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| US10837436B2 |
System and method for improved flow uniformity in a peristaltic pump mechanism
A pumping mechanism includes a plurality of peristaltic pumping actuators to compress adjacent portions of a first portion of an at least partially compressible pumping element having an inlet that is upstream of an outlet. The plurality of pumping actuators further reciprocate at a common drive frequency with a first phase offset between each adjacent pair of pumping actuators. The pumping mechanism also includes one compensation actuator to compress a second portion of the compressible pumping element disposed between the first portion and the outlet. The compensation actuator reciprocates at an optimal displacement and at a modulation frequency that is an integer multiple of the fundamental drive frequency and with a second phase offset between the compensation actuator and the adjacent pumping actuator. |
| US10837435B1 |
High-volume diaphragm with geometrically enhanced reinforcement
This invention is a high-volume large diaphragm which provides a pair of support sections specially configured to withstand the stresses implemented by an eccentrically actuated pushrod diaphragm pump. The pair of support sections is comprised of an interior support section and an exterior support section that are vertically offset relative to each other's placement on the wall of the high-volume large diaphragm. It is additionally anticipated that more than one pair of offset interior and exterior support sections can be provided on high-volume large diaphragms with significantly greater wall height. |
| US10837432B1 |
Tabletop inflation system
The present invention is directed to an inflation system comprising a housing; a clamp assembly, the clamp assembly having an elongated upper clamp and an elongated lower clamp, the upper clamp having a proximal end and a distal end, the lower clamp having a proximal end and a distal end, the upper clamp is mounted to the housing, the lower clamp is pivotally mounted along a lateral axis, the lateral axis is perpendicular to length of the lower clamp and between the proximal end and the distal end of the lower clamp, the proximal end of the upper clamp and the proximal end of the lower clamp protrudes from an opening in the housing; an upper cushion coupled to the proximal end of the upper clamp; a lower cushion coupled to the proximal end of the lower clamp such that the lower cushion and the upper cushion faces each other, the lower cushion and the upper cushion forms a passageway; and an air hose having a nozzle at one end wherein a portion of the air hose and a portion of the nozzle are retained in the passageway. |
| US10837429B2 |
Energy storage system and method
An energy storage system includes a crane and a plurality of blocks, where the crane is operable to move blocks from a lower elevation to a higher elevation (via stacking of the blocks) to store electrical energy as potential energy of the blocks, and then operable to move blocks from a higher elevation to a lower elevation (via unstacking of the blocks) to generate electricity based on the kinetic energy of the block when lowered (e.g., by gravity). The energy storage system can, for example, store electricity generated from solar power as potential energy in the stacked blocks during daytime hours when solar power is available, and can convert the potential energy in the stacked blocks into electricity during nighttime hours when solar energy is not available, and deliver the converted electricity to the power grid. |
| US10837428B2 |
Coil spring unit, driving force transmitting device and image forming apparatus
A coil spring unit includes a coil spring; and a metal plate supporting the coil spring, the metal plate including a plurality of supporting portions cooperative with each other to support the coil spring, wherein the supporting portions are provided by bending the metal plate at bending lines and have supporting surfaces substantially perpendicular to the bending lines, respectively, and wherein the supporting surfaces are substantially parallel with outside tangential lines of the coil spring and support the coil spring. |
| US10837424B2 |
Method for operating a wind turbine and a wind turbine system
A method for operating a wind turbine for generating electrical energy is provided comprising the steps as described below. The wind turbine comprises a nacelle being rotatably supported on a tower of the wind turbine, in particular wherein at least one tower cable is provided in the tower for electrically connecting the nacelle and/or components thereof to e.g. an electrical installation on a ground of the tower. In one step of the method an early untwist operation for untwisting the tower cables of the wind turbine is initiated at a first specific time. In addition, a future power generation of the wind turbine is predicted for a certain prediction period at least by analyzing a prediction of the wind, in particular by analyzing at least wind direction forecast information and/or wind speed forecast information. The first specific time for initiating the early untwist operation is determined such that an overall predicted energy generation of the wind turbine over the certain prediction period is maximized or that a predicted energy loss caused by an untwist operation is minimized. |
| US10837420B2 |
Wave energy capture device and energy storage system utilizing a variable mass, variable radius concentric ring flywheel
An assembly for generating energy from waves, comprising a concentric ring flywheel operatively arranged to generate electrical current, the concentric ring flywheel comprising a first shaft including an input end and an output end, a plurality of rings, the plurality of rings including at least a first ring, including a first radially inward facing surface arranged to connect with the output end of the first shaft, and a first radially outward facing surface, a second ring arranged concentrically around the first ring, the second ring including a second radially inward facing surface and a second radially outward facing surface, one or more first clutch connectors arranged in a first space radially arranged between the first and second rings to non-rotatably connect the second ring and the first ring, and a wave energy capture device operatively arranged to rotate the first shaft. |
| US10837417B2 |
Engine starter apparatus
A control apparatus controls the operation of a starter such that, after an idling stop is executed and before a request for starting an engine is subsequently issued, the control apparatus executes a preset which causes a pinion to engage a ring gear. A control apparatus controls the operation of a starter such that, after an idling stop is executed and before a request for starting an engine is subsequently issued, the control apparatus executes a preset which causes a pinion to engage a ring gear. It is determined that the preset condition has been cancelled, and the preset is again executed. In that case, the pinion is already engaged with the ring gear at the time point when a request for starting the engine is issued. In that way it is unnecessary for the control apparatus to push out the pinion after a start request is issued. |
| US10837415B2 |
Straddle-type vehicle
A straddle-type vehicle comprises a supercharging device which compresses intake-air to be sent to a combustion chamber of an engine; a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage through which an exhaust gas emitted from the engine flows; and a control section which controls the engine, wherein the control section performs an increase suppressing control for suppressing an increase in an exhaust gas temperature, in a case where the control section estimates that the exhaust gas temperature has exceeded an increase suppressing temperature set to be equal to or lower than a catalyst permissible temperature. |
| US10837414B2 |
Hollow filter element, filter housing and filter
A hollow filter element, including: a filter medium (64) for filtering the fluid, the filter medium circumferentially surrounding an element interior space (72) in relation to an element axis (32), forming a conical-oval round filter element; wherein the hollow filter element (18) includes: at least at one outer face facing away from the element interior space (72) at an end face (66); at least one support element (78) configured to support the hollow filter element (18) at a housing-sided support section (42) of a filter housing (12); and at least one fluid passage (81) arranged at the end face (66) in the center of the at least one support element (78), the at least one fluid passage connected to the element interior space (72) for connecting a secondary fluid line connector (45) of a housing-sided secondary fluid line (47) and/or for receiving a housing-sided positioning dome (245). |
| US10837410B2 |
Evaporated fuel treatment device
An evaporated fuel processing device may include: a canister that communicates with a fuel tank though a tank passage, communicates with an intake passage of an engine through a purge passage, and communicates with open air through an open air passage; a control valve that switches between a closed state of closing the purge passage and an open state of opening the same; a pump that changes a pressure in a communicating space in a case where the control valve is in the closed state, the communicating space defined by the fuel tank, the tank passage, the canister, the open air passage, and the purge passage on a side closer to the canister relative to the control valve; a pressure detector disposed in the communicating space; and a determining unit that determines the evaporated fuel processing device is not operating normally by using a pressure detection result by the pressure detector in a state where the control valve is in the closed state and the pressure in the communicating space is changed by the pump. |
| US10837407B2 |
Liquid fuel metering in a hybrid rocket-like liquid rocket motor
A hybrid-like liquid fuel motor (the “motor”) may include a port surrounded by a wall. Surrounding the wall are a plurality of chambers and segmented walls to separate the chambers. In some instances, a single helix chamber may surround the wall, and may operate similar to that of a segmental chamber. During operation of the motor, gas flows from one end of the port to another end of the port. As the walls surrounding the port begin to disintegrate, liquid fuel within chambers begins to begin to mix with the flow of gas. As the segmented walls between the chambers begin to disintegrate, liquid from the other chambers begin to mix with the flow of gas, creating a metering of the liquid fuel. |
| US10837405B2 |
Gimbal assembly and manufacture thereof
A gimbal assembly comprises a body, comprising at least one pivot boss projecting radially outwards along a first pivot axis (V) from an outer surface of the body; a gimbal, comprising an outer case surrounding the body and at least one hole projecting radially outwards along a second pivot axis (H) to receive a pivot pin to pivotally couple the gimbal to a fixed structure. The second pivot axis (H) is perpendicular to the first pivot axis (V) and the outer case is formed at least partially from carbon fibre-reinforced polymer matrix composite material. The outer case comprises at least one cavity on its inner surface in which the at least one pivot boss is located to pivotally couple the gimbal to the body. |
| US10837404B2 |
Thrust reverser with blocker door system
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a fixed structure, a translating structure, a blocker door and a rigid linkage. The translating structure is configured to translate relative to the fixed structure. The blocker door extends between a blocker door first end and a blocker door second end. The translating structure is pivotally attached to the blocker door at the blocker door first end. The rigid linkage includes a first pivot attachment, a second pivot attachment and a third pivot attachment. The first pivot attachment is coupled to the fixed structure. The second pivot attachment is coupled to the translating structure. The third pivot attachment is coupled to the blocker door at the blocker door second end. |
| US10837399B2 |
Method of manufacturing internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine, and connected cylinder
Provided are a method of manufacturing an engine, an engine, and a connected cylinder. The method of manufacturing an engine includes at least a fitting step of fitting a connected cylinder to a hollow portion of a cylinder block main body. The connected cylinder is (1) a first connected cylinder including two or more cylinder liners and a connecting portion configured to connect the two or more cylinder liners to each other or (2) a second connected cylinder including a connected cylinder main body portion having two or more cylinder bores and a coating configured to cover an inner peripheral surface of the connected cylinder main body portion in which the cylinder bores are formed. The cylinder block main body has one end side, another end side, and the hollow portion passing through the cylinder block main body from the one end side to the another end side. |
| US10837398B2 |
Waveform analytics for optimizing performance of a machine
An apparatus obtains waveforms representing measurements of a physical characteristic of a machine's operation and performance results of the machine corresponding respectively to the waveforms, each of the performance results being indicative of the machine's performance under conditions at which the measurement represented by the corresponding waveform was made. The apparatus calculates, for each of at least interval associated with each of the waveforms, an influence value that represents a degree of influence of the waveforms on the performance results over the interval. |
| US10837394B2 |
Fuel injection controller
A fuel injection controller includes a discharge switch that turns ON/OFF energization of a first energization path from a boost power source of a second booster circuit when a second control IC energizes a second solenoid, a first detection element that detects a value that depends on an energization state of the discharge switch, a constant current switch that turns ON/OFF energization of a second energization path from a power source voltage that outputs a lower voltage than a boost power source voltage when the second control IC energizes the second solenoid, a second element that detects a value that depends on an energization state of the constant current switch, and an energization path controller that switches energization to the second solenoid. |
| US10837391B2 |
Control system for compression ignition engine
A control system for a compression ignition engine is provided, which includes a combustion chamber, a throttle valve, an injector, an ignition plug, a sensor, and a controller. A changing module of the controller outputs a signal to the throttle valve so that an air amount increases more than before a demand of changing from a first mode to a second mode, and outputs to the injector a signal to increase a fuel amount according to the air amount increase so that an air-fuel ratio of mixture gas becomes at or substantially at a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and outputs to the ignition plug a signal to retard an ignition timing so that an engine torque increase caused by the fuel amount increase is reduced. The changing module reduces the retarding of the ignition timing when the ignition timing is determined to have reached a retard limit. |
| US10837387B2 |
Engine control device
An engine control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a spark discharge with an ignition plug for each cylinder by cutting off energization after elapse of a predetermined period from start of energization to an ignition coil for each cylinder of the engine, to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug for each cylinder after supply of fuel to the engine is stopped when operation of the engine is stopped, and to control an ignition plug so as to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug from a cylinder after a rotation speed of a crankshaft decreases gradually and the rotation speed of the crankshaft reaches a preset threshold value or less, after the stop of the supply of fuel to the engine. |
| US10837384B2 |
Temperature estimation module, control apparatus for internal combustion engine, and method for operating temperature estimation module
A temperature estimation module applied to a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is configured to execute a virtual temperature estimation process that estimates a virtual temperature, which is a temperature of an exhaust purifying device under an assumption that a dither control process is not executed, based on an operation point of the internal combustion engine during execution of the dither control process. The temperature estimation module is further configured to execute an actual temperature estimation process that estimates an actual temperature of the exhaust purifying device based on a difference between the air-fuel ratio of a rich combustion cylinder and the air-fuel ratio of a lean combustion cylinder and based on the operation point of the internal combustion engine during execution of the dither control process. |
| US10837383B2 |
Method for estimating a top dead centre for a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system in an automotive vehicle engine
Disclosed is a method for estimating an angular position of top dead center for a high-pressure fuel injection pump that forms part of a system for injecting fuel into a motor vehicle engine, the pump including at least one piston moving in a chamber between the top and the bottom dead center, the pump being equipped with a digital control valve for controlling a quantity of fuel, an electrical current being applied to the digital valve as it closes then removed in order to open the digital valve, a movement of the digital valve in the direction of opening creating an induced current which makes it possible to detect a position of start-of-opening of the digital valve. An instant at which the pump piston passes through top dead center is estimated as a function of an instant at which the position of start-of-opening of the digital valve appears. |
| US10837377B2 |
Method of implementing control logic of compression ignition engine
A method of implementing control logic of a compression ignition engine is provided. The engine includes an injector, a variable valve operating mechanism, an ignition plug, at least one sensor, and a processor. The processor outputs the signal to the ignition plug in a specific operating state so that unburnt mixture gas combusts by self ignition after the ignition plug ignites the mixture gas inside a combustion chamber. The method includes determining a geometric compression ratio ε of the engine, and determining control logic defining a valve opening angle CA of an intake valve. The valve opening angle CA (deg) is determined so that the following expression is satisfied, if the geometric compression ratio ε is ε<14, −40ε+800+D≤CA≤60ε−550+D. Here, D is a correction term according to the engine speed NE (rpm), D=3.3×10−10NE3−1.0×10−6NE2+7.0×10−4NE. |
| US10837375B2 |
Hydraulic system and method for controlling same
A hydraulic system includes an engine; at least one hydraulic pump operatively coupled to the engine for transfer of mechanical power therebetween; and a controller operatively coupled to the engine and the at least one hydraulic pump. The controller is configured to determine a lug speed error as a difference between a target lug speed value and a speed of the engine, set at least one closed-loop gain to a non-zero value when the speed of the engine is less than the target lug speed value, and generate a pump control signal by scaling the lug speed error by the at least one closed-loop gain. |
| US10837372B2 |
Control device for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine in which when an ECU receives an engine stop command by an ON-operation of an engine stop switch, a supply of fuel from an injector to a fuel reformation chamber is stopped while a supply of fuel from an injector to a combustion chamber is continued, and the residual amount of a reformed fuel in passages is estimated, in this state. When the estimated residual amount reaches a predetermined amount or zero, the fuel supply from the injector to the combustion chamber is stopped, and an internal combustion engine is stopped. |
| US10837371B2 |
Vehicle power supply apparatus
A vehicle power supply apparatus includes a generator, an electrical energy accumulator, a throttle valve, a power generation controller, a throttle plate position upper limit setting unit, and a throttle valve controller. The generator is coupled to an engine of a vehicle. The electrical energy accumulator is able to be coupled to the generator. The throttle valve is provided in an intake system of the engine. The power generation controller allows the generator to perform regenerative power generation on decelerated travel of the vehicle. The throttle plate position upper limit setting unit sets an upper limit of a throttle plate position of the throttle valve on the basis of a state of the electrical energy accumulator. The throttle valve controller controls the throttle plate position within a range downward from the upper limit, during the regenerative power generation by the generator. |
| US10837370B1 |
Gas turbine engine including gearbox structure having stiffness
A gas turbine engine including: an engine core including a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core; a fan shaft mounting structure that includes supporting bearings connected to the fan shaft; and an epicyclic gearbox that can receive input from the core shaft, and output drive to the fan shaft so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft. The gearbox includes a sun gear, planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier for mounting the planet gears. A torsional stiffness of the planet carrier is greater than or equal to 1.6×108 Nm/rad. The fan shaft mounting structure has: a radial bending stiffness greater than or equal to 7.00×108 N/m, and/or a tilt stiffness greater than or equal to 1.50×107 Nm/rad. |
| US10837367B2 |
Acoustic treatment in an unducted area of a geared turbomachine
An exemplary geared turbomachine assembly includes an acoustic treatment that is in an unducted area of a geared turbomachine. |
| US10837365B2 |
Combustor panel, combustor, combustion device, gas turbine, and method of cooling combustor panel
A combustor panel having a plurality of cooling flow paths formed between the outer surface and the inner surface of the combustor panel. The cooling flow paths have inlets that open at the outer surface and introduce a cooling medium into their interior, and outlets that open at the inner surface and discharge the cooling medium flowing through their interior. Among the plurality of cooling flow paths, each of plurality of cooling flow paths extending from a position along the edge of an aperture of the combustor panel forms an aperture-vicinity flow path. Among the plurality of aperture-vicinity flow paths, each of the aperture-vicinity flow paths for which the inlet is formed closer to the aperture than the outlet forms an aperture-side inlet flow path. The number of the aperture-side inlet flow paths is greater than one-half of the all of the aperture-vicinity flow paths. |
| US10837362B2 |
Inlet cowl for a turbine engine
The disclosure is towards an inlet cowl for a turbine engine including a surface defining an inlet with a flow path and a method towards controlling the airflow in the flow path. The inlet cowl further includes an inlet lip and inner and outer barrels. The inlet lip confronts the inner barrel at a junction defining a gap. |
| US10837355B2 |
Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine includes an auxiliary chamber bulkhead, the auxiliary chamber bulkhead including: a peripheral wall portion that is inserted in a vertical hole extending from a combustion chamber along a reference axis and that is in contact with an inner wall of the vertical hole about the reference axis; and a bottom wall portion that is continuous from the peripheral wall portion and that bulges from the vertical hole toward the combustion chamber, the peripheral wall portion and the bottom wall portion defining an auxiliary chamber that communicates with the combustion chamber. An ignition plug is disposed above the peripheral wall portion along the reference axis. A fuel injection valve is disposed in a position inclined with respect to the reference axis toward an opening formed in an inner surface of the peripheral wall portion. |
| US10837349B2 |
Fluid injection device for vehicle radiator and method to use the same
A fluid injection device for vehicle radiator includes a main body. The main body includes a negative pressure device, a container, an injection opening, and a switching mechanism. The injection opening is adapted for connecting with an opening of a radiator of a vehicle. The negative pressure device and the container communicate the injection opening respectively. |
| US10837348B2 |
Thermal management device for vehicle
A thermal management device for a vehicle includes heat medium circuits, a reserve tank, and a connector. The heat medium circulates through the heat medium circuits separately. The reserve tank is configured to separate an air bubble contained in the heat medium from the heat medium. The connector allows the reserve tank to come in communication with the heat medium circuits selectively. As such, an occurrence of the heat loss in the degassing performed in the reserve tank can be suppressed with the thermal management device for a vehicle including the heat medium circuits. |
| US10837347B2 |
Control method for internal combustion engine and control device for internal combustion engine
A control method and a control device are provided for an internal combustion engine structured to vary a mechanical compression ratio by varying a range of slide of a piston with respect to a cylinder bore, and structured to control a flow of cooling water in a water jacket formed around the cylinder bore, wherein variation of the mechanical compression ratio causes the piston to slide on a corroded portion formed in the cylinder bore. A control process includes: acquiring a temperature correlating with a cylinder bore wall temperature; and stopping the flow of cooling water in the water jacket, in response to a condition that the acquired temperature is lower than a preset temperature point. |
| US10837346B2 |
Heat exchange module
A heat exchange module has a restriction protrusion that is provided to protrude between a blade of a cooling fan and a core portion of a heat exchanger and that restricts the blade from approaching the core portion more than a predetermined position. In a state where one side of an outline of a rectangular shaped fan shroud is disposed so as to face an installation surface, the restriction protrusion is provided in a position where the amount of water reaching the cooling fan through the heat exchanger becomes greater than the amount of water at position just below a rotation axis of the cooling fan in a case where at least a portion of the fan shroud is submerged in water. |
| US10837342B2 |
Heat exchange component
A heat exchange component including: a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure; and a casing arranged so as to cover an outer circumferential face of the honeycomb structure. The casing includes an inner cylinder arranged so as to be fitted to the outer circumferential face of the honeycomb structure, a middle cylinder arranged so as to cover the inner cylinder, and an outer cylinder arranged so as to cover the middle cylinder such that a circumferential flow path serving as a flow path of a second fluid is formed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder. The circumferential flow path includes an inner circumferential flow path and an outer circumferential flow path. At least one communication hole that communicates the inner circumferential flow path and the outer circumferential flow path is formed in a portion of the middle cylinder that covers the honeycomb structure. |
| US10837338B2 |
Method and exhaust treatment system for treatment of an exhaust gas stream
Methods and systems are provided for treatment of an exhaust stream, comprising nitrogen oxides. The method comprises a first oxidation of compounds comprising one or more of nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen in the exhaust stream; and a control of a first supply of a first additive to the exhaust stream to prevent an accumulation of soot exceeding a soot threshold value in a catalytic filter. This soot threshold value depends at least on operating conditions for the combustion engine, which impact a level of a flow for the exhaust stream. A first reduction of nitrogen oxides is performed using reduction characteristics of a catalytic coating in the catalytic filter and the supplied first additive. Soot particles are caught and oxidized. A control of a second supply of a second additive is performed, following which a second reduction of nitrogen oxides is performed using the first and/or the second additive in a reduction catalyst device. |
| US10837337B2 |
Component of an exhaust gas system and method for exhaust gas after-treatment
A component of an exhaust gas system and a method for exhaust gas after-treatment having a housing with an inlet and an outlet for an exhaust gas, an annular heat exchanger through which the exhaust gas can flow from the inlet in an axial direction and along a first flow path. Downstream of the heat exchanger, an annular catalyst body is arranged inside the heat exchanger and through which the exhaust gas can flow in a radial direction, such that, downstream of the catalyst body, the exhaust gas flows through the heat exchanger in the radial direction and along a second flow path. |
| US10837336B2 |
Exhaust gas purifying system
A control apparatus (12): creates a torque correction table indicating a relationship between a change rate of an intake air amount, a change of the main injection amount and the main injection timing of a fuel injection apparatus (8) in the torque value of a diesel engine (1) in a lean state; measures an intake air amount in a rich state by using an MAF sensor (11); calculates a change rate of the measured intake air amount for the intake air amount in the lean state; obtains a correction value of the main injection amount and a correction value of the main injection timing of the fuel injection apparatus (8) based on the calculated change rate and the torque correction table; and performs an injection of the fuel in the rich state at the main injection amount and the main injection timing, corrected by the respective correction values. |
| US10837335B2 |
Reactive filter for motor vehicle
Disclosed is a reactive filter, that is a selective catalytic reduction filter or an oxidative reaction filter, including a porous substrate including internal pores having their inner surface, totally or partially, directly coated with a catalytic zeolite material resulting from an in situ hydrothermal synthesis. Also disclosed is a process for preparing such a reactive filter and the use thereof in an engine exhaust depolluting system. |
| US10837330B2 |
Liquid filter fuel consumption estimation
A system and method for monitoring the negative impact of a filtration system on the fuel economy of an internal combustion engine. A filter monitoring controller receives engine operating parameters of the internal combustion engine. The filter monitoring controller determines an amount of power generated by the internal combustion engine based at least in part on the engine operating parameters. The filter monitoring controller determines a filter hydraulic power consumption of a filtration system providing a fluid to the internal combustion engine. The filter monitoring controller determines a fuel economy impact of the filtration system on the internal combustion engine based at least in part on the filter hydraulic power consumption of the filtration system. The filter monitoring controller compares the fuel economy impact of the filtration system to a threshold fuel economy impact to determine whether a filter element of the filtration system requires servicing. |
| US10837329B2 |
Flow control system to eliminate air ingestion
A fluid management system, or flow control system, for an automotive propulsion system is provided. The system includes a housing defining a sump configured to collect a volume of liquid and gaseous fluid and a pump configured to pump fluid from the sump. The pump defines a pump inlet and a pump outlet. A conduit is in fluid communication with the pump outlet. A passive valve is disposed within the conduit, the conduit defining a conduit outlet downstream of the passive valve, and the conduit further defining an orifice between the pump and the passive valve. The passive valve allows hydraulic fluid to flow past the valve, while substantially preventing air from flowing past the passive valve. The air is instead bled out through the orifice, along with some of the hydraulic fluid. |
| US10837326B2 |
Valve timing control device for internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine valve timing control device includes a communication passage formed in a first rotating member to communicate with a working chamber, and including a first opening. The first opening is opened to a back pressure chamber when a tip portion of a lock member is inserted in a lock hole, and is closed by the lock member when the tip portion of the lock member is out of the lock hole. A first cross-sectional area is smaller than a second cross-sectional area, wherein the first cross-sectional area is a smaller one of a minimum cross-sectional area of the communication passage and an open cross-sectional area of the first opening, and the second cross-sectional area is a smaller one of a minimum cross-sectional area of an exhaust passage and an open cross-sectional area of an opening of the exhaust passage opened to the back pressure chamber. |
| US10837325B2 |
Lightweight-construction roller tappet
This disclosure relates to a roller tappet, in particular for a high-pressure fuel pump. The roller tappet is guided in a direction of a longitudinal axis thereof in a housing receptacle and is driven in the longitudinal direction by cams of a camshaft. The roller tappet has a tappet body. The tappet body has a tappet skirt, a pump piston contact seat, and a rotatably mounted roller, by means of which the roller tappet is supported on the camshaft. The tappet body has a guide cylinder, which is mounted in the housing receptacle and on which the roller is mounted, and a cup-shaped sleeve having the pump piston contact point, which cup-shaped sleeve is supported axially and radially in the guide cylinder. |
| US10837320B2 |
Frangible strut for gas turbine engine
A frangible strut for a gas turbine engine includes a first end to couple to a first structure of the gas turbine engine, and a second end opposite the first end. The second end is to couple to a second structure of the gas turbine engine. The second end includes an outer portion coaxial with and spaced radially apart from an inner portion. The inner portion is to receive a fastening device to couple the second end to the second structure. The outer portion is coupled to a body of the frangible strut. The inner portion is interconnected to the outer portion by a plurality of frangible members that are spaced apart about a perimeter of the inner portion, and each of the frangible members are configured to release the inner portion from the outer portion. The frangible strut includes the body interconnecting the first end and the second end. |
| US10837317B2 |
Turbofan comprising a simplified bearing lubrication assembly
A bypass turbojet engine including a low pressure shaft supported by at least two low pressure bearings, a high pressure shaft supported by at least two high pressure bearings, a fan shaft supported by at least two fan bearings, a reduction system coupling the low pressure shaft, with the fan shaft, enclosures housing the low pressure bearings, the high pressure bearings, the fan bearings and the reduction system, and a lubrication assembly including a closed oil circuit configured to supply oil to the enclosures in order to cool the bearings and the reduction system and at most five recovery pumps configured to recover oil from the enclosures. |
| US10837316B2 |
High thermal response exhaust diffuser strut collar
A strut shield collar can include: a tubular portion including a tubular inside surface and a tubular outside surface; a flange portion extended from the tubular portion toward an outside of the tubular portion and including a flange inside surface; and a grid type mesh formed on at least one of the tubular inside surface and the flange inside surface, wherein the grid type mesh comprises a groove portion and a rib portion, and the groove portion is thinner than the rib portion. |
| US10837309B2 |
Retention clip for variable vane arm
A vane arm assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a vane stem having a circumferential groove axially spaced from an outer end of the vane stem. The assembly also includes a vane arm defining an arm aperture that the vane stem is disposed within. The assembly further includes a mechanical fastener retaining an axial position of the vane arm in the axial direction. The assembly yet further includes a retention clip having a base portion and at least one clip arm, the base portion defining a clip aperture that the vane stem is disposed within, the base portion disposed within the circumferential groove of the vane stem to couple the retention clip to the vane stem, the at least one clip arm including a retention member engaged with the vane arm to provide redundant axial retention of the vane arm. |
| US10837306B2 |
Turbocharger with progressively variable A/R ratio
A turbocharger including a pivoting vane (50) aligned with a volute slot (25) of the housing (10) and located proximal a downstream end (57) of a tongue (15) defining an initial inlet throat area (11) of the housing. When the vane is in its fully closed position (60), inlet exhaust gas is prevented from flowing into the volute slot and, therefore, the turbine wheel, until the inlet exhaust gas passes a downstream end (57) of the vane. The vane effectively extends the inlet throat area to define a revised inlet throat area (12). The A/R ratio of the housing progressively varies as the vane pivots between the fully opened and fully closed positions. |
| US10837303B2 |
Tip sealing structure for blade, rotor including same, and gas turbine including same
A tip sealing structure for a blade includes a casing having an inner circumferential surface facing the blade; a blocking groove formed in the inner circumferential surface of the casing; and a movable seal provided on a tip of the blade and configured to move in a depth direction of the blocking groove. Since the seal is configured to move into the blocking groove, tighter sealing at the tip of the blade can be accomplished. A seal bracket of the moveable seal encloses a movement space open at one end and includes a seal stop formed at the open end. A brush body including top and bottom crossbars is disposed partially within the seal bracket, such that movement of the moveable seal is limited by the bottom crossbar being stopped by the seal stop. A first brush seal is mounted on the brush body and positioned in the blocking groove. |
| US10837302B2 |
Blade track assembly, components, and methods
A blade track assembly is disclosed having a variety of features. The assembly can have annular or segmented components, or a combination of the two. In one form the assembly includes blade tracks having a forward and aft edge that can be received in an opening of respective hangers. The hangers can include anti-movement features to discourage movement of a blade track. A rib can extend between hangers and in one form can be used as part of a seal assembly. Clips can be used to secure the blade track in openings of the respective hangers, as well as to discourage movement of the blade track. |
| US10837301B2 |
Structure for multi-stage sealing of turbine
Disclosed herein is a structure for multi-stage sealing of a turbine, including: an annular multi-stage sealing part disposed on an inner circumferential surface of a fixed body and having different heights of at least two stages; a barrier unit disposed at a central side of the multi-stage sealing part on the inner circumferential surface of the fixed body; and an annular multi-stage tooth part disposed to face the multi-stage sealing part or the barrier unit over an outer circumferential surface of a rotating body and provided with a plurality of teeth, having a relative height corresponding to different heights of the multi-stage sealing part or the barrier unit at an interval between the fixed body and the rotating body. |
| US10837296B2 |
Air-collecting structure for enhancing cooling performance for transition piece and gas turbine combustor having same
An air-collecting structure effectively cools a transition piece of a duct assembly in a gas turbine combustor. The structure includes a flow sleeve having a plurality of cooling holes and surrounding the transition piece, the cooling holes formed in a lateral side of the flow sleeve to receive a compressed cooling air and arranged in rows running parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction of the flow sleeve, the rows progressing up the lateral side from a lower row to a higher row; and a plurality of scoops arranged in correspondence with predetermined cooling holes among the plurality of cooling holes and configured to collect an amount of air according to row. Each scoop includes an inlet having a predetermined radius for collecting the compressed cooling air. The radius is constant for the scoops of any one row and increases from the lower row to the higher row. |
| US10837295B2 |
Fan blade assembly
The present disclosure relates generally to a fan blade assembly. In an embodiment, the fan blade assembly includes an airfoil having a forward edge covered by a sheath. The airfoil and the sheath are made from dissimilar conductive materials. A sacrificial anode layer is applied to at least a portion of the sheath so that the sacrificial anode layer will corrode instead of the airfoil. |
| US10837294B2 |
Multi-material turbine airfoil
A turbine component comprises a platform and an airfoil extending radially away from the platform and extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge. A leading edge portion defines the leading edge of the airfoil and a trailing edge portion including the trailing edge. One of the leading and trailing edge portions also includes the platform. The leading edge portion is formed of a first material distinct from a second material forming the trailing edge portion. The first material has an operating temperature capability at least 100° F. higher than that of the second material. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed. |
| US10837290B2 |
Structure for cooling rotor of turbomachine, rotor and turbomachine having the same
The present invention relates to a structure for cooling a turbomachine's rotor part and a rotor and a turbomachine having the same. The structure for cooling a turbomachine's rotor part includes: a dovetail joint part disposed along an outer circumferential surface of a rotor wheel and having a plurality of mounting grooves in which dovetails of buckets are mounted and cooling slots disposed along the outer circumferential surface of the rotor wheel on the dovetail joint part and having a cooling fluid flowing therethrough. |
| US10837285B2 |
Blade, blade ring, blade ring segment and turbomachine
A blade (10) for a turbomachine is provided. In at least one cross section disposed orthogonally to a longitudinal blade axis, an outer surface of the blade forms a curve (Γ) that runs continuously on the inflow side along an at least approximate ellipse (E) between a first separation point (P1) and a second separation point (P2). On the pressure side 12, the curve (Γ) has an inflection point W. A distance of the second separation point (P2) from the inflection point W along the curve is at least exactly equal, at least twice as great, at least three times as great, or even at least five times as great as a distance of the second separation point (P2) from the first separation point (P1) along the at least approximate ellipse (E). Also described is a blade ring having at least one blade of this kind, as well as a turbomachine. |
| US10837283B2 |
Vacuum pump with eccentrically driven vane (eccentric pump design with crank pin)
A vacuum pump includes a housing defining a cavity having an inlet and an outlet; a vane member for a rotary driven movement inside the cavity; a drivable rotor inside the cavity; and a rotatable central shaft extending to the cavity. The vane member is slidably arranged in the rotor. The rotor is rotatable together with the vane member. The central shaft comprises a crank pin configured to engage a respective guiding recess of the rotor for driving the rotor at least along a first predetermined rotational angle. |
| US10837282B2 |
Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine according to the invention comprises at least two engine blocks which are coupled to one another and each of which includes at least two cylinders, each cylinder being connected to a common drive shaft via a transmission and a clutch. If there is a problem with one engine block, same can be disconnected from the drive shaft so that the engine can continue to operate by means of the other engine block. |
| US10837280B2 |
Friction bolt
A friction bolt assembly to frictionally engage a bore formed in rock strata. The assembly includes an elongate tube and an expander mechanism acted on by an anchor mechanism via an elongate bar or cable. A retainer mechanism is mounted to act between the bar or cable and the tube to prevent ejection of the bar or cable from the assembly should the bar or cable break. |
| US10837279B2 |
Determining a mudweight of drilling fluids for drilling through naturally fractured formations
The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems, for determining a mudweight of drilling fluids in a hydrocarbon reservoir. One computer-implemented method includes: receiving pore pressure data of a rock formation in the hydrocarbon reservoir; determining permeability data of fractures of the hydrocarbon reservoir; determining Hoek-Brown failure criterion data; and determining a safe mudweight window based on the pore pressure data of the rock formation, the permeability data of the fractures, and the Hoek-Brown failure criterion data. |
| US10837277B2 |
Well completion system and method
A well completion system and related methods are disclosed. The methods utilize mapped geological formation characterization data based on mechanical specific energy (MSE) values to determine a well completion scenario and executes the well completion scenario. |
| US10837276B2 |
Method and system for performing wireless ultrasonic communications along a drilling string
A method and system are described for wirelessly communicating within a wellbore. The method includes constructing a communication network, which communicates during drilling operations along one or more drilling strings. The communication network is used to perform drilling operations for hydrocarbon operations, such as hydrocarbon exploration, hydrocarbon development, and/or hydrocarbon production. |
| US10837273B2 |
Surface coil for wellbore positioning
A system includes a surface coil positioned at a known surface position, the surface coil including at least one loop of a conductor. The system also includes a coil controller coupled to the surface coil and adapted to inject a current into the surface coil such that the surface coil generates an electromagnetic field. In addition, the system includes a sensor package positioned within a wellbore adapted to detect the electromagnetic field and determine the position of the wellbore relative to the surface coil. |
| US10837271B2 |
Method and device for conducting explosive-fracturing
A downhole sub for injecting and detonating liquid explosive into a subterranean formation has a first fluid chamber, a second fluid chamber, a piston slidably disposed between and separates the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber, and a detonation unit affixed to the piston. It also has a third fluid chamber, a coupling disposed between the second fluid chamber and the third fluid chamber, and an annular sealing device disposed about the downhole sub. During operation, the downhole sub is filled with a liquid explosive and lowered into a well. A hydraulic fluid is injected into the downhole sub to initiate a process in which a portion of the well casing having a plurality of perforations in its wall is isolated from the rest of the well first, the liquid explosive is then injected into the isolated portion, and from there into the surrounding subterranean formation, and finally ignited to create fractures in the formation. |
| US10837268B2 |
Methods and apparatus for producing fluids from a well
Permanent magnet motor (PMM) powered artificial lift apparatus and methods of practicing the same. The PMM artificial lift apparatus provides a method for the use of permanent magnet motors below perforations, and which may also be used in conditions of low flow rate or extremely high viscosity above perforations without any active cooling schemes. |
| US10837266B2 |
Constant entrance hole perforating gun system and method
A shaped charge comprising a case, a liner positioned within the case, and an explosive filled within the case. The liner is shaped with a subtended angle ranging from 100° to 120° about an apex, a radius, and an aspect ratio such that a jet formed with the explosive creates an entrance hole in a well casing. The jet creates a perforation tunnel in a hydrocarbon formation, wherein a diameter of the jet, a diameter of the entrance hole diameter, and a width and length of the perforation tunnel are substantially constant and unaffected with changes in design and environmental factors such as a thickness and composition of the well casing, position of the charge in the perforating gun, position of the perforating gun in the well casing, a water gap in the wellbore casing, and type of the hydrocarbon formation. |
| US10837265B2 |
Collapsible cone for an expandable liner hanger system
An expandable liner hanger system and method of installing same. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes positioning the expandable liner hanger system within a casing string, the expandable liner hanger system including a setting tool disposed within a hanger body, the setting tool including a cone mandrel defining a tapered external surface and an expansion cone defining a tapered internal surface; engaging the tapered external surface with the tapered internal surface; radially expanding the hanger body to engage the casing string by displacing the cone mandrel and the expansion cone in a first axial direction and relative to the hanger body; displacing the cone mandrel in a second axial direction and relative to the expansion cone to disengage the tapered internal surface from the tapered external surface, thus permitting the expansion cone to bell radially inward from the hanger body; and extricating the expansion cone from the hanger body. |
| US10837264B2 |
Casing patch system
A casing patch system comprising a base tubular with two anchor/seals coupled to the base tubular and an expansion tool comprising two expansion devices positioned such that upon expansion of the first anchor/seal, the second expansion device engages the second anchor/seal, which allows reduction of the expansion forces due to sequential expansion and reduces the length of the displacement necessary for setting the casing patch, eliminating the need for resetting the thruster, which allows deployment and setting of the casing patch on a wireline. In another embodiment, the expansion device comprises two swages coupled to a shaft at a distance between them approximately equal to the length of the anchor/seal. The swage diameters are selected such that the expansion forces of the anchor/seal by front and back swages are approximately equal, resulting in significantly less expansion force compared to the expansion force necessary for expansion by a single swage, which allows a high degree of anchor/seal expansions unachievable by single swage expansion devices. |
| US10837261B2 |
Inlet-outlet system and method for subsea storage
A system for emptying a gravity separated fluid including a flexible bag storing the fluid arranged within a protection structure, the protection structure including a bottom element forming the lower section of the protection structure, the flexible bag being connected to the protection structure, and includes at least one fluid conduit providing fluid communication between the flexible bag and outside the protection structure. A first outlet pipe is arranged inside the flexible bag near the bottom element and is connected to and in fluid communication with the at least one fluid conduit. A perforated tube surrounding the outlet pipe provides an annulus fluid passage, water is supplied to the structure volume, and the fluid is emptied through the at least one fluid conduit, through the perforations in the perforated tube, through the annulus fluid passage to the first outlet pipe. |
| US10837258B2 |
Downhole completion system
The present invention relates to a downhole completion system for providing a well tubular metal structure in a borehole of a well having a top, comprising a well tubular metal structure configured to be arranged in the borehole. The well tubular metal structure having a first end nearest the top and a second end, and at least one annular barrier having a tubular metal part mounted as part of the well tubular metal structure, an expandable metal sleeve surrounding the tubular metal part, each end of the expandable metal sleeve being connected with the tubular metal part defining an annular barrier space, and an expansion opening in the tubular metal part for letting fluid into the annular barrier space to expand the sleeve, and wherein the downhole completion system further comprises a closing unit configured to be in a first position to allow flow through the second end and configured to be in a second position to close the second end, the closing unit comprises a tubular unit part having a first unit end being open and a second unit end being closed, a sliding sleeve arranged on an outer face of the tubular unit part defining a chamber, at least one first opening in the tubular unit part, at least one second opening in the tubular unit part opposite the chamber, the at least one second opening is arranged closer to the first unit end than the at least one first opening, and a ball seat arranged in the tubular unit part between the at least one first opening and the at least one second opening. The invention also relates to a closing unit configured to be in a first position to allow flow through a second end of a well tubular metal structure downhole and configured to be in a second position to close the second end. |
| US10837257B2 |
Rubber cylinder with rigid seal rings on both ends, packer, and bridge plug
A rubber cylinder includes rigid seal rings on both ends, a packer, and a bridge. The rubber cylinder comprises a wire seal ring, a filament seal ring, and rigid seal rings. The wire seal ring abuts the filament seal ring and is disposed below the filament seal ring. The wire seal ring comprises a plurality of wires intersecting each other and a colloid bonding all the wires together. The filament seal ring comprises a plurality of high-temperature high-pressure resistant filaments intersecting each other and a colloid bonding all the filaments together. When the wire seal ring is disposed below the filament seal ring, friction between the wire seal ring and a central tube and/or a casing reduces an axial pressure transferred to the filament seal ring. Such reduction further reduces the occurrence of an extruded shoulder. |
| US10837256B2 |
Apparatus and methods for use in wellbore packing
An apparatus for use in a well borehole packing operation takes the form of a downhole packer and comprises a body and a seal member. In use, the apparatus is run into a borehole as part of a downhole completion assembly. On reaching the desired location, the apparatus is activated to urge the seal member into sealing engagement with the borehole, and thereby isolate an annular region between the apparatus and the borehole. A conduit is disposed within the body and is offset from a central longitudinal axis of the apparatus, the conduit configured to transport a borehole packing material, such as gravel slurry, through the apparatus. |
| US10837254B2 |
Tandem cement retainer and bridge plug
A downhole tool assembly including a bridge plug and a cement retainer in tandem to be deployed into a wellbore on the same run or trip for remedial cementing of the wellbore. |
| US10837247B2 |
Natural gas hydrate pressure-retaining corer
A natural gas hydrate pressure-retaining corer includes an outer tube assembly and an inner tube assembly installed inside the outer tube assembly. The inner tube assembly includes a first inner tube assembly and a second inner tube assembly. The first inner tube assembly includes a spearhead, a latching device, a suspension plug, a hydraulic piston tube, a piston short limit short section, a limit copper pin, a sealing head, a middle tube, a weight tube drive mechanism and a pressure-retaining ball valve closing sealing mechanism which are sequentially connected from top to bottom. The second inner tube assembly includes a piston compensation balance mechanism, a single-action mechanism, an accumulator mechanism, a sealing mechanism and a core barrel connected sequentially from top to bottom. |
| US10837246B2 |
System for acquisition of wellbore parameters and short distance data transfer
This system invention relates to the use of short hop communications to transfer data between two modules inside a well. A system deployed in a well permanently or semi-permanently collects data from downhole parameters such as pressure, temperature, vibration, flow and fluid identification and stores the information in the system memory. The receiver module is deployed in the well via slick line, electric line or coil tubing with the purpose of retrieving the data from the system memory by interfacing with the downhole module via wireless short hop communications. The receiver module can also send commands into the downhole module to change its data collection parameters. Upon completion of the data transfer, the collector is returned to the surface where the data is again wirelessly transferred to a processing system such as a Personal Computer. |
| US10837243B2 |
Pipe handling column racker with retractable arm
An apparatus for moving a tubular may include a column vertically extending from a drill floor, the column defining an axis; a lower carriage connected to the column and configured to carry the column along the drill floor; an upper arm assembly movable along the column, the upper arm assembly being configured to connect with a tubular; and a lower arm assembly having a lower gripper head configured to attach to the tubular, the lower arm assembly being movable to displace the lower gripper head between a position on a first side of the axis and a position on a second side of the axis. |
| US10837237B2 |
Roller reamer with labyrinth seal assembly
At least one labyrinth seal assembly is disposed within a roller cutter of a roller reamer. A first labyrinth seal assembly of a roller cutter is positioned toward a first pillow block of a cutter cartridge that includes the roller cutter. An optional second labyrinth seal assembly is disposed within the roller cutter and toward second pillow block of the cutter cartridge A bearing shaft of the cutter cartridge extends through an inner channel of the roller cutter. The cutter cartridge is retained in an axial recess of a tool body of the roller reamer via a compound and separate wedging of each of the two pillow blocks into a same axial recess. Each pillow block is rotatably coupled to the bearing shaft at an opposing end of the roller cutter. |
| US10837235B2 |
Hybrid rotary guiding device
A hybrid rotary guiding device, includes: rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is used to drive the head of a drill tool to rotate, the rotating shaft includes an upper shaft portion, a lower shaft portion, and a steerable portion, a separation distance exists between the upper shaft portion and the lower shaft portion in the axial direction, the upper shaft portion and the lower shaft portion are steerably connected by the steerable portion; the upper shaft portion is installed with at least three first hydraulic mechanisms, and the lower shaft portion is installed with at least three second hydraulic mechanisms, the second hydraulic mechanism is adapted to drive a pushing member against the wall of the well to guide the head of a drill tool, the first hydraulic mechanism and the second hydraulic mechanism are configured so that the first hydraulic mechanism can drive the second hydraulic mechanism to drive the pushing member. The present invention combines the advantages of directional and push-oriented guidance, the influence of formation properties on the build-up slope is largely eliminated, a higher build rate can be provided, and the demand for energy consumption is greatly reduced. |
| US10837234B2 |
Unidirectionally extendable cutting element steering
A drilling apparatus may alter a direction of travel of a drill bit as it forms a borehole in the earth by furnishing the borehole with a cross-sectional shape that urges the drill bit in a radial direction. Such a cross-sectional shape may comprise two circular arcs, one larger than the apparatus and one smaller. The apparatus may be urged away from the smaller circular arc and into the open space provided by the larger circular arc.Such an apparatus may comprise an axial body and a cutting element extendable in a single radial direction from an exterior of the axial body. Extension of the cutting element may allow it to engage and degrade an inner wall of the borehole. An abrasion-resistant gauge pad protruding from the exterior of the body may ride against the borehole wall and urge the body radially. |
| US10837233B2 |
Control system for drilling machines
A control system for a drilling machine includes a vertically movable and rotatable drill string having a drill bit at a distal end, a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the drill string to provide a motive force for the vertical movement of the drill string, the hydraulic cylinder having an extend chamber and a retract chamber, a counterbalance valve selectively opening to fluidly couple the retract chamber to a drain, and a holdback valve selectively controlled to adjust the opening of the counterbalance valve based on a weight of the drill string. |
| US10837232B2 |
Hydraulic motor for a drilling system
The invention relates to a hydraulic motor (2), comprising a cylindrical motor housing (201) with a central cylindrical rotor (202) carrying longitudinal vanes (208), wherein the vanes (208) are provided at the outer surface of the rotor (202) in such a manner that they can protrude into an annular space between the housing (201) and the rotor (202) in order to create a circumferential driving force on the rotor, wherein the housing (201) comprises inwards pointing salient cams (210) on its inner surface, which separate the annular space between the housing (201) and the rotor (202) into several hydraulic chambers (211) with at least one inlet (212) and at least one outlet (213) for a hydraulic medium, and the vanes (208) can swing around a longitudinal axis that is mostly parallel to the rotation axis of the rotor (202) into the hydraulic chambers (211). The invention further relates to the use of such a hydraulic motor in a drilling system, and a drilling system with such a hydraulic motor. |
| US10837231B2 |
Double head drilling device and method for producing a bore
The invention relates to a double head drilling device for a drill rod having an outer pipe and an inner rod running at least in sections inside the outer pipe, with a first drive unit for driving the inner rod in a rotating manner and a second drive unit for driving the outer pipe in a rotating manner. According to the invention provision is made in that for the releasable clamping of the inner rod a first clamping head and a second clamping head are provided and in that the two clamping heads are supported in an axially displaceable manner with respect to each other. Furthermore, the invention also comprises a method for producing a bore with this double head drilling device. |
| US10837229B2 |
Ladder with a guardrail
A ladder with a guardrail is provided. The U-shaped guardrail has a center arm portion and two side arm portions. Each slot is provided through a side arm portion and has an elongated oval shape. Each hinge center bolt is disposed through a slot and engages a side arm portion to a hinge rotatably. The guardrail lock is disposed at the side arm portion, and the guardrail lock comprises first and second locks, a center rivet, a pair of stopper pins, and a torsion spring. The first or second lock has a guiding curve portion, a circular locking portion, and a through-hole. The center rivet is queued through the through-holes and fixes the first and second locks to the side arm portion rotatably and fixed to the side arm portion. The first and second locks receives and is locked to locking pins on top portions of the side rail. |
| US10837228B2 |
Security screen mounting system and method therefor
A mounting system and method for security screens for use with double-hung windows and other windows having an integral screen track is disclosed. The mounting system and method according to the present invention reduces materials cost for manufacture of security screens while improving aesthetics of the installation and allowing installation to be accomplished from the interior side of the window, and permits installation of security screens either at the construction site or during window manufacture, while preserving the window manufacturer's warranty. Exemplary embodiments both with and without a subframe are described. |
| US10837227B2 |
Window shade
A window shade includes a reel coupled to a first control module and connected with a panel assembly, a lift actuator coupled to a second control module, and a switchable coupling mechanism. The panel assembly has an open state for light passage and a closed state blocking light passage. The first control module can drive the reel in rotation for winding and unwinding the panel assembly. The second control module can drive the lift actuator in rotation for switching the panel assembly to the open or closed state. The coupling mechanism has a coupling state in which it rotationally couples the lift actuator to the first control module, and an uncoupling state in which it rotationally uncouples the lift actuator from the first control module. The coupling mechanism is in the uncoupling state while the panel assembly is closed, and in the coupling state while the panel assembly is opened. |
| US10837225B2 |
Revolving door
A revolving door comprising a wall or walls in which openings for inlet and outlet of persons and/or objects are provided, and rotatable door wings that during use are rotatable around an imaginary central vertical axis in a passage area surrounded by the wall or walls, wherein each of said door wings is provided with a slidable door wing part for extending and/or retracting the door wing of which it forms a part, wherein each of said door wings substantially comprises slidable door wing parts only so as to provide that the slidable door wing parts of any single door wing are selectable to be placed in at least two positions, a first position wherein said door wing parts are entirely adjacent or next to each other and wherein edges of said door wing parts are adjacent to the wall or walls, and wherein said door wing parts extend radially away from said wall or walls towards the imaginary central vertical axis, and a second position wherein said door wing parts are entirely adjacent or next open opening or to each other and wherein edges of said door wing parts are adjacent to the central vertical axis, and wherein said door wing parts extend radially away from the central vertical axis towards the wall or walls. |
| US10837223B2 |
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. |
| US10837222B2 |
Draw-tight apparatus for ramp doors and the like
A ramp door closure apparatus is provided for recreational vehicles, having a recessed linear actuator both draw a cable from a mounting bracket on the ramp door adjacent to the RV opening, to raise and lower the ramp door, and then cam a locking pin fixed to the ramp door into a seal tight position after the ramp door is raised. Upon release of the locking pin from the cam when opening the door, an initial push is provided to facilitate downward rotation of the ramp door. The linear actuator is selectively detachable from the cable so as to allow manual raising and lowering of the ramp door from within the RV, by means of releasable pins accessed in the mounting structure. |
| US10837221B2 |
Thermally-efficient slidable fenestration assembly
Exemplary implementations of a thermally-efficient slidable fenestration assembly are glass window systems or glass door systems having one or more sliding glass panels. The fenestration assemblies are adapted to be mounted in an architectural structure such as a building or house. Accessory channels in the fenestration framework may be provided to facilitate nail-fin, retro-fit or screen adaptors as means to attach the assembly to the surrounding architecture. Stiles, tracks and rails of the assembly are specifically configured to reduce heat transfer across the fenestration assembly, while simultaneously maintaining the structural integrity and durability of the overall assembly. Certain stile, track and rail components may comprise materials of relatively low conductivities. Preferred stile configurations include interlock elements arranged to reduce the assembly's vulnerability to tampering from a position outside of the fenestration. |
| US10837216B2 |
Garage entry system and method
A garage door security system includes a camera configured to capture images of vehicles that are in proximity of a garage door of a garage. A database stores identification information for a plurality of vehicles. The identification information includes at least one of make, model, color, license plate number. An image and data analytic controller analyzes the images of vehicles captured by the camera using the identification information for the plurality of vehicles stored in the local database in order to identify vehicles authorized to enter the garage. A motor control opens the garage door for vehicles authorized to enter the garage. |
| US10837211B2 |
Slip resistant glass hinge system
A slip resistant hinge system for doors and, in particular, frameless glass doors, is provided. The hinge includes a dovetail-shaped central raised portion that minimizes or prevents the possibility of the glass slipping when secured to the hinge. The dovetail-shaped central raised portion can be designed as part of the hinge or can be created by inserts positioned around the central raised portion of the hinge. In operation, a corresponding dovetail-shaped opening is cut into the door for receiving the hinge. |
| US10837210B2 |
Hinge and hinge bracket
Provided are a hinge capable of attaching a door side member having a recessed portion to receive an articulation joint in an end surface of a thin door such as a glass door and a hinge bracket. The hinge of the present invention includes a main body side member to be attached to a main body; and a door side member to be attached to a door, rotatably connected to the main body side member via an articulation joint and having a recessed portion to receive at least a part of the articulation joint. The door side member includes an outer shell portion, a first holding piece projecting from the outer shell portion, and a second holding piece for sandwiching the door with the first holding piece in a thickness direction of the door within a range of the outer shell portion in the thickness direction of the door. |
| US10837203B2 |
Overhead door lock
A lock assembly for an overhead door includes a lock bar and a spring clip receiver. The lock bar is configured to mount on and travel with the overhead door, and includes a track cover portion configured to encircle an overhead door guide track. The lock bar further includes a latch portion extending from the track cover portion. The spring clip receiver includes a spring clip configured to receive the latch portion of the lock bar, and a lock receiver having a pass-through hole for a lock shackle so that, when the overhead door is in a closed position, the lock shackle captures both the lock bar and the spring clip receiver to immobilize the overhead door. The lock assembly may further include an alignment bracket coupled to the lock bar defining an aperture configured to align with the pass-through hole in the lock receiver when the overhead door is in a closed position. |
| US10837196B2 |
Apparatus and method for dispensing and tensioning fence wire
An apparatus and method for dispensing and tensioning fence wire, the apparatus comprising a support frame extending along a longitudinal length between a front and a rear, the frame adapted to be moved along a path proximate to the fence to be formed and a rotational support adapted to rotatably support at least one reel of fence wire thereon, an adjustable tensioning unit adapted to be selectively secured to a fence wire and a drive unit wherein the drive unit is adapted to selectively control the tensioning unit to apply tension to the fence wire. The method comprising rotatably supporting at least one reel of fence wire on a rotational support, securing a first end of the fence wire to one of a plurality of fence posts and moving the frame along a path proximate to the fence to be formed, dispensing the fence wire along the path. Securing an adjustable tensioning unit to a second end of the fence wire, selectively controlling the tensioning unit to apply tension to the fence wire and securing a second end of the fence wire to one of the plurality of fence posts. |
| US10837191B1 |
Cleaning head
A pop-up cleaning head is connectable to a swimming pool pump and is mounted in a swimming pool inner surface. The head has a pressurized extended position and an unpressurized retracted position respectively when pressurized water from the pool pump is connected to, or disconnected from, the cleaning head. The head includes a spring tube having a lower section with a nozzle orifice for directing a high pressure water stream from the swimming pool pump along and adjacent the pool inner surface. The spring tube has an upper section forming a chamber with the lower section and has a vent orifice aligned with the nozzle orifice to permit the high-pressure water stream to emanate from the head through the vent orifice and entrain pool water. The upper section includes passageways communicating with the pool to admit pool water into the chamber to be entrained in the high-pressure water stream emanating from the nozzle. The passageways extend along respective axes that are inclined to the longitudinal axis of the spring tube. |
| US10837190B2 |
Swimming pool cleaner
Disclosed herein are a steering system for a suction cleaning device, a locomotion system for a pool cleaner, and a turbine for use in an automatic cleaner. The steering system includes a fluid driven turbine that rotates a cam gear that is interconnected with a cam wheel for directing a drive pinion. The drive pinion is positionable in a plurality of positions to drive a nose cone that steers the suction cleaning device. The locomotion system includes first and second A-frame arms that respectively engage first and second bearings about first and second eccentrics of a turbine. Rotation of the turbine causes the first and second A-frame arms to rotate back and forth driving associated walking pod assemblies. The turbine includes a turbine rotor and a plurality of vanes connected to the turbine rotor. The plurality of vanes including lateral edges having lateral open regions to facilitate debris-removing efficiency. |
| US10837185B2 |
Lifting anchor assembly for precast concrete structures
A lifting anchor assembly that is configured to be embedded in a tilt-up concrete structure includes an anchor member that has a central portion configured to engage a lift apparatus and a pair of legs that extend downward from the central portion. A lower portion of each of the pair of legs includes a curved section configured to engage within a concrete structure during its forming process. A spacer may be selected to attach at an end portion of each the pair of legs, where the spacers each extend downward from the anchor member and rest on a floor surface of a concrete form to support the anchor member at a desired spacing from the floor and upright within the concrete structure that is cast in the concrete form. |
| US10837184B2 |
Binding machine
A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit which feeds a wire, a curl guide which curls the fed wire around an object to be bound, a binding unit including a twisting shaft provided to be rotatable around an axis, a gripping part provided at one end of the twisting shaft and a drive unit provided to the other end of the twisting shaft, a control unit which controls the drive unit, and a binding machine main body which accommodates therein the binding unit and the control unit. When an inside of the binding machine main body is divided by a virtual plane perpendicular to the axis to be partitioned into a first space in which the gripping part is accommodated and a second space in which the drive unit is accommodated, the control unit is arranged in the second space in which the drive unit is accommodated. |
| US10837182B2 |
Panel and method for manufacturing panels
The present invention relates to a panel and method for manufacturing panels for wall or floor coverings, comprising two or more thermoplastic layers including at least one thermoplastic substrate layer and at least one top layer comprising at least a decor layer, a print layer and a transparent wear layer, and wherein both said thermoplastic substrate layer and said top layer are provided with a reinforcement layer, wherein said transparent wear layer is provided with a relief. |
| US10837176B2 |
Roofing shingles, tiles and shakes
The present disclosure relates generally to roofing elements and methods for making them. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a roofing element in the form of a roofing shingle that includes a body of a foamed cured cross-linked polymer, the body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the body extending substantially in a plane and having a thickness in the range of 0.5 mm to 35 mm; and a layer of weather-resistant roofing granules disposed on and adhered at the top surface of roofing element. The roofing element can be made by providing a body of wet foamed curable composition, and allowing the curable composition to cure to provide the body of foamed cured cross-linked polymer. |
| US10837174B2 |
Insulating wall panels for building construction and related methods
Wall panels for building construction may include a panel of drywall material including a room-interior-facing surface and a room-exterior-facing surface and a radiant barrier including a reflective material located proximate to the room-exterior-facing surface. A corrugated sheet may be interposed between the panel of drywall material and the radiant barrier, the corrugated sheet forming pockets of air between the panel of drywall material and the corrugated sheet and between the radiant barrier and the corrugated sheet. |
| US10837172B1 |
Tapered kerf construction
A drywall sheet with a gypsum core sheathed in front and rear paper layers, an edge of the sheet being tapered towards the rear, the taper being formed by a flap of a marginal area of the front paper and a thin layer of gypsum attached to an inner side of the front paper margin being folded into a space resulting from a slot cut in the sheet edge to a depth generally equal to the width of the flap, the flap being held in place by a continuous layer of a hot melt adhesive occupying a space of the slot not occupied by the flap and having an elasticity that imparts fastener penetration resistance to the associated edge from a front face of the sheet. |
| US10837167B2 |
Construction of the prefabricated column and beam type
A system of construction that performs advanced prefabrication of columns—beams type structure of buildings, prefabrication which results industrialization of this type of construction. The main development that allows this achievement in the same technical conditions, even better conditions than in the conventional system, is the massive use of braces as well vertically as horizontally. Such a building system is of special interest in areas where seismic risk is high because the building is very lightweight, constituted of a set of structurally self-sufficient units, heavily triangulated and therefore hardly deformable, all these at an affordable cost. |
| US10837164B1 |
Supporting outriggers
Embodiments may be directed to processes, devices, systems, and manufactures involving water leaching systems. Embodiments may comprise one or more receiving chambers and a plurality of outriggers connected to one or more receiving chambers in such a way as to provide support against external loads acting on the one or more receiving chambers. The outriggers may be directly coupled with chambers and may be spaced apart from chambers as well. The outriggers may also be integrated with the chambers and may be added to or detachable from the chambers. The outriggers along with the chambers may each provide for leaching of wastewater or other water from them along one or more of their sides. |
| US10837162B2 |
Toilet device
A toilet device includes a toilet main body, a base plate-which is provided on an upper portion of the toilet main body and on which a functional unit is mounted, and a cover which covers the base plate from an upper side such that the functional unit is accommodated. The cover has a protrusion portion that protrudes further downward than the base plate and that is positioned closer to a toilet bowl of the toilet main body than the base plate. A recess portion, which communicates with the toilet bowl and is open to the upper side, is formed in the toilet main body. The base plate is arranged on the recess portion. |
| US10837159B2 |
Construction machine
A construction machine capable of achieving favorable operability in a combined operation is provided. A hybrid excavator includes: a boom cylinder 10 driven by hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic pump 16b; a swing hydraulic motor 5 driven by hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump 16b; a swing electric motor 6 connected mechanically with the swing hydraulic motor 5; an inverter 19 that controls operation of the swing electric motor 6; and a controller 21 that outputs to the inverter 19 a torque command value for controlling electric driving torque or electricity generating torque of the swing electric motor 6. The controller 21 includes a torque command value calculation section 24 that receives inputs of a swing operation amount signal of an operation lever device 15a and a boom raising operation amount signal of an operation lever device 15b and that outputs a torque command value of the electricity generating torque of the swing electric motor 6 to the inverter 19 when load pressure of the swing hydraulic motor 5 is determined to be higher than load pressure of the boom cylinder 10. |
| US10837158B2 |
Loader, operator seat assembly with integrated, non-electronic hydraulic pilot valves
A loader having a seat assembly mounted in the loader cab for movement along 2 axes. The cab pivots relative to the loader to permit access to loader components. The main operator controls in the loader are pilot valves operated by the loader operator without any electronic interfacing between the operator and the pilot valves. The pilot valves are supported directly by the seat assembly to move with the seat assembly and reduce inadvertent pilot valve motion induced by vehicle movement. Also provided is a hydraulic hose channeling arrangement which permits the support of hydraulic pilot valves relative to a seat assembly which is moveably mounted in a pilotable loader cab. |
| US10837153B2 |
Bioinspired mineralization for geotechnical substructures
Various examples are provided for in situ growth of subsurface structures using bioinspired mineralization. In one example, among others, a method for growth of a subsurface structure includes introducing a first aqueous mineral salt reactant and a second aqueous mineral salt reactant comprising a polymeric additive into a soil substrate. The first and second aqueous mineral salt reactants can combine to form a polymer-induced liquid-precursor (PILP) phase that initiates in situ mineralization in the soil substrate. Solidifying the mineralization can form a subsurface structure in the soil substrate. Multiple applications of aqueous mineral salt reactants can be introduced to adjust the thickness of the mineralization or for layers of coatings. |
| US10837152B2 |
Methods and system for forming reclamation structures
A method of forming a structure includes a) excavating a material; b) homogenizing the material; c) ensuring aluminosilicate levels in the material; d) increasing alkaline levels of the material; e) foaming the material; and f) injecting the material onto a surface, wherein the material forms into a foam-like structure when injected. |
| US10837150B2 |
Stackable compact high threat barrier
A stackable, portable, traffic barrier having a molded elongated body with a generally extruded triangular shape having a longitudinal axis; a separable base; a top; a first pair of opposing sides disposed between the top and the base; a second pair of arcuate opposing sides disposed between the top and the base; a plurality of vertically disposed fillable cavities disposed through the top of the body; and a plurality of caps, where each of the caps has a cross sectional shape suitable for functionally engaging a corresponding cavity. |
| US10837148B2 |
Surface mount security barrier
The invention provides a security barrier section (10) which has first (12) and second (14) barrier islands and cables (28, 30) there between. Each barrier island comprises a cast concrete block (16) having a front face and a rear face and a spring steel post (22) extending upwardly from a top face of the cast concrete block at a location between the front face and the rear face. An attachment means (26) is located on, or extending from, at least one of the front face and the rear face. At least one first cable (28) extends between the spring steel posts (22) of said the first (12) and second (14) barrier islands and is attached thereto by cable attachments. At least one second cable (30) extends between the attachment means (26) of said first (12) and second (14) barrier islands and is also attached thereto by cable attachments. The cable attachments are configured to allow said cable to slip in said cable attachment under loading. |
| US10837147B2 |
Cordless electrically-powered concrete screed
A power unit is configured for use as part of a concrete screed and includes a frame and a powered drive. The frame includes a drive housing. The powered drive is operably supported by the drive housing and is configured to rotate a rotatable concrete forming drum. The powered drive includes an electric motor and a battery operably coupled to the electric motor and configured to power the electric motor. The powered drive includes a drive shaft drivingly connectable relative to the drum, with rotation of the drive shaft causing corresponding rotation of the drum. |
| US10837146B2 |
Infill material for synthetic turfs and synthetic turfs so obtained
Synthetic turf (1) comprising a mat (2) equipped with a first face (2a), which in use is arranged next to a surface (50) to coat, and with a second face (2b) opposite to the first face (2a). The synthetic turf (1) comprises, furthermore, a plurality of filaments (3) knitted to the mat (2) and made of a synthetic material. Above the second face (2b) of the mat (2), furthermore, an infill material (10) is present that is arranged all around the filaments (3) of artificial material. The infill material (10) comprises, in particular at least one layer (15) consisting of a mixture of a predetermined amount of cereal husks, such as rice husks, husks of wheat, husks of rye, husks of oat, husks of spelt, or a combination thereof, and of at least one defibrated arboreus material which is resistant to microbial digestion, such as a loose final product from raw material based on coir, or sawdust of a wood obtained by a raw material with high content of lignin, such as Teck sawdust, Mahogany sawdust, Iroko sawdust, or a combination thereof. |
| US10837140B2 |
Use of a coating layer with a styrene-butadiene copolymer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer
The invention relates to a use of a coating layer on a paper substrate for blocking oxygen transfer through the coated paper substrate, wherein the coating layer on the paper substrate is obtainable by a process, which comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper substrate with a surface, (b) applying onto the surface of the provided paper substrate an aqueous coating mass, and (c) drying of the paper substrate with the applied aqueous coating mass to obtain the coated paper substrate, wherein the aqueous coating mass contains an aqueous dispersion of a copolymer P, which is obtainable by radically initiated emulsion polymerization of at least 40 parts by weight of styrene and 22 to 49 parts by weight of butadiene and optionally other monomers based on the sum total of the parts by weight of all monomers, which is always 100, in the presence of a first degraded starch. It relates further to a coated paper substrate obtainable with a coating mass comprising the aqueous dispersion of the copolymer P and a further saccharide, which is added after the polymerization of the monomers. It relates also to a process for manufacturing the coated paper substrate obtainable with a coating mass comprising the aqueous dispersion of the copolymer P and the further saccharide. |
| US10837138B2 |
Modular holder of textile fabrics
The invention comprises of two types of units, which can be assembled and joined together to form a chain. Front part (2) of each unit consists of oval reinforced enlargement with a boss shape (5) having a cylindrical neck (6) and a circular enlargement (9) with a reinforced ledges (7). The end part (4) of each unit consists of a formed drop-shaped opening (17), an entrance (18) and a part-circular recess (19) for receiving the neck (6). The recess (19) has a mouth shape to allow the neck (6) to pass through it with an interference fit to provide a hinge attaching each unit to another. The intermediate part (3) consists of linear and waved pinch slot (10) formed between two semi rigid side portions of the moulding which diverge away from one another so that the pinch slot (10) can be created. |
| US10837137B2 |
Drain pump and washing machine using the same
A drain pump has a sealed cavity formed by a motor base and a pump casing. A partition plate divides the cavity into a motor cavity, and a pump impeller cavity. A side of the partition plate facing the motor cavity is provided with a bearing base. Another side facing the pump impeller cavity comprises a plane; a bearing mounted in the bearing base penetrates through the two cavities. The bearing in the pump impeller cavity slightly protrudes from the plane of the partition plate, and is tightly attached to a pump impeller in the pump impeller cavity, to form a second contact. The pump impeller and a pump impeller shaft are subjected to integral injection molding. The pump impeller shaft is tightly fixed in the bearing, penetrates through the partition plate, enters the motor cavity, and is connected with the pump shaft in the motor cavity. |
| US10837136B2 |
Transport bolt assembly for a laundry appliance
A transport bolt assembly to immobilize a tub of a laundry appliance comprising: a bolt including a head disposed at a first end, a second end configured to insert into a bolt receiver of a tub of a laundry appliance, and a length between the first end and the second end; and a washer comprising a body, a hole through the body, through which the length of the bolt is disposed, with a first side of the body facing towards the head of the bolt and a second side of the body facing towards the second end of the bolt, and an appendage extending away from the body of the washer at an obtuse angle transitioning to a reflex angle relative to the first side of the body of the washer. |
| US10837135B2 |
Dispensing treating chemistry in a laundry treating appliance
An appliance and method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment and a dispensing system having a dispensing pump for dispensing a treating chemistry for use in treating the laundry, the method comprising determining a soil level of laundry in the treating chamber and determining a dispensing parameter based on the determined soil level. |
| US10837131B2 |
Method to produce micro and nanofibers with controlled diameter and large yield
A method for producing microfibers includes the steps of (a) providing a base material; (b) forming the base material in a ring; (c) gripping opposing ends of the ring; (d) flipping one of the opposing ends relative to the other of the opposing ends, forming an upper portion and a lower portion; (e) folding the upper portion onto the lower portion; (f) stretching the folded upper and lower portions; and repeating steps (d)-(f) as desired. Different apparatuses for performing the method are also provided. |
| US10837130B2 |
Incandescent tension annealing processes for strong, twist-stable carbon nanotube yarns and muscles
The described incandescent tension annealing processes involve thermally annealing twisted or coiled carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns at high-temperatures (1000° C. to 3000° C.) while these yarns are under tensile loads. These processes can be used for increasing yarn modulus and strength and for stabilizing both twisted and coiled CNT yarns with respect to unwanted irreversible untwist, thereby avoiding the need to tether torsional and tensile artificial muscles, and increasing the mechanical loads that can be moved by these muscles. |
| US10837129B2 |
Apparatus for stretching acrylic fibres tows in a pressurised steam environment
A stretching apparatus of fibre tows in a pressurized steam environment comprises a plurality of stretching chests (1) and associated supporting structures (3, 4, 6) arranged side by side, at the same level, on a holding frame. The stretching chests (1) are each formed by two opposed metallic half-chests (1b, 1t), delimiting a stretching chamber (2). The stretching chamber (2) has a generally rectangular section of a low height and opens outwards in correspondence of the two transversal edges of the stretching chest (1) through tow entry and exit openings. Inside the stretching chambers (2) the tows are treated with saturated or overheated steam at high temperature and pressure and simultaneously undergo a mechanical stretching operation. |
| US10837128B2 |
Method for processing a strand-shaped fiber sliver, and roving frame machine
A method for processing a strand-type fiber bundle includes sending the fiber bundle to an air nozzle of a pre-spinning machine used to produce roving. A twist is imparted to the fiber bundle via a vortex air current within the air nozzle to form the roving, wherein the roving leaves the air nozzle through an outlet and is deposited in a receptacle. Normal operation is interrupted in a stop phases during which roving is not produced by the air nozzle. A start-up phase is commenced between the stop phase and subsequent normal operation wherein the roving produced during the stop phase is discarded after leaving the air nozzle when quality of the roving does not meet a desired specification. The roving discharge is deactivated when the quality of the roving meets the desired specification and the roving removed by the roving discharge is separated from the roving. |
| US10837124B2 |
Gallium nitride substrate
A gallium nitride substrate has a surface with a diameter of not less than 100 mm, a difference being not less than 0.1 cm−1 and not more than 2 cm−1 between maximum and minimum values of wave numbers at a maximum peak of peaks corresponding to an E2H phonon mode in micro-Raman scattering mapping measurement at each of square regions having sides each having a length of 2 mm, the square regions being located at a total of five locations including a central location and four circumferential edge locations on the surface of the gallium nitride substrate, a difference being not more than 2 cm−1 between maximum and minimum values of the wave numbers at the maximum peak of the peaks corresponding to the E2H phonon mode at all of measurement points in the five locations. |
| US10837120B2 |
Method of manufacturing CZ silicon wafers, and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
One example describes a method of manufacturing Czochralski (CZ) silicon wafers. The method includes slicing an n-type CZ silicon ingot to form a plurality of CZ silicon wafers, determining a boron concentration of each CZ silicon wafer, dividing the CZ silicon wafers into sub-groups based on the boron concentration, wherein an average value of the boron concentration differs among the sub-groups, and labeling each sub-group of CZ silicon wafers with a different label which is indicative of the boron concentration. |
| US10837118B2 |
Surface treated steel sheet for fuel tank
Provided is a surface treated steel sheet for a fuel tank, the surface treated steel sheet including: a Zn plated layer or a Zn—Ni alloy plated layer which is formed on at least a surface of the steel sheet to be an inner surface of the fuel tank; and a chromate-free chemical conversion coating layer containing a water-and-oil repellent, the chromate-free chemical conversion coating layer being placed over the Zn plated layer or the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer on the surface to be the inner surface of the fuel tank. A water contact angle on a surface of the chromate-free chemical conversion coating layer is more than or equal to 70 degrees and an n-hexadecane contact angle on the surface of the chromate-free chemical conversion coating layer is more than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 70 degrees. |
| US10837114B2 |
Composition for forming conductive pattern by irradiation of electromagnetic waves, method for forming conductive pattern using same, and resin structure having conductive pattern
The present invention relates to a composition for forming a conductive pattern by irradiation of electromagnetic waves capable of allowing excellent formation of a conductive micro-pattern on various polymer resin products comprising a polycarbonate resin or on resin layers by a simple method such as irradiation of electromagnetic waves and plating, and capable of reducing the degradation of the physical properties of the resin products or resin layers caused by the irradiation of electromagnetic waves, a method for forming a conductive pattern using the same, and a resin structure having a conductive pattern. The composition for forming a conductive pattern by irradiation of electromagnetic waves comprises: a polymer resin comprising a polycarbonate resin; and an electromagnetic wave-absorbing inorganic additive which absorbs an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength in the infrared region and satisfies the characteristic that a laser sensitivity Ls defined by a predetermined relational expression is 1.6<−log(Ls)<6.0. |
| US10837113B2 |
Shower head, processing apparatus, and shower plate
According to one embodiment, a shower head includes a head and a magnetic field generator. The head includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, an internal compartment, and a plurality of holes. Each of the holes is open to the first surface and to the second surface that faces the compartment, and communicates with the compartment. The magnetic field generator generates a magnetic field inside the holes between the first surface and the second surface. |
| US10837112B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
A technique for improving stability and safety at the time of boat transfer is provided. A reaction tube configured to process a substrate, a seal cap, provided on an upper surface thereof with a substrate retainer for retaining the substrate, configured to close a furnace opening of the reaction tube, one of a first elevator and a second elevator configured to elevate the seal cap; and another of a first elevator and a second elevator configured to assist the one of the first elevator and the second elevator in elevating the seal cap. |
| US10837105B1 |
Multilayer barrier and method of formation
A multi-layer barrier and method of formation. The method includes applying oxidation to a top of a reference layer, and depositing a plurality of different metal layers over the reference layer. The method also includes providing different oxidation doses at different temperatures to different layers of the plurality of metal layers. The method further includes performing an annealing operation after depositing at least two of the plurality of different metal layers. |
| US10837103B2 |
Scratch-resistant materials and articles including the same
Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a coating material comprising silicon and/or aluminum, hydrogen and any two or more of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and fluorine. The coating material exhibits a hardness of about 17 GPa or greater and an optical band gap of about 3.5 eV or greater. In some embodiments, the coating material includes, in atomic %, silicon and/or aluminum in an amount of about 40 or greater, hydrogen in an amount in the range from about 1 to about 25, nitrogen in an amount of about 30 or greater, oxygen in an amount in the range from about 0 to about 7.5, and carbon in an amount in the range from about 0 to about 10. The coating material may optionally include fluorine and/or boron. Articles including the coating material are also described and exhibit an average transmittance of about 85% or greater over an optical wavelength regime in the range from about 380 nm to about 720 nm and colorlessness. |
| US10837100B2 |
Method of producing a PVD layer and a coated cutting tool
A method for producing a coating on a substrate, wherein the coating includes a PVD layer (A), deposited by cathodic arc evaporation, being a compound of the formula MexSiyAlzCaNbOc, wherein Me is one or more metals of groups 4, 5 and 6 in the IUPAC periodic table of elements. The PVD layer (A) is deposited by applying a pulsed bias voltage of from about −40 to about −450 V to the substrate and using a duty cycle of less than about 12% and a pulsed bias frequency of less than about 10 kHz. A coated cutting tool having a substrate and a coating is also disclosed, wherein the coating includes the PVD layer (A) with the compound of the formula MexSiyAlzCaNbOc. The PVD layer (A) is crystalline having a FWHM (Full Width at Half Maximum) value for the cubic (111) peak in X-ray diffraction of ≤0.3 degrees (2theta). |
| US10837097B2 |
Nitrided part and method of producing same
A nitrided part having excellent fatigue strength which has predetermined constituents, has structures comprised of ferrite and pearlite, has ferrite grains with an aspect ratio of a ratio of a long axis direction and short axis direction of 4.5 or more present in the entire region at a depth from the surface of the part where stress is expected to concentrate of (ρ×0.09+0.05) mm or less, and has an average concentration of N of 5000 ppm or more at a surface layer part from the surface down to 200 μm in the depth direction. |
| US10837096B2 |
Nitrided steel part and method of production of same
A nitrided steel part excellent in bending straightening ability and bending fatigue characteristic enabling reduction of size and decrease of weight of parts or enabling demand for high load capacities to be met, using as a material a steel material containing, by mass %, C: 0.2 to 0.6%, Si: 0.05 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 2.5%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.003 to 0.05%, Cr: 0.05 to 0.5%, Al: 0.01 to 0.05%, and N: 0.003 to 0.025%, and having a balance of Fe and impurities, having formed on the steel surface a compound layer of a thickness 3 μm or less comprising iron, nitrogen, and carbon and a hardened layer formed below the compound layer, and having an effective hardened layer depth of 160 to 410 μm. |
| US10837091B2 |
High temperature, damage tolerant superalloy, an article of manufacture made from the alloy, and process for making the alloy
A nickel-base alloy is disclosed that has the following weight percent composition. C about 0.005 to about 0.06 Cr about 13 to about 17 Fe about 4 to about 20 Mo about 3 to about 9 W up to about 8 Co up to about 12 Al about 1 to about 3 Ti about 0.6 to about 3 Nb up to about 5.5 B about 0.001 to about 0.012 Mg about 0.0010 to about 0.0020 Zr about 0.01 to about 0.08 Si up to about 0.7 P up to about 0.05 and the balance is nickel, usual impurities, and minor amounts of other elements as residuals from alloying additions during melting. The alloy provides a combination of high strength, good creep resistance, and good resistance to crack growth. A method of heat treating a nickel base superalloy to improve the tensile ductility of the alloy is also disclosed. An article of manufacture made from the nickel base superalloy described herein is also disclosed. |
| US10837089B2 |
Thick steel plate for high heat input welding and having great heat-affected area toughness and manufacturing method therefor
A thick steel plate for high heat input welding and having great heat-affected area toughness and a manufacturing method therefor, comprising the steps of smelting, casting, rolling, and cooling. Also, the chemical composition of the steel plate satisfies 1≤Ti/N≤6 and (Ca+REM+Zr)/Al≥0.11, where the effective S content in steel=S-0.8Ca-0.34REM-0.35Zr. and the effective S content in steel: 0.0006-0.005%; finely dispersed inclusions may be formed, and the amount of composite inclusion CaO+Al2O3+MnS+TiN in the steel plate is at a proportion of ≥12%. With respect to welding in which the thickness of the steel plate is 50-70 mm, the tensile strength of a base material is ≥510 MPa. and welding input energy is 200-400 kJ/cm, the average Charpy impact work of a welding heat-affected area of the steel plate at −40° C. is 100 J or more, and at the same time, the average Charpy aging impact work of the base material of ½ thickness at −40° C. is 46 J or more. |
| US10837086B2 |
High-strength corrosion-resistant 6xxx series aluminum alloys and methods of making the same
The present disclosure generally provides 6xxx series aluminum alloys and methods of making the same, such as through casting and rolling. The disclosure also provides products made from such alloys. The disclosure also provides various end uses of such products, such as in automotive, transportation, electronics, aerospace, and industrial applications, among others. |
| US10837082B2 |
Method for the treatment of an object contaminated with metallic particles
Methods for the treatment of metallic particles such as heavy metal particles and objects contaminated with the metallic particles. For the treatment of objects contaminated with the metallic particles, a stabilizing composition may be applied to the object with or without a fixation agent. For the treatment of free-flowing metallic particles, an agglomeration agent may be used with or without a stabilizing agent. |
| US10837076B2 |
Steel sheet for cans and method for manufacturing steel sheet for cans
A steel sheet for cans has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.015% or more and 0.150% or less, Si: 0.04% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 2.0% or less, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, N: 0.0005% or more and less than 0.0050%, Ti: 0.003% or more and 0.015% or less, B: 0.0010% or more and 0.0040% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet has a microstructure including a ferrite phase as a main phase and at least one of a martensite phase and a retained austenite phase as a second phase, the total area fraction of the second phase being 1.0% or more, and the sheet has a tensile strength of 480 MPa or more, a total elongation of 12% or more, and a yield elongation of 2.0% or less. |
| US10837075B2 |
Hot rolled and annealed ferritic stainless steel sheet, method of producing same, and cold rolled and annealed ferritic stainless steel sheet
A hot rolled and annealed ferritic stainless steel sheet includes a composition that contains, on a mass percent basis, 0.015% or less of C, 1.00% or less of Si, 1.00% or less of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 12.0% or more and 23.0% or less of Cr, 0.20% or more and 1.00% or less of Al, 0.020% or less of N, 1.00% or more and 2.00% or less of Cu, and 0.30% or more and 0.65% or less of Nb, Si and Al being contained so as to satisfy expression (1) described below, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and the hot rolled and annealed ferritic stainless steel sheet having a Vickers hardness less than 205, Si≥Al (1) (where in expression (1), Si represents the content of Si (% by mass), and Al represents the content of Al (% by mass)). |
| US10837074B2 |
Method for manufacturing high strength galvanized steel sheet and high strength galvanized steel sheet
A method for manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet and a high strength galvanized steel sheet are provided. A base steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising C: 0.03% to 0.35%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 3.6% to 8.0%, Al: 0.001% to 1.000%, P≤0.10%, S≤0.010%, and the balance comprising Fe and incidental impurities, on a percent by mass basis, is subjected to annealing and galvanization treatment, wherein the maximum steel sheet temperature in an annealing furnace is 600° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower, the steel sheet transit time in a temperature region of the maximum steel sheet temperature of 600° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower is specified to be 30 seconds or more and 10 minutes or less, and the dew point in an atmosphere is specified to be −45° C. or lower. |
| US10837070B2 |
Method for hardening sheet metal material and hardened metal sheet material
In order to provide a method for hardening a metal sheet material by means of which a particularly hard and scratch-resistant surface is produced on the metal sheet material, it is proposed that the method comprises the following: applying at least one peening stream to the metal sheet material, wherein at least one peening stream is applied to a front side of the metal sheet material and/or a rear side of the metal sheet material, respectively. |
| US10837069B2 |
Device for generating a microstructure with a structural gradient in an axisymmetric part
A device for generating a microstructure with a structure gradient in an axisymmetric mechanical part having a hollow center and initially possessing a uniform structure with fine grains, the device including a first heater system defining a first shell for receiving the mechanical part and suitable for heating the outer periphery of the mechanical part to a first temperature higher than the solvus temperature. The device further includes a second heater system defining a second shell arranged inside the first shell and suitable for heating the inner periphery of the mechanical part to a second temperature lower than the solvus temperature, with the space between the first shell and the second shell defining a housing suitable for receiving the axisymmetric mechanical part having a hollow center. |
| US10837066B2 |
Brassica plant comprising mutant fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase alleles
The invention relates to crop plants comprising novel seed lipid compositions. Provided are both wild type and mutant nucleic acid molecules encoding Brassica fatty acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase B proteins (FATB) and the proteins as such. Also provided are Brassica plants, tissue and seeds comprising at least three mutant fatB alleles in their genome, whereby the seed oil fatty acid composition or profile is significantly altered. |
| US10837063B2 |
Systems and methods to detect rare mutations and copy number variation
The present disclosure provides a system and method for the detection of rare mutations and copy number variations in cell free polynucleotides. Generally, the systems and methods comprise sample preparation, or the extraction and isolation of cell free polynucleotide sequences from a bodily fluid; subsequent sequencing of cell free polynucleotides by techniques known in the art; and application of bioinformatics tools to detect rare mutations and copy number variations as compared to a reference. The systems and methods also may contain a database or collection of different rare mutations or copy number variation profiles of different diseases, to be used as additional references in aiding detection of rare mutations, copy number variation profiling or general genetic profiling of a disease. |
| US10837062B2 |
Method for predicting a treatment response to a CRHR1 antagonist and/or a V1B antagonist in a patient with depressive and/or anxiety symptoms
A method of treating a human patient with depressive and/or anxiety symptoms which includes administering an effective amount of a V1B receptor antagonist and/or CRHR1 antagonist to the patient in need thereof, wherein the patient's genome has certain polymorphoric variants. |
| US10837061B2 |
Enrichment and detection of nucleic acids with ultra-high sensitivity
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for enrichment and detection of molecules of a target biomarker. In one aspect, In one aspect, a biosensor device for enriching and detecting biomarker molecules include a substrate, and a microarray of hydrophilic islands disposed on the substrate. A sensing area on each of the microarray hydrophilic islands is structured to anchor bio-molecular probes of at least one type for detecting molecules of a target biomarker and to attract an array of nanodroplets of a biomarker solution that includes the target biomarker molecules. A hydrophobic surface is disposed to surround the microarray of hydrophilic islands. |
| US10837049B2 |
Amplification and analysis of whole genome and whole transcriptome libraries generated by a DNA polymerization process
The present invention regards a variety of methods and compositions for whole genome amplification and whole transcriptome amplification. In a particular aspect of the present invention, there is a method of amplifying a genome comprising a library generation step followed by a library amplification step. In specific embodiments, the library generating step utilizes specific primer mixtures and a DNA polymerase, wherein the specific primer mixtures are designed to eliminate ability to self-hybridize and/or hybridize to other primers within a mixture but efficiently and frequently prime nucleic acid templates. |
| US10837046B2 |
Universal method for extracting nucleic acid molecules from a diverse population of one or more types of microbes in a sample
Disclosed herein are methods of extracting genetic material from a diverse population of one or more types of microbes in a sample. Microbes can be prokaryotes or eukaryotes and may include bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, helminths, parasites, viruses, phages, and others. Extraction may be from a single sample and subsequent identification may be through a molecular method such as qPCR, PCR, RFLP, SSCP, allele specific PCR, targeted sequencing, pull down sequencing, whole shotgun sequencing, or other methods. |
| US10837043B2 |
Method for producing coenzyme Q10
A method of producing coenzyme Q10 includes contacting an extract from a coenzyme Q10-producing microorganism with an adsorbent (A) such that the adsorbent (A) adsorbs a component of the extract other than coenzyme Q10, and that coenzyme Q10 is obtained. The adsorbent (A) includes aluminum silicate at a content of 50% or more. |
| US10837039B2 |
Methods and means for enhancing RNA production
The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing an RNA molecule of a given sequence, comprising the step of determining the fraction (1) for each of the four nucleotides G, A, C and U in said RNA molecule, and the step of synthesizing said RNA molecule by in vitro transcription in a sequence-optimized reaction mix, wherein said sequence-optimized reaction mix comprises the four ribonucleoside triphosphates GTP, ATP, CTP and UTP, wherein the fraction (2) of each of the four ribonucleoside triphosphates in the sequence-optimized reaction mix corresponds to the fraction (1) of the respective nucleotide in said RNA molecule, a buffer, a DNA template, and an RNA polymerase. Further, the present invention relates to a bioreactor (1) for synthesizing RNA molecules of a given sequence, the bioreactor (1) having a reaction module (2) for carrying out in vitro RNA transcription reactions in a sequence-optimized reaction mix, a capture module (3) for temporarily capturing the transcribed RNA molecules, and a control module (4) for controlling the infeed of components of the sequence-optimized reaction mix into the reaction module (2), wherein the reaction module (2) comprises a filtration membrane (21) for separating nucleotides from the reaction mix, and the control of the infeed of components of the sequence-optimized reaction mix by the control module (4) is based on a measured concentration of separated nucleotides. |
| US10837037B2 |
Method for converting glucose into fructose in the presence of lignin
The invention is in the field of enzymology. More in particular, it provides a method for the isomerization of glucose into fructose wherein the glucose is derived from lignocellulosic material. More in particular, it provides a method for converting glucose into fructose comprising the steps of: providing a composition comprising water, glucose and lignin, enzymatically converting the glucose to fructose in the presence of a glucose isomerase, and optionally purifying the fructose from the solution, wherein the glucose isomerase comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical with the sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2. |
| US10837035B2 |
Method for extracting citrulline from watermelon
The present invention relates to the technical field of natural substance extraction. Disclosed is a method for extracting Citrulline from a watermelon. The method for extracting Citrulline from a watermelon in the present invention comprises Raw material pretreatment, ultrasound-enzymatic hydrolysis assisted solvent leaching, and purification steps. The purification step comprises microbial fermentation, ion-exchange resin purification, macroporous adsorption resin discoloration, and crystallization and recrystallization. The method for extracting Citrulline in the present invention is simple, requires a mild condition, and has a good extraction effect on Citrulline. The purity of Citrulline after purification is more than 90%. In addition, the Citrulline extracted by the method in the present invention meets the related health requirements and product quality standards, can be applied to food and health food industries as a raw material, and has natural security advantages. |
| US10837029B2 |
Methods and systems for grinding corn and making ethanol therefrom
Processes for grinding corn, ground corn products, and processes for making ethanol from the ground corn products. In some examples, a process for making ethanol can include introducing a plurality of corn pieces into a mill. The process can also include milling the corn pieces in the mill to produce a ground corn product. Greater than 25 wt % of the ground corn product can have a particle size of greater than 105 μm, as measured according to AOAC 965.22-1966. Greater than 80 wt % of the ground corn product can have a particle size of 425 μm or less, as measured according to AOAC 965.22-1966. The process can also include processing the ground corn product to produce a fermentation mash that can include ethanol and separating at least a portion of the ethanol from the fermentation mash to produce a stillage. |
| US10837028B2 |
Gene therapies for lysosomal disorders
The disclosure relates, in some aspects, to compositions and methods for treatment of diseases associated with aberrant lysosomal function, for example Parkinson's disease and Gaucher disease. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides expression constructs comprising a transgene encoding beta-Glucocerebrosidase (GBA) or a portion thereof, Lysosomal Membrane Protein 2 (LIMP2), Prosaposin, or any combination of the foregoing. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides methods of Parkinson's disease by administering such expression constructs to a subject in need thereof. |
| US10837026B2 |
Drought and salt tolerant plants
The invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing drought and/or salt tolerance in plants. Nucleic acid constructs therefore are also described. Transgenic plants are also provided that exhibit enhanced agronomic properties. The inventors have demonstrated increased drought and salt tolerance in connection with increased expression of the Xb3 gene. |
| US10837023B2 |
Compositions and methods for modifying genomes
Compositions and methods for modifying genomic DNA sequences are provided. The methods produce double-stranded breaks (DSBs) at pre-determined target sites in a genomic DNA sequence, resulting in mutation, insertion, and/or deletion of DNA sequences at the target site(s) in a genome. Compositions comprise DNA constructs comprising nucleotide sequences that encode a Cms1 protein operably linked to a promoter that is operable in the cells of interest. The DNA constructs can be used to direct the modification of genomic DNA at pre-determined genomic loci. Methods to use these DNA constructs to modify genomic DNA sequences are described herein. Additionally, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of genes are provided. Compositions comprise DNA constructs comprising a promoter that is operable in the cells of interest operably linked to nucleotide sequences that encode a mutated Cms1 protein with an abolished ability to produce DSBs, optionally linked to a domain that regulates transcriptional activity. The methods can be used to up- or down-regulate the expression of genes at predetermined genomic loci. |
| US10837022B1 |
Recombinant microorganisms with mixed sugar utilization
The present disclosure provides recombinant microorganisms capable of sugar co-utilization, the recombinant microorganism comprising a genetically altered microorganism (e.g. S. cerevisiae) having a lack of, or reduced expression of, or expression of truncated or mutated forms of at least one polypeptide selected from Hxk1, Hxk2, and Glk1. Reduction of the expression or biological activity of Hxk1, Hxk2 and Glk1 leads to reduction in the glucose consumption pathway, allowing the microorganism to co-utilize multiple sugars (e.g. glucose, xylose, galactose) at an improved rate. |
| US10837020B2 |
Innate immune suppression enables repeated delivery of long RNA molecules
The present invention relates in part to methods for suppressing the innate immune response of a cell to transfection with an exogenous nucleic acid, to methods for increasing expression of a protein encoded by an exogenous nucleic acid by repeated delivery of the exogenous nucleic acid to a cell, and to methods of changing the phenotype of a cell by differentiating, transdifferentiating or dedifferentiating cells by repeatedly delivering one or more nucleic acids that encode defined proteins. A method is provided for extended transient transfection by repeated delivery of an in vitro-transcribed RNA (“ivT-RNA”) to a cell to achieve a high and sustained level of expression of a protein encoded by an ivT-RNA transcripts. |
| US10837014B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulating SMN gene family expression
Aspects of the invention provide single stranded oligonucleotides for activating or enhancing expression of SMN1 or SMN2. Further aspects provide compositions and kits comprising single stranded oligonucleotides for activating or enhancing expression of SMN1 or SMN2 that comprises exon 7. Methods for modulating expression of SMN1 or SMN2 using the single stranded oligonucleotides are also provided. Further aspects of the invention provide methods for selecting a candidate oligonucleotide for activating or enhancing expression of SMN1 or SMN2. |
| US10837013B2 |
Extended dicer substrate agents and methods for the specific inhibition of gene expression
The invention provides compositions and methods for reducing expression of a target gene in a cell, involving contacting a cell with an isolated double stranded nucleic acid (dsNA) in an amount effective to reduce expression of a target gene in a cell. The dsNAs of the invention possess a single stranded extension (in most embodiments, the single stranded extension comprises at least one modified nucleotide and/or phosphate back bone modification). Such single stranded extended Dicer-substrate siRNAs (DsiRNAs) were demonstrated to be effective RNA inhibitory agents compared to corresponding double stranded DsiRNAs. |
| US10837010B2 |
Porous solid phase for rapidly isolating biological molecules for nucleic acid amplification reaction from biological sample, and use thereof
A method for rapidly isolating a biological molecule for a nucleic acid amplification reaction from a biological sample, the method comprising: putting a cubical shaped-porous solid phase having a plurality of pores varied in size in contact with a biological sample to get the biological molecule present in the biological sample sucked into pores of the cubical shaped-porous solid phase, wherein the cubical shaped-porous solid phase is made of ceramic having oxide material, which is selected from the group consisting of Al2O3, Fe2O3, low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC), PbO, and ZnO. |
| US10837006B2 |
Polypeptides having protease activity and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having protease activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| US10837001B2 |
Cardiomyocyte maturation platform
Disclosed herein are methods of inducing and/or promoting cardiomyocyte maturation comprising: providing an immature cardiomyocyte; providing a three dimensional (3D) cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffold; and inducing and/or promoting cardiomyocyte cell maturation by seeding the immature cardiomyocyte in the 3D cardiac ECM scaffold and harvesting once the cardiomyocyte has reached maturity. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating a disease in a mammal comprising transplanting a mature cardiomyocyte into an ischemic heart, wherein the mature cardiomyocyte is generated comprising the steps of: providing an immature cardiomyocyte; providing a 3D cardiac ECM scaffold; and generating mature cardiomyocyte by seeding the immature cardiomyocyte in a 3D cardiac ECM scaffold or co-culturing the immature cardiomyocyte in the presence of endothelial cells or stromal cells; and harvesting once the cardiomyocyte has reached maturity. |
| US10836999B2 |
Chimeric receptor with NKG2D specificity for use in cell therapy against cancer and infectious disease
The invention provides a chimeric receptor comprising NKG2D, DAP10 and CD3 zeta. Also disclosed is a composition comprising this chimeric receptor and methods for making and using it to enhance the cytotoxicity and antitumor capacity of NK cells. The invention also encompasses methods for use of NKG2D-DAP10-CD3 zeta polypeptides, vectors and cells in methods for treating cancer and other proliferative disorders, as well as infectious diseases. |
| US10836998B2 |
Cells for immunotherapy engineered for targeting antigen present both on immune cells and pathological cells
Methods of developing genetically engineered immune cells for immunotherapy, which can be endowed with Chimeric Antigen Receptors targeting an antigen marker that is common to both the pathological cells and said immune cells (ex: CD38, CS1 or CD70) by the fact that the genes encoding said markers are inactivated in said immune cells by a rare cutting endonuclease such as TALEN, Cas9 or argonaute. |
| US10836996B2 |
Cell culture kit, screening method, and method of manufacturing cell culture kit
To provide a cell culture kit including cultured living cells of various donors, and a manufacturing method thereof. The cell culture kit includes a culture plate and living cells cultured thereon. The culture plate includes a plurality of microchambers (33) and living cells derived from various donors are adhered to surfaces of the plurality of microchambers (33). Specifically, living cells D1, D2, and D3 derived from various donors are adhered to the plurality of microchambers (33). In each microchamber (33), living cells derived from one donor or living cells derived from various donors may be cultured. The living cells derived from various donors are adhered and cultured in the cell culture kit as a whole, which makes it possible to provide a cell culture kit to conduct a test using cells derived from various donors. |
| US10836994B2 |
Keratin allyl thioether three-dimensional cell culture system
A three-dimensional cell culture system that includes a keratin-based hydrogel precursor solution and a cell culture vessel is provided. The precursor solution includes solubilized keratin that has been functionalized to include a crosslinking moiety. The crosslinking moiety exhibits controllable crosslinking, e.g., a photopolymerizable crosslinking moiety. The crosslinking functionality is bonded to the keratin via cysteines following reduction of disulfide bonds of the native keratin. The precursor solution can be combined with cells to form a cell suspension that is disposed on a surface of the cell culture vessel. Alternatively, the cells can be added to a surface of a keratin-based hydrogel that has been formed on a surface of the cell culture vessel. The resulting three-dimensional cell culture system is a biomimetic/biologic, trypsin-degradable cell culture system for expansion of mammalian cells. The expanded cells are expected to possess a morphology similar to the primary cells prior to cultivation. |
| US10836993B2 |
Nitrogen fertilizer bio-catalyst for sustainable crop production
Endophytic microbial strains as biocatalysts isolated from fresh plant samples, compositions, and methods of use thereof to enhance the growth and/or yield of a plant in the presence of reduced synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are provided. Endophytic microbial strains serve as biocatalysts to solubilize organic (proteinaceous) nitrogen otherwise unavailable to plants for their nutritional needs. Thus defined, biocatalysts will serve to replace synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. Also provided are materials and methods for inoculating plants with these biocatalysts at carefully selected inoculum densities to reliably reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer by 50% thus accomplishing optimal yields in technically and cost-effective manner. |
| US10836991B2 |
Systems and methods for producing bioproducts
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for sampling and/or controlling the productivity of a bioreactor. The system and methods can include a vessel capable of providing an environment suitable for containing whole broth that can produce the bioproduct, wherein the whole broth contains media and at least one undissolved species, an automated sampling system, a first analytical instrument, and a control system. |
| US10836988B2 |
Laboratory instrument industrial design customization for customer personalization
A customizable laboratory instrument comprising an interior space for receipt of test materials therein. An indented exterior surface of the laboratory instrument defines a boundary surface, a backing surface, and a sidewall. The backing surface is offset from the boundary surface a distance substantially equal to a depth of the sidewall. A panel having an edge is attachable to the sidewall such that a space is formed between the panel and backing surface for receipt of an object therein. |
| US10836986B2 |
Bioreactor system and single-use cell culture container for use therein
A bioreactor system (1A; 1B) includes a variable volume container (3) having a flexible outer wall (27, 29) defining a cell-culture chamber for containing a fluid culture medium, and anchorage dependent cells in suspension. A agitator unit of the system (1A; 1B) is in fluid communication with first, second and third fluid ports (43, 45, 47A; 47B) for performing controlled replenishment of the culture medium in the cell-culture chamber, to admit fresh nutritive culture medium into the cell-culture chamber and for allowing draining of waste culture medium from the cell-culture chamber. The agitator unit further has a roller (15) for pinching the outer wall of the variable volume container (3) to thereby increase its a volume that forms the cell-culture chamber, starting from the initial minimum volume area (23), and means for gently agitating the cell-culture chamber. |
| US10836984B2 |
Method for stabilizing both lipase and protease in liquid enzymatic laundry detergent
This disclosure provides a method for stabilizing both lipase and protease in liquid enzymatic laundry detergent, comprising steps of: first, self-assembling conjugated linoleic acid with protease and lipase, respectively, to form vesicles encapsulated protease and vesicles encapsulated lipase at a low Ca2+ concentration; then, mixing the solution of vesicles encapsulated protease and the solution of vesicles encapsulated lipase, and then partially cross-linking conjugated linoleic acid molecules on the vesicles' surface. The obtained enzyme vesicles, after being concentrated, can be used directly in liquid laundry detergent. The lipase in the liquid laundry detergent will not be degraded by protease, and the enzymes in vesicles are able to resist against surfactant inhibition. Thus, the enzyme activities can be maintained in the liquid laundry detergent, and the enzymatic vesicles will be broken to release enzymes, when the liquid laundry detergent is used at a higher Ca2+ concentration such as in tap water. |
| US10836983B2 |
Azeotropic composition containing 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-methoxypropane
An azeotropic composition a formulated with 1,1,1,3,3,3,-hexafluoro-2-methoxypropane and a second component selected from the group consisting of isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, methanol, and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene. The azeotropic composition exhibits a substantially constant boiling point at a constant pressure and is useful for various cleaning and degreasing applications. |
| US10836977B2 |
Organoleptic compounds
The present invention relates to novel compounds and their use as fragrance materials. |
| US10836976B2 |
Polymeric viscosity modifiers for use in lubricants
A lubricating oil composition having greater than 50 wt % of a base oil and 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %, both based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, of a dispersant viscosity modifier obtainable by: A) reacting: a) at least one of a lactone of formula (I) or a derivative thereof: wherein X is oxygen, and R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and b) at least one compound selected from amines, alcohols and oxazolines; and B) reacting the reaction product of step A) onto an acylated olefin copolymer obtainable by acylating a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C3-C10 alpha-olefins having a number average molecular weight of 5,000 to 200,000 g/mol as measured by GPC, with an acylating agent. Methods employing the lubricating oil compositions and uses of the lubricating compositions as engine oils are also described. |
| US10836975B2 |
Refrigerator oil
The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: a base oil; a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group and R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; and an epoxy compound. |
| US10836969B2 |
Process reacting organic materials to give hydrogen gas
A method of recovering a hydrogen-enriched gas at least 70 percent by volume hydrogen includes introducing into the feed device to a rotary furnace defining a tubular interior space, starting materials containing carbon or hydrocarbons. A mass of water being added to the starting material is regulated according to the content of hydrogen in the gas mixture leaving the rotary furnace. The tubular interior space of the rotary furnace is expanded axially to accommodate thermally expanding the starting material and water in the interior space of the rotary furnace. |
| US10836967B2 |
Converting carbon-rich hydrocarbons to carbon-poor hydrocarbons
A system for co-processing crude oil with residuum includes an ebullated bed hydrocracking unit; an atmospheric distillation column fluidly coupled to the ebullated bed hydrocracking unit; a vacuum distillation column fluidly coupled to the atmospheric distillation column and the ebullated bed hydrocracking unit; and a deasphalting unit fluidly coupled to the vacuum distillation column and the ebullated bed hydrocracking unit; and a control system communicably coupled to the ebullated bed hydrocracking unit, the atmospheric distillation column, the vacuum distillation column, and the deasphalting unit. The control system is configured to perform operations including operating the deasphalting unit to produce a first cut that includes deasphalting oil, a second cut that includes resin oil, and a third cut that includes asphaltene. |
| US10836962B2 |
Etchant composition, method of etching insulating film, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and silane compound
An etchant composition includes a silane compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein R1 to R6 are independently hydrogen, halogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 hydrocarbyl group, a phenyl group, a C1-C20 alkoxy group, a carboxy group, a carbonyl group, a nitro group, a tri (C1-C20)alkylsilyl group, a phosphoryl group, or a cyano group, L is a direct bond or C1-C3 hydrocarbylene, A is an n-valent radical, and n is an integer of 1 to 4. |
| US10836960B2 |
Additive stabilized composite nanoparticles
A composite particle that includes: a fluorescent semiconductor core/shell nanoparticle (preferably, nanocrystal); and a stabilizing additive of the formula (I), wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group, including aryl, alkaryl, alkyl or aralkyl, preferably at least one of R1 is aryl or alkaryl, more preferably at least two are aryl or alkaryl; R2 is R1 when a is one and a C1-C10 divalent alkylene when a is 2; Z is P, As or Sb. |
| US10836958B2 |
Wavelength conversion member
A wavelength conversion member includes: a substrate; and a wavelength converter that converts color of incident light, the wavelength converter being provided on a surface of the substrate. The wavelength converter has: inorganic phosphor particles which convert the color of the incident light; and a binder layer that fixes the inorganic phosphor particle to one another, the binder layer including at least one type of metal oxides with a melting point of 800° C. or less. The substrate and the wavelength converter are fixed to each other by the binder layer of the wavelength converter. |
| US10836957B2 |
Suspending proppants with polymerized hydrogels
Hydrogel-coated proppants and methods for manufacture thereof. In preferred embodiments, the hydrogel coating is covalently attached and crosslinked to the proppant substrate in a core-shell structure. The enhanced proppant provides great flexibility in terms of functionalities that can be incorporated into the hydrogel coating. Also, the swelling behavior and mechanical properties of the hydrogel coating can be tailored as desired by varying the amounts of components in the composition such as monomer, crosslinker, polymer, silane comonomer, and initiator. |
| US10836956B2 |
Enhancing acid fracture conductivity
Methods and systems for enhancing acid fracture conductivity of acid fracture treatments on subterranean formations are provided. An example method of acid fracture treatment includes initiating fracturing of a subterranean formation in which a wellbore is formed to create a formation fracture, after initiating the fracturing for a period of time, injecting an acidic fluid into the wellbore to etch walls of the formation fracture to thereby create fracture conductivity, introducing a gas into the wellbore to foam fluids in the wellbore, and increasing a foam quality of the fluids with time during the treatment. The foam quality is based on a volume of the introduced gas and a total volume of the fluids in the wellbore. |
| US10836954B2 |
Microbial viscosity breaker compositions
A well treatment fluid composition that includes a tetrakis(hydroxyorgano)phosphonium salt and at least one oxidizing viscosity breaker. Methods for preparing a microbial viscosity breaker composition and treating a subterranean formation are also presented. |
| US10836951B2 |
Method for producing polymers on the basis of acryloyldimethyltaurate, neutral monomers, and monomers with carboxylate groups
The invention relates to a method for producing water-soluble or water-swellable polymers containing acryloyldimethyltaurate, neutral monomers, and monomers with carboxylate groups. The monomers undergo free radical polymerisation in precipitation in a polar solvent or solvent mixture, providing that an additional polar organic solvent is contained if the polar solvent contains 2-methyl-2-propanol, a ketone or both. |
| US10836946B2 |
Sugar-based surfactant for well treatment fluids
A well treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a sugar-based surfactant is provided. The sugar-based surfactant includes at least one betaine functionalized alkyl polyglucoside. Also provided is a method of treating an oil and gas well. |
| US10836940B2 |
Non-flammable or weakly flammable cooling mixtures, characterised by low relative volatility for two-phase heat-exchange systems
The present invention relates to a cooling mixture comprising a fluorinated compound and a non-fluorinated compound, wherein the fluorinated compound is a hydrofluoroether and the non-fluorinated compound includes a carbonyl function, which has a flash point no lower than 23° C. and which is characterised by having low relative volatility. The present invention likewise relates to the use of such a mixture as a coolant in a heat-exchange device. |
| US10836938B2 |
Adhesive for labels, a label and label laminate
The invention relates to an adhesive composition, labels and label laminates containing the adhesive composition, wherein the adhesive composition comprises at least the following components: polymer(s) based on alkyl acrylic ester(s) and pressure polymerized vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer(s) comprising ethylene content between 5 and 40%. Further the invention relates to use of an adhesive composition for label laminates and labels, to use of a label for labelling of an item and to a labelled item. |
| US10836937B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition
Provided is a PSA composition for forming a PSA comprising a (meth)acrylic polymer, comprising, as monomeric components constituting the (meth)acrylic polymer: (A) a C2-18 alkyl (meth)acrylate, (B) an alicyclic monomer, and (C) a monomer having at least either a hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group. The average number of carbons of alkyl group in the (A) is 8 or less. The monomeric components comprise the (C) at 3% by weight or greater while the weights Wb and Wc of the (B) and (C) satisfy a relationship 0.8≤Wb/Wc. |
| US10836935B2 |
Suction chucking temporary fixing member
An adsorption temporary fixing material comprises an adsorption temporary fixing sheet including a foam layer having an open-cell structure, wherein the adsorption temporary fixing material includes the foam layer in the entirety of the sheet or on at least one surface thereof, wherein a shear adhesive strength of a surface of the foam layer with a SUS304BA plate at 23° C. is 1 N/100 mm2 or more at a tensile rate of 50 mm/min, wherein a peel strength of the surface of the foam layer from the SUS304BA plate at 23° C. is 1 N/20 mm or less at a peel angle of 180° and a tensile rate of 300 mm/min, and wherein a weight change ratio after the adsorption temporary fixing sheet has been immersed in distilled water for 1 minute and then water droplets have been wiped off the surface thereof is 50% or less. |
| US10836932B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and release film-supported pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet
Provided is a PSA sheet having a PSA layer. The PSA sheet has a first face and a second face. The first face is a first adhesive face formed of one surface of the PSA layer. The first adhesive face has a 10-point mean roughness of 1000 nm or less. The PSA layer has a storage modulus of 0.08 MPa or greater at 100° C. |
| US10836931B2 |
Adhesive composition and optical laminate using the same
An adhesive composition includes a (meth)acrylate monomer, a photocurable (meth)acrylate oligomer, a photoinitiator and a tertiary amine compound. Also, an optical laminate includes an adhesive layer formed of the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition can attach an optical layer simultaneously including a UV permeable region and a UV impermeable region onto a UV impermeable substrate with excel lent adhesive strength. |
| US10836924B2 |
Coating compositions and elastic barrier coatings formed therefrom
A coating composition that includes: (a) core-shell particles having a polymeric core at least partially encapsulated by a polymeric shell; (b) an ethylenically unsaturated rubber polymer; and (c) an adhesion promoter including at least one polymer that is different from (a) and (b). The polymeric shell of (a) includes: (i) a barrier segment having aromatic groups; and urethane linkages, urea linkages, or a combination thereof; and (ii) an elastomeric segment that is different from (i), in which the polymeric shell is covalently bonded to at least a portion of the polymeric core. Further, the ethylenically unsaturated rubber polymer is: (i) a polymeric particle dispersed in an aqueous medium that is different from (a); or (ii) covalently bonded to the shell of the core-shell particles of (a) and forms at least a portion of the polymeric core. |
| US10836918B2 |
Microparticles and apparatus for smart ink production
A smart ink, comprising microparticles, with each microparticle comprising: a) an exterior shell; b) a liquid encapsulated within the shell; and c) a Janus microparticle suspended in the liquid, wherein the Janus microparticle either comprises: i) two or more distinct assemblies of particles; or ii) a core loaded with particles, the core having a first surface portion and a second surface portion that is functionally distinct from the first surface portion. An apparatus and method for production of the microparticles are also provided. |
| US10836914B2 |
Durable coating compositions and coatings formed thereof
A durable coating composition includes a silicate binder, a filler, and a crosslinking agent. The coating composition can reduce ice adherence and minimize ice accumulation through inclusion of a film forming lubricant. Articles and overhead conductors coated with such coating compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10836913B2 |
Alumina slurry, method for producing same, and coating liquid
Disclosed is an alumina slurry substantially including alpha-alumina particles and water, wherein the alpha-alumina particles satisfy all particle diameter distribution conditions (a) to (d) mentioned below, the alpha-alumina particles have an alumina purity of 90% by weight or more, the content of alumina in the slurry is 20% by weight or more and 50% by weight or less, and the slurry has a viscosity of 0.5 Pa·s or more and 15 Pa·s or less: condition (a): the average particle diameter is 1 μm or less, condition (b): particles having a particle diameter of less than 0.2 μm account for 7% by weight or less, condition (c): particles having a particle diameter of more than 1.5 μm account for 15% by weight or less, and condition (d): one or more frequency maximums exist in a particle diameter range of 0.1 μm or more and less than 0.5 μm. |
| US10836910B2 |
Pigment dispersion
Fluid concentrates, colorants and coating compositions contain solid pigment particles dispersed in a nonvolatilizing, reactive liquid diluent having a viscosity less than 1,000 cps and containing at least one molecular species having at least three reactive unsaturated sites. The reactive liquid diluent may serve as one or more of a dispersing medium for the solid pigment particles, a carrier, a coalescent and a humectant, and may crosslink or otherwise cure to form an interpenetrating polymer network in, or crosslink with, a pigmented coating composition containing a film-forming polymeric binder. Embodiments of the reactive liquid diluent can provide colorants and coating compositions having reduced levels of VOCs, conventional carriers, conventional dispersants, conventional coalescents and conventional humectants. |
| US10836909B2 |
Blends of polyesters and phosphonate oligomers and polymers
This disclosure relates to polymer compositions comprising blends of polyesters and phosphonate oligomers or polymers as well as methods of making them and articles of manufacture made from such blends. |
| US10836908B2 |
Composition, polymer composite article formed therewith, and method of preparing same
A composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a filler in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. The composition also comprises (B) a polymer in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. %, wherein the (B) polymer is selected from polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters, or combinations thereof. Further, the composition comprises (C) an organopolysiloxane in an amount of from greater than 0 to 10 wt. %; the (C) organopolysiloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydroxyl group and a viscosity of from 1,000 to 60,000 mPa·s at 25° C. The ranges for components (A)-(C) are based on the total weight of components (A), (B) and (C) in the composition. |
| US10836906B2 |
Silicone-based composition and article made therefrom
A silicone-based composition includes a silicone polymer and at least one acid neutralizer, wherein the silicone-based composition has a pH of at least about 5 after at least one dose of irradiation, when measured by a pH meter. |
| US10836904B2 |
Low-halogen flame retardant polyamide compositions resistant to heat aging
The present invention relates to a low-halogen flame retardant thermoplastic polyamide composition that provides improved mechanical and electrical stability at elevated temperatures, where the thermoplastic composition comprises a polyamide resin; a non-halogen, nitrogen-containing flame retardant; a heat stabilizer containing a copper halide and an organophosphorus compound; an optional lubricant and/or mold release agent; and an optional colorant. |
| US10836901B2 |
Composite material with enhanced mechanical properties and a method to fabricate the same
According to the present disclosure, a hydrophobic polymeric composite comprising a hydrophobic polymer matrix with hydrophobically modified particles dispersed therein is provided. The hydrophobically modified particles may be derived from hydrophilic particles modified with organic moieties. The hydrophobically modified particles may also take in the form of core-shell fibers with hydrophilic particles encapsulated inside the core of said fibers or in the form of monolithic fibers embedded with hydrophilic particles. The method for making hydrophobic polymeric composite comprising each of the various hydrophobically modified particles is also provided. The hydrophobic polymer matrix can be chosen from poly(alpha-hydroxyesters), of carbonates, polyurethanes or polyalkanoates. For example, hydrophilic particles, such as barium sulphate, zirconium oxide, tantalum oxide or bismuth oxide, are dispersed in the hydrophobic biodegradable polymers, such as poly-(L-lactide) (PLLA). |
| US10836900B2 |
Method for producing aliphatic polyester resin composition
A method for producing an aliphatic polyester resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of an aliphatic polyester (A), 5 to 23 parts by weight of silica (B) and 8 to 23 parts by weight of a dispersion aid (C), the method including: a first step of mixing 20 to 50% by weight of the aliphatic polyester (A) based on the total amount of the aliphatic polyester (A) constituting the composition, and the silica (B); a second step of mixing the dispersion aid (C) with the mixture obtained in the first step; a third step of mixing the mixture obtained in the second step with the remaining 80 to 50% by weight of aliphatic polyester (A) based on the total amount of the aliphatic polyester (A) constituting the composition; and a step of melting and kneading the mixture obtained in the third step. |
| US10836899B2 |
Polyesters with specified crystallization half-times
A semi-crystalline polyester comprising a repeat unit of the formula: wherein A is an aliphatic, aromatic, or heterocyclic group; R1 is selected from the group consisting of 1,4-butanediol residue and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residue; R2 is neopentanediol residue; m is between 50 and 99 inclusive; n is between 1 and 50 inclusive; x is between 1 and 200 inclusive; and wherein said semi-crystalline polyester exhibits a minimum crystallization half-time of about 0.3 minutes or greater, or about 0.5 minutes or greater or about 0.6 minutes or greater or about 0.7 minutes or greater is described. The polyesters of the present invention may in various embodiments demonstrate one or more desirable performance characteristics and accordingly are particularly useful in applications and utilities wherein those high levels of performance for such characteristics are required. A process for forming the semi-crystalline polyester is also disclosed. |
| US10836898B2 |
Non-halogen flame retardant resin composition
The present invention relates to a non-halogen flame retardant resin composition. More particularly, the present invention provides a non-halogen flame retardant resin composition capable of simultaneously exhibiting superior flame retardancy, whiteness, and gloss by addressing problems of a flame retardant resin such as difficulties in realizing V-1 grade or higher flame retardancy when a non-halogen flame retardant is used and poor colorability due to low gloss and whiteness. |
| US10836897B2 |
Resin composition for organ models
[Problem] To provide a thermoplastic resin composition for use in an organ model, wherein said composition has a softness closer to that of an organ, a high mechanical strength, and a texture close to an organ, exhibits excellent durability, and can be handled easily. [Solution] A resin composition for an organ model, said composition containing, as component (A), 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated block copolymer having an MFR (measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg) of 1 g/10 min. or less, and an oil as component (B). Moreover, the composition may also contain a cross copolymer as component (C), a polypropylene resin as component (D), and a filler as component (E). |
| US10836896B2 |
Compositions comprising polyacrylate-polysilane block copolymers
The present invention provide a composition comprising: a polyacrylate-polysilane block copolymer of structure (I) and an organic polymer which is different from the block copolymer of formula (I) wherein m and n independent of one another, are integers ranging from 2 to 4000; p is an integer ranging from 0 to 5; q is an integer ranging from 1 to 5; R1 represents hydrogen, straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 represents hydrogen, straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; R3 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl group, straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an C6-C14-aryl group; L is a single bond or a bivalent group —NH—, —C(O)NH—, —NHC(O)NH—, —OC(O)NH— or —CH2—; R4, R5 and R6 independent of one another, represent hydrogen, straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a polydimethylsiloxane residue; and R7 represents hydrogen or methyl group. |
| US10836892B2 |
Part consisting of a material and a method of manufacturing such part and a method of radiation sterilization of such part
The material of a part includes a composition obtained by blending an isobutylene-based, pre-crosslinked polymer as component (A), at least one poly olefin or a non-crosslinked rubber or a TPV as component (B), at least one polymer having a Tg of 90° C. or higher as component (C) and—preferably—at least one component (D) selected from the group of: substituted vinyl polymers, stryrenic block copolymers, inorganic functionalized and non-functionalized fillers, carbon black, halogen scavengers, preferably the inorganic halogen scavengers, acid acceptors, stabilizers, preferably the polymeric stabilizers, and processing aids. |
| US10836891B2 |
Ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene interpolymers compositions
The invention provides a composition comprising at least one oil, and a first composition comprising the following: A) a first composition A comprising an ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated diene interpolymer A, B) an ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated diene interpolymer B; and wherein the weight ratio of component A to component B is from 1/1 to 20/1; wherein the Mw of the ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated diene B is greater than the Mw of the first composition A; and wherein the composition has a Mooney Viscosity (ML1+4, 100 C) from 20 to 100. |
| US10836890B2 |
Mechanically reinforced, transparent, anti-biofouling thermoplastic resin composition and manufacturing method thereof
This invention discloses a transparent standalone resin or masterbatch concentrate composition and manufacturing method of transforming commercial transparent grade base thermoplastics into anti-biofouling resins through extrusion or any similar hot melt mixing processes. The re-compound solids enable a number of product reforming processes, including but not limited to thermoforming, profile extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, blow filming, film casting, and spinning into articles of different shapes and geometries or overmolding on plastic substrates that can resist surface adsorption of microbes, mammalian cells, proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, steroids and other cellular constituents after solidification. The articles formed thereof additionally exhibit mechanical reinforcement and no leaching while retain the optical clarity of the base thermoplastics in the same product form as quantified in terms of the light transmittance and haze. |
| US10836885B2 |
Anti-vibration rubber composition and anti-vibration rubber member
An anti-vibration rubber composition includes the following components (A) to (C) and a sliding agent, wherein the sliding agent includes the following component (D), and wherein a content of the component (C) with respect to 100 parts by weight of the component (A) falls within a range of from 0.1 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight: (A) a diene rubber; (B) carbon black; (C) a white filler; and (D) an organopolysiloxane-modified polypropylene. The anti-vibration rubber composition can eliminate a reduction in sliding property due to a temperature environment or continuous use, and can effectively suppress an increase in frictional resistance against a mating member. |
| US10836883B2 |
Light transparent fluoropolymer composition and article
Light transparent fluoropolymer composition having less than 2 percent haze, comprising at least one of alkali metal (e.g., lithium, sodium, and potassium) cation, alkali metal (e.g., lithium, sodium, and potassium) and a corresponding anion (e.g., CO3,OH, OOCCH3), alkaline earth metal cation (e.g., calcium, magnesium, strontium, and barium), or alkaline earth metal cation (e.g., calcium, magnesium, strontium, and barium) and a corresponding anion (e.g., CO3,OH, OOCCH3), wherein the light transparent fluoropolymer has at least 90% visible light transmission. Exemplary uses of light transparent fluoropolymer compositions described herein include as films (e.g., solar reflective films, solar transparent frontside photovoltaic films, commercial graphic overlay film, commercial graphic film, and tubing (e.g., transparent tubing for medical)). |
| US10836882B2 |
Polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams and methods of producing the same
The present disclosure relates to a modified polyester polyol composition useful in the formulation of polyurethane and polyisocyanurate cellular polymers for use in making foam articles with hydrocarbon blowing agents. The modified polyester polyol composition comprises the reaction product of a polyol with an EO/PO block copolymer having a weight average molecular weight from 1,000 to 20,000 g/mol and has a viscosity in the range of 100 to 10,000 centipoise, as determined at 25° C. according to the ASTM D-4878 method. |
| US10836879B2 |
Process for foaming polyolefin compositions using a fluororesin/boron nitride mixture as a nucleating agent
The process of foaming a polyolefin composition using as a nucleator a combination of a fluororesin and a boron nitride at a fluororesin-to-boron nitride weight ratio of less than 4:1. The synergistic effect between these two nucleating agents results in a higher nuclei density and a foamed product with a smaller average cell size as compared to processes using and products produced by the use of neat PTFE or neat boron nitride alone as the nucleating agent. |
| US10836878B2 |
Razors and razor blade cartridges and methods of manufacture therefore
The invention relates to razors and razor blade cartridges and methods of manufacture therefore including at least one razor blade housing made from polymer material and at least one skin contacting surface, the at least one skin contacting surface being made of a superhydrophillic polymer material. The polymer material has surface properties modified by functionalisation. Preferably the polymer material is a TPU or TPE, with a Rockwell hardness D scale between 30 D and 85 D, a tensile strength between 35 and 80 MPA and a flexural modulas between 40 and 2350 MPA The invention also relates to a method of manufacture of a razor blade cartridge including the steps of moulding a cartridge housing including skin contacting surfaces of polymeric material; subsequently activating the skin engaging surfaces of the polymer using either physical or chemical means to make the surface receptive to the covalent grafting of a monomer, and grafting a functional group onto the surface such as an N-vinyl lactam. |
| US10836875B2 |
Lightweight fiber-reinforced polymer sandwich structures
Presented are fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sandwich structures, methods for making/using such FRP sandwich structures, and motor vehicles with a vehicle component fabricated from a compression molded thermoset or thermoplastic FRP sandwich structure. A multidimensional composite sandwich structure includes first and second (skin) layers formed from a thermoset of thermoplastic polymer matrix, such as resin or nylon, filled with a fiber reinforcing material, such as chopped carbon fibers. A third (core) layer, which is encased between the first and second skin layers, is formed from a thermoset/thermoplastic polymer matrix filled with a fiber reinforcing material and a filler material, such as hollow glass microspheres. The first, second and third layers have respective rheological flow properties that are substantially similar such that all three layers flow in unison at a predetermined compression molding pressure. These layers may be formed from the same thermoset/thermoplastic polymer material, and include the same fiber reinforcing material. |
| US10836872B2 |
Visible light-curable water-soluble chitosan derivative, chitosan hydrogel, and preparation method therefor
A visible light-curable chitosan derivative, a hydrogel thereof, and a preparation method therefor are disclosed. The visible light-curable glycol chitosan derivative is curable by light in the visible light range and has a wound healing activity. A hydrogel obtained by cross-linkage of the visible light-curable glycol chitosan derivative using visible light has a wound healing effect per se, and further, a hydrogel obtained by cross-linkage in a combination of one or more growth factors has an excellent wound healing effect. In addition, a glycol chitosan hydrogel that can prevent the denaturation of contained drugs and growth factors due to the cross-linkage by visible light and is optimized for application to a wet dressing dosage form can be prepared. |
| US10836864B2 |
Chemical compositions with antimicrobial functionality
Techniques regarding killing of a pathogen with one or more ionene compositions having antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise contacting a Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe with a chemical compound. The chemical compound can comprise an ionene unit. Also, the ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a molecular backbone. The ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality. The method can further comprise electrostatically disrupting a membrane of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe in response to the contacting. |
| US10836857B2 |
Polyester-modified amino adducts
The invention relates to processes for producing an amine adduct in which in a 1st step a polyamine (A) is reacted with a monomer (C) in the form of an epoxide, an oxetane or a cyclic carbonate to afford an (intermediate) product (AC) which in a subsequent 2nd step is reacted with a monomer (B) in the form of a lactone, an acyclic hydroxycarboxylic acid or a hydroxy-functional acyclic ester to afford a (descendant) product (ACB), wherein the polyamine (A) in each case comprises at least three amino groups (A+) selected from primary and secondary amino groups and each capable of reaction with the monomers (C) and (B), the monomer (C) contains no ester groups, no carboxyl groups and no primary or secondary amino groups and in the 1st step with ring opening and formation of a hydroxyl group (H+) reacts with one of the amino groups (A+) of the polyamine (A) with additional formation of either a carbon-nitrogen bond or a urethane bond, the monomer (B) contains no primary or secondary amino groups, has a molecular weight of 90-300 g/mol and in the 2nd step reacts in such a way that any amino groups (A+) not converted in the 1st step are converted into amide groups and hydroxyl groups (H+) formed in the 1st step are converted into ester groups, wherein the monomer (B) is chosen in such a way that either in the conversion thereof a terminal hydroxyl group (H++) is additionally formed or that the monomer (B) itself already has a terminal hydroxyl group (H++) and that via the terminal hydroxyl groups (H++) with formation of (poly)ester groups a further addition of the monomer (B) is effected, wherein the process parameters are chosen such that in the 1st step and in the 2nd step altogether at least 50 mol % of the amino groups (A+) are converted. |
| US10836853B2 |
Crack-resistant polyethylene compositions
A crack-resistant article comprising a diene terpolymer, the diene terpolymer comprising (or consisting essentially of) from 0.01 wt % to 10.0 wt % diene derived units, and 1.0 wt % to 20 wt % of C4 to C10 α-olefin derived units based on the weight of the diene terpolymer, wherein the diene terpolymer: a) has a g′vis of less than 0.90; b) has an Mw within a range of from 100,000 g/mol to 500,000 g/mol; c) has an Mw/Mn within the range of from 3.5 to 12.0; and d) an Mz/Mn of greater than 7.0. Inventive articles comprise a blend of a relatively high density linear polyethylene and the diene terpolymer. |
| US10836850B2 |
Catalyst composition for preparing conjugated diene-based polymer and conjugated diene-based polymer preparing using the same
The present invention provides a catalyst composition including a functionalizing agent of the following Formula 1 together with a rare earth metal compound, an alkylating agent, and a halogen compound, having good catalytic activity and polymerization reactivity and useful for the preparation of a conjugated diene-based polymer having high linearity and excellent processability, and a conjugated diene-based polymer prepared using the catalyst composition. (X1)a—N—(X2)3-a [Formula 1] In Formula 1, a, X1, and X2 are the same as defined in the disclosure. |
| US10836846B2 |
Olefin polymerization catalyst, preparation method thereof, olefin polymerization catalyst system, use thereof, and method of preparing polyolefin resin
The present invention provides modified olefin polymerization catalyst, preparation method thereof, olefin polymerization catalyst system, use thereof and method of preparing polyolefin resin. The catalyst comprises an olefin polymerization catalyst and an organosilane, which is represented by a general formula R1mSiXn(OR2)k, where R1 is a C2-C20 alkyl group and a terminal of R1 has an α-olefin double bond, a norbornene group, a cycloolefin group or a dicyclopentadiene group, X is a halogen element, R2 is a C1-C20 linear chain, branched chain or isomerized alkyl group, m is an integer from 1-3, n is an integer from 1-3, k is an integer within a range of 0-2, and m+n+k=4. High-performance polyolefin resins, including homopolymerized polyolefin resin with high melt and mechanical strength, polyolefin elastomer with high rubber phase content, and polyolefin elastomer with a rubber phase in a crosslinked structure, etc., can be obtained through polymerization with the catalyst. |
| US10836845B2 |
Polyethylene powder, process for its preparation and its use for rotomolding
Polyethylene powder comprising at least one additive having: Melt Flow Index (MFI), measured at 190° C. with a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with standard ISO 1133-1:2011, ranging from 0.1 g/10 minutes to 100 g/10 minutes, preferably ranging from 5 g/10 minutes to 35 g/10 minutes; density ranging from 0.890 g/cm3 to 0.965 g/cm3, preferably ranging from 0.940 g/cm3 to 960 g/cm3; bulk density ranging from 0.35 g/cm3 to 0.60 g/cm3, preferably ranging from 0.40 g/cm3 to 0.50 g/cm3; average particle diameter (d50) ranging from 400 μm to 800 μm, preferably ranging from 450 μm to 780 μm. Said polyethylene powder comprising at least one additive can be advantageously used in rotomolding. |
| US10836841B2 |
Process for producing epoxidized polymers
A process for forming an epoxidized rubber including dissolving a rubber in a solvent and epoxidizing the rubber in the presence of an epoxidation reagent. The solvent is selected such that the rubber is soluble therein but the epoxidized rubber precipitates. |
| US10836839B2 |
Method for separation of protein and other impurities from microbial capsular polysaccharides
The invention relates to a method for the removal of protein and other impurities from microbial capsular polysaccharides. More particularly, the present invention relates to isolation of microbial capsular polysaccharides in pure form after removal of protein and other impurities. |
| US10836836B2 |
Hypromellose acetate succinate powder excellent in dissolved state and production method thereof, and production methods for composition for solid dispersion, coating composition, drug-containing particle, and solid preparation
Provided are HPMCAS powder having high solubility when dissolved in a solvent and being capable of suppressing generation of undissolved materials; and a method for producing the powder. More specifically, provided is hypromellose acetate succinate powder having an average ratio of L to D of from 2.0 to 3.0, wherein L and D mean maximum and minimum diameters of each particle, respectively. Also provided is a method for producing a hypromellose acetate succinate, comprising the steps of: dissolving hypromellose powder in a solvent, esterifying the dissolved hypromellose with succinic anhydride and acetic anhydride in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a reaction mixture, and mixing the reaction mixture with water to precipitate hypromellose acetate succinate, wherein the reaction mixture just before being mixed with the water has a viscosity of from 100 to 200 Pa·s. |
| US10836830B2 |
Antibodies and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides multispecific (e.g., bispecific) antibodies that specifically bind to human GITR and/or human OX40 as well as compositions comprising such antibodies. In a specific aspect, the multispecific antibodies specifically bind to human GITR and OX40 and modulate GITR and/or OX40 activity, e.g., enhance, activate, or induce GITR and/or OX40 activity, or reduce, deactivate, or inhibit GITR and/or OX40 activity. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating disorders, such as cancer, by administering a multispecific antibody that specifically binds to human GITR and/or OX40 and modulates GITR and/or OX40 activity, e.g., enhances, activates, or induces GITR and/or OX40 activity. Also provided are methods for treating autoimmune or inflammatory diseases or disorders, by administering a multispecific antibody that specifically binds to human GITR and/or OX40 and modulates GITR and/or OX40 activity, e.g., reduces, deactivates, or inhibits GITR and/or OX40 activity. |
| US10836828B2 |
Anti-TREM1 antibodies and related methods
Provided herein are anti-TREM1 antibodies and related methods of making and using anti-TREM1 antibodies. Also provided are methods and compositions for enhancing an immune response and/or for the treatment of an immune-related condition in an individual, e.g., cancer, comprising killing, disabling, or depleting non-stimulatory myeloid cells using an anti-TREM1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof. |
| US10836826B2 |
Drug delivery compositions and uses thereof
Provided are drug delivery compositions and devices useful for the treatment and/or prevention of cancer and metastatic tumors. For example, a drug delivery device is provided that comprises a biodegradable scaffold carrying one or more anti-cancer therapeutic agents that activate the innate immune system (e.g., STING agonists) and/or the adaptive immune system (e.g., anti-PD-1 antibodies). The compositions and devices may include a cytokine (e.g., IL-15 superagonist). The drug delivery device can be implanted in the void volume of a resected tumor to prevent tumor regrowth and tumor metastasis. Also provided are methods of making the drug delivery compositions and devices as well as kits containing materials to provide the compositions and devices. |
| US10836821B2 |
Drug-conjugates with a targeting molecule and two different drugs
There is disclosed an improved ADC (antibody drug conjugate) type composition having at least two different drug payloads conjugated to a single targeting protein. More specifically, the present disclosure attaches a first drug conjugate to a dual Cysteine residue on a targeting protein and a second drug conjugate with a different drug to a Lys residue on the targeting protein. |
| US10836813B2 |
Fc containing polypeptides with altered glycosylation and reduced effector function
Provided are binding polypeptides (e.g., antibodies), and drug conjugates thereof, comprising an Fc domain with an altered glycosylation profile and reduced effector function. In particular embodiment, the Fc domain comprises: an asparagine residue at amino acid position 298, according to EU numbering; and a serine or threonine residue at amino acid position 300, according to EU numbering. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the antigen-binding polypeptides, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such antigen-binding polypeptides. Methods of using the antigen-binding polypeptides disclosed herein to treat disease are also provided. |
| US10836810B2 |
Monoclonal antibodies and cocktails for treatment of ebola infections
Described herein are compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of ebolavirus infection certain embodiments of the present invention, monoclonal antibodies substantially similar to those described herein, as well as affinity matured variants thereof, alone or in combination, provide therapeutic efficacy in a patient against multiple species of ebolavirus. |
| US10836809B2 |
Mosaic chimeric viral vaccine particle
The present invention describes compositions and methods for priming protective immunity in the presence of pre-existing maternal antibody. In some embodiments, the invention contemplates simultaneously masking vaccines to avoid antibody neutralization while targeting those vaccines to specific cell types in order to elicit an enhanced immune response. In other embodiments, vectors that recruit and activate specific antigen-presenting cells may further enhance the efficacy of those immune responses. |
| US10836807B2 |
Recombinant polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules, compositions, and methods of making and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides recombinant polypeptides, homodimeric and heterodimeric proteins comprising the recombinant polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules encoding the recombinant polypeptides, and vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules. The present disclosure also provides compositions comprising the recombinant polypeptides and methods of making and using the recombinant polypeptides. |
| US10836806B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against lung cancer, including NSCLC, SCLC 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. |
| US10836801B2 |
Expression cassette and host cell for expressing a Vip3-interacting protein
This invention provides polypeptides that were identified as interacting with Vip3 toxin. This invention also provides a method of identifying agents that bind to Vip3 interacting polypeptides, which agents may act as insecticidal agent, cytotoxic agents and/or modulate the activity of Vip3 interacting polypeptides. |
| US10836795B2 |
Dual functional novel peptide having cell permeability and bone tissue regeneration ability, and use thereof
A peptide derived from the copine 7 protein and having both cell permeability and bone tissue regeneration ability, and a use of the peptide, are described. The peptide has excellent bone tissue regeneration ability and is therefore useful for treating a disease requiring bone regeneration, such as osteoporosis. Particularly, by also having cell permeability, the peptide does not require the attachment of a separate peptide or addition of another preparation for the cell permeation thereof and thus can be conveniently applied in orthopedics and the like requiring various surgical regeneration treatments. |
| US10836794B2 |
Group of peptides for treating female sexual dysfunction
The invention relates to the chemistry of peptides, pharmacology and medicine, and specifically to a new group of peptides having the property of stimulating sexual and genital function and having increased storage stability. For this purpose, peptides of general formula (I) are proposed: A-Thr-Lys-Hyp-B-C-D-X, (SEQ ID NO: 8), in which A is 0, Met, Met(0), Thr, Ala, His, Phe, Lys, Gly; B is 0, Gly, Asp, Trp, Gln, Asn, Tyr, Hyp, Arg; C is 0, Arg, Phe, Tyr, Gly, His, Hyp, Lys; D is 0, Val, Gly, Tyr, Trp, Phe, His; X is OH, OCH3, NH2; where 0 is the absence of an amino acid residue, provided that if A≠0, then B and/or C and/or D≠0, if B≠0, then C and/or D≠0, excluding the tetrapeptides, as well as the peptides Phe-Thr-Lys-Hyp-Gly, (SEQ ID NO: 9), Thr-Lys-Hyp-Hyp-Arg (SEQ ID NO: 10) and Thr-Lys-Hyp-Arg-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 11). The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the indicated peptides, as well as to the use of the above indicated compositions for the treatment of women with severely decreased libido or with totally absent libido, orgasmic dysfunction, sexual dysfunction not caused by organic disorders or diseases, HSDD, FSAD or FSIAD, and to a method of treating and/or preventing female sexual dysfunction. |
| US10836788B2 |
Aqueous suspension compositions, formulations, and water dispersible dry compositions comprising 16alpha-bromo-3beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-17-ketone and hydrates, derivatives, and analogs thereof
Unusual and unexpectedly stable aqueous suspension formulation and water dispersible dry composition of Formula I compounds. It causes little or no injection site irritation and has superior properties over non-aqueous formulations. It stimulates autophagy, enhance innate immunity, down-regulates unproductive inflammation and exerts a Th1 immune bias. It demonstrates better efficacy in both in vitro and in vivo models. |
| US10836782B2 |
Mito-honokiol compounds and methods of synthesis and use thereof
The present invention provides mito-honokiol compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using the mito-honokiol compounds in the treatment of cancer. |
| US10836781B2 |
Process for the preparation of tetrofosmin or acid salt thereof
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of tetrofosmin or acid addition salt thereof. The present invention also relates to the process for the preparation of tetrofosmin disulfosalicylate salt. Further the present invention also provides the polymorphic form J of disulfosalicylate salt of tetrofosmin. |
| US10836779B2 |
Compounds that inhibit MCL-1 protein
Provided herein are myeloid cell leukemia 1 protein (Mcl-1) inhibitors, methods of their preparation, related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the same. For example, provided herein are compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. The compounds and compositions provided herein may be used, for example, in the treatment of diseases or conditions, such as cancer. |
| US10836777B2 |
Method for preparing 2-(cyclohexenylidene) malonic acid derivatives and uses thereof
Disclosed are a method for preparing 2-(cyclohexenylidene) malonic acid derivatives and uses thereof. In this method, an olefin and a 2-substituted malonic acid derivative are used as starting materials to prepare the 2-(cyclohexenylidene) malonic acid derivative in the presence of a catalyst through cyclization reaction. This method has the following advantages: (1) the method can be very efficiently used for the synthesis of highly sterically-hindered 2-(2,6-disubstituted cyclohexenylidene) malonic acid derivatives; (2) the reaction yield is high, the reaction conditions are mild, and the wastes are less, favorable for industrial production. More importantly, the present invention extends the further use of 2-(cyclohexenylidene)malonic acid derivatives in organic synthesis, especially in the synthesis of 2-aryl malonic acid derivatives and their corresponding drugs such as Pinoxaden. |
| US10836776B2 |
Process for preparation of eribulin and intermediates thereof
The present application relate to process for preparation of tetrahydrofuran compound of formula II, 4-Methylene tetrahydrofuran compound of formula V and tetrahydropyran compound of formula IX which are useful as intermediates for the preparation of halichondrin B analogues such as Eribulin or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts. |
| US10836774B2 |
Methods for making bacteriochlorin macrocycles comprising an annulated isocyclic ring and related compounds
Described herein are bacteriochlorins comprising an annulated isocyclic ring such as a compound Formula I: or a metal conjugate thereof, wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, and Z are each as defined herein. Also described are methods and intermediates for the synthesis of bacteriochlorins comprising an annulated isocyclic ring, and methods of using such bacteriochlorins for, among other things, diagnostic and therapeutic purposes such as, e.g., luminescent compounds in flow cytometry, and/or as active agents in photodynamic therapy (PDT). |
| US10836769B2 |
Substituted pyrrolizine compounds and uses thereof
This application relates generally to certain substituted pyrrolizine compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions which inhibit HBV replication, and methods of making and using them. |
| US10836768B2 |
N-acyl-(3-substituted)-(8-substituted)-5,6-dihydro-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazines as selective NK-3 receptor antagonists
A method for treating and/or preventing polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) including the administration, to a patient in need thereof, of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof. |
| US10836767B2 |
Serum stable pro-coelenterazine analogues
Described are pro-coelenterazine analogues, methods for making the analogues, kits comprising the analogues, and methods of using the compounds for the detection of luminescence in luciferase-based assays or fragment complementary luciferase. The disclosed pro-coelenterazine analogues provide increased serum stability for live cell assays, and are capable of tuning the brightness and assay windows as needed for the applications. |
| US10836763B2 |
5 to 7 membered heterocyclic amides as JAK inhibitors
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): where the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are useful as JAK kinase inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat respiratory diseases. |
| US10836760B2 |
Compositions and methods for the treatment of presbyopia
The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of presbyopia. The methods preferably comprise storing an aceclidine composition in a container having a headspace at a temperature from about 2 to about 8 degrees Celsius. The methods further comprise filling the container under an inert gas overlay and/or enclosing the container an anti-leaching material or disposing the container in a second container containing an anti-leaching material. |
| US10836759B2 |
Thiazole derivatives useful as mutant IDH1 inhibitors for treating cancer
A compound of Formula II or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein CyN is a cyclic amine group bound via a nitrogen atom; X is C or N; R1 and R2 are each independently a halogen, CN, CF3, CHF2, CH2F, a C1-C10alkyl group, a C1-C10alkoxy group, a di(C1-C5alkyl)amino; m and n are each independently 1, 2, or 3, and represents either a single bond or a double bond, wherein the racemic mixture of 3-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)thiazol-2-yl)-1-(2-ethyl-5-methoxyphenyl)-6-(2-methylprop-1-en-1-yl)-5-(piperazine-1-carbonyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one atropisomers is excluded. |
| US10836757B1 |
Polymorphic forms of metopimazine
Provided herein are novel polymorphic forms of metopimazine mesylate. These polymorphic forms are useful in methods, compositions, and kits for the treatment of an enteric nervous system disorder. |
| US10836754B2 |
Crystalline form of the compound (S)-3-{4-[5-(2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-pyridin-4-yl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenoxy}-propane-1,2-diol
The present invention relates to a crystalline form of the compound (S)-3-{4-[5-(2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-pyridin-4-yl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenoxy}-propane-1,2-diol. |
| US10836752B1 |
Method for synthesizing 1-(naphthalen-2-ylsulfonyl)-3-(thiophen-2-yl) diaziridine
A microwave assisted method for synthesizing a diarziridine in the absence of aminating agents, by reacting a sulphonylhydrazine and an aldehyde to form a mixture and exposing the mixture to microwave radiation for a duration of time sufficient to produce a diarziridine. |
| US10836751B2 |
Methods for preparing Nintedanib and intermediates thereof
The present application provides a method for preparing nintedanib. The method of the present application is carried out by using 4-halo-3-nitro-benzoic acid methyl ester (compound II) and 3-oxo-3-phenylpropionate (compound III) as raw materials, and preparing nintedanib via intermediates of methyl 4-(1-alkoxy-1,3-dioxo-3-phenyl propan-2-yl)-3-nitrobenzoate (compound IV) and methyl 3-benzoyl-2-oxoindoline-6-formate (compound V). The method for preparing nintedanib (I) provided by the present application has the advantages of using easily obtained raw materials, having a simple process, being cost effective and environmentally friendly, and is suitable for industrial-scale production. |
| US10836748B2 |
Bradykinin B2 receptor antagonists
The invention relates to a compound according to general formula (I), which acts as a bradykinin (BK) B2 receptor antagonist; to a pharmaceutical composition containing one or more of the compound(s) of the invention; to a combination preparation containing at least one compound of the invention and at least one further active pharmaceutical ingredient; and to uses of said compound(s), including the use as a medicament. |
| US10836742B2 |
N-substituted bicyclic lactams, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals
This application relates to N-substituted bicyclic lactams of formula (I), compositions comprising them and their uses in the treatment of diseases and conditions in which inhibition of a bromodomain is indicated. For example, the application relates to the N-substituted bicyclic lactams of formula (I) and to their use as bromodomain inhibitors. The present application is also related to the treatment or prevention of proliferative disorders, auto-immune disorders, inflammatory disorders, dermal disorders, and neoplasms, including tumors and/or cancers. |
| US10836738B2 |
Epoxidation process with concentrated ethylene oxide solutions
An improved process for the recovery of ethylene oxide from the aqueous scrubbing solution in which the ethylene oxide is recovered into a vaporous stream highly enriched in ethylene oxide. |
| US10836737B2 |
Cystine diamide analogs for the prevention of cystine stone formation in cystinuria
Cystine analogs that improve the solubility of L-cystine in urine for treatment of cystinuria and which have the structure: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and prodrugs thereof, wherein each R and R′ pair are independently selected from (i) or (ii); (i) R and R′ are independently selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alcohol, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic, and substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, or (ii) R and R′ together form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring structure, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl ring structure; X is hydrogen, or an alkyl; and Y is O or S. |
| US10836734B2 |
Spiroquinone derivative compound, production method thereof, and pharamaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurological disorders which contains same as active ingredient
The present invention relates to a novel spiroquinone derivative compound, a production method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurological disorders which contains the compound as an active ingredient. |
| US10836733B2 |
HDAC inhibitors and therapeutic methods using the same
Histone deacetylases inhibitors (HDACIs) and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of treating diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of HDAC provides a benefit, like a cancer, a neurodegenerative disorder, a peripheral neuropathy, a neurological disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke, hypertension, malaria, an autoimmune disease, autism, autism spectrum disorders, and inflammation, also are disclosed. |
| US10836732B2 |
Compounds for combating arthropods
The invention relates inter alia to novel compounds of the general formula (I) in which the A1-A4, T, W, Q, R1 and B1-B4 radicals are each as defined in the description. Also described are processes for preparing the compounds of the formula (I). The inventive compounds are especially suitable for controlling insects, arachnids and nematodes in agriculture, and ectoparasites in veterinary medicine. |
| US10836730B2 |
Process for preparation and purification of vortioxetine hydrobromide
The present invention is related to an improved process for the preparation and purification of crystalline Vortioxetine hydrobromide of Formula-I. The process according to present invention is operationally simple and suitable for industrial application which will avoid hazardous chemicals and eliminate column chromatography to get ICH quality of pharmaceutically acceptable active pharmaceutical ingredient having snow white appearance. |
| US10836728B2 |
Substituted 3-dialkylaminomethyl-piperidin-4-yl-benzamides and methods of making and using same
The invention relates to certain substituted 3-dialkylaminomethyl-piperidin-4-yl-benzamides, and compositions comprising the same, which in certain embodiments are useful for treating and/or preventing pain in a subject in need thereof. |
| US10836727B2 |
Crystal forms of lenvatinib
The present invention provides novel crystalline forms of 4-[3-Chloro-4-(N′-cyclopropylureido)phenoxy]-7-methoxyquinoline-6-carboxamide methanesulfonate, as well as methods for their preparation. |
| US10836726B2 |
AZO-quaternary pyridinium salts with acid-enhanced antibacterial efficacy, methods of use, methods of synthesis, and uses thereof
A new azo-type quaternary pyridinium salt (Azo-QPS) shows enhanced activity at acidic conditions (e.g., pH=5); in neutral or basic conditions, this new Azo-QPS shows a much lower level (2-50 times less) anti-bacterial activity. The use of such a “stimulus-enhance” antibiotic can response to the proliferation of bacteria directly. It helps reduce or prevent the build-up of potent antibacterial agents in the oral environment. The antibacterial properties of Azo-QPS are “activated” when the environmental pH becomes acidic; this acidic pH may be indicative of the accumulation of Streptococcus mutans, or the initiation of tooth decay. |
| US10836722B2 |
Inhibitors of EGFR and methods of use thereof
The disclosure relates to a compound having Formula (I′): and in particular, Compound I-126: which modulates the activity of EGFR, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method of treating or preventing a disease in which EGFR plays a role. |
| US10836719B2 |
Production method of maleimide
An object is to provide a method for easily producing maleimide (MI) in which trace amounts of residual acid components as impurities in a crude MI are efficiently reduced, that is, the acid value is sufficiently reduced. <1> A method for producing purified MI, comprising reducing an acid value of crude MI by 50% or more, by adding carbodiimide (CDI) to a solution comprising the crude MI to react an acid component in the crude MI with the CDI. <2> The method for producing purified MI, comprising adding 0.5% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less of the CDI with respect to a mass of the crude MI for reaction. <3> The method for producing purified MI, wherein the CDI is N,N′-diisopropyl carbodiimide (DIC). <4> The method for producing purified MI, comprising removing a urea derivative of the CDI (CDI-U) by-produced when reacting the acid component in the crude MI with the CDI. |
| US10836718B2 |
Process for preparing astacene
The invention describes a process for making astacene of formula 1, the exocyclic double bonds thereof having either an E configuration or an E- and/or Z-configuration, wherein astaxanthin of the general formula 2 having asymmetric centers 3 and 3′, each of which respectively having an (S)- or (R)-conformation and the exocyclic double bonds of said astaxanthin 2 having either an E- or E- and/or Z configuration, is oxidized in the presence of at least one tertiary alcoholate. |
| US10836717B2 |
Reagents for fluorosulfating alcohols or amines
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula Ar—N(SO2F)2, wherein Ar is selected from an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted five-membered heteroaryl, or an optionally substituted six-membered heteroaryl. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the above compounds by reacting a compound of formula Ar—NH—R9 with MN(SO2F)2. |
| US10836715B2 |
Process for preparing an organic sulfone
A process for preparing polyaryl ethers in which a polycondensation of the monomer building blocks is carried out using microwave irradiation leads to thermoplastic molding compositions having improved color properties. |
| US10836714B2 |
Ketamine derivatives and compositions thereof
Ketamine derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are disclosed. When administered orally the ketamine derivatives provide increased bioavailability of ketamine in the systemic circulation. The ketamine derivatives can be used to treat neurological diseases, psychological diseases and pain. |
| US10836712B2 |
Organic compounds
A flavour composition comprising a compound according to the formula (I) or edible salts thereof, wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid, and NR2R3, in which R3 is H or together with R2 and the N-atom to which they are attached, a 5-membered ring, is a residue of an amino acid, in particular a proteinogenic amino acid, ornithine, gamma-aminobutyric acid or beta alanine, or a 1-amino cycloalkyl carboxylic acid. |
| US10836710B2 |
Mechanochemical synthesis of radiographic agents intermediates
The present invention generally relates to a process using a mechanochemical approach exploiting the mechanical milling of reactants for the manufacturing of acetyl Iopamidol and, more generally, of key intermediates of radiographic contrast agents, and of the contrast agents themselves. |
| US10836699B2 |
Process for preparing methacrolein
Provided is a process for preparing methacrolein which maximizes capture of methanol. Also provided are processes for producing methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate. |
| US10836697B2 |
Process for the preparation of lightly-branched hydrophobes and the corresponding surfactants and applications thereof
Processes to prepare lightly branched surfactant products comprise combining at least one olefin and a coordination-insertion catalyst under conditions such that at least one oligomer product is formed. The surfactant products comprise a main carbon chain containing an average of between 0.5 and 2.5 branches, wherein more than 50% of the branches are ethyl branches, wherein the branches are located more than one carbon away from each end of the main carbon chain in more than 20% of surfactant product molecules. |
| US10836694B2 |
Method for producing high concentration alcohol
The present invention aims to improve the production capacity of alcohol in a method of producing high concentration alcohol using a distillation column and an adsorption-desorption column. The method is a method of producing high concentration alcohol by dehydration of a water-alcohol mixture, including: a distillation step of introducing a water-alcohol mixture into a distillation column to obtain crude alcohol; and an adsorption-desorption step of introducing a part of the crude alcohol into an adsorption-desorption column to obtain high concentration alcohol; wherein a further part of the crude alcohol is introduced into a dehydration apparatus to obtain high concentration alcohol. |
| US10836687B2 |
Systems for producing DEMN eutectic, and related methods of forming an energetic composition
A method of producing DEMN eutectic comprises reacting a reactant mixture comprising ethylenediamine and diethylenetriamine with aqueous nitric acid to form a reaction mixture comprising diethylentriamine trinitrate and ethylenediamine dinitrate. The reaction mixture is combined with methylnitroguanidine and nitroguanidine to form an aqueous slurry. Water is removed from the aqueous slurry. A method of producing an energetic composition, and a system for producing DEMN eutectic are also described. |
| US10836682B2 |
Methods and apparatus for conducting heat exchanger based reactions
Methods, apparatus and systems using heat exchanger reactors to form polymer derived ceramic materials, including methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) precursors. |
| US10836677B2 |
Ultra-light mineral foam
A process for the production of a mineral foam includes (i) separately preparing a slurry of cement and an aqueous foam, wherein the cement slurry includes water and Portland cement; (ii) contacting the slurry of cement with the aqueous foam to obtain a slurry of foamed cement; (iii) adding an aluminum salt source before or during step (ii); and (iv) casting the slurry of foamed cement and leave it to set. |
| US10836676B2 |
Bismuth-indium alloy for liquid-tight bonding of optical windows
Disclosed herein are seals for liquid-tight bonding of an optical window comprising a Bi—In alloy. Also disclosed are optical cells comprising the Bi—In alloy seals to provide a liquid-tight seal between a cell housing and a drilled optical window. |
| US10836674B2 |
Carrier apparatus and methods of processing a carrier apparatus
A carrier apparatus includes an article including a first major surface, a second major surface, a thickness between the first major surface and the second major surface, and an outer edge extending across the thickness between the first major surface and the second major surface. The carrier apparatus includes a coating including a central portion disposed on the first major surface of the article and an outer exposed portion disposed on the outer edge of the article, and a gasket including a first surface contacting the coating. An outer interface between the first surface of the gasket and the coating defines an outer boundary isolating the central portion of the coating from the outer exposed portion of the coating. Methods of processing a carrier apparatus to remove at least a portion of the coating from the article are also provided. |
| US10836672B2 |
Method for manufacturing bent optical fiber
Provided is a method for manufacturing bent optical fibers with which bent optical fibers having a quality difference effectively reduced can be manufactured without a reduction of the manufacturing yield. In the present embodiment, an elastic bending process and a heating process are alternately repeated. In the elastic bending process, a movement restricting member rotatable around a revolving shaft is rotated while an optical fiber having its leading end portion held by the movement restricting member is fed toward the revolving shaft to form bent portions at a part of the optical fiber. In the heating process, the optical fiber is irradiated with a laser beam to relieve stress at the bent portions. Thus, multiple bent portions at which the stress is relieved are formed in the optical fiber along the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber. |
| US10836671B2 |
Method for manufacturing glass ingot
A method for manufacturing a glass ingot includes preparing a supply system including a gasifier that gasifies a raw material compound and a burner that combusts the gasified raw material compound; adding an oxygen-containing gas to the raw material compound at a plurality of addition places including an upstream addition place located in the gasifier or on an upstream side of the gasifier and a downstream addition place located on a downstream side of the gasifier in which locations of the raw material compound in a flow direction are different in the supply system so as to form a raw material mixture; and adding the oxygen-containing gas at the upstream addition place so that a concentration of oxygen or a concentration of the raw material compound in the raw material mixture is not in a combustible range of the raw material mixture. |
| US10836665B2 |
Scale inhibitor methods and compositions
A method of scale inhibition treatment of a water system comprising introducing an aqueous scale inhibiting composition into the water system wherein the aqueous scale inhibiting composition comprises a carboxylated hyperbranched polyglycerol. |
| US10836662B2 |
Process and system for wastewater treatment
Provided is a wastewater treatment process including: (a) circulating wastewater including biodegradable organic material, between an anaerobic digester (AD) and at least one microbial electrolysis cell (MEC), the MEC including an anode and a cathode; (b) applying voltage on said anode and said cathode; and (c) discharging from said AD biogas with a methane fraction of above 70% v/v. Also provided is a biological wastewater treatment system including wastewater inlet, and (i) an anaerobic digester (AD) comprising biogas outlet, and effluent outlet; and (ii) at least one microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) including an anode and a cathode; said AD and said at least one MEC being in liquid communication through liquid circulation lines configured for at least circulating wastewater between said AD and said at least one MEC. |
| US10836660B2 |
Method and composition for use in the cyclic process for the efficient generation of chlorine dioxide in dilute solutions
This invention relates to a method for monitoring and controlling the relative concentration of bromide ion used in the cyclic process for enhanced sanitation and oxidation of aqueous systems at aquatic facilities. |
| US10836657B2 |
Deionizing device
Provided is a deionization apparatus which includes: a porous electrode having fine pores; a non-pore ion exchange membrane that is formed in the porous electrode; a counter electrode that is spaced from the non-pore ion exchange membrane and faces the non-pore ion exchange membrane; and a spacer that is located between the porous electrode and the counter electrode, and that has a flow passage through which water to be treated passes. |
| US10836655B2 |
System for UV light treatment of a fluid
The present invention generally relates to a system for treating a fluid and specifically to a treatment system (200) configured for selectively activating a first (206) and a second UV light source (104). The aim of the invention is to reduce the effective energy consumption of a system for treating a fluid with UV light. The invention especially concerns to overcome the drawback with mercury light sources, which do not turn on immediately. Only the second UV light source (104) is an UV mercury based light source and the electrical power supply is configured to selectively deactivate the first UV light source (206) based on a predetermined condition based on a warm-up period for the second light source. |
| US10836652B2 |
Continuous flow methods and apparatuses for processing human waste
A continuous flow treatment apparatus comprises a heating fluid management portion and a feces treatment portion. The heating fluid management portion is configured to heat heating fluid and provide the heated heating fluid to a heat exchanger. The feces treatment portion comprises the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured to receive feces at a first position of the heat exchanger, indirectly heat the feces via the heated heating fluid as the feces are transported from the first position to a second position of the heat exchanger, and provide the heated feces at the second position. The feces are maintained at a minimum temperature for a predetermined amount of time such that the feces exiting the feces treatment portion have been rendered sanitary for at least one of storage or further processing. |
| US10836649B2 |
Magnetite production from bauxite residue
A low-temperature leaching operation employs a raw, red mud slurry directly from aluminum production for an oxalic acid leaching of ferric oxalate. Residual calcium, titanium, aluminum and other rare earths are also recoverable in a secondary stream. Monitoring and control of the pH of the leach solution yields soluble ferric oxalate without high temperatures or specific radiation or light sources. Addition of iron powder results in precipitation of ferrous oxalate, isolated by magnetic separation from the iron powder which recirculates in the solution. Magnetite may then be produced by heating the ferrous oxalate in low pO2 conditions. |
| US10836648B2 |
Ex situ ferrate generation
Generating ferrate ex situ by activating persulfate with BOF steel slag fines and/or ferric iron. A persulfate solution flows therethrough or thereover the BOF steel slag within, for example, a filter, fluidized bed or continuously stirred tank reactor. The ex situ generation will produce a leachate that contains multiple reactive oxidant species (ROS) such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide (O2.), sulfate radicals, hydroxyl radicals (OH.) and uniquely ferrate species including Fe IV, V and VI. These ROS will destroy organic compounds, sterilize, and can oxidize inorganics and a wide range of targeted contaminants in distressed water (e.g., drinking water, process water, wastewater, industrial process streams/waters, municipal process streams/waters, landfill leachate, sewage/septic systems, bilge waters, drilling fluids, mine effluents). The use of BOF steel slag avoids the need for additional pH buffers and ferrate stabilizers and is an industrial byproduct comprised of recycled materials instead of a specialized reagent. |
| US10836645B2 |
Process for making high-purity aluminum oxide
A method comprises reacting an aluminum feedstock with an acid in the presence of water to provide an aluminum salt solution comprising an aluminum salt in water, wherein the aluminum salt comprises a reaction product of the acid and aluminum, and spray roasting the aluminum salt solution at a temperature of at least about 450° C. to provide an aluminum oxide powder, wherein the spray roasting is performed in a furnace lined with a refractory comprising alumina that is at least about 99.2% purity alumina, and wherein the aluminum oxide powder is 99.2% pure aluminum oxide or greater. |
| US10836642B2 |
Graphene semiconductor design method
A graphene semiconductor design method according to the present invention, designs a semiconductor of graphene material by adjusting w and an effective permittivity ε_eff of a plasmon medium by use of a resonator, and integrates graphene semiconductor by adjusting a feed direction of a plasmon medium to generate a meta substance and a surface plasmon resonance phenomenon. |
| US10836641B1 |
Process for forming graphene-coated particles
Methods of forming graphene may include reacting a dispersed mixture, comprising fly ash, a charged heteroaromatic compound, particularly a pyridinium compound, such as a 1-(4-pyridyl)-pyridinium salt, and a solvent, particularly an alcohol, such as ethanol, with a polymeric oxidizing agent, preferably polymer-supported pyridinium chlorochromate, to form a second mixture; and contacting the second mixture at a temperature of 120 to 180° C. with a gas stream comprising at least 0.1 vol. % CH4 and at least 10 vol. % H2 to form graphene on the fly ash. Methods of managing waste may comprise using fly ash waste to produce graphene. Devices for implementing such methods may involve steel cylindrical reaction vessels including a cover through which a valve-stoppable pipe is fed, which reaction vessel is at least partially surrounded by a heating device, and suitable for handling solvent and fly ash, as well as for receiving gas inflow through the pipe. |
| US10836640B2 |
Composite containing carbon nanostructure, high molecular material using same and preparation method
The present invention relates to a composite having a carbon nanostructure, comprising graphene, amorphous carbon and a non-carbon non-oxygen element, wherein the non-carbon non-oxygen element is in an amount of 0.5 wt %-6 wt % of the composite. The present invention discloses controlling the content of the non-carbon non-oxygen element in the composite to obtain excellent far-infrared effect and antibacterial and bacteriostatic effects, wherein the normal emissivity in the far-infrared performance reaches 0.85 or more, and the antibacterial rate reaches 95% or more. The composite having a carbon nanostructure of the present invention is applied to macromolecular materials to modify macromolecular materials under the circumstance that the addition amount is relatively low. The composite having a carbon nanostructure can achieve notable far-infrared performance and antibacterial and bactericidal performances without any pre-modification and activation treatment. |
| US10836639B1 |
Air quality measurement system
An air quality measurement system to monitor atmospheric properties at various locations, elevations, and times. The system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle having at least one carbon nanotube sensor for monitoring atmospheric air quality. Measurements of temperature, pressure, moisture, and gas species are obtained. A monitor mounted on the aerial vehicle is in communication with the sensor. A transmitter mounted on the aerial vehicle is in communication with the monitor for transmission of measurement data to a ground position controller. |
| US10836636B2 |
Sodium hypochlorite compositions
The present invention provides compositions comprising comminuted sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals with an average length-to-diameter ratio of less than about 20:1, and a mother liquor saturated in sodium hypochlorite, which has excess alkalinity and/or one or more additional alkali or alkali earth metal salts. Processes for preparing these compositions will be presented. |
| US10836627B2 |
Multiple pump system
A multiple pump system is disclosed. The multiple pump system may include a fluid tank and a multiple pump vessel connected to the fluid tank. The multiple pump vessel may include at least one first pump and at least one second pump located therein. In addition, the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense a fluid from the fluid tank at a first pressure, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense the fluid from the fluid tank at a second pressure. The first pressure may be different from the second pressure, such that the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense liquefied natural gas, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense compressed natural gas. |
| US10836625B2 |
Valve device
Examples disclosed herein relate to conduits, devices, systems and methods, which may include a dispensing device including a valve configured to interact with an inlet stream, the inlet stream having a first pressure, the valve having an outlet area with an outlet stream, the outlet stream having a second pressure; and a solenoid configured to interact with the outlet stream. |
| US10836615B2 |
Luffing jib crane with a device for locking the jib in a raised configuration
A crane having a luffing jib and a lifting cylinder includes a cylinder body and a movable rod hinged on the jib to raise and lower the jib, and a locking device adapted to cooperate with the lifting cylinder to mechanically lock the rod in a deployed holding position and block the jib in a raised holding configuration, and further including a spacer hinged on the jib and supporting an abutment, the spacer configured for pivoting between a release position wherein the spacer is offset, authorizing the movable rod to be displaced freely, and a locking position wherein the spacer is folded so that the abutment is able to bear on the cylinder body to fixedly maintain the movable rod in the deployed holding position. |
| US10836614B2 |
Upper turning body for crane
An upper turning body mounted on a lower body for a crane includes a turning frame mounted on the lower body to turn freely, and a boom provided to the turning frame to be raised and lowered freely. The turning frame includes a pair of attachment brackets to which a base end section of the boom is attached such that the boom is free to be raised and lowered, and a frame body to which the pair of attachment brackets are provided with an interval in a left-right direction of the upper turning body. The frame body is formed of a plurality of divided frames arranged side by side in the left-right direction of the upper turning body, adjacent divided frames of the plurality of divided frames being separably joined to each other. |
| US10836613B2 |
Hydraulic crane
A hydraulic crane comprising: —a rotatable column (7); —a crane boom system comprising a first crane boom (11) connected to the column; and —an electronic control device for controlling the movement of the column and the crane boom system on the basis of control signals from a manoeuvring unit and a calculation model for boom tip control. The control device is configured to switch from a first control mode into a second control mode when the first crane boom is about to interfere with an obstacle. In the first control mode, the control device controls the crane boom movements in accordance with an ordinary control strategy. In the second control mode, the control device makes the load suspension point (P) of the crane boom system move along the trajectory defined by said control signals while controlling the crane boom movements in accordance with an auxiliary control strategy in which the first crane boom is prevented from interfering with the obstacle. |
| US10836608B2 |
Elevator arrangement and method
The invention relates to a construction time elevator arrangement comprising a hoistway; a protection deck mounted within the hoistway for protecting the portion of the hoistway below it from falling objects; the protection deck comprising a roof member extending diagonally across the hoistway and covering the hoistway such that it blocks objects and/or water from falling into the hoistway below it; and a cross member extending in horizontal direction across the hoistway below the roof member. The cross member is pivotally connected with the roof member, the protection deck being collapsible into a transport state by pivoting the cross member and the roof member towards each other. The invention relates to a method implementing the construction time elevator arrangement. |
| US10836604B2 |
Method and system for operating elevator installation using mobile radio
A method for operating an elevator installation, the installation including an elevator control device, uses a mobile radio to perform operator control actions for the elevator installation. The mobile radio receives relevant data allowing indirect access to the elevator installation initially in the form of an identification code that is transmitted continuously or regularly by a transmission unit associated with the elevator installation. |
| US10836599B2 |
Printing apparatus
In a printing apparatus, a first tray is capable of stacking a sheet discharged from a discharge port. A second tray is accommodated in a lower side of the first tray and is capable of stacking the sheet discharged from the discharge port by being drawn out in a sheet discharging direction from the discharge port. A changing unit changes inclination angles of the first tray and the second tray with respect to the sheet discharging direction according to a drawn-out position of the second tray. |
| US10836595B2 |
Rotary feeding member, sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
A rotary feeding member includes a plurality of first regions each including a plurality of first protruding portions and a plurality of first recessed portions, and a plurality of second regions each including a plurality of second protruding portions and a plurality of second recessed portions. The plurality of first regions and plurality of second regions are alternately arranged in a rotating direction of the rotary feeding member, and a ratio of a second depth of the second recessed portions to a first depth of the first recessed portions is 0.4 or greater and 0.8 or less. |
| US10836594B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet stacking unit on which a sheet is stacked, a feed member configured to abut against the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking unit to feed the sheet, a friction member disposed on the sheet stacking unit so as to be opposed to the feed member; a drive unit configured to drive the feed member, a detection unit configured to detect a load on the drive unit when the drive unit drives the feed member, and a control unit configured to control the drive unit. The control unit causes the drive unit to drive the feed member at a first speed and thereafter in a case where the load detected by the detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition, the control unit causes the drive unit to drive the feed member at a second speed higher than the first speed. |
| US10836592B1 |
Portable wheelchair ramp assembly
A portable wheelchair ramp assembly includes a ramp that is removably coupled to an armrest of a wheelchair such that the ramp is accessible to a user in the wheelchair. The ramp has an axle slot therein to accommodate a wheel axle of the wheelchair when the ramp is removably coupled to the wheelchair. The ramp is positionable to extend across uneven terrain to facilitate the wheelchair to cross the uneven terrain. A plurality of engagements is each coupled to the ramp and each of the engagements engages an arm rest on the wheelchair for storing the ramp. A plurality of brackets is each coupled to the arm rest of the wheelchair. Each of the brackets releasably engages a respective one of the engagements for retaining the ramp on the wheelchair for storage. |
| US10836590B2 |
Grain bin unloading conveyor system
An unloading conveyor system for unloading grain through the floor of a grain bin. A removeable cover is vertically supported by the plurality of ribs to cover the span of the midpan to allow maintenance. The midpan comprises a plurality of slots and ledges to receive and support the ribs to allow easy installation and maintenance. A central pit having an internal portion and an access support wall also provides easy installation and maintenance. The first bearing mount, second bearing mount, and roller are all accessible for service through the internal portion of the central pit. |
| US10836588B2 |
Chain buffer
The buffering device serves to temporarily accept products from a product flow in the event of a downstream disruption obstructing the product flow and to deliver the accepted products after the disruption has been eliminated. As conveyor it uses an endless flat top chain, which passes through several loops formed by horizontal deflections in an upper and a lower level. The deflections are arranged in an alternately fixed and horizontally displaceable manner, such that the lengths of the loops are variable. |
| US10836586B2 |
Conveyor systems, methods and apparatus
Conveyor belt cleaners are described. In some embodiments, the cleaner is installable and removable from the conveyor along a length thereof. In some embodiments, the cleaner is supported on one or more flexible supports. In some embodiments, the cleaner is removably attachable on the conveyor without modifying the conveyor. In some embodiments, the cleaner is removably mountable to one or more rails of the conveyor. In some embodiments, a side roller is supported on a drop bracket used to support a generally horizontal roller such as a return roller. |
| US10836584B2 |
Systems and methods for improving the stability of non-ferrous metals on a conveyor
A conveying system, such as a conveying system for material including non-ferrous metals, includes a conveying belt and a stabilizer. The conveying belt includes a conveying surface and is adapted to convey the material on the conveying surface. The stabilizer is configured to apply a stabilizing force onto the material on the conveyor belt such that the material is stabilized while being conveyed. A method of stabilizing material on a conveyor belt includes receiving the material on the conveying surface of the conveyor belt, conveying the material at a conveying speed with the conveyor belt, and applying the stabilizing force onto the material with a stabilizer such that vertical displacement of at least some of the material is dampened and/or minimized at the conveying speed. |
| US10836583B2 |
Adjustable conveyor belt guiderail and related methods
An apparatus for guiding products along a conveyor in a conveying direction. The apparatus includes a first guiderail for at least partially forming a conveying path for articles on the conveyor. A guiderail adjuster includes a flexible or collapsible support, which make take the form of a linkage, and which provides support for the first guiderail along the conveyor. The flexible or collapsible support is adapted for being extended and retracted along a support rail extending in the conveying direction to selectively position the first guiderail relative to the conveyor, and thereby alter (increase or decrease) the width of the conveying path. Related methods are also disclosed. |
| US10836581B2 |
Infeed and outfeed assemblies for a conveyor
A conveyor employs an infeed assembly and outfeed assembly, each comprising a nosebar assembly that may be mounted to a conveyor frame to transition a conveyor belt between a returnway and a carryway, a belt guiding roller, such as a sprocket or brake, a position limiter for ensuring proper engagement between the belt guiding roller and the conveyor belt and a connecting plate that ensures proper placement of the position limiter relative to the guide roller. The infeed assembly and outfeed assembly components may be easily moved into engagement and out of engagement to facilitate replacement, cleaning or maintenance. |
| US10836579B2 |
System for storing compressed gas and method for construction thereof
A gas storage system for storing compressed gas, and method for constructing the system, are described. The system includes a borehole having a first borehole portion and a second borehole portion. An inflatable balloon is arranged within the second borehole portion. An upper support member, mounted on top of the inflatable balloon, is configured for anchoring the inflatable balloon to a sealing material filling the first borehole portion. A lower support member is arranged at the bottom of the inflatable balloon. The system includes an inlet gas pipe for filling the inflatable balloon from the gas compressing system and an outlet gas pipe for releasing the compressed gas. A compacted filling material is placed within a gap formed between the inflatable balloon, the upper support member, the lower support member, and an inner surface of the second borehole portion. One or more filling material pipes extend along the borehole to the gap for providing a filling material thereto. |
| US10836562B2 |
Crystallized plastic valve for an aerosol dispenser and housing therefor
A valve for an aerosol dispenser. The valve has a housing as a chassis for other components of the valve. The housing perimetrically joins the valve to an outer container for the aerosol dispenser. The housing has a hole with a moving valve stem to selectively dispense product, upon actuation. The housing, or portions thereof, may be crystallized, to provide strength and dimensional stability, to reduce leakage. |
| US10836556B2 |
Evacuated bottle system
An evacuated bottle system including a bottle defining a hollow interior, the bottle having a neck defining an opening that provides fluid communication with the interior; a cap assembly including a funnel having a first portion and a second portion, where the second portion extends radially outward from the first portion to form a floor on an interior thereof and a shoulder on an exterior thereof, the first portion defining a first bore and the second portion defining a second bore fluidly connected to the first bore; a self serum stopper having a self sealing membrane that extends radially outward to overlie at least a portion of the floor of the funnel; and a cap having a cap wall sized to fit over the funnel and a cover portion extending radially inward from the cap wall. |
| US10836551B1 |
Resealable packaging device and method for packaging food product
A packaging device incorporating a breathable peel/reseal film and enabling a preservation process for allowing for the distribution, storage and multiple servings of a food product, particularly perishable food product(s), and initiating and controlling the transmission rates, respiration rates or deterioration of the perishable food product(s) and thereby, maintaining good internal and external food quality and normal development of flavor and aroma characteristics. The packaging device includes a plurality of atmospheric control attributes that modulates or controls the atmosphere within the packaging device as the food product(s) respire in order to promote the extended shelf-life of the food product and the maintenance of the quality and desirable marketable characteristics of the food product. The atmospheric control attributes can include perforations that may be positioned in breathable peel/reseal film portion of the package to allow the product respiration for multiple servings without substantially altering the shelf life extension properties of the packaging device. |
| US10836548B2 |
Modular packaging made of plastic material for food products ready for consumption comprising a main container and a plurality of secondary containers inserted in the main container
Herein is described a plastic package for food or food products which are ready for consumption. The package includes a first container of larger size, for a main food component and a second container, of smaller size, able to separately contain a supplementary food component. The package is characterized by the fact that the first bottom and/or the first closure lid of the first container have a cavity open to the outside and conformed to constitute a housing compartment for the second container by at least partial insertion of said the second container in the cavity of the first container. |
| US10836546B2 |
Flat pack ramp lever
A package comprises a latch including first and second legs and an actuating portion. The first and second legs are joined at an angle. The actuator portion of the first leg is positioned to be displaced generally laterally to displace the second leg generally longitudinally to release the latch. In another embodiment the package has base wells on the inside surface. A generally flat marginal sealing surface encircles the first and second base wells. The wells of the base and/or lid are covered with a cover sheet to close them. Still another embodiment is a child-resistant container comprising a shell, two drawers, a stop, and a latch. The drawers are prevented from sliding apart past a limit of travel when one drawer is open sufficiently to provide access to its contents and the other drawer is not. |
| US10836544B2 |
Closure with hinge
A closure that remains coupled to a container after the upper portion of the closure has been rotatably removed from the container. The closure may include an attachment channel, which includes alternating segments of linear openings and frangible connections. The attachment channel may also include two hinge bridges that remain unbroken when one or more of the frangible connections are broken. |
| US10836543B2 |
Container including a case and a case coupler
A container includes a case that defines a storage space and an opening at a top surface of the case, a case coupler that is configured to couple to an upper edge of at least one of the lateral walls of the case, the case coupler including a shaft, a cover fixing unit configured to couple to the shaft of the case coupler and to rotate about the shaft, a cover configured to detachably couple to an upper side of the case coupler and configured to open and close at least a portion of the opening of the case, and a hinge that is coupled to the cover and that defines a seating portion configured to receive the shaft, the cover being configured to rotate about the shaft. The cover fixing unit comprises cover fixing units that are located, respectively, at lateral walls of the case that face each other. |
| US10836535B1 |
Applied low emissivity coatings for reduced emission of thermal radiation in disposable containers
Various embodiments of the presented technology include the application of a low emissivity coating, such as a vacuum chemical vapor deposited aluminum coating, to: a) a paper substrate; b) a recyclable polymer substrate; c) a biodegradable polymer substrate; d) any biodegradable substrate; e) a polymer substrate; that is then laminated to a container, such as a disposable paper coffee or tea cup. In some embodiments, the low emissivity coated laminate may be applied to the container materials prior to the materials being formed, or they may be laminated after the disposable container has been formed. The final form is a container, such as a disposable paper coffee or tea cup that has a low emissivity coating applied to all surfaces facing away from the containers contents. |
| US10836533B2 |
Closure latching system
An easy-opening end closure that may also be reclosed, suitable for joining to a container. A cover panel is bonded around its perimeter to an end panel with a rotatable lever interposed between them. To open the closure, a user applies force to the rotating lever to move it axially around an attachment point and progressively debond the seal perimeter. In this process, latching mechanisms ensure uni-directional movement of the lever relative to the shutter and joining of the two components at the end of the rotational sweep. |
| US10836532B2 |
Container having multiple display configurations and method for forming same
A blank for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a top panel, a first and second side panels, and a bottom panel coupled together in series by a plurality of generally parallel fold lines, wherein the bottom panel includes a free side edge, the first side panel includes a first separation line, and the second side panel includes a second separation line. The blank also includes a first end flap and a second end flap extending from opposing side edges of the first side panel, and a third end flap and a fourth end flap extending from opposing side edges of the second side panel, wherein the second and fourth end flaps are configured for removal with the top panel after the container is formed and the first and second separation lines are separated. |
| US10836531B2 |
Plastic bottle with a champagne base and production methods thereof
A beverage container for a carbonated beverage may include a base with a plurality of feet extending therefrom. The feet may act to reinforce a punt in the base of the beverage container to prevent deformation of the base of the beverage container when a carbonated or other pressurized beverage is added to the beverage container. |
| US10836530B2 |
Container with crush resistant spout and method of manufacturing the same
Various embodiments are directed to a container spout secured relative to a hollow container body. The container spout includes a cap region configured to accept a container cap (e.g., a snap-on cap), and a support region positioned between the cap region and the hollow container body. The support region comprises one or more bumper rolls positioned around an exterior of the support region and one or more support protrusions extending between a bottom edge of the cap region and a bottom edge of the support region, wherein each of the one or more support protrusions defines a substantially horizontal convex curvature having a radius smaller than a radius of the container spout. The support protrusions are aligned with corners of the container, and thereby transfer axial crushing forces applied to the container spout onto the container corners to increase the axial crush resistance of the container. |
| US10836529B1 |
Automated hard drive static-shielding bag opening and removal
A de-bagging system includes a robot system with a robotic arm, a cutting nest assembly having a compartment including a first side-wall, and a second side-wall, and configured to receive a bagged item, a bag gripper movable relative to the first side-wall and the second side-wall, and a cutting assembly having a cutting blade. The cutting blade is slidably mounted in vicinity of the compartment. The robot system is configured to pick up a bagged item, to deposit the bagged item into the compartment, and to pick up an unbagged item from the compartment. |
| US10836528B2 |
Methods of sealing flexible containers with expansion materials
In methods of making disposable, flexible containers for fluent products, methods of sealing the flexible containers when such containers include expansion materials, are disclosed. The methods include forming a partially completed container blank that has layers of flexible materials. The layered structure includes a first space for a fluent product, and a second space for an expansion material. The methods of sealing the flexible containers include adding an expansion material into the second space and pressing parts of at least some of the layers together to close off the second space. |
| US10836524B2 |
Bag supply system and bag supply method
A bag supply system includes a bag accommodating unit having a holding member to externally support a bag bundle; and a bag supply device to which bags are supplied from the bag accommodating unit. The bag supply device includes a taking-out unit that takes the bag bundle out of the bag accommodating unit and carries the bag bundle to a depositing unit. The holding member supports the bag bundle in the state of exposing a part of one of a front surface and a back surface of each of a bag arranged on a frontmost side and a bag arranged on a backmost side of two or more bags included in the bag bundle. The taking-out unit takes the bag bundle out of the bag accommodating unit while holding the exposed part of the bag bundle supported by the holding member. |
| US10836523B2 |
Tray filling apparatus for leaflets
Leaflets are stacked horizontally in a stacker tray after folding, with the leaflets themselves aligned in a vertical orientation. A tray transport platform supports a plurality of tray sleeves and a plurality of corresponding trays located adjacent to the stacker tray. The trays can slide into the tray sleeves as each tray is filled with leaflets. A robot gripper is adapted to be selectively placed inside the stacking tray. The gripper captures a batch of the leaflets as they are stacked, and places them in a selected tray. A sleeve holder is selectively placed in and removed from the selected tray to control entry of the leaflets into a corresponding tray sleeve, and a stuffer pushes each batch of leaflets inside of the sleeve. A controller operates the components of the apparatus so that the leaflets are transferred from the stacker machine to trays without human labor. |
| US10836521B2 |
Flow wrapper with leakage-control of the resulting packages
The present invention relates to a flow wrapper which comprises a form and/or film tube, which forms the planar film into a film tube and/or fills the film tube with a packaging item and which comprises means to provide a longitudinal- and/or cross-seal to the film tube. |
| US10836515B2 |
Pressure-assisted linear seal
An inflatable pressure structure includes an airtight flexible membrane having collapsed and inflated configurations. The inflatable pressure structure includes an elongated pressure-assisted seal that is configured to selectively seal an opening in the airtight flexible membrane. The pressure-assisted seal includes first and second seal components that sealingly engage one another and prevent escape of gas from inside the airtight flexible membrane. The airtight flexible membrane, when inflated, generates a force transverse to the pressure-assisted seal tending to pull the first and second seal components apart. Pressurized gas inside the airtight flexible membrane causes the first and second seal components to more securely engage one another whereby a force transverse to the pressure-assisted seal does not disengage the first and second seal components. |
| US10836512B2 |
Energy efficient spherical momentum control devices
Embodiments of a spherical momentum control device are provided. In one embodiment, the spherical momentum control device includes a housing assembly bounding a cavity, a rotor support axle disposed within the cavity, and a spherical bearing interface formed between the rotor support axle and the housing assembly. The spherical bearing interface facilitates rotation of the rotor support axle within the cavity about three orthogonal axes transecting substantially at the cavity center point. A rotor is mounted to the rotor support axle (e.g., through precision bearings) for rotation about a spin axis. The spherical bearing interface can assume any form for facilitating rotation of the rotor support axle about the orthogonal axes including, for example, a low friction plane bearing interface. In one embodiment, the spherical bearing interface includes rolling element bearings embedded in the cavity walls or embedded in enlarged end caps forming part of the rotor support axle. |
| US10836506B2 |
Exterior aircraft light, aircraft wing comprising the same, and method of operating an exterior aircraft light
An exterior aircraft light for indicating a movement of a foldable wing tip between a folded up position and a laterally extended position includes a light source; and a control unit; wherein the control unit is configured to operate the light source to emit a warning light output in response to a warning light control signal indicative of the movement of the foldable wing tip. |
| US10836504B2 |
Passive particle separation system
One embodiment is a passive particle separation system including a plenum; an inlet for feeding outside air into the plenum, wherein the outside air has particles entrained therewith; a housing for enclosing the plenum; and a standpipe installed on the housing. The outside air enters the plenum via the inlet and plenum, housing, and standpipe interact to impact the outside air entering the plenum to cause the particles to be released from the outside air. |
| US10836503B2 |
Air intake structure for an aircraft nacelle
An aircraft nacelle air intake structure including an air intake lip with a U-shaped section to ensure air is shared between an inner face and an outer face. An acoustic panel is on the intake lip rear on the side of the inner face level with a first assembly point. An outer panel is on the intake lip rear on the side of the outer face level with a second assembly point. A front reinforcing frame on the intake lip inside is fixed to the air intake lip on the side of the inner face level with a first fixing point and on the side of the outer face level with a second fixing point. The length of the chord between the stop point and each fixing point is between ⅓ and ⅙ of the total chord between the stop point and the assembly point. |
| US10836502B2 |
Wave-shaped acoustic insert and core
An acoustic insert comprises a sleeve and a number of wave-shaped passageways within the sleeve. A contour of the number of wave-shaped passageways is selected to provide a desired level of attenuation for a frequency of sound waves entering the sleeve. |
| US10836501B2 |
Device for managing the mechanical energy of an aircraft, having an energy management auxiliary system, related aircraft and process
A device for managing the mechanical energy of an aircraft, having an energy management auxiliary system, includes a support defining a guide, a centralized control lever for varying the energy of the aircraft, at least one position sensor detecting the position of the centralized control lever in the guide. The position sensor is configured to create position information for the position of the centralized control lever in the guide intended to be sent to a flight control unit of the aircraft. The device also includes an auxiliary support; for the or each motor of the aircraft, an individual control lever for the individual propulsion of the motor, mounted movably in the auxiliary support; and at least one auxiliary position sensor detecting the position of the or each individual lever configured to generate information intended to be sent to the flight control unit of the aircraft. |
| US10836499B2 |
Turbine engine with single wall cantilevered architecture
An apparatus and method for mounting a turbine engine to an aircraft can include an engine core for the turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section in flow arrangement. At least one strut couples to the engine core about a single mount plane. A structural wall at least partially defining a mainstream flow path couples to the at least one strut and passes through the compressor section and the turbine section. |
| US10836498B2 |
Light weight variable force restraint
An evacuation system may comprise an evacuation slide configured to be deployed from an aircraft, a first strap coupled to the evacuation slide, a second strap coupled to the evacuation slide, and a releasable restraint extending through the first strap and the second strap. The releasable restraint may comprise a first stem connected to a first bead and a second stem connected to a second bead, wherein a diameter of the second stem may be different from a diameter of the first stem. |
| US10836497B2 |
Air conditioning system
Air conditioning system for a cabin 6 of an aircraft, the air conditioning system 1 including a pressurized air source 2, a ram air duct 3, an air amplifier 4 and a heat exchanger 5. The air amplifier 4 includes an inlet 41 for work air, a slot 42 suitable for letting the work air exit the air amplifier, and a main fluid zone 43. The inlet 41 is in fluid communication with the pressurized air source 2 and the slot 42 is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air duct 3, in such a way that the work air exiting from the slot 42 produces a suction effect in the ambient air in such a way that this ambient air flows along the ram air duct 3. The air amplifier 4 is arranged so that the ambient air is forced by the suction effect to pass from the inlet 51 to the outlet 52 of the cold side of the heat exchanger 5. |
| US10836496B2 |
Seating systems, seating-system kits, and methods of configuring seating systems
A seating system for a vehicle that comprises floor beams, which support floor panels that define a floor surface. The vehicle has a virtual longitudinal plane, perpendicular to the floor surface, and a virtual longitudinal axis, parallel to the floor surface and lying in the virtual longitudinal plane. The seating system comprises a primary pair of seat tracks, a secondary pair of seat tracks, one of which is positioned between seat tracks of the primary pair of seat tracks, and a first seat assembly. The first seat assembly comprises a first seat support and a first plurality of seats, attached to the first seat support. The first seat support is attached to the primary pair of seat tracks. |
| US10836495B2 |
Passenger seat with suspended seat diaphragm
Described are passenger support assemblies for a passenger seat, including an expandable inner frame that attaches the passenger support assembly with a seat frame and an expansion mechanism that allows the expandable inner frame to change in width, and an outer frame that includes two side frame elements connected with the expandable inner frame and extending beyond the expandable inner frame, the outer frame configured to change in width in response to a change in width of the expandable inner frame. A diaphragm can held in tension by the two side frame elements of the outer frame to define a seating surface. |
| US10836493B2 |
Table apparatus
A table apparatus includes a table device and a table support structure that is connected to the table device. The table support structure includes a carrier structure and a table support linkage. The carrier structure is connected to the table support linkage via a single pivot connection. The table device is pivotable about only the single pivot connection. |
| US10836491B2 |
Partition wall module for a cabin of a vehicle for an optical and mechanical separation of different cabin regions
A wall module for a cabin of a vehicle for separation of different cabin regions comprises a lower wall section having a fastener for fastening the wall module to a structurally fixed component fixed to the floor in the cabin, a surface-like rigid upper wall section converging with the lower wall section having a second fastener in a region of the wall module facing away from the lower wall section for fastening the wall module to a structurally fixed component fixed to the ceiling in the cabin. The upper wall section at least in a region comprises an arched curvature around a horizontal axis for adapting to the shape of a backrest of a seat. The wall module comprises at least one element stiffer than the upper wall section, which extends from a region adjacent the floor to a region adjacent the ceiling of the wall module. |
| US10836489B2 |
Cabin monument for an aircraft
A cabin monument for an aircraft includes a floor panel, which forms a base surface of the cabin monument, and a surrounding sidewall which defines an interior space of the cabin monument. The surrounding sidewall is assembled from a first wall part and a second wall part which is coupled to this. Provision is made on at least one of the wall parts for a fixing section which is overlapped by the floor panel. Also described is an aircraft which features such a cabin monument. |
| US10836487B2 |
System for unassisted sky diving
A drone is operated by a sky diver. The drone is interfaced to a parachute pack worn by the sky diver. The sky diver has a device (e.g. smartphone, smartwatch) that communicates with the drone to initiate launch/lift and to release the sky diver. In some embodiments, after the sky diver is released, the drone maneuvers around the sky diver to capture pictures/video of the sky diver. In some embodiments, safety features are included to assure the drone has sufficient battery power to achieve a safe jump altitude above ground level and to assure the release is not made until the drone achieves that safe jump altitude. |
| US10836485B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle configuration for extended flight and heat dissipation
This disclosure describes a configuration of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will facilitate extended flight duration. The UAV may have any number of lifting motors. For example, the UAV may include four lifting motors (also known as a quad-copter), eight lifting motors (octo-copter), etc. Likewise, to improve the efficiency of horizontal flight, the UAV also includes a pushing motor and propeller assembly that is oriented at approximately ninety degrees to one or more of the lifting motors. When the UAV is moving horizontally, the pushing motor may be engaged and the pushing propeller will aid in the horizontal propulsion of the UAV. |
| US10836484B2 |
Unmanned aerial robotic vehicle with mounting mechanism
An unmanned aerial robotic vehicle (UARV) that can fly to an object such as a palm tree, hover in place adjacent to the object, mount itself securely and releasably to a mounting location on the object using a mounting mechanism, and which uses an incorporated utility system for performing one or more utilitarian functions, such as use of a cutting tool to trim palm tree branches and foliage. |
| US10836481B2 |
Biplane tiltrotor aircraft
In one embodiment, a tiltrotor aircraft may comprise a fuselage; a biplane wing coupled to the fuselage, wherein the biplane wing comprises an upper wing structure and a lower wing structure; a plurality of tiltrotors coupled to the biplane wing; and at least one engine to power the plurality of tiltrotors. |
| US10836477B2 |
Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft
The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight. |
| US10836475B2 |
Multirotor aircraft with an airframe and at least one wing
A multirotor aircraft with an airframe and at least one wing that is mounted to the airframe, the at least one wing being provided with at least four thrust producing units that are arranged in spanwise direction of the at least one wing, wherein each one of the at least four thrust producing units comprises at least one rotor assembly that is accommodated in an associated shrouding, the associated shrouding being integrated into the at least one wing, wherein the associated shrouding defines an air duct that is axially delimited by an air inlet region and an air outlet region, wherein the air inlet region exhibits in circumferential direction of the air duct at least two different aerodynamic profiles. |
| US10836473B2 |
Mechanisms, systems and methods to allow step-ajdustment of aerodynamic surfaces
Adjustment mechanisms, systems and methods allow for a moveable aerodynamic surface to be positionally adjusted relative to a stationary adjustment surface so as to ensure smooth aerodynamic transition between such surfaces. The adjustment mechanisms may include a base structure adapted for fixed connection to the moveable aerodynamic surface, a fixed-position receiver opposing the base structure and adapted for positionally fixed connection to the support structure of the moveable aerodynamic surface and an adjustment bolt having a head and a threaded shaft extending from the head through an elongate slot of the base structure, the slot defining an elongate axis which is aligned with an adjustment axis for the moveable aerodynamic surface, and being threadably coupled to the receiver to operably interconnect the base structure and the receiver. |
| US10836472B2 |
One-piece composite bifurcated winglet
A manufacture and process for a winglet formed as a unitary structure by laying up and co-curing three ply-sets in a bifurcated configuration, without metal and fasteners, comprising three continuous surfaces: a first ply-set comprising a first continuous surface forming: an outboard surface of an upper blade; an outboard portion of a root region; and an outboard surface of a lower blade; a second ply-set forming a second continuous surface forming an inboard surface of the upper blade and an upper skin of the root region; and a third ply-set forming a third continuous surface forming an inboard surface of the lower blade and a lower skin of the root region . . . continuous surface. The root region being integral in the bifurcated configuration, matching a shape of an airfoil of a tip of a wing, and comprising two supports that comprise an additional ply-set shaped to receive an attachment system. |
| US10836471B2 |
Aircraft structure component for laminar flow
An aircraft structure component for laminar flow, the aircraft structure component having an outer skin with an aerodynamic surface, wherein the aerodynamic surface has a leading edge portion and a downstream portion adjacently downstream from the leading edge portion, and wherein the downstream portion of the aerodynamic surface includes a paint layer that is not present in the leading edge portion, so that an edge line is formed between the leading edge portion and the downstream portion by the beginning paint layer. An object, to provide an aircraft structure component that allows for a reduced aerodynamic drag, is achieved in that the edge line has a ramp-shaped cross section, wherein the thickness of the paint layer increases from a starting point over a predetermined ramp length to a saturation point where the full thickness of the paint layer is reached. |
| US10836470B2 |
Lopsided payload carriage gimbal for air and water-borne vehicles
The Lopsided Payload Carriage Gimbal in al its embodiments allow Aerial Vehicles and Water-borne vehicles to carry payloads far from the vehicle Geometric Center without significant travel of the vehicle's overall Center of Gravity. Large travel of the CG limits vehicle's performance or renders it inoperable. The embodiments rely on the interaction of the payload and the counter balancing weight through the payload link 18, balancing link 10 main link 14 and battery pylon 8 to substantially reduce the torque generated by the payload in a lopsided position. The embodiments also allow the vehicle carrying the payload to change thrust direction agilely. Finally, the embodiment acts as a mechanical stabilization device for the payload as well. This invention is adaptable to all forms of hover-capable aerial vehicles as well as water-borne vehicles. |
| US10836461B1 |
Portable transducer mount
A portable transducer mount suitable for mounting a transducer on a vessel may include a mount shaft configured for mounting on the vessel. A main shaft may be extendable through the mount shaft. The main shaft may have a shaft leg. A shaft spring may connect the shaft leg to the main shaft. A leaf spring assembly may include at least one elongated, flexible leaf spring carried by the main shaft and the shaft leg of the mount shaft and spanning the shaft spring. A transducer foot assembly may be carried by the shaft leg of the main shaft. The transducer foot assembly may include a base foot plate extending from the shaft leg of the main shaft. A transducer cable conduit may extend between the base foot plate and the shaft leg of the main shaft. A conduit bore may extend through the transducer cable conduit for passage of a transducer cable from the shaft leg through the transducer foot assembly to the transducer. |
| US10836456B2 |
Apparatus for passively preventing marine floating body from twisting during mooring
The present invention relates to an apparatus for passively preventing a marine floating body from twisting during mooring by controlling tension in ropes connected to the marine floating body within a predetermined allowable limit. The apparatus includes: a floating main body connected to the ropes, fixed on the sea, and providing a space for marine work; winches disposed on the floating main body and retracting or releasing the ropes fixing the floating main body; fairleads disposed on portions of the floating main body and guiding the ropes to the winches through themselves; and braking units disposed on portions of the floating main body at a predetermined distance from the fairleads, with the ropes passing through the fairleads and themselves, and controlling a speed of the ropes that are retracted to the winches at a predetermined speed. |
| US10836454B2 |
Floating vessel
The invention relates to a floating vessel comprising a hull, at least one seat, and two outriggers arranged laterally to the hull and connected directly or indirectly to the hull, wherein a drive unit, separately controllable in its drive output, and comprising a respective at least one propeller driven by a motor, in particular an electric motor, is assigned to each outrigger. A helm of the floating vessel is thereby connected to a proportional transducer, and a control signal from the proportional transducer is supplied to a control unit which directly or indirectly controls the motors in accordance with the control signal from the proportional transducer. Thus, a precisely controllable and yet easily disassemblable floating vessel is provided. |
| US10836451B2 |
Body frame reinforcing structure for saddle riding vehicle
A motorcycle having a body frame reinforcing structure includes a right and left pair of down frames supporting an engine in a body frame. The right and left down frames are coupled using the cross member. The cross member includes a plurality of mounted portions mounted to the right and left respective down frames. |
| US10836450B2 |
Deflector assembly
A deflector assembly for protecting a driver of an open-topped vehicle includes a pair of rods, a connector, and a pair of couplers. The connector is coupled to a first end of each rod so that the connector extends between the rods. Each coupler is coupled to a second end of a respective rod. The coupler is configured to couple to an open-topped vehicle proximate to a respective front corner of the open-topped vehicle so that the rods extend upwardly from the open-topped vehicle. The rods are configured to sweep an object from a path in front of a driver of the open-topped vehicle to prevent contact between the object and the driver. |
| US10836449B2 |
Mobile device mount for vehicles
A mobile device mount for vehicles, which is used for fastening on a handle stem of a bicycle, includes a mounting portion, a first holding structure, a second holding structure and a binding structure. The first holding structure is disposed on a surface of the mounting portion to form a holding area. The second holding structure is disposed on the other surface of the mounting portion to form another holding area and has a protruding portion for leaning against the handle stem. The binding structure is connected to the mounting portion and has a binding ring and a binding belt. The binding ring is located at a side of the mounting portion, and the binding belt extends from another side of the mounting portion. Thereby the protruding portion leans against the handle stem, and the binding belt surrounds the handle stem to fasten to the binding ring. |
| US10836448B2 |
Bicycle seat with vents
According to one embodiment, a bicycle seat includes a frame having a front end section, a medial section, and a rear end section. The front end section extends forward from the medial section, and the rear end section extends aft from the medial section. The bicycle seat also includes a first vent positioned in a first side portion of the rear end section, and a second vent positioned in a second side portion of the rear end section. The first vent defines a first passageway that extends through the first side portion of the rear end section. The second vent defines a second passageway that extends through the second side portion of the rear end section. |
| US10836442B1 |
Vehicle skid panel
A vehicle skid panel having a main body configured for installation to a forward area of an underside of a vehicle. The main body has a lower surface and an upper surface. The lower surface includes a flat area, a plurality of first offset areas and a plurality of second offset areas. The plurality of first offset areas are offset from the flat area such that the plurality of first offset areas have respective surfaces that are vertically lower than the flat area and the plurality of second offset areas are vertically higher than the flat area. |
| US10836441B2 |
Fuel cell vehicle cylinder support structure
Plural canister bodies supported by rocker members are disposed below a floor panel. The canister bodies are housed in a case. Lower couplers are disposed above the canister bodies. The lower couplers abut a cover member of the case. Upper couplers are disposed between the cover member and the floor panel. |
| US10836440B2 |
Instrument panel beam, pair of brackets, and instrument panel beam assembly
An instrument panel beam is the instrument panel beam that is arranged in the width direction of an automobile, and includes: a large-diameter hollow tube having a hollow cylindrical shape; and a small-diameter hollow tube which is joined to the large-diameter hollow tube in an axial direction, has a diameter that is smaller than that of the large-diameter hollow tube, and has a hollow cylindrical shape. The small-diameter hollow tube includes two flat plates that extend in a longitudinal direction and two bends that are curved in a circumferential direction, and the flat plates and the bends are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction. |
| US10836436B2 |
Vehicle body frame structure
A wheel house lower member of a vehicle body has an upper surface portion and an outer side surface portion. The upper surface portion has an inner curved surface. The wheel house lower member defines a lower bending section on which an inner side ridge is formed between the upper surface portion and the outer side surface portion. The wheel house lower member has: a depression formed on the inner side ridge to induce deformation of the lower bent portion upon receipt of a frontal collision load; and an elongated hole formed through the outer side surface portion and extending substantially in parallel with the depression. |
| US10836430B2 |
Motor vehicle, system and method for operating such a motor vehicle and such a system
A motor vehicle has a control device, a first sensor and a global positioning device. The control device has a control unit and a data memory. At least one item of information about an arrangement of an overhead line is stored on the data memory. The control unit is connected to the first sensor and to the global positioning device. The first sensor determines a position of the overhead line relative to the motor vehicle and provides the control unit with the relative position. The global positioning device determines a global position of the motor vehicle and provides the control unit with it. The control unit, on the basis of the established relative position, the established global position and the information about the arrangement of the overhead line, calculates a position of the motor vehicle. |
| US10836419B2 |
Stroller
Disclosed is a stroller (1) moveable between a fully deployed state and a fully collapsed state. The stroller (1) comprises: a seat (2) comprising a seat back (5) pivotably connected to a seat base (6), and one or more stops arranged to prevent the stroller (1) from moving from its fully deployed state to its fully collapsed state, wherein the one or more stops arranged to be released to permit the stroller (1) to move from its fully deployed state to its fully collapsed state when at least one of the seat base (6) and seat back (5) is pivoted towards the other. The stroller provides improved safety. |
| US10836418B2 |
Foldable handcart
A foldable handcart comprises a handcart frame comprising a bottom frame, a front frame, a rear frame and side frames. The bottom frame comprises two longitudinal beams and a supporting beam arranged in-between. Each longitudinal beam has two ends separately pivoted to the front and rear frames and comprises a front longitudinal beam part and a rear longitudinal beam part, which are pivoted to two ends of a longitudinal beam limiting part and can be folded downwards or be limited upwards to form the linear longitudinal beam. Each side frame comprises two first oblique beams having first ends pivoted together and second ends separately pivoted to the front and rear frames. In the unfolded state, each front longitudinal beam part and the corresponding rear longitudinal beam part form one linear longitudinal beam and form a triangular supporting structure together with the two first oblique beams of the corresponding side frame. |
| US10836414B2 |
Method and system for sharing of information pertinent at a railway crossing
An information sharing system derives from a roadway vehicles management system position-related data of a roadway vehicle along a road and determines a roadway vehicle timing at or during which the roadway vehicle is estimated to arrive at or cross a railway crossing. The information sharing system further derives from a railway vehicles management system position-related data of a railway vehicle along the railway and determines a railway vehicle timing at or during which the railway vehicle is estimated to arrive at or have passed the railway crossing. The information sharing system determines, based on comparing a roadway vehicle time window to a railway vehicle time window, that the roadway vehicle time window and the railway vehicle time window at least partly overlap. The information sharing system provides information associated with the overlap to the roadway vehicle or the railway vehicle. |
| US10836412B2 |
System, method, and program for preventing accidents
The present invention provides a system for preventing an accident that minimizes the number of monitor devices and prevents a collision accident to reduce the work and cost burdens. The system for preventing an accident 1 of the present invention includes an imaging device 10, a monitor server 20, and a warning device 60. The control unit 30 of the monitor server 20 executes the area receiving module 31 to receive input of an approach area as an area where a vehicle approaches and a danger area where is danger from an approaching vehicle based on a base image taken by the imaging device 10. The control unit 30 executes the first judgment module 33 to judge whether or not a vehicle enters the approach area based on an image taken by the imaging device 10. If a vehicle enters the approach area, the control unit 30 executes the second judgment module 34 to judge whether or not a person, etc., enters the approach area or the danger area. If a person, etc., enters the approach area or the danger area, the control unit 30 executes the warning module 35 to instruct the warning device 60 to provide warning information. |
| US10836410B2 |
Carbody of railcar
A carbody of a railcar includes: an underframe; a first member provided at one of vertical sides of a vertical center of the underframe, supported by the underframe, and absorbing collision energy; a second member provided at the other vertical side of the vertical center of the underframe, supported by the underframe, and contacting an obstacle when the first member is compressed by collision with the obstacle. In a case where the second member receives a reaction force from the obstacle when the first member is compressed by the collision with the obstacle, the second member transfers to the underframe a moment load that is opposite in a rotational direction to a moment load transferred to the underframe by the first member. |
| US10836408B2 |
Vehicle head with reduced crosswind sensitivity
A vehicle having a wagon body which is supported on at least one running gear, wherein the wagon body defines a vehicle longitudinal direction, a vehicle transverse direction and a vehicle height direction. The wagon body has a body section and an adjacent head section. The head section has an outer skin and a flow separation unit for reducing sensitivity of the vehicle to crosswind. The flow separation unit comprises a roof-like protrusion formed by the outer skin. The roof-like protrusion has a first roof section, a second roof section, and a ridge section forming a transition between the first roof section and the second roof section. The first roof section and the second roof section run inclined to one another such that, the ridge section forms a flow separation edge for the air flow. |
| US10836407B2 |
System and method for inspecting a rail
A system and method for inspecting a rail is provided. The system includes an ultrasonic transducer positioned to emit an ultrasonic beam onto the rail and receive a refraction beam, the ultrasonic transducer being movable between a first position and a second position. A sensor is operable to measure an angle of a carriage, the carriage being positioned on the rail. A controller is operably coupled to the sensor, the controller having a processor that is responsive to executable computer instructions when executed on the processor to cause the ultrasonic transducer to move to receive refraction beam in response to the measured angle indicating a rail radius of less than a predetermined first threshold. |
| US10836404B2 |
Driver assistance device for notifying driver of assistance using vehicle-to-vehicle communication
A driver assistance device configured to be mounted on a first vehicle is provided. The device receives first positions and first speeds of the first vehicle, and receives second positions, second speeds, and events of a second vehicle. Each of the first positions, the first speeds, the second positions, the second speeds, and the events is on a timeline. A first approach time is derived based on a first current position of the first vehicle, a first current speed of the first vehicle, a second current position of the second vehicle, and a second current speed of the second vehicle. A second approach time is derived based on the first current position, the first current speed, and a past position of the second vehicle. Information is output to a driver of the first vehicle based on at least the first and second approach times. |
| US10836401B1 |
Dynamic limiting of vehicle operation based on interior configurations
A system and method are provided for controlling operation of a vehicle. The system may include an interior data collection component configured to collected interior configuration data representing an interior space of the vehicle, a vehicle operation control configured to control actions of the vehicle, and one or more processors configured to determine, by processing the interior vehicle configuration data, an interior vehicle configuration of the vehicle, and cause the vehicle operation controller to cause the vehicle to take a specific action based on the interior vehicle configuration. |
| US10836396B2 |
Hybrid vehicle
A hybrid vehicle comprises an engine, a motor and a meter display device. The hybrid vehicle is configured to display a tachometer on the meter display device in response to selection of a sport mode in a CS mode and to display a power meter on the meter display device irrespective of selection of the sport mode in a CD mode. |
| US10836394B2 |
Apparatus and method for lane change control
An apparatus for lane change control for a vehicle may include: a determination device to determine lane change conditions for a first vehicle and a second vehicle, which are each travelling in a target lane to which a host vehicle performs a lance change; and a controller to perform the lane change control for the host vehicle when both the lane change conditions for the first and second vehicles are met. In particular, the first vehicle is located behind the host vehicle, and the second vehicle is located in front of the host vehicle. |
| US10836387B2 |
Vehicle and control apparatus
A vehicle includes: an automatic transmission configured to select a gear from a plurality of gears by switching engagement of a plurality of friction engaging mechanisms; a determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined deceleration condition is satisfied during traveling; and an engagement control unit configured to control the plurality of friction engaging mechanisms. If the determination unit determines that the predetermined deceleration condition is satisfied, the engagement control unit decelerates the vehicle by controlling, in addition to a friction engaging mechanism corresponding to a current gear among the plurality of friction engaging mechanisms, a degree of engagement of another friction engaging mechanism that can generate interlock of the automatic transmission. |
| US10836386B2 |
Determination of roll angle and bank angle with suspension displacement data
A device includes a body operatively connected to a plurality of wheels, with the plurality of wheels being positioned relative to a banked surface defining a bank angle (β). A suspension system includes at least one suspension sensor configured to provide suspension displacement data. A controller is in communication with the at least one suspension sensor and has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions. The controller is configured to obtain the suspension displacement data and determine a roll angle (φ) based at least partially on the suspension displacement data. The bank angle (β) is determined based at least partially on the roll angle (φ), a yaw rate (r), a longitudinal velocity (Vx) and a plurality of predetermined parameters. Operation of the device is controlled based partly on at least one of the roll angle (φ) and the bank angle (β). |
| US10836381B2 |
Driving assistance device
A driving assistance device includes a travel information acquisition unit, a first information acquisition unit, a second information acquisition unit, a collision determination unit, a driving control unit, a presence determination unit, and an early control unit. When the presence determination unit determines that a moving object is present ahead of the own vehicle in its traveling direction in a case where the moving object is not detected by a detection device which is mounted on the own vehicle, the early control unit performs early control for advancing a timing at which the moving object is detected by the detection device and the driving control unit performs control so that the own vehicle performs avoidance driving action. |
| US10836378B2 |
Vehicle behavior control device
There is provided a vehicle behavior control device capable of improving responsivity of a vehicle behavior and a linear feeling with respect to a steering wheel operation without causing a driver to experience a strong feeling of intervention of the control and, at the same time, capable of controlling behavior of a vehicle in such a manner as to also improve stability of the vehicle attitude and riding comfort. In a vehicle behavior control device applied to a vehicle 1 having steerable front road wheels 2, the vehicle behavior control device includes a PCM 14 which acquires a steering speed of the vehicle, and increases a vertical load on the front road wheels when the steering speed becomes equal to or greater than a given threshold TS1 which is greater than zero. |
| US10836372B2 |
System and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle in park or neutral
A hybrid vehicle control system and method include a controller programmed to, while a transmission is in PARK or NEUTRAL, start an engine, close a disconnect clutch selectively coupling the engine to an electric machine, and control the electric machine to charge a traction battery in response to the accelerator pedal position exceeding an idle position and being less than a threshold. The controller controls transmission impeller speed in response to accelerator pedal position exceeding the threshold to allow revving the engine in response to accelerator pedal. A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle includes starting an engine, closing a clutch between the engine and an electric machine, and controlling the engine and the electric machine to either: i) charge a traction battery or ii) rev the engine based on accelerator pedal position relative to a threshold above an idle position while the transmission is in PARK or NEUTRAL. |
| US10836368B2 |
Master cylinder and electronic brake system including the same
A master cylinder and an electronic brake system including the same are disclosed. The master cylinder includes a cylinder body connected to a reservoir and provided with a bore, one end of which is opened in a longitudinal direction, a piston configured to be movable forward and backward within the bore, and at least one master chamber configured to discharge a master chamber in response to a displacement of the piston. The master cylinder includes a pedal simulator provided in the bore. The pedal simulator is spaced apart from the piston by a predetermined distance, is directly pressurized by a brake pedal, and thus provides reaction force. The simulation chamber is formed in the bore, and is separated from the master chamber by the pedal simulator. The simulation passage connects the simulation chamber to the master chamber. The simulation valve is provided in the simulation passage, and controls flow of a pressing medium in response to an opening/closing operation thereof. |
| US10836361B2 |
Adapter for wiping system
The invention relates to an adapter (13) designed to connect a wiper blade (1) to a drive arm (2) of a windscreen wiping system (3) for vehicles, the adapter (13) being outfitted with at least one locking means (18) designed to lock the adapter (13) in a terminal portion (11) of the drive arm (2), the adapter (13) comprising a pivoting means (27) of the locking means (18), characterized in that the adapter (13) comprises a portion (40) at least partially bounding off a volume (26) of the adapter (13), the locking means (18) comprising at least one appendage (39) which extends into the inside of the volume (26). |
| US10836358B2 |
Wiper blade comprising a heating electrical circuit and a PTC fuse
The invention proposes a wiper blade (10) of a motor vehicle, comprising a heating electrical circuit (30) comprising at least one heating resistive element, which is connected to terminals (36) for supplying electric current, and a component for regulating the electric power supply current, which is a resettable fuse with a positive temperature coefficient (50), known as a PTC fuse. The PTC fuse (50) is, for example, a surface-mounted component, known as a CMS component, which is electrically connected to two belonging electrical connecting areas (44, 46). |
| US10836355B2 |
Optical rain sensor and method for determining a minimal rain drop size
The present invention relates to a rain sensor detecting the size of rain drops based on optical effects. The rain sensor is mounted on a first surface of a pane in order to detect the amount of moisture on an opposing second surface of the pane. The rain sensor comprises at least one emitter for emitting electromagnetic radiation, directed from the first surface to the second surface to form at least two rain-sensitive areas on the second surface At least one receiver is included for sensing radiation emitted by the emitter and that has been internally reflected at the rain-sensitive areas. The rain sensor generates an output signal indicative of an amount of moisture on the rain-sensitive area. A control unit calculates a minimal droplet size based on the output signal. |
| US10836351B2 |
Authorizing the use of a motor vehicle
A method for authorizing the use of a motor vehicle by a portable identification transmitter is provided. According to the method, a first vehicle antenna emits a first signal, which is received by an identification-transmitter antenna. The identification transmitter determines at least one of the spatial components of the first electromagnetic field of the received first signal. A second vehicle antenna emits a second signal, which is received by the identification-transmitter antenna. The identification transmitter determines at least one of the spatial components of the second electromagnetic field of the received second signal. A computer determines the angle between the determined spatial component of the first electromagnetic field and the determined spatial component of the second electromagnetic field. The identification transmitter transmits an authorization signal for authorizing use of the motor vehicle to the motor vehicle only if the angle exceeds a predetermined threshold value. |
| US10836348B1 |
Mobile vehicle integration with a home automation system
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In one example, a method for mobile vehicle integration with a home automation system is described, the method including detecting, at the home automation system, an event associated with a mobile vehicle integrated with the home automation system. The method also includes performing, by the home automation system, an action related to the detected event. |
| US10836347B2 |
Seat belt retractor
A seat belt retractor that includes a torsion bar is positioned in a spool. The second end of the torsion bar is engaged with a locking mechanism mounted to the frame. The torsion bar is configured to be locked at the second end while the first end rotates with the spool so that the torsion bar deforms to absorb force. The locking mechanism includes a lock base and a locking hub that is mounted to the second end of the torsion bar and is releasably connected to the lock base to prevent the second end of the torsion bar from rotating. The locking hub is configured to be released and rotate relative to the lock base to thereby permit rotation of the second end of the torsion bar with the first end of the torsion bar and the spool. |
| US10836346B2 |
Methods and systems for providing a protect occupants mode with an autonomous vehicle
An autonomous vehicle or self-driving vehicle can protect persons from accidents. When the occupants of a vehicle exit the vehicle, those occupants can be endangered by the driving environment. Thus, while the occupants are outside the vehicle, the vehicle can continue to monitor the environment and provide warnings or intercept other vehicles or objects that may impact the occupants. Once all occupants have exited the vehicle, the vehicle's systems can continue to track each person around the vehicle and may engage, in limited maneuvers, to shield the pedestrians around the vehicle. |
| US10836343B2 |
Airbag device
An airbag device 100 includes: an inflator 112 that is provided in a vehicle and capable of supplying gas; and an outer bag 114 that inflates, by using the gas, in a prescribed shape in front of an occupant 134 sitting in a seat 102 of the vehicle. The outer bag 114 includes an outside base fabric 122 forming an outer surface thereof, an opening part 126 provided in a prescribed area of the outside base fabric 122, and an inside base fabric 124 forming an inner peripheral surface thereof recessed in a concave shape from the opening part 126 and inflating so as to protrude partially from the opening part 126 to a side of the seat. In the airbag device 100, the inside base fabric 124 has lower tension than the outside base fabric 122 and restrains the occupant 134. |
| US10836340B2 |
Airbag apparatus
An airbag apparatus inflates to be spread such that a front side and both sides of at least one occupant are surrounded. The airbag apparatus includes an airbag's bag body that has the first bag body, the second bag body, and the third bag body which are integrally formed and inflate to be spread on one side, the front side, and the other side of the occupant; and an energy absorbing portion that causes an upper portion of the first bag body and an upper portion of the third bag body to be coupled to a vehicle body, generates a load reaction force for supporting the airbag's bag body when the occupant is restrained, and allows the airbag's bag body to move. |
| US10836339B2 |
Airbag including reinforcements
An airbag assembly includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position and reinforcements fixed to the airbags. The reinforcements are rigid relative to the airbag and are moveable with the airbag to the inflated position. |
| US10836338B2 |
Method and device for monitoring an energy reserve and safety device for a vehicle
A method for monitoring an energy reserve for a safety device for a vehicle includes the task of evaluating a change of a voltage present in the energy reserve between a starting value suitable for operating the safety device and a test voltage value suitable for operating the safety device to monitor the energy reserve. |
| US10836332B2 |
Connection structure connecting conduit to protector, and wire harness
A connection structure connecting a conduit 12 to a protector 30, the conduit 12 having a wire 11 inserted therein and being configured to move in accordance with sliding of a sliding object, and the protector 30 being attached to an end portion of the conduit 12 and being configured to move with the conduit 12, wherein, the protector 30 includes: a latch portion 39 that is joined to the conduit 12 in a latched state; and a sliding portion 15 that can slide in the direction in which the conduit 12 extends, opposes the conduit 12 in a normal position, and restricts release of the latched state of the latch portion 39. |
| US10836328B2 |
Vehicle upholstery member
A vehicle upholstery member includes a base member provided with a surface layer having a three-dimensional shape. An outer surface of the surface layer is formed of planar surface elements arranged without gaps therebetween, each planar surface element having a polygonal planar shape with a predetermined size. |
| US10836323B2 |
Vehicle interior component
A component for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The component may comprise a base, a shaft, a seat for the shaft and a bin installed in the base for rotation relative to the base between closed and open positions. The bin may be installed by coupling of the shaft to the seat. The seat may comprise an aperture for the shaft and a tab to retain the shaft in the aperture for rotation of the bin by rotation of the shaft. The tab may comprise at least one of a flange; a flexible tab; a guide. The tab may comprise a flexible projection to retain the shaft into the aperture of the seat. The seat may comprise a slot; the tab may comprise a flexible guide adjacent the slot to nest the shaft in the aperture. The bin may comprise a sunglass holder; the component may comprise an overhead console. |
| US10836320B2 |
Light module, light assembly and rear view device for a vehicle
A light module for a light assembly of an exterior rear view device comprises a light source unit with at least one wire for an electric connection with a printed circuit board of the rear view device, in particular of the light assembly. The light module further comprises a housing unit supporting the light source unit and being provided with connecting and/or holding means for the attachment to at least one part, in particular a housing part, of the rear view device. The light module also includes sealing means for water and dustproof of the connection between the light module and the at least one part. A light assembly includes at least one of such a light module, and an exterior rear view device includes such a light assembly. |
| US10836318B2 |
Logo lamp assembly and method of using same
A logo lamp device includes a housing having a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, a front, and a back, a cap covering the top of the housing or preferably an encapsulant, one or more clips formed integrally with or attached to the housing, a connector receiving portion including an opening formed at the back of the housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) fully enclosed within the housing, a light source connected to the PCB and enclosed within the housing, and an optical assembly including at least one optical element for receiving light projected by the light source. |
| US10836316B2 |
Interior mirror base arrangement for a motor vehicle
An interior mirror base arrangement for a motor vehicle has a base for an interior mirror which can be permanently fastened to a windshield of the motor vehicle adjacent to a roof liner, a cover element which is movably mounted on the base, and a fastener, by which the cover element can be fastened to the roof liner. |
| US10836308B2 |
Light piping for interior trim
A vehicle seat is provided having first and second trim panels having an outer appearance surface. An illumination trim portion separates the first and second trim panels. The illumination portion has a pocket formed of translucent material and has first and second lateral flaps disposed on opposite sides of a central tunnel. A first seam secures the illumination portion to the first trim panel and to the first lateral flap. A second seam secures the illumination portion to the second trim panel and to the second lateral flap. A light conducting strip is inserted in the central tunnel of the pocket. A light source is in communication with the light conducting strip. Light from the light source is visible through the translucent material of the central tunnel. |
| US10836304B2 |
Security mounting arrangement
A security mounting arrangement can include a mounting bracket and a shielding bracket. The mounting bracket can have a first aperture and a second aperture. The shielding bracket can be selectively engageable with the mounting bracket and have a third aperture aligned with the first aperture when the mounting bracket and the shielding bracket are engaged with one another. A passageway extending along an axis can be defined by the first aperture and the third aperture. The passageway can have a first portion with a first diameter, a second portion with a second diameter, and a third portion with a third diameter positioned between the first portion and the second portion along the axis. The third diameter can be greater than the first diameter and the second diameter. |
| US10836301B2 |
Lighting system for ascertaining geometric properties, and driver assistance system and method therefor
A driver assistance system of a motor vehicle includes a lighting system of the motor vehicle, having an illumination unit that illuminates a scene in the surroundings of the vehicle by projecting a number of actuatable pixels, whereby the illumination unit projects a predefined pattern onto the scene. An image capture unit captures an image of at least part of the scene. A computation unit computes at least one geometric property of the scene based on the captured image and the predefined pattern. |
| US10836300B2 |
Fastening device for detachably fastening of an object to a vehicle floor
The present disclosure relates to a fastening device (1) for fastening an object, such as a wheelchair, thereto. The fastening device is to be mounted on a vehicle floor. The fastening device (1) comprises an automatic locking retractor (ALR) and a manually operable lever (11) biased by a biasing member (12) to a neutral intermediate position when no manual force is applied thereto. The lever (11) being manually rotatable from the intermediate position in a first direction (A) to a tightening position and being manually rotatable from the intermediate position in a second direction (B) opposite the first direction to a release position. |
| US10836296B2 |
Feed distribution assembly
A feed distribution assembly for transporting and dispensing feed includes a trailer and a silo. The silo is coupled to a bed of the trailer and is configured to position feed. The trailer is configured to couple to a vehicle to transport the feed to a desired location. An auger is coupled to a bottom of the silo. The auger is configured to selectively convey the feed from the silo to dispense the feed at the desired location. |
| US10836293B2 |
Color coded trim-to-fit mat
An automobile mat has a plurality of differently colored guidelines applied to one of both of its top surface and bottom surface, each to aid in the cutting there-along to create a mat periphery shaped and sized to properly fit one of a similar plurality of vehicle models. |
| US10836291B2 |
Seating assembly for a vehicle with source of liquid sanitizer and nozzles to dispense liquid sanitizer onto exterior surface of seating assembly to sanitize the exterior surface
A vehicle comprises: a plurality of seating assemblies, each seating assembly including an exterior surface, an interior beneath the exterior surface, a pressured supply of liquid sanitizer disposed within the interior, and at least one valve in fluid communication with the pressurized supply of liquid sanitizer that opens to allow liquid sanitizer to be dispensed onto the exterior surface. Each of the at least one valve are selectively positionable to and from an open position where the liquid sanitizer flows through the valve to allow liquid sanitizer to be dispensed onto the exterior surface and a closed position where the liquid sanitizer cannot flow through the valve. A controller, configured to receive instructions from a user interface, communicates with each of the at least one valve to cause any particular valve to move to and from the open position and the closed position. |
| US10836284B1 |
Hygienic kit for airplanes
A hygienic kit for airplanes has a tray cover, a pair of arm rest covers and a headrest cover. The tray cover has a table covering with a first end that is removably attachable to an airplane tray table and a second end that is attached to a pocket. Pocket has a front face, a back face, peripheral sides and an open top. Second end of table covering is attached to the front face of the pocket. The tray cover is folded into a compact envelope and unfoldable for use. Each arm rest cover has an arm rest panel and side panels. The side panels allow each arm rest cover to be removably attachable to an airplane arm rest. The headrest cover has a front panel and a rear panel. The front panel and the rear panel are connected to form a cap sized to be removably positioned over an airplane headrest. |
| US10836283B2 |
Seat lock device
A seat lock device includes: a striker installed in a vehicle body; and a lock unit provided on a seat back tiltable in a seat front-rear direction and holding the seat back in a standing state by locking the striker. The striker includes a base bracket attached to the vehicle body and a U-shaped rod locked by the lock unit, the base bracket has two support portions which respectively support end portions of the rod with a space therebetween in the seat front-rear direction, and at least one of the support portions deforms when a load exceeding a predetermined load is input to the rod so as to permit movement of the end portion of the rod supported by the support portion with respect to the base bracket. |
| US10836282B2 |
Reclining device for vehicle seat
Disclosed is a reclining device for a vehicle seat, the reclining device includes: a flange having inner teeth; a gear plate having an outer tooth part and a coupling part, the outer tooth part provided with outer teeth and engaged with a part of the inner teeth of the flange in an eccentric state with the flange, and the coupling part having a locking step; an input device provided inside a through hole of the gear plate and coupled to a shaft to allow the flange and the gear plate to be eccentric with each other and to perform relative rotation when the shaft is rotated; and a bracket having an insertion hole, and a locking protrusion that is locked by the locking step of the coupling part formed at an inner circumferential surface of the insertion hole to prevent the relative rotation with the gear plate. |
| US10836276B2 |
Display device
A display device is mounted on a hybrid vehicle provided with an internal-combustion engine, an electric motor, an electricity storage device configured to store electricity used to drive the electric motor, and a charger configured to externally charge the electricity storage device using electricity from an external power supply. The display device includes a display and a display controller. The display displays a residual capacity of the electricity storage device. When the residual capacity of the electricity storage device is substantially zero, the display controller displays the residual capacity greater than zero on the display. |
| US10836275B2 |
Adaptive electric vehicle charging based on grid monitoring
At an electronic device that is coupled to a main input of an electricity demand center on an electric grid: activating load monitoring for the electricity demand center; determining an electricity consumption cap for a current electricity consumption cycle at the electricity demand center; during the current electricity consumption cycle, detecting activation of a first electric vehicle charging connection; and in response to detecting activation of the first electric vehicle charging connection, enforcing an output power cap for EV-charging circuits at the electricity demand center, including dynamically adjusting a current output power of the first electric vehicle charging connection in accordance with a difference between the electricity consumption cap for the current electricity consumption cycle and a current load on non-EV charging circuits at the electricity demand center. |
| US10836273B2 |
Adaptive electric vehicle charging based on grid monitoring
At an electronic device that is coupled to a set of circuits configured to supply electricity to respective on-board charging systems of one or more electric vehicles: detecting activation of a first electric vehicle charging connection; in response to detecting the activation of the first electric vehicle charging connection, obtaining a first communication signal through the first electric vehicle charging connection; decoding the first communication signal to extract a respective vehicle identifier corresponding to an on-board charging system of a first electric vehicle that is connected to the set of circuits through the first electric charging connection; configuring a first charging mode for the on-board charging system of the first electric vehicle in accordance with the respective vehicle identifier; and enabling charging of the first electric vehicle through the first electric vehicle charging connection in accordance with the first charging mode. |
| US10836272B2 |
Dealership energy management system for charging incoming customer vehicles with inventory vehicles and method thereof
In an illustrative embodiment, and to remove overall peak demand, a dealership energy management system may include bi-directional charging devices that may be associated with inventory vehicles and output devices that may be associated with customer vehicles. Inventory may be processed and associated with days stored at the dealership. The inventory vehicles may be charged up to 60% during off-peak hours to provide charge to incoming customer vehicles during peak hours. The inventory vehicles may discharge down to 40%, while providing charge to the customer vehicles, before another vehicle within the inventory is selected to provide charge. Inventory vehicles may be charged and discharged based on the days stored at the dealership as well as whether those vehicles have been discharged below a threshold. |
| US10836270B2 |
Drone implemented border patrol
The drone implemented border patrol solution is projected to be more effective at preventing successful border penetrations over very long distances than any attempted solution. It requires functionally zero infrastructure investment. It can be deployed in six months or less and it costs less than $100,000 a mile to implement (vs. 15 million a mile for a physical wall, or 4 million a mile for a virtual fence (a 97% price reduction)). |
| US10836269B2 |
Parking lot bumper inductive charger with automatic payment processing
A charging station for an electric vehicle, including payment processing over a communications network, is disclosed. The charging station includes a housing having an elongated shape emulating a parking bumper, including an elongated planar element disposed at an acute angle to a floor and designed to provide a barrier to wheels of the electric vehicle, an inductive charging element, a sensor for detecting a location of the electric vehicle in relation to the planar element of the charging station, a radio frequency receiver for receiving a signal including a unique identifier associated with the electric vehicle, a network interface controller configured for transmitting the unique identifier to a server and for receiving confirmation of payment for inductive charging provided to the electric vehicle and a processor configured for activating the inductive charging element to provide inductive charging to the electric vehicle responsive to receiving the confirmation of payment. |
| US10836260B2 |
Wireless power supply systems for a vehicle
A vehicle includes: a traction motor; a diagnostic module; a receiving coil; and a controller. The diagnostic module executes a diagnostic test of a rotational position sensor of the traction motor. The receiving coil receives a power wirelessly. The controller switches the diagnostic module to a state that is less likely to determine an error than normal when the receiving coil is positioned with respect to a supplying coil in a ground equipment. |
| US10836258B2 |
Preconditioning of an energy store of a motor vehicle
A control device controls a preconditioning of at least one energy consumer in a motor vehicle and an energy store incorporated in the motor vehicle. The control device is designed to control the energy take-up of the energy consumer and the energy take-up of a charging device incorporated in the motor vehicle such that a difference is generated between the energy take-up of the energy consumer and the energy take-up of the charging device, which is compensated by an energy take-up of the energy store or by a release of energy from the energy store, with the result that the energy store is warmed by the power loss associated with the energy take-up or with the release of energy from the energy store. |
| US10836257B2 |
Control apparatus and control system including the same
A control apparatus includes: an operation prediction section that predicts that equipment will shift from an operation stopped state to an operating state; and a supply control section that, if it is not predicted that the equipment will shift from the operation stopped state to the operating state, sets a main-electrical power conversion device to the operation stopped state and operates an auxiliary-electrical power conversion device to supply electrical power from the auxiliary-electrical power conversion device to the equipment, and that, if it is predicted that the equipment will shift from the operation stopped state to the operating state, operates the main-electrical power conversion device to supply power from the main-electrical power conversion device to the equipment. Power conversion efficiency of the auxiliary-electrical power conversion device is higher than that of the main-electrical power conversion device within a load current range corresponding to a dark current flowing through the equipment. |
| US10836253B2 |
Control system for vehicle
A vehicle control system is provided, which includes an operating amount detector configured to detect an operating amount by an operator, of an operation mechanism comprising at least one of an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal, a speed detector configured to detect a vehicle traveling speed, a reaction-force generator configured to generate a reaction force of the pedal, and a controller. The controller includes a processor to execute an acceleration calculating module to calculate an acceleration based on the traveling speed and the operating amount, a rigidity characteristic setting module to set the reaction force so that a rigidity value that is a ratio of the reaction force to the operating amount increases as the acceleration increases, and a reaction-force control module to control the reaction-force generator so that the reaction force generated by the reaction-force generator becomes the reaction-force value set by the rigidity characteristic setting module. |
| US10836250B2 |
System for securing fuel in vehicles using IoT devices
The present invention provides system (100) for securing fuel of motor vehicles using IoT devices. The system comprises control device (101) mounted on lid of fuel tank to control the opening and closing of the lid of the fuel tank, from remote places. The control device (101) comprises plurality of IoT sensors connected to a microcontroller unit (205), a GSM module (202) to transfer the data between the authorized user and control device (101). The control device (101) also comprises microcontroller unit (205) to execute the plurality of operations and motor (207) integrated with microcontroller unit (205) to lock or unlock the lid of the fuel tank on receiving the signal from authorized user. An application is installed onto the user's mobile device (104) to monitor and track the activities in fuel tank. A cloud based database server (103) is used for storing and analyzing the measured fuel data. |
| US10836249B2 |
Capless closure device for a fuel tank filler neck of a vehicle and a vehicle including such a device
A capless closure device including a body, an end plate provided with a circular opening adapted for receiving a fuel nozzle, and a flap door adapted to close the circular opening, where the capless closure device includes a latch edge arranged at the lower edge of the circular opening and a spaced apart sealing edge, and where an inlet drain opening is arranged between the latch edge and the sealing edge. The advantage of the invention is that a capless closure device with an integrated drain passage is provided in a cost-effective way. |
| US10836247B2 |
Vehicle power assist system
A vehicle power assist system can be applied to a vehicle with a driven wheel (4) that is mechanically unconnected to a main drive source (5) such as an internal combustion engine. The driven wheel (4) is supported by a wheel support bearing assembly (31) to which a drive assist, motor generator (8) is mounted. A rotor of the motor generator (8) is directly fixed to a rotational ring of the wheel support bearing assembly (31) without interposition of a speed reducing mechanism or a speed increasing mechanism. The vehicle power assist system includes a power storage unit (19) configured to store a regenerative power generated by the motor generator (8) and to supply the stored power to the motor generator (8). |
| US10836240B2 |
Vehicle door and door providing method
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a vehicle door changeable back and forth between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the vehicle door is provided by an inner module coupled to an outer module. In the second configuration, the vehicle door is provided by the inner module without the outer module. A door providing method includes providing a vehicle door in a first configuration using an inner module coupled to an outer module. The method further includes providing the vehicle door in a second configuration using the inner module without the outer module. |
| US10836232B2 |
Electronic height control system for a vehicle with multiple input signals
A control system for controlling the ride height of a vehicle, the system including a controller that receives and processes multiple variable inputs to provide enhanced ride height control. The inputs include a brake system signal including an Automatic Braking System (ABS) signal and/or an Electronic Braking System (EBS) signal, a remote setpoint signal and/or a fluid dump signal. The system also provides for measuring the actual ride height, filtering the measured ride height, determining if the filter ride height signal exceeds a threshold level, and adjusting the ride height accordingly. |
| US10836229B2 |
Leaf spring suspension system for a vehicle
A leaf spring suspension system for a vehicle includes a chassis rail. Also included is a pivot block operatively coupled to the chassis rail and rotatable relative to the chassis rail. Further included is a leaf spring operatively coupled to the pivot block proximate an end of the leaf spring. Yet further included is a half leaf spring operatively coupled to the pivot block proximate a first end of the half leaf spring and operatively coupled to a vehicle axle proximate a second end of the half leaf spring. |
| US10836225B2 |
Detachable receiver
Disclosed is a detachable receiver apparatus for a hitch assembly. The apparatus includes a body having an attachment portion and a receiver portion. The attachment portion may be selectively attached to a frame of a towing vehicle. The receiver portion may be selectively attached to a receiver member. The receiver member may selectively attach to a hitch bar. In one embodiment, the receiver portion is received within the receiver member. In another embodiment, the receiver portion defines a cavity for receiving the receiver member. The attachment portion may include at least one locking member for selectively locking or unlocking the attachment portion to the frame of the towing vehicle. The assembly may include an actuator for selectively locking and unlocking the locking member. |
| US10836222B2 |
Tire mounted sensors with controlled orientation and removal detection
Tire mounted sensors have controlled orientation with respect to a direction of vehicle travel when fitted to a tire of the vehicle. The tire mounted sensor includes a sensor housing containing a pressure and/or other type of sensor and electronic components which is inserted into a sensor mount attached to the tire. Controlling the orientation of the orientation-sensitive components relative to the direction of travel of the vehicle is achieved by indicating the direction of travel of the vehicle on the sensor mount. Controlling the orientation of the sensor housing within the sensor mount, preferably in all six axes of freedom, is achieved by an orientation key or asymmetrical feature on the sensor mount that corresponds to a mating feature on the sensor housing. |
| US10836220B2 |
Control and supply valve assembly for a tire pressure management system
A valve assembly system including a supply valve assembly, a control valve assembly and a connecting module and the tire pressure management system made therewith. |
| US10836219B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire (1) includes a mechanical fastener (3) formed of at least two or more fastener components (3a, 3b) and attached to a tire inner surface (2). In such a pneumatic tire (1), the two or more fastener components (3a, 3b) of the mechanical fastener (3) are fixed with a resin reinforcement member (7) sandwiched therebetween, the resin reinforcement member (7) including at least one layer of a resin film or resin sheet including any of: (a) a resin or a resin composition made of a blend of resin and an elastomer; (b) a resin or a resin composition made of a blend of a resin and an elastomer including arranged fibers; and (c) a resin or a resin composition made of a blend of a resin and an elastomer with short fibers compounded therein. |
| US10836218B2 |
Pneumatic tire
In a pneumatic tire, a sidewall portion includes a plurality of projecting portions projecting in a tire width-direction. The projecting portions are placed such that at least portions of the projecting portions are superposed on a first block in a tire radial-direction as viewed in the tire width-direction. At least one of the projecting portions includes an opening which is separated from at least one of end edges of the projecting portions in the tire radial-direction. The opening includes a radial bottom curved surface having an arc cross section extending along the tire radial-direction. A radius of curvature of the radial bottom curved surface is equal to or greater than a maximum depth size of the opening. |
| US10836216B2 |
Tire
A tire includes a tread portion being provided with a shoulder main groove and a crown main groove to form a middle land portion therebetween. The middle land portion is divided into a plurality of middle blocks. At least one of the middle blocks is provided with a recess to form a first portion located on a circumferential first side of the recess and a second portion located on a circumferential second side of the recess, wherein at a side of the shoulder main groove, the second portion has a circumferential edge smaller than that of the first portion. The second portion includes a ground contacting surface provided with a dimple. The dimple is located on a side of the shoulder main groove with respect to the center in the tire axial direction of the middle land portion. |
| US10836213B2 |
Tire
A passenger vehicle pneumatic tire comprising: a carcass; and inclined belt layers and a circumferential belt layer, wherein: the inclined belt layers include at least two inclined belt layers having different tire widthwise widths; an inclination angle θ1 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the widest width and an inclination angle θ2 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width satisfy correlations that 30°≤θ1≤85°, 10°≤θ2≤30°, and θ1>θ2; and a tire widthwise width W1 of the inclined belt layer having the widest width and a tire widthwise width W2 of the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width satisfy a correlation that W2≤0.6W1. |
| US10836211B2 |
Non-pneumatic tire
According to the present invention, when a first point (P1) is set on an end edge on an outer end portion (15a) side of a coupling member (15) and a fifth point (P5) is set on an end edge on an inner end portion (15b) side of the coupling member (15), and when a distance (H1) from the fifth point (P5) to the second point (P2) along a reference straight line (RL) passing through the first point (P1) and a tire axis is set to 0.80 times a reference distance (H) from the fifth point (P5) to the first point (P1) along the reference straight line, a distance (H2) from the fifth point (P5) to the third point along the reference straight line is set to 0.65 times the reference distance (H), and a distance (H3) from the fifth point (P5) to the fourth point (P4) along the reference straight line is set to 0.30 times the reference distance (H), the third point (P3) is disposed on the other side in the tire circumferential direction of an overall inclined straight line (SL) passing through the first point (P1) and the fifth point (P5), and a horizontal distance (D2) between the second point (P2) and the third point (P3) in a perpendicular direction (D) perpendicular to the reference straight line (RL) is larger than each of a horizontal distance D1 between the first point (P1) and the second point (P2) in the perpendicular direction (D) and a horizontal distance (D4) between the fourth point (P4) and the fifth point (P5) in the perpendicular direction (D). |
| US10836210B2 |
Methods of reducing oxygen in tire air chambers, compositions and assemblies related thereto
Methods of reducing oxygen in tire air chambers with an oxygen scavenger that contains diethylhydroxylamine are disclosed herein. Compositions including diethylhydroxylamine for reducing oxygen in tire air chambers are disclosed herein. Wheel assemblies including compositions containing diethylhydroxylamine for reducing oxygen in tire air chambers are disclosed herein. |
| US10836208B2 |
Rubber composition, its manufacture and use
A rubber composition containing (A) at least one rubber selected from sulphur vulcanizable rubbery elastomers, (B) silica, (C) at least one non-ionic surfactant (C) that is selected from compounds according to general formula (I a) R1—CH(OH)—CH2—O-(AO)x—R2, (I a) and from compounds according to general formula (I b) R1—CH(OH)—CH2—O-(AO)x-A1-O-(AO)y—CH2—CH(OH)—R1, (I b) and from compounds according to general formula (I c) R1—CO—NH—CH2—CH2—O-(AO)x—CH2—CH2—NH—CO—R1, (I c) wherein R1 are same or different and selected from C4-C30-alkyl, straight-chain or branched, and from C4-C30-alkylene, straight-chain or branched, with at least one C—C double bond, R2 are same or different and selected from C1-C30-alkyl, straight-chain or branched, and from C2-C30-alkylene, straight-chain or branched, with at least one C—C double bond, R2 is selected from C2-C10-alkylene, straight chain or branched, x, y same or different and selected from 10 to 50, and AO is selected from identical or different alkylene oxides, selected from CH2—CH2—O, (CH2)3—O, (CH2)4—O, CH2CH(CH3)—O, CH(CH3)—CH2—O— and CH2CH(n-C3H7)—O, is disclosed. |
| US10836205B2 |
Manual device with two retractable heads carried by a single carriage
A manual device extends in an axial direction and includes a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion. First and second heads are each axially movable between a use position and a stowed position. The first head is in the stowed position when the second head is in the use position, whereas the second head is in the stowed position when the first head is in the use position. The first head and the second head both are carried by a single carriage movable in the axial direction and arranged inside a barrel. A groove forming a cam track is formed by a first shoulder of the first housing portion and by a second shoulder of the barrel. A lug of the carriage cooperates with the groove. |
| US10836202B2 |
Device for accommodating punched sheets
A device for accommodating punched sheets, in particular loose sheets of paper, and a folder, in particular a binder, having such a device is provided. The device comprises a base plate, at least two retainer bracket pairs designed to be openable and closable, each of which having a first bracket and a second bracket, wherein the at least two first brackets are connected to each other by a bracket connector that is connected to the base plate so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation that runs parallel to the base plate, and is connected to a pivot lever. The device further comprises a carriage that is displaceably mounted on the base plate, wherein the carriage has a link that guides the pivot lever and is designed such that, when the carriage is displaced, the link determines a rotational movement of the pivot lever about the axis of rotation, which is parallel to the base plate, in both directions of rotation. |
| US10836193B2 |
Craftwork tools and kits
A craftwork accessory may provide a portable and/or easy-to-use tool to help users accurately and repeatedly apply stamp impressions and the like to items such as cardstock. The accessory may include a base portion, one or more elevated side portions and cover portion. The side portions may define a workspace for arranging the item. The cover portion may be movably attached to the base portion or a side portion, for example, by one or more hinges. In operation, the item and stamp may be aligned in the workspace and the cover portion may be pressed onto the stamp to stick the stamp to the cover portion. The cover may then be opened, the stamp may be inked, and the cover portion may be closed and pressed onto the item to stamp the item. The accessory may include alignment indicia on the base portion, side portions and/or cover portion to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp. The accessory may also include fastening mechanisms, such as magnetic elements, to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp. |
| US10836190B2 |
Head module, head device, and liquid discharge apparatus
A head module includes a base, a plurality of heads mounted on the base, a plurality of wiring members connected to the plurality of heads, the plurality of wiring members mounting a plurality of drive circuits, respectively, and a heat dissipation member thermally coupled to the plurality of drive circuits. The heat dissipation member is disposed facing the plurality of heads and the base, and the heat dissipation member contacts the base at a position between adjacent heads of the plurality of heads. |
| US10836188B2 |
Head assembly and inkjet recording apparatus
A head assembly includes a base member, a recording head, a first coupling member, a second coupling member, a first rotating shaft member, and a first angle adjustment mechanism. The first coupling member couples a first end of the recording heads to the base member. The second coupling member couples a second end of the recording head to the base member. The first rotating shaft member functions as a rotating shaft of the recording head. The first angle adjustment rotates the recording head about the first rotating shaft member as a rotation center. The first rotating shaft member is provided for the first coupling member. The first angle adjustment mechanism is provided for the second coupling member. |
| US10836187B2 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus can convey a recording sheet such as a long sheet with high precision without decreasing productivity even if a back tension occurs during conveyance of the recording sheet. The recording apparatus sets a first acceleration period in which the conveying speed is increased up to a first predetermined speed before a leading end of the roll paper reaches a detecting position of the leading end detecting sensor with the roll paper being nipped by the upstream side nip roller and the conveying belt. Further, the recording apparatus sets a first constant speed period in which the conveying speed is kept constant at the first predetermined speed before the leading end of the roll paper reaches the detecting position until the leading end of the roll paper is nipped by the downstream side nip roller and the conveying belt. Furthermore, the recording apparatus sets a second acceleration period in which the conveying speed is increased up to a second predetermined speed before the recording by the recording head is started after the leading end of the roll paper is nipped by the downstream side nip roller and the conveying belt. |
| US10836185B2 |
Dryer for inkjet image forming apparatus and image forming system having the same
A dryer for an inkjet image forming apparatus includes a heating device including a first heater and to dry a print medium by applying heat from the first heater to the print medium, and a flattening device including a second heater, to apply heat from the second heater to the print medium, to which heat from the first heater is applied, to flatten a deformed surface of the print medium deformed by the inkjet image. |
| US10836184B2 |
Printing method and ink discharge amount upper limit determining method
A printing method includes determining the upper limit of the amount of the ink to be discharged based on a color saturation suppression upper limit, and at least one of an overflowing suppression upper limit, a bleeding suppression upper limit, and an aggregation suppression upper limit. The determining of the upper limit of the amount of the ink to be discharged includes setting in advance priorities among the suppressing of the color saturation of the ink and at least one of the overflowing of the ink, the bleeding of the ink, and the aggregation of the ink, and determining the upper limit of the amount of the ink to be discharged based on the priorities. |
| US10836178B2 |
Printing fluid cartridge with electrodes and method to the level of fluid in a printing fluid cartridge
A sensing structure in an example may include at least three electrodes along an interior surface of a reservoir from a top portion of the reservoir to a bottom portion of the reservoir wherein at least one of the electrodes is closer to at least another electrode at the top portion of the reservoir than at the bottom portion of the reservoir. |
| US10836176B2 |
Fluid cartridge
The subject matter discloses a fluid cartridge comprising a container to hold a predetermined volume of fluid, and a lid for closing the container. The lid comprises a valve-recess and an inlet valve in the valve-recess to transfer a volume of a replacement fluid in the container for replacing depleted volume of fluid in the container. A rocker valve is pivoted in the valve-recess to cover the inlet valve during a regulation phase. The rocker valve is to open the inlet valve during an actuation phase to allow the replacement fluid to enter the container. A spring element is movably disposed on the rocker valve to control actuation of the rocker valve for opening and closing the inlet valve. The spring element slides across the rocker valve, from a regulation zone of the rocker valve to an actuation zone of the rocker valve, to open the inlet valve. |
| US10836175B2 |
Liquid container
A liquid container is enabled to contain a liquid therein. An outer wall of the liquid container has a first surface, a second and a third surfaces are adjacent to the first surface, and the second surface and the third surface face each other. The first surface has a space in which a storage element storing the information on the liquid container is contained. The first surface and the second surface have a first recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the second surface, and the first surface and the third surface have a second recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the third surface. The first recessed portion and the second recessed portion face each other across the space. |
| US10836173B2 |
Printing material container, and board mounted on printing material container
A printing material container is detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The printing material container comprises a first device, a second device, and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal. The plurality of first terminals are connected to the first device and respectively include a first contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second terminal is connected to the second device and includes a second contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one third terminal is for the detection of shorting between the at least one second terminal and the at least one third terminal and includes a third contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second contact portion, the plurality of the first contact portions, and the at least one third contact portion are arranged so as to form one or multiple rows. The at least one second contact portion is arranged at an end of one row among the one or multiple rows. |
| US10836172B2 |
Recording head and ink-jet recording apparatus therewith
Provided are a recording head and an ink jet recording apparatus provided with the same capable of cleaning an ink ejection surface while preventing damage to a wiper. The recording head is provided with an ink ejection surface including an ink ejection region in which a plurality of ink ejection ports for ejecting ink onto a sheet is opened. With respect to the ink ejection region, on the upstream side in a wiping direction in which a wiper wipes the ink ejection surface, a plurality of concave parts is provided. Inside each of the concave parts, two or more cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying a cleaning liquid are provided in the wiping direction. |
| US10836171B2 |
Ink and cleaning liquid set, inkjet printing device, inkjet printing method, and method of cleaning nozzle surface of inkjet discharging head
An ink and cleaning liquid set includes an ink comprising a coloring material and a resin and a cleaning liquid comprising water and at least one type of organic solvent, wherein the ink in a dried form has a glass transition temperature of from 40 to 90 degrees C. and the swelling ratio calculated from a mass of a film of the ink in a dried form before and after immersion in the cleaning liquid is 10 percent or greater according to the following relationship 1: swelling ratio (percent)=100×[(B−A)/A] Relationship 1, where A represents the mass of the film before the immersion and B represents the mass of the film after the immersion. |
| US10836168B2 |
Liquid ejection head and method of manufacturing the same
A liquid ejection head is manufactured by forming on a substrate an energy generating element for ejecting a liquid, an integrated circuit for driving the energy generating element, a supply port for the liquid so as to penetrate through the substrate, an electrode for generating a liquid flow, and a flow path forming member having an ejection orifice for ejecting the liquid such that a flow path for the liquid is formed between the substrate and the flow path forming member. The electrode is formed over high and low of a stepped shape formed on the substrate in at least one step selected from the steps of forming the energy generating element, forming the integrated circuit and forming the supply port. |
| US10836165B2 |
Fluid discharge head and fluid discharge apparatus
A fluid discharge head according to an embodiment includes abase including a plurality of first grooves disposed side by side in a first direction and a plurality of second grooves disposed side by side in the first direction and respectively disposed among the plurality of first grooves, an individual wire including individual electrodes formed in the second grooves, the individual wire being extended to one side in a second direction crossing the first direction, a common wire including common electrodes formed in the first grooves, the common wire being extended to the other side in the second direction, a connection wire connected to the common wire on the other side in the second direction and leading to the one side, and a nozzle plate including nozzles that communicate with the first grooves of the base. |
| US10836164B2 |
Ink jet head and ink jet recording apparatus
The present invention may provide an ink jet head and an ink jet recording apparatus capable of satisfactorily removing remaining air bubbles from a pressure chamber. The present invention may include: a common ink chamber that stores ink; at least one pressure chamber that communicates with the common ink chamber and causes a volume fluctuation using pressure generation means; a nozzle that communicates with the pressure chamber; a nozzle-part discharge path that communicates with the pressure chamber near the nozzle inside the pressure chamber and discharges ink out of the pressure chamber; and at least one discharge path that communicates with the pressure chamber at a position apart from the nozzle inside the pressure chamber and discharges ink out of the pressure chamber. |
| US10836161B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting head including a head unit including a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid from a nozzle, a drive circuit that drives the liquid ejecting unit, a containing body in which a space that stores the liquid is formed; a fixing plate which contacts the head unit on a nozzle side of the head unit; and a support that contacts the fixing plate and that supports the head unit, in which the support is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the containing body. |
| US10836159B2 |
Apparatus with microelectromechanical die and application specific integrated circuit
A print head assembly (PHA) includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) die mounted to a substrate with an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The die includes an opening defined in the die, a plurality of nozzles adjacent to the opening in fluid communication with the opening, and a pad to receive electrical control signals. The ASIC includes a communication link and a plurality of transmission lines that transmit electrical signals to the MEMS die. |
| US10836158B2 |
Method for density fluctuation compensation in an inkjet printing machine
A method for compensating for position-dependent density fluctuations in an inkjet printing machine includes the steps of assigning, by using a look-up table, specific halftone patterns to specific gray values of a color separation to be screened of an image in the course of the calibration of a raster image processor of the inkjet printing machine, using the halftone patterns in the image screening process by using the computer and printing the halftone image on the inkjet printing machine. The look-up table contains the position of every printing nozzle of the print heads in the inkjet printing machine as an additional variable and the computer enters a complete set of gray values with associated adapted halftone patterns into the look-up table for every position of a printing nozzle. |
| US10836156B2 |
Fluid ejection device capping
In an example, an apparatus is described that a fluid ejection device to dispense fluid. A local service controller controls dispensing of the fluid by the fluid ejection device under a direction of a fluid ejection controller. The local service controller also initiates, autonomously of the fluid ejection controller, capping of the fluid ejection device in response to the detection of a failure condition by the local service controller. Capping mechanics are provided to cap the fluid ejection device under the direction of the local service controller. |
| US10836153B2 |
Position fine tuning device used for a unit-type die cutting and hot stamping machine and a working method thereof
A position fine tuning device for a unit-type die cutting & hot stamping machine includes at least two imprinting elements, wherein paper of the imprinting elements is delivered by the gripper installed on the chain. The present invention is characterized in that a positioning element is disposed on an input end of a first unit imprinting element and a positioning element is disposed on an output end of each imprinting element. Two neighboring positioning elements accomplish the positioning between the two positioning elements together. By providing the fine tuning elements, the accuracy in the art of die cutting & hot stamping can be assured when the machine is performing a multiple-working-position procedure; whereas, by setting up the reference positioning, it assures that the standards of the front and rear positioning are consistent. |
| US10836151B2 |
Apparatus for separating a window and method for separating a window using the same
A method for separating a window includes providing a display device including a display panel, a window disposed on the display panel and including a color layer. An adhesive layer is disposed between the display panel and the window. Heat is applied to the display device. The method includes inserting a disassembling stick between the display panel and the window to separate an edge of the display panel from the window. The method includes cooling the display device. The method includes separating the display panel and the window from each other. |
| US10836144B2 |
Self-healing glass panel
A self-healing glass panel includes first and second glass layers, a reservoir between the first and second glass layers, and a liquid healing agent for healing the first or second glass layers if a crack occurs. The liquid healing agent is entrapped in the reservoir by at least one of the first or second glass layers. |
| US10836142B2 |
Laminated glazing having an electrically conductive layer with an ablation line, the edges of which are free of beads and gently sloped
A laminated glazing includes one or two plies of 0.5 to 12 mm thickness, and one or more structural plies of 3 to 20 mm thickness, wherein at least that face of at least one ply of 0.5 to 12 mm thickness which is oriented toward the one or more structural plies and/or at least one face of the latter includes an electrically conductive layer of thickness comprised between 2 and 1600 nm, except on at least one ablation line, the edges of this line having no hem, and their average slope being at most equal to 5%. |
| US10836130B2 |
Apparatus for compaction of containers
Apparatus for compaction of containers, particularly beverage cans or tin cans from the foods sector, having two pressure rolls disposed at a parallel distance from one another, forming a gap, which rolls can rotate about their axis of rotation, in each instance, and rotate in opposite directions, wherein their mantle surface has multiple essentially strip-shaped elements, in each instance, which reach longitudinally from one face surface to the opposite face surface of the pressure rolls, wherein the strip-shaped elements of each pressure roll are strip-shaped active elements, which each diverge at a setting angle relative to a reference line that runs parallel to its axis of rotation in the mantle surface. |
| US10836120B2 |
Hybrid composite structures with integrated 3-D printed elements
An additively manufactured (AM) hybrid composite structure is disclosed. The AM hybrid composite structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion includes one or more AM elements which are configured to enable integration of the second portion with the first portion to form an integrated component including both the second portion and the first portion. A method of manufacturing a hybrid composite structure is disclosed. The method includes manufacturing a first portion, and additively manufacturing a second portion. The step of additively manufacturing the second portion includes co-printing one or more AM elements. The method further includes using the one or more AM elements as a part of a tool to integrate the first portion with the second portion, and forming an integrated component including both the first portion and the second portion. |
| US10836117B2 |
Method for increasing the difference between the melting temperature and the crystallization temperature of a polyamide powder
The present invention relates to a method for reducing the crystallization temperature an the melting temperature of a polyamide powder resulting from the polymerization of at least one predominant monomer, in which the reduction in the crystallization temperature is greater than the reduction in the melting temperature, said method comprising a step of polymerization of said at least one predominant monomer with at least one different minor comonomer polymerized according to the same polymerization process as said at least one predominant monomer, said at least one minor comonomer being chosen from aminocarboxylic acids, diamine/diacid pairs, lactams and/or lactones, and said at least one minor comonomer representing from 0.1% to 20% by weight of the total blend of said monomers(s) and comonomer(s), preferably from 0.5% to 15% by weight of said total blend, preferably from 1% to 10% by weight of said total blend. |
| US10836116B2 |
System and method for creating physical objects used with videogames
A user may create a customized virtual game character and the customized virtual game character may be physically substantiated. In some embodiments the virtual game character is physically substantiated by making a toy in the form of the virtual game character, which in some embodiments has computer readable information regarding the virtual game character. In some embodiments the toy is made by way of 3-D printing. In various embodiments portions of the toy which may be considered too thin for 3-D printing are expanded. In some embodiments internal ambient occlusion information is used in determining if a portion is too thin. |
| US10836113B2 |
Laser welding member, and molded article
A laser welding member that has a high laser transmittance at a welding region and exhibits an excellent laser welding processability, and a molded article obtained by laser welding using this laser welding member. The laser welding member is obtained by injection molding of a thermoplastic polyester resin material, wherein a region to be laser welded in the member is at a location separated by a distance of at least 15 mm from a gate of an injection molding mold and has at least 30% of a light transmittance of laser light with a wavelength of 940 nm. |
| US10836112B2 |
Laminate of aramid paper sheet and polyimide film and method for producing same
Provided is a method for producing a laminate, comprising laminating an aramid paper sheet and a polyimide film together by performing heating and pressurizing process under conditions of a temperature of 275 to 320° C. and a pressure of 50 to 400 kgf/cm. In the present invention, an aramid paper sheet-polyimide film laminate with excellent heat resistance, electrical properties, chemical resistance, mechanical properties, and the like can be manufactured by laminating the aramid paper sheet and the polyimide film in a simple method without impairing their properties. |
| US10836101B2 |
Apparatus and method for making an object
A method for making an object and an apparatus for making the object in accordance with the method is disclosed. A section of the object is formed by irradiating a layer of material with a radiation, the layer of material being disposed on a material receiving surface of a flexible element shaped by a shaping member contacting the flexible element. The radiation passes through the member and the flexible element. The member is tilted to induce a peeling separation of the member from the element. |
| US10836100B2 |
Sterile environment for additive manufacturing
In sterile, additive manufacturing wherein one lamella is successively built upon an underlying lamella until an object is completed, a sterile manufacturing environment is provided. A major chamber large enough to accommodate the manufactured object has sterile accordion pleated sidewalls and a sterile top closed with flap valves. A minor chamber for supporting the nozzles positioned above the major chamber has similar valves in corresponding positions. Nozzles for material deposition penetrate the pair of valves to block air and particles from entry into the major chamber where the nozzles make layer by layer deposition of the object using XY areawise nozzle motion relative to the object as well as Z nozzle vertical motion with the major chamber expanding as the object is formed. |
| US10836098B2 |
3D printing method for binary stereolithography 3D printer
A 3D printing method for binary stereolithography 3D printer includes following steps of: controlling a binary stereolithography 3D printer (20) to retrieve a plurality of gray-scale slice images (802,822,842); mapping a pixel value of each pixel of each gray-scale slice images (802,822,842) from a pixel value full range to an accumulation value range for obtaining a printing parameter of each pixel; selecting one of the gray-scale slice images (802,822,842) orderly; controlling a binary lighting module (204) of the binary stereolithography 3D printer (20) to irradiate for generating a layer of physical slice model (320,322,340,342) according to the printing parameter of each pixel of the selected gray-scale slice image (802,822,842); and repeatedly executing aforementioned steps to generate a physical 3D model (8′) constituted by a stack of multiple of the physical slice models (320,322,340,342). |
| US10836097B2 |
Apparatus, work station and method for applying protective sheeting of polymer material to a pipeline, and computer program for implementing the method
An apparatus configured to apply protective sheeting of polymer material around a cutback on a pipeline has a frame located close to a pipeline extending along a longitudinal axis; a manipulator fitted to the frame and having a guide system movable between a rest position at a distance from the pipeline, and a work position in which the guide system is fitted around the pipeline; and an extrusion die movable selectively along the guide system and around the pipeline to supply and apply protective sheeting around the cutback on the pipeline. |
| US10836095B2 |
Dehydration circuit for an electromagnetic processing unit of hollow bodies
Disclosed is a processing unit for an electromagnetic processing of plastic parisons and including a series of processing modules, each including a hollow housing, a light emitting assembly and a dehydration circuit for preventing each hollow housing from moisture via a dehydrated fluid. The dehydration circuit extends outside the main body, where the circuit can be in fluid communication with a source of pressurized fluid, on which are disposed a fluid dehydration unit and fluid circulation unit for forcing the dehydrated fluid to feed the respective hollow housings. |
| US10836094B2 |
Liquid blow molding method
A liquid blow molding method molds a bottomed tubular-shaped preform into a liquid-containing container in which a content liquid is held. The liquid blow molding method includes: a filling step of filling a first liquid in a first pressurizing source and filling a second liquid in a second pressurizing source; and a molding step of liquid blow molding the preform by simultaneously supplying, to the preform, the first liquid pressurized to a predetermined pressure by the first pressurizing source and the second liquid pressurized to a predetermined pressure by the second pressurizing source by simultaneously operating the first pressurizing source and the second pressurizing source. |
| US10836091B2 |
Extruded deposition of fiber reinforced polymers
A fiber reinforced polymer part is fabricated by rastering a deposition head over a substrate, and additively forming part features by extruding a polymer having an entrained continuous reinforcement from the deposition head onto a substrate. |
| US10836084B2 |
Plastic injection molding and process
Plastic containers are described herein that are injection molded with an high density polyethylene (HDPE) blow molding grade resin having a density of about 0.960 to about 0.965 g/cc, and a melt index of about 0.7 to about 1.0 g/10 min., at injection temperatures of about 570° F. to about 670° F., and mold cavity pressures of about 20,000 psig to about 27,000 psig. Relatively thin walled, rigid, containers, such as livestock feed containers, may be manufactured as described using about 20% to 50% less material while retaining strength and durability comparable to containers molded of HDPE injection molding grade resins. |
| US10836077B2 |
Process and system for fabricating a colored powder coating composition from solid filaments
A process and system for rapidly fabricating small batches of powder coating compositions having desired colors from one or more solid input filaments. An additive manufacturing filament fabricator feeds one or more single-color solid polymer input filaments into a heated mixer in accordance with an input formulation to be liquefied and mixed to produce a homogenous extrudate mixture. The extrudate mixture is solidified on an extrudate receiving platform and is then comminuted by an extrudate mill into a finished powder coating composition having a desired color. |
| US10836075B2 |
Flow speed control plate
A flow speed control plate is provided for use in combination with a die for forming a monolith. The flow speed control plate includes: a base plate having both a clay supply surface and a clay outflow surface that is to be superposed on a clay inflow surface of the die; clay flow holes which each penetrate the base plate and through which the clay flows from the clay supply surface to the clay outflow surface; and a positioning mechanism provided to position the flow speed control plate with respect to the die so that each of the clay flow holes of the flow speed control plate has its central axis arranged coaxially with a central axis of a corresponding one of clay inflow holes of the die. Moreover, a diameter of the clay flow holes is set to be smaller than a diameter of the corresponding clay inflow holes. |
| US10836074B2 |
Felt for forming fiber cement articles and related methods
The present invention is directed to a fiber cement felt comprising repeat units, each of which includes top, middle, and bottom machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns interwoven with the top, middle, and bottom machine direction yarns in a predetermined weave pattern. The top, middle, and bottom machine direction yarns may comprise effect yarns and linear yarns without the need for a batt layer. |
| US10836070B2 |
Axial adjustment apparatus for chipper disc
An apparatus, system and method for adjusting and setting a fixed position of an axially displaceable shaft and rotary chipper disc combination, without requiring an attachment to or obstruction of an end face of either end of the axially displaceable shaft. A rotary chipper disc recoil mechanism is also provided for the purpose of detection of unwanted axial forces placed upon the rotating shaft caused by unintentional chipping of metal, and for limiting consequential damage caused by the unintentional chipping of metal and other non-wood materials. |
| US10836062B2 |
Apparatus for trimming paper rolls or logs and an operating method for treating the logs
Apparatus for trimming paper rolls or logs (2) including: a section for the entry of the logs (2) to be trimmed; a section for the exit of the trimmed logs (2′); a station with cutting device (6) for trimming the logs (2); a device (3) for moving the logs (2, 2′) between the entry section, the cutting station and the exit section; a device (4), associated with the log-moving device (3), for retaining the logs when subjected to movement. |
| US10836060B2 |
Spacer for razor
A razor blade assembly has a handle, a head having a cutting blade assembly of one or more cutting blades connected to the handle; and a spacer which is mounted to or is formed as part of the head to space the cutting edges of the blades from the skin of a user to create and maintain a 5 o'clock shadow appearance beard in the range of 0.1 mm to 0.4 mm in thickness. |
| US10836055B2 |
Scraper
A scraper includes a body having a handle portion, a first clamping portion, and a second clamping portion. The first clamping portion and the second clamping portion integrally extends from an end of the handle portion. The second clamping portion is pivotable relative to the first clamping portion. The second clamping portion includes a first coupling member disengageably engaged with the first clamping portion. The first coupling member is configured to flex when subjected to a force, thereby disengaging from the first clamping portion. A control member is disposed on the first clamping portion and is configured to flex when subjected to force. Flexing of the control member pushes the first coupling member to thereby disengage the first coupling member from the first clamping portion. A blade is removably mounted between the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion. |
| US10836054B2 |
Machine for the aseptic filling of liquids, method for opening and method for closing an opening window in a machine for the aseptic filling of liquids
The invention relates to a machine for the aseptic filling of liquids, to a method for opening and to a method for closing an opening window in a machine for the aseptic filling of liquids having an interior chamber and having an access opening in a wall of the machine which enables access to the interior chamber, wherein the access device comprises an opening window having a movable sash and a window frame which is permanently arranged in the wall, wherein there is an inflatable seal for aseptic sealing between the sash and the window frame. The invention further relates to a method for opening and closing the opening window in the machine for the aseptic filling of liquids. |
| US10836052B2 |
Connection module using in robot
A connection module includes a shaft member that can be rotated in place and can be lifted up and down, two wires arranged side by side and spirally wound on the shaft member, and an holder block connected with the bottom end of the shaft member and the bottom end of each wire such that the holder block drives the two wires to expand or to contract along the axial direction of the shaft member or to spiral in the axial direction of the shaft member when the holder block is driven by the shaft member. Thus, the connection module of the present invention can simplify the conventional complicated wiring mode, thereby saving operation space and reducing the risk of line breakage. |
| US10836050B2 |
Quick disconnect apparatus for modular tooling
A modular tooling receiver that includes a wall having a port that extends through it, an engaging member that is movably disposed in the port, and a lock actuator that is disposed on a first side of the wall. The lock actuator is moveable between a first position in which the lock actuator urges the engaging member in a first direction defined from the first side of the wall to a second side of the wall and a second position wherein the lock actuator permits the engaging member to move in a second direction defined from the second side of the wall to the first side of the wall. A first biasing element biases the lock actuator toward the first position. A damper controls a rate of motion of the lock actuator from the second position toward the first position. |
| US10836049B2 |
Workpiece gripping device
A workpiece gripping device includes a gripping member and a holding member. The gripping member includes a pair of extension parts that protrude from a base part and face each other with a space therebetween where the plate-shaped part of the workpiece can be inserted, and is deformable so that at least parts of the extension parts approach each other or are separated from each other. The holding member includes a slit for holding the gripping member slidably along a direction in the extension parts protrude, can make the extension parts approach each other by housing at least parts of the extension parts in the slit, and can make the extension parts be separated from each other by projecting at least parts of the extension parts from the slit. |
| US10836043B1 |
Mobile device automation robot
The invention includes a method of testing a mobile device with a robotic testing device having a holder, a first motor operatively connected to a first robotic implement, and a second motor operatively connected to a second robotic implement. The method includes securing, via the holder, the mobile device to the robotic testing device; actuating, via the first motor, the first robotic implement to contact the mobile device at a first location at a first time; actuating, via the second motor, the second robotic implement to contact the mobile device at a second location at a second time; and recording, via a data processor of the robotic testing device, a response of the mobile device in memory of the robotic testing device. The robotic testing device includes a pressure feedback sensor configured to sense a pressure of one or more of the robotic implements while interacting with the mobile device. |
| US10836041B2 |
More endearing robot, robot control method, and non-transitory recording medium
A robot provided with eyes includes an operation unit that operates a display and a movable member; a checker that checks whether eye contact with a predetermined target is made or not; a determiner that determines whether a predetermined condition regarding the predetermined target is satisfied during the eye contact or not, in a case in which the checker checks that the eye contact with the predetermined target is made; and an operation controller that controls the display and the movable member to cancel the eye contact with the predetermined target, in a case in which the determiner determines that the predetermined condition regarding the predetermined target is satisfied. |
| US10836034B2 |
Systems, devices, articles, and methods for prehension of items
A system and method of determining a grasp type of an end-effector of a robot when interacting with an item wherein a plurality of velocity values of the end-effector at various positions of its movement are collected and used to determine the grasp type when a given velocity value is below a predetermined threshold. |
| US10836032B2 |
Robot and leg assembly thereof
A leg assembly of a robot comprising a waist includes a thigh rotatably coupled to the waist, a lower leg rotatably coupled to the thigh, a foot rotatably coupled to the lower leg, a servo fixe to the thigh, a first transmission mechanism configured to transmit motion from the servo to the thigh to drive the thigh to rotate with respect to the waist; a second transmission mechanism configured to transmit motion from the thigh to the lower leg to drive the lower leg to flex when the thigh move upward and extend when the thigh move downward; and a third transmission mechanism configured rotatably connected to the thigh and the foot in such a way that the foot dorsiflexes from an original position when the lower leg is flexing and rotates back toward the original position when the lower leg is extending. |
| US10836031B2 |
Plug-in adapter, adjustment instrument, and associated robot
A plug-in adapter includes a thread designed to screw the plug-in adapter to an adjustment instrument, a plug-in device designed for detachably connecting the plug-in adapter to a counter plug-in device of an access opening on a robot for a reference position marking of the robot, and a stylus designed to couple a measuring tip of the adjustment instrument to the reference position marking. The plug-in device has a plug-in section that is designed for axially plugging of the plug-in section into the counter plug-in device of the robot. |
| US10836026B2 |
Multi wrench
A multi wrench with tool heads rotationally coupled to the outer circumference of at least one end of a handle. The tool heads are comprised of spanners, sockets, ratchet sockets and nested spanners and sockets. The tool heads are operational in all positions for best comfortable use, with some positions giving best clear vision of operation. Another variation of the invention is a frame with tool heads rotationally coupled to its outer circumference. One side has a stud or a hole which engages a hole or a stud of a conventional handle. While the other side has a stud or a hole which engages a hole or a stud of a conventional tool. |
| US10836024B2 |
Staple tool
Disclosed is a tool for driving a barbed staple into a workpiece, the tool includes a housing enclosing a power delivery source and a driver blade driven by the power delivery source and comprising an engagement portion configured for engagement with the staple. The tool further includes a nosepiece comprising an aperture providing access for loading a staple into the nosepiece and a passage configured for slidable mounting of the driver blade. In use, the driver blade may be driven along a longitudinal axis of the passage by the power delivery source to engage and drive a staple into a workpiece. Clearances are providing to allow for loading and passage of the barbed staples in the nosepiece and arrangements are provided to maintain the alignment of the staple in the nosepiece to compensate for those clearances. |
| US10836020B2 |
Tilt compensated torque-angle wrench
A method of determining an actual amount of torque and/or angle applied to a work piece by a tool. In an embodiment, the method includes determining a rotational angle, a tilt of the tool, and a measured torque of the tool. The actual amount of torque or angle applied to the work piece is then determined based on the rotational angle, the tilt, and the measured torque. |
| US10836018B2 |
Substrate holding device, substrate holding member, and substrate holding method
Provided are a substrate holding device and a substrate holding method that enhance the precision of the shape of a substrate while holding the substrate. The substrate holding device includes a first holding member 1, including a plate-shaped first base 10, and a second holding member 2, including a thin plate-shaped second base 20. The first base 10 has an airway 102 extending to the upper surface of the first base 10. The second base 20 has a through hole 202 extending in a thick direction of the second base 20 at a center portion of the second base 20. The second base 20 includes, on the upper surface of the second base 20, multiple protrusions 211, which protrude upward, and at least one annular ridge 212, which protrudes upward in a substantially annular shape coaxial with the first base 10 and surrounds an upper opening of the through hole 202 and the multiple protrusions 211. |
| US10836017B2 |
Clamp assemblies and methods of use
A clamping assembly sized to clamp adjacent body panels of a vehicle together for an assembly operation includes a handle assembly including a handle that rotates in a first plane about a pivot location. A jaw assembly includes a first jaw structure that moves relative to a second jaw structure in a second plane parallel to the first plane. A linkage assembly operably connects the handle assembly and the jaw assembly using an actuation pin such that rotating the handle assembly in the first plane moves first jaw structure toward and away from the second jaw structure in the second plane between open and closed configurations by extending and retracting the actuation pin relative to the second jaw structure. |