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| US10400686B2 |
Method of determining air charging system deficient state of health during part load operation
A method to diagnose post air charger compressor icing obstructions without the addition of a post compressor pressure sensor. The method detects when conditions exists for icing to occur and performs at least one icing mitigation strategy when the icing conditions exceed a predetermined icing condition threshold. |
| US10400685B2 |
Apparatus and method for correction of intake pulsation
A method for correction of intake pulsation is provided. The method includes calculating a basic air charge amount of a cylinder or a charge amount conversion coefficient based on a measurement value of a sensor disposed in an intake system of an engine. A basic pulsation compensation coefficient for correcting an intake amount from a basic waveform of pulsation is calculated based on opening/closing of an intake valve and engine RPM. The basic pulsation compensation coefficient is then corrected when the basic waveform of the pulsation is changed. |
| US10400681B2 |
Recirculating system for a fuel supply system for a motor and method for supplying fuel to a motor of a vehicle through such a supply system
The present invention relates to a method for supplying fuel for a motor of a vehicle by a fuel supply system comprising: a first tank for containing a first fuel; supply means for supplying fuel to the motor; a supply line, for allowing said first fuel to pass from said first tank to said supply means; a return line, for allowing fuel to pass from said supply means to said first tank; a recirculating line, connected with said supply line and said return line, for allowing fuel to pass from said return line to said supply line; and valve means, configured to selectively direct fuel from said return line to said supply line by said recirculating line, or to said first tank; wherein said method comprises the steps of controlling the speed vehicle; controlling the vehicle motor load; defining a first threshold value of the vehicle speed; defining a second threshold value for the vehicle motor load; letting said first fuel passing from said first tank to said supply means through said supply line, and from said supply means to said first tank through said return line, preventing passage of fuel along said recirculating line, when the vehicle speed is lower than said first threshold value and/or motor load is lower than said second threshold value; or making said first fuel passing from said first tank to said supply means through said supply line and then through a closed circuit comprising a part of said return line, said recirculating line and a portion of said supply line, permitting passage of said first fuel through said recirculating line, so that said first fuel arrives again within said supply means, when the vehicle speed is higher than said first threshold value and motor load is higher than said second threshold value, so as to prevent an excessive increase within said first tank caused by inlet within the first tank of the first fuel warm arriving from said supply means. |
| US10400677B2 |
Compact aero-thermo model stabilization with compressible flow function transform
Systems and methods for controlling a fluid based engineering system are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a model processor for generating a model output, the model processor including a set state module for setting dynamic states of the model processor, the dynamic states input to an open loop model based on the model operating mode, where the open loop model generates current state derivatives, solver state errors, and synthesized parameters as a function of the dynamic states and a model input vector, where a constraint on the current state derivatives and solver state errors is based a series of cycle synthesis modules. The series of cycle synthesis modules may include a flow module for mapping a flow curve relating a compressible flow function to a pressure ratio and for defining a solution point located on the flow curve and a base point located off the flow curve. |
| US10400676B2 |
Enhanced APU operability
A fuel system for a gas turbine engine comprises an injector disposed to inject fuel and air into a combustor of the gas turbine engine. In a first embodiment, the fuel system further comprises an air separation module configured to supply oxygen-enriched air into the combustor via the injector for combustion. In a second embodiment, the fuel system further comprises a barbotage system and a heating element. The barbotage system is configured to feed hydrogen to the injector, and the heating element is configured to pre-heat the fuel. |
| US10400675B2 |
Closed loop cooling method and system with heat pipes for a gas turbine engine
An apparatus and method of cooling a gas turbine engine including a core with a compressor section in which the compressor section includes a closed loop cooling circuit having a pump, at least one heat pipe extending from at least one of the stationary vanes, a heat exchanger located within the bypass air flow, and a coolant conduit passing fluidly coupled to the pump and heat exchanger and passing by the heat pipe. The pump pumps coolant through the coolant conduit to draw heat from the heat pipes into the coolant to form heated coolant, the heated coolant then passes through the heat exchanger, where the heat is rejected from the coolant to the bypass air to cool the coolant to form cooled coolant, which is then returned to the heat pipes. |
| US10400674B2 |
Cooled fuel injector system for a gas turbine engine and method for operating the same
A cooled fuel injector system of a combustor section of a gas turbine engine is provided. At least a part of the fuel injector system is exposed to core gas flow traveling through the engine. The cooled fuel injector system includes a source of a first cooling fluid and a fuel injector system component. The first cooling fluid is at a temperature lower than a temperature of the core gas flow proximate the fuel injector system. The fuel injector system component includes a vascular engineered structure lattice (VESL) structure, which VESL structure is in fluid communication with the source of the cooling fluid. |
| US10400673B2 |
Feedforward systems and methods for spray intercooling fluid flows
A system for a gas turbine includes a control system comprising a processor. The processor is configured to receive a signal indicating spray intercooling fluid demand of the gas turbine. The processor is configured to determine a rate of change of the spray intercooling fluid demand. The processor is configured to control flow of a nitrogen oxide (NOX) minimization fluid that reduces NOX emissions from the gas turbine based at least in part on the rate of change of the spray intercooling fluid demand. |
| US10400672B2 |
Cooled fuel injector system for a gas turbine engine
A cooling system for a fuel injector system of a gas turbine engine has a heat exchanger for cooling a portion of diffuser case air and then routing the cooled diffuser case air through a sleeve that surrounds a fuel injector conduit located in at least the diffuser case plenum for minimizing fuel heat-up rates in the conduit. By minimizing fuel temperatures within the injector conduit, coking accumulation is thereby eliminated or reduced. |
| US10400668B2 |
Actuator device for variable compression ratio internal combustion engine
The control shaft (20) of a variable compression ratio mechanism is coordinated with the auxiliary shaft (25) of an actuator device (1) through an intermediate link (31). The housing (5) of the actuator device (1) has on the lower surface thereof an oil filter mounting seat section (36), and a stopper section (37) is formed integrally with the oil filter mounting seat section (36). A second arm (28) of the auxiliary shaft (25) comes in contact with the stopper section (37) to define the limit of the compression ratio on the low compression ratio side. The stopper section (37) has high rigidity because the oil filter mounting seat section (36) having high rigidity and the stopper section (37) are integrated together. |
| US10400666B2 |
Variable compression ratio mechanism for internal combustion engine
A variable compression ratio mechanism for an internal combustion engine includes a gear reducer that varies an engine compression ratio. The gear reducer includes an input-side member connected to a rotation shaft of the actuator; an output-side member that transmits a reduced rotation of the actuator to the control shaft; a fixed member fixed to a housing of the actuator; and an intermediate member that transmits torque from the input-side member to the output-side member and the fixed member, and has a first gear portion engaged with the fixed member and a second gear portion engaged with the output-side member. A ratio of a number of teeth of the fixed gear portion to a number of teeth of the first gear portion is higher than a ratio of a number of teeth of the output-side gear portion to a number of teeth of the second gear portion. |
| US10400665B2 |
Assembly for an air circuit of a heat engine
The invention relates to a fluid assembly (1) comprising: a first pipe (11), a second pipe (12) forming a bypass of a portion of the first pipe (11), comprising a compressor (15), and a switching system (10) for switching the fluid into either the second pipe (12) or said portion, having a first configuration allowing the fluid to circulate in the portion, and comprising a supporting member exerting a torque configured to keep the system (10) in the first configuration, and at least one area blocking the inlet or the outlet of the second pipe when the system (10) is in the first configuration, the system (10) being able to enter a second configuration allowing the fluid to circulate in the second pipe (12), the supporting member being such that the torque that it exerts on the system (10) drops when the system (10) passes from the first configuration to the second configuration. |
| US10400664B2 |
Pressure wave supercharger
A pressure wave supercharger for compressing fresh air for an internal combustion engine, comprising a cold gas housing, a hot gas housing, and a rotor casing which is arranged therebetween and inside which a rotatable cell rotor is disposed; the hot gas housing comprises a high-pressure exhaust gas duct and a low-pressure exhaust gas duct, while the cold gas housing comprises a fresh air duct and a charge air duct; the high-pressure exhaust gas duct, the low-pressure exhaust gas duct, the fresh air duct and the charge air duct are fluidically connected to the cell rotor; the cold gas housing comprises a cell rotor bearing, the cell rotor is connected to a rotor shaft that is mounted in the cell rotor bearing, and the cell rotor is split in the direction in which the rotor shaft extends and comprises at least one first cell rotor part and a second cell rotor part. |
| US10400663B2 |
Piston bowl for improved combustion stability
A piston comprises a crown portion with a contoured bowl having a reentrant surface extending from the top squish surface that connects to a lower sidewall surface that connects to a swirl pocket surface disposed adjacent the bottom bowl surface. |
| US10400658B2 |
Intelligent sea water cooling system and method
An intelligent sea water cooling system including a first fluid cooling loop coupled to a first side of a heat exchanger and to a thermal load, a second fluid cooling loop coupled to a second side of the heat exchanger, a pump for circulating fluid through the second fluid cooling loop, and a controller connected to the pump. The controller may monitor a temperature in the first fluid cooling loop and may adjust a speed of the pump to keep the temperature within a preferred operating range. If the speed of the pump is reduced to a predefined minimum pressure pump speed, the controller may start a timer t1 having a predefined duration. If the timer t1 expires and the temperature has not increased relative to when the timer t1 was started, the controller may reduce the speed of the pump below the minimum pressure pump speed. |
| US10400654B2 |
NOx storage catalyst monitoring methods
A method for monitoring and diagnosing an engine exhaust treatment of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle includes monitoring a nitrogen oxides (NOx) storage catalyst disposed in an engine exhaust stream downstream of the engine, determining a first diagnostic condition of the NOx storage catalyst based on data from a first EGT sensor and a second EGT sensor; determining a second diagnostic condition of the NOx storage catalyst based on a comparison of temperatures reported by a first NOx sensor and a second NOx sensor, selectively pausing the first diagnostic condition and the second diagnostic condition during a predetermined NOx storage catalyst regeneration period, and selectively generating a notification for an operator of the motor vehicle. |
| US10400653B2 |
Method of controlling a particulate filter
A method of controlling a particulate filter of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. A regeneration cycle of the particulate filter is initiated. During the regeneration, a value of an exhaust gas temperature at an outlet of the particulate filter is determined and a value of a residual soot quantity stored into the particulate filter is estimated on the basis of the measured value of the exhaust gas temperature at the outlet of the particulate filter. The regeneration cycle may be started and stopped based on the estimated residual soot quantity. |
| US10400651B2 |
Exhaust gas purification device for internal combustion engine
Provided is an exhaust gas purification device provided with a cover which can reduce radiated noise at low cost without impairing the heat shield function of the cover. Provided is an exhaust gas purification device comprising: an exhaust gas purification device body provided to the exhaust pipe of a diesel engine and purifying exhaust gas; and a substantially rectangular cover provided so as to cover at least a part of the exhaust gas purification device body and blocking heat radiated from the exhaust gas purification device body. The cover is provided with a plurality of protruding ribs formed on the surface thereof. The ribs comprise: radial ribs formed extending radially from a center section centered at the intersection of the diagonals of the cover; and a circumferential rib formed continuously along the entire circumference of a circle centered at the intersection. |
| US10400648B2 |
Method for controlling an exhaust gas treatment system
Provided is a method for controlling a vehicle exhaust gas treatment system, wherein the system includes an engine and a selective catalytic reduction device configured to receive exhaust gas from the engine and reductant from an injector. The method comprises determining a need for a reductant injection, determining a need for reductant injector noise abatement, and subsequently conducting one or more reductant injection events during one or more engine combustion events. A vehicle combustion event comprises combustion of fuel within a cylinder of the ICE. Determining a need for reductant injector noise abatement comprises determining if an engine speed is below a threshold, if a speed of the vehicle is below a threshold, if a decibel level of a vehicle audio system is below a threshold, or if a hands-free telephone system is being utilized by a passenger of the vehicle. The engine can be a diesel engine. |
| US10400645B2 |
Systems and methods for vehicle system component thermal regulation
Methods and systems are provided for expediting catalyst heating and cooling a braking system of a vehicle via applying a magnetic field to a vehicle system component. In one example, a method may include, responsive to a temperature of the catalyst being less than a threshold temperature, applying a magnetic field to an exhaust system component arranged proximate to the catalyst, and removing the magnetic field from the exhaust system component responsive to the temperature reaching the threshold temperature. In another example, the method further includes, following a vehicle braking event, applying the magnetic field to a braking system component, and removing the magnetic field from the braking system component responsive to magnetic field deactivating conditions being met. |
| US10400644B2 |
Method and system for adjusting reductant delivery into a selective catalytic reduction with a filter (SCRF) device
A method of adjusting reductant injection for a selective catalyst reduction device with a soot filter (SCRF) includes calculating, through a processor, an amount of soot in the SCRF, determining, through the processor, a shrinking core model of the SCRF based on the amount of soot, calculating, with the processor using the shrinking core model, an amount of reductant to inject into the SCRF, and injecting the amount of reductant into the SCRF. |
| US10400642B2 |
Method for operating an oil circuit, in particular for a vehicle
A method for operating an oil circuit for a vehicle, the oil circuit being configured to supply oil to an internal combustion engine, wherein the oil circuit includes an oil cooler, and wherein at least one temperature sensor measures the temperature of the oil flowing through the oil circuit, downstream of the oil cooler and upstream of the internal combustion engine, the temperature sensor being connected for signaling purposes to a regulating and/or control device, includes: controlling and/or regulating, by the regulating and/or control device, the temperature of the oil flowing through the oil circuit, such that the temperature measured by the temperature sensor has a defined target temperature value; and setting and/or adjusting, by the regulating and/or control device, as a function of a drive power of the internal combustion engine, the defined target temperature value so as to reduce fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine. |
| US10400639B2 |
Variable valve train with a rocker arm
A variable valve train for a gas exchange lifting valve of an internal combustion engine. The valve can be moved between open and closed positions periodically by way of a cam via a rocker arm. The variable valve train includes a camshaft having at least first and second cams which are arranged offset in the longitudinal direction of the camshaft. The first and second cams having cam contours. The valve train includes a rocker arm mounted which pivots about a rocker arm axis and is assigned to the at least one first cam via a pressure roller at its camshaft-side end and is connected to at least one lifting valve at its valve-side end, and a roller lever which is assigned to the at least one second cam at its camshaft-side end and is articulated at its other end on the rocker arm and pivots about the rocker arm axis. |
| US10400638B2 |
Camshaft phaser arrangement for a concentrically arranged camshaft assembly
A camshaft phaser arrangement configured for a concentric camshaft assembly having an inner camshaft and an outer camshaft is provided. The camshaft phaser arrangement can facilitate independent phasing of intake and exhaust valves. The camshaft phaser arrangement includes a first driven wheel and a second driven wheel, both configured to be driven by a driving wheel. A first camshaft phaser is connected to the first driven wheel and configured to be connected to either the inner or outer camshaft. A second camshaft phaser is connected to the second driven wheel and configured to be connected to either the inner or outer camshaft which is not connected to the first driven wheel. A motion transfer assembly can connect the second camshaft phaser to the concentric camshaft assembly. One or both of the camshaft phasers can be an electric camshaft phaser or a hydraulic camshaft phaser. |
| US10400635B2 |
Organic rankine cycle decompression heat engine
An improved heat engine that includes an organic refrigerant exhibiting a boiling point below −35° C.; a heat source having a temperature of less than 82° C.; a heat sink; a sealed, closed-loop path for the organic refrigerant, the sealed, closed-loop path having both a high-pressure zone that absorbs heat from the heat source, and a low-pressure zone that transfers heat to the heat sink; a positive-displacement decompressor providing a pressure gradient through which the organic refrigerant in the gaseous phase flows continuously from the high-pressure zone to the low-pressure zone, the positive-displacement decompressor extracting mechanical energy due to the pressure gradient; and a positive-displacement hydraulic pump, which provides continuous flow of the organic refrigerant in the liquid phase from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone, the hydraulic pump and the positive-displacement decompressor maintaining a pressure differential between the two zones of between about 20 to 42 bar. |
| US10400634B2 |
Heat recovery system and a method using a heat recovery system to convert heat into electrical energy
A heat recovery system arranged to be used together with a first closed loop system (S1) configured as a first closed-loop thermodynamic Rankine cycle system, to convert heat from a heat generating unit (1) into electrical energy (E). Said heat recovery system comprising a second closed loop system (S2) comprising a second system working medium (W2) configured as a second closed-loop thermodynamic Rankine cycle system arranged to convert the heat in at least one heat stream (HS1) generated by the heat generating unit (1) into a first batch (E1) of electrical energy (E) and a third closed loop system (S3) comprising a circulating third system working medium (W3). In the second closed-loop thermodynamic Rankine cycle system the condensation heat enthalpy of a vaporised second working medium (W2) is transferred to said third system working medium (W3) and the heat from the third system working medium (W3) is used as an initial thermal input to the second closed loop system (S2), thus converting heat from the third system working medium (W3) into a second batch (E2) of electrical energy (E). The invention also relates to a method to use a heat recovery system together with a first closed loop system configured as a first closed-loop thermodynamic Rankine cycle system, to convert heat from a heat generating unit into electrical energy. |
| US10400632B2 |
Unducted propeller turboshaft engine provided with a reinforcing shell integrating pipe segments
An airplane unducted propeller turboshaft engine having a gas generator and a receiver including a propulsion assembly carrying least one propeller, the engine including a first casing, a second casing, and a third casing, the third casing being provided between the first and second casings and surrounding at least a portion of the gas generator, a reinforcing shell presenting a first attachment zone mounted on the first casing, second attachment zone mounted on the second casing, and a wall provided between the first and second attachment zones and surrounding the third casing, wherein the reinforcing shell further includes at least one pipe segment integrated in the wall. |
| US10400631B2 |
Lubrication of journal bearing during clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation
The present disclosure is applicable to all gear trains using a journal bearing as a means of supporting gear shaft rotation. It is related in some embodiments to a system and method for supplying lubricant to the journal bearings of a gear-turbofan engine gear train when the fan rotor is subjected to a wind-milling condition in both directions, either clockwise or counterclockwise. |
| US10400629B2 |
Gas turbine engine shaft bearing configuration
A gas turbine engine includes a core housing that includes an inlet case and an intermediate case that respectively provide an inlet case flow path and an intermediate case flow path. A first shaft supports a low pressure compressor section that is arranged axially between the inlet case flow path and the intermediate case flow path. A first bearing supports the first shaft relative to the inlet case. A second bearing supports a second shaft relative to the intermediate case. A low pressure compressor hub is mounted to the first shaft. The low pressure compressor hub extends to the low pressure compressor section between the first bearing and the second bearing. |
| US10400627B2 |
System for cooling a turbine engine
In one aspect the present subject matter is directed to a system for cooling a turbine engine. The system includes a cooling medium source, a stator vane having an internal flow passage that is in fluid communication with the cooling medium source and a turbine shroud assembly having an internal flow passage that is in fluid communication with the internal flow passage of the stator vane. The system allows for reduced peak thermal gradients between a cooling medium provided by the cooling medium source and various turbine hardware components such as the turbine shroud assembly. |
| US10400626B2 |
Vane segment for a gas turbine
A vane device for a gas turbine having an inner shroud and an outer shroud, an aerofoil arranged between the inner shroud and the outer shroud, the aerofoil and/or inner shroud and/or an outer shroud having a first layer of MCrAlY coating over a substrate, a coated surface section which is coated with a thermal barrier coating over the first layer of MCrAlY coating, a second layer of MCrAlY coating provided between the first layer of MCrAlY and the thermal barrier coating of the coated surface section. |
| US10400623B2 |
Method for detecting a fluid leak in a turbomachine and system for distributing a fluid
A system and method for detecting a fluid leak in a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes a high temperature fluid source, at least one fluid distribution pipe adapted to distribute the fluid to different parts of the turbomachine and/or an aircraft which is to be equipped with the turbomachine, a turbomachine compartment in which the distribution pipe is at least partly accommodated, the compartment having in operation a low temperature relative to the high temperature of the fluid supplied by the fluid source. The method includes measuring a temperature variation in the compartment between two instants to obtain a temperature gradient, and detecting a fluid leak when the temperature gradient is greater than or equal to a threshold temperature gradient. |
| US10400622B2 |
Guide vane adjusting device and turbomachine
A guide vane adjusting device for rotating guide vanes in a guide vane assembly having a driveshaft and a control ring that transmits a driveshaft rotation of the driveshaft to rotate the guide vanes. Each guide vane has a front and a rear vane part, which can be rotatable relative to each other about a respective guide vane rotational axis. The driveshaft is directly coupled to one of the guide vanes such that the vane parts are directly rotated without the interposition of the control ring. The driveshaft is indirectly coupled to the other guide vanes such that the guide vane parts are rotated indirectly with the interposition of the control ring. A respective drive lever acts on a bearing pin of the front vane part and a bearing pin of the rear vane part of the guide vane. The drive lever are coupled together via a respective coupling device. |
| US10400621B2 |
Pivot door thrust reverser with variable area nozzle
A gas turbine engine includes a nacelle assembly having a core nacelle defined about an engine axis and a fan nacelle assembly mounted at least partially around the core nacelle to define a fan bypass flow path. The fan nacelle assembly includes a fan duct nacelle section and a fan nozzle nacelle section moveable relative to the fan duct nacelle section. A thrust reverser system includes a plurality of pivot doors movable relative to the fan nacelle assembly between stowed and deployed positions. A variable area fan nozzle is in communication with the fan bypass flow path. A first actuator is mounted to the fan duct nacelle section to actuate the pivot door thrust reverser system, and a second actuator is mounted to the fan duct nacelle section to move the fan nozzle nacelle section relative to the fan duct nacelle section to vary a fan nozzle exit area. |
| US10400614B2 |
Turbomachine bucket with radial support, shim and related turbomachine rotor
Various aspects include a turbomachine bucket, corresponding shim and related turbine rotor. In some cases, a steam turbine bucket includes: a blade having a first end, and a second end opposite the first end; a tip at the first end of the blade; and a base at the second end, the base including a dovetail for complementing a corresponding dovetail slot in a steam turbine rotor, the dovetail having: a body; a plurality of projections extending from the body in opposing directions for complementing a plurality of recesses in the corresponding dovetail slot; and a shim locking slot extending through the body along the opposing directions, the shim locking slot being open at a bottom surface of the body and sized to engage a shim. |
| US10400612B2 |
Fiber reinforced airfoil
An airfoil and a method of manufacturing an airfoil may be provided, where the airfoil comprises a core and a shell. The core comprises core ceramic fibers extending along a span of the airfoil. The shell surrounds the core and includes shell ceramic fibers. Substantially all of the core ceramic fibers are arranged in a radial direction. The airfoil may also be a ceramic matrix composite formed by infiltrating the core and the shell with a matrix material. |
| US10400608B2 |
Cooling structure for a turbine component
A tip cooling apparatus for a turbine airfoil includes: a tip cap; a pair of spaced-apart tip walls connected to, extending around, and projecting outwardly from the tip cap so as to surround a central portion of the tip cap; a pocket defined by the tip walls; at least one feed hole passing through the tip cap or tip walls, communicating with the pocket; and a cooling matrix disposed in the pocket, the cooling matrix being an organized structure including an inlet surface having a plurality of inlets communicating with the pocket, and an outlet surface having a plurality of outlets, and further comprising a plurality of interior passages interconnecting the inlets to the outlets, with no line-of-sight therebetween. |
| US10400606B2 |
Mistuned airfoil assemblies
A mistuned airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The mistuned airfoil assembly may comprise a hub and airfoils extending radially from the hub. The airfoils may consist of first airfoils and at least one second airfoil. The first airfoils may be formed from a first titanium alloy and the at least one second airfoil may be formed from a second titanium alloy. The first titanium alloy and the second titanium alloy may have different natural frequencies. |
| US10400603B2 |
Mini-disk for gas turbine engine
Mini-disks of gas turbine engines are provided having an axially extending portion extending axially with respect to an axis of the engine, the axially extending portion configured to engage with a hub arm of a compressor of the engine, a radially extending portion extends radially with respect to the axis, the radially extending portion configured to engage with an attachment of a turbine disk of the gas turbine engine, an intermediate portion extending between the axially extending portion and the radially extending portion, and at least one mini-disk connector configured to engage with a portion of the turbine disk of the gas turbine engine to prevent radial movement of the mini-disk during operation. |
| US10400602B2 |
Rotary actuator
A cylinder is installed within a case, and an output shaft and an arm that is integrated thereto and extends in a radial direction are installed within the cylinder. A piston extending in an arc slides and is displaced in a circumferential direction of the cylinder within the cylinder. One end portion of the piston is rotatably connected to the arm. The cylinder is internally provided with a first pressure chamber in which the arm is housed and a second pressure chamber in which the other end portion of the arm is slidably installed. A pressure medium is fed into one of the first and second pressure chambers and discharged from the other, and the output shaft pivots in a rotational direction. |
| US10400600B2 |
Mechanical seal for gearmotor assembly having threaded bearing retainer
A gearmotor assembly includes a housing, a rotatable shaft, a bearing, a retaining member, and a seal. The housing defines a gear chamber configured to contain a lubricant. The bearing rotatably supports the shaft. The bearing is disposed between the housing and the shaft. The retaining member at least in part restricts axial shifting of the bearing. The retaining member presents a plurality of retaining member threads. The housing defines a plurality of housing threads threadably engaging the retaining member threads. The retaining member and the housing cooperatively at least in part define an interface. The interface includes a threaded portion and an additional portion. The threaded portion is cooperatively defined by the retaining member threads and the housing threads. The additional portion is fluidly interconnected to the threaded portion. The seal is disposed along the interface to prevent lubricant escaping the gear chamber past the interface. |
| US10400598B2 |
Method for lifting of magmatic lava to the surface
Invention relates to the mining industry and may be used for magmatic lava extraction and lifting to the surface for further processing. The disclosed method comprises using a carrier pipe for lava lifting and a smaller diameter pipe for injection of an incombustible gas, wherein the pipes are connected via a disperser. The carrier pipe and the disperser have a plurality of holes of various diameters to ensure efficient lava saturation by gas. The dispenser is preferably designed as cowl concentrically wrapped around carrier pipe. The effect of lava lifting through the carrier pipe is achieved via repetitive lowering and lifting motions of the carrier pipe with simultaneous lava saturation with the gas inside the carrier pipe, which lowers the lava viscosity. After stabilization of the flow velocity of the gas-saturated lava from the carrier pipe, the lava lifting process is changed to lava collection conditions. |
| US10400596B2 |
Method to enhance exploration, development and production of hydrocarbons using multiply substituted isotopologue geochemistry, basin modeling and molecular kinetics
A method and system are described that may be used for exploration, production and development of hydrocarbons. The method and system may include analyzing a sample for a geochemical signature, wherein the geochemical signature includes a multiply substituted isotopologue signature and/or a position specific isotope signature. Then, alteration timing may be determined from the signature(s) and used to develop or refine an exploration, development or production strategy. |
| US10400594B2 |
Petrophysical relationships using blind source separation techniques
A method for generating a model of a formation property includes acquiring a formation property measurement. A petrophysical quantity is inverted from the formation property measurement. A model is generated based on the inverted petrophysical quantity. |
| US10400593B2 |
Real-time ultrasound techniques to determine particle size distribution
A well system including a drill string having an inlet and extending from a surface location into a wellbore and defining an annulus between the drill string and the wellbore; a fluid circuit that circulates a treatment fluid, the fluid circuit extending from the inlet, through the drill string to a bottom of the wellbore, back to the surface location within the annulus, and back to the inlet; and one or more ultrasound devices arranged at-line, off-line, or in-line with fluid circuit to monitor the treatment fluid and track a real-time particle size distribution (PSD) of one or more particles suspended within the treatment fluid. |
| US10400592B2 |
Methodology for presenting dumpflood data
A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes computer-executable instructions for presenting dumpflood data to a user by implementing steps on a computer. The steps include: receiving first data describing a first subsurface volume; receiving second data describing a second subsurface volume that is deeper than the first subsurface volume; calculating pressures required for a fluid to flow in a borehole from the first volume to the second volume as a function of vertical height of the first volume (h1), permeability of the first volume (k1), vertical height of the second volume (h2), permeability of the second volume (k2), a first damage factor (S1) representing damage to the first volume, and a second damage factor (S2) representing damage to the second volume; and displaying on a computer display a graphical representation of the calculated pressures and inputs used to calculate the pressures. |
| US10400591B2 |
Systems and methods for acoustic testing of laminated rock to determine total organic carbon content
Provided in some embodiments are systems and methods for preparing oriented samples of a laminated rock having different lamination orientations, for each of different stress-levels, transmitting an acoustic pulse through each oriented sample while tri-axially compressing the oriented sample at the stress-level to generate test data indicative of acoustic velocities through the laminated rock at different combinations of lamination orientations and stress levels, determining acoustic velocities through the laminated rock at the different combinations of lamination orientations and stress levels based on the test data, generating a rock model for the laminated rock based on the acoustic velocities, and determining a property of a second laminated rock (e.g., total organic carbon (TOC) content) based on the rock model for the laminated rock. |
| US10400587B2 |
Synchronizing downhole communications using timing signals
A system that is positionable in a wellbore can include a transceiver that is positionable external to a casing string. The transceiver can be remotely programmable while in the wellbore to set an internal clock using a timing signal wirelessly transmitted from a source and a position of the transceiver in the wellbore relative to the source. The transceiver can use the internal clock for controlling a timing of the transceiver for transmitting a wireless signal. |
| US10400584B2 |
Methods and systems for monitoring a subterranean formation and wellbore production
Methods of monitoring conditions within a wellbore comprise providing a plurality of signal transmitters and a plurality of signal receivers within the wellbore. Marker materials configured with a particular characteristic may interact with signals generated by the plurality of signal transmitters are introduced into the wellbore. The marker materials interact with the signals, forming modified signals. The modified signals are received by the plurality of signal receivers. The plurality of receivers are configured to measure at least one of acoustic activity and an electromagnetic field to determine a location of the marker materials. The electrical conductivity and the magnetism of produced fluids may also be measured to determine a producing zone of the produced fluid. Downhole systems including the marker materials and also disclosed. |
| US10400582B2 |
Multiple well gravity-assisted column flow testing
A method of flow testing can include dispensing at least one solid material and at least one liquid into each of multiple wells in a filter plate, and allowing the liquid to flow from the filter plate only by force of gravity. A flow testing system can include a multiple well filter plate, each of the wells having disposed therein a selected combination of formation particles, a fracturing fluid composition and a liquid hydrocarbon, and a collection plate vertically below the filter plate. The fracturing fluid composition and the liquid hydrocarbon flow from the filter plate to the collection plate only by force of gravity. |
| US10400579B2 |
Optical device for measuring a physical parameter in a hydrogen contaminated sensing zone
A signal processing apparatus which has an input for receiving a signal conveying a response from first and second optical components to an optical excitation. The first and second optical components are in an optical sensor which is intended to be placed in a sensing zone. The sensing zone contains hydrogen susceptible to migrate into the optical sensor. The signal processing apparatus has a processing entity for processing the response from the first and second optical components to derive information on hydrogen concentration in the optical sensor. |
| US10400577B2 |
Method and apparatus for selecting diversion material for a wellbore operation
Diversion material is particulate material used during wellbore treatment to temporarily seal a wellbore fluid passage such as a fracture. A method and apparatus for diversion material testing permits simulation of wellbore fracture parameters and testing thereof against a selected diversion material. The apparatus comprises: a fluid piping system including a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end; a fracture simulator chamber including a fracture-simulating outlet slot through a wall of the chamber, the fracture simulator chamber being releasably connectable to the fluid outlet end; a pump to pump fluid through the fluid piping system from the fluid inlet line to the fluid outlet end and into the fracture simulator chamber; a diversion material launch system connected in communication with the fluid piping system between the fluid inlet end and the fluid outlet line; and a pressure transducer in the fluid piping system to measure pressure in the fluid piping system. |
| US10400564B2 |
Staged steam extraction of in situ bitumen
The present invention relates to an in situ staged steam extraction method for removing petroleum products from a heavy oil or bitumen reservoir from subterranean locations. Specifically, each injection stage comprises a different steam composition. A steam composition may consist essentially of steam or may comprise one or more enhanced oil recovery agent. |
| US10400563B2 |
Pyrolysis to pressurise oil formations
Methods and systems for treating a subsurface hydrocarbon formation are described herein. In some embodiments, method for treating a subsurface hydrocarbon formation is provide wherein the hydrocarbon formation comprises a kerogen containing formation that is adjacent to a formation containing liquid hydrocarbons and not having a natural recharging system, the method comprising the steps of: providing heat sources in the kerogen containing formation; energizing the heat sources to heat the kerogen containing formation; heating at least a portion of the kerogen containing formation to a temperature and for a time period sufficient to pyrolyze at least some of the kerogen; limiting production of pyrolyzed hydrocarbons so that the pyrolyzed hydrocarbons increase the pressure within the formation containing liquid hydrocarbons; and producing hydrocarbons from the formation containing liquid hydrocarbons. |
| US10400560B2 |
Devices and techniques relating to landfill gas extraction
A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas, the system comprising: at least one atmospheric pressure sensor configured to measure atmospheric pressure; at least one flow control mechanism disposed in well piping and configured to control flow of the landfill gas through the well piping; and at least one processor configured to perform: obtaining a first atmospheric pressure; obtaining a second atmospheric pressure value; determining whether the second atmospheric pressure value is greater than the first atmospheric pressure value; when it is determined that the second atmospheric pressure value is greater than the first atmospheric pressure value, controlling the at least one flow control mechanism to decrease the flow rate of landfill gas; and when it is determined that the second atmospheric pressure value is less than the first atmospheric pressure value, controlling the at least one flow control mechanism to increase the flow rate of landfill gas. |
| US10400556B2 |
Downhole completion system sealing against the cap layer
A cementless downhole completion system including an annular barrier with a tubular metal part being mounted as part of a first well tubular metal structure arranged in a borehole in a formation and the annular barrier is arranged opposite an impermeable cap layer in the formation. A downhole completion system for completing a well having a top, comprising a formation comprising a cap layer, a borehole extending through the cap layer to provide an inner cap layer face and, a first well tubular metal structure arranged in the borehole comprising a first annular barrier and a second annular barrier. In the expanded position, the expandable tubular of the first annular barrier overlaps the cap layer and the expandable tubular of the second annular barrier overlaps the cap layer. |
| US10400554B2 |
Longitudinally offset partial areas screens for well assembly
A downhole assembly can include screens along a length of a tubular member. Screens covering differing portions of a cross-sectional area of the tubular and less than an entirety of the cross-sectional area can be offset from one another along a length of the tubular. Fluid flowing through an area not covered by a first screen can encounter an area covered by an offset screen. If the offset screen is blocked with accumulated debris, fluid may pass the offset screen by passing through an area not covered by the offset screen. |
| US10400548B2 |
Shared equation of state characterization of multiple fluids
System and methods of modeling fluids in a simulation of fluid production in a multi-reservoir system with a common surface network are provided. Pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) data is determined for fluids in each of a plurality of reservoirs coupled to the common surface network. A shared equation of state (EOS) characterization representing each of the fluids across the plurality of reservoirs is generated based on the corresponding PVT data. Data representing properties of the fluids in each reservoir is calculated based on the shared EOS characterization of the fluids. When the calculated data is determined not to match the PVT data associated with the fluids in each reservoir, to the shared EOS characterization is adjusted based on a difference between the calculated data and the PVT data. |
| US10400547B2 |
Methods for analyzing and designing bottom hole assemblies
A method for selecting a bottomhole assembly, including performing a first dynamic simulation of a first bottomhole assembly, performing at least a second dynamic simulation of the first bottomhole assembly, in which the at least a second dynamic simulation includes a different constraint than the first dynamic simulation, and outputting results for both the first dynamic simulation and the second dynamic simulation, in which the results include at least one output showing performance as a function of position along the bottomhole assembly. |
| US10400546B2 |
Flow reversing debris removal device with surface signal capability
A movable sleeve is actuated to cover eductor outlet ports in the event of loss of through flow. The eductor reduces pressure in the tool on one side of the sleeve as compared to hydrostatic on another side of the sleeve so that the sleeve is urged to move in an uphole or downhole direction to cover the eductor outlet ports. This movement reverses circulation direction through the housings in an effort to push debris off a clogged screen with reverse flow. To return the sleeve to its initial position the inlet to the device is inserted into debris and the surface pumps are started to create an unbalanced force on the sleeve to move it back to the original position free of the eductor outlet ports. The sleeve configuration can be reversed so that low pressure from a flow blockage urges the sleeve down to close the eductor ports. |
| US10400539B2 |
Flow back retrieval method for borehole plug with a lower slip assembly through tubulars of different sizes
A borehole plug or packer for treating is designed to be flowed back to a surface location after use. When the treatment is concluded pressure from above is relieved or lowered, and well fluid is flowed back, so that the plug or plugs disengages at slips designed to resist differential pressure from above. The application of differential pressure from below causes the lower slips to release one or more of such plugs in the hole into specialized sub surface or surface capture equipment so that well pressure is relieved before removal of the plugs from specialized subsurface or surface capture equipment. At least one apparatus is used to bridge transitions in wellbore dimension on the way to the surface and close the gaps to allow produced formation fluid to continue taking a packer or plug past the well diameter transition. |
| US10400538B2 |
Method and apparatus for hydraulic fracturing
A method for fracking a well includes inserting a downhole tool into the well via a conveyance string through a wellhead assembly having a wellhead bore. The method also includes surrounding, at least partially, the conveyance string with a sleeve that at least extends below a portion of an inlet of the wellhead assembly, wherein the inlet intersects the wellhead bore. The method further includes injecting pressurized fluid into the well via the inlet of the wellhead assembly while retrieving the downhole tool from the well. |
| US10400536B2 |
Model-based pump-down of wireline tools
A pump-down method includes deploying a tool in a well via a wireline and measuring a tension of the wireline. The method also includes determining a difference between the measured tension and a reference tension. The method also includes updating at least one of a pump rate and a wireline speed used for pump-down of the tool based on the difference and at least one control parameter obtained at least in part from prediction model results. |
| US10400534B2 |
Viscous damping systems for hydrostatically set downhole tools
A system for activating a downhole tool may include a mandrel, a first piston disposed about the mandrel and defining a piston chamber therebetween, a flow restrictor positioned in the piston chamber and separating the piston chamber into an upper chamber located uphole of the flow restrictor and a lower chamber located downhole of the flow restrictor, and a second piston disposed in the upper chamber. The flow restrictor may define at least one orifice extending axially therethrough and, a damping fluid may reside in the piston chamber downhole from the second piston. |
| US10400532B2 |
Downhole tool anchoring device
A downhole tool includes a tool body and a first anchoring device integrated with the tool body. The first anchoring device includes at least two linear actuators within and non-perpendicular to the tool body, each of the at least two linear actuators configured to move a corresponding contact pad between a retracted position and an anchor position. The first anchoring device also includes at least one guide component coupled to each contact pad to restrict movement of a corresponding contact pad to a predetermined path. |
| US10400528B2 |
Modular manifold
A technique facilitates controlling fluid flows with a modular manifold. The modular manifold has a manifold base which is positioned at a desired surface or subsea location. Various types of modular units may be deployed to and/or retrieved from the manifold base according to the desired control of fluid flows with respect to a well or a plurality of wells. Each modular unit may be selectively coupled or decoupled along the manifold base to adjust the configuration of the manifold for a given job or over time to accommodate changing conditions. |
| US10400525B2 |
Rod positioning device
A rod positioning device for aligning a drilling rod with a rod string having complementary mating threads, comprising a base, an arm mounted to the base about a first rotation axis, and a rod-gripping device mounted on the arm. The arm is for displacement about the first rotation axis between a rod loading position and a rod alignment position. The rod-gripping device is for operating between a rod-gripping configuration and a rod-releasing configuration. The rod-gripping device comprises jaws for gripping the drilling rod while the rod-gripping device is in the rod-gripping configuration and the arm is in the rod loading position, and guiding elements mounted on the jaws, the guiding elements aligning the drilling rod with the rod string and enabling longitudinal displacement of the drilling rod to contact the rod string. |
| US10400524B1 |
System for injecting coiled tubing
A coiled tubing injection and removal system includes an injector head forming a hollow cavity and configured to receive the coiled tubing therein the hollow cavity; a first chain assembly and a second chain assembly, both chain assemblies being secured within the hollow cavity and configured to engage and move the coiled tubing through the hollow cavity; and a first and second guide bar carried within the hollow cavity and configured to engage with and guide the coiled tubing in a direction relatively parallel with the first chain assembly and the second chain assembly. |
| US10400520B2 |
Electromagnetic telemetry gap sub assembly with insulating collar
An insulating collar for a gap sub assembly for electromagnetic (EM) telemetry used in downhole drilling is disclosed. The gap sub assembly comprises a female member comprising a female mating section and a male member comprising a male mating section and a gap section. The male mating section is matingly received within the female mating section and electrically isolated therefrom. The insulating collar is positioned on the gap section. The collar is made up of a framework with a plurality of discrete bodies spaced about the framework and a portion of each of the discrete bodies protrudes above the framework. Either the framework or the discrete bodies are made of an electrical insulator material to electrically isolate one end of the collar from the other end of the collar. The collar therefore electrically isolates the male member from the female member and the male member, female member and insulating collar function as the “gap sub” for EM telemetry. |
| US10400519B2 |
Junction box to secure and electronically connect downhole tools
A clamp assembly for connecting at least two downhole tools to a section of tubing, the clamp assembly having a first clamp part and a second clamp part. The first and second clamp parts having ends, sides, and inner and outer surfaces extending between the sides. A first clamp part end has at least two mechanical connections defining ports for receiving and securing downhole tools, wherein one of the ports is a read-out port. A hinge assembly connects the first clamp part to the second clamp part and is configured to permit the first clamp part and the second clamp part to be moved to a closed position and an open position. A fastener connects clamp sides when the first clamp part and the second clamp part are in the closed position. When in a closed position, the first and second inner clamp surfaces grip the exterior surface of the tubing. |
| US10400518B2 |
Paired helically indented methods and systems for VIV suppression of drilling riser buoyancy module for fluid submerged cylinders
Embodiments disclosed herein describe cylindrical structures with indents configured to reduce vortex induced vibrations (VIV). For example, the cylindrical structures may be configured to reduce VIV for drilling risers subject to ocean currents. In embodiments, the indents may be positioned on an outer surface of the cylindrical structures, wherein the indents may be parallel pairs. The pairs may be mirrored between a first end and a second end of the cylindrical structure, and be positioned in a helical pattern, which may be continuous or staggered. |
| US10400517B2 |
Cutting elements configured to reduce impact damage and related tools and methods
Cutting elements for earth-boring tools may include a substrate and a polycrystalline, superabrasive material secured to an end of the substrate. The polycrystalline superabrasive material may include a first transition surface extending in a direction oblique to a central axis of the substrate, a second transition surface extending in a second direction oblique to the central axis, the second direction being different from the first direction, and a curved, stress-reduction feature located on the second transition surface. |
| US10400510B2 |
Automated step device and methods of making and using
An automated step includes a carriage moveable between a retracted position and a deployed position; a jack disposed on the carriage; a platform disposed on the jack; rotatable legs coupled to the platform and rotatable between a stowed position and an extended position; and a controller coupled to the carriage, the jack, and the legs. The controller, when activated to deploy the automated step, directs the carriage to extend, directs the jack to raise the platform, and directs the legs to rotate to the extended position and, when activated to retract the automated step, directs the legs to rotate to the stowed position, directs the jack to lower the platform, and directs the carriage to retract. The jack and legs both support the platform when a user stands on the automated step. |
| US10400506B2 |
Doors including customizable and removable storage
A modular insert useful for storing one or more objects, designed and configured to inset within a door having one or more cavities. The modular insert includes a frame having a plurality of walls and a top panel movably affixed to the frame. Some of the walls have apertures to receive wing nuts, screws, bolts, quick release and push-pull pins to secure the modular insert to an interior support structure of the door. Also provided is a door suitable for receiving one or more modular inserts. The door has a plurality of stiles and rails, wherein the stiles and rails form one or more cavities. |
| US10400503B2 |
System and method for a security film
A system and method for a security glass system. The system includes a pane of glass and a security film adhered to the glass. A bracket has a glass coupler portion, a gap definer, and a support coupler. The glass coupler is adhered to the security film via an adhesive. The support coupler is adhered to the support via an adhesive. The result is a securement system which can withstand more blows than traditional glass. |
| US10400502B2 |
Water management systems for fenestration products
A flashing includes a first edge, a second edge opposite from the first edge, a first surface, and a second surface on an opposite side of the flashing from the first surface. The first surface and the second surface extend between the first edge and the second edge. The first surface includes a hydrophobic region and a hydrophilic region. |
| US10400498B2 |
Vehicle window glass raising/lowering device, vehicle door, and vehicle
A vehicle window glass raising/lowering device includes a drive mechanism, a control unit for controlling the drive mechanism, a camera for capturing an image of a detection line. The camera includes an optical system. The control unit includes a detection means for detecting a blocked state in which the detection line captured in an image by the camera is at least partially blocked by a foreign object, and a pinching prevention means when the blocked state is detected by the detection means during when the window glass is moved by the drive mechanism. The optical system is arranged at a position corresponding to an opening formed on an upper surface of a door trim so that an optical axis of the optical system passes through the opening. |
| US10400494B2 |
Door closer
A door closer including: a body defining a chamber therein; a piston slidably supported within the chamber, and dividing the chamber into first and second cavities either side of the piston, which in use receive liquid; a biasing device for biasing the piston towards the first cavity; a passageway connecting the first cavity to the second cavity for permitting the flow of fluid therebetween; a blocking member for controlling the flow of liquid through the passageway between the cavities; a moveable member moveable between first and second positions, wherein when the moveable member is in its first position the moveable member causes or permits the blocking member to assume a blocking position, thus preventing or at least inhibiting the flow of liquid from the first to the second cavity, and wherein when the moveable member is in its second position the moveable member causes or permits the blocking member to assume a non-blocking position, thus permitting the flow of liquid from the first to the second cavity; and a permanent magnet positioned adjacent or close to the moveable member for holding the moveable member in its first position; wherein the door closer includes a pole switching device that can produce a magnetic field that is in opposition to the magnetic field of the permanent magnet to effectively cancel out or overcome the magnetic field of the permanent magnet and produce a net magnetic field that is either zero or in the opposite direction to the magnetic field of the permanent magnet so as to effect movement of the moveable member between its first and second positions. |
| US10400493B2 |
Assembly for spreading apart at least two hingedly interconnected door leaves
An arrangement for spreading apart at least two door leaves which are part of an item of furniture and are hingedly interconnected, from a folded position into a spread-apart position, includes an energy accumulator and a spreading element impinged by the energy accumulator. The spreading element comprises a pivotally supported lever arm with a free end, and a control contour is provided for controlling movement of the spreading element. |
| US10400492B2 |
Hidden hinge
The present invention relates to a hinge for windows having a sash hinged on a fixed frame; in particular, the hinge is of the hidden type, i.e. is mounted inside the jamb of the fixed frame, so that it is not visible when the sash is closed. |
| US10400491B2 |
Hinge cover with door stop
A hinge cover for a cabinet having a door stopper integrated therewith. The hinge cover includes a main body with a hook-shaped portion along a hinge axis, and a stopper portion that is offset from the hinge axis. When one or more doors are opened about the hinge axis, the stopper portion engages a surface of the door in a stop position. |
| US10400487B1 |
Squeeze and slide to open gate latch
A gate latch apparatus is disclosed for a residential safety gate. The gate latch apparatus includes a housing having opposable buttons. The buttons are squeezed to unlock opposing slides. The slides are slid to in turn slide a latch out of a latch receiver to permit the residential safety gate to be opened. |
| US10400485B2 |
Drive control apparatus for opening-and-closing body
A drive control apparatus includes an opening-and-closing body. A first driver drives the opening-and-closing body in a closing direction. A second driver moves the opening-and-closing body from a half-latched position to a fully-latched position. A fully-latched detector detects that the opening-and-closing body has reached the fully-latched position. A stop detector detects whether a predetermined stopping condition has been satisfied for stopping the driving of the opening-and-closing body in the closing direction. A drive controller is configured to drive the opening-and-closing body via the first driver in the closing direction. Upon the fully-latched detector detecting that the opening-and-closing body has reached the fully-latched position, the second driver ends operation and the first driver continues to drive the opening-and-closing body in the closing direction until the stop detector detects that the predetermined stopping condition is satisfied. |
| US10400484B2 |
Inertia lock for vehicle latch
A vehicle latch is provided. The vehicle latch having: an inertia lever rotationally mounted to the latch for movement about an axis between a first position and a second position; and a lock link operatively coupled to the inertia lever such that movement of the inertia lever from the first position to the second position causes the lock link to move from a first position to a second position, wherein the latch is in a locked state when the lock link is in the second position. |
| US10400481B2 |
Fingerprint lock
A fingerprint lock is disclosed herein, comprising a lock hook and a lock body, wherein the lock body comprises an upper housing, a lower housing, a main body and a fingerprint sensor component, the main body is located between the upper housing and the lower housing, and the upper housing is provided with a first opening; the main body comprises a battery, a main board, a bracket, a speed-reducing motor, a cam, a lock tongue and a pin, and the speed-reducing motor is mounted on the main board through the bracket, the battery, main board, bracket and speed-reducing motor are located between the upper housing and the lower housing in sequence, and the lock tongue is connected to one end of the speed-reducing motor through the cam; the fingerprint sensor component comprises a sensor body and a sensor cover, the sensor body being located between the battery and the sensor cover, and the sensor cover being matched with the first opening and clamped in the first opening; a first end of the lock hook is provided with a spring, and the first end is connected with the lock tongue by a snap spring and a movable touch block. |
| US10400478B2 |
Redundant actuation lock decoupling system and methods of use
A redundant actuation lock apparatus includes an interface, an electronic mechanism, and a manual mechanism. The interface manipulates lock bar(s) into a locked/unlocked position. The electronic mechanism includes an actuator and power drive. The actuator is disengageably coupled to and drives the interface. The power drive is coupled to and drives the actuator in response to a control signal. The manual mechanism includes a key input and an output. The key input receives and rotates with a mechanical key. The output disengageably couples to the interface and rotates with the mechanical key. The actuator is engaged with and the output is disengaged from the interface in an electronic mode, while the actuator is disengaged from and the output is engaged with the interface in a manual mode. |
| US10400477B2 |
Electronic deadbolt
An electronic deadbolt operator for a deadbolt lockset comprises an electronic actuator that rotates a powered driver and a follower that has a lost motion connection with the powered driver, enabling the follower to rotate with the powered driver when the follower is inside its range of travel, and enabling the powered driver to rotate freely of the follower after the follower is pushed to a travel limit. The follower is mounted to a connector driver, which drives the deadbolt, to toggle between two oppositely-disposed off-center positions relative to the connector driver. In one off-center position, only clockwise rotation of the powered driver is operative to rotate the follower. In the opposite position, only counterclockwise rotation of the powered driver is operative to rotate the follower. The interaction between the powered driver, the follower, and stops causes the follower to toggle to an opposite position after hitting a stop. |
| US10400475B2 |
Systems and methods for key recognition
A lock device including a keyway sized and configured to receive a key, a sensor assembly including an optical source and a key height sensor, and a controller in communication with the sensor assembly. The optical source is configured to generate an optical signal, and the key height sensor is configured to generate a key height signal in response to receiving the optical signal. The key is configured to interact with the optical signal such that the key height signal varies based upon the height of the key. The controller is configured to generate a key profile based at least in part upon the key height signal, to compare the key profile to authorization data, to select an action based upon the comparing, and to perform the action. |
| US10400474B1 |
Identification module for key making machine
An identification module is disclosed for use in a key making machine. The identification module may have a key receiving assembly configured to receive only a shank of an existing key. The identification module may also have a tip guide, configured to receive a tip of the shank of the existing key. The tip guide may have a slot that exposes a tip end of the shank. The identification module may also have an imaging assembly configured to capture an image of the tip end through the slot. |
| US10400473B2 |
Apparatus for detecting the position of window handles or door handles based on the sensing of magnetic fields, and operating method for it
An apparatus for detecting the position of window handles or door handles, the apparatus including a magnetic-field sensor and a microcontroller unit, the microcontroller unit being designed to read out data from the magnetic-field sensor, to record a magnetic fingerprint for at least one window-handle/door-handle position, and to detect the at least one window-handle/door-handle position by comparing data of the magnetic-field sensor with the recorded magnetic fingerprint. An operating method for such a window handle or door handle is also described. |
| US10400472B2 |
Door locking device, assembly and method of constructing
A new and useful door locking device, door locking assembly, and method of constructing a door locking assembly is provided. The door locking device includes first and second subassemblies configured to connect to a door jamb and door, respectively, a first locking member connected to one of the subassemblies and a second locking member connected to the other subassembly. The first and second locking members are selectively engaged to lock the door with the jamb and selectively disengaged to unlock the door from the jamb. The connection of the second subassembly to the door being is designed to allow adjustment of the one of the locking components in a plurality of directions, to enable the door locking device to be adjusted provide a predetermined locking orientation of the first and second locking members. The connection of the first subassembly to the door jamb is designed to provide minimal, easily repaired, intrusion to the structure of the doorjamb; and the connection of the second subassembly to the door is of a type that connects to the door surface without damage to the door while providing a secure connection of the locking components when they are selectively engaged. |
| US10400470B2 |
Carryable layout blind
A carryable temporary layout blind comprising a frame for elevating the seating elements off the ground, and one or more closeable doors or flaps with a handle for simple and rapid opening and closing. The layout blind is collapsible into a carryable configuration and includes straps for carrying the collapsed blind in a fashion similar to a backpack. |
| US10400469B2 |
System for mitigating the effects of a seismic event
A building structure having at least one storey including at least one column; at least one brace attached at one end to one side of at least one of the columns and at a second end to a fixed foundation surface; the brace attached to the at least one column at an incline; the at least one brace having a first portion and a second portion; wherein the at least one brace has a first in-use configuration in which the first portion is freely moveable with respect to the second portion such that a gap is formed in the brace preventing the transmission of force axially along the brace by preventing tensional forces from travelling axially along the brace, and a second in-use configuration in which the gap is closed by the first portion and the second portion being in contact to permit the transmission of forces axially along the brace; and wherein the second in-use configuration allows compressive forces to be transmitted along the brace such that the brace is activated when sufficient deformation occurs in the column in a direction that compresses the brace; and further comprising at least one damper functionally connected to one or both of the first and second portions and configured to provide damping as the at least one brace moves from the first in-use configuration to the second in-use configuration. |
| US10400466B2 |
Hybrid heater
A heater including a housing, a first tankless heater, a second tankless heater, a first and second flow directing elements, the first flow directing element in communication with the first tankless heater and the second flow directing element and the second flow directing element in communication with the second tankless heater, and a controller in communication with the first and second tankless heaters and the first and second flow directing elements, the controller configured to control the first and second flow directing elements to control flow to one or both of the first and second tankless heaters. |
| US10400460B2 |
Pivoting horizontal and vertical scaffold members and a method of erecting an offset scaffold platform
One embodiment of the invention is a horizontal scaffold truss that has upper and lower horizontal scaffold members offset but fixedly joined with braces. Each upper and lower members have a connector positioned on each end of the respective lower and upper members, where at least one of the connectors is pivotally mounted on the respective lower or upper connector, and the connecters are engageable with an annular member positioned on a vertical scaffold member. |
| US10400459B2 |
Tile spacing tool and method
A tile spacing tool is disclosed herein that spans a gap between tile rows where the gap is sized to receive a decorative insert or the like. The spacing tool spans the gap and transfers the weight of the upper tile rows across the gap to the lower tile rows, which are supported by a floor or ledge. As a result, the entire wall can be built including the decorative insert without waiting for the bottom tile rows to dry to support the weight of the tile rows above the decorative insert. |
| US10400457B2 |
Synthetic multilayer floor covering
A synthetic multilayer floor covering has floor panels, each of which comprises at least a first and a second edge with a first and a second connecting profile, respectively. The connecting profiles are complementarily shaped so that adjacent floor panels may be coupled to one another. The first connecting profile of a first floor panel and/or the second connecting profile of a second floor panel is deformed when connecting profiles become coupled with each other. The deformation comprises a component that persists as the connecting profiles remain coupled. The persistent deformation results in stress within the connecting profiles, which are made of viscoelastic material. That material undergoes significant stress relaxation. At standard ambient temperature and pressure, the stress within the first and/or the second connecting profile decreases by at least 40% within 12 hours after the connecting profiles have become coupled. |
| US10400454B1 |
Structural member with an anti-rotational feature
A structural member with a central portion that has a first piece and a second piece which form a cross-sectional L-shape configuration along a longitudinal axis is disclosed herein. When fastened to a horizontal bar, the first piece of the structural member may come into contact with a portion of the horizontal bar, thereby preventing the structural member from rotating. The structural member includes a connection component that extends from an end of the first piece, and the connection component extends substantially perpendicular to the first piece. The connection component may be configured in at least two different embodiments in that the connection component may include two holes or three holes. The implementation of more than one hole on the connection component allows the structural member to be universal in that it can be implemented on varying sized storage racks that employ different sized horizontal bars. |
| US10400452B2 |
Construction panels, materials, systems, and methods
Construction panels and other materials, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include at least one environmental sensor assembly associated with a panel core and configured to detect an environmental condition of the panel comprising moisture, pressure, or both, and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader. |
| US10400443B2 |
Insulation batt
An insulation batt includes a first stiffening layer; an insulation layer coupled to the first stiffening layer on a first side of the insulation layer; a second stiffening layer coupled to a second side of the insulation layer distal from the first stiffening layer; and a connector coupling the first stiffening layer to the second stiffening layer, the insulation layer configured to compress between the first stiffening layer and the second stiffening layer when the first stiffening layer and the second stiffening layer are pushed together, and the insulation layer configured to expand between the first stiffening layer and the second stiffening layer when the first stiffening layer and the second stiffening layer are pulled apart; and wherein the connector comprises a plurality of mounting tabs. |
| US10400440B2 |
Anchor holders and anchor assemblies for metal decks
An anchor holder for concrete decks comprises a body for being inserted into an opening in a metal deck, the body including an outside vertical wall and an opening for receiving an anchor. The body includes arms normally biased extending outwardly from the vertical wall, the arms being collapsible toward the body when the body is inserted into the opening in the metal deck and expanding outwardly after passing the opening to be disposed below the metal deck. A support is attached to the body, the support to engage a top surface of the metal deck to apply an upward force on the body and keep the collapsible arms engaged against an underside of the metal deck when the body is attached to the metal deck. |
| US10400438B2 |
Joining device for precast reinforced concrete columns with a dry joint
The joining device (100, 100′) comprises a first cover (1) and a second cover (2), each of which has a plurality of through holes (3) that match up with one another in position, for the ends of the rebars of the columns (200, 200A) to pass through. The covers (1,2) are joined together by means of, at least, two transverse webs (4) and several stiffener reinforcements (5,5A), which are arranged in perpendicular to the covers (1,2). The device further comprises connecting means (202, 203, 204, 205) between the ends of the rebars (201,201A) of the columns (200,200A). |
| US10400437B2 |
Balcony
The present invention provides for a novel balcony, a kit and a method of attaching a balcony to a building or existing construction. One aspect of the invention provides a balcony for attachment to an existing construction, the existing construction have a plurality of stubs fitted thereto, each stub having a first engagement portion, the balcony having a plurality of second engagement portions on one side of the balcony wherein the first and second engagement portions are arranged to engage with each other so as to cause the weight of the balcony to be supported by the existing construction and the balcony to be securely attached to the construction. |
| US10400436B2 |
Drain assembly, drain body for use in such an assembly and odor trap of use in such an assembly
The invention pertains to an odor trap, which comprises a first drainage channel situated between an inlet and an outlet, comprising, viewed in the flow direction, a first closing wall for the closing off of an uppermost part of the drainage channel and a second closing wall for the closing off of a lowermost part of the first drainage channel. The first and second closing walls, viewed in a horizontal direction, overlap. The odor trap comprises an elongated main body. The inlet substantially extends over the length of a first planar surface of the main body, which first planar surface is determined by the first closing wall. The second closing wall is situated in the main body. The outlet is situated in a second planar surface, situated opposite the first planar surface. The invention also pertains to a drain body and a drain assembly. |
| US10400433B2 |
Drain cleaning device
A drain cleaning device for cleaning and clearing a clogged drain is provided. The drain cleaning device comprises an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end. A rotator handle is secured to the first end of the elongated shaft with the rotator handle driving the elongated shaft in rotation by rotationally cranking the rotator handle. A hollow handle sheath surrounds the elongated shaft with the handle sheath allowing the elongated shaft to freely slide along a length of the handle shaft and freely rotate within the handle sheath. A resilient plunger head is mounted on an end of the handle sheath adjacent the second end of the elongated shaft. A conical terminal fitting is mounted to the second end of the elongated shaft with the conical terminal fitting movable into and out of the plunger head wherein the drain cleaning device quickly and easily clears any clogged or blocked drain. |
| US10400432B2 |
Sanitary coupling
A sanitary coupling (1) is provided that connects an inflow-side and an outflow-side line section to each other. A sanitary insert element (5) is provided that has an insert housing (4) and is insertable via an end-side insert opening into a housing receptacle (7) of a first line section (2). The housing interior (6) of the insert housing (4) communicates with the ambient air, in that an annular zone (10) is provided between the housing outer circumference of the insert housing (4) and the inner circumference of the housing receptacle (7), and in a partial region of said annular zone (10), at least one air duct (12) which is effective between housing interior (6) and housing outer circumference is provided. The first line section (2) has at least one air slot (13) which is open toward the end circumferential edge (9) and towards the inner circumference and towards the outer circumference of the first line section (2), and in the partial region of the annular zone (10) that is arranged between the annular flange (8) and the at least one annular seal (11), an air gap (14) is arranged between the housing outer circumference and the inner circumference of the housing receptacle (7), which air gap connects the air duct (12) to the air slot (13). |
| US10400429B2 |
Faucet including an open waterway
A faucet including a spout having a passageway configured to receive water from a water source. An open chamber is coupled to the passageway. The open chamber extends from a first side of the spout to a second side of the spout. The second side is opposite the first side. A trough is disposed within the open chamber of the spout. The trough is configured to receive water from the passageway. A spillway is disposed within the open chamber of the spout. The spillway includes a crest coupled to the trough, the crest being configured to permit water in the trough to flow thereover. A chute wall is coupled to the crest, the chute wall being configured to receive water flowing over the crest. An outlet is defined by the chute wall at the second side of the spout, the outlet being configured to deliver water from the faucet. |
| US10400428B2 |
Outlet mechanism with filtered water and tap water outlet modes
An outlet mechanism with filtered water and tap water outlet modes includes: an inlet body and an outlet body; the inlet body is connected to the outlet body, which is disposed independently with a tap water outlet passage and a filtered water outlet passage inside; a first outlet control switch an a second outlet controls switch being respectively used to control the open and close of the tap water outlet passage and the filtered water outlet passage; the first outlet control switch is disposed on the inlet body, the second outlet control switch is disposed on the outlet body; and an outlet device being disposed independently at the end of the outlet body with a first outlet and a second outlet; the first outlet and the second outlet are respectively connected to the tap water outlet passage and the filtered water outlet passage. |
| US10400423B1 |
Radiator guard and method of making
A radiator guard may include a front plate, a top plate, spaced side plates, gussets and yoke assemblies. The front plate may have a varied profile such that a first lateral width proximate a top of the front plate is greater than a second lateral width proximate a bottom of the front plate. The top plate may be angled relative to the front plate and the side plates may be fixed near the lateral sides of the front plate such that portions of the front plate proximate the top of the front plate extend laterally outwardly from the side plates. The gussets may be disposed on the rear surface of the face plate at these laterally extending portions and the yoke assemblies may be disposed on the front surface of these portions. |
| US10400422B2 |
Fender mounting system
A fender mounting system for mounting a fender disposed partially around the circumference of a wheel can include a first bracket, a second bracket, and a third bracket. The first bracket can be attached to a leading radial edge of the fender and depends toward an axis line associated with the wheel. The second bracket can be attached to the radial mid-section of the fender and depends toward the axis line. The third bracket can be attached to a radial trailing edge and depends radial toward the axis line. In an embodiment, the first and third brackets can resist lateral forces along the axis line and the second bracket allows deflection due to lateral forces along the axis line. |
| US10400419B2 |
Coupler
This invention relates to a coupler for coupling an accessory or work attachments or implements to a vehicle, such as a dipper arm an excavator or similar vehicle. |
| US10400416B2 |
Autonomous anchoring method and system for foundations of offshore structures
A method for the autonomous anchoring of foundations for offshore structures consisting of a self-floating concrete caisson manufactured in a floating dock, capable of being towed to their final location, provided with internal vertical cells, which are divided into cells that are interconnected with each other and equipped with emptying and filling devices that allow the regulation of the ballast level for anchoring when they are filled with seawater. This method comprises the following stages: constraining the foundation, fastening and mooring by at least three tugboats pulling radially on the foundation to be anchored from at least 3 different directions; connecting the different sensors needed for controlling the operation with a control unit; gradual and controlled sinking of the foundation until it reaches its position of installation on the seabed; and final ballasting of the foundation. |
| US10400409B2 |
Oil collecting apparatus and oil collecting system having the same
An oil-collecting apparatus includes: a body including an inlet through which a liquid is introduced, a first outlet through which purified water generated from the liquid introduced through the inlet is discharged, and a second outlet through which materials collected from the liquid are discharged; and a filter arranged at the first outlet of the body and generating the purified water by collecting the materials included in the liquid by allowing the liquid introduced through the inlet to pass therethrough. |
| US10400407B2 |
Modular wave-break and bulkhead system
A modular wave-break includes a wall, a base attached to the wall, and an anchor attached to the base. The wall includes a set of dissipating holes integrally formed in the wall and a set of passage holes integrally formed in the wall. Reinforcing structural rods may be embedded in the wall, the base, and the anchor to provide strength. Mounting holes in the base enable the modular wave-break to be secured to a water bottom surface. Multiple modular wave-breaks may be interconnected to form a single wave-break. In an alternate embodiment, a water control structure provides for management of the water table of a wetland area. The water control structure includes a panel comprising a wall, a base attached to the wall, an anchor attached to the base, and a flow hole through the wall. Multiple panels are connected in series to create a water tight water control structure. |
| US10400403B2 |
Deflector for a snow blower
A snow deflector for a snow blower is formed from a plate member. The plate member includes a first surface portion for being disposed covering a portion of a snow-receiving opening of a fan housing of the snow blower, and a second surface portion configured to cooperate with an adjacent rear interior surface of the snow blower to guide snow along a direction laterally toward a predetermined target region of the snow-receiving opening that is after a discharge chute opening in the fan housing along a direction of fan rotation. The snow is guided simultaneously vertically upward and longitudinally frontward. The first and second surface portions are disposed within respective first and second planes that intersect one another along a common edge shared between the first and second surface portions. The common edge being aligned generally toward the predetermined target region when the plate member is in the installed condition. |
| US10400402B1 |
Wall panels, barrier wall constructed from same, and methods of making both
A barrier wall has a first vertical support and a second vertical support. A first wall panel is disposed between the first vertical support and second vertical support. A second wall panel is disposed between the first vertical support and second vertical support over the first wall panel. An I-beam is disposed between the first wall panel and second wall panel. The I-beam includes a first flange and second flange extending into the first wall panel and second wall panel. A cable is disposed between the first wall panel and second wall panel and attached to the first vertical support. |
| US10400395B2 |
Process for preparing a PCC composite product
The current invention relates to methods of the recovery and re-use of minerals obtained from the combustion of the residues of a process to recycle paper. |
| US10400393B2 |
Refiner
A refiner is disclosed comprising relatively rotatable inner and outer conical refining blades. The refining blades are coaxially arranged around a symmetry axis and are provided with first bars and second bars, respectively, for the grinding of fibrous material. The inner conical refining blade or any of the first bars of the inner conical refining blade extend further along the symmetry axis, in the direction of the tapering of the inner and outer conical refining blades, than the outer conical refining blade or any of the second bars of the counter conical refining blade. |
| US10400392B2 |
Measurement apparatus and method
A bleaching apparatus comprises a measurement chamber has a first substance, the amount of the first substance in the measurement chamber being known. A dosing unit inputs a second substance to the measurement chamber for causing a chemical reaction between the first substance and the second substance, one of the first substance and the second substance being chlorine dioxide and another of the first substance and the second substance being filtered sample from pulp slurry of a pulp process. At least one sensor performs detection of a property known to depend on the chemical reaction between the first substance and the second substance as a function of time. A data processing unit determines chemical demand of chlorine dioxide for washing loss in a bleaching sub-process on the basis of at least one value in the detected property within a known period of time after the input of the second substance. |
| US10400387B2 |
Portable fabric cutting device
A fabric cutting board includes a rectangular board having an integral scissor guide formed across an upper surface. Measurement grid is presented on the upper surface. At least two clips are sized to grip a lateral edge of the rectangular board, clamping a layer of fabric against the upper surface. |
| US10400383B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus having feed water valve and method for controlling the same
Provided is laundry treating apparatus which may include a cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet, and a drum provided in the tub. A circulation path may be formed outside the tub along which air inside the tub circulates by passing through the tub and the circulation path. A plurality of cleaning nozzles may be provided at the circulation path and configured to inject water. A plurality of water supply passages and a plurality of water supply valves configured to open and close the water supply passages may be provided. A controller may sequentially control the water supply valves such that at least one of the water supply valves is open and another water supply valve is closed, such that at least one of the plurality of cleaning nozzles is open to allow water to be continuously supplied from the water supply source. |
| US10400382B2 |
Drainage apparatus
There is disclosed a drainage apparatus capable of allowing the fluid flowing via diverse paths to flow via one path, the drainage apparatus comprising a first inlet pipe fluid flows in, a second inlet pipe fluid flows in, an outlet pipe in communication with the first inlet pipe and the second inlet pipe, a first outlet hole in contact with the first inlet pipe and the outlet pipe and a second outlet hole in contact with the second inlet pipe and the outlet pipe, wherein the first outlet hole and the second outlet hole are provided not to face each other directly. |
| US10400379B2 |
Laundry processing apparatus
A laundry processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a cabinet; a tub, arranged in the interior of the cabinet, for storing laundry water; longitudinal dampers connecting the cabinet and tub and supported on supporting ends on the hub, and supporting the tub as same hangs from the cabinet; pivot supporting parts arranged on the top parts of the cabinet and from which the longitudinal dampers are hung and supported; upper guide pins fixed to the pivot supporting parts and extending vertically; upper transverse dampers, connecting the upper guide pins and tub and vertically movable along the upper guide pins, for reducing the horizontal vibration for the tub. The laundry processing apparatus according to the present invention has the effect of reducing the horizontal vibration of the tub by means of the transverse dampers connecting the pivot supporting parts and tub. |
| US10400375B2 |
Accessories box for a sewing machine
An accessories box (10) for a sewing machine (20) having a fastening device (30). The accessories box (10) has a bottom element (11), which is designed to bear against a base (21) of a housing (22) of the sewing machine (20). The bottom element (11) includes a recess (12), in which the fastening device (30) is received, the fastening device (30) contains a magnetic or magnetizable element (13) and/or a mating element (23). |
| US10400374B2 |
Sewing machine
A sewing machine includes a material sandwiching unit to sandwich two materials having annular edges from above and below while they are stacked so that the material on an inner wheel side is located on the lower side and the material on an outer wheel side is located on the upper side, wherein a part of the material sandwiching unit located above the two materials is vertically movable, the material sandwiching unit includes a curl-removing mechanism to straighten curls occurring on the edges of the two materials, the material sandwiching unit includes inclined parts that serve as the curl-removing mechanism and have edges extending backward from a farther side of the edges toward the edge side at a position where the two materials pass therethrough, and the inclined parts have air ejectors to eject air so as to form airflows that straighten portions of the materials where curls have occurred. |
| US10400373B2 |
High-strength lightweight non-woven fabric made of spunbonded non-woven, method for the production thereof and use thereof
The invention relates to a high-strength light-weight non-woven fabric made of spunbonded non-woven, particularly for use as a reinforcement or strengthening material, comprising at least one ply of melt-spun synthetic filaments, which are bonded by means of high-energy water jets, characterized in that it includes a thermally activatable binding agent, which is applied onto the ply of melt-spun filaments in the form of at least one thin layer. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a non-woven fabric. |
| US10400370B2 |
Nonwoven fabric or nonwoven composite material for shielding and absorbing electromagnetic wave
The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric or nonwoven composite material comprising the nonwoven fabric for shielding and absorbing electromagnetic waves, manufactured by using a carbon fiber plated with metal (copper and nickel) produced in an electroless or electrolysis continuous process. The nonwoven fabric of the present invention is thinner and stronger than the conventional art, and has an advantage of being capable of controlling conductivity by controlling only the content of the carbon fiber plated with metal, without need for further addition of conductive powder. |
| US10400369B2 |
Shapewear garment with mesh regions
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a garment that includes a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The body has an anterior knit region having a first knitting pattern configured to stretch across a portion of a wearer's abdominal area, a second knitting pattern configured to stretch across a portion of a wearer's chest area, a posterior knit region having the first knitting pattern configured to stretch about a portion of the wearer's back, a first lateral knit region having a third knitting pattern different from the first knitting pattern configured to stretch about a portion of the wearer's left lateral area, and a second lateral knit region having the third knitting pattern configured to stretch about a portion of the wearer's right lateral area. |
| US10400368B2 |
Underwear for men
An undergarment includes a body having a substantially tubular shape and configured to at least partially surround a torso of a user. The body includes a pouch region about a front surface of the body, and a stitch region including held stitches, the held stitches at least partially bordering the pouch region, and the stitch region having less lateral stretch than a remainder of the body. |
| US10400364B1 |
Fabrics with conductive paths
A fabric-based item may have fabric with conductive strands and insulating strands. The conductive strands may form conductive signal paths and may be coupled to control circuitry. The conductive strands and insulating strands may be woven in a construction that allows multiple conductive strands to contact one another to form a low resistance signal path such as a power line, a data line, or a ground line. The fabric may have a two up and three down twill pattern, a two up and three down twill pattern, or other suitable pattern. The pattern may be selected so that groups of conductive weft strands or groups of conductive warp strands are in contact with one another. The conductive strands may have greater density than the insulating strands. For example, if the weft strands are conductive, the fabric may have a higher number of picks per inch than ends per inch. |
| US10400360B2 |
Method for preparing a yarn end for spinning-in at a rotor spinning device of a rotor spinning machine along with a rotor spinning machine
A rotor spinning machine and associated method are provided for preparing a yarn end for spinning-in at a rotor spinning device, wherein the rotor spinning machine has a rotor housing that is closable with a cover and subjected to negative pressure through a negative pressure channel. A spinning rotor is rotatably mounted in the rotor housing and rotates with an operating rotational speed during a spinning operation. With the method, the yarn end is introduced into the negative pressure channel. The yarn end is then interrupted with a severing structure defined on an open edge of the rotating spinning rotor. During the interruption of the yarn end, the spinning rotor is driven with a defined rotational speed for the preparation of the yarn end that is equal to or less than an operating rotational speed of the spinning rotor. |
| US10400359B2 |
Method for operating a textile machine, and a textile machine
A method is provided for operating a textile machine having a plurality of work stations wherein, during normal operation of the work stations, a yarn is produced or is rewound from a delivery coil onto a receiver coil. The normal operation is initiated at the individual work stations after a stop of the textile machine, or is interrupted at certain time intervals by a service operation in the form of a piecing process, a tube changing process, or a yarn joining process. The service operations are divided into several partial sequences. A pending partial sequence for one of the service operations is carried out so long as energy resources required for carrying out the pending partial sequence are available independent of whether the energy resources for carrying out the other partial sequences for the service operation are available. |
| US10400354B2 |
Process of making dimensionally-stable melt blown nonwoven fibrous structures
A process and apparatus for producing a dimensionally stable melt blown nonwoven fibrous web. The process includes forming a multiplicity of melt blown fibers by passing a molten stream including molecules of at least one thermoplastic semi-crystalline (co)polymer through at least one orifice of a melt-blowing die, subjecting at least a portion of the melt blown fibers to a controlled in-flight heat treatment operation at a temperature below a melting temperature of the at least one thermoplastic semi-crystalline (co)polymer immediately upon exiting from the at least one orifice, and collecting at least some of the melt blown fibers subjected to the controlled in-flight heat treatment operation on a collector to form a non-woven fibrous structure. The nonwoven fibrous structure exhibits a Shrinkage less than a Shrinkage measured on an identically-prepared structure including only fibers not subjected to the controlled in-flight heat treatment operation, and generally less than 15%. |
| US10400353B2 |
Method for controlling resistivity and N-type silicon single crystal
A method controls a resistivity of a grown silicon single crystal by using a dopant when the silicon single crystal is grown by CZ method, including the steps of initially doping with a primary dopant such that the silicon single crystal has a predetermined conductive type and additionally doping with a secondary dopant having a conductive type opposite to that of the primary dopant continuously or intermittently, according to a solidification rate expressed by (crystalized weight)/(initial weight of silicon raw material) while growing the silicon single crystal, wherein in the additional doping step, the additional doping with the secondary dopant is carried out when the solidification rate is a predetermined value α or more, while the crystal is not doped with the secondary dopant until the solidification rate reaches the predetermined value α. |
| US10400352B2 |
Method for growth of a merged crystal by bonding at least a first and second crystal to an adhesion layer to form a tiled substrate and growing a crystalline composition over said tiled substrate
Techniques for processing materials in supercritical fluids including processing in a capsule disposed within a high-pressure apparatus enclosure are disclosed. The disclosed techniques are useful for growing crystals of GaN, AlN, InN, and their alloys, including InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN for the manufacture of bulk or patterned substrates, which in turn can be used to make optoelectronic devices, lasers, light emitting diodes, solar cells, photoelectrochemical water splitting and hydrogen generation devices, photodetectors, integrated circuits, and transistors. |
| US10400350B1 |
Method and apparatus for removing paint on metallic components
An apparatus for removing paint from a metallic component. The apparatus includes an electrolytic cell in which the metallic component is an anode, and a DC power supply capable of producing a plasma causing the paint from the metallic component to disintegrate. A method of depainting a metallic component includes providing an electrolytic cell with the metallic component to be depainted acting as an anode. A DC power supply connected to the cathode and anode is activated to produce a plasma causing the paint from the metallic component to disintegrate. Another method of method of depainting a metallic component includes providing an aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium citrate, and potassium oxalate as an electrolyte, a cathode and a pained metallic component as an anode. A DC power supply connected to the cathode and anode produces a plasma causing the paint from the painted metallic component to disintegrate. |
| US10400347B2 |
Conductive member, and production method therefor
To provide a conductive member capable of suppressing an increase in contact resistance, and a production method therefor. To solve the problem by providing a conductive member having a Ni plating layer 3 on the surface of contact parts 2 provided on a substrate 1, an arithmetic average roughness Sa of the surface of the Ni plating layer 3 being 20 nm or more. In the Ni plating layer 3, the full width half maximum of a peak at the position of a Ni (200) plane in an x-ray diffraction diagram is preferably 0.6 or less, and an indentation hardness HIT of the Ni plating layer 3 is preferably 5000 n/mm2 or less. |
| US10400346B2 |
Microscale three-dimensional electric devices and methods of making the same
Functionalized microscale 3D devices and methods of making the same. The 3D microdevice can be realized with the combination of top-down (lithographic) and bottom-up (origami-inspired self-assembly) processes. The origami-inspired self-assembly approach combined with a top-down process can realize 3D microscale polyhedral structures with metal/semiconductor materials patterned on dielectric materials. In some embodiments, the functionalized 3D microdevices include resonator-based passive sensors, i.e. split ring resonators (SRRs), on 3D, transparent, free-standing, dielectric media (Al2O3). |
| US10400344B2 |
Apparatus for protection of anodes and cathodes in a system of electrolysis cells
Provided is an electrode assembly for electrolytic processing in an electrolysis cell comprising an electrode blade comprising a metallic hanger bar portion, a first lug for supporting the metallic hanger bar portion on a first power supply bar, an insulating piece connecting the metallic hanger bar portion to the first lug. The electrode assembly also comprises an electrical switch unit controlling electrical current supply between the first lug and the metallic hanger bar based on a control signal transmitted to a terminal of the electrical switch unit, a control unit configured to transmit the control signal to the terminal of the electrical switch unit, and a power storage unit configured to supply power to the control unit, the power storage unit being charged from the first lug and the hanger bar when the electrical switch unit switches off electrical current supply between the first lug and the metallic hanger bar. |
| US10400342B2 |
High purity tin and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a high purity tin (Sn) having an extremely low oxygen content. A high purity tin having a tin purity of 5N (99.999% by mass, provided that carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen are excluded) or more, wherein the high purity tin has an oxygen content of less than 10 ppb by mass, as measured by elemental analysis using Dynamic-SIMS. |
| US10400340B2 |
Cathode catalyst, cathode material using the same, and reactor using the same
A cathode catalyst used for conversion of a carbon dioxide gas by an electrochemical reduction includes at least one first catalyst layer and at least one second catalyst layer disposed on a surface of the at least one first catalyst layer. The at least one second catalyst layer is a porous structure. The at least one first catalyst layer and the at least one second catalyst layer are physically combined with each other, and materials of the at least one first catalyst layer and the at least one second catalyst layer are different. A cathode material and a reactor include the cathode catalyst are also provided. |
| US10400331B2 |
Method for manufacturing metal chalcogenide thin film and thin film manufactured thereby
The present invention relates to the manufacturing of a heteroelement thin film, and particularly to a method for manufacturing a metal chalcogenide thin film and the thin film manufactured thereby. The present invention, which relates to a method for manufacturing a metal chalcogenide thin film, may comprise the steps of: supplying a vaporized metal precursor; supplying a chalcogen-containing gas; and forming a thin film by reacting the metal precursor with the chalcogen-containing gas on a growth substrate at a first temperature condition. |
| US10400328B2 |
Physical vapor deposition system with a source of isotropic ion velocity distribution at the wafer surface
In a plasma enhanced physical vapor deposition of a material onto workpiece, a metal target faces the workpiece across a target-to-workpiece gap less than a diameter of the workpiece. A carrier gas is introduced into the chamber and gas pressure in the chamber is maintained above a threshold pressure at which mean free path is less than 5% of the gap. RF plasma source power from a VHF generator is applied to the target to generate a capacitively coupled plasma at the target, the VHF generator having a frequency exceeding 30 MHz. The plasma is extended across the gap to the workpiece by providing through the workpiece a first VHF ground return path at the frequency of the VHF generator. |
| US10400326B2 |
Painted steel sheet provided with a zinc coating
A steel sheet is provided with a coating having at least one layer of zinc and a top layer of paint applied by cataphoresis. The zinc layer is deposited by a jet vapor deposition process in a deposition chamber maintained at a pressure between 6·10−2 mbar and 2·10−1 mbar. A fabrication method is also provided. |
| US10400325B2 |
Method of self-aligning deposition equipment
The present disclosure provides a system (100) for aligning a dispensing apparatus (110) utilized within a semiconductor deposition chamber (102). A stationary reference apparatus (106) is disposed along the bottom of the deposition chamber. A self-alignment support system (122), comprising one or more support components (124), is intercoupled between the dispensing apparatus and a deposition system exterior component (112). The self-alignment support system is adapted to facilitate and secure repositioning of the dispensing apparatus responsive to pressure applied to the dispensing surface (114) thereof. A non-yielding offset component (126) is placed upon a first surface (108) of the stationary reference apparatus. The dispensing surface of the dispensing apparatus is engaged with the offset component, and pressure is applied to the dispensing apparatus via the offset component until a desired alignment is achieved. |
| US10400322B2 |
Fabrication of thermally stable nanocavities and particle-in-cavity nanostructures
Various examples related to fabrication of thermally stable ultra-high density particle-in-cavity (PIC) nanostructures. In one example, a method includes disposing an anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template onto a surface of a substrate; removing, from the AAO template, a support layer disposed on a side of the AAO template opposite the surface of the substrate; etching nanocavities into the surface of the substrate using the AAO template as an etch mask; and removing the AAO template from the surface of the substrate. The method can include fabricating the AAO template on an aluminum substrate by anodization of an aluminum film and removing the AAO template from the aluminum substrate after formation of the support layer on the AAO template. |
| US10400321B1 |
Preparation of nanostructured titanium
The present disclosure relates to the preparation of bulk nanostructured pure titanium at cryogenic temperatures using rolling, allowing the whole microstructures of pure titanium to be refined into the one that the mean grain size is smaller than 100 nm. |
| US10400319B2 |
Forced water cooling of thick steel wires
A method of and an equipment for controlled cooling of one or multiple previously heated, straight, and thick steel wire to a predetermined temperature range between 400° C. and 650° C. Each of the thick steel wires is subjected to a controlled cooling-transformation treatment from austenite to pearlite, which occurs substantially after the wire leaves a forced water cooling length. |
| US10400317B2 |
Fe—Cr—Ni—Mo alloy and method for producing the same
Fe—Cr—Ni—Mo alloy having superior surface properties and a method for producing the same using a commonly used apparatus at low cost. The Fe—Cr—Ni—Mo alloy has (% indicates mass %): C: ≤0.03%, Si: 0.15 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.1 to 1%, P: ≤0.03%, S: ≤0.002%, Ni: 20 to 32%, Cr: 20 to 26%, Mo: 0.5 to 2.5%, Al: 0.1 to 0.5%, Ti: 0.1 to 0.5%, Mg: 0.0002 to 0.01%, Ca: 0.0002 to 0.01%, N: ≤0.02%, O: 0.0001 to 0.01%, freely contained components of Co: 0.05 to 2% and Cu: 0.01 to 0.5%, Fe as a remainder, and inevitable impurities, wherein MgO, MgO.Al2O3 spinel type, and CaO—Al2O3—MgO type are contained as oxide type non-metallic inclusions, ratio of number of MgO.Al2O3 spinel type to all oxide type non-metallic inclusions is ≤50%, and CaO—Al2O3—MgO type contains CaO: 30 to 70%, Al2O3: 5 to 60%, MgO: 1 to 30%, SiO2: ≤8%, and TiO2: ≤10%. |
| US10400313B2 |
Method for transforming Al—Cu—Li alloy sheets improving formability and corrosion resistance
A method for producing a rolled product 0.5 to 10 mm thick made from an aluminum alloy comprising, in particular, copper and lithium, in which, after solution annealing and quenching, a short heat treatment is carried out in which the sheet reaches a temperature of between 145° C. and 175° C. for 0.1 to 45 minutes, the speed of heating being between 3 and 600° C./min. The sheet obtained at the end of the method according to the invention has high corrosion resistance and is capable of being shaped for producing a structural element for an aircraft, in particular an aircraft fuselage skin. |
| US10400311B2 |
Wrought material comprising Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy excellent in stress corrosion resistance and use thereof
A wrought material containing a Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy, in which an existence frequency of a coincidence grain boundary with a Σ value of 3 or less is 35% or more but 75% or less, and which has a recrystallized microstructure substantially formed from a β single phase; and the use thereof. |
| US10400310B2 |
Method for separation of rare earth ion
A method for identifying and separating a rare earth ion. The method includes bringing one or more rare earth ions into contact with a mineralization agent capable of mineralizing the rare earth ions, wherein the one or more rare earth ions are separated as rare earth minerals, based on a mineralization tendency of the mineralization agent with respect to a rare earth ion series. |
| US10400305B2 |
Method for producing titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloy
A method is provided for the production of titanium-aluminum-vanadium alloy products directly from a variety of titanium and vanadium bearing ores that reduces the processing steps significantly as compared to current Ti—Al—V alloy production methods. |
| US10400293B2 |
Metal making lance with infrared camera in lance head
A lance comprising a lance body including a lance head connected to said lance body and comprising a nozzle body having a central strut having bore hole; a camera assembly, such as an optical or infrared camera assembly, received in said bore hole for monitoring the temperature of said lance head or molten heat in which the lance is inserted; and a protective pipe pressurized with a gas disposed in the bore and surrounding said camera assembly. |
| US10400288B2 |
MicroRNA-based method for early detection of prostate cancer in urine samples
The present application concerns a new in vitro method for assessing the risk that a subject suffers from prostate cancer. The method comprises measuring the expression level the level of at least two miRs selected from group of miRs consisting of: hsa-let-7a-5p, hsa-let-7b-5p, hsa-let-7c-5p, hsa-let-7e-5p, hsa-let-7f-5p, hsa-let-7g-5p, hsa-miR-100-5p, hsa-miR-106a-5p, hsa-miR-10a-5p, hsa-miR-10b-5p, hsa-miR-1238-3p, hsa-miR-125b-5p, hsa-miR-1260a, hsa-miR-130a-3p, hsa-miR-132-3p, hsa-miR-135a-5p, hsa-miR-135b-5p, hsa-miR-136-5p, hsa-miR-140-3p, hsa-miR-141-3p, hsa-miR-142-3p, hsa-miR-146a-5p, hsa-miR-148a-3p, hsa-miR-151a-3p, hsa-miR-151a-5p, hsa-miR-15b-5p, hsa-miR-16-5p, hsa-miR-191-5p, hsa-miR-1972, hsa-miR-19a-3p, hsa-miR-19b-3p, hsa-miR-200a-3p, hsa-miR-200b-3p, hsa-miR-200b-5p, hsa-miR-200c-3p, hsa-miR-203a, hsa-miR-204-5p, hsa-miR-205-5p, hsa-miR-20a-5p, hsa-miR-210, hsa-miR-222-3p, hsa-miR-223-3p, hsa-miR-22-5p, hsa-miR-23a-3p, hsa-miR-23b-3p, hsa-miR-24-3p, hsa-miR-25-3p, hsa-miR-26a-5p, hsa-miR-27b-3p, hsa-miR-29a-3p, hsa-miR-29b-3p, hsa-miR-29c-3p, hsa-miR-30a-3p, hsa-miR-30a-5p, hsa-miR-30b-5p, hsa-miR-30c-5p, hsa-miR-30e-5p, hsa-miR-31-3p, hsa-miR-31-5p, hsa-miR-320a, hsa-miR-320b, hsa-miR-320c, hsa-miR-331-3p, hsa-miR-362-3p, hsa-miR-362-5p, hsa-miR-363-3p, hsa-miR-375, hsa-miR-378a-3p, hsa-miR-425-3p, hsa-miR-425-5p, hsa-miR-455-3p, hsa-miR-490-3p, hsa-miR-660-5p, hsa-miR-93-5p, hsa-miR-99a-5p, and hsa-miR-99b-5p, in a urine sample from the patient. A method wherein the at least two selected miRs are: hsa-miR-30c-5p, hsa-miR-222-3p, and hsa-miR-24-3p is preferred. The application also concerns a kit of parts to perform the in vitro method. |
| US10400287B2 |
Methods and materials for assessing homologous recombination deficiency
This document provides methods and materials involved in assessing samples (e.g., cancer cells) for the presence of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) or an HRD signature. For example, methods and materials for determining whether or not a cell (e.g., a cancer cell) contains an HRD signature are provided. Materials and methods for identifying cells (e.g., cancer cells) having a deficiency in homology directed repair (HDR) as well as materials and methods for identifying cancer patients likely to respond to a particular cancer treatment regimen also are provided. |
| US10400285B2 |
DDX43 as a biomarker of resistance to MEK1/2 inhibitors
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for determining the likelihood that a subject suffering from a cancer will benefit from treatment with a MEK inhibitor. It also relates to methods of treatment based on such determination. The invention is based, at least in part, on the discoveries that DDX43 mRNA and protein are expressed at high levels in biopsies from “non-responder” UM patients and that selumetinib-resistant cell lines showed high DDX43 expression which correlated with increased expression and activity of RAS. It was found that KRAS and HRAS but not NRAS, mediated expression of pERK and pAKT, bypassing oncogenic GNAQ. The invention is further based on the discovery that selumetinib-resistant cells became sensitive to AKT inhibition, suggesting alternative strategies for the treatment of cancer patients with acquired resistance to MEK inhibitors. |
| US10400281B2 |
Methods for determining lymphocyte receptor chain pairs
Provided herein are high-throughput sequencing methods to study the diversity and functionality of lymphocyte receptor chains and pairing of the same. Specifically, the methods provided herein are used to identify with confidence one or more lymphocyte receptor chain pairs in a sample, for example one or more functional chain pairs. |
| US10400279B2 |
Method for constructing a sequencing library based on a single-stranded DNA molecule and application thereof
A method for constructing a sequencing library based on a single-stranded DNA molecule is provided comprising: (1) forming a poly(C)n tail at a 3′-terminus of the single-stranded DNA molecule, to obtain a single-stranded DNA molecule with the poly(C)n tail with n representing a number of base C, and n being an integer ranging from 5 to 30; (2) obtaining a double-stranded DNA molecule by using an extension primer based on the single-stranded DNA molecule with the poly(C)n tail, with the extension primer comprising a H(G)m unit at a 3′-terminus thereof, H being base A, base T or base C, m being a number of base G, and m being an integer ranging from 5 to 15; and (3) ligating an adapter to one terminus of the double-stranded DNA molecule remote from the H(G)m unit, and amplifying the resulting ligation product to obtain an amplification product forming the sequencing library. |
| US10400277B2 |
DNA mutation detection employing enrichment of mutant polynucleotide sequences and minimally invasive sampling
The invention relates to a method for enriching a target polynucleotide sequence containing a genetic variation said method comprising: (a) providing two primers targeted to said target polynucleotide sequence; (b) providing a target specific xenonucleic acid clamp oligomer specific for a wildtype polynucleotide sequence; (c) generating multiple amplicons using PCR under specific temperature cycling conditions; and (d) detecting said amplicons. |
| US10400276B2 |
Multiplex amplification and detection
The invention relates to the field of multiplex amplification. In particular, the invention relates to methods for assaying a sample for one or more nucleic acid targets in a single reaction based on the distinct melting temperatures or melting profiles of primers and/or probes. The invention also provides probes and kits for use in such methods. |
| US10400274B2 |
Fluorogenic probes and their use in quantitative detection of target RNA sequences
Disclosed are compositions, reagents, methods, assays, and kits for quantitative and sensitive detection of target ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences, particularly target RNA sequences that contain RNA spliced sites, hairpin stem-loops or other topological configurations of RNA secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure, as well as linear RNA sequences. In some embodiments, fluorogenic modified-backbone oligonucleotide probes are employed for specific sequence hybridization across the target site, followed by chemical autoligation to produce a fluorescent molecule within the ligated probes. The autoligation detection reaction is performed isothermally or through thermocycling. |
| US10400271B1 |
Compositions and methods for genetic markers to identify risk of oral mucositis
The present invention provides methods and compositions involving genetic markers and their association with oral mucositis occurring in patients who are treated with cancer therapy and/or conditioning therapy for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. |
| US10400269B2 |
Simultaneous detection of oligonucleotides, a kit and a use related thereto
Provided herein is a method for detecting at least two distinct oligonucleotides of equal length in parallel from one biological sample, comprising the steps of providing a biological sample containing or suspected of containing oligonucleotides of interest; forming a hybridization mixture using at least two fluorescently labelled detection molecules with different surface charges; separating the detection molecules hybridized to the oligonucleotides by anion exchange HPLC; and detecting the hybridized detection molecule-oligonucleotide moieties by quantitative fluorescence readout. In a further aspect, a kit comprising at least two detection molecules is provided. In another aspect, provided herein is the use of at least two detection molecules with different surface charges for quantitatively detecting at least two distinct oligonucleotides of equal length in parallel from one biological sample. |
| US10400268B2 |
Methods and kits for the detection of DNA
The present invention is related to methods and kits for the detection of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), in particular pathogenic microbial DNA, which provide more simple and sensitive detection of DNA compared to similar methods and kits known in the art. The method comprises a) contacting the sample with a plurality of metal nanoparticles functionalized with one or more ribonucleic acid (RNA) probes; b) forming a heteroduplex between the target DNA and RNA probe on an RNA-functionalized metal nanoparticle; c) contacting the heteroduplex of target DNA and RNA probe on the RNA-functionalized metal nanoparticle with an enzyme that cleaves RNA in a DNA-RNA heteroduplex thereby releasing the target DNA; d) repeating steps (b) and (c) until all, or substantially all, of the RNA probes on the plurality of RNA-functionalized metal nanoparticles have been cleaved from the metal nanoparticles; and e) aggregating the metal nanoparticles from which all, or substantially all, of the RNA probes have been cleaved, thereby indicating the presence of the target DNA. |
| US10400266B2 |
Systems and methods for enhanced SCODA
Methods and apparatus for separating, concentrating and/or detecting molecules based on differences in binding affinity to a probe are provided. The molecules may be differentially modified. The molecules may be differentially methylated nucleic acids. The methods can be used in fields such as epigenetics or oncology to selectively concentrate or detect the presence of specific biomolecules or differentially modified biomolecules, to provide diagnostics for disorders such as fetal genetic disorders, to detect biomarkers in cancer, organ failure, disease states, infection or the like. |
| US10400265B2 |
Gel extraction device and methods to recover biomolecules from agar and agarose gels
The disclosure provides for a gel extraction device comprising multifunctional and reusable forceps, a removable cutting element, and a sampler component. The disclosure further provides for a freeze/thaw method which can be used to recover biomolecules from agar or agarose gels. |
| US10400259B2 |
Methods and compositions for degrading cellulosic material
The present invention relates to enzyme compositions comprising a polypeptide having cellobiohydrolase II activity, a polypeptide having xylanase activity, and one or more cellulolytic proteins and their use in the degradation or conversion of cellulosic material. |
| US10400251B2 |
Virus-resistant tobacco and method for creating same
A virus-resistant tobacco in accordance with the present invention is such that it includes a mutation in a translation initiation factor eIF(iso)4E gene, the mutation causing production of an eIF(iso)4E protein which is non-functional with respect to a virus or suppressing expression of the eIF(iso)4E gene, or a virus-resistant tobacco in accordance with the present invention is such that an expression level of the eIF(iso)4E gene is 20% or lower as compared to a wild type. |
| US10400230B2 |
Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| US10400224B2 |
Enantioselective modified esterase enzyme and method for the production thereof
This invention refers to the obtainment of a modified lipolytic enzyme that was isolated, expressed and purified from the heterologous expression. The gene sequence that codifies for the basal enzyme was obtained based on a thermo acidophilus organism of the acidobacteraceae family. This basal enzyme that comes from a thermo acidophilus organism, it is able to hydrolyze lipid substrates (triacylglycerols) united to middle chain fatty acids (C6-C10) such as tributyrine and tricapryln, among others. It also can carry out other inverse reactions to the hydrolysis such as synthesis reactions. On the other hand, this enzyme has enantioselective preference on (S) substrates of profens esters such as ibuprofen, naproxen and others. The enantioselective lipolytic basal enzyme was modified in its terminal C end to add an amino acid histidine tail that gives a higher efficiency in its purification process. The invention therefore refers to a method for making a pure, active polypeptide, which is called lipolytic enzyme 499EST obtained through the host E. coli BL 21 (DE3). |
| US10400222B2 |
Desaturase nucleic acids and polypeptides
The disclosure relates to delta (12) and delta (15) desaturases and their use in the modification of oil content in hemp. |
| US10400221B2 |
Mutated rep encoding sequences for use in AAV production
Nucleic acids encoding Parvoviral Rep proteins with a mutated nuclear localization signal (NLS) are provided. Also provided is a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a Parvoviral Rep protein with a mutated zinc finger domain and a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a Parvoviral Rep protein comprising an amino acid mutation at position 43, 57, 79, 97, 120, 179, 305, 484, 493 or 571 with reference to SEQ ID NO: 2. Nucleic acid constructs and cells, such as insect cells, comprising the nucleic acids are provided as well as a method for producing a recombinant Parvoviral virion using the nucleic acids. |
| US10400217B2 |
Immortalized cell
The present invention relates to an immortalized cell, an immortalized cell line comprising said immortalized cell, a cell culture comprising the immortalized cell or cell line, and a method for the production of an immortalized cell. |
| US10400214B2 |
Target populations of oligodendrocyte precursor cells and methods of making and using same
This application provides for enriched target populations oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) that can differentiate into oligodendrocytes. The target OPCs may be expanded and optionally subjected to conditions to induce their differentiation into oligodendrocytes. The target OPCs and their progeny are useful for the treatment of disease associated with demyelination of central nervous system axons. |
| US10400211B1 |
Cell composition for tissue regeneration
A method of extracting human progenitor cells from perivascular tissue of human umbilical cord. The extracted cells are then co-cultured with nonhematopoietic stem cells and are useful to grow and repair human tissues including bone. Also included are related methods and compositions related thereto. |
| US10400210B2 |
Synthetic attachment medium for cell culture
An aqueous cell culture medium composition includes an aqueous cell culture solution configured to support the culture of mammalian cells. The composition further includes a synthetic polymer conjugated to a polypeptide dissolved in the aqueous cell culture solution. The synthetic polymer conjugated to a polypeptide is configured to attach to the surface of a cell culture article under cell culture conditions. Incubation of the aqueous cell culture medium composition on a cell culture surface under cell culture conditions results is attachment to the surface of the synthetic polymer conjugated to the polypeptide. |
| US10400209B2 |
Method for artificial cultivation of ophiocordyceps sinensis fruiting bodies
A method for artificial cultivation of Ophiocordyceps sinensis fruiting bodies. The method comprises: inoculating Ophiocordyceps sinensis into a sterile rice medium, cultivating at 9-13° C. for 40-60 days, after the medium is covered with mycelia, performing low-temperature induction at 1-8° C. for 60-80 days to develop a fruiting body primordium, and transferring the cultivation to 11-16° C. till harvest of the fruiting bodies. The method requires no low-oxygen environment, which can reduce cultivation cost; it only needs 3-4 months from induction to harvest of fruiting bodies: the rice medium for use has a low cost, which is suitable for commercial cultivation of Ophiocordyceps sinensis fruiting bodies. |
| US10400203B2 |
Method for producing living tissue and organ
A method for producing a living tissue and organ includes: collecting medical image information of a target tissue and organ, and converting the medical image information into three-dimensional image information; performing machine recognition and multiple feature comparisons on the three-dimensional image information, and generating a primary three-dimensional model according to physiological structure data of tissues and organs in a tissue and organ database and a residual profile of the target tissue and organ; generating a complete three-dimensional model by producing an internal microstructure of the primary three-dimensional model with reference to the tissue and organ database; producing a full-scale physical model based on the complete three-dimensional model by an additive manufacturing process; and performing a living cell-based tissue reconstruction in the full-scale physical model to produce a living tissue and organ. |
| US10400198B2 |
Method of sanitizing a surface
A method of sanitizing a surface is described that includes: (a) providing a pH control composition that includes at least one pH control agent (such as sodium bisulfate); (b) contacting a first feed aqueous stream with the pH control composition, thereby forming a first treated aqueous stream; (c) combining at least a portion of the first treated aqueous stream with a feed sanitizing aqueous stream that includes free available halogen, thereby forming a treated sanitizing aqueous stream that includes free available halogen (such as free available chlorine). The surface sanitizing method further includes, (d) elevating the temperature of the treated sanitizing aqueous stream, thereby forming a heated treated sanitizing aqueous stream having an elevated temperature that includes free available halogen. The heated treated sanitizing aqueous stream is applied to a surface to be sanitized (such as a poultry carcass surface). |
| US10400196B2 |
Natural laundry detergent
A natural laundry detergent, including an emulsifier in an amount of from about 20% to about 40% by weight of the composition, a natural surfactant in an amount of from about 3.0% to about 23% by weight of the composition, water in an amount of less than about 60% by weight of the composition, a saponified oil in an amount of from about 0.50% to about 10.5% by weight of the composition, an organic chelating agent in an amount of from about 0.10% to about 2.5% by weight of the composition, one or more preservative in an amount of from about 0.10% to about 2.0% by weight of the composition, and a polymeric thickening component in an amount of from about 0.05% to about 1.0% by weight of the composition. |
| US10400195B2 |
Gel composition
A gel composition having high adhesion, high whitening resistance, and high high-temperature stability is provided.The gel composition includes a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether (A) represented by general formula (1) and water (B). R—O—(PO)m-(EO)n—H (1) In the formula (1), R is a linear alkyl group having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, PO represents an oxypropylene group, EO represents an oxyethylene group, m and n each represent an average number of moles added, m is a number of 1 to 20, and n is a number of 1 to 80. PO and EO are added in a configuration of block addition. |
| US10400194B2 |
Detergent composition including a saccharide or sugar alcohol
Solid detergent compositions according to the present invention include at least one alkali metal silicate, at least one polycarboxylic acid, at least one saccharide or sugar alcohol and water. Suitable saccharides include sucrose, fructose, inulin, maltose and lactulose, and may be present in the composition in a concentration of at least 0.5 wt %. Compositions according to certain embodiments form stable solid block detergent compositions that do not swell significantly even when subjected to elevated temperatures. |
| US10400190B2 |
Use of O/W emulsions for chain lubrication
The invention relates to the use of an O/W emulsion, in particular a PIT emulsion, for lubricating conveyor belt systems in food industries as well as a lubricant concentrate based on an O/W emulsion, in particular a PIT emulsion, of wax esters. |
| US10400187B2 |
Natural gas refining apparatus and system
A natural gas refining apparatus including a first separation membrane unit including a first separation membrane; and a second separation membrane unit provided in a subsequent stage of the first separation membrane unit. The second separation membrane unit includes a second separation membrane that allows an amine solution to circulate through the second separation membrane unit, and the natural gas refining apparatus refines raw natural gas containing CO2 by passing the raw natural gas through the first and second separation membrane units, separating CO2-rich gas with the first and second separation membranes, and absorbing CO2 with the amine solution circulating through the second separation membrane unit. |
| US10400185B2 |
Base stocks and lubricant compositions containing same
Systems and methods are provided for block operation during lubricant and/or fuels production from deasphalted oil. During “block” operation, a deasphalted oil and/or the hydroprocessed effluent from an initial processing stage can be split into a plurality of fractions. The fractions can correspond, for example, to feed fractions suitable for forming a light neutral fraction, a heavy neutral fraction, and a bright stock fraction, or the plurality of fractions can correspond to any other convenient split into separate fractions. The plurality of separate fractions can then be processed separately in the process train (or in the sweet portion of the process train) for forming fuels and/or lubricant base stocks. This can allow for formation of unexpected base stock compositions. |
| US10400183B2 |
Integrated process for activating hydroprocessing catalysts with in-situ produced sulfides and disulphides
The invention involves an integrated process in which a hydrocarbon feedstock is treated with a caustic (alkaline) extraction to remove sulfides, disulfides, and mercaptans. These extracted materials are further treated, and are then used to activate hydrotreating catalysts. |
| US10400182B2 |
Two stage upgrading of light olefins
The present disclosure relates generally processes and systems for converting a mixture of light hydrocarbons to liquid transportation fuels by first cracking the light hydrocarbons to an intermediate comprising olefins, which is converted by contacting with a catalyst comprising at least one zeolite in two separate conversion stages with an intervening recovery of liquid product. The first stage conversion favors oligomerization of larger olefins to form diesel range products that are collected prior to directing unconverted smaller olefins to be oligomerized in a second stage conversion conducted at a higher temperature and lower pressure. |
| US10400181B2 |
Crystalline bis-ammonia metal molybdate
A unique crystalline bis-ammonia metal molybdate material has been developed. The material may be used as a hydroprocessing catalyst. The hydroprocessing may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodearomatization, hydrodesilication, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking. |
| US10400179B2 |
Olefin oxidation process, reaction apparatus and system
This invention discloses an olefin oxidation process, including a step of under olefin oxidation conditions, successively passing a reaction feed from the No.1 catalyst bed through the No.n catalyst bed, wherein if the apparent velocity of each of the reaction materials passing from the No.1 catalyst bed through the No.n catalyst bed is respectively named as v1 to vn, and if m represents any integer in the region [2, n], the relationship vm-1 |
| US10400163B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A compound according to Formula I and devices incorporating the same are described. The compound according to Formula I can have the structure wherein R2 represents mono, di, tri, tetra, penta substitutions or no substitution; R3, R4 and R5 each represent mono, di, tri, tetra substitutions or no substitution; wherein R9 represents mono, di, tri substitutions or no substitution; wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; and R2, R3, R4 R5 and R9 are each independently selected from the group consisting of all options for R1, hydrogen, deuterium, halide, amino, silyl, and combinations thereof; and wherein n is 1 or 2. The device can include the compound according to Formula I in an organic layer. |
| US10400162B2 |
Phosphor containing particle, and light emitting device and phosphor containing sheet using the same
A phosphor containing particle includes a semiconductor nanoparticle phosphor and a matrix including a constitutional unit derived from an ionic liquid, the semiconductor nanoparticle phosphor being dispersed in the matrix. A light emitting device comprises a light source and a wavelength converter in which the phosphor containing particle of the present invention is dispersed in a translucent medium. A phosphor containing sheet in which the phosphor containing particle of the present invention is dispersed in a sheet-like translucent medium. |
| US10400155B2 |
Insulating annular fluid
A insulating annular fluid for reducing convective currents in the annular region a wellbore is provided that includes an oleaginous fluid, a silica, and, in some embodiments, organoclay. |
| US10400154B2 |
Settable, form-filling loss circulation control compositions comprising in situ foamed calcium aluminate cement systems and methods of using them
This document relates to settable, hydraulic, non-Portland foamed cement compositions comprising nitrogen gas-generating compositions used for loss circulation control. |
| US10400148B2 |
Systems and methods for active cloud point adjustment and refrigeration cycles
The present invention pertains to systems, methods, and compositions for liquid phase change, including for active cloud point, e.g., critical solution temperature, adjustment and heating or cooling, e.g., refrigeration, cycles. In some embodiments heat is absorbed, released or both due to phase changes in a liquid system. Advantageously, the phase changes may be controlled by controlling the ingredients or amounts of certain components of the liquid system. Advantages may include lower capital expenditures, lower operating expenses, or both for a diverse and wide range of heating and cooling applications. Such applications include, for example, cooling of data centers, cooled transportation of goods, refrigeration, heat pumps, extractions, ocean thermal energy conversion, and de-icing of roads to name just a few. |
| US10400145B2 |
Latent two-part polyurethane adhesives cured with infrared radiation
Two-component polyurethane adhesives include a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component. The polyol component includes a polyether polyol and an aliphatic diol chain extender, but is devoid of primary and second amine compounds. The polyisocyanate component includes one or more polyisocyanate compounds. The adhesive contains a mixture of a dialkyltinthioglycolate catalyst and an acid-blocked cyclic amidine catalyst. The tin catalyst is formulated into the polyol component, whereas the cyclic amidine catalyst can be formulated into either the polyol or the polyisocyanate components. |
| US10400142B2 |
Hot melt adhesive
One aspect of the present invention resides in a hot melt adhesive including a thermoplastic polymer and a tackifier, wherein the tackifier includes an acid-modified tackifier that is modified by at least one of maleic acid and maleic anhydride, and by at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid ester, and a methacrylic acid ester. |
| US10400140B2 |
Reactive 2-component adhesive film system
Reactive adhesive film, comprising (a) a polymeric film-forming matrix, (b) at least one reactive monomer or reactive resin, and (c) a reagent selected from the group consisting of a radical initiator and an activator, and a reactive 2-component adhesive film system for bonding various materials, such as metal, wood, glass and/or plastic. |
| US10400137B2 |
Water-repellant and oil-repellant coating composition and transparent film
The present invention aims to provide a water-repellant and oil-repellant coating composition which has good water-repellant and oil-repellant characteristics and further improves abrasion resistance, and a transparent film produced therefrom. The present invention is a water-repellant and oil-repellant coating composition comprising a first organic silicon compound (A) in which a fluorine-containing group having a perfluoroalkyl group or a perfluoropolyether group on the free end side thereof and a hydrolyzable group are bonded to a silicon atom thereof, and a second organic silicon compound (B) that is a hydrolyzable silane oligomer or a compound in which a carbon fluoride-containing group and a hydrolyzable group are bonded to a silicon atom thereof and that has a vapor pressure at 100° C. of 1 atm or less. |
| US10400136B2 |
Multiphase waterborne coatings and methods for fabricating the same
This invention provides multifunctional coatings containing multiple components that usually do not associate with one another, from deposition of waterborne precursor compositions. Some variations provide a multiphase waterborne composition comprising a first-material phase containing a first material and a second-material phase containing a second material that is chemically different than, but covalently bonded to, the first material, wherein the first material and/or the second material contains ionic species. The first-material phase and the second-material phase are microphase-separated on an average length scale of phase inhomogeneity from about 0.1 microns to about 100 microns. The first and second materials may be selected from hydrophobic materials, hydrophilic materials, hygroscopic materials, oleophobic materials, and/or oleophilic materials, for example. Due to the first-material phase and the second-material phase being microphase-separated, the multiphase waterborne composition possesses a simultaneous combination of properties, rather than a combined average. Precursors and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10400134B2 |
Structural barrier system
An environmental barrier composition and method for forming a structural barrier system to seal structural openings such as doors and windows is provided. The composition includes a liquid rosin that is silyl-terminated polyether, a filler material, and a curing catalyst. The method includes applying the composition to a prepared through-hole in combination with flashing material at least along a bottom surface of the through-hole and installation of a window or door into the prepared through-hole to form a barrier system in which a continuous film can be easily inspected, is waterproof, meet air barrier requirements of ASTM E2178, has elastomeric properties, allows substrate expansion, contraction, and movement, does not shrink or lose volume as it cures, and cures rapidly with sufficient adhesion to transition flashing to incorporate into a designed drainage plane and allow integration of a continuous air barrier system where the barrier is at least semi-vapor-permeable. |
| US10400132B2 |
High solids content dendrimer polymer composition
The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising: (i) one or more dendritic polymers; and (ii) a reactive diluent that is capable of being chemically coupled to the functional groups of the dendritic polymers, wherein when the dendritic polymer is coupled to the reactive diluent in the presence of a cross-linker, a polymerized solid is formed at high concentrations in a liquid medium. The present invention further relates to methods of preparing the polymer composition and its use in forming coatings. |
| US10400131B2 |
Polyelectrolyte complexes
The present invention relates to aqueous compositions of associative polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), optionally containing surfactants, biocidal agents and/or oxidants, which can provide surface protection to treated articles including reduced soiling tendency, reduced cleaning effort and improved soil repellancy, as well as providing bacteriostatic properties to treated surfaces that thereby gain resistance to water, environmental exposure and microbial challenge. Treatment means and compositions are provided that employ associative polyelectrolyte complexes formed by combining a water soluble cationic first polyelectrolyte with a water soluble second polyelectrolyte bearing groups of opposite charge to the first polyelectrolyte under suitable mixing conditions where the one polyelectrolyte present in molar excess is added in the form of a first aqueous solution during a mixing step to a second aqueous solution comprising the oppositely charged polyelectrolyte present in molar deficiency. Also provided are means to form stable associative polyelectrolyte complexes in aqueous solutions having R values from about 0.10 to 20, including near stoichiometric R values approaching 1, being the ratio of charged groups present on the component polyelectrolytes employed. |
| US10400130B2 |
Anti-fogging coated transparent article
Provided is an anti-fogging coated transparent article including an anti-fog film, the anti-fog film being a single-layer film containing a water-absorbent resin, a hydrophobic group, and a metal oxide component. The hydrophobic group is a chain or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably a linear alkyl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, in which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a fluorine atom. The hydrophobic group is bonded directly to a metal atom of the metal oxide component. The anti-fog film contains, for example, the metal oxide component in an amount of 0.01 to 60 parts by mass and the hydrophobic group in an amount of 0.05 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the water-absorbent resin. The water-absorbent resin is, for example, polyvinyl acetal. |
| US10400127B2 |
Methods of preparing porous wood products for painting and finishing
Methods of preparing porous wood products for painting or finishing are described. The methods comprise applying to a porous wood product a UV-curable coating and curing by UV light the top UV curable coating to 70% to 95% cure, preferably 85% to 95% for spray-applied top UV curable coatings to produce a partially cured porous wood product. The methods typically further include the step of sanding the surface of the partially cured porous wood product and painting or staining, for example with a water-based or solvent-based stain or paint. |
| US10400125B2 |
Ink composition for plasma treatment detection, and plasma treatment detection indicator
Provided is a plasma treatment detection indicator that enables the completion of plasma treatment to be confirmed from the color change of a color-changing layer by controlling the color change rate, regardless of whether the type of plasma is reduced-pressure plasma or atmospheric-pressure plasma, and regardless of the degree of plasma intensity; also provided is an ink composition for detecting plasma treatment for forming the color-changing layer.The ink composition for detecting plasma treatment comprises an organic dye and at least one member selected from the group consisting of a photopolymerization initiator, silica, and hydrophobic alumina. |
| US10400123B2 |
Ink composition
An ink composition includes a colorant, a co-solvent, a surfactant system, and water. The surfactant system consists of an acid, lithium, and a non-ionic surfactant. The acid is selected from the group consisting of oleic acid, linoleic acid, undecanoic acid, dodecanoic acid, tridecanoic acid, and combinations thereof. The non-ionic surfactant includes a hydrophilic head group to interact with the lithium and a hydrophobic tail to not sterically hinder formation of an anti-evaporative layer to be formed by the surfactant system. The non-ionic surfactant also excludes any ethyleneoxy groups. |
| US10400115B2 |
Aqueous liquid composition, aqueous coating, functional coating film, and composite material
An aqueous liquid composition contains a water-based medium containing water, a polymer having at least one type of groups selected from hydroxyl groups and amino groups, and phosphonobutanetricarboxylic acid. The aqueous liquid composition contains low-cost materials having low environmental load, can retain adequate viscosity even when stored over a long term, and can form a functional coating film having excellent adhesiveness to a base material and superb durability, solvent resistance and waterproofness and capable of exhibiting various functions led by electrical conductivity and hydrophilicity. |
| US10400114B2 |
Ionic strength triggered disintegration of films and particulates
A composition comprising an ethylene (meth)acrylic acid copolymer and an anti-fouling agent is provided. The composition selectively disintegrates in media of different ionic strengths. Also provided is a method of preventing fouling using the composition. |
| US10400112B2 |
Powder coating compositions with a polymeric aromatic product of an aromatic isocyanate manufacturing process
Disclosed are powder coating compositions that include a polymeric aromatic product of an aromatic isocyanate manufacturing process. |
| US10400103B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition, molded product, and method of producing molded product
The thermoplastic resin composition contains (A) a polyamide, (B) a polyphenylene ether, and (C) a compatibilizer. When the thermoplastic resin composition is molded into a specimen, a continuous phase containing the polyamide (A) and a dispersed phase containing the polyphenylene ether (B) are formed in the specimen, and E-20 represents a mean ellipticity of the dispersed phase in region I extending from a surface of the hinge portion to a depth of 20 μm in the thickness direction, and E-mid represents a mean ellipticity of the dispersed phase in region II extending from a distance, measured along the thickness direction from the surface, equal to 48% of the thickness to a distance, measured along the thickness direction from the surface, equal to 52% of the thickness, the following formula (1) is satisfied: 4.0≤(E-20)/(E-mid) (1). |
| US10400100B2 |
Biodegradable polyester composition
A biodegradable polyester composition based on a total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, including a weight content of tetrahydrofuran, which is 3 ppm-200 ppm; and based on the total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, a weight content of cyclopentanone is 0.5 ppm-85 ppm is provided. The tetrahydrofuran and cyclopentanone is added into the composition and controlling the content of tetrahydrofuran and the content of cyclopentanone in a certain range in the composition to realize printing performance. Moreover, when a velocity of film blowing is 176 Kg/h, a range of a film thickness is less than 0.2 μm and a relative deviation of the film thickness is less than 1%. |
| US10400096B2 |
Modified heterophasic polyolefin composition
A method of creating a modified heterophasic polyolefin composition is provided, whereby a polyolefin composition having at least two phases is melt mixed with a free radical generator, such as a peroxide, and a compatibilizing agent characterized by at least one nitroxide radical and at least one unsaturated bond capable of undergoing a radical addition reaction. Modified heterophasic polyolefin compositions with increased melt flow rates, impact strength, and clarity, which incorporate the compatibilizing agent, are also included within the scope of the invention. |
| US10400094B2 |
Rubber composition for tires
A rubber composition includes a total of 45 to 65 parts by mass of an aromatic modified terpene resin having a softening point of 100° C. or higher and an oil per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component formed from 20 to 40 mass % of a butadiene rubber and from 60 to 80 mass % of another diene rubber containing an emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber E-SBR1 having a bonded styrene content of 30 mass % or less and an emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber E-SBR2 having a bonded styrene content of 35 mass % or greater; an amount of the E-SBR1 being from 85 to 92 mass % per 100 mass % of the emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber; and a ratio (WB/WT) of the compounded amount of the butadiene rubber (WB) to the compounded amount of the aromatic modified terpene resin (WT) being from 0.5 to 3.0. |
| US10400092B2 |
Cellulose platelet compositions, methods of preparing cellulose platelet compositions and products comprising same
A composition and method of preparing a composition is presented wherein the composition comprises cellulose platelets and the cellulose platelets comprise at least 60% cellulose by dry weight, less than 10% pectin by dry weight and at least 5% hemicellulose by dry weight. The composition can be concentrated to at least 25% by weight solids content by pressing under low pressure, whilst retaining the ability to be re suspended within an aqueous medium. The resulting aqueous medium obtains the desired properties of the composition, such as increased viscosity or increased dispersion of pigment particles, for example, to the same extent as the composition before pressing. |
| US10400091B2 |
Thermoplastic composite, method for preparing thermoplastic composite, and injection-molded product
Provided is a thermoplastic composite, a method for preparing a thermoplastic composite, and an injection-molded product. The thermoplastic composite comprises 35-75% by weight of a thermoplastic resin, 5-45% by weight of a non-cellulosic organic fiber, and 5-20%) by weight of hollow glass microspheres, based on 100% by weight of the total weight of the thermoplastic composite. |
| US10400090B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition and resin molded article
Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition a resin molded article of which has excellent mechanical strength. The thermoplastic resin composition comprising: a thermoplastic resin; relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin, 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of an additive having a Mohs hardness of 5.5 or larger; and 10 to 200 parts by weight of glass fiber, wherein the glass fiber comprises SiO2 and Al2O3 in a proportion of 60 to 70% by weight of SiO2 and 20 to 30% by weight of Al2O3. |
| US10400087B2 |
Hydroxybenzophenone-based stabilizers and polymers end-capped with the same
The invention relates to hydroxybenzophenone-based compounds of formula (I) that are used to improve UV, thermal, and thereto-oxidative stability of high performance aromatic polymers in a blend or as end-cappers of the same polymers. |
| US10400086B2 |
Thermal expandability adjuster, use as thermal expandability adjuster, thermoset resin composition, insulating material, sealing material and conductive paste each containing thermoset resin composition, cured products, prepreg and member obtained by curing thermoset resin composition of prepreg, method of adjusting thermal expansion rate, and member manufactured using method of adjusting
A thermal expandability adjuster is provided which contains a glycoluril derivative compound represented by formula (1) below. The thermal expandability adjuster can reduce the linear thermal expansion coefficient of a cured product of a thermoset resin composition used for an insulating resin layer or the like and is effective for suppressing deformation of a circuit substrate due to heating. Compounding the above thermal expandability adjuster can reduce the linear thermal expansion coefficient of a cured product obtained by curing a thermoset resin composition and it is therefore possible to provide a member that exhibits small deformation due to heat. |
| US10400081B2 |
Foamed polyurethane polymers for the regeneration of connective tissue
The present invention relates to a method of synthesis and the use of foamed, cross-linked polyurethane polymers, as a three-dimensional support called a “scaffold” for cell cultures in vitro and for in vivo implantation for the regeneration of connective tissues such as adipose tissue, osteochondral tissue and bone tissue. In particular, the invention relates to a method of preparing polymers or foamed polyurethane co polymers, having improved hydrophilia, which involves the use of two types of catalyst, one for the cross-linking reaction and one for the foaming reaction and the use of at least one polar aprotic high-boiling solvent. Said method comprises the following steps in sequence: a) providing a solution of a polyol or a mixture of polyols in a solvent or mixture of solvents; b) heating the solution in step a) to a temperature higher than the softening temperature of the polymer precursors; c) optionally adding an organic or inorganic filler material; d) adding to the mixture in step c) an aliphatic poly-isocyanate or a mixture of poly-aliphatic isocyanates; e) adding to the mixture in step (d)) a porogenic additive; f) adding to the mixture in step e) simultaneously a cross-linking catalyst of polyols with poly-isocyanates and a foaming catalyst to form a foamed polyurethane polymer or co-polymer; g) isolating the foamed polyurethane polymer or co-polymer produced in step f). |
| US10400079B2 |
Fluorinated resin composition and laminate
To provide a fluorinated resin composition which is capable of forming a resin film excellent in moist heat resistance and solar reflectance. The fluorinated resin composition comprises composite particles, a fluorinated polymer and a liquid medium, wherein the composite particles are a composite having a part or whole of the surface of aluminum particles coated with at least one member selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin and silica; the total coating amount of the acrylic resin and silica is from 6 to 25 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the aluminum particles; and the water surface diffusion area is from 14,000 to 27,000 cm2/g. |
| US10400078B2 |
Surface treatment liquid
A surface treatment liquid capable of making a surface of a treatment target hydrophilic or hydrophobic without including a resin having a coating film formation property, and a surface treatment method using the surface treatment liquid. The surface treatment liquid includes a resin, a solvent and a strong acid having a pKa of 1 or less. The resin includes a functional group I that is at least one of a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, and a carboxyl group, and a functional group II that is a hydrophilic group or a hydrophobic group other than the functional group I. |
| US10400072B2 |
Composite particles for curing epoxy resin compositions and curable and cured epoxy resin compositions prepared using the particles
Composite particles are provided that can be used to cure epoxy resins. More particularly, the composite particles have a porous polymeric core particle, a curing agent and/or a curing catalyst for an epoxy resin positioned within the porous polymeric core particle, and a fluoropolymer-containing coating layer around the porous polymeric core particle. Additionally, curable compositions are provided that are mixtures containing an epoxy resin and the composite particles. The epoxy resin typically does not react until the curable composition is heated causing the release of the curing agent and/or curing catalyst from the composite particle. Further, cured compositions formed from the curable composition are provided. |
| US10400067B2 |
Polymeric photoactive agent compositions
The present disclosure is drawn to polymeric photoactive agent compositions. The polymeric photoactive agent composition can include a polymeric photoactive agent including a xanthone analog modified with a polyether chain connecting to the xanthone analog through an ether linkage. The polymeric photoactive agent can be present in a reaction product mixture with either i) a xanthone analog modified with a hydroxyl group, or ii) a carbonate base. |
| US10400059B2 |
Hydrocarbon-based polymers bearing two alkoxysilane end groups
Hydrocarbon-based polymer of formula (1) bearing alkoxysilane end groups: in which: is a double or single bond; each of R2, R3, R4 and R5 is H, a halo, an alkoxycarbonyl or an alkyl, m and p are each from 0 to 5, each of R and R′ is an alkyl, Z is an alkylene, optionally interrupted with COO, q is 0 or 1, r is 0, 1 or 2, and n is an integer such that the number-average molar mass Mn of the polymer is from 400 to 50 000 g/mol, and its polydispersity index (PDI) is from 1.0 to 2.0. Preparation by ring-opening metathesis polymerization for 2 hours to 24 hours. Adhesive composition comprising polymer (1) and crosslinking catalyst. Bonding by assembly of two substrates using this adhesive composition. |
| US10400053B2 |
Carbon particles coated with polymer films, methods for their production and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising plasma coated fullerenic soot particles, methods for the preparation thereof, and its use in polymer blends. |
| US10400049B2 |
Methods for operating a polymerization reactor
Methods for olefin polymerization are described. The methods include a) forming a first polyolefin under a first set of polymerization conditions in the presence of a first catalyst composition and a first concentration of at least a first continuity additive composition, the first polyolefin composition having a target density, 1, and a target Flow Index, FI1; and b) forming a second polyolefin composition under a second set of polymerization conditions in the presence of a second catalyst composition and a second concentration of a second continuity additive composition, the second polyolefin composition having a target density, 2, and a target Flow Index, FI2; wherein the process is essentially free of providing a polymerization neutralizing composition between steps a) and b). |
| US10400047B2 |
Olefin polymerization catalyst and method for producing olefin oligomer
An olefin polymerization catalyst containing a complex of a ligand being a diimine compound represented by the formula (1) and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group 8 elements, Group 9 elements and Group 10 elements: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are respectively a group represented by the formula (2): wherein R1 and R5 are respectively a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, the total number of carbon atoms of R1 and R5 is 1 or more and 5 or less, and R2, R3 and R4 are respectively a hydrogen atom or an electron-donating group. |
| US10400046B2 |
Portable powered paint system
A portable electric powered or pneumatic powered paint system designed to worn in a typical workman's tool belt and thus accompany the painter as he moves from wall to wall and room to room without the restriction of electrical cords plugged into wall outlets or air hoses connected to an air compressor. The electrically powered embodiment of the invention consists of a paint reservoir, an electric paint pump, a power pack of two or more 18 Volt batteries, a paint applicator and associated paint supply tubing for transfer of paint from the reservoir to the paint applicator. The pneumatic embodiment of the invention replaces the electric paint pump and battery power pack with a pressurized air bottle and pressure regulator. Both embodiments of the invention provide the painter with a self-contained powered painting system. |
| US10400044B2 |
Anti-TLR4 antibodies and uses thereof
Disclosed are antibodies that specifically bind Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR-4), and to methods of using the anti-TLR4 antibodies as therapeutics and diagnostic agents. |
| US10400043B2 |
Treatment of diffuse large-cell lymphoma with anti-CD20 antibody
The present invention concerns methods for the treatment of diffuse large cell lymphoma by administration of an anti-CD20 antibody and chemotherapy. Particular embodiments include the administration of anti-CD20 antibody in combination with chemotherapy comprising CHOP (cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin/doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone/prednisolone) and/or in combination with a transplantation regimen. |
| US10400038B2 |
Modified J-chain
The present invention concerns modified recombinant J-chain polypeptides, binding molecules, such as antibodies comprising the same, and their uses. |
| US10400037B2 |
Binding molecules, especially antibodies, binding to L1CAM (CD171)
The present disclosure relates to a binding molecule binding to L1, which is capable of binding to the same L1 epitope recognized by the monoclonal antibody L1-OV52.24, and/or which competes with the monoclonal antibody L1-OV52.24 for binding to L1, wherein the variable part of the light chain of L1-OV52.24 comprises the sequence according to SEQ ID No: 1 or wherein the light chain is encoded by SEQ ID No: 3, and wherein the variable part of the heavy chain of L1-OV52.24 comprises the sequence according to SEQ ID No: 2 or wherein the heavy chain is encoded by SEQ ID No: 4, nucleic acids encoding the binding molecules, uses thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the binding molecules. |
| US10400035B2 |
Methods of protecting a solid organ transplant tissue with angiopoietin-2 antibodies
The disclosure is directed to methods and uses of antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof against Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2). Specifically, the disclosure is direct to the use of anti-Ang2 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof for treating ischemia. The methods disclosed are useful for reducing microvascular permeability, increasing microvascular perfusion, reducing inflammation in a tissue, and treating or ameliorating diseases associated with ischemia and/or reperfusion injury. The disclosed methods are also useful for protecting solid organ transplant tissue and treating or preventing chronic tissue transplant rejection. |
| US10400034B2 |
Antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that specifically bind to microtubule-associated protein tau
The disclosure relates to antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that specifically bind to microtubule-associated protein tau. The disclosure also relates to diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic methods using anti-tau antibodies. |
| US10400033B2 |
Agrochemical compositions comprising antibodies binding to sphingolipids
This disclosure relates to agrochemical and biological control compositions for combating pests, more specifically plant pests, comprising at least one polypeptide, which specifically binds to a pest. The disclosure further provides methods for protecting or treating a plant or a part of a plant from an infection or other biological interaction with a plant pathogen, at least comprising the step of applying directly or indirectly to a plant or to a part of a plant, an agrochemical composition, under conditions effective to protect or treat a plant or a part of a plant against a infection or biological interaction with a plant pathogen. Further provided are methods for producing such agrochemical compositions and formulations, to polypeptides with a specific pesticidal activity comprised within an agrochemical formulation, to nucleic acids encoding such polypeptide and to plants comprising chimeric genes comprising such nucleic acids. |
| US10400030B2 |
Methods for producing optimised therapeutic molecules
The invention relates to a method of designing an immunoglobulin library for optimization of a biological property of a first lead immunoglobulin and libraries of optimized immunoglobulins produced by such methods. |
| US10400027B2 |
Protein and use thereof in treating multiple sclerosis
Provided are extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) and fusion protein Fc-ECM1 of the ECM1 and the Fc sequence, and also provided are cloning construction and expression of the protein, and use of the protein in preparing a pharmaceutical composition for treating multiple sclerosis. |
| US10400025B2 |
VEGF antagonist formulations suitable for intravitreal administration
Ophthalmic formulations of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-specific fusion protein antagonist are provided suitable for intravitreal administration to the eye. The ophthalmic formulations include a stable liquid formulation and a lyophilizable formulation. Preferably, the protein antagonist has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4. |
| US10400022B2 |
Neuropilin-1 specific binding peptide, fusion protein fused with same, and use thereof
A peptide that binds specifically to neuropilin-1 (NRP1) without binding to neuropilin-2 (NRP2) is provided. A fusion protein, a fusion antibody, small-molecule drug, a nanoparticle, or a liposome, which comprises the peptide, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing cancer or angiogenesis-related diseases, and a composition for diagnosing cancer or angiogenesis-related diseases are provided. A polynucleotide encoding the peptide that binds specifically to NRP1 and a method for screening the peptide that binds specifically to NRP1 are provided. An antibody heavy-chain constant region Fc-fused peptide binding specifically to NRP1 has the property of binding specifically to NRP1, and thus when it is administered in vivo, it accumulates selectively in tumor tissue, and widens the intercellular space between tumor-associated endothelial cells to promote its extravasation and increases its tumor tissue penetration. |
| US10400020B2 |
Long-acting conjugate of triple glucagon/GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist
The present invention relates to a long-acting conjugate of a triple agonist having activities to all of glucagon, GLP-1, and GIP receptors and uses thereof. |
| US10400019B2 |
Keratin nanomaterials and methods of production
The present disclosure relates to keratin nanomaterials, methods for obtaining keratin nanomaterials, and biomaterials made from keratin nanomaterials. In particular, keratin nanomaterials comprising Type I and Type II monomer pairs are disclosed as well as a method for obtaining keratin nanomaterials comprising obtaining a solution of keratin and processing the solution by ultrafiltration with buffer solution containing phosphate. |
| US10400017B2 |
Methods and compositions for delivering interleukin-1 receptor antagonist
Methods and compositions generating and using an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra)-rich solution. Methods for generating and isolating interleukin-1 receptor antagonist include incubating a liquid volume of white blood cells and platelets with polyacrylamide beads to produce interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. The interleukin-1 receptor antagonist is isolated from the polyacrylamide beads to obtain the solution rich in interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. Methods for treating a site of inflammation in a patient include administering to the site of inflammation the solution rich in interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. |
| US10400014B2 |
Mutant CsgG pores
The invention relates to mutant forms of the outer membrane-located lipoprotein CsgG, in particular, modifications at one or more of positions Tyr51; Asn55; and Phe56. The invention also relates to analyte detection and characterisation using said mutant CsgG. |
| US10400012B2 |
Methods for treating cancer
Peptides having a human minute binding protein-2 (HDM-2) targeting sequence are capable of targeting the human minute binding protein-2. Peptides having an HDM-2 targeting sequence may be used to treat cancer. |
| US10400011B2 |
Peptides, combination of peptides, and cell based medicaments for use in immunotherapy against urinary bladder cancer and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10400009B2 |
β-sheet breaker peptide used for preventing and/or treating alzheimer's disease
Provided in the present invention are a β-sheet breaker peptide used for preventing and/or treating Alzheimer's disease, and the use thereof for preventing and/or treating Alzheimer's disease. The amino acid sequence of the β-sheet breaker peptide is His-Lys-Gln-Leu-Pro-Phe-Tyr-Glu-Glu-Asp (SEQ ID NO:1). The polypeptide can specially bind to a β-amyloid protein monomer (Aβ1-42), and prevent the formation of β-sheet, thereby inhibiting Aβ peptide aggregation, reducing the formation of Aβ soluble oligomer, Aβ fiber and senile plaques in the brain, and accelerating the degradation and removal of Aβ peptide. |
| US10400008B2 |
Modulators of the SRC-kinase activity for preventing or treating metastatic cancer
The invention provides a molecule that modulates an activity of a Src family kinase for use in preventing or treating a metastatic cancer a subject. Preferably, the molecule comprises or consists of the structure: Bj-[(Pro)n-Xr-His-Pro-His-Ala-Arg-Ile-Lys]m-Rp, or Bj-[lys-ile-arg-ala-his-pro-his-xr-(pro)n]m-Rp, or a derivative or fragment thereof, wherein B is a first chemical moiety, j is 0 or 1, n is an integer from 1-10, X is any amino acid, r is an integer from 0 to 2, m is an integer from 1 to 3, R is a second chemical moiety, p is 0 or 1, and [lys-ile-arg-ala-his-pro-his-xr-(pro)n] is the retro-inverso peptide of [(Pro)n-Xr-His-Pro-His-Ala-Arg-Ile-Lys]. |
| US10400006B2 |
Estrogen receptor modulators
Described herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for treating or preventing hyperproliferative disorders, including cancer. |
| US10400001B2 |
Heteroleptic iridium complex, and light-emitting material and organic light-emitting element using compound
A novel iridium complex which can be applied in an organic electroluminescent light emitting device, an organic electrochemical light emitting device, or the like, and which is thermally stable and has excellent sublimabilities. An iridium complex characterized by being represented by General Formula (1) (in General Formula (1), R1 to R11 and R13, R14, and R18 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryl group with 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, or a cyano group; R12, R15 to R17 and R19 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, or a cyano group; the alkyl group may be substituted with an aryl group, a halogen atom, or a cyano group; the aryl group may be substituted with an alkyl group, a halogen atom, or a cyano group; adjacent R12 to R19 may bind to each other to form a condensed ring; and m is an integer of 1 or 2, n is an integer of 1 or 2, and m+n is 3). |
| US10400000B2 |
Amide-linked EP4 agonist-bisphosphonate compounds and uses thereof
The present invention relates to conjugate compounds and methods of making and using same. |
| US10399999B2 |
Polymer complex and production process therefor
Provided is an organic ligand capable of providing a complex that has a three-dimensional network structure due to rare-earth element ions. Also provided is a coordination polymer which includes this organic ligand, has a new function, and contains rare-earth element ions. Additionally, a process for producing the coordination polymer and a use of the coordination polymer are provided. In particular, provided is a coordination polymer having repeating units of formula (10): wherein each of the variable groups is as defined in the specification. |
| US10399998B2 |
Mixtures of cyclic branched siloxanes of the D/T type and conversion products thereof
Mixtures of cyclic branched siloxanes having exclusively D and T units, with the proviso that the cumulative proportion of the D and T units having Si-alkoxy and/or SiOH groups that are present in the siloxane matrix, determinable by 29Si NMR spectroscopy, is greater than 2 and less than 10 mole percent, are described, as are branched organomodified siloxanes obtainable therefrom. |
| US10399995B2 |
1,4-Oxazines useful as selective BACE1 inhibitors
The present invention provides a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, useful as a BACE1 inhibitor. |
| US10399991B2 |
Kv1.3 inhibitors and their medical applications
The present invention relates to a compound of the general formula (III) or a salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, as well as medical uses involving them, wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, Y, R2 and R7 are as defined herein,and methods for producing such compounds. |
| US10399990B2 |
Pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives as BTK inhibitors for the treatment of cancer
This invention relates to novel compounds. The compounds of the invention are tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Specifically, the compounds of the invention are useful as inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). The invention also contemplates the use of the compounds for treating conditions treatable by the inhibition of Bruton's tyrosine kinase, for example cancer, lymphoma, leukemia and immunological diseases. |
| US10399978B2 |
Imidazopyridine thioglycolic acid derivatives as potent inhibitors of human urate transporter 1
It relates to the imidazopyridine thioglycolic acid derivatives, the preparation, and use thereof. The invention contained imidazopyridine thioglycolic acid derivatives with the formula I or II or III. Also described here are preparation of imidazopyridine thioglycolic acid derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as therapy and prevention for gout. |
| US10399977B2 |
Process for preparing (4S)- 4-(4-cyano-2-methoxyphenyl)-5-ethoxy-2,8-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridine-3-carboxamide and purification thereof for use as a pharmaceutical active ingredient
The present invention relates to a novel and improved process for preparing (4S)-4-(4-cyano-2-methoxyphenyl)-5-ethoxy-2,8-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridine-3-carboxamide of the formula (I) and also the preparation and use of the crystalline polymorph I of (4S)-4-(4-cyano-2-methoxyphenyl)-5-ethoxy-2,8-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridine-3-carboxamide of the formula (I). |
| US10399976B2 |
Dihydropyrrolopyridine inhibitors of ROR-gamma
Provided are novel compounds of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders mediated by ROR. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds of Formula (I) and methods for their use in treating one or more inflammatory, metabolic, autoimmune and other diseases or disorders. |
| US10399975B2 |
Synthesis of a compound that modulates kinases
The present disclosure provides processes for the preparation of a compound of formula I: or a salt thereof, active on the receptor protein kinases c-Kit and/or c-Fms and/or Flt3. The disclosure also provides compounds and processes for the preparation of the compounds that are synthetic intermediates to the compound of formula I. |
| US10399974B2 |
N2-phenyl-pyrido[3,4-D]pyrimidine-2, 8-diamine derivatives and their use as Mps1 inhibitors
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are all as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are known to inhibit the spindle checkpoint function of Monospindle 1 (Mps1—also known as TTK) kinases either directly or indirectly via interaction with the Mps1 kinase itself. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative diseases, such as cancer. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. |
| US10399972B2 |
Tricyclic compounds as inhibitors of mutant IDH enzymes
The present invention is directed to tricyclic compounds of formula (I), (Ia) or (Ib) which are inhibitors of one or more mutant IDH enzymes. The present invention is also directed to uses of these tricyclic compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of cancers in which one or more mutant IDH enzymes are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such cancers. |
| US10399968B2 |
Hydroxyalkyl thiadiazole derivatives
Problem to be SolvedThere is a need for a new antibiotic having a novel mechanism of action which exhibit strong antibacterial activity not only against sensitive bacteria but also against resistant bacteria thereof, and at the same time possesses excellent solubility an a safety profile amenable to human use.Solution to the ProblemAs a result of intensive research, the present inventors have found that a compound represented by general formula (I), a stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof inhibits DNA gyrase GyrB subunit and/or topoisomerase IV ParE subunit possesses excellent solubility and a safety profile for use in humans for the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. |
| US10399965B2 |
2-acetyl-6-(2-(2-(4-bromobenzylidene)hydrazinyl)thiazole-4-yl)-3,7,9-trihydroxy-8,9b-dimethyldibenzo[,b,d]furan-1(9bh)-one exhibiting an inhibitory effect on human tyrosyl-DNA-phosphodiesterase 1 enzyme
The present invention relates to the field of molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology, namely, to compound 2-acetyl-6-(2-(2-(4-bromobenzylidene)hydrazinyl) thiazole-4-yl)-3,7,9-trihydroxy-8,9b-dimethyldibenzo[b,d]furan-1(9bh)-one, which is a hydrazine-thiazole derivative of usnic acid of formula I and which is able to inhibit the action of human tyrosyl-DNA-phosphodiesterase 1 enzyme. Technical result: increase in inhibitory action towards human tyrosyl-DNA-phosphodiesterase 1 enzyme (Tdp1) and increase in the number of inhibitors of this enzyme. 1 independent claim, 2 figures, 3 examples. |
| US10399964B2 |
Coumarin-linked taxanes for detection and circumvention of cellular efflux
A compound can be a fluorescent taxane derivative having a structure of Formula 1, salt, stereoisomer, tautomer, polymorph, or solvate thereof. Formula 1 can be defined as: L, L-NH, or L-NH—C═O is a linker; and R is a substituent, where —OH, —O−, —NH2, and NH—CH3 are examples. Examples of linkers can include glycine, beta-alanine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Pharmaceutical compositions can include the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and may be configured for intravenous injection. The fluorescent taxane derivative can be used to treat cancer and non-cancer diseases. The fluorescent taxane derivative can be used to monitor cellular efflux and determine whether a cell will efflux paclitaxel. |
| US10399956B2 |
Method for manufacturing lactide
A method for producing lactide including the steps of: providing a solution of lactic acid in a volatile organic solvent, subjecting the solution to an evaporation step to remove volatile organic solvent and water, resulting in the formation of a composition including lactic acid oligomer, adding catalyst to the composition including lactic acid oligomer, and bringing the mixture to reaction conditions, to form lactide. It has been found that the process results in the efficient production of lactide with a high production rate and a good product quality. |
| US10399948B2 |
Negative allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor 3
Described are negative allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 (mGlu3), pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating depression, cognitive disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, or cancer in a subject. |
| US10399946B2 |
Solid forms of an S-Nitrosoglutathione reductase inhibitor
The present invention provides solid forms and compositions thereof, which are useful as an inhibitor of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase and which exhibit desirable characteristics for the same. |
| US10399942B2 |
Process and novel polymorphic form of Apremilast
The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of Apremilast using novel intermediates. The present invention also relates to the novel crystalline polymorphic form of Apremilast. |
| US10399941B2 |
Conjugates of cell binding molecules with cytotoxic agents
A conjugate of a potent cytotoxic agent with a cell-surface receptor binding molecule having a Formula (I), wherein T, L, m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, and R13 are defined herein, can be used for targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease, and infectious disease. |
| US10399935B2 |
Method for producing 3-mercaptopropionic acid, and methods using same for producing carboxylic acid ester compound having mercapto group and thiourethane-based optical material
A method for producing 3-mercaptopropionic acid and methods using same for producing a carbonic acid ester compound having a mercapto group and a thiourethane-based optical material. The present invention improves a process during the production of 3-mercaptopropionic acid, significantly increases yield, and reduces the temperature and time during vacuum distillation, thereby preventing the destruction of a product and significantly increasing productivity. The present invention allows high-purity 3-mercaptopropionic acid having an excellent color to be finally yielded; accordingly, by using same, a high-purity carbonic acid ester compound having an excellent color and a mercapto group can be inexpensively obtained. A thiourethane-based polymeric composition and a thiourethane-based optical material obtained by polymerizing same can likewise be inexpensively obtained by using said carbonic acid ester compound. Such carbonic acid ester compound can be used for the production of inexpensive thiourethane optical lenses; consequently, inexpensive optical lenses having an excellent color can be obtained. |
| US10399931B2 |
Octahydroanthracene compound, preparation method and application thereof
An octahydroanthracene compound having the structure shown in formula (I) and (II), preparation method and application thereof are disclosed. The octahydroanthracene compound has a good therapeutic effect on tumors and neurodegenerative diseases. The preparation of the octahydroanthracene compound is mainly carried out by using benzene as a starting material, and being subjected to Friedel-Crafts reaction, nitration, reduction, (sulfo-) amide formation, reduction, urea formation or amide formation, thus obtaining a target compound. |
| US10399930B2 |
Purification method of aldehyde compound
A manufacturing method of an isocyanate compound including obtaining a reaction solution containing an aldehyde compound by reacting a compound represented by Formula (a1) or (a2) with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a metal compound of groups 8 to 10 and a phosphorus compound, neutralizing the reaction solution, purifying an aldehyde compound by distilling the neutralized reaction solution, reacting the aldehyde compound with ammonia and with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst to obtain an amine compound; and reacting the amine compound with a carbonylating agent to obtain an isocyanate compound, wherein the phosphorus compound is represented by the Formula (R1O)3P, and the base compound is at least one selected from carbonate and hydrogen carbonate of metals of group I and carbonate and hydrogen carbonate of metals of group II, wherein the neutralizing the reaction solution is performed within a temperature range of 40° C. to 50° C. |
| US10399922B2 |
Highly unsaturated fatty acid or highly unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester with reduced environmental pollutants, and method for producing same
A highly unsaturated fatty acid or a highly unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester that has been produced using as a feedstock oil a fat or oil that contains highly unsaturated fatty acids as constituent fatty acids and which has been reduced in the contents of environmental pollutants, wherein among the dioxins contained, polychlorinated dibenzoparadioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are contained in amounts of less than 0.05 pg-TEQ/g and coplanar PCBs (Co-PCBs) in amounts of less than 0.03 pg-TEQ/g. Also disclosed is a method for producing the highly unsaturated fatty acid or highly unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester by the steps of removing free fatty acids and environmental pollutants by thin-film distillation from a feedstock oil, ethyl esterifying the resulting fat or oil, and refining the same by rectification and column chromatography. |
| US10399921B2 |
Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) vent dryer vapor effluent treatment
Processes for manufacturing a purified aromatic carboxylic acid include contacting crude aromatic carboxylic acid with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor to form a purified aromatic carboxylic acid; separating vapor effluent from the purified aromatic carboxylic acid; scrubbing the vapor effluent to form a scrubber effluent; treating the scrubber effluent vapor to form a gaseous treated scrubber effluent and a liquid treated scrubber effluent; and removing at least a portion of organic impurities from the liquid treated scrubber effluent. |
| US10399917B2 |
Process for the preparation of organic bromides
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of organic bromides, by a radical bromodecarboxylation of carboxylic acids with a bromoisocyanurate. |
| US10399916B2 |
Method of producing hydrofluoroolefin
There is provided a method of producing HFO with which diluent gas is easily separated even at a low boiling point and which has excellent productivity. A method of producing HFO includes: converting HFC of the formula (1) into the HFO of the formula (2) to obtain a first gas composition containing the HFO and the fluorine-containing solvent, CR1R2X1CR3R4X2 (1), CR1R2═CR3R4 (2), where in the formulae, R1 to R3 are H or F, R4 is H, F, CH3, CH2F, CHF2 or CF3, the total number of fluorine atoms of R1 to R4 is one or more, and the total number of hydrogen atoms of R1 to R4 is one or more. One of X1 and X2 is H, and the other of X1 and X2 is F; and separating the fluorine-containing solvent from the first gas composition to obtain a second gas composition containing the HFO. |
| US10399915B2 |
Manufacturing method of 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene
There is provided an economically advantageous manufacturing method capable of efficiently obtaining 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene by using 1,2-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane as a raw material. A manufacturing method of 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is characterized in that it includes subjecting 1,2-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane to a dehydrochlorination reaction in a liquid phase in a presence of a base. |
| US10399914B2 |
Green oil removal from ethylene plants
A method may comprise: feeding a backend deethanizer overhead stream comprising ethylene, ethane, and acetylene to a hydrogenation reactor; hydrogenating at least a portion of the acetylene in the backend deethanizer overhead stream to form a reactor effluent stream comprising ethylene, ethane, and green oil; feeding the reactor effluent stream to a gas/liquid coalescer; and removing at least a portion of the green oil from the reactor effluent stream to produce a cleaned effluent stream. |
| US10399906B2 |
Sialon sintered body, method for producing the same, composite substrate, and electronic device
A SiAlON sintered body according to the present invention is represented by Si6-zAlzOzN8-z (0 |
| US10399905B2 |
Ceramic housing with texture
A housing for a portable electronic device includes a radio frequency transparent polycrystalline ceramic portion comprising a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface. The radio frequency transparent polycrystalline ceramic portion comprises a macro-texture on at least a portion of the first surface, and a predetermined micro-texture is disposed on at least a portion of the macro-texture. A method for manufacturing a housing for a portable electronic device includes forming a green ceramic article comprising a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface, embossing at least a portion of the first surface of the green ceramic article with a macro-texture, and sintering the green ceramic article comprising the macro-texture to form a sintered ceramic article. A predetermined micro-texture is disposed on at least a portion of the macro-texture. |
| US10399902B2 |
Method to reduce the water loss in slurries or solutions used in oil field and gas field operations
The present invention relates to a method to reduce the water loss in slurries and solutions used in oil field or gas field operations, for example for drilling, cementing and completion operations by adding a copolymer having a high molecular weight characterized by a K value of at least 300, said copolymer comprising structural units derived from monomers having sulfonic acid or derivative thereof, phosphonic acid or derivative thereof and acrylamide functionality. |
| US10399901B2 |
Method for expansion of sand grain-shaped raw material
The invention relates to a method for the expansion of sand grain-shaped raw material (1) in which the raw material (1) drops downwards through a substantially vertical heated shaft (4) provided with means (2) for forming a temperature profile (3), in which a shaft flow (5) prevails wherein the raw material (1) expands as a result of heat transfer in the shaft (4) to form expanded granulate (6) and the granulate formed (6) is passed into a pneumatic conveying line (7) with a conveying flow (8) for further transport.In order to continuously check the quality of the expansion process, the bulk density of the expanded granulate (6) is measured continuously, wherein upon detecting a deviation from at least one defined bulk density, the temperature profile (3) in the shaft (4) is adapted automatically or manually and/or the feeding of raw material (1) into the shaft (4) is reduced automatically or manually. |
| US10399896B2 |
Method for production of additives enhancing water tightness of building materials
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for production of additives enhancing water tightness of structural and binding building materials. The method comprises the steps of: preparing a hydrophobing agent by esterifying 60-80 m % of vegetable oil by a mixture consisting of 20-40 m % ethyl alcohol and 0.1-5 m % of methyl alcohol of the whole mass of the agent, then adding 5-30 m % agent by spraying through nozzles and water to a body of burnt lime in a reactor, and prior to adding the agent and water a mixture of 2-8 m % ethyl alcohol and 0.1-1 m % of methyl alcohol of the whole mass of the body of burnt lime is added by spraying through nozzles, while the mixture is agitating mechanically till a homogeneous mixture is prepared, then adding 40-65 m % water to the mixture, and ceasing mechanical agitating after commencement of the fierce chemical reaction. |
| US10399894B2 |
Glass sheet and method for producing glass sheet
The glass sheet of the present invention is a glass sheet with a thickness of 1.6 mm or less produced by a float process in which a molten glass material is formed into a sheet on a molten metal. When one surface of the glass sheet kept in contact with the molten metal during the formation of the molten glass material into the glass sheet is defined as a first surface and the other surface of the glass sheet opposite to the first surface is defined as a second surface, at least the first surface has been subjected to a treatment for forming a densified dealkalized layer therein. An etching rate ER1 (nm/min) of the first surface and an etching rate ER2 (nm/min) of the second surface satisfy a relation of ER2/ER1≤0.8 when the first surface and the second surface are etched using 0.1 mass % hydrofluoric acid at 50° C. as an etching liquid. |
| US10399893B2 |
Photo-elastic compensation of thin glass sheets
A coated glass substrate. The coated glass substrate comprises a glass sheet having a thickness from 0.1 to 0.7 mm and coated on a first side with a first optical layer having a positive photo-elastic constant and coated on a second side with a second optical layer having a negative photo-elastic constant. |
| US10399888B2 |
Method for producing glass particulate deposit and method for producing glass preform
The invention provides a production method for a glass particulate deposit M which includes a deposition step where a starting rod 111 and a burner 222 for production of glass particles 130 are installed in a reactor 102, a glass source material is introduced into the burner 222, the glass source material is subjected to flame thermal decomposition in the flame formed by the burner 222 to thereby form glass particles 130, and the formed glass particles 130 are deposited on the starting rod 111 to produce a glass particulate deposit M. In the deposition step of the production method, at least two ejecting ports 231 are provided per one burner 222 for ejecting the glass source material from the burner 222, and a flow rate of the glass source material jetting out through one glass source material ejecting port 231 is from 4 m/s to 60 m/s. |
| US10399885B2 |
Device and a method for forming glass
A device for forming a glass includes a housing member, a support member, and an intake member. The housing member includes a first part, at least one suction hole, and a plurality of sidewalls. The first part is substantially parallel to a surface defined by first and second directions. The suction hole is defined in the first part. The sidewalls extend from the first part. The support member is disposed on the first part. The support member includes a first surface configured to support the glass, a second surface overlapping and facing the first surface in a thickness direction, and a plurality of side surfaces configured to connect the first surface to the second surface. Each of first and second side surfaces of the side surfaces face each other and have a curved shape. The intake member is configured to perform an intake operation through the suction hole. |
| US10399883B2 |
Thermally stable glass tubing forming apparatuses
A bell positioning apparatus for glass tubing manufacturing includes a bell and a support connected to the bell. A bell positioning apparatus is attached to the support and configured to move the support and the bell with at least three degrees of freedom. The bell positioning apparatus includes a platform, a platform frame, and one or more frame legs. A frame leg dimensional stability apparatus maintains a temperature variation within 6.5° C. per meter of distance between each frame leg for an extended period of time, e.g. 4 hours. |
| US10399881B2 |
Methods and systems for separating solid particulates from waste water
A method for separating solid particulates from waste water includes receiving a first stream of waste water, and adjusting a specific gravity of the received waste water to within a pre-selected range. The method also includes channeling the adjusted waste water to a first hydro-cyclone system. The first hydro-cyclone system separates a first portion of solid particulates from the adjusted waste water. The method further includes transferring the first portion of solid particulates to a vibrating dewatering screen. The vibrating dewatering screen separates residual water from the first portion of solid particulates. |
| US10399877B2 |
In-situ, self-adjusting stability control of methane-producing anaerobic biological reactors through novel use of ion exchange fibers
An anaerobic biological reactor comprising an anaerobic digester having a chamber configured to receive a microbial suspension, a chamber inlet configured to direct an organic waste stream into the digester, and ion-exchange fibers within the chamber in position to contact and chemically react with microbial suspension received into the chamber. A method for treating organic waste with a methane-producing anaerobic biological reactor comprise providing a methane-producing anaerobic biological reactor comprising an anaerobic digester containing a microbial suspension comprising acetogenic bacteria, methanogenic bacteria and a plurality of ion exchange fibers, introducing organic waste into the anaerobic digester, maintaining the microbial suspension in contact with the organic waste and at least a portion of the plurality of ion-exchange fibers for a period of time and under conditions sufficient to treat the organic waste and produce methane, and removing the treated organic waste and methane from the anaerobic digester. |
| US10399876B2 |
Ammonia-based aeration control with SRT Control
Total ammonia nitrogen in a volume of sludge in an aeration tank is measured and compared to a target ammonia nitrogen setpoint to calculate an airflow target for adjusting the measured total ammonia nitrogen toward the target ammonia nitrogen setpoint. The airflow target may be an airflow rate or, for an SBR, an airflow duration, and airflow into the aeration tank is adjusted according to the airflow target. A target solids retention time setpoint is also calculated from information relating to the airflow target and the solids retention time is adjusted toward the target solids retention time setpoint. The waste activated sludge flow rate for the aeration tank may be adjusted to adjust the solids retention time for the aeration tank toward the target solids retention time setpoint. |
| US10399875B2 |
Wastewater treatment plant and method for treating wastewater
The invention concerns a wastewater treatment plant and a method for it. The plant comprising at least one main reactor module (30) having a plurality of stackable filter-modules (50), each filter-module purifying wastewater independently by being individually charged batchwise with wastewater. The wastewater is discharged on each filter-module by means of a deflector (44) referenced to a filter-module (50), the deflector creating a back pressure in dependency of the gravity-flow-force of the wastewater leading to that the wastewater is spilled from the deflector (44) in an angle of discharge relative to a horizontal plane evenly onto every independent filter-module, respectively. |
| US10399870B2 |
Water treatment system
A water treatment system is provided, including a raw water tank connected to a water supply, a reverse osmosis unit arranged to produce purified water from water input from the raw water tank via a raw water supply line, at least one water treatment facility alongside the raw water supply line downstream of the raw water tank and upstream of the reverse osmosis unit, and a reuse water feedback line arranged to feed waste water and/or grey water collected from the reverse osmosis unit and/or the at least one water treatment facility back to the raw water tank for reuse. In a water treatment method in such a water treatment system, waste water and/or grey water collected from the reverse osmosis unit and/or the at least one water treatment facility is fed back to the raw water tank for reuse. |
| US10399865B1 |
Sanitizing system and method for a septic system
An enhanced septic system includes a storage tank having an inlet that receives liquid gray water from a standard septic system having at least one digester and a pump located in the storage tank. The pump is coupled to an actuator to selectively provide power to the pump from a power supply to pump the gray water from the storage tank when the gray water reaches a predetermined level within the storage tank. The system also includes an outlet pipe coupled to the storage tank and to receive gray water pumped from the storage tank by the pump, at least one ultraviolet light in communication with the outlet pipe, and a detector to determine when the pump is actuated and to turn on the at least one ultraviolet light upon actuation of the pump. |
| US10399861B2 |
Methods for the production of potassium sulphate from potassium-containing ores at high ambient temperatures
A method for the production of potassium sulphate comprising contacting an aqueous potassium- and sulphate-containing composition with magnesium chloride (MgCl2), thereby obtaining a composition comprising kainite; optionally concentrating the kainite from the composition; reacting the kainite with magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) and potassium sulphate (K2SO4) so as to convert the kainite into leonite (K2SO4.MgSO4.4H2O); optionally contacting the leonite with water to remove excess MgSO4; and contacting the leonite with water so as to leach the MgSO4, contained in the leonite, and to at least substantially selectively precipitate potassium sulphate (K2SO4). The method can be operated at higher temperatures, in particular, at temperatures above 35° C., and does not require a cooling step at 20 to 25° C. The method produces potassium sulphate with a low amount of chloride. |
| US10399856B2 |
Particulate porous carbon material, particulate carbon material aggregate, and production method for particulate porous carbon material
The present invention relates to a particulate porous carbon material having a continuous porous structure, the particulate porous carbon material satisfying the following A to C: A: branch portions forming the continuous porous structure have an aspect ratio of 3 or higher; B: the branch portions have aggregated through joints interposed therebetween, the number of the aggregated branch portions (N) being 3 or larger; C: a ratio of the number of the aggregated branch portions (N) to the number of the joints (n), N/n, is 1.2 or larger. |
| US10399855B2 |
Carbon nanotubes having larger diameter and lower bulk density and process for preparing same
The present invention relates to a method for producing large-diameter, low-density carbon nanotubes. The method uses a catalyst containing spherical α-alumina that is capable of controlling the growth of carbon nanotubes without deteriorating the quality of the carbon nanotubes. The use of the catalyst makes the carbon nanotubes highly dispersible. |
| US10399847B2 |
Apparatus for ventilating fabric used to make pocketed springs
An apparatus for ventilating a web of material used in the manufacture of pocketed springs may be removably attached to a pocket coiler. The apparatus has an upper movable portion which pivots relative to a stationary portion. The stationary portion may be removably attached to the pocket coiler. Each portion has at least one roller, a web of material passing between the rollers during use. One of the rollers may have protrusions to create openings in the material before the material enters the pocket coiler. |
| US10399846B2 |
Apparatus and method for mixing and dispensing
A mixing and dispensing apparatus, including a first container (for containing a first substance), a second container (for containing a second substance), and a tube system (that combines the first and second substances into one combined substance and mixes and dispenses the combined substance). Notably, a fluid-impermeable enclosure encloses the first container, the second container, and the tube system. Therefore, instead of performing the time-consuming process of formulating alcohol (used to decontaminate surfaces in clean room environments) to desired levels and filter-sterilizing it in the clean room environment, the claimed apparatus can be pre-filled off-site, sterilized, shipped to the destination, remain sterilized during shipment, and be used to combine (and mix and dispense) the substances on site. |
| US10399845B2 |
Testable overfill prevention valve for a liquid storage container
A testable overfill prevention valve (“TOPV”) for a liquid storage container. The TOPV allows an individual to readily verify the operability of the TOPV. Preferably, a test member of directly contacts a portion of a latch to release a flow control member so that the flow control member can move from an open position to a closed position wherein in the closed position liquid is generally prevented from flowing out the TOPV. The test member preferably directly contacts the flow control member to move the control member to an intermediate position between open and closed positions allowing an individual looking down into the TOPV to see that the flow control member has moved sufficiently to confirm operability of the TOPV. Preferably, the test member is spring biased to a non-testing position and the entire test member is disposed in the housing of the TOPV when in a testing position. |
| US10399844B1 |
Bag insert
An insert for use with a flexible liquid bag, having upper and lower ends, with the upper end of the bag having a hollow support structure with open upper and lower ends, mounted in an opening formed in the bag adjacent the upper end of the bag. The insert has open upper and lower ends with the lower end of the insert being received by the open upper end of the hollow support structure. A normally closed valve structure is positioned in the insert to prevent liquid from flowing therethrough. An actuator cap is threadably mounted on the upper end of the insert. The actuator cap includes structure to open the normally closed valve so that liquid in the bag may flow through the insert. The bag with the insert secured thereto will be inverted in use so that the liquid will flow downwardly from the bag. |
| US10399842B2 |
Portable spirit dispenser
A spirit dispenser that includes a back panel, and at least one pump residing on the back panel and arranged to receive spirit from a container containing spirit and residing on a shelf via a tap and a tap connector, and arranged to deliver the received spirit to a spirit dispenser gun. |
| US10399841B2 |
Automatic beverage dispenser
A beverage dispenser for providing mixed beverages. The beverage dispenser has a housing containing a plurality of first liquids, a plurality of second liquids, and a water supply, wherein the first liquids comprise liquors, and wherein the second liquids comprise mixer syrup. The beverage dispenser also has an interface, a dispensing spout and a server. The interface is provided on the housing to input variable data and receive variable instructions. The server electrically operates valves to control the flow of first liquids, second liquids and water to the beverage dispenser spout based on instructions entered at the interface and a pouring schema stored in memory. |
| US10399831B2 |
Lifting device, in particular a cable winch
A cable winch having a base frame with at least two base plates, and at least two longitudinal beams for connecting the base plates to each other. One of the base plates is designed such that the longitudinal beams can be installed or removed in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal beams through the base plate, with passage openings in the base plate for feeding the longitudinal beams there through, and with one beam end of each of the longitudinal beams inserted into one of the passage openings. A beam end of each of the longitudinal beams is fastened to the base plate in and against the direction of the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal beam by a retaining element that is fastened to an outer face of the base plate, wherein a separate retaining element is provided for each longitudinal beam in order to enable simple assembly, disassembly, or conversion. |
| US10399827B2 |
Foldable gantry
A foldable gantry (10) comprising a beam (12) and a first leg assembly (14), the first leg assembly (14) being pivotally mounted at a first end (16) of the beam (12) such that the first leg assembly (14) can move between a first, stowed, position and a second, deployed, position. |
| US10399824B2 |
Passenger conveyor system and starting/stopping control method thereof
A passenger transportation system and a startup and shutdown control method thereof, wherein the passenger transportation system comprises: a plurality of series-connected passenger transportation devices; an electrical control system comprising a plurality of startup and shutdown circuits which are respectively used for controlling startup and shutdown of each of the passenger transportation devices; and an electrical interlocking assembly coupled between each of the startup and shutdown circuits, wherein the electrical interlocking assembly controls a startup and shutdown sequence of a low-position passenger transportation device and a high-position passenger transportation device by controlling closing and opening of each of the startup and shutdown circuits. |
| US10399823B2 |
Conveyor drive unit with initialization of the adaptive power supply unit and identification of the motor
A conveyor drive unit (1a; 1b), which is configured for driving a conveyor, comprises: a motor (14); an adaptive power supply unit (20), which is configured for supplying electrical energy to the motor (14); a safety chain/circuit (30), comprising at least one safety device (32, 34, 36) and being configured for ensuring a safe operation of the conveyor. The conveyor drive unit (1a; 1b) further comprises an initialization switch (28a; 28b), which is configured for selectively connecting the adaptive power supply unit (20) electrically with the motor (14) for initialization of the adaptive power supply unit (20) without bypassing or deactivating the safety chain/circuit (30). |
| US10399822B2 |
Hydraulic elevating platform having no guide rails and elevating method
A hydraulic elevating platform having no guide rails and an elevating method. A hydraulic power pack drives three parallel hydraulic cylinders to work synchronously, thereby implementing the rising and falling of an elevating platform; when the elevating platform reaches a predetermined floor, an upper electric pushrod pushes a pedal assembly out, and then the pedal assembly drives a pedal to rise by means of a pedal elevating system until the pedal is flush with the surface of a loading table of the elevating platform; outward-swinging doors between the elevating platform and a floor open to form pedal guardrails; then sliding doors open and a man can step onto a stair via the pedal assembly. An eccentric loading adjusting means eliminates eccentric loading to achieve balance about the center of gravity, thereby eliminating the eccentric loading of the platform. The elevating platform is simple in structure, safe, reliable, and easy to maintain. The elevating platform, placed within a spiral stair, is convenient for movement of crowds and cargo delivery at certain scenarios and is widely applicable. The elevating method is simple to implement and effectively solves the eccentric loading problem caused by reasons such as outstretching of a pedal of a hydraulic elevating platform and uneven distribution of people on the elevating platform, so that the hydraulic elevating platform is more stable and reliable during operation. |
| US10399821B2 |
Vibration-based elevator tension member wear and life monitoring system
An elevator system (100) includes an elevator drive system (101) including a tension member (103) supporting an elevator car (106) under tension and a monitoring system (102). The monitoring system includes a vibration sensor (111) for detecting vibration of at least one of the tension member and the elevator car and an analysis unit (112) for determining a level of wear and life of the tension member based on the vibration of the tension member detected by the vibration sensor. |
| US10399817B2 |
Elevator car position detection device
In an elevator car position detection device, a magnetic field generator generates an eddy current magnetic field on an identification member, and a magnetic field detector detects the eddy current magnetic field generated on the identification member. The identification member includes a plurality of conductors which are continuously arranged along an ascending and descending direction of a car, and are relatively different in a plate thickness with respect to a skin depth of an eddy current generated by the magnetic field generator on the identification member. A shape of at least a part of a boundary between the adjacent conductors is a straight line or a curve tilted with respect to a direction orthogonal to the ascending and descending direction of the car. |
| US10399815B2 |
Car separation control in multi-car elevator system
A method for controlling car separation in a multi-car elevator system, the method including: initiating, by a controller, a change in a profile of a target elevator car; determining that N elevators cars are affected by the change in the profile of the target elevator car, wherein elevator car N is an elevator car farthest from the target elevator car; calculating for each of the N elevator cars an updated profile; for each of the N elevator cars, beginning with the Nth elevator car and ending with the target elevator car, performing: determining if the updated profile for the elevator car will provide separation between the elevator car and a neighboring elevator car; and when the updated profile for the elevator car will provide separation between the elevator car and the neighboring elevator car, executing an elevator car profile update process for the elevator car. |
| US10399814B2 |
Running-end spool containment device and system
Running-end spool containment devices and systems are described herein that allow a user to secure a running-end of a strap within a lockable device to anchor the running-end of the strap at a selectable length when the device is in a locked mode, and to enable the running-end of the strap be lengthened or shortened when the device is in an unlocked mode. In an embodiment, the device includes an axel about which the running-end of a strap can be wound and unwound, a lock case that can engage the axel to prevent axel rotation in the locked mode and that can be disengaged from the axel to allow the axel to rotate freely in the unlocked mode, and a spring case that causes the axel to rotate and the running-end of the strap to wind around the axel when the lock cases is in the unlocked mode. |
| US10399813B2 |
Device for receiving an extruded elastomer strand during transport to a processing location
A device for receiving an extruded elastomer strand, during the transport thereof to a processing location, including a reel that receives the elastomer strand as a winding, wherein the moving reel is provided for temporary inclusion into a production facility that continuously processes the elastomer strand, by rotation of the reel, to form seals for doors or boots of vehicle bodies. The average thickness of the reel resulting from the total mass and the total volume of the material of the reel is <2.5 g/cm3. |
| US10399811B2 |
Suction nozzle for a suction device
The present invention relates to a Suction nozzle (110) for a suction device (100) for conveyance of cut waste strips (210) of a film web (200) comprising a nozzle duct (10) with a nozzle inlet (12) for suctioning the waste strips (210) and with a nozzle outlet (14) for introducing the waste strips (210) into the suction duct (130), wherein the nozzle duct (10) comprises an inlet portion (12a) adjacent to the nozzle inlet (12) and an outlet portion (14a) adjacent to the nozzle outlet (14) and between the outlet portion (14a) and the inlet portion (12a) an at least one rotation portion (16a) is assembled, whose flow cross section (20) is at least partially twisted over the run of the rotation portion (16a). |
| US10399810B2 |
Sheet discharging apparatus and image forming apparatus
A sheet discharging apparatus configured to discharge a sheet includes a discharging portion, a contact member, and a detector. The discharging portion discharges a sheet so as to be bent in a curved shape in a width direction of the sheet, perpendicular to a discharging direction of the sheet when viewed in a sheet discharging direction. The contact member is moved by contact with the sheet discharged by the discharging portion, wherein the contact member includes a contact surface to be in contact with the sheet which is inclined along the curved shape of the sheet in the width direction of the sheet when viewed in the sheet discharging direction. The detector detects a discharging of the sheet based on the movement of the contact member. |
| US10399809B2 |
Rolled material tensioning and loading system
Maintaining a level of tension on material as it is processed in a manufacturing operation assists in the processing of the material. The tension of the material as it is fed through a process station is maintained by a material sag portion, such as an unsupported portion of the material extending between a roll of the material and the process station. The formation of the sag portion and the loading of the material forming the sag portion are automated and adjusted with a system having a material storage retrieval system, a shuttle, a tensioning device, and/or a processing station. |
| US10399808B2 |
Line for the production of spools of web material
The line comprises: an unwinding section (3) for unwinding parent reels (Ba, Bb, Bm) of web material (Na, Nb), with at least a first unwinding station (5; 7); at least a winding station (15) downstream of the unwinding section (3); a feed path from the unwinding section (3) toward the winding station (15); The unwinding section (3) is associated with a loading arrangement of the parent reels (Bm), which comprises: an upender (253; 306) configured to upend the parent reels (Bm) positioning them with their axis horizontal; and a loading robot (263; 313), configured to position a parent reel (Bm; Ba, Bb) on an unwinding mandrel (9) of the unwinding section (3). |
| US10399806B2 |
Winding apparatus and method
It is described a winding apparatus for wrapping a material around a core of flat shape that rotates around a rotation axis rotating in its turn with a circular trajectory, controlling the laws of motion both of the core rotation around its axis and of the circular trajectory of its rotation axis, motor driven independently by means of electric cams, such as to cancel the variations of position and speed of the material at the entrance of the core The winding apparatus is used for producing electric energy accumulating devices. |
| US10399797B2 |
Flow control apparatus for carrier fluid
A tubular conveyance system includes a pressure sensor, a blower, a material feeder, and a flow control apparatus. The pressure sensor is configured to be associated with a conveyance tube. The blower is configured to accelerate a carrier fluid into the conveyance tube. The material feeder is disposed downstream of the blower and configured to add a conveyance material to the conveyance tube to be conveyed by the carrier fluid. The flow control apparatus is configured to control an amount of carrier fluid provided to the blower. The flow control apparatus includes a mobile plate having a mobile plate opening therein, and a drive mechanism configured to selectively place the mobile plate into an open position and a closed position. |
| US10399792B2 |
Conveying device with configuration change
The invention relates to a conveying device for conveying objects comprising a plurality of conveyor segments, each conveyor segment having a control unit for controlling the conveyor drive, and a bus communication, wherein each control unit is connected to the bus communication. Each control unit has a microprocessor for processing control signals, a first electronic memory connected to the microprocessor, in which a first control configuration is stored, and a second electronic memory in which a second control configuration is stored. The microprocessor is adapted to control the conveyor drive in a first operating mode with the control configuration stored in the first memory, to load the second control configuration from the second memory into the first memory when a configuration change command is received, and to control the conveyor drive in a first operating mode with the control configuration stored in the first memory. |
| US10399789B2 |
System and method for delivering proppant to a blender
A system for conveying proppant includes a conveyor assembly having a conveyor belt that receives proppant from one or more containers having proppant stored therein. The system also includes a conveyor auxiliary unit connected to an end of the conveyor assembly having one or more joints to enable expansion and collapse of the conveyor belt from the conveyor assembly. The system further includes a proppant chute to direct the proppant from the conveyor belt into a blending hopper, the proppant chute being positioned at a higher elevation than an inlet of the blending hopper. |
| US10399788B2 |
Pallet transport device
A pallet transport device includes a plurality of pallet rails; a pallet feeding unit configured to transport the pallet along the pallet rails; a pallet moving unit configured to horizontally rotate so as to move the pallet; one or more short rails disposed at a periphery of the pallet moving unit; a pallet feeding assist unit configured to move the pallet from the pallet rails to the short rails, or move the pallet from the short rails to the pallet rails; and an elevator unit configured to cause the pallet feeding assist unit to descend and ascend. The horizontal rotation of the pallet moving unit is permitted by the descent of the pallet feeding assist unit. |
| US10399787B2 |
Conveyor and conveyor drive for filling a combine grain tank
A conveyor and conveyor drive for filling a combine grain tank includes a chain and paddle conveyor in a housing (114) that feeds an intermediate chamber (116), a gearbox with a first coupling element (208), the first coupling element (208) having teeth (230) with holes therethrough to permit the expulsion of grain from between the first coupling element (208) and a second coupling element (210) that is connected to a pivoting auger conveyor (104). |
| US10399785B1 |
Compact portable conveyor
A compact conveyor apparatus for conveying fluent material. A primary conveyor, a feed conveyor and a hopper mount to a mobile base. The base may be a trailer or a vehicle bed. The hopper is vertically moveable relative to the base and the feed conveyor is pivotably mounted to the hopper. The primary conveyor is rotatably and pivotably mounted to the base. In a transport mode the feed conveyor is substantially parallel to, and supported by, the base, and the primary conveyor is substantially parallel to, and directly above, the feed conveyor. In operation mode, the feed conveyor is angled relative to the base's upper surface and its lower end and the hopper are disposed lower than the base's upper surface. The apparatus maintains the hopper substantially parallel. |
| US10399784B2 |
Conveying system
A conveying system (100) is described, comprising: two axially spaced supporting frames (2, 3) extending substantially in parallel along the feed direction (F) of the conveying system (100); at least one plurality of driving elements (12) supported by said supporting frames (2, 3); at least one motor (9) for driving at least one portion of said plurality of driving elements (12); at least one transmission assembly for transferring the motion from said motor (9) to said at least one portion of the plurality of driving elements (12); a control system for controlling the driving of said plurality of driving elements (12); a power supply system for electrically supplying said control system and said at least one motor (9); said power supply system comprises at least one power supply board (7) designed to convert the mains voltage into at least one DC voltage; characterized in that it comprises: at least one housing compartment (1) transversely extending between the two supporting frames (2, 3); said at least one housing compartment (1) being provided with at least one housing seat for accommodating said at least one power supply board (7) of said power supply system. |
| US10399783B2 |
Conveying member with roller mechanism
A conveying member for a conveyor includes a conveying element with a main surface, and a roller mechanism having a roller holder and at least one roller with a physical roller pivot. The roller holder can interact with an actuating device, is arranged on the conveying element and is designed such that the roller pivot is movable relative to the main surface of the conveying element between a first position and a second position. In the first and second positions of the roller pivot, the roller projects partly beyond the main surface of the conveying element. In the first position of the roller pivot, the roller assumes an arrested position in which rotation of the roller is arrested, and in the second position of the roller pivot, the roller assumes a freewheel position in which the roller rotates freely. |
| US10399780B2 |
Energy-harvesting conveyor belts and methods
Energy-harvesting and -storage devices in conveyor belts and methods for molding those devices integrally into modular plastic belt links. Electroactive polymers or piezoelectric fibers co-injected with a base polymer to form belt modules harvest energy from strain or vibrations in the conveyor belt to power belt on-board devices. |
| US10399779B2 |
Carriage for a conveyor, in particular for a gravity conveyor, conveying system, and method for operating a conveying system
A carriage for a conveyor comprising a carriage body which is configured for embracing a running rail and which comprises a first and a second leg which are connected by a connection portion, wherein the first leg has first rollers which are attached to the internal side of the first leg, and the second leg has second rollers which are attached to the internal side of the second leg, and the connection portion has third rollers which are attached to the internal side of the connection portion, it is provided according to the invention that the first and the second rollers are vertically disposed, and the third rollers are horizontally disposed. |
| US10399778B1 |
Identification and planning system and method for fulfillment of orders
A identification and planning system includes a scanner assembly, a robotic manipulator, and control server. The control server detects a first plurality of inventory items in a first inventory storage system and determines a first set of position parameters for a first inventory item from the detected first plurality of inventory items, with respect to a position of one or more image sensors in the scanner assembly. The control server generates a plurality of pick-path plans for the first inventory item, where each pick-path plan corresponds to a transformation of the determined first set of position parameters to a second set of position parameters with respect to the robotic manipulator. The control server further selects a first pick-path plan from the plurality of pick-path plans and controls the robotic manipulator to pick the first inventory item from the first inventory storage system, based on the first pick-path plan. |
| US10399777B2 |
Storage material handling system
An autonomous transport robot for transporting a payload, the autonomous transport robot includes a payload bed having at least one reference datum surface and at least one payload justification device, the at least one payload justification device being configured to position a payload on the payload bed in substantial contact with the at least one reference datum surface to place the payload in a predetermined position on the payload bed. |
| US10399774B2 |
Automated lifting storage cart
An apparatus for lifting a load on an automated lifting cart, including a lifting surface vertically movable relative to the lifting cart, two pairs of cams positioned underneath the lifting surface having cam profiles shaped to lift the lifting surface upon rotation of the cams, a pair of encoders reading a rotation property of each pair of cams, and a controller configured to control movement of the pairs of cams by synchronizing the rotation properties of the pairs of cams by matching output from the encoders. Additionally, methods of lifting a load using an automated lifting cart including cams with a movement profile and a load profile, and methods of synchronizing drive shafts in a lifting cart using torque current measurements sent from a lead motor to a lag motor. |
| US10399773B2 |
Transport vehicle and method for storing or removing piece goods, and storage system
The invention relates to a transport vehicle (7) for storing unit loads in a storage rack (1) and removing unit loads from a storage rack. The transport vehicle comprises a base frame (27), running wheels (29) which rest on a first guide (36) in a rollable manner, the first guide extending parallel with the longitudinal direction of the storage rack and in a first guide plane extending parallel with a driving plane, and a guide unit (31; 60; 62; 74; 86) which is mounted to the base frame via a bearing device (46; 61; 63; 75; 87) and has guide wheels (49) which rest on a second guide (47; 88) and are rollable in guide sections (48), the second guide extending parallel with the longitudinal direction of the storage rack and in a second guide plane intersecting the driving plane in order to move the transport vehicle in a guided manner. The bearing device comprises an elastic compensating element (53; 54; 67, 68; 79, 80) which is arranged in such a way that one of the guide wheels is movable relative to the base frame. The invention further relates to a method for storing different unit loads on differently classified storage spaces. |
| US10399757B2 |
Packet with integrated scrubber
A packet includes a front panel and a back panel defining an internal volume therebetween. The front panel and the back panel include a first edge having a plurality of first recesses formed therein. A nozzle provides a path of fluid communication from the internal volume, through the first edge, to an exterior of the packet. A consumer product is disposed within the internal volume. A cap is configured to prevent the consumer product from flowing from the internal volume, through the nozzle, and to the exterior of the packet. |
| US10399756B2 |
Carrier tape with standoff units
A carrier tape system, in some embodiments, comprises: a tape; a series of index holes along a length of said tape; a series of pockets along said length; a first series of standoff units along said length; and a second series of standoff units along said length, wherein the series of pockets is positioned between the first series of standoff units and the second series of standoff units, wherein the standoff units create a clearance space between the bottom surfaces of said pockets and the tape when said tape is wound on a reel. |
| US10399750B1 |
Squeezable container
A squeezable container is disclosed for holding and dispensing a flowable product like yogurt. The container generally includes a flexible and collapsible pouch body having an internal space for storing the flowable product, an external spout fitment attached to the outside of the dispensing end of the pouch body and through which the product can be dispensed, and a cap on the spout fitment, which can be opened by the user to dispense the product and closed to reseal the container. The cap includes a self-closing valve, and is configured to support the container in a cap-down orientation. |
| US10399749B1 |
Lid for a flat back bucket
A lid for a flat back bucket comprises a rear lid portion that has a flat back configured to match the flat back of the bucket, a front lid portion, and a plurality of tabs configured to clip the lid to a rim channel of the bucket. The front and rear lid portions are preferably hingedly connected to each other. Plural cut outs or openings are provided in the rear lid portion that are configured to receive, respectively, bail mounts on the bucket. Lips extend from the rear and front lid portions and are positioned so that the lips will be exterior of and overhang the rim channel of the bucket when the lid is on the bucket. |
| US10399746B2 |
Flexible material for flexible package
A flexible, stackable, recloseable container for storing a quantity of products comprising a plurality of walls defined by a first sheet and a second sheet attached to at least a portion of the first sheet. The second sheet extends over at least three of the walls. The opposing container walls each have a sealed portion and one or more tucks, the tucks comprising a portion of the first sheet tucked toward the interior volume. A portion of the second sheet defines a recloseable feature located over an opening for reclosing the container. The second sheet includes a line of reduced strength at or adjacent at least a boundary adjacent the tucks and disposed between the opposing container walls each having the sealed portion and an adjacent container wall. The second sheet can include a hinge about which the recloseable feature pivots from closed position to open position. |
| US10399742B2 |
Container system
A container system is provided comprising an upper container and a clip body configured to attach to the top of a lower container. The clip body includes outer securing structures comprised of tabs and ledges to releasably attach to the lip of a circular rim of the lower container. Wings are configured to flex under an influence of a digit of a user to bias the ledges away from the central region of the clip body, thereby releasing the lower container. |
| US10399737B2 |
Assembled basket
An assembled basket includes four plate members, four securing and engaging columns and a lower plate. Each plate member includes a body, and a first assembly element and a second assembly element oppositely disposed at two sides of the body. Each first assembly element has a first inclined surface and a first groove. Each second assembly element has a second inclined surface corresponding to the first inclined surface and a second groove in communication with the first groove. Each securing and engaging column includes a first column body, a second column body, and a connecting element connecting the first column body and the second column body. The four securing and engaging columns are correspondingly fastened at the four first grooves and the four first second grooves to form a cubic structure. The lower plate is disposed at a lower side of the four plate members. |
| US10399735B2 |
Assembly-type packaging box
An assembly-type packaging box is configured by erecting a front and rear panel along valley fold lines respectively in front of and behind a bottom panel; then folding outer panels, upper-edge panels, and inner panels, such that rear folding tabs extending from a side of the rear panel are folded in between the outer and inner panel. This allows the upper-edge panels to form a frame having a predetermined width at an opening portion. Folding protrusions, which fix positions of the upper-edge panels forming the frame by abutting on the rear folding tabs folded in between each of the outer panels and each of the inner panels, are formed on sides of the inner panels. With this configuration, the box allows to prevent displacement of the upper-edge panel forming the frame and generation of a gap caused by the displacement of the upper-edge panel. |
| US10399734B2 |
Packaging and method of manufacturing same
A packaging for foodstuff, including a base blank adapted to be erected into a carton for containing the foodstuff therein, the base blank including a liner paper that forms an internal surface of the carton and which has a release coating applied thereto; a lid blank adapted to form a lid that is securable to the carton so as to enclose the foodstuff within the carton, the lid blank including a liner paper that forms an internal surface of the lid which has a release coating applied thereto such that at least a part of the lid blank remains uncoated to permit bonding of the lid to an uncoated surface of the carton, wherein, the release coating is contactable with the food stuff and capable of providing clean release therefrom. |
| US10399733B2 |
Bulk materials container and method
A first and second blank of corrugated paperboard scored to define wall panels that receive a reinforced wall panel assembly having a central pad with opposing vertical members and opposing horizontal members and a pair of U-shaped channels each attached in overlying relation with the pad, the vertical members and a respective horizontal member to secure the wall panel assembly together. A method of making a bulk materials container is disclosed. |
| US10399730B2 |
Set of multicomponent cartridges
A set of multicomponent cartridges is proposed having at least two multicomponent cartridges (2), with each multicomponent cartridge (2) including at least one first and one second reception chamber (3, 4) for components to be dispensed, with each reception chamber (3, 4) having a substantially cylindrical design and extending in a longitudinal direction (A), with the reception chambers (3, 4) being arranged parallel to one another and having the same extent (L) in the longitudinal direction (A), with each multicomponent cartridge (2) being manufactured in one piece so that their reception chambers (3, 4) are non-releasably connected to one another, and wherein the first reception chamber (3) of each multicomponent cartridge (2) of the set (2) has the same outer diameter (D1). |
| US10399728B2 |
Neck finish for a container
A container neck finish includes an outer surface of the neck finish having a parting line, an axially facing sealing surface, a bead projecting radially outwardly from the outer surface and axially spaced from the sealing surface, and circumferentially spaced retention elements projecting radially outwardly from the outer surface, and being located axially between the sealing surface and the bead. At least one of the retention elements includes a stop portion including a ramp portion that extends circumferentially toward the parting line and radially inwardly toward the neck finish outer surface and converges therewith at a location within ten angular degrees of the parting line. |
| US10399727B2 |
Lightweight base for carbonated beverage packaging
This disclosure provides generally container base designs for use in packaging carbonated beverages and new containers that incorporate the base design. It has been found that improved physical and mechanical properties such as good stress crack performance can be achieving while improved light weighting and potential cost savings. The particular base and container designs are generally applicable to carbonated soft drink (CSD) containers, and can be used with containers of any size and with any type of base form such as petaloid or champagne base forms. |
| US10399724B2 |
Packaging machine and method for producing packages from a packaging material
A packaging machine may be provided for producing packages from a packaging material advanced along an advancing path. The packaging material may have a longitudinal edge arranged along the advancing path and a mark configured to provide an indication about the position of the packaging material. The packaging machine may include a forming unit configured to fold the packaging material into a tube having a longitudinal axis arranged along the advancing path, a first sensor configured to detect the position of the edge and generate a first control signal, a second sensor configured to read the mark and to generate a second signal, and a control device having an actuation device configured to move the packaging material in a direction arranged transversally with respect to the advancing path based on the first control signal and second signal. A method for producing packages from a packaging material may additionally be provided. |
| US10399723B2 |
Container treatment system
A system includes a cold plasma applicator configured to couple directly to a container, wherein the cold plasma applicator is configured to generate a cold plasma within the container. A method includes operating a cold plasma applicator to generate a cold plasma to treat contents within a container, wherein the cold plasma applicator is configured to directly couple to the container, or the cold plasma applicator comprises a varying geometry application surface having a plurality of protruding electrode portions spaced apart from one another to define a plurality of intermediate recessed portions, or a combination thereof. |
| US10399721B2 |
Dosage-dispensing device for substances in powder form
A device dispenses dosages of a substance in powder- or paste form contained in a supply container, when a head (1) of the device is connected to the supply container. The head has a housing with an outlet opening (107) of circular cross-section and a delivery- and closure element (100). The outlet opening and the delivery- and closure element are arranged on a central lengthwise axis (15) of the head. The delivery- and closure element rotates relative to the housing about this axis and is arranged for translatory displacement relative to the housing along the axis. The delivery- and closure element is cylindrical in its fundamental contour shape. A closure portion (101) thereof closes off the outlet opening. A delivery portion (102) is adjacent to the closure portion and delivers substance that is to be dispensed. A shaft portion is adjacent to the delivery portion. A conveyor body (103) on the delivery portion conveys substance to the outlet opening. In an operative state, the closure portion is arranged below the delivery portion, providing an end surface at a bottom end of the delivery- and closure element. A recess from the shell surface of the basically cylindrical contour shape of the delivery- and closure element extends over the delivery portion and the conveyor body, forming a smoothly shaped delivery surface (104). |
| US10399712B2 |
Slide measuring system for filling pouches and associated method
Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas when the tube is in the second position. |
| US10399709B2 |
Method of making a device for controlling stress in joints at cryogenic temperatures
A composite resin tank includes a wall joined to a dome along a joint. A softening strip is used to control stress in the joint. |
| US10399708B1 |
Orientation-independent apparatus for use in material sublimation
An apparatus for use in material sublimation includes a hollow reservoir having thermally conductive walls. A piston is disposed between the sealed end and the ported end of the reservoir, and is in sliding contact with the walls of the reservoir. The piston has holes passing there through. A force generator is coupled to the piston for applying a continuous force to the piston wherein the continuous force biases the piston towards the sealed end of the reservoir. |
| US10399706B1 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle maintenance troubleshooting decision tree
A maintenance notification for a UAV may be sent to a service provider. The service provider may identify the UAV, such as to access a profile associated with the UAV that includes at least hardware and software configurations for the UAV. The service provider may generate a customized maintenance decision tree to organize tasks to be performed for the specific UAV to determine a maintenance action to remedy a fault or problem associated with the maintenance notification. The decision tree may be formed using history of the UAV and information about other UAVs to construct the decision tree tailored to the specific UAV under analysis. At least some operations included in the decision tree may be automated. Traversal of the decision tree may lead to updates of the UAV of hardware, software, or both. |
| US10399699B1 |
Aircraft control method and apparatus and aircraft
This invention discloses an aircraft control method, apparatus and an aircraft. The invention relates to the field of aircraft control technologies. The method includes: obtaining ambient luminance data by a luminance sensing apparatus of an aircraft; determining whether the ambient luminance data satisfies a luminance value required for normal running of a vision system of the aircraft; and adjusting, when the ambient luminance data does not satisfy the luminance value required for normal running of the vision system of the aircraft, a working status of a light emitting apparatus on the aircraft to change light emitting luminance of the light emitting apparatus. The foregoing aircraft control method, apparatus and the aircraft can accurately learn a flight environment in which the aircraft is located, thereby effectively implementing vision positioning on the aircraft and more conveniently controlling the aircraft. |
| US10399696B2 |
Aircraft pilot display system and method of use
A yaw feedback system for use by an aircraft is provided. The yaw feedback system includes a processor, a runway centerline indicator, and a yaw feedback indicator. The processor is configured to determine a yaw difference between a current track of the aircraft and a runway centerline. The runway centerline indicator is configured to virtually extend a runway visual range (RVR) for a pilot of the aircraft. The yaw feedback indicator is coupled to the processor and configured to prompt the pilot for a yaw input to compensate for the yaw difference. |
| US10399691B2 |
Flexible fuel tank having electrostatic charge dissipating properties
A flexible fuel tank (10) has, from the inside to the outside of the tank: a single-layer or multilayer liner (2) having properties of sealing with respect to the liquid, impermeability to the vapor of said fuel, and dissipation of electrostatic charges. The liner (2) includes an inner face (2a) intended to be in contact with the fuel and an outer face (2b). An intermediate layer (3) is in contact with the outer face (2b) of the liner (2), for example a coating layer; and a textile reinforcing layer (4) is in contact with the intermediate layer (3). |
| US10399677B2 |
Cart for moving along a surface and method for moving a cart along a surface
A cart including a housing and a first foot and a second foot mounted to the housing bottom. Each foot is moveable back and forth from a direction away from one end of the cart towards the other end, and each foot including a recess opening downwardly away from the housing bottom. The cart includes a low pressure source in fluid communication pathway extending from each recess to the low pressure source. Each fluid communication pathway includes a valve operable for opening and closing the fluid communication pathway between the recess and the low pressure source. The cart includes a first motor connected to one foot and another motor connected to the other foot, with each motor operable for moving its respective foot back and forth. The cart includes a control system connected in communication with each motor and each valve, with the control system controlling each motor to move its respective foot back and forth. |
| US10399670B2 |
Aircraft having an aft engine and internal flow passages
An air injection assembly for an aircraft is provided. The aircraft includes a fuselage extending between a forward end and an aft end along a longitudinal direction and a boundary layer ingestion fan mounted to the fuselage at the aft end of the fuselage. The air injection assembly includes a plurality of injection ports defined on a surface of the fuselage at a location upstream of the boundary layer ingestion fan. A supplemental airflow is provided through a fluid passageway to the injection ports where it is ejected to displace at least a portion of relatively higher velocity boundary layer airflow. In this manner, the airflow entering boundary layer ingestion fan is more uniform, has less swirl distortion, and has a lower average velocity. |
| US10399668B2 |
Actuator drive disconnection system
An actuator drive disconnection system comprises a housing and a drive coupling mounted in the housing, the drive coupling coupling a drive motor to an actuator drive train. A manually operable drive disconnection mechanism selectively moves the drive coupling from a first position in which the motor and actuator drive train are coupled and a second position in which the motor and actuator drive train are disconnected. The drive disconnection mechanism comprises an operating element which is manually extended from the housing to move the drive coupling from the first position to the second position. |
| US10399666B2 |
Aerial vehicle propulsion mechanism with coaxially aligned and independently rotatable propellers
Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Systems, methods, and apparatus may actively adjust the position and/or configuration of one or more propeller blades of a propulsion mechanism to generate different sounds and/or lifting forces from the propulsion mechanism. |
| US10399665B2 |
Propeller blade indentations for improved aerodynamic performance and sound control
Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for actively adjusting the position of one or more propeller blade treatments of a propeller blade of an aerial vehicle during operation of the aerial vehicle. For example, the propeller blade may have one or more propeller blade treatments that may be adjusted between two or more positions. Based on the position of the propeller blade treatments, the airflow over the propeller is altered, thereby altering the sound generated by the propeller when rotating. By altering the propeller blade treatments on multiple propeller blades of the aerial vehicle, the different sounds generated by the different propeller blades may effectively cancel, reduce, and/or otherwise alter the total sound generated by the aerial vehicle. |
| US10399664B2 |
Immersed core flow inlet between rotor blade and stator vane for an unducted fan gas turbine
An unducted thrust producing system is provided that can include a rotating element having an axis of rotation about a central longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of blades attached to a spinner; a stationary element positioned aft of the rotating element; and an inlet positioned between the rotating element and the stationary element such that the inlet passes radially inward of the stationary element. The rotating element defines an annular valley positioned between a first annular crown and a second annular crown, and the inlet defines an open area positioned aft of the second annular crown. |
| US10399663B2 |
Integrated ribs for central wing box
A central wing box for an aircraft, including a top panel, a bottom panel, a front spar, a rear spar, and at least one secondary rib. A secondary rib includes two stiffeners, a first stiffener extending adjacent to the top panel and to one of the front spar and the rear spar, and a second stiffener extending adjacent to the bottom panel and to the other of the front spar and the rear spar. A reduced number of components can be employed, thereby simplifying the construction of the central wing box of an aircraft, particularly the installation of the secondary ribs. |
| US10399662B2 |
Aircraft with cabin acoustic systems having quarter wavelength absorbers
An aircraft includes a fuselage, a cabin surface, and a first chamber. The cabin surface is disposed within the fuselage and defines a first aperture and at least part of a cabin air mass having a first acoustic mode. The first chamber is acoustically coupled with the aperture and has a length that is one quarter of a wavelength of sound at the first acoustic mode. |
| US10399661B2 |
System for moving loads and cargo hold
A system for moving loads comprises a cargo hold floor, at least one row of rollers integrated into the floor, at least one guide rail in the floor and extending parallel to the at least one row of rollers, and a least one transport vehicle. The vehicle is received in the guide rail and movable along the guide rail and comprises at least one connecting element which is movable between first and second operating positions wherein the connecting element, in its first operating position, is arranged such that the vehicle is positionable under a load deposited onto the at least one row of rollers and, in its second operating position, is arranged such that it interacts with the load so as to connect the load to the vehicle such that the load is entrained by the vehicle when the vehicle is moved along the guide rail. |
| US10399652B2 |
Automatic wing control for sailing vessels
An automatic wing control mechanism for sailing vessels is described. The automatic wing control mechanism adjusts a wing orientation with respect to the apparent wind to optimize its efficiency. |
| US10399647B2 |
Mechanism and arrangement for static and dynamic adjustment of submersible pumps associated with a floating platform
In an amphibious or flotational device for supporting one or more submersible pumps, the flotational device is structurally configured to provide the means for enabling both static and dynamic positioning of the submersible pumps at selected depths below the flotational device, and to provide means for improved pay-out and storage of flexible piping that enables improved dynamic positioning of the submersible pumps. |
| US10399646B2 |
Offshore drilling vessel
The invention relates to a vessel comprising a moonpool, a firing line hoist system, a stationary main deck for storing equipment and/or tubulars, and a mobile working deck having a front deck section and a rear deck section. The working deck can be moved between a working position and a transporting position. A rear deck lift system is provided for lifting and lowering a rear deck section between the working position and the transporting position. A front deck guide system is provided for guiding a front deck section in a substantially horizontal direction between the working position and the transporting position. |
| US10399645B1 |
Manual submersible auxiliary swim platform for vessels
A manual and submersible auxiliary swim platform for a vessel having a main aft platform, the main aft platform having a recessed area for receiving the auxiliary swim platform. A pair of bracket assemblies secure the auxiliary platform to the main aft platform, and both bracket assemblies have a first bracket member, a second bracket member, and a bushing. The bushing is interposed and secured to the first and second bracket members at a common end. The bracket members and bushing have limiter surfaces which limit rotational and pivotal movement of the bracket assemblies in conjunction with external edges, a pin and interface designs of the bracket assemblies. |
| US10399642B2 |
Method and system for processing glacial water
Methods and systems for recovering, processing, containing, and transporting water obtained from an ice source, i.e., a glacier, ice sheet, ice cap, etc., are described herein. The ice obtained from the ice source holds unique properties and is processed as a beverage for consumption having unique properties. Further, the resulting product is produced and transported with minimal human alteration and reduced energy input as compared to conventional methods for packaging water. |
| US10399637B2 |
Single motor power unit and procedure for mounting the unit onto bicycle frame
The invention is a single motor power unit, suitably for being mounted onto a bicycle frame, which is fitted with a motor (7), related power supply (13), bearings (8), crank shaft pinion gearhead (11), propulsor pinion gearhead (10), planetary gearbox (15), and central processor unit (12). It is characterized in that the propulsor pinion gearhead (10) is connected to a pinion with dynamometric system (19), having an at least approximately identical axis, and to a planetary gearbox (15) therethrough, while the inside of the bearing (8) is in fixed connection with the crank shaft (9) and the outside of the bearing (8) is in fixed connection with the crank shaft pinion gearhead (11). The invention is also the procedure for placing the power unit according to claim suitably into a bicycle frame. |
| US10399634B2 |
Clamping device, method for controlling the same, pedal and bicycle
The present disclosure provides a clamping device including a clamping device body, and a control module connected to the clamping device body, wherein the control module is configured to acquire cycling information and control locking and unlocking of the clamping device body based on the cycling information. |
| US10399632B2 |
Adjustable rear wheel hood brake/stop system for free style kick scooters
An adjustable rear wheel hood system has a movable hood, so to be longitudinally adjusted to accommodate shrinking wheels (due to wear), or other requirements. A longitudinal slot is aligned between the rear wheel hood and the deck, and after adjusting the hood-to-rear wheel separation to a desired amount, the hood is secured to the deck via a shaped protuberance and securing mechanism, preventing lateral movement of the hood. |
| US10399624B2 |
Bicycle seat post with two-way, spring-assist height adjustment
A bicycle is disclosed as having a seat and a seat post assembly supported supporting the seat. The seat post assembly includes a lower seat support, an upper seat support secured to the seat and movable (e.g., telescopically) relative to the lower seat support, a locking mechanism for selectively locking and unlocking the upper seat support relative to the lower seat support, and an actuating mechanism to facilitate moving the upper seat support relative to the lower seat support. The actuating mechanism comprises a spring having first and second nodes, and a drive system adapted drive the second node while the first node is engaged with the upper seat support to energize the spring. In one embodiment, the drive system comprises a reciprocating driver constructed to drive either one of the first node and the second node. Preferably, the reciprocating driver is driven by a unidirectional rotor. |
| US10399621B2 |
Achieving a target gait behavior in a legged robot
A legged robot may seek to operate according to a target gait. The legged robot may include leg members and leg joints. Possibly based on the target gait and state of the legged robot, an ordered list of gait controllers may be obtained. The gait controllers in the ordered list may define respective gaits of the legged robot, and may include respective validity checks and output parameters for the respective gaits. The ordered list may begin with a target gait controller that defines the target gait. The ordered list may be traversed in order from the target gait controller until a validity check associated with a particular gait controller passes. The legged robot may be instructed to actuate the leg members and/or leg joints according to output parameters of the particular gait controller. |
| US10399619B1 |
Track assembly for traction of an off-road vehicle
A track assembly for providing traction to an off-road vehicle, such as an agricultural vehicle, a construction vehicle, or another work vehicle, in which the track assembly may comprise a suspension between a frame of the track assembly and a bogie carrying roller wheels of the track assembly. |
| US10399612B2 |
Wheel skirt shielding upper tire sidewall
An upper wheel skirt assembly for increasing the propulsive efficiency of a wheeled vehicle having rearward wheels otherwise exposed to headwinds comprising a wheel skirt panel assembly mounted laterally adjacent to a wheel assembly and disposed to shield upper sidewalls of the wheel assembly from headwinds otherwise impinging thereon. |
| US10399609B2 |
Mechanical interface
A vehicle includes a first metallic body panel, second metallic body panel, and spacer. The first metallic body panel is secured to the second metallic body panel. The second metallic body panel is comprised of a dissimilar metal relative to the first metallic body panel. The spacer has a concave peripheral surface. The spacer is disposed between and secured to both the first and second metallic body panels such that the concave peripheral surface is exposed via a gap between the first and second metallic body panels. |
| US10399607B2 |
Vehicle floor structure
A vehicle floor structure includes: a floor tunnel extending in a vehicle-longitudinal direction at a center in a vehicle-width direction of a vehicle; and a floor pan fixed outward of the floor tunnel in the vehicle-width direction. The floor tunnel includes a top wall having a plate-like shape, a side wall extending downward from an edge of the top wall in the vehicle-width direction toward the floor pan, a tunnel reinforcement covering a corner ranging from the edge to an upper edge of the side wall in the vehicle-upward direction, and a reinforcement member provided on the side wall. A part of the reinforcement member is placed on an outer surface of the tunnel reinforcement, and is fixed to the outer surface of the tunnel reinforcement at a position adjacent to a front end of the floor tunnel. |
| US10399606B2 |
Multi-piece overfender assemblies and methods of mounting the same to vehicles
A vehicle includes a wheel within a wheel well, a fender panel assembly that includes a fender outer panel and a fender inner panel, the fender panel assembly at least partially surrounding the wheel well, and an overfender assembly connected to the fender panel assembly. The overfender assembly includes an overfender backing including a fender outer panel connection portion that connects to the fender outer panel and a fender inner panel connection portion that connects to the fender inner panel and an overfender garnish connected to the overfender backing. The overfender garnish and the overfender backing are formed separately of different materials. |
| US10399605B2 |
Vehicle body and method for producing the vehicle body
A vehicle body of shell construction has a rear frame extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The rear frame has a support rear panel configured as an inner shell and a rear panel configured as an outer shell. The support rear panel is composed of a center part and at least two side parts. The center part is configured as a lock counterpart for a lock of a rear flap. In the region of the lock counterpart, the rear frame is solely comprised of the center part as the inner shell and the support rear panel as the outer shell, without sheet metal doubling or reinforcement structures. |
| US10399603B2 |
Vehicle frame structural member assembly and method
A vehicle frame structural member assembly method includes an elongated frame member and a reinforcement member. The reinforcement member is complementarily arranged adjacent the elongated frame member. |
| US10399601B2 |
Vehicle lower portion structure
A reinforcement member disposed at a front portion of a floor panel is disposed angled toward a vehicle width direction inside on progression from a position (input portion) on a vehicle width direction outside and vehicle front-rear direction front side of the floor panel toward the vehicle front-rear direction rear side. An outer end portion of the reinforcement member is joined to a rocker, and an inner end portion of the reinforcement member is joined to a floor tunnel portion. When the vehicle is involved in a frontal collision, collision load is input in an oblique direction to the position on the vehicle width direction outside and the vehicle front-rear direction front side of the floor panel. |
| US10399594B2 |
Power steering device and device for controlling power steering device
A device for controlling a power steering device having: a steering mechanism for transmitting the rotation of a steering wheel to steered wheels; an electric motor for imparting steering force to the steering mechanism; a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force of the motor to the steering mechanism; a housing for accommodating at least part of the steering mechanism, the transmission mechanism, and the motor; a water sensor for detecting moisture in the housing; and a torque sensor for detecting steering torque; wherein the control device is provided with a first fault assessment unit for assessing faults in the power steering device on the basis of a steering torque signal, etc., and a second fault assessment unit for assessing faults in the power steering device when the water sensor has sensed moisture. It is thereby possible to assess faults in the power steering device from a multifaceted perspective. |
| US10399593B2 |
Prognostication of real time operating system health
Embodiments are described for prognostication of real time operating system (RTOS) health. An example computer-implemented method includes monitoring, for a task from a plurality of tasks being executed by the RTOS, an execution time, an inter-arrival time, and a blocking time. The method further includes computing an RTOS state of health value based on the execution time, the inter-arrival time, and the blocking time of each task from the plurality of tasks. The method further includes, in response to the RTOS state of health value being less than a predetermined threshold, initiating performance of an error handling. |
| US10399585B2 |
Method of controlling hybrid operation of trains having different formation lengths and communication-based train control system
A method of controlling hybrid operation of trains having different formation lengths and a communication-based train control (CBTC) system are provided. The method includes: before a train travels into a CBTC area, determining, according to a preset filter area, whether any other vehicle exists in front of the train in a travel direction thereof, if no other vehicle exists in front of the train in the travel direction thereof, determining a formation length of the train according to the filter area, determining, according to the formation length of the train and the filter area, whether any other vehicle exists behind the train in the travel direction thereof, and if no other vehicle exists behind the train in the travel direction thereof, providing the train with a movement authorization. |
| US10399581B2 |
Deadhead return control system for a locomotive or a control car similar to a locomotive
A deadhead return control system for a locomotive or a control car similar to a locomotive having a deadhead stop and a piston valve with the connection status of the piston valve being controlled by the status of the deadhead stop. A first end of the deadhead stop is connected to a pilot end of the piston valve, a second end of the deadhead stop is connected to the atmosphere, a third end of the deadhead stop is connected to the external main air pipe. When the deadhead stop has a closed status, the first end of the stop is connected to the second end of the stop and when the stop has an open status, the first end of the stop is connected to the third end of the stop to allow for the air from said main air pipe to flow into the piston valve. |
| US10399579B2 |
Axle box suspension of railcar bogie
An axle box suspension of a railcar bogie is configured to couple an axle box, accommodating a bearing supporting an axle, to a bogie frame and includes: an axle beam including an axle beam main body portion and an axle beam end portion, the axle beam main body portion extending from the axle box in a car longitudinal direction, the axle beam end portion being provided at a tip end of the axle beam main body portion and including a tubular portion that is open at both car width direction sides; a core rod inserted into an internal space of the tubular portion in a car width direction; an elastic bushing interposed between the tubular portion and the core rod; and a receiving seat provided at the bogie frame, both end portions of the core rod being connected to the receiving seat, the tubular portion being divided into a first semi-tubular portion and a second semi-tubular portion, the first semi-tubular portion being formed integrally with the axle beam main body portion, the second semi-tubular portion being stacked on the first semi-tubular portion in an upward/downward direction. |
| US10399578B2 |
Railcar adapter for connecting a railcar body to a bearing
A railcar adapter for connecting a railcar body to a bearing is provided. The railcar adapter includes an adapter body having two lateral channels each delimited by a pair of opposed lugs adapted to cooperate with the railcar body, an inner surface acting as a bearing seat for the bearing and an outer surface in radial contact with the railcar body. The inner surface includes at least one central groove located on a first axis of symmetry of the railcar adapter emerging in each lateral channel. The inner surface further provides a second central groove located on a second symmetry axis of the railcar adapter, perpendicular to the first symmetry axis. |
| US10399577B2 |
Railroad train with length more than platform and its marshalling system
A railroad train marshaling system or marshaling method is disclosed. The railroad train includes cars within platform area which are made up of several cars; door-free cars which are connected with the cars within platform area at both ends or one end and made up of at least one car with no side door for passengers to get on and off the train. When the railroad train stops at the platform, the cars within platform area are arranged to stop within the area of platform or corresponding to the platform, the door-free car is arranged to stop beyond platform area and passengers in the door-free car will get to the platform directly from the car within platform area. The sum of length of door-free car and cars within platform area is more than that of the platform. |
| US10399576B2 |
Method for conveying information during an autonomous drive and vehicular information presenting device
Until a lapse of a prescribed time from switching to a manual drive mode, a special judgment criterion for judging whether to generate an attention-arousing event is employed so that an attention-arousing event is generated more frequently than in an ordinary state and information is presented to a driver in a different expression form than in the ordinary situation. Since after occurrence of a handover the frequency of arousing attention of the driver is increased and attention of the driver is aroused in a different form, the driver realizes the switching to the manual drive mode soon and hence mode confusion can be avoided. Arousing attention of the driver is started earlier than in the ordinary situation by changing the judgment criterion for judging whether to generate an attention-arousing event. |
| US10399573B1 |
Systems and methods for assessing vehicle operation in a direction of sunlight
Systems and methods for assessing vehicle operation are provided. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may receive and analyze image data depicting an individual located within a vehicle. The electronic device may also access and compile certain data related to an environment of the vehicle, and specifically to the vehicle's position relative to the sun. According to embodiments, the electronic device may determine, based on the accessed data, whether the vehicle is traveling into a direction of the sun, and may generate and record an indication of the same. |
| US10399569B2 |
Systems and methods for idle coasting management of a vehicle having predictive cruise control
A system, method, and apparatus includes management of coasting during operation of a vehicle equipped with a predictive cruise control system. |
| US10399568B2 |
Method and device for automatic longitudinal dynamics control of a motor vehicle
Automatically controlling the longitudinal dynamics of a vehicle includes ascertaining a state variable dependent on the state of at least one wheel brake, detecting overshoots and/or undershoots of a limiting value of the state variable, ascertaining information about a vehicle traveling ahead, setting at least one control of a feedback control system, and controlling the longitudinal dynamics of the vehicle as a function of the at least one control parameter. A sensing device used to ascertain the state of the at least one wheel brake, another sensing device is used to ascertain information about the vehicle traveling ahead, and an evaluating, setting and controlling unit is used to evaluate the state of the at least one wheel brake and the information about the vehicle traveling ahead for setting the at least one control parameter and for controlling the longitudinal dynamics of the vehicle as a function thereof. |
| US10399567B2 |
Vehicle traveling control apparatus
After a push operation of an operating unit is started (at time t1), when a speed limit acquired by a speed limit acquisition ECU is switched from a first speed limit (for example, 100 km/h) to a second speed limit (for example, 120 km/h) at time t2 in a period in which a duration time of the push operation has not yet reached a long-push completion time, a driving support ECU sets a target speed Vset to the second speed limit at a time point at which the duration time of the push operation has reached the long-push completion time thereafter (at time t3). |
| US10399566B2 |
Speed control system and method for operating the same
A method for operating a speed control system of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises identifying a torque required to achieve a desired operating parameter of the vehicle. The method further assessing whether the required torque exceeds a predetermined torque limit, and when it does, determining if it is appropriate to increase the torque limit. When it is determined that it is appropriate to do so, the method further comprises increasing the predetermined torque limit. A speed control system of a vehicle comprising an electronic control unit configured to: determine a torque required to achieve a desired operating parameter of the vehicle, assess whether the required torque exceeds a predetermined torque limit; when the torque exceeds the torque limit, determine if it is appropriate to increase the torque limit; and when it is determined that it is appropriate to do so, increase the torque limit, is also provided. |
| US10399565B2 |
Method and device for optimizing driver assistance systems
The invention relates to a method for optimizing a driver assistance system having the work steps of defining at least one driver assistance system A to be optimized, determining at least one vehicle parameter function that is suitable for characterizing an operating state of a vehicle, and at least one environmental parameter function that is suitable for characterizing the surroundings of the vehicle, calculation of at least one driving situation characteristic function that characterizes a driving situation of the vehicle, particularly at least on the basis of the at least one vehicle parameter function and/or of the at least one environmental parameter function, calculation of at least one control intervention characteristic function that is suitable for characterizing the activity of the driver assistance system A, and calculation of a correction function that depends on the at least one driving situation characteristic function and characterizes a subjective perception of the driving situation by at least one passenger, particularly on the basis of the at least one control intervention characteristic function and on the basis of the at least one vehicle parameter function and/or of the at least one environmental parameter function. |
| US10399561B2 |
Limp-home control method and system for hybrid vehicle
A limp-home control method and a system for hybrid vehicles which can minimize vehicle vibration (jerk) and improve operability by driving an engine with counter electromotive force and locking up an engine clutch with a difference between an engine speed and a motor speed minimized when a high voltage to an inverter is interrupted due to a failure of a high voltage system of the hybrid vehicle. |
| US10399559B2 |
System and method of controlling engine clutch engagement during TCS operation of hybrid vehicle
A system and method of controlling engine clutch engagement during TCS operation of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The method includes determining whether a TCS is operating and upon determining that the TCS is operating, determining a compensation value for early engagement of an engine clutch during the TCS operation based on a difference between a front wheel speed and a rear wheel speed and a slip amount of front wheels. Additionally, the method includes determining whether engagement of the engine clutch is capable of being started based on the compensation value and starting the engine clutch engagement. Since the engagement of the engine clutch is controlled based on the speed of non-drive wheels during TCS operation, the engagement stability of the engine clutch is improved and the amount of time required to engage the engine clutch is decreased. |
| US10399554B2 |
Hybrid vehicle with auto stop start controllers
A hybrid electric vehicle includes a combustion engine, and an electric machine and storage battery coupled to one or more controller(s) configured to respond to various signals from a driver and vehicle components. In response, such controller(s) enable an automatic or auto ICE start stop capability that is managed for optimal HEV lifecycle operation, and fuel economy and efficiency. The controller(s) automatically start and stop the ICE in response to one or more of a torque demand signal, a vehicle speed signal, a steering torque power signal, and a brake signal. The controller(s) inhibit automatic stop of ICE responsive to the steering torque power exceeding a stop threshold, and in contrast initiate or enable automatic start responsive to the steering torque power exceeding a start threshold. The start threshold is calibrated and adjusted to exceed the stop threshold by a stability factor that is predetermined and/or adjusted by the controller(s). |
| US10399553B2 |
Operating switch and parking brake control device
An operating switch for commanding actuation of an electric parking brake mechanism includes two input terminals and two output terminals, a pair of two wirings for each input-terminal/output-terminal pair of the two input terminals and the two output terminals, each of the wirings being located between the input terminals and the two output terminals, a first switch element provided for the input terminals or the output terminals, and configured to switch connections to the two wirings, according to a command for the actuation, and a second switch element connected to one wiring of the two wirings that connects the input terminals and the output terminals when the command for the actuation given to the first switch element is set to a mode of non-operation. The second switch element is configured to switch connections to the two output terminals or the two input terminals, according to the command for the actuation. |
| US10399551B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for improving safety of ECP-equipped trains with flammable cargo
A safety system for a train equipped with an ECP air brake arrangement, in which the train includes at least one locomotive and at least one railcar connected to a trainline network, the system including: at least one power supply; at least one power supply controller to communicate over the trainline network and control the at least one power supply; at least one local controller to: communicate over the trainline network; receive or determine railcar data including a condition or parameter associated with the at least one railcar; and, based at least partially on the railcar data, generate at least one first message to deactivate the at least one power supply. A computer-implemented method for monitoring and responding to at least one railcar's derailment is also disclosed. |
| US10399549B2 |
Control valve for automatic compressed-air brakes having a special valve housing
A control valve for automatic compressed-air brakes forms a brake cylinder pressure in at least one connected brake cylinder in accordance with a pressure difference between a pressure in a continuous main air line of a train and a stored reference pressure, which is drawn from the pressure of the main air line, comprising valve means for drawing a control pressure from the pressure of the main air line in order to produce a brake cylinder pressure for applying to the brake cylinder. A first piston system provides the control pressure from the pressure of the main air line and a valve mechanism for producing the brake cylinder pressure, wherein a short-stroke first piston system actuates the accelerating element in the same valve housing interacts with a second piston system for actuating the valve mechanism, the second piston system being of longer stroke in relation to the first piston system. |
| US10399547B2 |
Pressure variation damper for a hydraulic vehicle brake system, and corresponding vehicle brake system
A pressure variation damper for a slip-regulated, hydraulic vehicle brake system includes a damper housing and a tubular damper element. The damper element is disposed in the damper housing and configured for elastic deformation. The damper element is subjected on an inside and/or on an outside to a fluid. Possible pressure variations of the fluid are to be damped. The damper element comprises a corrugation on the outside and a corrugation on the inside configured to reduce a change in a wall thickness of the damper element owing to the corrugation on the outside. |
| US10399546B2 |
Electronically slip-controllable power-assisted braking system, in particular for a motor vehicle
An electronically slip-controllable power-assisted braking system for a motor vehicle. The power-assisted braking system is equipped with a hydraulically acting booster device that is inserted in a brake circuit downstream from an actuation device and has a piston unit movably guided in a cylinder housing. The piston unit is embodied in stepped fashion and divides an interior space of the cylinder housing into multiple booster chambers impinged upon by pressure medium. At least one of these booster chambers is capable of being impinged upon by pump pressure from a pump driven by external force. |
| US10399544B2 |
Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle based on information from a mobile communication terminal includes an operation restricting portion that restricts operation to the mobile communication terminal, a determination portion that determines a restriction state of the operation to the mobile communication terminal imposed by the operation restricting portion, and a vehicle control portion that controls the vehicle in accordance with the determination of the determination portion. |
| US10399542B2 |
Method and device for operating a vehicle
A vehicle-internal security device is configured to perform a method, for example, by executing a computer program, in which method, when access takes place to a vehicle component or a to plurality of vehicle components from outside the vehicle, the vehicle-internal security device restricts or interrupts the access if a corresponding request was received by the vehicle via a communications network. |
| US10399541B2 |
Methods for monitoring safety belt usage
Methods and systems detect motion of a motor vehicle and detect whether the driver, and/or other occupants, are wearing their safety belts. A third party can be notified, in real-time, that the vehicle is being driven without the safety belts engaged. The user can then deliver an audio message to the user, either pre-recorded or live, to remind the user to fasten their safety belts. The third party also has an option of delivering a consequence to the user as a result of the detection of the safety belt not being engaged. Such consequence can include automatically limiting access to certain applications of the driver's smart phone for a certain period of time. The system can include a seat belt application detector, a vehicle motion detector, and wireless communication means to send a signal of safety belt application to the third party. |
| US10399530B2 |
Vehicle seat frame
A vehicle seat frame, which is attached to a vehicle body, includes: a frame body that extends along an outer frame of the vehicle seat frame, the frame body having a hollow space therein, and an airbag that is disposed in the hollow space of the frame body. The airbag is connected to a gas supply device that supplies gas into the airbag to deploy the airbag in the hollow space in a case where an impact equal to or more than a predetermined value is detected by an impact sensor. |
| US10399524B2 |
Method for determining an impact intensity
A method for generating a signal representing an impact intensity including the steps: receiving at least three signals, which represent respectively accelerations in different spatial directions; calculating a direction-independent variable from the three signals; ascertaining an integrated measurand of the direction-independent variable over a time window; generating a signal representing an impact intensity on the basis of the ascertained integrated measurand. |
| US10399518B2 |
Relay device and power supply device
Provided are a relay device and a power supply device that can switch on/off a current path between power storage units, and can suppress, if an earth fault has occurred on either power storage unit side, a voltage reduction on the other power storage unit side. A relay device includes: a serial structural portion in which a resistance unit and a switch unit are connected in series to each other; a relay unit that serves as a path for a current to flow between a first power storage unit and a second power storage unit when the switch unit is in the ON state; and a control unit configured to perform control of switching the switch unit of the relay unit. |
| US10399509B2 |
Vehicle camera with replaceable cover
A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera has a camera housing and a lens. A cover element is removably disposed at the camera. The cover element includes a curved transparent portion and a mounting portion. The curved transparent portion of the cover element, when the cover element is disposed at the camera, protects the lens so that the lens is not exposed to the environment external the vehicle. The cover element may be configured to be fixedly mounted at the exterior portion of the vehicle, such that the camera is removably mounted at the vehicle by detachable attachment at the cover element. |
| US10399506B2 |
Cargo carrier assembly with hinge mechanism
The present disclosure includes a hinge mechanism for a cargo accessory as shown and described. The hinge mechanism may include a linkage selectively attachable to a vehicle, and a cargo accessory carrying member pivotally attached to the linkage, where the cargo accessory carrying member is capable of being pivoted between a straight position, an upward position, and a drop position. The hinge mechanism may also include a guide member and guide apertures wherein the guide member may be selectively positioned within the guide apertures permitting pivoting of the cargo accessory carrying member relative to the linkage. |
| US10399504B2 |
Retaining device for vehicle racks
A retaining device for securing one or more accessory racks to a base rack on a vehicle is provided herein. The device comprises a housing member that extends through the one or more accessory racks and into the base rack, a head, secured to the housing member that engages one or other of the racks, a detent that engages the other of the racks, and an engagement mechanism that extends the detent and pulls it toward the head. The device may further comprise a lock that secures the detent in a clamping position. The lock may comprise a ratchet and pawl arrangement defined by first and second levered tabs disposed on the head, the first tab being operably connected to the engagement mechanism. An ATV comprising one or more accessory racks secured to a base rack by a retaining device as described herein is also provided. |
| US10399501B2 |
Concealable vehicle cargo area storage system
A cargo area storage system including: a foldable cover assembly including: first and second substantially rectangular panels in a parallel relationship and being pivotally connected such that the panels can fold in relation to one another to form the cover assembly into an erect configuration or to have a common plane configuration; a storage container affixed to the second panel, the storage container having one or more storage compartments, the storage container being a foldable, top open container; and where, when the first and second panels are in the erect configuration, the storage container can be made into an unfolded configuration to establish the one or more storage compartments to store one or more items, and where, when the first and second panels are in the common plane configuration, the storage container can be made into a folded configuration and concealed from the cargo area. |
| US10399500B2 |
Actuatable compact vehicle step
The invention relates to an actuatable compact vehicle step with first and second step portions that bifurcate from a single axis when moving from nested to extended positions to provide two or more tiered steps, the second step in a position substantially below the first step when deployed. In various embodiments, step portions travel on curved tracks from the nested position to allow them to be both well-concealed when nested and optimally extended when deployed. |
| US10399499B2 |
Service access walkway for a rotary mixer machine
A service access walkway for a rotary mixer machine is provided. The service access walkway includes a first walkway section and a second walkway section pivotally coupled to the first walkway section by at least one hinge. The second walkway section is configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position. The service access walkway further includes a magnetic assembly configured to magnetically engage the second walkway section with the rotary mixer machine when the second walkway section is in the closed position. |
| US10399496B2 |
Viewing device for vehicle and method of displaying viewed image for vehicle
There is provided a viewing device for a vehicle, including: an imaging portion that captures an image of a rear of a vehicle from a vehicle exterior; and a display portion that carries out image processing that combines a first captured image that has been captured by the imaging portion and a second captured image that shows a vehicle cabin interior in which a vehicle rear including the vehicle cabin interior is captured from the vehicle cabin interior, such that a region of a rear side window glass becomes longer than an apparent width of the rear side window glass that is actually seen from a position of capturing the second captured image, and displays the images. |
| US10399494B2 |
Vehicle-mounted warning system
A vehicle-mounted warning system which is configured such that a warning lamp on a meter panel is turned on or blinked in the event of an abnormality with a vehicle has a detection unit configured to detect a mental turmoil of a driver, when the warning lamp is turned on or blinked, and a notification unit configured to notify the driver of a content of the warning of the lit or blinking warning lamp or how to cope with the warning thereof, when the mental turmoil of the driver is detected. |
| US10399491B2 |
Warning device for roadside stops
A warning device or apparatus for use during roadside stops, with means to display one or more warning messages on the front of the warning device or apparatus at a height to be easily and quickly seen by oncoming drivers. The warning device may be a warning triangle, although other shapes may be used as appropriate according to the customs or laws for particular regions or areas. One or more message plates can be mounted on the warning device, with various messages selected according to the circumstances. An electronic message board may be similarly mounted. |
| US10399489B2 |
Steering wheel horn assembly
A steering wheel horn assembly operates the horn of a vehicle through driver initiated application of pressure on a steering wheel body. The assembly permits a driver to activate a vehicle horn without the driver having to remove one or more hands from the steering wheel. A circular steering wheel body is bifurcated into first and second steering wheel body sections having cooperating first and second electrical contact members. The steering wheel body sections are pressed together through application of pressure from the driver's hands to an active position. In the active position, the electrical contact members engage to complete a circuit; thereby actuating an audible sound from the horn. Springs bias the steering wheel body sections apart to disengage the electrical contact members to an inactive position. Applying pressure to create the active position also actuates illumination from vehicle lights, simultaneously with the audible sound from the horn. |
| US10399485B2 |
Dashboard display and control method thereof
A dashboard display for a vehicle, and including a light source unit including a plurality of light sources disposed in a matrix form; a display unit configured to display speedometer information using light provided from the light source unit; a needle positioned on the speedometer information and rotatably moving according to a speed of the vehicle; and a processor configured to control the light source unit to emit a predetermined brightness in a region at least partially surrounding the needle, and vary the region at least partially surrounding the needle according to a position of the needle. |
| US10399482B2 |
Light module, by example for illuminating an outer component of a vehicle
A light module includes a light source configured for emitting an illumination beam, and an optical fiber guiding the illumination beam between a first end facing the light source and a second end opposite the light source. The light module further includes a reflector positioned at the second end of the optical fiber and reflecting the illumination beam back from the second end toward the first end of the optical fiber. |
| US10399480B2 |
Control device mounted on vehicle and method for controlling the same
A control device may include a sensing unit configured to sense a topographical state of a road surface on which a vehicle is travelling. The control device may also include at least one processor configured to, based on the topographical state of the road surface being a first topographical state, control a head lamp of the vehicle to be in a first output state that outputs light to a first area ahead of the vehicle. The at least one processor may also be configured to, based on the topographical state of the road surface changing to a second topographical state different from the first topographical state, control the head lamp of the vehicle to change to a second output state that maintains the output of the light to the first area ahead of the vehicle. |
| US10399479B2 |
Headlight for a motor vehicle
A headlight for a motor vehicle having a first light module, which is received in a first support frame, and at least one second light module, which is received in a second support frame. A headlight range adjustment device has an adjustment element, which extends between the headlight range adjustment device and the first support frame in an adjustment axis. The adjustment element has a ball head, which is accommodated by a ball head receptacle on the first support frame. A joint piece with a ball socket is arranged on the first support frame, wherein in the ball socket, a ball head of a coupling element is received. An arrangement of the joint piece is formed on a first support frame, and the adjustment axis of the adjustment element runs in its extension through the ball head of the coupling element. |
| US10399476B2 |
Integrated handle and housing
A vehicle headliner assembly includes a headliner, a handle, a housing, and a pivotable coupling. The pivotable coupling defines an axis. The handle and the housing are operably coupled to the pivotable coupling. The handle is selectively rotatable about the pivotable coupling from a stowed position to a deployed position. The housing is selectively rotatable about the pivotable coupling from a closed position to an open position. |
| US10399472B2 |
Seat fitted with garnish
A seat is provided with: a frame; a pad supported by the frame; a skin member covering a front surface of the pad and provided with a first opening; an annular plate having a second opening and attached to a part of the skin member surrounding the first opening so that the first opening opposes the second opening; and a garnish including a tubular portion passed into the first opening and the second opening, and retained onto the pad, a flange provided at a front end of the tubular portion and having a larger outer diameter than the tubular portion, and an engagement claw projecting from an outer periphery of the tubular portion, and engaging the annular plate between the flange and the engagement claw. |
| US10399471B2 |
Vehicle seat with pad having a through-opening for harness
A vehicle seat includes right and left side frames 10, and an elastic member (cushion spring 20) run between the right and left side frames 10. The right and left side frames 10 include side walls 11 disposed opposite to each other in a lateral direction, and flange portions (upper flange portions 12) respectively extending laterally inward from the side walls 11, and the elastic member is attached to the flange portions. |
| US10399470B2 |
Vehicle seat
There is provided a vehicle seat (car seat) comprising a seat cushion pad (seat body) having an air passage connected to an outlet port (114), and a blower having an inlet port (113) and configured to feed air taken in through the inlet port (113) to the air passage. The blower (100) is located on the lower side of the seat cushion pad (seat body) that is opposite to an occupant's side on which an occupant is to be seated, and the inlet port (113) is directed upward that is a direction toward the seat cushion pad (seat body). |
| US10399469B2 |
Vibration reduction device for vehicle seat
A vibration reduction device for a vehicle seat that can reduce forward/backward vibration when the vehicle is stopped with the engine idling. The vibration reduction device includes a weight mounted through an elastic body in the seat back or the headrest of the seat. |
| US10399465B2 |
Seat cushion adjuster, seat, and adjustment method of seat
A seat cushion adjuster in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises at least one bracket, at least one slider, at least one first interposing member, and at least one second interposing member. The slider is inserted into an inner hollow portion of the bracket. The slider comprises a base plate part of a plate shape and a pair of raised parts. The pair of raised parts is raised from a pair of ends of the base plate part so as to be raised with respect to one surface of the base plate part. The first interposing member is disposed between an inner wall of the bracket and the slider. The second interposing member is disposed between the inner wall of the bracket and the slider so as to face the first interposing member. |
| US10399459B1 |
Vehicle wheel generator system
An energy recovery system for a machine, and particularly a multi-wheeled vehicle, includes an energy generation component housed within one or more of said wheel assemblies, coupled to an energy storage component which selectively receives energy from said vehicle motion effect on said energy generation component(s) and delivers said energy to a said energy storage component. In one embodiment, said energy generation is an electric generator, and said storage component is an electric battery. |
| US10399458B2 |
Tethered charging/re-charging drone (TCR) assembly system
A tethered charging and recharging (TCR) drone assembly system is provided. The TCR drone assembly system may be a nurse vehicle-based, a master/slave vehicle-based, a stationary structure and/or free standing TCR drone assembly system. The TCR drone assembly system is especially suitable for use on moving vehicles, for example, a self-propelled conventional type vehicle operated by an operator and/or autonomous or slave autonomous vehicle with no operator on board. The TRC drone assembly system may quickly couple and may deliver energy charges, recharges or other types of power propellants to vehicles while the vehicles are stationary or in motion. The assemblies are especially suitable for providing power to vehicles when only limited downtime of the vehicles is desired. The assemblies are suitable for use in, for example, the agricultural, construction, defense or other industries. |
| US10399457B2 |
Dismount controls for one-wheeled vehicle
A control system for a tiltable vehicle may include a motor controller configured to respond to backward or reverse operation of the vehicle by hindering a responsiveness of the control system (e.g., proportionally) and/or eventually disengaging a drive motor of the vehicle. Accordingly, a user may intuitively and safely dismount the vehicle by selectively commanding reverse operation. In some examples, the backward direction may be user-defined. |
| US10399450B2 |
Systems and methods for local autonomous response to grid conditions by electric vehicle charging stationsas and other similar loads
A system for generating a local autonomous response to a condition of an electric grid by electric vehicle charging stations, comprising: a first electricity meter for reading current, frequency, or voltage from a first electricity supply line to one electric vehicle charging station; a second electricity meter for reading an electric current, frequency, or voltage from the electric grid supplying the plurality of electric vehicle charging stations; a third electricity meter for reading current, frequency, or voltage from a third electricity line from one or more renewable generators; and an electric vehicle charging controller operatively coupled to the first electricity meter, the second electricity meter, the third electricity meter and the electric vehicle charging stations and operable to obtain readings from the first electricity meter, the second electricity meter and the third electricity meter and to control the electric vehicle charging stations based on the obtained readings. |
| US10399449B2 |
Wireless charging control apparatus and method for optimal charging by adjusting the inclination of the electric vehicle being charged
A wireless charging control apparatus may include at least one horizontal detector configured for detecting an inclination of an electric vehicle (EV); a suspension control device controlling a plurality of suspensions disposed near wheels of the EV to adjust a height or inclination of the EV; and a controller measuring the inclination of the EV based on data collected from the at least one horizontal sensor, estimating an inclination of a reception pad based on the measured inclination of the EV, and controlling the suspension control device to adjust the inclination of the EV when the inclination of the reception pad is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value. |
| US10399447B2 |
Control method of swappable battery pack set applied to electric vehicle
A control method for a swappable battery pack set of electric vehicles (EVs), wherein each of the EVs has a main battery pack set and at least a swappable battery pack set simultaneously. The control method includes the following process of uninstalling the swappable battery pack set from a first EV, before charging the swappable battery pack set; executing a charge unlocking process, before charging the swappable battery pack set; executing a charge locking process, after charging the swappable battery pack set; and installing the swappable battery pack set to a second EV after executing the charge locking process. |
| US10399433B2 |
Fuel tank to suppress damage upon input of a load or deformation to the tank body
There is provided a fuel tank including: a tank main body that stores fuel at an interior and has a pair of wall portions that face one another; and a supporting pillar that spans between the pair of wall portions, wherein the supporting pillar includes a shaft portion that is disposed with an axial direction thereof being a direction in which the pair of wall portions face one another, a pair of flange portions that extend-out toward a radial direction outer side of the shaft portion from axial direction both end portions of the shaft portion, and that are joined to the pair of wall portions, and plural ribs that are formed at a periphery of the shaft portion, and that span between the shaft portion and the pair of flange portions, and that have weak portions that are weakened locally. |
| US10399426B2 |
Control device for hybrid vehicle and control method
A control device for a hybrid vehicle having an engine, a motor which drives by power of a battery, and an air conditioner which operates by power of the battery, includes a target driving force calculator configured to calculate a target value of driving three transmitted to a drive wheel from a driving source as target driving force, an air conditioner manager configured to manage an ON/OFF state of an air conditioner, and a controller configured to calculate a request output by adding the target driving force to a system output requested to the drive source by a system request, calculate an operation point of the engine for optimally driving the engine in response to the request output, control the engine to drive at the operation point, and control the motor based on the request output. |
| US10399424B2 |
Sunroof device
The invention provides a sunroof device with good overall appearance. The sunroof device having: a first panel, a second panel and a weather strip, which is located between the first panel and the opening and between the second panel and the opening, and mounted along an inner peripheral edge portion of the opening. The weather strip has a first weather strip portion disposed at a position corresponding to a part of the opening and a second weather strip portion disposed at a position corresponding to another part of the opening, wherein, a first protrusion amount that the first weather strip portion protrudes from the inner peripheral edge portion of the opening toward the first panel is smaller than a second protrusion amount that the second weather strip portion protrudes from the inner peripheral edge portion of the opening toward the second panel. |
| US10399422B2 |
Wind deflector assembly
A wind deflector assembly includes a wind deflector member which extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The wind deflector member is connected to a first end of at least one pivotable wind deflector arm of which an opposite second end is at least pivotally connected to a stationary part. A biasing device engages the wind deflector arm and urges the wind deflector arm towards the extended position. The biasing device is at least pivotally connected to the stationary part through a pivot. |
| US10399420B2 |
Tonneau system for use with a pickup truck
A tonneau system for use with a pickup truck is provided. The tonneau system includes a tonneau cover, a first bracket, and a second bracket. The tonneau cover includes a front cross-member, a primary tonneau section hingedly coupled to the front cross-member, and at least one secondary tonneau section hingedly coupled in series to the first tonneau section. The first bracket extends from the front cross-member proximal to a first end thereof for securing the first end of the front cross-member to a first side wall of a cargo box of a pickup truck when the front cross-member is positioned atop a bulkhead of the cargo box. The second bracket extends from the front cross-member proximal to a second end thereof opposite the first end for securing the second end of the front cross-member to a second side wall of the cargo box of the pickup truck when the front cross-member is positioned atop the bulkhead of the cargo box. |
| US10399417B2 |
Two piece roof and mounting for SXS vehicle
The disclosure provides a roofing system suitable for off-road vehicles. The roofing system includes a front panel that connects to a front, first lateral member of a roll cage of the vehicle and extends rearward over a front passenger seat to a rearward, second lateral member of the roll cage. The roofing system includes a rear panel that overlaps and connects to the front panel at a lateral seam including a channel and a seal between the front panel and the rear panel. The same front panel may be used on multiple models of vehicle. The rear panel may be sized according to the model of the vehicle. When different rear panels are used, each rear panel may include the same features along a front edge for forming a seam with the common front panel. |
| US10399413B2 |
Vehicle heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning device
A vehicle heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning device (10) comprising a housing (12), in which at least two hot-air guiding ducts (18, 19) are formed for different vehicle interior regions, the hot-air guiding ducts (18, 19) being separated by a housing wall (28). A common heating device (30) and a common air treatment element (32) are provided which are arranged in each case in both hot-air guiding ducts (18, 19), the air treatment element (32) being arranged in the air flow downstream of the heating device (30). The air treatment element (32) has a dividing wall (34) which divides the air treatment element (32) into at least two part regions which are assigned to in each case one hot-air guiding duct (18, 19). |
| US10399408B2 |
Method for controlling and/or regulating the evaporator temperature of an air conditioning system in a motor vehicle
A method and apparatus controls and/or regulates the evaporator temperature of an air conditioning system in a motor vehicle in cooling mode. When an outside air temperature exceeds a predetermined limit value, the evaporator temperature is controlled and/or regulated to a predetermined minimum evaporator temperature until a predetermined desired temperature in the interior of the vehicle is reached. After reaching the predetermined desired temperature in the interior of the vehicle, the evaporator temperature is increased until a predetermined interior humidity in the vehicle is reached, or the interior temperature is higher than the predetermined desired temperature for the interior of the vehicle. |
| US10399406B2 |
Method for air management
A pneumatic suspension system for a vehicle, in which the pneumatic suspension system includes a supply tank, a first set of air springs positioned on a first side of the vehicle; a second set of air springs positioned on a second side of the vehicle, and a dual-action dynamic valve positioned between the first set of air springs and the second set of air springs. The dual-action dynamic valve is connected to the supply tank, the first set of air springs, and the second set of air springs by a series of air hoses. The dual-action dynamic valve is adapted to supply air to either one of the first set of air springs or the second set of air springs while simultaneously exhausting air from the other one of the first set of air springs or the second set of air springs. |
| US10399402B2 |
Strut assembly including a bearing sleeve having a radial protrusion
A strut assembly including a reservoir tube that extends about and along a center axis and has an interior surface and defines a chamber. A bearing sleeve is disposed in the chamber of the reservoir tube and extends about and along the center axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The bearing sleeve presents an inner surface and an outer surface. A damper body tube is disposed in the bearing sleeve and is moveable relative to the bearing sleeve. A piston assembly is disposed in the damper body tube. The outer surface of the bearing sleeve has a tubular portion and a protrusion portion that extends radially outwardly relative to the tubular portion and annularly and providing an interference fit between the outer surface of the bearing sleeve and the interior surface of the reservoir tube. |
| US10399401B2 |
Vehicle
A utility vehicle with ergonomic, safety, and maintenance features is disclosed. A vehicle is also disclosed with improved cooling, suspension and drive systems. These features enhance the utility of the vehicle. |
| US10399397B2 |
Device and method for inflating and repairing tires and other inflatables
Devices are taught for filling a tire with air, gas or a liquid and repairing the tire. In one embodiment, the tire repair tool discloses an transmittal control section, with the transmittal control section comprising a proximal end, the proximal end having an opening a distal end, with the distal end having a centralized opening to align with a punctureable seal at a proximal end of a gas cartridge; a passageway positioned between the proximal end of the gas cartridge and the distal end; and a puncture tool which can puncture the punctureable seal of the gas cartridge. The puncture tool is positioned at the distal end of the transmittal control section along the air passage way. An insertion tube comprises an air inlet at a distal end of the insertion tube which is connected to the opening of the proximal end of the transmittal control section. A gas outlet passes air from a gas cartridge through the air passage way through the transmittal control section into the air inlet of the insertion tube and through the gas outlet. |
| US10399391B2 |
Pneumatic tire having multiple built-in sealant layers and preparation thereof
A tire with a built-in puncture sealant comprising a supporting tire carcass comprised of one or more layers of ply, an outer circumferential tread, and a radially inner layer, a pair of beads, sidewalls extending radially inward from the axial outer edges of the tread portion to join the respective beads, a sealant comprising an outer layer of sealant and an inner layer of sealant, disposed inwardly from said tire carcass inner layer, wherein the outer layer of sealant and the inner layer of sealant have different viscosities, and wherein said sealant provides self-sealing properties to the tire. |
| US10399387B2 |
Tire comprising variable thicknesses of the rubber mixtures inside the carcass reinforcement
A tire comprises two working crown layers of reinforcing elements and, in each shoulder, an end of a layer of parallel reinforcing elements oriented circumferentially, said end being axially outside the working crown layers. The reinforcing elements have a diameter less than 1 mm and comprise threads with a diameter strictly greater than 0.16 mm, and, in a radial plane, the ratio between the thicknesses of rubber compound between the inner surface of the tire cavity and that point of a metal reinforcing element of the carcass reinforcement that is closest to said inner surface of the cavity, of the two parts of the tire profile that are centered on the respective orthogonal projections onto the inner surface of the tire cavity of the axially outer ends of said additional layers, and of the parts of the tire profile that have the smallest thicknesses, being greater than 1.15. |
| US10399386B2 |
Tire comprising a layer of circumferential reinforcement elements
Tire comprising a crown reinforcement comprising two working crown layers having unequal axial widths. Layer C of rubber compound is placed between ends of the working crown layers. Second layer S of polymer compound is in contact with at least one working crown layer and the carcass reinforcement, which comprises a layer of circumferential reinforcing elements arranged radially between two working crown layers. Distance d between the end of the axially narrowest working layer and the working layer separated from it by layer C is 1.1ø |
| US10399384B2 |
Airless tire
The purpose of the present invention is to minimize decline in endurance, while improving vibration performance. The spokes of an airless tire are provided, as an integrated unit, with an outside annular portion joined to the inside peripheral surface of a tread ring, an inside annular portion joined to the outside peripheral surface of a hub, and a spoke plate portion of constant thickness providing linkage therebetween. The radial inner edge and the radial outer edge of the center plane of thickness of the spoke plate portion are respectively diagonal with respect to a tire axial-direction line. The intersection line at which the center plane of thickness intersects a plane that is at a right angle to the tire axial-direction line constitutes a straight line. The spoke length, which is the length from the radial inner edge to the radial outer edge along the intersection line, is constant for any given location in the tire axial direction. |
| US10399383B2 |
Operating control for actuating a brake and moveable unit
The invention provides an operating control 28, comprising: a braking body 26 which is adjustable between a braking position, in which the braking body 26 is brought into frictional contact with a braking surface U, and a release position, in which the braking body 26 is pulled back from the braking surface U, a load input portion 22, which is set up to receive a loading force from a user, and a load trigger mechanism 42, 46 which converts a loading force acting on the load input portion 22 into an adjustment movement of the braking body 26 from the release position into the braking position. |
| US10399378B1 |
Brush breather
An attachable and detachable holder for wet paint brushes which can be mounted on a top lip of a conventional paint can or paint bucket. An outwardly extending hook holds the holder to an inside of the paint can or paint bucket. The holder holds enough paint that covers paint brush hairs when the paint brush is placed in a holder area of the holder. Side port holes in the holder allow excess paint in the holder to flow back into the paint can or bucket. |
| US10399376B2 |
Multi-layer double stick layered pad
A multi-layer pad of double-sided adhesive sheet material with individual pull-tabs. A method of making an adhesive sheet product may comprise: providing a first double-sided adhesive sheet having a first pull tab and a first adhesive strength on one side of the first double-sided adhesive sheet and a second adhesive strength on the other side of the first double-sided adhesive sheet; providing a second double-sided adhesive sheet having a second pull tab and a first adhesive strength on one side of the second double-sided sheet and a second adhesive strength on the other side of the second double-sided sheet; adhering the first double-sided adhesive sheet to the second double-sided sheet such that side with the second adhesive strength of the first double-sided adhesive sheet contacts the side with the first adhesive strength of the second double-sided adhesive sheet and such that the second pull tab is offset from the first pull tab; whereby a multi-layer double-sided adhesive pad is formed whereby the first double-sided adhesive sheet may be removed from the second double-sided adhesive sheet with the use of the first pull tab to expose the side having the first adhesive strength of the second double-sided adhesive sheet. |
| US10399374B2 |
Method and system for building painted three-dimensional objects
Methods of printing a three-dimensional object, layer by layer are provided. Layers are formed by printing a bulk region with a white building material; inkjet printing a circumferential region surrounding the bulk region that is part of an apparent colored surface of the three-dimensional object, the circumferential region includes colored voxels formed by depositing a transparent building material and one or more color additive materials and inkjet printing a transparent layer around the circumferential region. |
| US10399372B2 |
Test pattern creation method, test pattern, printing apparatus, and program
A method of creating a test pattern including a plurality of ruled lines for measuring an impact displacement in a main scanning direction includes creating the test pattern such that the test pattern includes at least three parts arranged in a sub-scanning direction of the printing apparatus, the at least three parts being selected from parts for measuring an impact displacement due to head displacement, chip displacement, round-trip displacement, column displacement, and/or position displacement. |
| US10399368B2 |
Printing device and control method of a printing device
A printing device reduces the load on the reel driver that drives a delivery reel. A controller drives a reel driver to turn at multiple drive speeds, including a minimum speed at which the circumferential speed of a media roll of the largest diameter is equal to, and a maximum speed at which the circumferential speed of a media roll of the smallest diameter is equal to, the conveyance speed of the media conveyor. When the amount of slack detected by a slack detector goes from between a first threshold and a second threshold that is less than the first threshold, to an amount of slack less than the first threshold, the controller changes the drive speed to one higher speed if the reel driver is not turning at the maximum speed, and stops the reel driver if the reel driver is turning at the maximum speed. |
| US10399360B2 |
Apparatus for producing self-adhesive labels
An apparatus and method for producing self-adhesive labels, in particular in a self-service area, for example of a drug store, is provided. The apparatus comprises a dye-sublimation thermal printer, as a printing means for printing a printing pattern onto an adhesive film, and a cutting apparatus for cutting the adhesive film along a cutting pattern, the adhesive film being moved automatically from the printing means to the cutting apparatus. Initially, only a first moving unit of the printing means moves the adhesive film at a first speed to a second moving unit of the cutting apparatus, after which both moving units move the printed adhesive film further in the forward direction. |
| US10399357B2 |
Thermal transfer printer and cable tie therefor
A thermal transfer printer having a pressing roll and a thermal printing head. The thermal transfer printer is configured to pass pre-aligned cable ties through a gap formed between the pressing roll and the thermal printing head and to imprint a labeling section of a respective cable tie by means of a transfer film likewise passed through the gap. The gap for passage of a respective cable tie head has a partial cross-sectional expansion in the feed-through direction through the gap. |
| US10399354B2 |
Inkjet printhead having printhead chips attached to truss structure
An inkjet printhead includes an elongate fluid manifold having a base which includes a truss structure. The truss structure has webs extending between opposite chords, wherein a plurality of openings between the webs and the chords define fluid outlets. One or more printhead chips are attached to the webs of the truss structure with each printhead chip receiving printing fluid from a plurality of the fluid outlets. |
| US10399351B2 |
Cartridge, liquid ejecting apparatus, and remaining liquid amount detection method
A cartridge holds a liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejecting apparatus. The cartridge includes a storage section configured to store liquid information relating to the liquid held in the cartridge. The cartridge is detachable with respect to the liquid ejecting apparatus. The liquid information includes initial viscosity information relating to an initial viscosity of the liquid in a state prior to the cartridge being mounted to the liquid ejecting apparatus. |
| US10399349B2 |
Liquid-consuming apparatus
A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid storage chamber configured to store a liquid, an inlet through which the liquid is poured into the liquid storage chamber, and a liquid flow channel configured to let the liquid flow therethrough from the liquid storage chamber; a cap configured to be attachable to the tank to cover the inlet; a cover configured to be movable relative to the tank between a closed position where a surface, of the tank, in which the inlet is formed is covered and an open position where the surface of the tank is exposed; and a holder configured to hold the cap removed from the tank. The cover is prevented from moving to the closed position by the cap held by the holder to be positioned in a movement area of the cover moving from the open position to the closed position. |
| US10399345B2 |
Liquid cartridge
A liquid cartridge is configured to be inserted into a liquid consuming apparatus in a first direction along a horizontal direction against an urging force directed in a second direction opposite the first direction, and thereby to be mounted to the liquid consuming apparatus. The liquid cartridge includes a lock surface and an operation portion. The liquid cartridge is configured to pivot between a first attitude and a second attitude. When the liquid cartridge is in the first attitude, the lock surface contacts a lock portion of the liquid consuming apparatus in the second direction, and the operation surface faces an upward direction and the second direction. When the liquid cartridge is in the second attitude, the lock surface is positioned further in a downward direction than the lock portion. |
| US10399342B2 |
Liquid ejecting head unit, liquid ejecting apparatus, and maintenance method for liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting head unit includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle forming portion in which a nozzle that ejects a liquid to a medium is formed, a shutter that has an opening portion exposing the nozzle and that is movable between a cover position in which a recessed portion including the nozzle is covered and an exposure position in which the nozzle is exposed, and a first communication portion that communicates with an inside of the recessed portion and that is capable of supplying a fluid into the recessed portion. |
| US10399340B2 |
Nozzle plate, liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting apparatus, and method of manufacturing nozzle plate
A nozzle plate includes a nozzle from which a liquid is ejected and that has an opening at one surface side of the nozzle plate and a liquid repelling layer containing a cross-linked fluororesin and formed on the one surface side of the nozzle plate. |
| US10399339B2 |
Nozzle plate, liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting apparatus, and manufacturing method of nozzle plate
A nozzle plate is a nozzle plate provided with a plurality of nozzle openings, in which a DLC film is provided on a base material (silicon substrate) of the nozzle plate, the DLC film contains fluorine, a fluorine concentration in the DLC film decreases in a direction from a surface of the DLC film toward the silicon substrate, and a fluorine concentration in a region along the nozzle opening is lower than a fluorine concentration in the surface of the DLC film (surface of flat portion). |
| US10399336B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus having outflow passage resistance changing member and liquid ejection method thereof
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid chamber in communication with a nozzle, a volume changing unit configured to change a volume of the liquid chamber, an inflow passage through which the liquid flows into the liquid chamber, an outflow passage through which the liquid flows out of the liquid chamber, a passage resistance changing unit configured to change a passage resistance of the outflow passage, and a controller configured to control the volume changing unit to reduce the volume of the liquid chamber so as to cause the liquid to be ejected through the nozzle. In filling the liquid chamber with the liquid for ejection of the liquid through the nozzle, the controller controls the passage resistance changing unit to change the passage resistance of the outflow passage to an increased passage resistance and controls the volume changing unit to increase the volume of the liquid chamber. |
| US10399335B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
There are provided a head chip which ejects a liquid based on an electric signal; a first conductive path for connecting the head chip to a ground on the outside of a liquid ejecting head; and a second conductive path for connecting a shield of the head chip to the ground. |
| US10399334B2 |
Liquid ejection head
A liquid ejection head includes: head units arranged in a first direction; first individual heat dissipators each corresponding to one of the head units and disposed on a first side of the head unit in a second direction; and a first common heat dissipator disposed on the first side of the head units in the second direction. The first common heat dissipator extends in the first direction and shared among the head units. Each head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. Each of the first individual heat dissipators is disposed between the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator of the head unit so as to be in thermal contact with the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator. |
| US10399332B2 |
Liquid ejection device
A liquid ejection device includes an ejection head having a plurality of nozzle groups, each of the plurality of nozzle groups including one nozzle or two or more nozzles arranged adjacent to each other, and a controller configured to determine an ejection timing each of the plurality of nozzle groups such that a first deviation amount in the main scanning direction between an first image and an second image on an medium is smaller than a second deviation amount in a main scanning direction between an area to be printed by an first nozzle group included the plurality of nozzle groups and an area to be printed by an second nozzle group adjacent to the first nozzle group. |
| US10399331B2 |
Ink jet head and ink jet printer
An ink jet head includes a pressure chamber, a nozzle plate including a nozzle, an actuator configured to cause an ink to be discharged from the pressure chamber via the nozzle, and a drive circuit configured to supply to the actuator an expansion signal, having a pulse width equal to a natural vibration cycle of the ink in the pressure chamber, that expands the pressure chamber to an expanded state from an initial state, a release signal, having a pulse width longer than the natural vibration cycle and shorter than three times the natural vibration cycle, that returns the pressure chamber to the initial state from the expanded state, and a contraction signal, having a pulse width longer than the natural vibration cycle and shorter than three times the natural vibration cycle, that contracts the pressure chamber to a contracted state from the initial state. |
| US10399326B2 |
In-situ part position measurement
A probe for an additive manufacturing system includes a probe body having a first air port therethrough between an inlet and an outlet, and a location sensing probe extending from the probe body. The location sensing probe includes a probe end and a probe bar, the probe bar coupled between the probe body and the probe end, and a channel surrounding the probe bar, the channel having an inner tube having an inlet proximate the probe body and an outlet proximate the probe end. A method of determining a position of an item being printed in an additive manufacturing system, includes probing the position with a location sensing probe having a resolution finer than a print resolution of the print head. |
| US10399325B2 |
Systems and methods for preparing a worksite for additive construction
A system for preparing a worksite for an additive construction operation includes a positioning system configured to determine positioning signals including topographical characteristics of the worksite. An additive construction plan includes, at least, structure placement data, configured for a desired location for constructing the structure, and toolpath instructions for guiding the implement to construct the structure. A controller is configured to determine a construction zone on the worksite based on the structure placement data and the topographical characteristics of the worksite. The controller is further configured for determining if the construction zone is readied for execution of the toolpath instructions at the construction zone and, if the construction zone is not readied for such execution, identifying one or more impediments to construction at the worksite, within the construction zone, based on the topographical characteristics of the worksite. |
| US10399324B2 |
Control apparatus and control method for controlling forming apparatus which forms concavo-convex structure
A control apparatus configured to control a forming apparatus which forms concavo-convex structure by ejecting ink obtains concavo-convex data indicating the concavo-convex to be formed and divide the concavo-convex data into a plurality of pieces of data. The control apparatus controls a formation order, performed by the forming apparatus, of the concavo-convex portions each corresponding to the plurality of pieces of data divided by the dividing unit based on a feature amount of the concavo-convex indicated by the concavo-convex data. |
| US10399318B2 |
Laminating body
A laminating body for laminating a foil onto a substrate includes a pressure area on which there is imprinted a structure which forms an embossing in the foil upon lamination of the foil onto the substrate. |
| US10399317B2 |
Composite image heat transfer with scannable mark
A composite image heat transfer is disclosed for use on specific merchandising articles, sports jerseys, or other apparel for a specific sport. A scannable mark would be embedded in a heat transfer positioned on a sports jersey, such as a jersey number or a club crest. The scannable mark would be scanned by a user to provide stats, personal information, or other information about the corresponding sports team/club and/or individual athlete. The user can also register the scannable mark and follow the sports team/club and/or athlete on social media. Thus, the composite image heat transfer with embedded scannable mark would link each jersey number with information related to the corresponding player/athlete, and each club crest would be linked to information related to the corresponding club/team. This would enable a strong interaction through social media and other web tools between athletes and/or clubs and fans. |
| US10399311B2 |
Thin and high strength composite laminate and manufacturing method thereof
A thin and high strength composite laminate includes a fabric, an elastic layer and a water-based polyurethane layer. The fabric is weaved by high-tenacity filament or high-tenacity monofilament. The high-tenacity filament or high-tenacity monofilament is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The fabric has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The elastic layer is laminated on the first surface of the fabric. The water-based polyurethane layer is laminated on the second surface of the fabric. In this way, a thin, anti-fouling, abrasion resistance and high physical strength composite laminate can be manufactured. |
| US10399306B2 |
Protective film forming film, sheet for forming protective film, and inspection method
Provided is a sheet 2 for forming a protective film including a protective film-forming film 1 of which the light transmittance at a wavelength of 1600 nm is 25% or greater, and light transmittance at a wavelength of 550 nm is 20% or less, and a release sheet 21 which is laminated on one or both surfaces of the protective film-forming film 1. According to such a sheet 2 for forming a protective film, cracks existing in a workpiece or a manufactured product obtained by processing the workpiece can be inspected and a protective film in which grinding marks existing in the workpiece or the manufactured product are not visually recognized can be formed. |
| US10399304B2 |
Laminated glass article and method for forming the same
A glass article includes a glass core layer and a glass cladding layer adjacent to the core layer. An average coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the core layer is greater than an average CTE of the cladding layer. An effective 109.9 P temperature of the glass article is at most about 750° C. |
| US10399301B2 |
Incombustible decorative sheet, metal decorative member and method for fabricating a metal decorative member
A decorative sheet which ensures good incombustibility, processability and weatherability along with weatherability, contamination resistance and solvent resistance. An incombustible decorative sheet having incombustibility includes a weather-resistant resin layer and a fluorine resin layer laminated on a substrate layer in this order, wherein the weather-resistant resin layer is made of a mixture of an acrylic resin and an acrylic resin-based rubber having a ratio by mass between the acrylic resin-based rubber and the acrylic resin within a range of 30:70 to 60:40. The ratio between the fluorine resin layer and the weather-resistant resin layer is within a range of 10:90 to 40:60. |
| US10399299B2 |
Sandwich component and method for producing a sandwich component
A sandwich component and method of producing the sandwich component are provided wherein the sandwich component has a first cover layer, a second cover layer, and a core disposed therebetween. In the sandwich component, the cover layers are each formed from an outer layer made of a fiber-reinforced high-melting-point thermoplast material and, fused therewith, an inner layer made of a low-melting-point thermoplast material. The core has outer layers, each of which is formed from a low-melting-point thermoplast material, and an inner structure, which is formed entirely or partially from a high-melting-point thermoplast material. The inner layers of the cover layers were each fused with one of the outer layers of the core. |
| US10399298B2 |
Protection film, window including the same, and method of manufacturing display device
A protection film includes a film layer and a spacer. The spacer is disposed on a surface of the film layer. The spacer includes at least one separation region formed in a thickness direction from a surface of the spacer. |
| US10399296B2 |
Method of manufacturing a structural panel for an engineering structure
A method of manufacturing at least one structural panel (20) for an engineering structure comprises conveying a layered structure (40) through a roller assembly comprising at least one pair of heating rollers (50) and at least one pair of cooling rollers (52), where the cooling rollers are at a lower temperature than the heating rollers. The layer structure comprises a thermoplastic foam layer 24 and at least one skin layer (22). The heating rollers 0 heat the skin layer (22) to melt at least part of the foam layer (24) adjacent to the skin layer (22) and bond the foam layer (24) to the skin (22). The cooling rollers (52) cool the layered structure (40) so that the thermoplastic resolidifies, retaining its bond with the skin to form the bonded panel (20). This approach greatly reduces manufacturing costs for structural panels. |
| US10399285B2 |
Composite wing structure and methods of manufacture
In one aspect, there is a method of making a pre-cured laminate having a total number of plies in a mold, the mold having a periphery defined by a forward edge, an aft edge, and outboard ends. The method includes selecting a first plurality of resin impregnated plies that continuously extend beyond the periphery of the mold, the first plurality of resin impregnated plies includes at least 50 percent of the total number of plies; laying the plies in a mold; compacting the plies in a mold; and pre-curing the plies to form a pre-cured laminate, which can extend beyond the periphery of the mold. In an embodiment, a pre-cured laminate includes a first plurality of resin impregnated plies that continuously extend beyond the periphery of the mold, the first plurality of resin impregnated plies includes at least 50 percent of the total number of plies. |
| US10399278B2 |
Tank with internal connecting member and method for assembling such a tank
A method for assembling a tank, including: providing a plastic first shell, a plastic second shell with an opening, and at least one connecting member with a plastic end part configured to be arranged in or around the opening, the first and second shell delimiting an internal volume of the tank, and the connecting member being dimensioned for connecting the first and second shell in the internal volume of the tank; welding a circumference of the first shell to a circumference of the second shell; arranging the end part in or around the opening; and connecting the end part of the connecting member to a wall part of the second shell by heating an external area of the second shell surrounding the opening and/or by heating the end part of the connecting member. |
| US10399274B2 |
Method for using transverse sonotrode in ultrasonic welding
A method for ultrasonic welding of materials, comprising generating ultrasonic waves in a welding assembly; transmitting the generated waves along the welding assembly in a first direction; receiving the generated waves in a sonotrode, the waves entering the sonotrode while propagating along the first direction; causing the received waves within the sonotrode to propagate along a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction; and oscillating a welding surface of the sonotrode using peaks and valleys of the waves propagating in the second direction. |
| US10399270B2 |
Photo-curing 3D printer and 3D printing method
Disclosed is a photo-curing 3D printer comprising a storage unit for accommodating liquid photosensitive resin and a light source disposed underneath the storage unit. Wavelength of light rays emitted by the light source is 420˜460 nm. A bottom of the storage unit is configured to display a pattern composed of a shielding area for shielding the light rays and a transmissive area for passing-through of the light rays. In addition, the disclosure provides a 3D printing method. Due to the limitations of photopolymerization initiators and the LCD display unit currently available, it was unexpected to complete photo-curing 3D printing with a light source with 420˜460 nm wavelength. It is unexpected that a photo-curing 3D printer as provided in the present application not only can ensure the service life of the LCD display unit but also that the curing efficiency is significantly higher than existing devices. |
| US10399269B2 |
Three dimensional (3D) printing of epoxy, hardener, and parts of an object to be assembled later
A three dimensional (3D) printer and method for dispensing a material to form a 3D substructure and for dispensing an adhesive onto the 3D substructure. The adhesive printed onto the 3D substructure may be used to attach the 3D substructure to another substructure such as a conventionally formed substructure or another 3D printed substructure. Printing the adhesive using the 3D printer during the same 3D manufacturing process used to print the 3D substructure may improve precision of the location at which the adhesive is dispensed, thereby improving the quality of superstructure created by joining the substructures. An embodiment of the present teachings may decrease the overall time and cost to attach substructures. |
| US10399264B2 |
External sensor kit for injection molding apparatus and methods of use
Embodiments within the scope of the present disclosure are directed to external sensor kits that may be included in new injection molds or retrofitted into existing injection molds in order to approximate conditions within a mold, such as pressure or the location of a melt flow front. Such kits are designed to amplify meaningful measurements obtained by the external sensor kit so that noise measurements do not prevent the approximation of conditions within a mold. In some embodiments within the scope of the present disclosure, an external sensor kit includes a strain gauge sensor, a coupon, a support bracket, and a hammer. The strain gauge sensor is placed on a surface of the coupon and measures the strain in the coupon. |
| US10399263B2 |
Injection molding cell and injection molding cell management system
An injection molding cell management system includes a plurality of injection molding cell each having an injection molding machine, its peripheral device and an injection molding cell management unit and a host management unit. The injection molding cell management unit includes a worker identification information input unit, which accepts input of worker identification information for identifying a worker who performs input and/or operation of the injection molding machine and its peripheral device, and a prohibition state releasing unit which releases a prohibition state of the input and/or operation of the injection molding machine and its peripheral device, based on the worker identification. |
| US10399258B2 |
Heat flow control for molding downhole equipment
There is disclosed herein a method of designing a mold, the mold being at least part of a unitary body to be formed from a plurality of layers by 3D printing, the method including defining an inner surface of the mold corresponding to at least part of an outer surface of an object to be molded in the mold; selecting a first material from which at least part of the mold is to be printed; and selecting a second material from which at least another part of the mold is to be printed, the second material having a higher thermal and/or electrical conductivity than the first material, wherein at least one of the layers from which the mold is to be formed by 3D printing includes areas to be printed from each of the first and second materials. |
| US10399257B1 |
Controlled vertical material distribution
An apparatus including a delivery device including a tray, and a device for changing the tray from a receiving state to a dumping state; a device for supplying one or more materials to the delivery device, while the tray of the delivery device is in a receiving state; a track device including a track and a motor; and a mold having an elongated opening, wherein the delivery device is configured to move back and forth on the track of the track device in response to the motor of the track device; wherein the track of the track device is substantially parallel to the elongated opening of the mold; and wherein the device for changing the tray from the receiving state to the dumping state causes one or more materials to fall from the tray through the elongated opening of the mold into an inner chamber of the mold. |
| US10399255B2 |
Three-dimensional article and method of making the same
Three-dimensional polymeric article (100) having first (101) and second (102) opposed major surfaces, a base body (103) having a first dimension, a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension, and a thickness, wherein the thickness is orthogonal to the first and second dimensions, wherein the base body (103) comprises a plurality of alternating, adjacent first (107) and second (108) polymeric regions along the first dimension, wherein the second dimensions of the first (107) and second (108) regions extend at least partially across the second dimensions, wherein the first regions (107) have a first crosslink density, wherein the second regions (108) have a second crosslink density, wherein the second crosslink density of the second regions (108) are less than the first crosslink density of the first regions (107), wherein the first and second regions extend perpendicularly in two directions from a central plane (115) in the base body (103) parallel to the first and second dimensions of the polymeric article (100), and wherein the second regions (108) extend in each of said two directions further than does the first regions (107). Embodiments of the three-dimensional polymeric article described herein are useful for providing a dual sided, textured wrapping film such that greater grip is realized both on an item wrapped by the film and the wrapped item itself. |
| US10399247B1 |
Compound nozzle for cement 3D printer to produce thermally insulated composite cement
The compound nozzle for a cement 3D printer to produce thermally insulated composite cement is useful for producing composite thermally insulated cement sections using a 3D printer. The nozzle includes an insulation nozzle concentrically disposed in the central discharge orifice of the compound nozzle to produce a stream of insulation media axially surrounded by a stream of cement mixture extruded from the nozzle to form a wall with a cement exterior and an insulation interior. A motor-driven auger is controlled by a controller, and the cement is supplied from the top either manually or by a concrete pump. The insulating material is supplied to the insulation nozzle by a separate line that uses another pump. The system includes a cleaning mechanism to clean the internal components of the compound nozzle using water jets and a drying system to dry the internal components without disassembling the system. |
| US10399238B2 |
Robot having a base body, a shoulder joint mechanism assembly, and a movable link coupled to the base body through the shoulder joint mechanism assembly
An arm link (30) is rotatably coupled to an upper base body (10) around a yaw axis through a shoulder joint mechanism (31). A fulcrum P of rotation of the arm link (30) is located within a range of widths of the upper base body (10) in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction of the upper base body (10). |
| US10399235B2 |
Pick-up and placement tools for items having hook portion and pusher
An item with fibers may be picked up and placed using a tool head with hooks that engage the fibers. The tool head may comprise at least one hook portion and at least one contact surface adjacent to the hook portion. The hooks that engage the fibers may extend from the hook portion. The tool head may be actuatable between at least a first configuration that permits the hooks to engage the fibers and a second configuration that does not permit the hooks to engage the fibers. An item may be picked up at a starting location with a tool head in the first configuration and placed at a placement location by moving the tool head and then actuating the tool head to the second configuration. |
| US10399232B2 |
Safety system for industrial robot
A safety system for an industrial robot, specifically an industrial robot and a method for implementing a safety system via predefined safety functions. To perform such safety functions the robot comprises in a joint connecting two robot arm sections a first position sensor (132) for sensing the angular orientation on an input side of a gear in the joint, and a second position sensor (133) for sensing an angular orientation on an output side of the gear. |
| US10399231B2 |
Substrate handling contacts and methods
A substrate handling device includes a substrate reception area defined by an edge. The substrate reception area includes a planar surface and a plurality of contact structures. At least one contact structure of the plurality of contact structures is located at the edge and at least one contact structure of the plurality of contact structures is located on the planar surface. The substrate reception area and planar surface are made of a first material. Each contact structure of the plurality of contact structures includes a second material different from the first material, the second material having a hardness aligned to a hardness of a substrate material. |