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US10895723B2	Lens device The lens device includes a zoom lens and a controller. A focusing lens group which moves during focusing and an aberration correction lens group having a refractive power lower than a refractive power of the focusing lens group having the lowest refractive power are disposed within the zoom lens. The controller adjusts a position of the aberration correction lens group relative to the focusing lens group of which focus sensitivity is maximized for each zoom position according to the changed condition.
US10895721B2	Zoom lens, optical apparatus, and method for manufacturing zoom lens A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side along an optical axis, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, and a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state W to a telephoto end state T, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 increases, and a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 decreases. Given conditions are satisfied. Accordingly, a zoom lens having high optical performance with suppressing variations in aberrations, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the zoom lens are provided.
US10895720B2	Imaging optical system, microscope apparatus including the imaging optical system, and stereoscopic microscope apparatus A variable power optical system 3 used in a parallel stereoscopic microscope apparatus 100 and the like includes a plurality of optical paths in which optical axes are arranged substantially parallel, includes a plurality of lens groups that change the magnification of a diameter of a luminous flux entering substantially parallel to each of the optical paths to eject the luminous flux as substantially parallel luminous fluxes, and at least two lens groups move along the optical axis in each optical path according to the change in the magnification. At least two lens groups of at least one optical path among the plurality of optical paths move in a direction including a component perpendicular to the optical axis according to the change in the magnification at at least part of a section where the magnification is changed from a high-power end state to a low-power end.
US10895718B2	Optical photographing lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device An optical photographing lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements of the optical photographing lens assembly has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the first lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The object-side surface of the first lens element is aspheric and has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
US10895717B2	Imaging optical system, projection display device, and imaging apparatus The imaging optical system consists of, in order from a magnification side: a first optical system which makes a magnification side imaging surface and an intermediate image conjugate to each other; and a second optical system which makes the intermediate image and a reduction side imaging surface conjugate to each other. The imaging optical system is configured to be telecentric on the reduction side. The first optical system includes an aspheric lens. The second optical system consists of a front group and a rear group. The imaging optical system satisfies predetermined conditional expressions for a focal length of the front group, a focal length of the imaging optical system, a focal length of the rear group, a maximum image height, a focal length of the first optical system, and the aspheric lens of the first optical system.
US10895715B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a seventh lens element. The first lens element, the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element are made of plastic. The optical axis region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is convex, the optical axis region of the image-side surface of the third lens element is convex, the optical axis region of the object-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex and the optical axis region of the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave to satisfy (T5+G56+T6)/(G23+T3+G34+T4+G45)≥1.200 by controlling the surface curvatures of each lens element to enlarge HFOV, to reduce the system length and to have good imaging quality.
US10895714B2	Optical system and optical apparatus including the same An optical system used in an imaging apparatus includes an optical element. In a case where the optical element is disposed on a magnification side with respect to an intersection point of an optical axis and a chief paraxial ray, the optical element is a negative lens, and in a case where the optical element is disposed on a reduction side with respect to the intersection point, the optical element is a positive lens. The optical element is configured to satisfy all of the following conditional expressions: 30≤νd≤40 1.225≤[nd−(14.387/νd)]≤1.276 0.4300≤[θgF−(2.9795/νd)]≤0.5010, where νd represents an Abbe number of the optical element, θgF is a partial dispersion ratio of the optical element for g-line and F-line, and nd is a refractive index of the optical element for d-line.
US10895713B2	Actuator frame for scanning mirror Examples are disclosed that relate to actuator frames for scanning mirror systems. In one example an actuator frame for a scanning mirror assembly comprises a mounting member comprising a first side and an opposite second side. A first moveable member comprises a first interior side that defines a first gap and a second gap with the first side of the mounting member. A second moveable member comprises a second interior side that defines a third gap and a fourth gap with the second side of the mounting member. A first hinge connects a central portion of the mounting member with the first moveable member, and a second hinge connects the central portion of the mounting member with the second moveable member.
US10895712B2	Optical device and imaging apparatus with position sensors and coil motors In a state in which a position sensor for focusing is viewed in the direction of an optical axis, a line connecting the position sensor for focusing to the optical axis is set as a first reference line and a line orthogonal to the first reference line and passing through the optical axis is set as a second reference line. The position sensor for focusing is disposed in a first region of the first region and a second region partitioned by the second reference line. An X-direction VCM and a Y-direction VCM are arranged in the second region. The influence of magnetism from the X-direction VCM and the Y-direction VCM on the position sensor for focusing is suppressed.
US10895711B2	Polymer-free compliant optical member support An assembly for fixing an optical element in a manner that decouples the optical element from mechanical stresses and thermal strains while providing freedom to facilitate alignment of the optical element, and while also eliminating polymers that can cause contamination problems including a mount configured for attachment to an optical system; a plurality of flexible members each having a first end affixed to or integrally extending from the mount, and a free end defining a bearing surface for supporting an optical element; and a polymer free bonding agent forming a hydroxide-catalyzed bond joining a surface of the optical member to the bearing surface. The optical element may be aligned with the flexible members without resting on the flexible members.
US10895710B2	Accessory An accessory removably attachable to a camera body and including a plurality of terminals, includes: a first terminal; a second terminal through which a first power supply voltage is supplied from the camera body; a third terminal; a fourth terminal; a fifth terminal; a sixth terminal; an eighth terminal that receives a first clock signal of a first cycle from the camera body; a seventh terminal; a ninth terminal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal of a second cycle to the camera body, the second cycle being longer than the first cycle; and an eleventh terminal, wherein: a distance between the tenth terminal and the second terminal is longer than a distance between the eighth terminal and the second terminal.
US10895709B2	Lens apparatus and image capturing apparatus including the same A lens apparatus includes an optical system L0 including a plurality of lenses. The optical system L0 is changeable to a first state in which a focal length of the optical system L0 is a first focal length and a second state in which the focal length is a second focal length shorter than the first focal length, by changing one or some of the plurality of lenses. The maximum image heights and maximum angle of views in the first state and the second state are substantially constant and satisfy a predetermined condition.
US10895708B2	Locatable duct tracer wire bonding connector A connector is employed for bonding a locatable tracer wire with a lead wire. A base has a first receiving slot and an axial slot which intersects the receiving slot. A contact plate is slidably receivable in the axial slot and is dimensioned to accommodate a tracer wire and an insulator cover received in the receiving slot at a first axial position and to sever the cover and conductively engage the tracer at a second axial position. A fastener threadably engages the base. Upon tightening the fastener to the base, a shoulder extending from the contact plate is displaced and ultimately stopped so that the plate is disposed at the second position. The lead wire is also secured by the fastener.
US10895707B2	Fiber drop cable assembly and method for outdoor and indoor routing Drop cable assemblies that can be routed from an outdoor terminal directly to an indoor wall outlet without disruption, and adhered to the interior of a dwelling after removal of the drop cable jacket and utilization of a pre-applied adhesive layer are described. Additionally, telecommunications systems utilizing such assemblies, methods of routing such assemblies and methods of making such assemblies are described.
US10895703B2	Connector system with air flow and flanges A receptacle includes a cooling channel that is positioned between a top port and a bottom port. A transfer member is positioned in the cooling channel and is configured to direct heat from an inserted plug module into the cooling channel Air flowing through the cooling channel acts to remove thermal energy from the receptacle. A connector system may include a plug module that can be inserted into such a receptacle and the plug module can include grooves to help allow for direct cooling of the plug module, even when inserted into the receptacle.
US10895699B2	Metal wire for optical fiber cable and strain relief Various optical fiber cables and systems and methods associated therewith are disclosed herein. An optical fiber cable may include a jacket, an optical fiber and a metal wire disposed within a passage defined by the jacket. The metal wire may be coupled to the optical fiber.
US10895695B2	Enclosure for splicing of optical fibers A splice enclosure for providing a space for receipt of a plurality of spliced optical fibers of a plurality of cables may include a cabinet including a rear wall, a first side wall coupled to the rear wall, and a second side wall coupled to the rear wall. The cabinet may also include a lower wall coupled to the first side wall, the second side wall, and/or the rear wall. The splice enclosure may further include a splice tray assembly, which may include a splice tray housing pivotally coupled to the cabinet, and a plurality of splice trays pivotally coupled to the splice tray housing and configured to provide a space for receipt of a plurality of spliced optical fibers of a plurality of cables. The splice tray housing may be pivotally coupled to the cabinet, such that the splice tray housing pivots.
US10895692B2	Fiber optic rotary joints and methods of using and manufacturing same One or more fiber optic rotary joints (FORJ), free space beam combiners, OCT, SEE and/or fluorescence devices and systems for use therewith, methods of manufacturing same and storage mediums are provided. One or more embodiments of FORJs may be used with numerous applications in the optical field, including, but not limited to, OCT and fluorescence applications. Examples of such applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments.
US10895683B1	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer, an optical waveguide formed on the insulating layer, a multilayer wiring layer formed on the insulating layer such that the multilayer wiring layer covers the optical waveguide, and a first inductor formed in the multilayer wiring layer.
US10895673B2	Stabilized infrared absorbing dispersions A dispersion, a resin containing the dispersion and polymer film formed from the resin are disclosed. The dispersion includes an infrared light absorbing pigment including organo-metallic particles being less than 1.5 micrometer or less than one micrometer in size. The dispersion also includes a dispersant including phosphorus and a polyol.
US10895672B2	Optical element, optical element device and optical element control system The optical element has transmissivity in a first direction, and includes a plurality of first members each having a first surface that forms an element of first information. The first surface faces a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
US10895668B2	Method and apparatus of instrumenting converging and diverging flat lenses by sequential upright and inverted 3-D transparent anvils: pyramidal flat lens The present invention titled: “Method and apparatus of instrumenting converging and diverging flat lenses by sequential upright and inverted 3-D transparent anvils: pyramidal flat lens” is a transparent flat rectangular or circular with nozzle shaped without the addition of the outer 3-D anvil. The apparatus has a fixed height assembled from sequential 3-D anvils with one anvil adjacent to a reversed one. The 3-D anvils are arranged from the boundary to the center zone with gradual reduced volumes. The volumes of the 3-D anvils result from establishing inclined conjugate planes to the pyramidal planes. The converging and diverging pyramidal flat lenses have the same structure, but with the reverse order of the index of refractions of the filling transparent materials.
US10895666B2	Methods for identifying hydrocarbon reservoirs A method of identifying hydrocarbon seeps that are connected to hydrocarbon reservoirs and for identifying in situ conditions of hydrocarbon reservoirs is disclosed. The method comprises, obtaining a sample from an area of interest, such as a sediment sample or water column sample near a hydrocarbon seep; analyzing the sample to detect microbial signatures that are specific to families associated with hydrocarbon reservoirs; and using the signature to determine whether the hydrocarbon seep is connected to a hydrocarbon reservoir and to identify properties of the hydrocarbon reservoir.
US10895665B2	Method for detecting hydrocarbon deposits The invention relates to a method for detecting and locating hydrocarbon deposits under a body of water in several steps. First, images of a surface of the body of water taken at different times are acquired. Next, for each image, traces of hydrocarbon leaks are identified. Next, a detection map is generated. This map indicates probabilities of the presence of a hydrocarbon leak around the identified traces. The map is obtained by processing the image at least based on a criterion of distance to the identified traces. Finally, the detection maps are combined to produce a hydrocarbon leak location map.
US10895664B2	Multi-material density well logging subassembly A sub adapted for injection into the wellbore and sensing, the sub comprising: (a) an elongated body; (b) an inner bore having multi-material spacers of different radiation transparencies; and (c) an outer wall having recessed portions along an outside diameter, forming circumferential windows configured to align with a radioactive source and sensors and configured to guide a radioactive energy's path into a formation and back to sensor.
US10895659B2	Detecting nuclear magnetic resonance logging tool motion Methods, devices, and systems for tracking lateral motion of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool are disclosed. In some embodiments, a phase shift for one or more spin-echo signals received by the NMR tool is detected during a velocity measurement sequence that corresponds to at least one formation measurement sequence. A lateral velocity of the NMR tool is determined based, at least in part, on the detected phase shift.
US10895658B2	Method for operating a metal detector and metal detector The method and system are disclosed for operating a metal detector having a balanced coil system with a drive coil that is connected to a transmitter unit which provides a transmitter signal with at least one operating frequency (fTX), and with first and second detection coils that provide an output signal to a receiver unit that processes a related receiver signal which includes an imbalance signal, and that provides digital in-phase and quadrature components (dI, dQ) of the demodulated imbalance signal.
US10895657B2	Apparatus and methods for obscured feature detection with uniform electric fields Obscured feature detectors and methods of detecting obscured features are disclosed. An obscured feature detector can include a plurality of sensor plates and a common plate. The sensor plates may be arranged linearly to form a sensor array. The common plate may extend along the sensor array and have a length that is shortened. A controller is coupled to the sensing circuit to analyze the capacitances measured by the sensing circuit. One or a plurality of indicators are coupled to the controller, and can be selectively set to identify a location of an obscured feature behind a surface.
US10895656B2	Capacitive sensor and grip sensor Capacitive sensor includes sensor electrode, sensor circuit that is electrically connected to sensor electrode measures capacitance of sensor electrode, first impedance element, noise detection circuit that is electrically connected to sensor electrode through first impedance element and measures noise, and control circuit that switches between on and off of each of sensor circuit and noise detection circuit. Control circuit causes sensor circuit to measure the capacitance of sensor electrode by turning on sensor circuit and by turning off noise detection circuit and control circuit causes noise detection circuit to measure the noise by turning off sensor circuit and by turning on noise detection circuit.
US10895655B2	Fabrication of unrecorded data by Gaussian slowness period packet extrapolation A computer-implemented method for generating missing frequencies within geophysical data, said method including: decomposing, with a computer, geophysical data into frequencies and slowness or wavenumber along time and one or more spatial dimensions; estimating, with a computer, a filter across known frequencies within the geophysical data for each time, spatial dimension, and slowness or wavenumber sample; extrapolating or interpolating, with a computer, the missing frequencies from the known frequencies by applying the filter; recomposing, with a computer, the known frequencies and the missing frequencies back into time and the one or more spatial dimensions; and prospecting for hydrocarbons with geophysical data that includes the missing frequencies.
US10895651B2	PET device and method of acquiring gamma ray generation position using scattered coincidence with PET device A PET device includes detectors including detector signal processing units and a data processing circuit configured to acquire a gamma ray generation position. The detector signal processing unit includes a Compton cone estimating unit configured to estimate incidence directions of gamma rays detected by a pair of detectors as a first and second Compton cones. The data processing unit includes: a coincidence acquiring unit; a scattering surface estimating unit; an intersection line determining unit; an intersection point determining unit; and a gamma ray generation position.
US10895649B2	Methods and system for thermo-optic power monitoring A radiation monitor for a lighting device, and operating methods and systems therefor are provided. In one example, a radiation monitor may include a first sensor receiving radiation output directly from a light-emitting element of the lighting device and radiation output from external sources; and a second sensor receiving the radiation output from the external sources without receiving the radiation output directly from the light-emitting element of the lighting device. The radiation monitor may determine an intensity of the radiation output directly from the light-emitting element based on a difference in the output signals from the first sensor and the second sensor.
US10895637B1	Systems and methods for mapping manmade objects buried in subterranean surfaces using an unmanned aerial vehicle integrated with radar sensor equipment A method for mapping an object buried in a subterranean surface includes receiving a first input data set. The first input data set is based on a GNSS signal, a SAR signal, and a GPR signal. The method further includes generating a raw image based on the first input data set, comparing the raw image to a calibration data set, identifying an object based on the raw image compared to the calibration data set, transmitting object data to a ground-based post-processing unit, and displaying the object data to a graphic user interface. The calibration data set may be based on material calibration data. The object data may be based on the object identified.
US10895636B2	Airborne systems and detection methods localization and production of images of buried objects and characterization of the composition of the subsurface Airborne systems and methods for the detection, location and obtaining of images of buried objects and for the characterization of the composition of the subsoil. The systems comprise at least one aerial module with a radar unit that emits and/or captures radar signals and a positioning and guidance system with an accuracy equal to or less than 3 cm, and a ground station with a flight control system and a radar signal processing unit where radar signal processing algorithms are applied. The invention also comprises a method for the detection, localization and obtaining of images of buried objects and a method for the characterization of the composition of the subsoil. Applicable in sectors where it is necessary to perform the detection of buried objects, as for example in civil applications (detection of antipersonnel mines), pipeline inspection or in archaeology.
US10895635B1	Method of processing waveforms at a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) radar for an unknown target A method of processing waveforms associated with an unknown random target, wherein the waveforms are transmitted from and received at a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar, is described. A finite signal is transferred through a digital to analog (D/A) filter and a modulation section, such that a set of transmitting antenna elements may transmit a plurality of incident waveforms towards the unknown target. When the MIMO radar receives a plurality of reflected waveforms from the unknown target, a received signal is formulated by filtering and demodulating the reflected waveforms. The received signal is a function of the target, clutter, and white noise. The received signal is used to determine a signal-to-interference-plus-noise (SINK) ratio and also to derive a calculation module for the outage probability of the MIMO radar. The calculation module is solved to reduce the outage probability of the MIMO radar.
US10895634B2	Electronic devices having millimeter wave ranging capabilities An electronic device such as a wristwatch may be provided with a phased antenna array for conveying first signals at a first frequency between 10 GHz and 300 GHz and a non-millimeter wave antenna for conveying second signals at a second frequency below 10 GHz. The device may include conductive housing sidewalls and a display. Conductive structures in the display and the conductive housing sidewalls may define a slot element in the non-millimeter wave antenna. The phased antenna array may be mounted within the slot element, aligned with a spatial filter in the display, or aligned with a dielectric window in the conductive housing sidewalls. Control circuitry may process signals transmitted by the phased antenna array and a reflected version of the transmitted signals that has been received by the phased antenna array to detect a range between the device and an external object.
US10895633B2	Detecting a distance between a conducted electrical weapon and a target The number of pulses of a stimulus signal provided by a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) between launch and establishing an electrical circuit with a human or animal target may be counted to determine the distance between the CEW and the target and the distance between electrodes launched by the CEW toward the target while positioned in or near target tissue.
US10895630B2	Electromagnetic imaging system and method for operating an electromagnetic imaging system An electromagnetic imaging system for creating an image of an object is disclosed. The electromagnetic imaging system comprises at least one transmit antenna, multiple receive antennas, a control unit, a processing unit, and an interference detection unit. The at least one transmit antenna is configured to generate radiofrequency signals with at least one planned frequency at several planned times. The multiple receive antennas are configured to receive radiofrequency signals and to generate a corresponding measurement signal. The control unit is configured to control at least the multiple transmit antennas. The processing unit is configured to process the measurement signal into the image of the object. The interference detection unit is configured to detect and analyze an interference signal in the measurement signal, and the interference detection unit is connected to the control unit in a signal transmitting manner so as to control the control unit. Moreover, a method for operating an electromagnetic imaging system is disclosed.
US10895629B2	Apparatus and methods for detection of objects using broadband signals Broadband signal transmissions may be used for object detection and/or ranging. Broadband transmissions may comprise a pseudo-random bit sequence or a bit sequence produced using, a random process. The sequence may be used to modulate transmissions of a given wave type. Various types of waves may be utilized, pressure, light, and radio waves. Waves reflected by objects within the sensing volume may be sampled. The received signal may be convolved with a time-reversed copy of the transmitted random sequence to produce a correlogram. The correlogram may be analyzed to determine range to objects. The analysis may comprise determination of one or more peaks/troughs in the correlogram. Range to an object may be determines based on a time lag of a respective peak.
US10895627B2	Self-position estimation apparatus and self-position estimation method A self-position estimation apparatus includes: a light reception unit that receives a light emission signal from a transmission apparatus via a pixel; and a position calculation unit that selects at least one, in accordance with the number of the light emission signals acquired by the light reception unit and which are used for a calculation of a self-position, from a plurality of algorithms in which the self-position is estimated and calculates the self-position by using the selected algorithm.
US10895626B2	Device state estimation with body-fixed assumption Systems, methods, devices and computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for device state estimation with body-fixed assumption. In some implementations, a method comprises: determining, by a device, a rotational velocity of a user of the device based on a sensor signal; determining, by the device, user speed; determining, by the device, user acceleration based on the user speed and the rotational velocity of the user; and updating a user state estimator based on the user acceleration.
US10895623B2	Method for performing an angiographic measurement and creating an angiogram A method is for performing an angiographic measurement and creating an angiogram of a body region of a patient in a magnetic-resonance system and a magnetic-resonance system for operating such a method. In an embodiment, the method includes acquisition of a body region; division of the angiographic measurement into partial angiographic measurements; displaying the measurement start times, the measurement duration and the measurement end times of the partial angiographic measurements; changing the measuring time points; definition of sequence parameters of the partial angiographic measurements based on the changed measurement start times and/or measurement end times such that the partial angiographic measurement is performable between the associated measurement start time and measurement end time; provision of the sequence parameters of the control unit of the magnetic-resonance system; performance of the partial angiographic measurements; and creation of the angiogram using the partial angiographic measurements performed.
US10895620B2	Systems and methods for assessing pulmonary gas transfer using hyperpolarized 129XE MRI Methods and systems for assessing pulmonary gas exchange and/or alveolar-capillary barrier status include obtaining at least one MRI image and/or image data of 129Xe dissolved in the red blood cells (RBC) in the gas exchange regions of the lungs of a patient. The image is sufficiently sensitive to allow a clinician or image recognition program to assess at least one of pulmonary gas exchange, barrier thickness or barrier function based on the 129Xe MRI RBC image.
US10895619B2	MR imaging with Dixon-type water/fat separation The invention relates to a method of Dixon-type MR imaging. It is an object of the invention to provide a method that enables Dixon water/fat separation with high SNR and with improved noise propagation in the water/fat separation. The method comprises the steps of: —subjecting an object (10) to a first imaging sequence, which generates a number of differently phase encoded first MR echo signals at a first echo time, such that contributions from MR signals emanating from water protons and MR signals emanating from fat protons to the first MR echo signals are essentially in phase, —acquiring the first MR echo signals using a first signal receiving bandwidth, —subjecting the object (10) to a second imaging sequence which generates a number of differently phase encoded second MR echo signals at a second echo time, such that contributions from MR signals emanating from water protons and MR signals emanating from fat protons to the second MR echo signals are at least partially out of phase, —acquiring the second MR echo signals using a second signal receiving bandwidth which is larger than the first receiving bandwidth, wherein the number of phase encodings of the first imaging sequence is smaller than the number of phase encodings of the second imaging sequence, and —reconstructing a MR image from the first and second MR echo signals, whereby signal contributions from water protons and fat protons are separated. Moreover the invention relates to a MR device and to a computer program to be run on a MR device.
US10895615B2	Balun for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems and an MRI system that employs the balun A balun is provided that is suitable for use with miniature coaxial cables and that obviates the need to cut the cable in order to install the balun. A portion of each coaxial cable that extends from the RF receive coils to the RF receiver is wound multiple times around a device to form an inductor. The inductor may be used with or without a separate resonant circuit. If used with a separate resonant circuit, the inductor and the resonant circuit couple with one another to generate a coupled impedance that provides common-mode noise suppression at the frequency of interest. If used without a separate resonant circuit, the inductor formed in the cable provides an inductance and the capacitance between the windings coupled with the inductance provides a series impedance that suppresses common-mode noise at the frequency of interest.
US10895613B2	Tunable RF coil for magnetic resonance imaging The invention concerns to a radio frequency (RF) body coil (2), for use in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system, comprising: an RF shield (6), an RF coil element (8), distantly arranged from the RF shield (6), and at least one distance setting element (10), arranged and designed in such a way that the relative distance (12) between the RF shield (6) and the RF coil element (8) is adjustable via the distance setting element (10) which may lead to locally deforming the RF coil element (8) and/or the RF shield (6). Thus, a radio frequency coil for use in an Magnetic Resonance Imaging system is provided that can be tuned to desired resonances in a comfortable and economic way.
US10895612B2	Test and measurement instrument with a hysteresis loop mask A test and measurement instrument, comprising at least one port configured to receive a signal from a device under test; a user interface configured to receive a user input, the user input indicating magnetic properties of a magnetic material of the device under test, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to generate a hysteresis loop mask based on the magnetic properties of the magnetic material, determine whether the signal received from the device under test violates the hysteresis loop mask, and generate an alert when the signal received from the device under test violates the hysteresis loop mask. The test and measurement instrument may also include a display configured to display the hysteresis loop mask, the signal received from the device under test, and/or the alert.
US10895611B1	Self-calibrating fluxgate magnetometer and methods of using The present invention relates to a sensor suite comprising at least one sensor. More particularly, the present invention relates to a sensor suite for measuring absolute and/or relative position, location and orientation of an object on or in which the sensor suite is employed. The present invention further relates to improved, novel sensor types for use in the sensor suite. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved, novel magnetometer that is self-calibrating and scalable. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to such a magnetometer that is miniaturized. Further embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for providing location and guidance, and more particularly for providing location and guidance in environments where global position systems (GPS) are unavailable or unreliable (GPS denied and/or degraded environments).
US10895608B2	Detection of plunger movement in DC solenoids through current sense technique An apparatus and method of detecting movement of a plunger of the solenoid includes detecting a peak (IPEAK) in a current signal applied to a coil of the solenoid. A predetermined threshold is added to the current signal applied to the coil of the solenoid to generate a level shifted signal. The level shifted signal and the peak signal are compared to detect movement of a plunger of the solenoid.
US10895605B2	Life estimation apparatus for lithium ion secondary cell A life estimation apparatus includes a second calculation unit that calculates a remaining capacity, which is a capacity with which the lithium ion secondary cell is capable of being charged or which the lithium ion secondary cell is capable of discharging, based on Equation 1 having an exponent n1 of 0.9 to 1.1 and Equation 2 having an exponent n2 of 0.4 to 0.6. The second calculation unit calculates the remaining capacity using Equation 1 if the amount of change of open circuit voltage, the amount of change of a voltage rise width, or the amount of change of a voltage rise rate has a positive value and calculates the remaining capacity using Equation 2 if the amount of change of the open circuit voltage, the amount of change of the voltage rise width, or the amount of change of the voltage rise rate has a negative value.
US10895603B2	Voltage monitoring module and voltage monitoring system to detect a current leakage A voltage monitoring module including a first input terminal coupled to a high-voltage-side terminal of a battery cell through a first path including an external resistor, a first terminal coupled to the high-voltage-side terminal of the battery cell through a second path; a first switch coupled to the first input terminal, a second switch coupled to the first terminal; a second input terminal and a second terminal coupled to a low-voltage-side terminal of the battery cell, a third switch that is coupled to the second input terminal; a fourth switch that is coupled to the second terminal, and a control circuit that controls ON/OFF of the first through fourth switches, wherein an element that suppresses fluctuation of a voltage input to the first switch through the first input terminal that is coupled between the first switch and a fixed voltage.
US10895599B2	Semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus includes a test entry control block configured to generate a plurality of trigger signals and a reset signal according to a test setting command and addresses; and a test entry signal generation block configured to enable a test entry signal when the plurality of trigger signals are sequentially enabled.
US10895597B2	Secure coprocessor assisted hardware debugging Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing debug features on a secure coprocessor to handle communication and computation between a debug tool and a debug target are disclosed. A debug tool generates a graphical user interface (GUI) to display debug information to a user for help in debugging a debug target such as a system on chip (SoC). A secure coprocessor is embedded on the debug target, and the secure coprocessor receives debug requests generated by the debug tool. The secure coprocessor performs various computation tasks and/or other operations to prevent multiple round-trip messages being sent back and forth between the debug tool and the debug target. The secure coprocessor is able to access system memory and determine a status of a processor being tested even when the processor becomes unresponsive.
US10895594B2	Electrical connector assembly having fan support thereon An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative housing, a first cover pivotally assembled to the housing, a second cover pivotally assembled to the first cover, and a fan support secured upon the second cover. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing. A heat sink is associated with the second cover. A pair of fans are located by two opposite lateral sides of the heat sink and fixed to the fan support so as to induce an air flow along the slots defined between fins of the heat sink in a transverse direction.
US10895593B2	Parameter selection method and apparatus, and storage medium for insulation detection circuit The present disclosure provides a parameter selection method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for an insulation detection circuit. The parameter selection method includes determining an allowable injection frequency range of an AC signal to be injected, according to a predetermined resistance range of an insulation resistance of the power battery under test and a predetermined resistance calculation cycle of the insulation resistance; and selecting an output frequency of the signal generation module according to a lowest frequency to be generated by the signal generation module and the allowable injection frequency range.
US10895592B2	Probe heater remaining useful life determination A probe system configured to receive a radio-frequency (RF) signal from a radio-frequency (RF) antenna includes a heater and a control circuit. The heater includes a resistive heating element routed through the probe system. An operational voltage is provided to the resistive heating element to provide heating for the probe system and the resistive heating element has an element capacitance. The control circuit is configured to determine an antenna response of the resistive heating element and determine a remaining useful life of the probe system based on the antenna response over time.
US10895587B2	Wafer probe station A wafer probe station includes a first shielding box, a chuck, a stage, a second shielding box, an electronic testing instrument, a manipulator and a cable. The first shielding box has a first chamber. The chuck is located in the first chamber to hold a device under test. The stage connects to the chuck to move the chuck. The second shielding box is outside the first shielding box and forms a second chamber with the first shielding box. The first and the second shielding boxes shield against an electromagnetic field. The electronic testing instrument is inside the second chamber. The manipulator is outside the first shielding box and has a probe arm penetrating into the first chamber. The probe arm is movable by the manipulator to hold a probe to contact the device under test. The cable connects between the electronic testing instrument and the probe.
US10895579B2	Automatic analyzer Included are an analysis unit that performs an analysis process for analyzing a specimen, a storage unit that stores a result of the analysis process, cumulative information on an occurrence of an event such as registration, change or deletion of analysis parameters such as analysis conditions in the analysis process, and cumulative information on an occurrence of an event such as registration, deletion or replacement of reagent information on a reagent used for analysis of the specimen, for each analysis item, and a display unit that displays the analysis result of the specimen and information on an occurrence status of the event. An operation of the analysis process of the specimen by the analysis unit is controlled, and the information on the event of the analysis parameter and the information on the event of the reagent information is read from the storage unit and displayed in chronological order.
US10895578B2	Deconvolving isobaric reporter ion ratios A method includes applying distinct isobaric tags to each of a plurality of samples; combining the samples; performing a separation of species within the combined samples; isolating and fragmenting labeled parent ions within a m/z range to produce a plurality of reporter ions, each reporter ion corresponding to one of the isobaric tags; determining intensities of the plurality of reporter ions and ions representative of a parent species at a plurality of points along a peak; and fitting the intensity of the ions representative of a parent species and the plurality of reporter ions at the plurality of points to obtain a relative abundance of the parent species in each of the plurality of samples.
US10895576B2	Cancer biomarkers The present invention relates to a method of screening for renal cell carcinoma in a subject, said method comprising determining the level and/or chemical composition of one or both of the glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) chondroitin sulfate (CS) and heparan sulfate (HS) in a body fluid sample, wherein said sample has been obtained from said subject.
US10895573B2	Apparatus for detecting tumor cells Among others, the present invention provides apparatus for interacting with a biological subject to detect circulating tumor cells therein, comprising one device for sending a signal to the biological subject and optionally receiving a response to the signal from the biological entity.
US10895569B2	Genome-scale T cell activity array and methods of use thereof The present invention provides Genome-Scale T Cell Activity Arrays (GS-TCAA), as well as methods of making these arrays and methods of using them to identify immune modulators.
US10895563B2	Palette-based systems for analyte characterization Systems, devices, and methods are provided that facilitate synthesis and analysis of chemical compounds on a convenient and automatable palette-based platform. Palettes utilized for analysis support a variety of functional sites, including test wells, separation devices, and test sites that have rapid thermal equilibration, on a single test fixture. This permits both the performance of a wide variety of tests and of tests with different temperature requirements or responses in parallel, on the same test fixture. Such systems, devices, and methods are particularly suitable for production and characterization of radiopharmaceuticals.
US10895558B2	Flow controller and gas chromatograph equipped with the same A flow controller having high workability and a gas chromatograph equipped with the same are provided. A carrier gas controller is equipped with a flow path member. The flow path member is equipped with a first portion and a second portion extending horizontally from an upper end portion of the first portion. In the second portion, a gas outlet port is formed. An H2 gas controller is equipped with a flow path member. The flow path member is equipped with a first portion and a second portion extending horizontally from an upper end portion of the first portion. In the second portion, a gas outlet port is formed. For this reason, a sufficient working space for the gas outlet port can be secured. Further, a sufficient working space for the gas outlet port can be secured. In other words, the workability with respect to the carrier gas controller and the H2 gas controller can be kept high.
US10895555B2	System for in-line inspection using a dynamic pulsed eddy current probe and method thereof The present invention provides methods and systems for in-line inspection of a pipe using a dynamic pulsed eddy current probe system that includes of a remote computer, a dynamic pulsed eddy current probe, a data acquisition system, and a delivery apparatus used for nondestructive examination of pipelines.
US10895553B2	Gas sensor Provided is a gas sensor improving accuracy of detection of specific gas in measurement gas, while maintaining high responsiveness in detection of the specific gas. A sensor element of a gas sensor includes a first solid electrolyte and second solid electrolyte having oxygen ionic conductivity, a measurement gas chamber into which measurement gas is introduced, a first reference gas chamber and second reference gas chamber into which reference gas is introduced, a first pump cell, a second pump cell, a sensor cell, and a heater. The sensor cell detects a specific gas component in the measurement gas having an oxygen concentration adjusted by the pump cells. The heater is located opposite to a second principal surface of the second solid electrolyte on which the sensor cell is formed.
US10895543B2	Wettability determination of rock samples A primary drainage process, a core aging process, a water flooding process, an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) flooding process, and a core cleaning process is conducted on a rock sample. For each of the primary drainage process, core aging process, water flooding process, EOR flooding process, and core cleaning process, an equilibrium sample magnetization distribution and a spatially resolved spin-spin relaxation time spectrum are measured across multiple locations along a longitudinal length of the rock sample. One or more hydrocarbon saturation distributions of the rock sample are determined based on the equilibrium sample magnetization distributions. One or more wettability distributions of the rock sample are determined based on the spatially resolved spin-spin relaxation time spectrums and the one or more hydrocarbon saturation distributions. One or more wettability modification factor distributions of the rock sample are determined based on the spatially resolved spin-spin relaxation time spectrums and the hydrocarbon saturation distribution(s).
US10895542B2	Methods and apparatus for optically detecting magnetic resonance A light-trapping geometry enhances the sensitivity of strain, temperature, and/or electromagnetic field measurements using nitrogen vacancies in bulk diamond, which have exterior dimensions on the order of millimeters. In an example light-trapping geometry, a laser beam enters the bulk diamond, which may be at room temperature, through a facet or notch. The beam propagates along a path inside the bulk diamond that includes many total internal reflections off the diamond's surfaces. The NVs inside the bulk diamonds absorb the beam as it propagates. Photodetectors measure the transmitted beam or fluorescence emitted by the NVs. The resulting transmission or emission spectrum represents the NVs' quantum mechanical states, which in turn vary with temperature, magnetic field strength, electric field strength, strain/pressure, etc.
US10895539B2	In-situ chamber clean end point detection systems and methods using computer vision systems A system includes a camera mounted external to and adjacent to a window of a processing chamber configured to process semiconductor substrates. The window allows the camera to view a component in the processing chamber. The camera is configured to generate a video signal indicative of a status of the component during a process being performed in the processing chamber. The system further includes a controller coupled to the processing chamber. The controller is configured to control the camera, process the video signal from the camera, determine the status of the component based on the processing of the video signal, and determine whether to terminate the process based on the status of the component.
US10895538B2	Method of preparing sample surface, method of analyzing sample surface, field-enhanced oxidation probe, and scanning probe microscope including field-enhanced oxidation probe Provided is a method of preparing a sample surface on which a marking is formed, wherein the marking is a local oxide film locally formed on the sample surface, the local oxide film is formed by applying voltage between a probe and the sample surface while a tip of the probe is in contact with the sample surface, and the probe is brought into contact with the sample surface after moisture supply.
US10895534B2	Method and system for fluorescence lifetime based sequencing An integrated detection, flow cell and photonics (DFP) device is provided that comprises a substrate having an array of pixel elements that sense photons during active periods. The substrate and pixel elements form an IC photon detection layer. At least one wave guide is formed on the IC photo detection layer as a photonics layer. An optical isolation layer is formed over at least a portion of the wave guide. A collection of photo resist (PR) walls patterned to define at least one flow cell channel that is configured to direct fluid along a fluid flow path. The wave guides align to extend along the fluid flow path. The flow cell channel is configured to receive samples at sample sites that align with the array of pixel elements.
US10895532B2	Airborne microorganism measurement device and air conditioning device including the same An airborne microorganism measurement device includes a housing including a first body and a second body, an air passage formed between the first body and the second body such that air containing airborne microorganisms pass therethrough, a charging part and a collecting part disposed in the air passage to charge and collect the airborne microorganisms, a high voltage generating device provided in the first body to supply a high voltage to the charging part and the collecting part, and a light emitting unit and a light receiving part provided in the second body to detect a fluorescent signal generated by irradiating the airborne microorganisms collected in the collecting unit with light.
US10895531B2	Optical flow cell assembly incorporating a replaceable transparent flow cell A new liquid flow cell assembly for light scattering measurements is disclosed which utilized a floating manifold system. The assembly operates with minimal stacked tolerances by aligning the cell to the windows within a manifold and independently aligning the cell to the read head directly. This configuration enables the ability to replace the flow cell or the flow cell/manifold assembly within a light scattering instrument without the need to realign the flow through elements with the light scattering illumination source while still maintaining reproducible, quality data. Some embodiments employ wide bore cells which enable the measurement of process analytic technology (PAT) including online monitoring of reactions.
US10895525B2	Optical measurement system using multicore optical fiber An optical-fiber measurement system includes an optical system that generates light and a spatial optical switch that is coupled to the optical system that processes the light generated by the optical system and generates light at a plurality of spatially distributed optical ports. A respective one of a plurality of optical cores at a first end of a multicore optical fiber is positioned to receive light from a respective one of the plurality of spatially distributed optical ports, where the light generated at the plurality of spatially distributed optical ports propagates through the multicore optical fiber. Distal optics is positioned adjacent to a second end of the multicore optical fiber and is positioned to collect light from a sample of interest so that the collected light from the sample of interest is coupled to the plurality of optical cores in the multicore optical fiber.
US10895524B2	Biologic fluid sample analysis cartridge with non-reflective beads A biological fluid sample analysis chamber and a method for analyzing a biological fluid sample is provided. The chamber includes a first chamber panel, a second chamber panel, and a plurality of beads disposed between the first chamber panel and the second chamber panel, which beads are configured to not reflect light incident to the beads in an amount that appreciably interferes with a photometric analysis of the biologic fluid.
US10895522B2	Particle analysis method for identifying infections Disclosed is a particle analysis method for identifying infections, comprising: step A of irradiating light on a measurement sample prepared by mixing a test blood specimen containing particles, collected from a subject, a fluorescent dye that stains a nucleic acid, and a hemolytic agent, thereby acquiring scattered light and fluorescence from each particle contained in the measurement sample, step B of specifying particles that are substantially not contained in blood of control subjects not suffering from infection and are determined to be neutrophils contained in blood of patients with infection, based on the scattered light and the fluorescence, and acquiring particle number information on the specified particles, and step C of determining whether the test blood specimen is a specimen collected from patients with bacterial infection or a specimen collected from patients with viral infection, based on the particle number information.
US10895521B2	Full-view-field quantitative statistical distribution characterization method of precipitate particles in metal material The invention belongs to the technical field of the quantitative statistical distribution analysis of the features from characteristic images of microstructures and precipitated phases in metal materials, and relates to a quantitative statistical distribution characterization method of precipitate particles with the full field of view in a metal material. The method comprises the following steps of electrolytic corrosion of a metallic material specimen, automatic collection of characteristic images of microstructure, automatic stitching and fusion of the full-view-field microstructure images, automatic identification and segmentation of the precipitate particles and quantitative distribution characterization of the precipitate particles with the full field of view in a large-range scale. By establishing a mathematic model, the large-range automatic stitching and fusion of the characteristic images of the full-view-field microstructures in a characteristic region and the automatic segmentation and identification of the precipitate particles are realized; and the quantitative statistical distribution characterization information of the full-view-field morphology, quantity, size, distribution and the like of plentiful precipitated phases in a larger range is quickly obtained. The method has the features of being accurate, high-efficiency and informative in quantitative distribution characterization, as well as has much more statistical representativeness compared with conventional single-view-field quantitative image analysis.
US10895517B2	Multi-wavelength wavefront system and method for measuring diffractive lenses A multi-wavelength wavefront system and method for measuring diffractive lenses. A system may include one or more light sources configured to emit a plurality of wavelengths of light for diffraction by a diffractive lens. A light sensor may be configured to receive the light that is diffracted by the diffractive intraocular lens. A processor may be configured to determine one or more of the plurality of wavelengths that have a peak diffraction efficiency for the diffractive intraocular lens based on the light received by the light sensor.
US10895516B2	Seal integrity inspection An apparatus for inspecting the integrity of a seal of a package that includes a container and a seal membrane carried by the container. The apparatus comprises a conveyor configured to move the sealed package along a path and including a vacuum plenum section configured to create a sub-atmospheric pressure that is applied to the seal membrane of the sealed package as the package moves through the vacuum plenum section. The apparatus further comprises an imaging sensor configured to generate one or more images of the seal membrane following the application of a sub-atmospheric pressure thereto at the vacuum plenum section. The apparatus still further comprises an electronic processing device configured to process the one or more images of the seal membrane generated by the imaging sensor, and to evaluate the integrity of the seal of the package based on the one or more images.
US10895513B2	Pressure detection signal processing device, engine control system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program A pressure detection signal processing device, engine control system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program are provided. A current-voltage conversion part that converts a current signal corresponding to charge generated by a piezoelectric element in accordance with received pressure into a voltage signal, and digital signal processing parts that perform correction for removing a drift caused by a leakage current of the piezoelectric element on the voltage signal through digital signal processing are provided. The digital signal processing parts include a differentiation processing part that performs differentiation processing on the voltage signal, an integration processing part that performs integration processing on the signal having been subjected to the differentiation processing, and an integration processing part that further performs integration processing on the signal having been subjected to the integration processing.
US10895506B1	Method and device for measuring subject's body temperature A hands-free measuring by an operator a temperature of a subject is carried out by arranging a remote temperature measuring module including a contactless infrared thermometer with a laser providing a pointer spot, on an operator's head, positioning the operator with the applied temperature measuring module at a safe distance from the subject, moving the operator's body and/or head so as to point the contactless infrared thermometer and the laser pointer spot at the subject hands-free, activating the temperature measuring module and thereby measuring a temperature of the subject by the contactless infrared thermometer hands-free, and displaying the measured temperature of the subject on a digital display.
US10895502B2	Media type determination device, electronic apparatus, and media type determination method A media type determination device includes: a light detector that detects light from a target object; a sensor that transmits an ultrasonic wave to the target object and performs an ultrasonic measurement for receiving the ultrasonic wave transmitted through the target object; and one or a plurality of processors. The one or plurality of processors are programmed to execute a method including: acquiring light information corresponding to the light from the target object, from the light detector; acquiring ultrasonic wave information corresponding to an ultrasonic wave via the target object from the sensor, and determining a type of target object based on the light information and the ultrasonic wave information.
US10895501B2	Light-detecting device A spectral sensor includes a wiring substrate which has a principal surface; a light detector which is disposed on the principal surface of the wiring substrate and is electrically connected to the wiring substrate; spacer which is disposed around the light detector, on the principal surface of the wiring substrate; and a Fabry-Perot interference filter which has a light transmission region and is disposed on the principal surface of the wiring substrate with the spacer therebetween. The spacer support the Fabry-Perot interference filter in a surrounding region of the light transmission region and the spacer is arranged to form opening communicating with an inner side of the surrounding region and an outer side of the surrounding region, when viewed from a light transmission direction in the light transmission region.
US10895498B2	Combi-sensor systems Certain aspects pertain to a combination sensor comprising a set of physical sensors facing different directions proximate a structure, and configured to measure solar radiation in different directions. The combination sensor also comprises a virtual facade-aligned sensor configured to determine a combi-sensor value at a facade of the structure based on solar radiation readings from the set of physical sensors.
US10895497B2	Determining structural tomographic properties of a geologic formation A variable-frequency light source is configured to emit a light beam and modulate a frequency of the light beam. A fiber optic cable is attached to the variable frequency light source. The fiber optic cable is configured to receive the light beam at an inlet and pass the light beam to an exit. Multiple optical detectors are attached to the fiber optic cable. Each of the optical detectors is configured to detect a specified frequency of light that is backscattered through the fiber optic cable. An actuation mechanism is attached to the fiber optic cable. The actuation mechanism is configured to deform the fiber optic cable in response to a stimulus.
US10895492B2	Monitoring system for determining a vehicle safety setting based on weight The invention is a monitoring system for determining a vehicle safety setting based on weight. The system includes a monitoring station, a weight determination system, a data input device configured to receive input data, and a processing device. The processing devices includes a processor and non-volatile memory. The processor is configured to receive load ratings for a tow vehicle and tow equipment, receive weight data from the weight determination system, and receive the input data from the data input device. The processor is also configured to determine at least one safety setting based on the load ratings, the weight data, and the input data, send the safety setting data to the monitoring system, and communicate the safety setting to a user.
US10895490B2	Hydrogen peroxide reservoir assembly including a float position sensor for determining liquid level A reservoir assembly comprising a lower manifold, an upper manifold, a reservoir body, a float member and a sensor system. The upper manifold has an upper cover placed over a central bore, and sealingly engaged therewith, the upper cover being at least partially transparent. The reservoir body has a lower end sealingly engaged with the lower manifold and the upper end sealingly engaged with the upper manifold. The float member is positioned within the reservoir and can slidably move between the upper and lower manifolds. The float member has an upper target that is substantially parallel to an upper cover positioned on the upper manifold. The sensor system has a float position sensor positioned over the upper cover and targeting the upper target of the float member to, in turn, determine the position of the float member relative to the float position sensor.
US10895486B2	Thermal adjusted hydraulic fluid gage A hydraulic fluid gage for measuring hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic tank of a work vehicle. The hydraulic fluid gage may include a body, a fluid connection (s), thermometer, and a range indicator. The body is used to receive the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic tank. The fluid connection is coupled between the body and the hydraulic tank to communicate hydraulic fluid. The range indicator includes a plurality of ranges of temperature, each of which aligns vertically relative to one another. The thermometer is positioned relative to the range indicator such that the temperature indicated by the thermometer corresponds to one of the ranges of temperature, each of the ranges of temperature corresponding to a recommended range of the hydraulic fluid volume in the hydraulic tank. As such, the gage allows a user to measure the hydraulic fluid volume in the hydraulic tank without the influence from different temperature.
US10895483B2	Vibratory flow meter with multichannel flow tube Vibratory meters (5), and methods for their use measuring a fluid are provided. Each vibratory meter includes a multichannel flow tube (300) comprising two or more fluid channels (302), a pickoff (170), a driver (180), and meter electronics (20) configured to apply a drive signal to the driver at a drive frequency ω, and measure a deflection of the multichannel flow tube with the pickoff. In examples, at least one fluid channel has an effective diameter that is related to kinematic viscosity, inverse Stokes number, and drive frequency. In further examples, the driver may apply a drive signal to the driver having a drive frequency proportional to the kinematic viscosity, inverse Stokes number, and effective diameter.
US10895482B2	Dual sensor type mass flow controller To provide an MFC capable of improving an S/N ratio of a sensor signal even when a pressure difference between both sides of the MFC is small and a flow rate in the sensor flow path is low. Provided is a mass flow controller including a fluid flow path that allows a fluid to pass therethrough, a plurality of flow sensor units that measure a mass flow rate of the fluid, an adjusting valve that adjusts a flow rate of the fluid passing through the fluid flow path, and a control unit that controls a degree of open of the adjusting valve. The flow sensor units are each a thermal flow sensor unit. The control unit calculates a mass flow rate from an added output signal obtained by adding the output signals of the plurality of flow sensor units, and controls the degree of open of the adjusting valve.
US10895479B2	Ultrasonic flowmeter The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic flowmeter including: a measuring tube with a measuring tube wall and at least one pair of housings extending to an outer side of the measuring tube wall; a pair of ultrasonic transducers, each with a transducing element for generating and/or sensing ultrasonic pulses and a transducer body, wherein each of the housings is arranged to house one of the transducers, and wherein the housings have an inner first diameter; wherein transducer body includes a circumferential surface, and wherein the transducer body includes an end face, wherein the end face has a second diameter, and wherein the transducer includes at least one first protrusion protruding from the circumferential surface into a gap between the transducer body and the housing.
US10895477B2	Sine-cosine optical frequency encoder devices based on optical polarization properties Optical polarization-based devices and techniques are provided to enable low cost construction and easy signal processing to measure the light frequency via measurements of signals associated with a delay between the two orthogonal polarizations after passing through a DGD element and the retardation value of the DGD element without directly measuring the optical frequency. The optical detection may be designed in various configurations. In particular, for example, the optical detection may split the optical output of the DGD into two optical beams with two different optical detectors so that the final frequency information can be deducted into a pair of sine and cosine functions, such as a pair of sine and cosine functions of measured optical signal levels and the retardation value of the DGD element.
US10895475B2	Angular position sensor An angular position sensor includes a stator element with at least three coils, a rotor element rotatably mounted with respect to the stator element, and an evaluation unit configured to determine an angle of rotation between the rotor element and stator element. The rotor element is configured to inductively couple with each of the at least three coils with varying strengths based on the angle of rotation. The evaluation unit is further configured to supply the coils with alternating voltage in a cyclical manner and in sequence, so that a first respective part of the coils is supplied with alternating voltage and a remaining part is de-energized. The evaluation unit is additionally configured, in a cyclical manner in sequence with one or more de-energized coils, to detect at least one of a respective phase and an amount of an induced alternating voltage, and to determine the angle of rotation therefrom.
US10895473B2	Magnetoresistive effect element, manufacturing method thereof, and position detection apparatus The magnetoresistive effect element is provided with a plurality of magnetoresistive effect laminated bodies, a plurality of lower lead electrodes and upper lead electrodes that electrically connect the plurality of magnetoresistive effect laminated bodies in series, and a film that electrically connects the plurality of lower lead electrodes to each other so that none of the plurality of lower lead electrodes is electrically isolated.
US10895469B2	Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling hybrid vehicle An electronic control unit is configured to continue execution of the charge control until the hybrid vehicle passes a branch point between the congestion go-through route and the congestion avoidance route, when the electronic control unit changes the scheduled traveling route from a congestion go-through route including the congestion zone, to a congestion avoidance route for avoiding the congestion zone, during execution of the charge control.
US10895467B2	Distributed data processing systems for processing remotely captured sensor data Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing remotely captured sensor data. A computing platform having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, via the communication interface, from a user computing device, sensor data captured by the user computing device using one or more sensors built into the user computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may analyze the sensor data received from the user computing device by executing one or more data processing modules. Then, the computing platform may generate trip record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the trip record data in a trip record database. In addition, the computing platform may generate user record data based on analyzing the sensor data received from the user computing device and may store the user record data in a user record database.
US10895465B2	Optimizing a route selection for a highly autonomous vehicle The disclosure includes embodiments for optimizing a route selection for a highly autonomous vehicle (“HAV”) which provides an automated driving service. In some embodiments, a method includes: generating a set of candidate routes for a journey; aggregating external data describing one or more external factors which limit an availability of the automated driving service while traveling along the candidate routes; determining a first value for an optimal degree of automation for traveling the journey based on a condition of the driver and the preferences of the driver; determining a plurality of second values for a plurality of possible degrees of automation for each candidate route based on the external data; and selecting an optimum route from the set of candidate routes by comparing the first value to the plurality of second values to determine which of the candidate routes has a second value which is closest to the first value.
US10895461B2	Multi-day, multi-person, and multi-modal trip planning system A multi-day and multi-person trip planning system comprises a planning graph of nodes interconnected by transit arcs which both have associated time-variable costs and time. A user specifies user objectives within trip destinations and customizes a plurality of user preferences for a multi-day, multi-person, multi-modal trip. An optimizer compiles a plurality of permutations of visiting plans within the planning graph which satisfy the specified user objectives including routing to a plurality of trip destinations. The optimizer compares the permutations using mixed integer programming or constraint programming to identify at least one optimized visiting plan having a lowest aggregate associated cost or shortest travel time that also satisfies a plurality of constraints determined by the customizable user preferences or environment condition. Then the user interface presents at least one optimized visiting plan to a user or route related coupons.
US10895460B2	System and method for generating precise road lane map data An in-vehicle system for generating precise, lane-level road map data includes a GPS receiver operative to acquire positional information associated with a track along a road path. An inertial sensor provides time local measurement of acceleration and turn rate along the track, and a camera acquires image data of the road path along the track. A processor is operative to receive the local measurement from the inertial sensor and image data from the camera over time in conjunction with multiple tracks along the road path, and improve the accuracy of the GPS receiver through curve fitting. One or all of the GPS receiver, inertial sensor and camera are disposed in a smartphone. The road map data may be uploaded to a central data repository for post processing when the vehicle passes through a WiFi cloud to generate the precise road map data, which may include data collected from multiple drivers.
US10895455B2	Methods and ranging apparatus for positioning target object in target space The present invention relates to a method of positioning a target object in a target space by means of a ranging apparatus, the method comprises: acquiring a first size parameter of the target space on a first dimension; acquiring a second size parameter of the target object on the first dimension; and determining a first layout indication according to the first size parameter, the second size parameter and a first predetermined rule, the first layout indication containing information regarding a first target position of the target object on the first dimension of the target space. By means of the method in accordance with the invention, a desired positioning of the target object in the target space by means of a ranging apparatus may be implemented, such as being placed at the center or being placed at a one-third aliquot point, thus implementing the object placement and layout in the object space.
US10895446B2	Sensor-integrated disposable cover Examples are disclosed that relate to a disposable cover for an object, wherein the cover includes a passive sensing circuit loop. The sensing circuit loop is configured to inductively couple with a reusable sensor readout device that provides power and signal processing. The reusable sensor readout device wirelessly measures a sensor element printed as part of the sensing circuit loop through the inductively coupled channel. In one example, a disposable glove for a human hand includes a sensing circuit loop printed on the disposable glove.
US10895444B1	Device performing simultaneous localization and mapping A peripheral device that is used with a mixed reality system is thrown by the user of the mixed reality system and captures scene and mapping data of the area the peripheral is thrown into. Upon capturing the scene and mapping data, the peripheral transmits the data (in some embodiments, including processed results of evaluation of the data) to the mixed reality system. The mixed reality system displays a visual representation of the scene and mapping data on a near eye display. In some embodiments, the visual representation appears in real space enabling an effect where the user of the mixed reality system can see through walls or other obstructions. In some embodiments, the peripheral is configured to detonate upon the satisfaction of a variable set of conditions.
US10895443B2	More compact side force steering and attitude control system, and a vehicle including such a system An in-flight side force steering and attitude control system for a vehicle includes a thruster body and a plurality of valves distributed in first and second valve sets. The system further includes a first tank defined by a first cylindrical enclosure present at the center of the thruster body, the first tank containing a first solid propellant charge having at least one combustion face exposed at one end of the first tank, the first tank being in communication with the first valve set; and a second tank defined between the first cylindrical enclosure and a second cylindrical enclosure present around the first enclosure, the second tank containing a second solid propellant charge having at least one combustion face exposed at one end of the second tank, the second tank being in communication with the second valve set.
US10895440B2	Cut-on-contact broadhead A cut-on-contact broadhead having a ferrule and a plurality of deployable blades pivotally coupled to the ferrule. The ferrule includes a plurality of recesses, and at least one protrusion extending away from a surface of one or more of the plurality of recesses. Each of the plurality of blades includes a tip, an impact region, a first cutting edge, and a second cutting edge. During flight, the blades are in a fully retracted configuration forming a chisel tip having cutting edges defined at least in part by the first cutting edge of each blade. Upon impact, the plurality of blades are deployed into a swept-back configuration whereby the second cutting edges expand the bore initiated by the chisel tip.
US10895439B2	Armor mounting system and armor incorporating the same A modular armor system configured to be readily attached and detached from a frame surrounding a window in a vehicle or other structure, such as a building. The modular armor system may be configured to provide any desired ballistics protection rating. In one embodiment, the modular armor system includes a ballistics-grade armor panel having an outer strike face and an inner surface opposite the outer strike face. The modular armor system also includes a fastener coupled to the ballistics-grade armor panel. The fastener is configured to detachably couple the ballistics-grade armor panel to the frame surrounding the window in the vehicle or other structure.
US10895431B1	Archery release with unified thumb trigger adjustment A thumb trigger-type archery release includes a trigger that is configured to be pressed by the thumb of an archer to actuate the archery release. The position of the trigger relative to the body of the archery release can be adjusted by the archer via a thumb trigger adjustment mechanism that is part of the archery release. The thumb trigger adjustment mechanism enables fast and convenient positioning of the trigger by loosening and tightening only one fastening member.
US10895430B2	Firearm receiver assembly An upper receiver assembly for a firearm having an upper receiver with an integral barrel nut, a handguard assembly and a barrel nut assembly with a barrel and lock nut is provided. The barrel is received by the upper receiver and is secured directly to the upper receiver using the lock nut. The upper receiver also includes an integral handguard mounting member to which the handguard assembly may be directly attached. The upper receiver assembly allows the user to attach both the barrel and handguard assemblies directly to the upper receiver, independently of one another.
US10895423B2	Firearm The invention relates to a firearm comprising a housing (1) with a rigid barrel (2) arranged therein, a magazine that can be mounted in the receptacle of the housing (1) and provided with cartridges (4), a closure (3) that can be moved with respect to the housing (1) in the longitudinal direction of the barrel (2) and that is used to guide cartridges (4) from the magazine into a cartridge holder (5) or for ejecting empty cartridge cases. The closure (3) is mounted completely inside the housing (1) over its entire movement path. A sear frame (6) is coupled to the closure (3) which is tensioned by means of a closing spring (7) in the direction of the front closed position of the closure (3). The invention also relates to a locking block (8) coupled to the closure (3) when the closure is in the front closed position. The locking block (8) can be tensioned by a locking spring (9) in the direction of said position, and the locking block (8) can be moved when triggering a shot through the closure (3) by compressing the locking spring (9) only for one part of the movement path of the closure (3) until the decoupling position is reached together with the closure (3).
US10895421B2	Thermoelectric flow cloaking via metamaterials A thermoelectric cloak including an inner region and an external medium. The inner region has a cloaking effect and is simultaneously invisible from both heat and electric charge fluxes; and heat, electric currents, and gradients in the external medium are unaltered by the cloaking effect of the inner region.
US10895420B2	Hybrid fluid cooler method and apparatus A hybrid fluid cooler assembly that provides increased heat exchange. The apparatus includes a plurality of adjacently spaced arrays, each array having a plurality of cooling conduits in combination a direct heat exchange portion. In addition, the apparatus includes an airflow inlet that provides a single air flow current that traverses the direct heat exchange portion and then the indirect heat exchange portion in series.
US10895418B1	High-speed drying unit for locker A locker includes a pair of upstanding sidewalls and at least one compartment defined between the upstanding sidewalls. A drying compartment includes upper and lower horizontal panels, at least one of the upper and lower panels being hollow and extending at least partially between the sidewalls. A pair of compartment sidewalls are connected to the panels, at least one of the compartment sidewalls being in fluid communication with the at least one hollow upper and lower panels. A perforated rear panel is connected to the compartment sidewalls and the upper and lower panels and is in fluid communication with an interior of the drying compartment. A fan is disposed in one of the compartment sidewalls. The fan draws air from at least one hollow upper and lower panels, directs it into the interior of the drying compartment, and the air is exhausted from the compartment though the perforated rear panel.
US10895417B2	Method for the production of air gases by the cryogenic separation of air with improved front end purification and air compression A method and apparatus for the production of air gases by the cryogenic separation of air with front end purification and air compression can include using an available compressed dry gas such as nitrogen, oxygen, stored purified air, or synthetic air to repressurize the adsorber without diverting any of the purified air just exiting the currently on-line adsorber or changing the flow rate of the main air compressor or air sent to the cold box. This enables the main air compressor (MAC) to operate at a relatively constant flow rate while also sending a relatively constant air flow to the cold box during this repressurization step, thereby reducing the risks of process upsets and minimizing capital expenditures related to the MAC and other warm-end equipments.
US10895415B2	Shelf for domestic refrigeration appliance and domestic refrigeration appliance A shelf for a domestic refrigeration appliance includes an upper cover plate, a lower cover plate and a frame in which the cover plates are disposed. An intermediate space is formed between the cover plates as a thermally insulated space. A channel for conducting media is provided in the frame separately from the intermediate space. A domestic refrigeration appliance having the shelf is also provided.
US10895414B2	Drawer assembly for a laboratory instrument A drawer assembly for a laboratory instrument comprises a drawer loaded with a magazine. The drawer assembly comprises a frame comprising a portion adjacent the drawer that extends in a longitudinal direction. The drawer moves relative to the frame between a retracted position and an extended position. The frame comprises a path having a first portion and a second portion below the first portion. The drawer assembly comprises a rolling element moveable in the path and a lifting mechanism to lift the rolling element from a second portion to a first portion when the drawer is in the retracted position. The path is configured such that the rolling element is located in the first portion and contacts the drawer when the drawer is moved from the retracted position to the extended position and that the rolling element enters the second portion exclusively when the drawer is in the extended position.
US10895411B2	Cooling system An apparatus includes a high side heat exchanger, a flash tank, a subcooler, an expansion valve, a load, and a compressor. The high side heat exchanger removes heat from a refrigerant. The flash tank stores the refrigerant. The subcooler heat exchanger receives the refrigerant. During a first mode of operation, the load uses the refrigerant to cool a space proximate the load and the compressor compresses the refrigerant. During a second mode of operation, the subcooler heat exchanger directs the refrigerant to the expansion valve, transfers heat from the refrigerant from the flash tank to the refrigerant from the expansion valve and directs the refrigerant from the expansion valve to the compressor. During the second mode of operation, the compressor compresses the refrigerant from the subcooler heat exchanger and directs the compressed refrigerant from the subcooler heat exchanger to the load to defrost the first load.
US10895403B2	Electric heating device for heating fluids An electric heating device for heating fluids, comprising a housing, inlet and outlet connection pieces arranged at inlet and outlet openings of the housing, respectively, a flow path in the housing through which the fluid to be heated flows leading from the inlet connection piece to the outlet connection piece, and an electric heating unit attached to the housing. The flow path comprises inlet and outlet chambers and at least two flow channels running side by side from the inlet to the outlet chambers. A separating wall separates two flow channels from one another. Each flow channel has an inlet section connected to the inlet chamber and defining an inlet flow direction and an outlet section connected to the outlet chamber and defining an outlet flow direction. The inlet connection piece is oriented in the inlet flow direction and/or the outlet connection piece is oriented in the outlet flow direction.
US10895401B2	Movement mechanism, panel mechanism and household appliance The disclosure provides a movement mechanism for a panel mechanism of a household appliance. wherein, the movement mechanism includes: a rotary disc (21), rotatably provided, a first support (22) is fixedly provided on the rotary disc (21), and a free end of the first support (22) having a first connection portion; and a second support (23), the second support (23) and the rotary disc (21) being hinged to a second connection portion, a first end of the second support (23) having a third connection portion, and the third connection portion being movable along a predetermined track when the rotary disc (21) rotates.
US10895398B2	Recessed-mounted air conditioning unit An embodiment includes an air conditioner, including: a housing including an ambient side and an enclosure side, where the enclosure side faces an enclosure to be cooled by the air conditioner; the ambient side including an interface that fits in a flush-mounted configuration with respect to a wall of the enclosure to be cooled, whereby the entire air conditioner is disposed within the enclosure. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10895394B2	Air conditioning visualization system Provided is an air conditioning visualization system including an image capturing unit to capture an image, an air conditioner setting acquisition unit to specify at least one air conditioner exerting an influence on a space included in the captured image from a plurality of air conditioners and to acquire the operation setting of this at least one air conditioner, and a display unit to display a visualization image obtained by visualizing the influence exerted on the space by this at least one air conditioner.
US10895393B2	Variable refrigerant flow system with pressure optimization using extremum-seeking control A variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system for a building includes a plurality of outdoor VRF units configured to heat or cool a refrigerant for use in heating or cooling the building and an extremum-seeking controller. The extremum-seeking controller is configured to determine a total power consumption of the plurality of outdoor VRF units, generate a pressure setpoint for the plurality of outdoor VRF units using an extremum-seeking control technique that drives the total power consumption toward an extremum, and use the pressure setpoint to operate the plurality of outdoor VRF units.
US10895392B2	Systems and methods for heating and cooling a facility Improved systems for heating and cooling a space may include a heating and cooling unit for providing heating and cooling functions mounted inside a housing assembly and a display unit mounted to the housing assembly. A control unit may be coupled to the heating and cooling unit and the display unit. The control unit may be operative to cause an image or video associated with heat be displayed on the display unit when the heating and cooling unit is in the heating mode of operation and to cause an image or video associated with coolness be displayed on the display unit when the heating and cooling unit is in the cooling mode of operation. The control unit may be coupled to a server that enables remotes operation of the system via a client application. Other implementations also may be provided.
US10895387B2	Hybrid heat pump water heaters A water heater can include a tank, an inlet line, and an outlet line, where the inlet line provides unheated water to the tank, and where the outlet line draws heated water from the tank for a hot water demand. The water heater can also include a heat pump disposed adjacent to a first portion of the tank, where the heat pump applies heat to transform the unheated water to heated water in the first portion of the tank. The water heater can further include a resistive heating element disposed within a second portion of the tank, where the resistive heating element further applies heat to transform the unheated water to heated water in the second portion of the tank.
US10895386B2	Kitchen extractor hood with vortex flow An extractor hood has a box body, an extractor fan with at least one inlet in communication with an internal chamber of the box body, a delivery fan with an inlet in communication with the internal chamber of the box body and a delivery outlet in communication with a delivery conduit, a distributor disposed at the end of the delivery conduit. The distributor has an annular body and a plurality of deflector fins that protrude from the internal surface of the annular body in such a way to generate at least one vortex-shaped flow that rotates around the axis of the distributor under the distributor and in front of the opening of the base portion of the box body through which fumes are extracted.
US10895385B2	Cooking apparatus Cooking apparatus (10) includes heating chamber (4) in which an object to be heated is rested, radiant heater unit (38) provided inside heating chamber (4) and operating in the preheating mode and cooking mode, and a control unit controlling radiant heater unit (38). The control unit is configured to make radiant heater unit (38) operate in the standby mode, which is a mode after the preheating mode ends and until the cooking mode starts. According to this aspect, the surface temperature of radiant heater unit (38) is kept at a high level during the standby mode to suppress uneven browning due to variations in the surface temperature of radiant heater unit (38) when cooking starts.
US10895378B1	Decorative electronic lamp A decorative electronic lamp including one or more stone portions arranged in a defined pattern and a wiring housing is disclosed. At least one stone portion of one or more stone portions includes a provision for the installment of at least one light source or one or more light sources. The wiring housing is configured to house electrical wires extending from one or more light sources to an electrical power supply through one or more stone portions.
US10895376B2	Light source device A light source device includes a housing having a great length along a predetermined direction, a plurality of light emitting elements which are placed in the housing and are arranged along the predetermined direction, and one or more heat dissipation members which are placed in the housing and are thermally connected with the light emitting elements. A first intake port through which air is sucked into the housing is provided in one end in the housing. An exhaust port through which air is discharged to an outside is provided in the other end in the housing. A space where the other side in the predetermined direction faces the heat dissipation member is formed in the housing. A second intake port through which air is sucked into the space from the outside is provided in a side surface between the first intake port and the exhaust port in the housing.
US10895373B1	Light projection device A light projection device includes a tubular casing having a light-emitting part at one tube end; a light source configured with a light-emitting diode; and a light amount control mechanism positioned between the light source and the light-emitting part. The light amount control mechanism includes a rotating body, an operating part attached to the rotating body such as to allow for rotary operation of the rotating body from outside the casing, a variable resistor, and a link mechanism operably connecting the rotating body and the variable resistor such that a forward movement of the rotating body causes a movable part of the variable resistor to move in a direction in which the amount of current is increased and such that a backward movement of the rotating body causes the movable part of the variable resistor to move in a direction in which the amount of current is decreased.
US10895372B2	Light source board, manufacturing method thereof, and luminous keyboard using the same A light source board includes a substrate; a metal reactive layer disposed on the substrate; a metal conductive layer disposed on the metal reactive layer; a metal alloy layer disposed on the metal conductive layer; and at least one light source disposed on the metal alloy layer. A material of the metal reactive layer is a Sn—Bi type alloy or a Sn—Ag—Cu type alloy, and arrangements of materials of the metal reactive layer and the metal conductive layer are respectively an arrangement of silver paste and copper, an arrangement of silver paste and nickel, an arrangement of silver paste and silver, an arrangement of copper paste and copper, an arrangement of copper paste and nickel, or an arrangement of copper paste and silver.
US10895368B2	Flush mount lighting fixture In an example embodiment, a lighting fixture comprising a lighting device and a mounting bracket is provided. The lighting device comprises a front cover, a back cover, a frame, and at least one LED mounted within the interior of the lighting device. The frame has an interior edge that is in contact with a perimeter of the front cover and a perimeter of the back cover. The front cover, the back cover, and the frame define the interior of the lighting device. At least one of the frame and the back cover comprises one or more attachment mechanisms. The mounting bracket comprises a junction box mounting element configured for securing the mounting bracket to a junction box or a mounting surface, and one or more attachment mechanism mating elements configured to mate with the one or more attachment mechanisms when the lighting device is rotated within the mounting bracket to secure the lighting device into the mounting bracket.
US10895364B2	Energy reduction optics A light fixture for lighting a surface includes a housing, a plurality of light sources, and a molded optic through which light from the light sources is directed. The molded optic further includes a plurality of concave aspheric optical surfaces in a first side of the molded optic, each of the concave aspheric optical surfaces partially enclosing one or more of the plurality of light sources, wherein the aspheric concave optical surfaces receive light directly from the respective light sources, and a plurality of convex aspheric optical surfaces disposed respectively opposite the plurality of concave aspheric optical surfaces on a second side of the molded optic, opposite the first side. The light sources and the aspheric optical surfaces cooperate to direct light onto the surface in an illumination field that is generally rectangular.
US10895363B2	Illumination feature for electronic devices The present disclosure provides an illumination feature for an electronic device. A light cone is used to direct light from a light emitter to an interior surface of a housing of an electronic device in one of a variety of geometric, alphabetic, or numerical designs.
US10895362B2	Lighting device having a plurality of light sources and a light guide A lighting device may include a plurality of light sources which are disposed on the circumference of a concentric circle, a light guide which surrounds the light sources and is disposed adjacent to the light sources, and a cover member which surrounds the upper surfaces of the light sources and the upper and side surfaces of the light guide. The light guide has a first surface in the light source direction and a second surface in a direction opposite to the light source which have an inclination with respect to the optical axis of the light emitted from the light sources. The cover member has a light transmitting pattern in a light diffusion region facing the upper surface of the light guide.
US10895361B1	Optical device for an automobile vehicle The present invention related to an optical device comprising: a light guide; at least one first light source and at least one second light source; at least one first optical coupler and at least one second optical coupler; and at least one collimator to generate a first collimated light beam and a second collimated light beam. The at least one first optical coupler is configured to receive the first collimated light beam and directs the first collimated light beam along a first optical axis towards a first region of the light exit face to perform a first photometric function. The at least one second optical coupler is configured to receive the second collimated light beam and directs the second collimated light beam along a second optical axis towards a second region of the light exit face to perform a second photometric function.
US10895357B2	Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp forms an additional high-beam light distribution pattern with light emitted though a projection lens from a plurality of light emitting elements. The plurality of light emitting elements are disposed to be aligned in a transverse direction below a rear focal point of the projection lens and can be lit individually. The vehicle lamp forms an additional light distribution pattern by lighting the plurality of light emitting elements at the same time to form a high-beam light distribution pattern. In addition, the vehicle lamp forms another additional light distribution pattern where a part of the additional light distribution pattern is omitted by selectively lighting a part of the plurality of light emitting elements so as to form an intermediate light distribution pattern.
US10895355B2	Assembly and method for realising a lamp incorporated into a masonry wall An assembly for realising a lamp incorporated into a masonry wall, comprises a lamp housing that delimits a lamp seat suitable to house a lamp body, and a mould suitable to be removably fixed to the lamp housing and to the inner side of a formwork in which the pouring is carried out, so as to realise, after pouring cement in the formwork, a light-emission cavity open on the outer surface of the masonry wall. The mould is suitable to rigidly support the lamp housing before and during the pouring of the cement and is provided with mould fastening means suitable to removably fix the mould to the inner side of the formwork.
US10895352B1	LED tube capable of being supplied with electricity by electrical ballast and mains supply An LED tube is provided. Two ends of the LED tube respectively have two conductive pin assemblies electrically connected to the mains supply and a detecting control component in the LED tube and electrically connected to an electrical ballast. A voltage conversion device perform an AC-DC voltage conversion. A recognizable electrical ballast detects a voltage state of the voltage conversion device to recognize a voltage impedance complying with the electrical ballast or the mains supply, thereby generating a feedback signal. A signal receiving module of the voltage impedance signal-recognizing device obtains the feedback signal, and the signal executing module of the voltage impedance signal-recognizing device generates a DC starting voltage complying with the electrical ballast or the mains supply. The DC starting voltage is filtered by the DC filtering module, and an outputted current magnitude of the DC starting voltage is adjusted by the buck-boost constant current module.
US10895351B2	High-bay light-emitting diode (LED) light fixture A high-bay light-emitting diode (LED) light fixture. The fixture may include a driver chamber assembly. The driver chamber assembly may include a driver chamber body having an upper end and a base end, wherein the driver chamber body may be substantially dome shaped; an LED driver module operationally positioned in the driver chamber body; and a receiver portion provided at about a center portion of the upper end of the driver chamber body. The fixture may include an LED assembly. The LED assembly may include an LED housing, that may include a mating portion adapted to couple with the base end of the driver chamber body; one or more LED boards housed within the LED housing; a plurality of LEDs arranged on the one or more LED boards; and a lens, wherein the lens may be adapted to cover the one or more LED boards.
US10895348B2	Integrated composite mounting structure for use in pressure vessels and pressure vessel systems A pressure vessel mounting structure (10) includes a plurality of bands (11) made of a composite material cured about the exterior surface (35) of the pressure vessel (30) to form an integral part of the vessel. The bands (11) may be spaced apart from one another to form a crisscrossing helical grid pattern with opposing ends (21) of the bands extending past a respective end (31) of the pressure vessel (30) and toward a longitudinal centreline (33) of the pressure vessel (30) to form a skirt (17). The skirt (17) provides mounting mounts (15) as well as a vertical standing mount for the vessel.
US10895344B2	Equipment hanger Equipment hangers, especially equipment hangers that can be used for hunting and camping. The hangers are especially constructed to be rugged and stable when in use as there is a stabilizing system that is integrally built into the hangers.
US10895342B2	Composite article A composite article has an increased peel strength and includes a first layer including a low surface energy polymer. The composite article also includes a poly(meth)acrylate layer, an epoxide layer, and a polyurethane elastomer layer. The poly(meth)acrylate layer is disposed on and in direct contact with the first layer. Moreover, the poly(meth)acrylate layer includes a poly(meth)acrylate that includes the reaction product of at least one (meth)acrylate that is polymerized in the presence of an organoborane initiator. The epoxide layer is disposed on and in direct contact with the poly(meth)acrylate layer. The polyurethane elastomer layer is disposed on and in direct contact with the epoxide layer. The composite article has a 90° peel strength of at least 50 pli measured using ASTM D6862.
US10895340B2	Trunk line manifold system Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus for transporting fluids including a chassis having wheels and a hitch, the hitch arranged at a first end and the wheels arranged at a second end. The apparatus also includes a high pressure trunk line extending along a length of the chassis, the high pressure trunk line having high pressure inlets for coupling one or more lines directing high pressure fluids into the high pressure trunk line. The apparatus includes one or more low pressure lines, the one or more low pressure lines arranged proximate the high pressure trunk line and having suction outlets along the length of the chassis. The apparatus includes an inlet manifold positioned at the second end of the chassis, the inlet manifold being coupled to the one or more low pressure lines to supply a low pressure fluid to the one or more low pressure lines.
US10895332B2	Lead service water pipe line removal apparatus and method An apparatus and a method of extracting buried lead water supply pipe with minimal excavation and which allows removal and containment of the lead pipe. The extraction apparatus includes a frame having an upwardly extending mast, a guide pulley mounted on the frame, and a pulling apparatus. A take-up spool is mounted on the mast between the guide pulley and pulling apparatus and positioned to allow a pipe pulling cable to be wrapped therearound into a non-linear path between the guide pulley and the pulling apparatus. Extracted pipe is pulled into the non-linear path until the pipe is fully extracted from the ground. Multiple spiral loops around the take-up spool by the pulling cable may be necessary to fully contain the extracted pipe. Following extraction, the pipe may be unspooled from the take-up spool, the pulling cable removed for re-use, and the pipe may then be sent for disposal.
US10895328B2	Hydraulic steering unit A hydraulic steering unit is described comprising a housing (1) and a non-return valve (2) having a ball (3) and a valve seat (4) at an end of a channel (5) in the housing (1), wherein a movement of the ball (3) away from the valve seat (4) is limited by an abutment (7) in the channel (5). Such a steering unit should have a non-return valve which can be produced with low costs. To this end the abutment (7) extends transversely through the channel.
US10895325B2	Sealing high pressure flow devices Apparatus and method contemplating a high pressure fluid end assembly having a body defining a body bore and defining a recess in the body intersecting the body bore. A closure is joined to the body and forms a sealing surface. A seal is mounted to the body in the recess and configured to extend from the recess beyond the body bore to seal against the sealing surface formed by the closure.
US10895323B2	Shaft sealing device and electric rotary machine In the shaft sealing device according to one embodiment, a seal ring includes a machine-interior-side seal ring member, and a machine-exterior-side seal ring member. A ring gap is left between the machine-interior-side seal ring member and the machine-exterior-side seal ring member. A seal gap is left between an inner peripheral surface of the machine-interior-side seal ring member and an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft and between an inner peripheral surface of the machine-exterior-side seal ring member and the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft. The inner peripheral surface of the machine-interior-side seal ring member is a flat surface that generally follows along the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft, and a groove extending along a direction of rotation of the rotary shaft is formed in the inner peripheral surface of the machine-exterior-side seal ring member.
US10895320B2	Vehicle drive device A vehicle drive device including: a first rotary electric machine; a second rotary electric machine; a first coupler drivingly coupled to a first wheel; a second coupler drivingly coupled to a second wheel; a transmission device that transmits torque of the first rotary electric machine to at least the first coupler out of the first coupler and the second coupler, and transmits torque of the second rotary electric machine to at least the second coupler out of the first coupler and the second coupler; and a case that accommodates the first rotary electric machine, the second rotary electric machine, the first coupler, the second coupler, and the transmission device.
US10895317B2	Magnetic filter in a fluid channel upsteam of electric motor in a modular hybrid transmission A hybrid drive unit configured for arrangement in a torque path upstream from a transmission and downstream from an internal combustion engine is provided. The hybrid drive unit includes an electric motor, a clutch configured for selectively coupling the internal combustion engine to the electric motor for driving the transmission, and a housing supporting the electric motor. The housing includes a fluid inlet channel for directing cooling fluid from the transmission to the electric motor. The hybrid drive unit also includes a filter assembly attached to the housing. The filter assembly is arranged in a fluid flow path of the cooling fluid downstream of the inlet and upstream of the electric motor. The filter assembly is configured for removing ferrous metallic particles from the cooling fluid.
US10895312B2	Hydrokinetic torque-coupling device having lock-up clutch with dual piston assembly A hydrokinetic torque-coupling device for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising a casing rotatable about a rotational axis, a torque converter including an impeller wheel and a turbine wheel, a lockup clutch including a dual piston assembly, and a selective clutch disposed outside of the casing. The selective clutch includes an input member and an output member non-rotatably mounted to the casing. The dual piston assembly includes a main piston and at least one secondary piston mounted to the main piston and axially moveable relative thereto. The main piston is selectively axially moveable relative to the casing and the at least one secondary piston between a lockup position and a non-lockup position. The output member is selectively axially moveable relative to the input member between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The output member selectively is axially moveable by action of the at least one secondary piston.
US10895311B2	Four-pass torque converter with variable-pitch stator and bypass clutch A torque converter includes a turbine disposed in a hydrodynamic chamber. A bypass clutch has an apply chamber fluidly isolated from the hydrodynamic chamber. A first hydraulic passage is in fluid communication with the apply chamber. A variable-pitch stator including blades controllable by an actuator that has a chamber in fluid communication with the first hydraulic passage.
US10895310B2	Side plate to stator attachment for torque converter A stator assembly of a torque converter includes a stator having circumferentially arranged blades, an inner ring, and projections circumferentially arranged around the inner ring and extending radially inward therefrom. An annular plate is circumscribed by the inner ring and has a plurality of attachment portions circumferentially arranged around an outer surface of the plate. Each of the attachment portions engages with an associated one of the projections and has a pair of spaced anti-rotation tabs that define a receptacle. The receptacle receives the associated one of the projections to prevent relative rotation between the stator and the plate.
US10895301B2	Fluid-filled vibration-damping device A fluid-filled vibration-damping device including: a pressure-receiving chamber with a non-compressible fluid filled therein; an equilibrium chamber with the non-compressible fluid filled therein; an orifice passage connecting the pressure-receiving chamber and the equilibrium chamber with each other; a relief configured to open a short-circuit passage by an action of a negative pressure occurring in the pressure-receiving chamber upon input of an impact load so as to connect the pressure-receiving chamber with the equilibrium chamber so that cavitation is suppressed; and at least one leak passage provided at a part of the short-circuit passage in the relief, the at least one leak passage keeping a communication state between the pressure-receiving chamber and the equilibrium chamber with a smaller passage cross section than that of the orifice passage, even when the short-circuit passage is not opened.
US10895300B2	Air spring with several damping devices An air spring for a motor vehicle or a driver's cab of a motor vehicle has a cover, a rolling piston and at least one air spring bellows. At least two damping devices are integrated into the air spring.
US10895297B2	Disc brake A disc brake having a piston and a wear adjustment mechanism. The piston has a hollow rotatable portion. The wear adjustment mechanism may include a friction clutch having one or more input plates and one or more output plates arranged in a face-contacting relationship. The output plate(s) may be located within the rotatable portion and may directly drivingly engage the rotatable portion.
US10895287B2	Clutch device The disclosed clutch device includes a clutch housing, a clutch center, a pressure plate, a clutch part, and a cam mechanism. The clutch center includes a first tubular portion shaped to protrude to a first side in an axial direction. The pressure plate includes a plurality of cam portions and a second tubular portion. The plurality of cam portions include a plurality of cam surfaces shaped to protrude to a second side in the axial direction. The second tubular portion is provided on an inner peripheral side of the first tubular portion so as to protrude to the second side in the axial direction. The second tubular portion couples at least part of the plurality of cam portions. The clutch part allows and blocks transmission of power from the clutch housing to an output side. The cam mechanism includes the plurality of cam surfaces and controls a pressing force applied to the clutch part.
US10895285B2	Torque converter installation assist An automatic transmission assembly includes a torque converter drivably engaged with a transmission. The torque converter has an impeller with a hub. The hub has an exterior surface, a hub end face, and a first chamfered edge between the exterior surface and the hub end face. A gear has an axial opening, a gear end face, and a second chamfered edge between the axial opening and the gear end face. First and second extensions extend from the second chamfered edge. The first and second extensions extend in a direction normal to the second chamfered edge. During indexing of the torque converter, the first and second extensions contact the first chamfered edge.
US10895282B2	Magnetic bearing device and fluid mechanical system A controller performs, in a first mode, a first operation for controlling composite electromagnetic force of electromagnets such that a target member moves within a predetermined moving range, and a second operation for acquiring temperature drift correlation information indicative of a correlation between a reference value and an input-output characteristic of a position sensor, based on the reference value and the input-output characteristic of the position sensor in the first operation. The controller performs, in a second mode, a third operation for controlling the composite electromagnetic force of the electromagnets according to a signal level of a detection signal from the position sensor, and a fourth operation for compensating the input-output characteristic of the position sensor in the third operation, based on the temperature drift correlation information and the reference value in the third operation.
US10895278B2	Apparatus for limiting rotation of steering wheel Provided is an apparatus for limiting rotation of a steering wheel, and more particularly, an apparatus for limiting rotation of a steering wheel, whereby a rotation angle of the steering wheel can be limited to a predetermined angle. The apparatus for limiting rotation of the steering wheel, installed in a steering system, includes: an end-stopper disposed inside a housing through which a steering shaft on which the steering wheel is installed, passes, and the end-stopper limiting a rotation angle of the steering wheel to a predetermined angle.
US10895276B2	Two material joint design A two material joint design may be made of a first piece made of a first material. The first piece including a first mating portion of a joint. The design may also have a second piece made of a second material. The second material is different than the first material. The second piece includes a second mating portion of the joint complementary in shape to the first mating portion.
US10895275B2	Tool-less assembling of electronic board on chassis The present subject matter relates to screws for tool-less assembling of an electronic board on a chassis. In an example implementation, the screw comprises a threaded pin to secure the screw on the electronic board using a nut. The screw also comprises a screw head that fits into a hook on the chassis when the electronic board is assembled on the chassis. The screw further comprises a flange integral to the screw and positioned between the threaded pin and the screw head. The flange is extended radially to support the electronic board and is positioned at a distance from the screw head based on a gap to be maintained between the electronic board and the chassis.
US10895273B2	Hydraulic lifting column A hydraulic lifting column comprising a base structure, a head structure and a lifting structure. The lifting structure comprising a hydraulic power unit and hydraulic linear actuators extending between the base structure and the head structure, the hydraulic power unit acting on the hydraulic linear actuators. The lifting structure comprising four linear actuator units with a mutually parallel, vertically oriented working direction. Each linear actuator unit comprising a double cylinder having two-cylinder bores arranged next to one another and two piston structures with piston rods oriented parallel to one another and extendable in opposite directions from the double cylinder. The four lower piston rods are connected to the base structure at the corners of a first quadrilateral and the four upper piston rods are connected to the head structure at the corners of a second quadrilateral.
US10895271B2	Hybrid hydrostatic rotary actuator apparatus There is disclosed a rotary actuator apparatus for hydraulically or pneumatically rotating a robotic joint. In an embodiment the apparatus comprises: a curved piston rotatably coupled to an axle shaft, and positioned within a curved piston chamber; resilient barrier modules are adapted to separate the curved piston within the curved piston chamber from first and second hydraulic or pneumatic chambers on either side of the curved piston chamber; whereby, in use, the curved piston is configured to rotate about the axle shaft upon hydraulic or pneumatic pressure being applied to at least one of the first and second hydraulic or pneumatic chambers.
US10895269B2	Double acting hydraulic pressure intensifier A double acting hydraulic pressure intensifier (1) is described comprising a housing (2), a first piston arrangement (7) having a first high pressure piston (8) in a first high pressure chamber (3) in the housing (2) and a first low pressure piston (9) in a first low pressure chamber (5) of the housing (2), a second piston arrangement (10), having a second high pressure piston (11) in a second high pressure chamber (4) in the housing (2) and a second low pressure piston (12) in a second low pressure chamber (6) in the housing (2), and a switching valve (14) having a valve element (15). Such a pressure intensifier should be made compact. To this end the switching valve (14) is located between the first piston arrangement (7) and the second piston arrangement (10).
US10895268B2	Variable stator vane structure of axial compressor In an axial compressor including a row of rotor blades (70) provided on a rotational shaft (20) around a central axial line of the rotational shaft at a prescribed pitch, and a row of stator vanes (40) provided on a casing around the central axial line at a prescribed pitch so as to adjoin the row of rotor blades on an upstream or downstream side thereof, the rotor blades each extend along a radial line (R) emanating from the central axial line, and the stator vanes each extend along a slanted line (I) that is slanted with respect to a corresponding radial line in a circumferential direction.
US10895260B2	Scroll compressor with oil separation member A scroll compressor includes a casing, and an internal sealed space in the casing; a drive motor configured with a stator and a rotor which rotates within the stator, and that has an internal flow passage and an external flow passage; a rotation shaft connected to the rotor; a compression unit that includes a first scroll, and a second scroll which is engaged with the first scroll to form a compression chamber, with which the rotation shaft is eccentrically combined; a discharge pipe that communicates with an upper space of the internal space; an oil separation member disposed in the upper space; and a guidance member that is provided between an upper end of the drive motor and a lower end of the discharge pipe and guides the refrigerant with which the oil is mixed, to the oil separation member.
US10895258B2	Vacuum pump A vacuum pump according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a pump housing and a cooling pipe. The pump housing is constituted by cast iron. The cooling pipe includes an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface and is constituted by stainless steel. The cooling pipe passes through the pump housing and the outer circumferential surface which is in close contact with the pump housing, is constituted by a sensitized layer. This vacuum pump is formed such that the pump housing constituted by cast iron is casted around the cooling pipe constituted by stainless steel. The sensitized layer is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the cooling pipe, the sensitized layer is in contact with the pump housing, and the pump housing is efficiently cooled.
US10895254B2	Pressure pump valve monitoring system A monitoring system may include a position sensor, a strain gauge, and a computing device for determining the condition of a valve in a chamber of a pump using strain measurements. The strain gauge may determine strain in the chamber. The position sensor may determine the position of a crankshaft coupled to a plunger in the chamber. The computing device may receive signals generated by the strain gauge and the position sensor related to the strain in the chamber and the position of the crankshaft, respectively, and may process the signals to determine delays in the actuation of the valves.
US10895252B2	Fluid pumping device A fluid pumping device includes a barrel body and a piston mechanism. The barrel body has a cavity. The piston mechanism includes a piston member, a first annular plug, and a second annular plug. The piston member movably extends into the cavity. The piston member has two annular grooves where the first and the second annular plugs are disposed respectively. Each of the first the second annular plugs has an annular base section and an annular protrusion section. The annular protrusion section has a first outer annular abutting face. The annular base section has an outer annular base face. The first outer annular abutting face abuts against the inner wall of the cavity.
US10895250B1	Solar powered emergency water pump system The present invention is a solar powered emergency water pump system designed to be used in combination with a private water well system to provide water when a power outage or other failure disables the primary pump system. The invention is comprised of the following major components: a solar panel for gathering energy, a battery for storing energy for energy supply at night, a controller for converting and directing energy flow, a microprocessor for system control and diagnostics, a hydraulic pump, a submersible hydraulic motor and lifting pump, tubing or piping for water transfer and a container for storing the emergency water. The system is designed for the pump to run 24 hours a day supplying water at a low rate.
US10895247B2	Wind turbine nacelle comprising a rear frame structure with flexible joints A nacelle of a wind turbine includes a rear frame structure (1), the rear frame structure (1) having a plurality of truss members (2), and a plurality of joints (3), each joint (3) interconnecting ends of at least two truss members (2). Each joint (3) includes a central portion (6) and at least two connecting portions (7) extending away from the central portion (6), each connecting portion (7) being arranged to form an interface towards a truss member (2), and each connecting portion (7) being significantly more flexible than the central portion (6) and significantly more flexible than the truss members (2). The rear frame structure (1) is capable of improved handling of bending moments due to the increased flexibility of the connecting portions (7).
US10895242B2	Output reinforcement device of power generator and natural energy type power generator To enable an increase in a torque amount applied to a blade with simple and low-cost means in a natural energy type power generator. An output reinforcement device of a power generator according to an embodiment is an output reinforcement device of a power generator including a rotor that includes at least one blade driven by renewable energy and a hub attached with the blade, the output reinforcement device including a casing that has a tubular shape and disposed to surround the hub, the casing having a through-hole through which the blade is inserted and being configured to rotate together with the rotor.
US10895240B2	Ignition coil unit An ignition coil unit comprises a primary coil, a secondary coil, a housing and a terminal metallic part. A portion of the terminal metallic part is buried in a burying wall formed in the housing. The other portion of the terminal metallic part is disposed in an interior of the housing. The terminal metallic part includes an inner terminal extended from a burying wall main surface and at least partially disposed in the interior of the housing. The inner terminal includes a terminal first portion extended along a normal line of the terminal burying wall main surface from the terminal burying wall main surface to the interior of the housing and a terminal second portion extended upward from the terminal first portion. The housing includes a protrusion to horizontally protrude from the terminal burying wall main surface while facing the bottom surface of the terminal first portion.
US10895239B2	Pinion gear and starter with pinion gear To suppress generation of noise during cranking, a pinion gear is fixed to a drive shaft of a starter starting an internal combustion engine. The pinion gear rotates a ring gear provided to the internal combustion engine by meshing therewith. The pinion gear includes gear teeth and an annular hollow portion located radially inside of the gear teeth. The annular hollow portion accommodates a vibration absorber to absorb vibration generated in the gear tooth.
US10895229B2	Catalytic decomposition of sterol glycosides in a diesel fuel filter The present disclosure relates to a fuel filter (1) for filtering diesel fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine (2). The fuel filter (1) includes a filter element (12, 19) for trapping and decomposing precipitates suspended in the diesel fuel. An solid acid catalyst like a zeolite is provided for decomposing precipitates trapped by the filter element (12, 19). Sterol glycosides (precipitates) are splitted into sterol and glycoside moieties, which are soluble in the biodiesel, thus preventing clogging of the filter by sterol glycoside agglomerates. The sterol and glycoside moieties pass to the engine where they are burnt. The present disclosure also relates to a method of filtering diesel fuel for supply to an internal combustion engine (2).
US10895220B2	Hidden link system blocker door A system for deploying a blocker door of a nacelle includes a master link configured to be coupled to a fixed structure of the nacelle and a master crank pivotally attached to the master link. The system further includes a first door crank and a first door link pivotally coupled to the first door crank. The system further includes a first blocker door coupled to the first door link and a first driveshaft coupled to the master crank and to the first door crank and configured to transfer motion from the master crank to the first door crank such that aft translation of a translating sleeve of the nacelle drives the master crank via the master link, which drives the first door link via the first driveshaft and the first door crank to move the first blocker door into a bypass air duct defined by the nacelle.
US10895217B2	Control apparatus for internal combustion engine Provided is a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine which can achieve required torque and avoid the risk of an accidental fire even in the case where an error occurs in final injection termination timing. A microcomputer calculates T902 which has been further advanced from T106 which precedes ignition timing by time required for vaporization of fuel injected into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The microcomputer determines whether final injection termination timing (T903) comes after T106 or T902. When it has been determined that final injection termination timing (T1204) comes after T106 or T902, the microcomputer controls an injector or an ignition device so as to secure time for vaporization of the fuel injected into the cylinder of the internal combustion engine while satisfying a fuel injection amount required in one combustion cycle.
US10895215B2	Control system for pre-mixture compression-ignition engine A control system for a pre-mixture compression-ignition engine is provided, configured such that in a first combustion mode, the control unit controls the fuel injection valve to have a fuel amount within a mixture gas in an outer circumferential portion of the combustion chamber larger than in the center portion, the swirl generating part to generate a swirl flow in the outer circumferential portion, and the spark plug to ignite the mixture gas in the center portion. In a second combustion mode, the control unit controls the fuel injection valve to start a fuel injection on intake stroke so that the mixture gas is formed in the entire combustion chamber, the swirl generating part so that a swirl flow becomes weaker than in the first combustion mode, and the spark plug to ignite the mixture gas before CTDC.
US10895211B2	Device, program, recording medium, and method for determining device normality and abnormality involving loads A reference range identifying device acquires and records, at a predetermined time interval, a measuring result of a load and exhaust temperature of an engine. The device identifies, based on combinations of the load and exhaust temperature recorded at multiple points of time, for each load zone, for example a 95% confidence interval of a distribution of exhaust temperatures as a reference range. Subsequently, the device calculates an approximate curve for lower limits and upper limits of reference ranges identified for the load zones. The device identifies a range sandwiched by the calculated two approximate curves as a reference range that changes in accordance with a load. The device, upon detecting that a current load and exhaust temperature of the engine is not included in the reference range, notifies the detected fact to a user.
US10895207B2	Method of operating an engine assembly A method of operating an engine assembly is provided. The engine assembly comprises an engine and a turbocharger assembly, wherein a control parameter of the turbocharger assembly is controllable in order to control a level of boost provided by the turbocharger assembly. The method comprises determining a desirable pressure limit of exhaust gases upstream of a turbine of the turbocharger assembly, predicting a desirable limit value of the control parameter to be applied to the turbocharger assembly in order to achieve the desirable pressure limit, determining an error in the desirable limit value of the control parameter, adjusting the desirable limit value of the control parameter based on the error, and controlling the operation of the turbocharger assembly such that the adjusted limit value is not exceeded.
US10895206B2	Method and system for engine idle speed control Methods and systems are provided for improving fuel economy by opportunistically lowering engine idle speed below a base idle speed when electrical loads are not present. A hydraulic brake pressure is increased when the idle speed is raised, in anticipation of vehicle propulsion. The brake pressure counteracts any creep torque and unintended vehicle acceleration resulting from the rising engine idle speed.
US10895205B1	Multi-port injection system A multi-port injection system for injecting fluid into a plurality of fluid injection ports during a plurality of fluid injection cycles. The system provides highly accurate measurement of the volume of fluid injected into each injection port during each fluid injection cycle. The system generally includes a fluid holding tank, measuring tubes, a pump, a plurality of port valves coupled to the fluid injection ports, a fluid return valve, volume sensors, and a control unit. During a fluid injection cycle the control unit causes a portion of fluid to be pumped from a measuring tube to a port valve. After each fluid injection cycle, the control unit causes the fluid return valve to return the portion of fluid that was not injected to the measuring tube before the volume of fluid injected is measured.
US10895203B2	General purpose engine A general purpose engine includes: a cooling fan fixed to an engine rotary shaft; a muffler to silence exhaust gases; a muffler covering to cover the muffler; and an auto choke device to control an opening of a choke valve in an air intake passage by the utilization of heat evolved from the muffler. The auto choke device includes: a drive source, which is fitted to the muffler covering in a non-contact fashion to the muffler and exposed to an outer surface of the muffler covering; and a link member to connect between the drive source and the choke valve. The drive source includes a bracket, which is fitted to the muffler covering, and a bimetal fitted inside the bracket. The bracket includes a heat shield extending towards an inner side of the muffler covering, and the heat shield blocks out a cooling wind then flowing towards the bimetal.
US10895202B1	Direct drive unit removal system and associated methods Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods for the removal of a direct drive unit (DDU) housed in an enclosure, such as a direct drive turbine (DDT) connected to a gearbox for driving a driveshaft connected to a pump for use in a hydraulic fracturing operations.
US10895198B2	Controller and control method for wastegate A wastegate is provided in an exhaust bypass passage that allows exhaust gas to bypass a turbine wheel of an exhaust turbine-type forced-induction device. A required boost pressure is set in accordance with a running state of an engine. A controller is configured to control a drive force of the wastegate to a magnitude that achieves the required boost pressure when the required boost pressure is higher than a preset pressure, and control the drive force to a magnitude that achieves a higher boost pressure than the required boost pressure when the required boost pressure is less than or equal to the preset pressure.
US10895196B2	Supercharger charge air cooler with improved air flow characteristics A charge air cooler, e.g., as used with a supercharger having meshing rotors in sealing contact with a housing, the housing having an inlet port to admit air into the meshing rotors and the housing having an outlet port to expel air from the meshing rotors, the charge air cooler having an inlet-side core for transmitting the flow of pressurized air, and an outlet-side core receiving the flow of pressurized air transmitted from the inlet-side core and further transmitting the flow of pressurized air, each core having coolant conduits and fins joined to the coolant conduits for contact with the flow of pressurized air, the fins being arranged with a predetermined density, wherein the inlet-side core fin density is lower than the outlet-side core fin density, whereby the inlet-side core presents less resistance to the flow of pressurized air than the outlet-side core and the outlet-side core presents greater surface area for heat conductance from the flow of pressurized air than the inlet-side core. Charge air coolers with this configuration provide improved pressure and temperature characteristics in a supercharger's flow of pressurized air to an engine.
US10895194B2	Cooling system, and internal combustion engine comprising a cooling system of said type A cooling system including a first coolant line and a second coolant line, at least one first component to be cooled, into which the first coolant line opens, and a first ventilation line. The first ventilation line is fluidically connected to the at least one first component and is configured for ventilating the at least one first component. The first ventilation line opens into the second coolant line.
US10895193B2	Thermostat assembly with tandem valves This invention relates to a thermostat assembly with tandem valve for cooling circulation systems of internal combustion engines which includes a solid tandem valve or a hollowed tandem valve to control a flow of a coolant fluid by opening or closing an output connection by allowing double side flow entrance of flow into the valve construction to achieve low pressure drops and due to this double side entrance of flow it is possible to activate the mechanism with lower forces. As a result, a mechanism with high flow rates and with low pressure drops in limited geometries becomes obtainable.
US10895187B2	Exhaust gas purification apparatus for internal combustion engine An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the present disclosure obtains an electric resistance value of the electrically heated catalyst after the lapse of a predetermined period of time which is a period of time required for condensed water adhered to the electrically heated catalyst to finish evaporating from the start of energization of the electrically heated catalyst, and calculates a heat energy shortage amount which is an amount of heat energy insufficient for raising the temperature of the electrically heated catalyst to a predetermined temperature or above, based on a difference between the electric resistance value thus obtained and a predetermined reference resistance value. Then, the exhaust gas purification apparatus supplies to the electrically heated catalyst an amount of energy required to compensate for the heat energy shortage amount.
US10895186B2	Electrically heatable honeycomb body for exhaust gas treatment having a plurality of heating elements A honeycomb body includes: a first end face; a second end face, the honeycomb body being configured to permit gas flow through the honeycomb body from the first end face to the second end face in a flow direction; and a plurality of at least partially structured sheet metal layers, layered one on top of the other and entwined with each other to form gas-permeable channels. At least one of the plurality of sheet metal layers is reinforced or replaced by at least two elongate electrical heating elements arranged approximately parallel to one another with a spacing one behind the other in the flow direction and extending transversely to the flow direction.
US10895185B2	Liquid delivery module, a method for assembling such a delivery module and a tank set comprising such a delivery module This delivery module includes: a pump for making the liquid flow; and an electronic circuit for controlling the pump. The delivery module further includes a channeling block having two channeling elements which define, when they are superimposed, channels for the liquid and which include: an inlet channel and an outlet channel.
US10895184B2	Method for monitoring an ammonia slip catalytic converter The invention relates to a method for monitoring an ammonia slip catalytic converter which is arranged in an exhaust gas after-treatment device of an internal combustion engine, downstream of a catalytic converter arrangement, wherein the method comprises the steps of measuring a nitrogen oxide content in the exhaust gas by means of a sensor upstream of the ammonia slip catalytic converter, detecting a sensor signal of an ammonia-cross-sensitive nitrogen oxide sensor which is arranged downstream of the ammonia slip catalytic converter, and checking whether the ammonia-cross-sensitive nitrogen oxide sensor measures a higher value than the sensor.
US10895182B2	Method and system for particulate filter regeneration Methods and systems are provided for heating an exhaust particulate filter (PF) to enable filter generation. In one example, a method may include adjusting engine air fuel ratio and injecting secondary air flow upstream of the PF to increase PF temperature. The level of engine air fuel ratio adjustment and the amount of secondary air injection upstream of the PF may be adjusted to account for enrichment induced cooling at a three-way catalyst (TWC) positioned upstream of the PF.
US10895178B2	Actuator for cam phaser and cam phaser An actuator for a cam phaser, wherein the cam phaser includes a hydraulic valve that is adjustable by the actuator, wherein the actuator is receivable at a housing section by at least one form locking connection, wherein the at least one form locking connection includes a first form element pair and a second form element pair, wherein the first form element pair includes a first stop and the second form element pair includes a second stop, and wherein the first stop and the second stop are oriented in opposite directions of rotation of the actuator.
US10895173B2	Power generation A method of driving a turbine, the method comprising: (a) providing solid carbon dioxide; (b) heating the solid carbon dioxide to produce a high pressure carbon dioxide fluid; (c) passing the carbon dioxide over a blade of the turbine; and (d) collecting the carbon dioxide that has passed over the turbine blade; wherein carbon dioxide collected in step (d) is in solid form.
US10895170B2	Shear wave resistant flange assembly An assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first annular case that has a first body extending from a first end portion and a second annular case that has a second body extending along a longitudinal axis from a second end portion. The first end portion has a first flange. The first flange has at least one mounting assembly. The at least one mounting assembly has a first aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener and a first ramped surface that extends axially from the first aperture. The second end portion includes at least one flange that defines a receptacle dimensioned to receive the first end portion and a second aperture dimensioned to receive the fastener and a second ramped surface. The first annular case is moveable in an axial direction relative to the longitudinal axis through an axial opening of the receptacle such that the first end portion is received in the receptacle, and is rotatable about the longitudinal axis to define an interface between the first and second ramped surfaces to interlock the first end portion in the receptacle and limit movement of the first annular case relative to the longitudinal axis. A method of assembly for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US10895169B2	Exhaust casing, and steam turbine provided with same An exhaust casing is provided with an outer casing which communicates with a diffuser. The outer casing has a downstream side end plate defining an edge on an axially downstream side of an exhaust space, and an inclined plate connected to the downstream side end plate. The inclined plate gradually widens toward an axially upstream side toward a radially outer side. An angle of an inclined inner surface of the inclined plate with respect to a tangential line at an end on the radially outer side of an inner peripheral surface of an outer diffuser, which is an upstream side angle of the axially upstream side on the basis of the tangential line, is greater than a downstream side angle of the axially downstream side.
US10895166B2	Turbocharger Provided is a turbocharger, including: a separation wall surface, which is a wall surface of a bearing housing on a turbine impeller side, is positioned on an inner side with respect to an outer periphery of a back surface of the turbine impeller on the bearing housing side in a radial direction of a shaft, and is separated from the back surface in an axial direction of the shaft; and a heat-shielding plate, including: a main body portion (separation portion), which is separated from the separation wall surface in the axial direction, and is positioned between the back surface of the turbine impeller and the separation wall surface; and an insertion through hole (insertion portion), which receives a fastening member inserted thereinto in a direction of intersecting the axial direction of the shaft, the heat-shielding plate being mounted to the bearing housing by the fastening member.
US10895159B2	Removable anti-wear part for blade tip An assembly includes: a movable blade for a turbomachine including a tip; and a removable part including an anti-wear material, configured to be attached removably to an edge of the tip to limit wear of the tip.
US10895154B2	Base mechanism of single prop capable of being unloaded at reduced pressure Provided is a base mechanism of a single prop capable of being unloaded at reduced pressure, including a base bottom plate and two wedge-shaped support blocks, where one of the wedge-shaped support blocks serves as a fixed wedge-shaped support block and is welded onto the base bottom plate, and the other of the wedge-shaped support blocks serves as a movable wedge-shaped support block and is connected to the fixed wedge-shaped support block by using a screw rod and a nut. The present invention can effectively unload the single prop at reduced pressure or remove the single prop in a contracted manner, is of a simple structure, is convenient to operate, has a good use effect, overcomes the technical problem that it is difficult to unload a single prop at reduced pressure in this technical feature, and is widely applicable in this technical field.
US10895148B2	Online tracer monitoring and tracer meter A tracer method for online monitoring of downhole zonal contributions of oil, condensate, gas, or water mass flux of a production flow in a petroleum production well, includes arranging distinct tracer carrier systems, each in different production zones in said well, the distinct tracer carrier systems arranged for releasing unique tracers to a fluid of the production zones, the tracers having affinity after downhole release to separate phases of oil, condensate, gas, or water, using an online tracer monitor, conducting sampling of tracer concentrations for at least one of the tracers in said zonal mass fluxes at a high sampling rate, based on said concentration values, estimating the corresponding zonal tracer fluxes for each delivery data point and using said one or more estimated zonal mass fluxes to control one or more Petro Technical processes.
US10895147B2	Pipe thickness estimation with automatic channel quality assessment A method and system for estimating a thickness of at least one casing string in a cased hole may comprise obtaining a plurality of induction measurements from a plurality of channels using a casing inspection tool, computing a quality vector for the plurality of channels, wherein each element of the quality vector is a numeric output, identifying the plurality of channels is a high-quality or a low-quality based at least in part on an evaluation of the quality vector to obtain a high-quality subset of the plurality of channels and a low-quality subset of the plurality of channels, and estimating the thickness of the at least one casing with an inversion using a high-quality subset of the plurality of channels. A system may comprise a multi-channel induction tool and an information handling system. The multi-channel induction tool may comprise at least one transmitter and at least one receiver.
US10895145B2	Advanced underground homing system, apparatus and method A boring tool that is moved by a drill string to form an underground bore. A transmitter transmits a time varying dipole field as a homing field from the boring tool. A pitch sensor detects a pitch orientation of the boring tool. A homing receiver is positionable at a target location for detecting the homing field to produce a set of flux measurements. A processing arrangement uses the pitch orientation and flux measurements with a determined length of the drill string to determine a vertical homing command for use in controlling depth in directing the boring tool to the target location such that the vertical homing command is generated with a particular accuracy at a given range between the transmitter and the homing receiver and which would otherwise be generated with the particular accuracy for a standard range, different from the particular range. An associated system and method are described.
US10895139B2	Frac manifold isolation tool A frac manifold isolation tool configured to connect to a zipper spool, and comprising a mandrel that is axially movable and a hydraulic setting tool configured to move the mandrel from an open position, in which fracturing fluid is allowed to flow from a zipper spool to a connected frac tree, to a closed position, in which the mandrel and its associated cup tool prevent fracturing fluid from flowing to the connected frac tree.
US10895137B2	Method, apparatus, real time modeling and control system, for steam and super-heat for enhanced oil and gas recovery Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for reducing an operating expense and a steam oil ratio (SOR) of at least one of an enhanced oil recovery system and a gas recovery system. The system can include a boiler configured to produce steam. The system can further include a super-heater in fluid communication with the boiler, the super-heater configured to generate a plurality of super-heat levels in a plurality of sections of the at least one of the enhanced oil recovery system and the gas recovery system downstream of the super-heater, wherein the plurality of super-heat levels are implemented per each one of the plurality of downstream sections of the at least one of the enhanced oil recovery system and gas recovery system to reduce the SOR.
US10895129B2	Open hole drilling magnet Apparatus, and methods of use, where the apparatus includes a cylindrical tool main body defining an axial centerline, the main body having a first bladed magnet section having at least one blade extending substantially perpendicular from the axial centerline at a first angle, a second bladed magnet section having at least one blade extending substantially perpendicular from the axial centerline at a second angle, and a hardfaced cylindrical section disposed between the first bladed magnet section and the second bladed magnet section, wherein the outer circumference of the hardfaced cylindrical section defines the outer circumference of the tool main body.
US10895120B2	Mine drill, dust suction hood and dust removal device thereof A dust suction hood includes a tapered outer cover, a cylindrical outer cover, a tapered inner baffle plate disposed in the tapered outer cover, and a first blocking member matched with an opening in the other end of the cylindrical outer cover. A top opening of the tapered outer cover is matched with an opening in one end of the cylindrical outer cover. A side wall opening of the cylindrical outer cover serves as a dust outlet. A first gap is formed in the tapered outer cover. A first dust suction port is formed between bottom openings of the tapered inner baffle plate and the tapered outer cover. A first drill pipe connecting port is formed in the first blocking member. A drill pipe of the mine drill passes through the first drill pipe connecting port to penetrate the dust suction hood on the drill pipe.
US10895116B2	Method for creating a high tensile strength joint for connecting rods and fittings A joint includes a solid rod having a slit or opening into which a wedge is inserted. The rod and wedge are inserted into a fitting. The internal surface of the fitting has a contour which continuously and nonlinearly varies with distance along the fitting. The wedge has a dimension having a similar contour. The shape of the contour can be described by a polynomial of order two or higher.
US10895114B2	System and method for delivery of oilfield materials A system and methodology facilitates the handling of oilfield materials in a space efficient manner. The oilfield materials are delivered without blowers to at least one modular silo. Each modular silo comprises an outer housing defining an enclosed interior. A vertical conveyor is positioned within the enclosed interior and is used to lift the oilfield material from a silo inlet to an upper portion of the modular silo without utilizing airflow to carry the oilfield materials. Once the oilfield materials are disposed within the upright modular silo, the outflow of oilfield materials through a silo outlet may be controlled so as to selectively release the desired amount of material into a blender or other suitable equipment.
US10895112B2	Slope compensation system for rotary drill machines A system for compensating for a slope of a work surface while drilling holes in the work surface includes a leveling system, a rotary drill mechanism, a position sensor, an inclination sensor, and controller. The controller is configured to access coordinates of a desired map drill hole, determine current coordinates of a machine reference, and determine a current slope of the machine. A dynamic offset compensation is determined to compensate for movement of the rotary drill mechanism by the leveling system from a first position offset from the desired map drill hole to a second position aligned with the desired map drill hole, with the dynamic offset compensation being based upon the characteristics and the current slope of the machine. Upon the rotary drill mechanism being aligned with the first position, generating a leveling command to move the machine so that the rotary drill mechanism is aligned with the desired map drill hole.
US10895107B2	Power assist module for roller shades A power assist module for use in roller tube driven products, such as roller shades. The module may be pre-wound prior to installation in a roller tube and retains its pre-wound condition, even after use, when removed from the roller tube.
US10895103B2	Modular threshold assembly Disclosed is a modular threshold assembly having a frame, a cover plate detachably attached to the frame at the first end of the frame first wall and the first end of the frame second wall and an elongate body detachably attached to the frame and being proximate to the frame first wall. Also, disclosed is door frame having the modular threshold assembly. The threshold assembly can permit replacement of different components of the modular assembly, while permitting water or moisture to be expelled to the exterior.
US10895100B2	Threshold gasket assembly The present invention is a threshold gasket assembly to be used in conjunction with end and/or back dams to form a sill pan. The threshold gasket assembly is fixed to a lower region of a rough opening in a wall and comprises a base with a plurality of fins projecting away from base to form a corresponding plurality of channels with a length generally the same as a base. Base has a generally “L” shaped cross section. At least two fins are sufficiently spaced from another to prevent contact with each other thereby simultaneously ensuring that moisture is dammed by at least one fin and directed by at least a portion of an adjacent channel.
US10895098B2	Method and system for opening garage doors by means of georeferencing A method and system for opening garage doors is disclosed. The invention being comprised of several parts: software for mobile devices, a vehicle-dedicated, Bluetooth™ enabled beacon and a wireless door controller unit. The aforementioned software transmitting a wireless open command to said garage door controller once said beacon is within a preset range determined by said mobile device's Global Positioning System (GPS). For example, in one embodiment users place a multitude of beacons in different vehicles. As one vehicle approaches a garage, a mobile device will decipher its location and interact with the door controller. Upon entering a preset boundary, the garage door associated with said vehicle will open. An object of the invention is to enhance garage door automation.
US10895095B2	Power closure latch assembly with cinch mechanism having ratchet retention function A closure latch assembly for a vehicular closure system equipped with a latch cinch mechanism for providing a cinching feature and which is configured to retain a ratchet of a latch mechanism in a secondary striker capture position such that the latch mechanism is only required to hold the ratchet in a primary striker capture position.
US10895091B2	Personal pop-up pods Disclosed herein are novel personal pop-up pods designed for a single user. The personal pop-up pods can provide a user with privacy and/or protection from the surrounding elements. The personal pop-up pods are designed such that a user can remain mobile, i.e., able to move from one location to another while using a personal pop-up pod. The personal pop-up pods are designed such that a user can selectively gain access to the area surrounding the pop-up pod by opening windows and other points of access.
US10895090B2	Anchoring umbrella stand with manually extendable drill bit Disclosed is an anchoring umbrella stand with a manually extendable drill bit. In certain exemplary embodiments disclosed herein, the anchoring umbrella stand includes a drill bit that can be manually extendable from and manually retractable into an elongate housing body by use of a crank handle. Manual operation of the crank handle rotates and translates the drill bit between a retracted position within the elongate housing body and an extended position outside the elongate housing body. In certain embodiments, the anchoring umbrella stand further includes a gear train assembly and/or a stabilizing plate to further aid a user in anchoring the umbrella stand. The anchoring umbrella stand facilitates umbrella anchoring by providing a more stable anchoring mechanism that requires less strength, less coordination, and no electric power to operate.
US10895084B2	Entertainment venue and associated systems/methods A venue includes a display screen, a performance stage, and an audience area. The display screen has (i) an inner periphery, (ii) an outer periphery, and (iii) at least one of a non-linear or a curved cross-sectional shape that is at least partially revolved around a center point. The performance stage (i) is positioned between the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the display screen and (ii) at least partially extends along at least one of the inner periphery or the outer periphery of the display screen. The audience area is positioned between the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the display screen.
US10895077B2	Frame for a wall panel, wall panel, and method of manufacture The present disclosure relates generally to siding, for example, suitable for covering a wall surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a frame for a wall panel. The frame includes a support strip extending in a lateral direction across the width of the wall panel and has first and second ends. The frame also includes a row of columns extending in a first direction from the support strip. Each column includes a proximal end attached to the support strip and a free distal end. The row of columns includes a first column disposed at a first end of the row of columns and laterally offset from the first end of the support strip, and a second column disposed at a second end of the row of columns and laterally offset from the second end of the support strip.
US10895076B1	Field shingle layout marks on roof drip edge A method and system for aligning shingles on a roof using alignment marks placed directly on drip edges, limiting the need for stand-alone measurement devices.
US10895069B1	Automatic flush toilet An automatic flush toilet includes a toilet stool with a toilet bowl, a water tank unit, a first discharge member, a second discharge member, a pipe unit, a flush valve, a manual actuating unit, an electric switching valve, and a sensor control unit. The electric switching valve is controlled by the sensor control unit to permit water discharged from the first discharge member to flush the toilet bowl. The flush valve is controlled by the manual actuating unit to permit water discharged from the second discharge member to flush the toilet bowl.
US10895068B1	Water shutoff apparatus An apparatus includes a housing, a valve located within the housing, the valve being adapted to fluidly connect to an external toilet and an external water supply that provides water to the toilet, and a water sensor. The valve includes an open position, in which the water supply is enabled to supply water to the toilet, and a closed position, in which the external water supply is prevented from supplying water to the toilet. The water sensor is electrically connected to the valve and is operable between an inactivated state, in which the water sensor is substantially dry, and an activated state, in which the water sensor is subjected to an amount of water. When the water sensor is in its activated state, the valve is moved to its closed position to cut off the water supply to the toilet.
US10895065B2	Single cavity diverter valve This invention relates to a diverter valve assembly, including a valve housing and a holder secured to the side of the housing for retaining a hand-held showerhead. The housing includes a water inlet port, and first and second water outlet ports. The valve housing includes a single internal valve cavity within which the hollow valve core rotates. The hollow valve core assists in diverting water within the valve cavity to one or both of the water outlet ports.
US10895064B2	Stabilizing features in a wear member assembly A wear member may include a front end and a rear end and a longitudinal axis extending therethrough. The rear end may have a cavity formed therein with a rear portion and a forward portion. The cavity may have two horizontal surfaces in cross-section and converging toward the longitudinal axis. The cavity may have four substantially planar surfaces that are oblique in cross-section. A first two of the four substantially planar surfaces may be disposed on a first lateral side of the two horizontal surfaces, and a second two of the four substantially planar surfaces may disposed on a second lateral side of the two horizontal surfaces. An intermediate portion may be disposed between the rear portion and the forward portion, with the intermediate portion comprising a different number of surfaces in cross-section than a number of surfaces of the rear portion and the forward portion in cross-section.
US10895063B2	Energy regeneration device and work machine provided with energy regeneration device Provided are an energy regeneration device which can regenerate energy of a working fluid discharged from an actuator while controlling a flow rate of the working fluid, and a work machine including the foregoing device. The regeneration device (100) includes a boom cylinder (20), an inertial fluid container (102), an oil tank (110), an accumulator (105), a low-pressure-side opening/closing device (103), and a high-pressure-side opening/closing device (104). A calculation unit (151) calculates a duty ratio for opening/closing the low-pressure-side opening/closing device (103) and the high-pressure-side opening/closing device (104) in accordance with a desired flow rate of a working fluid discharged from the boom cylinder (20). A regeneration control unit (153) selects alternately the low-pressure-side opening/closing device (103) and the high-pressure-side opening/closing device (104) as a destination with which the inertial fluid container (102) communicates in accordance with the calculated duty ratio, and supplies a discharged working fluid to an accumulator (105).
US10895058B2	Apparatus for facilitating pivotal movement of implements in machines An apparatus for facilitating a pivotal movement of an implement relative to an arm of a machine includes a link. The link includes a first end segment, a second end segment, and an intermediate segment extending therebetween. Each of the first end segment and the second end segment includes an eyelet portion, and a stub portion that extends integrally and contiguously from the eyelet portion. The intermediate segment is coupled to the stub portion of the first end segment and to the stub portion of the second end segment.
US10895056B2	Shielding apparatus for high-depth groundwater well pollution prevention grouting Disclosed is a shielding apparatus for high-depth groundwater well pollution prevention grouting comprising: a shielding portion which is provided on the outer circumferential surface of a grouting casing installed in an excavation hole in the ground and compressed to be in close contact with a hollow wall of the excavation hole; a compression portion which is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the grouting casing and formed to descend toward the shielding portion and brings the shielding portion into close contact with the hollow wall of the excavation hole to guide the excavation hole to be sealed; and a pressure equalization injection tube portion which is connected with the compression portion on the outer circumferential surface of the grouting casing and lowers the compression portion by water pressure generated by supplying water from the outside through a water supply tube.
US10895054B2	Geotextile The present invention concerns a geosynthetic element for a geotechnical engineering application. The geosynthetic element comprises: bacteria carriers for carrying bacteria arranged to be propagated from the geosynthetic element to a surrounding geomaterial; and a flow network comprising openings on its surface to allow a reactant to escape the flow network to the surrounding geomaterial along the flow network to produce solid calcium carbonate when in contact with the bacteria. The reactant flow network further comprises a set of inlets for feeding the reactant into the flow network, and a set of outlets for recovering at least a part of the reactant from the reactant flow network.
US10895047B2	Prefabricated, prestressed bridge module A method for making a prefabricated, prestressed module includes arranging one or more steel beams atop a supporting formwork element in a direction transverse to the supporting formwork element and arranging one or more precast deck elements across the one or more steel beams to create a substantially continuous surface. The one or more precast deck elements have pockets for receiving connectors that protrude from the one or more steel beams. The method also includes arranging the supporting formwork element to allow the one or more steel beams to bend into a cambered shape to impart compressive stresses to a bottom flange of the one or more steel beams and tension stresses to a top flange of the one or more steel beams and inserting grout into the pockets to hold the cambered shape and to bond the one or more precast deck elements to the connectors and the top flange.
US10895045B2	Concrete screeding machine with column block control using gyro sensor A screeding machine for screeding an uncured concrete surface includes a screed head assembly movable over the concrete surface via the screeding machine. A pair of elevation sensors disposed at opposite ends of the screed head assembly sense an elevation of the respective end of the screed head assembly. An angle sensor disposed at the screed head assembly senses a pitch angle and/or a roll angle of the screed head assembly. A gyroscope sensor disposed at the screed head assembly senses rotational velocity of the screed head assembly about a lateral axis and/or a longitudinal axis of the screed head assembly. A control uses gyroscope sensor data and angle sensor data to determine pitch angle and/or roll angle of the screed head assembly. The control controls the screed head assembly based on the signals from one or both of the elevation sensors and the determined pitch and/or roll angles.
US10895042B2	Concrete crosstie A monoblock concrete crosstie for railway tracks that achieves a high performance in operation includes a steel structure that is formed from ultra-resistant high strength steel plates embedded in a concrete element and having pre-stressed cold rolled wires with ends that form button head knots which are anchored to the steel plates. The crosstie includes rail seats with a convex channeled formation that is mateable with an extending member of a faceplate wherein the railseat has a width less than the width of the faceplate, and a center of the face plate has a first distance from a center of the concrete element and a center of the rails seat has a second distance from the center of the concrete element, the first distance greater than the second distance.
US10895041B2	Fibrous structures Fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 360 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and optionally, a Total Dry Tensile of less than 2450 g/76.2 mm and/or a Machine Direction (MD) Dry Tensile of less than 1520 g/76.2 mm and/or a Geometric Mean (GM) Total Dry Tensile of less than 1180 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method are provided.
US10895036B2	Composite comprising a nonwoven vapor permeable sheet A composite laminate comprising at least one moisture vapor permeable nonwoven sheet having first and second surfaces and a fluorinated polymeric coating on the first surface of the sheet wherein (i) the fluorinated polymeric coating is present in an amount such that the total fluorine content of the coated non-woven sheet is 0.05 to no greater than 0.4 gsm, and (ii) the composite laminate, after exposure to wet timber, exhibits a retained hydrohead of at least 60 percent.
US10895026B2	Systems and methods for manufacturing a sock for monitoring health conditions A method for manufacturing a sock and monitoring health, comprising the steps of manufacturing the sock, comprising determining regions for conductive yarn patches in a sock, wherein the regions comprise of a heel region and a ball region, determining conductive part regions for a plurality of conductive paths connecting the respective heel region and the respective ball region to a top part of the sock, wherein at least two of the plurality of conductive paths are connected to the ball region and at least two of the plurality of conductive paths are connected to the heal region, and stitching the sock comprising stitching utilizing conductive yarn for the conductive yarn patches and the conductive paths, and stitching utilizing cotton yarn for the remaining of the socks. Furthermore, the method may include receiving signals from an end of the conductive part region responsive to receiving electrical signals from the heel region and the ball region, utilizing the received signals for determining health of a user.
US10895024B2	Tension compensator The current invention concerns an improved system and method for the manufacturing of alternating S/Z cabled yarn 16) or connected alternating S/Z twist plied yarns, in which tension decrease or increase is avoided by variable longitudinal contraction when twist plying or overtwisting yarns. This longitudinal contraction Is very difficult to predict and leads to tension in the yarns, which can affect the quality. This tension can also be reproduced in the installations. This invention tries to improve this by providing a tension compensator (24) that (partially) compensates the tensions and forces between different, subsequent forces for processing yarns.
US10895023B2	Nanofiber-nanowire composite and preparation method therefor Provided are a nanofiber-nanowire composite and a method for producing the same. The method includes preparing a nanoparticle using a dipolar solvent, producing a nanofiber-nanoparticle composite in an electrospinning synthesis solution including the nanoparticle through electrospinning, and growing a nanowire from the nanoparticle by hydrothermally synthesizing a dried nanofiber-nanoparticle composite.
US10895021B2	Oven for the thermal treatment of filaments The invention relates to an oven for the thermal treatment of filaments, which comprises: an oven body (1) having a height greater than its width, with a first end (1.1) and a second end (1.2); conduction means (2) for conducting the filaments, comprising first rotary supports (2.1) and second rotary supports (2.2) between which the filaments are threaded; a platform (3) on which the conduction means (2) for conducting the filaments are arranged and which is pivotably arranged at the first end (1.1) of the oven body (1); and attachment means (4) attaching the platform (3) to the second end (1.2) of the oven body (1), transferring the movements of the second end (1.2) of the oven body (1) to the platform (3), such that it assures that the filaments remain parallel to one another, preventing them from becoming deformed or from coming into contact with one another.
US10895019B2	Encoded self-assembling chemical libraries (ESACHEL) The invention provides a chemical compound comprising a chemical moiety (p) capable of performing a binding interaction with a target molecule, and an oligonucleotide (b) or functional analogue thereof. The oligonucleotide (b) or functional analogue comprises at least one self-assembly sequence (b1) capable of performing a combination reaction with at least one self-assembly sequence (b1′) of a complementary oligonucleotide or functional analogue bound to another chemical compound comprising a chemical moiety (q). In some embodiments, the chemical compound comprises a coding sequence (b1) coding for the identification of the chemical moiety (p) and further comprises at least one self-assembly moiety (m) capable of performing a combination reaction with at least one self-assembly moiety (m′) of a similar chemical compound comprising a chemical moiety (q). The invention also provides corresponding libraries of chemical compounds as well as methods of biopanning of for target molecules and of identifying such targets.
US10895014B2	Processing method and processing apparatus of metal member A method of processing a metal member having a passivation film on its surface is provided. The method includes a step of heating the metal member for a predetermined period at a temperature of 300° C. or higher.
US10895013B2	Gold nanostructures and processes for their preparation An electroless process for depositing gold (Au0) from a solution, comprising allowing gold (Au0) place from a solution of gold thiocyanate complex dissolved in a mixture of water-miscible organic solvent and water, or the deposition of gold (Au0) takes place on a deposition-directing layer comprising positively charged organic groups, said layer being provided on at least a portion of a surface of a substrate sought to be gold-coated.
US10895012B2	Zirconium, hafnium, titanium precursors and deposition of group 4 containing films using the same Group 4 transition metal-containing film forming compositions are disclosed comprising Group 4 transition metal precursors having the formula: wherein M is Ti, Zr, or Hf; each A is independently N, Si, B or P; each E is independently C, Si, B or P; m and n is independently 0, 1 or 2; m+n>1; each R is independently a H or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group; each L is independently a −1 anionic ligand selected from the group consisting of NR′2, OR′, Cp, amidinate, β-diketonate, or keto-iminate, wherein R′ is a H or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group; and L′ is NR″ or O, wherein R″ is a H or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing and using the disclosed precursors to deposit Group 4 transition metal-containing films on one or more substrates via vapor deposition processes.
US10895009B2	Metal components with inert vapor phase coating on internal surfaces The invention provides metal liquid chromatography components with uniformly coated internal surfaces and methods for achieving the same. The invention addresses the problem of corrosion or interference of metal components in the flow path for LC analyses in which the sample interacts with metal ions or surfaces. The invention also alleviates the difficulties in coating very long metal tubes and very small metal channels with an inert, continuous coating that adheres well to metal surfaces. The metal flow path is rendered inert by the coating, and thus compatible with bioanalytical separations, for example, by using a vapor phase deposition process to coat the inner surfaces with a coating that continuously covers all metal surfaces in the flow path.
US10895005B2	Metallic glass composites with controllable work-hardening capacity There are provided metallic glass matrix composites with controllable work-hardening capacity. In more detail, there are provided metallic glass matrix composite with controllable work-hardening capacity capable of having significantly excellent toughness due to a metastable second phase precipitated in-situ in a metallic glass matrix by polymorphic phase transformation during a solidification process without a separate synthetic process, and capable of controlling work-hardening capacity by measuring physical properties of a second phase and adjusting a volume fraction (Vf) of the second phase due to constant correlation between the physical properties (absorbed energy Eta, a phase transformation temperature TMs, or a hardness H2nd) of a metastable B2 second phase precipated in the metallic glass matrix and the absorbed energy (Epa,V) by work-hardening per unit volume fraction of the second phase in the metallic glass matrix.
US10895003B2	Very high strength martensitic steel or part and method of fabrication The present invention provides a method for the fabrication of a steel sheet with a completely martensitic structure which has an average lath size of less than 1 micrometer and an average elongation factor of the laths is between 2 and 5. The elongation factor of a lath is defined as a maximum dimension lmax divided by and a minimum dimension lmin. The steel sheet has a yield stress greater than 1300 MPa and a mechanical strength greater than (3220(C)+958) megapascals. A composition of a semi-finished steel product includes, expressed in percent by weight, is, 0.15%≤C≤0.40%, 1.5%≤Mn≤3%, 0.005%≤Si≤2%, 0.005%≤Al≤0.1%, 1.8%≤Cr≤4%, 0%≤Mo≤2%, whereby: 2.7% 0.5 (Mn)+(Cr)+3(Mo)≤5.7%, S≤0.05%, P≤0.1%, optionally: 0%≤Nb≤0.050%, 0.01%≤Ti≤0.1%, 0.0005%≤B≤0.005%, 0.0005%≤Ca≤0.005%. The semi-finished product is reheated to a temperature T1 in the range between 1050° C. and 1250° C., then subjected to a roughing rolling at a temperature T2 in the range between 1000 and 880° C., with a cumulative rate of reduction εa greater than 30%, to obtain a sheet with a completely recrystallized austenitic structure with an average grain size less than 40 micrometers and preferably less than 5 micrometers. The sheet is then partially cooled to prevent a transformation of the austenite at a rate VR1 greater than 2° C./s to a temperature T3 between 600° C. and 400° C. in the metastable austenitic range, and subjected to a finishing hot rolling at the temperature T3 of the partially cooled sheet, with a cumulative rate of reduction εb greater than 30% to obtain a sheet that is then cooled at a rate VR2 which is greater than the critical martensitic quenching rate.
US10895000B2	Magnesium alloy, method for the production thereof and use thereof A magnesium alloy, implants and method for the production thereof. The magnesium alloy includes 1.5 to 7.0% by weight Zn, 0.5 to 3.5% by weight Al, the remainder being magnesium which contains impurities, which promote electrochemical potential differences and/or the formation of precipitations and/or intermetallic phases, in a total amount of no more than 0.0063% by weight of Fe, Si, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zr, Y, Sc or rare earths having the ordinal numbers 21, 57 to 71 and 89 to 103, Be, Cd, In, Sn and/or Pb as well as P.
US10894999B2	Process and apparatus for producing uranium or a rare earth element In a process for producing uranium and/or at least one rare earth element selected from the group consisting of cerium, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, scandium, terbium, thulium, ytterbium and yttrium out of an ore, the ore is mixed with sulphuric acid with a concentration of at least 95 wt.-% to a mixture, wherein the mixture is granulated to pellets. The pellets are fed into at least one fluidized bed fluidized by a fluidizing gas for a thermal treatment at temperatures between 200 and 1000° C. The at least one fluidized bed is developed such that it at least partly surrounds a gas supply tube for a gas or a gas mixture fed into the reactor and the gas or gas mixture is used as a heat transfer medium.
US10894998B2	Processing of iron-rich rare earth bearing ores A method of processing an iron-rich rare earth bearing ore which includes the steps of smelting the ore to concentrate rare earth oxide minerals in the ore into a slag phase and extracting the rare earth oxide minerals from the slag.
US10894996B2	Hot rolled steel sheet A hot rolled steel sheet including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.07-0.22%, Si: 1.00-3.20%, Mn: 0.80-2.20%, Al: 0.010-1.000%, N≤0.0060%, P≤0.050%, S≤0.005%, Ti: 0-0.150%, Nb: 0-0.100%, V: 0-0.300%, Cu: 0-2.00%, Ni: 0-2.00%, Cr: 0-2.00%, Mo: 0-1.00%, B: 0-0.0100%, Mg: 0-0.0100%, Ca: 0-0.0100%, REM: 0-0.1000%, Zr: 0-1.000%, Co: 0-1.000%, Zn: 0-1.000%, W: 0-1.000%, Sn: 0-0.050%, the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a metal microstructure includes, in area %, at a position ¼ W or ¾ W from an end face of the steel sheet and ¼ t or ¾ t from a surface, retained austenite: more than 2%-10%, martensite ≤2%, bainite: 10-70%, pearlite ≤2%, the balance: ferrite, an average circle-equivalent diameter of a metallic phase constituted of retained austenite/martensite is 1.0 to 5.0 μm, an average of minimum distances between adjacent metallic phases is 3 μm or more, and a standard deviation of nano hardness is 2.5 GPa or less.
US10894991B2	Validation of continuous viral clearance Disclosed herein is a method for validation of continuous viral clearance comprising the steps of providing a probe to be validated, spiking the probe in a valid manner, performing viral clearance, sampling the spiked probe and analyzing the sample of the spiked probe of step d).
US10894990B2	High throughput method for identification and sequencing of unknown microbial and eukaryotic genomes from complex mixtures Disclosed are methods for screening biological samples for the presence unknown microbes, such as bacteria and archaea or unknown eukaryotes using rRNA gene sequences or other highly conserved genetic regions, across multiple biological samples using a unique sequence tag (barcode) corresponding to the sample. The screening process tracks the unknown microbe or eukaryote in a diluted sample where the DNA has been prepared using whole genome amplification. The whole genome of the unknown microbe or eukaryote is then sequenced and assembled.
US10894986B2	Compositions and methods for treating or preventing prostate cancer and for detecting androgen receptor variants The invention features diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions featuring androgen receptor variant proteins and nucleic acid molecules whose expression is increased in androgen related diseases or disorders.
US10894982B2	Sequencing device A method of preparing reagents includes inserting a cartridge into an instrument. The cartridge includes a plurality of reagent enclosures disposed in a cavity of the cartridge and exposing a port to an exterior of the cartridge. Each reagent enclosure includes a reagent container including a reagent and an internal cavity defining a compressible volume, an opening defined through the reagent container to the internal cavity. The method further includes connecting a plurality of fluid ports to the openings of the plurality of reagent enclosures; applying a solution through the fluid ports to at least partially fill the plurality of reagent enclosures; and cycling a pressure of the cavity, whereby for each of the reagent enclosures, during increasing pressure, the solution enters the internal cavity of the reagent container, combines with the reagent, and compresses the compressible volume, and during decreasing pressure, the compressible volume decreases and the reagent is ejected through the opening.
US10894980B2	Methods of amplifying nucleic acid sequences mediated by transposase/transposon DNA complexes Methods are provided for nucleic acid amplification including contacting a double stranded nucleic acid with transposases bound to transposon DNA, wherein the transposon DNA includes a transposase binding site and an RNA polymerase promoter sequence, wherein the transposases/transposon DNA complex bind to target locations along the double stranded nucleic acid and cleave the double stranded nucleic acid into a plurality of double stranded fragments, with each double stranded fragment having the transposon DNA bound to each 5′ end of the double stranded fragment, extending the double stranded fragments along the transposon DNA to make double stranded extension products having double stranded RNA polymerase promoter sequences at each end, contacting the double stranded extension products with an RNA polymerase to make a plurality of RNA transcripts of each double stranded extension product, reverse transcribing the RNA transcripts into single stranded copy DNA, forming complementary strands to the single stranded copy DNA to form a plurality of double stranded DNA amplicons corresponding to each double stranded fragment.
US10894977B2	Compositions and methods for measuring and calibrating amplification bias in multiplexed PCR reactions Compositions and methods are described for standardizing the DNA amplification efficiencies of a highly heterogeneous set of oligonucleotide primers as may typically be used to amplify a heterogeneous set of DNA templates that contains rearranged lymphoid cell DNA encoding T cell receptors (TCR) or immunoglobulins (IG). The presently disclosed embodiments are useful to overcome undesirable bias in the utilization of a subset of amplification primers, which leads to imprecision in multiplexed high throughput sequencing of amplification products to quantify unique TCR or Ig encoding genomes in a sample. Provided is a template composition comprising a diverse plurality of template oligonucleotides in substantially equimolar amounts, for use as a calibration standard for amplification primer sets. Also provided are methods for identifying and correcting biased primer efficiency during amplification.
US10894975B2	Image differentiated multiplex assays for multiplex detection of DNA mutations Provided herein are methods and kits for detecting the presence of DNA mutations in the KRAS, BRAF, CTNNB1, and APC genes. The methods and kits employ microcarriers, each with a probe specific for a DNA mutation in the KRAS, BRAF, CTNNB1, or APC gene and an identifier unique to the probe sequence. Upon isolation and amplification of DNA from a sample, hybridization of amplified DNA with a probe, specific for a DNA mutation, that is coupled to a microcarrier indicates the presence of the DNA mutation in the sample. Since each microcarrier can be identified through detection of the identifier, multiplex screening assays for multiple mutations in each of the KRAS, BRAF, CTNNB1, and APC genes are provided.
US10894971B1	Method for the production of pullulan soft capsules A method for the production of pullulan soft capsules eliminates the need to dry pullulan solid product, thereby reducing the equipment cost and energy consumption. The pullulan raw material production can be linked directly with the soft capsule production to provide a unique approach for soft capsule formation. The purified pullulan fermentation fluid can be directly used in soft capsule preparation, thus removing the need for a melting process. On the one hand, the method can decrease material consumption, save the cost of equipment and labor, reduce production time and increase productivity. On the other hand, the method can reduce the fluctuating of raw material quality in the re-melting process and guarantee a more stable soft capsule production and quality.
US10894953B2	Enzyme variants with improved ester synthase properties The disclosure relates to enzyme variants with improved ester synthase properties for the production of fatty acid esters. Further contemplated are recombinant host cells that express such variants, cell cultures comprising the recombinant host cells and fatty acid ester compositions produced by such recombinant host cells.
US10894948B2	Resetting pluripotent stem cells The invention provides methods and materials for resetting or sustaining a human stem cell in a “naïve” or “ground” state, based on the use of media including combinations of inhibitors. An example naïve culture medium comprises a PKC inhibitor, a MEK inhibitor. Also provided are methods of obtaining or propagating such cells, cells obtained using these methods, and novel culture media, which can be used in these methods.
US10894944B2	Cell culture media A serum-free media composition for maintenance or directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (HESCs) toward particular cell lineages is disclosed. The media comprises one or more cell nutrient media, a recombinant human albumin or equivalent thereof and optionally at least one agent involved in HESC differentiation. The media composition is substantially free of any human or animal derived products.
US10894943B2	Volatile organic compound transport A lower chamber is to contain a culture that emits a volatile organic compound. A sensor is within an upper chamber. A transport accelerator/selector transports the volatile organic compound in the lower chamber towards the sensor.
US10894942B2	System and method for transferring tissue A transfer device designed to extract an amorphous or semi-solid structure, tissue, or construct from supporting media while maintaining the spatial integrity/organizational architecture thereof. The transfer device can include a controller, an actuator assembly, a plunger, and a needle. The controller can move the transfer device and the plunger independently.
US10894939B2	Sample container for stabilizing and aligning excised biological tissue samples for ex vivo analysis Embodiments described herein relate to an apparatus for positioning and securing an excised biological tissue specimen for imaging and analysis. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a sample bag defining an inner volume configured to receive a biological tissue sample, and a sealing member coupled to the sample bag. An imaging window is disposed and configured to be placed in contact with at least a portion of the biological tissue sample, and a positioning member is coupled to the imaging window and is configured to be disposed against the sealing member to substantially seal the inner volume. The positioning member includes a vacuum port disposed and configured to be aligned with a vacuum source to withdraw air from the inner volume of the sample bag.
US10894937B2	Fulvic acid and humic acid mix for alcoholic beverages method and devices The embodiments disclose a method including processing ingredients including carbon, essential vitamins, essential minerals, trace minerals, fulvic acid, and humic acid for preparation of black shot products, blending the ingredients processed into powders into powder based products, concentrating the ingredients processed into a liquid blend to create concentrated syrup products, blending the ingredients into a fresh fruit flavored smoothie, and blending the ingredients into a black shot beverage.
US10894935B2	Composition for removing silicone resins and method of thinning substrate by using the same Compositions for removing silicone resins and methods of thinning a substrate by using the same, as well as related methods, apparatus and systems for facilitating the removal of silicone resins are provided. The compositions for removing silicone resins, may include a heterocyclic solvent and an alkyl ammonium fluoride salt represented by a formula, (R)4N+F−, wherein R is a C1 to C4 linear alkyl group. Silicone resins may be effectively removed by using the compositions since the compositions exhibit an excellent decomposition rate with respect to the silicone resins that remain on a semiconductor substrate in a process of backside grinding of the semiconductor substrate, backside electrode formation, or the like.
US10894934B2	Ringing gel composition The present invention relates to the field of liquid solubilizing systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to a ringing gel composition, one that is a self-thickened composition having a viscoelastic behavior and a viscosity comprised between 0.1 and 1000 Pa·s at 20° C. at 0.01 s−1 shear rate. The ringing gel has an aqueous phase, a surfactant system of one or more non-ionic surfactant(s), a linker and an oil phase that includes a hydrophobic active ingredient such as a perfume. Consumer products that contain the ringing gel composition, such as a self-thickened liquid laundry scent booster are also part of the present invention.
US10894932B2	Fabric care composition comprising glyceride copolymers The present invention relates to fabric cleaning and/or treatment compositions as well as methods of making and using same. Such fabric cleaning and/or treatment compositions contain species of glyceride copolymers that have the required viscosity and lubricity. Thus, such species of glyceride copolymers provide improved softening performance and formulability.
US10894931B2	Stability of short path evaporation treated oils The present invention relates to a process for increasing the oxidative stability of short path evaporated oils. The process comprises the step of adding to the short-path evaporated-treated oil at least one anti-oxidant while the short-path evaporated-treated oil has a peroxide value of below or equal to 1.5 milli-equivalent peroxide/kg. The at least one anti-oxidant is preferably added at a temperature above the melting point of the short-path evaporated-treated oil.
US10894928B2	Additive formulation and method of using same A fuel additive formulation, method of use, and method of producing the fuel additive formulation are described. The fuel additive of the present disclosure comprises a mixture of nitroparaffins comprising nitropropane and nitromethane, a lubricant, and an aromatic hydrocarbon. The fuel additive formulation is substantially free of nitroethane. The combustion in an internal combustion engine of a fuel containing the additive results in reduced emissions relative to the combustion of a fuel not containing the additive.
US10894927B2	Alkylate gasoline composition with renewable naphtha and iso-octane Processes for making alkylate gasoline compositions that are more “green” and alkylate gasoline compositions containing “green” renewable naphtha and iso octane are described. Exemplary processes for making alkylate gasoline compositions that are more “green” and compositions of alkylate gasoline compositions containing “green” renewable naphtha, iso octane and iso pentane are described. Such compositions allow a higher mixing ratio of the renewable naphtha and/or a higher Research Octane Number (RON), Motor Octane Number (MON) and vapour pressure compared to not adding a combination of iso-octane and iso-pentane.
US10894926B2	System for conversion of crude oil to petrochemicals and fuel products integrating steam cracking, fluid catalytic cracking, and conversion of naphtha into chemical rich reformate Process scheme configurations are disclosed that enable conversion of crude oil feeds with several processing units in an integrated manner into petrochemicals. The designs utilize minimum capital expenditures to prepare suitable feedstocks for the steam cracker complex. The integrated process for converting crude oil to petrochemical products including olefins and aromatics, and fuel products, includes mixed feed steam cracking, fluid catalytic cracking and conversion of naphtha to chemical rich reformate. Feeds to the mixed feed steam cracker include light products from hydroprocessing zones within the battery limits, recycle streams from the C3 and C4 olefins recovery steps, and raffinate from a pyrolysis gasoline and FCC naphtha aromatics extraction zone within the battery limits. Chemical reformate from straight run naphtha streams is used as an additional feed to the aromatics extraction zone and or the mixed feed steam cracker.
US10894922B2	Processing vacuum residuum and vacuum gas oil in ebullated bed reactor systems A process for upgrading vacuum residuum and vacuum gas oil hydrocarbons is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a heavy distillate hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a zeolite selective hydrocracking catalyst in a first ebullated bed hydrocracking reaction zone to convert at least a portion of the vacuum gas oil to lighter hydrocarbons. Contacting a residuum hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a non-zeolite base metal hydroconversion catalyst in a second ebullated bed hydroconversion reaction zone may produce a vapor stream containing unconverted hydrogen, acid gases and volatilized hydrocarbons which may be fed along with the vacuum gas oil in the first ebullated bed hydrocracking zone.
US10894921B2	Product recovery process for adsorber regeneration Disclosed is a process for the regeneration of an adsorber (A1). The adsorber (A1) is regenerated by contact with a gaseous stream (S2) and the outflow of the adsorber (A1) comprising condensate of stream (S2) and organic composition (OC1) collected in a device. After regeneration of the adsorber (A1) the stream (S2) in the adsorber (A1) is replaced completely or at least partially by the content of the device. Then the adsorber (A1) is fed with organic composition comprising at least one olefin, at least one alkane and at least one compound containing oxygen and/or sulfur.
US10894917B2	Method of producing beta-sialon fluorescent material Provided is a method of producing a β-sialon fluorescent material having a high light emission intensity and an excellent light emission luminance. The method includes preparing a calcined product having a composition of β-sialon containing an activating element; grinding the calcined product to obtain a ground product; and heat-treating the ground product to obtain a heat-treated product. A specific surface area of the ground product is 0.2 m2/g or more.
US10894915B2	Targeting enhanced production through deep carbonate stimulation: stabilized acid emulsions containing insoluble solid materials with desired wetting properties A stabilized emulsified acid composition for deep carbonate formation stimulation is provided. The stabilized acid emulsion composition includes a petroleum operable to provide a barrier between an acid and a reservoir rock, the acid operable to react with the reservoir rock to dissolve the reservoir rock and produce a wormhole, a functional framework operable to stabilize the stabilized acid emulsion, an emulsifier operable to stabilize the stabilized acid emulsion, and a corrosion inhibitor operable to provide protection against corrosion for the metal components of a well. The petroleum can be diesel. The acid can be hydrochloric acid. The functional framework can be selected from the group comprising surface-modified clay-based material, zeolites, hybrid organic-inorganic materials, covalent-organic framework materials, and boron nitride nanotubes, and combinations thereof. The functional framework can be a surface-modified clay material selected from an organoclay. The corrosion inhibitor is a cationic ammonium-based corrosion inhibitor.
US10894914B2	Addition of monovalent salts for improved viscosity of polymer solutions used in oil recovery applications An oil recovery composition having a brine, a hydrolyzable polymer, and a monovalent cations to divalent cations ration in the range of about 2.5:1 to 3:1 is provided. An oil recovery composition may be formed from a brine recovered from production water and a polymer. A monovalent salt may be added to the brine recovered from production water to form a modified brine and achieve a modified monovalent cations to divalent cations ratio in the range of about 2.5:1 to 3:1. Processes for forming the oil recovery composition and enhanced oil recovery using the oil recovery composition are provided.
US10894912B2	Methods and compositions for using temporary compacted materials as well servicing fluids in a subterranean formation Provided is a method of treating a subterranean formation comprising: preparing a well servicing fluid comprised of a base fluid, a temporary compacted material wherein the temporary compacted material is a compacted organic acid; placing the well servicing fluid into a subterranean formation; and allowing the temporary compacted material to gradually dissolve.
US10894908B2	Encapsulates The invention discloses a microencapsulated phase change material having a specific Thermal Efficiency Index (TEI). TEI=α(RΔT)β(RΔH)γ(RMP)δ(RTGA@180)∈(RFW) The problem of achieving effective and efficient microencapsulated phase change material can be solved to yield a commercially useful material having the described combination of physical and chemical characteristics based on the parameters described in the specification. Microcapsules according to the invention are highly effective at delivering enhanced thermal performance as compared to conventional microcapsules.
US10894907B2	Latent-heat storage body microcapsules and process for producing latent-heat storage body microcapsules In the present invention, after a primary coating film is formed by boehmite treatment of the surface of a core particle in a solution comprising Al ions, a secondary coating film is formed by cooling the solution to the supersaturation temperature of the Al ions to cause deposition of a hydroxide of aluminum on the surface of the primary coating film, and an Al oxide film is formed on the surface of the core particle by heat treating the secondary coating film in an oxidizing atmosphere. Consequently, the shell is thickened by the amount of secondary coating film formed, so that the cyclic strength of the capsule can be secured and the composition change of the PCM in the production process is remarkably suppressed.
US10894904B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and pressure sensitive adhesive composition Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including: an acrylic polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature lower than 0 C.°; and a polymer (B) containing, as monomer units, both a monomer (B1) having a polyorganosiloxane skeleton and a monomer (B2) whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 40 C.° or higher. The acrylic polymer (A) contains, as a monomer unit, at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of N-vinyl cyclic amides represented by the following general formula (M1): wherein R1 is a divalent organic group.
US10894896B2	Ink jet ink composition for textile printing, ink set, and recording method An ink jet ink composition for textile printing including a dye and 5% to 30% by mass of a cyclic amide that is liquid at normal temperature and that has a normal boiling point in the range of 190° C. to 260° C., wherein the hue angle ∠h° defined by the CIELAB color space on a recording medium ranges from 15 to 80 degrees.
US10894893B2	Curable coating material for non-impact printing Coating material (237) for generating a coating layer by non-impact printing wherein the coating layer represents an image and wherein a resolution of the image is at least 100 DPI, the coating material comprising a curable resin; wherein the coating material (237) exhibits a minimum viscosity when being heated from room temperature with a heating rate of 5 Kelvin per minute up to a temperature where curing of the coating material occurs, wherein the minimum viscosity is in a range between 3 Pascal seconds to 20000 Pascal seconds, in particular in a range between 50 Pascal seconds and 10000 Pascal seconds and further in particular in a range between 250 Pascal seconds and 7000 Pascal seconds; and wherein a pill flow length is below 350 mm at a potential curing temperature which may be used to cure the coating material.
US10894891B2	Curable coating material for non-impact printing A developer comprises: at least one carrier; and, in an amount of 10 wt-% or less, a coating material (237), in particular for generating a coating layer by non-impact printing, the coating material being provided in the form of particles and comprising: a curable resin preferably an at least partially thermal curable resin and even more in particular curable by a crosslinking agent able to react with functional groups of the resin, the resin comprising in particular an amorphous resin portion; wherein an average diameter of the particles is in a range between 1 μm and 25 μm; and wherein the particles have an average sphericity larger than 0.7, in particular larger than 0.8, in particular a sphericity larger than 0.9; wherein, if the coating material is heated from room temperature with a heating rate of 5 K per minute, the coating material upon heating reduces its viscosity down to a minimum viscosity and increases its viscosity upon further increase of the temperature; wherein the minimum viscosity is in a range between 3 Pascal seconds and 20000 Pascal seconds.
US10894890B2	Cellulose particulate material The invention relates to plant-derived cellulose-containing particles useful as strengthening agents in water based systems and to a process for preparing cellulose-containing particles from plant material, which process involves treating said plant material with a peroxide reagent. The process can be controlled to produce cellulose-containing particle having a viscosity up to about 2500 cps.
US10894887B2	Composition for forming film protecting against aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution A composition for forming protective film against aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution, composition including resin; compound of following Formula (1a), (1b), or (1c): (wherein X is carbonyl group or methylene group; 1 and m are each independently integer of 0-5 to satisfy relation: 3≤1+m≤10; n is integer of 2-5; u and v are each independently integer of 0-4 to satisfy relation: 3≤u+v≤8; R1-R4 are each independently hydrogen atom, hydroxy group, C1-10 hydrocarbon group, or C6-20 aryl group; when R1-R4 are each the C1-10 hydrocarbon group; and j and k are each independently 0 or 1); crosslinking agent and catalyst; and solvent, wherein amount of compound of Formula (1a), (1b), or (1c) is at most 80% by mass relative to amount of resin, and amount of crosslinking agent is 5%-40% by mass relative to amount of resin.
US10894884B2	Use of iron oxide coated aluminum flakes having red 1st order interference color in coatings The use of an effect pigment (a) comprising an aluminum-based substrate and an iron oxide coating having a red 1st order interference color in combination with a colored absorption pigment (b) for producing a coating having enhanced coloristic properties, in particular enhanced chroma, lightness and hiding power, is provided. The pigment combination of (a) and (b) is suitable for coloring plastics, a fiber, a film and a coating composition such as a paint, a printing ink, a varnish or a powder coating, preferably an automotive, an architectural or an industrial coating composition.
US10894876B2	Method for producing modified conjugated diene-based polymer, modified conjugated diene-based polymer, polymer composition, crosslinked body, tire and compound A modified conjugated diene-based polymer having high Mooney viscosity and good shape stability and exhibiting excellent processability and low heat build-up is obtained in as few steps as possible. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer is produced by a method of reacting a conjugated diene-based polymer having an active chain end, obtained by polymerizing a monomer containing a conjugated diene compound in the presence of an initiator that contains at least either of an alkali metal compound and an alkaline earth metal compound, with a compound [M] having at least two groups selected from the group consisting of a group “—C(R1)═N-A1” and a group “—N═C(R1)-A1”, where R1 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group and A1 is a monovalent group having an alkoxysilyl group.
US10894866B2	Method for activating and precipitating lignin According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of producing reactive lignin from an alkaline lignin containing stream, such as black liquor, e.g. kraft lignin, by using thermal treatment with temperatures between 200 and 250° C. for simultaneous activation (for example by demethylation and/or demethoxylation) and precipitation of the lignin.
US10894863B2	Cathode materials for Li—S batteries Compositions and methods of producing composite materials for use as a cathode in electrochemical cells. Elemental sulfur is mixed with tungsten sulfide (WS2) to form a composite mixture. Organic comonomers may be added to the composite mixture. The composite mixture is reacted to form the composite material. Electrochemical cells with cathodes containing the composite material demonstrated improved battery performance.
US10894857B2	Method of forming a polyurethane foam article A method of forming a polyurethane foam article includes the step of forming a resin composition. The resin composition includes a polyol component, an amine catalyst, and a blowing component. The blowing component includes a hydrofluoroolefin and formic acid. The method also includes the steps of combining the resin composition, a recycled resin composition, and an isocyanate component to form a reaction mixture and discharging the reaction mixture to form the polyurethane foam article.
US10894848B2	Polyarylene resins Certain cyclopentadienone monomers having polar moieties are useful in forming polyarylene resins having improved solubility in certain organic solvents and are useful in forming polyarylene resin layers in electronics applications.
US10894842B2	Method for producing oligomer and catalyst A method for producing an oligomer, the method comprising a step of oligomerizing a polymerizable monomer comprising an olefin in the presence of a catalyst comprising an iron complex represented by the following Formula (1) and trialkylaluminum: [In Formula (1), R represents a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a plurality of R in the same molecule may be the same or different, R′ represents a free radical having an oxygen atom and/or a nitrogen atom, a plurality of R′ in the same molecule may be the same or different, and Y represents a chlorine atom or a bromine atom].
US10894838B2	Production of carboxylated nanocelluloses The present disclosure provides methods for producing carboxylated nanocelluloses. Compared with conventional methods, the methods of the present disclosure are simple and cost-effective in the production of carboxylated (or carboxy) nanocelluloses, in embodiments nanofibers and/or nanowhiskers, directly from raw biomass, including lignocellulose wood, non-wood sources, non-lignocellulose wood, lignocellulose or pure cellulose. The carboxy groups on the surface of nanocellulose thus produced can then be easily modified into functional derivatives such as amide, acetate, ether, ester, etc. The resulting nanocelluloses may be used to form purifying agents and/or filters to remove impurities from wastewater.
US10894837B2	MMP9 inhibitors and uses thereof in the prevention or treatment of a depigmenting disorder The invention relates to the field of therapy, in particular dermatology. Inventors herein identify for the first time inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9) as active molecules for use for preventing, treating or alleviating skin depigmenting disorders in a subject in need thereof, and describe compositions and kits comprising such inhibitors as well as uses thereof. Inventors further describe a method for screening pharmaceutically active molecules suitable for preventing, treating or alleviating a depigmenting disorder as well as methods for evaluating the efficacy of a depigmenting disorder treatment involving an inhibitor of MMP9 or for monitoring the course of depigmenting disorder in a subject exposed to such a treatment.
US10894834B2	CD131 binding proteins The present disclosure provides a CD131-binding protein comprising an antigen binding domain of an antibody, wherein the antigen binding domain binds to or specifically binds to CD131 and neutralizes signaling by interleukin (IL) 3, IL-5 and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and uses thereof.
US10894831B2	Enhanced depletion of targeted cells with CD47 blockade and an immune costimulatory agonist Methods are provided for targeting cells for depletion, including without limitation tumor cells, in a regimen comprising contacting the targeted cells with a combination of agents that modulate immunoregulatory signaling. Immunoregulatory modulating agents include (i) an agent that blockades CD47 activity; and (ii) an agent that agonizes an immune costimulatory molecule, e.g. CD137. The regimen may further comprise an agent that specifically binds to the target cell, e.g. an antibody or biologically active fragment or derivative thereof. The level of depletion of the targeted cell is enhanced relative to a regimen in which a single immunoregulatory modulating agent is used; and the effect may be synergistic relative to a regimen in which a single immunoregulatory modulating agent is used.
US10894826B2	Treatment of fibrosis with interleukin-11 receptor alpha antibody Aspects of the disclosure relate to the treatment, prevention or alleviation of conditions such as fibrosis in a subject. In some embodiments, the treatment, prevention or alleviation of fibrosis in a subject through the administration of an agent capable of inhibiting the action of Interleukin 11 (IL-11) is disclosed.
US10894815B2	Compositions and methods for treating heart failure in diabetic patients The present invention provides the use of neuregulin protein for the preparation of medication for preventing, treating or delaying heart failure in humans and methods for preventing, treating or delaying heart failure in humans using said medication.
US10894814B2	Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) constructs Constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof are provided. In various embodiments the constructs comprising GDF15, and mutants thereof, can be of use in the treatment or ameliorating a metabolic disorder. In various embodiments the metabolic disease or disorder is type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated glucose levels, elevated insulin levels and diabetic nephropathy.
US10894813B2	Methods of using therapeutic p53 peptides The present invention relates to compositions useful in inhibiting Bcl-XL or MCL-1 and disrupting p53-MDM2 and p53-MDMX interactions, and methods of using those compositions for treating a subject for conditions responsive to increasing p53 mediated activity or promoting p53 independent apoptosis, such as treating cancer. In some aspects, the compositions of this invention relate to fusion polypeptides comprising a human serum polypeptide and a p53-peptide, which can be, in some aspects, a p53 derived peptide and/or a p53 activating peptide.
US10894804B2	Nucleotide hemi-sulfate salt for the treatment of hepatitis C virus A hemi-sulfate salt of the structure: to treat a host infected with hepatitis C, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms, including solid dosage forms, thereof.
US10894800B2	Polymerizable silane compound A polymerizable silane compound that yields a cured product exhibiting a high refractive index and a low Abbe number, used in a polymerizable composition for preparing a molded article having higher transparency. A polysiloxane being a polycondensation product of the compound of formula [1]: (wherein X is a phenyl group having at least one substituent having a polymerizable double bond, a naphthyl group having at least one substituent having a polymerizable double bond, a biphenyl group having at least one substituent having a polymerizable double bond, or a phenanthryl group having at least one group having a polymerizable double bond, Ar1 is a condensed polycyclic hydrocarbon group (optionally substituted with a C1-6 alkyl group), or a hydrocarbon ring assembly group wherein two or more aromatic rings are directly bonded through a single bond (optionally substituted with a C1-6 alkyl group), and R1 is a methyl, ethyl, or isopropyl group).
US10894798B2	Substituted dihydropyrrolopyrazole derivative The present invention provides a compound represented by the general formula (Ia) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the general formula (Ia), two R moieties each independently represent a C1-3 alkyl group or the like; and R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent an optionally substituted linear or branched C1-4 alkyl group.
US10894794B1	Substituted [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazines as antidiabetics Compounds for the treatment of hyperglycemia and/or diabetes are provided. The compounds, which inhibit the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP-4), are based on the structure where n1=0-2 such as 0 or 1; R1 is i) a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic aliphatic ring, alone or fused with cyclopropane or cyclobutene, optionally comprising one or more substituents attached to the ring; or ii) a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic aromatic ring, optionally comprising one or more substituents attached to the ring; R2 is present or absent and if present is: C═O; (CH2)n where n=0-4; S; SO; SO2; NR where R═H, CH3 or CH2CH3; or NH(CH2)n where n=0-4; and R3 is present or absent and if present is (CH2)n where n=0-4; S; SO; SO2; NR where R═H, CH3 or CH2CH3; or NH(CH2)n where n=0-4; and salts and isomers thereof.
US10894791B2	Composition and method for treating metabolic disorders Bromocriptine citrate administered to a vertebrate, animal or human, can be used for any purpose including, e.g., the long-term modification and regulation of metabolic disorders, including prediabetes, obesity, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and/or, e.g., the treatment of other medical disorder(s) including immune or endocrine disorders or diseases. Bromocriptine citrate is administered over a limited or extended period at a time of day dependent on re-establishing the normal circadian rhythm of central dopaminergic activity of healthy members of a similar species and sex. Insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia, T2DM, prediabetes, MS or all, can be controlled in humans on a long term basis by such treatment inasmuch as the daily administration of bromocriptine citrate resets neuronal activity timing in the neural centers of the brain to produce long term effects.
US10894787B2	Modulators of the GPR119 receptor and the treatment of disorders related thereto The present invention relates to the GPR119 receptor agonists: 3-fluoro-4-(5-fluoro-6-(4-3-(2-fluoropropan-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)piperidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-ylamino)-N,N-imethylbenzamide; 3-fluoro-4-(5-fluoro-6-(4-(3-(2-fluoropropan-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)piperidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-ylamino)-N-methylbenzamide; and 3-fluoro-4-(5-fluoro-6-(4-(3-(2-fluoropropan-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)piperidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-ylamino)benzamide, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof, that are useful as a single pharmaceutical agent or in combination with one or more additional pharmaceutical agents, such as, a DPP-IV inhibitor, a biguanide, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, an insulin analogue, a sulfonylurea, an SGLT2 inhibitor, a meglitinide, a thiazolidinedione, or an anti-diabetic peptide analogue, in the treatment of, for example, a disorder selected from: a GPRI19-receptor-related disorder; a condition ameliorated by increasing secretion of an incretin; a condition ameliorated by increasing a blood incretin level; a condition characterized by low bone mass; a neurological disorder; a metabolic-related disorder; type 2 diabetes; obesity; and complications related thereto.
US10894784B2	Heteroarylbenzimidazole compounds The present invention covers heteroarylbenzimidazole compounds of general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative and/or inflammatory disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US10894779B2	Process for producing flutametamol The present invention provides a process to enhance the productivity such as yield of radioactive fluorine labeled flutemetamol.Provided is a process for producing a radioactive fluorine labeled flutemetamol, which comprises: (a) a step of allowing a labeling precursor represented by the predetermined general formula to react with a radioactive fluoride ion in a presence of a solvent to obtain a radioactive fluorine labeled intermediate represented by the predetermined general formula, and (b) a step of removing the protecting groups from the radioactive fluorine labeled intermediate to obtain a radioactive fluorine labeled flutemetamol, in which the above step (a) is carried out at an internal temperature of reaction solution of 140° C. or higher.
US10894778B2	Method for the manufacturing of delmopinol The present invention relates to a new process for producing 2-(3-(4-propylheptyl)morpholino)ethan-1-ol with the INN name Delmopinol. The invention also relates to three key intermediates 1-chloro-4-propylhept-3-ene, 1-iodo-4-propylhept-3-ene and 2-(3-(4-propylhept-3-en-1-yl)morpholino)ethan-1-ol.
US10894773B2	Deuterated CFTR potentiators This invention relates to compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. This invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a CFTR potentiator.
US10894765B2	Solar energy devices Solar energy device comprising at least one of a photovoltaic cell or a solar thermal collector having an absorption bandwidth in the infrared wavelength region of the solar spectrum; a visible light-transmitting reflector; and at least one of a graphic film or lighted display. The graphic film or a lighted display present is visible through the visible light-transmitting reflector. The solar energy devices can be used, for example, as a sign (e.g., an advertising sign or a traffic sign), on the side and/or roof, as well as in a window, of a building.
US10894764B2	Method for granulating urea Precipitation of an ammonium salt is prevented while suppressing an increase in water content of the aqueous urea solution which is to be supplied to a urea granulation step, when recovering and using urea and NH3 in a gas which contains urea dust and NH3 and which arises from a urea granulation step.
US10894758B2	Method of catalysis for the production of bisphenol A Provided is a process for producing 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, comprising condensing phenol with acetone in the presence of an acid catalyst; wherein the acid catalyst comprises a collection of sulfonated polymeric beads, wherein the sulfonated polymeric beads comprise (i) 75 to 99% by weight, based on the weight of the bead, polymerized units of monofunctional vinyl monomer, and (ii) 1 to 25% by weight, based on the weight of the bead, polymerized units of multifunctional vinyl monomer; wherein 90% or more of the beads by volume are uniform beads.
US10894756B2	Method for catalytically hydrogenating oxalates The invention discloses a method for catalytically hydrogenating oxalates. In the method, an oxalate and hydrogen gas are contacted with a nanotube assembled hollow sphere catalyst, to produce a product comprising glycolate or glycol. The predominant chemical components of the catalyst include copper and silica, in which the copper is in an amount of 5 to 60% by weight of the catalyst, and the silica is in an amount of 40-95% by weight of the catalyst. The catalyst has a specific surface area of 450-500 m2/g, an average pore volume of 0.5-1 cm3/g, and an average pore diameter of 5-6 nm. The catalyst is in a structure of assembling nanotubes on hollow spheres, wherein the hollow spheres have a diameter of 50-450 nm, and a wall thickness of 10-20 nm, and the nanotubes, vertically arranged on the surfaces of the hollow spheres, have a diameter of 3-5 nm, and a length of 40-300 nm. Even in the case of a low H2/DMO feeding ratio, the method of the invention still can exhibit an excellent activity of hydrogenating oxalates and an excellent selectivity to ethylene glycol, and reduce circulation quantity of hydrogen gas, thereby to save power costs and apparatus costs, and it can flexibility adjust the selectivity of ethylene glycol and glycolate. Thus, the method has high industry prospects and application values.
US10894754B2	Stabilization and hydrogenation methods for microbial-derived olefins Processes and systems for stabilization and subsequent hydrogenation of an immiscible olefin are described. In certain embodiments, the hydrogenation is conducted in a fixed bed reactor in presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.
US10894753B1	Paraffin utilization of linear alkyl benzene production A process is provided for producing linear alkylbenzenes with an improved yield from paraffin feed due to the use of a new catalyst that has a reduced selectivity to produce undesired aromatic compounds. In some embodiments, it is now possible to operate the process without including a unit to remove such aromatic compounds which allows for an operator of a plant to make modifications to the process to increase product yield.
US10894751B2	Ethylene-to-liquids systems and methods Integrated systems are provided for the production of higher hydrocarbon compositions, for example liquid hydrocarbon compositions, from methane using an oxidative coupling of methane system to convert methane to ethylene, followed by conversion of ethylene to selectable higher hydrocarbon products. Integrated systems and processes are provided that process methane through to these higher hydrocarbon products.
US10894750B2	Process for the dehydration of oxygenated compounds The present invention relates to a process for the dehydration of at least one oxygenated compound, preferably selected from saturated alcohols, unsaturated alcohols, diols, ethers, in the presence of at least one dehydration catalyst selected from cerium oxide (CeO2), aluminium oxide (γ-Al2O3), aluminium silicate, silica-aluminas (SiO2—Al2O3), aluminas, zeolites, sulfonated resins, ion-exchange resins, metal oxides (for example, lanthanum oxide, zirconium oxide, tungsten oxide, thallium oxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide); of at least one basic agent selected from ammonia (NH3), or from inorganic or organic compounds containing nitrogen capable of developing ammonia (NH3) during said dehydration process; and, optionally, of silica (SiO2), or of at least one catalyst for the dissociation of ammonia (NH3) selected from catalysts comprising silica (SiO2), preferably of silica (SiO2).
US10894749B2	Polyhalite granulation process There is provided herein a process for the production of polyhalite granules from fine dry polyhalite powder comprising preparing a binder-water mix and mixing the binder-water mix with the polyhalite powder in a mixer, continuously adding water to the mixer to provide a polyhalite material, discharging the polyhalite material from the mixer and introducing the material into a fluid bed, drying the material and screening the material to receive granules ranging in size between 1.4 mm to 4.75 mm.
US10894748B1	Ordered cellular structures and methods of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an ordered cellular structure including a series of interconnected unit cells. Each unit cell includes at least one straight wall segment. The method includes irradiating a volume of photo-monomer in a reservoir with at least one light beam from at least one light source to form the ordered cellular structure. Irradiating the volume of photo-monomer includes directing the at least one light beam though a series of interconnected apertures defined in a photo-mask covering the reservoir.
US10894744B2	Oxide sintered material and method for manufacturing the same, sputtering target, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Provided are: an oxide sintered material including an In2O3 crystal phase, a Zn4In2O7 crystal phase and a ZnWO4 crystal phase, wherein the roundness of crystal particles composed of the ZnWO4 crystal phase is 0.01 or more and less than 0.7; a method for producing the oxide sintered material; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film that is formed by using the oxide sintered material as a sputter target.
US10894740B2	Method for producing glass sheet and glass sheet An aspect of the present invention is directed to a method for producing a glass sheet with a coating, produced by applying a functional liquid for providing a function to the glass sheet, to at least one face of the glass sheet, including a first step of supplying the functional liquid to an ejection portion having a nozzle that ejects the functional liquid toward the glass sheet, and a second step of applying the functional liquid to the glass sheet while moving the glass sheet relative to the ejection portion in a fixed state such that the functional liquid ejected from the nozzle is applied to a predetermined region on the at least one face of the glass sheet, wherein a tube member that transports the functional liquid is connected to the ejection portion, and, in the first step, the functional liquid is supplied by the tube member to the ejection portion.
US10894738B2	Wavelength conversion device and method for manufacturing the same A wavelength conversion device, comprising a light-emitting layer, a reflection layer, and a substrate layer stacked upon each other in that order. The light-emitting layer comprises a wavelength conversion material and a first glass powder. The reflection layer comprises a reflection particle and a second glass powder. The second glass powder has a smaller particle diameter compared to the first glass powder. The technical solution achieves equivalent softening of the reflection layer and light-emitting layer in a sintering process for manufacturing the wavelength conversion device, thereby overcoming the issue of inadequate softening of the reflection layer and improving an adhesive strength between the reflection layer and the substrate layer.
US10894736B2	Glass sheet positioning apparatus and method A glass sheet processing system for processing a glass sheet includes a conveyor for conveying the glass sheet in a direction of conveyance, and a positioning apparatus for adjusting position of the glass sheet on the conveyor. The positioning apparatus includes a movable carriage having first and second carriage bodies. The first carriage body is translatable in the direction of conveyance, and the second carriage body is supported by the first carriage body such that the second carriage body is movable in a direction generally transverse to the direction of conveyance. The positioning apparatus further includes a first drive assembly for moving the first carriage body in the direction of conveyance, a second drive assembly for moving the second carriage body with respect to the first carriage body, and a positioner member connected to the second carriage body for contacting the glass sheet to adjust position of the glass sheet.
US10894735B2	Vial and method for producing the same A method for producing a vial with low alkali elution by removing a deteriorated region caused by processing on an internal surface of a vial is disclosed. The method involves forming vials from borosilicate glass tubes including a first step of forming a borosilicate glass tube into a cup-shaped body by formation of a bottom of a vial, and a second step of forming the cup-shaped body into the vial by formation of a mouth of the cup-shaped body.
US10894732B2	Systems and methods for treating wastewater The present disclosure relates to wastewater treatment systems for attracting and retaining anaerobic ammonia oxidizing (anammox) bacteria, methods of treating wastewater using such wastewater treatment systems, and the like.
US10894729B2	Method and apparatus for treating polluted and malodorous river This disclosure discloses an apparatus of treating a river, comprising a river bed sludge suction device, a container-type sand-stone refuse separation device, a container-type dehydration device, a container-type pulverization device, a storage container, a container-type drying device, a container-type carbonization device, a container-type flocculation device, a container-type precipitation device, a container-type activated coke filtration and adsorption device, a container-type power generation device, a container-type operation and control chamber, and a cleaning ship for floating debris and river bank refuse. This disclosure discloses a method of treating a river using the apparatus described above where a biochar is produced from the separated, dehydrated and dried sludge. The biochar is then delivered back to the river bed to adsorb nitrogen and phosphorus, cleaning the river water, followed by purification treatments on sewage discharged from the dehydration apparatus and discharging the treated sewage water back to the river.
US10894727B2	Drinking-water supply device and method for controlling same The present invention provides a method for controlling a drinking-water supply device, the method comprising: a first step of connecting a guide pipe of a case separable from a cabinet to form a channel through which water moves from the case to the cabinet; a second step of supplying the cabinet with sterile water electrolyzed by an electrolytic module included in the case; and a third step of supplying the cabinet with water which has not passed through the electrolytic module included in the case, wherein the sterilization water and the water are supplied to the cabinet from the case via the guide pipe in the second step and the third step.
US10894724B2	Maintenance self-diagnosis and guide for a self-contained wastewater treatment system A self-diagnostic maintenance system for wastewater treatment employs unique environmental sensor configurations to link operational states of a water treatment system with unique failure modes of the system. Upon detection of failure modes, the maintenance system alerts users and operators via a short messaging service (SMS) of the problem, and can display step-by-step pictorial repair instructions for the operator to replace broken or malfunctioning parts, without the operator needing to diagnosis the problem or understand the detailed workings of the wastewater treatment system.
US10894719B2	Graphene material production device and system Disclosed are a graphene material production device and a system including the device. The device includes: a first reaction component, a second reaction component and a negative pressure generating component. The first reaction component includes a first reaction chamber and a first material outlet arranged at a bottom of the first reaction chamber. The second reaction component includes a second reaction chamber and a second material inlet. A connecting passage between the first material outlet and the second material inlet is provided with a valve. A suction hole of the negative pressure generating component is provided inside the second reaction chamber. The use of the device in the process of producing a graphene material by a redox method can overcome the problem that the viscous material is difficult to transfer, thereby reducing the production difficulty and effectively improving the production efficiency of graphene materials.
US10894713B2	Temperature-compensated micro-electromechanical device, and method of temperature compensation in a micro-electromechanical device A micro-electromechanical device includes a semiconductor substrate, in which a first microstructure and a second microstructure of reference are integrated. The first microstructure and the second microstructure are arranged in the substrate so as to undergo equal strains as a result of thermal expansions of the substrate. Furthermore, the first microstructure is provided with movable parts and fixed parts with respect to the substrate, while the second microstructure has a shape that is substantially symmetrical to the first microstructure but is fixed with respect to the substrate. By subtracting the changes in electrical characteristics of the second microstructure from those of the first, variations in electrical characteristics of the first microstructure caused by changes in thermal expansion or contraction can be compensated for.
US10894712B2	Optical electronics device An optical electronics device includes first, second and third wafers. The first wafer has a semiconductor substrate with a dielectric layer on a side of the semiconductor substrate. The second wafer has a transparent substrate with an anti-reflective coating on a side of the transparent substrate. The first wafer is bonded to the second wafer at a silicon dioxide layer between the semiconductor substrate and the anti-reflective coating. The first and second wafers include a cavity extending from the dielectric layer through the semiconductor substrate and through the silicon dioxide layer to the anti-reflective coating. The third wafer includes micromechanical elements. The third wafer is bonded to the dielectric layer, and the micromechanical elements are contained within the cavity.
US10894709B2	Fluid delivery device Provided is a mobile fluid pumping system which may include a reservoir and, a pump actuated by a reversible motor. In the first configuration, the reversible motor is operated in a first direction causing a fluid to flow in a first direction and operated in a second direction causing fluid to flow in a second direction thereby providing means to fill a reservoir and then transfer fluid from the reservoir to a vessel or tank. The fluid delivery device provides means to substantially evacuate fluid from any connectors in the system thereby avoiding problems otherwise associated with remaining fluid that may freeze. Further, the device is designed to provide a closed load and unload system meeting ISO 022241.
US10894708B2	Door and baffle interface assembly for frozen dessert machines An interface assembly for a frozen dessert machine is disclosed that includes a freezer door having opposed front and rear sides and including at least one recessed mounting pocket formed in the rear side thereof, the at least one recessed mounting pocket including a cornice covering an upper portion thereof, and at least one elongated baffle having opposed proximal and distal end portions, the proximal end portion of the at least one baffle including a retention flange that is dimensioned and configured for detachable reception within the at least one mounting pocket of the freezer door behind the cornice.
US10894702B2	Vehicle lift system and vehicle dolly system A vehicle lift system and vehicle dolly system are provided. The vehicle lift system includes a vertically extending portion, a stationary base portion extending horizontally from the vertically extending portion, a vertically movable vehicle support portion extending horizontally from the vertically extending portion and configured to support a vehicle dolly; and a lifting member coupled to the vehicle support portion and configured to elevate the vehicle support portion.
US10894680B2	Multifeed detection device and image reading apparatus A multifeed detection device that detects multifeed by using an ultrasonic wave includes an ultrasonic emitting unit and an ultrasonic receiving unit arranged to oppose each other with a medium transport path interposed therebetween; judges occurrence of multifeed of media based on a detection intensity of an ultrasonic wave received by the ultrasonic receiving unit, and a multifeed threshold for judging multifeed of media; and acquires first information that is information relating to adjustment for the multifeed threshold, and second information for specifying that the first information is the information relating to the adjustment for the multifeed threshold, from a calibration sheet holding the first information and the second information.
US10894679B2	Anti-rotation device and method of use A device for reducing rotation of an article during singulation of a stack of articles is disclosed. The device may include a torsion element, a rotatable member configured to rotate about an elongated axis of the torsion element between a first position and a second position, and a revolving member coupled to the rotatable member. An outer surface of the revolving member contacts a drive belt in the first position and an article in the second position. The torsion element exerts torque on the rotatable member when it moves from the first position towards the second position. The torque causes the outer surface of the revolving member to apply a frictional force to the article, thereby minimizing rotation of the article. Systems and methods of singulating articles are also disclosed.
US10894677B2	Grain spreader for loading grain bin A method and apparatus to facilitate the loading of a grain bin such that the level in the grain bin increases generally uniformly and the distribution of grain size in the grain bin is generally uniform as well. The method includes redirecting the flow of the grain from the conveyer as it flows into the grain bin. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an adjustable leveling band for redirecting the grain uniformly to a plurality of radially extending chutes. In one embodiment, the angle of the chutes can also be easily adjusted.
US10894672B2	Continuous motion packaging machine with rotating flights A packaging machine for placing articles into a carton includes rotating flight assemblies that receive a carton or carton blank, and rotate the carton blank and carton with articles while the flight assemblies move downstream. The flight assemblies each include two fixed segments and one segment that includes a block and associated bracket that rotate as the flight assembly is pulled through the machine by a conveying system. A method includes carton blanks being fed by a carton feeder onto the flight assemblies. Articles are formed into an article group, which is then placed onto a carton blank. As the blank and article group move in a downstream direction, the side panels of the carton blank are wrapped around the article group and the carton and article group are rotated to assist in closing the carton end flaps.
US10894670B1	Movable belt breakage prevention and catching system for belt conveyor A movable belt breakage prevention and catching system for a belt conveyor includes a detection device, two tracks, a plurality of catching devices, and a control system. The detection device is mounted on the belt conveyor, and is configured to detect whether a belt of the belt conveyor has a crack. The two tracks are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the belt conveyor, and the plurality of catching devices are symmetrically arranged on the two tracks. The control system is configured to control the plurality of catching devices to simultaneously catch the belt firmly when the detection device detects that the belt has a crack; and after firmly catching the belt, each catching device is able to unidirectionally move along with the belt along the track where the catching device is positioned.
US10894669B2	Conveyor belt for marginal life prediction There is provided a conveyor belt for marginal life prediction, in which wear of the degree of the conveyor belt can be well and visually recognized without stopping of the conveyor belt on operation, and the replacement time of the conveyor belt can be easily predicted in advance, thereby to predict and efficiently manage the life time of the conveyor belt. It was difficult to check abrasion extents step by step and exactly predict the life time in the conventional conveyor belts. Further, the accidents of carrying articles released out of the conveyor belt were frequently occurred since troughs of the conveyor belt are not formed enough, and the angle of the trough is so small. As the way of solving the problems as above, while the wear of the conveyor belt is progressed, and when the abrasion check colored rubbers, which are embedded inside the conveyor belt, are exposed outwardly and checked visually by eyes, the extent of the abrasion of the conveyor belt can be estimated and the exchange time of the conveyor belt can be well predicted. The number of the exposed abrasion check colored rubbers is well detected by installing the abrasion check colored rubbers in multi-layers with installation number reduced downwardly, thereby to enable anybody to predict the life time of the conveyor belt step by step precisely.
US10894666B2	Telescoping rotatable tool A telescoping rotatable tool includes a first shaft and a second shaft. The first shaft has a first material-engaging element extending from an exterior surface of the first shaft. The second shaft has a second material-engaging element extending from an exterior surface of the second shaft. The second shaft is configured to extend from and retract within an interior space presented by the first shaft. The first shaft includes at least one helical-shaped groove extending along an interior surface of the first shaft. The second shaft includes at least one guide element extending from the exterior surface of the second shaft. The guide element is configured to engage with the groove, such that as the second shaft extends from and retracts within the first shaft, the second shaft is configured to rotate with respect to the first shaft.
US10894665B2	High angle conveyor with self-adjusting inflection zone assembly A high angle conveyor includes a first conveyor belt, a second conveyor belt, a first idler roller engaged with the first conveyor belt, the first idler roller being coupled to a first pivot frame, and a second idler roller engaged with the second conveyor belt, the second idler roller being coupled to a second pivot frame. The first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt define an inflection point between the first idler roller and the second idler roller. The first and second pivot frames are pivotable from an initial position toward an expanded position in response to a lump of material larger than a specified capacity of the high angle conveyor passing through the inflection point.
US10894662B2	Method and apparatus for storing and dispensing bagged ice An article storage and dispensing apparatus and method in which articles made by series production are distributed from an article supplier into a storage compartment of predetermined dimensions for storage of articles in front and rear rows of article storage positions. An article distributor in the storage compartment has a carriage, a carriage drive which is configured to drive the carriage in a reversible horizontal carriage drive direction across at least part of the width of the storage compartment, and an article support mounted on the carriage and configured to receive articles from the article supplier above the support when the carriage is in a start position. An article dispenser is associated with the article support to dispense articles selectively in opposite horizontal dispensing directions transverse to the carriage drive direction off the front and rear ends of the support to drop into front and rear article rows.
US10894658B2	Re-sealable cigarette pack A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.
US10894656B2	Storing and dispensing container for wipes A storing and dispensing container includes a stack of moist wipes, a film pouch, and a rigid flip top that has a lid connected to a flange by a hinge. The flange is affixed to an outer surface of the pouch and surrounds a dispensing orifice. The flange can assume bent and unbent states. The flange has first and second hinges that each extend along a first bending axis, such than when a top wipe is extracted from the package through the dispensing orifice, the first bending axis is pulled away from the stack, and the flange bends about the first bending axis to assume the bent state. In particular embodiments, the hinges can be defined by areas of reduced flange thickness, reduced flange width, and/or reduced flange rigidity. The flange can include a plurality of strengthening ribs, and hinges can be defined by gaps in the ribs.
US10894654B2	Airtight thermal insulation package with a large opening therein The invention discloses an airtight thermal insulation with a large opening therein, comprising a base, a tableware box, a thermal insulation body, a zipper enclosure, an iron wire frame and a strap, wherein the side of the base has the tableware box, the top thereof has the body; the side of the body has an outer pocket, the left and right sides thereof have a handle above the pocket, the interior thereof has the inner lining; two sides of the inner lining top have a zipper tail strap extendedly, the periphery thereof has the velcro; the body top edge has a zipper enclosure; two sides of the enclosure have a side patch top, the enclosure is internally embedded with the iron wire frame comprising left and right ones. The overall structure is simple, the sealing effect is good, the large opening effect is achieved and it has certain promotion value.
US10894652B2	Inflatable cushioning web An inflatable web (10) includes a top film (30) heat sealed to a bottom film (32) to define sealed regions (40) and non-sealed regions (214). The non-sealed regions include inflatable regions (216) that are inflatable through one or more inflation ports. The top film (30) may have a color that differs from the color of the bottom film (32) to create a visual contrast between the sealed regions (40) and the adjacent non-sealed regions (214) when the web is viewed from the top film side. The ratio of the surface area of the inflatable regions (216) to the total surface area of the inflatable web is at least 50% and at most 95%.
US10894650B1	Dispensing assemblies for flexible packages A fitment for a package with an interior compartment for containment of a flowable material is described. The fitment may have a body with an exterior wall and an interior wall. The interior wall may define a passageway extending through the body from a top opening to a bottom opening. The fitment may have at least one dispersion member with an edge extending into the passageway, the edge dividing at least a portion of a width of the passageway extending between the interior wall. The fitment may include a baffle member having a surface extending into, and at least partially obstructing, the passageway. The fitment may include a flange portion associated with the exterior wall, the flange portion positioned to interface the fitment with the package.
US10894649B2	Barrier plug and container with barrier plug A barrier plug having a spout body to be attached to a container, and a cylindrical molded article inserted into the spout body, wherein the cylindrical molded article has a resin layer having a barrier resin, an oxygen transmission rate of the resin layer is 10000 mL·μm/m2·24 hrs·MPa (23° C. and 65% RH) or less, a water vapor transmission rate of the resin layer is 1000 g·μm/m2·24 hrs (38° C. and 90% RH) or less, and the cylindrical molded article forms a discharge flow path for discharging contents in the container to an outside.
US10894646B2	Packaging and blanks therefor A blank for a package configured to retain an article therein can be configured to be wrapped around the article to form a circumferential case around the article and have a longitudinal length longer than the article. The blank can be configured to define the circumferential case to include one or more inward protrusions at or near one or more ends of the circumferential case that is configured to extend into the circumferential case above and/or below the article to retain the article longitudinally.
US10894644B2	Stretch hood system The present disclosure relates to a stretch hood arrangement (200) enclosing a stack of articles (201) arranged on a pallet (203) in multiple layers including a base layer (207), a top layer (209) and one or more intermediate layers, said stretch hood arrangement (200) comprising: a polymer film tubular band (215) stretched around at least the base layer (207) of the stack; a polymer film stretch hood (213) enclosing the top and sides of the stack; characterized in that the polymer film of the tubular band (215) has a higher elasticity than the polymer film of the stretch hood. The present disclosure further relates to the use of a the stretch hood arrangement for collection and transport of a stack of articles (201), preferably for collection and transport of a stack of bottles arranged on a pallet (203) in multiple layers.
US10894643B2	Secure beverage container with locking feature and related methods A secure beverage container may include a body having a first end, a second end opposing the first end, a first longitudinal side extending between the first end and the second end, and a second longitudinal side opposing the first longitudinal side and extending between the first end and the second end, the first end being closed, the second end being open. The body may define a cavity to receive a beverage fluid. The secure beverage container may include a lid to be received by the second end to seal the cavity in the body, and a powered locking device. The secure beverage container may include an access control device coupled to the powered locking device and configured to cause the powered locking device to switch between the locked state and the unlocked state based upon a security token.
US10894626B2	Plastic bottle with an annular gripping portion The side wall, extending below a shoulder of the thermoplastic bottle, has a gripping portion formed substantially in the middle of the bottle body and includes a first line and a second line each defined in a vertical symmetry plane. The second line has a second point at minimal distance ds2 between the side wall and the central axis, while the first line has a first point at minimal distance dsl between the first line and the central axis. For these particular points in the gripping portion: ·ds2
US10894625B1	Lightweight polymer bottle for wine and spirits A container for alcohol, e.g., a wine bottle, formed of a polycarbonate wall sandwiched between exterior and interior coatings, at least one of which may be an epoxy of 4,4′-isopropylidenedicyclohexanol and 1-chloro-2,3,-epoxypropane, crosslinked with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. The polycarbonate wall may be an extrusion blow molded monolithic form at least 1.5 mm thick, and either or both of the exterior coating and the interior coating may have a thickness between 1 nm and 100 μm, inclusive.
US10894624B2	Labeling apparatus for labeling receptacles and a method for operating such a labeling apparatus The present disclosure relates to a labeling apparatus for labeling articles. In one implementation, the apparatus may include a transfer drum having at least one label retaining segment adapted to receive and to retain at least one label, a glue application unit adapted to apply glue onto the label, a cleaning unit adapted to clean the transfer drum and a control unit adapted to selectively activate the cleaning unit into at least any one of: a partial cleaning configuration in which the cleaning unit is configured to partially clean the at least one label retaining segment or a full cleaning configuration in which the cleaning unit is configured to fully clean the at least one label retaining segment.
US10894623B2	Servomotor driven packaging apparatus and method of control A filling and sealing machine configured for a flexible pouch having a turret, a servomotor, and a control unit is provided. The control unit includes a memory component having logic module stored within, a processor, and a user interface. The servomotor is connected to the turret and upon an instruction from the processor, rotates the turret. The set speed of the turret, the acceleration of the turret, and the deceleration of the turret may be modified by manual control parameters. The logic module includes preset recipe programs based upon the product being dispensed. Each preset recipe includes a different parameter for the servomotor to rotate the turret. The control unit may monitor the production system status and automatically adjust the speed, acceleration and/or deceleration of the turret to meet a desired production output.
US10894622B2	Apparatus and process for packing cases An apparatus for packing cases with stacked rolled product. The apparatus can include a shuttle for receiving stacked rolled product, the shuttle operatively positioned to receive the stacked rolled product and translate the stacked rolled product from a first position to a second position. A rotatable and translatable loading head can be operatively positioned to receive the stacked rolled product from the second position of the shuttle. A first loading pusher can be operatively positioned to push the stacked rolled product from the second position of the shuttle to the loading head. A carton conveyor can be operatively positioned to convey open cartons to receive the stacked rolled product from the loading head.
US10894620B2	System and method for filling containers with fluids An example embodiment of an apparatus includes a housing with an opening at a first end and a plurality of holes at a second end, a plurality of hollow tubes attached to the plurality of holes, a plurality of containers removably attached to the hollow tubes, and a plurality of elastic fasteners, each elastic fastener clamping each container to a corresponding hollow tube, such that when the containers are filled with fluid and detached from the corresponding hollow tubes, each elastic fastener seals each container with the fluid inside.
US10894618B2	Automatic satellite telemetry, tracking and command system A satellite telemetry, tracking and command system including ground stations, on-board units and a network control center. Each on-board unit is installed on board a respective satellite and is configured to compute a future orbital path of the satellite and determine when the respective satellite is within the visibility region of one of the ground stations on the basis of the satellite's positions and velocities computed and of the stored coverage data. When the respective satellite is within the visibility region of a ground station, the on-board unit may transmit to said ground station the downlink signals and receive therefrom the uplink signals; and carry out actions/operations corresponding to the commands received from the ground stations. The ground stations may be networked together and may send and receive information to and from the network control center.
US10894610B2	Jet stream lightning protection apparatus, system, and method the same A lightning protection apparatus and related methods are described. The lightning protection apparatus includes a housing that defines a cavity, a gas generating device disposed within the housing, and a signal acquisition device. The housing is coupled to an aircraft. The signal acquisition device is configured to detect a lightning arc and responsively activate the gas generating device to emit a stream of gas to suppress the lightning arc.
US10894608B2	Fuel thermal capacitance for pulsed platform loads A thermal management system for a pulse load on an aircraft. The thermal management system utilizing the reserve fuel from the aircraft to create thermal capacitance such that the instantaneous capacity of the cooling system to remove heat from the aircraft may be sized less than the rate of heat generated by the pulsed load (e.g. laser, radar, rail gun etc.) The reserve fuel is maintained at a temperature in a reservoir and cooled via a cooling system. Fuel from the reservoir is selectively mixed with fuel exiting the pulsed load heat exchanger to provide fuel to the inlet of the heat exchanger at a predetermined temperature, the temperature based at least upon the heat generated by the laser, flow rate of fuel and efficiency of the heat exchanger.
US10894607B2	Drive system for a vehicle with an internal combustion engine and fuel tank Various embodiments include a drive system for a vehicle, the system comprising: an internal combustion engine for converting chemical energy stored in a liquid fuel into mechanical energy; a fuel tank for storing fuel for use by the internal combustion engine; and an electric machine having a rotor, a stator, and a cooling system for cooling at least one component of the electric machine using a cooling liquid. The cooling liquid comprises the fuel.
US10894603B2	Detachable projectile module system for operation with a flying vehicle A projectile module is attached to a gun component which operates as a system to launch a projectile at a flying device. The gun component is configured to be removably and electro-mechanically attached to a flying vehicle. A cylindrical gas valve is part of the gun component and has a safety component configured on an exterior surface of the cylindrical gas valve to enable the gun component only to attach to the flying vehicle when the projectile module is locked into position. A splitter component configured on the gun component adjacent to the cylindrical gas valve and has an output opening for gas flow. The projectile module is removable and includes weights attached to a projectile, wherein the weights are positioned in channels on the projectile module. The projectile is fired when gas flow is initiated from a reservoir the cylindrical gas valve and splitter component to the channels containing the weights.
US10894601B2	Methods and systems for self-deployment of operational infrastructure by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Example implementations may relate to self-deployment of operational infrastructure by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Specifically, a control system may determine operational location(s) from which a group of UAVs is to provide aerial transport services in a geographic area. For at least a first of the operational location(s), the system may cause a first UAV from the group to perform an infrastructure deployment task that includes (i) a flight from a source location to the first operational location and (ii) installation of operational infrastructure at the first operational location by the first UAV. In turn, this may enable the first UAV to operate from the first operational location, as the first UAV can charge a battery of the first UAV using the operational infrastructure installed at the first operational location and/or can carry out item transport task(s) at location(s) that are in the vicinity of the first operational location.
US10894599B1	Retractable VTOL rotor systems and methods A hybrid multi-rotor aircraft, includes a plurality of vertical propulsion rotors and at least one forward propulsion rotor. The aircraft also includes a rotor compartment within for each of the vertical propulsion rotors such that a vertical propulsion rotor may be stowed within its respective rotor compartment. A deployable rotor-compartment cover for each rotor compartment is provided and may be moved to an open state to allow the vertical propulsion rotors to be deployed and moved to a closed state to cover their respective vertical propulsion rotors when the vertical propulsion rotors or in a closed state.
US10894598B2	Landing gear controller A landing gear controller for an aircraft is configured to: detect an extension time for a landing gear, and if the detected extension time meets a predetermined criterion, provide a warning signal to indicate potential failure of a landing gear uplock hook. The landing gear controller may be in a landing gear system.
US10894597B2	Aircraft landing gear assembly with electromechanical actuation and aircraft provided with such assembly A landing gear assembly, having an electromechanical device for actuating the landing gear and locking and releasing device, includes: a rotary actuator acting on the assembly at the hinge point, having a rotary electric motor connected to an actuating arm, to rotate the assembly around a respective actuation axis with an interconnection so that, in case of power supply failure, the actuator is free to rotate dragged by the assembly by free fall; and a linear actuator, integral to the assembly and movable therewith, and which includes a rotary electric motor and a cam mechanism to transform rotary motion of the motor into an axial motion of a locking pin. The actuation axes of the rotary actuator and of the linear actuator are parallel, and the rotation axis of the rotary electric motor of the linear actuator coincides with the linear actuation axis of the locking pin.
US10894570B2	Pin retention design for a track chain A pin retention device comprises a fastener defining a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end along the longitudinal axis, a head at the first end and a threaded portion at the second end, a tubular spacer defining a thru-hole configured to receive the fastener, and a nut defining a threaded hold configured to mate with the threaded portion of the fastener.
US10894567B2	Aerodynamic system with dual zone fairing for truck An aerodynamic system for a truck (12) is provided that has a faring (14) carried by the truck with an outer surface (24) that is an air flow surface across which air flows when the truck is moving forward. The faring has a tailing end with a first kick out (22) that has a first kick out exit surface (24) oriented at a first angle with respect to the air flow surface. The tailing end has a second kick out (28) with a second kick out exit surface (30) oriented at a second angle with respect to the air flow surface. The first angle is different than the second angle. The truck has a longitudinal axis, a longitudinal direction and a vertical direction. The air flow surface is located forward from the tailing end in the longitudinal direction, and the first kick out is located higher than the second kick out in the vertical direction.
US10894565B2	Vehicle front structure having hood lock cable routing structure A vehicle front structure includes: an upper section that extends in a vehicle width direction and supports an upper portion of a radiator body; a latch structure that is attached to an upper portion of the upper section and locks a hood in a closed state; and a cable that is coupled to the latch structure and is used to operate the latch structure. At least two projections, each of which is projected to the rear of a vehicle and extends in the vehicle width direction, are provided on a vehicle rear surface of the upper section. The cable is arranged in a space that is defined by the two projections and the vehicle rear surface of the upper section. In this way, it is possible to provide the vehicle front structure capable of suppressing increases in mass and cost while preventing access to the cable.
US10894563B2	Vehicle framework structure A vehicle framework structure includes: a framework body portion extending in a vehicle front-rear direction in a vehicle end portion in a vehicle width direction, the framework body portion forming a closed section by an inner panel constituting an inner part of the framework body portion in the vehicle width direction and an outer panel constituting an outer part of the framework body portion in the vehicle width direction; and a reinforcing member placed inside the closed section of the framework body portion, the reinforcing member including a body portion inclined from the vehicle front-rear direction and provided over the inner panel and the outer panel, and a flange portion extending from an outer peripheral edge of the body portion and joined to the inner panel and the outer panel.
US10894560B2	Track belt and a track assembly A track belt comprises a bearing element having an inner surface, an outer surface and a width. On the inner surface, a guide element extends in the longitudinal direction of the track belt, comprising a first edge protrusion and a second edge protrusion. The width of the guide element is substantially smaller than the width of the bearing element. The track belt comprises a first guide groove having a first flank surface formed by the first edge protrusion, and a second guide groove having a first flank surface formed by the second edge protrusion. The first flank surfaces of the edge protrusions are uniform and continuous substantially over the entire length of the guide element. Preferably, the guide element comprises a traction surface parallel to the inner surface of the bearing element, having engaging members for receiving the engaging parts of the drive wheel.
US10894559B2	Power unit for an electrical steering system A power unit for an electrical steering system includes a motor housing for accommodating a motor, a heat sink and a drive electronics system, which is arranged on the heat sink, for the motor. The heat sink and the motor housing are connected to one another in such a way that heat exchange from the drive electronics system, via the heat sink, to the motor housing is possible. The heat sink is at least partially connected to the motor housing by calking or welding or screwing. A method is used for assembling a power unit having a motor housing for accommodating a motor, a heat sink and a drive electronics system, which is arranged on the heat sink, for the motor. A connection is established between the heat sink and the motor housing by calking or welding or screwing.
US10894557B2	Steering column structure A steering column structure includes a rotary connector, a steering column cover, and a steering lower cover attached with a gap defined between the steering lower cover and the steering column cover. The steering column cover includes a first side wall portion defining the gap, and a first insertion hole that is disposed in the first side wall portion and into which the rotary connector is inserted. The steering lower cover includes a second side wall portion facing the first side wall portion and defining the gap together with the first side wall portion, and a second insertion hole that is disposed in the second side wall portion and into which the rotary connector is inserted. The first side wall portion includes a first dam portion disposed in a position corresponding to the rotary connector above the rotary connector.
US10894545B2	Configuration of a vehicle based on collected user data A vehicle is configured to perform at least one action (e.g., control of acceleration or navigation of the vehicle) based on analysis of data that is collected regarding a user of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the data is collected from various sources (e.g., computing devices associated with the user) prior to usage of the vehicle by the user. For example, data may be collected from an intelligent appliance located in a building or other fixed structure in which the user lives, or in which the vehicle is stored or charged. The data collected from the fixed structure may relate to activities performed by the user while inside the fixed structure and/or relate to data associated with electronic communications of the user.
US10894544B2	Protective action for protecting autonomous vehicles from impending weather conditions A protective action system and method includes detecting the impending weather conditions for a geographic region, and in response to detecting the impending weather conditions, determining that an initial location of the autonomous vehicle is located in the geographic region affected by the impending weather conditions, calculating a current risk of damage to the autonomous vehicle based on the impending weather conditions in the geographic region and a current state of the autonomous vehicle, comparing the current risk of damage to a threshold of acceptable risk of damage, wherein, the current risk of damage exceeds a threshold of acceptable risk, assessing a user calendar to determine that taking a protective action by the autonomous vehicle is acceptable, and instructing the autonomous vehicle to take the protective action so that the current state of the autonomous vehicle is changed to a safe state to avoid damage from the impending weather conditions.
US10894543B2	Method and apparatus of controlling vibration of hybrid electric vehicle Disclosed are a method of and an apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle. An apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle may include: an engine position detector detecting a position of an engine; an air amount detector detecting an air amount flowing into the engine; an accelerator pedal position detector detecting a position of an accelerator pedal; a vehicle speed detector detecting a speed of the hybrid electric vehicle; an SOC detector detecting a state of charge (SOC) of a battery; and a controller controlling operation of a motor based on the position of the engine, the air amount, the position of the accelerator pedal, the speed of the hybrid electric vehicle, and the SOC of the battery.
US10894536B2	Service brake actuation using a linear actuator A fluid control system that has a fluid assembly with a piston defined within a chamber, an electrical system having a motor configured to selectively reposition the piston, a controller in communication with the electrical system, and a sensor in communication with the controller to identify a fluid pressure value. Wherein, the controller identifies a desired fluid pressure range and selectively repositions the piston with the motor until the fluid pressure value is within the desired fluid pressure range.
US10894535B2	Brake apparatus for vehicle A brake apparatus for a vehicle may include a master cylinder unit including a master cylinder, which has first and second outlets and is configured to generate braking hydraulic pressure by receiving the operating force of a brake pedal, and a storage tank configured to store brake oil and supply the same to the master cylinder; a hydraulic pump unit, which is configured to generate braking hydraulic pressure and which includes multiple hydraulic pumps installed to alternately perform a suction operation and a discharge operation; a wheel cylinder unit configured to brake vehicle wheels by receiving the brake hydraulic pressure from the master cylinder unit or the hydraulic pump unit; and first and second flow path units configured to supply the braking hydraulic pressure to the wheel cylinder unit by respectively connecting the first outlet and the second outlet of the master cylinder unit with the wheel cylinder unit.
US10894534B2	Trailer brake system The disclosure provides a trailer brake system that includes a sensor system and a brake control unit. The sensor system is supported by a trailer and includes at least one wheel speed sensor associated with each wheel of the trailer. The brake control unit is supported by the trailer and is in communication with a tow vehicle configured to tow the trailer. The brake control unit is configured to: receive sensor data from the sensor system, and receive a brake signal from the tow vehicle indicative of a driver pressing a brake pedal of the tow vehicle. The brake control unit is also configured to: determine, for each brake, a hydraulic pressure based on the sensor data and the brake signal; and apply pressure by way of brake lines to the brake associated with each wheel, based on the hydraulic pressure.
US10894533B2	Wheel torque sensor for highly automated driving vehicles A method and apparatus for sensing wheel torque of a highly automated driving (HAD) vehicle includes a wheel hub configured to rotate around a rotation axis as the vehicle moves and a brake caliper, including a brake pad, configured to apply a caliper force to the wheel hub. A reaction carriage is interconnected with the brake caliper and is configured to have a reaction force applied to it when the brake caliper applies the caliper force to the wheel hub. The wheel torque sensor includes a hydraulic chamber having a hydraulic fluid and a pressure sensor, interconnected with the hydraulic chamber, that senses pressure applied to the hydraulic fluid in response to the reaction force.
US10894531B1	Adjustable weight supporting apparatus An apparatus for partially supporting a vehicle is provided especially for a vehicle having a very limited area on its underside within which to safely apply an upward force, including vehicles with a small distance between the bottom of the chassis and the ground such as a sports car which allows the user to position a lifting jack under the vehicle at the proper access jack point for engagement of the lifting a portion of the vehicle, and lifting the jack and vehicle portion upwardly to a desired height. The legs of the jack stand can be temporarily inserted into a support member engaging the vehicle and the jack. The jack stand includes a horizontal support member with bottom facing open ends telescopically connected to a pair of rigid legs and each of the legs are telescopically attached to supporting bases using locking pins. Once the jack stand is installed, the lifting jack can be removed.
US10894524B1	Alarm apparatus and vehicle safety system for preventing leaving child in vehicle The present disclosure provides an alarm apparatus and a vehicle safety system for preventing leaving child in a vehicle. The alarm apparatus includes: a power supply circuit configure to supply power to the alarm apparatus; a central processing unit; a communication module configured to transmit alarm information to an external communication terminal; a vehicle condition monitoring device; at least an infrared monitor configured to monitor whether there is a human in the vehicle and transmit a human monitoring result to the central processing unit; and a temperature sensor configured to monitor a temperature inside the vehicle and transmit a temperature detection result to the central processing unit such that the central processing unit control the communication module to transmit the alarm information to the external communication terminal based on the temperature detection result. In this manner, leaving children in vehicles can be effectively prevented to avoid accidents.
US10894521B2	Bumper for a vehicle A bumper for a vehicle, including at least one profile, in particular an open profile, from a first material, having at least one ribbed structure formed from ribs from a second material, the ribbed structure being disposed along the profile at least in portions and at least in portions being connected to the profile in a force-fitting, form-fitting and/or materially integral manner in order for the profile to be reinforced. The bumper meets the requirements set in the event of collision loads and can be optimized in terms of load is achieved in that the ribbed structure is formed from fiber-reinforced plastic and has at least one first region and one second region, which differ from one another in terms of at least one property.
US10894518B2	Door trim A door trim installed in a vehicle includes an upper board and a lower board. The upper board includes a mounting boss. The lower board includes a body and a mounting flange. The body defines a lower portion of the door trim. The mounting flange extends upward from an upper edge of the body and includes a mounting hole. The mounting flange is disposed behind a back face of the upper board. The mounting boss protrudes from the back face of the upper board toward the mounting hole of the mounting flange. The mounting hole includes a through hole portion and a slot portion. The mounting boss is inserted in the through hole portion. The slot portion extends from a front section of a hole edge of the through hole portion toward a front of the vehicle to communicate with the through hole portion.
US10894517B2	Doghouse retainer, door assembly incorporating that doghouse retainer and method of adjusting a gap between a first component and a second component A doghouse retainer includes a body having an end wall incorporating a clip receiver and a sidewall having an ultrasonic heating concentration feature. A door assembly is provided including a door inner and a door trim panel incorporating such a doghouse retainer. A method of adjusting a gap between two components is also provided.
US10894515B1	Hitch camera A hitch rearview camera may include a lens, a housing, a main board, a battery, and a bracket. The lens, the main board and the battery are disposed inside the housing, and both sides of the housing are disposed on the bracket by an adjusting mechanism at an adjustable angle, the bottom of the bracket is provided with a connecting device detachably connected to a vehicle, and the main board is electrically connected to the lens and the battery respectively, and the main board has a WiFi module. In one embodiment, the rearview camera can be connected through a mobile phone or other display that can receive WiFi signals. When not in use, the camera is retracted directly to save spaces. In addition, by setting an adjusting mechanism, the angle of lens can be adjusted after a camera is connected to a vehicle to ensure the camera is used properly.
US10894507B1	Reflective coatings and rearview assembly device for displaying state of vehicle A rearview assembly for a vehicle includes a rearview assembly housing, a display on an outer surface of the rearview assembly housing, and a controller configured to receive information on a battery level or a gasoline level of the vehicle, where the display is configured to display the battery level or the gasoline level of the vehicle. The rearview assembly may include a reflective coating, for example a chromium-based reflective coating.
US10894506B2	Vehicle lamp Provided is to a vehicle lamp capable of ensuring a high sense of unity when a plurality of lamp units are arranged based on a shape of an outer optical member. The vehicle lamp includes a light source unit for generating light, a first optical member in which a plurality of incident optics are disposed on an incident surface, a second optical member in which a plurality of emitting optics are disposed, and a shield unit disposed between the plurality of incident optics and the plurality of emitting optics. In particular, a first side of the incident surface and the emitting surface is formed to be closer to the light source unit than a second side of the incident surface and the emitting surface to allow the incident surface and the emitting surface to be inclined.
US10894502B2	Tie down systems for securing cargo within vehicle cargo spaces This disclosure details tie down systems for securing cargo within vehicle cargo spaces. An exemplary tie down system may include a corner bracket mounted in a corner of the cargo space. The corner bracket may include a plurality of openings for tying down cargo at different heights within the cargo space.
US10894501B2	Tank having an air piping system A tank and a method of carrying a load and discharging a load therefrom. The tank includes a body having a first wall that bounds and defines a first compartment for carrying a load therein and a second wall spaced outwardly from at least a portion of the first wall; wherein a second compartment is defined between the first wall and the second wall. An air piping system is selectively actuated to place the first compartment and the second compartment under substantially similar or substantially equal air pressure. In one example the air piping system pumps air into the first compartment and the second compartment. In another example the air piping system evacuates air from the first and second compartments.
US10894499B2	Incinerator transport trailer and system An incinerator transport trailer has a chassis and an incinerator receiving and supporting cradle pivotally attached to the chassis for movement relative to the chassis between a travel position in which the cradle is positioned parallel to and extends along the chassis and a raised position in which the cradle extends generally perpendicular to the chassis. A first incinerator engagement is attached to the cradle toward a first end of the cradle for back-and-forth movement along a direction extending generally between the first and second ends of the cradle. A second incinerator engagement is attached to the cradle toward a second end of the cradle. The first incinerator engagement is movable to increase or decrease a distance between the first incinerator engagement and the second incinerator engagement to removably secure an incinerator to the cradle.
US10894495B2	Seat assembly including an armrest with a lever handle and method for making the same Seat assemblies and methods for making seat assembly are provided. In one example, a seat assembly includes a seat base and a seat backrest. An armrest is disposed adjacent to the seat base and has an upper armrest section that extends towards a forward armrest section for supporting an arm of a seat occupant. A lever handle is disposed within a hand-length below the upper armrest section such that the lever handle is accessible to a hand of the seat occupant while at least a portion of the arm of the seat occupant is supported on the upper armrest section. A lever arm has a first end coupled to the lever handle and a second end pivotally coupled to a part of the armrest that is disposed below the upper armrest section such that the lever handle moves in an arcuate upward direction when actuated.
US10894491B2	Harness system with locking mechanism An automatic harness system (1) for a child safety seat comprising one tensioning web (3); a retractor device (2) configured to allow tightening of the tensioning web (3), a locking mechanism, a release mechanism is connected to the retractor device (2). The release mechanism comprises an actuator, where a movement of the actuator from a first position to a second position alternates the release mechanism from the first state to the second state, and vice versa. The actuator's position allows a user to identify whether the release mechanism is in the first state or in the second state.
US10894490B2	Foldable restraint releasably attached to a main support structure of a vehicle A foldable restraint for a seat of a vehicle is disclosed and includes a body. The body includes a bottom side, a back side, and a spine connecting the bottom side and the back side to one another. The bottom side and the back side are configured to rotate towards one another to fold the foldable restraint into a stowed position and the bottom side and the back side rotate away from one another and into a deployed position. The foldable restraint also includes one or more upper engagement mechanisms connected to the back side of the foldable restraint and configured to releasably attach to a support structure of the seat of the vehicle. The foldable restraint also includes one or more lower engagement mechanisms connected to the seat side of the foldable restraint and configured to releasably attach to a support structure of the seat of the vehicle.
US10894486B2	Assembly and method for cooling a traction battery of a vehicle using fuel This disclosure relates to an assembly that cools a traction battery of a vehicle, in particular a hybrid electric vehicle. The assembly can include at least one fuel tank, and at least one traction battery that is arranged outside the fuel tank and is thermally connected to the fuel tank. The assembly can further include at least one fuel pump that is arranged in the fuel tank and at least one fuel line that is connected and/or can be connected to a pressure side of the fuel pump. A connection portion of the fuel tank is thermally connected to the traction battery. Fuel can be used to cool the connection portion, which cools the traction battery.
US10894482B2	Systems and methods of battery management and control for a vehicle Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein provide for receiving internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; determining a propulsion power for the hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on at least one of the internal hybrid vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information; determining a current state of charge of a battery, wherein the battery is operatively coupled to an electric motor in the hybrid vehicle; and managing a state of charge of the battery at the particular location at the particular time based on the current state of charge and the determined propulsion power.
US10894479B2	Fast charging station with charging cable and temperature control device for the charging cable A charging cable device for a fast charging station for fast charging a battery of a vehicle with an electric drive, having a temperature control device, and a charging cable connected thereto. The charging cable has a multiplicity of fluid lines which extend from an end of the charging cable facing the temperature control device to an end facing away from the temperature control device, and are connected to one another at the end facing away from the temperature control device. The temperature control device is connected to the fluid lines of the charging cable to form a fluid circuit. The temperature control device is designed to heat a fluid in the fluid circuit. Also disclosed is a fast charging station for fast charging a battery of a vehicle with an electric drive. The fast charging station has a charging cable device at the top.
US10894476B2	Display system in a vehicle and a method for control thereof A display system in a vehicle, and associated control method, which displays application information on a driver display screen portion and a passenger display screen portion of a vehicle display based on the seating position of the vehicle occupants in the vehicle and the identity of the vehicle occupants requesting the application information be displayed. The display system and method detects a change in the seating position of the vehicle occupants, and in response switches the display of the application information between the driver display screen portion and the passenger display screen portion of the vehicle display.
US10894463B2	Air-conditioning register An air-conditioning register includes a retainer, a downstream fin, a knob, an upstream fin, and a fork. The downstream fin is swingably supported by the retainer with a downstream fin pivot. The knob is slidably attached to the downstream fin. The upstream fin has a transmission shaft. The fork is pivotally supported by the knob and includes two fork pivots. The knob includes two pivot receiving portions each having a pivot receiving hole. Each fork pivot is inserted into the pivot receiving hole of the corresponding one of the pivot receiving portions. An overlapping portion is provided at least at part of a location at which the fork and each pivot receiving portion contact each other. Slits are provided at two locations between the two fork pivots of the fork. A region between each slit and the nearest fork pivot constitutes an elastic support portion.
US10894461B2	Method and control unit for controlling an air conditioning system A control unit for an air conditioning system of a vehicle is provided, wherein the air conditioning system has automatic climate control. The control unit is configured to calculate a fan strength limitation specified by a user. The control unit is further configured to activate the fan of the air conditioning system for automatic climate control depending on a fan characteristic curve and depending on the fan strength limitation, wherein the fan characteristic curve displays a fan strength for a fan of the air conditioning system as a function of a control deviation of the automatic climate control.
US10894458B2	Electric vehicle An electric vehicle includes a frame module carrying an electric motor unit and a suspension including, for each wheel, upper and lower oscillating arms connected to a wheel support by swivel joints which define a steering axis of the wheel. The suspension includes two shock absorber devices arranged in horizontal positions and along directions transversal with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction, which is carried by the frame module centrally on the vehicle. Each shock absorber cylinder is operatively connected to a respective oscillating arm by an oscillating linkage member. Brake discs are arranged at remote positions with respect to the wheels, on two output shafts at two opposite sides of the motor unit, which, in one example, includes two electric motors and two respective gear reducer units from which project the output shafts carrying the brake discs; the latter connected to wheel hubs by respective drive shafts.
US10894456B2	Vehicle with a front and / or rear steering mechanism, based on application of a lateral, horizontal force on the vehicle's chassis A vehicle comprising: •a front wheel set and a rear wheel set, each set comprising two wheels and an axle attached to the said wheels; •a base structure or chassis; •a front elastic pivot structure, connecting the front wheel set to the chassis, wherein said front elastic pivot structure comprises a front set of at least one elastic joint, enabling the chassis to tilt along a front roll axis in respect to the said front wheel set; •a front shock absorber, associated with the front wheel set; •a rear elastic pivot structure, associated with the rear wheel set, wherein said rear elastic pivot structure comprises a rear set of at least one elastic joint, enabling the chassis to tilt along a rear roll axis in respect to the said rear wheel set; and •a rear shock absorber, associated with the rear wheel set.
US10894452B2	Mounting member for an air maintenance tire A mounting member for an air maintenance tire is provided. The tire includes a sidewall that is formed with a groove for receiving an air tube and a recess for receiving at least one pneumatic connector that is in fluid communication with the air tube. The mounting member includes a plurality of layers, in which the layers are in stacked alignment with one another. The plurality of layers includes at least an axially outward layer and an axially inward layer. The mounting member is received in the recess and secured to the tire sidewall, thereby securing the position of the at least one pneumatic connector. A method of forming a mounting member for an air maintenance tire is also provided.
US10894448B2	Runflat tire with sidewall-reinforcing inserts A run-flat tire having a tread, an inner liner disposed beneath the tread, a body ply, and a pair of sidewalls axially spaced apart from one another is disclosed. The run-flat tire further includes a pair of sidewall-reinforcing portions each disposed in respective sidewall regions and each having a fabric barrier; a first sidewall-reinforcing insert between the fabric barrier and the inner liner; and a second sidewall-reinforcing insert disposed between the fabric barrier and the body ply. The fabric barrier extends not more than an entire length of the sidewall-reinforcing portion.
US10894444B2	Pneumatic tire In a tire 2, a band 14 has a helically wound structure in which a strip 26 having a cord 28 is wound in a circumferential direction. The band 14 includes a center portion C disposed at a center in an axial direction, and a shoulder portion S disposed outward of the center portion C in the axial direction. A pitch Pc of the strip 26 in the center portion C is not less than 2.0 times a width W of the strip 26 and not greater than 2.5 times the width W. A pitch Ps of the strip 26 in the shoulder portion S is not less than 0.8 times the width W of the strip 26 and not greater than 1.2 times the width W.
US10894441B2	Paintbrush holster Paint brush holsters and liners are described.
US10894439B2	Billwheel A device provides a way to organize papers, folders, and bills or invoices. It also provides a way to set a status for such documents, such as pending or paid, and other status notations. And, it provides a way to provide a reminder that is inexpensive and easy to use. The device includes a manually rotatable wheel disposed inside a holder, the holder having first and second windows for viewing indicia. The rotatable wheel has indicia disposed on an outer ring for display through the first window, and has indicia disposed on an inner ring for display through the second window. The first window is a top window, and indicates status of the bill. The second window provides indicia which is explanatory of the indicia appearing in the first window.
US10894438B2	Printing blanket and printing method Provided are a printing blanket and a printing method that enable printing on a printing member having a curved surface at an edge. The printing blanket includes a base member made of an elastic material having a three-dimensional shape with a recessed portion or a hole portion in a center of the base member and a ridge line surrounding the recessed portion or the hole portion, and a printing surface arranged on a surface of the base member on an outer side from the ridge line.
US10894437B1	Laminated article A flexible inkjet printed article includes an ink receptive medium comprising a substrate and an aqueous-based ink-receptive layer. The aqueous-based ink-receptive layer has: (a) a water-soluble salt of a multivalent metal cation; (b) one or more of a polyvinyl alcohol and a polyvinyl amine (or a copolymer derived from a vinyl alcohol and a vinyl amine) at 0.5-30 weight %; and optionally, (c) a crosslinking agent or (d) silica particles. An inkjet-printed image is disposed on the ink-receptive layer, provided from one or more aqueous pigment-based inks, each having: a) one or more anionically-stabilized pigment colorants; b) one or more water-miscible humectants at 1-20 weight %, each of which has a carbon atom to oxygen atom ratio of at least 1.0:1.0 and only two hydroxy groups. A functional layer comprising an adhesive composition disposed on the inkjet-printed image; and a flexible polymeric film or paper adhered to the functional layer.
US10894426B2	Recording device A recording device includes a recording head housed in a carriage, and for discharging a droplet on an obverse surface of a medium to perform recording on the medium, a support section having a support surface for supporting a reverse surface of the medium, and a heater for heating the droplet adhered to the obverse surface of the medium. The carriage is provided with a collection section capable of collecting steam generated when the droplet is heated by the heater. The recording head includes a nozzle cover provided with a plurality of holes for discharging the droplet. The nozzle cover includes a nozzle surface opposed to the support surface The collection section is formed of a material higher in hydrophilic property than the nozzle surface.
US10894425B2	Printing device, printing device control method and writing device This printing device is provided with a first ink container that contains a first ink; a second ink container that contains a second ink; temperature adjusting units that adjust the temperature of the first ink contained in the first ink container and/or the temperature of the second ink contained in the second ink container; a nozzle that sprays the inks; and a control unit that controls the first temperature adjusting unit and the second temperature adjusting unit.
US10894422B2	Consumables consumption apparatus and consumables consumption system A consumables consumption apparatus includes a cartridge determination section that determines one of a specified cartridge and an unspecified cartridge which is attached to the consumables consumption apparatus in accordance with maintenance subject information indicating a subject of a maintenance contract and a notification section that requests a selection of one of use agreement of the unspecified cartridge and replacement of the unspecified cartridge by the specified cartridge when the cartridge determination section determines that the unspecified cartridge is attached and that makes a notification indicating at least one of information on cancellation of the maintenance contract and information on replacement by the specified cartridge when the use agreement is selected.
US10894421B2	Liquid cartridge including circuit board and deformable member A liquid cartridge includes: a housing having a storage chamber; a liquid passage in communication with the storage chamber; a circuit board; a deformable member; and a movable surface. The liquid passage extends in a first lateral direction from the housing when the housing is in an operational posture. The circuit board is positioned higher than the storage chamber in a vertical direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction and vertically movable relative to the housing. The deformable member is positioned higher than the storage chamber and is lower than the circuit board. The deformable member is deformable vertically relative to the housing. The circuit board is movable vertically in accordance with deformation of the deformable member. The movable surface is positioned further in a second lateral direction opposite the first lateral direction than the circuit board. The movable surface faces upward and is vertically movable relative to the housing.
US10894417B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a frame having (i) a resin-molded bottom surface and (ii) a side surface (a) resin-molded integrally with the bottom surface and (b) extending upward from the bottom surface; an internal structure capable of supporting an image forming portion for forming an image on a recording material; and a screw for fixing the internal structure to the bottom surface of the frame, wherein the side surface is provided to surround the internal structure, at least one of the frame and the internal structure includes at least one restricting portion which restricts relative movement between the internal structure and the frame in a vertical direction to the bottom surface, and the at least one restricting portion is provided in a position at a smaller distance from an end of the side surface than from the bottom surface in the vertical direction.
US10894415B2	Liquid discharge head A liquid discharge head includes: a first channel member including a liquid channel. The liquid channel includes: pressure chambers connected respectively to nozzles and arranged in a first direction; throttle channels connected to the pressure chambers and extending from connection portions with the pressure chambers toward a first side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and coupling channels arranged in the first direction, each of the coupling channels being connected to two or more of the throttle channels that are adjacent to each other in the first direction, extending in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, having openings in a surface in the third direction of the first channel member.
US10894411B2	Cap and application devices stabilizing ink in nozzles of inkjet printheads A cap is positioned to contact a printhead when the printhead is not ejecting liquid ink. The cap and the printhead create a sealed space adjacent printhead nozzles when contacting each other. A flexible blade is positioned to contact the printhead when the printhead is not in contact with the cap. The flexible blade is adapted to fold over to spread a liquid solution on the nozzles in a first direction, and the flexible blade is adapted to remove excess amounts of the liquid solution from the nozzles in a second direction. A humidifier is connected to the cap and adapted to supply a moisture form of the liquid solution to the sealed space. A moisture sensor is connected to the cap. The humidifier is adapted to vary supply of the moisture to the sealed space based on the amount of moisture detected by the moisture sensor.
US10894408B2	Liquid discharging head and liquid discharging apparatus A liquid discharging head includes a first flow path member comprising a first flow path and a pressure chamber; a second flow path member stacked on the first flow path member and comprising a second flow path; a wiring substrate comprising a connection terminal for electrically connected to a driving element to generate a pressure change in the pressure chamber; and a circulation flow path for circulating the liquid through the pressure chamber. A surface of the first flow path member includes a first region which is stacked on the second flow path member via the wiring substrate and a second region which is stacked on the second flow path member without the wiring substrate. The first flow path and the second flow path are in communication with each other in the second region so as to be the circulation flow path.
US10894406B2	Thin film stacks A thin film stack can include a metal substrate having a thickness of from 200 angstroms to 5000 angstroms and a passivation barrier disposed on the metal substrate at a thickness of from 600 angstroms to 1650 angstroms. The passivation barrier can include a dielectric layer and an atomic layer deposition (ALD) layer disposed on the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer can have a thickness of from 550 to 950 angstroms. The ALD layer can have a thickness from 50 to 700 angstroms.
US10894403B2	Semiconductor apparatus, liquid discharge head substrate, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus An apparatus includes a substrate, a transistor provided on the substrate and connected to a first terminal supplied with a first voltage, an anti-fuse element provided on the substrate and connected between the transistor and a second terminal supplied with a second voltage, a first resistive element provided on the substrate and connected in parallel to the anti-fuse element and between the transistor and the second terminal, and an adjusting unit provided on the substrate and configured to function so as to reduce an influence of variation in resistance of the first resistive element in reading out of information from the anti-fuse element.
US10894402B2	Driving circuit, integrated circuit, and liquid discharge apparatus There is provided a driving circuit including: an integrated circuit, in which the integrated circuit includes an amplification control signal generation circuit that generates an amplification control signal, a first register that holds an operating state data indicating an operating state of the driving circuit, a second register that holds an abnormality detection data for determining the presence or absence of an abnormality in the operating state data, an abnormality detection circuit that determines whether or not the operating state data is abnormal based on the abnormality detection data, and generates an abnormality detection signal indicating the determination result; and an abnormality detection signal output control circuit that controls whether or not the abnormality detection signal is output, in which the abnormality detection signal output control circuit does not output the abnormality detection signal in a first mode to be shifted after power is turned on.
US10894397B2	Process for producing graphene foam laminate based sealing materials Provided is a process for producing a graphene foam laminate for use as a sealing material, the process comprising (a) providing a layer of graphene foam; and (b) laminating the layer of graphene foam with one layer of permeation-resistant polymer to form a two-layer laminate or with two layers of permeation-resistant polymer to form a three-layer laminate wherein the graphene foam layer is sandwiched between the two permeation-resistant polymer layers. The two permeation-resistant polymer layers can be the same or different in composition. The product is a new, novel, unexpected, and patently distinct class of highly conducting, elastic, thermally stable, and strong sealing materials.
US10894395B2	Methods for making 3D parts using composite based additive manufacturing with perforated sheets and parts formed therefrom A method of forming a 3D part includes applying liquid on a pattern on at least some of a plurality of sheets, applying a bonding agent on the liquid pattern on the at least some of the plurality of sheets, and forming perforations within the plurality of sheets along a perforation outline. The plurality of sheets are bonded together at the patterns between sheets via the bonding agent and a 3D pre-form within a stack of the plurality of sheets is formed. The perforations within each sheet bounds the pattern on each sheet and excess sheet material is removed from the stack of sheets bonded together by separating the plurality sheets along the perforations. Removal of the excess sheet material provides a semi-finished 3D part. The semi-finished 3D part may be further processed, e.g., by bead blasting, to provide a finished 3D part.
US10894393B2	Multilayer films and methods of making the same Disclosed are multilayer films with high toughness performance, where the films have an elastic ethylene copolymer in the core layer.
US10894385B2	Optical reflective film An optical reflective film including refractive index layers containing a water-soluble resin is provided, wherein the film has a small color tone variation and less occurrence of cracks even after a prolonged use. An optical reflective film, including: a substrate; and a dielectric multilayer film formed by alternately laminating a low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer, disposed on one surface of the substrate, wherein at least one layer of the low refractive index layer and the high refractive index layer is a water-dispersible cationic urethane resin-containing layer, containing: a water-soluble resin; a refractive index adjusting agent; a water-dispersible cationic urethane resin; and a cationic polymer having a tertiary amino group or a cation (salt) thereof or a quaternary ammonium group.
US10894384B2	Laminate and method of making same A laminate is made by first non-crimping or low-crimping continuous filaments to form a first spunbond layer and preconsolidating the first spunbond layer with a heated or calendering roller. Then continuous filaments with a greater crimp than the continuous filaments of the first spunbond layer are deposited as a second spunbond layer over the first spunbond layer to create a two-layer structure. Finally, the two-layer structure of the first and second spunbond layers is consolidated such that a total thickness of the laminate is 0.15 to 3 mm, preferably 0.2 mm to 2.5 mm and especially 0.2 mm to 2 mm.
US10894382B2	Flexible reinforced gasket A reinforced gasket material. A non-metallic scrim layer is interposed between layers of gasket material to provide strength to the gasket material. The layers of the gasket material can include binding agent to aid adhering to each other and to the non-metallic scrim layer. The non-metallic scrim layer can also be coated in binding agent. The layers of the gasket material can include high-temperature sealing material, compressed fiber, exfoliated graphite, or polytetrafluoroethylene.
US10894379B2	Glue dam seal assembly The invention relates to a glue dam seal assembly for a glue application installation of a corrugated board manufacturing device. The glue dam seal assembly comprises a support installation and a first glue dam sealing element for tight disposal on a first roller, which sealing element is disposed on the support installation.
US10894378B2	Glue dam seal assembly The invention relates to a glue dam seal assembly for a glue application installation of a corrugated board plant. The glue dam seal assembly comprises a support installation and a first glue dam sealing element for tight disposal on a first roller. The first glue dam sealing element is pivotable in relation to the support installation. The glue dam seal assembly furthermore has a first urging installation for urging the first glue dam sealing element onto the first roller upon generating a first urging force acting on the first glue dam sealing element.
US10894374B2	Process for manufacture of a thermochromic contact lens material Disclosed in this specification is a process for manufacturing a thermochromic contact lens. The process includes (1) selecting a photoinitiator that absorbs at a first wavelength and at least one thermochromic dye that displays substantial absorption at the first wavelength when the dye is at a first temperature and exhibits at least an 80% reduction in absorbance at the first wavelength at a second temperature, (2) maintaining the reaction mixture at the second temperature and (3) providing cure light that includes the first wavelength.
US10894365B2	Method for embedding an integrated circuit into a 3D-printed object A method is provided for embedding an integrated circuit (IC) into a 3D-printed object. The method includes providing a filament having a material for 3D-printing an object, and an integrated circuit embedded within the filament material. The filament is used to form at least part of the 3D-printed object. A 3D-printing system is provided for implementing the method. The 3D-printing system includes a filament dispenser for storing and dispensing the 3D-printing filament. A platform provides a work surface for supporting the object as the object is being printed. A processor is provided for controlling a printing operation of the 3D-printer, and for 3D-printing the object with the filament having the ICs embedded therein. A configuration circuit is provided for configuring the IC as the IC is embedded in the 3D-printed object.
US10894362B2	Method for specifying and fabricating an object, associated apparatus, and applications A method for specifying and fabricating non-homogeneous, anisotropic, truly functionally graded objects. The objects may have defined spatial heterogeneity (e.g., a gradient in material concentration) with local randomized distributions. This local randomness is designed in such a way that global averaging results in the specified spatial heterogeneity. The fabrication of structures is an additive process in which a material is deposited in defined patterns.
US10894361B2	Three-dimensional forming apparatus and method of forming three-dimensional object A three-dimensional forming apparatus includes: an ejecting portion that ejects a forming material from an opening portion to a forming table; a moving portion that changes a relative position between the forming table and the ejecting portion; and a controller that controls the ejecting portion and the moving portion. The ejecting portion includes a tip surface having the opening portion. An external shape of the opening portion is polygonal. When the three-dimensional object is formed, the controller controls the moving portion such that a distance (Gp) between the tip surface and an estimated position to which the forming material is to be ejected from the ejecting portion satisfies the following Expression (1). (Sq1×Gp)/Vt<1.0 (1) where Sq1 represents an area of the opening portion, and Vt represents a volume of the forming material that is ejected per unit moving amount by the ejecting portion.
US10894358B2	Optimized nozzle arrangement for an extruder head used in an additive manufacturing system An extruder head has an arrangement of multiple nozzles in the faceplate that avoids aligning the multiple nozzles at angular orientations from the 0°-180° axis and 90°-270° axis intersection at the center of the faceplate. The extruder head includes a housing having a faceplate with a plurality of nozzles that are equally spaced from one another when the nozzles are projected onto a first axis in a plane of the faceplate and the nozzles are equally spaced from one another when projected onto a second axis in the plane of the faceplate that is orthogonal to the first axis. Movement of the extruder head along any angular path from the intersection of the first axis and the second axis in the plane of the faceplate enables at least one nozzle in the plurality of nozzles to not be aligned with any other nozzle.
US10894355B2	Resin solidification substrate and assembly A solidification substrate assembly for making a three-dimensional object from a solidifiable material includes a solidification substrate assembly. In certain examples, the solidifiable material solidifies in contact with the solidification substrate, and the tilting of the substrate and/or or the use of a peeling member facilitates separation of the substrate from the solidified material. In other examples, the solidification substrate assembly includes a film that is adjacent to a rigid or semi-rigid layer. The solidifiable material solidifies in contact with the film, and a peeling member peels the film away from the solidified material. Intelligent solidification substrate assemblies are also described in which a force sensor determines when to expose the solidifiable material to solidification energy and/or whether to use a peeling member to separate the solidification substrate from a solidified objection section.
US10894352B2	Method and apparatus for producing a high aspect ratio nanostructured foil by extrusion coating or extrusion casting A sold nano- or micro-structured thermoplastic foil including a nano- or micro-structured surface area is produced by providing an extrusion casting roller for an industrial polymer extrusion casting process using a thermoplastic material, applying a nano- or micro-structured surface on the extrusion casting roller, maintaining a temperature of the casting roller below a solidification temperature of the thermoplastic material while the casting roller and the counter roller are rotating, and continuously applying a melt of the thermoplastic material between a counter roller and the casting roller while the casting roller and the counter roller are rotating. A rotational velocity of the casting roller may be 10 meters/minute. The melt of the thermoplastic material is moved between the casting roller and the counter roller while the rollers are rolling, and the melt of the thermoplastic material is solidified upon contact with the casting roller to form the thermoplastic foil.
US10894349B2	Method for controlling valve gates using one or more strain gauges A method of monitoring and controlling a sequential valve gate molding apparatus in an injection molding or other molding process is disclosed. The method includes creating a target strain profile, receiving a deviation limit, receiving a change in strain relating to a first valve gate from a first strain gauge, identifying whether a deviation exists from a first portion of the target strain profile based on the output from the first strain gauge, determining whether any existing deviation exceeds the deviation limit, and adjusting the position of a first valve gate pin in the first valve gate if it does. The method may further include control of subsequent valve gates. Multiple strain gauges may be used to control a single valve gate, and/or each strain gauge may control more than one valve gate.
US10894347B2	Device for demolding parts and mold including the device A device for demolding parts includes a slider for housing a figure insert for the molding of a negative of the part to be molded. The slider is associated with a push rod, which can move the slider to an ejection position of a part to be molded. The device also includes a gas cylinder for driving the displacement of the push rod. The device eliminates an inclined guide and a safety wedge, saving a great deal of work and focusing all the machining only on a punch plate.
US10894339B2	Electric concrete saw A self-propelled electric concrete saw having at least two electric motors. A first electric motor of the concrete saw is powered by an external power supply and can power both a saw blade and a drive system. A second electric motor of the concrete saw is powered by a rechargeable battery and can power the drive system. The concrete saw can be maneuvered by using the second electric motor with or without the concrete saw being connected to the external power supply.
US10894338B2	Method for the production of artificial wood board The present invention relates to a method for the production of artificial wood board. More specifically, present invention relates to a method for the production of highly durable, low cost, environmental friendly artificial wood board. Furthermore the present invention relates to artificial wood boards obtainable by the methods of present invention.
US10894337B2	Method and formulation for the treatment of timber According to the present invention there is provided a method of treating timber with a creosote-containing preservative formulation adapted for use at substantially ambient temperature. The formulation comprises: creosote; one or more surfactants such that when diluted with a predetermined quantity of water, the creosote is present as an oil-in-water macroemulsion or microemulsion; and optionally, an anti-foaming agent and/or a fire retardant. It is found empirically that the inventive concentrate allows for the use of creosote, a known-effective biocide, without many of the drawbacks inherent in such use.
US10894332B2	Systems and methods for minimizing a total number of cuts to separate media instances imaged onto a media sheet A system and method utilizes strategies, priority rules, specifications, and comparisons to calculate the fewest number of cuts to separate individual instances from an imaged media sheet. Embodiments of the systems and methods may produce an optimal or more efficient arrangement of the media instances on an imaged media to minimize a total number of cuts to separate the instances, and thus reduce an overall cost.
US10894330B2	Shaving razor system A shaving razor system with a handle and a shaving cartridge mounted to the handle. A circuit board having an electrical switch in communication with a power source is positioned within the handle. A heating element is in electrical communication with the electrical switch. The heating element having a skin contacting surface. The heating element has a first pre-determined temperature and a second pre-determined temperature. The second predetermined temperature is at least two degrees Celsius different from the first pre-determined temperature.
US10894327B2	Robot A robot includes an arm, a plurality of motors provided in the arm, and a pipe connected to the arm. Wires passing through the inside of the pipe include a first power line, which is one power line for supplying electric power to a pair or more of the motors among the plurality of motors.
US10894325B2	Soft-bodied finger, soft-bodied gripper and soft-bodied robot A dual-channel soft-bodied finger includes a fingertip, a finger junction, and a fingerboard. A plurality of flexible joints and a plurality of flexible shoulders are disposed at intervals on an upper portion of the fingerboard between the fingertip and the finger junction. A lower portion of the fingerboard is provided with a plurality of protrusions. An end portion of the finger junction is a convex annular-shaped body. A transition segment between the end portion of the finger junction and the flexible joints is a cone-shaped body. A first air channel and a second air channel are disposed inside the finger, and when the first and second air channels are inflated, air is guided into an air bag through the first and second air channels.
US10894322B2	Robot motion planning A method for motion planning for at least one robot includes providing a start configuration comprising at least one start position and a destination configuration comprising at least one destination position for the robot, providing a motion of at least one obstacle in the workspace of the robot, the obstacle motion defining a position of the obstacle that varies over time, and determining a motion of the robot from its start configuration to its destination configuration. The robot motion definies a position of the robot over a time period from a start time to a destination time. The robot motion is determined such that at each point in time between the start and destination times a distance between the robot and the obstacle does not fall below a predetermined threshold.
US10894306B2	Detachment puller A detachment puller is provided, including a main body, having a threaded hole and a plurality of pivoting portions circumferentially disposed around the threaded hole; a screw rod, screwed with the threaded hole; a plurality of jaws, respectively pivoted to the plurality of pivoting portions, each of the plurality of jaws including an abutted portion; an adjustment mechanism, elastically and movably disposed on the main body, the adjustment mechanism including a plurality of engaging portions, each of the plurality of engaging portions including a first abutting portion and a second abutting portion, the abutted portion being located between the first and second abutting portions, the first abutting portion being movable toward a first direction to press the abutted portion, the second abutting portion being movable toward a second direction to press the abutted portion, the first and second directions being opposite to each other.
US10894304B2	System for image guided assembly and a fastening tool for assembly of a structure A system for image guided assembly of a structure, the structure defining an interior area accessible through at least one access opening, the interior area including at least one fastener hole. The system including a first fastening tool including an arm with first and second ends; and a support plate on the first end, the support plate including at least one connection member to securely retain a fastener therein, the at least one connection member configured to facilitate alignment of the fastener with the at least one fastener hole; an image capturing device disposed on the arm first end configured to generate a captured image of the interior area; a light source associated with the arm first end, the light source configured to generate light at the first end of the arm; and a display device located outside the interior area for displaying the captured image of the interior area.
US10894299B2	Fixed bed large scale additive manufacturing using foil-based build materials The present disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatuses for additive manufacturing using foil-based build materials. Such methods and apparatuses eliminate several drawbacks of conventional powder-based methods, including powder handling, recoater jams, and health risks. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for compensation of in-process warping of build plates and foil-based build materials.
US10894297B2	Welding gun stabilizer The present disclosure provides a stabilizer for a welding gun, wherein said stabilizer may comprise a plurality of sections hinged together to allow rotation with respect to each other and in connection with a user's hand. The stabilizer may comprise a holder designed to accept the end of a welding gun and a positioning device at one end to minimize movement of the welding gun. The stabilizer attaches to the user's hand and allows precise and repeatable welding movements. The stabilizer also allows a user to push fingers slightly, instead of constantly gripping the trigger.
US10894296B2	Light weight cordless stud welder A portable stud welder apparatus is provided for welding a stud onto a work piece. The portable stud welder apparatus includes a housing and an energy storage device. A weld stud gun that is configured to hold a weld stud is electrically connected to the energy storage device for receiving energy from the energy storage device to pass a current through the stud and the work piece to form a weldment. At least one battery of the lithium ion type that is removeably coupled to the housing to establish an electrical connection with said energy storage device and provide energy to the energy storage device.
US10894295B2	Adjustable cover for air recirculation in a generator power supply A welding power supply having an adjustable cover is disclosed. The welding power supply includes an enclosure housing an engine, a porous radiator thermally coupled to the engine, and a fan configured to propel air through the radiator. A ventilation opening is in fluid communication with the fan and radiator. The fan is configured to move heated air along an air path and out of the ventilation opening. The air may be heated by the welding power supply components (e.g. engine, radiator, charge air cooler, oil cooler, compressor, generator, weld circuitry, and/or other components), for example. The adjustable cover is positioned over the ventilation when in a fully closed and/or partially open/closed position. The adjustable cover may be moved between fully closed, partially open/closed, and fully open positions. The amount of air that is allowed to exit the enclosure, and the amount of air that is recirculated within the enclosure, may be altered by adjusting the position of the adjustable cover.
US10894293B2	Hob peeling method and cutting tool for producing at least partially rounded tooth tips A method for providing teeth on working gears by cutting, wherein the working gear and the cutting tool are driven in rotation at a predetermined speed ratio along axes oriented at an intersection angle. The flanks of the cutting teeth form edges having flank cutting sections arranged on the edges of a gap between two adjacent teeth and extend along a first contour line, and which as a result of an advance in the direction of the working gear engage in a cutting manner to produce teeth having a flank contour predetermined by the shape of the cutting edge. Each of the flank cutting sections is adjoined by a tip cutting section which extends along a second contour line in the region of the base of the cutting tooth gap, wherein the second contour line is curved such that at least partially rounded tooth tips are produced on the teeth.
US10894283B2	Molded material production method and molded material Provided are: a method for producing a molded material comprising tubular body and a flange formed at an end portion of the body; and a molded material produced thereby, which can prevent the flange of the molded material becoming unnecessarily thick, avoid the generation of wrinkles and buckling, and allow weight reduction of the molded material and size reduction of a base metal sheet. When producing the molded material by molding processes including at least one drawing-out process and at least one drawing process performed after the drawing-out process, a first drawing process is carried out on a region corresponding to the body while opening a die and a drawing sleeve, and an ironing process is carried out on a region corresponding to the flange while keeping a constant interval of a mold gap between the die and the drawing sleeve.
US10894282B2	Tool and process for forming destacking formations on metal blanks A tool for manufacturing blanks and a process for stacking and destacking the blanks in a production line are provided. The tool is incorporated into a blanking die used to trim a metal sheet and form the blanks. When the blanks are stacked, the destacking formations provide gaps between the adjacent blanks. The gaps provide an entry to blast air and thus reliably separate the blanks for pick up, so that only one blank is picked up at a time. The tool includes a deforming unit that has an engagement element for pressing deformations into the metal sheet. The deformations are pressed adjacent to at least one edge of the metal sheet so that when the metal sheet is trimmed, and the blanks are stacked, they are spaced by the deformations by adjacently stacked blanks.
US10894279B2	Descaling device A descaling device having a device housing, a shaft, a shaft bearing, a nozzle head and a medium coupling, wherein the shaft bearing is arranged in the device housing and the shaft is mounted in the device housing by the shaft bearing for carrying out a rotary movement, wherein the shaft and the nozzle head are detachably connected to one another in a non-destructive manner, wherein the medium coupling has a medium connection for supply of a medium, wherein the shaft has a shaft cavity for conducting the medium supplied at the medium connection to the nozzle head. The descaling device has an improved maintainability and reliability due to the descaling device having a motor, and due to the motor being arranged on the shaft in the device housing between the nozzle head and the medium coupling in order to generate the rotary movement of the shaft.
US10894278B2	Method for producing seamless metal tube Provided is a round billet capable of reducing damage on a piercing plug in a method of producing a seamless metal tube with a Mannesmann process. The round billet (5), for use in a seamless metal tube, to be produced into a seamless metal tube with a Mannesmann process includes a body having a hole (6) formed in an axial direction of the body. The hole (6) includes an aperture (6a) opening at least at one end face of the round billet (5), and a tapered portion (61) continued to the aperture (6a) and having a diameter gradually increasing toward the aperture (6a).
US10894277B2	Rolling bending method and rolling bending apparatus A steel strip is fed and compressed between a driving roller and a compression roller to generate a stress greater than a yield stress in the steel strip and to elongate one periphery portion of the steel strip, which is on one side, more than the other periphery portion of the steel strip, which is on the other side, in a sending direction. The compression roller includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The second contact portion extends from an end of the first contact portion in the axial direction of the compression roller. The end of the first contact portion has an outer diameter less than an outer diameter of the second contact portion.
US10894276B2	Decoking process In chemical processes for cracking hydrocarbons, reactors are subject to coking. This results in carburization of the metal substrate for the reactor leading to a reduced reactor life. If the reactor is subject to a decoke process, followed by a steam scour and nitriding there is a reduced tendency to carburization of the metal substrate improving the reactor life.
US10894272B2	Dispensing control system A dispensing control system includes a dispensing device and a remote device. The dispensing device includes a dispenser configured to dispense material from a cartridge disposed in the dispensing device, a first receiver configured to receive information related to the cartridge, a transmitter configured to transmit the information related to the cartridge, and an electronic controller configured to cause the transmitter of the dispensing device to transmit the information related to the cartridge. The remote device includes an electronic controller, a receiver and a transmitter, the receiver of the remote device is configured to receive the information related to the cartridge, the controller of the remote device is configured to monitor the information related to the cartridge and to cause the transmitter of the remote device to transmit the information related to the cartridge to a remote server.
US10894270B2	Liquid jet discharge device and liquid jet discharge method A liquid jet discharge device includes: a narrow tube having a tube shaped body that is open at both ends, and in which a discharge liquid being disposed therein, the discharge liquid contacting at least at an inner face of the narrow tube at a contact angle of less than 90 degrees; a container in which a transmission medium being disposed at a base side thereof where one end of the narrow tube is disposed, so as to enable pressure to be transmitted to the discharge liquid; an adjustment mechanism that causes a liquid surface of the discharge liquid inside the narrow tube and an interface of the transmission medium outside the narrow tube and inside the container to be staggered in position along an axial direction of the narrow tube; and a generation mechanism that generates a pressure wave in the transmission medium such that a liquid jet is discharged from the discharge liquid inside the narrow tube.
US10894267B2	Vapor deposition mask with metal plate A method for producing a vapor deposition mask capable of satisfying both enhancement in definition and reduction in weight even when a size increased, a method for producing a vapor deposition mask device capable of aligning the vapor deposition mask to a frame with high precision, and a method for producing an organic semiconductor element capable of producing an organic semiconductor element with high definition are provided. A metal mask provided with a slit, and a resin mask that is positioned on a front surface of the metal mask and has openings corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition arranged by lengthwise and crosswise in a plurality of rows, are stacked.
US10894266B2	Pump dispenser head with increased unlocking torque A pump dispenser head has a lockdown feature to prevent unintended dispensing during shipment. Releasing the lock-down feature requires increased torque compared with typical dispensers, allowing the dispenser to be shipped with less packaging while still preventing leakage of the contents.
US10894264B2	Filling system comprising a bottle to be filled with a liquid and a filling module A filling system including: a bottle having a hollow enclosure with a base; a filling module that includes a reservoir; a plate able to move between a high position and a low position; a pump; a compression system configured so as to compress the pump when the plate descends; a pipe assembly between the reservoir and the plate and the pump; and a connection assembly for fluid between the plate and the base.
US10894261B2	Washing nozzle for machine tool and machine tool therein The washing nozzle for washing an inside of the machine tool with fluid includes a base portion having a tubular passage inside thereof, a supply port through the tubular passage, and a rotary member rotatable about an axis parallel to a surface on which the base portion is mounted, the rotary member having inside thereof a nozzle jet port and a nozzle flow passage allowing communication between the tubular passage and the nozzle jet port, wherein the jet port is formed so that fluid jetted from the jet port of the rotary member hits the surface on which the base portion is mounted and the jet of the fluid causes the rotary member to rotate about the parallel axis.
US10894257B2	Method and apparatus for handling blood for testing A holder rack has an array of tubular slots that cooperate with a holder to position an absorbent tip of the holder at a predetermined location. The racks fit over well plates to position each absorbent tip adjacent the bottom of a different well in the well plate to extract dried samples from the absorbent tips. The holders are transported in containers having a frame to receive the holders and a lid to keep them in the container. The absorbent tips can extend through a cap to dry, with the cap connected to the holder to enclose the absorbent tips for transport.
US10894256B2	Ergonomic stool specimen container and enclosing holder systems, methods, and kits Provided herein is technology relating to collecting and containing samples and particularly, but not exclusively, to technology for collecting and containing a stool specimen. The technology provides a device for collecting and containing a stool specimen, the device comprising ergonomic features optimized for a geriatric user. The technology also provides an enclosing holder for securing the ergonomic stool specimen container in a leak-proof manner e.g., during mechanical shaking.
US10894248B2	Catalyst composition for enhancing yield of olefins in fluid catalytic cracking process (FCC) The present invention provides a catalyst composition comprising rare earth exchanged USY zeolite (REUSY); pentasil zeolite; phosphorous compound; clay, silica, alumina, and spinel to enhance the catalytic activity and selectivity for light olefins in FCC operation conditions. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of Light olefin enhancing catalyst composition with high propylene yield and coke selectivity.
US10894247B2	Fluidized-bed catalyst suitable for the production of halogenated aromatic nitriles, its preparation and application thereof A fluidized-bed catalyst suitable for the production of halogenated aromatic nitriles includes an active component and a support. The active component is a complex having the following composition expressed in atomic ratio: VPaCrbAcMdOx, wherein A represents at least one metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals; M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, La, Ce, Nb, Mo, W, Co, Zn, Fe, Ni, B, Sb, Bi, As, Ga, Ge, Sn, and In; in the XRD spectrum of the catalyst, diffraction peaks are present at 2θ=27.8±0.5° and 2θ=13.8±0.5°, and the ratio of the height (I1) of the diffraction peak at 2θ=27.8±0.5° to the height (I2) of the diffraction peak at 2θ=13.8±0.5° is 3.5-6, i.e. I1:I2=3.5-6.
US10894241B2	Method and system for forming polymer microparticles A method for forming polymer microparticles is disclosed. The method comprises spraying a liquid comprising a thermally-gelling polymer from a first orifice of a nozzle into air to form gelled microparticles, and collecting the gelled microparticles with a collecting device. The nozzle is positioned to have a central axis of the first orifice at a tilt angle in a range from about 10 degrees to about 170 degrees relative to a direction of gravity. The collecting device comprises at least two collecting units at different distances from the first orifice of the nozzle in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction of gravity. Each of the collecting unit is loaded with a liquid collecting medium. A system for forming polymer microparticles is also disclosed.
US10894239B2	Dispersant, dispersion composition, and fibrous sheet The present invention aims to provide a dispersant and a dispersion composition that exhibit high dispersing ability for nano-carbons such as, in particular, CNTs. The dispersant according to the present invention includes a polyalkylene oxide having a structural unit of the following chemical formula (1). In the chemical formula (1), L1 and L2 are each a straight-chain alkylene group that may have a substituent, Z is a linking group that links L1 and Ar, or alternatively, Z may not be present and L1 and Ar may be linked directly to each other, and Ar is represented by the following chemical formula (1a), (1b), or (1c).
US10894231B2	Waste gas treatment method with application of nano-bubble and waste gas treatment system using the same A waste gas treatment method with the application of nano-bubbles and a waste gas treatment system using the same are provided. The method includes the steps of: feeding waste gas to an accommodating space; flowing a predetermined body of water in the accommodating space and generating the predetermined body of water including nano-bubbles; directing the waste gas mixed with the predetermined body of water including the nano-bubbles to a swirling unit; and discharging the treated gas waste. The predetermined body of water including the nano-bubbles is mixed with the waste gas so that the nano-bubbles of the predetermined water and the waste gas may be sufficiently subjected to the cavitation effect and supercritical water oxidation, and harmful substances such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen monoxide and other nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals and the like, of the waste gas may be removed.
US10894226B2	Filter element A filter element of a rotating disc filter including an internal space thereof that is limited by one or more perforated and profiled filter plates and is connected to a vacuum source. Efficiency should herein be increased in that the outside of the filter plates that faces away from the internal space has a plurality of elevations, whose cross section is round or elongated and/or at least one filter plate on the outside facing away from internal space has a plurality of elevations of different shapes and/or sizes.
US10894224B2	System and method for filtering organic compounds A system and method for removing undesirable organic compounds so that the desirable cannabinoids, terpenes, and any other beneficial organic compounds can be easily and effectively captured is provided herein. The system and method makes use of diatomaceous earth filters through which a solution containing the organic compounds is rinsed with liquid non-polar solvent. The undesirable components remain in the diatomaceous while the beneficial organic compounds pass through and are collected in a liquid solution.
US10894223B2	Process for isolating pure 2-ethylhexyl acrylate or pure 2-propylheptyl acrylate from the corresponding crude alkyl acrylate by distillation Process for isolating pure 2-ethylhexyl acrylate or pure 2-propylheptyl acrylate from the corresponding crude alkyl acrylate by distillation, wherein the process is carried out in a dividing wall column (1) which has separation-active internals and vaporizer (7) and in which a dividing wall (8) is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the column to form an upper joint column region (9), a lower joint column region (14), an inflow section (10, 12) having a side feed point (2) and an offtake section (11, 13) having a side offtake point (3), the column has a number of theoretical plates in the range from 10 to 60, where the number of theoretical plates of the dividing wall column (1) relates to the sum of the theoretical plates in the joint upper column region (9), the joint lower column region (14) and the inflow section (10, 12), the side feed point (2) for the corresponding crude alkyl acrylate is arranged at a theoretical plate in the region commencing at least two theoretical plates above the bottommost theoretical plate and ending at least two theoretical plates below the uppermost theoretical plate, the side offtake point (3) for the pure 2-ethylhexyl acrylate or pure 2-propylheptyl acrylate is arranged at a theoretical plate in the region commencing at least two theoretical plates above the bottommost theoretical plate and ending at least two theoretical plates below the uppermost theoretical plate and the dividing wall (8) is arranged in the column in the region commencing at least one theoretical plate above the bottommost theoretical plate and ending at least one theoretical plate below the uppermost theoretical plate, where the ratio of amount of liquid at the upper end of the dividing wall (8) going to the enrichment section (10) and the stripping section (11) of the column is set in the range from 1:0.2 to 1:5.
US10894216B2	Dup puppet A hand puppet of the type is configured to represent a real animal. The preferred embodiment described herein is of that of a dog. The hand puppet described herein can also be a duck or a monkey. The hand puppet contains a series of electronic components, which includes accelerometers, a speaker, a main circuit board, a power source and sensors, which allows to the hand puppet to detect nearby objects and to detect pressure applied by the mouth portion of the puppet. The hand puppet can be manipulated using a hand to synthesize over numerous sounds in real-time. Each sound generated by the hand puppet is distinct depending on the activity being simulated with the hand puppet. Each sound that is generated by the hand puppet is unique. The hand puppet discussed herein will appear to have a personality of its own and will feel alive in the user's hand.
US10894214B2	Facilitating multigame currencies in multiple online games A system and method for facilitating multigame currencies in multiple online games and security therewith is disclosed. The multigame currencies may be “spent” and/or “earned” by the players in the individual ones of the multiple online games. A request to use the multigame currencies in a given player account in a given online game may be authenticated through a third party identity that has been associated with the given player for the given online game. In situations where such an association does not exist, a third party identity associated with the given player for any other online game may be used to authenticate the request. In situations where no third party identity is associated with the given player for any one of the online games, an association of a third party identity and the given player for the given online game may be facilitated for subsequent authentication of requests.
US10894213B2	Game apparatus, method of controlling game apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium It is determined whether or not a first game character operated by a player satisfies a defined condition during a battle between the first game character and a second game character. In response to the defined condition being satisfied by the first game character during the battle between the first game character and the second game character, a control right for controlling a part of the second game character in response to a player operation is acquired.
US10894212B2	Game processing system, game processing program, and game processing method A game processing system that controls a display to display a plurality of graphic forms each indicating an identifier; identifies a trajectory of a continuously drawn input selecting a plurality of the graphic forms; identifies the identifiers of the graphic forms corresponding to the input trajectory; identifies at least a first command based on an arrangement of the identifiers when detecting an end of the input; and controls a game operation of attacking an opponent based on the command.
US10894211B2	Information processing method, apparatus, and system for executing the information processing method A method including defining a virtual space. The virtual space contains a first player character associated with a first user, a second player character associated with a second user, and virtual points of view for defining field-of-view images to be provided to a first HMD associated with the first user and to a second HMD associated with the second user. The method includes identifying first and second parts of the second player character. The method includes moving the first part in synchronization with a detected movement of the second user. The method includes displaying the second part in connection with a detected movement of the first part. The method includes setting a first transparency rate of the first part and a second transparency rate of the second part. A transparency rate of at least a portion of the second part is greater than the transparency rate of the first part.
US10894209B2	System and method of providing a game The disclosure relates to a system and a method of providing a game over a peer to peer network. The disclosure provides a method of providing a game over a peer to peer (P2P) game network, wherein the P2P game network comprises a plurality of user devices as the nodes of the network. The P2P game network is arranged to generate or process game data on a subset of the user devices of the game network in response to a user device not being a member of the subset user devices, generating a game data request to play a game.
US10894207B2	Peripheral device, information processing system, and method for connecting the peripheral device An example of peripheral device adds a predetermined function to a mobile device having an infrared communication function. The peripheral device includes an additional function unit, an infrared communication unit, and a support unit. The additional function unit has the predetermined function. The infrared communication unit is capable of performing infrared communication with the mobile device. The support unit detachably supports the mobile device so that a light emitting/receiving unit for infrared light of the mobile device is positioned so as to be capable of transmitting or receiving infrared light to or from the infrared communication unit.
US10894199B2	Systems and methods for providing recreational assistance Embodiments for providing recreational assistance are described. A system for providing recreational assistance includes a frame and a microphone, a speaker, and at least one processor connected to the frame. The at least one processor is in operable communication with the microphone and the speaker and configured to, in response to the detection of an aural command by the microphone, generate a signal representative of a distance between the frame and a landmark and cause the speaker to generate an aural indication representative of the distance.
US10894198B1	Systems and methods for dynamic and accurate pitch detection Provided is a device for pitch detection within user-defined zones. The device detects a first gesture at a first height based on first output from all or some sensors, and detects a second gesture at a second height based on second output from all or some sensors. The device sets a top and bottom of the user-defined zone based on the first height and the second height, and tracks a location of an object relative to the user-defined zone based on third output, from a subset of sensors, that is generated in response to the object moving over or under the subset of sensors. The device discards output generated from two or more sensors that are not adjacent, measurements from adjacent sensors that differ by more than a distance threshold, and/or output from adjacent sensors with timestamps that differ by more than a time threshold.
US10894194B2	Ear-wearable device providing golf advice data A computing system wirelessly receives data from an ear-wearable device and determines, based on the data received from the ear-wearable device, a current position of the ear-wearable device. Additionally, the computing system determines, based on the current position of the ear-wearable device and data regarding a golf course, golf advice data that provides a recommendation regarding play of the golf course. Furthermore, the computing system wirelessly sends audio data to the ear-wearable device. The audio data represents soundwaves of a vocalization of the golf advice data.
US10894193B2	Golf club heads with cavities and related methods Embodiments of golf club heads with cavities and methods to manufacture golf club heads with cavities are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a body. The body comprises a strikeface, a backside of the strikeface, a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, a first cavity at the backside of the strikeface, a rear portion opposite the strikeface, and a second cavity at the rear portion. In many embodiments, the golf club head further comprises a cap closing off the second cavity. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10894188B2	Golf ball dimple patterns including stars and stripes and color The present invention provides golf balls having a pattern of stellated polygon shaped dimples and grooves with pre-selected and coordinated color appearances on the outer surface of the ball to produce a unique and desirable overall golf ball color appearance.
US10894185B2	Detachable training hold Devices, systems, and methods for finger and/or grip training including detachable hold features for engaging a user's finger to work against a load.
US10894184B2	Foot stretching device A foot stretching device with simultaneous toe spacing and dorsiflexion capabilities, where the toe-spacing elements are continuously adjustable along flexible guiderails to custom fit individual foot geometry, while the method of applying tension between the ankle and the forefoot via inelastic material to enable dorsiflexion also secures the toe spacing elements to the user's foot through a linkage with the ankle cuff of the device. Exchanging the inelastic material for one which is elastic and stretchable allows plantarflexion exercises to be performed with resistance.
US10894181B2	Portable arm exercise device A device for exercising an arm of a user, the device including an adjustable pad that is configured to accommodate different size arms, an adjustable tension dampener that is configured to extend and retract, a lower extension, an adjustment lever that is configured to lengthen or shorten said lower extension, a handgrip, in which said handgrip comprises a rotating handgrip, and an adjustment knob, wherein said adjustment know is configured to adjust a tension on said rotating handgrip.
US10894178B2	System, method and apparatus for exercise device An exercise device can include a handle having a handle axis and a handle weight. A head can be removably coupled to a distal end of the handle with a single fastener adjacent a proximal end of the head. The head can have a head weight and can be axe-shaped. A distal end of the head can be blunt. A portion of each of the proximal and distal ends can be planar.
US10894171B2	Treatment device using high frequency The present invention relates to a treatment device using high frequency and provides a treatment device using high frequency comprising: a main body comprising a high frequency generation portion inside; a contact type handpiece comprising a first electrode portion for providing high frequency energy generated in the high frequency generation portion to the surface of the skin, and is detachably formed at an fastening portion of the main body; an invasive handpiece comprising a second electrode portion for providing high frequency energy generated in the high frequency generation portion to the inside of the skin, and is detachably formed at an fastening portion of the main body; and a control portion for controlling the high frequency energy provided from the high frequency generation portion to the first electrode portion or the second electrode portion.
US10894170B2	Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field In combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field, treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. A magnetic field generating device is placed proximate to a body region of the patient. The magnetic field generating device generates a time-varying magnetic field with a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 to 7 Tesla. The time-varying magnetic field is applied to the body region of the patient in order to cause a contraction of a muscle within the body region. A second therapy may be used by applying one or more of optical waves, radio frequency waves, mechanical waves, negative or positive pressure or heat to the body region of the patient.
US10894168B2	Automated external defibrillator with shortened pause for rhythm analysis An automated external defibrillator (AED) is described which includes two electrocardiogram (ECG) analyzers. One of the ECG analyzers is suitable for use only for ECG which is signal-noise-free, and thus may be used during “hands-off” analysis periods in which no cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compressions can be provided. The length of the “hands-off” analysis period can be shortened by use of the second ECG analyzer in concert with the first ECG analyzer. Thus, a greater proportion of CPR time through the course of a cardiac arrest rescue is achieved.
US10894157B2	Laser marking of raw anode foil to induce uniform pattering and etching with oxide passivation mask A method of producing an electrode for use in the manufacture of electrolytic capacitors for implantable cardioverter defibrillators comprises first growing a hydrate layer and/or formed oxide layers of the foil, applying a laser beam to portions of the foil to ablate the aluminum oxide foil surface before etching in order to induce etching in the specific areas, and then, etching the foil. The laser marks the oxide layer in a pulsed spot pattern through the hydrate layer and/or formed oxide layer leaving a dimpled nascent aluminum surface. The oxide layer left behind is a mask and the fresh aluminum areas are the high etching activation sites. After marking the aluminum oxide foil surface, the foil may be electrochemically etched in an electrolyte containing chloride and/or various oxidative species.
US10894154B2	IV-line end cap and support This invention is directed to a sterile IV tube end cap including a housing attached to a panel; an end cap received in the housing and removably attached to the panel; so that when the IV-line end is attached to the end cap, the end cap cannot be removed from the IV-line end without removing the end cap from the housing. The end cap can receive the IV-line end wherein at least a portion of the IV-line end is received in the housing and the IV-line is secured to the panel so that the IV-line is supported by the panel, end cap, and/or housing.
US10894150B2	Drug delivery devices with drug-permeable component and methods Drug delivery devices having a drug-permeable component and methods of making and using the same are provided. Drug delivery devices include a housing having a first and second wall structures that are adjacent one another and together form a tube defining a drug reservoir lumen. The second wall structure, or both the first wall structure and the second wall structure, are permeable to water, and the first wall structure is impermeable to the drug while the second wall structure is permeable to the drug, such that the drug is releasable in vivo by diffusion through the second wall structure.
US10894147B2	Adjustable-length drug delivery balloon A drug or agent coated balloon having a length which is adjustable in vivo is described herein. The balloon is configured to be coated or coatable with one or more drugs where the coating may be applied prior to advancement into a patient body or prior to balloon expansion within the patient body. The length of the expandable portion of the balloon is adjustable to approximate a length of the tissue region to be treated. Moreover, the drug-coated balloon may be used alone or it may be utilized to deploy luminal prostheses having one or more linked or otherwise coupled segments.
US10894143B2	Percutaneous catheter and method of using percutaneous catheter A percutaneous catheter is disclosed through which blood passes. The percutaneous catheter having a catheter tube including a first tube and a second tube, the second tube being in fluid communication with the first tube, the first tube having an inner diameter greater than an inner diameter of the second tube, and wherein the first tube is more flexible than the second tube.
US10894137B2	Tracheal tube and method of production It is the object of the invention, which relates to a tracheal tube (1) and a method for producing a tracheal tube (1), to provide a tracheal tube (1) with a connector (3), wherein the connector (3) is connected to a curved tube (2) by way of a rotatable and pivotable connection that can be easily realized. This object is solved with a device having a joint head part (4) of a ball joint arranged on first end of the connector (3) facing the curved tube (2), a first partial socket (2.1) of the ball joint arranged on a first end of the curved tube (2) facing the connector (3), a locking socket (5) arranged as a second partial socket of the ball joint, and a locking ring (6) arranged for connecting the locking socket (5) with the curved tube (2).
US10894136B2	Capnotracking of cardiac output or effective pulmonary blood flow during mechanical ventilation A capnotracking method for continuous determination of cardiac output or EPBF of a mechanically ventilated subject includes the steps of measuring expiratory CO2 of the subject and determining a first value of cardiac output or EPBF of the subject at a first point in time; controlling the mechanical ventilation of the subject to keep a level of venous CO2 of the subject substantially constant between the first point in time and a second point in time; determining from the expiratory CO2 measurements a change in alveolar CO2 of the subject between the first and second points in time; and determining a second and updated value of cardiac output or EPBF of the subject based on the first value and the change in alveolar CO2.
US10894131B2	Methods circuits devices assemblies systems and associated computer executable code for sensing and analyzing fluid characteristics within a conduit of a medical device and air bubbles The present invention includes methods, circuits, devices, assemblies, systems and associated computer executable code for monitoring medical conduits, sensing and measuring parameters of fluids (liquid and/or gas) within medical conduits and/or processing sensed/measured parameters of fluids within medical conduits. The present invention further includes medical infusion devices and/or systems including the monitoring, sensing, measuring and analyzing devices and methods described herein.

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