fiber and an electrical cable of a hybrid cable. A cap can be secured to the opened end of the barrel housing. The cap can include a cap port for receiving a second compression fitting. A primary seal can be positioned in a groove on one of the cap or the barrel housing. The primary seal can create a pressure seal between the cap and the barrel housing. |
| US10281670B2 |
Fiber optic terminal enclosure
A terminal enclosure with a terminal base with a hole; a terminal lid with an adapter mounting face and a mounting hole in the mounting face; a right angle transition body with first and second ends; an adapter which passes through the mounting hole and is mounted to the mounting face; and a fiber optic cable, attached to the second end of the right angle transition body, with an optical fiber with a connector at one end. The mounting face is formed at an angle α, between 0 and 180 degrees, from a plane formed where the terminal lid and base meet. The optical fiber connector is connected to the adapter. The first end of the right angle transition body passes through the terminal base hole. The terminal base and terminal lid are configured to be attached together. |
| US10281664B1 |
Method for determining a spatial relationship between an optoelectronic chip and an optical mount
A method for determining a spatial relationship between an optoelectronic chip and an optical mount, the method may include temporarily filling, by a liquid, a gap formed between a lens of the optical mount and the optoelectronic chip, while the optical mount contacts the optoelectronic chip; inspecting an optical component of the optoelectronic chip through the lens and through the liquid that fills the gap; and determining the spatial relationship between the optoelectronic chip and the optical mount based on the outcome of the inspecting of the optical component. |
| US10281663B1 |
Photonic integrated circuit with active alignment
An example photonic integrated circuit includes a transmitter circuit with a optical communication path to an optical coupler configured to couple with an optical fiber. The optical communication path has a propagation direction away from the transmitter circuit and towards the optical coupler. A counter-propagating tap diverts light sent by a light source backward against the propagation direction of the optical communication path. A photodiode receives the diverted light and measures its power level. The photodiode generates a feedback signal for the optical coupler and provides the feedback signal to the optical coupler. The optical coupler receives the feedback signal and adjusts a coupling alignment of the optical communication path to the optical fiber based on the feedback signal, which indicates the measured power level of the diverted counter-propagating light. |
| US10281656B2 |
Electively coupling a laser beam into a multi-clad fiber
The invention concerns a method for generating a laser beam (3) with different beam profile characteristics, whereby a laser beam (2) is coupled into one fiber end (1a) of a multi-clad fiber (1), in particular a double-clad fiber, and emitted from the other fiber end (1b) of the multi-clad fiber (1) and whereby, to generate different beam profile characteristics of the output laser beam (3), the input laser beam (2) is electively coupled either at least into the inner fiber core (4) of the multi-clad fiber (1) or at least into at least one outer ring core (6) of the multi-clad fiber (1), as well as a corresponding arrangement (10). |
| US10281655B2 |
Field inversion waveguide using micro-prism array
A field inverting optical waveguide is disclosed. The waveguide is configured to convey electromagnetic radiation from an ingress end to an egress end along an optical path. The waveguide includes an optically flat input surface disposed at the waveguide ingress end, and an exit surface disposed substantially opposite the input surface at the waveguide egress end. The exit surface includes an array of prisms projecting outward from or inward to the exit surface. The input surface and the exit surface are arranged substantially orthogonally to the optical path. |
| US10281653B2 |
Optical receiver module and process to assemble optical receiver module
An optical receiver module that receives a wavelength multiplexed light and a process to assemble the optical receiver module are disclosed. The optical receiver module provides a coupling unit to collimate the wavelength multiplexed light and a device unit that installs an optical de-multiplexer and photodiode elements within a housing. The front wall of the housing through which the wavelength multiplexed light passes is polished in a right angle with respect to the bottom of the housing. |
| US10281650B2 |
Optical comb filter having first, second and third GT resonant cavities
An optical comb filter, comprising an input/output collimator (50), an output collimator (60), a spectroscope (10), and first, second and third GT resonant cavities (20, 30, 40), wherein each GT resonant cavity comprises a transparent solid block coated with a membrane layer and a spacing part, a through hole is provided on the transparent solid block, and the transparent solid block and the spacing part form a hollow cavity; and rectangular orientation of an insertion loss curve is realized, and the bandwidth utilization rate is high. |
| US10281648B2 |
Device support structures from bulk substrates
A substrate is composed of a first material. A photonic structure is composed of the first material connected to one or more support structures composed of the first material between the photonic structure and a surface of the substrate, with at least one of the support structures supporting a first section of a strip of the photonic structure. The first section has a width that is wider than a width of a second section of the strip and has a length that is at least about twice the width of the second section of the strip. |
| US10281638B2 |
Wavelength converting module and light-source module applying the same
A wavelength converting module includes a wavelength converting unit. The wavelength converting unit is at least made of a phosphor material. The wavelength converting unit is a solid rod-shaped structure, in which two opposite end surfaces of the rod-shaped wavelength converting unit are a light-entrance surface and a light-exit surface respectively. |
| US10281636B2 |
Back light
A backlight unit includes a light source having an emission region, a wiring board having the light source mounted thereon, a light guide plate having a side surface into which light from the light source enters, and a front surface from which the light exits, a light shielding adhesive tape adhering to the wiring board, and an optical sheet which overlaps with the front surface of the light guide plate. The front surface of the light guide plate includes an effective region serving as a planar light source and a light entering region ranging from the side surface to the effective region. The wiring board and the light-shielding adhesive tape each have a part positioned in the light entering region, and the optical sheet is arranged from the effective region to the light entering region. An end portion of the optical sheet overlaps with the light-shielding tape. |
| US10281634B2 |
Light source apparatus
A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light source modules each including at least one light source unit, light guide lines connected respectively to the light source units, and a casing accommodating the plurality of light source modules and the plurality of light guide lines. The light guide lines are led from the light source units so as not to intervene in the plurality of light source modules when viewed in a direction perpendicular to an array direction of the plurality of light source modules. The plurality of light source modules are separately attachable and detachable in the direction perpendicular to the array direction of the plurality of light source modules. |
| US10281633B2 |
Light source device and luminaire
A light source device according to an embodiment includes a solid-state light source, and an optical transmission fiber. The optical transmission fiber includes a wavelength conversion core, a light guide core, and a clad, the wavelength conversion core absorbing excitation light to generate a population inversion state of electrons and including a wavelength conversion material emitting wavelength converted light in a visible light region, the light guide core covering a periphery of the wavelength conversion core and transmitting the wavelength converted light from a first end face side to a second end face side, and the clad covering a periphery of the light guide core. In the optical transmission fiber, the wavelength converted light propagating in the light guide core generates stimulated emission, and the excitation light and the wavelength converted light amplified by the stimulated emission are emitted from the second end face. |
| US10281632B2 |
Illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with optical member with optical rotatory power to rotate linear polarization direction
An illumination optical apparatus illuminates a pattern on a mask with illumination light. The illumination optical apparatus includes an optical integrator arranged in an optical path of the illumination light, and a polarization member made of optical material with optical rotatory power, which is arranged in the optical path on an incidence side of the optical integrator, and which changes a polarization state of the illumination light. The illumination light from the polarization member is irradiated onto the pattern through a pupil plane of the illumination optical apparatus. |
| US10281630B2 |
Optical films for electronic device displays
A display may include an optical film to promote sunglass-friendly viewing of the display. Displays may include linear polarizers. For example, a liquid crystal display may have a linear polarizer above a liquid crystal layer, whereas an organic light-emitting diode display may have a linear polarizer that forms a portion of a circular polarizer to reduce reflections in the display. Displays that emit linearly polarized light may not be compatible with polarized sunglasses. To ensure an optimal user experience for users wearing sunglasses, displays may include sunglass-friendly optical films. A sunglass-friendly optical film may be a film formed from a birefringent material such as a polymer or liquid crystal. The sunglass-friendly optical film may have an optical axis that is at a 45° angle relative to the optical axis of the underlying linear polarizer. The sunglass-friendly optical film may be patterned to have reduced thickness regions. |
| US10281629B2 |
Color conversion panel, manufacturing method of the same, and display device including the same
A color conversion panel includes a substrate, a plurality of color conversion layers and a transmission layer on the substrate, a capping layer on the plurality of color conversion layers and the transmission layer, and a filter layer on the capping layer. |
| US10281622B2 |
Multilayer polymeric reflector
A multilayer polymeric reflector is provided which comprises: a) a plurality of first optical layers, each first optical layer comprising a polyester having terephthalate comonomer units and ethylene glycol comonomer units, the polyester having a glass transition temperature, where each first optical layer is oriented, and b) a plurality of second optical layers disposed in a repeating sequence with the plurality of first optical layers, each second optical layer comprising a blend of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), where the blend has a glass transition temperature less than the glass transition temperature of the polyester comprising the first optical layers, and where the amount of PVDF in the PMMA/PVDF blend is greater than and not equal to about 40% and not more than about 65%. Articles comprising the multilayer polymeric reflector are also provided. |
| US10281621B2 |
Camera module including liquid lens, optical device including the same, and method of manufacturing camera module including liquid lens
An embodiment of a camera module includes a holder configured such that the upper and lower portions of the holder are open and such that a first hole and a second hole, opposite to the first hole, are formed in the side surface of the holder, a first lens unit coupled to the upper portion of the holder, a second lens unit coupled to the lower portion of the holder, and a liquid lens disposed in the first hole and the second hole of the holder between the first lens unit and the second lens unit, the liquid lens protruding outward from the side surface of the holder, wherein at least a portion of the liquid lens may be spaced apart from the inner surface of the holder. |
| US10281618B2 |
Polarizing plate and image display device
Provided are a polarizing plate having excellent surface hardness and excellent adhesiveness between a polarizer and a resin layer arranged on the polarizer, and an image display device including the polarizing plate. The polarizing plate of the present invention includes a polarizer and a resin layer directly in contact with the polarizer, the resin layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing and curing a boronic acid monomer having a boronic acid group denoted by Formula (1) and a polymerizable group, and a multifunctional monomer, Re(550) and Rth(550) of the resin layer respectively satisfy Expression (X) and Expression (Y) described below, and the thickness of the polarizer is less than or equal to 35 μm. Expression (X) Re(550)≤10 nm and |Rth(550)|≤10 nm Expression (Y) |
| US10281617B1 |
Highly durable hydrophobic antireflection structures and method of manufacturing the same
Durable hydrophobic antireflection structures for optical elements, optical windows, and front sheets of encapsulated photovoltaic and photonic devices are disclosed which can minimize reflection losses over the entire accessible portion of the solar spectrum simultaneously provide self-cleaning and finger-print-free surface. Reduced reflectance and self-cleaning surfaces are resulted from coating the front sheet of encapsulated device with combination of nonporous and porous nanostructured materials such as silicon dioxide nanorods and PTFE. Step-graded antireflection structures can exhibit excellent omnidirectional performance, significantly outperforming conventional quarter wavelength and low-high-low refractive index coatings. Methods of constructing nanostructured durable optical coatings with hydrophobic surfaces are disclosed that can cover large-area ridged and flexible substrates. |
| US10281616B2 |
Transparent body for use in a touch panel having structured transparent conductive film directly between first and second transparent layer stacks, method of making, and apparatus for making
A process for manufacturing a transparent body for use in a touch screen panel is provided. The process includes: depositing a first transparent layer stack over a transparent substrate, wherein said first transparent layer stack includes at least a first dielectric film with a first refractive index, and a second dielectric film with a second refractive index different from the first refractive index, providing a structured transparent conductive film in a manner such that the first transparent layer stack and the transparent conductive film are disposed over the substrate in this order, and wherein the structured transparent conductive film has a sheet resistance of 100 Ohm/square or below, and depositing a second transparent layer stack over the transparent conductive film, wherein said second transparent layer stack includes at least a third dielectric film with a third refractive index, and a fourth dielectric film or a transparent adhesive with a fourth refractive index, wherein the first transparent layer stack, the structured transparent conductive film and the second transparent layer stack are provided in this order. |
| US10281609B2 |
Multi-frequency landscape analysis system, method, and apparatus for furniture sensing
A multi-frequency sensing system for capacitive, presence-sensing technology incorporated into furniture is provided. Embodiments of the sensing system include at least one capacitive sensor coupled to a furniture item for monitoring an amount of change in capacitance with respect to at least one sensing element coupled to the furniture item. The system further includes a landscape analysis component having a plurality of frequency samplers, which generates an average capacitance change associated with the furniture item. Further, the average capacitance change may be used to determine whether the indication of average capacitance change satisfies a capacitance threshold of the furniture item. |
| US10281605B2 |
Communication systems for water vehicles
Various technologies described herein are directed to a method that includes deploying a plurality of wave gliders in a seismic survey area, where the plurality of wave gliders has one or more seismic sensors coupled thereto for acquiring seismic data. The method may also include deploying at least one source vessel in the seismic survey area, where the at least one source vessel has one or more sources coupled thereto and a central communication unit disposed thereon. The method may then include positioning the plurality of wave gliders according to an initial navigation plan. The method may further include monitoring a relative position of a respective wave glider in the plurality of wave gliders with respect to other wave gliders in the plurality of wave gliders and with respect to the at least one source vessel. |
| US10281597B2 |
Detection of X-ray beam start and stop
A radiographic energy detecting pixel generates charges in a photosensor in response to photon impacts. A switch electrically connected to the photosensor selectively transmits collected charges to a data line. A sensing circuit electrically connected to the photosensor detects a rate of accumulation of the charges in the photosensor. |
| US10281596B2 |
Correcting photon counts in a photon counting X-ray radiation detection system
The invention relates to a photon counting x-ray radiation detection system. The system (31) comprises an x-ray radiation device (2) for providing polychromatic x-ray radiation (4) for traversing an examination zone (5) during a detection period of a scan. A photon counting detection device (6) comprising detection elements (3) detects the x-ray radiation after having traversed the examination zone and measures for each detection element photon counts in one or more energy bins during the detection period. A correction unit (12) estimates for each detection element an amount of a build up charge present in the detection element and corrects the measured photon counts for the detection element based on the estimated amount of the build up charge. This allows the corruption of the photon count rates caused by the build up charges to be compensated and to improve the determination of the photon counts. |
| US10281593B2 |
Energy detection apparatus, methods, and systems
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method, may operate to transform photons received at a scintillator into scintillation energy at a light yield efficiency of at least 30% at temperatures above 150 C. Further activities may include converting the scintillation energy to electron-hole pairs within a pixelated array of a position-sensitive detector having a bandgap of at least 2 eV. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are described. |
| US10281592B2 |
Radiation measuring apparatus, computer program product, and radiation computed tomography apparatus
According to an embodiment, a radiation measuring apparatus includes a detector, comparators, a threshold controller, counters, and a generator. The detector includes plural detecting elements each configured to convert energy of incident radiation into a first electrical signal. The comparators correspond to the respective detecting elements, each comparator being configured to output a second electrical signal when a level of the corresponding first electrical signal is not less than a threshold. The threshold controller is configured to supply a first value as the threshold to the respective comparators at a first time, and supply a second value as the threshold to the respective comparators at a second time. The counters correspond to the respective comparators, each counter being configured to count the corresponding second electrical signal. The generator is configured to generate a pulse height frequency distribution of the radiation by using counts of the counters. |
| US10281591B2 |
Ceramic scintillator array, X-ray detector, and X-ray inspection device
A ceramic scintillator array of an embodiment includes: a plurality of scintillator segments each composed of a sintered compact of a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor; a first reflective layer interposed between the scintillator segments adjacent to each other; and a second reflective layer arranged on a side of surfaces, on which an X-ray is incident, of the plurality of scintillator segments. A difference in dimension between an end portion of a surface of the second reflective layer and a most convex portion of the surface of the second reflective layer is 30 μm or less. |
| US10281590B2 |
Cooperative receiver system with mobile to mobile assistance
Location of a device within a monitored environment with compromised communication with ranging communication nodes. Specifically, an intermediate device previously located by communication with ranging communication nodes is provided to provide a ranging signal to a device to be located. The device to be located may in turn use a ranging signal received from communication with the previously located device and one or more ranging communication nodes to resolve a location. |
| US10281588B2 |
GNSS surveying using RTK engine verification
Systems and methods for performing land surveying using real-time kinematic (RTK) engine verification are provided. In one example, a first set of positions of a GNSS receiver may be determined using each of a plurality of RTK engines. If a number of the plurality of RTK engines that produce a fixed solution is greater than or equal to a threshold value, a position of the GNSS receiver may be determined based on at least a portion of the first set of positions. The determined position may then be stored. This process may be repeated any number of times to produce a desired number of stored positions. In response to the number of stored positions being equal to a minimum value, a final position of the GNSS device may be determined based on the stored positions. |
| US10281586B2 |
Transmission data for flight check
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for performing a flight check of one or more navigational aid systems. Aspects include obtaining, using an aircraft, first information associated with an accuracy of signals transmitted by a localizer. Aspects also include obtaining, using the aircraft, second information associated with an accuracy of signals transmitted by a glide slope station. Aspects also include transmitting the first information and the second information to a ground receiver for processing. |
| US10281584B2 |
Receiver and method for direct sequence spread spectrum signals
A received Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS signal is processed by performing DSSS acquisition to obtain estimates of a frequency offset and a spreading code phase, sequentially obtaining, for each one of a plurality of segments of a received DSSS signal, a correlation function between the DSSS signal segment and a replica of a spreading code by using a Time and Frequency Transform based correlation method, the estimated frequency and the spreading code phase, and performing DSSS carrier tracking by tracking the phase of a correlation peak in the obtained correlation functions, and applying phase corrections to the obtained correlation functions to provide fine Doppler compensation. The time and frequency transform based correlation method involves, for each segment of the received DSSS signal, obtaining a plurality of samples and transforming the samples from the time domain to the frequency domain. |
| US10281574B2 |
Method for assessing a ground area for suitability as a landing zone or taxi area for aircraft
A method for assessing a ground area for suitability as a landing zone or taxi area for aircraft is provided. Three-dimensional data for the ground area in a plurality of measurement cycles in a 3D sensor is produced. The measured-value density of the three-dimensional data and also of at least one further statistical property of the three-dimensional data is determined. A measure of the local roughness of the ground area is produced based on the measured-value density and the at least one further statistical property. The individual area elements of the ground area are classified on the basis of the roughness values produced according to the degree of suitability of said area elements as a landing area or taxi area. |
| US10281573B1 |
Retrodiction tracking system and related techniques
A retrodiction tracker and related techniques and system are described. The technique extends the track range of an inbound target, initially detected with a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) (or initially detected with signals having a low probability of detection) to that of an outbound target where the low SNR detection is being associated with a confirmed, established, track. Retrodiction and backward propagation are being combined with historical plot-to-track association to significantly enhance the tracking capability of a radar. |
| US10281571B2 |
Phased array antenna using stacked beams in elevation and azimuth
A radar system uses a rotating antenna array having rows that display dispersive properties while feeding multiple radiating elements. In some embodiments, the radiating elements are dual polarized. In at least one embodiment, beam spoiling may be used to generate an unfocused transmit beam that covers an entire elevation range of interest. Digital beam forming may be used during a receive mode to achieve a stack of narrow-width receive beams in elevation. Frequency scanning may also be used to achieve stacked beams in azimuth. |
| US10281570B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting, tracking and identifying small unmanned systems such as drones
A system for providing integrated detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles include a detecting element, a location determining element and an interdiction element. The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person. The location determining element determines the exact location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The interdiction element can either direct the unmanned aerial vehicle away from the property, place, event or very important person in a non-destructive manner, or can cause disable the unmanned aerial vehicle in a destructive manner. |
| US10281567B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing an acoustic field
The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for the modulation of an acoustic field for providing tactile sensations. A method of creating haptic feedback using ultrasound is provided. The method comprises the steps of generating a plurality of ultrasound waves with a common focal point using a phased array of ultrasound transducers, the common focal point being a haptic feedback point, and modulating the generation of the ultrasound waves using a waveform selected to produce little or no audible sound at the haptic feedback point. |
| US10281564B2 |
Refractive beam steering device useful for automated vehicle LIDAR
An illustrative example device for steering a beam of radiation includes at least one compressible optic component including at least one lens in a compressible optic material adjacent the lens. An actuator controls an orientation of the lens by selectively applying pressure on the compressible optic material. |
| US10281562B2 |
Buffer sample size control for variable chirp radar
A method of radar signal processing includes providing an analog front end (AFE) including an amplifier coupled between an antenna and an ADC in a receive path, where an ADC output is coupled to an input of an elastic ADC buffer (elastic buffer) including a divided memory with for writing samples from the ADC (samples) while reading earlier written samples to a first signal processor by a high speed interface. A transmit path includes at least one power amplifier provided by the AFE coupled to drive an antenna. A Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) is determined across all chirps in a radar frame programmed to be used. For each frame a sample size for the elastic buffer is dynamically controlled constant to be equal to the GCD for reading samples from one memory block and writing samples to another memory block throughout all chirps in the frame. |
| US10281559B2 |
Assignment messages acknowledging access attempt without assigning resources
A mobile station (MS), a base station subsystem (BSS), and various methods are described herein that enable the MS to receive acknowledgement of an access attempt for performing a multilateration timing advance (MTA) procedure using an Access Burst method without also being assigned resources. |
| US10281558B2 |
Water-resistant exterior joint compounds
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to joint compounds for sealing exterior sheathing wallboards applied on the exterior of buildings. This invention also relates to a process of preparing such exterior joint compounds. The joint compounds of this invention comprise an aqueous emulsion system and provide water resistance comparable to the substrate on which they are applied, that is, the exterior sheathing wallboards. |
| US10281556B2 |
Interference detection and rejection for wide area positioning systems
Detecting and mitigating the effects of interference in a positioning system. A received signal is divided into a plurality of receive signal time/frequency (RSTF) values. A plurality of threshold values are determined based on expected energy values for the received signal. In one implementation, if a predetermined number of the RSTF values are above the threshold, the received signal is determined to be corrupt. |
| US10281554B2 |
Method, device and system for target tracking
The disclosure discloses a method, device and system for target tracking. Wherein, the method for target tracking includes that: Global Positioning System (GPS) information of a target object monitored by tracking equipment is acquired (S102); Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) coordinate information corresponding to the GPS information of the target object is obtained according to a pre-stored conversion relationship between GPS information and PTZ coordinate information (S104); and the tracking equipment is regulated to control the tracking equipment to monitor the target object according to the PTZ coordinate information of the target object (S106). The problem of inaccuracy of a monitoring result of a method for monitoring a tracking target in the conventional art is solved. |
| US10281552B2 |
Method, system, and apparatus for rapidly measuring incident solar irradiance on multiple planes of differing angular orientations
Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein include measuring and reporting the unit planar area incident radiant flux striking multiple planes at known, determined angles of tilt from the horizontal and pre-determined angles of azimuthal orientation corresponding to that of an associated solar power generating apparatus which employs a single axis or two axis photovoltaic module tracking design. |
| US10281551B2 |
Compound eye laser tracking device
The Compound Eye Laser Illumination Seeker is a tracking system used to guide items to point at a laser-illuminated target, with the illumination being either pulsed or modulated at either a specific rate or within a range of rates. The device comprises a multiaperture compound receiver optics to collect the signal, a set of light guides to combine the received light into light representing individual angular sectors and redirect it to detectors whose output represents the illumination signal in that quadrant, a spectral filter, an angle filter, the set of detectors, and processing electronics. The output is an electronic signal indicating the angular difference between the pointing direction of the signal and the pointing direction of the tracking device. |
| US10281549B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and image processing apparatus
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a collector, a transformation module, an unfolding module and an inverse transformation module. The collector collects time-series k-space data of a plurality of channels while spatially changing a sampling position. The transformation module obtains transformed space data of the respective channels by applying, to the time-series k-space data of the respect channels, Fourier transform on a spatial axis and certain transformation on a temporal axis. The unfolding module eliminates a signal point on a basis of a certain criterion and performs unfolding using the transformed space data on the respective channels and sensitivity distribution information on the respective channels; and the inverse transformation module applies inverse transformation of the certain transformation on the temporal axis to an unfolded data on which the signal point has been eliminated and the unfolding has been performed. |
| US10281544B2 |
Method and device for accurate quantification of T2 relaxation times based on fast multi spin-echo NMR sequences
A method and a device are provided that improve quantification of the spin-spin relaxation (“T2”) time of an image in nuclear magnetic resonance (“NMR”) applications using fast multi spin-echo sequences. The method employs time-efficient computer simulations for exact modeling of spurious stimulated echoes in multi-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) runs. The method employs Bloch simulations and can use a plurality of parameters to produce echo modulation curves prior to correcting distorted experimental data based on pre-calculated simulation values. |
| US10281539B2 |
Superconducting magnet device or magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including a support member having a coefficient of thermal expansion highter than that of a columnar member
The present invention addresses a challenge of providing a superconducting magnet device that enables it to realize an operation of opening and closing a permanent current switch of the superconducting magnet device at high speed with small electric heater capacity, avoiding an increase in the amount of heat incursion into the superconducting coil by not providing a driving mechanism from outside while enabling it to reduce refrigerant consumption or electric power consumed by a refrigerator, or an MRI apparatus using it having means for obtaining good image quality. The superconducting magnet device including a superconducting coil and a permanent current switch to enable it to realize permanent current flowing with the permanent current switch operated by an electric heater or an MRI apparatus using it has a heat transfer member to cool the permanent current switch from a cooling stage with solid conductivity and a thermal switch, and the thermal switch generates a gap in a heat transfer path including the heat transfer member for cooling and a refrigerator by thermal expansion when an electric heater is electrified. |
| US10281538B2 |
Warm bore cylinder assembly
A warm bore cylinder assembly having an outer wall, an inner wall, and a plurality of braces is provided. The outer wall is configured to define an inner exterior portion of a cryostat assembly. The outer wall is generally cylindrical, is made of a conductive material, and has an outer wall thickness. The inner wall is disposed radially inwardly of the outer wall. The inner wall is generally cylindrical, is made of a conductive material, and has an inner wall thickness. The braces extend along an axial direction defined by the outer wall and the inner wall. The plurality of braces are interposed between and join the outer wall and inner wall. The plurality of braces define openings disposed between adjacent braces. |
| US10281529B2 |
Apparatus for measuring cell internal resistance online and measurement method therefor
An apparatus for online measurement of a battery internal resistance and a measurement method thereof are disclosed and applicable to online measure the internal resistance of a monomer cell in the battery, which include an excitation source circuit, electrically connected between any two monomer cells to be detected and a battery end and forming a loop respectively or simultaneously with the two monomer cells; an analog-to-digital conversion unit, for detecting and converting a response voltage of the monomer cell ends, and simultaneously electrically connected to the loop formed with the two monomer cells, for detecting and converting a current in the loop as well as detecting and converting a phase value between the current and the response voltage; a digital signal processing unit, electrically connected to the analog-to-digital conversion unit, for calculating the internal resistance value of the monomer cell to be detected after receiving a conversion signal from the analog-to-digital conversion unit; and realize precise, efficient and convenient internal resistance measurement of the monomer cell without damaging the monomer cell and sacrificing the online load of the battery. |
| US10281525B2 |
Semiconductor device and diagnostic test method for both single-point and latent faults using first and second scan tests
A semiconductor device (1) according to the present invention includes a circuit to be tested (2) having a scan chain, and a first test control device (3) and a second test control device (4) that perform a scan test of the circuit to be tested by using the scan chain. The second test control device (4) performs a second scan test of the circuit to be tested (2), the circuit to be tested (2) gives the first test control device (3) an instruction to perform a first scan test after the second scan test is performed, and the first test control device (3) performs a first scan test of the circuit to be tested (2) in response to an instruction from the circuit to be tested (2). |
| US10281522B2 |
Test circuitry coupling test pad to functional core input pad
Timely testing of die on wafer reduces the cost to manufacture ICs. This disclosure describes a die test structure and process to reduce test time by adding test pads on the top surface of the die. The added test pads allow a tester to probe and test more circuits within the die simultaneously. Also, the added test pads contribute to a reduction in the amount of test wiring overhead traditionally required to access and test circuits within a die, thus reducing die size. |
| US10281521B2 |
System for thermal management of device under test (DUT)
Techniques for thermal management of a device under test are discussed. In an example, an apparatus may include a pedestal having a device-specific surface configured to exchange heat with the integrated circuit while the device-specific surface is in contact with a surface of the integrated circuit or separated from the surface of the integrated circuit by a layer of thermally conductive material, and a heat generating element configured to heat the device-specific surface. In certain examples, the pedestal may include a plurality of channels configured to couple to a manifold and to route thermal material from the manifold through an interior of the pedestal for maintaining temperature control of the surface of an integrated circuit under test. |
| US10281513B1 |
Verification of cable application and reduced load cable removal in power over communications systems
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying insertion of a plug at a port of power sourcing equipment for delivery of Power over Ethernet, the plug connected to one end of a cable with another plug connected to an opposite end of the cable, checking for resistors at each of the plugs, determining a power rating of the cable based on the resistors located at the plugs, and powering the port to a power level based on the power rating. An apparatus is also disclosed herein. |
| US10281509B2 |
Local transformer level grid management systems and methods
A metering apparatus enclosed within a first housing, the metering apparatus comprising a plurality of metering points, wherein the metering apparatus, via the plurality of metering points, measures electricity usage for each of a plurality of corresponding electricity consumer lines; the metering apparatus in communication with one or more sensors that sense environmental conditions in a second housing enclosing a distribution transformer that steps down voltage from a distribution level to a consumer level, wherein the sensors are not operable to sense environmental conditions in the first housing, and wherein the meter apparatus is operable to connect and disconnect service on one or more of the plurality of electricity consumer lines in response to information received from the one or more sensors, without affecting voltage supplied to the distribution transformer. |
| US10281508B2 |
Method and apparatus for automated electricity demand response based on online trading of demand side resources
An apparatus for automated electricity demand response based on online trading of demand side resources. The apparatus includes a communication unit, a demand response management system, an utility grid management system, and a demand response resources in use; a database; and a demand response processing unit configured to receive an electricity demand reduction instruction message according to a certain demand response service contract condition in the demand response management system. |
| US10281502B2 |
Maximum voltage selection circuit
A voltage selection circuit includes: a power detection circuit configured to compare an output voltage with a first input voltage and a second input voltage, respectively; a latch circuit, coupled to the power detection circuit, and configured to flip respective logic states of a pair of output signals when the output voltage is lower than either the first input voltage or the second input voltage; and a selection circuit, coupled to the latch circuit, and configured to use either the first input voltage or the second input voltage as the output voltage based on the respective logic states of the pair of output signals. |
| US10281501B2 |
Peak current evaluation system and peak current evaluation method
A peak current evaluation apparatus for an IC is provided. The peak current evaluation apparatus includes a pulse tuner and a testing circuit. The pulse tuner receives a clock signal, adjusts pulse width and duty ratio of the clock signal according to at least one predetermined parameter in order to generate a pulse signal with a stress voltage. The testing circuit is coupled to the pulse tuner. The testing circuit, which includes two input ports, receives the pulse signal at one of the two input ports in order to stress a testing device, measures the resistance value of the testing device, and calculates the peak current of the testing device when the resistance value increases and exceeds a threshold value. |
| US10281496B2 |
Electrosurgical generators and sensors
A sensor for sensing current includes a current sensor coil and at least one active lead and at least one return lead. The current sensor coil includes an outer coil and an inner coil coupled to and disposed within the outer coil. The at least one active lead and the at least one return lead pass through the current sensor coil opening. The current sensor coil is configured to output a differential signal indicative of a current within the at least one active lead and the at least one return lead. |
| US10281491B2 |
Probe card for testing semiconductor wafers
A probe card is disclosed. The probe card includes a first disc, a second disc, an alignment plate and multiple micro probes. One of the micro probes includes a linear segment and a curved segment connected to each other at an angle stop. The first disc includes a recessed area having multiple holes formed therein, wherein one of the holes is configured to receive the linear segment of the micro probe. The second disc includes a recessed area having multiple holes formed therein, wherein one of the holes is configured to receive the curved segment of the micro probe. Placed within the recessed area of the second disc, the alignment plate includes multiple holes formed therein, wherein one of the holes is configured to receive the curved segment of the micro probe. |
| US10281478B2 |
Combination growth factor therapy and cell therapy for treatment of acute and chronic diseases of the organs
Ischemia is treated to prevent or manage disease by delivering stem cells derived from cord blood and/or tissue. A patient suffering from disease caused in at least some part by ischemia is selected. At least one dose consisting of an effective amount of stem cells is administrated through intravenous (IV), intra thecal, intra-arterial, via catheter into the organ, via Myostar catheter into the heart, intracoronary, intrapericardial, and/or by direct injection into the organ. Effectiveness of the administration is monitored at selected time periods to determine whether there exists an improved clinical indication. A second dose is administered by a method that is at least invasive as that utilized in the prior dose, and the steps are repeated until the clinical indication shows improvement or until there is contraindication to continued treatment. Diseases include at least one of Ischemia, arteriosclerosis, complications of ischemia, decreased perfusion, aging or diabetes. |
| US10281476B2 |
Methods to identify modulators of RyR calcium channels
Provided herein are methods for identifying a compound that modulates a Ryanodine receptor (Ryr). Fluorescence resonance energy transfer between an FKBP bound to an RyR and fluorescent derivatives of RyR binding partners (e.g., calmodulin) or domain-peptide biosensors is used to provide a readout dependent on the RyR functional state. The methods permit measurement of RyR present in a permeabilized cell or in a purified membrane. |
| US10281472B2 |
Cancer diagnosis and therapy
The present invention provides a novel approach to cancer diagnosis and therapy of cancer by providing compositions and methods for the identification and specific targeting of the cancer stem cell populations present in a tumor to eradicate, or slow or prevent tumor (5) growth and spread, including the potential for tumor metastasis, by modulation of the Renin-Angiotensin System including, but not limited to, Renin Receptor, Angiotensin II Receptor (2) and a secreted form of the Renin Receptor. |
| US10281468B2 |
Microbial identification and quantitation using MS cleavable tags
Systems and methods are provided for microbial identification using cleavable tags. Control information is sent to a mass spectrometer to select a peptide labeled with a first tag of a known microbe, fragment the labeled peptide of the known microbe, and monitor for an intensity of the first tag in an MRM method using a processor. An ion source provides a beam of ions from a sample that includes peptides labeled with the first tag. The first tag binds to a peptide of a known microbe and is cleaved from the peptide of the known microbe during mass spectrometry. The mass spectrometer receives the beam of ions and is adapted to perform the MRM method on the beam of ions. If the intensity of the first tag received from the mass spectrometer exceeds a threshold value, the known microbe is identified in the sample using the processor. |
| US10281463B2 |
Methods of determining cellular phenotypes
Methods of determining a phenotype of cells in a biological sample are provided. The methods are based measuring a refractive index of said cells based on a diffraction pattern received from a diffraction grating having a plurality of compartments having lateral dimensions such that said cells can fit therein. |
| US10281454B2 |
Tunable optical receiver
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a system for determining information on one or more constituents in a medium. The system includes N light emitters L1 . . . LN, wherein each light emitter Lx provides an amplitude modulated (AM) light at modulation frequency fx into a flow path of the medium from one side of a containment vessel for the medium. The system further includes a photodetector, for receiving the AM light from each light emitter after it passes through the flow path of the medium, and converting the AM light to an electrical signal characterized by a summation of frequency components from each modulation frequency fx. The system further includes one or more measuring circuits providing information about a concentration of one or more constituents in the medium determined from log ratios of a pair of amplitudes of fy and fz frequency components in the electrical signal. |
| US10281452B2 |
Blood coagulation system analyzer, blood coagulation system analysis method and program
There is provided a blood coagulation system analyzer, including a measurement section and an analysis section. The measurement section measures a time change of impedance of a blood sample, which is obtainable by applying an alternating electric field to the blood sample. The analysis section extracts a parameter indicating the characteristics of the impedance from the measured data of the time change of the impedance. Furthermore, the analysis section analyzes a degree of enhancement of blood coagulation on the basis of a comparison of the extracted parameter with at least one reference value which defines the criteria of the enhancement of blood coagulation. |
| US10281449B2 |
State determination method and state determination device
In a method of determining a deterioration state of an object, the deterioration state of the object is determined by determining whether a calculated value reaches a state determination threshold value or not, the calculated value utilizing at least one of brightness and a color component value calculated from a detection value detected by an optical sensor. The optical sensor includes an examination section containing liquid, a light emitting element emitting detection light toward the examination section, and a light receiving element detecting color information of the detection light traveled through the liquid. |
| US10281447B2 |
Methods and apparatus for combining technical and regulatory information comprising the compiling and normalization of disparate technical, regulatory and other data
A computer system presents information related to drilling operations using a computer display, the method comprising: for each of a plurality of drilling sites, obtaining chemical composition data of hydraulic fluids used in the drilling site, wherein the chemical composition data is obtained from a first data source, for each of the plurality of drilling sites, obtaining well yield data for the drilling site, wherein the well yield data is obtained from a second data source distinct from the first data source, matching the chemical composition data and the well yield data by drilling site, and displaying, on the computer display, a combination of chemical composition and well yield for the plurality of drilling sites. The matching might be based on drill site parameters, such as geographic location and/or geologic characteristics. |
| US10281442B2 |
Sensor device
A sensor device comprises a sensitive element (1) and a support (2) for the sensitive element, the support having a surface (3) with an access opening (4) to the sensitive element (1). A layer of adhesive material (5) covers at least parts of the surface (3). A venting medium (6) extends over the entire surface (3) of the support (2) and the access opening (4) and is attached to the support (2) by the layer of adhesive material (5). |
| US10281441B1 |
Clamp for chromatography columns
A clamp for chromatography columns has a first seal with a first opening a movable seal with a second opening and a movable coupler. The movable coupler has first and second coupler seals with communicating third and fourth openings. The clamp is arranged for pressing a first chromatography column between the first seal and the first coupler seal and for pressing a second chromatography column between the movable seal and the second coupler seal, such that the first opening fluidly communicates with the second opening through the first chromatography column, the third and fourth openings and the second chromatography column. |
| US10281439B2 |
Method of transmitting control data for system conversion among liquid chromatographs
In the present invention, differences in liquid feed properties between liquid chromatographic devices are determined, a liquid feed time table that takes these differences into account is acquired by way of system changes, and flow control is performed by a pump. Furthermore, the liquid feed time table after the system changes is divided into a plurality of intervals, and instructions are sent to the pump after approximate calculations are performed. Thus, by efficiently performing system change processes, the same measurement results can be obtained in a plurality of different liquid chromatograph devices, regardless of the differences in liquid feed properties. |
| US10281438B2 |
System and method of detecting defects of a rolling bearing by vibration analysis
A method of detecting defects in a rolling bearing (10). The method includes acquiring a time-domain vibration signal An; filtering said time-domain vibration signal An; and then resolving it to obtain a deterministic time-domain vibration signal Fn and a random time-domain vibration signal Gn. Thereafter, the time-domain vibration signals Fn and Gn are transformed respectively into a deterministic frequency-domain vibration signal Jn and into a random frequency-domain vibration signal Kn, and then, for each element (11, 12, 13) and for each frequency-domain vibration signal Jn, Kn, a defect-presence frequency {circumflex over (α)} is determined corresponding to a maximum probability of the presence of a defect in said element (11, 12, 13) and to an associated reliability level p({circumflex over (α)}). An alert message indicating at least one defect in at least one element (11, 12, 13) is potentially delivered depending on the values of each defect-presence frequency {circumflex over (α)} and on each associated reliability level p({circumflex over (α)}). |
| US10281431B2 |
Darkroom type security inspection apparatus and method
The present invention discloses darkroom type security inspection apparatus and method. An apparatus comprises a housing constituting a closed darkroom, and assemblies disposed inside the housing. The assemblies disposed inside the housing are communicated by fittings or connectors and comprises: a sampling assembly comprising a sample collecting unit and a conveyer unit configured to convey an object to be inspected into the sample collecting unit; a sample processing assembly configured to concentrate and analyze the sample; and, an inspecting assembly configured to inspect composition of the sample by means of a gas chromatographic-ion mobility spectrometer (GC-IMS) or a separated ion mobility spectrometer (IMS). The security inspection apparatus of the present invention can perform the sampling easy, rapidly and effectively and perform the inspection accurately and rapidly without destroying and unpacking an object to be inspected, and thus is suitable for requirements of on-site rapid inspection of forbidden items in the airport, customs and the likes. |
| US10281430B2 |
Identification and characterization of remote objects by electric charge tunneling, injection, and induction, and an erasable organic molecular memory
Various embodiments provide methods to identify and characterize remote objects by use of electric charge distributions generated by charge tunneling, charge injection, and charge induction. Various embodiments may use selective electrostatic charging to change the electrostatic potential throughout volumes for identification and characterization. In various embodiments, objects of interest may be selectively charged by tunneling, injection, and induction of electrical charges or free carriers. Tunneled, injected, and induced charges may migrate to sites or locations internal to volumes to yield electrostatic potential differences and electrostatic fields. In various embodiments, variations in the electrostatic potential created by the presence of the tunneled, injected, and induced charges may be quantitatively measured to identify and characterize remote objects. |
| US10281429B2 |
Semiconductor micro-analysis chip and method of manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor micro-analysis chip includes a first flow channel provided with a substrate surface, the flow channel engraved on the substrate into which a sample liquid can flow, micropore provided with a part of the flow channel, a reservoir provided with at least one end of the flow channel, the reservoir engraved on the substrate for inlet and outlet of the sample liquid, and a first electrode provided with a part of the flow channel or of the reservoir. The electrode is disposed from the bottom surface of the flow channel or of the reservoir to the substrate surface, and a side surface which connects the bottom surface and the substrate surface is tapered for reducing a bend in a height direction of the electrode. |
| US10281428B2 |
Nanospore sensor for detecting molecular interactions
A nanosensor for detecting molecule characteristics includes a membrane having an opening configured to permit a charged carbon nanotube to pass but to block a molecule attached to the carbon nanotube. The opening is filled with an electrolytic solution. An electric field generator is configured to generate an electric field relative to the opening to drive the charged carbon nanotubes through the opening. A sensor circuit is coupled to the electric field generator to sense current changes due to charged carbon nanotubes passing into the opening, and to bias the electric field generator to determine a critical voltage related to a force of separation between the carbon nanotube and the molecule. |
| US10281417B2 |
Tire characteristic value measurement apparatus and tire characteristic value measurement system
A tire characteristic value measurement apparatus (100) includes a support arm (124) which is provided in vertical movement means (111 to 121). The support arm (124) bears a tire (T) on a roller conveyor (101) from below and has electrically insulative properties. The tire characteristic value measurement apparatus (100) further includes electric resistance value detection means (125 to 139) which is provided in the vertical movement means (111 to 121). The electric resistance value detection means (125 to 139) detects an electric resistance value of the tire T borne by the support arm (124). |
| US10281415B2 |
Pattern inspection method and pattern inspection apparatus
A pattern inspection method includes: scanning an inspection substrate, to be inspected, to detect a secondary electron group emitted from the inspection substrate due to irradiation with the multiple beams; correcting individually distortion of a first region image obtained from a detection signal of secondary electrons corresponding to a corresponding first region for each beam of the multiple beams; correcting distortion of a corresponding second region image corresponding to a second region larger than the first region for each of the second region images, using data of each of the first region images in which the distortion of the corresponding first region image has been corrected; and comparing an inspection image to be inspected, in which the distortion of each of the plurality of second region images has been corrected, with a reference image of a same region to output a result thereof. |
| US10281414B2 |
Conical collimator for X-ray measurements
X ray apparatus includes a sample stage (4) for supporting a sample (6), an X-ray source (2) and an energy dispersive X-ray detector (8). A conical X-ray collimator (10) is provided either between the sample and the X-ray source or between the sample and the energy-dispersive X-ray detector, the conical X-ray collimator including a plurality of truncated cones arranged concentrically around a central axis, the truncated cones having a common apex defining a central measurement spot on the sample. |
| US10281413B2 |
Nano-level evaluation of kerogen-rich reservoir rock
Examples of nano-level evaluation of kerogen-rich reservoir rock are described. A micro-scale beam is formed from kerogen-rich reservoir rock. The beam has reservoir rock and kerogen, which has polymeric properties. A maximum dimension of the micro-scale beam is at most 1000 micrometers. A mechanical experiment that includes a tension test or a compression test is performed on the micro-scale beam. The mechanical experiment is imaged using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). A material parameter of the kerogen in the micro-scale beam is determined based on results of the mechanical experiment and images obtained responsive to the imaging. The material parameter includes a behavior of the kerogen in response to the mechanical experiment. The behavior of the kerogen can be used to determine, among other things, the energy required to break kerogen in a kerogen-rich shale to improve hydraulic fracturing efficiency. |
| US10281411B2 |
Computing device, computing program, X-ray measuring system and X-ray measuring method
A computing device configured to obtain information about a subject using a detection result detected by an X-ray detector which detects an X-ray passing through the subject, which device includes: a unit configured to obtain a detection result of the X-ray detector; a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a complex refractive index of the X-ray after passing through the subject using the detection result; and a second obtaining unit configured to obtain information about the subject in accordance with a correlation between the complex refractive index and a mass absorption coefficient. |
| US10281409B2 |
Inspection apparatus and inspection method using the same
An inspection method includes: irradiating light through a prism to an inspection object; scanning an inspection region of the inspection object using a photographing unit; receiving, by the photographing unit, reflected light that is reflected from the inspection object; converting the reflected light received by the photographing unit into an intensity of light; and detecting a defect of the inspection object by comparing a thickness of the inspection object corresponding to the intensity of the light with a predetermined thickness of the inspection object. Therefore, the encapsulation layer is inspected before post-processes of cells or the module process, such that the yield and productivity of the OLED device can be improved. |
| US10281406B1 |
Method for elemental analysis in a production line
A method and apparatus for analyzing one or more elements of targeted moving food surfaces uses laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to detect the presence, absence, or amount of an element on a heterogeneous surface of an object, including surfaces of food products. A laser is used to quantify an element concentration without destroying the object. The method can be configured to include an automated on-line system comprising a closed-loop feedback control system operable to select a predetermined concentration. |
| US10281404B2 |
Surface-enhanced raman scattering unit and raman spectroscopic analysis method
A SERS unit 1A comprises a SERS element 2 having a substrate and an optical function part 20 formed on the substrate, the optical function part 20 for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering; a measurement board 3 supporting the SERS element 2 upon measurement; and a holding part 4 mechanically holding the SERS element 2 in the measurement board 3. |
| US10281403B2 |
Sensor chip and method for storing sensor chip
A sensor chip includes: a transparent support; a metal thin film formed on one surface of the transparent support; and a reaction section in which a ligand is immobilized on an other surface of the metal thin film that is not in contact with the transparent support, wherein the sensor chip also includes a closed space-forming member which forms a closed space such that at least the reaction section is housed in the closed space, and water content in the closed space is adjusted to satisfy: X/Y<10 (μg/mm2) (wherein, X represents the water content in the closed space; and Y represents the surface area of the metal thin film in the closed space). |
| US10281399B2 |
Systems and methods for particle tracking using spatiotemporal offset light beams
Systems and methods for particle tracking using spatiotemporal offset light beams. In exemplary embodiments, the optical systems and methods can be used with conventional two-photon microscopy equipment to perform high speed, high precision, and deep tissue three-dimensional single-particle tracking. Exemplary embodiments can be configured for single-molecule studies of biological diffusion and transport processes. |
| US10281397B2 |
Optical sensors using surface plasmon resonance to determine at least one property relating to phase change of a hydrocarbon-based analyte
An optical sensor and corresponding method of operation can detect a phase transition and/or related property of a hydrocarbon-based analyte. The optical sensor includes an optical element with a metallic film coupled or integral thereto, with a sample chamber holds the hydrocarbon-based analyte such that the hydrocarbon-based analyte is disposed adjacent the metallic layer. The optical sensor further includes a light source configured to direct light through the optical element such that the light is reflected by the metallic layer under conditions of surface plasmon resonance. The optical sensor analyzes the reflected light to detect a phase transition and/or related property of a hydrocarbon-based analyte. |
| US10281394B2 |
Apparatus, method and system for recording at least one variable during a biological/chemical process
An apparatus, a method and a system for the parallelized recording of at least one variable during a biological/chemical process are disclosed. A matrix, which has at least one container and which can be positioned on a measurement carrier, is provided to accommodate the liquid samples. A measuring unit, which comprises a controllable radiation source for electromagnetic radiation and at least one sensor for detecting electromagnetic radiation, is fixedly disposed in or on the measurement carrier. When at least one matrix with the containers is placed onto the measurement carrier, the respective measuring unit is assigned to the base of each container from the outside. During the measurement by the measuring unit, a movement device is used to move the measurement carrier with a defined radial movement about a fixed axis orthogonal to the gravitational force. |
| US10281392B2 |
Detection of indications of psychoactive components in a liquid
A method of contactless detection of indications of psychoactive components in a liquid and an apparatus therefor, by emitting a substantially monochromatic light at least at two different wavelengths and detecting the reflection in a free surface of the liquid by a photo detector, analyzing an output signal from the photo detector to identify output parts caused by light emitted from the first and second emitters, respectively, and determining whether the liquid contains at least one psychoactive component. |
| US10281390B2 |
Using optical computing devices to determine unknown analytes
Disclosed are systems and methods of using integrated computational elements to determine unknown interferents in a fluid being monitored. One method includes monitoring a fluid with an optical computing device comprising at least two integrated computational element (ICE) cores configured to optically interact with a fluid and detect a corresponding at least two characteristics of the fluid, each ICE core being designed and manufactured with reference to known spectra related to the at least two characteristics of the fluid, generating output signals corresponding to the at least two characteristics of the fluid with the optical computing device, wherein an intensity of each output signal corresponds to a concentration of the at least two characteristics of the fluid, and calculating a representative spectrum of the fluid with a signal processor based on the known spectra of the at least two characteristics and the intensity of each output signal. |
| US10281388B2 |
Tester to estimate co-efficient of friction and determine properties of a sample lubricant
A tester to estimate co-efficient of friction and determine other properties of a sample lubricant is disclosed. The tester includes a base structure mounted on a compound bearing and a ballpot located on the base structure. The ballpot carries at least three non-rotating balls. Further, the tester includes a bi-direction rotatable motor with a rotatable shaft having a rotating ball. In addition, the tester includes a loading system to load the non-rotating balls against the rotating ball. A load sensor connected to the loading system measures applied load. Furthermore, the tester includes at least one load cell provided in communication with the ballpot to provide at least one output signal. The output signal received from the load cell and the load sensor is recorded and processed in a data acquisition and control system. |
| US10281385B2 |
Device for laser analysis and separation (LAS) of particles
A device includes a collimated light source operable to generate a collimated light source beam, which includes a beam direction. The device includes a first channel in a first plane and a second channel in a second plane different from the first plane. The second channel communicates with the first channel and includes a flow direction. The second channel is oriented to receive the collimated light source beam. The device includes a third channel in a third plane different from the second plane and communicates with the second channel. The collimated light source beam is oriented to enter a cross-section of the first channel, then to pass through the second channel, and then to enter a cross-section of the third channel such that the beam direction is opposite to the flow direction in the second channel. The device includes a focused particle stream nozzle operably connected to the first channel. |
| US10281382B2 |
Measuring volume and constituents of cells
A method for determining a mean cell volume for a blood sample includes: illuminating the sample with incident light at a plurality of illumination wavelengths and obtaining a two-dimensional image of the sample at each of the plurality of illumination wavelengths; identifying a plurality of cells that appear in each of the images; for each one of the plurality of cells, determining an integrated optical density corresponding to each of the plurality of illumination wavelengths; for each one of the plurality of cells, determining a cell volume based on the integrated optical densities corresponding to each of the plurality of illumination wavelengths; and determining the mean cell volume for the blood sample from the cell volumes for each one of the plurality of cells. |
| US10281376B2 |
In situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining apparatus and method
An apparatus for spreading at least one reagent on at least a portion of a microscope slide includes a spreading device positionable in association with a microscope slide in a way that the spreading device defines a gap between the spreading device and the microscope slide and in a way that the spreading device and the microscope slide are movable relative to one another to spread at least one reagent on at least a portion of the microscope. The spreading device has a reservoir in which the at least one reagent is stored in a way that the at least one reagent is dischargeable from the reservoir onto the microscope slide when the spreading device is positioned in association with the microscope slide. |
| US10281375B2 |
In situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining method
An automated in situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining method and apparatus for treating a plurality of microscope slides. The process of heat induced antigen recovery and the process of staining the biological sample on the microscope slide are conducted in the same apparatus, wherein the microscope slides do not need to be physically removed from one apparatus to another. The reaction conditions for treating a slide can preferably be controlled independently, including the individualized application of reagents to each slide and the individualized treatment of each slide. |
| US10281363B2 |
Systems and methods for fault detection and handling by assessing building equipment performance
A system for detecting faults in building equipment includes an integration fault detector, a kernel density fault detector, and a fault detector selector. The integration fault detector is configured to detect faults in the building equipment by analyzing time series data using an integration fault detection technique. The kernel density fault detector is configured to detect faults in the building equipment by analyzing the time series data using a kernel density estimation fault detection technique. The fault detector selector is configured to select the integration fault detector or the kernel density fault detector for use in detecting faults in the building equipment based on an attribute of the time series data. |
| US10281360B2 |
Method and system for the vibration analysis of an engine
A method and a system for the vibration analysis of an engine, including acquiring vibration signals relating to the engine and in order to form at least one spectrogram that represents an operating state of the engine, selecting at least one zone of interest in at least one spectrogram, comparing each zone of interest with a set of corresponding comparison zones belonging to annotated spectrograms recorded in a reference database, and determining a subset of comparison zones that have vibration behaviors similar to those of the zone of interest, and displaying the subset of comparison zones and annotations associated with the subset of comparison zones. |
| US10281357B2 |
Method and OTDR apparatus for optical cable defect location with reduced memory requirement
Optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) systems, methods and integrated circuits are presented for locating defects in an optical cable or other optical cable, in which a first optical signal is transmitted to the cable and reflections are sampled over a first time range at a first sample rate to identify one or more suspected defect locations, and a second optical signal is transmitted and corresponding reflections are sampled over a second smaller time range at a higher second sample rate to identify at least one defect location of the optical cable for relaxed memory requirements in the OTDR system. |
| US10281351B2 |
Water heater and pressure probe for a water heater
A pressure probe assembly for attachment to a venturi of a gas-fired appliance, where the venturi includes a body having an inlet end, an outlet end, and a wall defining a mixing chamber extending from the inlet end to the outlet end about an axis. A support member is detachably coupled to the mixing chamber. A first pressure probe is coupled to the support member and has a first pressure tap disposed substantially adjacent the axis. A second pressure probe is coupled to the support member and has a second pressure tap disposed substantially adjacent the mixing chamber wall. Also disclosed is a gas-fired appliance, such as a water heater, including the pressure probe assembly. |
| US10281347B2 |
Tension monitoring arrangement and method
A tension monitoring apparatus is used for installing an underground utility by retraction that is applied to the utility. The tension monitoring apparatus includes a sensor for inground sensing of the tension force that is applied to the utility to produce a sensor signal. A processor monitors the tension force in a series of measurement intervals such that a plurality of tension force readings is generated for each of the measurement intervals. The processor stores a data set including a maximum tension force selected from the plurality of tension force readings for each one of the measurement intervals and copies the data set to a different location to create a copied data set after installation of the utility for subsequent selection and presentation of an overall maximum tension force. |
| US10281342B2 |
Faraday current and temperature sensors
Techniques and devices for sensing or measuring electric currents and/or temperature based on photonic sensing is disclosed. An optical current sensor head is located near or at a current-carrying conductor so that a magnetic field associated with the current is present at a Faraday material and the optical detection unit detects the light from the Faraday material to determine a magnitude of the current. An optical temperature sensor head is located near or at a location so that the temperature at a temperature-sensing Faraday material is reflected by the optical polarization rotation which is detected to determine the temperature. |
| US10281338B2 |
Oil-immersed transformer thermal monitoring and prediction system
A real time thermal monitoring and prediction system (TMPS) is provided for use in monitoring and operating a transformer. The TMPS may be used to estimate a maximum loading level for the transformer over a future time period using a dynamic thermal model for the transformer and ambient temperature forecasts. The transformer may be loaded to its maximum loading level during power congestion or a service restoration process. |
| US10281337B2 |
Thermocouple and manufacturing method for same
A thermocouple that can stably perform direct temperature measurement under a high temperature environment (1500° C. or higher but 2300° C. or lower) and a manufacturing method for the same. A thermocouple according to a first embodiment is a thermocouple including at least a protective tube and element wires, the protective tube and the element wires are insulated from one another by an insulator, and the insulator is either one or both of a powder and a compact, and is composed of at least one of a zirconium oxide, a hafnium oxide, or a composite oxide of zirconium and hafnium. |
| US10281334B2 |
Temperature measurement appliance and method for the operation thereof
A temperature measurement appliance for contactless temperature measurement, in particular a handheld temperature measurement appliance, includes a housing and at least one sensor that is disposed on the housing. The at least one sensor is configured to measure one or more of a relative air humidity and an ambient temperature. The temperature measurement appliance further includes at least one protective cap that is configured to be reversibly arranged on the temperature measurement appliance so as to mechanically protect the at least one sensor. The temperature measurement appliance further includes one or more features arranged on the temperature measurement appliance that are configured to detect an arranged state of the at least one protective cap. A method for operating the temperature measurement appliance includes detecting the arranged state of the protective cap on the temperature measurement appliance. |
| US10281325B2 |
Hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter
A hybrid image-pupil optical reformatter and method for optional use with a spectrometer is disclosed, which performs beam slicing in pupil space and stacks replicas of the input source generated from the pupil beam slices in image space. The optical reformatter comprises a collimator which receives an input light and produces a collimated beam; a first optical element which receives the collimated beam, redirects portions of the collimated beam back toward the collimator as reimaged beams and permits portions of the collimated beam to pass; a second optical element which receives the reimaging beams and redirects the reimaging beams back toward the collimator and the first optical element; to form an output beam comprising the portions of the collimated beams that are not redirected toward the collimator by the first optical element. Also disclosed is the use of the reformatter for reformatting the input light of a spectrometer system, and the use of the reformatter as part of a spectrometer device. |
| US10281323B2 |
Light receiver and portable electronic apparatus
There is provided a light receiver which corrects measurement of ultraviolet rays on the basis of measurement of visible right and infrared rays. The light receiver is a light receiver (1) including a first light-receiving element (PD1) and a second light-receiving element (PD2), and a UV cutoff filter (11) in which transmittance of light in an ultraviolet region is lower, in which light after passage through the UV cutoff filter (11) enters the first light-receiving element (PD1), and the first light-receiving element (PD1) and the second light-receiving element (PD2) are switchable between a photodiode (PD_uv) having sensitivity to the ultraviolet region and a photodiode (PD_clear) having sensitivity to a visible light region and an infrared region. Unevenness in incident light is calculated from photocurrents in photodiodes (PD_ir+PD_vis) of the first light-receiving element (PD1) and the second light-receiving element (PD2). |
| US10281322B2 |
Low power, high resolution solid state LIDAR circuit having a modulator to modulate a bit sequence onto a carrier frequency of a received optical signal
An optical circuit includes solid state photonics. The optical circuit includes a phased array of solid state waveguides that perform beamsteering on an optical signal. The optical circuit includes a modulator to modulate a bit sequence onto the carrier frequency of the optical signal, and the beamsteered signal includes the modulated bit sequence. The optical circuit includes a photodetector to detect a reflection of the beamsteered optical signal. The optical circuit autocorrelates the reflection signal with the bit sequence to generate a processed signal. |
| US10281321B2 |
Arrangement for spatially resolved and wavelength-resolved detection of light radiation emitted from at least one OLED or LED
The invention relates to an arrangement for a spatially resolved and wavelength-resolved detection of light radiation emitted from at least one OLED or LED. A multilayer system is arranged between an electrode, an OLED or an LED, and a substrate and is formed using layers formed alternately above one another from a material having higher and lower optical refractive indices n. In this respect, light radiation from the at least one OLED or LED and having a plurality of different wavelengths λ1, λ2, λ3, . . . λn thus exits the multilayer system. Light radiation that exits at different wavelengths λ1, λ2, λ3, . . . λn at different angles is incident onto at least one detector array after at least a simple refraction at an optical element or after reflection at a layer or at a layer system of a sensor such that light radiation at a wavelength λ1, λ2, λ3, . . . or λn is incident onto a respective detector element of the detector array. The detector elements of the detector array are arranged discretely from one another. |
| US10281319B2 |
Dosing device with integrated balance and climate module
A dosing device with a balance, which includes a weighing chamber (16); a processor (32); a climate module (34), which is disposed in the weighing chamber (16); a data transmission path, over which data is exchanged between the climate module (34) and the processor (32); and a mixing formulation display (30). Also disclosed are a climate module configured to electrically couple to a dosing device in a detachable manner, wherein the climate module (34) forms a self-contained modular unit and includes various sensors (52, 54, 62) and a path over which data is transmitted to a processor external to the climate module, and a method for mixing a formulation, using a dosing device, wherein ambient conditions are detected during dosage of the substances to be combined, and the mixing ratio is adjusted in accordance with the detected ambient conditions. |
| US10281313B2 |
Radar fill level measurement device comprising a phase-locked loop
A radar fill level measurement device for determining a fill level of a medium is provided, including a radar module to generate a transmission signal of at least 60 GHz; and an antenna coupled to the module and to transmit the signal to a surface of the medium and to receive a reflected signal, the module including a phase-locked loop including a push-push oscillator and a phase detector, the oscillator including a first and second outputs, a duplexer coupled between the push-push oscillator and the antenna, and a frequency multiplier coupled between the oscillator second output and the duplexer, the oscillator first output being directly wired to the phase detector input, the duplexer being coupled to the antenna, the phase detector including a reference input and a phase detector output coupled to an oscillator control input. A method for operating a radar fill level measurement device is also provided. |
| US10281311B2 |
Method of operating a liquid-level transmitter device and implementation thereof
A method that configures a liquid-level transmitter device to generate a measured value for a level of a liquid. The method includes steps to correct for changes in physical properties of one or more components of the device. In one embodiment, the method utilizes a correction value that incorporates data from a temperature sensor disposed inside of the device, for example, inside of the electronics member. |
| US10281306B2 |
Flow meter system
A flow meter system is disclosed that includes a first flow sensor and first and second fluid flow conduits extending from the first flow sensor. The second fluid flow conduit may be disposed inside the first fluid flow conduit thereby forming a fluid annulus between the first and second fluid flow conduits. The first fluid flow conduit may be metal to resist a fluid pressure differential and the second fluid flow conduit may be non-metal to balance a fluid pressure across the second fluid flow conduit and attenuate noise therein. The fluid annulus may be configured to receive a fluid to balance the fluid pressure across the second fluid flow conduit. |
| US10281305B2 |
Magnetic flowmeter flowtube assembly with spring-energized seal rings
A magnetic flowmeter flowtube assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a flowtube configured to receive a flow of process fluid. The assembly also comprises a fluoropolymer liner disposed within and extending through the flowtube. The assembly also comprises a plurality of electrodes assemblies disposed to measure a voltage induced within the process fluid. Each of the electrode assemblies includes a spring-energized seal disposed about each respective electrode. |
| US10281304B2 |
Device and method for estimating a flow of gas in an enclosure maintained at reduced pressure in relation to the gas
Method for estimating a gas flow in an enclosure maintained in a low pressure regimen relative to the gas, including: measuring, as a function of time, a gas flow Jmeasurement in the enclosure, and estimating values of the parameters A and B iteratively implemented by decreasing an estimation error based on a difference between Jestim(t) and Jmeasurement, and wherein, when Jmeasurement corresponds to a pressure rise of the gas in the enclosure, Jestim(t) is calculated according to the equation: J estim ( t ) = 2 A ∑ n = 1 n ma x ( B π ( t - OffX ) ) 1 2 exp ( - 2 ( n + 1 ) 2 4 B ( t - OffX ) ) + OffY and when Jmeasurement corresponds to a pressure decrease of the gas in the enclosure, Jestim(t) is calculated according to the equation: J estm ( t ) = P init - 2 A ∑ n = 1 n ma x ( B π ( t - OffX ) ) 1 2 exp ( - ( 2 n + 1 ) 2 4 B ( t - OffX ) ) + OffY FIG. 1. |
| US10281303B2 |
Air data probe with improved performance at angle of attack operation
An air data probe has a pitot tube with a tap at a forward end that defines an inner flow path. The inner flow path decreases in the cross-sectional area until reaching a throat. The inner flow path has cross-sections that are generally cylindrical and also has sections of removed material. |
| US10281299B2 |
Angle sensor, a bearing unit, electrical motor, a control system and error-check system
An angle sensor is provided for determining an absolute angle signal of a first part rotated with respect to a second part. The angle sensor comprises a first grating ring for generating a first signal representative of a relative position of a first sensor along a corresponding ring segment of the first grating ring. The angle sensor further comprises a second grating ring for generating a second signal representative of a relative position of a second sensor along the corresponding ring segment of the second grating ring. The first plurality and the second plurality are co-prime numbers and a difference between the first plurality and the second plurality being larger than 1. The angle sensor also comprises a calculator configured for calculating the absolute angle signal using a first linear combination of the first signal and the second signal. |
| US10281298B2 |
Wheel localization from reference magnetic field and angular rotation information in TPMS application
Embodiments may provide a system, a wheel localizer, a wheel localization device, or methods for locating a position of at least one wheel out of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a system comprises a detector that obtains information related to a reference magnetic field in which the at least one wheel rotates, an antilock braking system (ABS) unit that obtains information related to angular rotations of the plurality of wheels, and a locator that determines the position of the at least one wheel based, at least in part, on the information related to the reference magnetic field and the information related to the angular rotations of plurality of wheels, where the position comprises a wheel location from among the plurality of wheels. The reference magnetic field may be the earth's magnetic field. |
| US10281291B2 |
Graphical user interface for smooth animation rendering of probe points
A map and a marker corresponding to an object of interest are displayed via a user interface of a user apparatus. The marker is displayed on the map at a current marker position. Location data is received by the user apparatus, the location data comprises an instance of location data corresponding to the object. A way point is added to a way point array corresponding to the object based on the location data. Latitude and longitude steps are determined based on (a) the current marker position, (b) a first way point of the way point array, and (c) an adjustment factor. The current marker position is updated and the marker is rendered on the map at the updated current marker position in accordance with the frames per second rate for animating the movement of the marker on the map to smoothly animate the near-real time movement of the object. |
| US10281290B2 |
Selecting a route to a destination based on zones
A travel coordination system provides suggestions to providers for where they should go to reduce the wait time between trips. A geographic region is broken down into zones and a score is generated for each zone. A zone score can be generated by determining the estimated wait time for the zone and generating a model for the wait time. A zone score can also be generated using a model for the wait time using factors that likely contribute to the wait time. The zone score for each zone is displayed to the provider on a road map of the geographic region along with the boundaries of each of the zones and the provider's position within the region. The travel coordination system also suggests driving routes. The travel coordination system selects a target zone and generates candidate routes to the zone. A route is selected based on route scores. |
| US10281288B2 |
Vehicle navigation device and method thereof
According to one or more embodiments of this disclosure, the vehicle navigation device includes an image capturing component, a wireless communication component, a positioning component and a processor. The image capturing component is configured to capture an event data image of an external condition of a vehicle. The positioning component is configured to obtain a vehicle position and provide it to the processor. The processor is configured to upload the vehicle position and the event data image via the wireless communication component in response to a uploading instruction, and download driving information, corresponding to the vehicle position and a destination position, via the wireless communication component in response to a downloading instruction, wherein the driving information includes information of at least one driving route and one or more real-time street views corresponding to the at least one driving route. |
| US10281286B2 |
Movement information processing device, movement information processing method, and driving assistance system
A vehicle has an on-board control device installed therein, and the on-board control device is provided with a movement information learning unit that learns by associating movement information for the vehicle and the like with information specifying corresponding links or nodes. The movement information learned by the movement information learning unit is recorded in a movement information database. During driving assistance performed by a driving assistance unit, an information integration unit integrates movement information corresponding to at least two consecutive links or nodes among the movement information recorded in the movement information database. |
| US10281280B2 |
System and method for selectively enabling inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors
A method is provided for selectively enabling inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors. The method comprises enabling a gyroscope of the IMU sensors for generating a device orientation output estimate, selectively enabling an accelerometer of the IMU sensors for improving the device orientation output estimate when a magnitude of an angular velocity is less than a centripetal velocity threshold, an accelerometer jitter error estimate is less than a gyroscopic orientation error estimate, a filled accelerometer filter length is less than a full length of an accelerometer filter, and a filled magnetometer filter length is less than a full length of a magnetometer filter. The method also includes enabling a magnetometer of the IMU sensors when the accelerometer is enabled, and an accelerometer gravitational error angle is less than a predetermined accelerometer gravitational error angle threshold. |
| US10281269B2 |
Method and device for determining a height of a settled bed in a mixture in a loading space
A method for determining a height (hs) of a settled bed in a mixture in a loading space (1). The mixture consists of a settled bed (5) and a mixture soup (3) which is located above the settled bed (5). The method includes: a) providing an elongated resonance member (10) in the loading space (1) which extends in a substantial vertical direction, b) measuring a resonance frequency (fo) of the resonance member (10), c) computing a height (hs) of the settled bed (5), Action b) includes determining an indication of or imposing the tensile force (Fs) acting in the longitudinal direction of the resonance member (10) and c) includes computing a height (hs) of the settled bed (5) based on the measured resonance frequency (fo) and the determined indication of the tensile force or the imposed tensile force. |
| US10281266B2 |
Confocal surface topography measurement with fixed focal positions
An apparatus is described for measuring surface topography of a three-dimensional structure. In many embodiments, the apparatus is configured to focus each of a plurality of light beams to a respective fixed focal position relative to the apparatus. The apparatus measures a characteristic of each of a plurality of returned light beams that are generated by illuminating the three-dimensional structure with the light beams. The characteristic is measured for a plurality of different positions and/or orientations between the apparatus and the three-dimensional structure. Surface topography of the three-dimensional structure is determined based at least in part on the measured characteristic of the returned light beams for the plurality of different positions and/or orientations between the apparatus and the three-dimensional structure. |
| US10281256B2 |
Agile imaging system
An agile optical imaging system for optical coherence tomography imaging using a tunable source comprising a wavelength tunable VCL laser is disclosed. The tunable source has long coherence length and is capable of high sweep repetition rate, as well as changing the sweep trajectory, sweep speed, sweep repetition rate, sweep linearity, and emission wavelength range on the fly to support multiple modes of OCT imaging. The imaging system also offers new enhanced dynamic range imaging capability for accommodating bright reflections. Multiscale imaging capability allows measurement over orders of magnitude dimensional scales. The imaging system and methods for generating the waveforms to drive the tunable laser in flexible and agile modes of operation are also described. |
| US10281253B2 |
Cartridge reloading improvements
Among other things, a digitally controlled actuator has a connector for coupling to a drive mechanism of an existing hand-driven cartridge reloader, to actuate a series of processing cycles of the reloader in which supplies of components are subjected to successive mechanical processing steps to produce reloaded cartridges ready for use. There are sensors associated with the actuator and the reloader to (a) acquire digital information that is indicative of a state of progress of each of the processing cycles and of conditions of the reloader related to the production of the reloaded cartridges, and (b) deliver the digital information to a digital controller for controlling the processing cycles of the reloader. The digital controller is connected to receive the digital information from the sensors and to control automatic operation of the reloader in successive processing cycles to produce reloaded cartridges without requiring human intervention. |
| US10281252B2 |
Launcher redundant tank mass shedding system
A system and method for shedding redundant launcher tank mass, comprising progressing means, and cutting means configured to cut redundant propellant tank wall, the system configured to progress inside the tank, along the tank wall in an initially predetermined rate. |
| US10281249B2 |
Protection circuit in blasting systems
There is provided an electronic detonator with electronic delayer, comprising: —a conductive shell comprising —an open end for receiving elements such as an explosive charge, and —a closed end, and —a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising the electronic circuit of the delayer, the printed circuit board being placed inside the conductive shell, characterized in that the electronic detonator further comprises at least a resilient, compressible and conductive gasket —positioned by the open end in a space defined by the PCB and an inner surface of the conductive shell, —filling at least part of the space between the PCB and the inner surface of the conductive shell, such that protection against electromagnetic interferences (EMI) is allowed and —contacting the ground connection of the PCB and the inner surface of the conductive shell such that acts as connection path for grounding the PCB, allowing protection against electro-static interference (ESD). |
| US10281244B2 |
Ballistic breacher shield
A ballistic breacher shield has a combined shield/battering ram functionality. The breacher shield's design permits an officer assigned to breach a barrier (such as a door) to have shield protection as he approaches the barrier, a battering ram to break open the barrier, and then the shield protection again once the barrier has been breached. The officer's follow-through for breaching a door positions the breacher shield to provide cover for the entire team lined up in a stack for entering the barricaded dwelling. The breacher shield has a flattened top to provide a greater area of impact for battering and a shape/size to act as a shield. The sizes of the shields may vary to accommodate individual preference and/or the size of operator. Shields are suitable for right-handed or left-handed operators, and may have an agency identifier and/or lights used for illumination or red and blue flashing lights for use as identifiers and attention attractors. |
| US10281240B2 |
Modular armor supplement apparatus and system with silent fasteners and adjustability
A silent fastener includes generally flat first and second tuck tabs flexibly connected to a first element to be connected, positionable to form a narrow V-shape or U-shape when viewed from the side, and insertable through at least one slit in an outer surface of a second element to be connected, into internal cavities within first and second portions, respectively, folded or bent in the V- or U-shape, and the second element being unfoldable or bendable to frictionally hold the tuck tabs in the cavities for connecting the elements, and the first element being further securable over one of the portions in a hairpin configuration with the received tuck tab, to further hold the tuck tabs, the tuck tabs being removable by returning the second element to the V- or U-shape. The tuck tabs being tensionable to increase the holding strength and snug the elements about a carried object. |
| US10281238B2 |
Cartridge based modular turret control system
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a modular cartridge turret assembly system for quickly exchanging modular cartridges to interact with a ring gear. A modular cartridge may be a brake cartridge, which when inserted into a modular cartridge turret assembly, operably engages with the ring gear to inhibit the rotation of a turret. In an illustrative example, the brake cartridge, when inserted, may prevent damages and injuries caused by the rotation of the turret during transportation. In an exemplary embodiment, the modular cartridge turret assembly system may include a locking mechanism to secure the modular cartridge within the modular cartridge turret assembly. The locking mechanism may safeguard that the brake cartridge remains within the modular cartridge turret assembly system during turbulent situations caused by environmental conditions. |
| US10281237B2 |
Sight capable of measuring distance
A sight capable of measuring distance comprises a telescope without any turrets, a laser transmitting module, a mount for adjusting elevation and windage and a power supply. The telescope comprises a barrel, an unadjustable reticle fixed in the barrel and a laser receiving module fixed in the barrel. The laser transmitting module is steadfastly fixed on the outer barrel of the telescope and emitting a laser beam toward the target. The mount for adjusting elevation and windage is fixed on a lower side of the outer barrel of telescope, and comprises a mounting part, an elevation adjusting part and a windage adjusting part. The power supply electrically connects to the laser transmitting module and the laser receiving module. |
| US10281236B2 |
Sight
A sight includes a main body, an erecting unit, and a first adjusting element. The erecting unit includes a second magnetically attractable element and movably disposed within the main body. The first adjusting element includes a first magnetically attractable element and is movably disposed on the main body. The first adjusting element extends into the main body and against the erecting unit. The first magnetically attractable element attracts the second magnetically attractable element so that the first adjusting element contacts the erecting unit. The first adjusting element is rotatable to move the erecting unit in a first direction. |
| US10281234B1 |
Sling attachment device
A sling attachment device has a body having a strap facility adapted for attachment of a sling strap, a flexible elongated tether having a first end attached to the body, the tether having a free end opposite the first end, and the body defining a receptacle operable to receive the free end of the tether, such that the tether may be threaded through an aperture on a rifle and received by the receptacle to secure the strap to the rifle. The tether may have a selected first width along at least a portion of its length, and the free end may have a second width greater than the first width. A ball may be attached to the free end. The body may define a channel having a width larger than the first width and smaller than the second width. There may be an aperture adjacent to the channel. |
| US10281232B2 |
Virtual reality archery training system
An adjustable archery training bow assembly includes a single resistance element and an adjustment mechanism that can be actuated by a user to vary the tension level in the resistance element for training purposes. The training bow also includes a mount for receiving a mobile device, which allows the user to practice various augmented reality-archery training scenarios. The adjustable archery training bow is used to enhance the user's skills, such as his/her strength, stability, and accuracy to help deliver on-target an arrow fired from a real, non-training bow. |
| US10281231B2 |
Archery release device and method
An archery release device and method are described herein. The archery release device, in an embodiment, includes a body and an extension. The extension is configured to be pivotally coupled to the body. A portion of the body is configured to be inserted into the extension. To secure the extension in a desired position relative to the body, a portion of the extension is configured to flex in response to a securement force. |
| US10281228B1 |
Suppressor for a firearm
A suppressor for a firearm includes a casing having rear and front ends. Baffles are inside the casing between the rear and front ends. A cylindrical support has an upstream end, a downstream end, and a circumferential rib. The upstream end is connected to the rear end of the casing. The downstream end is engaged with at least one of the baffles. The circumferential rib surrounds the cylindrical support between the upstream and downstream ends and extends radially from the cylindrical support to the casing. Upstream and downstream annular chambers defined at least in part by the casing, the cylindrical support, and the circumferential rib circumferentially surround the cylindrical support. A plurality of apertures through the cylindrical support provide fluid communication through the cylindrical support to the upstream and downstream annular chambers. |
| US10281227B1 |
Cold spray and WAAM methods for manufacturing gun barrels
A method for manufacturing a gun barrel with a cold spray process. The method includes the use of a mandrel having a tubular body and being made of a material with properties suited to use with gun barrel manufacture and materials and cold spray processes. |
| US10281226B2 |
Tactile lock plate components and methods
A lock system and related methods are disclosed. The lock mechanism has a lock plate configured to be positioned adjacent the distal side of a firearm floor plate. The lock plate has a base plate and a disengagement mechanism affixed to a proximal side of the base plate. The disengagement mechanism has a protrusion configured to extend into the passage of the floor plate when the floor plate and the lock plate abut one another. The protrusion has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is shaped to extend into the passage of the floor plate. The second portion is shaped to extend through the passage of the floor plate and protrude from the proximal side of the floor plate. |
| US10281223B2 |
Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger may include a heat exchanger block that may have a plurality of pipes and at least one collector. The at least one collector may include at least one pipe end that may accommodate the plurality of pipes in a leakproof manner at a longitudinal end thereof. The heat exchanger may include a terminal piece that may have a duct structure. The duct structure may include a plurality of webs that may separate a plurality of ducts situated between the plurality of webs from each other. The plurality of webs may include a web width bS of 1.0 mm |
| US10281220B1 |
Heat sink with vapor chamber
A heat sink is disclosed in which a set of fins dissipates heat, where the heat is conducted from a heat source to two sides of the set of fins by a vapor chamber assembly. In an embodiment, a thin vapor chamber assembly is configured to conduct heat to both the bottom and the top of a set of fins. In an embodiment, a thin vapor chamber assembly is configured to conduct heat to a lower set of fins and also to an upper set of fins. |
| US10281216B2 |
Molten metal stirring device and molten metal transfer device
An molten metal stirring device is provided, including a main bath that includes a furnace main body including a storage chamber; and a stirring unit that drives and stirs the molten metal stored in the furnace main body, the stirring unit including a passage member that includes a molten metal passage, the rotating-shifting magnetic field unit main body including a permanent magnet and being provided outside the passage member, the furnace main body including a molten metal outlet and inlet formed in a side wall and in communication with each other, at least a pair of electrodes are provided in the molten metal passage, and molten metal present in the molten metal passage is driven toward the molten metal outlet by a resultant driving force of first and second electromagnetic forces according to Fleming's rule. |
| US10281214B2 |
Heat treatment apparatus
A heat treatment apparatus is provided with a reaction tube having a furnace opening formed at a lower end thereof, a lid body configured to hermetically seal the furnace opening of the reaction tube, a heat treatment boat supported on the lid body through a leg, and a rotating shaft extending through the lid body. The rotating shaft is connected to a lower end of the leg and configured to rotate the leg. The lid body is provided with a surrounding ring protruding upward to surround the lower end of the leg. An inert gas is supplied from an inert gas supply unit to a space between the lid body and the rotating shaft and discharged from a space between the lower end of the leg and the surrounding ring into the reaction tube. |
| US10281213B2 |
Tap-hole refurbishing
A method for refurbishing a tap-hole including making a channel trough a tap-hole block, restoring the channel to form a refurbished tap-hole, detachably connecting a prefabricated refractory insert including a shell to a clay gun, where the insert includes a first and second ends in axial direction, where the second end is blocked, an opening arranged on the first end, a hollow passage in the axial direction, where the hollow passage is accessible through the opening, a plurality of lateral through holes, aligned in a longitudinal direction of the shell, with a constant interval covering 10-25% of the shell, the method further including inserting the insert into the channel, where the clay gun is fluidly coupled with the insert and the channel, injecting a grouting material from the clay gun into the insert and through the through hole into the channel and, disconnecting the insert from the clay gun. |
| US10281210B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus (1) includes a table (4) configured to support a substrate W, a solvent supply unit (8) configured to supply a volatile solvent to a surface of the substrate W on the table (4), and an irradiator (10) configured to emit light to the substrate W, which has been supplied with the volatile solvent, and function as a heater that heats the substrate W such that a gas layer is formed on the surface of the substrate W to make the volatile solvent into a liquid ball. Thus, it is possible to dry the substrate successfully as well as to suppress pattern collapse. |
| US10281204B2 |
Cryogenic distillation comprising vacuum insulation panel
A cryogenic installation unit comprises at least one item of equipment to be thermally insulated, a structure for containing the at least one item of equipment, a main insulation contained in the structure and, associated with this main insulation, a secondary insulation of lower thermal conductivity than the main insulation, said secondary insulation consisting of a vacuum insulation panel. |
| US10281201B2 |
System and method for testing normal operation of refrigerator
A method for testing a normal operation of a refrigerator, the method including allowing a user to implement an application of a terminal for testing the refrigerator; displaying a list of controllable loads on a display unit of the terminal; allowing the user to select a desired load and input a setting command for the load; implementing a controller of the refrigerator to operate the load according to the setting command received from the terminal via the tag unit; and implementing the terminal to display state information of the operated load on the display unit. |
| US10281198B2 |
Multi-material basket for refrigerator or freezer
A storage basket used for storing and displaying food products and packages in a refrigerator or freezer unit may include a single-material first portion including a bottom wall and an upright wall that extends away from the bottom wall. The bottom wall and the upright wall are imperforate, thereby creating a solid barrier to transfer and fall-through of materials contained in the storage basket. The storage basket may also include a single-material second portion coupled to and extending from the upright wall, and the second portion may include a plurality of perforations. The plurality of perforations may permit airflow around and about the materials contained in the storage basket. |
| US10281194B2 |
Refrigerator
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet (10) defining a first storage region (2) in which food is stored, a door (20) rotatably connected to a first rotating shaft (42), located at the front of the cabinet (10), via a first hinge member (40) to open or close the first storage region (2), a gasket (26) provided at the door (20), a container (100) defining a second storage region (52) received in the first storage region (2), the container (100) being rotatably connected to a second rotating shaft, located at the door (20), via a second hinge member (200), a latch member installed to the container (100), and a fastening device (600) provided at the door (20), the fastening device (600) being caught by the latch member to selectively couple the door (20) and the container (100) to each other. The fastening device (600) includes a seal (626) configured to prevent outward movement of cold air through the fastening device (600) in a coupled state of the door (20) and the container (100). |
| US10281193B2 |
Refrigerator
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet (10) configured to define a first storage region in which food is stored, a door (20) rotatably connected to a first rotating shaft via a first hinge member (40) to open or close the first storage region, the first rotating shaft being located at the front of the cabinet (10), a gasket provided at the door (20) and a container (100) configured to define a second storage region, the second storage region being received in the first storage region, the container (100) being rotatably connected to a second rotating shaft via a second hinge member (200), the second rotating shaft being located at the door (20). |
| US10281189B2 |
Cold room combination vent and light
A combination light and pressure relief vent (10) is disclosed which includes a housing (11), a valve assembly (12), and a light assembly (13). The housing include a valve body (16), port tube (17), and an outside louver (18). The valve body has a low pressure intake port (25), a high pressure intake port (26), and a low pressure exhaust port (27). The valve assembly includes a low pressure intake valve (40), a high pressure intake valve (42), and a low pressure exhaust valve (44). The light assembly includes a heat sink casing (51) which partially defines a heat chamber (52). The casing has a front wall (55) to which is mounted an LED module (57). A lens cover (61) is coupled to the front surface of the casing. Heat generated by the LED module is transferred through the casing to the heat chamber to warm the valve assembly. |
| US10281187B2 |
Ice making method and system for refrigerator appliance
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber below the fresh food chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes an ice maker disposed within the cabinet outside of the freezer chamber and proximate to the fresh food chamber. The ice maker is in thermal communication with a freezer evaporator via a fan, a supply duct, and a return duct. The ice maker includes a harvest heater and the freezer evaporator is deactivated while the harvest heater is active. |
| US10281184B2 |
Air conditioner
Dehumidification cannot be performed when a load decreases. In an air conditioner of the present invention, an indoor heat exchanger includes an auxiliary heat exchanger 20 and a main heat exchanger 21 disposed leeward from the auxiliary heat exchanger 20. In an operation in a predetermined dehumidification operation mode, a liquid refrigerant supplied to the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 all evaporates midway in the auxiliary heat exchanger 20. Therefore, only an upstream partial area in the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 is an evaporation region, while an area downstream of the evaporation region in the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 is a superheat region. In the predetermined dehumidification operation mode, a compressor and an expansion valve are controlled so that the extent of the evaporation region of the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 varies depending on the load. |
| US10281183B2 |
Hose free sensor system for refrigerant unit
A hoseless sensor system for a refrigerant unit includes a plurality of hoseless sensors for sensing system parameters of the refrigerant unit, and a portable electronic device configured to receive the system parameters from the hoseless sensors and to calculate system conditions for the refrigerant based on the system parameters. The plurality of hoseless sensors includes a hoseless first pressure sensor and a hoseless second pressure sensor, and a hoseless first temperature sensor and a hoseless second temperature sensor. The temperature sensors are temperature sensor clamps. Each temperature sensor clamp includes a clamping portion configured to clamp on a tube of the refrigerant unit, the clamping portion including a sensor element to measure temperature about the tube. The clamping portion further includes a plurality of clamping teeth, and adjacent clamping teeth interlock in an overlapping configuration when the clamp closes inward beyond a threshold point. |
| US10281180B2 |
Economized cycle with thermal energy storage
In one aspect, an air conditioning system is provided. The air conditioning system includes a refrigeration circuit having a refrigerant and an economizer circuit, and a subcooling circuit thermally coupled to the refrigeration circuit, the subcooling circuit including a thermal energy storage (TES) unit and a phase change material (PCM) for thermal exchange with the refrigerant. |
| US10281177B2 |
Caloric heat pump system
A caloric heat pump system includes a motor and a pair of non-circular gears meshed with each other. A first one of the pair of non-circular gears is coupled to a regenerator housing, and a second one of the pair of non-circular gears is coupled to the motor. The regenerator housing is rotatable with the motor through the pair of non-circular gears. |
| US10281174B2 |
Thermosiphon solar water heater using CO2 as working fluid
A gravity driven Thermosiphon solar water heating system to harness solar insolation in low sunshine regions. This innovatory system uses CO2 as the working fluid to collect even mild sunlight to heat the water in sub-zero temperature areas. This solar water heater harnesses solar energy by fitting U-shaped copper heat removal pipes in evacuated glass tubes. This system works automatically by natural thermosiphon circulation force caused by density difference of supercritical CO2 at different temperatures. This innovatory solar water heater can perform in ice cold temperature areas where water based systems cease to function after freezing. |
| US10281171B2 |
Water heater appliance
A drain pump assembly for discharging condensate from a water heater appliance is provided. The drain pump assembly includes a condensate collection tray positioned below an evaporator of the water heater appliance for collecting condensate. A condensate level sensor is configured for measuring a level of condensate within the condensate collection tray and is in operative communication with a drain pump. The drain pump is configured for discharging collected condensate from the condensate collection tray when the level of condensate exceeds a first threshold and turning off after the condensate level drops below a second threshold. |
| US10281170B2 |
Sealed refrigeration system and appliance
A sealed refrigeration system and appliance are provided. The sealed refrigeration system may include a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, and a check valve assembly. The compressor may be operable to compress refrigerant, while the condenser may be disposed in downstream fluid communication with the compressor to condense refrigerant received from the compressor. The evaporator may be disposed in fluid communication between the condenser and the compressor. The check valve assembly may be disposed in fluid communication between at least two components of the sealed refrigeration system. The check valve assembly may include a valve body defining a circuit inlet, a circuit outlet, and a charge port. The circuit outlet may be downstream from the circuit inlet to direct refrigerant therefrom. The charge port may be between the circuit inlet and the circuit outlet to receive refrigerant therethrough. |
| US10281163B2 |
Isolator, clean bench, and cabinet
An isolator including: a main body case including a box-shaped working space and provided with an inserting portion of a work hand on a front surface thereof; an illuminating device that illuminates the inside of the main body case; and an air-conditioning device that performs air conditioning inside the main body case, the illuminating device having a plurality of point light sources that are arranged substantially linearly in the main body case, the main body case including a back plate or a bottom plate, at least one of the back plate or the bottom plate being constituted by a metal plate, and a rolling direction of the back plate or the bottom plate constituted by the metal plate being a direction substantially orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the plurality of point light sources. |
| US10281161B2 |
Air conditioner
In an air conditioner, an upper heat exchanger and a lower heat exchanger exchange heat between air and a refrigerant. An air cleaner includes a charging unit for charging particles in the air and a dust collecting unit for collecting the particles charged by the charging unit by an electrostatic force. An indoor unit body houses the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger and houses the air cleaner of which the center position in the height direction is positioned lower than a connection part between the upper heat exchanger and the lower heat exchanger. |
| US10281160B2 |
Methods for meeting localized peak loads in buildings and urban centers
A method to use high temperature thermal storage for integration into building heating/cooling systems and to meet building's peak power demand. The method can be used to store the thermal energy at any desirable rate and then discharge this stored energy to meet the demand for short or long time intervals. Input energy stored with this method is thermal energy, however, output can be thermal or electric based upon the requirement. |
| US10281159B2 |
Steam cooking apparatus
A steam cooking apparatus with improved water supply and drainage structures. The apparatus includes a body, a cooking compartment, a steam generator to supply steam into the cooking compartment, a water vessel to store water and supply the water into the steam generator, a water supply device including a holder and a slider slidably mounted in the holder so as to be withdrawn from the body, a first water supply tube connecting the slider and the water vessel, a second water supply tube connecting the water vessel and the steam generator, and a drain tube to drain water in the steam generator to the outside of the body. The drain tube includes an end fixed to the slider so that the end of the drain tube is withdrawn with the slider from the body when water in the steam generator is drained to the outside. |
| US10281154B2 |
Illuminated knob assembly for an appliance
A knob assembly includes a light guide and a control knob that is independently rotatable relative to the light guide. The light guide is positioned at an aperture formed on a surface such that the light guide receives light emitted by a light source positioned below the surface along a vertical direction. The light guide also defines a guide opening, and further includes an opaque and translucent region. The control knob defines a light opening and is rotatably coupled to a stem extending through the guide opening. The control knob is rotatable between a first and second position. In the first position, the light opening is positioned entirely over the opaque region of the light guide along the vertical direction. In the second position, the light opening is positioned entirely over the translucent region of the light guide along the vertical direction. A related cooktop appliance is provided. |
| US10281150B2 |
Refractory ceramic lining brick and corresponding refractory ceramic lining
The invention relates to a refractory ceramic lining brick and a corresponding ceramic refractory lining. |
| US10281146B1 |
Apparatus and method for a center fuel stabilization bluff body
An apparatus for producing a stabilizing base flame for a premix main burner flame in a burner assembly having a burner end, a first fuel line, a first fuel nozzle, a second fuel line, and a second fuel nozzle. The apparatus comprises a conduit having a first fuel line end in fluid communication with the first fuel line, a second fuel line end in fluid communication with the second fuel line, a valve in fluid communication with the conduit and a center fuel stabilization bluff body mounted in the burner end. The center fuel stabilization bluff body comprises a first ring, a second ring and a cylinder disposed between the first ring and the second ring. |
| US10281145B2 |
Stove burner
The present invention discloses a stove burner. The present invention, by designing the outer-ring fire cover body and the outer fire-spraying ring into two independent structures, enables the outer-ring fire cover body to be made of a heat-resisting material of low price, which reduces the manufacturing cost of the entire stove burner; besides, with the outer edge of the annular cover body plate in contact with the top of the outer fire-spraying ring and the cover body ring attached to the sidewall of the inner ring tube close to the gas inlet tube, this structure can better achieve good airtightness of the annular chamber. |
| US10281142B2 |
Solid-fuel-fired burner and solid-fuel-fired boiler
A solid-fuel-fired burner that suppresses a high-temperature oxygen remaining region formed at the outer circumference of a flame and that can decrease the amount of NOx eventually produced is provided. A solid-fuel-fired burner that is used in a burner section of a solid-fuel-fired boiler for performing low-NOx combustion separately in the burner section and in an additional-air injection section and that injects powdered solid-fuel and air into a furnace includes a fuel burner having internal flame stabilization and a secondary-air injection port that does not perform flame stabilization, in which the air ratio in the fuel burner is set to 0.85 or more. |
| US10281141B2 |
System and method for applying an electric field to a flame with a current gated electrode
A system and method for electrically controlling a position of a combustion reaction and/or for protecting a flame controller by decoupling an ionizer from a power supply. |
| US10281134B2 |
Dishwasher having interior lighting
A dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, includes a dishwasher cavity for cleaning dishes, glasses, cutlery or similar wash items. The dishwasher cavity has a plurality of walls that delimit it, with at least one of the walls including a through-hole. A flat lighting unit is configured for placement in the through-hole such as to be pressed by a mechanical force application element against edge regions surrounding the through-hole. |
| US10281129B1 |
Filament structure of LED light bulb
A light-emitting diode light bulb contains: a screw base, a transparent housing, at least one filament support, and at least one LED filament. The transparent housing includes an opening, and the screw base includes a positive terminal and a negative terminal. Each filament support includes two metal posts. Each LED filament includes a substrate, a first electrode pin, a second electrode pin, a thermal radiation film, at least one LED chip, a wire, and a fluorescent. The at least one LED chip is electrically connected with the first and second electrode pins, the first electrode pin is electrically connected with a first metal post, and the second electrode pin is electrically connected with a second metal post. The at least one LED filament and the at least one filament support are accommodated in the transparent housing, the screw base is housed into the opening, and the opening is closed. |
| US10281128B2 |
Lighting device comprising a split lighting engine
The present invention relates to a lighting device (100, 200, 300) comprising a split lighting engine with at least two thermally separated sub-engines (104, 106, 202, 204, 206, 302). Each sub-engine comprises at least one solid state light source (114, 212, 306) and a component (118, 210, 304) adapted to regulate electric current or power to the at least one solid state light source (114, 212, 306), so that the sub-engines (104, 106, 202, 204, 206, 302) are individually drivable based on a thermal environment of each sub-engine. |
| US10281127B1 |
LED lamp
An LED lamp comprises a first inserting portion; a first cable electrically coupled to the first inserting portion to light the LED lamp; a second inserting portion; and a second cable inserted into the second inserting portion to connect two LED lamps. |
| US10281124B2 |
Electronic device and lighting apparatus
An electronic device according to an embodiment includes an electronic component and equipment. The equipment includes a mounting surface on which the electronic component is mounted via a coating agent and on which a recessed portion is provided along a part of a circumferential end portion of the electronic component. |
| US10281120B1 |
Recessed housing clip
A friction clip includes a coupling portion having a rotating coupling element, a middle portion adjacent the coupling portion, and an end portion adjacent the middle portion and opposite the coupling portion. The middle portion includes a bent out tab having a first interference edge configured to engage an internal wall of a first canister having a first diameter and the end portion includes a second interference edge configured to engage an internal wall of a second canister having a second diameter. Alternatively, a multi-part friction clip includes a first member that is couplable to a light module, and a second member that is removably couplable to the first member. The second member includes a coupling portion configured to removably engage with the first member, a middle portion having a bent out tab that includes a first interference edge, and an end portion that includes a second interference edge. |
| US10281117B2 |
Variable height illumination assembly
A lighting fixture includes a light engine elastically coupled to a front ring module. The light engine includes a heat sink and at least one biasing member is coupled between the heat sink and the front ring module. The at least one biasing member is configured to urge the front ring module toward the heat sink. The biasing member could be a spring or an elastic band. |
| US10281115B1 |
Quick-change lighting assembly and method of use
A quick-change lighting assembly includes a stationary ring, a plurality of clips, and a compression ring arranged between the stationary ring and the clips. Each clip has a retaining end and moves between a retaining and a releasing position, whereby the retaining end is deflected against the compression member when moving from the retaining position to the releasing position. The compression member can move towards the stationary member from an extended position, such that movement of the clips moves the compression member from the extended position to a first position. The clips accept a flange of a socket assembly, the flange defects the retaining ends from the retaining position to the releasing position until the flange directly engages the compression member and further translates the compression member to a second compressed position and the clips return to the retaining position below the flange. |
| US10281111B2 |
Lens and light emitting module for surface illumination
A light emitting module includes a circuit board, light emitting elements disposed on the circuit board, each light emitting element including light emitting diode chips and a wavelength conversion layer coated on the light emitting diode chips, and a lens disposed on the light emitting elements and configured to diffuse light emitted form the light emitting elements. The lens includes a concave part having a light incident surface and an upper surface through which the light incident on the lens is emitted, and at least one of the light incident surface and the upper surface includes sections disposed at least 15° from a central axis and sequentially connected in a first direction. |
| US10281105B2 |
Lens body for vehicle configured to emit light forward from a light source and lighting tool for vehicle
A lens body includes a first reflecting surface totally reflecting entered light, a second reflecting surface totally reflecting at least some of the light totally reflected at the first reflecting surface, and a light emitting surface emitting light passed through forward, wherein the first reflecting surface includes an elliptical spherical shape with reference to a front-focal point and a rear-focal point disposed parallel with each other in the forward/rearward direction, the rear-focal point disposed in a vicinity of a light source, the light emitting surface has a first leftward/rightward emission region and a second leftward/rightward emission region adjacent to the first leftward/rightward emission region in a leftward/rightward direction, the first leftward/rightward emission region refracts the entered light in a direction approaching a forward/rearward reference axis, and the second leftward/rightward emission region refracts at least some of the entered light in a direction getting away from the forward/rearward reference axis. |
| US10281103B2 |
Body and lighting tool for vehicle
A lens body is provided which is disposed in front of a light source and configured to emit light forward from the light source along a forward/rearward reference axis extending in a forward/rearward direction of a vehicle, the lens body including an incidence part; a first reflecting surface configured to totally reflect light entering from the incidence part; a second reflecting surface configured to totally reflect at least some of the light totally reflected by the first reflecting surface; and a light emitting surface, wherein the first reflecting surface includes an elliptical spherical shape rotatably symmetrical with respect to a major axis extending in the forward/rearward direction, in first and second focal points constituted by the elliptical shape of the first reflecting surface, the second focal point disposed at a rear side between the first and second focal points is disposed in the vicinity of the light source, the second reflecting surface extends rearward from a point spaced a predetermined distance from the first focal point in an upward direction, and, among the light totally reflected by the first reflecting surface, light reaching the light emitting surface without being reflected by the second reflecting surface and light reaching the light emitting surface after being totally reflected by the second reflecting surface are emitted from the light emitting surface to be radiated forward. |
| US10281100B2 |
Device comprising at least one wavelength converter, light module and lighting device for an automotive vehicle comprising such a device
An optical device comprising: an optical element for converting wavelength formed from a first optical medium having a first refractive index. The converter element receives an incident light beam at a first face and converts it into a converted light beam. The reflective optical element, positioned on a second face of the converter is configured to reflect the converted light beam. The optical device comprises a primary optical element formed from a second optical medium having a second refractive index substantially identical to the first refractive index. A first face of the primary optical element being positioned in proximity to the first face of the converter element, the primary optical element receives the incident light beam and transmits it to the converter. A second face of the primary optical element forms an output face for outputting the converted light beam to minimize parasitic reflections of the converted light beam off itself. |
| US10281098B2 |
Illumination apparatus
The present invention provides an illumination apparatus having a video projection function capable of more favorably moving and adjusting a position on which a video is projected even after the apparatus is set. The illumination apparatus is an illumination apparatus which is held by a holding tool for fixing to a ceiling surface or a wall and which emits illumination light, and includes: a light source arranged inside a housing for generating the illumination light; a diffusion plate attached to a part of the housing, the diffusion plate diffusing the illumination light from the light source; a projector which is arranged inside a space formed by the housing and a part of the diffusion plate and which projects a video onto a projection surface; and movement means for making the whole or a part of the projector movable in a direction parallel to the projection surface. |
| US10281097B2 |
Floor lamp and support rod assembly thereof
A floor lamp includes a lamp base, a lamp holder module, and a support rod assembly including a bottom support rod having a bottom mounting end portion connected to the lamp base, a connecting end portion, and a through hole; a top support rod having a top mounting end portion connected to the lamp holder module, a connecting end portion, and a through hole; and at least one coupling member having two coupling holes respectively formed in two opposite coupling end portions thereof. Two fixing members are inserted fixedly and respectively into an aligned one of the through hole in the bottom support rod and one of the coupling holes and another aligned one of the through hole in the top support rod and the other coupling hole. |
| US10281095B2 |
Light bar
A light bar having an extruded housing with a curved cover portion and a flat back wall and flat side walls with a hollow interior. A circuit board positioned within the hollow interior and separated into a plurality of electrical segments. The circuit board includes a row of white, amber, and red LEDs which are fully encapsulated with an encapsulant within the housing. The ends of the housing are enclosed by end caps. The light bar is electrically connected to the electrical system of the vehicle and is installed using a plurality of adhesively attached clips and is controlled by a control box that interprets the operational signals of practically any commercially available pickup truck and outputs commands that controls illumination of the light bar. The compact size of the light bar facilitates installation of the light bar on practically any commercially available pickup truck. |
| US10281092B2 |
LED tube lamp
An LED tube lamp is disclosed. The LED tube lamp is a ballast-bypass LED tube lamp that includes a lamp tube, two end caps, an LED module, and a power supply module including an electric shock detection circuit. The electric shock detection circuit is capable of forming a current path electrically connected to a power loop of the LED tube lamp for detecting whether a human touches the conductive part of the LED tube lamp when one end of the LED tube lamp has been inserted into a lamp socket. |
| US10281090B2 |
Lighting device and corresponding manufacturing method
A lighting device comprising: an elongated laminar substrate having opposed front and back surfaces, one or more electrically-powered light radiation sources, e.g. LED sources, at the front surface of the substrate, a protective encapsulation sealingly encapsulating the substrate and the light radiation source(s), the encapsulation being light-permeable to facilitate propagation of light radiation from the device. The encapsulation includes thermally-conductive material at the back surface of the substrate. |
| US10281087B2 |
Thermally induced recirculation mixing for gel strength mitigation
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for treating petroleum in a container are disclosed herein. The method includes electrically heating a portion of the container to generate heat sufficient to create convection currents in the petroleum. The method also includes stopping heating after the petroleum cools below a threshold temperature. The systems, methods, and apparatuses mitigate yield stress in petroleum susceptible to gelling. |
| US10281081B2 |
Leg for an apparatus for supporting an object
An improved leg for an apparatus for supporting an object. The improved leg may be provided as at least one leg of a tripod for supporting an object, the tripod having a plurality of legs each having upper and lower leg assemblies that are arranged in moving relation with each other, wherein the at least one leg is configured to prevent that leg of the apparatus from collapsing. |
| US10281079B2 |
Insulated fluid conduit
The present invention provides an insulated fluid conduit useful in facilities in which a hot fluid susceptible to deleterious phase changes in response to heat loss to a cold environment is transported. Such conduits may be particularly well suited to improve thermal control in subsea hydrocarbon production operations in which hot production fluids may undergo deleterious phase changes as a result of heat loss to the cold subsea environment. The fluid conduit includes an insulating material containing a silicone rubber and a phase change material such as octadecane. One or more barrier layers inhibit migration of the phase change material from the insulation layer and into the environment. In one or more embodiments, the phase change material is present as a microencapsulated phase change material. |
| US10281077B2 |
Fusion welding fittings with weld bead cover
A fitting for use in fusion welding mating thermoplastic components includes a weld bead chamber to capture and conceal a bead formed as a result of the fusion weld. The weld bead chamber integrates the bead into the fitting so that the joined parts have a finished look without mechanical polishing or grinding of the completed piece. A stop ledge included in the weld bead chamber prevents over insertion of a pipe or other component into the fitting. A view window in the fitting permits inspection of the finished bead. |
| US10281076B2 |
Coupler device and method for using the same
A coupler device for coupling first and second pipe bodies and a method for using the coupler device are disclosed, the coupler device including—a first connector hub configured to be connected to the first pipe body; a second connector hub configured to be connected to the second pipe body; a clamp configured to clamp the first and second connector hubs together, the clamp comprising two or more clamping members; and two or more clamping rods, along which the clamping members are configured to be displaced, wherein the at least two clamping rods are rigidly connected to the first connector hub. |
| US10281073B2 |
Rapid-connect coupler
A rapid-connect gas coupler is shown and described herein. In an embodiment, the rapid-connect gas coupler includes a spring-loaded probe within a probe cavity, which is defined by a housing and one or more latch segment. The probe can engage with a gas connector, which causes the latch segment to engage and couple with the gas connector. |
| US10281068B2 |
Pipe connection arrangement, high-pressure fluid line system of a dual fuel engine, dual fuel engine and use of a tension nut
A pipe connection arrangement in a high-pressure fluid line system of a dual fuel engine, having first pipe element with outer sealing cone and conical shoulder adjoining the cone, having further pipe element with inner sealing cone and external thread, having a screw nut element with clamping sleeve region having inner clamping cone and threaded sleeve region having internal thread. The outer sealing cone of the first pipe element is arranged in the inner sealing cone of the further pipe element and the internal thread of the screw nut element is screwed on the external thread of the further pipe element. The inner clamping cone of the screw nut element is pulled against the conical shoulder of the first pipe element such that the outer and inner sealing cones are clamped with one another in a sealing manner, wherein the threaded sleeve region of the screw nut element is conical. |
| US10281065B2 |
Flexible pipe for transporting fluid and associated method
This flexible fluid transport pipe includes an inner polymer sheath defining a fluid circulation passage with a central axis; at least one armor layer positioned outside the inner sheath; an inner carcass, positioned in the inner sheath, the inner carcass comprising a first bent tape defining a helical interstice emerging toward the central axis. The pipe includes a helical insert with a T-shaped cross-section comprising a rod inserted in the helical interstice and two wings protruding on either side of the rod to inwardly close off the helical interstice. The helical insert is formed from a second bent tape. |
| US10281063B1 |
Pipe fixation apparatus
A pipe fixation apparatus includes a main body and a first receiving portion, a second receiving portion, a bending portion, a first fixation portion, a second fixation portion and an attachment portion formed on the main body. During the use the pipe fixation apparatus, the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion of the main body are able to receive a pipe having a flexible portion in order to use the first fixation portion and the second fixation portion for securing the pipe. In addition, the bending portion allows the flexible portion of the pipe to form a bending shape. The attachment portion can be used to allow more than two main bodies to be attached onto each other. Accordingly, the pipe fixation apparatus of the present invention is convenient to use and is able to achieve a neat and appealing arrangement of pipes. |
| US10281062B2 |
Vertical compression assembly and method of installing a vertical compression assembly
An apparatus and method for the seismic stabilization of loads supported by hanger rods are presented. The apparatus includes a compression member that is placed in parallel to a hanger rod and which spans, or substantially spans, the distance from the load, which may be a conduit, and the supporting structure. This apparatus may be retrofit onto existing load-bearing hanger rods, or may be included at the time of installation of the conduit. Methods of installation are described that allow for providing additional structural integrity without disassembly of existing supports. |
| US10281061B2 |
Clip and clip arrangement
A clip and clip arrangement for mounting a tubular member to a support member. The clip may have a tubular member receiving portion and a mounting portion. The tubular member receiving portion may have first and second arcuate arms that cooperate to define a cavity for receiving the tubular member. The mounting portion may extend from the tubular member receiving portion and may have an arcuate mounting arm. |
| US10281060B2 |
Air brake hose support bracket
A railway car air brake hose support bracket has an upper portion with first and second attachment members, a lower portion and an air hose connector. The first attachment member enters into and engages a portion of an accessible compartment of an uncoupling mechanism housing below the coupler head, and the second attachment member is secured to an air brake hose support lug of the railway car coupler. The air brake hose connector engages an air brake hose assembly and suspends this hose assembly from the railway coupler at a predetermined distance above the rail bed. A method of installing the hose support bracket includes positioning the first and second attachment members, securing them in place, and attaching one or more railway brake hose units to the air hose connector, either before or after this positioning and securing of the upper portion of the bracket. |
| US10281058B2 |
Uninterrupted fluid flow while modulating fluid
A fluid processing device (10) for processing fluid, wherein the fluid processing device (10) comprises a first fluid drive unit (20) configured for driving a first fluid along a first flow path (85), a second fluid drive unit (20′) configured for driving a second fluid along a second flow path (86), and a fluidic switch (90) fluidically coupled to the first flow path (85) and to the second flow path (86) and configured for being switchable for transferring first fluid from the first flow path (85) into the second flow path (86) without interruption of fluid flow along at least one of the first flow path (85) and the second flow path (86). |
| US10281056B2 |
Low hysteresis diaphragm for a valve
A valve diaphragm processed by cold working a small concentric region of one surface has a permanent axisymmetric deformation. The deformed diaphragm can be used in a manner which causes continual elastic compression loading of the diaphragm material. The loading of the deformed diaphragm provides a valve restoring spring force and simultaneously defeats diaphragm tendency toward exhibiting hysteresis. The restoring force provided by the diaphragm can also lessen actuator hysteresis. |
| US10281053B2 |
Lattice structure valve/regulator body
A method of manufacturing a body of a fluid control apparatus using additive manufacturing, the method including forming an inner wall having an outside surface and an inside surface, an area surrounding an inlet, an area surrounding an outlet, and an area surrounding a fluid flow path, wherein the inner wall provides a fluid boundary and connects the inlet and the outlet. The method further including forming a portion of the inner wall that receives a valve seat, forming a portion of the inner wall that receives a control stem and a control element, and forming a lattice structure by depositing a solidifiable material onto the inner wall in a predetermined pattern, wherein the lattice structure is three-dimensional and includes a plurality of connected lattice members. |
| US10281051B2 |
Vehicle tank pressurization device
A vehicle tank pressurization device has a valve seat establishing an opening for fuel vapors and/or air; such opening has a vertical axis coincident with the direction of application of an opening force, that is directed upwards and is produced, in use, by the pressure in an internal upper region of the tank; the device also has a movable shutter, placed on the valve seat, to open/close the valve seat, and having a weight set by design in such a way as to define the magnitude of a closing force directed downwards and with a center of gravity positioned eccentrically with respect to the vertical axis of the opening. |
| US10281050B2 |
One-way valve score design
In flexible package, a one-way valve may include a substrate forming a portion of the flexible package and having at least one inlet score, a top sheet having at least one outlet score and secured thereto by an adhesive to define a valve chamber in which the substrate and the top sheet are not permanently adhered to each other, and a liquid film within the valve chamber and adhering the top sheet to the substrate within the valve chamber until a pressure differential exists causing gases to pass through the one-way valve. The inlet scores and the outlet scores may be non-linear, or may be linear scores that are not parallel to each other to prevent the scores from collapsing on themselves and preventing gas flow when the package buckles. |
| US10281049B2 |
Valve assembly
A fluid control valve includes a body, a stem, a moveable disc, a stationary disc, and a valve seal. The stem is rotatably coupled to the body, and is configured to freely rotate three hundred and sixty degrees relative to the body. The moveable disc is coupled to the stem, and is configured to rotate with the stem. The stationary disc is coupled to the body below the moveable disc. The valve seal is coupled to the body below the stationary disc, and is reversible such that the valve seal is configured to be coupled to the body in at least two different orientations. |
| US10281048B2 |
Three-way flap valve with curved valve flap
A three-way flap valve (4) includes an inlet (1), a first outlet (2), a second outlet (3), and a valve flap (5). The valve flap (5) can be moved between at least a first position and a second position. In the first position of the valve flap (5), fluid flowing in through the inlet (1) is directed to the first outlet (2). In the second position of the valve flap (5), fluid flowing in through the inlet (1) is directed to the second outlet (3). A surface (51) of the valve flap (5) circumscribed by an outer edge (53) includes at least a first surface section (A1), where the surface of the valve flap (5) has a curvature. |
| US10281039B2 |
Lever
A lever, or a lever assembly comprising a lever, for actuating a release mechanism of a vehicle, the lever being arranged for translating input force applied to an input of the lever into output force exerted at an output of the lever. The input comprises an input formation for engaging a lever extension for enhancing a mechanical advantage of the lever, and the output comprises an output formation co-operable with a release element of a release mechanism. |
| US10281035B2 |
Entrained air deflector for a hydrostatic transmission
A hydrostatic transmission for a working machine having a frame, an engine on the frame, and at least one wheel driven by the hydrostatic transmission is disclosed. The hydrostatic transmission includes a housing, a hydraulic pump, the hydraulic pump driven by an output shaft from the engine, a hydraulic motor for driving an output shaft connected to the at least one wheel, a first fluid line fillable with hydraulic fluid to be maintained under a first pressure, a second fluid line fillable with hydraulic fluid to be maintained under a second pressure, a first check valve for allowing hydraulic fluid to enter the first fluid line, a second check valve for allowing hydraulic fluid to enter the second fluid line, and an entrained air deflector for preventing hydraulic fluid entrained with air from entering the first check valve and the second check valve. |
| US10281032B2 |
Transmission gear control apparatus for vehicle
Under an abnormal determination, when a transmission gear stage is switched, a torque limit value is changed from a value before switching of the transmission gear stage to a value after switching thereof in a period in which this transmission gear stage is switched. |
| US10281026B2 |
Lubricant retention shield
A wrist for a work vehicle includes a frame configured to be attached to the work vehicle, a ring pivotally connected to the frame and including a ring gear and a pilot axially protruding a length beyond the ring gear in a direction away from the frame, a shield cavity with an annular shape which surrounds the pilot and is bounded at least in part by the pilot and the ring gear and with a thickness of the length, a motor including a housing fixedly connected to the frame and an output shaft engaged with the ring gear, a lubricant cavity with boundaries defined at least in part by the frame, the ring, and a lubricant shield. The lubricant shield is removeably secured to the frame with at least a portion of the lubricant shield within the shield cavity. |
| US10281022B2 |
Differential assembly and method of manufacture
A differential assembly and a method of manufacture. The differential assembly may include a case that is rotatable about an axis and includes a first case portion and the second case portion. The first case portion may be joined to the second case portion with a first weld that may be disposed at an angle with respect to the axis. |
| US10281014B2 |
Auto tensioner
The present invention relates to an auto-tensioner containing a base having a cylindrical part, a rotating member supported rotatably to the base, a pulley provided at the rotating member, a friction member sandwiched between the cylindrical part and the rotating member, and a coil spring locked to the friction member and the base and disposed in a state of being compressed in an axial direction, thereby biasing the rotating member in one direction, in which the friction member has an arcuate surface capable of sliding along the cylindrical part, a first locking part located further toward the one direction side than the arcuate surface in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical part and locked to the rotating member, and a second locking part locked to one end of the coil spring. |
| US10281011B2 |
Automatic transmission
Provided is an automatic transmission with which a switching mechanism thereof is hardly damaged even if the hydraulic pressure supplied to a hydraulic pressure control circuit temporarily changes. A control part ECU of the automatic transmission TM switches the first brake B1 to the reverse rotation preventing state when a signal indicating that the slider is at a position corresponding to the reverse rotation preventing state is received while the control unit ECU recognized that it has switched the first brake B1 to the fixed state. |
| US10281003B2 |
Flywheel intended for energy storage
Disclosed is a flywheel intended for energy storage, including a cylindrical mass body including a main material with compression resistance of at least 25 MPa, such as concrete, the body being surrounded on at least one portion of the outer surface thereof with fibers, the material that makes up the fibers having a tensile strength of at least 100 Mpa. The tension of winding the fibers around the body leads to the compression of the main material, and the tension applied to the fibers is such that the stress exerted on the material of the mass body is at least equal to half of the maximum acceptable stress, the maximum stress being lower than the compression yield strength of the material that makes up the mass body, the material of the latter thus being pre-stressed. |
| US10281002B2 |
Dynamic vibration absorbing device and fluid coupling
A dynamic vibration absorbing device includes a guide member having an annular shape. The dynamic vibration absorbing device also includes at least one mass body that rolls along the guide member. In addition, the dynamic vibration absorbing device includes at least one elastic member non-rotatable relatively to the guide member, the at least one elastic member disposed to restrict the at least one mass body from rotating relatively to the guide member. |
| US10281001B2 |
Damper apparatus, and lock-up apparatus for torque converter
A damper apparatus includes a drive plate, a driven plate, torsion springs, and spring housing portions. The torsion springs each have a large arc spring and a small arc spring, and elastically couple the drive plate and the driven plate in the rotation direction and transmit torque. The spring housing portions have a support surface that can support the outer periphery of the large arc springs, and the support surface comes into contact with the outer periphery of the central portions, in the lengthwise direction, of the large arc springs. Also, gaps exist between the support surface and the outer periphery of the two end portions, in the lengthwise direction, of the large arc springs. |
| US10281000B2 |
Variable damping assembly and air filtering device having the same
A variable damping assembly includes a base, a supporting member, a damping member, and an elastic member. The supporting member is positioned on the base. The damping member is rotatably coupled to the supporting member and presses against the housing. The elastic member includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end of the elastic member is coupled to the supporting member and the second end of the elastic member is coupled to the housing. The elastic member provides an elastic force and the damping member provides a damping force changed as the elastic force changes. |
| US10280999B2 |
Damper assemblies
A damper assembly includes a cylinder (10) having a piston assembly (14) mounted for reciprocal movement therein. The piston assembly (14) divides the cylinder (10) into separate chambers with a restricted flow path therebetween for passage of damping fluid contained within the cylinder. The restricted flow path is defined between elements whose shape and/or relative position is designed to vary with temperature. |
| US10280996B2 |
Disc brake
A disc brake includes a brake caliper, a brake pad, a retaining spring holding the brake pad in a radial direction relative to a brake axis, a retaining bracket pretensioning the retaining spring in the radial direction, a first holder on the brake caliper configured to support the retaining bracket towards a radial outside, and a second holder on the brake caliper configured to support the retaining bracket radially towards the radial outside but not in an axial direction, the second holder comprising a stop. At least one of the first holder or the second holder has a stop acting in a first axial direction. The retaining bracket has at least one of a first protrusion that rests on the retaining spring in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction and a second protrusion that rests on the brake caliper in the second axial direction. |
| US10280994B2 |
Vehicle disc brake
An embodiment discloses a vehicle disc brake including a caliper body, a banjo and a banjo bolt. An acting portion of the caliper body has a cylinder bore accommodating a piston. The caliper body is formed through a gravity casting method. A gate mark is formed on the bottom wall of the cylinder bore as a result of cutting the gate after the caliper body has been cast, and the gate mark includes a worked surface and a projecting surface. A union hole communicating with a hydraulic pressure chamber and a locking hole receiving the locking projection of a banjo are opened in the worked surface. And, an uneven portion is provided between the worked surface and the projecting surface. |
| US10280992B2 |
Disc brake for a utility vehicle
A disc brake for a commercial vehicle includes a caliper that straddles a brake disc and is retained on a stationary brake carrier in such a way as to be axially movable in relation to the brake disc on two guide bars connected to the brake carrier. The guide bars are each guided in a sliding bearing that is non-movably retained in a bore of the caliper. The disc brake is designed such that at least one of the sliding bearings is made up of at least two metal sleeves, which rest against the guide bar and are located at a distance from one another in the axial direction, and at least one spacing sleeve located there between. |
| US10280985B2 |
Flexible couplings for power transmissions
A flexible coupling includes an input body, an output body offset from the input body, and a flexible lattice body. The flexible lattice body includes a flex beam member coupling the input body to the output body. The flex beam member has a rounded cross-sectional area with a centrally disposed minimum cross-sectional area to reduce peak stress in the flex beam member while transferring torque and accommodating misalignment between the input body and the output body. The flexible coupling is jointless, simplifying fabrication, and has a free-form geometry, reducing weight. |
| US10280979B2 |
Retaining element, assembly and method
A retaining element for retaining a component within a receiving part, the retaining element including: a neck portion to be received within a notch formed in the receiving part; a first head portion coupled to the neck portion end and defining a first shoulder; a second head portion coupled to another neck portion end and defining a second shoulder, wherein the first and second shoulders oppose one another and are to abut first and second surfaces of the receiving part so as to engage the retaining element with the receiving part; wherein the first and/or second head portions include a retaining tab having a retaining surface, wherein the retaining tab has a receiving position for receiving the component and retaining position for retaining the component; wherein, in the retaining position, the retaining tab extends beyond the neck portion so the retaining surface abuts the component surface to retain the component. |
| US10280978B2 |
Tapered roller bearing
In a tapered roller bearing, a large rib is provided at one end of an inner ring in the axial direction, and projects radially outward. A lubricating oil holding member is integrated with an outer ring, and disposed at a position overlapping the large rib in the radial direction. The lubricating oil holding member includes a tubular portion and an annular portion. An inclined surface is disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the large rib at one end in the axial direction. The distance from the rotational axis of the inner ring to the inclined surface becomes larger from one side in the axial direction toward the other side. An end of the inclined surface is positioned, in the axial direction, between the annular portion and one end of the outer ring in the axial direction. |
| US10280974B2 |
Structures and methods for controlled thermal expansion
Products and methods are provided for controlling thermal expansion. In various exemplary embodiments, a structure includes a body constructed of a material exhibiting a first coefficient of linear thermal expansion. A component is disposed inside the body and exhibits a second coefficient of linear thermal expansion that is lower than the first coefficient of linear thermal expansion. A layer is wrapped around the body and constrains thermal expansion of the body. The layer includes a composite containing fibers that are aligned with one another to constrain expansion in a desired direction or in multiple directions. The layer is independently useful to provide a retention function for the body. |
| US10280973B1 |
Hybrid roller bearing, particularly for refrigerant compressor
A hybrid roller bearing having an inner raceway and an outer raceway and a plurality of rollers arranged therebetween. The inner raceway and the outer raceway are made from bearing steel and have a first surface RMS roughness Rq1. At least one roller is made from a ceramic material and has at least at the roller raceway a second surface RMS roughness Rq2. The roughness of the raceways Rq1 is 1.2 to 4 times higher than the roughness Rq2 of the at least one roller, as well as a refrigerant compressor with such a hybrid roller bearing. |
| US10280971B2 |
Joint device for a motor vehicle
A joint device (6) having an axially extending joint pin (8) and a housing (11) that radially surrounds the pin, either wholly or partially. The joint pin (8) and the housing (11) can move relative to one another at least by pivoting or rotating, and a gap (13) between the two components is closed by a sealing device (14) which is effective in any position of the components (8; 11) relative to one another. The sealing device is designed in such manner that the sealing device (14), radially on the outside thereof, is in contact with and is supported by an inner wall area (15) of the housing (11). |
| US10280968B2 |
Locking mechanism for a control cable adjuster
An assembly for adjusting a cable that includes a locking sleeve and an adapter that is connected to the cable. The adapter includes male and female-threaded portions that are coupled together. The locking sleeve is configured to be displaced between engagement and disengagement positions. When in the engagement position, securing devices of the male and female-threaded portions engage inner sections of the locking sleeve in a manner that prevents the male and female-threaded portions from being rotated relative to each other, thereby preventing a change in the length of the adapter so as to prevent an adjustment of the cable. When the cable is to be adjusted, the locking sleeve is displaced to disengagement position such that the securing device of either the male or female-threaded portion is disengaged from the locking sleeve, thereby allowing rotation of the male or female-threaded portions relative to each other. |
| US10280965B2 |
High security fastener with buckled shroud retainer
An improved fastener comprising a fastener body having a tool-engaging portion, a threaded fastening portion and a shroud-receiving body portion; a shroud concentrically mounted on the shroud-receiving body portion and having an inner surface facing an outer surface of the shroud-receiving body portion; the inner surface of the shroud comprising an annular groove and the shroud-receiving body portion comprising a substantially arch-shaped axially-buckled radially-extending annular protrusion extending outwardly transverse to the central axis and disposed in the annular groove of the shroud; and the annular protrusion and annular groove of the shroud forming a shroud-retaining element restraining the shroud from movement in at least a first axial direction along the central axis such that the shroud will rotate relative to the fastener body under an applied external torque prior to the fastener body rotating when the fastener is engaged with an external structure at a design installation torque. |
| US10280959B2 |
Sliding fastener systems to accommodate differential thermal growth
Sliding fastener systems can include a fastener configured to fixedly attach to a first component having a first thermal expansion coefficient, a tray configured to fixedly attach to a second component having a second thermal expansion coefficient different from the first thermal expansion coefficient, the tray defining a sliding surface, and at least a portion of a locking element configured to engage with the fastener, the locking element having a base with a contact surface that movably contacts the sliding surface of the tray when the tray, the fastener, and the locking element fasten the first component and the second component together. The fastener and the locking element are configured to move with the first component and the tray is configured to move relative to the fastener and the locking element with the second component when there is a differential thermal expansion between the first and second components. |
| US10280955B2 |
System for containment and organization of medical wire
A system for containment and organization of a medical wire features a clamp. A first ridged and grooved clamping block is located on a clamp first side posterior end and a second ridged and grooved clamping block is located on a clamp second side posterior end. A first side compression member is located on an inside surface of a clamp first side and a second side compression member is located on an inside surface of the clamp second side. An adjustable ratcheting lock attaches the clamp first side and the clamp second side. A first finger grip is located on an outside surface of the clamp first side and a second finger grip is located on an outside surface of the clamp second side. A Medical wire is placed between the first side compression member and the second side compression member then the clamp is compressed against the medical wire. |
| US10280948B2 |
Hydraulic system and method for controlling an implement of a working machine
A hydraulic system is provided for a working machine that includes a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering an implement. The hydraulic system includes a sensor for measuring a pressure in the hydraulic cylinder; and a control unit for controlling the movement of the hydraulic cylinder; wherein the control unit is configured to compare a pressure value measured by the sensor with a preset target pressure level range and to control the pressure in the hydraulic cylinder to be within the preset target pressure level range by adding or draining hydraulic fluid to/from a pressure side of the hydraulic cylinder for maintaining a substantially constant ground contact force between the implement and the ground. |
| US10280945B2 |
Device for moving air
A device for moving air comprising a piezoelectric element attached to a planar body. The planar body is configured to oscillate at a movable end generating an airflow in response to applying alternating electric current to said piezoelectric element. The device further comprises a partial cavity defined by a base plate, a first wall and a second wall which surrounds the movable end of the planar body. The base plate further comprises an opening located proximate to said movable end of the planar body. In operation the air flow generated by the planar body is forced out of the device through the opening. |
| US10280942B2 |
Centrifugal compressor and water chilling unit having the same
The invention discloses a centrifugal compressor and a water chilling unit having the same. The centrifugal compressor includes an impeller (2), a diffuser (3), a volute (8) and an exhaust diffuser pipe (9), the diffuser (3) including a pressurization passage, air flowing through the impeller (2) entering an inlet of each pressurization passage, the volute (8) being configured to collect the air pressurized by the diffuser (3), the exhaust diffuser pipe being communicated with the volute, and an extending direction of the exhaust diffuser pipe inclining downwards with respect to a horizontal plane. The extending direction of the exhaust diffuser pipe communicated with the volute inclines downwards with respect to the horizontal plane, so that noise and airflow losses of high-temperature and high-pressure air in the exhaust diffuser pipe expelled from the centrifugal compressor due to bending of the pipe can be reduced, and the noise can be effectively reduced. |
| US10280941B2 |
Guide device for variable pitch stator vanes of a turbine engine, and a method of assembling such a device
A device for guiding variable pitch stator vanes of a turbine engine is provided. The device includes a plurality of inner ring angular sectors arranged end-to-end in order to form an inner ring, each inner ring sector having chimneys passing radially through the inner ring sector, a plurality of cylindrical bushings, each being put into place in a chimney of the inner ring from the inside and each serving to receive a guide pivot of a stator vane, a plurality of reconstitution ring angular sectors arranged end-to-end in order to form a reconstitution ring and put into place radially from the inside against the inner ring, and a plurality of blocking elements passing axially through the inner and reconstitution rings in order to assemble the rings together. |
| US10280936B2 |
Compressor for supercharger of internal combustion engine
In a compressor for a supercharger of an internal combustion engine comprising a shroud, an impeller, a vaneless diffuser, and a scroll, a hub-side wall of the vaneless diffuser is formed to be inclined to the opposite side to a shroud-side wall with respect to a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the impeller in the longitudinal cross section including the rotational axis of the impeller. With such a configuration, the amount of deposit formed on the hub-side wall of the vaneless diffuser is reduced. |
| US10280933B2 |
Pump with cutting wheel and pre-cutter
A pump having a cutting wheel (20) and a pre-cutter (26) driven by a shaft portion (24) that projects axially from the cutting wheel (20) and has a plurality of wings (28) that extend radially from the shaft portion (24), wherein the wings (28) differ in their axial arrangement on the shaft portion (24). |
| US10280931B2 |
Systems and methods for split coupled pump and jacking gland
Embodiments of the invention provide a pump having a motor, a housing, a seal plate coupled to the housing and including a seal plate hub with mounting supports, an impeller arranged within the housing, a coupling assembly coupling a motor shaft and a pump shaft, and a seal and jacking assembly including a mechanical seal and a seal gland. The seal gland is removably coupled to the mounting supports and includes threaded jacking apertures extending axially through the seal gland, each configured to receive a jacking element. When the seal gland is decoupled from the mounting supports, the seal gland is moveable axially between a first position whereat the seal gland engages the mechanical seal and a second position whereat the seal gland engages a retaining ring coupled to the pump shaft in response to rotation of the jacking elements received within the pair of threaded jacking apertures. |
| US10280930B2 |
Surface pump assembly
A surface mounted pump assembly includes a centrifugal pump having a plurality of impellers and an electric motor adapted to drive the pump such that a thrust load from the pump is transmitted to the motor. |
| US10280926B2 |
Chopper pump with mixing nozzles for a sewage wet-well
Systems and methods for conditioning sewage having entrained solids which clog sewage pumps, are disclosed. Systems include a sewage pump, a chopper pump, and a mixing nozzle connected to the chopper pump. Specifically, the sewage pump is a non-clog centrifugal pump having an inlet for drawing fluid into the pump and an outlet for discharging the fluid into a pipe, while the chopper pump has an inlet for drawing fluid into the pump and an outlet for discharging the fluid into the wet-well. The chopper pump may be positioned either in or adjacent to the wet-well. The mixing nozzle fluidly coupled to the chopper pump discharge, is positioned in the wet-well. Methods include the steps of positioning a chopper pump within the wet-well, drawing in liquid sewage, including the entrained solids, reducing the size of entrained solids, and discharging the sewage and reduced size solids into the wet-well. |
| US10280918B2 |
Reciprocating compressor with vapor injection system
A compressor may include a compression cylinder, a compression piston, a crankshaft, an injection bore, a position sensor, and a valve assembly. The compression piston is disposed within the compression cylinder and is operable to compress a vapor disposed within the compression cylinder from a suction pressure to a discharge pressure. The crankshaft is operable to cycle the compression piston within the compression cylinder. The injection bore may be in fluid communication with the compression cylinder and may be operable to selectively communicate intermediate-pressure vapor at a pressure between the suction pressure and said discharge pressure to the compression cylinder. The position sensor may measure a rotational position of the crankshaft. The valve assembly may be associated with the injection bore. The valve assembly may be operable to control passage of fluid from the injection bore into the compression cylinder in response to data provided by the position sensor. |
| US10280917B2 |
Reciprocating low-speed heavy-load hydraulic pump with variable action area
A reciprocating low-speed heavy-load hydraulic pump with a variable action area comprises a plurality of hydraulic cylinder units (3) and moving members (1, 2). Two ends of the hydraulic cylinder units (3) are separately connected with the moving members (1, 2) via mechanical structures. The moving members (1, 2) move relative to each other. The hydraulic cylinder unit (3) consists of a hydraulic cylinder (4), a reversing valve (5) and a one-way valve (6). The hydraulic cylinder (4), the reversing valve (5) and the one-way valve (6) are connected with each other via hydraulic pipelines. Based on different magnitudes of driving force, the hydraulic pump can proactively configure and form different combinations of hydraulic cylinder units, and further adjust the size of an equivalent action area. Therefore, even if the magnitude of the driving force changes, it can be ensured that the hydraulic pump consisting of hydraulic cylinder units outputs oil liquid with a relatively stable pressure for use by a subsequently connected system. The reciprocating low-speed heavy-load hydraulic pump with a variable action area is advantageous in high conversion efficiency, a simple system structure and good working stability. |
| US10280914B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a cylinder; a frame coupled to an outer side of the cylinder; a cylinder groove defined on an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder; and a sealing member provided in the cylinder groove. The sealing member may be provided between the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder and an inner circumferential surface of the frame. |
| US10280912B2 |
Air valve connecting device for different inflation valves
An air valve connecting device includes a barrel rotatably connected to a housing, the barrel includes an enlarged space having a screw hole for engaging with a U.S. type inflation valve, and having an inner thread for selectively engaging with a French type inflation valve and for detachably securing the French type inflation valve to the barrel, and a shank is slidably engaged in the housing and includes one end portion for receiving the pressurized air, and the shank includes a front end portion having a mouth movable toward the barrel for selectively engaging with either the U.S. type inflation valve or the French type inflation valve. |
| US10280911B2 |
Solar fueling station
A pumping system and a pumping method implemented with the pumping system. The pumping system comprises a solar panel performing a photovoltaic conversion based on an insolation level including a first insolation level and a second insolation level; a fuel reservoir containing a fuel in a liquid state; an electric motor; a pump rotatable by the electric motor to pump the fuel; and a first motor drive converting electrical energy supplied by the solar panel to drive the electric motor at a first speed when the insolation level is at the first insolation level and at a second speed, slower than the first speed, when the insolation level is at the second insolation level, thereby pumping the fuel at a first rate and a second rate, respectively. |
| US10280901B2 |
Wind power generation system
A wind power generation system comprising: a wind power generation equipment having a rotor which is operative to convert energy of received wind to rotational energy, a rotatable nacelle which supports the rotor, a tower which supports the rotatable nacelle, a floating body which supports the tower and at least a part of the floating body is positioned above the surface of the sea, a fixing member which is installed or fixed on the sea bed, a mooring member which couples the floating body and the fixing member, wherein the mooring member is coupled to the floating body at place upward of the center of gravity of the floating body and the wind power generation equipment, and the floating body is practically supported by one fixing member. |
| US10280899B2 |
Arrangement for feeding electrical energy into an energy supply system
The invention relates to an arrangement (10) for feeding electrical energy into an energy supply system (100). The invention provides that the arrangement has a generator (20) with electrically isolated winding systems (30), the arrangement has at least two frequency converters (40, 41, 42) with isolated intermediate circuits (60), wherein each frequency converter is connected directly or indirectly to a winding system (30) of the generator, the arrangement has at least one control device (80), to which the frequency converters are connected for actuation thereof, and the frequency converters, on actuation by the control device, feed current by means of a voltage with a multi-level characteristic into the energy supply system (100). |
| US10280896B2 |
Lightning protection system for a wind turbine blade
A wind turbine blade is described having a lightning protection system, wherein the lightning protection system is arranged to protect conductive elements or modules used in or on the blade. In one aspect, the lightning protection system comprises a conductive band to be arranged around the circumference of the blade at the location of an internal conductive module, to prevent a lightning strike from penetrating the blade and potentially damaging the internal module. In another aspect, the lightning protection system comprises a lightning down-conductor having a signal-carrying structure, e.g. a signal cable, power cable, or a waveguide, integrated into the down-conductor. In a further aspect, the lightning protection system comprises at least one lightning receptor arranged to protect externally-mounted antennas from lightning strikes. |
| US10280894B1 |
Wave powered electric generator device, system and method
The present invention relates, in part, to a wave powered electrical generator having a core electrically generating component that spins in one direction with the rise and fall of a wave. In certain aspects, it includes an apparatus, system, and method for converting wave energy into electricity. The apparatus includes a housing; an inner core within the housing that rotates in at least one direction; a first set of electrically conductive wire coils coupled to a peripheral wall of the inner core; a second set of electrically conductive wire coils adjacent to the inner core; a plurality of sliding elements coupled to a housing wall and slidable along a least a portion of the housing wall; and a buoy coupled to the sliding elements on an external side of the housing. |
| US10280893B2 |
Hydroelectric system and method
The present invention is a hydroelectric system having a siphon component, a generator component, and an electronics and control component, which produces an inflow of water caused by a vacuum initially created within the system and further aided by hydrostatic pressure. The inflow is directed to a ramp where it drives a water turbine located within the respective electrical generating system to produce electrical power. |
| US10280892B2 |
Method for controlling the temperature of glow plugs
A method for controlling the temperature of glow plugs of a combustion engine is described, wherein all glow plugs are heated up for an engine start by the input of electrical energy according to a profile which is uniformly specified for all glow plugs of the engine, a change in resistance ΔR is ascertained for each of the glow plugs for at least one specified time span, and a target resistance value is calculated for each glow plug from the associated change in resistance ΔR, this value being expected for the glow plug when it has reached its target temperature, and the target resistance value is used to control the temperature of the glow plug to the target temperature. |
| US10280890B2 |
Method and apparatus for vehicle and mobile device coordination
A system includes a processor configured to receive vehicle GPS coordinates. The processor is also configured to compare the received GPS coordinates to known device coordinates. Further, the processor is configured to page a vehicle computing system, requesting connection, if the vehicle coordinates and the known device coordinates are within a predetermined proximity and connect to the vehicle upon receipt of a response message from the vehicle. |
| US10280889B2 |
Motor vehicle solenoid for a starter motor
A motor vehicle solenoid includes a solenoid housing having an inner surface, at least one coil arranged in the housing, an actuator associated with the at least one coil, and a stop member arranged in the housing adjacent the at least one coil. The stop member includes an outer circumferential edge abutting the inner surface of the solenoid housing. The outer circumferential edge includes at least one clearance zone that is spaced from the inner surface of the housing. The at least one clearance zone defines a grounded electrical attachment surface. |
| US10280887B2 |
Fuel injection device
In a fuel injection device including a body portion that forms an injection hole through which a fuel is injected, the body portion includes an inlet-channel-forming portion that is connected to an inflow port of the fuel in the injection hole and forms an inlet channel which is a fuel flow channel, and an outlet-channel-forming portion that is connected to the inlet channel and an outflow port of the fuel in the injection hole, and forms an outlet channel that is a fuel flow channel. A surface roughness of the outlet-channel-forming portion is larger than a surface roughness of the inlet-channel-forming portion. |
| US10280886B2 |
Fuel injection valve
An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve which has a structure where failure hardly occurs in a valve member and a peripheral member thereof at the time of press-fitting of a fixed core. The present invention provides a fuel injection valve that includes: a valve member 114A; an anchor 102 which is relatively displaceable with respect to the valve member 114A; a fixed core 107 in which a through-hole 107A is formed; a gap forming member 133 which forms a gap between an engagement portion 129B on the valve member side and an engagement portion 102D on the anchor side; and a biasing spring 134 which biases the gap forming member 133 in a valve closing direction. The engagement portions 102D and 129B are provided in both the anchor 102 and the valve member 114A so as to be engaged with each other when the anchor 102 is displaced in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve member 114A, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor 102 in the valve opening direction. An outer diameter of the gap forming member 133, an outer diameter of the biasing spring 134, and a maximum outer diameter of the valve member 114A are set to be smaller than an inner diameter of the through-hole 107A. |
| US10280885B2 |
Fluid injection valve and spray generator
Provided is a fuel injection valve which achieves both atomization of a fluid spray and improvement of the degree of freedom in design of a spray shape, a spray direction, etc. According to a fuel injection valve (1) of the present invention, at least one of injection holes is a switching-spray injection hole (12B), which corresponds to an injected spray, directions of a long axis and a short axis of a switching spray (32A) changing due to an axis-switching phenomenon to deform the switching spray (32A) at downstream. The plurality of injection holes other than the switching-spray injection hole (12B) are coalescent-spray injection holes (12A) for forming a coalescent spray (40) formed by coalescence under Coanda effect exerted between single sprays (30A, 31A). The coalescent spray (40) and the switching spray (32A) coalesce under the Coanda effect to form an integrated spray (50). |
| US10280883B2 |
Fuel supply device
A fuel supply device may include a pump case configured to accommodate a fuel pump, a reserve tank, and an elastic support member configured to elastically support the pump case with respect to the reserve tank. The elastic support member is connected to the pump case and the reserve tank via a first connection device and a second connection device, respectively. The first connection device is configured to pivotally connect the elastic support member to the pump case and/or the second connection device is configured to pivotally connect the elastic support member to the reserve tank. |
| US10280880B2 |
Internal combustion engine comprising attachment part
An internal combustion engine may include at least one engine block having a plurality of cylinders and at least one flange component. At least one attachment part may be secured to the at least one flange component. An alignment device may be constructed and arranged to align the at least one attachment part relative to the at least one flange component when the at least one attachment part is attached to the at least one flange component. The alignment device may include at least a first alignment unit, a second alignment unit, and a third alignment unit, which may be spaced apart from one another. At least one of the first alignment unit, the second alignment unit, and the third alignment unit may be constructed and arranged to align the at least one attachment part to a cylinder head in relation to a first aligning direction perpendicular to an attaching direction, when the at least one attachment part is attached to the cylinder head. At least one of the first alignment unit, the second alignment unit, and the third alignment unit may be constructed and arranged to align the at least one attachment part to the cylinder head in relation to a second aligning direction perpendicular to the attaching direction and inclined to the first aligning direction. The at least first alignment unit, the second alignment unit, and the third alignment unit may each be constructed and arranged to align the at least one attachment part to the cylinder head exclusively in one of the first aligning direction or the second aligning direction. |
| US10280878B2 |
Systems and method for exhaust gas recirculation
Various systems and methods are provided for exhaust gas recirculation. In one example, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system includes an EGR passage coupling an engine exhaust system to an engine intake system, an EGR cooler positioned in the EGR passage, a recirculation passage coupling an outlet of the EGR cooler to an inlet of the EGR cooler, an EGR cooler recirculation valve positioned in the recirculation passage and controllable to change a flow of exhaust gas though the recirculation passage, and a controller configured to adjust a position of the EGR cooler recirculation valve based on a temperature at the inlet of the EGR cooler. |
| US10280876B2 |
Ejector for vaporized fuel gas recirculation devices
An ejector for vaporized fuel gas recirculation devices is provided. The ejector for vaporized fuel gas recirculation devices reduces the number of elements equipped in a vehicle and an ejector mounting angle is adjusted to be suitable for a layout environment of the vehicle. Accordingly, a mounting cavity of the vehicle is more efficiently designed. When an intake pressure of an intake manifold is reduced a base component is moved in a direction toward a first nozzle component, and a region of the base component except an aperture closes the first nozzle component. |
| US10280872B2 |
System and method for a fluidic barrier from the upstream splitter
A turbofan engine has a fan portion in fluid communication with a core stream and a bypass stream of air separated by splitters disposed both upstream and downstream of the fan portion. A fluid passage is defined between the splitters. The turbofan engine has a plurality of high pressure fluid jets originating from a trailing edge of the upstream splitter, the jets restricting the migration of the core stream into the bypass stream through the fluid passage. |
| US10280868B2 |
Vehicle and method of control thereof in start and stop condition
In one aspect of the invention there is provided a motor vehicle comprising drive means operable to provide motive power to the vehicle, the vehicle operable automatically to switch off and subsequently to restart the drive means during a drivecycle thereby to reduce a value of one or more prescribed operating parameters, wherein the vehicle may be placed in an eco-stop condition by driver-operated brake means in which the vehicle is held stationary and the drive means is off, the vehicle being operable automatically to restart the drive means when the driver signals release of the brake means, the vehicle comprising means for detecting departure of the driver from the vehicle, in the event that departure of the driver is detected when the vehicle is in the eco-stop condition the vehicle being arranged not to restart the drive means when the driver signals release of the brake means. |
| US10280859B2 |
Control system for internal combustion engine
A control system reduces the amount of fuel injected from a second fuel injector in one cycle to an amount smaller than a second basic injection amount according to operating conditions of an internal combustion engine, and increases the amount of fuel injected from a first fuel injector in one cycle to an amount larger than a first basic injection amount according to operating conditions of the engine, during a predetermined period after a flow restricting operation is finished, so as to reduce fluctuations in the air-fuel ratio due to fluctuations in the wall temperature. |
| US10280857B2 |
Method of operating an engine
Methods and systems are provided for regenerating a lean NOx trap. In one example, a method may include, responsive to an indication to regenerate a lean NOx trap (LNT), operating an engine with an overall rich air-fuel ratio to regenerate the LNT while minimizing fuel oil dilution by operating each cylinder of the engine with an alternating rich to lean air-fuel ratio pattern of two rich combustion events for every one lean combustion event across a plurality of engine cycles. |
| US10280854B2 |
Method for operating a drive train for a mobile vehicle
With a torque-controlled internal combustion engine and a variable-speed transmission having fixed shift gear ratios, during a shift, the internal combustion engine is controlled in such manner that the drive output torque of the transmission remains the same before and after the shift. |
| US10280849B2 |
Combustion system control device
An ECU, as a combustion system control device, includes various control units such as a first estimation unit, a second estimation unit, a comparison/selection unit, and an injection control unit. The first estimation unit estimates, as a first estimation value, the mixing ratio of each molecular structure species contained in fuel based on the value detected by an in-cylinder pressure sensor that is a combustion sensor. The second estimation unit estimates, as a second estimation value, the above mixing ratio based on the values detected by a density sensor and a dynamic viscosity sensor that are property sensors. The comparison/selection unit compares the first estimation value with the second estimation value to select an estimation value with higher estimation accuracy, and various control units such as the injection control unit control the operation of a combustion system by using the selected estimation value. |
| US10280848B2 |
Internal combustion engine control apparatus
There is provided an internal combustion engine control apparatus that is capable of determining accurately from an ignition discharging time period whether the intake valve and the exhaust valve are in the operative condition or in the inoperative condition. A cylinder deactivation controller causes a first ignition controller to perform a first ignition control on the basis of the ignition timing when issuing no cylinder deactivation request, and causes a second ignition controller to perform a second ignition control on the basis of an energizing time period when issuing the cylinder deactivation controller. The discharging time period is calculated by a discharging time period calculation section on the basis of an ion current signal output from the ignition coil. |
| US10280845B2 |
Valve device in a motor vehicle
A valve device includes: a housing; a flow channel extending in the housing; a shaft mounted rotatably in the housing, and having a screw bore having a shoulder; a flap, fastened to the shaft, the flap influencing a flow cross section in the flow channel; a screw having a collar, the screw fixedly attaching the flap to the shaft; a drive driving the flap via the shaft; and a valve seat in the flow channel, the valve seating having a seal arranged on a radially circumferential edge of the flap, the seal being in contact with the valve seat in a closed position of the flap such that the shaft penetrates the flap at an angle. The collar contacts the shoulder such that, when the screw is tightened firmly, a transmission of force from the collar to the shaft takes place via the shoulder. |
| US10280842B2 |
Nut with air seal
A seal assembly for a bearing compartment includes a coupler with a lip, seal plate, nut, and air seal land. The seal plate is disposed on and around the coupler and is in contact with the lip. The nut is disposed within the bearing compartment and adjoining the seal plate. The nut includes first, second, and third major portions and first and second intermediate portions. Each of the first, second, and third major portions is in the shape of an annular band. The second major portion is disposed axially between the first and third major portions. The third major portion includes a knife edge seal extending radially outward. The first and second intermediate portions include frustums and extend between the first and second major portions and second and third major portions, respectively. The air seal land is sealingly engaged with the third major portion of the nut. |
| US10280837B2 |
Engine-driven working machine
An engine-driven working machine capable of decreasing the number of components is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an outer case 12 is formed to extend in a longitudinal direction, and an engine 15 and a muffler 67 are housed in an inside 13 of the outer case 12. In the generator 10, a crankshaft 41 is disposed to intersect the longitudinal direction of the outer case 12. A cooling fan 17 is provided on an extension line 73 of the crankshaft 41. Further, a fan cover is provided at the cooling fan 17 side. Further, a shroud 82 is provided at an opposite side from the fan cover 81. |
| US10280835B2 |
Exhaust-gas turbocharger
An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), with a turbine housing (2) which has a turbine housing inlet (8) and a turbine housing outlet (9) for exhaust gas, and which has a wastegate duct (45) between the turbine housing inlet (8) and the turbine housing outlet (9), and a flap arrangement (33) comprising a pivotable flap lever (35), a flap plate (34), which is connected to the flap lever (35), for opening and closing the wastegate duct, and having a spring element (37) which is arranged between the flap lever (35) and a disc (36) fastened to the flap plate (34). The spring element (17) has an outer circumferential region (23) which is supported on a sliding contact surface (42), which is of curved form, of the disc (36). |
| US10280832B2 |
Turbine de-swirl elements
A turbocharger including a turbocharger housing, a rotor and a heat shroud. The turbocharger housing includes a turbine housing affixed to a bearing housing. The rotor includes an axial turbine wheel with a hub, and a shaft extending through the bearing housing. The hub defines a back-disk surface that faces the bearing housing, and the bearing-housing defines an outer surface facing the turbine hub. The turbine housing forms a radial scroll, and the heat shroud forms a curved portion turning that radial scroll direction to an axial direction. The heat shroud establishes a back-disk cavity between a bearing-housing turbine-end-wall outer surface, the turbine-wheel back-disk surface, the curved portion of the heat shroud, and a cylindrical outer surface of a turbine-end portion of the shaft. The heat shroud includes flat ribs within the back-disk cavity to impede the circumferential flow of exhaust gas within the back-disk cavity. |
| US10280831B2 |
Engine
An engine includes: a piston including a cavity; a cylinder head configured to form a combustion chamber having a pent roof shape; a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel from a second half of a compression stroke until a first half of an expansion stroke; and a spark plug arranged at a position corresponding to an upper side of the cavity. Injection openings are arranged in a circumferential direction surrounding a longitudinal axis of the valve. The combustion chamber at a compression top dead center is divided into a plurality of fuel injection regions, located in respective injection directions of the injection openings, by vertical surfaces extending radially from the longitudinal axis through a middle between adjacent injection openings. When a volume of the fuel injection region located in the injection direction of the injection opening is large, an opening area of the injection opening is large. |
| US10280830B2 |
System for pilot subchamber temperature control
There is described a system and method for controlling a temperature in the subchamber of a rotary engine. At least one first measurement of at least one engine operating parameter and a second measurement indicative of a present temperature in the subchamber are received. A setpoint for the temperature in the subchamber is computed from the at least one first measurement. In response to the second measurement, at least one control signal indicative of a request to adjust the present temperature towards the setpoint is generated and sent to the engine. |
| US10280829B2 |
Flow rate control valve
Flow rate control valve CV has first housing 11 having introduction opening 10 opening in axial direction of hollow valve body accommodating portion 13 and introducing cooling water and first to third exhaust ports E1-E3, each of which is formed so as to have opening cross section that is smaller than that of introduction opening 10, radially communicates with valve body accommodating portion 13 and exhausts cooling water in valve body accommodating portion 13; and valve body 3 rotatably supported in valve body accommodating portion 13 and having opening portions M1-M3 whose overlap state with exhaust ports E1-E3 is changed according to rotation position of valve body 3. Opening cross section between introduction opening 10 and third opening portion M3 (exhaust port E3) is reduced in axial direction of valve body accommodating portion 13, thereby suppressing rapid reduction of flow passage sectional area and decreasing flow resistance of cooling water. |
| US10280826B2 |
Insulator
Provided is an insulator which is capable of reducing an abnormal noise. A first mounting hole engaging a vehicle body side is formed in a first portion, and a second mounting hole engaging an exhaust pipe side is formed in a second portion disposed to be spaced apart from the first portion. The first section and the second portion are coupled to each other by the coupling portion. The first portion and the second portion are adapted such that at least the inner peripheral surfaces of the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole are configured from a rubber-like elastic body having a self-lubrication property. |
| US10280822B2 |
Exhaust gas purifying apparatus
Provided is an exhaust gas purifying apparatus including a first catalyst and a second catalyst that passes exhaust gas from the first catalyst, in which the temperature of the second catalyst can be increased in an early stage after an engine is started, and thus exhaust gas purification efficiency can be enhanced in an earlier stage than in conventional apparatuses. The apparatus includes an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that includes a first catalyst for purifying exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold and a second catalyst for purifying exhaust gas having passed through the first catalyst. The heat capacity of the first catalyst is lower than that of the second catalyst. The heat capacity of the second catalyst is 184 to 322 J/K under a temperature environment of 25° C., and that of the first catalyst is less than or equal to 20 J/K under a temperature environment of 25° C. |
| US10280820B2 |
Evaporative fuel vapor emission control systems
An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, an effective butane working capacity (BWC) of less than 3 g/dL, and a g-total BWC of between 2 grams and 6 grams. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr butane loading step. |
| US10280818B2 |
Fluid control valve
A fluid control valve includes a cylindrical housing with at least one opening through a housing wall, a cylindrical main valve axially movably arranged inside the housing for controlling a fluid flow through the at least one opening and a main valve spring member acting on the main valve. The main valve includes a base wall defining a fluid control volume and fluid main volume in the cylindrical housing. The base wall includes an opening for fluidly connecting the fluid control volume with the fluid main volume. The fluid control valve further includes a pilot valve positioned at the base wall opening, which pilot valve is moveably arranged for controlling a fluid flow through the base wall opening, and an electro-mechanical actuator configured to act on the pilot valve for controlling the main valve via the pilot valve. A method for adjusting the axial position of a cylindrical main valve of a fluid control valve is also provided. |
| US10280813B2 |
Roller-type rocker arm
A roller-type rocker arm had a function for transmitting a rotational motion of a cam to an intake and exhaust valve. The roller-type rocker arm includes a roller shaft, an inner ring roller slidably attached to an outer circumference surface of the roller shaft, and an outer ring roller slidably attached to an outer circumference surface of the inner ring roller. The inner ring roller is made of a resin material. |
| US10280807B2 |
Waste heat recovery apparatus
A waste heat recovery apparatus includes a heat exchanger, an expander, a condenser, a first tank, a reflux portion, a first passage portion, and a second passage portion. The heat exchanger is configured to generate steam. The expander is configured to recover heat energy of the generated steam as power. The condenser is configured to condense the steam passing through the expander. An inlet portion of the condenser is arranged above an outlet portion of the expander. The first tank is configured to store the working fluid liquefied by the condenser. The reflux portion is configured to reflux the liquid-state working fluid in the first tank to the heat exchanger. The first passage portion connects the outlet portion of the expander and the inlet portion of the condenser to each other. The second passage portion connects the first passage portion and the first tank to each other. |
| US10280803B2 |
Energy storage device and method for storing energy
An energy storage device for storing energy including: a high-temperature regenerator containing a storage material and a working gas as heat transfer medium for the purpose of exchanging heat between the storage material and the traversing working gas, a closed charging circuit for the working gas, including a first compressor, a first expander, a first recuperator having a first and a second heat exchange duct, the high-temperature regenerator and a pre-heater, wherein the first compressor is coupled to the first expander by a shaft, a discharging circuit for the working gas, and including a switch that selectively connects the high-temperature regenerator to either the charging circuit or the discharging circuit, such that the circuit containing the high-temperature regenerator forms a closed circuit. |
| US10280800B2 |
Coupling system comprising self locking joint
Disclosed is a coupling system comprising joints configured to friction lock under compressive pressure via tapered teeth for joining rotating components, which may be rotating components of a gas turbine, or other engine. The coupling system provides the alignment orientation for the joined components, and eliminates the need for extraneous fasteners, bolts, interference fits and/or keying arrangements. The coupling system further enables material optimization by allowing for use of different materials throughout different engine sections, depending on the operating parameters. |
| US10280799B2 |
Blade outer air seal assembly with positioning feature for gas turbine engine
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal arc segment that has a sealing portion and a first interface portion. The first interface portion defines circumferential mate faces. A support includes a mounting portion and a second interface portion. The mounting portion is configured to be fixedly attached to an engine static structure, and the second interface portion is radially inward of the first interface portion. At least one positioning member is dimensioned to abut the first and second interface portions such that the first and second interface portions are spaced apart by a predetermined distance in a radial direction. |
| US10280798B2 |
Rotatable full ring fairing for a turbine engine
A turbine engine includes a full ring fairing having at least a first and second keyed feature. The full ring fairing is rotatable so that the second keyed feature is in the first keyed feature position relative to the turbine engine. |
| US10280792B2 |
Bore basket for a gas powered turbine
Gas turbine engines include bore baskets to facilitate rotor bore cooling. One such bore basket for utilization in a gas turbine engine includes two cylinders that guide a cooling flow through a bore opening. The cylinders define an axially aligned gap that further directs fluid flow when a cooling fluid is injected into the system. |
| US10280787B2 |
Monitoring rotating machinery using radio frequency probes
Systems and methods for monitoring rotating machinery are disclosed. Transmitter and receiver antennas can be provided with access to the rotating machinery. At least one receiver signal resulting from at least one transmitter signal that has propagated through a portion of the rotating machinery can be obtained. A first signal pair can be formed from a first receiver signal and a first transmitter signal, or from first and second receiver signals obtained from spatially-separated receiver antennas, or from first and second receiver signals which are attributable to different transmitter signals. Amplitude and phase information of a plurality of frequency components for each signal in the first signal pair can be determined. A set of comparison values for the first signal pair can be determined by comparing respective frequency component phases or respective frequency component amplitudes. A characteristic of the rotating machinery can then be analyzed using the comparison values. |
| US10280785B2 |
Shroud assembly for a turbine engine
A shroud assembly for a turbine section of a turbine engine includes a shroud plate in thermal communication with a hot combustion gas flow and a baffle overlying the shroud plate to define a region. One or more shaped cooling features are located along the region such that a cooling fluid flow passing through the region encounters the shaped cooling features to increase the turbulence of the cooling fluid flow. |
| US10280782B2 |
Segmented clearance control ring
A clearance control ring having at least two segments is disclosed. Each of the segments interlock with adjacent segments to form a full hoop clearance control ring. Separate carriers and seals or one-piece carriers and seals may be mounted on the clearance control ring. The segmented structure of the clearance control ring allows for simpler assembly with segmented cases for gas turbine engines than prior art one-piece clearance control rings. The segmented structure also may be used with one-piece pre-assembled and multi-stage rotors. |
| US10280781B2 |
Turbine shroud milling
An exemplary shroud milling method includes milling a convex side of a shroud, milling a concave side of the shroud, and holding a shroud within a common fixture when milling the convex side and when milling the concave side. |
| US10280780B2 |
Sealing systems for gas turbine engine vane platforms
A sealing system for a turbomachine includes an annular seal defining a centerline axis and an inner diameter sealing surface. The sealing system also includes a turbomachine component radially inboard of the annular seal having a surface defined on an outer diameter surface. The sealing surface of the turbomachine component has a radius of curvature configured to be non-concentric with respect to the inner diameter surface of the annular seal in a cold state. The radius of curvature of the surface is configured to be substantially concentric with respect to the inner diameter surface of the annular seal in a hot state. |
| US10280778B2 |
Assembly for sealing a gap between components of a turbine engine
An assembly for a turbine engine includes a turbine engine first component, a turbine engine second component and a seal assembly. The first component includes a groove and a groove surface. The second component includes a tongue that extends into the groove to a tongue surface. The seal assembly at least partially seals a gap between the groove surface and the tongue surface. The seal assembly includes a rope seal and a clip that attaches the rope seal to the tongue. The rope seal is arranged within the groove between the groove surface and the tongue surface. |
| US10280776B2 |
Turbine assembly of an aircraft turbine engine
The present invention relates to a turbine assembly (10) of a turbine engine (1), comprising at least: a first bladed rotor (12), a bladed stator (13) and a second bladed rotor (14) arranged in series, the rotors (12, 14) being mounted on a shaft (2); a sealing plate (20) extending between the stator (13) and the shaft (2) and separating a first recess (C1) arranged between the first rotor (12) and the stator (13), from a second recess (C2) arranged between the stator (13) and the second rotor (14); and pressure-reducing means (300, 31) positioned inside the first recess (C1), the assembly being characterized in that said pressure-reducing means (300, 31) comprise a plurality of substantially radial recompression fins (300) extending into the first recess (C1). |
| US10280773B2 |
Turbomachine alignment key and related turbomachine
Various aspects include an alignment key for a turbomachine, along with a turbomachine including the alignment key and a related storage medium. In some cases, the alignment key includes: a body having primary axis and sized to engage a diaphragm slot in the turbomachine, the body having sidewalls extending along the primary axis; a chamfered tip section continuous with the body, the chamfered tip section sized to engage a casing slot in the turbomachine; and a slot extending through the body and the chamfered tip section, the slot having a first opening proximate an end of the body and a second opening proximate the chamfered tip section, wherein the sidewalls of the body taper from the end of the body toward the chamfered tip section. |
| US10280769B2 |
Nonmetallic airfoil with a compliant attachment
An airfoil is disclosed. The airfoil may comprise a body portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, and a suction side. The airfoil may further comprise a compliant attachment bonded to the body portion and the compliant attachment may be configured to connect to a support structure. The compliant attachment may have a coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate between a coefficient of the thermal expansion of the body portion of the airfoil and a coefficient of thermal expansion of the support structure. |
| US10280762B2 |
Multi-chamber platform cooling structures
A platform is disclosed. The platform may include an airfoil section with a cooling cavity and a platform. The platform may have various cooling features, such as a platform cooling apparatus. The platform cooling apparatus may have a cooling chamber forming a channel disposed at least partially through the platform and the platform cooling apparatus may have an inflow channel in fluidic communication with the chamber and the cooling cavity so that cooling air may travel from the cooling cavity of the blade airfoil section and into the platform cooling apparatus. Moreover, the platform cooling apparatus may have a cooling cover apparatus at least partially fluidically sealing the platform cooling apparatus. |
| US10280761B2 |
Three dimensional airfoil micro-core cooling chamber
A component for use in a gas turbine engine comprises a body and a micro-core cooling circuit embedded within the body. The micro-core circuit has a variation in either the thickness or contoured surface, away from a generally planar shape to a non-planar shape. |
| US10280760B2 |
Turbine engine assembly and method of assembling the same
A turbine assembly is provided. The turbine assembly includes a gas turbine engine including at least one hot gas path component formed at least partially from a ceramic matrix composite material. The turbine assembly also includes a treatment system positioned to receive a flow of exhaust gas from the gas turbine engine. The treatment system is configured to remove water from the flow of exhaust gas to form a flow of treated exhaust gas, and to channel the flow of treated exhaust gas towards the at least one hot gas path component. The at least one hot gas path component includes a plurality of cooling holes for channeling the flow of treated exhaust gas therethrough, such that a protective film is formed over the at least one hot gas path component. |
| US10280755B2 |
Optimized aerodynamic profile for a turbine blade, in particular for a rotary wheel of the first stage of a turbine
When cold and in the non-coated state, the aerodynamic profile is substantially identical to a nominal profile determined by the Cartesian coordinates X,Y, Zadim given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Zadim is the quotient D/H where D is the distance of the point under consideration from a first reference plane P0 situated at the base of the nominal profile, and H is the height of said profile measured from the first reference plane to a second reference plane P1. The measurements D and H are taken radially relative to the axis of the turbine, while the X coordinate is measured in the axial direction of the turbine. |
| US10280753B2 |
Fuel production using solar energy
There is provided a method of producing a product. The method comprises: supplying electricity generated in a photovoltaic cell arrangement and a piston engine, respectively, to electrolytic and catalytic reactions that are heated by concentrated sunlight; reacting carbon dioxide and water in the heated electrolytic and catalytic reactions to form a pressurized product, such as pressurized methanol; and expanding the pressurized product in the piston engine to generate electricity. There is also provided a system for production of the product as well as devices to be used in the method or system. |
| US10280750B2 |
Full-roadway full-process full-cross-section surface deformation monitoring device and method
The present invention provides a full-roadway full-process full-cross-section deformation monitoring device and a monitoring method thereof, which are applicable to the field of roadway surface deformation monitoring. A monitoring station is deployed utilizing an anchor rope, a supporting frame and a rotary laser measuring device are connected via a threaded sleeve at the tail end of the anchor rope, the rotary laser measuring device can rotate and drive a laser range finder to rotate, the data of a plurality of cross sections can be measured at the same time with one monitoring station, the data is processed by computer programming, so that the measurement data is converted into coordinates in a three-dimensional coordinate system, and thereby full-roadway full-process full-cross-section digital imaging is realized. The monitoring method attains high measuring accuracy, involves very low artificial error, supports intuitive observation of dynamic roadway deformation condition, can provide accurate warning for roof pressure condition, and provides a technical guarantee for safety of the downhole workers. |
| US10280747B2 |
Sampling techniques to detect hydrocarbon seepage
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting seepage of hydrocarbons in subterranean zones. In one aspect, a method includes detecting hydrocarbon seepage at multiple different sampling depths from a surface in a surveyed geographic region, comparing each of the hydrocarbon seepage at the multiple different sampling depths, wherein hydrocarbon seepage at a reference depth is known, and determining hydrocarbon seepage through the surveyed geographic region based on a result of the comparison. |
| US10280745B2 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating fluid sample contamination by using multi sensors
A method of evaluating fluid sample contamination is disclosed. A formation tester tool is introduced into a wellbore. The formation tester tool comprises a sensor. Sensor data is acquired from the sensor and a contamination estimation is calculated. A remaining pump-out time required to reach a contamination threshold is then determined. |
| US10280740B2 |
Sandface liner with power, control and communication link via a tie back string
In one aspect, a method of completing a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes: placing a completion assembly in the wellbore, the completion assembly including a first link along an outside the completion; placing a second link between a surface location and a subsea location; placing a string having a third link between the first link and the second link; and connecting the third link to the first link and the second link to provide a continuous link between the completion assembly and the surface location. |
| US10280737B2 |
Methods of using carbon quantum dots to enhance productivity of fluids from wells
Carbon quantum dots are used as tracers during the production of hydrocarbons. The tracer may be used to identify fluids produced from the reservoir. When used in the fracturing of multiple zones of the reservoir, qualitatively distinguishable carbon quantum dots may be used to identify the zone within the reservoir from which recovered fluid was produced. The carbon quantum dots may also be used in water flooding to determine water breakthrough in the production well. Upon water breakthrough in a production well, they may also be used to identify those injection wells from which breakthrough water originates. |
| US10280735B2 |
Downhole sensor tool with a sealed sensor outsert
A downhole sensor tool includes a sensor outsert coupled into an exterior pocket of the tool body. The sensor outsert is a pressure vessel with an exterior electrical connector coupled to the interior sensor. The sensor outsert contains a sensor, and is pressure-sealed about the sensor. The outsert includes an electrical connector coupled to the sensor. The electrical connector maintains the pressure seal of the outsert. The electrical connector may be a hermetic connector. The electrical connector can be coupled to an electrical connector or a hermetic connector of the tool body while maintaining the sealing of the pressure vessel. |
| US10280732B2 |
Employing a target risk attribute predictor while drilling
A method including obtaining input attribute values and a target risk attribute value associated with a first borehole segment. The method also includes training a prediction model for the target risk attribute using the input attribute values and the target risk attribute value. The method also includes acquiring subsequent input attribute values. The method also includes using the trained prediction model and the subsequent input attribute values to predict a target risk attribute value for a second borehole segment. The method also includes storing or displaying information based on the predicted target risk attribute value. |
| US10280731B2 |
Energy industry operation characterization and/or optimization
An embodiment of a method of performing an energy industry operation includes: deploying a carrier in an earth formation, the carrier including a downhole component configured to perform the operation; performing the operation according to operational parameters; measuring a condition, the condition including at least one of a surface condition and a downhole condition, and generating measurement data representing the measured condition; tuning a simulation model of the operation based on the measurement data, the model being a mathematical model configured to estimate the condition based on the selected operational parameters; selecting a hypothetical adjustment to one or more selected operational parameters; applying the hypothetical adjustment to the simulation model to generate predicted conditions of the operation; and based on the predicted conditions representing an improvement to the operation, adjusting operational parameters according to the hypothetical adjustment. |
| US10280728B2 |
Connector and gas-liquid separator for combined electric submersible pumps and beam lift or progressing cavity pumps
The present invention provides a gas-liquid separator/connector having three concentric tube device made such that flow of fluids from a ESP enters the bottom and are diverted into the largest of the three concentric tubes located as the outside tube. The relatively large space between the inside tube and the outside tube allows for the gas to separate from the liquid. The gas continues to rise to the surface in the tubing-casing annulus. The liquid now can enter by gravity the third tube that is placed outside the inner tube (the tubing) and the large external tube. This third concentric tube is not as long as the large outer tube and is connected at the bottom to become the entrance to the pump intake for the beam pump or PCP. The pump intake for the beam pump or PCP is a part of the smallest inner tube of the connector. |
| US10280721B1 |
Artificial lift
A retrievable string is positioned in a stator of a completion string installed in a well. The retrievable string includes a rotating portion and a non-rotating portion. The rotating portion includes a rotor and an impeller coupled to the rotor. The non-rotating portion includes a coupling part. The coupling part is coupled to a corresponding coupling part of the completion string. |
| US10280718B2 |
Gravel pack apparatus having actuated valves
A device and method allows a bore valve in the washpipe and in certain instances a port valve or sliding sleeve to open or close upon command from the surface so that gravel slurry may be placed in a wellbore. |
| US10280716B2 |
Process and system for killing a well through the use of relief well injection spools
A process for killing a well includes drilling a first relief well and a second relief well toward the well, affixing a first relief well injection spool to the first relief well and affixing a second relief well injection spool to the second relief well, connecting a flowline to a flow channel of the first and second relief well injection spools, connecting a pipe to the first relief well injection spool so as to extend to a surface location, connecting a second pipe to the second relief well injection spool so as to extend to another surface location, and flowing a kill fluid through the second pipe such that the kill fluid flows through the flowline and into the flow channel of the first relief well injection spool so as to pass into the first relief well and into the well. |
| US10280715B2 |
Interlocking and setting section for a downhole tool
The invention relates to an interlock and setting section for a downhole tool system, the interlock and setting section comprising: a shifting profile located within a throughbore of the downhole tool system, wherein the shifting profile is capable of being coupled to by a shifting tool in the throughbore of the downhole tool system, in order to move the shifting profile with respect to the downhole tool system; a load connector member coupled to the shifting profile and further coupled to a load setting member arranged to deliver a load to a tool as required; wherein there is further provided a selective locking mechanism to selectively lock at least the load setting member to at least one of the downhole tool system and the shifting profile. |
| US10280712B2 |
Hydraulically actuated fluid communication mechanism
A completion apparatus for a wellbore includes several flow tools and an actuation mechanism. The flow tools have a piston defining first and second chambers with a housing. The chambers communicates with hydraulics so the piston are movable in response to the communicated hydraulics. A sleeve disposed in the housing is movable with the piston between first, second, and third positions. The sleeve can have a seat movable between two conditions for passing/engaging plugs. The sleeve in the first position closes off communication through the first and second ports, and the sleeve in the second position permits communication through the first port and closes off communication through the second port. The sleeve in the third position closes off communication through the first port and permits communication through the second port. The actuation mechanism is operable to communicate the hydraulics respectively with the chambers of the flow tools. |
| US10280702B2 |
Multistage high pressure fracturing system with counting system
The invention relates to a multistage high pressure fracturing system and tubular hydraulic valve (THV) system for connection to a completion string to enable isolation of a zone of interest within a well. In particular, the system enables access to a downhole formation for fracturing the zone of interest and for hydrocarbon production. The system generally includes a plug counting system, a plug capture system and a valve system wherein dropping a series of plugs down the completion string enables successive capture of individual plugs within individual THVs for subsequent fracturing operations. |
| US10280700B2 |
Jarring apparatus
A downhole jarring apparatus for use in jarring an object in a bore includes a first jarring portion including a first impact surface and a second jarring portion including a second impact surface. The apparatus includes a rotatable jarring arrangement operable to translate a rotational drive movement to cause relative axial movement of the first and second impact surfaces to establish axial impact therebetween. |
| US10280699B2 |
Degradable rubber member for downhole tools, degradable seal member, degradable protecting member, downhole tool, and method for well drilling
A degradable rubber member for a downhole tool formed from a rubber material containing from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a degradation accelerator relative to 100 parts by mass of a degradable rubber (optionally containing other rubber materials and/or reinforcing materials), of which, preferably, the decrease rate of the mass or the 50% strain compressive stress after immersion for 24 hours in 150° C. water is not less than 5%, and/or the mass loss rate after immersion for 72 hours in 150° C. water is from 5 to 100%, and further, as desired, the tensile fracture strain at 66° C. is not less than 50%, the 70% strain compressive stress is not less than 10 MPa, and the compressive fracture strain is not less than 50%; a degradable seal member or a protecting member for downhole tools comprising such a rubber member; and a downhole tool such as a plug for well drilling, and a method for well drilling. |
| US10280691B2 |
Earth-boring bit
An earth-boring bit includes a bit body threaded at its upper extent for connection to a drill string and a plurality of blades on the bit body, each blade having a leading edge and a trailing edge. A plurality of cutting elements is arranged on the leading edge of each blade and a junk slot is defined between pairs of adjacent blades. A surface texture may be formed on the surface of the junk slot, the surface texture being selected to alter a flow of drilling fluid through the junk slot. At least one milling element may extend at least partially across the junk slot between the trailing edge and leading edge of adjacent blades, wherein flow of cuttings generated by the cutting elements is impeded until the cuttings are disintegrated to a selected size. |
| US10280689B2 |
Polycrystalline superhard construction
A polycrystalline superhard construction comprises a body of polycrystalline superhard material, and a substrate of hard material bonded thereto along an interface. The body of polycrystalline superhard material comprises a first region abutting the substrate along the interface and a second region bonded to the first region. The second region defines a rake face, a cutting edge, a chamfer and at least a part of a flank face, the cutting edge being defined by an edge of the flank face joined to the chamfer, the chamfer extending between the cutting edge and the rake face. The height of the chamfer in a plane parallel to the plane through which the longitudinal axis of the polycrystalline superhard construction extends is less than the thickness of the second region. The first region comprises a material having coarser grains than the second region. There is also disclosed a method of making the same. |
| US10280686B2 |
Method of performing combined drilling, flushing, and cutting operations on coal seam having high gas content and prone to bursts to relieve pressure and increase permeability
A method of performing coupled drilling, flushing, and slotting operations on a coal seam, which has a high gas content and prone to bursts, is described herein. The method is aimed to relieve pressure and increase permeability when drilling a through-seam borehole to pre-drain gas belts in a coal mine roadway. The pressure relief and permeation method of the present invention adjusts the water jet water inlet pressure in different stages according to the different positions of the drilling construction, and controls the water during drilling. At drilling stage, the jets are respectively subjected to low-pressure water flow drilling and medium-pressure water flow flushing. When withdraw drilling, the high-pressure water flow slotting is carried out. By doing so, the pressure is relieved in a low, medium, high stepwise manner. |
| US10280683B1 |
Mud motor apparatus and system
The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use of a mud motor having a bearing assembly a transmission or coupling assembly, a power section, a rotor catch assembly, and a cross over sub-valve wherein the transmission assembly may have a torque and thrust transfer coupling with a safetied joint for contacting universal style joints. |
| US10280676B2 |
Vehicle window lift control system and control method
A vehicle window lift control system includes a window lift motor, a motor drive/control module, an inverter, a rotor position sensing unit, and an anti-pinch module. The window lift motor is a brushless direct current motor. The anti-pinch module detennines whether or not the vehicle window is in an anti-pinch area based on position feedback signals generated by a rotor position sensing unit that is inherently included in the brushless direct current motor. When the vehicle window is in the anti-pinch area, an obstacle judgment unit is initiated. When there is an obstacle, an anti-pinch instruction unit sends an anti-pinch instruction to the motor drive/control module, and the motor drive/control module drives the inverter according to the anti-pinch instruction to make the motor rotate reversely. The present vehicle window lift control system has the advantages of small size, low failure rate and low cost. |
| US10280674B2 |
Electromechanical strut with electromechanical brake and method of allowing and preventing movement of a closure member of a vehicle
An electromechanical strut and method of moving a closure member of a vehicle between an open position and a closed position is provided. The electromechanical strut includes a power drive unit including a motor, a leadscrew, a planetary gearset operably connecting the motor to the leadscrew, and an electromechanical brake assembly. The electromechanical strut further includes a telescoping unit including an extensible tube and a drive nut for converting rotary motion of the leadscrew into linear motion of the telescoping unit. The electromechanical brake assembly is selectively moveable between an engaged state, wherein the leadscrew is prevented from rotating to prevent relative axial movement between the power drive unit and the telescoping unit, and a disengaged state, wherein the leadscrew is permitted to rotate to allow relative axial movement between the power drive unit and the telescoping unit. |
| US10280673B2 |
Refrigerator and control method for refrigerator
Provided is a refrigerator. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands. |
| US10280672B2 |
Overhead truck door opening and closing mechanism
An opening and closing mechanism for a roll-up cargo door for a truck is intended to decrease injuries to the people who load and unload items from box trucks and semi-trailers. The mechanism allows the user to open and close the overhead roll-up door of these trucks while standing firmly and safely on the ground at the rear corner of the truck. The door opening and closing mechanism is in the form of a loop of material that is attached to a lower portion of the roll-up door and a guide disposed near the top of the door frame. The loop is disposed along one of the vertical frame members of the door so that it is out of the way of the cargo hold when the door is open. |
| US10280669B2 |
Door closer
A door closer (10) includes an exterior housing (11), a spring assembly (12), a ratchet assembly (13), and a clutch assembly (14). The housing has a central tube (17), drive collar (23), a top end cap (52), and a bottom end cap (65). The drive collar includes an indexing pin channel (41) and indexing pin (42) which includes a pawl (45) having a contact surface (47) and a curved bearing surface (48). The spring assembly includes a shaft (73), a spring stop (80), and a helical torsion spring (106) positioned upon the shaft. The ratchet assembly resides within drive collar and includes ratchet wheel (111) having an annular array of ratchet teeth (112) configured to mesh with the pawl of the indexing pin. Each tooth has an undercut contact surface (113) and a curved bearing surface (114). The clutch assembly includes a bottom disc (120) and a top disc (121). |
| US10280668B2 |
Garage door noise reduction roller assembly
A roller with a Delrin plastic injection to coat the steel shaft wherein the plastic coated shaft eliminates the metal-to-metal contact that creates the noise. The new and improved Delrin plastic coated shaft will be 1 mm larger than industry standard shafts because 10-11 mm industry standard shafts are too loose in the hinge barrels which allows the rattling. This improved roller shaft is 12 mm at finished thickness to reduce the extra space. A roller wheel connected to a roller shaft being a portion of a hinge affixed to a garage door, the roller wheel adapted to roll within a track of a garage door, the roller wheel including at least one ball bearing and a collar retained in a circumferential cylindrical middle cover seal and the circumferential cylindrical middle cover seal covered with a steel cover, the steel cover covered with 50-90 durometer soft urethane plastic. |
| US10280667B2 |
Garage door noise reduction roller assembly
A roller with a Delrin plastic injection to coat the steel shaft wherein the plastic coated shaft eliminates the metal-to-metal contact that creates the noise. The new and improved Delrin plastic coated shaft will be 1 mm larger than industry standard shafts because 10-11 mm industry standard shafts are too loose in the hinge barrels which allows the rattling. This improved roller shaft is 12 mm at finished thickness to reduce the extra space. Closing the gap between the roller shaft and hinge barrel will eliminate the metal-to-metal contact resulting in a very quiet, rolling garage door. By keeping the finished thickness at 12 mm on the new shaft, the roller will still work on new and old garage door hinges and fixtures. This makes the new and improved roller shaft a truly universal product that will work on 90% of garage doors in service and almost all new models. This is a long over-due improvement to garage door rollers. |
| US10280666B2 |
Shower door guide assembly
A shower door guide assembly is provided with a pair of spaced apart brackets. Each bracket has a receptacle formed therein. A crossbeam is provided with a guide formed therein for cooperation with a roller assembly of a door. The crossbeam has a cross-section sized so that terminal ends of the crossbeam are each received in one the receptacles of the pair of brackets for pivoting about a lengthwise axis of crossbeam and translation in the receptacle during installation of the crossbeam terminal ends into receptacles of the pair of brackets. The receptacles and the crossbeam are sized so that each terminal end of the crossbeam can be received in only one receptacle at only one orientation of the installed crossbeam to prevent improper installation. An alignment configuration extends from each bracket to engage a pair of wall jambs for alignment of the brackets to the wall jambs. |
| US10280659B2 |
Door-equipped vehicle body structure
A door-equipped vehicle body structure (10) includes a door opening (35) provided to a vehicle (11), a door (40) for opening and closing the door opening (35), and a grip (45) provided to the door (40). The door (40) is provided with a general surface (62) and an upper surface (63). The general surface (62) is a surface extending along a door surface (61). The upper surface (63) is a surface extending from an upper end (62a) of the general surface (62) toward an outside (22) of the vehicle. The grip (45) is provided so as to project upward from the upper surface (63). |
| US10280653B2 |
Vehicle door latch with electronic override
In one non-limiting embodiment, a latch system for a door of a vehicle is provided. The latch system includes a latch assembly, an accelerometer configured to measure acceleration of the vehicle, and a controller communicatively coupled to the accelerometer. The controller is configured to control an operation of the latch assembly. The controller prevents transition of the latch assembly to a disengaged position when the measured acceleration exceeds a predetermined threshold to facilitate preventing the door from opening. |
| US10280649B2 |
Magnetic unlocking device and magnetic unlocking structure of magnetic encoding key
A magnetic unlocking device and a magnetic unlocking structure of a magnetic encoding key. The magnetic unlocking structure includes a lock core device and a magnetic unlocking device. The lock core device includes a lock core casing, a lock knob which is provided in the internal cavity of the lock core casing, a lock care front end cover and a lock core rear end cover that are located at both ends of the lock core casing. The internal wall of the lock core casing is provided with a monad longitudinal moving groove and a monad horizontal rotating groove. The lock knob is provided with an unlocking hole. The external wall of the lock knob is provided with a monad longitudinal slide-way. The monad longitudinal slide-way and the monad longitudinal moving groove correspond to each other and form a monad moving cavity. |
| US10280644B2 |
Portable dwelling assembly
A portable dwelling assembly that has a dome shape and a door assembly. The dome assembly is provided with a base ring and top ring connected by a plurality of wall segments. Connected to the exterior of the dome assembly is a covering with optional flaps to allow for greater ventilation. Anchoring devices are attached around the exterior of the dwelling to provide additional stability during adverse weather. |
| US10280641B2 |
Liquid containment pool wall using polymer sheeting
A liquid containment vessel or pool having a wall constructed of thermoplastic polymers. Most pool walls are manufactured from steel or aluminum which are prone to deformation and corrosion. Polymer sheets or banding can be used to replace customary pool walls, offering a tough, strong, lightweight, corrosion resistant and easily installed material that can be manufactured from recycled plastics. When oriented, laminated, woven, corrugated, or layered, the strength of the polymer sheeting or banding increases further, allowing the present invention to be adapted for use in a variety of applications. |
| US10280640B2 |
Sequenced chamber wave generator controller and method
A wave generating apparatus mobile application controller and method is provided in which a mobile controller actuates a plurality of wave generating chambers in sequence using a delay between actuation of each chamber to produce a rideable wave in a pool. The mobile application controller allows the user to select the exact type of wave to be produced by the wave generator apparatus by selecting size, shape, and pattern of the wave. The application also allows the user to use a camera to photograph or record herself or someone else, even while riding a wave. |
| US10280637B2 |
Load carrying platform shuttle
The load carrying platform shuttle has a static frame that defines a cam surface. A carriage is arranged to telescope into the static frame. A ramp has an outboard edge rotatably connected to the carriage. A cam follower is disposed on the ramp so as to engage with the cam surface. The cam surface and the cam follower cooperate such that an inboard edge of the ramp is automatically maintained at an elevated height whilst the carriage is disposed intermediate of an extended position and a retracted position and such that the inboard edge of the ramp is automatically maintained at a lowered height whilst the carriage is at the retracted position. The static frame is constructed from I-beams that are reinforced to increase their resistance to the bending moment applied by the carriage whilst it is in the extended position. |
| US10280635B1 |
Shield
A temporary shield erected between two flanged structural members of a bridge or other structure, a kit therefor, and a method for erection of the shield. A plurality of length-adjustable beams have end portions which are rested on flanges respectively of the structural members. Decking is attached to the beams. At least one elongate member is cantileverly extended from at least one of the beams to underlie a structural member flange to prevent wind lift up of the shield. |
| US10280634B1 |
Product leveling device for tile machines
A product leveling device mounted to the front of a feeder box of a tile machine. The device includes a scraper mechanism with a plate having an edge to manufacture tile products of predetermined dimensions from material contained in a lower mold. A production board cooperates with the lower mold to receive the material. The thickness of the tile product can be selectively reduced without affecting the structure of the tile machine. Optionally, fingers can be added to the edge to form longitudinally channels in the material. Shoes are mounted to the end of the tamper head that coact with the material, including any channels, to produce a uniform pressure to the material. |
| US10280632B2 |
Load distribution structures for raised floor data center
Load distribution structures are provided for a raised floor tile(s) of a raised floor data center. The load distribution structure, which resides adjacent to an opening in the raised floor tile(s), such as a cutout in the raised floor tile(s), to facilitate supporting a frame load, includes a frame load distributor and an edging bracket. The frame load distributor resides on the raised floor tile adjacent to the opening in the raised floor tile(s), and distributes, at least in part, the frame load on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket couples to the frame load distributor to, at least in part, hold the frame load distributor in fixed position on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket extends, at least in part, into the opening in the raised floor tile to secure the frame load distributor in fixed position relative to the opening in the raised floor tile(s). |
| US10280625B2 |
Unit for covering and uncovering a surface using self-propelled adjustable slats
The invention relates to a unit for covering and uncovering a surface using adjustable slats (3), comprising: for each slat (3), a set of two carriages (101, 102) guided in translation along guide tracks (8); a system (II) for moving the slats (3), comprising two movement motors (12) for each carriage pair (101, 102) equipping a slat, each motor being mounted in a different carriage; a system (I) for orientating the slats (3), comprising at least one orientation motor (14) for each carriage pair equipping a slat, said at least one motor being mounted in at least one of the carriages; and a control device for moving at least part of the slats in translation and orientating said slats. |
| US10280624B2 |
Roof tile system
A roof tile system and a method for installing the roof tile system is disclosed. The roof tile system comprises a first roof tile and a tile-holding device. The first roof tile comprises a first attaching means, the first attaching means for attaching the first roof tile to a second roof tile when the first roof tile and the second roof tile are arranged together on a roof. The first roof tile further comprises a flange extending from a first end portion. The tile holding device for fixing tiles to the roof comprises a channel for receiving the flange so as to inhibit lifting of the first end portion away from the roof. |
| US10280617B2 |
Structural connector
A structural connector for fastening structural components together includes a floor. Two spaced sidewalls extend from respective sides of the floor, the floor and the sidewalls defining a channel in which a first of the structural components can be received. The sidewalls are configured so that the sidewalls can be fastened to the first structural component. A positioning arrangement is operatively arranged with respect to the floor so that the floor can be positioned on the second structural component for fastening to the second structural component. |
| US10280614B2 |
Sound absorbing structure and acoustic room
A sound absorbing structure (1) includes: a rear surface member (21) having a length in a predetermined direction; a front surface member (22) that is shorter in the predetermined direction than the rear surface member (21); and a sound absorbing material (3) that is placed in front of the rear surface member (21). The front surface member (22) is parallel to the rear surface member (21) and is separated forward from the rear surface member (21). An opening (23) is formed at a position adjoining the front surface member (22) in the predetermined direction. The sound absorbing material (3) is provided in both a first region (24) located behind the opening (23) and a second region (25) sandwiched between the front surface member (22) and the rear surface member (21). |
| US10280611B1 |
Vapor permeable water and fire-resistant expansion joint seal
The present disclosure relates generally to systems for providing a durable water-resistant and fire-resistant foam-based seal in the joint between adjacent panels. A fire-resistant and water-resistant expansion joint seal is provided which includes one or more foam members and a plurality of intumescent members interspersed within the foam member or members to provide a spring recovery force and fire resistance. |
| US10280608B2 |
Self-storage facility, fabrication, and methodology
A self-storage facility. The facility comprises a first set of commercial containers forming a first level of storage volume and a second set of commercial containers, atop the first set, forming a second level of storage volume. |
| US10280607B2 |
Connection system and method of using same
A method for erecting or assembling a frame includes the steps of: forming a joint with at least two frame members placed at an angle to one another, each frame members is a metal tube, no coping nor fittings are used to form the joint; wrapping the joint with a saddle, the saddle is a bent flat metal member with at least one hole overlaying each frame member; and plug welding the saddle to each frame member by filling each hole with weld metal. A frame includes: a joint formed by at least two frame members set at an angle to one another, each frame member is a metal tube; a saddle is wrapped over the joint, the saddle is a flat metal member with at least one hole overlaying each frame member; and a plug weld joining the saddle to each frame member, via weld metal filling the hole. |
| US10280604B1 |
Toilet having a water conservation peristaltic pump mode
In a tri-flush toilet, three operational flush modes may be provided to enable water conservation. The toilet may include a third mode operating a peristaltic pump to reduce the water consumption per flush. The peristaltic pump is operably connected to evacuate fluids and/or solids form the toilet bowl. |
| US10280602B2 |
Bowl flushing control device of low tank type toilet
A bowl flushing control device of low tank type toilet has a water supply pipe with a working chamber; a waterway switch component used to open and close the waterway of the water supply pipe; a first floater being floatable in the toilet tank, the first floater takes action when the water level in the water tank is lower than the working level; a control rod being movable up and down, the first floater is movably coupled to the control rod; the control rod is movably connected to the waterway switch component to move downwardly and drive the waterway switch component to close the waterway of the water supply pipe when the first floater takes off restriction on the control rod; a activation component used to control the control rod to move upwardly to reset and coupled to the control rod. |
| US10280600B2 |
Jet regulator
A jet regulator (100) including a jet regulator housing (2) is disclosed, in the housing interior of which a perforated plate (5) is provided with a plurality of flow-through holes (6) for dividing the through-flowing water. The jet regulator described is characterized in that at least one flow-through hole (6) extends conically towards its outflow side in at least one outflow-side hole section. It is also possible for flow obstacles to be provided on the outflow side of the perforated plate (5) in the jet regulator housing (2) and/or on the outflow front face of the jet regulator housing, which are arranged or concentrated there in a central or middle region and which deflect the through-flowing water into an outer annular zone. This jet regulator (100) enables an aerated and thereby sparkling-soft water jet to be generated even with low flow-through performance and low water pressure. |
| US10280598B2 |
Faucet assembly
A faucet assembly includes a faucet body defining a hot water inlet, a cold water inlet and at least one water outlet; a valve cartridge detachably received in the faucet body, the valve cartridge defines a mixing chamber and the hot water from the hot water inlet and the cold water from the cold water inlet is mixed in the mixing chamber and flows out via the water outlet; and a valve plate detachably assembled to the faucet body. The faucet body is provided with a hot water pipe connecting the hot water inlet and the mixing chamber. The hot water pipe is formed with a hot water stop valve assembly detachably assembled thereto. The faucet body is provided with a cold water pipe connecting the cold water inlet and the mixing chamber. The cold water pipe is formed with a cold water stop valve assembly detachably assembled thereto. |
| US10280596B2 |
Hydraulic circuit for construction machinery
Cost for a direction switching valve (third direction switching valve) is reduced while oil is supplied from two pumps to one actuator (third actuator).A hydraulic circuit 30 for construction machinery includes a first unloading passage 31 connected with a first pump 11, a second unloading passage 32 connected with a second pump 12, a first supply passage 41 connected with the first pump 11, a second supply passage 42 connected with the second pump 12, a third supply passage 43, and third direction switching valves (53E and 53F). The third supply passage 43 is connected with the first supply passage 41 and the second supply passage 42. The third direction switching valves are connected with the third supply passage 43, the first unloading passage 31, the second unloading passage 32, and the tank passage 35, and supply and discharge oil to and from the third actuators (23E and 23F). |
| US10280594B2 |
Hydraulic energy regeneration system for work machine
A hydraulic fluid energy regeneration system for a work machine capable of securely maintaining a brake pressure even when a solenoid valve or the like is erroneously rendered open by an electrical failure is provided. The hydraulic fluid energy regeneration system for a work machine, including a first hydraulic actuator; a second hydraulic actuator; and a first hydraulic pump that supplies a hydraulic fluid to the first hydraulic actuator via a first hydraulic line, includes: an upper control valve that is connected to a discharge side on which the hydraulic fluid is discharged from the second hydraulic actuator when an object to be driven by the second hydraulic actuator falls under its own weight, and that can regulate a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the second hydraulic actuator; a communication hydraulic line that connects the upper control valve to a hydraulic fluid tank; a lower control valve that is provided in the communication hydraulic line and that can regulate a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the upper control valve to the hydraulic fluid tank; and a regeneration hydraulic line that has one end side connected to a branch section between the upper control valve and the lower control valve in the communication hydraulic line and that has an other end side connected to the first hydraulic line. |
| US10280592B2 |
Hydraulic drive system for electrically-operated hydraulic work machine
An electrically-operated hydraulic work machine drives an actuator with a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor and exercises load sensing control by controlling the rotation speed of the electric motor. The useful life of an electrical storage device, which is an electrical power source for the electric motor, is increased by suppressing the horsepower consumption of the hydraulic pump. This prolongs the operating time of the electrically-operated hydraulic work machine, and reduces the size of the electric motor. A controller exercises load sensing control over a variable displacement main pump by controlling the rotation speed of the electric motor, and provides the main pump with a torque control device that reduces the delivery rate of the main pump when the delivery pressure of the main pump increases, or provides the controller with a control algorithm that performs the same function as the torque control device. |
| US10280591B2 |
Work machine
A work machine that can prevent restarting of an engine against a will of an operator from an idle stop state is provided. A hydraulic excavator includes a display device that displays a confirmation screen image for allowing an operator to confirm whether or not an engine is to be restarted from an idle stop state, and an inputting device that allows the operator to input a restart instruction for the engine in an interlocked relationship with the display of the confirmation screen image. A machine controller includes a restart controlling section that restarts the engine based on the restart instruction for the engine inputted by the inputting device. |
| US10280589B2 |
Hydraulic drive apparatus for construction machine
Provided is a hydraulic drive apparatus for a construction machine capable of achieving both of cavitation prevention and improvement of regeneration efficiency. The apparatus includes a regenerative motor configured to regenerate energy of hydraulic fluid discharged from a slewing motor, a first regeneration tank line for returning regeneration discharge fluid from the regenerative motor to a tank through a back pressure valve which is provided in a makeup line, a second regeneration tank line for returning the regeneration discharge fluid directly to the tank so as to bypass the back pressure valve, a regeneration-tank-line selector valve, and a regeneration-tank-line-selection control section configured to shift the regeneration-tank-line selector valve to pass the regeneration discharge fluid through the first regeneration tank line during slewing deceleration and otherwise through the second regeneration tank line. |
| US10280588B2 |
Coupler for earth moving or materials handling machine
A coupler is configured to couple an implement to an earth moving or materials handling machine. The coupler includes a locking member for locking a pin of an implement into a coupler in the recess. The locking member is driven by a hydraulic arrangement, with the hydraulic cylinder body being formed integrally with either the coupler body or the locking member. The coupler may be adapted to accommodate a range of implement pin spacings and/or diameters, so that the coupler can be used with different implements and in particular with different makes of implement. |
| US10280584B2 |
Reversible segmental retaining wall block, molds and methods for manufacturing same, and methods of forming retaining walls with same
A retaining wall block includes a block body comprising a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side; a front side and a rear side opposite the rear side; a right side and a left side opposite the right side. A lateral interlock system includes a first lateral interlock interface that is integral with the right side and a second lateral interlock interface that is integral with the left side, each of the first and second lateral interlock interfaces including: a male-type lateral interface component and three female-type lateral interface components, each of the lateral interface components being in vertical alignment with one of the other lateral interface components and in horizontal alignment with still another of the lateral interface components, wherein the first lateral interlock interface and the second lateral interlock interface are, when viewed in elevation, identical. |
| US10280579B2 |
Automatic gate operation and system status indication for marine barriers and gate systems
A system is provided for automatic operation and status indication of a marine barrier gate. Embodiments include a system having a buoyant barrier gate that is movable between a closed position and an open position. An actuator moves the gate between the open and closed positions, and a sensor is operably connected to the actuator to generate data relating to a position of the barrier gate between the open and closed positions. A processor receives the data from the sensor and processes the data to move the gate between the open and closed positions, and detect the position of the gate. A human-machine interface is operably connected to the processor for communicating the detected position of the barrier gate to a user. |
| US10280578B2 |
Fiber block system
A fiber block system suitable for controlling erosion and stabilizing soil is described that comprises a fiber block formed of a densely packed natural fibers and having an apron extending therefrom, wherein the apron is formed of the same natural fibers. The fiber block and apron are enclosed in a sleeve of fiber mesh and ties are disposed in the fiber block and connect to the sleeve. The fiber block, mesh, and ties can be made of coir fibers. |
| US10280576B1 |
Mobile snow removal and collection apparatus
A mobile snow removal and collection apparatus including a wheeled motorized vehicle having a front cab and a vehicle chassis attached to a back end of the front cab. A snow removal collection tank is disposed atop the vehicle chassis. A heating unit is disposed atop the vehicle chassis, and a vacuum unit is disposed atop the heating unit. Each of a drainage hose and a snow intake hose is extended outward from and in fluid communication with the inner chamber of the snow removal collection tank. The vacuum unit is configured to pull snow into the inner chamber of the snow removal collection tank through the snow intake hose, and the heating unit is configured to melt the snow disposed within the snow removal collection tank. |
| US10280572B1 |
System for heating a paving screed
A system for controlling heating of a screed plate includes screed plate disposed along the paving material delivery path. A first temperature sensor is operative to monitor a screed plate temperature and a second temperature sensor along the paving material delivery path is operative to monitor an actual paving material temperature of a paving material being applied to a work surface. A controller is configured to determine an estimated paving material temperature adjacent the screed plate based upon the actual paving material temperature and operate a heater to maintain the screed plate temperature within a temperature variation range relative to the estimated paving material temperature. |
| US10280571B2 |
Assembly and method for manufacturing a piston rod and a tamper bar
A road finisher includes a screed plate extending at right angles to the working direction of the road finisher, a tamper bar disposed rearwardly and/or forwardly of the screed plate in the working direction, wherein at least one electrically operated heating element is configured to heat up a heating surface facing a road subsurface, the heating element comprising a heating layer at least partially obtained through thermal spraying onto a substrate surface, and a piston rod with connecting means to a tamper bar drive. The tamper bar is connected to the piston rod with an upper surface of the tamper bar contacting a lower surface of the piston rod, wherein the piston rod is single-pieced with regard to its connecting means and its lower surface, and the heating layer is located between the piston rod and the tamper bar, especially applied to the lower surface of the piston rod. |
| US10280563B2 |
Three-dimensional papermaking belt
The present invention relates to belts useful in the manufacture of paper products, such as tissue paper. Particularly this invention relates to a belt used in a through-air drying process for making tissue products, and more particularly to an additively manufactured belt having a particular pattern thereon which imparts properties to tissue products manufactured therewith. |
| US10280562B2 |
Process to manufacture low weight high quality paper for use as a support layer of a release liner with a belt assembly
The invention relates to manufacturing low weight high quality paper suitable for use as a support layer of a release liner. A paper web is formed from pulp slurry, the moisture content of the paper web is reduced by a press section (PSEC), the paper web is supported by a belt (BELT1) from a first contact point (CP1) in the press section (PSEC) to a first separation point (SP1) in a drying section (DSEC), and the paper web is dried to form paper. The temperature profile of the paper web may be non-decreasing. When supported, the temperature of the paper web of the paper web may be higher than or equal to 56° C. to obtain a paper web having a dry content of at least 40 wt.-% at the first separation point. |
| US10280559B2 |
Process for producing increased bulk pulp fibers, pulp fibers obtained, and products incorporating same
Processes for pulping raw pulp material, such as wood chips, to provide pulp fibers having increased bulk, as well as bleaching the resulting pulp fibers to provide bleached pulp fibers having increased bulk. These pulp fibers and bleached pulp fibers may be incorporated into or used various products, such as multi-ply coated paperboards, fluff pulp, etc. |
| US10280558B2 |
Methods and apparatus for laser cleaning of fabric materials
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for cleaning a substrate, such as a fabric material, involving the application of optical energy to the substrate, typically in the form of a beam of light, where the energy of the beam causes removal of the contaminant from substrate, such as from the fibers of a fabric material. The cleaning may occur via any mechanism, including one or more of, alone or in any combination, ablation, melting, heating or reaction with the substrate or contaminant or agent introduced to aid in the cleaning. The optical energy is typically applied to a selected area of the substrate (e.g., as a beam), and the substrate and beam or optical energy source moved relative to one another so as to clean a larger area of the substrate, either by moving the substrate or the beam, or both. Movement of the beam with respect to the substrate can be attained through a beam scanning mechanism or through movement of the optical source itself. |
| US10280557B2 |
Stand garment steamer
The present application relates to a stand garment steamer (1). The stand garment steamer (1) has a base unit (2), a support (19) extending from the base unit (2), and a treatment board (14) with a treatment surface (17) against which fabric is positionable. The treatment board (14) is supported and spaced from the base unit (2) by the support (19). A tilting mechanism (20) connects the support (19) to the treatment board (14), the tilting mechanism (20) being operable to allow the treatment board (14) to be fixed in multiple operating orientations between vertical and horizontal positions. A reversible generator is in the base unit (2), and at least one vent (18) is in the treatment surface (17) through which air and/or steam from the reversible generator is passable. A fluid pathway (47) fluidly connects the reversible generator and the at least one vent (18) irrespective of the operating orientation of the treatment board. This stand garment steamer improves ironing experience of users. |
| US10280556B2 |
Steam-smoothing apparatus including a base connected to a smoothing head via a pipe
A steam-smoothing apparatus includes a base intended for producing a steam flow and connected to a smoothing head via a flexible pipe in which the steam produced by the base freely escapes to the smoothing head. The smoothing head includes a rear portion, forming a grasping handle, and a widened front portion including a surface provided with a plurality of steam outlet holes through which the flow of steam from the base is distributed. The widened front portion contains a first steam-dispensing chamber, which supplies steam to a first group of steam outlet holes, and a second steam-dispensing chamber which supplies steam to a second group of steam outlet holes. The smoothing head includes a system for blocking or reducing the steam flow towards the second group of steam outlet holes that can be actuated from outside the smoothing head. |
| US10280555B2 |
Heating device for tumble dryer and tumble dryer
A heating device for a rear wall of a tumble dryer is disclosed, wherein the heating device includes an electric heating arrangement which may be formed of heating coils. A bypass airflow which is not directly heated by the heating arrangement flows in addition in the housing so that the heat loss through the housing is reduced. |
| US10280554B2 |
Dryer
A dryer, including a cabinet with an entry hole, a door being installed in the entry hole, a drum disposed within the cabinet, an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture, a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet to collect condensate from the evaporator, a drawer space disposed under the entry hole, a drawer disposed in the drawer space to be rotated based on one side of the drawer and pulled out from the drawer space, a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container being detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and a guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the rotation of the drawer with respect to the cabinet. |
| US10280543B2 |
Methods for making zoned apertured webs
A method for making a zoned apertured nonwoven web comprises providing an unapertured nonwoven web having a first plurality of weakened locations in a first pattern in a first zone and a second plurality of weakened locations in a second pattern in a second zone. The method comprises applying a substantially cross machine directional tensioning force to the nonwoven web to cause the nonwoven web to rupture at some of the first and second pluralities of weakened locations. The applying step creates a plurality of first apertures in the nonwoven web coincident with the some of the first plurality of weakened locations and a plurality of second apertures in the nonwoven web coincident with the some of the second plurality of weakened locations. The cross machine directional width of the nonwoven web after the applying step is substantially the same in the first zone and the second zone. |
| US10280542B2 |
Proofing dyeing cup for supercritical fluid dyeing and finishing
The invention discloses a proofing dyeing cup for supercritical fluid waterless dyeing and finishing, which achieves separate or simultaneous filling of the medium into multiple dyeing units, and simultaneous heating of the dyeing units for proofing processing. Efficiency of proofing processing such as high-pressure supercritical fluid waterless dyeing and thus the utilization rate of the medium boosting and filling system and separation and recycling system are significantly improved, so that the proofing requirements of commercial production of textile waterless dyeing and finishing are met. Furthermore, dye chemicals at the bottom of the cup can be stirred to facilitate dissolution, and the dye chemicals at the bottom of the cup can be swept and cleaned. Thus, defects of an existing fixed supercritical fluid dyeing proofing device or an equipment system thereof, such as low utilization efficiency, complex cleaning and incapability of meeting the proofing requirements of commercial production, are overcome. |
| US10280541B2 |
Level cut loop looper and clip assembly
A level cut loop looper or hook and clip assembly for a tufting machine includes at least one module carrying a series of level cut loop loopers or hooks. Each level cut loop looper or hook generally can include a looper body along which a clip is slidably moved. Each clip will be moved between retracted and extended positions as the level cut loop loopers or hooks are reciprocated toward and away from engagement with their associated needles of the tufting machine. Actuators can be engaged to secure the clips in their extended positions as needed to selectively form cut and loop pile tufts in a backing material. |
| US10280537B2 |
Fiber structure woven as a single piece by 3D weaving and application to the manufacturing of composite material part
In a fiber structure woven as a single piece by three-dimensional weaving, first weft yarns interlink layers of warp yarns in a first portion of the fiber structure adjacent to a non-interlinked zone and also warp yarns of a second portion of the fiber structure beyond the non-interlinked zone, and second weft yarns interlink layers of warp yarns of the second portion of the fiber structure adjacent to the non-interlinked zone and also layers of warp yarns of the first portion of the fiber structure beyond the non-interlinked zone, such that the paths of the first and second weft yarns cross in at least one transition zone extending within the fiber structure from the end of the non-interlinked zone, the transition zone extending in the weft direction over a distance greater than the pitch between adjacent warp columns. |
| US10280536B2 |
Spraying water on ginned cotton
In a cotton gin, water is sprayed into a duct transporting pneumatically conveyed cotton fibers from a gin stand toward a battery condenser to improve the operation of a bale press where the ginned fibers are compacted into a bale. In some embodiments, a taggant is incorporated into the water to mark cotton fibers so threads or fabrics made from the cotton can be identified for quality control purposes. Spray nozzles may deliver water droplets of roughly the same size as the diameter of the cotton fibers. The nozzles may be located on a duct in a location adjacent dead air in the duct to promote coverage of the spray onto the cotton stream. Air may be delivered around the nozzles into the duct to prevent buildup of cotton and debris around the nozzles. |
| US10280528B2 |
Nickel-based electrochemical cell cathode with an alumina-coated co-deposit
An Al2O3-coated co-deposit including an Ni-based alloy substrate, an exterior layer present on a surface of the substrate, wherein the exterior layer comprises NiCrAlY or NiCoCrAlY particles with a diameter of 0.5-50 μm, Ni nanoparticles with a diameter of 0.1-10 nm in the form of a matrix, and Al2O3 particles that are present on the exterior surface of the exterior layer. A method for manufacturing the Al2O3-coated co-deposit whereby a substrate is immersed into a solution comprising at least one dissolved nickel salt, NiCrAlY or NiCoCrAlY particles, and Al particles in an electrochemical cell, DC current is pulsed into the electrochemical cell to electrodeposit Al, Ni, and NiCrAlY or NiCoCrAlY particles onto the substrate to form a deposited layer, and the substrate comprising the deposited layer is calcined to oxidize the Al particles and form the Al2O3-coated co-deposit. |
| US10280525B2 |
Photoelectrochemical devices, methods, and systems with a cupric oxide/cuprous oxide coated electrode
The nanocomposites that include CuO/Cu2O are described. The nanocomposites can utilized as a photocatalyst and can be incorporated into photoelectrochemical devices. The described devices, systems, and methods can be used for converting CO2 into one or more alcohols with the use of solar energy and electricity. |
| US10280522B2 |
Artificial-photosynthesis array
Provided is an artificial-photosynthesis array configured of artificial-photosynthesis modules which have been arranged in one or more rows and which receive light and decompose a supplied aqueous electrolyte solution to thereby obtain hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. The artificial-photosynthesis modules each includes an electrolytic chamber for hydrogen where hydrogen gas is generated and an electrolytic chamber for oxygen where oxygen gas is generated, the chambers being isolated from each other. The electrolytic chambers for hydrogen and electrolytic chambers for oxygen of the artificial-photosynthesis modules are alternately connected so that the electrolytic chamber for hydrogen of each artificial-photosynthesis module is connected to the electrolytic chamber for oxygen of another module and the electrolytic chamber for oxygen of each artificial-photosynthesis module is connected to the electrolytic chamber for hydrogen of another module. |
| US10280518B2 |
Etching liquid composition and etching method
The present invention provides an etching liquid composition consisting of an aqueous solution that contains (A) 0.1 to 30 mass % of at least one type of oxidizing agent selected from among ferric ions and cupric ions; (B) 0.1 to 20 mass % of hydrogen chloride, and an etching method using it. |
| US10280516B2 |
Encapsulation of a stiffener layer in aluminum
The described embodiments relate to methods and apparatus for increasing rigidity of a metal housing while maintaining or reducing a wall thickness of the metal housing. More particularly a method for embedding a stiffener layer within an aluminum substrate is discussed. In one exemplary embodiment the stiffener layer can be a carbon fiber sheet applied to an inside surface of an unfinished housing and then subsequently covered by depositing a layer of aluminum over the carbon fiber in a solid-state deposition process. The deposited aluminum can adhere to the unfinished housing around or through the carbon fiber layer to bond with the unfinished housing. Deposition parameters can be controlled to prevent damage to the carbon fiber sheet. |
| US10280515B1 |
Weld mark treatment
Various compositions and methods are disclosed for treatment of heat tints on stainless steel surfaces that allow for simultaneous pickling and passivation of stainless steel. Moreover, contemplated compositions and methods are free or substantially free of hydrofluoric acid and can be applied in various forms at different temperatures. In further preferred aspects of the inventive subject matter, the compositions contemplated herein include magnesium salts of acids, and especially magnesium salts of hydrofluoric and nitric acid, most typically in an aqueous base. Such compositions are significantly safer for a user and disposal. Where desired, additional ingredients may be added, including surfactants, chelators, thickeners, and/or fillers. |
| US10280512B2 |
Apparatus and method for carbon film deposition profile control
In one embodiment, an apparatus to selectively deposit a carbon layer on substrate, comprising a plasma chamber to receive a flow of carbon-containing gas; a power source to generate a plasma containing the carbon-containing gas in the plasma chamber; an extraction plate to extract an ion beam from the plasma and direct the ion beam to the substrate, the ion beam comprising ions having trajectories forming a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of the substrate, the extraction plate further configured to conduct a neutral species derived from the carbon-containing gas to the substrate; and a substrate stage facing the extraction plate and including a heater to heat the substrate to a first temperature, when the ion beam and carbon-containing species impinge on the substrate. |
| US10280509B2 |
Lid assembly for a processing system to facilitate sequential deposition techniques
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to apparatuses for processing substrates. In one embodiment, a substrate processing system is provided and includes a lid having an upper lid surface opposed to a lower lid surface, a plurality of gas inlet passages extending from the upper lid surface to the lower lid surface, a gas manifold disposed on the lid, at least one valve coupled with the gas manifold and configured to control a gas flow through one of the gas inlet passages, wherein the at least one valve is configured to provide an open and close cycle having a time period of less than about 1 second during a gas delivery cycle for enabling an atomic layer deposition process. The substrate processing system further contains a gas reservoir fluidly connected between the gas manifold and at least one precursor source. |
| US10280508B2 |
Nozzle head and apparatus for coating substrate surface
A nozzle head, apparatus and method for providing a coating on a surface of a substrate by subjecting the surface of the substrate to successive surface reactions of at least two precursors according to principles of atomic layer deposition. The nozzle head comprises an output face provided with at least two different precursor zones, the at least two different precursor zones being arranged to provide different coating layers on the surface of the substrate. |
| US10280504B2 |
Ion-implanted, anti-reflective layer formed within sapphire material
A sapphire structure including an ion-implanted, anti-reflective layer and a method of forming an ion-implanted, anti-reflective layer within a sapphire component is disclosed. The method includes forming an ion-implanted layer in a sapphire material at a first depth, and annealing the sapphire material to a second depth. The second depth may be greater than or equal to the first depth. The ion-implanted layer may have a first index of refraction, and the sapphire material may have a second index of refraction different from the first index of refraction. |
| US10280502B2 |
Crucible structure
A crucible structure including a crucible body and a crucible cover. The crucible body includes a crucible bottom wall and a crucible side wall. One end of the crucible side wall is connected to the crucible bottom wall, and the other end of the crucible side wall is provided with the crucible cover. An included angle between the crucible cover and an axial direction of the crucible is an acute angle. The crucible cover is provided with an opening structure. |
| US10280500B2 |
Process for carbonitriding metallic components
In a process for carbonitriding metallic components (1), provision is made of at least one carburization phase (C1, C2), in which the metallic component (1) is carburized with a carbon-donating gas. In addition, provision is made of a nitriding phase (C1, C2, C3), which is assigned to the carburization phase (D1, D2) and precedes the carburization phase (D1, D2). Here, in the nitriding phase, the metallic component (1) is nitrided by means of a nitrogen-donating gas at least superficially at at least one surface region (4) of the metallic component (1). It is thereby possible to avoid an excessive concentration of carbon, and therefore component failure is prevented and it is possible to dispense with costly remachining steps, e.g. grinding. |
| US10280499B2 |
Composition and coating structure applying with the same
A composition and a coating structure applying with the same are provided. The composition includes 3 wt % to less than 15 wt % of Al, 10 wt % to less than 30 wt % of Cr, higher than 0 wt % to 15 wt % of O, higher than 0 wt % to 15 wt % of Y, and the remainder being at least one of Co or Ni. |
| US10280498B2 |
High temperature, damage tolerant superalloy, an article of manufacture made from the alloy, and process for making the alloy
A nickel-base alloy is disclosed that has the following weight percent composition. C about 0.005 to about 0.06 Cr about 13 to about 17 Fe about 4 to about 20 Mo about 3 to about 9 W up to about 8 Co up to about 12 Al about 1 to about 3 Ti about 0.6 to about 3 Nb up to about 5.5 B about 0.001 to about 0.012 Mg about 0.0010 to about 0.0020 Zr about 0.01 to about 0.08 Si up to about 0.7 P up to about 0.05 and the balance is nickel, usual impurities, and minor amounts of other elements as residuals from alloying additions during melting. The alloy provides a combination of high strength, good creep resistance, and good resistance to crack growth. A method of heat treating a nickel base superalloy to improve the tensile ductility of the alloy is also disclosed. An article of manufacture made from the nickel base superalloy described herein is also disclosed. |
| US10280497B2 |
Aluminium bronze alloy, method for the production thereof and product made from aluminium bronze
An aluminum bronze alloy containing 7.0-10.0% by weight Al; 3.0-6.0% by weight Fe; 3.0-5.0% by weight Zn; 3.0-5.0% by weight Ni; 0.5-1.5% by weight Sn; ≤0.2% by weight Si; ≤0.1% by weight Pb; and the remainder Cu in addition to unavoidable impurities. Also described is an aluminum bronze product having such an alloy composition, and a method for producing such a product from an aluminum bronze alloy. |
| US10280496B2 |
Light magnesium alloy and method for forming the same
A magnesium alloy includes Mg, 1 to 12 wt % of Li, 1 to 10 wt % of Al and 0.2 to 3 wt % of Zn. The magnesium alloy has a microstructure which includes a nanoscale reinforcement phase, wherein the nanoscale reinforcement phase is a Li—Al compound. |
| US10280495B2 |
High-strength aluminum alloy fin material and production method thereof
An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger use having a 35 to 50 μm thickness, a small springback at the time of corrugation, a suitable strength before brazing enabling easy fin formation, a high strength after brazing, and excellent erosion resistance, self corrosion resistance, and sacrificial anodic effect and a method of production of the same are provided. A fin material containing, by mass %, Si: 0.9 to 1.2%, Fe: 0.8 to 1.1%, Mn: 1.1 to 1.4%, and Zn: 0.9 to 1.1%, further limiting the impurity Mg to 0.05% or less, Cu to 0.03% or less, and ([Si]+[Fe]+2[Mn])/3 to 1.4% to 1.6%, and having a balance of unavoidable impurities and Al. A method of production prescribing hot rolling, cold rolling, intermediate annealing, and final cold rolling. |
| US10280491B2 |
Low-alloy duplex stainless steel having outstanding corrosion resistance and hot working properties
Provided is a lean duplex stainless steel used in industrial facilities including fresh water, pulp and paper making, chemical and construction facilities. The lean duplex stainless steel comprises, in weight percentage (%), C: over 0 to 0.06 or less, Si: over 0 to 1.5% or less, Mn: over 0 to 2% or less, Cr: 19 to 23%, Ni: 1.8 to 3.5%, Mo: 0.5 to 1.0%, Cu: 0.3 to 1.0%, N: 0.16 to 0.30%, Al: 0.003 to 0.05%, B: 0.001 to 0.005% and Ca: 0.001 to 0.01%. In the stainless steel, the content of O of the stainless steel is 0.01% or less. The stainless steel comprises Fe and other unavoidable impurities as remnants. |
| US10280489B2 |
Direct smelting process
A molten bath-based direct smelting process comprises controlling the process conditions in a direct smelting vessel so that molten slag in a molten bath of metal and slag in the vessel has a viscosity in a range of 0.5-5 poise when the slag temperature is in the range of 1400-1550° C. in the molten bath in the vessel. |
| US10280486B2 |
Nickel-based superalloy and articles
A nickel-based superalloy composition includes from about 5 to about 7 wt % aluminum, from about 4 to about 8 wt % tantalum, from about 3 to about 8 wt % chromium, from about 3 to about 7 wt % tungsten, from 1 to about 5 wt % molybdenum, from 1.5 to about 5 wt % rhenium, from 5 to about 14 wt % cobalt, from about 0 to about 1 wt % hafnium, from about 0.01 to about 0.03 wt % carbon, from about 0.002 to about 0.006 wt % boron, and balance nickel and incidental impurities. The composition may exhibit a sustained peak low cycle fatigue life at 1800° F./45 ksi of at least about 4000 cycles. The nickel-based superalloy composition may be used in single-crystal or directionally solidified superalloy articles, such as a blade, nozzle, a shroud, a splash plate, and a combustor of a gas turbine engine. |
| US10280484B2 |
Zinc alloy and preparation method therefor
The present invention provides a zinc alloy with improved alloy characteristics such as fluidity, castability, mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and elongation, and a preparation method therefor. The method for preparing the zinc alloy, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprising the steps of: providing zinc and a magnesium master alloy including a calcium-based compound; and forming a molten metal in which the magnesium master alloy and the zinc are melted; and casting the molten metal. The zinc alloy, according to another aspect of the present invention, includes a zinc base and the calcium-based compound present in the zinc base, wherein magnesium is applied to the zinc base. |
| US10280478B2 |
Production line and tool arrangement for producing a hot formed component from a blank
A tool arrangement is disclosed for integration in a production line for producing a hot formed component from a blank which is produced from a hot forming steel strip. The tool arrangement includes a housing, which delimits an interior of the tool arrangement relative to a surroundings of the tool arrangement, a tempering station for tempering the blank and a hot forming station for hot forming the blank. The tempering station and the hot forming station are jointly arranged in the interior. |