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| US10876497B2 |
Method for fast thermalization and thermal management operation optimization
Systems and methods are provided for decreasing thermalization time and/or increasing coefficients of performance by adding waste heat. A thermal management system may include a coolant loop and be configured to cool a target component via the coolant loop, the thermal management system may be further configured to heat the target component during a thermalization period with a waste heat source via the same coolant loop with which the thermal management system is configured to cool the target component. |
| US10876495B2 |
Piston design for splitting jets into streams
A component of a piston may include a crown portion configured to face a flame deck surface disposed at one end of a cylinder bore in which the piston is configured to reciprocate, such that a combustion chamber is defined within the cylinder bore and between a top surface of the crown portion and the flame deck surface. The component may include an indent formed in the top surface. The indent may be aligned with a fuel jet centerline along which a fuel jet is to be injected into the combustion chamber. The indent may include a first arcuate indent portion, that curves in a first direction from a center of the crown portion, and a second arcuate indent portion that curves in a second direction from a break in a reentrant feature that overhangs the first arcuate indent portion. The component may be included in an internal combustion engine. |
| US10876493B2 |
Internal combustion engine
A cylinder structure includes cylinders arranged inline. A cooling channel facing a first side wall of the cylinder structure includes a first inner channel and a first outer channel. The first inner channel is arranged for a first cooling medium to flow through. The first outer channel is away from the first side wall than the first inner channel is, and arranged for a second cooling medium to flow through. A cooling channel facing a second side wall of the cylinder structure includes a second outer channel and a second inner channel. An upstream part of the second outer channel is connected to a downstream part of the first outer channel. The second inner channel is close to the second side wall than the second outer channel is. Connection channels connecting between the second outer channel and the second inner channel are respectively provided at positions facing the cylinders. |
| US10876487B2 |
Method for injector injection error diagnosis using diagnostic inrush condition and system thereof
A system and a method for injector injection error diagnosis include a controller which performs the method having a diagnostic inrush condition control by satisfying air tank pressure of an air tank as an injector injection error diagnosis entry condition while presence or absence of the application of an air compressor is divided between injector injection error diagnosis entry and injector injection error diagnosis execution according to detection of operations of an engine system and an air pressure brake system. |
| US10876486B2 |
Fuel injection control device
A fuel injection control device first causes a first power supply unit to apply a voltage to a fuel injection valve, subsequently causes a second power supply unit to apply a voltage to the fuel injection valve, and after the first power supply unit applies the voltage, executes a lift position determination process to determine that a valve element of the fuel injection valve reaches a predetermined lift position based on a change in a drive current. A first control unit performs a drive control on the fuel injection valve without executing the lift position determination process. A second control unit executes the lift position determination process and performs a drive control on the fuel injection valve. The second control unit controls the drive current to decrease when the valve element reaches the predetermined lift position compared to a case where the first control unit performs drive control. |
| US10876481B2 |
Seal segment and rotary machine
A seal segment includes a retainer extending in a circumferential direction of a rotary shaft on an outer circumferential side of the rotary shaft; a first seal body which has a plurality of first thin plate seal pieces extending inward in a radial direction from the retainer and laminated in the circumferential direction; a high-pressure side plate; a low-pressure side plate; and a second seal body having a plurality of second thin plate seal pieces which are laminated at an end portion of the retainer in the circumferential direction, extend inward in the radial direction, and have fluttering resistance higher than the first thin plate seal piece. The high-pressure side plate and the low-pressure side plate cover at least a part of the second seal body in the circumferential direction. |
| US10876474B2 |
Length-adjustable connecting rod, device for setting a compression ratio and internal combustion engine
The present invention relates to a length-adjustable connecting rod, to a device for setting a compression ratio and to an internal combustion engine. A length-adjustable connecting rod with a small connecting-rod eye and a large connecting-rod eye preferably has a switching device. The switching device is preferably designed to control the length of the connecting rod, in particular hydraulically. In addition, the connecting rod preferably has an adjustment device which is actuable, in particular mechanically, from outside the connecting rod, has a rotatably mounted adjustment unit and is designed to mechanically switch, in particular to actuate, the switching device by rotation of the adjustment unit. |
| US10876470B2 |
Dynamic rotary engine vane force actuation apparatus including vane with stressed sheet
The invention comprises a rotary engine apparatus and method of use thereof. The rotary engine comprises a rotor configured to rotate in a housing and a set of vanes separating a volume between the rotor and housing into a set of chambers. Each of the vanes are dynamically controlled, such as through use of a stressed sheet and/or electromechanical means, to: (1) yield a greater radially outward and/or sealing force to the housing at start-up and/or at low engine speeds and (2) dynamically reduce radially outward and/or sealing forces at higher engine speeds. |
| US10876469B2 |
Circulating piston engine
An engine includes a housing defining an annular bore and a piston assembly disposed within the annular bore. The engine includes at least one valve configured to oscillate between a first position within the annular bore to allow the piston assembly to travel from a first location proximate to the at least one valve to a second location distal to the at least one valve and a second position to define a combustion chamber relative to the piston assembly at the second location. The engine includes an exhaust gas port disposed in fluid communication with the combustion chamber and a fuel distribution assembly configured to mix fuel from a fuel source and air from an air source into a fuel and air mixture at a location external to the combustion chamber and to deliver the fuel and air mixture to the combustion chamber. |
| US10876466B2 |
Wave washer and variable-flow-rate valve
A wave washer according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an annular body which is formed around an axis into a wave shape and at least one protruding piece which protrudes inward or outward from the body. The at least one protruding piece includes a flat surface which is perpendicular to the axis. |
| US10876463B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling flow rate of engine coolant by use of a thermostat
An apparatus for controlling the flow rate of engine coolant by use of a thermostat may include a thermostat arranged in an inflow flow path for the engine coolant and a flow rate regulator arranged in a bypass flow path for the engine coolant between a cylinder head of an engine and the thermostat. The flow rate regulator regulates the flow rate of the bypass flow path such that a differential pressure of the coolant between a front end for allowing the coolant flowing from a radiator to flow into the thermostat and a rear end for allowing the coolant to be discharged from the thermostat is within a predetermined range. |
| US10876460B2 |
Exhaust pipe assembly and method of fastening a sheet-metal tab to an exhaust pipe
An exhaust pipe assembly comprises an exhaust pipe extending along a pipe axis and a fastening panel that is mounted to the exhaust pipe. The cross-section of the fastening panel is configured in a curved manner, and two contact surfaces of the fastening panel, which are spaced apart in the circumferential direction, are soldered to the exhaust pipe. A support connected with the fastening panel is arranged between the two contact surfaces of the fastening panel. The fastening panel can be fastened to the exhaust pipe by the following steps: an exhaust pipe and a sheet-metal tab are provided; a soldering material is then captively fixed to the sheet-metal tab; and the sheet-metal tab is then arranged on the exhaust pipe such that the soldering material contacts the exhaust pipe to finally solder the sheet-metal tab to the exhaust pipe. |
| US10876459B1 |
Exhaust system for a marine outboard engine
An exhaust system for a marine outboard engine including an engine having an engine exhaust port. The exhaust system includes a first exhaust port, a second exhaust port vertically higher than the first exhaust port, a first passage for fluidly connecting to the engine exhaust port and fluidly connected to the first exhaust port, a second passage fluidly connected between the first passage and the second exhaust port, a catalytic converter defining at least in part the second passage, a valve operable to at least partially close the first passage to respectively reduce and increase flow of exhaust gas to the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port, a valve actuator operatively connected to the valve, and a controller operatively connected to the valve actuator for controlling a position of the valve based at least in part on a speed and a throttle request of the engine. |
| US10876458B2 |
Microwave irradiation device, exhaust purification apparatus, automobile and management system
A microwave irradiation device includes a housing capable of accommodating an object to be heated; a plurality of microwave resonators installed around the housing; a microwave conductor coupling the plurality of microwave resonators; a microwave generator configured to generate microwaves having different frequencies; and a microwave measurement circuit coupled to the housing or the microwave conduction unit. Each of the microwave resonators resonates a microwave having a resonance frequency of the microwave resonator generated in the microwave generator and irradiates the object placed in the housing with the resonated microwave, and one microwave resonator among the plurality of microwave resonators and another microwave resonator have different resonance frequencies. |
| US10876449B2 |
Internal combustion engine and method for operating same
Method for operating an internal combustion engine which has a gas combustion system and an exhaust gas post-treatment system. Exhaust gas that leaves the gas combustion system is directed to at least one CH4 oxidation catalytic converter of the exhaust gas post-treatment system. The CH4/NO2 mole ratio in the exhaust gas is set in a defined fashion by at least one gas-combustion-system-side and/or exhaust-gas-post-treatment-system-side measure upstream of at least one CH4 oxidation catalytic converter. |
| US10876446B2 |
System and apparatus for a diagnostic breather dryer having a coupleable expansion pack
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for implementing a system for providing a breather for a reservoir. The system includes a breather including a housing a dehumidifying element therein. The system further includes an operational sensor positioned within the housing, the operational sensor configured to output a sensor signal indicative of a measured operational parameter of the breather, and an expansion pack coupleable to the housing, the expansion pack is configured to receive the sensor signal indicative of the measured operational parameter and to transmit at least one of the measured operational parameter or a representation thereof. The system includes a control unit communicatively coupleable to the expansion pack having a processor, a display unit, and a storage. The processor executes a control application configured to receive the at least one of the measured operational parameter or representation thereof. |
| US10876440B2 |
Valve timing adjustment device
A spool is configured to reciprocate at an inside space of a sleeve and includes: a spool tube; a spool cover, which closes an end portion of the spool tube located on a camshaft side; a pressure accumulation space, which is formed at an inside of the spool tube; a supply passage, which is configured to connect between the pressure accumulation space and a supply port; a control passage, which is configured to connect between the pressure accumulation space and a primary control port; and a control passage, which is configured to connect between the pressure accumulation space and a secondary control port. A variable volume space is formed between the spool cover and a sleeve bottom. The sleeve includes a breathing hole at an outside of the inside space while the breathing hole is a hole that communicates between the variable volume space and the atmosphere. |
| US10876435B2 |
Variable valve timing device and assembly method of variable valve timing device
A case for rotating integrally with a crankshaft of an engine; a rotor housed in the case, to be rotated integrally with a camshaft of the engine by fastening the rotor coaxially to the camshaft with a center bolt; and a groove provided around an axis of the rotor on an opposite side of the rotor to the camshaft, and having an inner wall intersecting a rotation direction of the rotor are provided. |
| US10876433B2 |
Power recovery
A system comprising a cryogenic storage tank for storing cryogen, a pump in fluid communication with the cryogenic storage tank for pumping cryogen from the cryogenic storage tank to a high pressure, an evaporator in fluid communication with the pump for evaporating the high-pressure cryogen from the pump to form a high-pressure gas, a power recovery apparatus comprising a drive shaft for transmitting mechanical power, and an electrical machine mechanically coupled to the drive shaft of the power recovery apparatus for converting the mechanical power recovered by the power recovery apparatus into electrical energy. The system is operable in a power recovery mode in which the power recovery apparatus is driven by and recovers mechanical power from high-pressure gas supplied by the evaporator, and a motored mode in which the power recovery apparatus is driven by a driving means other than high-pressure gas supplied by the evaporator. |
| US10876428B2 |
Casing of a turbocharger and turbocharger
A casing of a turbocharger surrounds a housing to be encased at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which follow the housing to be encased axially outside, and with radial casing segments, which follow the housing to be encased radially outside. In the radial casing segments slot-like material recesses are introduced. Two adjacent slot-like material recesses delimit a strap of a respective radial casing segment. In a region of the respective strap, the radial casing segments are exclusively connected to the housing to be encased. Outside the respective strap, the radial casing segments are exclusively connected to the axial casing segments. |
| US10876424B2 |
Energy recovery modules, generator arrangements, and methods of recovering energy in generator arrangements
An energy recovery module includes a manifold, a permanent magnet generator arranged within the manifold, and a thermal electric generator. The thermal electric generator is arranged within the manifold and is electrically connected to the permanent magnet generator to provide electrical power to a load using energy recovered from an expanded decomposition or combustion products traversing the manifold. Generator arrangements, unmanned aerial vehicles, and methods of generating electric power are also described. |
| US10876423B2 |
Compressor section of gas turbine engine including hybrid shroud with casing treatment and abradable section
A gas turbine engine includes a shroud with an abradable section and a non-abradable section that cooperatively define a shroud surface. The gas turbine engine also includes a rotor that is supported for rotation within the shroud to generate an aft axial fluid flow. The rotor includes a blade with a blade tip that is crowned and that opposes the abradable section and the non-abradable section of the shroud surface. A crown area of the blade tip opposes the abradable section. A casing treatment feature is provided in the non-abradable section of the shroud to oppose the blade tip of the rotor. |
| US10876421B2 |
Rotary machine
There is provided a rotary machine including a rotary shaft configured to rotate around an axis; rotor blades; a casing surrounding the rotor blades radially outside the rotor blades, and in which a recessed portion accommodates tips of the rotor blades; a sealing portion extending from one of a bottom portion of the recessed portion and the tip of the rotor blade, and having a clearance with the other; and a variable breaker installed in the casing and is capable of being displaced between a protrusion position where the variable breaker protrudes into the recessed portion and an accommodation position where the variable breaker is accommodated in the casing. |
| US10876420B2 |
Turbine blade axial retention and sealing system
A turbine blade retention system includes a turbine blade including a blade section and a blade platform on which the blade section is attached, the blade platform including a forward angel wing and an aft angel wing, the forward angel wing including a front blade seal groove, a disk configured to receive a plurality of the turbine blades, the disk including a front disk seal groove and an aft disk seal groove, a front seal plate, and an aft seal plate, wherein the front seal plate is slidably connectable to the turbine blade and the disk via the front blade seal groove and the front disk seal groove, and the aft seal plate is removably connectable to the turbine blade and the disk via the aft disk seal groove and a lower wall formed on the aft angel wing. |
| US10876418B2 |
Turbine center frame having a specifically designed annular space contour
Described is a turbine center frame for a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft gas turbine, the turbine center frame having a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall bounding an annular space through which hot gas flows and each having a contour facing the annular space, the contours describing an inner annular space curve along the inner wall and an outer annular space curve along the outer wall. At least one vane element extends in the radial direction through the annular space and has an axial leading edge and an axial trailing edge, the vane element having an outer axial width. The outer annular space curve or/and the inner annular space curve have at least one curve section having an inflection point of the respective annular space curve or/and a point of maximum slope of the respective annular space curve, the curve section being located in the region of the leading edge or trailing edge as considered with respect to the outer axial width or/and the inner axial width and having a length projected parallel to the axial direction which length is up to 20% of the respective axial width, and the curve section intersecting the piercing point where the leading edge or the trailing edge pierces the outer wall or the inner wall. |
| US10876409B2 |
Mistuned rotors and methods for manufacture
A rotor includes a plurality of airfoils and each airfoil has a span that extends from 0% at a root to 100% at a tip, a chord that extends from 0% at a leading edge to 100% at a trailing edge and a pressure side opposite a suction side. The pressure side of each airfoil has a pressure side surface shape and the suction side of each airfoil has a suction side surface shape based on an operating state of the rotor. Each airfoil has the same suction side surface shape between 10% and 90% of the chord and between 80% and 100% of the span at a first state. At least one first airfoil has a different suction side surface shape between 10% and 90% of the chord and between 80% and 100% of the span than at least one second airfoil at a static state of the rotor. |
| US10876408B2 |
Steam turbine
A steam turbine is for a combined cycle plant. The combined cycle plant includes a gas turbine; a boiler a heat source of which is a flue gas discharged from the gas turbine; a high-pressure steam turbine that includes a rotor extending along an axial center of rotation of the rotor, a steam passage provided along the extending direction of the rotor between the rotor and a casing for the rotor, and a high-pressure steam supply portion provided to communicate, from outside the casing through the casing, with the steam passage and configured to be supplied with superheated steam, the high-pressure steam turbine being driven by high-pressure steam generated by the boiler; and a low-pressure steam turbine configured to be driven by low-pressure steam generated by the boiler and by the steam that has flowed through the high-pressure steam turbine. |
| US10876407B2 |
Thermal structure for outer diameter mounted turbine blades
The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine defining a radial direction, a circumferential direction, an axial centerline along a longitudinal direction, and an upstream end and a downstream end along the longitudinal direction. The gas turbine engine defines a core flowpath extended generally along the longitudinal direction. The gas turbine engine includes a first turbine rotor. The first turbine rotor includes an annular outer band disposed outward of the core flowpath along the radial direction. The first turbine rotor further includes a plurality of airfoils coupled to an inner diameter of the outer band in which the plurality of airfoils are extended generally inward along the radial direction. The outer band defines a plurality of airfoil cooling passages in which the plurality of airfoil cooling passages are extended at least partially in the radial direction in fluid communication with the plurality of airfoils. |
| US10876404B2 |
Roller cutter unit for undercutting machine
A roller cutter unit is mountable at a cutting head of undercutting mining machines. The cutter unit includes an elongate mount shaft to position and support a cutter ring. The cutter ring is secured to the mount shaft via a bracket having a wedge segment configured to be wedged axially and radially between the cutter ring and the shaft. Accordingly, a mounting mechanism is provided to achieve a desired force transmission pathway from the cutter ring into the shaft so as to maximize the locking action of the cutter ring at the cutter unit. |
| US10876402B2 |
Bit tip insert
An improved diamond coated bit tip insert for a unitary bit/holder, tool, and/or pick for road milling operations that includes a body including a tip and a base subjacent to the tip. The tip of the bit tip insert includes a substrate and an overlay on an outer surface of the substrate. The base of the bit tip insert includes a tapered sidewall or a cylindrical sidewall, the tapered sidewall providing a greater concentration of force applied at an interface of the overlay and the substrate of the tip during a high pressure high temperature (HPHT) process than when using the cylindrical sidewall and the high pressure, high temperature process. |
| US10876398B2 |
Fluid viscometer suitable for downhole use
An illustrative method for measuring a fluid viscosity that includes vibrating a tube containing a fluid of interest, obtaining a vibration signal from the vibrating tube, deriving a system energy loss rate measurement from the vibration signal, calculating an energy loss rate for the fluid of interest from the system energy loss rate measurement and a reference energy loss rate measurement, and generating a viscosity measurement of the fluid of interest based on the energy loss rate for the fluid of interest and a density of the fluid of interest. |
| US10876397B2 |
Experimental device for simulating invasion of shallow fluid into wellbore
The present invention provides an experimental device for simulating invasion of shallow fluid into a wellbore, comprising: a casing pipe; a drilling-in device including a drill string extending into the casing pipe, and a drill bit located within the casing pipe and connected to the drill string; a driving device for driving rotation of the drill string, the driving device being disposed outside the casing pipe and connected to the drill string; a drilling fluid injection device for injecting drilling fluid into the drill string, the drilling fluid injection device being disposed outside the casing pipe and connected to the drill string; a shallow fluid injection device for injecting shallow fluids into the casing pipe, the shallow fluid injection device being disposed outside the casing pipe and communicating with the casing pipe; a pressure detection device for detecting a pressure within the casing pipe, the pressure detection device being connected to the casing pipe. |
| US10876395B2 |
Cross-well seismic monitoring of carbon dioxide injection
Methods are provided for tracking carbon dioxide (CO2) migration in a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir located under a cap rock in a formation. In one embodiment, at least one seismic source and a plurality of receivers are located in spaced boreholes in the formation with the sources and receivers located near or at the reservoir so that direct paths from the sources to the receivers extend through the reservoir. CO2 is injected from the borehole containing the seismic sources into the reservoir, and the sources are activated multiple times over days and seismic signals are detected at the receivers. From the detected signals, time-lapse travel delay of direct arrivals of the signals are found and are used to track CO2 in the reservoir as a function of time. In another embodiment, the sources and receivers are located above the reservoir, and reflected waves are utilized to track the CO2. |
| US10876389B2 |
Advanced toolface control system for a rotary steerable drilling tool
In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for an advanced toolface control system for a rotary steerable drilling tool is disclosed. The method includes determining a desired toolface of a drilling tool, calculating a toolface error by determining a difference between a current toolface of the drilling tool and the desired toolface, decoupling a response of a first component of the drilling tool, calculating a correction to reduce the toolface error based on a model of the drilling tool containing information about a source of the toolface error, transmitting a signal to a second component of the drilling tool such that the signal adjusts the current toolface based on the correction, and drilling a wellbore with a drill bit oriented at the desired toolface. |
| US10876382B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for gas extraction from reservoirs
Apparatuses and methods for extracting gas from a reservoir including a well bore having a large cross sectional area which may be determined by dividing a target flow rate of the reservoir by an actual sustained flow rate and multiplying a result by a flow path area for the actual sustained flow rate. A method of converting a well of a low pressure gas reservoir is further provided. |
| US10876378B2 |
Outflow control device for creating a packer
An assembly for creating a packer can include a downhole tool positionable within a wellbore. The downhole tool can include an outflow control device that includes a substantially circumferential slot, a port in the slot for receiving a sealant from a reservoir, and a flow restriction device that can be positioned between the substantially circumferential slot and an annulus of the wellbore. The flow restriction device can create a pressure difference between the substantially circumferential slot and the annulus of the wellbore. |
| US10876376B2 |
Erosion control system
A hydrocarbon extraction system that includes an erosion control system. The erosion control system includes a housing defining a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. The housing receives and directs a flow of a particulate laden fluid between the first inlet and the outlet. A conduit rests within the housing. The conduit changes a direction of the particulate laden fluid and reduces erosion of the housing. The conduit is inserted into the housing through the second inlet. The conduit defines a plurality of apertures between an exterior surface and an interior surface of the conduit. The apertures direct the fluid into a conduit cavity. The conduit guides the fluid entering the conduit cavity to the outlet. The erosion control system excludes a plug and/or a sleeve around or in the conduit. |
| US10876375B2 |
Reservoir treatments
Provided herein is a method of establishing a plug in a hydrocarbon reservoir, the method comprising introducing into the reservoir a formulation comprising solid particles and a viscosifier and then reducing the viscosity of said viscosifier, thereby causing said solid particles to form a plug within said hydrocarbon reservoir. Also provided is a method of establishing a plug in a hydrocarbon reservoir, the method comprising introducing into the reservoir a formulation comprising: (a) microorganisms or cell-free enzymes; (b) solid particles; and (c) a viscosifier which is a substrate for the microorganisms or cell-free enzymes of (a). Also provided is a formulation comprising: (a) microorganisms or cell-free enzymes; (b) solid particles made from wood or a wood derived product; and (c) a viscosifier which is a substrate for the microorganisms or cell-free enzymes of (a). |
| US10876372B1 |
Dual rubber cartridge
A housing of a dual rubber cartridge attaches at least one rubber to an inner barrel for rotation with the inner barrel. A first rubber and a second rubber may attach to the housing for quick installation of the rubbers. The user removes the housing to remove and replace the two rubbers. The user may then replace the original housing with a second housing on which new rubbers are installed. The housing enables the user to quickly replace the rubbers to reduce down time of the drilling operation. |
| US10876368B2 |
Installation and retrieval of pressure control device releasable assembly
A well system can include a pressure control device including a releasable assembly, and a running tool including a lock mechanism operable in response to a change in a fluid flow rate through the running tool. A method of retrieving a releasable assembly of a pressure control device can include engaging a running tool with a latch, applying a force from the running tool to deactivate the latch, and changing a fluid flow rate through the running tool. A pressure control device can include a releasable assembly having a passage, and a latch releasably securing the releasable assembly in an outer housing, the latch including a piston having set and unset positions, and the piston being displaceable toward the unset position in response to pressure applied to a port in the outer housing, or in response to displacement of a profile disposed in the passage. |
| US10876361B2 |
High tensile strength winder connection for downhole tools
A winder for a threaded connection of two axially aligned bodies where a first body comprises a male portion at an end connection portion and a second body has a female portion at an end connection portion. The female portion comprises a sleeve with a threaded portion on an internal face. The winder includes a winder ring encircling the male portion. The winder ring forms an internal surface and an external surface having a threaded portion. The internal surface of the winder ring includes a number of parallel grooves that are perpendicular to a rotational axis of the winder ring. A further male portion comprises external, circular grooves complementary to internal, circular ridges of the winder, and a threaded connection between two axially aligned bodies where the connection comprises the winder and the male portion. |
| US10876360B2 |
Hybrid drill bit with axially adjustable counter rotation cutters in center
A hybrid drill bit includes both fixed cutting elements and an adjustable cutting structure thereon. An adjustment mechanism is provided to allow an axial position of cutting elements at a leading end of the adjustable cutting structure to be adjusted with respect to an axial position of the fixed cutting elements. The adjustable cutting structure may include counter rotational cutting members mounted obliquely with respect to a bit body rotational axis, and the adjustment mechanism may dynamically support the adjustable cutting structure such that the axial position of the cutting elements may be adjusted as the drill bit is in operation within a wellbore. The axial position may be adjusted by altering a weight applied to the drill bit within the wellbore. |
| US10876353B2 |
Blind tilt adjustment assembly
A blind assembly includes a headrail, a guide member carried by the headrail and defining a channel therethrough, a tilt basket received within the channel, first and second cords operatively engaging a number of blind slats and extending from the number of slats upwardly through the tilt basket with the first cord coupled to the guide member adjacent to one terminal end of the channel and the second cord coupled to the guide member adjacent to an opposite terminal end of the channel, and an actuator to cause relative movement between the tilt basket and the elongated guide member along the channel to adjust a tilt angle of the number of slats between a full forward tilt with the tilt basket abutting one terminal end of the channel and a full rearward tilt with the tilt basket abutting the opposite terminal end of the channel. |
| US10876352B2 |
Fire rated door
A fire rated door includes a core, a first decorative panel and a second decorative panel. The core includes: (a) a gypsum-based fire resistant center panel having a bottom, a top, a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end, wherein the gypsum-based fire resistant center panel is made of a first gypsum-based fire resistant material, and (b) an extruded gypsum-based fire resistant border attached to the first side, the second side, the first end and the second end of the gypsum-based fire resistant center panel, wherein the extruded gypsum-based fire resistant border is made of a second gypsum-based fire resistant material having a higher density than the first gypsum-based fire resistant material. The first decorative panel is attached to the top of the gypsum-based fire resistant center panel and the extruded gypsum-based fire resistant border. The second decorative panel is attached to the bottom of the gypsum-based fire resistant center panel and the extruded gypsum-based fire resistant border. |
| US10876347B2 |
Rotating door systems and methods
Rotating door systems and methods for rotating a plurality of rotatable doors between a closed position and an open position are provided. Each of the rotatable doors may have a height measured in a vertical direction between opposing horizontal edges, a width measured in a horizontal direction between opposing vertical edges, and an axis of rotation centrally located between the opposing vertical edges. The rotatable doors may be rotatably coupled to an upper support at the axis of rotation via an upper pivot shaft and rotatably coupled to a lower support at the axis of rotation via a lower pivot shaft. The rotatable doors may be at least partially transparent. The rotation of one or more of the rotatable doors may be controlled by a controller. |
| US10876346B2 |
Braking device for a movable door leaf and a door closer having such a braking device
A braking device for a moveable door leaf includes an electrical brake motor operated as a generator. The motor shaft of which is rotatable by a movement of the door leaf and which can be controlled for regulating the closing speed of the door leaf by an electronic evaluation and control unit, which is at least partially provided with electrical energy by an electric motor operated as a generator and/or by an additional generator unit. The electronic evaluation and control unit is operable in a sleep mode and is cyclically displaceable into a waking state depending on the closing speed of the door leaf. A door closer with a mechanical energy storage and a braking device is also disclosed. |
| US10876341B2 |
Door drive system
A door drive assembly including: a drive arm including a first end configured to be rotatably coupled to the body and a second end configured to be rotatably coupled to the door. The door drive assembly also includes a drive mechanism coupled to the drive arm and configured to rotate the drive arm between an open position and a closed position. The door drive assembly also includes a control arm including a first end configured to be rotatably coupled to a vehicle body and a second end configured to be rotatably coupled to the door. The door drive assembly also includes a race configured to be disposed between the body and the first end of the control arm where the first end of control arm is configured to translate by a first distance along the race as the drive arm rotates between the open and closed positions. |
| US10876340B2 |
Guide system for guiding a movably mounted furniture part
A guide system for guiding a movably mounted furniture part, in particular a folding or folding-sliding door, includes a longitudinal guide rail, at least one guide device via which the furniture part is movable in a longitudinal direction along the longitudinal guide rail, and at least one support on which the furniture part is mounted in an articulated manner. The at least one support is movable in a direction extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal guide rail, and the at least one support has a receiver for receiving the guide device and the support is movable in the mounted position into a transfer position in which the receiver is arranged adjacent to the longitudinal guide rail. A compensation device compensates for a height difference between the receiving device and the longitudinal guide rail is provided. |
| US10876338B2 |
Door glass assembly for vehicle
A door glass assembly for a vehicle, includes a door panel; a fixed wall which is fixedly connected to a top end of the door panel; an upper guide rail which is extended along a top edge of the fixed wall; a lower guide rail which is extended along a bottom edge of the fixed wall; and a door glass which is movable in a horizontal direction with respect to the fixed wall, and is guided to move along the upper guide rail and the lower guide rail in the horizontal direction, wherein the door glass opens and closes a portion of a door opening defined by the door panel and the fixed wall, and an external surface of the door glass is flush with an external surface of the fixed wall when the door glass is in a closed position to close the door opening. |
| US10876337B2 |
Sliding hinge and electronic device having the same
A sliding hinge including a torque module, two brackets, a support plate, a driving gear set, and a sliding bracket is provided. The torque module has a first shaft and a second shaft adapted to rotate in opposite directions and produce a torque. The brackets are respectively disposed on the first shaft and the second shaft. The support plate is disposed on one of the brackets. The driving gear set is disposed on the support plate and coupled to the first shaft. The sliding bracket is coupled to the driving gear set and slidably disposed on a top surface of the support plate. The brackets are adapted to rotate relative to the torque module by the first shaft and the second shaft, such that the brackets are overlapped or unfolded with each other while the driving gear set drives the sliding bracket to slide along the support plate. |
| US10876336B2 |
Apparatus for moving a furniture part which is received on a furniture carcass of a furniture item
An apparatus for moving a furniture part which is received on a furniture carcass of a furniture item, the apparatus having a guide, by way of which, in the case of a mounted apparatus on the furniture item, the furniture part can be moved out of a closed position into an open position relative to the furniture carcass and back, the furniture part assuming, in the closed position, a position in which it is moved onto a front side of the furniture carcass. The guide is configured as an articulated lever arranged releasably on a mounting member of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a locking mechanism to lock the articulated lever to the mounting member. A locking element of the locking mechanism is arranged on the articulated lever such that it can be moved in a linear manner. |
| US10876334B2 |
System and method for replacing interior doors
The disclosure relates to a system and method for replacing an existing door while using the existing door frame structure. The system includes a mounting tool designed to locate a position of a door hinge on an existing door, and indicate a corresponding position for the door hinge on the replacement door without requiring substantial measurements or formation of hinge mortises. An edge mounting strip may be secured to the replacement door to complete the assembly and provide a flush surface with the door hinges along the end of the replacement door. |
| US10876332B2 |
Security device
A security device for a double door or double window arrangement, the device comprising a first and second barrier positioned on opposite sides of the double doors or windows. The device has a connecting portion connecting the first and second barriers. The barriers are held in position relative to the double doors or windows to prevent opening of the doors or windows, thus providing a quick way to lock down or disable a doorway or window. |
| US10876330B1 |
Device for securing french door in desired position
A door stop assembly for securing a door in a desired position may include a block portion; and an arm portion extending from the block portion at an angle, wherein the arm portion may be sized to fit within a space between a door jamb and a door. The device may also include a top cap and a bottom cap made of, for example, a non-slip material to prevent or reduce slipping of the device during use. |
| US10876329B2 |
Electrical door latch
An electrical latch for a closure system of a motor vehicle and method of operating are provided. The electrical latch includes a latching mechanism having a pawl and ratchet, a cinching mechanism having a cinching lever, and an electric actuator mechanism for actuating at least the cinching lever. The electrical latch further includes a control unit powered by a main power source and having a control circuit controlling operation of the actuator mechanism to affect the position of the cinch lever, and a backup energy source providing power to the control circuit and the actuator mechanism in the event a fault condition is experienced by the main power source. The electrical latch is configured to return the cinching lever to a home uncinched position in response to switching of power from the main power source to the backup energy source. |
| US10876328B2 |
Door handle assembly for a motor vehicle
A door handle assembly for a motor vehicle includes a handle carrier mounted on the vehicle and a grip part rotatably mounted on the handle carrier. The grip part opens a door or flap of the motor vehicle. A coupling device is rotatably mounted on the handle carrier for transmitting an actuation of the grip part to a locking arrangement on the vehicle. A joint element pivotably interconnects the coupling device and the grip part. The joint element movably supports an actuating member which is moved by rotation translationally between mounting and operating positions. In the operating position, the actuating member is pivotably mounted on the coupling device and is in engagement with the grip part. In the mounting position, the actuating member bears against a blocking surface of the coupling device that blocks rotation of the actuating member and is out of engagement with the grip part. |
| US10876327B2 |
Single axis adjustment feature for flush door handles
A vehicle door handle assembly (10) incorporating a dual sided adjustable male fastener (40). The dual sided adjustable male fastener (40) is adapted to be installed to an initial predefined preliminary position from the inside of the structure and then adjusted from the exterior at the point of final assembly to establish a flush orientation of the handle relative to surrounding components. |
| US10876325B2 |
Mounting device for electronic equipment
An apparatus permitting VESA compliant devices to be mounted onto flat surfaces or mounted onto outlets of various international standards is described. The apparatus can include two main parts. The first part (“VESA Bracket”) mounts onto a VESA compliant device. The second part (“Surface Bracket”) can be placed onto a flat surface. The two parts come together using a set of tabs and fastening hardware. The apparatus mounts the VESA device at a fixed angle, which creates a void space inside the apparatus, allowing power charging adapters or other electronic components and cables to be stored, thereby achieving an aesthetic look. The apparatus permits a completed assembly to be placed onto a tabletop surface. The different hole patterns on the surface bracket are utilized to mount and affix the assembly securely onto an outlet or any flat surface. The complete assembly stays within ADA compliant dimensions. |
| US10876324B2 |
Multipoint lock
A multipoint lock is described. The multipoint lock includes a main latch. The main latch has a latched position where the main latch is configured to extend a first distance from an unhinged edge of a door panel. The main latch is configured to be retractable toward the unhinged edge of the door panel by rotation of a latch drive hub in each of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction relative to a first side of the door panel. The multipoint lock also includes at least one auxiliary latch and a deadbolt drive hub. Rotation of the deadbolt drive hub substantially simultaneously actuates the main latch and the at least one auxiliary latch. |
| US10876323B2 |
Adjustment plate gauge insert and adapter for hands-free lock installation
A door lock chassis has a gauge insert that defines different dimensions corresponding to different door thicknesses. The gauge insert is positionable in the lock chassis in different orientations corresponding to the different dimensions used to align the lock chassis for different door thicknesses. Additionally, a door lock may include an anti-rotation assembly for preventing rotation of the lock chassis. The anti-rotation assembly may include a retention member that is secured to an inside hub of a lock chassis. As an anti-rotation member is displaced in a first axial direction along the inside hub to a mount position, the anti-rotational member may deflect resilient members of the retention member. With the anti-rotation member at the mounted position, the anti-rotation member may be in a frictional engagement with the previously deflected resilient members so that anti-rotation member is retained at the mount position. |
| US10876322B2 |
Locking device
The locking device includes a key having a cylindrical shaft in which a guide groove is formed in the axial direction, and a cylinder lock which includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, a locking bar and a tumbler, the inner cylinder has an inner cylinder main body rotatably accommodated in the outer cylinder, a rod fixed to the inner cylinder main body, and a key insertion slot, the locking bar is interposed between the inner cylinder main body and the outer cylinder and prevents the rotation of the inner cylinder by engaging and disengagingly locking the inner cylinder main body and the outer cylinder, and the tumbler has a guide convex portion engageably and detachably engaged with the key groove, and an inner concave portion rotatably received in the inner cylinder and dropping the locking bar. |
| US10876320B2 |
Locking device with lockable spindle follower linkage
A locking device includes a spindle follower linkage coupled with a latch and rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A locking block is formed with a pin hole. A pin is insertable through an opening of a housing and into the pin hole. A locking block spring for biasing the locking block in a first position where the pin is inserted into the pin hole and the locking block is disengaged from the spindle follower linkage, and a second position where the pin is removed and the locking block is pushed towards and engaged with the spindle follower linkage, thereby holding the spindle follower linkage in the locked position. A spring unit is held inside the pin hole to facilitate ejection of the pin. |
| US10876314B1 |
Pool skimmer mounting arrangements and installation kits having a wall insert
Mounting arrangements for pool skimmers, methods for mounting pool skimmers, pool skimmer adapter plates, and pool skimmer installation kits are provided that provide unique opportunities to overcome the limitations of the prior art. Aspects of the invention include an external adapter plate having an internal cavity sized to receive an inlet of a pool skimmer assembly and an internal adapter plate having an internal cavity positioned to at least partially align with an inlet opening of the inlet of the pool skimmer assembly. The use of the adapter plates allows the pool designer and installer broad latitude in selecting a proper skimmer assembly with minimal if any impact upon the design of the pool wall or panel used. Aspects of the invention are uniquely adapted to panel-type pool construction, but may be adaptable for any pool skimmer installation. |
| US10876311B1 |
Pool skimmer devices, systems, and methods
A powered pool skimmer device can include a funnel assembly comprising a the funnel having a wide opening and a narrow opening, and a funnel profile extending between the wide opening and the narrow opening, a filter assembly positioned below the funnel assembly, a pump assembly positioned below the filter assembly, the pump assembly including a pump configured to draw water through the funnel assembly and filter assembly and exhaust it through an exhaust, and a main body extending along an axis, wherein the funnel assembly, the filter assembly, and the pump assembly are positioned within the main body and arranged along the axis. |
| US10876310B2 |
Water treatment and purification system and methods thereof
A modular antimicrobial and antifungal treatment system for a spa or pool includes a main module. The main module comprising a transition metal mesh configured to allow fluid to enter and exit the main module. An anti-microbial and antifungal plastic material arranged in an interior portion of the main module. Individual modules in the main module includes a time release anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, or both, components, a sea salt component, and an adsorbent material. Further, a modular antimicrobial and antifungal treatment system for a spa or pool includes a support member coupled to the main module configured to hold the main module within an interior portion of a filter. |
| US10876306B2 |
Bridge overhang bracket assembly
An improved bridge overhang bracket assembly may include top, diagonal and side members. A hanger element may be mounted to the top member and pivotally attached proximate to the top end of the side member. The hanger element may be translatable along the top member for adjusting its longitudinal position, to vary the positions of the diagonal and side members quickly and easily, without disassembly, and may enable folding of the members to a shipping/storage position. A second hanger element may be mounted to the top member for attaching the assembly to a tie rod. The diagonal member may include at least one connection tab for receiving a bolt to connect the top and diagonal members together in the shipping/storage position. Also disclosed is a fastener assembly for securing a side rail to a T-bolt channel. |
| US10876305B2 |
Building perimeter systems
An architectural perimeter pocket assembly having at least a top and an inner side for forming an open bottom pocket, the inner side including an upper section and a lower extension section separately formed from the upper section, the sections having mutual engageable coupling formations horizontally displaced from main portions of said sections that when engaged enable the upper section to support the lower extension section vertically and restrain the lower section from pendulum-type motion. |
| US10876302B2 |
Set of panels for floor, wall or ceiling covering
A set of panels for covering floors, ceilings or walls is disclosed. Specifically, sets of panels including a plurality of panels joined with a mechanical locking at their adjacent edges. Each of the panels includes at least two pairs of parallel side edges. When the panels are installed in rows, the adjacent edges of two adjacent panels in one row are locked to one another and the adjacent panels of the adjacent rows are locked to one another. Locking provides connecting while preventing movement spacing the locked panels apart in a direction perpendicular to the coupled side edges by a translation in the plane of the bottom surface of the panels, and preventing movement spacing the locked panels apart in a direction perpendicular to the coupled side edges by a translation in a plane perpendicular to the bottom surface of the panels. |
| US10876297B1 |
Glass railing anchor system
An improved glass railing anchor system for multiple glass panels in high-rise buildings which can experience hurricane strength winds, and which includes an elongated base member having two hollow wall sections which create a channel for receiving the glass panels. Aligned with and beneath the hollow wall sections are integral keyways which anchor assembly's which include mounting plates, elevated rails and a central mounting post that also elevate the base member to allow for drainage. The anchor assemblies are slidable and can be selectively positioned for easy and secure installation. The base member, hollow wall sections, keyway and drainage areas can be integrally incorporated into a unitary device. |
| US10876293B2 |
Composite structural member for a building structure
A composite structural member for a building structure comprises a first elongate portion having a first end region and a second end region and a second elongate portion having a first end region and a second end region. The second end region of the first elongate portion is connected to the first end region of the second elongate portion so that the composite structural member provided thereby is substantially longer than either of the first and second elongate portions. The first elongate portion may comprise a first member suited for resisting high magnitude forces and the second elongate portion may be a second member, less well suited for resisting high forces but having lower cost per unit length. The composite structural member may be a rafter, especially a rafter of a portal frame. |
| US10876290B2 |
Felt baffle with snap ends
Embodiments described herein are directed to a sound-dampening baffle and lighting apparatus and methods of production therefor. In one embodiment, a sound-dampening baffle and lighting apparatus is provided that includes a structural frame which provides support for a sound-dampening outer layer and a light source. The sound-dampening outer layer is disposed around the structural frame. The sound-dampening baffle and lighting apparatus also includes a light source disposed on the structural frame. The light source is directionally switchable so that light emanating from the light source points upward, downward or both. |
| US10876288B2 |
Magnetically shielded room
A magnetically shielded room, that is capable of suppressing positional deviation of a measuring tool in an internal space, has an upper shielding body, a side periphery shielding body, and a lower shielding body, which form a magnetically shielded internal space of the magnetically shielded room. A pedestal has a higher rigidity than the lower shielding body, and is located on an under surface of the lower shielding body. First and second supporting members are located on and stand erect from the pedestal. The first and second supporting members penetrate the lower shielding body and extend into the internal space. |
| US10876284B2 |
Connector for transversely screwing together two workpieces
The present disclosed subject matter relates to a connector for transversely screwing together two workpieces, comprising a main body having a base surface, a cover surface parallel thereto, and a substantially generally-cylindrical lateral surface connecting the base and cover surfaces for shape-fitting insertion into a generally-cylindrical blind hole in one of the workpieces. The connector further comprises a first bore for a screw, said bore passing through the main body at an acute angle to the base and cover surfaces, and at least two second bores for a further screw each. Said second bores flank the first bore and pass through the main body approximately perpendicularly to the base and cover surfaces. |
| US10876281B2 |
Systems and methods for fabrication and use of brace designs for braced frames
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a structural frame member which includes a brace member that is used to absorb energy when the structural frame is subjected to loadings such as seismic, wind and gravity loads. The brace member is coupled to a restraining member that increases the buckling capacity of the brace member so that the brace member has approximately the same load axial capacity in compression as in tension. Embodiments of the invention also relate to the design, construction and assembly of the connection of the brace member that couples the brace member to a gusset plate which is coupled to the beam and column in the structural frame. |
| US10876278B2 |
Main valve seal guide ribs
In an embodiment, a fire hydrant elbow includes a first portion joined with a second portion, the second portion having a center axis angled from a center axis of the first portion. A main valve seat faces radially inward toward the first center axis from the first annular wall, the main valve seat defining a step from a first radius to a second radius, the first radius being larger than the second radius. A guide rib is adjacent the main valve seat between the first portion and the second portion, the guide rib protruding radially inward toward the first center axis.In another embodiment, a main valve seal guide for a fire hydrant includes an annular body and a plurality of guide ribs coupled to the annular body. Each guide rib has a first surface, and each guide rib extends from the annular body to the first surface. |
| US10876276B2 |
Microfabricated passively and/or actively cooled apparatus for highly efficient, low cost atmospheric water generators
An atmospheric water generation system with high efficiency is based on a counter flowing heat exchanger including multiple cold channels, each cold channel surrounded by multiple hot channels. The hot and warm gases flow in opposite directions, allowing the cool dry air to contribute to cooling the warm humid air to the dew point. Thermoelectric or passive cooling of the warm humid air, and hydrophobic surfaces in a cyclone structure also contribute in increasing the efficiency of the water generation system. |
| US10876274B2 |
Identification system for work machine
To provide an identification system for a work machine which is capable of preventing a setting error, the identification system for a work machine includes: a main control unit to control the entirety of a work machine; and a plurality of power control units to control components of the work machine. The main control unit acquires information about the entire vehicle body of the work machine. Each of the power control units acquires different information about a state of one of the components from that acquired by the other power control units, on the basis of a installation site of the power control unit installed on the work machine. In addition, the power control unit sets a function of the power control unit on the basis of the information about the state and the information about the entire vehicle body. |
| US10876273B2 |
Construction machine
A control section determines a monitoring region, a region wherein an obstacle is to be monitored, the monitoring region not including the lower travelling body. The control section changes the monitoring region so as not to include the lower travelling body based on a turn angle detected by the turn angle detection section. The control section limits operation of at least one of travelling of the lower travelling body and turning of the upper slewing body when the obstacle detection section detects an obstacle being present in the monitoring region. |
| US10876272B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling a machine implement
A control system for a machine may include a chassis an implement attached to the chassis, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller in communication with the first and second sensors. The first sensor may be configured to generate a first signal indicative of an angle of the implement with respect to the chassis. The second sensor may be configured to generate a second signal indicative of an angle of the chassis with respect to gravity. The controller may be configured to determine an implement mainfall angle based on the first signal and the second signal; process the second signal using a low pass filter to determine a filtered chassis pitch angle; determine a target mainfall angle based on the first signal and the filtered chassis pitch angle; and generate a command signal based the target mainfall angle and the implement mainfall angle. |
| US10876262B2 |
Composite bridge deck structural panel and method of fabrication
A composite structural panel for use in bridge structures, and method of manufacturing same, comprises a top panel and a bottom panel separated by and attached to at least one, but preferably a plurality, of structural composite preforms which may be fabricated by a continuous manufacturing process and may be saturated by resin using a continuous wetting process. The composite preforms may take any cross sectional shape but are preferably trapezoidal. The top and bottom panels may be fabricated from a plurality of layers of woven fabric layers and non-woven fabric layers which are saturated with a resin that is subsequently cured using cure processes known in the art. The composite structural panel of the invention is usable as a flat structural member for use as bridge decking, ramps, trestles, and any application requiring a structural panel. |
| US10876257B2 |
Water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper and preparation method thereof
The present invention discloses a water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of anti-counterfeiting technology of paper. The water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper consists of a base paper layer and an anti-counterfeiting label thereon. The anti-counterfeiting label is a colorless, invisible pattern or character, and does not have any effect on the appearance of the base paper. When contacting with water, a transparency of a location where the paper has the anti-counterfeiting label increases, and thereby a character or a pattern appears. After drying, the character or the pattern disappears, and the paper reverted to normal. The water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper may be prepared by method of printing the anti-counterfeiting label at a surface of the base paper by processes such as printing, code-spurting and inkjet printing according to requirements. Compared with the existing anti-counterfeiting surface-printing technology and other anti-counterfeiting embedment technology, the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper is low in cost, the process is simple, and is not easy to be imitated; and its identification method is simple, its anti-counterfeiting effect is remarkable, and detection is repeatable. |
| US10876254B2 |
Chemical efficiency increase in papermaking process
A method of increasing chemical efficiency of chemical additives in a papermaking system includes the steps of providing thick stock pulp comprising soluble lignin, process water, and at least about 2% by weight of cellulosic fiber based on total weight of thick stock pulp, and adding at least one laccase enzyme and at least one organic polymer to the thick stock pulp to reduce the amount of soluble lignin therein. The organic polymer is chosen from cationic polymers, non-ionic polymers and combinations thereof. |
| US10876252B2 |
Process for dyeing and foaming thermoplastic polyurethane
A process for the preparation of coloured and expanded thermoplastic polyurethane (coloured ETPU) material which comprises the following steps: a) providing thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material and at least one gaseous fluid wherein the melting temperature of the TPU material is above the supercritical temperature of the at least one gaseous fluid b) placing the TPU material in an autoclave together with a colorant and/or a fluorescent whitening agent (FWA), wherein the colorant is selected from at least one of a disperse dye, an acid dye and a pigment; c) increasing the pressure in the autoclave by introducing the at least one gaseous fluid at a temperature below the melting point of the TPU material and at least above the supercritical temperature of the at least one gaseous fluid at the applied pressure (saturation step); and d) allowing the non-expanded TPU material to saturate; and e) decreasing the pressure in the autoclave down to ambient pressure at a temperature between the melting temperature and the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the TPU material at such a rate that the TPU material expands (expansion step) to obtain coloured ETPU material f) removing the coloured ETPU material from the autoclave. |
| US10876251B2 |
Composition of artificial hair and production method thereof
Composition and production methods of artificial hair (11) with natural organic material, comprising a core (12), surrounded by a mantle (9), whereby the core comprises a strong fiber with one or more filaments (13) and whereby the mantle comprises one or more layers of shellac and liquefied hydrolysed human hair, combined with crosslinkers that are attached to the core that can be composed of natural fibroin fibers or of fibers of a high performance synthetic polymer. |
| US10876244B2 |
Method for forming a shipping support for a washing machine appliance
A method for forming a shipping support for a washing machine appliance includes attaching an elongated post to a corrugated sheet. The elongated post is oriented perpendicular to flutes of the corrugated sheet when the elongated post is attached to the corrugated sheet. The method also includes attaching the corrugated sheet to a frame. The frame has a truncated pyramid base at a center of the frame. The truncated pyramid base is formed with a plurality of supports attached to a plurality of flaps of the frame. |
| US10876236B2 |
Presser foot device
A presser foot device includes a wall portion, a pair of opposed portions, a pin, and an abutting portion. The wall portion extends in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The pair of opposed portions extend in one direction of a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction from the wall portion, and face each other. The pin extends in the second direction between the pair of opposed portions, and engages with a groove provided in the presser foot holder. The abutting portion is provided with respect to the pin on one direction side of the first direction, and is provided on the one direction side of the third direction of an end surface in the one direction of the third direction, of the pair of opposed portions. The abutting portion abuts against the presser foot holder in the second direction. |
| US10876233B2 |
Open-type circular knitting machine for the open and width-variable web production
An open-type circular knitting machine for the open and width-variable web production with a knitted fabric take-down and/or collecting assembly, including: a basement, knitting head and take-down and/or collecting assembly for the fabric. The head is equipped with a needle-holding element having a plurality of needles arranged around a central axis; a first and last active needle delimit a dead zone of the element without needles, and an arc-shaped operating zone with active needles. The head has a control device connected to the active needles to selectively actuate them to produce an open knitted fabric extending between two side edges making up two selvedges of the fabric. The assembly is downstream from the head with respect to feeding direction of the fabric, configured for rotating integral or coordinated with the element during production. Further, at least a first cutting device, configured for progressively cutting and/or trimming the produced fabric. |
| US10876232B2 |
Sock
A conventional sock, in which a pile yarn knitted into loops together with a polyurethane yarn has cushioning properties, but has a problem in that it cannot be used for a long period of time. According to the present invention, a first component yarn 15a composed of two yarns, namely, a woolly nylon yarn 13a and a cotton yarn 14a, and a second component yarn 15b composed of two yarns, namely, a woolly nylon yarn 13b and a cotton yarn 14b, are alternately knitted into float loops every 10 loops. Accordingly, the cotton yarns that are less stretchable appear on the surface, and thus cushioning properties can be improved. Also, the yarn strength can be increased by the woolly nylon yarns that are highly stretchable, and also the strength can be further increased by using the component yarns each composed of two yarns: a woolly nylon yarn; and a cotton yarn. Accordingly, the obtained sock can be used for a long period of time. |
| US10876230B2 |
Elastic circular-knitted fabric
Provided is an elastic circular-knitted fabric that can be used for clothing such as underclothes, sportswear, or casual wear, and that is stretchable and has a pleasant feel. This elastic circular-knitted fabric contains knitted loops (c1) composed of non-elastic fibers, and knitted loops (c2) composed of non-elastic fibers and elastic fibers. The knitted loops (c2) composed of the non-elastic fibers and elastic fibers exist in the elastic circular-knitted fabric at a ratio of one course for every two courses. In a slope of the elongation stress curve in the warp direction and weft direction of the elastic circular-knitted fabric, a ratio (a2/a1) of a slope (a1) at 0-40% elongation to a slope (a2) at 40-80% elongation is no more than 1.0 in the respective directions, and the standard deviation of unevenness between the loops on the rear surface of the elastic circular-knitted fabric is 0.5 or below. |
| US10876225B2 |
Polysaccharide fibers and method for producing same
The present invention relates to a method for the production of polysaccharide fibers which contain α(1→3)-glucan as a fiber-forming substance, as well as to the fibers made thereby, and to their use. |
| US10876224B2 |
Device and method for spreading a fiber bundle
A device and method for spreading a fibre bundle spread, the fibre bundle being from a fibre bundle supply to a fibre take-up by way of a resistance device, having a first impulse drive that interacts with the resistance device, the fibre take-up being disposed downstream of the resistance device. The fibre bundle by means of the impulse drive during spreading is superimposed in an alternating manner in predefined sequences with an additional speed component in the conveying direction of the fibre bundle and/or with an additional speed component counter to the conveying direction. |
| US10876223B1 |
Method and apparatus for accumulating cross-aligned fiber in an electrospinning device
An apparatus for accumulating cross-aligned fiber in an electrospinning device, comprising a multiple segment collector including at least a first segment, a second segment, and an intermediate segment, the intermediate segment positioned between the first and second segment to collectively present an elongated cylindrical structure; at least one electrically chargeable edge conductor circumferentially resident on the first segment and circumferentially resident on the second segment; a connection point on the first segment and on the second segment, the connection points usable for mounting the elongated cylindrical structure on a drive unit to rotate around a longitudinal axis; the elongated cylindrical structure holding electrospun fiber substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis when the edge conductors are excited with a charge of opposite polarity relative to charged fiber, and attracting electrospun fiber on to its surface around the longitudinal axis at least when the edge conductors are absent a charge or grounded. |
| US10876218B2 |
Substrate supporting plate, thin film deposition apparatus including the same, and thin film deposition method
A substrate supporting plate that may prevent deposition on a rear surface of a substrate and may easily unload the substrate. The substrate supporting plate may include a substrate mounting portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the substrate mounting portion. An edge portion of a top surface of the substrate mounting portion may be anodized. A central portion of the top surface of the substrate mounting portion may not be anodized. |
| US10876206B2 |
Thermal chemical vapor deposition coating
Thermal chemical vapor deposition coated articles and thermal chemical vapor deposition processes are disclosed. The thermal chemical vapor deposition coated article includes a substrate and a coating on the substrate, the coating having multiple layers and being positioned on regions of the thermal chemical vapor deposition coated article that are unable to be concurrently coated through line-of-sight techniques. The coating has a concentration of particulate from gas phase nucleation, per 100 square micrometers, of fewer than 6 particles having a dimension of greater than 0.5 micrometers. The thermal chemical vapor deposition process includes introducing a multiple aliquot of a silicon-containing precursor to the enclosed vessel with intermediate gaseous soaking to produce the coated article. |
| US10876204B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, exhaust pipe coating method and substrate processing method
A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing container configured to accommodate and process a substrate, an exhaust pipe connected to the processing container, an evacuation part configured to evacuate an interior of the processing container via the exhaust pipe, an exhaust pipe coating gas nozzle provided in the vicinity of the exhaust pipe inside the processing container and configured to supply at least one of a silicon-containing gas and an oxidizing gas into the exhaust pipe via the processing container, and a heating part configured to heat the processing container. |
| US10876203B2 |
Fuel cell separator and coating method for fuel cell separator
A fuel cell separator includes a metal substrate having a surface; an ion penetration layer including carbon diffusion-inhibiting ions extending from the surface of the metal substrate into the metal substrate; and a carbon coating layer disposed on the surface of the metal substrate. |
| US10876201B2 |
Broadband fluorescence amplification assembly
A method for manufacturing a broadband fluorescence amplification assembly comprising the steps of providing a vertically aligned carbon nanotube (“VACNT”) substrate that has been treated with a plasma and at least partially coated with a metal coating and a support structure, and supporting the VACNT substrate by the support structure. The support structure can include one of quartz or glass. The method can also include the steps of cleaning the support structure with an alcohol solution and/or exposing the support structure to one of a surface cleaning plasma or ozone. The method can further comprise the step of adhering the VACNT substrate to the support structure, wherein the step of adhering can include applying an adhesive material to at least a portion of the support structure. Additionally, the method can include the step of treating the VACNT substrate and the support structure with the plasma. |
| US10876197B2 |
Surface modified materials for tailoring responses to electromagnetic fields
A composition of matter includes a substrate material (M) having a bulk portion and an outer surface integrated to the bulk portion. The outer surface includes a modified surface layer. The modified surface layer extends to a depth from the outer surface of at least 1 nm. The modified surface layer includes M and at least one other material (X) which is a metal or metal alloy. The modified surface layer has a 25° C. electrical conductivity which is at least 2.5% above or below a 25° C. electrical conductivity in the bulk portion of M. The composition of matter can be an article that includes a frequency selective surface-based metamaterial, and the plurality of modified surface portions can be a plurality of periodic surface elements that provide a resonant frequency. |
| US10876193B2 |
Nanostructured materials, methods, and applications
Methods for making a material superwicking and/or superwetting (superhydrophyllic) involving creating one or more indentations in the surface of the material that have a micro-rough surface of protrusions, cavities, spheres, rods, or other irregularly shaped features having heights and/or widths on the order of 0.5 to 100 microns and the micro-rough surface having a nano-rough surface of protrusions, cavities, spheres, rods, and other irregularly shaped features having heights and/or widths on the order of 1 to 500 nanometers. Superwicking and/or superwetting materials having micro-rough and nano-rough surface indentations, including metals, glass, enamel, polymers, semiconductors, and others. |
| US10876192B2 |
Separator production method
A method of manufacturing a separator includes subjecting a metal thin sheet material to be transported to stepwise forming working at an identical location by a plurality of press machines having different working shapes and arranged sequentially from an upstream side to a downstream side in a transport direction of the metal thin sheet material to form a flow passage groove. The thin sheet material is subjected to annealing treatment in at least one space of spaces between the press machines arranged adjacent to each other in the transport direction of the thin sheet material. |
| US10876191B2 |
Cartridge case induction annealing apparatus
The present disclosure relates to an induction annealing apparatus adapted to anneal cartridge cases to improve their reusability. In one implementation, the apparatus includes a power supply unit and a plurality of annealing units, each including a magnetic core having ends separated by an air gap. An induction coil is wound around the magnetic core to generate a magnetic field in the air gap. A cartridge case holder holds the cartridge case such that the neck of the cartridge case is positioned in one of the air gaps. The power supply unit selectively connects to the annealing units to supply power for a predetermined length of time, and the size of the air gap of the magnetic cores of each of the annealing units may differ. In other implementations, the size of the air gap may be adjustable, and a temperature sensor or a ferrite stake may be included. |
| US10876189B2 |
Age-hardenable sterling silver alloy with improved “tarnishing” resistance and master alloy composition for its production
The present invention relates to a sterling silver alloy, copper-free in its basic embodiment, age-hardenable, with improved resistance to tarnishing, thanks to the presence of palladium in combination with zinc and indium, this alloy being mainly used for the realization of precious articles; the present invention also relates to a master alloy composition suitable for the production of said sterling silver alloy. |
| US10876187B2 |
Process for leaching metal sulfides with reagents having thiocarbonyl functional groups
This application pertains to methods of recovering metals from metal sulfides that involve contacting the metal sulfide with an acidic sulfate solution containing ferric sulfate and a reagent that has a thiocarbonyl functional group, wherein the concentration of reagent in the acidic sulfate solution is sufficient to increase the rate of metal ion extraction relative to an acidic sulfate solution that does not contain the reagent, to produce a pregnant solution containing the metal ions. |
| US10876182B2 |
High-strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods and method of producing the same
A high-strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods comprising, by mass %, C: 0.20% to 0.50%, Si: 0.05% to 0.40%, Mn: 0.3% to 0.9%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.005% to 0.1%, N: 0.006% or less, Mo: more than 1.0% to 3.0% or less, V: 0.01% to less than 0.05%, Nb: 0.001% to less than 0.01%, B: 0.0003% to 0.0030%, O: 0.0030% or less, and Ti: 0.003% to 0.025%, and wherein Ti/N: 2.0 to 5.0 is satisfied, a volume fraction of a tempered martensitic is 95% or more, prior austenite grains have a grain size number of 8.5 or more, and in a cross-section perpendicular to a rolling direction, the number of nitride-based inclusions having a grain size of 4 μm or more is 100 or less per 100 mm2, the number of nitride-based inclusions having a grain size of less than 4 μm is 1000 or less per 100 mm2, the number of oxide-based inclusions having a grain size of 4 μm or more is 40 or less per 100 mm2, and the number of oxide-based inclusions having a grain size of less than 4 μm is 400 or less per 100 mm2. |
| US10876180B2 |
Method of manufacturing hot rolled steel sheet for square column for building structural members
A method of manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet for a square column for building structural members includes a hot rolling step, a cooling step, and a coiling step performed on a steel to form a hot rolled steel sheet, wherein the steel has a composition containing, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.07 to 0.18%, Mn: 0.3 to 1.5%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.06%, N: 0.0006% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. |
| US10876179B2 |
Method for producing hot-formed components
A method is provided for producing a hot-formed component, in particular a sheet-metal component made of steel, aluminum, magnesium or a combination of the materials. The method includes the acts of: heating a semifinished product, in particular a sheet-metal blank or a pre-shaped sheet-metal component, inserting the semifinished product into a molding tool, and quenching the semifinished product in the molding tool, wherein a change is made to the microstructure of the material at least in one portion. Before the insertion of the semifinished product into the molding tool, an insulating device is applied in at least one predetermined region of the semifinished product. The insulating device is connected in a form-fitting, integral and/or force-fitting manner to the semifinished product. |
| US10876177B2 |
Compositions and methods relating to nucleic acid-protein complexes
Provided are methods and compositions relating to conjugation of nucleic acids and proteins of interest under conditions that maintain protein activity. The nucleic acid-protein conjugates may be used in nucleic acid nanostructures such as those generated using DNA origami methods. |
| US10876176B2 |
Antifibrotic activity of GAS6 inhibitor
Compositions and methods are provided for treating fibrosis in a mammal by administering a therapeutic dose of a pharmaceutical composition that inhibits AXL, MER or Tyro3 protein activity, for example by inhibition of the binding interaction between AXL, MER or Tyro3 and its ligand GAS6. |
| US10876175B2 |
Kits for detecting Mycobacterium avium/intracellulare nucleic acid
Disclosed is a method for determining the presence of Mycobacterium avium complex nucleic acids in a biological sample. In particular, the mig gene of M. avium and the DT1 gene of M. intracellulare are detected, preferably following amplification. In addition, the method distinguishes between species of M. avium and M. intracellulare. Also described are oligonucleotides that can be used as primers to amplify target genes such as mig and DT1 genes and as probes as well as kits containing the oligonucleotide. |
| US10876174B2 |
Method for the detection and characterization of a toxinogenic Clostridium difficile strain
The invention relates to a cartridge for the detection and characterization of a toxinogenic Clostridium difficile strain in a sample, wherein the following steps are performed, (i) a sample is provided for, (ii) in a multiplex PCR assay, (iii) the sample is analyzed with respect to the presence or absence of the cytotoxin tcdB gene, (iv) the sample is analyzed with respect to the presence or absence of one or more of the following deletions in the tcdC gene: (a) an 18 bp deletion in SEQ ID NO. 1 from nucleotide 330 to nucleotide 347, (b) a 36 bp deletion in SEQ ID NO. 1 from nucleotide 301 to nucleotide 336, (c) a 39 bp deletion in SEQ ID NO. 1 from nucleotide 341 to nucleotide 370, (d) a 54 bp deletion in SEQ ID NO. 1 from nucleotide 313 to nucleotide 366 and (e) a single nucleotide deletion at position 117 of SEQ ID NO. 1. The invention also relates to respective kits and primers and probes. |
| US10876172B2 |
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. |
| US10876170B2 |
Method for detecting a genomic rearrangement involving the ALK gene in cell-free DNA
The present disclosure relates to methods for detecting and targeting genomic rearrangements, in particular gene fusion events, by targeting a DNA molecule of interest with a set or pool of primers, wherein the forward primers and reverse primers produce a PCR amplification product when a genomic rearrangement is present. The present disclosure also relates to methods of bioinformatic analysis to determine whether or not the detection of an amplification product from the selective PCR is actually indicative of the presence of a gene fusion. The present disclosure also related to related methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions associated with such genomic rearrangements, in particular cancers, such as lung cancer. |
| US10876167B2 |
12-gene prognostic signature for breast cancer survival
A biomarker panel of 12 genes based on expression levels. Methods for calculating prognostic scores and patient ranking based on their score and divided into two equal sized cohorts. Kaplan-Meier analysis and a log-rank test were used to determine differences in survival. |
| US10876165B2 |
Method for diagnosing colorectal cancer from a human feces sample by quantitative PCR, primers and kit
The present invention relates to the field of detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). Specifically it relates to methods for the early detection, risk screening and monitoring of CRC and/or adenomatous polyps in a human subject based on the quantification of one or more 16S rDNA bacterial sequences in feces. It further relates to the use of said bacterial sequences as biomarkers of colorectal cancer and/or adenomatous polyps; to a kit comprising a reagent and instructions for the quantification of said bacterial sequences; and to nucleic acids for the quantification of said 16S rDNA bacterial sequences. |
| US10876163B2 |
Detection and quality control of regulatory T cells through DNA-methylation analysis of the Foxp3 gene
The present invention relates to a method, in particular an in vitro method for identifying FoxP3-positive regulatory T cells, preferably CD25+CD4+ regulatory T cells of a mammal, comprising analysing the methylation status of at least one CpG position in the gene foxp3 or an orthologous or paralogous gene thereof, and the use of DNA-methylation analysis of the gene of the transcription factor FoxP3 for a detection and quality assurance and control of regulatory T cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a kit for performing the above methods as well as respective uses. |
| US10876162B2 |
Methods of detecting multi-drug resistant organisms
The present invention provide methods using genes associated with multi-drug resistance for rapidly detecting a patient colonized or infected with an multi-drug resistant organism and administrating the appropriate precautions and/or treatment. |
| US10876159B2 |
Method and device for identifying nucleotide, and method and device for determining nucleotide sequence of polynucleotide
The present invention provides technology that uses current measurements to identify nucleotides and determine a nucleotide sequence in polynucleotides. The present invention calculates a modal value of a tunnel current that arises when a nucleotide or polynucleotide for analysis passes through between electrodes, and then employs the calculated modal value. The present invention accordingly enables direct rapid implementation to identify nucleotides and to determine a nucleotide sequence in a polynucleotide without marking. |
| US10876158B2 |
Method for sequencing a polynucleotide template
The invention provides methods for pairwise sequencing of a double-stranded polynucleotide template, which methods result in the sequential determination of nucleotide sequences in two distinct and separate regions of the polynucleotide template. |
| US10876156B2 |
Determination of cells using amplification
The present invention generally relates to microfluidics and, in particular, to systems and methods for determining cells using amplification. In one set of embodiments, cells are encapsulated within droplets and nucleic acids from the cells amplified within the droplets. The droplets may then be pooled together and the amplified nucleic acids can be determined using PCR or other suitable techniques. In some embodiments, techniques such as these can be used to detect relatively rare cells that may be present, e.g., if the droplets are amplified using conditions able to selectively amplify nucleic acids arising from the relatively rare cells. |
| US10876155B2 |
Differentiation of signals for target nucleic acid sequences
The present invention relates to differentiating signals of interest for target nucleic acid sequences. The present invention permits to obtain an individual signal value (i.e., variable) contained in a total signal detected at detection temperatures by using mathematical equations. The present invention based on equation-solving approach enables to obtain the individual signal value in a systematical manner, thereby providing analysis results in much more accurate and convenient manner. |
| US10876152B2 |
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. |
| US10876151B2 |
LNA-based mutant enrichment next-generation sequencing assays
Ultra-sensitive assays for the detection of mutations, e.g., from blood-based sources of tumor genetic material (circulating tumor cells or plasma), or other settings in which limiting amounts of DNA, e.g., tumor DNA, is available. The assay is exemplified in the estrogen receptor, but is broadly customizable to target mutations in other genes. |
| US10876149B2 |
Compositions and methods for the detection of nucleic acids
The present invention provides methods for detecting a target nucleic acid in a sample by, for example, incubating the target nucleic acid with a detection probe containing a nucleic acid sequence complementary to at least a portion of the target nucleic acid and a nuclease enzyme that specifically cleaves double-stranded nucleic acids. Hybridization between the detection probe and the target nucleic acid thereby leads to cleavage of the detection probe, releasing a portion of the probe attached to a detectable agent. The portions of the digested probes attached to the detectable agent can be separated from unbound probe and detected in order to determine the presence of the target nucleic acid in the sample. Thus, the invention enables rapid and accurate analysis of a sample for the presence of desired nucleic acid biomarkers. |
| US10876145B2 |
Fiber sampler for recovery of bioaerosols and particles
An aerosol collection system and method. The system includes a bio-aerosol delivery device configured to supply bioparticles in a gas stream, a moisture exchange device including a partition member coupled to the gas stream and configured to humidify or dehumidify the bioparticles in the gas stream, and an aerosol collection medium downstream from the moisture exchange device and configured to collect the bioparticles. The method includes delivering bioparticles in a gas stream, humidifying or dehumidifying the bioparticles in the gas stream by transport of water across a partition member and into a vapor phase of the gas stream, and collecting the bioparticles by a collection medium. |
| US10876142B2 |
Compositions and methods for making selenocysteine containing polypeptides
Non-naturally occurring tRNASec and methods of using them for recombinant expression of proteins engineered to include one or more selenocysteine residues are disclosed. The non-naturally occurring tRNASec can be used for recombinant manufacture of selenocysteine containing polypeptides encoded by mRNA without the requirement of an SECIS element. In some embodiments, selenocysteine containing polypeptides are manufactured by co-expressing a non-naturally occurring tRNASec a recombinant expression system, such as E. coli, with SerRS, EF-Tu, SelA, or PSTK and SepSecS, and an mRNA with at least one codon that recognizes the anticodon of the non-naturally occurring tRNASec. |
| US10876140B2 |
Method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoic acid, and microbes
Provided is a method for producing PHA by a microbe with improved productivity of PHA, and a PHA-producing microbe used for the production method. A method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoic acid, the method including a step of culturing a microbe having a polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase gene and an inactivated gene encoding a flagellar protein to cause the microbe to produce polyhydroxyalkanoic acid. In the microbe, a lipase, a dephosphorylating enzyme, and a protein represented by the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 or 7 may be additionally inactivated. The microbe may be Cupriavidus necator. |
| US10876135B2 |
In planta recombination
The present invention relates to methods to modify at least one target locus in a plant cell, comprising, providing a plant cell with one or more target loci and one or more donor loci, followed by induction of homologous recombination between homologous regions of at least one target locus and at least one donor locus by at least one rare cleaving nuclease. The present invention related also to target loci, donor loci and nuclease loci used in these methods, and plant cells, plants and plant parts comprising these target loci, donor loci, nuclease loci and/or the recombined loci. |
| US10876133B2 |
Method for expression of small RNA molecules within a cell
The invention provides methods and compositions for the expression of small RNA molecules within a cell using a lentiviral vector. The methods can be used to express doubles stranded RNA complexes. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) can be expressed using the methods of the invention within a cell, which is capable of down regulating the expression of a target gene through RNA interference. A variety of cells can be treated according to the methods of the invention including embryos, embryogenic stem cells, allowing for the generation of transgenic animals or animals constituted partly by the transduced cells that have a specific gene or a group of genes down regulated. |
| US10876132B2 |
Insecticidal combinations of PIP-72 and methods of use
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with one or more nucleic acid sequence encoding insecticidal protein(s) and one or more silencing element(s). In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The molecular and breeding stacks find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity. |
| US10876130B2 |
HPPD variants and methods of use
In the present invention, HPPD enzymes and plants containing them showing a full tolerance against several classes of HPPD-inhibitors are described. A set of HPPD enzymes have been designed which have either no or only a significantly reduced affinity to HPPD inhibitors and, at the same time, the rate of dissociation of the HPPD inhibitors of the enzyme is increased to such an extent that the HPPD inhibitors no longer act as slow-binding or slow, tight-binding inhibitors but, instead of this, have become fully reversible inhibitors. In particular, isolated polynucleotides encoding HPPD inhibitor tolerance polypeptides are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. |
| US10876129B2 |
Methods and materials for high throughput testing of mutagenized allele combinations
High throughput methods are described for identifying combinations of mutations that can be used to improve a phenotypic feature in an organism. Large populations of organisms (e.g., plants) containing different combinations of mutations can be assessed using the methods. |
| US10876122B2 |
Method of producing 2′-fucosyllactose using recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum
Provided is a method of producing 2′-fucosyllactose including culturing in a medium supplemented with lactose a recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum transformed to express α-1,2-fucosyltransferase, transformed to express GDP-D-mannose-4,6-dehydratase, transformed to express GDP-L-fucose synthase, and transformed to express lactose permease, wherein the recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum has phosphomannomutase and GTP-mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase. |
| US10876121B2 |
EGFR nucleic acids and uses thereof
Disclosed herein are molecules and pharmaceutical compositions that mediate RNA interference against EGFR. Also described herein include methods for treating a disease or disorder that comprises a molecule or a pharmaceutical composition that mediate RNA interference against EGFR. |
| US10876120B2 |
Methods and compositions for reducing immunosupression by tumor cells
The present disclosure provides, in part, methods of discovering immunotherapy targets in vivo, therapeutic compositions (e.g., shRNA, immunoresponsive cells expressing shRNA and/or a chimeric antigen receptors (CAR)), and methods of use thereof. |
| US10876116B2 |
Anti-ARID3a treatments for inflammatory disorders
Antisense compounds for suppressing expression of ARTD3a are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing same and methods of producing and using same. The antisense compounds can be used to treat inflammatory disorders and conditions related to interferon-alpha production. |
| US10876113B2 |
Regulation of translation of expressed genes
The present invention describes mRNA usage improving and/or translation-enhancing nucleic acid sequences, nucleic acid constructs comprising such sequences, and host cells comprising such nucleic acid constructs. The invention further pertains to a method for expressing a protein of interest in a cell or organismusing such nucleic acid sequences, as well as their uses for increasing integration of such nucleic acid construct into a genome, for enhancing mRNA usage and/or translation of a recombinantly expressed polypeptide, and for increasing the number of transformants upon transformation of a cell with such nucleic acid construct. |
| US10876111B2 |
Methods and materials for cloning functional T cell receptors from single T cells
This document provides methods and materials involved in cloning functional TCRs from single T cells. For example, methods and materials for obtaining nucleic acid encoding a TCR from a single T cell and arranging that nucleic acid to form nucleic acid vectors successfully designed to express a TCR, kits for obtaining nucleic acid encoding a TCR from a single T cell and arranging that nucleic acid to form nucleic acid vectors successfully designed to express a TCR, methods for making such kits, collections of nucleic acid primers designed to amplify the entire coding sequence of both variable regions for each expressed V segment for functional αβ or γδ TCRs of a particular mammalian species, methods for using such collections of nucleic acid primers to clone functional TCRs from single T cells, and kits containing such collections of nucleic acid primers to clone functional TCRs from single T cells are provided. |
| US10876108B2 |
Compositions and methods for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment and high efficiency library generation
The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment in a nucleic acid sample and for high efficiency nucleic acid library generation for next generation sequencing (NGS). Specifically, the methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful for the production and capture of amplification-ready, target-specific and strand-specific regions of interest from nucleic acid samples containing complex DNA. |
| US10876107B2 |
Single cell bar-coding for antibody discovery
Provided herein are methods and composition for immune repertoire sequencing and single cell barcoding. The methods and compositions can be used to heavy and light chain antibody sequences originating from a single cell, antibody discovery, disease and immune diagnostics, and low error sequencing. |
| US10876098B2 |
Polynucleotide, host cell and a method to recombinantly produce the protein encoded by said polynucleotide having peroxygenative activity
The invention relates to an unspecific peroxygenase of the Agrocybe aegerita fungus, obtained by means of directed molecular evolution to facilitate the functional expression thereof in an active, soluble and stable form. The peroxygenase described in the invention shows a significant improvement in the functional expression thereof, improved monooxygenase activity and reduced peroxidase activity, in relation to the monooxygenase and peroxidase activities showed by the unspecific wild-type peroxygenase of A. aegerita. The peroxygenase of the invention is useful in chemical processes, including industrial transformations such as the selective oxyfunctionalisation of carbon-hydrogen bonds of various organic compounds. |
| US10876092B2 |
Method for adaptation
The present invention relates generally to growth of bacteria. More specifically the invention relates to a method for oxidative environment adaptation of anaerobic microorganisms and their use in developing new probiotics. In particular, the present invention provides a method for adaptation of anaerobic microorganisms and selection of more oxygen tolerant anaerobic microorganisms, said method comprising the steps of culturing said microorganisms with a stepwise dual induction of oxidative stress via applied voltage and oxygen diffusion, and a stepwise change of anti-oxidant/oxidized counterpart concentration ratio to adjust the redox state. New strains are also provided. |
| US10876086B2 |
Cell treatment method, laser processing machine, and cell culture vessel
A method of killing specific cells from among a group of cells cultured in a culture vessel by quick and brief laser treatment, the cell culture vessel comprising a main body and a to-be-irradiated layer attached to the main body, the to-be-irradiated layer containing an ingredient capable of absorbing laser light upon laser irradiation, the group of cells being cultured on the surface of the to-be-irradiated layer, the method comprising: applying laser light to a partial area of the to-be-irradiated layer directly below the specific cells. |
| US10876084B2 |
Method and device for producing of high quality alcoholic beverages
A method and device for producing high quality alcohol beverages, including liquor, cordial, tincture, whiskey, cognac, brandy, vodka, rum, gin, wine, cocktail, etc., is based on the action of hydrodynamic cavitation treatment of components of alcohol beverages. The fluid flow moves at a high rate through a multi-stage blending hydrodynamic device and multi-stage cavitation device to generate hydrodynamic cavitation features in the fluid flow. The cavitation features generate changes in the velocity, pressure, temperature, chemical composition and physical properties of the liquid. Hydrodynamic cavitation processing provides effective blending of components and homogenization of alcoholic beverage, improves its organoleptic qualities. |
| US10876079B2 |
Bis-azo colorants for use as bluing agents
Bis-azo colorants for use as bluing agents, laundry care compositions including bis-azo colorants that may serve as bluing agents, processes for making such bluing agents and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The bluing agents are generally include at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. These bluing agents are advantageous in providing a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. |
| US10876076B2 |
Detergents and cleaning agents having improved performance
A method for use of substituted dihydroxyterephthalic acid amides in detergents and cleaning agents, for improving detergent or cleaning performance with respect to bleachable stains. |
| US10876075B2 |
Cleaning composition
A hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a) from about 1% to about 60% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system, wherein said surfactant system comprises an anionic surfactant and amphoteric/zwitterionic system wherein the amphoteric to zwitterionic weight ratio is from about 2:1 to about 1:2, wherein said amphoteric surfactant comprises an alkyl dimethyl amine oxide; and b) from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the composition of a cleaning amine of Formula(I): wherein the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from NH2, —H, linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl having from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms and n is from 1 to 3 and wherein at least one of the radicals is NH2. |
| US10876072B2 |
Cleaning compositions containing a branched alkyl sulfate surfactant and a short-chain nonionic surfactant
This relates to cleaning compositions containing one or more branched and unethoxylated C6-C14 alkyl sulphate anionic surfactants in combination with one or more short-chain nonionic surfactants, which are linear or branched C4-C11 alkyl or aryl alkoxylated alcohols. Such cleaning compositions exhibit surprising and unexpected improvement in the sudsing profiles and are particularly suitable for use in hand-washing fabrics. |
| US10876068B2 |
2,3,6-trimethylcyclohexanol as a scenting and/or flavoring agent
The present invention primarily concerns the use of 2,3,6-trimethylcyclohexanol as a fragrance and/or flavoring. The invention also concerns new fragrance and/or flavoring compositions comprising 2,3,6-trimethylcyclohexanol and their use, perfumed and/or flavored articles comprising 2,3,6-trimethylcyclohexanol and various methods for imparting, modifying and/or enhancing certain scent and/or flavor notes. |
| US10876060B2 |
Droplet for fuels
A droplet formation for fuels is disclosed. The droplet formation for fuels includes an amphiphile. The droplet formation for fuels further includes at least one of an extensional viscosity modifier and a viscosity modifier. The droplet formation for fuels further includes a hydrophilic portion. The droplet formation for fuels further includes a hydrophobic portion. The droplet, including the hydrophilic portion and the hydrophobic portion, includes characteristics selected for beneficial combustion properties. The selected characteristics include flash point, autoignition temperature, density, viscosity, miscibility, size, combustion temperature, organic properties, inorganic properties, zwitterionic properties, micelle properties, and particulate properties. |
| US10876055B2 |
Hydrocracking process for producing distillate or naptha
The invention relates to a catalytic hydrocracker with two different catalyst beds within the reactor where each is loaded with a catalyst that has different hydrocracking properties. A first catalyst bed preferably cracks heavy oil more aggressively than the catalyst in the second bed. The catalytic hydrocracker includes further two recycle lines such that one directs unconverted oil through both hydrocracker beds and a bypass inlet is positioned between the first and second catalyst beds to admit unconverted oil to pass only through the second less aggressive hydrocracker catalyst bed. When gasoline prices favor the production of gasoline, less unconverted oil is recycled through the bypass therefore making more gasoline, but when prices favor the production of jet and diesel, more recycle is directed through the bypass recycle thus making less gasoline and more diesel and jet fuel. |
| US10876052B2 |
Compact contacting systems and methods for scavenging sulfur-containing compounds
A hydrogen sulfide (H2S) scavenging system for removing H2S, mercaptans, and/or other sulfur-containing compounds from a natural gas stream. A co-current contacting system is located in-line within a pipe and receives the natural gas stream and a liquid scavenger stream. The co-current contacting system includes a co-current contactor including a droplet generator and a mass transfer section. The droplet generator generates droplets from the liquid scavenger stream and disperses the droplets into the natural gas stream. The mass transfer section provides a mixed, two-phase flow having a vapor phase and a liquid phase. The liquid phase includes the liquid scavenger stream with H2S, mercaptans, and/or other sulfur-containing compounds absorbed from the natural gas stream, and the vapor phase includes the natural gas stream. A separation system separates the vapor phase from the liquid phase. |
| US10876051B2 |
Process and device for separating aromatics under vacuum
The present invention relates to a process and a device for separating a feedstock comprising benzene, toluene and C8+ compounds, by means of at least one “reformate” distillation column (C1), one aromatics extraction unit (P1), one para-xylene separation unit (P2), one xylene isomerization unit (P3) and one transalkylation unit (P4), the effluents of said units being separated in the following distillation columns: purification column (C6), deheptanizer (C7) and toluene column (C10), in which at least one of said distillation columns is suitable for being operated under vacuum so that: the majority of the C7− compounds are recovered in the product at the top of the distillation column operated under vacuum, and the majority of the C8+ compounds are recovered in the product at the bottom of the distillation column operated under vacuum. |
| US10876048B2 |
Beneficiation of hydrocarbons from mineral matrices
Methods for liberating organic carbonaceous products from mineral matrices such as oil shale and the products liberated by the present methods inter alia, the invention in a preferred embodiment subjects oil shale to resonance disintegration including inter alia rapid pressure and directional changes to essentially instantaneously vary forces acting thereon. Oil shale processed by non-impact processing according to the invention liberates kerogen from the mineral matrix to permit subsequent conversion to shale oil or other utilization. |
| US10876044B2 |
Formation of micro-proppant particulates in situ
A method of fracturing a subterranean formation wherein a silicate component and a silica precipitation agent are each mixed with the fracturing fluid. The fracturing fluid is introduced to a subterranean formation such that the fracturing fluid is allowed to precipitate silica and form micro-proppant particulates in situ in a microfracture. The silicate component can be selected from potassium silicate, sodium silicate and combinations thereof. |
| US10876043B2 |
Chelating agent for reservoir acidification and stimulating injection and its preparation method and application
A chelating agent may be used for reservoir acidification and stimulating injection. The raw material composition of the chelating agent comprises: 10.0%-20.0% of methanesulfonic acid, 10.0%-20.0% of methanol, 10.0%-20.0% of polyaspartic acid, 10.0%-15.0% of epoxy succinic acid, 5.0%-10.0% of sodium cetyl sulfonate, 10.0%-15.0% of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and the balance of water. The present disclosure also provides a preparation method of the above chelating agent. The chelating agent for reservoir acidification and stimulating injection may be used in an acidizing and stimulating injection process, wherein it can effectively dissolve rock cracks, be used directly without need to be reversed. |
| US10876039B2 |
Thermally stable surfactants for oil based drilling fluids
Embodiments for an oil-based drilling fluid and methods of making the oil-based drilling fluid are provided, in which the oil-based drilling fluid comprising: an oil phase; an aqueous phase; at least one surfactant, in which at least one surfactant comprises a carboxylic acid having 10 or more glycol repeating units; and optionally, at least one emulsifying agent. |
| US10876038B2 |
Short hydrophobe anionic surfactants
Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods having application in the field of enhanced oil recovery (EOR). In particular, the short hydrophobe anionic surfactants as well as aqueous compositions comprising these surfactants are provided that can be used for the recovery of a large range of crude oil compositions from challenging reservoirs. |
| US10876037B2 |
Consolidation of formation particulates
A polymerizable chemical system for consolidating particulates in a subterranean formation including a liquid resin, a curing agent, and a permeability enhancing additive. The chemical system is a homogenous composition that polymerizes to forms a solid upon heating at a temperature greater than 60° C. Consolidating particulates in a subterranean formation includes providing a polymerizable chemical system comprising a liquid resin, a curing agent, and a permeability enhancing additive to a subterranean formation, and polymerizing the polymerizable chemical system to consolidate particulates in the formation to yield a porous consolidated particulates pack. |
| US10876034B1 |
Modified silicon dioxide material of fluorocarbon active agent type super-amphiphobic cutting-carrying agent suitable for water-based drilling fluid and preparation method thereof
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of oil and gas drilling, and particularly relates to a modified silicon dioxide material of a fluorocarbon active agent type super-amphiphobic cutting-carrying agent suitable for a water-based drilling fluid, and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method of the modified silicon dioxide material comprises the following steps: subjecting silicon dioxide and a silane coupling agent represented by Formula (1) to a first contact reaction in a mixed solvent containing alcohol and water; subjecting the product of the first contact reaction, the compound represented by Formula (2) and the compound represented by Formula (3) to a second contact reaction; subjecting the product of the second contact reaction and the compound represented by Formula (4) to a third contact reaction. The modified silicon dioxide material can be used as a cutting-carrying agent in a water-based drilling fluid and produce an excellent cutting-carrying effect. |
| US10876032B2 |
Method for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir using alpha-glycol containing sulfonated epoxy resin compound
Disclosed is a composition and use thereof for the recovery of hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir. More particularly, this invention concerns α-glycol containing sulfonated epoxy resin composition and method for preparing said composition. The α-glycol containing sulfonated epoxy resin composition is made by forming a reaction product comprising an epoxide-containing compound, a primary amino sulfonate, and optionally one or more of a primary monoamine alkylene oxide oligomer, followed by converting any unreacted epoxide groups in the reaction product to α-glycol groups by hydrolysis. Said α-glycol containing sulfonated epoxy resin compositions demonstrate good solubility in aqueous solutions and are useful for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations. |
| US10876022B2 |
Biopolymer and isocyanate based binder and composite materials
A binder has at least one isocyanate and at least one biopolymer mixed with water. The biopolymer may be a biopolymer nanoparticle or cooked and chemically modified starch. Optionally, the binder may also include urea. The biopolymer and water are mixed, and the isocyanate is added to the mixture. The binder may have a viscosity that is suitable for being sprayed on a substrate to make a composite material, for example a viscosity of 700 cP or less or 500 cP or less at 40° C. The substrate may be wood, another lignocellulosic material, or synthetic or natural fibers. In particular examples, the binder is used to make no added formaldehyde wood composites including particle board and fiberboard. Alternatively, the binder may have a higher viscosity and be used to make plywood. |
| US10876021B2 |
Adhesive having water vapour barrier properties comprising incipiently polymerized epoxy syrup
An adhesive having water vapor barrier properties, comprising an adhesive base comprised of at least one epoxy syrup at least one elastomer at least one initiator optionally at least one tackifier resin and optionally at least one further reactive resin and optionally a solvent, wherein the adhesive base without solvent has a water vapor permeation rate after activation of the reactive resin component of less than 100 g/m2d, preferably of less than 60 g/m2d, in particular less than 30 g/m2d, wherein the epoxy syrup comprises bisepoxy monomers and high molecular weight uncrosslinked polyepoxies produced therefrom, exhibits good barrier properties and is also sufficiently pressure sensitive to achieve easy handleability. |
| US10876015B2 |
Coating compositions for forming toner coatings
The present invention provides coating compositions for forming a toner coating and inkjet receptive coatings on a substrate containing a film forming polymer comprising (a) a monomer (monomer A) comprising at least one functionalized or unfunctionalized acryloyl moiety and at least one lactam moiety. (b) a N-vinyl amide monomer (monomer Bx1), (c) an optional cross-linker (monomer Bx2) and (d) a solvent. The coating compositions may further comprise an additional hydrophobic monomer moiety. The present invention further provides toner substrates and inkjet receptive substrates coated with the coating compositions. |
| US10876014B2 |
Coating composition, coating material, cured film, article having cured film, and method for producing article having cured film
Provided are a coating composition including a (meth)acrylic resin (A) containing a structural unit (a1) having an acetoacetoxy group and a structural unit (a2) having an amide group, a curing agent (B), and a surfactant (C); a coating material including a first coating material precursor composition containing the acrylic resin (A), but not containing the curing agent (B), and a second coating material precursor composition containing the curing agent (B), but not containing the (meth)acrylic resin (A), in which the first coating material precursor composition and/or the second coating material precursor composition contains the surfactant (C); a cured film made from such a coating composition or coating material; an article having a cured film; and a method for producing an article having a cured film of such a coating composition or coating material. |
| US10876013B2 |
Method for producing image display apparatus
Exemplary embodiments enable a high-luminance and high-contrast image to be displayed so that there are no defects resulting from deforming an image display part, the curable resin composition has a uniform thickness, and air bubbles are prevented in the curable resin composition. A method for producing an image display apparatus including coating a curable resin composition onto a base, arranging the base and the protective part to face each other, and forming a cured resin layer between the base and the protective part, wherein a resin composition has a curing shrinkage ratio of 5% or less, a cured product storage modulus of 1×107 Pa or less at 25° C., and a light transmittance in a visible region of 90% or more, and the curable resin composition coated onto the base or the protective part has a pattern with a prescribed shape. |
| US10876012B2 |
Inkjet printing system
Herein is described an inkjet printing system comprising: an aqueous pre-treatment fluid comprising a cationic polymer and a pre-treatment vehicle; an aqueous inkjet ink composition comprising a latex polymer comprising a (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide polymer or copolymer, a pigment and an ink vehicle; and an aqueous inkjet overcoat composition comprising a latex polymer comprising a (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide polymer or copolymer, a wax and an overcoat vehicle. |
| US10876010B2 |
Composite particles, method for producing composite particles, and use thereof
In a method for producing composite particles containing polymer particles and silica particles that adhere to the polymer particles, the composite particles are obtained by subjecting a polymerizable monomer to aqueous suspension polymerization in a presence of silica particles and a cellulose compound adsorbing onto the silica particles. The composite particles contain the polymer particles, the silica particles that adhere to surfaces of the polymer particles, and the water-soluble cellulose compound. |
| US10876008B2 |
Anti-corrosion system comprising an at least one-layered first tape and at least one primer
The invention relates to an anti-corrosion system comprising an at least one-layered first tape, comprising at least one elastomer selected from the group comprising (block-) co- and/or terpolymers with at least one carbon-carbon double bond, as well as at least one cross-linking agent, selected from the group comprising at least one reactive resin, wherein the anti-corrosion system furthermore comprises at least one primer, comprising at least one catalyzing agent to activate the cross-linking agent. |
| US10876004B2 |
Process for preparing surface-reacted calcium carbonate
The present invention relates to a process for producing surface-reacted calcium carbonate, wherein a calcium carbonate-comprising material is treated with phosphoric acid, carbon dioxide, and specific dicarboxylic acids, in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous suspension of surface-reacted calcium carbonate. Furthermore, the present invention relates to surface-reacted calcium carbonate obtained by said process and its use. |
| US10876001B2 |
Method for producing lignocellulose materials
The present invention relates to a novel and improved, batchwise or continuous, preferably continuous, process for producing single-layer or multilayer lignocellulose materials, comprising the process steps of (Ia) producing a mixture M1 and (Ib) optionally one or more mixture(s) M2, (II) scattering mixture M1 and any mixture(s) M2 to give a mat, (III) optionally precompacting the scattered mat and (IV) hot pressing, in that mixture M1 comprises the lignocellulose particles (component LCP-1) and additionally a) 0.005% to 0.5% by weight of organic carboxylic acid, carboxylic anhydride, carbonyl chloride or mixtures thereof (component A) b) 0.05% to 3% by weight of organic isocyanates having at least two isocyanate groups (component B) and c) 5% to 15% by weight of binder selected from the group of the amino resins (component C) d) 0% to 2% by weight of hardener (component D) and e) 0% to 5% by weight of additive (component E), and mixture(s) M2 comprise(s) the lignocellulose particles (component LCP-2) and additionally f) 0% to 0.3% by weight of organic carboxylic acid, carboxylic anhydride, carbonyl chloride or mixtures thereof (component F), g) 1% to 30% by weight of binder selected from the group consisting of amino resin, phenolic resin, protein-based binder and other polymer-based binders or mixtures thereof (component G-1) and 0% to 3% by weight of organic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups (component G-2), h) 0% to 2% by weight of hardener (component H) and i) 0% to 5% by weight of additives (component I), with the proviso that the following conditions are fulfilled: amin |
| US10876000B2 |
Thermosetting resin composition, prepreg, laminated board, printed wiring board, and high speed communication-compatible module
A thermosetting resin composition containing: (A) an addition reaction product of a maleimide compound having at least two N-substituted maleimide groups in one molecule (a1) and an amine compound having at least two primary amino groups in one molecule (a2), (B) a thermoplastic elastomer, and (C) a copolymer resin having a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a structural unit derived from a carboxylic acid anhydride. |
| US10875997B2 |
Blends of liquid epoxy and solid phenoxy resins
This invention relates to epoxy resin formulations for preforms to be used in molding processes, especially resin transfer molding processes and to methods for preparing the performs. The epoxy formulation is based on liquid or solid epoxy resins blended, with medium to high molecular weight, phenoxy resins. These formulations are highly compatible with epoxy curable injection resins, and more over are reacted in the polymeric matrix, without reducing the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the cured composite material. |
| US10875995B2 |
Acrylic ester-styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer molding masses having optimized residual monomer fraction
Thermoplastic molding masses containing, with respect to the sum of the components A to D: a) 20 to 90 wt % of one or more styrene copolymers as component A, constructed from styrene and at least 30 wt % of acrylonitrile, b) 10 to 80 wt % of one or more impact-modified graft rubbers without olefinic double bond in the rubber phase as component B, constructed from graft base B1 and acrylonitrile-containing graft shell B2, c) 0 to 20 wt % of a polymer C different from the components A and B, and d) 0 to 15 wt % of additive D, wherein the difference in the acrylonitrile content of component A and graft shell B2 is at least 5 units and at most 10 units, have a residual monomer fraction of acrylonitrile of less than 100 ppm. |
| US10875993B2 |
Polypropylene composition
New polypropylene composition which provides an excellent balance between mechanical properties, optical behaviour and low amounts of extractable substances combined with good retortability. |
| US10875992B2 |
Thermoplastic polyolefin blends having improved low temperature impact performance
A composition comprising (A) from 30 wt % to 70 wt % of a propylene component including at least one propylene based polymer having a propylene content of at least 70.0 wt %, based on the total weight of the propylene based polymer, and a melt flow rate from 1.0 g/10 min to 100.0 g/10 min (ASTM D-1238 at 230° C., 2.16 kg); (B) from 1 wt % to 20 wt % of an ethylene component including at least one ethylene based polymer having an ethylene content of at least 85.0 wt %, based on the total weight of the ethylene based polymer, and a melt index from 0.1 g/10 min to 50.0 g/10 min (ASTM D-1238 at 190° C., 2.16 kg); (C) from 1 wt % to 40 wt % of an olefin block copolymer; and at least one of (D) from 1 wt % to 40 wt % of a polyolefin elastomer and (E) from 1 wt % to 30 wt % of a filler. |
| US10875990B2 |
Functionalized rubber composition
Rubber compositions having a modified rubber component selected from a modified polybutadiene rubber, a modified styrene-butadiene rubber, or combinations thereof, the modification being with a functional group having a hydrogen bond acceptor atom. Such functional group may be selected from a pyridine, a pyrrolidone, an ether, a ketone or an epoxide, the rubber composition having a Tg of between −80° C. and −110° C. The rubber composition may include an efficient plasticizing resin, which when included in a mixture consisting of the modified rubber component and 67 phr of the efficient plasticizing resin, causes a Tg of the mixture to be at least 14° C. higher than the Tg of the modified rubber component. The rubber composition may described as having the hydrogen bond acceptor atom located at least two covalent bond lengths or alternatively three covalent bond lengths from a backbone of the modified rubber component. |
| US10875987B2 |
Systems and methods for marking plastics
A method of determining the composition of a polymeric body includes applying electromagnetic radiation to the polymeric body, modulating the electromagnetic radiation using a tagant disposed within a polymer composition forming the polymeric body, and receiving the modulated electromagnetic radiation from the tagant at an infrared detector. The electromagnetic radiation received from the tagant has a signature corresponding to the polymer composition forming the polymeric body. A method of making a polymeric body and system for determining composition of a polymeric body are also described. |
| US10875985B2 |
Superabsorbent polymer particles comprising one or more than one area(s) with clay platelets and at least two distinct areas substantially free of clay platelets
Superabsorbent polymer particles are provided and include clay platelets with edge modification and/or surface modification. The superabsorbent polymer particles include one, or more than one area(s) with clay platelets and one, or more than one area(s) substantially free of clay platelets. The total volume of the area(s) substantially free of clay platelets is higher than the total volume of the area(s) with clay platelets. |
| US10875984B2 |
Inorganic shell, resin composition, and method for making inorganic shell
An inorganic shell is ball-shaped and hollow, and includes silica and crystalline inorganic powder sintered together. A resin composition has the inorganic shells and the resin composition has certain dieletric characteristics. A method for making the inorganic shell is also provided. |
| US10875980B2 |
Reinforcing material for rubber comprising aluminosilicate particles and rubber composition for tires comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to a reinforcing material for rubber including aluminosilicate particles and a rubber composition for tires including the same. The reinforcing material for rubber according to the present disclosure exhibits excellent dispersibility in the rubber composition and reinforcing effect, and thus can be suitably used for eco-friendly tires requiring high efficiency and high fuel efficiency characteristics. |
| US10875977B2 |
Active energy ray-curable resin composition, antifogging antifouling laminate, article, method for producing same, and antifouling method
An anti-fogging and anti-fouling laminate, including: a substrate; and an anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer on the substrate where a surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is flat, wherein the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is a cured product obtained by curing an active energy ray curable resin composition through an active energy ray, wherein the active energy ray curable resin composition includes a hydrophilic monomer having a radically polymerizable unsaturated group and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a content of the hydrophilic monomer having a radically polymerizable unsaturated group in the active energy ray curable resin composition is 60% by mass or more, and wherein a surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer has a pure water contact angle of 90° or more. |
| US10875974B2 |
Method to manufacture polymer composite materials with nano-fillers for use in additive manufacturing to improve material properties
Methods for producing 3D printing composite polymer materials for use in additive manufacturing processes are provided. The methods result in enhancing the material properties of the printing material by providing a uniform and smooth surface finish of the printing material and the nozzle extrudate for additive manufacturing processes, such as Fused Filament Fabrication. The method includes implementing impregnation techniques for combining carbon nanotubes or other nano-fillers, a polymer resin and a fiber material to produce a polymer material that can be processed into a printing material. Further, the method may include combining the carbon nanotubes or other nano-fillers and the polymer resin to form a masterbatch that may be further combined with the fiber material through an extrusion process. The method results in a printing material with enhanced material properties and smooth surface finish for the printing material and resulting nozzle extrudate for Fused Filament Fabrication. |
| US10875971B2 |
Materials based on drying oils
This invention describes the manufacture of partially cured binder compositions based upon modification of drying oils with at least one multi-functional co-vulcanizing agent. The partially cured binder compositions can be used to produce products such as cured solid layers. These layers can be used in flooring materials, coatings, printing inks, and paints. Methods of manufacturing the partially cured binder compositions and cured solid layers are described. |
| US10875968B2 |
Hydridosiloxanyl substituted cyclotrisiloxanes, preparation method thereof, and polymeric products derived therefrom
A new class of cyclotrisiloxanes having hydridosiloxanylalkyl substituents on one, two, or three of the ring silicon atoms and a method for their preparation are provided. These compounds undergo living anionic ring-opening polymerization to generate unique polymer structures. |
| US10875966B2 |
Polyarylene sulfide and a preparation method thereof
The present invention relates to a polyarylene sulfide having more improved miscibility with other polymer materials or fillers, and a method of preparing the same. At least part of end groups of the main chain of the polyarylene sulfide is carboxyl group (—COOH) or amine group (—NH2). |
| US10875961B2 |
Polycarbonate diol and thermoplastic polyurethane made from the same
A polycarbonate diol is provided, including three kinds of repeating diol units, wherein one of the repeating diol units is chosen from an alkoxylated diol monomer. |
| US10875950B2 |
Coloring composition, cured film, color filter, method for manufacturing color filter, solid-state imaging device, image display device, and polymer
Provided are a coloring composition having excellent heat resistance and solvent resistance, a cured film, a color filter, a method for manufacturing a color filter, a solid-state imaging device, an image display device, and a polymer.The coloring composition includes a polymer TP consisting only of a repeating unit A having a triarylmethane structure and a repeating unit B having an acid group, and a polymerizable compound, in which the polymer TP contain the repeating unit B in the amount of 12% to 60% by mass with respect to all the repeating units of the polymer TP. |
| US10875944B2 |
Method for producing acrylic acid polymers
A process for producing aqueous solutions of acrylic acid polymers by polymerization of acrylic acid in feed operation with a free-radical starter in the presence of hypophosphite in water as solvent, which comprises (i) initially charging water and optionally acrylic acid in acidic, unneutralized form, optionally one or more ethylenicaliy unsaturated comonomers, optionally aqueous hypophosphite solution and optionally initiator, (ii) adding acrylic acid in acidic, unneutralized form, optionally one or more ethylenicaliy unsaturated comonomers, aqueous free-radical starter solution and aqueous hypophosphite solution, (iii) adding a base to the aqueous solution after termination of the acrylic acid feed, wherein the comonomer content does not exceed 30 wt % based on the total monomer content, wherein the acrylic acid, the aqueous free-radical starter solution and the aqueous hypophosphite solution are added such that the molar ratio x of acrylic acid to phosphorus-bound hydrogen [AA]/[P—H] over a time period in which at least 75% of the acrylic acid is converted has a value x which is constant to within ±0.5 and is in the range from 0.8 to 2. |
| US10875942B2 |
Thiol-acrylate based foam precursor composition
A polymeric foam precursor composition including the following components: (a) a di- or tri-functional (meth)acrylate oligomer (2); (b) a di- or higher-functional thiol compound (3); and (c) a borane compound (4) as initiator. The foam precursor composition can be isocyanate free, and the curing rate is largely moisture independent and can cure at low temperatures, below freezing point. |
| US10875939B2 |
Polymer composition comprising a polyolefin produced in a high pressure process, a high pressure process and an article
A method produces a polymer composition with improved DC electrical properties. A cable can be surrounded by at least one layer that includes the polymer composition. The polymer composition includes a polyolefin, and the polymer composition has an electric conductivity of 0.50×10−15 S/m or less, when measured according to DC conductivity method using a tape sample consisting of the polymer composition. |
| US10875935B2 |
Method of preparing pregelatinized, partially hydrolyzed starch and related methods and products
Disclosed are methods relating to an extruded pregelatinized, partially hydrolyzed starch prepared by mixing at least water, non-pregelatinized starch, and acid to form a starch precursor. The acid can be a weak acid that substantially avoids chelating calcium ions or a strong acid in a small amount. In the method, pregelatinization and acid-modification of the starch precursor occurs in one step in an extruder. Also disclosed are methods of preparing board using the starch prepared according to the methods, as well as starches and boards prepared by various methods of the invention. |
| US10875934B2 |
Nanocrystalline cellulose, its preparation and uses of such nanocrystalline cellulose
The present invention relates to nanocrystalline cellulose, an efficient way of its preparation and to uses of such nanocrystalline cellulose. The present invention also relates to porous metal oxides having a chiral nematic structure which are prepared using nanocrystalline cellulose. |
| US10875925B2 |
Anti-CD123 antibodies and conjugates and derivatives thereof
The present invention generally relates to antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, polypeptides, and immunoconjugates that bind to CD123 antigen (the α chain of the interleukine 3 receptor, or IL-3Rα). The present invention also relates to methods of using such CD123-binding molecules for diagnosing and treating diseases, such as B-cell malignancies. |
| US10875923B2 |
Antibodies to B7-H1
This document provides methods and materials for detecting B7-H1 polypeptides (e.g., soluble B7-H1 polypeptides). For example, antibodies (e.g., monoclonal antibodies) that bind to a B7-H1 polypeptide (e.g., a soluble B7-H1 polypeptide) are provided. |
| US10875922B2 |
Anti-PDL1 antibody formulations
The invention provides stable aqueous pharmaceutical formulations comprising an anti-PDL1 antibody. The invention also provides methods for making such formulations and methods of using such formulations. |
| US10875920B2 |
Antibodies and molecules that immunospecifically bind to BTN1A1 and the therapeutic uses thereof
Provided herein are molecules having an antigen binding fragment that immunospecifically binds to BTN1A1, such as anti-BTN1A1 antibodies. These molecules include those having an antigen binding fragment that immunospecifically binds to glycosylated BTN1A1, such as anti-glycosylated BTN1A1 antibodies. Methods of making and using these molecules are also provided, including methods of using them in cancer therapies, or as cancer diagnostics. |
| US10875916B2 |
Nucleic acid molecules encoding monoclonal antibodies specific for IL-17F
Provided are novel binding molecules of human origin, particularly human antibodies as well as fragments, derivatives and variants thereof that recognize antigens such as native endogenous proteins associated with, e.g., immune response, autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, metabolic disorders, vascular function, neurodegenerative diseases or tumors. More particularly, a human Auto-Immunosome and corresponding monoclonal antibody reservoir are provided. In addition, pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods for use in diagnosis and therapy of are described. |
| US10875913B2 |
Methods of treatment using activatable anti-EGFR antibodies
The present disclosure provides modified antibodies which contain an antibody or antibody fragment (AB) modified with a masking moiety (MM). Such modified antibodies can be further coupled to a cleavable moiety (CM), resulting in activatable antibodies (AAs), wherein the CM is capable of being cleaved, reduced, photolysed, or otherwise modified. AAs can exhibit an activatable conformation such that the AB is more accessible to a target after, for example, removal of the MM by cleavage, reduction, or photolysis of the CM in the presence of an agent capable of cleaving, reducing, or photolysing the CM. The disclosure further provides methods of making and using such modified antibodies and activatable antibodies. |
| US10875909B2 |
Humanized antibodies that recognize alpha-synuclein
The present application discloses humanized 1H7 antibodies. The antibodies bind to human alpha synuclein and can be used for treatment and diagnosis of Lewy body disease. |
| US10875907B2 |
Filovirus antibody
The present invention addresses a need for antibodies useful for filovirus infections. |
| US10875905B2 |
Peptide-MHC compacts
Disclosed herein are antigenic peptide-MHC molecules, termed comPACTs, and methods of producing such molecules. Also disclosed herein are methods of producing libraries of comPACT polynucleotides and polypeptides, and their exemplary use in capturing cancer neoepitope-reactive T cells. |
| US10875896B2 |
Hepatitis E virus ORF2 capsid polypeptides and uses thereof
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for over 50% of acute viral hepatitis cases worldwide. The inventors have now identified the precise sequence of infectious particle-associated ORF2 capsid protein. Strikingly, their analyses revealed that in infected patients, HEV produces three forms of the ORF2 capsid protein: ORF2i, ORF2g and ORF2c. The ORF2i protein is associated with infectious particles whereas ORF2g and ORF2c proteins are massively produced glycoproteins that are not associated with infectious particles and are the major antigens present in HEV-infected patient sera. Accordingly, the ORF2i and ORF2g proteins are thus the subject matter of the present invention as well as antibodies specific for the proteins and diagnostic assays (e.g. ELISA) for the diagnosis of Hepatitis E virus infection. |
| US10875895B2 |
Antibacterial cell-penetrating peptides
The present disclosure relates to novel antibacterial cell-penetrating peptides and derivatives, and methods to make and use the novel antibacterial cell-penetrating peptides and derivatives. The novel antibacterial cell-penetrating peptides of the present invention with shorter linker between a pyrrolidine ring and a guanidine group provide unexpectedly higher potency against a broader scope of bacterial. |
| US10875893B2 |
Cell-reactive, long-acting, or targeted compstatin analogs and related compositions and methods
In some aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods of treatment comprising long-acting compstatin analogs. In some aspects, long-acting compstatin analogs comprise a clearance-reducing moiety attached to two compstatin analog moieties, wherein each compstatin analog moiety comprises a cyclic peptide comprising the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 28 extended by a lysine residue or a sequence comprising a lysine residue at the N-terminus, C-terminus, or both, wherein the lysine residue is separated from the cyclic portion of the peptide by a spacer comprising 8-amino-3,6-dioxaoctanoic acid (AEEAc) moiety, the clearance reducing moiety comprises a polymer, wherein each end of the polymer is linked to one of the compstatin analog moieties by way of a linker moiety that is or comprises a carbamate, and wherein the polymer is a PEG having an average molecular weight of about 40 kDa. |
| US10875891B2 |
Short synthetic peptide and uses thereof
Disclosed herein are synthetic peptides and compositions comprising the same for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a disease or a condition related to dry eye syndrome, psoriasis vulgaris or multiple myeloma. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating and/or preventing a disease or a condition related to dry eye syndrome, psoriasis vulgaris or multiple myeloma, by administering to a subject in need of such treatment a composition containing a therapeutically effective amount of a synthetic peptide of the present disclosure. |
| US10875889B2 |
Method and system for producing a zein protein product from a whole stillage byproduct produced in a corn dry-milling process
A method and system are disclosed for producing a zein protein product from a whole stillage byproduct produced in a corn (or similar carbohydrate-containing grain) dry-milling process for making alcohol, such as ethanol, and/or other biofuels/biochemicals. In one embodiment, the method includes separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a centrate (solubles) portion, which includes protein, such as zein protein. Thereafter, the centrate (solubles) portion can be separated into a water soluble solids portion and a protein portion, which includes zein protein. Zein protein may be separated out from the protein portion. The remaining protein portion may be further processed to produce a high protein corn meal. The resulting zein protein portion may be further processed to be sold as a zein protein product and/or used as or in, for example, coatings, fibers, adhesives, ceramics, inks, cosmetics, textiles, food products, pharmaceutical, and biodegradable plastics. |
| US10875886B2 |
Fluorescent dyes and methods of use thereof
Provided are methods for labeling target molecules, such as nucleic acids, with fluorescent dye compounds having the formula One method embodiment includes contacting reactive group Z of the fluorescent dye compound with the target molecule such that reactive group Z reacts with the target molecule to form a covalent bond between the group and the target molecule. Another method embodiment includes contacting a fluorescent dye compound that further includes a first member of a binding pair, with a target molecule that includes a second member of the binding pair. Also provided are target molecules labeled with the fluorescent dye compounds. |
| US10875885B2 |
β-d-2′-deoxy-2′-α-fluoro-2′-β-c-substituted-2-modified-n6-substituted purine nucleotides for HCV treatment
A compound of the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof for the treatment of a host infected with or exposed to an HCV virus or other disorders more fully described herein. |
| US10875880B2 |
Processes for preparing oligomers
Provided herein are processes for preparing an oligomer (e.g., a morpholino oligomer). The synthetic processes described herein may be advantageous to scaling up oligomersynthesis while maintaining overall yield and purity of a synthesized oligomer. |
| US10875878B2 |
Method for producing 4-(dialkylchlorosilyl)-butyronitrile
4-(dialkylchlorosilyl)butyronitriles are prepared by high yield by reacting a mixture of technical grade allyl cyanide with dialkylchlorosilanes in the presence of a catalyst of transition group 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, wherein the reaction is conducted such that a stoichiometric excess of the dialkylchlorosilane is present together with the catalyst in the reaction mixture, into which the allyl cyanide is metered. |
| US10875874B2 |
Ginkgolide B derivative and preparation method and use thereof
Disclosed are a compound as shown in formula I or formula II or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is selected from pyrazinyl or substituted pyrazinyl; and R2 is selected from pyrazinyl or substituted pyrazinyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl, alkyl or substituted alkyl. |
| US10875873B2 |
Process for preparing 2-exo-(2-methylbenzyloxy)-1-methyl-4-isopropyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane
This invention relates to a process for preparing (±)-2-exo-(2-Methylbenzyloxy)-1-methyl-4-iso-propyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane of the formula (I), (I) any one of its individual enantiomers or any non-racemic mixture thereof comprising the steps of (a) deprotonating (±)-2-exo-hydroxy-1-methyl-4-isopropyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane of the formula (II), (II) any one of its individual enantiomers or any non-racemic mixture thereof in the presence of at least one base of the formula [Mm+]n [An-]m (III) wherein Mm+ represents a m-valent metal cation wherein m is an integer of 1 or 2, and An_ represents a n-valent anion wherein n is an integer of 1 or 2, said base being capable of forming a solvent S1 selected from water, a C1-C4 alkyl alcohol or any combination thereof under the reaction conditions, to form a metal alkoxide or metal alkoxide solvate of the formula (IV), (IV) any one of its individual enantiomers or any non-racemic mixture thereof wherein Mm+, m and the solvent S1 have the same meaning as defined for the base of formula (III), and x denotes a number from 0 to 10, and (b) reacting the metal alkoxide or metal alkoxide solvate of the formula (IV), any of its individual enantiomers or any non-racemic mixture thereof with a 2-Methylbenzyl compound of the formula (V), (V) wherein X is a leaving group, wherein the steps (a) and (b) are conducted in the presence of at least one inert organic solvent S2 and comprise a further step of (c) simultaneously removing the solvent S1 from the reaction mixture. |
| US10875871B2 |
Photosensitizer
The present application relates to a phthalocyanine, to a method for preparing the phthalocyanine, and to an object coated or impregnated with the phthalocyanine. The present application also relates to a method for providing reactive oxygen species, and to a method for disinfecting materials, including providing reactive oxygen species to the material to disinfect the material by oxidative action. |
| US10875869B1 |
Diazacyclobutene derivatives and methods of synthesis thereof
Provided is a compound having the formula: wherein: R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, aliphatic of 1 to 100 carbons and arene comprising up to 100 carbons; R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, aliphatic of 1 to 100 carbons and arene comprising up to 100 carbons; each R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, aliphatic of 1 to 100 carbons and arene comprising up to 100 carbons; X is selected from the group consisting of B, O, N, S, Se and P; and n is 1-4 as necessary to complete the valence of X formed by the reaction of a compound of Formula III: and a compound of Formula IV: |
| US10875864B2 |
Substituted imidazo[1,2-B]pyridazines as protein kinase inhibitors
The present invention provides a compound having the following structure: Compositions and methods for using the same in the treatment of skin disorders and other Pim kinase-associated conditions are also disclosed. |
| US10875862B2 |
Heterocyclic compound
The present invention provides a compound or a salt thereof having a calcium-sensing receptor antagonistic activity, and being expected to be useful as an agent for preventing or treating heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, or the like. The compounds represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof has a calcium-sensing receptor antagonistic activity, and is expected to be useful as an agent for preventing or treating heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, or the like, wherein each symbol is as described in the specification. |
| US10875859B2 |
Thymoquinone/harmaline and related reaction products
New compositions of matter useful for the treatment of human diabetes and cancers comprise the reaction products of thymoquinone and harmaline or harmaline-like compounds, such as β-carboline compounds, and the derivatives, solvates, prodrugs, isomers, and tautomers of such compounds. |
| US10875854B2 |
Triazolopyridines
The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein HetAr is a five or six membered hetaryl group, containing one, two or three heteroatoms, selected from N, O or S; R1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, halogen or lower alkoxy; R2 is lower alkyl substituted by halogen; R3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy; Y is R4 is lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy substituted by halogen or CN; or to pharmaceutically active acid addition salts thereof, to racemic mixtures or to its corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers and/or stereoisomers thereof. The compounds may be used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis, Dutch-type (HCHWA-D), multi-infarct dementia, dementia pugilistica or Down syndrome. |
| US10875853B2 |
(Hetero)arylamide compound for inhibiting protein kinase activity
Provided are a (hetero)arylamide compound as shown in formula (I) having an inhibitory effect on protein kinase activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a stereoisomer, a solvate or hydrate thereof, a pharmaceutical composition including the compound or a derivative thereof, and a method for preparing the compound. The compound can be used as an irreversible inhibitor for protein kinase, for preparing a plurality of drugs including an anti-tumour drug. |
| US10875846B2 |
Processes for the preparation of Tezacaftor and intermediates thereof
The present invention provides processes for the preparation of Tezacaftor, as well as intermediates useful in the preparation thereof. In particular, processes are provided for the preparation of a compound of Formula (3), and its conversion to Tezacaftor (1). |
| US10875844B2 |
Salicylate inhibitors of MELK and methods of use
Provided herein are small molecule inhibitors of maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK) having the structure of formula (I), wherein X and R1-R3 are defined in the specification. The compounds are useful for treating cancer and other conditions or diseases associated with aberrant MELK expression. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods of treating cancers associated with over-expression of MELK. |
| US10875839B2 |
Somatostatin modulators and uses thereof
Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity. |
| US10875837B2 |
Inhibitors of the fibroblast growth factor receptor
Described herein are inhibitors of FGFR-4, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using such compounds and compositions. |
| US10875828B2 |
Mithrene and methods of fabrication of mithrene
Described are metal organochalcognides which are bulk nanomaterials, expressing monolayer properties in their as-synthesized states. Also described are certain novel metal organochalcogenide compositions. Further described are several methods of preparation of metal organochaleogenides, both solution- and vapor deposition-based, and methods of use of the resulting metal chalcogenides in assays and devices. |
| US10875827B2 |
Process for preparing an isocyanate by partly adiabatic phosgenation of the corresponding amine
The present invention relates to a process for preparing an isocyanate by reacting a primary amine with phosgene, comprising I) providing an amine solution, II) providing a phosgene solution, III) mixing the amine solution with the phosgene solution in a mixing unit, followed by IV) further conversion in an adiabatically operated reaction zone and the removing of the gas phase formed as a result of the chemical reaction in a separation zone, V) expanding the remaining liquid phase in two or three stages, VI) further conversion of the liquid phase remaining after the last expansion stage in an indirectly heated reaction zone and VII) isolating the isocyanate from the reaction solution obtained therein. |
| US10875825B2 |
Amine-based compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
An amine-based compound represented by Formula 1, in which one of R1 to R10 is a group represented by Formula 2, and an organic light-emitting device including the same are provided: When the amine-based compound is included in an organic light-emitting device as a hole transport material, the device may exhibit excellent I-V-L characteristics, including a low driving voltage, improved efficiency, and improved lifespan. |
| US10875824B2 |
Nickel diatomaceous earth catalyst and method for producing the same
A nickel diatomaceous earth catalyst having a weight loss rate measured by hydrogen-TG at 400 to 600° C. of 0.05 to 2.0%. |
| US10875821B2 |
Process for the preparation of alpha, beta unsaturated aldehydes by oxidation of alcohols in the presence of a liquid phase
Process for the preparation of alpha, beta unsaturated aldehydes by oxidation of alcohols in the presence of a liquid phase wherein the liquid phase contains 0.1 to less than 25 weight-% water and wherein the liquid phase contains at least 25 weight-% of alcohol(s) of general formula (II) and alpha, beta unsaturated aldehyde(s) of general formula (I) and wherein the oxidant is oxygen and/or hydrogen peroxide. |
| US10875816B2 |
Composting bin for facilitating breakdown of organic material
A composting bin for breaking down organic material includes a container having an interior and an opening. The interior includes a plurality of regions, including a first region and a second region. The first region and the second region are configured to support decomposable organic material. In operation, a user positions decomposable organic material in, for example, the first region. The user then provides a composting animal in the first region. The user covers the composting bin to inhibit light from entering the composting bin. Upon completion of the composting process, the user causes the composting animal to move from the first region to the second region. The user causes the composting animal to move from the first region to the second region by allowing light to enter the first region, and/or providing food in the second region while denying food in the first region. |
| US10875814B2 |
Core-shell particles, polymer electrolyte membrane comprising same, fuel cell or electrochemical cell comprising polymer electrolyte membrane, and method for manufacturing core-shell particles
A core-shell particle with a ceramic core and a hydrogel shell provided on a surface of the ceramic core, wherein the hydrogel shell is formed through polymerizing a monomer comprising a first compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a functional group capable of forming hydrogen bonds with water and a second compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups and an inorganic element, a polymer electrolyte membrane including the core-shell particle, a fuel cell or an electrochemical cell including the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a method for preparing a core-shell particle. |
| US10875812B2 |
Transparent ceramic with complex geometry
A ceramic product includes a transparent ceramic panel having a non-planar geometry including a bend having a slippage plane, an increased haze, a non-uniform thickness, or a combination thereof. A method includes providing a transparent ceramic panel, heating the panel, bending the panel to conform to a non-planar geometry. |
| US10875810B2 |
Self-repairing cement polymer composites and processes of making and using same
Examples of novel self-repairing cement-polymer composites and processes of making and using are detailed that address various problems in prior art cements. These matrices, compositions and materials that are more mechanically robust, thermally stable and chemically resistant and demonstrate better bonding to various structures and materials, than other self-healing cements known in the prior art. When in place under preselected conditions (the formulation of the slurry can be modified for optimal effectiveness under various conditions) the organic, cross linking and cement forming portions within the slurry form interconnecting chemical bonds and cures to form a self-repairing and self-re-adhering cement polymer composite matrix in the receiving location. |
| US10875809B2 |
Electron conducting carbon-based cement
A nanoporous carbon-loaded cement composite that conducts electricity. The nanoporous carbon-loaded cement composite can be used in a variety of different fields of use, including, for example, a structural super-capacitor as an energy solution for autonomous housing and other buildings, a heated cement for pavement deicing or house basement insulation against capillary rise, a protection of concrete against freeze-thaw (FT) or alkali silica reaction (ASR) or other crystallization degradation processes, and as a conductive cable, wire or concrete trace. |
| US10875807B2 |
Superhydrophilic and antifogging non-porous TiO2 films for glass and methods of providing the same
Superhydrophilic and antifogging non-porous TiO2 films for glass substrates and methods of providing the TiO2 films are provided. The TiO2 films may maintain a water contact angle less than 5° in the dark for five days after an annealing treatment, and the water contact angle of the TiO2 films may stabilize at less than 20° after ten days from the annealing treatment. The TiO2 films may have a thickness of about 20 nm and may be transparent. The methods may include depositing a TiO2 film on a glass substrate using e-beam evaporation. The methods may further include annealing the TiO2 film after depositing the TiO2 film on the glass substrate. The methods may not include UV radiation. |
| US10875803B1 |
Hyper-oxygenated soaking spa system
A self-contained water system that provides single point hyper-oxygenated water delivery to a soaking vessel, part of a conventional soaking spa, is presented. The self-contained water system purifies incoming water and restructures the purified water to deliver purified, alkaline, ionized, mineral-rich, and oxygen-rich water. Dissolved oxygen concentration of the water in the soaking vessel can be controlled and maintained at a desired high concentration value, in a range of 10 mg per liter to 50 mg per liter, for water that is at a temperature ranging from 4° C. to 50° C. |
| US10875801B2 |
Solid-state anaerobic digestion method
The invention relates to a novel dry-state anaerobic digestion method comprising pretreatment of the input with an additive selected from among zeolite, clay, pozzolan and biochar. |
| US10875800B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for water treatment
A liquid filtration device comprises: filter modules, wherein each of the filter modules has a layer for a bio-film and a first group of particles; and a biobridge, wherein the biobridge is coupled to the filter modules, wherein an input liquid is disposed on the filter modules, and wherein for each of the filter modules the input liquid is filtered by passing through the respective layer and the respective first group of particles. |
| US10875797B2 |
Multi-stage dispensers
A multi-stage floatation dispenser for carrying a ballast, which may be a non-water consumable dispersant and at least one water consumable dispersant wherein the weight of the water consumable dispersant decreases as the water consumable dispersant is consumed with the weight of water consumable dispersant and the non-water consumable coordinated with the flotation capacity of a flotation dispenser to provide for either a two stage or a three stage dispensing mode. |
| US10875796B2 |
Acid mine drainage treatment
The invention is directed to methods of neutralizing acid drainage from particulate mining waste, comprising consolidating the particulate mining waste to form a consolidated waste solid; adding a hydrophobizing material into the consolidated waste solid, and incorporating into the consolidated waste solid a controlled release base formulation, wherein the controlled release base formulation comprises a particulate base and a controlled release system, and wherein the controlled release base formulation responds to a decrease in pH from acid drainage to release the particulate base, thereby neutralizing the acid drainage. |
| US10875789B2 |
Process for removing sulphur compounds from process streams
A method for removing sulphur compounds from a process stream by contacting the process stream with an aqueous solution containing glycolaldehyde as the predominant compound. |
| US10875784B1 |
Ferroelectric particles controlled by functional coatings
A method for synthesizing ferroelectric nanoparticles comprises introducing solutions of Ba(NO3)2 (1 mmol) in 5 ml of deionized water, NaOH (12.5 mmol) in 5 ml of deionized water, Ti(IV) n-butoxide (1 mmol) in 5 ml of 1-butanol, 2.5 ml of oleic acid, and 5 ml of 1-butanol into a Teflon-lined autoclave vessel; heating the vessel to 135° C. for 18 h, resulting in barium titanate nanoparticles; and ball-milling the barium titanate nanoparticles in a solution of oleic acid and heptane to create a colloidal suspension of nanoparticles. The weight ratio of barium titanate:oleic acid:heptane is 1:1:20. The ball-milling step may further comprise introducing a slurry comprising 0.1 g of synthesized BaTiO3 nanocubes, 0.1 g of oleic acid, and 15 mL of heptane into a ball-mill crucible filled with 2 mm ZrO2 balls; subjecting the slurry to rotation at 500 rpm for 5 hours; converting the resulting nanoparticle suspension to a powder using anhydrous ethanol with sequential washing/drying at ambient temperature. |
| US10875782B2 |
Inorganic material composition and utilities thereof
Inorganic particulate compositions containing inorganic particles associated with a copolymer of a hydrophilic monomer and a hydrophobic monomer associated with the inorganic particles are provided. The particulate composition satisfies at least one of the following properties: a BET surface area of the inorganic particles is greater than 8 m2/g, a Hegman value of the inorganic particles is 75 microns or less, and a rate of water loss from the composition upon drying from a moisture level greater than 2% wt % is at least 30% greater than a composition having a corresponding content of a polyacrylate polymer associated with the particles. A method to prepare the composition and formulations for inks, paints, coatings and filled polymeric articles containing the inorganic particulate composition are also provided. |
| US10875781B2 |
Phosphorus pentafluoride reactions
Reactions are disclosed in which phosphine and hydrogen fluoride are reacted to produce a phosphorus pentafluoride containing gas according the stoichiometry: PH3+4F2→PF5+3HF Further reaction using the phosphorus pentafluoride to produce lithium hexafluorophosphate are also disclosed. |
| US10875780B2 |
Synthesis of nanocrystalline beta zeolite, synthesis method and use thereof in catalytic applications
The present invention relates to a new process for synthesising a crystalline material comprising structure Beta zeolite in nanocrystalline form, and which can comprise at least the following steps: (i) preparing a mixture comprising at least one source of water, at least one source of a tetravalent element Y, at least one source of a trivalent element X, at least one source of an alkali cation or alkaline earth metal cation (A), and at least one organic molecule selected from a monocyclic quaternary ammonium R1R2CycloN+, and a quaternary ammonium substituted with a cycloalkyl group R3R4R5R6N+. The molar composition of the mixture is: n X2O3:YO2:a A:m OSDA1:z H2O; ii) crystallising the mixture; and iii) recovering the crystalline material. |
| US10875778B2 |
Process for the synthesis of IZM-2 zeolite in the presence of a template, 1,6-bis(methylpiperidinium)hexane dibromide
A novel process is described for the preparation of a microporous crystalline solid, known as IZM-2 microporous solid or IZM-2 zeolite. This novel process consists of carrying out the synthesis of IZM-2 zeolite by conversion/transformation of a zeolite with structure type FAU under hydrothermal conditions. In particular, said novel process consists of carrying out the synthesis of an IZM-2 zeolite starting from a zeolite with structure type FAU used as the source of silicon and aluminium and a specific organic molecule or template comprising two quaternary ammonium functions, namely 1,6-bis(methylpiperidinium)hexane dibromide. |
| US10875777B2 |
Process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a FAU-type framework structure and use thereof in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx
A process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a FAU-type framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3, comprising: (a) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources of YO2, one or more sources of X2O3, and one or more structure directing agents (SDA); (b) crystallizing the zeolitic material from the mixture obtained in (a); wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a bivalent element, and wherein the one or more structure directing agents comprise one or more isomers of diaminomethylcyclohexane. A zeolitic material having an FAU-type framework structure obtained according to the inventive process; processes for preparing a coated substrate and a shaped body, respectively, from the zeolitic material having a FAU-type framework structure obtained according to the inventive process and, a method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides NOx employing said zeolitic material. |
| US10875775B2 |
Li-containing silicon oxide powder and production method thereof
There is produced a Li-containing silicon oxide powder containing a crystallized lithium silicate that is mostly water-insoluble Li2Si2O5 and containing little crystalline Si. This object is attained through the mixing of a lower silicon oxide powder represented by a compositional formula SiOx (0.5 |
| US10875773B2 |
Method for storage or transportation of graphene oxide
The present disclosure relates to a method for storage or transportation of graphene oxide. The method for storage or transportation of graphene oxide comprises the steps of: carrying out wet spinning of a graphene oxide spinning solution to a coagulating bath to obtain graphene oxide pellets; drying the obtained graphene oxide pellets; storing or transporting the dried graphene oxide pellets; and redispersing the stored or transported graphene oxide pellets. |
| US10875772B2 |
Magnesium phosphate hydrogels
A hydrogel comprising a colloidal suspension of MIXMIIYPZ two-dimensional nanocrystals in water, wherein MI is Na+ and/or Li+, MII is Mg2+ or a mixture of Mg2+ with one or more Ni2+, Zn2+, Cu2+, Fe2+ and/or Mn2+, P is a mixture of dibasic phosphate ions (HPO42−) and tribasic phosphate ions (PO43−), X ranges from about 0.43 to about 0.63, Y ranges from about 0.10 to about 0.18, Z ranges from about 0.29 to about 0.48, X, Y, Z being mole fractions, is provided. |
| US10875765B2 |
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switching circuit and related apparatus
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switching circuit and related apparatus is provided. In examples discussed herein, the MEMS switching circuit is configured to toggle (open or close) a number of MEMS switches without causing hot switching in any of the MEMS switches. More specifically, the MEMS switching circuit determines a switching sequence for toggling the MEMS switches such that each MEMS switch is only opened or closed under a very low current (e.g., <0.1 mA) or a very low voltage (e.g., <0.1 V). By operating the MEMS switches based on the determined switching sequence, it may be possible to protect the MEMS switches from hot switching damage, thus making it possible to employ the MEMS switches in an apparatus (e.g., a wireless communication device) to replace conventional switches for improved power amplifier efficiency and radio frequency (RF) performance. |
| US10875764B2 |
High efficiency getter design in vacuum MEMS device
Some embodiments of the present disclosure are related to an integrated chip including a first substrate underlying a second substrate. The first and second substrates at least partially define a cavity. An absorptive layer is disposed within the cavity and comprises a reactive mater. An absorption-enhancement layer is disposed along the absorptive layer and within the cavity. The absorption-enhancement layer is configured to pass the reactive material from a top surface to a bottom surface of the absorption-enhancement layer. |
| US10875751B2 |
Pumping machine
Pumping machine (650, 750) comprising: —at least two tubular elements (651, 751) containing pressurized gas and extending vertically in parallel and interconnected between them by means of a connecting element (652, 752); and—an electromechanical lifting system (600, 700) comprising a first cylinder (601, 701), interconnected to the tubular elements (651, 751) and comprising a substance compressible by a piston (601b, 701b); and a screw (602, 702) with a vertical axis Y coinciding with the axis of the pumping machine (650, 750). The screw (602, 702) is inserted inside a second thrust cylinder (658, 758), connected in sliding manner inside the first cylinder (601, 701), and has a first end (602b, 702b) fixed to the connecting element (652, 752) and a second end (602a, 702a) configured for sliding inside the thrust cylinder (658, 758) and overlying a chamber (605, 705) comprising lubrication and cooling oil overlying the piston (601b, 701b). |
| US10875749B2 |
Winch with multi-position clutch mechanism
A winch including a drive motor, a cable drum, and a gear train assembly coupled to the drive motor and including a planetary gear set having a ring gear positioned in a gear train housing. The gear train housing including a radial clutch mount and an axial clutch mount. A clutch mechanism is selectively positionable at the radial clutch mount, in a first configuration, and the axial clutch mount, in a second configuration. The clutch mechanism is operable to selectively lock and unlock the ring gear to the gear train housing, thereby engaging and disengaging the cable drum from the gear train assembly. |
| US10875742B2 |
Elevator service request using user device with filtered destination floor selection
Methods and systems for making elevator service requests in a building having an elevator system, the method including, determining a departure floor, populating, by a computing device comprising a processor, a destination floor list with at least one destination floor and displaying the destination floor list on a user device, the destination floor list limited to a subset of all possible destination floors, and receiving at least one user input indicating a selection of a destination floor by a user and indicating a new elevator service request based on the determination of a departure floor and the selection of a destination floor. The method also includes generating an elevator service request packet based on the new elevator service request and transmitting the elevator service request packet to an elevator controller to make an elevator service request. |
| US10875741B2 |
Elevator request authorization system for a third party
An elevator request authorization system is provided and includes a second server configured to grant an elevator use token upon request from a first server registerable with the second server for establishing secure communications between the second server and the first server. The first server is configured to be receptive of an elevator request relating to elevator usage by a user, to authenticate the user, to authorize the elevator usage by the user to which the elevator request relates, to request the elevator use token from the second server via the secure communications upon authentication and authorization and to deliver the elevator use token to the user upon receipt. |
| US10875738B1 |
Stackable wire-dispensing container
An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core. |
| US10875737B1 |
Stackable wire-dispensing container
An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core. |
| US10875731B1 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus comprises a main body, a conveyance path, a first external cover and a second external cover. The first cover provided in the main body to cover the conveyance path includes a blocking wall facing the conveyance path; a concave portion provided below the blocking wall and recessed toward the main body with respect to a lower end of the blocking wall; a communication portion, provided between the lower end of the blocking wall and an upper end of the concave portion, that penetrates the first external cover and faces an outer space of the image forming apparatus at a position that extends from the concave portion to the blocking wall; and an air exhaust portion provided above the blocking wall. |
| US10875730B2 |
Sheet conveying device, image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device, and sheet conveying method using the sheet conveying device
A sheet conveying device includes a detector configured to detect an attitude of a conveyance target medium, a corrector configured to perform a correcting operation based on a detection result of the detector, and circuitry configured to calculate an angular displacement correction amount and a lateral displacement correction amount of the conveyance target medium, cause the corrector to perform the correcting operation in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, based on the lateral displacement correction amount, after the corrector grips the conveyance target medium, and cause the corrector to rotate by the angular displacement correction amount of the conveyance target medium before the corrector grips the conveyance target medium and to perform the correcting operation in a direction of rotation of the conveyance target medium, based on the angular displacement correction amount, after the corrector grips the conveyance target medium. |
| US10875729B2 |
Mail processing system and method with increased processing speed
A mail processing system utilizes a conveyor to shingle or de-shingle mailpieces as they move through the processing system and utilizes belts to move the mailpieces. A first shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece to overlap with a second mailpiece to create shingled mailpieces. A second shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece away from a second mailpiece to de-shingle them to create singulated mailpieces. A camera takes images of the mailpieces in the conveyor and image analysis software is used to determine dimensional aspects of the mailpieces that are used to control the belt speeds to move mailpieces with respect to each other. A mail processing system may include a mail processing station that scans addresses, applies postage and/or weighs the mailpieces. Mail may be de-shingled prior to being weighed and then re-shingled for subsequent processing, or mail may shingled prior to passing through a scale if weighing is not necessary. |
| US10875722B2 |
Pickface builder for storage and retrieval systems
A pickface builder for a storage and retrieval system for storing goods units and having an in-feed conveyor and a picking device, each goods unit holding at least one product package therein, the pickface builder including a frame, a pusher member movably coupled to the frame, and a snugger member movably coupled to the frame, wherein the pickface builder is configured to receive goods units from the in-feed conveyor and the pusher member and snugger member are movable at least in a direction transverse to a direction of goods unit travel on the in-feed conveyor and configured to form the goods units into a pickface picked by the picking device as a unit and having a predetermined reference datum relating the pickface to a placement position of goods units forming the pickface along a storage surface of the storage and retrieval system. |
| US10875717B2 |
Conveyor chain
A conveyor chain includes a plurality of side link assemblies and flight arm assemblies coupled together to form an elongated chain. The flight arm assemblies include a pair of opposing flight arms positioned on either side of the chain with the flight arms each including an elongated body formed with and extending from an integral base and a vertical sprocket opening formed in the integral base. The vertical sprocket opening is configured for engaging a tooth of a drive sprocket to drive the flight arm. The side link assemblies include a pair of opposing side straps positioned on either side of the chain each including a base and a pair of side strap bosses extending outwardly from the base. An articulating connector is positioned between a flight arm assembly and a side link assembly to couple the assemblies together and includes a solid piece and side surfaces having profiled surfaces therein and configured for receiving at least one of a portion of a side strap of a side link assembly or a portion of a base of a flight arm assembly for providing articulation of the assemblies. |
| US10875716B2 |
Hanging bag frame and hanging bag
The present invention relates to a hanging bag frame comprising: first and second side wall frames each having an upper and a lower frame part, a hinge mechanism having two pivot bearings, pivot bearing components, which pivotally support at least one of the two lower frame parts, a locking mechanism with at least one locking element, and a spreading mechanism adapted, during or after an adjustment of the at least one locking element from the locked position to the release position, with at least one locking element being provided or supported on one of the pivot bearings. |
| US10875712B2 |
Method and device for warehouse storage space planning and electronic device
A method for warehouse storage space planning comprises: obtaining warehouse goods change information of a predetermined time period and current storage space utilization information of a warehouse, wherein the predetermined time period is a future time period; extracting goods identifier and a quantity of goods to be stored within the predetermined time period from the warehouse goods change information of the predetermined time period; determining a storage attribute parameter of the goods to be stored within the predetermined time period based on the goods identifier of the goods to be stored within the predetermined time period; and determining a preset storage space in the warehouse for the goods to be stored within the predetermined time period based on the storage attribute parameter of the goods to be stored within the predetermined time period, the quantity of the to-be-stored goods, and the current storage space utilization information of the warehouse. |
| US10875708B2 |
Automated waste collection system
An automated waste collection has a housing, within which is disposed a deployment mechanism for receiving a waste bin. The waste bin may be placed onto the deployment mechanism through an access opening traversing through the housing and selectively obstructed by an access closure. Waste may be deposited within the waste bin through a lid opening at a top of the housing. The deployment mechanism may be displaced by a deployment actuator between a stored position within the housing and a deployed position external to the housing. In order to do so, the deployment mechanism traverses through a deployment opening selectively obstructed by a deployment closure. A controller operates according to a predetermined waste collection schedule, actuating the deployment actuator at any scheduled waste collection times. |
| US10875705B2 |
Transport package for individual packages of absorbent tissue paper material
A transport package including a compressible packaging and a packing configuration, the packing configuration including at least three individual stacks of absorbent tissue paper material, and the packaging maintaining said individual stacks in the packing configuration, the transport package forming a rectangular parallelepiped delimited by six outer surfaces, defining three transport package extensions extending along three perpendicular dimensions in space defining a length, a width, and a height of the transport package. A relative deformation of the transport package is defined for each of the three dimensions, being the relative shortening of the transport package extension along a selected dimension when the entire transport package is compressed with a deformation pressure of 15 kPa between two outer surfaces and along the selected dimension, wherein, for said transport package, the relative deformation along at least two out of the three dimensions is less than 10%. |
| US10875700B2 |
Reducer insert for dispensing liquids
An apparatus includes a pliable material to form a dispenser insert. The dispenser insert includes a lower section and an upper section. The lower section is configured for insertion into and stable engagement with the mouth and interior of a dispensing container. The upper section is configured to extend outward and away from the mouth of the dispensing container. The upper section defines an orifice at a distal end of the upper section. The orifice maintains a closed configuration in an undeformed state and an open configuration for passage of a liquid in a deformed state subject to application of an external force on the upper section of the dispenser insert. |
| US10875695B2 |
Refillable container
A refillable container includes: an inner container (5); an accommodation member (7) configured to accommodate the inner container; a lid member configured to close the accommodation member; a taking-out part (9) configured to take out the content contained in the inner container accommodated in the accommodation member; and an inner-container restraint part (59), which is provided between the lid member and the inner container, is configured to restrain the lid member and the inner container so as to prevent the inner container from falling from an opening portion of the lid member, when the lid member is removed from the accommodation member. Also, the inner-container restraint part is configured to release the restraint between the lid member and the inner container when the inner container in which the content has been exhausted is pulled from the opening portion of the lid member in a pull-out direction. |
| US10875693B2 |
Carton with article protection insert
A carton for containing at least one article. The carton includes a plurality of panels at least partially forming an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels includes a top panel. The carton includes an article protection flap foldably connected to at least one panel of the plurality of panels. The article protection flap is moveable between a first position that is substantially parallel to the top panel and a second position wherein the article protection flap is folded relative to the top panel. The at least one access feature in the top panel is for positioning the article protection flap from the first position to the second position. |
| US10875689B2 |
Child resistant senior friendly can topper mechanism
There is shown in embodiments of a closure mechanism configured to fit over the top of the can and prevent access. The closure mechanism is a child resistant senior friendly mechanism that can be opened and removed by the senior when access to the can is desired. The closure mechanism is designed for a single use as once removed it will no longer prevent access of the top of the can. |
| US10875686B2 |
Food tray cover
A food tray cover comprising a frame, the frame dimensioned to seat atop a food tray, the frame including an upper surface having an outer edge, an inner edge, and a sidewall extending downwardly from the outer edge, the upper surface has an opening, the perimeter of the opening being defined by the inner edge of the upper surface; a lid rotatably attached to the frame over the opening formed therein, the lid being moveable between an open position and a closed position; means for biasing the lid between the closed position and the open position; and means for releasably locking the lid to the frame when in the closed position. |
| US10875682B1 |
Auxiliary gripping member
An inner collar is co-axially aligned with a longitudinal axis of an outer collar. The outer and inner collars are and separated by a gap. A plurality of ribs disposed within the gap and interconnect the inner collar to the outer collar. The inner collar defining an interior passage. A channel disposed within the outer collar and the inner collar. The channel extending along the longitudinal axis and opening at one side into the passage and opening at an opposite side exteriorly of the outer collar. The outer collar, inner collar, and plurality of ribs are constructed of a resiliently deformable material thereby allowing the outer and inner collars to resiliently deform for removably receiving a tubular container grip and allowing the outer collar and the plurality of ribs to resiliently deform for increasing gripping capabilities of a human hand. |
| US10875681B2 |
Protective bottle enclosure
A protective bottle enclosure includes a base portion defined by a base sidewall secured to a base bottom wall and having an open top. The base bottom wall has a base pad attached thereto. An upper portion is defined by an upper sidewall surrounding an internal cavity. The upper portion has a cylindrical body section with a generally constant body diameter between a lower section and a neck section. The lower section is narrower than the body section and ends in a lower opening. The neck section is narrower than the body section and ends in a neck opening. The neck section includes a tapered portion and a straight portion. The lower section can be inserted into the open top of the base portion and threadably and removably engage the base sidewall. A removable cap includes a cap sidewall. The cap sidewall can threadably and removably engage the neck section. |
| US10875678B2 |
Box insert with vertical rails
A box assembly comprising a box defining an interior, the interior defining a bottom interior wall and a side interior wall connected to the bottom interior, and an insert for the box, the insert comprising a center segment configured to cover the bottom interior wall, and a rail joined to the center segment, the rail configured to cover the side interior wall. |
| US10875676B2 |
Laminated bottle
A laminated bottle formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom includes: an outer layer; and a flexible inner layer laminated onto an inner surface of the outer layer and being separable from the inner surface. A bottom section of the outer layer positioned at a bottle bottom portion is provided with a holding rib pinching and holding the inner layer. A part of the outer layer is provided with an intake hole allowing outside air to be imported into a space between the outer layer and the inner layer, and the holding rib is provided in each of a pair of areas which are disposed within the bottom section at an interval such that a bottle axis is interposed between the areas in a bottle radial direction. |
| US10875672B2 |
Binding machine for gardening
The operation handle includes a link portion engaged with the main handle on one side as viewed from the rotation fulcrum and a lever operation portion on the other side as viewed from the rotation fulcrum. The clincher arm is configured to rotate in a closing direction with respect to the main handle when the lever operation portion and the main handle are gripped. The binding machine for gardening further comprises a cover member configured to cover the link portion. |
| US10875670B2 |
Web-packaging machines with multiple sealing stations
A web packaging machine for enclosing a food product within a food product package has a first sealing station that seals an upper web of packaging material to a lower web of packaging material to thereby partially enclose the food product in the food product package and a second sealing station configured to further seal the upper web of packaging material to the lower web of packaging material to thereby fully enclose the food product in the food product package. A lower web transport conveyor conveys the lower web of packaging material from upstream to downstream first through the first sealing station and then through the second sealing station. |
| US10875667B2 |
Secure terminal
A secure terminal for the aerial transport of passengers whose technical and operational infrastructure makes it possible to ensure the physical security of the building, of the aircraft, of the goods, of the passengers and of the flight, technical and administrative personnel and the confidentiality of the passengers and of their goods, noteworthy in that it comprises at least one building having a globally V-shaped horizontal section and comprising two branches extending from a mid-zone, constituting parking hangars for aircraft and determining between them an uncovered central zone. |
| US10875663B2 |
Lightning protection in aircrafts constructed with carbon fiber reinforced plastic
The embodiments described herein provide for lightning protection in aircrafts constructed with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP). In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) panel, a second CFRP panel that overlaps with the first CFRP panel in a vertical direction, and a fastener to join the first CFRP panel with the second CFRP panel, the fastener extending in the vertical direction in an area where the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel overlap. The apparatus further includes a plurality of electrically conductive pins in each of the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel, wherein the pins extend in the vertical direction proximate to the fastener to electrically connect the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel in the area where the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel overlap. |
| US10875662B2 |
Method of robot manipulation in a vibration environment
A method of operating a manipulation system of the type having a movable arm with a proximal end connected to a base and a distal end that is movable relative to the base and is coupled to an end-effector. The method comprises moving the distal end of the movable arm towards a target object and into contact with a stabilization object proximate to the target object, maintaining contact between the distal end of the movable arm and the stabilization object while operating the end-effector to perform a desired operation at the target object, and upon completing the desired operation at the target object, disengaging the distal end of the movable arm from contact with the stabilization object. |
| US10875661B2 |
Fiber composite component having an integrated structural health sensor arrangement
A fiber composite component includes an integrated structural health sensor arrangement, wherein the component includes a plurality of layers of fibers embedded in a matrix material, wherein the layers include at least two strain sensing fibers arranged parallel and at a distance to each other, wherein the strain sensing fibers are lithiated carbon fibers having piezoelectric characteristics. |
| US10875660B1 |
Aircraft power plant
There is disclosed a cooling system for a liquid cooled internal combustion aircraft power plant for an aircraft having a tail cone. The cooling system has: an air inlet defined through a wall of the tail cone and fluidly connected to an environment outside the aircraft; a heat exchanger having at least one first conduit fluidly connected to the environment via the air inlet and at least one second conduit in heat exchange relationship with the at least one first conduit and fluidly connectable to a coolant circuitry of the liquid cooled internal combustion aircraft power plant; a blower fluidly connected to the environment via the air inlet; and an air outlet fluidly connected to the blower and defined through a wall of the aircraft upstream of the air inlet relative to a direction of an airflow along the aircraft. |
| US10875657B2 |
Hold open j-track locking mechanism for cowling
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an aircraft that includes a cowling having a j-track mounted on the inwardly facing surface and a rod pivotally connected to a stationary part of the aircraft at a first end and moveable within the j-track at a second end, so that, when the cowling is opened, the second end moves to lock into the j-shaped portion and hold the cowling open. In various embodiments, the first end may be pivotally connected to the aircraft by a quick release pin, and the second end may be connected to the j-track by a torsion spring. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the cowling is a bi-folding cowl having an upper portion and a lower portion, where the rod and the lower portion may include structures for retaining the lower portion in an opened position. |
| US10875656B2 |
Bi-folding engine cowl having a plurality of open positions to provide access
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an aircraft having a bi-folding cowl for providing full access to equipment without completely removing the cowl. The bi-folding cowl has an upper portion and a lower portion mechanically connected along the adjacent edges, where the upper and lower portions fold so that the inner surfaces face each other when opened. In another embodiment, the bi-folding cowl has at least three maintenance positions, including partially-opened, fully-opened, and fully-opened, lying flat on the surface of the aircraft. |
| US10875655B2 |
Vibration isolation device, especially for aircraft applications
A vibration isolation device comprises a frame for mounting on an engine casing, an axis to be mounted to an external component to isolate, a resilient member located between the frame and the axis, and a fuse mechanism ensuring that the vibration isolation device presents a first stiffness when loads applied to said vibration isolation device are below a predetermined threshold load, and a second stiffness, lower than the first stiffness, when loads applied to the vibration isolation device are at least equal to the predetermined threshold load. The fuse mechanism constrains the resilient member within a predetermined space when loads applied to the vibration isolation device are below the predetermined threshold load and to release the resilient member so that this latter is capable of deforming beyond said predetermined space when loads applied to the vibration isolation device are at least equal to the predetermined threshold load. |
| US10875651B2 |
Overhead bin modular panel
A modular panel system for attachment to an overhead stowage bin including an elongate bracket, a plurality of spacers, and at least one panel removably attached to the plurality of spacers without requiring tools to facilitate panel interchangeability independent of stowage bin structure. The at least one panel can be marked with, for example, branding, cabin class designation, advertising or wayfinding. |
| US10875639B2 |
Bi-planer rotor blade
A biplaner rotor blade has an upper airfoil section connected to a lower airfoil section such that the upper airfoil and lower airfoil are rotated in separate planes—an upper plane and a lower plane. The upper airfoil has a root end attached to a hub at an upper location of the hub and the lower airfoil has a root end attached to the hub at a lower location of the hub. The upper airfoil converges with the lower airfoil to form a blade tip end at the outermost portion of the blade, thus generating lift along two geometric planes. |
| US10875635B2 |
Multicopter
There is provided a multicopter having a frame, four rotors attached to the frame and each having an input shaft, four motor-generators installed one on each of the rotors and each having an input-output shaft, a single gas-turbine engine connected to the motor-generators and having an output shaft. The input shaft of each rotor, the input-output shaft of each motor-generator and the output shaft of the engine are respectively connected with each other by a speed reducer mechanism having a sun gear, ring gear and planetary carrier. |
| US10875634B2 |
Drive train
A drive train for a helicopter, which includes an engine, a reduction gear and a main gearbox, the reduction gear including an output shaft, which are received in assembled front and rear housings, the output shaft being supported and guided rotatably by a plurality of rolling bearings, mounted in the housings. The drive train includes a redundant mount arranged around the output shaft and between a wall of the main gearbox and the front end of the front housing, and the redundant mount is configured, sized and attached to the wall of the main gearbox and to the front end of the front housing so as to create, if the front housing breaks, a secondary path for absorbing loads passing via the redundant mount, via the output shaft of the reduction gear and via the bearings. |
| US10875632B2 |
Ice phobic material to reduce runback ice
An ice protection assembly on an airfoil includes a heater positioned on the leading edge, and one or more ice phobic layers positioned to inhibit runback ice formation on the surface of the airfoil downstream of the heater. |
| US10875631B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle angular reorientation
A system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having wing elements and tail elements configured to roll to angularly orient the UAV by rolling so as to align a longitudinal plane of the UAV, in its late terminal phase, with a target. A method of UAV body re-orientation comprising: (a) determining by a processor a boresight angle error correction value bases on distance between a target point and a boresight point of a body-fixed frame; and (b) effecting a UAV maneuver comprising an angular role rate component translating the target point to a reoriented target point in the body-fixed frame, to maintain the offset angle via the offset angle correction value. |
| US10875628B2 |
Inherently balanced control stick
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a control apparatus includes a first mounting member, an elongate member having a first elongate portion, a second elongate portion, a first axis member between the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion, pivotally mounting the elongate member to the first mounting member and defining a first axis, a track configured as an arc defined about the first axis, and a first feedback assembly supported upon the second elongate portion and providing a first interface device configured to travel along the track in response to movement of the second elongate portion partly about the first axis, wherein the mass of the second elongate portion and the first feedback assembly substantially offsets the mass of the first elongate portion about the first axis member. |
| US10875627B2 |
Movable cover for a proprotor nacelle
An aircraft, including a fixed nacelle disposed on a wing of the aircraft, the fixed nacelle including a nacelle opening; a proprotor pylon disposed on the wing and rotatable relative to the fixed nacelle between a substantially horizontal position and a non-horizontal position, wherein rotation of the proprotor pylon to a non-horizontal position exposes the nacelle opening; and a movable cover disposed on at least one of the wing and fixed nacelle, said movable cover including a plurality of cover members that are movable between a closed position where at least a portion of the cover members collectively form a protective cover in front of the nacelle opening when the proprotor pylon is positioned in the non-horizontal position and a stowed position where at least a portion of the plurality of cover members are stowed. In other aspects, there is provide a method of covering a nacelle opening. |
| US10875624B2 |
Carbon flocked tape
Arrangements related to carbon flocked tape are described. The flocked tape can include a first adhesive, a substrate, a second adhesive, and a plurality of fibers. The substrate can be formed from any suitable metal, polymer, and/or natural material. The fibers can be formed from milled recycled carbon fibers. The carbon fibers can be connected within the tape via an electrostatic flocking process. The flocked tape can allow for application, removal, and re-application. The carbon flocked tape can provide several benefits, such as electric and/or thermal conductivity, noise and vibration reduction, insulation and shielding, and altered fluid dynamics. |
| US10875622B2 |
Compact cabin door interface to increase visibility
Systems and methods include providing an aircraft with a fuselage, an airframe that provides structural rigidity to the fuselage, and at least one door that allows access to an interior of the fuselage through an opening in the fuselage. The aircraft includes an overlapping, tongue and groove door interface formed between a frame of the door and a portion of the airframe that at least partially borders the opening in the fuselage. At least a portion of the airframe includes a concavity. At least a portion of the door frame includes a complementary shaped profile to the concavity of the airframe. The complementary profile of the door frame and the concavity of the airframe form a seal between the door frame and the airframe when the complementary portion is at least partially received within the concavity by selectively rotating the door to its closed position. |
| US10875621B2 |
Gap filler roller assembly
A roller assembly for forming adjacent curved surfaces in a composite gap filler member includes a first roller supported by a first support member wherein the first roller rotates relative to the first support member about a first axis of rotation. A second roller is supported by a second support member wherein the second roller rotates relative to the second support member about a second axis of rotation. First support member is rotatable about a third axis of rotation and the third axis of rotation extends in a direction transverse to the first axis of rotation. Second support member is rotatable about a fourth axis of rotation. The fourth axis of rotation extends in a direction transverse to the second axis of rotation. |
| US10875619B2 |
Fuselage assembly for an aircraft
A fuselage assembly for an aircraft including a stringer extending longitudinally along the fuselage. The stringer defines a fluid channel. The fluid channel is configured to form at least part of a distribution duct of a cabin air distribution system. |
| US10875616B2 |
Transmission for a marine outboard propulsion system
A transmission (6) for a marine outboard propulsion system (1) which comprises an input shaft (7) connectable to an engine (4), a countershaft (19) arranged parallel to the input shaft (7), several pairs of gears (15, 16; 17, 18) for transmitting rotation of the input shaft (7) to the countershaft (19) and switching elements (23, 25, 30) for selectively engaging gears (15, 16, 17, 18, 38) to enable at least two forward gear ratios and one reverse gear ratio. The transmission (6) comprises an output shaft (8) which is arranged coaxial to the input shaft (7) and a PTO countershaft (31) adapted to drive at least one PTO-aggregate (9, 10). The transmission is part of a marine outboard propulsion system. |
| US10875607B2 |
Inflatable raft
Implementations of an inflatable raft that has a figure-eight shape are provided. The figure-eight shape serves to stabilize the inflatable raft and allows it to be paddled and maneuvered by a single paddler. An example inflatable raft may include a figure-eight shaped buoyant member comprised of a plurality of tube-sections. The plurality of tube-sections are connected together end-to-end to form a front lobe, a rear lobe, and a narrow central section, the narrow central section connects the front lobe to the rear lobe. The inflatable raft also includes a floor that is connected to the underside of the figure-eight shaped buoyant member. The plurality of tube sections that form the front lobe, the rear lobe, and the narrow central section are positioned to define a compartment of some depth between them, the floor acts as a bottom for the compartment. |
| US10875602B2 |
Transmission shifting assistance device and shifting device for a motorcycle
A transmission shifting assistance device, in particular for a motorcycle, which allows shifting when the clutch is closed, includes a housing, a piston arranged in the housing, and at least one pressure spring provided in the housing. The piston may be moved relative to the housing by compressing at least one pressure spring. Furthermore, transmission shifting assistance device further includes a locking device separate from the at least one pressure spring. The locking device fixes the piston in a neutral position relative to the housing below a predetermined unlocking force exerted on the piston or the housing. |
| US10875601B2 |
Bicycle derailleur and connection
An apparatus for a bicycle includes an intermediate power connector configured for transmitting power between a bicycle component and a power source positioned remote from the bicycle component. The intermediate power connector has a coupling portion configured for removable attachment to a connecting portion of the bicycle component. The bicycle component can also include a battery having a battery coupling portion configured for removable attachment to the connecting portion of the bicycle component. The battery and the intermediate power connector can be selectively attachable to the bicycle component to provide power thereto. |
| US10875600B1 |
Quick release ball-lock pedal spindle
In traditional bicycle pedals, the mechanism that maintains a pedal's rocking synchronicity with the rotating crank consists of a spindle that extends in the interior of the pedal's cylindrical housing that is typically furnished with ball bearings, a washer, and a nut at the endmost part of the pedal to secure all of its axle components in place. To attach to the crank arm, the right side pedal spindle typically has a right-hand thread and removes counterclockwise while installs clockwise, and the left side pedal spindle has a left-hand thread that removes clockwise and installs counterclockwise. The present invention facilitates the mounting of bicycle pedals by using a square end (i.e. the four flat sides to the mounting end of the spindle) and a ball-lock mechanism to secure the pedal to the crank arm. |
| US10875599B2 |
Vehicle with weight-based drive mechanism
Vehicle (110) including a frame (114), a seat mounted to the frame (114), wheels (116, 118) rotatably mounted on the frame (114), and drive mechanisms (112) for causing rotation of one wheel (116). Each drive mechanism (112) includes an arm (132) pivotally attached to the frame (114) at one end, a weight (136) and attached pedal (138) at an opposite end of the arm (132), and a guide member (142) including a bump (150) and that moves in conjunction with movement of the weight (136). The guide member (142) has a first end region at which it is pivotally attached to the frame (114) and a second, opposite end region which is free. A roller (140) attached to the arm (132) moves along the guide member (142) during pivotal movement of the arm (132) to cause pivoting of the guide member (142) as the roller (140) engages with the bump (150). An energy transfer system (148) converts pivotal movement of the guide member (142) into motive power to rotate the wheel (116). |
| US10875596B2 |
Three-wheeled electric scooter
A scooter having at least two front wheels, a rear wheel, a deck, a steering assembly that includes a handlebar and a steering tube, an electric motor configured to provide power, and a transmission configured to transfer the power provided by the electric motor. The transmission can be configured to transfer the power provided by the electric motor only to the rear wheel. In some configurations, the scooter includes a battery, a power switch, and a controller coupled to the power switch, the battery, and the electric motor. In response to receiving a signal from the power switch, the controller ramps up the voltage provided to the electric motor over an interval of time. |
| US10875595B2 |
Three-wheeled straddle-seat vehicle
A vehicle has a vehicle frame, two front wheels, a rear wheel. An engine with at least one cylinder is mounted to the vehicle frame such that a cylinder plane extends generally longitudinally and vertically. At least a portion of the at least one cylinder is disposed forward of a front wheel plane. A transmission assembly disposed longitudinally rearward of the engine. A straddle seat is disposed at least in part longitudinally rearward of the assembly. The engine is entirely disposed between a center of the left footrest and a center of the right footrest in the lateral direction. |
| US10875590B2 |
Modular beam hauler
A modular trailer includes: a front module including a frame, a plurality of axles connected to the frame, and a plurality of wheels connected to each axle; a rear module including a frame, a plurality of axles connected to the frame, and a plurality of wheels connected to each axle; a center module including a frame having a front end and a rear end, the front end removably pinned to the front module and the rear end removably pinned to the rear module, the center module further including a bearing rotatable relative to the frame; and a steering device operatively associated with the bearing and co-acting with at least one of the axles such that rotation of the bearing effects turning of the at least one axle. A towing system and a module of a modular trailer are also disclosed. |
| US10875589B2 |
Device for influencing the vertical dynamics of an agricultural vehicle
A device for influencing vertical dynamics of an agricultural vehicle includes a mass mounted on the agricultural vehicle, a positioning system for controlling movement of the mass in vertical direction, a sensor device configured to detect a surface profile of an upcoming vehicle path segment, and an electronic control unit adapted to calculate an expected disturbance input for the upcoming vehicle path segment based on the detected surface profile. The electronic control unit operably controls the positioning system to execute a compensation movement of the vehicle that reduces the expected disturbance input by means of the mass. |
| US10875575B2 |
Steering assistance device
A steering assistance device includes a steering wheel to which a driver of a vehicle inputs steering torque, a steering shaft connected to the steering wheel, a steering mechanism configured to convert a rotation of the steering shaft into a steering angle for steering target wheels, a steering actuator configured to drive the steering mechanism such that a steering angle corresponding to a command value is generated, a steering torque sensor configured to detect torque acting on the steering shaft, an information providing unit configured to provide road information of a scheduled passage area extending in a traveling direction of the vehicle, and an electronic control unit configured to control the steering actuator, based on an output of the steering torque sensor and the road information. |
| US10875573B2 |
Vehicle-trailer backing system with automatic trailer recognition and storage
A method of controlling a backing system for a vehicle and trailer assembly includes: initiating a backing system mode; recording at least one image of a trailer for the vehicle and trailer assembly with a camera mounted to the vehicle; identifying a current plurality of features of the trailer in the image; learning a current plurality of distances associated with the current plurality of features. Then comparing the current plurality of features and distances with stored plurality of features of distances to determine if there is a match. If there is not a match a current calibration of a plurality of relative distances associated with the plurality of reference features is learned while the driver performs a number of preset calibration maneuvers. A relative position between the vehicle and the trailer is determined using the stored calibration and the current plurality of features and current plurality of relative distance. |
| US10875572B2 |
Steering or track rod having an integral connecting pipe
A connecting tube for connecting two joint attachments of a steering or track rod. The connecting tube is reinforced by at least one tube section connected by friction force to the connecting tube such that either the entire outer or inside wall the tube section is in contact against a wall of the connecting tube, thereby forming a press fit connection. The steering or the track rod has a connecting tube with end sections that each hold or support components of joint attachments. A method for producing a connecting tube or the steering or the track rod in which first a tube semifabricate of the tube section is positioned within a tube semifabricate of the connecting tube and then the two tube semifabricates are expanded within a connection zone by a mandrel with an oversized section that is moved along the common axial direction of the two tube semifabricates. |
| US10875571B2 |
Motor control system and electric power steering system
A motor control system includes plural control circuits and plural motor circuits. Each motor circuit includes an inverter circuit and a coil. The plural motor circuits are controlled by any one of the control circuits or controlled by the plural control circuits in combination. When any one of the control circuits controlling the motor circuits fails, the motor control system performs switching control so that the failing control circuit is disconnected while another normally-operating control circuit controls the corresponding motor circuit. The failure detection and switching control are performed smoothly and quickly to recover the motor control system from the failure, thus enhancing the reliability. |
| US10875568B2 |
Steering column for vehicle
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a steering column of vehicle which includes an upper column with a fixing plate having a latching groove on an outer surface thereof, a lower column coupled to an outer surface of the upper column with a mounting hole on a side facing to the fixing plate, and an impact absorbing module, wherein the impact absorbing module includes a module cover covering the mounting hole and being coupled to the lower column, a latching element detachably coupled to the latching groove, a module body rotatably coupled to the latching element via an elastic element, and a bending plate which one end is coupled to the module body and bended other end is coupled to the module cover. |
| US10875565B2 |
Steering arrangement
A steering arrangement for a vehicle, the steering arrangement comprising a steering column bracket comprising a pair of bracket walls, each of the bracket walls being arranged in connection with a respective one of steering column walls, wherein the steering column bracket comprises a laterally movable resilient member on each of the bracket walls, each of the laterally movable resilient members being snap-fitted to a respective one of laterally extending recesses of the steering column for attaching the steering column bracket to the steering column. |
| US10875563B2 |
Convertible stroller assembly
A convertible stroller assembly includes a stroller that has a seat and a backrest that is pivotally coupled to the seat. The backrest is positionable in an upright position for having an infant seated thereon. Moreover, the backrest is positionable in a reclined position having each of the seat and the backrest forming a diaper changing table. Thus, the infant can be laid on the infant table for changing a diaper. A pair of legs is each pivotally coupled to the backrest. Each of the legs is positionable in a deployed position for supporting the backrest when the backrest is positioned in the reclined position. A pair of privacy panels is each slidably coupled to the seat and each of the privacy panels is positionable in a deployed position to conceal the infant while the diaper is being changed. |
| US10875553B2 |
Vehicle braking system
Disclosed is a brake system for a railroad vehicle, including a parking brake provided with a piston and having a first configuration in which the piston is in a working position in which it acts on a lining support and applies a predetermined force to a brake disc; a second configuration in which the piston is in a rest position in which it does not act on the support and does not apply any force to the disc; and a third configuration in which, when the vehicle is not at a standstill and the ambient temperature in the environment of the disc is greater than a threshold value, it forces the piston to move towards a trip position different from its working and rest positions, in order to limit or cancel the force applied to the disc. |
| US10875549B2 |
Table for vehicle
A table for vehicle includes a tray, at least one extendible leaf mounted movably on the tray between a deployed position and a withdrawn position. The extendible leaf is mounted translatably on the tray between the deployed position and the withdrawn position. The table further includes at least one rotatable leaf mounted rotatably on the extendible leaf between an idle position and a deployed position, and means for coupling movements of the second and rotatable leafs, which are configured to rotate the rotatable leaf from its idle position to its deployed position when the extendible leaf is translated from its deployed position to its withdrawn position. |
| US10875545B2 |
Autonomous driving system
An autonomous driving system is configured to include a normal driving situation determination unit configured to determine whether or not an autonomous driving is in a normal driving situation, a driver situation recognition unit configured to recognize at least one of a reaction delay time of a driver against the changes in an external environment of a vehicle, a warning reaction delay time of the driver against the warning, and a driver's non-driving action time, an overconfidence determination unit configured to determine whether or not the driver is in a system overconfidence state, and a warning control unit configured to output an alert if it is determined by the normal driving situation determination unit that the autonomous driving is in the normal driving situation and if it is determined by the overconfidence determination unit that the driver is in the system overconfidence state. |
| US10875542B2 |
Device and method for controlling fail-safe for vehicle, and vehicle system
A device for controlling fail-safe for a vehicle includes a driving device that engages a clutch and a brake individually in a stopped state of the vehicle when a shift by wire system fails, and a controller that locks the engaged clutch and brake, and unlocks the clutch and the brake when a predetermined unlock manipulation pattern is input using a brake pedal and an accelerator pedal of the vehicle. |
| US10875540B2 |
Ballistic estimation of vehicle data
Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for ballistically estimating vehicle data. The system may include a communication interface configured to receive a first vehicle measurement taken at a first time point and a second vehicle measurement taken at a second time point. The system may further include at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to compute a first set of vehicle data based on the first vehicle measurement, and estimate a second set of vehicle data for the second time point based on the first set of vehicle data and a model. The at least one processor may be further configured to compute a third set of vehicle data based on the second vehicle measurement. The at least one processor may also be configured to update the model based on a comparison between the second set of vehicle data and the third set of vehicle data. The system may also include a storage configured to store the first and second vehicle measurements, the model, and the first, second, and third sets of vehicle data. |
| US10875539B2 |
Tire load estimation
A system for estimating a tire load of a tire includes a pressure sensor configured to generate a tire pressure signal; an acceleration sensor configured to generate a tire acceleration signal; a temperature sensor configured to generate a tire temperature signal; and at least one processor configured to calculate a duration of a contact patch based on the tire acceleration signal, calculate a vehicle speed based on the tire acceleration signal, determine at least one system model coefficient based on the tire pressure signal and the tire temperature signal, and calculate the tire load of the tire using a linear system model that relates tire pressure, the duration of the contact patch, and the vehicle speed to the tire load of the tire, where the linear system model further includes the at least one system model coefficient for calculating the tire load of the tire. |
| US10875536B2 |
Coordinated vehicle response system and method for driver behavior
Methods of assessing driver behavior include monitoring vehicle systems and driver monitoring systems to accommodate for a slow reaction time, attention lapse and/or alertness of a driver. When it is determined that a driver is drowsy, for example, the response system may modify the operation of one or more vehicle systems. The response system can modify the control of two or more systems simultaneously in response to driver behavior. |
| US10875534B2 |
Vehicle control device
The purpose of the present invention is to improve fuel efficiency during coasting by calculating, with high accuracy, travel resistance during coasting. This vehicle control device comprises: a first travel resistance acquisition unit that acquires a first travel resistance, which is determined on the basis of road information or external information; and a second travel resistance acquisition unit that acquires a second travel resistance, which is determined on the basis of the result of actual traveling of the vehicle. This vehicle control device determines the content of coasting travel control during traveling of the vehicle on the basis of the result of a comparison of the first travel resistance and the second travel resistance in a predetermined zone where the vehicle has actually traveled. |
| US10875532B2 |
Travelling assist apparatus
A travelling assist apparatus executing a collision avoidance control between other vehicle and an own vehicle is provided with an approach determination unit determining whether the other vehicle will enter an own lane from an adjacent lane of the own lane; a passing determination unit determining whether the other vehicle is able to pass across the own lane; an interruption determination unit determining whether the other vehicle interrupts the own lane; and a collision avoidance unit executing the collision avoidance control under a condition where the interruption determination unit determines that the other vehicle interrupts the own lane and the passing determination unit determines that the other vehicle is able to pass across the own lane, and executes the collision avoidance control regardless of a determination of the interruption determination unit, when the passing determination unit determines that the other vehicle is unable to pass across the own lane. |
| US10875530B2 |
Travel control method and travel control device for drive-assisted vehicle
A travel control device includes a controller for controlling travel of an autonomous host vehicle. The controller detects left and right lane boundaries and controls travel of the host vehicle based on a result of lane boundary detection. The controller includes a road geometry distinguishing unit and a rate limiter unit. The road geometry distinguishing unit distinguishes a curve, and a direction of the curve, based on road geometry information. When traveling through the curve, the rate limiter unit sets a result of lane boundary detection at an inside of a corner to a value for which change in a lateral direction approaching the host vehicle is restricted. |
| US10875525B2 |
Ability enhancement
Techniques for ability enhancement are described. In some embodiments, devices and systems located in a transportation network share threat information with one another, in order to enhance a user's ability to operate or function in a transportation-related context. In one embodiment, a process in a vehicle receives threat information from a remote device, the threat information based on information about objects or conditions proximate to the remote device. The process then determines that the threat information is relevant to the safe operation of the vehicle. Then, the process modifies operation of the vehicle based on the threat information, such as by presenting a message to the operator of the vehicle and/or controlling the vehicle itself. |
| US10875519B2 |
Expanded functionality stop-start fuel saving system for vocational vehicles
An engine stop-start fuel saving system for a vocational vehicle propelled by a conventional internal combustion engine and powertrain. The system uses a low storage capacity, rapid recharge, high cycle life electric energy storage device, such as an ultracapacitor. The system also includes a generator that is coupled to the engine and that is connected to recharge the electric energy storage device, as well as a motor that is powered by the energy storage device and that is coupled to the engine. The system also includes a controller that can activate the motor to restart the engine when it is stopped, and engage the generator to recharge the electric energy storage device, and that can subsequently stop the engine again when the electric energy storage device has reached a threshold charge level. The electric energy storage device also powers at least one of: integral vehicle equipment; peripheral vehicle equipment; or an electrical outlet circuit with a socket for external plugin equipment. |
| US10875516B2 |
Actuator of electronic brake system
Disclosed is an actuator of an electronic brake system including: a motor having a stator and a rotor for generating a rotational force by an electrical signal, the rotor having an accommodating space therein; a power conversion unit disposed in the accommodating space, and including a spindle rotated by a rotational force of the rotor and a nut coupled to the spindle to be linearly moved by rotation of the spindle; a piston coupled to move with the nut; and a sleeve coupled to one end of the rotor by a bearing so that the rotor is relatively rotatable and having an inner space communicating with the accommodating space and accommodating the piston so as to be able to move forward and backward. |
| US10875515B2 |
Braking control device for vehicle
A braking control device comprising: an operation amount acquisition device that obtains an operation amount for a braking operation member; a pressurizing unit that presses a friction member to a rotating member fixed to a wheel using an electric motor; a control that controls output of the electric motor based on the operation amount; a pressing force acquisition device that obtains the actual pressing force of the friction member pressing on the rotating member; and a rotation angle acquisition device that obtains the actual rotation angle of the motor. The control: stores the correlation between the actual pressing force and the actual rotation angle; approximates a function map indicated by a second degree or higher polynominal, based on the correlation; calculates a target rotation angle based on the operation amount and the function map; and controls the electric motor to match actual rotation angle and the target rotation angle. |
| US10875513B2 |
Pump assembly for a hydraulic vehicle braking system
A pump assembly for generating a brake pressure in a hydraulic slip-controlled power vehicle braking system, including a fluid sensor between an electric motor and a piston cylinder unit with the aid of which a small brake fluid quantity inadvertently leaking from the piston cylinder unit in the form of leakage is ascertainable before it affects a function of an electronic control or the electric motor. |
| US10875509B2 |
Vehicle with starter aid
A vehicle starter aid system is provided for a vehicle having at least one driven axle and at least one non-driven axle. An electrically controllable brake system generates brake application signals as a function of input signals for the wheel brake actuators on the at least one driven axle. The inputs signals are received from a rotational speed sensor of the at least one non-driven axle and at least one signal-generator which generates signals which represent intended driving away of the vehicle from the stationary state and are different from the wheel rotational speed signals. An electronic brake control unit controls application of the wheel brake actuators of the at least one driven axle if the rotational speed signals of the rotational speed sensor correspond to zero wheel rotational speed and at the same time the signals of the signal-generator indicate the intended driving away of the vehicle. |
| US10875508B2 |
Vehicle traveling assistance method and vehicle traveling assistance device
A vehicle traveling assistance method in which a braking timing of a vehicle in manual driving is learned and traveling in automatic driving is assisted based on the learned braking timing, includes activating a brake in the automatic driving such that a timing at which a driver senses a braking operation is earlier than the learned braking timing. |
| US10875505B2 |
Controlled system for wiping and washing a vehicle window, windscreen wiper, windscreen wiper blade and method of equipping a vehicle
The invention proposes a system (10) for wiping a vehicle window (12), comprising: at least one windscreen wiper blade (14) adapted to be driven by a drive arm (16) of the wiper system (10) with alternating movements sweeping at least one portion of the exterior surface of a window to be wiped between two positions at which the sweeping direction is reversed; a device (18) for spraying a liquid onto the exterior surface; a pump for feeding the sprayer device (18) with liquid; a circuit (CP) for controlling the feeding of the sprayer device (18) by the pump (38) as a function of the sweeping direction, characterized in that it includes a sensor (CA) of acceleration of the windscreen wiper that is carried by the windscreen wiper and that is connected to the control circuit (CP) in order to supply to the control circuit (CP) signals representing the value of the acceleration of the windscreen wiper (11). |
| US10875503B2 |
System and method for anti-theft control for autonomous vehicle
A method and a system for theft prevention from an autonomous vehicle are provided. The method includes acquiring data from one or more sensors associated with the autonomous vehicle and analyzing, using processing circuitry, the data to determine whether one or more exterior systems of the autonomous vehicle are tampered with. An alert is output to an electronic device associated with a user of the vehicle when a whether one or more exterior systems of the autonomous vehicle are tampered with. Further, an alert is output the user that the autonomous vehicle is no longer safe to be operated when at least one of the one or more exterior systems tampered with belongs to a predefined category. Further, a signal is output to the vehicle to control one or more systems of the vehicle when whether one or more exterior systems of the autonomous vehicle are tampered with. |
| US10875499B2 |
Vehicle occupant authentication system
A method is disclosed that is implemented by a computing device in a vehicle. Identifying information is obtained from an occupant of the vehicle via an input device operatively connected to the computing device. If the computing device has connectivity to a remote authentication server, the computing device transmits a request to the authentication server, and controls whether full operation of the vehicle is enabled or disabled based on a response from the remote authentication server. The request includes the identifying information and a vehicle identifier of the vehicle, and requests that the authentication server determine, based on the identifying information and the vehicle identifier, whether the occupant is authorized to operate the vehicle. If the computing device lacks connectivity to the remote authentication server, full operation of the vehicle is temporarily enabled until the computing device has connectivity to the remote authentication server. |
| US10875497B2 |
Drive off protection system and method for preventing drive off
A method for preventing drive off of a refrigerated transport unit includes detecting whether an electrical power system of the refrigerated transport unit is electrically connected to a utility power source, and performing an action when the electrical power system is electrically connected to the utility power source includes. A drive off protection system includes a refrigerated transport unit including an electrical power system and a controller that monitors the electrical power system. The controller configured to perform an action when the electrical power system is electrically connected to the refrigerated transport unit. |
| US10875496B2 |
Vehicle load prediction
An object outside of a vehicle can be detected with vehicle sensor data. A load for the vehicle can be predicted at least in part based on classifying the object. A vehicle component can be actuated based on the predicted load. |
| US10875492B2 |
Hood hinge
A hinge base member (5) and a hinge upper member (15) of a hinge (1) for an engine hood (3) are provided with main bodies (5, 17) each having a laterally facing major plane, and link members (9, 10) are connected between the main bodies of the hinge base member and the hinge upper member and overlies the main bodies of the hinge base member and the hinge upper member from a first lateral side. The hinge upper member is provided with an extension (17) fixedly attached to the side part of the hood and extending forward from the main body of the hinge upper member with an offset to a second lateral side opposite to the first lateral side with respect to the main body of the hinge base member. |
| US10875491B2 |
Body panel lifter mechanical energy management system
A pyrotechnic activated body panel lift actuator assembly for a vehicle having a unique deployment profile and energy absorbing feature is disclosed. The assembly has a pyrotechnic actuator, a thin-walled tube and a piston. The tapered portion of the piston forms a recess between the piston and the tube. One or more balls sized to fit in the recess are provided. Upon activation, the piston is thrust proximally outwardly to lift a portion of a body panel to absorb an impact of a person hit by the vehicle and thereafter the piston retracts under controlled substantially constant force generated by balls moving up the tapered portion of the shaft thereby locally plastically deforming the thin-walled tube. |
| US10875489B2 |
Gas generator
The present invention provides a gas generator, including an outer shell housing having a top plate, a bottom plate and a circumferential wall provided with a gas discharge port, a combustion chamber accommodating a gas generating agent, a cylindrical filter and an ignition device disposed in a cup-shaped ignition device chamber housing, the bottom surface of the cup-shaped ignition device chamber housing facing the top plate and an end surface of the opening thereof abutting against the bottom plate, a length from an upper end surface to a lower end surface of the cylindrical filter being shorter than a distance from the top plate to the bottom plate of the outer shell housing, and the cylindrical filter being disposed such that the upper end surface faces the top plate and the lower end surface faces the combustion chamber, a cup-shaped cover member which has a bottom surface, a circumferential wall and an opening, further being disposed between the cup-shaped ignition device chamber housing and the cylindrical filter. |
| US10875486B2 |
Airbag device for vehicle
An airbag device for a vehicle may include: a housing fixed to a seat on which a passenger is seated; an inflator fixed to the housing, and generating operation gas; and a cushion mounted in the housing, expanded by the operation gas received from the inflator, and deployed in a shape to cover the body of the passenger seated on the seat. |
| US10875485B2 |
Trim panel assembly
A trim panel assembly includes a trim panel configured to be removably connected to a pillar of a vehicle body structure. A connecting member includes a first part connected to the trim panel and a second part configured to be connected to the pillar. The first part is configured to be separable from the second part. A fastening member is connected between the first and second parts of the connecting member to limit a separation distance of the trim panel when the first part separates from the second part. |
| US10875474B2 |
Fastening arrangement for a structural element on a vehicle body part of a motor vehicle
A fastening arrangement for a structural element, such as a structural design element, on a vehicle roof of a motor vehicle. The fastening arrangement includes a receiving device, which is fixedly connected to the vehicle roof, and a holding device for fastening the structural element. In this case, the holding device is received in a defined manner on the receiving device by a plurality of adjustable fastening devices, and the structural element is received adjusted in a defined manner in an X, Y and Z direction. |
| US10875470B2 |
Vehicular camera with locking attachment at vehicle panel
A process for providing a vehicular camera and mounting the vehicular camera at a vehicle includes providing a vehicular camera having a camera-locking structure configured for engagement with a vehicle panel-locking structure at a vehicle panel of the vehicle at which the vehicular camera is to be mounted. The vehicular camera is mounted at the vehicle panel by inserting a portion of the vehicular camera through an aperture of the vehicle panel and inserting the camera-locking structure through corresponding portions of the aperture of the vehicle panel, and rotating the camera-locking structure to a locked position, whereby the camera-locking structure is engaged with the vehicle panel-locking structure. With the camera-locking structure engaged with the vehicle panel-locking structure, locking surfaces of the camera-locking structure engage respective locking surfaces of the vehicle panel-locking structure to limit axial movement of the vehicular camera relative to the vehicle panel. |
| US10875469B2 |
Vehicle camera housing with tolerance compensating contacts
A camera assembly for a vehicle vision system includes a housing with a lens holder at a first housing portion and a connector portion at a second housing portion. The connector portion is configured for connecting to vehicle wiring when the camera assembly is installed at a vehicle. A circuit element is disposed within the housing and a plurality of electrical connector elements is disposed at the connector portion of the second housing portion. Each of the electrical connector elements includes a first end portion configured for electrically connecting to circuitry of the circuit element and a second end portion configured for electrically connecting to the vehicle wiring. The first end portions of the electrical connector elements include flexible elements that, during mating of the first housing portion to the second housing portion, flex as the first end portions engage the circuitry and make electrical connection with the circuitry. |
| US10875465B2 |
Back rest for a vehicle seat
A back rest for a seat, in particular, vehicle seat, comprises a seat paneling and an acoustic element being an element contributing to forming the seat paneling. The seat paneling is in an operative connection with an actuator of the acoustic element in an acoustic area. The acoustic area can be made to vibrate by driving the actuator for making the acoustic area put out acoustic signals into a back space behind the back rest. |
| US10875461B2 |
Tie-down bracket for motor vehicle
This disclosure relates to a tie-down bracket for a motor vehicle. The tie-down bracket includes a base portion and a removable portion configured to selectively attach to and detach from the base portion. The removable portion is operable as a flashlight when detached from the base portion. A method is also disclosed. |
| US10875458B2 |
Vehicle lounge console
There is provided a vehicle lounge console configured to be arranged in front of a vehicle passenger seat, the vehicle lounge console comprising: a storage compartment comprising a plurality of storage locations, each storage location being configured to contain a storage container; a first opening configured to receive a storage container; a second opening configured to eject a storage container; wherein the storage compartment comprises a selection mechanism configured to arrange a received storage container in a storage location, and to eject a selected one of the plurality of storage containers through the second opening upon request. |
| US10875456B2 |
Cab guard with adjustable railing system for aerial device
An aerial device system includes an adjustable railing and a coupler. The adjustable railing is positionable around at least a portion of a base platform and is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A height of the adjustable railing in the deployed position is greater than a height of the adjustable railing in the stowed position. The coupler is communicatively coupled to the adjustable railing and is configured to detect a position of a component of an aerial device of the aerial device system and move the adjustable railing based on the detected position of the component of the aerial device. A method of controlling a cab guard safety system for the aerial device includes detecting the position of the component and moving the adjustable railing to a stowed position or a deployed position based on the detected position of the component. |
| US10875455B2 |
Vehicular vision system
A vehicular vision system includes a video display screen and a video processor operable to process captured video image data captured by a rearward-viewing camera at the vehicle. The video display screen includes a left display region at a left portion, a right display region at a right portion, and a middle display region that spans between the left and right display regions. The video display screen is operable to use the left and right display regions to display video images derived from a respective portion of captured image data. When the video display screen is displaying video images at the right or left display region that are derived from the respective portion of captured image data, the video display screen does not display video images representative of the other portion of captured image data at the other display regions. |
| US10875449B2 |
Subsurface engraved vehicle light guide
An automotive light guide that displays subsurface engraved indicia to create an optical branding feature or another illuminated design element. In one implementation, the light guide has a body with a primary viewing outer side and a plurality of microablation sites located within the body. From a first viewing angle with respect to the primary viewing outer side, the plurality of microablation sites are configured to appear in a first indicia pattern, and from a second viewing angle, the plurality of microablation sites are configured to appear in a second indicia pattern. In another implementation, the light guide has a body with a planar engraving outer side and a rounded primary viewing outer side. The plurality of microablation sites are etched through the planar engraving side and are viewable as an indicia pattern through the rounded primary viewing outer side. |
| US10875448B2 |
Visually indicating vehicle caution regions
An example system includes a vehicle, a light projector connected to the vehicle, and a control system. The control system is configured to determine a planned operating region for the vehicle within an environment. The control system is also configured to determine that the planned operating region is within a threshold distance of an object within the environment and, in response, determine a caution region to illuminate with the light projector near the object. The control system is further configured to cause the light projector to project an indication of the caution region near the object. The projected indication remains fixed in relation to the object as the vehicle moves toward the planned operating region. |
| US10875446B2 |
Actuator and head lamp comprising same
According to the present invention, there may be provided an actuator comprising: a shaft comprising a thread; a rotor surrounding the shaft; a stator arranged outside the rotor; a moving portion coupled to the thread of the shaft; a housing that holds both ends of the shaft; and a substrate that is arranged on the housing and comprises a sensor portion for sensing the position of the moving portion, wherein the moving portion comprises a magnet; the sensor portion comprises a first sensor and a second sensor for sensing the amount of magnetic flux change following the position of the magnet; the first sensor generates a first signal including an area in which the measured voltage increases linearly as the magnet moves away from the first sensor; and the second sensor generates a second signal including an area in which the measured voltage decreases linearly as the magnet moves away from the second sensor. |
| US10875444B2 |
Illumination device for a vehicle
An illumination device, such as the type used for vehicle exterior applications, includes a housing with light collimating and spreading portions, a circuit card assembly with one or more light sources (e.g., LEDs), and a lens. The illumination device may be arranged so that light emitted by the LEDs reflects off of a metalized interior surface of the light collimating portion in a collimated fashion and travels towards the light spreading portion, the collimated light then reflects off of a metalized interior surface of the light spreading portion in a spread fashion and travels towards the lens, and the spread light passes through the lens and travels towards an intended target region. The illumination device may be installed, for example, in a rear hatch of a vehicle and used in conjunction with a backup camera. |
| US10875443B2 |
Closure element for closing the housing of a headlamp
A closing element for closing a service opening in the housing of a headlamp, and a method therefor, the closing element having a ventilation component, with the aid of which a gas exchange between an inside and an outside of the housing of the headlamp is facilitated. The closing element includes a sealing formation, on which a sealing member may be arranged or is arranged, so that the ventilation component may be or is temporarily closed with the aid of the sealing member. |
| US10875438B2 |
Cup holder for vehicle
A cup holder for a vehicle, wherein the cup holder includes: two opposing, fixed side walls; and two opposing, spring-loaded side walls adapted to support a cup, wherein the two opposing, fixed side walls and the two opposing, spring-loaded side walls define a generally cylindrical receptacle adapted to receive the cup. The present invention also relates to a vehicle including at least one such cup holder. |
| US10875437B2 |
Cup holder for automobile
A cup holder for an automobile according to the present disclosure includes: a housing having a reception portion with an opened upper portion; a flap installed in an opening formed in a wall of the reception portion, the flap configured to rotate about a hinge and having a front outer surface that is configured to comes into contact with an object received in the reception portion; a spring ring coupled to the housing so as to elastically support the flap; at least one shield formed on left and right sides of an outer surface of the flap to protrude outwards of the flap; and a stopper provided at the flap to protrude in a predetermined direction so as to allow the flap to rotate about the hinge to a predetermined position. |
| US10875435B1 |
Headrest with passenger flaps
A system and method for determining whether a passenger is seated in a seating area and, based at least in part on detecting the passenger, engaging or disengaging a flap in a headrest. Such a headrest may span multiple seats so that a single headrest is used by multiple passengers. Each of one or more flaps in the single headrest may then be configured by the passenger to provide each passenger with their own privacy and comfort. By actively controlling the state of the flap, a uniform passenger experience may be created so that the flap is in the same state upon a passenger entering the vehicle. Further, examples of the headrest are designed and configured to couple directly, or indirectly, to a vehicle body, such that the headrest does not couple directly to a seat or passenger seating area. |
| US10875434B2 |
Headrest moving device
The present invention relates to a headrest moving device including a damper configured to generate a resistance force in a direction opposite to a moving direction when the headrest is moved, wherein, when the headrest is moved, the resistance force is different when the headrest is located at a first position from when the headrest is located at a second position, so that noise can be prevented from being generated and a user can be prevented from recognizing the moving of the headrest as a malfunction when the headrest is moved. |
| US10875432B2 |
Headrest for a vehicle seat and system for forming an alignment device which can be integrated in a headrest
A headrest, for a vehicle seat, is reversibly transferable between a first latching position and a second latching position by a translation movement. The headrest has a shaft co-rotating with the translation movement. The shaft is connectable in the first latching position and in the second latching position to a latching element. The latching element is connected to the shaft via an elastic component. A system for forming an alignment device which can be integrated in a headrest is further provided. |
| US10875429B2 |
Climate control by in-seat humidity sensor module
The invention relates to a sensor module (1), comprising: at least a first sensor (10) that is designed to measure relative humidity and/or temperature, wherein the sensor module (1) is configured to be mounted in an automotive seat (2), which automotive seat (2) comprises a seat cover region (200) forming an outer surface (200a) of the seat that faces a passenger (P) sitting on the automotive seat (2), wherein the sensor module (1) is configured to be mounted such in said automotive seat (2) that it is spaced apart from said seat cover region (200). Further, the invention relates to an automotive seat (2) comprising such a sensor module (1). |
| US10875415B2 |
Method of charging electric autonomous moving body
When batteries of a plurality of electric autonomous moving bodies are charged, a plurality of electric autonomous moving bodies are aligned in a serial state, a second connection means of one of the electric autonomous moving bodies that are adjacent to each other in a direction in which the electric autonomous moving bodies are aligned and a first connection means of the other one of the electric autonomous moving bodies that are adjacent to each other are electrically connected to each other, and the first connection means of the electric autonomous moving body that is the closest to the charger unit and the connection means of the charger unit are electrically connected to each other. In this case, power is supplied from the charger unit to each of the electric autonomous moving bodies, thereby charging the batteries of the plurality of electric autonomous moving bodies. |
| US10875407B2 |
Method and system for driving hybrid vehicle
A method and a system for driving a hybrid vehicle are provided for determining whether the hybrid vehicle is driven in a sensorless control mode or not by estimating a rotor position value based on electric current and voltage of a drive motor. Such a hybrid vehicle is capable of controlling the drive motor to operate by using a transmission in an area in which precise torque control of the drive motor is possible, without using information detected by a stator position sensor provided in the drive motor of the hybrid vehicle. Accordingly, a drive motor control precision is improved when a rotor position sensor does not operate normally, thereby preventing a vehicle shutdown from occurring. |
| US10875405B2 |
Device and method for controlling a drive apparatus for traction of a vehicle
A device which is configured for controlling a vehicle drive (40) for traction of a vehicle has a drive control apparatus and a monitoring apparatus. In order to ensure a high degree of safety when using the vehicle drive during rapid deceleration of the vehicle, the monitoring apparatus provides a traction release control signal value to the drive control apparatus, under the effect of which the drive control apparatus is enabled to control the vehicle drive, if, in addition to a traction release request signal value due to a rapid deceleration request and an additional traction lock request signal value due to a traction lock request, an additional traction release request signal value due to a traction release condition has effect on the monitoring apparatus. There is also described a vehicle with such a device and to a method for controlling a vehicle drive for traction of a vehicle. |
| US10875404B2 |
Work vehicle, control method for work vehicle, and cooperative work vehicle monitoring system
A work vehicle includes a display, communication circuitry, and circuitry. The display is to display information. The communication circuitry is configured to communicate with a cooperative work vehicle that is configured to work cooperatively with the work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to acquire from the cooperative work vehicle through the communication circuitry traveling work parameters manually set via operation tools provided on an operation panel in the cooperative work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to display in the display a setting confirmation screen based on the traveling work parameters acquired through the communication circuitry, the setting confirmation screen showing the operation panel in the cooperative work vehicle. |
| US10875402B2 |
System and method for controlling a vehicle
In accordance with one aspect of the techniques described herein, there is provided a vehicle comprising an engine, an automatic, robotic, or continuously variable transmission mechanically coupled to the engine, a four-wheel drive system, a vehicle control system coupled to the engine, the four-wheel drive system and the transmission, a braking system, a gas pedal for controlling the operation of the engine, a brake pedal for controlling the operation of the braking system, the gas pedal and the brake pedal being disposed in the vehicle for control by a right foot of the driver, the vehicle further comprising an additional pedal being disposed in the vehicle for control by a left foot of the driver and coupled to the vehicle control system, wherein the additional pedal is separate and distinct from the brake pedal and the gas pedal and wherein additional pedal controls the four-wheel drive system of the vehicle. |
| US10875401B2 |
Cover plate control device and automobile
This invention provides a kind of fuel filler cap actuator and automotive vehicle, comprising screw shaft, rotor, housing, first reset spring, lock block and lock block driving device; Under the action of the lock block driving device, the lock block can be rotated between the locking angle and the unlocking angle; the lock block driving device adopts an electromagnetic drive method to drive the lock block. This avoids the use of a motor drive, and achieves locking/unlocking of the fuel filler cap through the mutual interaction of the first and second magnet, which significantly reduce operational costs and increase life expectancy. |
| US10875399B2 |
Hybrid module including integrated hydraulics and controls
A hybrid module is configured for arrangement in the torque path upstream from a transmission and downstream from an internal combustion engine. The hybrid module includes a housing, an electric motor including a stator non-rotatably fixed to the housing and a rotor rotatable within the stator, a shaft configured for non-rotatably connecting to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and a clutch having a clutch output non-rotatably fixed to the rotor. The clutch is configured for being actuated between an engaged orientation for drivingly connecting the shaft to the clutch output and a disengaged orientation for drivingly disconnecting the shaft from the clutch output. The hybrid module also includes an actuator fixed to the housing. The actuator is configured for hydraulically actuating the clutch between the engaged orientation and the disengaged orientation. |
| US10875398B2 |
Power transmission system of hybrid electric vehicle
A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle may include an input shaft receiving an engine torque output from an engine, an output shaft disposed at a same axis with the input shaft and outputting a shifted torque, first and second motor/generators, a first shifting section including a first planetary gear set, outputting a rotation speed from the input shaft as inputted or increased, or forming an adjusted torque from the engine torque and torques of the first and second motor/generators, and outputting the adjusted torque, and a second shifting section including a compound planetary gear set formed as a combination of second and third planetary gear sets and outputting a shifted torque at least three stages from a torque received from the first shifting section to the output shaft. |
| US10875394B2 |
Glazing comprising a clipping profiled bead for a clip-on cover piece
A glazing includes a window, and along part of an edge a profiled bead including a groove for clipping a cover piece onto the profiled bead, the cover piece including, seen in cross section, a harpoon penetrating into the groove during clipping, wherein when the harpoon is situated in the groove, the cover piece further includes, farther toward the exterior than the harpoon and outside of the groove, a base situated both facing and at a distance from a part of the edge surface of the window and a part of the edge surface of the adjacent window and, farther toward the exterior than the base, a flexible exterior covering situated both facing a part of the edge surface of the window and a part of the edge surface of the adjacent window, the exterior covering having a Shore A hardness between 45 and 90 inclusive. |
| US10875386B2 |
Variable compressor control for vehicle air conditioning
A vehicle heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system having a variable compressor can reduce a load applied to a vehicle powertrain during certain conditions. Systems and methods can determine if a power state of an HVAC system is activated, and whether an engine water temperature meets a forced HVAC recirculation intake threshold. Responsive to determining that the engine water temperature meets the forced HVAC recirculation intake threshold, a recirculation mode air source can be selected for the HVAC system. Responsive to the recirculation mode air source being selected, determining if at least one measured vehicle condition meets predetermined criteria. Responsive to determining that the at least one measured vehicle condition meets the predetermined criteria, the variable compressor can be operated according to a reduced duty map. |
| US10875384B2 |
Air flow circulation structure for vehicle
An air flow circulation structure for a vehicle includes a front shutter that opens or closes an outside air intake port, a fan and a duct member. The fan is configured to cause air to flow in a direction oriented from the outside air intake port through a heat exchanger toward an engine compartment when the front shutter is in an open state, and to cause the air to flow in a direction oriented from the engine compartment through the heat exchanger toward the outside air intake port when the front shutter is in a closed state. The duct member is configured to guide the air that is changed in direction by blowing from the fan and colliding with the front shutter to a heat source of the vehicle, when the front shutter is in the closed state. |
| US10875380B2 |
Climate control
Some embodiments provide a vehicle climate control system for controlling climate conditions in various cabin regions of a vehicle cabin, where the climate control system is configured to control one or more vehicle components to change the set of climate conditions associated with one or more cabin regions to approximate a set of optimal comfort conditions. The climate control system controls various vehicle components to control climate conditions, including window assemblies, sunroof assemblies, etc. The climate control system determines optimal comfort conditions which optimize perceived temperature of various occupant body parts and maintain various climate characteristics within one or more sets of thresholds. Output configurations of various vehicle components can be determined based at least in part upon determined optimal comfort conditions of various cabin regions. Output configurations can be generated based at least in part upon various control mode priorities. |
| US10875379B2 |
HVAC extended condensing capacity
A heat pump system for a vehicle comprises a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning module as well as a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, an internal condenser, and an external condenser. The module comprises a warm air path including the internal condenser, a cold air path formed independently from the warm air path, a purge flow path branching from the warm air path at a position downstream of the internal condenser with respect to a flow of air through the module, and a purge control door adjustable between a first position preventing fluid communication between the warm air path and the purge flow path and a second position allowing fluid communication between the warm air path and the purge flow path. The purge flow path provides fluid communication between the warm air path and the ambient environment. |
| US10875378B2 |
Symmetrically dynamic equalized volume and pressure air management system
An air management system for a vehicle having a first pneumatic circuit and a second pneumatic circuit, in which the first and second pneumatic circuits are pneumatically connected in a neutral position via a cross-flow mechanism. The first pneumatic circuit includes a first leveling valve configured to adjust independently the height of a first side of the vehicle. The second pneumatic circuit includes a second leveling valve configured to adjust independently the height of a second side of the vehicle. The first and second leveling valves are configured to establish pneumatic communication between the first and second pneumatic circuits when the first leveling valve is not independently adjusting the height of the first side of the vehicle and the second leveling valve is not independently adjusting the height of the second side of the vehicle. |
| US10875375B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling an actuator
At least one controller configured to control an actuator of an active suspension system. The at least one controller includes circuitry configured to determine an actuator state, and apply the actuator state and a commanded state to an inverse model of the actuator to produce an actuator command. The circuitry is configured to produce the actuator command by a process that includes performing low pass filtering and phase compensation to correct a phase introduced by the low pass filtering. |
| US10875371B2 |
Suspension system, and chassis and robot with the same
The present disclosure provides a suspension system, and a chassis with the same. The system includes: a fixing frame having an opening; a suspension frame disposed at the opening; and a driving wheel rotationally coupled to the suspension frame. In which, two ends of the suspension frame are respectively disposed on two ends of the fixing frame at the two sides of the opening to be selectively moved up and down along a height direction of the fixing frame, and two elastic members are respectively disposed between each of the two ends of the suspension frame and the corresponding end of the fixing frame at the two sides of the opening. In the present disclosure, the fixing frame and the suspension frame can move with respect to each other in a vertical direction, and the resetting adjustment is realized through the elastic member. |
| US10875361B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire is provided with, in the tread surface, land portions that include a rib or a plurality of blocks. The land portions are provided with a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions in a contact patch. The opening area ratio Se of the recessed portions in the end portion regions in the tire lateral direction of one continuous contact patch and the opening area ratio Sc of the recessed portions in the central portion region in the tire lateral direction have the relationship Sc |
| US10875353B2 |
Manufacturing method for decorated object
A manufacturing method for a decorated object is provided. In this manufacturing method, a foil is attached to a medium to obtain the decorated object. The manufacturing method includes: a foil layer forming step of attaching the foil to an adhesive layer formed on the medium, so as to form a foil layer in a manner that the adhesive layer is partly exposed; and an ink layer forming step of applying an ink to the foil layer on which the adhesive layer is partly exposed, so as to form an ink layer in a manner that the ink contacts an exposed part of the adhesive layer. |
| US10875342B2 |
UV dye sublimation decoration of complex-shaped objects
Various of the disclosed embodiments concern printing systems configured to deposit flexible dye sublimation inks onto flexible transfer materials. Together, the flexible ink and transfer material allow images to be transferred onto complex-shaped, i.e. non-planar, surfaces of a substrate. The flexible ink may be, for example, a thermoformable UV dye sublimation ink or a superflexible UV dye sublimation ink. In order to transfer an image onto the substrate, the transfer material is pressed onto the surface of the substrate. The substrate, transfer material, or both are heated to a temperature sufficient to cause the ink to sublimate. During the sublimation process, dye is able to permeate the substrate and form a transferred image. The flexible ink formulation may also include a soluble or solvent-sensitive component. In such embodiments, a solvent can be jetted onto the substrate and/or transfer material to remove residual ink. |
| US10875340B2 |
Receiving solution, ink set containing this receiving solution, and method for producing printed material with use of ink set
This receiving solution for inkjet recording inks contains a resin emulsion as the resin; the polyvalent metal salt contains ions of a polyvalent metal and anions of an organic material; the (organic value)/(inorganic value) ratio, namely the OV/IV value of the anions of the organic material is 0.25 or more but less than 1.30; the HLB value of the surfactant is from 9 to 19 (inclusive); and the surfactant is represented by general formula (1). (In the formula, R1 represents an optionally branched alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms (inclusive); R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally branched alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms (inclusive); R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally branched alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms (inclusive); A represents 2 or 3; X represents ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide; and n represents an integer). |
| US10875337B2 |
Apparatus for imprinting discrete substrates with a flexible stamp
An apparatus for texturing or patterning discrete substrates by imprinting a curable lacquer with a discrete flexible stamp and curing the imprinted lacquer resulting in an additional functional textured layer on a discrete substrate is provided having at least a first and a second clamp, a first roller and at least one driven belt connected with the first clamp and with the second clamp and capable of moving the clamped flexible stamp wherein either the roller is not able to cause its own rotation, but is driven by the stamp which in turn is driven by the belt which in turn is driven by a belt driving device, or the roller is driven at the same speed as the belt by a roller driving device which follows the belt driving device in a master slave configuration. |
| US10875334B2 |
Condensing vapored fluid
In an example, a condenser apparatus to condense vapored fluid has a gas inlet, a mesh, a cooling element, and a gas outlet. The mesh is configured to carry a layer of condensed fluid. The cooling element is configured to cool the layer of condensed fluid. The mesh is configured to let pass through vapored fluid and to create bubbles including vapored fluid in the layer of condensed fluid. |
| US10875333B2 |
Recording apparatus
An ink jet type printer includes a recording head that performs recording on a paper sheet by ejecting ink, a carriage that reciprocates in a width direction while supporting the recording head, and a power supply unit that supplies electricity to driving targets including a driving source of the carriage and the recording head. The power supply unit is disposed such that at least a part thereof overlaps with a moving region of the carriage on an upper side. |
| US10875331B2 |
Printer
An inner ribbon mounting opening is provided at a lower side of a cover member (202) that is rotatably connected with a housing (201), the cover member (202) housing a ribbon unit that holds an ink ribbon (302) held so as to be freely fed and freely taken up. An outer ribbon mounting opening (301) is further provided at an upper side. Thus, work can be performed from both directions above and below the cover member (202). As a result, work can be performed selectively using the outer ribbon mounting opening (301) or the inner ribbon mounting opening, and the workability for mounting and removing the ink ribbon can be enhanced. |
| US10875330B2 |
Printing apparatus with slit formed between frame and housing
A printing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a housing and a frame having a supported portion which is supported by the housing on a first side and an unsupported portion not supported by the housing on a second side. A printer is provided on the frame. An upper sheet carrying guide is provided below the frame. A lower sheet carrying guide is provided below the upper sheet carrying guide. The lower sheet carrying guide is shaped and positioned to form a gap, into which a sheet to be printed by the printer is inserted, between the upper sheet carrying guide and the lower sheet carrying guide. A stopper is provided on the upper sheet carrying guide. The stopper being shaped and positioned to abut against the lower sheet carrying guide when the frame is deformed around the supported portion within an elastic deformation range of the frame. |
| US10875329B2 |
Printing system assemblies and methods
The present teachings disclose various embodiments of a printing system for printing a substrate, in which the printing system can be housed in a gas enclosure, where the environment within the enclosure can be maintained as a controlled printing environment. A controlled environment of the present teachings can include control of the type of gas environment within the gas enclosure, the size and level particulate matter within the enclosure, control of the temperature within the enclosure and control of lighting. Various embodiments of a printing system of the present teachings can include a Y-axis motion system and a Z-axis moving plate that are configured to substantially decrease excess thermal load within the enclosure by, for example, eliminating or substantially minimizing the use of conventional electric motors. |
| US10875325B2 |
Device and method for printing labels by means of thermal printing
A device (1) for printing labels (2) by means of thermal printing using a thermal head (3), which has a thermal strip (4), having a counter-pressure element carrier (5), which has a counter-pressure element (6), wherein an insertion gap (7) is formed between the thermal strip (4) and the counter-pressure element (6), through which the label (2) to be printed in each case can be guided, wherein the thermal head (3) is fastened in a movable manner on a thermal head carrier (8) and wherein the thermal strip (4) is pressed with a predetermined contact pressure against the counter-pressure element (6). To reduce the operating costs, the counter-pressure element (6) is movable relative to the insertion gap (7). A method for printing labels (2) using the device (1) is also disclosed. |
| US10875320B2 |
Printer device
A printer device includes: an ink circulation flow path in which ink is circulated; a discharge head that discharges the ink supplied from the ink circulation flow path; a circulation pump and a circulation motor that circulate the ink in the ink circulation flow path; a circulation filter provided in the ink circulation flow path; and control unit that determines a blocked state of the circulation filter and performs drive control of the circulation motor in accordance with a determination result, and the control unit drives the circulation motor in a first mode until it is determined that the circulation filter is in a blocked state, and after it is determined that the circulation filter is in a blocked state, the control unit drives the circulation motor in a second mode that provides a smaller circulation rate than the first mode. |
| US10875318B1 |
Logic circuitry
A sensor circuit for a replaceable print material container to be connected to a host print apparatus logic circuit comprising a first sensor to detect a pneumatic stimulus or pressurization applied by a print apparatus, and an interface including contact pads to connect to a voltage and/or data source of the print apparatus logic circuit, the sensor circuit configured to output signals conditioned by the pneumatic stimulus or pressurization via the contact pads. |
| US10875313B2 |
Wipe unit and ink-jet recording apparatus including the same
A wipe unit cleans a recording head having an ink discharge surface on which an ink discharge opening that discharges an ink onto a recording medium opens. The wipe unit includes a wiper and a collecting tray. The wiper wipes off an ink forcibly extruded from the ink discharge opening. The collecting tray is arranged under the wiper. The collecting tray collects the ink wiped off with the wiper. The collecting tray includes a discharge port and a plurality of ribs. The discharge port discharges the collected ink downward, and the plurality of ribs are arranged so as to surround a peripheral area of the discharge port and arranged with a predetermined interval from one another in a circumferential direction of the discharge port. |
| US10875310B2 |
Printhead cleaning
In an example of the disclosure, a cleaning system for a printhead includes a web of material movable in a web direction. The web has a first side for wiping a printhead face. The cleaning system includes a dispensing apparatus to dispense a liquid upon the web. The cleaning system includes a scraper element for scraping liquid from the web and includes a collector element with a trough. The collector element is to cause collection of liquid scraped from the web to collect in the trough. The cleaning system includes a pusher element to push against the second side of the web and thereby cause the first side of the web to wipe the printhead face. |
| US10875299B2 |
Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus and liquid droplet ejecting head
A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle; a flow-path-section having a first pressure-chamber, a communication-path enabling the nozzle to communicate with the first pressure-chamber, and a second pressure-chamber communicating with the first pressure-chamber through the communication-path; a first signal-generator that generates a first driving signal to drive a first piezoelectric-element; a second signal-generator that generates a second driving signal to drive a second piezoelectric-element; and an inspector that inspects ejection from the nozzle based on electromotive force generated by the first piezoelectric-element due to residual vibration that has occurred in the flow-path-section due to the driving of the first piezoelectric-element. The first driving signal includes a first inspection waveform. The second driving signal includes a second inspection waveform having a polarity opposite to the first inspection waveform for a time period overlapping a first formation time period for the first inspection waveform. |
| US10875296B2 |
Nozzle sensor protection
A fluid ejection die that may include a drive bubble device, a sensor and a sensor control logic. The drive bubble device can include a fluid ejector. Furthermore, the sensor can be operatively connected to the drive bubble device and the sensor control logic can be operatively connected to the sensor. Moreover, the sensor control logic can include a protective circuitry that can be operatively connected between the sensor control logic and the drive bubble device. The protective circuitry can be configured to shunt excess portions of a signal transmitted from the sensor to protect a circuit path to a DBD control circuit. |
| US10875291B2 |
Screen printing pallet assembly for use in a screen printing operation
A method of screen printing positionally synchronizes a plurality of pallet assemblies on a first screen printing machine with a plurality of pallet assemblies on a second screen printing machine. A screen printed garment having a properly aligned first image received from the first screen printing machine is transferred on a portion of one of the pallet assemblies on the first screen printing machine to one of the plurality of pallet assemblies on the second printing machine. The properly aligned first image on the garment is in proper positional alignment with a screen printing head on the second screen printing machine such that a second image complimentary to the first image is printed on the garment in proper position on the garment relative to the first image without user intervention to positionally locate the first image relative to the screen printing head on the second machine. |
| US10875288B2 |
Additive manufacturing of composite materials
An additive manufacturing apparatus having a three-dimensional movement system comprising a first part; a second part coupled to the first part and movable relative to the first part; a third part coupled to the first part and the second part and movable relative to the first part and movable relative to the second part wherein the three-dimensional movement system moves an assembly in three dimensions relative to a base; a rotatable build table coupled to the base, and rotatable in a first plane parallel to the base; and a nozzle, wherein the assembly comprises the nozzle, wherein the nozzle is rotatable in a second plane not parallel to the base, wherein the nozzle comprises an opening for passing a printer filament through the nozzle, and for depositing the printer filament onto the build plate. |
| US10875286B2 |
Multilayer shrink film with scission layer
Various embodiments of multilayer polymer films and multilayer structures with enhanced tear strength are provided. Also disclosed are processes and systems for producing the disclosed multilayer polymer films. The disclosed films comprise a first polymer that may be cross-linkable upon exposure to radiation, and a second polymer that is cleaved or broken when exposed to irradiation. Layers comprising the first polymer are referred to as bulk layers, and layers comprising the second polymer are referred to as scission layers. Scission layers are positioned between bulk layers. The bulk and scission layers may comprise one or more sublayers. |
| US10875283B2 |
Adhesive layer-equipped laminate, and flexible copper-clad laminate sheet and flexible flat cable using same
A laminate having an adhesive layer, which exhibits excellent adhesion to base films made from polyimide resins and the like or copper foils, as well as superior electrical properties, and also providing a laminate having an adhesive layer, which is low in warpage when the adhesive layer is in B stage, and which is excellent in storage stability of the laminate. The laminate having an adhesive layer includes a base film and an adhesive layer formed on at least one of the surfaces of the base film, in which the adhesive layer is formed of an adhesive composition comprising a carboxyl group-containing styrene based elastomer and an epoxy resin, wherein the content of the carboxyl group-containing styrene based elastomer is 50 parts by mass or more relative to 100 parts by mass of the solid content of the adhesive composition; the content of the epoxy resin is from 1 to 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the carboxyl group-containing styrene based elastomer; and the adhesive layer is in B-stage. |
| US10875278B2 |
Heat ray shielding film, heat ray shielding laminated transparent base material, vehicle, and building
A heat ray shielding film is disclosed, including composite tungsten oxide particles; and an ionomer resin. The composite tungsten oxide particles are expressed by a general formula MxWOy (where M denotes one or more kinds of elements selected from Cs, Rb, K, Tl, In, Ba, Li, Ca, Sr, Fe, Sn, Al, Cu, and Na, and 0.1≤x≤0.5 and 2.2≤y≤3.0). |
| US10875269B2 |
Tyre building plant and method for supplying an elongated element to a forming drum in a tyre building plant
A tyre building plant (1; 100) comprises a forming drum (4) and a supply device (10) for supplying an elongated element (3) towards the forming drum. The supply device comprises at least one conveyor belt (11; 101) which extends in a supply direction (X) between a loading region (12), in which the elongated element is loaded on the conveyor belt and an unloading region (13), a control unit (19) for controlling the loading of the elongated element (3) on the conveyor belt (11; 101), at least a first detection element which is fixed with a first portion (20) of the conveyor belt, a sensor (22) which is fixed and independent with respect to the conveyor belt and which detects the position of the first portion (20) with respect to the supply device. The loading of the elongated element on the conveyor belt is performed when the first portion is at a predefined reference distance from the loading region (12). |
| US10875268B2 |
Transport system
A transport system prevents swinging of a lift stage at the time of ascent and descent, while appropriately supporting an article shifted from the reference position. The transport system includes a transport device that transfers a green tire to and from a rack part. The transport device includes a lift stage, a support part, and a guided part. The lift stage is provided to be movable upward and downward. The support part is provided on the lift stage and supports an upper inner wall of the green tire from a lower side. The guided part is provided on the lift stage. The rack part is provided with a guide part having a lower portion defining a first gap with the guided part and an upper portion defining a second gap with the guided part. |
| US10875266B2 |
Aircraft repair patch applicator tool
A repair tool for applying a coating patch includes a heating element, a flexible bladder disposed adjacent the heating element, and an inflexible shell disposed about the flexible bladder. The inflexible shell defines a negative space corresponding to a plurality of sides of an aircraft component. A controller is communicatively coupled to the heating element and the bladder, and is configured to control a temperature of the heating element and a pressure of the flexible bladder. |
| US10875265B2 |
Hybrid metallic/composite arrangement for torque, bending, shear, and axial loading
A hybrid metallic/composite structural component may comprise a metallic inner tube, a first lobe extending from the metallic inner tube, and a composite outer tube surrounding the metallic inner tube and the lobe, wherein a first end of the metallic inner tube extends from the composite outer tube and a second end of the metallic inner tube extends from the composite outer tube. |
| US10875259B2 |
High-moisture-permeability, microporous plastic film, and its production method and apparatus
A high-moisture-permeability, microporous plastic film randomly having a lot of recesses having different opening diameters and depths, with clefts formed in the recesses, is produced by pressing a first pattern roll randomly having a lot of high-hardness, fine particles having sharp edges on a roll body surface to a flat-surface metal roll, to produce an anvil roll randomly having a lot of recesses on a metal roll surface; arranging a second pattern roll randomly having a lot of high-hardness, fine particles having sharp edges on a roll body surface oppositely to the anvil roll; and passing a plastic film through a gap between the second pattern roll and the anvil roll. |
| US10875246B2 |
System and method for additive manufacturing using spherical coordinates
A system, method and computer program product for an additive manufacturing or three dimensional (3D) printing system, including a build point, located at a n origin of a Spherical coordinate system; a theta axis motor configured to incrementally control rotation of the build point in relation to an extruder head along the theta axis; a phi axis motor configured to incrementally control rotation of the build point in relation to the extruder head along the phi axis perpendicular to the theta axis; and a rho radius motor configured to incrementally control the extruder head to a desired radius from the build point. |
| US10875243B2 |
System and method for a quick-change material turret in a robotic fabrication and assembly platform
Systems and methods for a robotic fabrication and assembly platform providing a plurality of printable materials for fabrication of a three-dimensional object are provided. A method includes activating a pneumatic actuator to extend a quick-change turret from a pneumatic seal. The method may insert a plurality of barrels into the quick-change turret. The method may also align one of the plurality of barrels with a pneumatic seal in the quick-change turret. The method may also disengage the pneumatic actuator to seat the aligned barrel onto the pneumatic seal and print a three-dimensional object. The method may further halt the printing of the three-dimensional object prior to completion and engage the pneumatic actuator to extend the quick-change turret from the pneumatic seal. |
| US10875242B2 |
Three-dimensional modeling apparatuses and methods for fabricating three-dimensional objects
A three-dimensional modeling apparatus for fabricating a three-dimensional object includes a plasticizing section that plasticizes a thermoplastic material to transform into a molten material; an ejection section for ejecting the molten material; a first air blowing section that blows air from a circumference of the nozzle toward the molten material ejected from the nozzle; a platform on which the molten material ejected from the nozzle is deposited; and a control unit that changes a relative positional relationship between the ejection section and the platform. |
| US10875233B2 |
System and method for perforating paint-roller cover fabric
In an embodiment, a paint roller manufacturing system and method uses a fabric-coating applicator to apply a fabric adhesive onto a portion of a perforated paint roller cover fabric material having a plurality of perforations through which adhesive may flow, and into the plurality of perforations and into interstitial spaces of the fabric material, to yield a length of coated fabric. An inner strip and an outer strip are wound about a mandrel in offset relation. A strip-coating applicator is used to apply a strip adhesive to the outer strip as it is wound about the mandrel. Simultaneously with the step of applying the strip adhesive to the outer strip, a portion of the coated paint roller fabric material is received at the outer strip and the length of coated fabric is wound about at least the outer strip to form a paint roller tube. |
| US10875231B2 |
Manufacturing method of liquid containing container
In a manufacturing method of a liquid containing container, a capper has a container holding portion configured to be displaced at a constant first velocity in the circumferential direction of a first central axis, the method including: a liquid blow molding step of molding a preform disposed in a cavity of a mold into a container body having a barrel containing a liquid; an intermediate conveying step of, after the mold is opened, gradually accelerating the container body to a third velocity and delivering the container body to a carrier of a rotary conveying machine by an intermediate conveying device; a rotary conveying step of conveying the container body and delivering the container body to the container holding portion by the carrier of the rotary conveying machine; and a capping step of attaching a cap while the container body is conveyed by the container holding portion. |
| US10875228B2 |
Injection moulding method
A method of injection moulding an article, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an injection mould comprising a plurality of mould parts defining a mould cavity of the injection mould, the plurality of mould parts including first and second movable mould parts, the injection mould further comprising an injection inlet for injecting molten thermoplastic resin material into the mould cavity, wherein the injection inlet is located in the vicinity of the first movable mould part and the second movable mould part is remote from the injection inlet; (b) disposing the first and second movable mould parts in a first configuration so as to define a first intermediate moulding cavity, in which first configuration the first movable mould part is in a first rearward position and the second movable mould part is in a first forward position; (c) injecting molten thermoplastic resin material into the first intermediate moulding cavity through the injection inlet to fill the first intermediate moulding cavity with the molten material; (d) closing the injection inlet; (e) after commencement of the injecting step and at least partly after the closing step, moving the second movable mould part from the first forward position to a second rearward position; (f) moving the first movable mould part from the first rearward position to a second forward position; and (g) moving the second movable mould part from the second rearward position to a third forward position thereby to dispose the first and second movable mould parts in a final configuration so as to define a final moulding cavity of the injection mould filled with the molten material, the final moulding cavity defining a cavity outer surface which defines the outer shape of the article to be moulded. |
| US10875226B2 |
Injection molding apparatus and method for automatic cycle to cycle cavity injection
An injection molding system comprising: a first selected valve, one or more downstream valves, delivering a fluid to a mold cavity, at least one fluid property sensor, each valve associated with a position sensor that detects opening of a gate at an actual open gate time to the controller, the controller automatically adjusting time of instruction to open the gates on a subsequent injection cycle by an adjustment time equal to any delay in time between a predetermined open gate target time and an actual open gate time, wherein the system forms a first one or more parts or objects, the user inspecting or measuring the first one or more parts or objects and manually adjusts the predetermined open gate target time. |
| US10875223B2 |
Housing, manufacturing method of the same, and electronic device
A manufacturing method of a housing includes the following steps: a preformed housing is provided. The preformed housing includes a body and a sidewall connected to the edge of the body, and a decoration film disposed on the body and the sidewall. A portion of the sidewall is exposed from the decoration film. The body includes a first surface. The sidewall includes a second surface. The second surface extends from the first surface. The first surface and the second surface are non-coplanar. A decoration layer is formed on the exposed portion of the sidewall by a surface processing treatment. |
| US10875221B2 |
Injection molding apparatus and method for automatic cycle to cycle cavity injection
An injection molding system comprising: a first selected valve, one or more downstream valves, delivering a fluid to a mold cavity, at least one fluid property sensor that detects a flow front of fluid material flowing downstream through the mold cavity at a trigger location within the cavity disposed between the first gate and at least one selected downstream gate, a controller instructing an actuator associated with the downstream gates to open the gates at a predetermined open gate target time on a first injection cycle, each valve associated with a position sensor that detects opening of a gate at an actual open gate time to the controller, the controller automatically adjusting time of instruction to open the gates on a subsequent injection cycle by an adjustment time equal to any delay in time between the predetermined open gate target time and the actual open gate time. |
| US10875217B2 |
Controller and control method for rotary compression-molding machine
A controller of a rotary compression-molding machine is configured to rotate a turret including a table including a die bore, and punch retaining portions vertically slidably retaining punches disposed above and below the die bore along with the punches, and to fill the die bore with a powdery material from a filling device disposed just above the table, to compress the powdery material filled in the die bore with the punches and to obtain a molded product. The controller is configured to adjust rotational speed of the turret and the punches to allow the powdery material in a feed pipe, directly connected with the filling device and configured to feed the filling device with the powdery material, to have a level of an upper surface kept within a constant target range. |
| US10875215B2 |
Three dimensional printing method and three dimensional printing apparatus using the same
The disclosure provides a 3D printing method and a 3D printing apparatus using the same. The 3D printing method includes the following steps: feeding a material using a printing parameter, wherein the printing parameter includes a target temperature and a target feeding rate; adjusting the printing parameter to change the heat energy provided to the printing filament per unit length; determining whether the target feeding rate matches the actual feeding rate according to the adjusted printing parameter to obtain a determination result; obtaining a correspondence relationship between the plurality of target temperatures and the plurality of target feeding rates according to the adjusted printing parameters and the determination results; and setting the printing parameter to print according to the obtained correspondence relationship. |
| US10875213B2 |
Recycling carbon fiber based materials
A process is provided to reclaim carbon fiber from a cured vinyl ester, crosslinked unsaturated polyester, or epoxy thermoset matrix. The composite pieces are added to a polyol solvent composition under to conditions to free more than 95% by weight of the carbon fiber from the composite. The freed carbon fibers are washed and dried to reclaim carbon fiber reusable to reinforce a polymer to form a new FRC article. Solvents are chosen that are low cost and low toxicity. Processing is further facilitated by techniques such as solvent pre-swell of the particles, microwave heating, and sonication to promote thermoset matrix digestion to free reinforcing carbon fibers. |
| US10875212B2 |
Manufacturing line, process, and sintered article
A manufacturing line includes a tape of green material that is directed through a furnace so that the furnace burns off organic binder material and then partially sinters the tape without the use of a setter board. Sintered articles resulting from the manufacturing line may be thin with relatively large surface areas; and, while substantially unpolished, have few sintering-induced surface defects. Tension may be applied to the partially sintered tape as it passes through a second furnace on the manufacturing line to shape resulting sintered articles. |
| US10875211B2 |
Electrical configuration for object detection system in a saw
An object detection system in a saw includes an electrically conductive plate positioned at a predetermined distance from the implement, a detection circuit comprising a transformer, and a single cable connecting first terminal and second terminals of the transformer. The single cable includes a first conductor electrically connected to the first terminal of the winding and to the electrically conductive plate, a second conductor electrically connected to the implement, and an electrical insulator positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor. |
| US10875208B1 |
Portioning strips from a block work product
Cutting system (10) includes a conveyor (12) for carrying work products (13) past a scanner (200) and then past one or more cutting systems (17). The cutting systems include one or more assembly/units/apparatus (19) arranged in an array or series for cutting continuous strip(s) from the work products (13). The cutting assemblies (19) are carried by a powered system to move the cutter assemblies in spiral, serpentine, back-and-forth or other patterns to cut one or more continuous strips from the work product. The conveyor (12), scanner (200), and cutter systems (17) are coupled to and controlled by a computer (220). |
| US10875204B2 |
Muntin bar fabrication system
A muntin bar fabrication system can be used to efficiency produce a wide variety of different types of muntin bars, allowing the fabrication of both standard and custom muntin bar assemblies for doors, windows, and other fenestration products. In some examples, the fabrication system includes a muntin bar stock storage assembly that holds multiple different types of muntin bar stock. The system also includes a muntin bar stock extraction device that extracts one of the different types of muntin bar stock from the storage assembly and conveys the extracted muntin bar stock to a feed device. The feed device feeds the extracted piece of muntin bar stock into a cutting system that includes a multi-axis cutter. The cutting system that performs one or more cutting operations on the extracted muntin bar stock so as to fabricate one or more individual muntin bars from the extracted muntin bar stock. |
| US10875203B2 |
Onion chopper
An onion chopper includes container, a blade tray, and pivoting lid. The blade tray is removably mounted on an upper rim of the container and includes a sweeper positioned at one end of the blade tray. The sweeper is dimensioned to fit within the sidewalls forming the container to be used to clear chopped food bits from the container after they are cut by the grid of blades. |
| US10875198B2 |
Robot system
To provide a robot system capable of ensuring safety while giving consideration to the occurrence of a trouble in image capture means. A robot system with a camera for monitoring a robot comprises: current position model generation means that generates a current position model for the robot based on current position data about the robot and robot model data about the robot; simulation image generation means that generates a simulation image of the robot viewed from the direction of the camera based on set position data about the camera, set position data about the robot, and the current position model; detection means that compares the simulation image and a monitoring image acquired from the camera to detect the robot in the monitoring image; and safety ensuring means that ensures the safety of the robot system if the detection means does not detect the robot in the monitoring image. |
| US10875196B2 |
Gripping device and industrial robot
A gripping device includes a bag-shaped gripping body, a plurality of elastic portions, and a shape holding portion. The gripping body includes a palm portion, and a plurality of finger portions protruding from a periphery of the palm portion and configured to fall toward the palm portion by deforming the palm portion in a thickness direction. The plurality of elastic portions is respectively provided in the plurality of finger portions, each of the plurality of elastic portions having a shape of each of the plurality of finger portions. The shape holding portion is provided in the gripping body to prevent contraction of an outer periphery of the palm portion. The shape holding portion includes a guide bore for receiving the palm portion when being deformed, and a curved portion provided on an outer side of a distal end of the guide bore and facing the plurality of finger portions. |
| US10875194B1 |
Adaptable suction cup assembly
A suction-cup end effector conforms to and grasps objects upon application of vacuum force. The suction cup assembly can have isotropic stiffness in a plane defined by a contact surface of the suction cup assembly and thus can conform regardless of the orientation of the suction cup to the object. The suction cup includes a foam suction cup body, a thin structural ring to provide a spring bias toward a rest position, and a sealing membrane within the structural ring to seal the suction cup. |
| US10875192B2 |
Transfer equipment and determination method
According to one embodiment, transfer equipment includes: a first negative-pressure generation source; a plurality of first vacuum suction parts; a sensor part; and a first determination circuit. The sensor part configured to acquire a plurality of measured values corresponding to the negative pressure of each of the first vacuum suction parts. The first determination circuit configured to set a first threshold value based on the measured values and determine a vacuum suction state of the first vacuum suction parts corresponding to the measured valued based on the first threshold value and the measured values. |
| US10875190B2 |
Patterned and instrumented directional adhesives for enhanced gripping with industrial manipulators
Gripper pads are provided for use, augmentation or retrofitting in a robot manipulator. The gripper pads distinguish a dry adhesive layer with dry adhesive wedges that would interface with an object that is desired to be manipulated. The plurality of dry adhesive wedges is organized in a pattern such that the pattern has at least two different orientations for the direction of the plurality of wedges. The gripper pads further distinguish a sensor array underneath the dry adhesive layer. The data obtained from the sensor array provides an estimate of the shape and size of the contact between the gripper pad and the object when the dry adhesive layer is in contact with the object. |
| US10875188B2 |
Universal motion simulator
The present application provides a motion simulator apparatus and method of use. The motion simulator apparatus may include an anthropomorphic robot arm adapted to provide at least six degrees of freedom of movement, a user pod for receiving a user and being operatively connected to the anthropomorphic robot arm, and a haptic interface operatively associated with the user pod for providing haptic feedback to the user in correspondence with the movement of the user pod. |
| US10875187B2 |
Robotic arm camera system and method
A robotic arm mounted camera system allows an end-user to begin using the camera for object recognition without involving a robotics specialist. Automated object model calibration is performed under conditions of variable robotic arm pose dependent feature recognition of an object. The user can then teach the system to perform tasks on the object using the calibrated model. The camera's body can have parallel top and bottom sides and adapted to be fastened to a robotic arm end and to an end effector with its image sensor and optics extending sideways in the body, and it can include an illumination source for lighting a field of view. |
| US10875186B2 |
Robot system
A robot system for performing drive control of a robot arm with respect to a target object according to information obtained by a camera, including a robot having a working section, a camera mounted in the vicinity of the working section, and a control device for controlling the driving of the robot while confirming the target object based on image data of the camera, is provided. The control device performs image-capture control, which executes image-capturing of the target object with the camera a plurality of times when moving the working section with respect to the target object according to a predetermined trajectory, and focus control, in which predetermined images within a plurality of images captured by image-capture control are in focus. |
| US10875185B2 |
Systems and methods for providing contact detection in an articulated arm
A sensing manipulator of an articulated arm is disclosed. The sensing manipulator includes a compliant section and a movement detection system provided along a first direction of the compliant section such that movement of the compliant section along both the first direction and at least one direction transverse to said first direction, are detectable by the movement detection system. |
| US10875180B2 |
Robot system
Provided is a highly safe robot system. A robot system includes: an arm operation control unit that controls operations of an arm; and a storage unit that records hazardous part information related to at least any one of a grip unit of the arm and a work target gripped with the grip unit, and the arm operation control unit causes the arm to operate such that the hazardous direction of the hazardous part is different from a moving direction of the grip unit on the basis of the hazardous part information. |
| US10875178B2 |
Motion target direction angle obtaining method, apparatus and robot using the same
A motion target direction angle obtaining method and a robot using the same. The method includes: creating an absolute coordinate system, and obtaining an absolute position coordinate of at least one point after the first point in the absolute coordinate system; creating a relative coordinate system with the first point as an origin, and obtaining a relative position coordinate corresponding to the at least one point In the relative coordinate system; calculating matrix parameters of a transformation matrix based on the absolute position coordinate of the at least one point and the relative position coordinate corresponding to the at least one point; and determining a direction angle of the motion target at the first point based on the matrix parameters. Combines an absolute portioning method and a relative positioning method to calculate the direction angle. |
| US10875177B2 |
Partitioning method for a work space of a robot
The partitioning method for a working space of a robot includes defining the working space of the robot; setting a plurality of partitioning planes based on at least three non-collinear points in the working space; if the setting of the plurality of partitioning planes is completed, defining partitioning lines by intersecting the plurality of partitioning planes; dividing the plurality of partitioning planes into a plurality of designated sections and a plurality of extended sections based on the partitioning lines; combining the plurality of designated sections for constructing a full partitioning plane; partitioning the working space into two working regions based on the full partitioning plane; and setting the working region containing an origin of the robot as an operation region. Therefore, the partitioning process can be simplified. |
| US10875175B2 |
Robotic gripping device system and method
A robotic gripping device, system and method are disclosed. The robotic device includes an end effector having at least one finger, the fingers being configured for manipulating objects in the vicinity of the device under computer control. The device is configured for manipulating objects of varying sizes, dimensions and positions with reference to the device, without requiring information as to the precise location of the object with reference to the device. |
| US10875172B2 |
Extended sawhorse with folding supports
An extended sawhorse includes a first side body and a second side body. Each of the first side body and the second side body has second cross members that are integrally connected to outer leg portions and an inner leg portion of the side body. A pair of hinged folding platforms are rotatably coupled to the second cross members at connection areas directly adjacent the inner leg portion of each of the first side body and second side body. |
| US10875171B2 |
Foldable saw
A foldable saw includes, on a saw handle body, a latch body made of spring wire and including a coil section, a stop pin section, a latch section, and an operation section. The saw handle body includes at least a seating recess, a pin hole, and a receiving groove. The latch body is configured, in the state of being attached to the saw handle body, such that the latch section located in front of the coil section enters into the receiving groove by spring bias, and that the latch section retreats against the spring bias in response to an operation of the operation section located in the rear of the coil section. |
| US10875169B2 |
Cordless anchor setting tool
A bit retention device has an upper support member having an inner surface and an outer surface. A lower support member fixed to the upper support member. A stationary plate is mounted to the inner surface of the upper support member. A clamp plate opposes the stationary plate and is spring biased toward the stationary plate and slidably moveable between the upper support member and the lower support member. |
| US10875167B2 |
Hydraulic hammer
A hydraulic hammer for a working machine configured for digging a surface includes a housing, a chisel, sensors, and a controller. The housing is coupled to the working machine. The chisel is partially enclosed by the housing and extendable from the housing for digging the surface at a contact location. Each of the sensors is configured for generating a signal indicative of a projecting distance between one of the sensors and the surface. The controller is configured for receiving the signals, determining an angle between the chisel and a plane substantially tangent to the contact location, and reorienting the chisel so that the chisel is substantially orthogonal to the contact location with the angle at substantially ninety degrees. |
| US10875160B2 |
Torque wrench
A torque wrench with a ratchet and a drive for the ratchet includes a ratchet housing with two opposed side walls which have a specified distance to each other and are connected with each other. A through opening extends transversely through the two side walls, which is designed to accommodate a ratchet rotary body, wherein its axis of rotation extends parallel to the axis of the through opening. The ratchet rotary body includes a fastening means for fastening a supporting device to the torque wrench, by means of which the torque wrench can be supported perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the ratchet rotary body. |
| US10875158B2 |
Tool with function of fastening and cutting clamping band
This invention provides a tool with a function of fastening and cutting a clamping band, including a left pliers head, a right pliers head and a switching structure. The right pliers head and the left pliers head cooperate with each other to fasten and cut the clamping band. The switching structure is disposed at the left pliers head and the right pliers head to adjust the distance between the left pliers head and the right pliers head when the left pliers head and the right pliers head clamp tightly. The tool with the function of fastening and cutting the clamping band provided in this invention achieves one tool with two functions. |
| US10875156B2 |
Clamp and an anti-pivot and lock mechanism for a clamp
An anti-pivot and lock mechanism for a clamp including a horizontal post connected and moveable relative to a vertical post. The mechanism engages the vertical post and horizontal post above or below a pivot axis of the horizontal post to prevent or minimize pivoting movement of the horizontal post between changes of consecutive clamped workpieces. |
| US10875154B2 |
Drywall sanding block and method of using
A sanding block adapted for abrading a surface, particularly drywall joints, comprising: (a) a body having an array of elongated raised portions having raised end surfaces and recessed portions, the raised end surfaces collectively defining an abrasive working surface and the recessed portions defining channels between adjacent raised portions; (b) a make coat on the end surfaces; and (c) abrasive particles at least partially embedded in the make coat. Also methods of using such sanding blocks. |
| US10875152B2 |
Super-abrasive grinding wheel
A super-abrasive grinding wheel includes a core and a super-abrasive grain layer provided on a surface of the core, the super-abrasive grain layer including diamond abrasive grains and CBN abrasive grains, the diamond abrasive grains and the CBN abrasive grains being fixed to the core in a single layer by a binder. |
| US10875149B2 |
Apparatus and method for timed dispensing various slurry components
A slurry dispensing unit for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus is provided. The slurry dispensing unit includes a nozzle, a mixer, a first fluid source, and a second fluid source. The nozzle is configured to dispense a slurry. The mixer is disposed upstream of the nozzle. The first fluid source is connected to the mixer through a first pipe and configured to provide a first fluid including a first component of the slurry. The second fluid source is connected to the mixer through a second pipe and configured to provide a second fluid including a second component of the slurry, wherein the second component is different from the first component. |
| US10875148B2 |
Apparatus and methods for chemical mechanical polishing
An apparatus for CMP includes a wafer carrier retaining a semiconductor wafer during a polishing operation, a slurry dispenser dispensing an abrasive slurry, and a temperature control system monitoring and controlling a temperature variation during the polishing operation. The temperature control system includes a temperature sensor detecting a temperature during the polishing operation and providing a signal corresponding to the temperature, a temperature controller coupled to the temperature sensor and receiving the signal from the temperature sensor, and a cooling device coupled to the temperature controller and providing a coolant to the apparatus for CMP. |
| US10875147B2 |
Grinding tool fixture and method of manufacturing main body of grinding tool fixture
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a main body of a grinding tool fixture, a grinding tool fixture having a cap at a front, a sleeve and a coil spring consecutively connected, and a main body connected at a rear, and the main body having a body and a rotating shaft integrally formed with a rear of the body. The main body of the grinding tool fixture is turned, heat-treated, and then straightened. According to the present invention, a grinding tool for a grinder can be conveniently attached and detached by reciprocating a sleeve such that a separate working tool or fastener is not required, and the grinding tool can be immediately replaced even during use of the grinder. |
| US10875146B2 |
Debris-removal groove for CMP polishing pad
The invention provides a polishing pad suitable for polishing or planarizing at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates. The polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a polymeric matrix, a thickness and a polishing track representing a working region of the polishing layer for polishing or planarizing. Radial drainage grooves extend through the polishing track facilitate polishing debris removal through the polishing track and underneath the at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates and then beyond the polishing track toward the perimeter of the polishing pad during rotation of the polishing pad. |
| US10875136B2 |
Machine tool system and clamping method
A machine tool system includes: a machine tool for machining a workpiece set on a table using a tool attached to a spindle; and a robot for gripping the workpiece. The robot is installed on the table and performs a setting operation for setting the workpiece on the table and a clamping operation for clamping the workpiece. |
| US10875134B2 |
Washer dispensing systems and methods
A washer dispensing system includes a retaining bin that is configured to receive washers within a washer-retaining chamber. The retaining bin includes a bin outlet connected to the washer-retaining chamber. A vibration motor is coupled to the retaining bin. The vibration motor is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the retaining bin to move the washers towards the bin outlet. A discharge chute is coupled to the retaining bin. The discharge chute includes a washer delivery channel connected to the bin outlet. |
| US10875129B2 |
Method for producing a sealing component with a body made of boron-containing superalloy and coated
A method for producing a sealing component has a body made of superalloy covered by a coating to be placed in contact with a gas turbine blade tip. Steps are carried out in which: a) the new coating is produced by moulding from an alloy of a cobalt-nickel-chromium-aluminium-yttrium (CoNiCrAlY) type further containing between 0.5 and 5% by mass (wt %) of boron, and b) the superalloy body and the new coating are brazed together in order to obtain the said sealing component. |
| US10875123B2 |
Laser metal deposition head
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to improved laser metal deposition heads. Various embodiments may include a main body, a nozzle seat, a powder flow guide, an inner nozzle, an outer nozzle, and a coolant sleeve. In some embodiments, powder inlets in the main body are angled relative to a primary axis of the laser metal deposition head. In some embodiments, the nozzle seat includes a plurality of powder distribution channels that are also angled relative to the primary axis of the laser metal deposition head. |
| US10875118B2 |
Engine driven generator for providing welding power
A method and apparatus for providing engine driven welding-type power supply includes an engine, a generator, an input power circuit, a welding-type power circuit, an auxiliary power circuit and a controller. The generator includes permanent magnets that create and provides a generator output from at least one polyphase winding. The input power circuit is connected to the generator output and the welding-type power circuit is connected to the input circuit, and provides a welding-type output. The auxiliary power circuit is connected to the input circuit and provides an auxiliary power output. The controller is connected to the auxiliary power and the welding type power circuits, and can command that there be no load for the generator. The generator is connected to the engine and connected to function as a flywheel to the engine and the engine does not include a flywheel other than the generator. |
| US10875113B2 |
Pot broaching tools and methods for remanufacture-forming pot broaching tools
A method for remanufacturing a pot broaching tool includes re-grinding cutting teeth on a cutting side of a used pot broaching tool, cool laser welding a rough milled shim to a bottom side of the used pot broaching tool, and grinding the cool laser welded rough milled shim such that an outer surface of the cool laser welded milled shim has a high polished surface. An inner surface of the rough milled shim has an Ra surface finish between 250 and 30 microinches and the ground outer surface of the rough milled shim has a flatness tolerance within +0/−0.0002 inches. Also, the method can include installing the remanufactured pot broaching tool in a pot without the use of a thin shim between the outer surface of the cool laser welded milled shim and an inner surface of the pot. |
| US10875110B2 |
Reciprocating saw
A power tool includes a housing, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a driven gear that is rotated by the motor. The driven gear is vertically-oriented within the housing and has an upper portion and a lower portion. The drive mechanism also includes a connecting rod coupled to the driven gear to translate rotary motion of the driven gear into reciprocating motion, and an output shaft coupled to the connecting rod to reciprocate relative to the housing through a cutting stroke and a return stroke. The drive mechanism further includes a counterweight coupled to the driven gear for rotation with the driven gear. The counterweight moves through the upper portion of the driven gear during the cutting stroke of the output shaft, and moves through the lower portion of the driven gear during a return stroke of the output shaft. |
| US10875102B2 |
Hybrid holding device
A hybrid holding device used in a milling machine, comprising a base with mounting structures for detachably fastening the hybrid holding device securely onto a workbench of the milling machine in a fixed stationary position. The hybrid holding device further includes moveable multi-jaw assembly that includes at least three jaws that directly receive and securely hold a workpiece without an adapter. |
| US10875101B2 |
Surface-coated cutting tool and method for manufacturing same
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating film that coats the substrate, wherein the coating film includes a hard coating layer constituted of a domain region and a matrix region, the domain region is a region having a plurality of portions divided and distributed in the matrix region, the domain region has a structure in which a first layer composed of a first Alx1Ti(1-x1) compound and a second layer composed of a second Alx2Ti(1-x2) compound are layered on each other, the matrix region has a structure in which a third layer composed of a third Alx3Ti(1-x3) compound and a fourth layer composed of a fourth Alx4Ti(1-x4) compound are layered on each other, the first AlTi compound and the second AlTi compound have a cubic crystal structure, the third AlTi compound and the fourth AlTi compound have a cubic crystal structure. |
| US10875096B2 |
Substrate holder and method of manufacturing a substrate holder
An object holder for a lithographic apparatus has a main body having a surface. A plurality of burls to support an object is formed on the surface or in apertures of a thin-film stack. At least one of the burls is formed by laser-sintering. At least one of the burls formed by laser-sintering may be a repair of a damaged burl previously formed by laser-sintering or another method. |
| US10875093B2 |
Selective material dispensing in additive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing includes successively forming a plurality of layers on a support. Depositing a layer from the plurality of layers includes dispensing first particles, selectively dispensing second particles in selected regions corresponding to a surface of the object, and fusing at least a portion of the layer. The layer has the first particles throughout and the second particles in the selected regions. Alternatively or in addition, forming the plurality of layers includes depositing multiple groups of layers. Depositing a group of layers includes, for each layer in the group of layers dispensing a feed material to provide the layer, and after dispensing the feed material and before dispensing a subsequent layer fusing a selected portion of the layer. After all layers in the group of layers are dispensed, a volume of the group of layers that extends through all the layers in the group of layers is fused. |
| US10875090B2 |
Assembly for a metal-making process
An assembly for a metal-making process, having: a tundish, a submerged entry nozzle (SEN) configured to provide tapping of molten metal from the tundish, and an electromagnetic stirrer arranged around the SEN, the electromagnetic stirrer having a closed and integral SEN-enclosing portion provided with coils for generating a rotating electromagnetic field in the SEN, the SEN-enclosing portion providing a circumferentially closed and integral annular passage through which the SEN extends, wherein the electromagnetic stirrer is immovably mounted relative to the tundish and relative to the SEN. |
| US10875089B2 |
System for producing steel castings
To provide a system for producing steel castings that is simple and suitable to continuously produce many small steel castings. A system 1 comprises multiple furnaces 10 that are aligned and hold molten metal for cast steel, a pouring machine 20 that has a ladle 30 that receives the molten metal from the furnaces, wherein the pouring machine travels in parallel to a line of the furnaces and pours the molten metal into a mold 70 by tilting the ladle, a line 60 for conveying the molds that intermittently conveys molds that are aligned in parallel to a direction in which the pouring machine travels, wherein the line is located on the opposite side of the furnaces across the pouring machine, and a temperature sensor 38 that measures a temperature of the molten metal so as to generate an alarm if the temperature is low. |
| US10875086B2 |
Molding flask for a molding machine and a molding process using the molding flask
A flask for containing mold sand within it prevents any mold shifting or mold dropping. Each of an upper flask 2 and a lower flask 3 includes a body that defines an opening in which a sand mold is to be molded. The body has at least one inlet 101 for introducing the mold sand into the opening. Two flanges 102 are extended from the body such that they are opposed to each other across the opening. Each flange has a through bore. The flask also includes engaging members for engaging an actuator in the outside of the flask such that a force or forces from said actuator could be transmitted to the flask. An upper flask 104 and a lower flask 105 are opposed to each other across a pattern plate 107. They are integrally assembled to make a flask unit by means of a pair of connecting rods 106 that are fitted in each bore. |
| US10875085B2 |
Intelligent automatic conical net making machine
Disclosed is an intelligent automatic conical net making machine. The net making machine comprises a net winding device (3) and a net binding device (4). The net winding device (3) comprises a filter screen winding shaft (3.1), a filter screen winding drum (3.3) and a net winding power device (3.2). The filter screen winding shaft (3.1) comprises a conical hollow shaft body, and a strip-shaped net binding hole is axially provided in the hollow shaft body. The filter screen winding drum (3.3) comprises two arc-shaped plates (3.5) hinged together, and the two arc-shaped plates (3.5) can be driven by the net winding power device (3.2) to be opened and closed along a hinged shaft to wrap the filter screen winding shaft (3.1) without shielding the net binding hole. The net binding device (4) comprises an automatic stapler (4.1) and a stapler base mould (4.5), and the stapler base mould (4.5) of the net binding device (4) can be inserted into the hollow shaft body of the filter screen winding shaft (3.1). The automatic stamper (4.1) can cooperate with the stapler bottom mould (4.5) through the net binding hole to complete a net binding operation. The equipment can stably and reliably finish the net supplying, feeding, winding and binding process, is smooth in equipment operation, and is suitable for popularization and industrial production in the industry. |
| US10875084B2 |
Cluster model and shell for obtaining an accessory for the independent handling of formed parts and associated method
A cluster model and a shell for the production, by lost wax casting, of a plurality of turbomachine elements, are provided. The shell includes a central sprue that is fluidly connected to a casting cup for receiving molten metal; a plurality of shell elements; a plurality of bottom feed conduits for the shell elements; and a handling accessory shell that is independent of the plurality of shell elements and of their metal supply circuit, such that there is no fluid connection to the shell elements. The handling accessory shell is fluidly connected to the central sprue so as to allow top-pour casting of the handling accessory shell. |
| US10875076B2 |
Tapered metal cup and method of forming the same
A metal cup and method of forming the same is provided. Metal cups of the present disclosure comprise a plurality of thin, straight-walled sections and a tapered profile. A domed portion is provided in the bottom of the cup. The cup may comprise a disposable cup, a reusable cup, or a recyclable cup. |
| US10875074B2 |
Die mechanism, apparatus, and method for shaping a component for creep-age forming
A die mechanism comprises a first support member and a second support member, the first and second support members extending in a first direction; a plurality of pin modules between the first and second support members, wherein each of the plurality of pin modules extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and each pin module comprises a plurality of pins; wherein heights of ends of the plurality of pins within each of the plurality of pin modules together define a shape profile for shaping the component during creep-age forming; and wherein: the plurality of pin modules are configured to be movable along the first and second support members in the first direction, and/or the plurality of pins are configured to be movable along respective pin modules in the second direction. |
| US10875069B2 |
Extrusion of profiles utilising opposite rotating dies
A device and method enabling industrial continuous pressing, called extrusion of plastically/thermally mouldable substances such as metal, composite metal, plastic, composite or rubber, which is pressed to the profile by a process including a tool fixed member partially predefining the profile shape/cross-section before the profile is finally defined to a cross-section when the material passes rotating dies, which through contact with each other, cancel out main radial forces and the position of which may vary relative to other bearing surfaces or rotary bearing surfaces of the tool with which they define the final shape of the profile. The device and method enable the extrusion of pattern on the inside of hollow profiles and the extrusion of multiple profiles in one tool, because 80-98% of radial bearing forces are eliminated, allowing the installation of rotary dies where not previously possible, and almost unlimited opportunities in increased profile width. |
| US10875067B2 |
Pre-heating and thermal control of work rolls in metal rolling processes and control systems thereof
Systems and methods for using full-width hot sprays to pre-heat rolling mills prior to processing of metal sheet or plate are described herein. The hot sprays may be individually controlled. Using hot sprays can allow the rolling mill to reach operating temperature and achieve a desired thermal crown so that metal sheet or plate may be processed immediately within tolerances for flatness and gauge accuracy. Pre-heating of rolling mills can eliminate the need of the rolling mill to operate in a transitional period of work roll heating and can increase efficiency by eliminating or reducing scrap material and mill downtime. Hot sprays may also be incorporated with existing coolant systems to provide thermal control systems for rolling mills with bi-directional temperature controls. |
| US10875066B2 |
Bearing flotation compensation for metal rolling applications
A process inferentially determines hydrodynamic bearing flotation in a metal rolling operation for a metal roller bearing. The process receives from a mill stand processing the metal roll a rolling load of the metal roll, a gap between a pair of rollers pressing the metal roll, and a speed of the metal roll through the pair of rollers. The process further receives from the mill stand a gauge of the metal roll after the metal roll has passed through the pair of rollers. The process determines the hydrodynamic bearing flotation using the rolling load of the metal roll, the gap between a pair of rollers pressing the metal roll, the speed of the metal roll through the pair of rollers, and the gauge of the metal roll after the metal roll has passed through the pair of rollers. The process then adjusts the gap between the pair of rollers based on the determined hydrodynamic bearing flotation. |
| US10875053B2 |
Method for making a component for use in an electric machine
A method for making a component for use in an electric machine is provided. The method includes applying first and second portions of a first material to a first surface, applying a second material to the first portion of first material; bonding the second material to the first portion of the first material, removing the second portion of the first material to form a void defined by the first portion of the first material, applying a conductive material in the void, and applying an insulating layer to the second material, wherein the process for preparing the component further comprising the steps of: applying first and second portions of a third material to the insulating layer; applying a fourth material to the first portion of third material, and bonding the fourth material to the first portion of the third material. |
| US10875050B2 |
Method to make an elastomeric polyolefin skin
The present invention relates to method to make a spray skin from an aqueous polyolefin dispersion composition comprising a an olefin block copolymer, a dispersing agent, preferably an ethylene acrylic acid, and water, wherein said aqueous dispersion preferably has a pH less than 12 and is derived from the melt blending. The method comprises the steps of spraying the aqueous polyolefin dispersion onto a heated mold forming the skin and then allowing it to dry. |
| US10875047B2 |
Automated maskless paint applicator
An applicator assembly for treating a surface includes a material applicator configured to dispense a treatment material on a surface and an applicator clamp configured to support and position a dispensing end of the material applicator. An applicator tip is inserted into a dispensing aperture formed in the applicator clamp, and the applicator tip is configured to receive the treatment material from the dispensing end of the material applicator. The applicator assembly further includes an applicator bracket configured to slidably attach the material applicator and applicator clamp to an assembly support frame. Additionally, an automated applicator actuator operatively attached to the assembly support frame and applicator bracket manipulates the applicator bracket between a first position and a second position. |
| US10875045B2 |
Variable cross-section compliance mechanism
A surface treatment support structure assembly for treating a contoured surface includes a support structure array formed from a plurality of base structures, each base structure being operably coupled with respect to one another and configured to slide along a longitudinal axis and rotate about a laterally translating axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The support structure array further includes at least one applicator head coupled to each base structure of the support structure array, each of the at least one applicator head being configured to treat the contoured surface. Additionally, a base structure actuator is operatively coupled to and configured to manipulate each base structure along the longitudinal axis and the laterally translating axis such that the support structure array is adjusted relative to the contoured surface. |
| US10875043B1 |
Lotion pump
A lotion pump includes an internally threaded sleeve; a spring-loaded dip tube including an annular first flange on an outer surface, and an internal shoulder; a first housing including a tapered head, a chamber spaced from the tapered head, a tunnel communicating between the tapered head and the chamber, overflow openings on the tunnel, and first external threads on an outer surface of the chamber; a check valve; a second housing including an open first chamber member, an open second chamber member, a channel communicating between the first chamber member and the second chamber member, second external threads, and an annular second flange on an outer surface; a support including an annular third flange on an outer surface, and an second opening; a spring-loaded valve; and an internally threaded cup including an annular fourth flange on an outer surface, and a second hole through a second end. |
| US10875041B2 |
Device for packaging and dispensing product comprising moveable piston and pump system
A device (10) for packaging and dispensing a product comprises a container (12), a moveable piston (16) mounted inside the container (12) and delimiting one compartment (22) containing the product, and a dispensing member (14) mounted on the container (12) and comprising at least one outlet orifice (24) in communication with the compartment (22). The device (10) further comprises a pump system (18) mounted on the container (12) axially on the side opposite to the dispensing member (14) and comprising a push-button (28). Said pump system (18) is configured so that exerting a pressure on the push-button (28) results in a forward displacement of the piston (16) inside the container (12) towards the dispensing member (14) and subsequent releasing of said push-button (28) results in a backward displacement of said piston (16) away from said dispensing member (14). |
| US10875039B1 |
Wiping solution band dispenser
A wiping solution dispenser utilizes a motorized dispenser mechanism that moves a nozzle back and forth along a stroke to dispense a wide band of wiping solution onto toilet tissue. A motor may be coupled with a nozzle that moves back and forth or rotates about a pivot point to dispense a band of wiping solution. Wiping solution may be within a solution container that is configured for insertion into the dispenser housing and may be automatically ruptured by a puncture feature. A pump may force the wiping solution from the nozzle, or the solution may be gravity fed. A motion detector may be incorporated to control the actuation and dispensing of the solution. A near field communication transceiver may be used to receive payment before solution is dispensed. |
| US10875037B2 |
Waterway switching mechanism and shower comprising the waterway switching mechanism
A waterway switching mechanism in a shower includes a fixed portion and a rotating block connected to a fixed portion. The fixed portion has a plurality of switching positions each with a sealing portion that can move relative to the fixed portion in the first direction. The waterway switching is controlled through the activity of the sealing portion. The outside wall is provided with a pushing portion. The sealing portions are circumferentially spaced apart and surround outside of the rotating block. Each sealing portion is provided with a fitting portion capable of cooperating with the pushing portion, when the rotating block rotates the pushing portion follows the rotating block and move in a circumferential direction, and the fitting portion is driven to move in the first direction by a circumferential movement of the pushing portion, and the first direction intersects with vertical plane of the vertical swivel axis of rotation. |
| US10875035B2 |
Split body fluidic spray nozzle
A spray nozzle assembly for producing an oscillating spray discharge is provided. The spray nozzle assembly includes a nozzle body with a liquid inlet passage that converges via an inwardly converging conical section that defines a liquid inlet orifice. An expansion chamber communicates in a downstream direction with the liquid inlet orifice. An exit orifice communicates in the downstream direction with the expansion chamber. A pair of longitudinal veins and a pair of outwardly disposed feedback passages are provided in the expansion chamber. Each vein defines a respective downstream orifice to a respective one of the feedback passages adjacent the exit orifice and an upstream orifice to the respective one of the feedback passages adjacent the inlet orifice. |
| US10875030B2 |
Vacuum-assisted pelletizer
A thermoplastic pelletizer providing enhanced pellet yields with reduced fines contamination. The pelletizer includes a cutting rotor and a feed assembly for feeding plastic to the cutting rotor. The pelletizer further includes two chutes—a first chute arranged to collect pellets, and a second chute arranged to collect fines. A vacuum is drawn on both chutes to assist in the collection of both pellets and fines in their respective chutes. Compressed air is directed past the cutting rotor to the first chute to assist in moving pellets from the cutting rotor to the first chute. |
| US10875025B2 |
Storage apparatus and protective cover device thereof
A storage apparatus includes a storage device having a first storage assembly with a plurality of first storage racks and a second storage assembly with a plurality of second storage racks surrounding the first storage racks. At least one of the first and second storage assemblies includes a removable carrier rack configured to align with a selected storage rack of the other first or second storage assembly. A protective cover device includes first and second protective cover assemblies respective disposed on top ends of the first and second storage assemblies. At least one of the first and second protective cover assemblies is openable at an area corresponding to the top of the carrier rack to permit removal of the same. |
| US10875024B2 |
Methods and compositions for paper-based and hybrid microfluidic devices integrated with nucleic acid amplification for disease diagnosis
Certain embodiments are directed to paper and its hybrid microfluidic devices integrated with nucleic acid amplification for simple, cost-effective, rapid, and sensitive pathogen detection, especially in low-resource settings. |
| US10875018B2 |
Fluid testing chip and cassette
A fluid testing cassette may comprise a microfluidic channel having a constriction and a micro-fabricated integrated sensor within the constriction. In one implementation, the constriction is less than or equal to 30 μm. In one implementation, the cassette further comprises a nozzle connecting the microfluidic channel to the discharge reservoir, wherein a thermal resistor expels fluid within the microfluidic channel into the discharge reservoir. |
| US10875017B2 |
Microfluidic serial dilution platform based well-plate using an oil-free immiscible phase driven by manual or electronic pipettors
Described is a microfluidic serial dilution platform based well-plate using an oil-free immiscible phase driven by manual or electronic pipettors. The well-plate includes a plurality of fluidic traps, a plurality of hydrophilic capillary constriction channels and a plurality of bypass channels. Each of the plurality of bypass channels is associated with one of the plurality of fluidic traps, each of the plurality of hydrophilic capillary constriction channels is associated with one of the plurality of fluidic traps, and each of the plurality of fluidic traps is associated with one of the plurality of bypass channels and one of the plurality of hydrophilic capillary constriction channels. The well-plate further includes an inlet, an outlet, and a main channel with a plurality of portions that connects the inlet to the plurality of fluidic traps, associated hydrophilic capillary constriction channels and associated bypass channels, and the outlet. |
| US10875016B2 |
Micro analysis chip and fabrication method thereof
A micro analysis chip comprises an inlet and a fluid flow path communicating thereto. The fluid flow path comprises a first flow path, a second flow path, and a third flow path arranged continuously along a longitudinal direction of the fluid flow path. An antibody is bound on at least one peripheral surface selected from the group consisting of peripheral surfaces of the second and third flow paths. A cross-sectional area of the third flow path is constant or increased monotonically along a direction X from the second flow path toward the third flow path. A cross-sectional area of the second flow path is increased monotonically along the direction X from the one end to the other end of the second flow path. A cross-sectional area of the first flow path is larger than a cross-sectional area at the one end of the second flow path. |
| US10875015B2 |
Methods for making oxygen reduction reaction catalysts formed of platinum alloy nanoparticles embedded in porous carbon
Methods for making porous materials having metal alloy nanoparticles formed therein are described herein. By preparing a porous material and delivering the precursor solutions under vacuum, the metal precursors can be uniformly embedded within the pores of the porous material. Once absorption is complete, the porous material can be heated in the presence of one or more functional gases to reduce the metal precursors to metal alloy nanoparticles, and embed the metal alloy nanoparticles inside of the pores. As such, the metal alloy nanoparticles can be formed within the pores, while avoiding surface wetting and absorption problems which can occur with small pores. |
| US10875011B2 |
Temperature tunable mesoporous gold deposited CO oxidation catalyst
The present invention discloses a novel mesoporous gold deposited oxidation catalyst of formula: XAu-M0.1Ce0.85Zr0.05O2 wherein X=0.01-10%, M is selected from Cu, Co or Mn and process for the preparation thereof by photodeposition method. |
| US10875010B2 |
PGM nanoparticles TWC catalysts for gasoline exhaust gas applications
A three-way catalyst article, and its use in an exhaust system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The catalyst article for treating exhaust gas comprising: a substrate; and a first catalytic region on the substrate; wherein the first catalytic region comprises a first platinum group metal (PGM) component and a first inorganic oxide, wherein the first PGM component comprises PGM nanoparticles, wherein the PGM nanoparticles have no more than 100 PGM atoms, and wherein the PGM nanoparticles have a mean particle size of 1 nm to 10 nm with a standard deviation (SD) no more than 1 nm. |
| US10875009B2 |
Gas-adsorbing material and vacuum insulation material including the same
Example embodiments relate to a gas-adsorbing material capable of reducing the generation amount of combustible gas without deteriorating gas-adsorbing performance, and a vacuum insulation material including the gas-adsorbing material. The gas-adsorbing material may include a metal selected from at least one of Li, V, Zr, or an alloy including the same, which adsorbs a nitrogen gas and is inactivated by moisture as a nitrogen adsorbing agent, and an additive added to the metal. The metal is attached on the particle surface of the additive. The metal may be an alloy including Li and an alkaline-earth metal, for example, Ba—Li alloy. The additive absorbs moisture, and is selected from at least one of an inorganic oxide, a transition metal, an oxide of a transition metal, an alloy including a transition metal, and a mixture including a transition metal. |
| US10875005B2 |
Coated luminescent particle, a luminescent converter element, a light source, a luminaire and a method of manufacturing a coated luminescent particle
A coated luminescent particle 100, a luminescent converter element, a light source, a luminaire and a method of manufacturing coating luminescent particles are provided. The coated luminescent particle 100 comprises a luminescent particle 102, a first coating layer 104 and a second coating layer 106. The luminescent particle 102 comprises luminescent material for absorbing light in a first spectral range and for converting the absorbed light towards light of a second spectral range. The luminescent material is sensitive for water. The first coating layer 104 forms a first barrier for water and comprises a metal oxide or a nitride, phosphide, sulfide based coating. The second coating layer 106 forms a second barrier for water and comprises a silicon based polymer or comprises a continuous layer of one of the materials AlPO4, SiO2, Al2O3, and LaPO4. The first coating layer 104 and the second coating layer 106 are light transmitting. The first coating layer 104 encapsulates the luminescent particle and the second coating layer 106 encapsulates the luminescent particle 102 with the first coating layer 104. |
| US10875002B2 |
Isothermal reactor
A reactor (1) for thermochemical reactions is provided comprising a reactor shell (13) having an inlet (2) and an outlet (3). Solid catalyst (16) is provided in reaction zones (4a, 4b, 4c) in which at least a portion of reactants entering the reactor (1) undergo a thermochemical reaction. A heat exchange medium is provided in heat exchange zones such that heat is exchanged between the reaction zones (4a, 4b, 4c) and the heat exchange medium. One or more hollow inserts (11) at least partially extend through the reaction zones (4a, 4b, 4c). The hollow inserts (11) are configured to form a flow path to either: divert a portion of the reactants from the reactor inlet (2) or from one reaction zone to a different reaction zone; or divert a portion of the heat exchange medium from one heat exchange zone to a different heat exchange zone. |
| US10875001B2 |
Enclosure of an FCC unit comprising an inner support device rigidly connected to cyclones
The invention relates to an enclosure (10) of a fluid catalytic cracking unit in which an inner space is defined by a side wall (12) having a longitudinal axis extending substantially in the direction of gravity, said enclosure being provided with a plurality of mechanical separation cyclones (14, 16) located inside the inner space. The enclosure (10) comprises a supporting device (20) attached only to the cyclones (14, 16) by: an annular peripheral support element (202) extending along the side wall (12) in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (X), separated from the side wall by a predetermined clearance; and a plurality of beams (206, 208) extending in the same plane as the peripheral support element (202), the beams being rigidly connected to the peripheral support element and to at least one mechanical separation cyclone by one end or by an attachment part distant from the ends thereof. |
| US10875000B2 |
Storage and mixing device for producing a bone cement
A storage and mixing device for PMMA bone cements having a cylindrical interior of the cartridge that is delimited on a front side by a cartridge head with a closed delivery opening, a plunger which is arranged to be axially movable in the cylindrical interior of the cartridge and which is spaced from the cartridge head. The plunger circumferentially rests against the inner wall of the interior, so that the plunger divides the interior of the cartridge into two sections in a gas-tight manner, a powdery first parent component of the bone cement, which is contained in the interior between the plunger and the cartridge head, a feed-through which is arranged in the cartridge head or in the cylinder barrel of the cartridge between the plunger and the cartridge head, wherein the feed-through is connected to a fluid line in which a monomer liquid as a second parent component of the bone cement is contained or into which a monomer liquid is fillable or introducible. A filter is arrangeable in the cartridge head, in the feed-through and/or in the fluid line, wherein the filter is permeable to the monomer liquid and impermeable to the first parent component, wherein the plunger is spaced from a back side of the cylindrical interior, located opposite the front side, to an extent that, by moving the plunger in the direction of the back side, a reduced pressure is producible in the interior of the cartridge between the plunger and the cartridge head, wherein the reduced pressure is able to suck the monomer liquid out of the fluid line into the interior of the cartridge. |
| US10874999B2 |
Mixing device for cell printing composition
The mixing device of cell printing composition according to the present disclosure comprises a first syringe comprising a first container for containing first liquid, a first moving element discharging the first liquid contained in the first container; a second syringe comprising a second container for containing second liquid, a second moving element discharging the second liquid contained in the second container; a mixing container which comprises a rotating mixing unit and receives the discharged first liquid and the discharged second liquids; a power transmission unit for driving the first moving element, the second moving element and the mixing unit; a first threaded guide where the first moving element is movably connected; a second threaded guide where the second moving element is movably connected; and a rod for rotating the mixing unit. |
| US10874997B2 |
Multiple emulsions created using jetting and other techniques
The present invention generally relates to emulsions, and more particularly, to multiple emulsions. In one aspect, multiple emulsions are formed by urging a fluid into a channel, e.g., by causing the fluid to enter the channel as a “jet.” Multiple fluids may flow through a channel collinearly before multiple emulsion droplets are formed. The fluidic channels may also, in certain embodiments, include varying degrees of hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity. In some cases, the average cross-sectional dimension may change, e.g., at an intersection. Unexpectedly, systems such as those described herein may be used to encapsulate fluids in single or multiple emulsions that are difficult or impossible to encapsulate using other techniques, such as fluids with low surface tension, viscous fluids, or viscoelastic fluids. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to methods of making and using such systems, kits involving such systems, emulsions created using such systems, or the like. |
| US10874996B2 |
Nanobubble generating nozzle and nanobubble generator
To provide a nanobubble generating nozzle that is compact and capable of generating nanobubbles with high efficiency. The problem is solved by a nanobubble generating nozzle and a nanobubble generator including this nanobubble generating nozzle. The nanobubble generating nozzle includes an introduction part for introducing a mixed fluid of a liquid and a gas into an interior thereof, a jetting part for feeding out the mixed fluid containing nanobubbles of the gas, and a nanobubble generating structure part for generating nanobubbles of the gas, between the introduction part and the jetting part. The nanobubble generating structure part includes a plurality of flow paths having different cross-sectional areas through which the mixed fluid of the liquid and the gas is passed, in an axial direction of the nanobubble generating nozzle. |
| US10874992B2 |
Composite nanostructures having a crumpled graphene oxide shell
Composite nanostructures having a crumpled graphene oxide shell and a nanoparticle selected from titanium dioxide, silver and magnetite within the shell are disclosed. The nanostructures may be incorporated into a filtration membrane suitable for purifying water for targeted separations and for human consumption. |
| US10874987B2 |
Variable drain flow restrictor
A proportioning valve for a reverse osmosis system that controls the production of product water by the differential pressure across the purification membrane. By sensing increasing tank pressure to actuate the proportioning valve, the flow of waste water is restricted. Placement of seals within the cavity of the valve, as well as placement of waste water inlet and outlet ports, protects tension components that provide reverse tank pressure from waste water exposure. A needle valve assembly responsive to an actuating assembly that senses tank pressure removes the need for an inlet tank water port while restricting water flow. |
| US10874982B2 |
Calcium hydroxide-containing compositions and associated systems and methods
Calcium hydroxide-containing compositions can be manufactured by slaking quicklime, and subsequently drying and milling the slaked product. The resulting calcium hydroxide-containing composition can have a size, steepness, pore volume, and/or other features that render the compositions suitable for treatment of exhaust gases and/or removal of contaminants. In some embodiments, the calcium hydroxide-containing compositions can include a D10 from about 0.5 microns to about 4 microns, a D90 less than about 30 microns, and a ratio of D90 to D10 from about 8 to about 20, wherein individual particles include a surface area greater than or equal to about 25 m2/g. |
| US10874976B2 |
Acid gas removal apparatus and acid gas removal method
An acid gas removal apparatus includes a reclaimer control device that performs: first supply water control in which at least one of reflux water, steam condensate, and desalinated water is supplied to a reclaimer as first supply water, at non-volatile component removal reclaiming; second supply water control in which at least one of the reflux water, the steam condensate, and the desalinated water is supplied to the reclaimer, and a washing liquid including an acid gas absorbing liquid is supplied to the reclaimer as second supply water, at an initial stage of finish reclaiming; and third supply water control in which supply of the second supply water is stopped and at least one of the reflux water, the steam condensate, and the desalinated water is supplied as the first supply water, at a later stage of the finish reclaiming. |
| US10874975B2 |
Sorbent composition for an electrostatic precipitator
A powdery calcium-magnesium compound used as a sorbent composition in flue gas treatment, compatible with electrostatic precipitators. The calcium magnesium compound is doped with calcium nitrate or nitric acid to reduce the electrical resistivity of the particles, increasing their collection efficiency. |
| US10874973B2 |
Vehicle provided, at the intake, with an air filter provided with a heating device
A vehicle provided with an engine, at least one air intake opening through which the engine takes in the external air needed to operate, and an air filter, which is arranged in the area of the air intake opening; the air filter has: at least one wave-shaped filtering material element; an outer reinforcement mesh; an inner reinforcement mesh; and a heating device, which is electrically connected to a group of electrified wires of the outer reinforcement mesh and is designed to cause an electric current to flow through the electrified wires, so as to generate heat, due to Joule effect, on the inside of the outer reinforcement mesh. |
| US10874972B2 |
Air filter engagement apparatus and related methods
This application describes a unique air filter engagement apparatus and related methods. The invention allows a user to easily replace an air filter using a unique engagement apparatus in addition to an apparatus on the filter itself. This apparatus along with the specific methods of use allow a user to replace air filters quickly and efficiently in often inaccessible or hard to reach areas. |