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| US10927833B2 |
Integrated eccentric motor and pump assembly
A pump, including: inner gerotor; a crankshaft; an outer gerotor; an inlet assembly with inlet ports; an outlet assembly with outlet ports; and magnetic actuators. The inner gerotor includes lobes and a central opening. The crankshaft: passes through the central opening; is rotatable about an axis of rotation; and includes a first longitudinal axis not co-linear with the axis of rotation. The outer gerotor includes recesses. The magnetic actuators are sequentially energized to create magnetic fields to displace the inner gerotor with respect to the crankshaft to: displace a first lobe out of a first recess and draw fluid through an inlet port into the first recess; and displace a second lobe into a second recess and expel second fluid out of the second recess and through an outlet port. |
| US10927831B2 |
Monitoring system for pressure pump cavitation
A monitoring system may include a position sensor, strain gauges, and a computing device for monitoring valves in a wellbore pressure pump having multiple chambers to determine cavitation in the fluid end of the wellbore pressure pump using strain measurements for each chamber. The strain gauges may determine strain in each chamber of the pressure pump. The position sensor may determine the position of a crankshaft mechanically coupled to a plunger in each chamber. The computing device may receive signals generated by the strain gauges and the position sensor related to the strain in each chamber and the position of the crankshaft, respectively, and may process the signals to determine delays in the actuation of the valves for identifying cavitation and distinguishing cavitation conditions from alternative conditions in the fluid end. |
| US10927830B2 |
Apparatus for controlling linear compressor and control method of apparatus for controlling linear compressor
The present disclosure relates to a compressor control apparatus and a compressor control method thereof, and more particularly, to a compressor control apparatus for controlling a switching operation of a switching device to control the start-up of a compressor motor and a compressor control method thereof. |
| US10927825B1 |
Vacuum arc thrusters for spacecraft, and propulsion systems including the same
A vacuum arc thruster (VAT) for a propulsion system of a micro-satellite is provided. The VAT includes an anode, a cathode including a fuel, and an insulator between the anode and the cathode. The VAT is operable to create an arc between the anode and the cathode and discharge plasma through the diverging nozzle as thrust. The anode may define a diverging nozzle. The VAT may further include a Halbach array including a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring, each of the permanent magnets of the ring having a radially inward positioned north pole and a radially outward positioned south pole. |
| US10927824B2 |
Mechanical movement with rotary resonator, which is isochronous and positionally insensitive
A mechanical horological movement includes at least one energy storage to drive a gear train of which an output mobile component pivots about a drive axis and including a rotary resonator which has at least one central mobile component to pivot about a central axis and including an input mobile component to collaborate with the output mobile component, this rotary resonator includes a plurality of inertial elements that each pivot with respect to the central mobile component about a secondary axis perpendicular to the central axis and each returned towards a rest position, relative with respect to the central mobile component, by at least one elastic return element, and each secondary axis passes through the centre of mass of the inertial element associated with it. |
| US10927812B2 |
Method of dynamically adjusting a rate of change of a rotor speed set point during wind turbine shutdown
A method for operating a wind turbine includes operating, via a controller, the wind turbine according to a speed set point during normal operation of the wind turbine. The method also includes receiving, via the controller, a command to shut down the wind turbine or to curtail operation of the wind turbine. In response to receiving the command, the method includes initiating, via the controller, a shutdown procedure or a curtailment procedure of the wind turbine. During the shutdown procedure or the curtailment procedure of the wind turbine, the method includes dynamically adjusting a rate of change of the speed set point as a function of a speed tracking error, which corresponds to a difference between an actual rotor speed of the wind turbine and the speed set point. |
| US10927807B1 |
Wave-powered electricity generator
The wave-powered electricity generator is an energy conversion device. The wave-powered electricity generator converts a potential energy formed in waves found in open water into rotational energy that can be used to power an electric generator. The open water is a body of naturally occurring water. The wave-powered electricity generator is a floating structure that is placed in the open water. The wave-powered electricity generator: a) captures water from the open water from a location that is above the median water level; b) forms a water flow path that transports the captured water into a turbine; wherein the turbine subsequently; c) generates rotational energy from the transported water. The wave-powered electricity generator comprises a containment pan, the turbine, and an anchor structure. The turbine mounts in the containment pan. The anchor structure anchors the floating invention to the bottom of the open water. |
| US10927806B2 |
Solenoid drive for a starter for an internal combustion engine
A solenoid drive may include a ferromagnetic housing having a coil receiving chamber axially limited by opposing face side walls, a cylindrical coil arrangement having at least one electric coil, the coil arrangement being arranged in the chamber and coaxially surrounding a cylindrical coil interior space, a ferromagnetic plunger stop having a central region projecting axially in the interior space, a ferromagnetic plunger arranged at the housing opposing the plunger stop, and a ferromagnetic bypass device extending in a circumferential direction and arranged coaxially with respect to the coil arrangement and radially within the coil. The plunger may project axially into the coil interior space and may be adjustable axially bi-directionally relative to the housing between active and distal positions, which are proximal and distal, respectively, with respect to the central region. The bypass device may be spaced apart axially from the face side walls. In the passive position, the plunger may project axially into the bypass device such that an axial overlap between the plunger and the bypass device may be defined. |
| US10927799B2 |
Separating a fuel on-board a vehicle
In an aspect, a system includes a mixer configured to mix a fuel stream with a solvent to form a mixed stream, the solvent having a higher affinity for a second component of the fuel stream than for a first component of the fuel stream. The system includes a first separator configured to separate the mixed stream into (i) a first fuel fraction including the first component of the fuel stream and (ii) a mixed fraction including the second component of the fuel stream based on a difference in volatility of the first fuel fraction and the mixed fraction. The system includes a second separator configured to separate the mixed fraction into a second fuel fraction including the second component of the fuel stream and a solvent fraction. |
| US10927798B2 |
Thermal energy power device and work-doing method therefor
A thermal energy power device is disclosed. A gasification reactor is arranged on a TDC of a cylinder bulk of an internal combustion engine, wherein the gasification reactor includes gasifying plates (19) and gas holes (23). The gasifying plates are arranged with gaps on the TDC of the cylinder. The gas holes (23) are distributed evenly, in an array, or in a staggered manner on the gasifying plate (19). A cylinder head above the gasification reactor is provided with an atomizer (12). Heat absorption plates (26) are arranged inside the exhaust passage in parallel with an air flow direction. The heat absorption plates (26) absorb thermal energy of exhaust gas and transfer the thermal energy to the gasification reactor. The internal combustion engine is wrapped with an insulation layer. An added working stroke enables the temperature of the cylinder bulk to be lowered. The compression ratio is high. After being filtered by a cooler and a liquid storage tank, the discharged exhaust gas is more environmentally friendly than existing engines. After the temperature of the cylinder bulk is lowered, the discharged exhaust gas is filtered by the cooler and the liquid storage tank without noise. A working stroke is added, and the thermal energy utilization rate increases by 20%-95%. Thermal energy utilization is performed directly on the exhaust passage, and a heat dissipation water tank is not required. |
| US10927791B2 |
Engine assembly with combined engine and cooling exhaust
An engine assembly for an aircraft, including an internal combustion engine having a liquid coolant system in fluid communication with a heat exchanger, an exhaust duct in fluid communication with air passages of the heat exchanger, a fan in fluid communication with the exhaust duct for driving a cooling air flow through the air passages of the heat exchanger and into the exhaust duct, and an intermediate duct in fluid communication with an exhaust of the engine and having an outlet positioned within the exhaust duct downstream of the fan and upstream of the outlet of the exhaust duct. The outlet of the intermediate duct is spaced inwardly from a peripheral wall of the exhaust duct. The engine assembly may be configured as an auxiliary power unit. A method of discharging air and exhaust gases in an auxiliary power unit having an internal combustion engine is also discussed. |
| US10927787B2 |
Piston for internal combustion engine
A piston for an internal combustion engine has a plurality of recesses formed in a skirt including an upper, a lower, and a central portion. The recesses in the upper portion close to an upper boundary of the central portion have lower ends located upwardly at a given distance away from the upper boundary. The recesses in the central portion close to the upper boundary have upper ends located downwardly at the given distance away from the upper boundary. The recesses in the lower portion close to the lower boundary have upper ends located downwardly at the given distance away from the lower boundary. The recesses in the central portion closer to the lower boundary have lower ends located upwardly at the given distance away from the lower boundary. This enhances lubrication between the piston and an inner wall of a cylinder bore and reduces a friction loss of the piston. |
| US10927784B2 |
Abnormality diagnosis system of ammonia detection device
The abnormality diagnosis system 1, 1′, 1″ of an ammonia detection device 46, 71 comprises: an air-fuel ratio detection device 41, 72 arranged in the exhaust passage 22 at the downstream side of the catalyst 20; an air-fuel ratio control part 51 configured to control an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas; and an abnormality judgment part 52 configured to judge abnormality of the ammonia detection device. The air-fuel ratio control part performs rich control making the air-fuel ratio of the inflowing exhaust gas richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The abnormality judgment part judges that the ammonia detection device is abnormal if, after start of the rich control, an output value of the ammonia detection device does not rise to a reference value before the air-fuel ratio detected by the air-fuel ratio detection device falls to a rich judged air-fuel ratio richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. |
| US10927782B2 |
Methods and systems for oil leak determination and/or mitigation
Methods and systems are provided for a dual function imaging device. In one example, a method may comprise imaging exhaust gas outside of a reverse engine condition via the imaging device. The imaging device may image a surrounding area during the reverse engine condition. |
| US10927780B2 |
Adaptation of skip fire calibration to vehicle weight
A skip fire controlled internal combustion engine supplies motive power to move to a platform. The skip fire engine controller includes a skip fire module arranged to determine an operational firing fraction and associated cylinder load for delivering a desired engine output. The operational firing fraction is based in part on the platform weight. |
| US10927779B2 |
Camshaft phaser control for variable displacement engines
Methods and systems are provided for controlling camshaft phasers of a variable displacement engine. In one example, the engine includes first and second cylinder banks, with the engine being configured to operate in a rolling variable displacement mode. The camshaft phasers are torque actuated camshaft phasers, and a controller of the engine may adjust operation of camshaft phasers at the first cylinder bank differently than camshaft phasers at the second cylinder bank. |
| US10927772B2 |
Control method for internal combustion engine, and control system for internal combustion engine
A control method for an internal combustion engine including a variable compression ratio mechanism which includes: implementing a compression ratio fixing control in which a mechanical compression ratio is fixed to a predetermined low compression ratio, and controlling combustion form in a cylinder to stratified combustion, under engine idling during catalyst warming-up; controlling the combustion form in the cylinder to homogeneous combustion, under an operation state other than the engine idling during the catalyst warming-up; and implementing the compression ratio fixing control and controlling the combustion form in the cylinder to the homogeneous combustion, in response to pressing-down of an accelerator under the engine idling during the catalyst warming-up, and as long as the engine idling during the catalyst warming-up has a possibility to resume in response to release of the accelerator after the pressing-down. |
| US10927770B2 |
Method and system for emissions reduction
Methods and systems are provided for operating a branched exhaust assembly in a vehicle engine in order to increase catalyst efficiency and reduce engine emissions. In one example, a method may include, during a cold-start condition, flowing exhaust first through a three-way catalyst then through an underbody converter, then through a heat exchanger and then through a turbine, each exhaust component housed on different branches on the branched exhaust assembly. After catalyst activation, exhaust may flow first through the turbine, then through the underbody converter and then through the three-way catalyst, and during high engine load, exhaust entering the turbine may be cooled in order to reduce thermal load on the turbine. |
| US10927769B2 |
Electronically controlled throttle control device
In an electronically controlled throttle control device in which a throttle control output command calculated by an electronic control unit (ECU) is calculated based on a throttle main control command, calculated from a throttle opening deviation which is a difference between a throttle opening command and a throttle opening detection signal, and a throttle correction control command which is a value obtained by integrating a product of the throttle opening deviation and a coefficient, the coefficient for calculation of the throttle correction control command is changed depending on a driving state based on an acceleration state and a deceleration state of a throttle and a small throttle deviation state. |
| US10927767B2 |
Exoskeletal gas turbine engine
An exoskeletal gas turbine engine having a rotatable outer shaft and an inner stationary case enclosed in a casing. The engine comprises a compressor section at an inlet end, a combustor section, and a turbine section at an outlet end. Rotating compressor blades and turbine blades are attached to, and extend radially inward from, an inner surface of the outer shaft. Stationary vanes are attached, and extend radially outward from, an outer surface of the inner stationary case. The outer shaft rotates around a front bearing and a rear bearing. An inlet compressor blade arrangement is attached to the outer race of the front bearing. An outlet turbine blade arrangement is attached to the outer race of the rear bearing. The inner race of the front and rear bearings attach to the inner stationary case. |
| US10927764B2 |
Fuel manifold assembly
The gas turbine engine fuel manifold assembly includes a fuel manifold, and fuel nozzles secured to the fuel manifold and in fluid communication therewith. A fuel inlet connector has a body secured to the fuel manifold, and is in-line therewith. The fuel inlet connector has at least one connector outlet fluidly connected to the fuel manifold. The at least one connector outlet defines a fuel flow direction having a main component in a circumferential direction relative to the axis. |
| US10927762B2 |
Cooled component
A cooled gas turbine engine component comprises a wall which has a plurality of effusion cooling apertures extending there-through from a first surface to a second surface. The apertures are arranged at an angle to the second surface and each aperture has an inlet in the first surface and an outlet in the second surface. Each aperture has a metering portion and a diffusing portion arranged in flow series and each metering portion is elongate and the width is greater than the length of the metering portion. Each diffusing portion increases in dimension in the length from the metering portion to the outlet. Each outlet has a rectangular shape in the second surface of the wall. Each inlet has an elongate shape in the first surface of the wall and the inlet in the wall is arranged substantially diagonally with respect to the outlet in the wall. |
| US10927761B2 |
Refreshing heat management fluid in a turbomachine
A heat management system for a turbomachine may include a first heat exchanger configured and arranged to receive a first fluid stream from a first duct, a second heat exchanger configured and arranged to receive the first fluid stream after discharging from the first heat exchanger, and a hatch configured to provide fluid communication from a second duct to the first duct so as to introduce a second fluid stream from the second duct to the first duct. A method of cooling fluid streams may include directing a first fluid stream from a first duct across or through a first heat exchanger, directing the first fluid stream across or through a second heat exchanger after discharging from the first heat exchanger, and directing a second fluid stream from a second duct to the first duct, with the second fluid stream flowing through a hatch configured to provide fluid communication from the second duct to the first duct. |
| US10927760B2 |
Actively controlled contacting seal
A contacting seal for a gas turbine engine includes a seal seat configured to rotate circumferentially about an axis of rotation and a seal element configured to contact the seal seat at an interface surface. The seal element is rotationally fixed relative to the axis of rotation. An actively-controlled actuation system is operably connected to the seal element to control a contact force between the seal element and the seal seat at the interface surface based on a level of lubricant flow to the interface surface. A method of operating a contacting seal includes positioning a rotationally fixed seal element in contact with a rotating seal seat at an interface surface between the seal seat and the seal element, and actively-controlling a contact pressure between the seal seat and the seal element at the interface surface utilizing an actuation system. |
| US10927759B2 |
Bearing structure for turbocharger and turbocharger
Provided is a bearing structure for a turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor provided at both ends of a rotation shaft and supporting the rotation shaft to a housing, including: a first radial bearing of an oil lubrication type provided on the side of the turbine of the rotation shaft; a second radial bearing corresponding to an air bearing provided on the side of the compressor of the rotation shaft; a gas seal portion provided in the periphery of the rotation shaft between the first radial bearing and the turbine; and a thrust bearing corresponding to an air bearing provided on the side of the compressor of the rotation shaft. |
| US10927756B2 |
Multi-stage radial turboexpander
A multi-stage turboexpander and a method for generating mechanical power therewith are disclosed. The multi-stage turboexpander includes a casing and a shaft, arranged for rotation in the casing. The shaft is supported by a first bearing at a first shaft end portion and a second bearing at a second shaft end portion. A first radial impeller and a second radial impeller are arranged between the first bearing and the second bearing on the shaft for co-rotation therewith around a rotation axis. |
| US10927750B2 |
Systems and methods of compression ignition engines
Apparatuses, systems and method for utilizing multi-zoned combustion chambers (and/or multiple combustion chambers) for achieving compression ignition (and/or spark-assisted or fuel-assisted compression ignition) in an internal combustion engine are provided. In addition, improved apparatuses, systems and methods for achieving and/or controlling compression ignition (and/or spark-assisted or fuel-assisted compression ignition) in a “Siamese cylinder” internal combustion engine are provided. |
| US10927748B2 |
Flow passage device and engine cooling system
A flow passage device includes a circulation flow passage, a swing valve provided in the circulation flow passage, an energizing part, and a lock mechanism including a lock pin. The lock pin is configured so as to hinder the swing valve from opening, and to allow the swing valve to open. The swing valve is configured so as to rotate from a first valve position to a second valve position. The lock mechanism is configured so as to set a locked state and to set an unlocked state. The lock pin is configured so as to protrude as being energized by pressure of the fluid on an upstream side of the swing valve, and to retract as being energized by pressure of the fluid on a downstream side of the swing valve. |
| US10927739B2 |
Injector including swirl device
An injector includes a needle and a body. The needle is configured to receive fluid from a fluid supply and operable between a first position, in which the fluid is not provided to a target, and a second position, in which the fluid is provided to the target. The needle includes a first needle bore, a second needle bore, and a first connector. The first needle bore is configured to receive fluid from the fluid supply. The second needle bore is aligned with the first needle bore and configured to provide fluid to the fluid supply. The first connector is in fluid communication with the second needle bore. The body includes an end, a first body bore, and a second body bore. The first body bore is configured to receive the needle. The second body bore is positioned to be contiguous with the end. |
| US10927738B2 |
Method for regulating a filling of an exhaust gas component storage of a catalytic converter in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine
A method for regulating filling an exhaust gas component (EGC) storage of a catalytic converter (CC) in the exhaust gas (EG) of an internal combustion engine. An actual fill level (AFL) of the EGC storage is ascertained using a first system model (FSM), to which signals of a first EG sensor projecting into the EG flow upstream from the CC and detecting a concentration of the EGC and a second EG sensor, downstream from the CC and exposed to the EG, are fed. A base lambda setpoint value for a first control loop (CL) is predefined by a second CL, which is adjusted to the AFL using the AFL ascertained using the FSM when the voltage of the second EG sensor indicates a breakthrough of rich/lean EG downstream from the CC and an excessively low/high AFL of the EGC storage. Also described is a control unit to perform the method. |
| US10927737B2 |
Method and system for purifying exhaust gas for prevention of NH3 slip
A system for purifying exhaust gas includes a controller to predict a possibility of ammonia (NH3) slip occurring at the rear end of a selective catalytic reduction on a diesel particulate filter (SDPF) by comparing a convective heat transfer value (h) with a first predetermined value. The controller determines whether an engine is rapidly accelerated, and performs a control to prevent introduction of ammonia downstream of the SDPF when the ammonia slip is predicted to occur. |
| US10927736B2 |
Catalyst body, electrically heated catalyst and motor vehicle with a catalyst
A catalyst body for an electrically heated catalyst has an electrical contacting assembly, which is arranged on the catalyst body and comprises an electrical conductor embedded in the catalyst body and extending in a longitudinal direction of the catalyst body and at least up to one end face of the catalyst body. |
| US10927735B2 |
Connector for a heatable fluid duct, in particular of an SCR system or a water injection system
A connector includes a thermally conductive body defining a passage for a fluid to flow through a duct and configured with an electric heating apparatus situated around the passage. A clip is situated around a portion of the body including one or more snap-in receptacles situated peripherally with respect to the body and configured to fit an electric connection of the electric heating apparatus. |
| US10927734B2 |
Turboprop engine assembly with combined engine and cooling exhaust
A turboprop engine assembly for an aircraft, including an internal combustion engine having a liquid coolant system, an air duct in fluid communication with an environment of the aircraft, a heat exchanger received within the air duct having coolant passages in fluid communication with the liquid coolant system and air passages air passages in fluid communication with the air duct, and an exhaust duct in fluid communication with an exhaust of the internal combustion engine. The exhaust duct has an outlet positioned within the air duct downstream of the heat exchanger and upstream of an outlet of the air duct, the outlet of the exhaust duct spaced inwardly from a peripheral wall of the air duct. In use, a flow of cooling air surrounds a flow of exhaust gases. A method of discharging air and exhaust gases in an turboprop engine assembly having an internal combustion engine is also discussed. |
| US10927727B2 |
Oil circulation system of internal combustion engine
An oil circulation system of an internal combustion engine comprises a first oil pan and second oil pan, first oil supplied parts supplied with oil stored in the first oil pan, second oil supplied parts supplied with oil stored in the second oil pan, and a heating part. The heating part has oil paths through which oil flows and heats the oil flowing through the oil paths. The oil circulation system comprises a first circulation path circulating oil through the first oil pan, heating part, and first oil supplied parts, and a second circulation path circulating oil between the second oil pan and the second oil supplied parts. |
| US10927726B2 |
System and method for diagnosing a variable oil pump
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing variable oil pump degradation. In one example, a method may include cranking an engine with a motor and monitoring the motor current draw from a battery during cranking. The method may indicate degradation of a variable oil pump coupled to the engine by comparing the motor current draw with a baseline current level. |
| US10927725B2 |
Two plane accessory mounting with sliding pilot interface
System and methods mount an accessory to an engine block having a pilot bore aligned with a first plane and sealing surfaces aligned to a second plane different than the first plane. The accessory includes a sliding pilot for interfacing with the pilot bore that is capable of sliding in an “x” direction yet fixed in a “y” direction with respect to the accessory housing. Interfacing the sliding pilot in a mounting position with the pilot bore along a “z” direction locates the accessory with respect to the engine block in the “y” and “z” directions. Fastening the accessory to the sealing surfaces of the engine block locates the accessory in the “x” direction with sufficient precision to mitigate gear backlashing and providing one or more fluid seals between the accessory and the engine block. |
| US10927723B2 |
Engine valve lifter assemblies
An engine valve lifter assembly comprises a lifter body, a plunger assembly, and a spring. The lifter body comprises an oil control portion comprising an exterior surface, oil ports, and an interior oil chamber. A plunger interface end comprises an interior plunger chamber and a second spring seat. Selectively reciprocating plunger assembly comprises a piston end coupled to reciprocate in the oil chamber and a cam input end comprising a spring seat. A spring is biased between the spring seat and the second spring seat. The spring is configured to push the cam input end away from the plunger chamber. A sleeve is coupled around the oil control portion of the lifter body, and the sleeve is slidable between a lower position and an upper position to selectively block and unblock the oil ports. |
| US10927717B2 |
Valve train lever
A valve train lever for actuating a valve of a reciprocating piston engine, in particular an internal combustion engine. The valve train lever comprises a lever arm, which is pivotally movable about a pin; a tapping element, which lies against or can be made to lie against a cam of a camshaft of the reciprocating piston engine; a coupling mechanism, by way of which the tapping element is coupled to the lever arm spring-elastically in a first state and rigidly in a second state; and an actuating element, which is connected to the lever arm and lies against or can be made to lie against a valve tappet of the valve. |
| US10927716B2 |
Rocker arm
A dual body rocker arm for a valve train assembly of an internal combustion engine includes: an outer body having a protrusion; an inner body connected to the outer body and arranged for pivotal movement relative to the outer body about an axis between a first position and a second position; and a torsional biasing element supported by the protrusion and arranged to bias the inner body relative to the outer body towards one of the first position and the second position. The protrusion is formed integrally with the outer body. |
| US10927708B2 |
Isolated turbine engine cooling
A hybrid propulsion system and methods for cooling the same are provided. The system may comprise a gas turbine and a secondary engine. The gas turbine engine may have a core passage and an engine compartment. The secondary engine may be a supersonic and/or hypersonic engine. The system may comprise a thermal barrier, an inlet and an exhaust. The thermal barrier may longitudinally envelope the gas turbine engine. The thermal barrier may comprise an inner envelope, an outer envelope, an upstream opening, and a downstream opening. The inlet may be in fluid communication with the ambient environment and the gas turbine engine via the upstream opening. The exhaust may be in fluid communication with the ambient environment and the gas turbine engine via the downstream opening. The engine compartment may be located between a boundary of the core passage and the inner envelope. |
| US10927703B2 |
Circumferentially varying thickness composite fan casing
Fan blade containment system includes a composite fan case with an annular composite shell extending from forward flange downstream to aft flange, and circumferentially varying thickness portion of composite shell. Annular composite back sheet spaced radially outwardly of annular composite shell has annular filler layer disposed radially therebetween. Annular forward and aft seams between annular composite shell and composite back sheet may axially trap filler layer. Circumferentially varying thickness portion may include aftwardly extending fingers of composite back sheet in aft seam and first thickness of fingers thicker than second thickness of composite shell circumferentially between fingers. Composite shell may extend from forward flange to aft flange. Aft flange bolted to metallic flange of metallic fan casing aft of aft flange. Containment system may circumscribe and surround fan and fan blades of gas turbine engine fan section. |
| US10927699B2 |
Variable-pitch blade control ring for a turbomachine
Variable-pitch blade control ring (44) for a turbine engine, including an annular body (42) configured to be mounted so as to be rotatable about an annular casing (16) of the turbine engine. The body links to levers (34) for connecting to the vanes. The ring has a mechanism for guiding in an axial and/or helical direction, supported by the body. The mechanism includes at least one substantially radial finger (60, 62) for axial abutment on at least one first surface (72, 74) of the casing and for sliding on the surface. |
| US10927695B2 |
Abradable coating for grooved BOAS
A blade outer air seal includes a seal body that has a channel on a radially inner side that defines a first height portion outside of the channel and a second height portion within the channel. A first cavity is in the first height portion and a second cavity is in the second height portion. An abradable coating is over the radially inner side and fills the first and second cavities. |
| US10927688B2 |
Steam turbine nozzle segment for partial arc application, related assembly and steam turbine
A steam turbine diaphragm nozzle segment, related assembly and steam turbine. Various embodiments include a steam turbine diaphragm nozzle segment having: a pair of opposing sidewalls; an airfoil extending between the pair of opposing sidewalls and integral with each of the pair of sidewalls, the airfoil having a single contact surface for directing a flow of working fluid through a flow channel; and a fill region integral with the airfoil and the pair of opposing sides, the fill region extending between the pair of opposing sides along an entirety of a length of the airfoil, the fill region for completely obstructing the flow of working fluid. |
| US10927687B2 |
Gas turbine engine blade containment system
A gas turbine engine blade containment system is disclosed. The blade containment system may include a generally cylindrical casing being made of a first material, and a generally cylindrical ring being made of a second material coaxially surrounding the casing, at least some portion of the ring metallurgically bonded to the casing. |
| US10927680B2 |
Adaptive cover for cooling pathway by additive manufacture
A hot gas path component of an industrial machine includes an adaptive cover for a cooling pathway. The component and adaptive cover are made by additive manufacturing. The component includes an outer surface exposed to a working fluid having a high temperature; a thermal barrier coating over the outer surface; an internal cooling circuit; and a cooling pathway in communication with the internal cooling circuit and extending towards the outer surface. The adaptive cover is positioned in the cooling pathway at the outer surface. The adaptive cover includes a heat transfer enhancing surface at the outer surface causing the adaptive cover to absorb heat faster than the outer surface, e.g., when a spall in a thermal barrier coating thereover occurs. |
| US10927679B2 |
High efficiency power production methods, assemblies, and systems
The present disclosure provides methods, assemblies, and systems for power production that can allow for increased efficiency and lower cost components arising from the control, reduction, or elimination of turbine blade mechanical erosion by particulates or chemical erosion by gases in a combustion product flow. The methods, assemblies, and systems can include the use of turbine blades that operate with a blade velocity that is significantly reduced in relation to conventional turbines used in typical power production systems. The methods and systems also can make use of a recycled circulating fluid for transpiration protection of the turbine and/or other components. Further, recycled circulating fluid may be employed to provide cleaning materials to the turbine. |
| US10927672B2 |
Obtaining high-resolution spectral data of formation fluids from optical computing device measurements
A system includes an optical computing device having an optical multiplexer that receives a sample light generated by an optical interaction between a sample and an illumination light is provided. The system includes sensing elements that optically interact with the sample light to generate modified lights, and a detector that measures a property of the modified lights separately. Linear and nonlinear models for processing data collected with the above system to form high-resolution spectra are also provided. Methods for designing optimal optical multiplexers for optimal reconstruction of high-resolution spectra are also provided. |
| US10927671B1 |
Method and apparatus for drill cutting analysis
An automated or robotic mud-logger having a slurry sampler to collect a slurry sample online from a drilling fluid circuit contemporaneous with drilling of a borehole, the slurry sample including drilling fluid and rock cuttings. A liquid separator removes drilling fluid from the slurry sample and discharges a sample of the rock cuttings. A spectrometer performs elemental analysis of the sample of the rock cuttings substantially in real time with collection of the slurry sample. |
| US10927668B2 |
Methods and apparatus for the downhole analysis of the composition of formation gases
Methods and apparatus are provided for determining down-hole the composition of natural gas from a formation. Some methods include downhole measurements of the near-infrared spectra and the Joule-Thomson coefficient of the gas, and processing the results of the downhole measurements in order to obtain a determination of the amounts of a plurality of natural gas components such as CH4, C2H6, CO2, N2, and H2S. |
| US10927665B2 |
Composite slickline communication
A communication system, comprises a composite slickline including an electrical conductor surrounded by an electrically insulating structural material, a downhole tool; and a sensing element. The composite slickline is mechanically and electrically coupled to the downhole tool and extends from the downhole tool to the sensing element. The composite slickline and the sensing element are capacitively coupled so as to permit relative movement therebetween and so as to permit an electric field to extend from the electrical conductor of the composite slickline to the sensing element through the electrically insulating structural material of the composite slickline for the transmission of an electrical and/or an electromagnetic signal between the downhole tool and the sensing element via the composite slickline. |
| US10927662B2 |
Downhole communication
A wellbore communication system (1) comprises a downhole tool (2) having a downhole transmitter (40), a sensing element (22, 122, 222, . . . , 1022) located at surface and coupled to a surface receiver (44), and an insulated slickline (6, 106, 206, . . . , 1006) having an electrically conductive core surrounded by an insulating coating. The slickline is attached to the downhole tool and coupled to the downhole transmitter. The sensing element is capacitively coupled to the slickline so as to permit movement of the slickline relative thereto and so as to an electric field to extend from the core of the slickline through the insulating coating to the sensing element for transmission of information from the downhole transmitter to the surface receiver via the slickline and the sensing element. |
| US10927661B2 |
Using electro acoustic technology to determine annulus pressure
A system for continuous determination of annulus pressure in subsurface wells comprises one or more electro acoustic technology sensor assemblies permanently installed in each annulus surrounding a subsurface well; and a fiber optic cable in close proximity to the electro acoustic technology sensor assemblies and in communication with a surface distributed acoustic fiber optic interrogator. |
| US10927660B2 |
Tiltmeter for EAT applications
An electro acoustic technology (EAT) based micro seismic sensor and tiltmeter system and method is described for the measurement of minute deformations in downhole formations caused by hydraulic fracturing or other sources of pore pressure changes. A number of sensor arrays are described that are installed in clamp-on EAT devices installed in tool wells located in close proximity to hydraulically fractured wells. |
| US10927655B2 |
Pressure assisted oil recovery
Estimates of global total “liquid” hydrocarbon resources are dominated by structures known as oil sands or tar sands which represent approximately two-thirds of the total recoverable resources. This is despite that the Canadian Athabasca Oil Sands, which dominate these oil sand based recoverable oil reserves at 1.7 trillion barrels, are calculated at only a 10% recovery rate. However, irrespective of whether it is the 3.6 trillion barrels recoverable from the oil sands or the 1.75 trillion barrels from conventional oil reservoirs worldwide, it is evident that significant financial return and extension of the time oil as resource is available to the world arise from increasing the recoverable percentage of such resources. According to embodiments of the invention pressure differentials are exploited to advance production of wells, adjust the evolution of the depletion chambers formed laterally between laterally spaced wells to increase the oil recovery percentage, and provide recovery in deeper reservoirs. |
| US10927649B2 |
System and method to control wellbore pressure during perforating
A system and method to control wellbore pressure during perforating. The system comprises a carrier, a sensor, a pressure-altering device, and a processor in communication with the sensor. The sensor is configured to detect a stress wave propagating through the carrier before the arrival of a related pressure wave in the wellbore and generate a signal indicative of the detected stress wave. The pressure-altering device is actuatable to change the pressure in the wellbore. The processor is operable to analyze the signal from the sensor and control the pressure-altering device based on the detected stress wave to change the magnitude of the related pressure wave in the wellbore. |
| US10927648B2 |
Apparatus and method for abrasive perforating and clean-out
A perforating tool and method of use in a wellbore. The perforating tool is placed at the end of a coiled tubing or other conveyance string. The perforating tool comprises a tubular housing providing an elongated bore through which fluid flows. The tubular housing has jetting ports used for hydraulic perforating. The tool operates in a flow-through mode when working fluid is pumped into the tubular housing at a first flow rate, with all of the fluid flowing through the end of the tool. The perforating tool operates in a perforating mode when the working fluid is pumped into the bore of the tubular housing at a second flow rate. In this mode, all of the working fluid flows through the jetting ports. The perforating tool may include a sequencing mechanism responsive to a sequence of flow rates to cycle the tool through operating modes. |
| US10927647B2 |
Systems and methods for directing fluid flow
A system includes a turbine, a valve, and an electronics package. The turbine is configured to generate electricity from a fluid flow through the turbine and the electronics package is configured to selectively actuate the valve between an open configuration and a closed configuration. |
| US10927643B2 |
Operating a subsurface safety valve using a downhole pump
A pressure regulator is configured to manage a pressure downstream of a pump discharge during operation. A hydraulic piston is exposed to pressure upstream of the pressure regulator during operation. The hydraulic piston extends into a first fluid reservoir. The first fluid reservoir is defined by an inner surface of an outer housing of a subsurface safety valve. A subsurface safety valve is fluidically couple to the hydraulic piston. |
| US10927635B2 |
Pump down isolation plug
An isolation plug including a support element having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween. At least one flexible wiper element is arranged at the first end. A frangible locator element is arranged at the first end spaced from the at least one flexible wiper element. A selectively deployable plug element is arranged at the second end. |
| US10927634B2 |
Treatment apparatus with movable seat for flowback
A coiled adaptive seat is held to a smaller diameter for delivery with a tool that features a locating lug for desired alignment of the seat with an intended groove in the inner wall of a tubular. The release tool retracts a cover from the seat allowing its diameter to increase as it enters a groove. Alternatively the adaptive seat is released near the groove and pushed axially in the string to the groove for fixation. Once in the groove the inside diameter of the string is a support for a blocking object so that sequential treatment of parts of a zone can be accomplished. The blocking object is removed with pressure, dissolving, milling or disintegration leaving a narrow ledge in the tubular bore from the seat that can simply be left in place or milled as well. An E4 #10 from Baker Hughes is modified for adaptive seat delivery. |
| US10927633B2 |
Resin system for composite downhole frac plug and bridge plug tools and related methods
A new resin blend is disclosed, which may be referred to as a hybrid resin. The resin blend includes an effective amount of benzoxazine resin or benzoxazine derivative mixed with at least one of epoxy resin, phenolic resins and other thermosetting polymers at varying ratios. |
| US10927631B2 |
Axial vibration tool for a downhole tubing string
There is provided an axial vibration tool with a flow control element, a rotary motor that provides an actuation force to the flow control element, a first flow path with at least a portion in fluid communication with the rotary motor and providing fluid to drive the rotary motor. A shock tool is carried by the outer housing and generates an oscillating force based on fluid pressure applied to an activation element. A high pressure flow path is between a source of high pressure fluid and the activation element, and a low pressure flow path is between a source of low pressure fluid and the activation element. The low pressure fluid source has a lower pressure than the high pressure fluid source. The flow control element controls flow through at least the high pressure path by applying pressure fluctuations to the activation element when actuated by the rotary motor. |
| US10927630B2 |
Casing exit joint with guiding profiles and methods for use
A casing exit joint with guiding profiles and methods for use are provided. In one embodiment, a casing exit joint comprises: a substantially tubular casing joint comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein at least a circumferential portion of the inner surface comprises a plurality of axial inner grooves. In certain embodiments, at least a circumferential portion of the outer surface may comprise a plurality of axial outer grooves. The casing exit joint may be disposed in a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation, and a cutting tool may cut a window through at least a portion of the casing exit joint. In certain embodiments, the axial inner grooves and/or outer grooves may reduce the amount of milling debris, prevent lateral displacement of the cutting tool, and/or eliminate the need to pre-orient the casing exit joint to achieve the desired exit window. |
| US10927628B2 |
Drilling bucket and method for producing a bore in the ground
The invention relates to a drilling bucket and a method for producing a bore with a drilling bucket, wherein the drilling bucket is driven in a rotating manner and introduced into the ground, wherein ground material is removed and received in an internal space of a tubular base body of the drilling bucket, and for emptying the drilling bucket is withdrawn from the bore and a bottom on the tubular base body is folded open. According to the invention the drilling bucket is rotated in a reversing manner during emptying, wherein ground material received in the drilling bucket is pressed against at least one impact wall and, in doing so, the ground material is specifically compacted and deformed for easier loosening from the internal space. |
| US10927627B2 |
Single use setting tool for actuating a tool in a wellbore
A single use setting tool for actuating a tool in a wellbore includes an inner piston extending through a central bore of an outer sleeve. The inner piston has a seal adapter portion and a piston cavity housing an initiator holder for receiving a push-in detonator. A gas diverter channel is open to and extends from the piston cavity through an annular wall of the piston, to transfer gas pressure to a gas expansion chamber for stroking the outer sleeve. A method of actuating a wellbore tool with a single use setting tool includes inserting an initiator into the initiator holder, attaching a tandem seal adapter to the seal adapter portion of the inner piston, and relaying an electrical signal to a line-in portion of the initiator, to initiate the initiator. The single use setting tool may be used in a wellbore tool string. |
| US10927626B2 |
Load shoulder system
A system including a load shoulder system, including a shoulder setting tool, including a shoulder coupling system configured to couple to a load shoulder, and a shoulder energizing system configured to couple the load shoulder to a tubular of a mineral extraction system. |
| US10927621B2 |
Soil and mud cuttings remediation system and method
A method of remediation is disclosed. The method may include combining mud cuttings with bacteria-containing soil and water to form a feed mixture. The mud cuttings include a hydrocarbon. The method further includes combining the feed mixture with a surfactant blend containing a surfactant to form a feed/surfactant mixture and shearing the feed/surfactant mixture to form a micro-emulsion. The method may also include reducing the hydrocarbon content of the mud cuttings to form disposable cuttings. |
| US10927619B1 |
Method and apparatus for containment and collection of fluids
A fluid containment device has a sleeve-like housing defining an inner chamber and an elongate slot or opening. At least one inner door is received in the inner chamber, and can rotate between a first retracted position (leaving the elongate slot open or unobstructed) and a second position (causing the elongate slot to be blocked or obstructed). With the inner door in the retracted position, the device can be quickly and efficiently positioned around a threaded connection existing between adjacent pipe sections. A safety door prevents undesired placement of body parts or other objects in the elongate slot (and in the path of the inner door) during powered rotation of the inner door. A variable diameter seal assembly is selectively closed around the outer surface of any pipe sections. The device prevents drilling fluid from uncontrolled splashing or spilling on personnel or the surrounding environment upon separation of the pipe sections, while also saving and redirecting the drilling fluid to a rig's mud system for further handling. |
| US10927616B2 |
Elevator with securing apparatus and method of moving tubulars
An elevator for moving a tubular having a tubular body and a joint section comprises an elevator body, a securing apparatus having a first blocking apparatus and a second blocking apparatus biased in a blocking position where a throat of the elevator is blocked, and an actuation apparatus coupled to the first blocking apparatus and the second blocking apparatus and adapted to manually move both the first blocking apparatus and the second blocking apparatus from the blocking position to a non-blocking position. |
| US10927613B2 |
Articulating wireline component
An articulating wireline component includes a first integrally formed member having a base portion, a neck portion and a ball portion having a first diameter, and a second integrally formed member including a base section, a neck portion and a socket portion including an opening having a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter. The ball portion is arranged in the socket portion and the second integrally formed member is formed from a solid material. |
| US10927611B2 |
Method for manufacturing a turned-down centralizer sub assembly
A method for manufacturing a centralizer assembly includes reducing a diameter of a mandrel such that a turned-down region is formed in the mandrel, positioning a first stop segment in the turned-down region, and positioning a centralizer at least partially in the turned-down region, wherein the first stop segment is positioned intermediate of axial extents of the centralizer, such that the first stop segment at least partially limits a range of motion of the centralizer relative to the mandrel. |
| US10927608B2 |
Bi-center bit and drilling tools with enhanced hydraulics
A drilling tool includes a pilot bit coupled to an eccentric reamer that has a reaming side and a stabilizing side. A fluid passageway extends between the reamer and the pilot bit, and the tool includes at least one upwardly-directed nozzle in fluid communication with the fluid passageway and positioned on the stabilizing side of the reamer. The reamer may include a plurality of angularly spaced blades on the reaming side that radially extend a first distance, the reamer blades being disposed within a first arcuate segment defined by the two most distant reamer blades. One or more stabilizing blades extend a second distance that is less than the first distance, the stabilization blades being disposed within a second arcuate segment defined by the two most distant reamer blades and that has the angular measure equal to 360 degrees minus the first arcuate segment. |
| US10927606B2 |
Sediment core-drilling process for submarine wire-line coring drill rig
Disclosed is a sediment core-drilling process for a submarine wire-line coring drill rig, including 1) lowering the drill rig; 2) drilling in a pressure-suction mode; 3) drilling in a rotation-pressure-suction mode; 4) cutting sediment cores; 5) recovering a core inner tube; 6) cleaning bottom of hole; 7) punching before adding a drill pipe; 8) lowering another core inner tube; 9) adding the drill pipe; 10) punching after adding the drill pipe; 11) repeating the steps 2)-10) until a given hole depth is reached; 12) recovering the drill pipe and a wire-line coring outer tube drilling tool; 13) recovering the submarine wire-line coring drill rig. The core-drilling process provided herein is suited to working conditions without mud lubrication and mud protection for hole wall. This invention has advantages of low disturbance and high efficiency in coring and is suitable for remote operation. |
| US10927605B2 |
System, apparatus and method for guiding a drill bit based on forces applied to a drill bit
The present disclosure relates to a system, apparatus and method for guiding a drill bit based on forces applied to a drill bit, and drilling methods related to same. |
| US10927602B2 |
Reversible pneumatic pipe ramming tool
A reversible pipe ramming tool used in horizontal pipe replacement operations. The tool is powered by a pneumatic hose attached to a rear end of the tool. The tool has forward and rearward fluid paths, which can either communicate with one another or stand in isolation. Fluid flow along the forward fluid path, when it is maintained in isolation from the reverse fluid path, causes the tool to move in a forward direction. Fluid flow along the forward fluid path, when it is maintained in communication with the reverse fluid path, causes the tool to move in a rearward direction. The tool is switched between forward and reverse by flowing fluid through a pilot fluid path in fluid communication with a valve. Movement of a shuttle within the valve selectively isolates the forward fluid path from the reverse fluid path. |
| US10927601B2 |
Selective activation of motor in a downhole assembly
A downhole assembly and method are provided for selective activation of a motor in a drilling string. The downhole assembly includes a stator and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly comprises a rotor body having a fluid passage extending between an inlet and an outlet, the fluid passage extending through at least part of the length of the rotor; and a ball catch component comprising a receiving end and an interior seat for receiving and retaining a blocking implement, and a fluid passage. When no blocking implement is retained in the rotor assembly, the fluid passage permits flow of drilling fluid entering the receiving end to the fluid passage of the rotor body. The fluid thereby bypasses the motor, which is not activated. When a blocking implement is in place, drilling fluid flows around the ball catch component and into the motor to thereby activate the motor. |
| US10927599B2 |
Roof rack side ladder
A roof rack side ladder system is provided with a ladder assembly, a roof rack mounting assembly, and a bumper bracket. The roof rack mounting assembly attaches the upper ladder portion of the ladder assembly to the roof rack of a vehicle and provides for a dual pivot attachment of the ladder assembly to the roof rack for absorbing suspension forces while the vehicle is in transit. The bumper bracket attaches the lower ladder portion of the ladder assembly to the side bumper wing of a vehicle. |
| US10927596B2 |
Window shade and its spring drive system
A spring drive system for a window shade includes a housing, a plurality of rotary members, a spring and a latch. The rotary members are rotationally linked to one another and pivotally connected with the housing, wherein the rotary members include a rotary drum that is connected with a suspension member and is rotatable relative to the housing for winding or unwinding the suspension member. The spring is assembled with the housing, and can bias the rotary drum in rotation for winding the suspension member. The latch is assembled with the housing, the latch being movable to engage with and disengage from one of the rotary members to respectively prevent and allow rotation of the rotary drum. |
| US10927594B2 |
Vehicle door for railway vehicle and railway vehicle comprising the vehicle door
A vehicle door for a railway vehicle and a railway vehicle includes the vehicle door include a first door skin, a second door skin and a foaming material forming a laminated structure, the foaming material being filled between the first and second door skins, wherein the first door skin has at least one folded edge portion, and the second door skin has a first bent edge portion tightly clamped in the folded edge portion in a position corresponding to each of the folded edge portions. Since during the fixing of the first and second door skins, at least part thereof is realized by a folding and clamping technique, adhesion failure risk between the door skins and a frame body is effectively lowered during use, the reliability of the fixed connection between the two door skins is improved, and the vehicle door weight and the production cost are reduced during manufacture. |
| US10927593B2 |
Doors and methods for reducing telegraphing therefor
This invention relates to doors having internal blocking components that reduce or eliminate telegraphing of the outer surface of the door facings. In particular, the invention relates to steel-edge steel doors that have internal solid wood blocks that have one or more integral cantilever beams formed into the blocks to interact with the adjoined oppositely arranged door facings in order to eliminate visually apparent door telegraphing. The blocks are modified to contain notches formed therein to form the cantilever beams. |
| US10927592B2 |
Electric potentially-driven shade with surface-modified polymer, and/or method of making the same
Certain example embodiments relate to electric, potentially-driven shades usable with insulating glass (IG) units, IG units including such shades, and/or associated methods. In such a unit, a dynamic shade is located between the substrates defining the IG unit, and is movable between retracted and extended positions. The dynamic shade includes on-glass layers including a transparent conductor and an insulator or dielectric film, as well as a shutter. The shutter includes a resilient polymer, a conductor, and optional ink. When the conductor is reflective, overcoat layers may be provided to help reduce internal reflection. The polymer may be capable of surviving high-temperature environments and may be colored in some instances. The polymer may be surface modified, e.g., to promote diffuse reflection, total internal reflection, etc. |
| US10927589B2 |
Window regulator
A window regulator includes a metal guide rail provided along an ascending/descending direction of a window of a vehicle, a carrier plate that slides on the guide rail and moves together with the window, a drum rotationally driven by a motor, a cable that is routed between the drum and the carrier plate via a direction changing member provided at an upper end of the guide rail and pulls the carrier plate, and a cable support that supports the cable between the drum and the direction changing member. The cable support includes a resin slide member allowing the cable to slide thereon and an attached-member receiving portion to which the slide member is attached. The attached-member receiving portion is integrated with the guide rail. |
| US10927584B2 |
Adjustment device and method for adjusting a vehicle part
It is provided an adjustment device for the power-operated adjustment of a vehicle part that is adjustable on a vehicle along an adjustment path between a closed position and at least one open position, comprising a sensor device by means of which an obstacle in the adjustment path of the vehicle part can be detected in a contactless way and upon detection of an obstacle in the adjustment path of the vehicle part an obstacle signal can be generated, and comprising an electronic control device coupled to at least one drive for the adjustment of the vehicle part, at least one actuating element for generating an adjustment signal and the sensor device, by means of which on the basis of the adjustment signal the at least one drive can be actuated for the power-operated adjustment of the vehicle part. |
| US10927583B2 |
Movable barrier operator apparatus with safety system override, and method
Controlling movable barrier movement with respect to selectively overriding a safety system includes determining whether a safety system is in an operation failure or misalignment state, the safety system being configured to detect obstruction in a path of movement of a movable barrier, receiving a state change request for the movable barrier while the safety system is in the operation failure or misalignment state, determining whether a safety override condition exists, and overriding the safety system and actuating the movable barrier if the safety system is in the operation failure or misalignment state and the safety override condition exists. |
| US10927581B2 |
Tailgate step stowage assistance
A vehicle tailgate with a power up-down system may employ a method of operating a vehicle tailgate that may include detecting a step is deployed from the tailgate, detecting the tailgate is less than fully open, and automatically actuating a power up-down system to drive the tailgate to fully open. |
| US10927579B2 |
Spring-loaded sash guide
A sash includes a stile, the stile defining a first flange and a second flange, a locking slot defined extending through the first flange; and a sash guide, the sash guide defining a first guide leg and a second guide leg, the first guide leg defining a locking tab, the locking tab extending through the locking slot. |
| US10927577B2 |
Device for moving a furniture part, and item of furniture
A device for moving a furniture part held on a furniture body of an item of furniture having a guide with at least one pivot arm for pivoting the furniture part from a closed position into an open position relative to the furniture body and back with a base unit with an anchor plate. The device includes a positioning mechanism with a positioning portion formed in an intermediate region between the at least one pivot arm and the base unit. During a pivoting movement of the pivot arm, the positioning portion contacts an abutment surface on the pivot arm and/or on the base unit. Fine positioning of the pivot arm in an axial direction relative to its pivot axis is configurable by contact of the positioning portion with the abutment surface if the pivot arm has an axial offset with respect to a setpoint bearing position of the pivot arm. |
| US10927575B2 |
Fireplace latch system
A fireplace latch system has a pivotable latch retained within a latch retainer. One or more springs between the pivotable latch and latch retainer bias the latch towards two stable positions, an opened position and a closed position. In the closed position, one or more surface contacting elements extend through the latch retainer and exert a force on a frame for a glass panel to secure the glass panel and frame to the fireplace. The latch system allows the glass panel and frame to move outwards to release pressure in the event of an explosion within the combustion chamber of the fireplace. |
| US10927574B2 |
Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle has a tailgate arranged pivotably on a body. The tailgate in a closed position closes a cargo space opening of the body at the rear and in an open position at least partially exposes the cargo space opening. A tailgate latch locks the closed position of the tailgate and has a closing element and a locking mechanism interacting with the closing element in the closed position. In order to make available a variable cargo space size, in which an open position of the tailgate can be secured, a support arm is pivotably articulated with one end between a rest position, in which the support arm is immovably secured, and a functional position, in which the support arm pivots in the direction of the locking mechanism, and is capable of being fixed with another end to the locking mechanism by an actuation of the locking mechanism. |
| US10927569B2 |
Door handle and drive support for an electromagnetic door lock
A door handle for actuating a mortise lock of a door with an output shaft and a handle facing away from the door. The output shaft and the handle have a common rotation axis and are connected to one another via an electromechanical clutch. The output shaft has a recess, on the side facing the handle, dimensioned for a coupling element that is axially displaceable between open and closed positions with a motor, while the handle has a receptacle dimensioned to accommodate the coupling element opposite to the recess. The door handle is particularly reliable when the motor drives a coupling (auxiliary) shaft on which and/or in which at least one coil spring is disposed non-rotatably and coaxially with respect to the stator of the motor. The auxiliary shaft has at least one protrusion engaging in an intermediate space between two neighbored windings of the coil spring to displace the coil spring axially as a result of rotation of the auxiliary shaft. The coil spring engages with the coupling element to at least preload the coupling element, as a result of the axial displacement of the coil spring, in a direction corresponding to such displacement. |
| US10927565B2 |
Bridge adapter
Bridge adapters configured for insertion into a door stile cavity within a door stile are presented, the bridge adapter including: a planar body including, a first plate disposed along a proximal end of the planar body, where the first plate includes a first plate front edge disposed along the proximal end and a first plate back edge located along opposite ends of the first plate, where the first plate front edge includes a locking tab sized to couple with a locking indent, a second plate including a second plate front edge and a second plate back edge located along opposite ends of the second plate, where the second plate front edge is mechanically coupled along the first plate back edge by a leading hinge. |
| US10927563B2 |
Plug device for swimming pool fence system and related methods
A plug device may be for a swimming pool fence system that includes spaced apart vertical fence posts to be inserted into corresponding fence post openings in a pool deck, and a fencing material coupled between adjacent spaced apart vertical fence posts. The plug device may include a cylindrical body having opposing first and second ends. The first end may be adjacent a distal end of a respective fence post opening in the pool deck upon insertion therein. The plug device may include a magnet carried by the second end of the cylindrical body. The plug device may also include a cylindrical pool deck cap carried by the magnet. The cylindrical pool deck cap may be adjacent a proximal end of the respective fence post opening in the pool deck upon insertion therein. |
| US10927561B2 |
Folding tent with a flat roof and a roof depression
Tent with a flat roof (7) comprising a supporting framework (6) comprising profile elements (23, 38), a tent roof fabric (2), a depression (8) in the tent roof fabric 2), which merges into a device (9, 50) for attaching the tent roof fabric (2) to the supporting framework (6) and for draining off water, and wherein the device (9, 50) has a hollow space (34) for drainage and is furthermore configured to receive the profile elements (23, 38) and the tent is a folding tent. |
| US10927558B2 |
Automatic pool cleaner with edge engagement assembly
An autonomous pool cleaner includes a main body, a filter that is removably coupled to the main body, and an edge engagement assembly. The main body includes a top, a bottom, and one or more peripheral walls that extend between the top and the bottom. The filter is accessible for removal or installation via a particular peripheral wall of the one or more peripheral walls. The edge engagement assembly is configured to extend beyond the particular peripheral wall of the main body and removably secure the autonomous pool cleaner to an edge of a swimming pool so that the filter is accessible and vertically removable when the autonomous pool cleaner is secured to the edge. |
| US10927554B1 |
Modular detectable warning surface tile, frame, and assembly
The disclosed technology is generally directed to a tile-and-frame assembly installable in concrete that includes a modular frame and a top panel. The frame includes four corner supports and side supports. Each corner support includes: a side wall, a second side wall, a brace, and an anchor. Each side support includes: a side wall, a brace, and an anchor. At least four side supports are situated along a perimeter of the frame such that the four corner supports and the side supports situated along the perimeter of the frame define the perimeter of the frame, and such that the frame size is modular based on a cardinality of the side supports situated along the frame perimeter. The top panel is coupled to the frame. The top panel includes at least one tactile feature. |
| US10927552B2 |
Veneer panel and veneer corner with mounting systems
The invention provides a veneer panel for use on a surface of a building. The veneer panel can be fabricated with a mounting system that includes a frame and/or a backing for efficient installation on a building surface, as well as a mounting strip or mating connector that can be installed on a building surface to further support the veneer panel. |
| US10927550B1 |
External vents
A sloped roof vent has a coated steel plate with a raised center and a gasket receiver is formed around a central hole. A structural body is crimped with a gasket in the receiver. The body has an outer wall extending downward over the receiver. A sloping wall extends inward and a vertical wall supports a second sloping wall with an inner rim. A damper staked to an axle covers the rim. Inserts keep the damper from chattering and fully closing. Wind walls prevent outer drafts from lifting the damper. Two fasteners attach caps to the outer wall. Lanced and pressed ledges on a push-in hose connector permanently engage windows on the inner rim of the structural body. A snap-in screen and a hose connector reducer complete a package. |
| US10927549B1 |
Rebar safety cover device and methods
A rebar safety cover may include a cylindrical body, a cap coupled to the cylindrical body, a locking support coupled to at least one of the cylindrical body and the cap, and a locking tab coupled to the locking support. The cylindrical body may define a hollow channel having a first central axis. The locking tab may have an opening extending from a first surface to a second surface of the locking tab and having a second central axis. The locking tab may be configured for moving relative to the cylindrical body from a first position in which a first angle is defined between the first central axis and the second central axis to a second position in which a second angle is defined between the first central axis and the second central axis, with the second angle being less than the first angle. |
| US10927536B2 |
Sanitary washing device
According to the embodiment, a sanitary washing device is provided on a toilet including a bowl. The sanitary washing device includes a casing, a nozzle, a shielding plate, and a controller. The nozzle washes a human body private part. The nozzle is advanceable and retractable between a storage position and an advanced position. The shielding plate is provided rotatably with respect to the casing and positioned frontward of the nozzle when the nozzle is at the storage position. The controller controls an operation of the nozzle. The nozzle has a first spout hole squirting water. The shielding plate is at a first position when the nozzle is at the advanced position. The controller performs a frontward washing operation of squirting water before using the sanitary washing device. A part of the shielding plate is positioned frontward of a front end part of the nozzle in the frontward washing operation. |
| US10927535B2 |
Module for unpowered and automatically flushing apparatus having detachable and waterproof functions on toilet seat
Provided is a module for an unpowered and automatically flushing apparatus having detachable and waterproof functions on a toilet seat. A loading lever rotates, by means of the descending movement of a toilet seat, and presses a loading member, thereby enabling enhancement of the transmission efficiency of the force and smooth operation. Also, by means of simplifying the installation work, in which a loading unit and a toilet paper time and flush control unit, or, a loading unit, a toilet paper time and flush control unit and a toilet paper time and flush control unit, or, a loading unit, a toilet paper time and flush control unit, a feces and urine distinguishing unit and a toilet paper time and flush control unit are modularized and installed on the toilet seat, the working process and working time can be reduced. |
| US10927531B2 |
Exposed hose faucet
A fluid delivery device comprises a faucet. The faucet includes a hub, a sprayhead, and a hose coupling the hub to the sprayhead. Each end of the hose has a pivot coupling. One of the pivot couplings is configured to permit rotation of the hose relative to the hub. Another of the pivot couplings is configured to permit rotation of the sprayhead relative to the hose. |
| US10927530B2 |
Water saving device
A water saving device is disclosed, which comprises a base having a water flow channel, a throttle ring and a support seat made of an elastic material, and a capacity space is formed in the base, and the support seat is disposed in the capacity space. An annular channel is formed between the support seat and the base. The water channel is in communication with the annular channel. The throttle ring is disposed in the annular channel. When the water pressure is increased to a certain extent, the throttle ring is deformed, and the cross-sectional area of the water flow channel is reduced. The water saving device can effectively prevent the throttle ring from shifting or falling off, and it also has good structural strength and stability that is not easily deformed or broken by external force. |
| US10927529B2 |
Snail tooth
A tooth for a cutter head includes a tooth body portion for connecting to an adapter; and a pick point portion comprising an end portion with a substantially planar surface, sides extending in an outward direction from the end portion to the tooth body, and a front and/or back with curvature which expands in thickness from the end portion to the tooth body portion. The tooth body portion and the pick point portion have a rounded cross-section comprising a central beam with a bottom base extending perpendicular from the beam at a lower end of the beam and a top shoulder on an upper end of the beam. |
| US10927525B2 |
Control system for work vehicle, control method, and work vehicle
A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates the actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement to a position that is between the actual topography and the final design topography, and a predetermined distance above the actual topography. |
| US10927522B2 |
Structural assembly for a work machine and method of assembling node and strut structure
A structural assembly for a work machine and method of assembling a node and strut structure are provided. The assembly includes at least one strut extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The assembly further includes node members. Each of the node members has a first node portion with a first node cavity. The first end portion of at least one strut is configured to engage the first node portion of one of the node members. The second end portion of at least one strut is configured to engage the first node portion of another node member. An adhesive bonds the first end portion and the second end portion of the strut to the node members at the first node cavity of each of the node members. |
| US10927520B1 |
Watertight flexible flood barrier system
Disclosed is an improved flexible flood barrier system for creating a watertight barrier. The system includes a novel hinged clamping bar assembly configured to engage a hem of the fabric flood barrier. The fabric flood barrier is comprised of a waterproof layer reinforced with Kevlar straps. The Kevlar straps are weaved together through slots in one of the layers without the need for stitching upon any of the waterproof layers. When deployed the improved fabric flood barrier system prevents storm surges from breaching the flexible flood barrier system at the attachment points. |
| US10927518B2 |
Third rail heater control system
A system for remotely controlling third rail ribbon heaters is provided for preventing the accumulation of ice and snow on the rails. The system includes a plurality of switching assemblies that control a flow of electric current from the third rail of a railway to ribbon heaters mounted on the third rail. A remotely located digital controller provides switching commands to the switching assemblies via a radio link. The switching assemblies include current and voltage sensors that continuously provide current and voltage information that allows the digital controller to accurately predict when a heater failure condition is likely to occur so that ribbon heaters may be preemptively and safely replaced before failure. Each of the switching assemblies is contained in a junction box that includes both a door panel and a safety switch that disconnects the switching assembly from third rail current when the door panel is opened for improved safety. |
| US10927516B2 |
Luminescent markings
Reflective luminescent markings on a road or sign surface are formed by applying onto the surface a base material which is liquid in an initial state for application and sets or cures to form a solid layer after application where the base material contains a fine/medium filler material of glass ground from recycled materials in a rotary mill. Coarse material from the grinder is separated out and supplied as a separate material to be applied onto the surface of the layer of base material and fine ground glass. The base material is connected or impregnated with a luminescent material such as photo luminescent 2 4 6 trichlorophenyl in a binder such as polyurea. |
| US10927513B2 |
System and method for the tracking of milling material
A system and method are provided for the tracking of material milled via a milling machine, to improve recycling possibilities for the milling material. The milling material removed during milling is deposited onto a vehicle for transport to a deposition site. A first detection device associated with the milling machine detects data signals relating to the milling material, and the milling material is tracked via a documentation device comprising a user interface, based at least on the data signals. The documentation device may selectively display which milling material has been unloaded at a particular deposition site. A marking device may be provided to mark the milling material or the transport vehicle, and/or a second detection device may be provided to detect position data corresponding to the deposition site, wherein the marking and/or position data are interlinked with the data signals relating to the milling material in the documentation device. |
| US10927512B2 |
Road finishing machine or charger vehicle with pushing means for a material transfer process
A road-finishing machine for producing a paving layer from a laying material or a charger vehicle for supplying the road-finishing machine with a laying material. The road-making machine comprises a material bunker, and a pushing means fixed forward of the material bunker at a chassis, such that pushing rollers of the pushing means may dock to rear tires of a truck. The pushing rollers comprise a pair of first pushing rollers mountable in a first position in a seat of a traverse of the pushing means. Either the pushing means is expandable by at least one changeable attachment to which the first pushing rollers may be mounted in a second position further forward with respect to the first position, or the pushing means comprises a pair of second pushing rollers which may be selectively positioned forward of the first pushing rollers. |
| US10927511B2 |
Self-lubricating hand tamper
A hand tamper includes a handle and a tamping head. The handle has a cavity to hold a fluid. The tamping head includes apertures in the bottom. Fluid can flow from the handle through the apertures of the tamping head to coat a tamping surface on the bottom of the hand tamper. The fluid can, for example, prevent asphalt from sticking to the tamping head. |
| US10927510B2 |
Preformed synthetic turf grids and methods and apparatuses for providing same
Pre-cut (or pre-formed) synthetic turf kits and methods of installing same are provided. Kits or methods may or may not include installation templates of paper, foam or other suitable materials with corresponding insert material spaces and patterns printed or already cut out and removed providing a faster and easier install method. The pre-formed turf can be installed either before or after the paver, stone, brick, tile, or wood insert materials are in place to make beautiful square, circle, rectangular and diagonal patterned turf grid designed hardscapes. This makes installation possible without needing an expensive specialty turf contractor. |
| US10927509B2 |
Spike driver cab enclosure
A cab enclosure for a railroad spike driving machine to protect the operators from the environment includes a pair of pivoting railroad spike trays which can pivot up/down and left/right. |
| US10927507B2 |
Papermaking fabrics having machine and cross-machine direction elements and paper products made therewith
The present invention discloses tissue products, specifically rolled paper towel products, such as one, two or three ply tissue products having a basis weight greater than about 35 gsm and a GMT greater than about 1,500 g/3″. The products have a three-dimensional surface, typically the air contacting surface, comprising substantially continuous machine direction (MD) oriented elements, discrete cross-machine direction (CD) oriented elements and discrete MD oriented valleys having valley sidewalls formed by the MD oriented elements and valley endwalls formed by the CD oriented elements. The discrete valleys generally have a length greater than about 10.0 mm. The CD oriented elements comprise a relatively small percentage of the tissue surface area, such as less than about 15 percent, yet the tissue products display good anti-nesting properties when spirally wound into rolls, such as a Roll Structure greater than about 1.75. |
| US10927503B2 |
Method to form a web comprising fibers
The invention discloses a method to enable the efficient use of surfactants in web forming of a cellulose containing material, e.g. in the making of paper or paperboard. The method comprises the addition of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) or nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) to the white water in a web-forming process in order to form complexes with surface active agents. The formed complexes are at least partly recycled to the process. This enables the producer to have control over the concentration of surface active agents in the system. |
| US10927498B2 |
Process for the preparation of aromatic compounds
A process for the preparation of small aromatic compounds from black liquor comprising: providing black liquor that derives from alkaline treatment of wood chips; subjecting the black liquor to a pyrolysis treatment to yield a pyrolysed black liquor gas and a solid mass comprising char and salts in a first reactor, wherein the salts substantially derive from the treatment of black liquor; contacting at least part of the pyrolysed black liquor gas with a catalyst in a second reactor, which is different from the first reactor to provide a conversion treatment to yield a conversion product; and recovering small aromatic compounds from the conversion product. |
| US10927496B2 |
Method for recovering pulp fibers from used absorbent article
A method is provided for recovering pulp fibers having little damage from a used absorbent article that contains pulp fibers and a superabsorbent polymer. The used absorbent article is treated at a temperature of greater than or equal to 80° C. with an organic acid aqueous solution having a pH no greater than 2.5, and the superabsorbent polymer is deactivated. Preferably, the pulp fibers and the deactivated superabsorbent polymer are separated from the used absorbent article after treatment with the organic acid aqueous solution, and further, a mixture including the separated pulp fibers and deactivated superabsorbent polymer is treated with an oxidizing agent, the deactivated superabsorbent polymer is decomposed, reduced in molecular weight and solubilized. |
| US10927494B1 |
Multi-functional brassiere holder
A multi-functional device for holding multiple brassieres that supports washing and drying; saves closet storage space; facilitates travel organization; prevents strap tangling; maintains cup shape; and allows visibility. The brassiere holder is constructed entirely from modern, quick-drying washable materials. This design allows the entire unit and the multiple brassieres contained inside to go from: closet; to washer; to dryer; to storage; and from storage directly into a suitcase for travel. The front of the device is covered in a high performance 4-way power stretch mesh fabric. The rear of the device is covered in a quick drying mesh fabric chosen to hold the brassieres firmly and gently in place. Each brassiere is provided a separate compartment to prevent tangling of the straps during washing. Each compartment has two specially designed cup supports made entirely of quick drying mesh pouf to maintain cup shapes and to gently press the cups into the high performance 4-way stretch power mesh to stabilize them. |
| US10927486B2 |
Method of controlling laundry treatment apparatus
Disclosed is a control method of a laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet defining an external appearance and having a front opening, a drawer provided to be discharged through the opening, a tub accommodated in the drawer to accommodate wash water therein, a drum rotatably provided inside the tub to accommodate laundry therein, a fastening unit configured to separably couple the drawer to the cabinet, and a sensing unit configured to sense whether the drawer is discharged from the cabinet, the method including receiving a control command to operate the laundry treatment apparatus, sensing whether insertion of the drawer into the cabinet is completed by controlling the sensing unit, locking the drawer to the cabinet by controlling the fastening unit, performing the control command, and releasing a locked state so as to separate the drawer from the cabinet by controlling the fastening unit when the control command is completely performed. |
| US10927471B2 |
Galvanically decorated component made of plastic, and method for producing a plastic component having a structured surface
A galvanically decorated component made of plastic has a galvanically applied chrome layer, wherein the chrome layer is processed with a laser in such a way that a mechanically applied brush structure or structure is reproduced on the surface. The component decorated in this way satisfies all requirements in accordance with the respective test specifications of the planned area of application. A method produces a plastic component having a structured surface. Components of this type made of plastic for the automotive industry are substantially decorative and operative elements. |
| US10927469B2 |
Production method of aluminum using hydrate
A production method of aluminum including: a step of synthesizing an aluminum compound from a mixture including a halogenated aluminum hydrate and a perfluoroalkylsulfonimide-type or perfluoroalkylsulfonamide-type ionic liquid represented by general formula (1); a step of dissolving the aluminum compound in a nitrile-based organic solvent to prepare an aluminum electrolyte; a step of adding at least one ligand selected from a phosphorus compound and an organic compound having an amide group to the aluminum electrolyte and dehydrating water molecules from a hydrate included in the aluminum electrolyte; and a step of electrodepositing aluminum on a cathode by allowing electricity to pass between an anode and the cathode in the aluminum electrolyte after the dehydrating step. |
| US10927461B2 |
Gas diffuser support structure for reduced particle generation
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide apparatus and methods for gas diffuser support structure for a vacuum chamber. The gas diffuser support structure comprises a backing plate having a central bore formed therethrough, an integrated cross structure formed in the central bore, and a gas deflector coupled to the cross structure by a single fastener. |
| US10927460B2 |
Raw material for forming thin film, and method for manufacturing thin film
A raw material for forming a thin film that includes a compound represented by General Formula (1) below. In the formula, R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 to R5 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; A represents an alkanediyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and M represents titanium, zirconium or hafnium. Provided that when M represents zirconium, A represents an alkanediyl group having 3 or 4 carbon atoms. When M represents titanium or hafnium, it is preferred that A represents an alkanediyl group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms. When M represents zirconium, it is preferred that A represent an alkanediyl group having 3 carbon atoms. |
| US10927456B2 |
Reaction chamber for vapor deposition apparatus
A reaction chamber for vapor deposition apparatus, comprises a susceptor to carry substrates, a ceiling, an upper cavity, and protrusions. The ceiling comprises a front surface faces the substrates and comprises front convex parts and front concave parts with an interlaced arrangement to form a convex-concave surface. The ceiling also comprises a rear surface opposites to the front surface and comprises rear convex parts and rear concave parts corresponded to the front concave parts and the front convex parts respectively. The upper cavity opposites to the rear surface and separated to the rear convex parts to define a first flow channel. The protrusions are disposed in the rear concave parts and separated to a side wall and a bottom wall of the rear concave parts to define a second flow channel which is connected to the first flow channel to introduce a cooling fluid. |
| US10927455B2 |
Assembly of chamber lid and ceiling for semiconductor processes and film deposition
An assembly of a chamber lid and a ceiling is used in a film deposition apparatus for semiconductor processes. The assembly comprises a chamber lid, a ceiling and a retaining mechanism. The chamber lid comprises a recession capable of containing the retaining mechanism. The ceiling comprises a plate and a support ring protruding from the middle of the plate. The retaining mechanism comprises a pair of arms, a pair of connecting members respectively connected to the arms, a pair of linkages respectively forcing the connecting members to move along different directions and a driver driving the linkages to move relative to each other. When the connecting members move toward and get close to each other along different directions, the arms accordingly retain the support ring. |
| US10927454B2 |
Method of forming nitride film
A method of forming a nitride film wherein (a) a silane-based gas is supplied to a processing chamber through a gas supply port; (b) a nitrogen radical gas from a radical generator is supplied to the processing chamber through a radical gas pass-through port; and (c) the silane-based gas supplied in (a) is reacted with the nitrogen radical gas supplied in (b), without causing a plasma phenomenon in the processing chamber, to form a nitride film on a wafer. |
| US10927453B2 |
TiN-based film and TiN-based film forming method
A TiN-based film includes TiON films having an oxygen content of 50% or above and TiN films which are laminated alternately on a substrate. In a TiN-based film forming method, a TiON film having an oxygen content of 50 at % or above and a TiN film are alternately formed on a substrate. |
| US10927450B2 |
Methods and apparatus for patterning substrates using asymmetric physical vapor deposition
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for processing a substrate includes: directing a stream of material from a PVD source toward a surface of a substrate at a first non-perpendicular angle to the plane of the surface to deposit the material on one or more features on the substrate and form a first overhang; etching the layer of the substrate beneath the features selective to the deposited material to form a first part of a pattern; removing the material from the features; directing the stream of material from the PVD source toward the surface of the substrate at a second non-perpendicular angle to the plane of the surface to deposit the material on the features on the substrate and form a second overhang; and etching the layer of the substrate beneath the features selective to the deposited material to form a second part of the pattern. |
| US10927448B2 |
Catalyst electrodes, and methods of making and using the same
Methods of making catalyst electrodes comprising sputtering at least Pt and Ir onto nanostructured whiskers to provide multiple alternating layers comprising, respectively in any order, at least Pt and Ir. In some exemplary embodiments, catalyst electrodes described, or made as described, herein are anode catalyst, and in other exemplary embodiments cathode catalyst. Catalysts electrodes are useful, for example, in generating H2 and O2 from water. |
| US10927446B2 |
Method for producing transparent optical film and method for producing transparent multilayer film
This method for producing a transparent optical film includes a film formation step of forming a silver layer and a high standard electrode potential metal layer so as to be laminated on a substrate, the film formation step including a silver deposition step of forming the silver layer, at a thickness of 6 nm or less by vacuum deposition, and a high standard electrode potential metal deposition step of forming the high standard electrode potential metal layer formed of a high standard electrode potential metal having a higher standard electrode potential than that of silver by vacuum deposition, and an alloying step of forming a silver alloy layer by diffusing the high standard electrode potential metal within the silver layer by performing a heating treatment at a temperature of 50° C. or higher and 400° C. or lower. |
| US10927444B2 |
Mask carrier and evaporation system
A mask carrier and an evaporation system are provided. The mask carrier includes a base and at least two correction fixtures. The at least two correction fixtures are configured to clamp, on the base, a framework of a metal mask which is used for evaporation on the base, the base has a first opening through which organic material passes, and the at least two correction fixtures are around the first opening in a spaced manner. During organic evaporation coating, the at least two correction fixtures on the mask carrier press the framework of the metal mask to prevent the framework from deformation. Thus, a clearance between a substrate and the metal mask is reduced or even eliminated after the substrate is in press-fit with surface of the metal mask. Patterns obtained through evaporation are clear in shape and outline and normal in size. Hence, the product yield is increased. |
| US10927443B2 |
Vapor deposition mask, method for manufacturing vapor deposition mask, vapor deposition method, and method for manufacturing organic el display device
A deposition mask, which are capable of enhancing close contact between a substrate for vapor deposition and a peripheral region of each opening in the deposition mask during vapor deposition, suppressing the occurrences of film blurs and shadows during vapor deposition, and performing high definition patterning, a method for manufacturing the same, and a vapor deposition method using the deposition mask, are provided. A deposition mask (1) comprises a resin film (11) having a pattern of openings (12) for forming a thin layer pattern by vapor deposition on a substrate for vapor deposition (2). The deposition mask (1) includes a magnetic metal layer (13a) provided on at least a peripheral portion of each opening (12) of a surface of the resin film (11) to be brought into contact with the substrate for vapor deposition (2), thereby enhancing close contact between the substrate for vapor deposition (2) and the peripheral region of each opening (12) of the deposition mask (1) during vapor deposition, and suppressing the occurrences of film blurs and shadows during vapor deposition. |
| US10927442B2 |
Nanocrystal production method, and steel production method
A nanocrystal production method includes a light irradiation step of applying light to a surface of a metal material immersed in water to form nanocrystals on the surface. In this nanocrystal production method, the metal material contains iron, the nanocrystal contains at least one of iron oxide and iron hydroxide, and in the spectrum of the light, a wavelength at which the intensity is maximum is not less than 360 nm and less than 620 nm. |
| US10927441B2 |
High-strength galvanized hot-rolled steel sheet and method for manufacturing same
Provided are a high-strength galvanized hot-rolled steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. A steel sheet has a chemical composition, and a galvanized layer is disposed on the steel sheet. The chemical composition includes, in mass %, C: 0.02% or greater and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.01% or greater and 2.5% or less, Mn: 0.3% or greater and 3.0% or less, P: 0.08% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and Al: 0.001% or greater and 0.20% or less. The galvanized layer has a coating weight per side of 20 to 120 g/m2. A surface of the steel sheet has a specific surface area ratio, r, of 2.5 or less, and an amount of Si present in the galvanized layer and an amount of Mn present in the galvanized layer respectively satisfy: amount of Si×r≤0.06, and amount of Mn×r≤0.10. |
| US10927439B2 |
Stainless steel alloys, turbocharger components formed from the stainless steel alloys, and methods for manufacturing the same
Disclosed is an austenitic stainless steel alloy that includes or consists of, by weight, about 24% to about 26% chromium, about 11% to about 13% nickel, about 4.5% to about 5.5% manganese, about 1.3% to about 1.7% silicon, about 1.2% to about 1.6% niobium, about 0.40% to about 0.50% carbon, about 0.2% to about 0.4% nitrogen, and a balance of iron with inevitable/unavoidable impurities. The alloy is suitable for use in turbocharger turbine applications for temperatures up to about 1050° C. |
| US10927438B2 |
Fe-Ni-Cr alloy, Fe-Ni-Cr alloy strip, sheath heater, method of manufacturing Fe-Ni-Cr alloy, and method of manufacturing sheath heater
Provided is an Fe—Ni—Cr alloy that has excellent surface characteristics and enables formation of a blackened coating having excellent blackening characteristics and peeling resistance. The Fe—Ni—Cr alloy has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C, Si, Mn, P, S, Cr, Ni, Mo, Co, Cu, N, Ti, Al, O, and H, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfying formulae (1) to (4): (1) T1=11×[% N]+0.1; (2) T2=−39×[% N]−1.0; (3) A1=7.5×[% N]+0.1; (4) A2=−42.5×[% N]+1.0, where [% M] represents content (mass %) of element M in the alloy, and T1, T2, A1, and A2 satisfy relationships T1<[% Ti] |
| US10927433B2 |
Method of producing titanium from titanium oxides through magnesium vapour reduction
Disclosed herein is a novel approach to the chemical synthesis of titanium metal from a titanium oxide source material, such as a mineral comprising titanium. In the approach described herein, a titanium oxide source is reacted with Mg vapor to extract a pure Ti metal. The method disclosed herein is more scalable, cheaper, faster, and safer than prior art methods. |
| US10927432B2 |
Use of pre-oxidized ilmenite in fluidized bed boilers
The invention relates to a method for starting up a fluidized bed boiler, such as a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) or a bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boiler, for operation with a predetermined concentration of ilmenite particles in the bed material. The invention also relates to a method for pre-oxidizing ilmenite, to pre-oxidized ilmenite and to the use of pre-oxidized ilmenite in a fluidized bed boiler. |
| US10927431B2 |
Multilayer films and related uses thereof
Embodiments disclosed herein include multilayer films that have at least two layers. More particularly, disclosed in embodiments herein are multilayer films that include at least a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer includes at least one polyethylene polymer, wherein the second layer includes at least one water-soluble polymer, wherein the second layer is insoluble in water at a temperature of less than 20° C., wherein the second layer is soluble in water at a temperature of 20° C. or greater, and wherein the first layer has one or more openings through the first layer to expose the second layer. Also disclosed herein are methods of using such multilayer films for extracting metal from metal ore. |
| US10927429B2 |
High strength hot dip galvanised steel strip
A high strength hot dip galvanised steel strip consisting, in mass percent, of the following elements: 0.10-0.21% C, 1.45-2.20% Mn, max. 1.50% Si, 0.1-1.50% Al, 0.001-0.04% P, 0.0005-0.005% B, 0.005-0.30% V, max. 0.015% N, max. 0.05% S, and, optionally, one or more elements: max. 0.004% Ca, max. 0.10% Nb, max. 0.50% Cr, max. 0.20% Mo, max. 0.20%, Ni, max. 0.20% Cu, and max. 0.20% Ti the balance of the composition consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel has good surface finish and increased mechanical strength, in particular high overall strength, ductility and plasticity. It also relates to a process for the manufacture of a high strength hot dip galvanised steel strip and to the products thereof. |
| US10927425B2 |
Cored wire with particulate material
A cored wire for refining molten metal includes a reactive core material that is in the form of a solid rod. A non-reactive particulate material radially surrounds the solid core material, and an exterior metal jacket radially surrounds the particulate material. The particulate material may include wood or other material that when introduced into the molten metal, undergoes thermal decomposition to release carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, or combinations thereof as a shroud around the core material. |
| US10927422B2 |
Stacked continuous vacuum pan system and method
A stacked continuous vacuum pan (SCVP) system and method may be provided wherein the SCVP includes at least three modules mounted on separate floors in a stacked formation. Each module includes a horizontal shell and a vertical calandria mounted along the horizontal shell. The calandria may be a honeycomb or swarm calandria. The SCVP system may operate as a single unit while allowing an individual module to be taken offline without disrupting use of the SCVP system. |
| US10927420B2 |
Methods and materials for detecting viral or microbial infections
This document provides methods and materials for detecting target nucleic acid. For example, methods and materials for detecting the presence or absence of target nucleic acid, methods and materials for detecting the amount of target nucleic acid present within a sample, kits for detecting the presence or absence of target nucleic acid, kits for detecting the amount of target nucleic acid present within a sample, and methods for making such kits are provided. |
| US10927415B2 |
Methods for identifying cancer risk
Provided herein are tissue-specific differential methylated regions (T-DMRs) and cancer-related differential methylated regions (C-DMRs) and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment of the invention, there are provided methods of detecting a cell proliferative disorder by detecting altered methylation in one or more DMRs identified herein. In another embodiment of the invention, there are provided methods of determining clinical outcome by detecting altered methylation in one or more DMRs identified herein. |
| US10927413B2 |
Methods and compositions for prediction of therapeutic efficacy of cancer treatments and cancer prognosis
The invention generally relates to methods and compositions for the prediction of therapeutic efficacy of cancer treatments and the prognosis of cancer. The invention discloses markers that are associated with favorable and unfavorable outcomes, respectively, in certain cancer treatments and are useful as prognostic markers for cancer. Methods involving these markers are disclosed for predicting cancer therapy benefit and prognosing clinical outcome for cancer patients. |
| US10927409B1 |
Detection of sequences uniquely associated with a dna target region
The disclosed embodiments concern methods for determining sequences of interest using targeted unique molecular index (TUMI) sequences that are uniquely associated with individual polynucleotide fragments in plants, such as those present in a transgenic event, a site-specific mutation or a wild type variant. System, apparatus, and computer program products are also provided for determining a sequence of interest implementing the methods disclosed. |
| US10927407B2 |
Systems and methods for handling microfluidic droplets
The invention generally relates to assemblies for displacing droplets from a vessel that facilitate the collection and transfer of the droplets while minimizing sample loss. In certain aspects, the assembly includes at least one droplet formation module, in which the module is configured to form droplets surrounded by an immiscible fluid. The assembly also includes at least one chamber including an outlet, in which the chamber is configured to receive droplets and an immiscible fluid, and in which the outlet is configured to receive substantially only droplets. The assembly further includes a channel, configured such that the droplet formation module and the chamber are in fluid communication with each other via the channel. In other aspects, the assembly includes a plurality of hollow members, in which the hollow members are channels and in which the members are configured to interact with a vessel. |
| US10927406B2 |
Microarray system and a process for detecting target analytes using the system
A process for identifying one or more target analytes present in a sample includes contacting a microarray with the sample. The microarray has at least two microbead subpopulations with randomly distributed spatial positions, each of the subpopulations comprising microbeads having a known active agent capable of binding with a respective target analyte. After contacting the microarray with the sample, the spatial positions of the microbeads which have undergone a change that is indicative of a respective one of the active agents being bound to a corresponding one of the target analytes are determined. At least one of the microbead subpopulations which has undergone the change is identified by comparing the determined spatial positions to recorded spatial positions of the microbeads of the microbead subpopulations stored in an encoding/decoding data table. The target analytes are identified based on the known active agents belonging to the at least one identified microbead subpopulation. |
| US10927405B2 |
Molecular tag attachment and transfer
Described herein are methods, compositions and kits for identifying modifications that could lead to false positive detections in nucleic acid sequencing. In some embodiments, the methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful for reducing potential of false positive detection of variants caused by errors during sample preparation or sequencing. |
| US10927404B1 |
Pathogen detection using aptamer molecular beacons using a mobile device
This disclosure pertains to a testing method for a target pathogen. The method uses biosensors with particular fluorescence characteristics, such that when the biosensor binds to a target pathogen, a fluorophore may emit light if excited. The biosensor may be an aptamer-based biosensor with a fluorophore reporter and a quencher. The excitation of the fluorophore and the detection of fluorescence may be made through the use of a flashlight source and a camera from a mobile device, such as a smartphone. |
| US10927403B2 |
Methods and systems for determining spatial patterns of biological targets in a sample
The present disclosure provides methods and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays, including assays to determine a spatial pattern of abundance, expression, and/or activity of one or more biological targets across multiple sites in a sample. In particular, the biological targets comprise proteins, and the methods and assay systems do not depend on imaging techniques for the spatial information of the targets. The present disclosure provides methods and assay systems capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in order to address tag the sites to which reagents are delivered; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature. |
| US10927399B2 |
Acetyl-CoA producing enzymes in yeast
The present invention relates to a method of identifying a heterologous polypeptide having enzymatic activity for converting pyruvate, acetaldehyde or acetate into acetyl-CoA in (the cytosol of) a yeast cell comprising: a) providing a mutated yeast cell comprising a deletion of at least one gene of the (PDH) by-pass, selected from the genes encoding the enzymes pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC), acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALD), and acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS); b) transforming said mutated yeast cell with an expression vector comprising a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding a candidate polypeptide having potential enzymatic activity for converting pyruvate, acetaldehyde or acetate into acetyl-CoA; c) testing said recombinant mutated yeast cell for its ability to grow on minimal medium containing glucose as sole carbon source, and d) identifying said candidate polypeptide as a heterologous polypeptide having enzymatic activity for converting pyruvate, acetaldehyde or acetate into acetyl-CoA in (the cytosol of) said yeast cell when growth of said cell is observed. The invention further relates to a method of producing a fermentation production such as butanol. |
| US10927392B2 |
Enzymatically produced cellulose
Enzymatic reactions are disclosed herein comprising water, glucose-1-phosphate, cellodextrin, and at least one cellodextrin phosphorylase enzyme comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:6. These reactions produce a low molecular weight, insoluble cellulose with enhanced features. |
| US10927386B2 |
Compositions and methods for Peronospora resistance in spinach
The invention provides for spinach plants with broad-spectrum resistance to downy mildew disease and their progeny. Such plants may comprise unique combinations of alleles resulting in the broad-spectrum resistance to downy mildew. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, using, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with resistance to downy mildew are provided. |
| US10927379B2 |
Combination therapy with liposomal antisense oligonucleotides
Provided herein are methods of treating a cancer in a patient comprising administration of an effective amount of a nuclease-resistant polynucleotide that hybridizes to the translation initiation site of a Grb2 nucleic acid in the patient and either a Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor (e.g., dasatinib) or a cytidine analogue (e.g., decitabine or cytarabine). The cancer may be Ph+ and/or Bcr-Abl positive chronic myelogenous leukemia or acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome. |
| US10927376B2 |
Compositions of asymmetric interfering RNA and uses thereof
The present invention provides asymmetrical duplex RNA molecules that are capable of effecting sequence-specific gene silencing. The RNA molecule comprises a first strand and a second strand. The first strand is longer than the second strand. The RNA molecule comprises a double-stranded region formed by the first strand and the second strand, and two ends independently selected from the group consisting of 5′-overhang, 3′-overhang, and blunt end. The RNA molecules of the present invention can be used as research tools and/or therapeutics. |
| US10927373B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting gene expression of Hif2alpha
RNA interference (RNAi) triggers and RNAi trigger conjugates for inhibiting the expression of Hif2α (EPAS1) gene are described. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more Hif2α RNAi triggers optionally with one or more additional therapeutics are also described. Delivery of the described Hif2α RNAi triggers to tumor cells in vivo provides for inhibition of Hif2α gene expression and treatment of cancer. |
| US10927372B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulating apolipoprotein C-III expression
Provided herein are oligomeric compounds with conjugate groups targeting apolipoprotein C-III (ApoCIII). In certain embodiments, the ApoCIII targeting oligomeric compounds are conjugated to N-Acetylgalactosamine. Also disclosed herein are conjugated oligomeric compounds targeting ApoCIII for use in decreasing ApoCIII to treat, prevent, or ameliorate diseases, disorders or conditions related to ApoCIII. Certain diseases, disorders or conditions related to ApoCIII include inflammatory, cardiovascular and/or metabolic diseases, disorders or conditions. The conjugated oligomeric compounds disclosed herein can be used to treat such diseases, disorders or conditions in an individual in need thereof. |
| US10927365B2 |
Manipulating the circadian clock to increase gene expression
A method of increasing gene expression by manipulating the circadian clock is described that includes transforming a photosynthetic organism to include an expression control sequence that modulates the expression of a clock gene to increase expression of a target gene. Photosynthetic organism having a modified circadian cycle reflecting this method are also described. |
| US10927362B2 |
Processable single chain molecules and polypeptides made using same
The present invention features inter alia nucleic acid molecules which encode polypeptides comprising a single chain Fc region and the polypeptides they encode. The Fc moieties of these constructs are linked by a cleavable scFc linker which is adjacent to at least one enzymatic cleavage site, e.g., an intracellular processing site. The resulting processed molecules comprise two polypeptide chains and substantially lack the extraneous amino acid sequence found in single chain Fc linker molecule. Methods of making and using these dimeric molecules are also described. |
| US10927359B2 |
Compositions comprising polypeptides having galactanase activity and polypeptides having beta-galactosidase activity
The present invention relates to compositions comprising polypeptides having galactanase activity and polypeptides having beta-galactosidase activity for use in e.g. animal feed. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having beta-galactosidase activity, polypeptides having galactanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| US10927356B2 |
Lipase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to lipase variants and methods of obtaining them. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| US10927352B2 |
Catalyst and use thereof
Use of a catalyst in a method of reducing a substrate, the method comprising contacting a substrate with a catalyst, optionally in the presence of a co-substrate, thereby to generate a reduced substrate. The catalyst is a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO: 7. In some methods, the substrate concentration is at least 50 mM. |
| US10927351B2 |
Ketoreductase polypeptides for the reduction of acetophenones
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds. |
| US10927344B2 |
Semi-static cell culture
The present invention relates to cell culture in bioreactors, such as flexible cellbag bioreactors. More specifically the present invention relates to methods for simplifying the production of clinically relevant cell products for use in cell therapy. |
| US10927342B2 |
Taurine supplemented cell culture medium and methods of use
The specification describes a composition comprising an improved eukaryotic cell culture medium, which can be used for the production of a protein of interest. Taurine can be added to the serum-free media or chemically-defined media to increase the production of a protein of interest. Methods for recombinantly expressing high levels of protein using the media compositions are included. |
| US10927339B2 |
Mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis and application thereof
The present disclosure provides a new mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis which is deposited under Accession number DSM 32419. The present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing a growth promoter for promoting microalgal cell growth, including: (a) inoculating a mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis into a culturing medium to obtain a bacterial suspension, wherein the mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis is deposited under Accession number DSM 32419; (b) culturing the mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis in the bacterial suspension at least to a stationary phase to obtain a cultured medium of the mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis; and (c) performing a vacuum heating procedure on the cultured medium of the mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis to obtain the growth promoter for promoting microalgal cell growth, wherein the growth promoter for promoting microalgal cell growth contains active substances for promoting microalgal cell growth. |
| US10927338B2 |
Insert shelf and incubator
The insert shelf (1) is characterized in that it has at least one means (3) with which an incubation medium located in an incubation vessel placed on the insert shelf (1) can be set in motion during an incubation treatment or during an incubation process in an incubator (2). For this purpose, the at least one means (3) can be operated electrically and/or preferably moved mechanically. |
| US10927337B2 |
Disposable container, mixing system and packaging
A bioreactor system and packaging is provided. The bioreactor system includes a vessel for housing biomaterials for processing and a support structure. The vessel includes a flexible material defining a chamber and a mixing system positioned within the chamber. The mixing system includes an agitator for imparting motion and mixing to the contents of the vessel and includes a base affixed to the flexible material at a base section of the chamber, a shaft moveably mounted in the base and extending from the base into the chamber and at least one mixing element mounted to the shaft, the shaft configured to be driven by a motor magnetically coupled to the shaft and external to the lower portion of the chamber. The support structure is connected to the mixing system such that the shaft is moveable therein and configured to cooperate with an external structure to provide support for the shaft. |
| US10927336B2 |
Three-dimensional bioreactor for cell expansion and related applications
The present disclosure relates to the design, fabrication, and applications of a three-dimensional (3D) bioreactor for cell expansion and cell secreted substance production. The bioreactor is composed of non-random interconnected voids providing a continuous three-dimensional surface area for cell adherence and growth. |
| US10927334B2 |
Photobioreactor systems and methods
An algal growth system includes a first flexible sheet material mounted on a first frame in a first mounted geometry, the first flexible sheet material having a substantially vertical orientation when mounted on the first frame such that a first height of the first mounted geometry is greater than a first width of the first mounted geometry. The algal growth system also includes a first drive shaft coupled with the first frame, an actuator system coupled with the first drive shaft, a motor coupled with the actuator system. The motor actuates the actuator system and the first drive shaft such that the first flexible sheet material is actuated. The algal growth system also includes a liquid source consisting of a dripper or a mister. The liquid source is configured to direct a contacting liquid to the first flexible sheet material. |
| US10927332B2 |
Dry-milling ethanol process
A dry-milling ethanol process includes the steps of: dry-milling corn kernels to form a corn flour; combining the corn flour with water to form a mash; fermenting the mash thereby producing beer and carbon dioxide; adding an alkanesulfonic acid to the beer in an amount sufficient to adjust the pH to a range of from about 3 to about 5; distilling the beer to produce ethanol and whole stillage; and processing the whole stillage to produce wet distiller's grains with solubles and/or dried distiller's grains with solubles. |
| US10927331B2 |
Dissolvable detergent pouch and method
A detergent pouch may be made from a dissolvable paper which completely dissolves upon contact with liquid water thereby releasing the detergent contained within the pouch. The dissolvable paper may be a Cellulose gum such as Carboxymethyl Cellulose. The dissolvable paper is free from any coloring, dyes, impurities and other toxins. The detergent may be laundry detergent such as Sodium Carbonate, C12-15 Pareth-2, and Sodium Metasilicate which is free from any fillers, perfumes, coloring agents, or brighteners. The paper pouch and the powder detergent may be safe for septic wastewater treatment systems, biodegradable, and hypoallergenic. The paper pouch may be non-toxic. |
| US10927328B2 |
Sustainable laundry sour compositions with iron control
Linen treatment compositions and linen processes are disclosed which help to prevent iron deposition from wash water, and/or redeposition after iron containing stain (such as blood) removal by alkaline detergents. The linen treatment composition is a combination of a hydroxycarboxylic acid and an acid source, which may be organic or inorganic. The invention provides for effective iron control in a phosphorus-free formula that is also free of toxic or hazardous chemicals and includes sustainable, environmentally friendly ingredients, while still providing effective iron control. |
| US10927327B2 |
Treatment liquid, method for washing substrate, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to provide a treatment liquid for a semiconductor device, which has excellent temporal stability of residue removing performance, and excellent anticorrosion performance for a treatment target. In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for washing a substrate and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, each using the treatment liquid.The treatment liquid of an embodiment of the present invention is a treatment liquid for a semiconductor device, including at least one hydroxylamine compound selected from the group consisting of hydroxylamine and a hydroxylamine salt, at least one basic compound selected from the group consisting of an amine compound other than the hydroxylamine compound and a quaternary ammonium hydroxide salt, and at least one selected from the group consisting of a reducing agent other than the hydroxylamine compound and a chelating agent, and having a pH of 10 or more. |
| US10927324B1 |
Unit-dose detergent compositions containing polyethylene glycol and an organic acid
A detergent composition includes at least one sulfur-containing ionic surfactant, at least one non-aqueous solvent including a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of from about 200 to about 3000, and an organic acid. The detergent composition may be contained within the water-soluble film of a unit dose pack. |
| US10927313B2 |
Supercritical water process integrated with visbreaker
An integrated upgrading process for upgrading a heavy oil, the process comprising the steps of introducing a heavy oil to a visbreaker unit; processing the heavy oil in the visbreaker unit to produce a visbreaker product stream; feeding the visbreaker product stream to a fractionator; separating the visbreaker product stream in the fractionator to produce a bottoms stream, a gas oil stream, a naphtha stream, and a gas product stream; feeding the bottoms stream to a supercritical water unit; and processing the bottoms stream in the supercritical water unit to produce an upgraded bottoms stream. |
| US10927312B2 |
Production of upgraded petroleum by supercritical water
A method for upgrading a petroleum feedstock using a supercritical water petroleum upgrading system includes introducing the petroleum feedstock, water and an auxiliary feedstock. The method includes operating the system to combine the petroleum feedstock and the water to form a mixed petroleum feedstock and introducing separately and simultaneously into a lower portion of an upflowing supercritical water reactor. The auxiliary feedstock is introduced such that a portion of a fluid contained within the upflowing reactor located proximate to the bottom does not lack fluid momentum. An embodiment of the method includes operating the supercritical water petroleum upgrading system such that the upflowing reactor product fluid is introduced into an upper portion of a downflowing supercritical water reactor. The supercritical water petroleum upgrading system includes the upflowing supercritical water reactor and optionally a downflowing supercritical water reactor. |
| US10927311B2 |
Process for the dearomatization of petroleum cuts
A process for dearomatization of a petroleum cut produces a dearomatized hydrocarbon-containing fluid with a sulphur content less than or equal to 5 ppm and a content of aromatic compounds less than or equal to 300 ppm, the hydrocarbon-containing fluid has a boiling point between 100 and 400° C. according to the standard ASTM D-86 and a distillation range defined by the difference between the Initial Boiling Point (IBP) and the Final Boiling Point (FBP) determined by the standard ASTM D-86 not exceeding 80° C. The process includes at least one dearomatization cycle utilizing a mixture of the petroleum cut with one or more inert and light diluents having a distillation range not exceeding 80° C. |
| US10927305B2 |
Delayed coking plant combined heating and power generation
A system includes a heat exchange system and a power generation system. The heat exchange system includes first, second, and third heat exchangers each operable as a continuous source of heat from a delayed coking plant. The first and second heat exchangers heat first and second fluid streams to produce heated first and second fluid streams, respectively. The heated second fluid stream has a lower temperature and a greater quantity of heat than the heated first fluid stream. The third heat exchanger heats a third fluid stream to produce a heated third fluid stream that includes the heated first fluid stream and a hot fluid stream. The heated third fluid stream has a lower temperature than the heated first fluid stream. The power generation system generates power using heat from the heated second and third fluid streams. |
| US10927299B1 |
Preservative system
The present disclosure relates to a formulation for a non-hazardous, organic preservative system. The preservative system comprises water, an alcohol, xylitol, and lemon grass essential oil in quantities which ensure preservative qualities without compromising the compound or substance that is being preserved. |
| US10927296B2 |
Single-band upconversion luminescent material and method for producing the same
A single-band upconversion luminescent material includes an amorphous ceramic host; and lanthanide ions doped into the ceramic host. |
| US10927294B2 |
Bright silver based quaternary nanostructures
Disclosed are nanostructures comprising Ag, In, Ga, and S and a shell comprising Ag, Ga and S, wherein the nanostructures have a peak wavelength emission of 480-545 nm and wherein at least about 80% of the emission is band-edge emission. Also disclosed are methods of making the nanostructures. |
| US10927292B2 |
Sustained release system for reservoir treatment and monitoring
Provided are compositions containing a mixture of microcapsules and a bulk polymer, where the microcapsules have an oil field chemical contained within the microcapsules. The microcapsules can be present in a variety of configurations. The microcapsules contain a core or a micro-matrix containing the oil field chemicals. The core or micro-matrix can be surrounded by one or more polymeric shells, where each shell contains at least one polymer that affects the release of the oil field chemical from the composition. The compositions provide for the sustained release of an oil field chemical into fluid in an oil field reservoir over long periods of time. Also provided are methods of making the compositions and articles containing the compositions, along with methods are of tracing the movement of fluid in a hydrocarbon reservoir using the compositions, and methods of providing for the sustained release of oil field chemicals. |
| US10927291B2 |
Compositions for treating a subterranean formation with a foamed system and corresponding methods
A method for treating a subterranean formation with a foamed system is disclosed. The method includes introducing a fracturing fluid into the formation. The fracturing fluid includes a first solution and a second solution. The first solution includes an ammonium containing compound. The second solution includes a nitrite containing compound. One or both of the solutions further include a foaming agent. The solutions are mixed within the formation to generate a nitrogen gas. The method further includes, allowing the compounds to generate nitrogen in the presence of the foaming agent to form a foam and generate the foamed system within the formation. Generation of the foamed system produces sufficient pressure from volumetric expansion to generate fractures in the formation. The fractures are held open with a proppant provided with the fracturing fluid to create a conductive path for production of fluids from the formation to the wellbore. |
| US10927286B2 |
Alkyl ester spotting fluid compositions for differential sticking
Alkyl ester spotting fluid compositions and processes for freeing differentially stuck pipe are provided. An alkyl ester spotting fluid composition includes an invert emulsion having an alkyl ester as the external phase and water as the internal phase. In some embodiments, the alkyl ester spotting fluid composition may include the alkyl ester invert emulsion and an emulsifier. The alkyl ester spotting fluid composition may be introduced downhole in the vicinity of a portion of a differentially stuck pipe such that the spotting fluid composition contacts the mudcake and frees the differentially stuck pipe. |
| US10927284B2 |
Invert emulsion drilling fluids with fatty acid and fatty amine rheology modifiers
Various invert emulsion drilling fluid compositions. One such invert emulsion drilling fluid is a water in oil emulsion, which can include an invert emulsifier to stabilize the water in oil emulsion, a C16 to C18 saturated linear alpha carboxylic acid, a fatty dimer diamine, a filtration control agent, a weighting agent including manganese tetroxide, and a bridging agent including calcium chloride. The invert emulsion drilling fluids can be formulated to be substantially free of clay. |
| US10927281B2 |
Lost circulation material (LCM) pill for partial loss control
A date tree product lost circulation material (LCM) is provided. The date tree product LCM includes date tree seed particles, date tree trunk fibers, an acid-soluble particulate material, marble particles, flaked calcium carbonate, and polymer fibers. The LCM may be mixed with a carrier fluid, such as a drilling mud, to form a fluid pill. Methods of lost circulation control using the date tree product LCM and manufacture of the date tree product LCM are also provided. |
| US10927272B2 |
Latex polymerization using a combination of reactive surfactants for traffic markings
The present disclosure provides latex compositions manufactured using a combination of reactive surfactants. The compositions are useful as road marking materials. |
| US10927271B2 |
Microcapsule, aqueous dispersion, method for manufacturing aqueous dispersion, and image forming method
Provided are a microcapsule including a shell that has a three-dimensional cross-linked structure containing a hydrophilic group and Structure (1) and including a core that is in the interior of the shell, in which at least one of the shell or the core has a polymerizable group; and an application thereof. In Structure (1), X represents a (p+m+n)-valent organic group formed by linking at least two groups selected from —NH—, >N—, —C(═O)—, —O—, —S—, and an aliphatic hydrocarbon group which may have a ring structure, provided that an organic group having an aromatic ring is excluded from X, R1 to R3 represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms which may have a ring structure, provided that an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having an aromatic ring is excluded from R1 to R3, and * represents a binding position, each of p, m, and n is equal to or greater than 0, and p+m+n equals 3 or greater. |
| US10927270B2 |
Oil-based ink composition for writing instruments, and writing instrument, marking pen and ballpoint pen comprising the same
An oil-based ink composition for a writing instrument, comprising a dye, an organic solvent and a phenolic compound of the following general formula (1): wherein R is each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R1 is any of an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a hydroxyphenyl group, and an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms substituted by a hydroxyphenyl group, and R2 is any of a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a hydroxyphenyl group, and an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms substituted by a hydroxyphenyl group. The oil-based ink composition for a writing instrument can form handwriting having excellent water resistance in which no bleeding occurs on written surfaces of various materials with a dye retaining color development. |
| US10927267B2 |
Infrared fluorescent coatings
The present invention provides for a composition comprising a pigment, wherein the composition is suitable for coating a surface that is, or is expected to be, exposed to the sun. The pigment comprises particles that fluoresce in sunlight, thereby remaining cooler in the sun than coatings pigmented with non-fluorescent particles. The particles comprise solids that fluoresce or glow in the visible or near infrared (NIR) spectra, or that fluoresce when doped. Suitable dopants include, but are not limited to, ions of rare earths and transition metals. A coating composition includes: (i) a film-forming resin; (ii) an infrared reflective pigment; and (iii) an infrared fluorescent pigment different from the infrared reflective pigment. When the coating composition is cured to form a coating and exposed to radiation comprising fluorescence-exciting radiation, the coating has a greater effective solar reflectance (ESR) compared to the same coating exposed to the radiation comprising fluorescence-exciting radiation except without the infrared fluorescent pigment. A multi-layer coating including the coating composition, and a substrate at least partially coated with the coating composition is also disclosed. A method of reducing temperature of an article includes applying the coating composition to at least a portion of the article. |
| US10927266B2 |
Amine-functionalized organosilane/fatty acid combination systems as stain/corrosion inhibitors for the application on aluminum and its alloys
Provided herein is a composition for treating aluminum containing surfaces, wherein the composition includes a reaction product of at least one amine-functionalized organosilane and/or oligomer and/or polymer thereof and at least one fatty acid, wherein the molar ratio of the amino group/s of the at least one amine-functionalized organosilane and/or oligomer and/or polymer thereof and of the at least one fatty acid is 1.2:1 to 1:2, and wherein the at least one amine-functionalized organosilane and/or oligomer and/or polymer thereof is linked to the at least one fatty acid by at least one carboxylic acid/amine salt bond and/or at least one amide bond. |
| US10927264B2 |
Primer composition
A water-based primer composition comprising an porous submicron silica dispersion, preferably in an amount from 10 to 30 wt.-% based on the weight of the entire composition, starch, preferably in an amount from 10 to 30 wt.-% based on the weight of the entire composition, and at least one component selected from the group consisting of a further polysaccharide, a hemicellulose, lignin, a styrene-acrylic emulsion, a polyvinylacetate and a sulfopolyester. Further, use of the composition for preparing a primer layer on a substrate, to a method of printing on a substrate, comprising the steps of preparing a primer layer on at least a part of one surface of the substrate using the composition, and printing on the primer layer using a liquid toner, as well as to an article manufactured with the method is disclosed. |
| US10927260B2 |
Coloring composition, light absorption anisotropic film, laminate, and image display device
Provided are a coloring composition with which a light absorption anisotropic film having excellent durability can be formed, a light absorption anisotropic film, a laminate, and an image display device. A coloring composition according to the invention contains a dichroic dye compound having a structure represented by Formula (1D) and a liquid crystalline compound. |
| US10927258B2 |
Process for the preparation of Indigotindisulfonate sodium (indigo carmine)
This invention relates to an improved method for the preparation of highly or substantially pure Indigotindisulfonate sodium (1). It further relates to the novel crystalline form I of Indigotindisulfonate sodium (1) and the process for its preparation. |
| US10927251B2 |
Phenol-containing polyester multiphase polymer blend materials
A solid multiphase polymer blend material comprising: (i) a polyphenolic substance having a molecular weight of at least 500 g/mol; and (ii) a polyester having a molecular weight of at least 500 g/mol; wherein at least a portion of the polyphenolic substance is covalently bonded directly or through a linking moiety to the polyester. Methods for producing the blend material are also described, e.g., homogeneously melt blending a mixture comprising components (i) and (ii) under conditions resulting in covalent attachment of at least a portion of the polyphenolic substance directly or through a linking moiety to the polyester. Methods for producing objects made of the blend material by melt extrusion are also described. |
| US10927247B2 |
Method for inhibiting the permeation of water in an extraction well of a hydrocarbon fluid from an underground reservoir
A method for inhibiting the permeation of water in an extraction well of a hydrocarbon fluid from an underground reservoir is described. The method includes the injection of at least one treatment fluid into the underground reservoir. The treatment fluid contains at least one emulsion or dispersion in an organic solvent of at least one copolymer of a first monomer of an acrylic monomer or a methacrylic monomer, and a second monomer having at least one ethylene unsaturation and at least one polyoxyethylene chain. The emulsion or dispersion of the copolymer used in the method is also described. |
| US10927239B2 |
Resin composition and resin molded article
A resin composition includes cellulose acetate propionate and polymethyl methacrylate, in which a weight ratio (A)/(B) of a weight (A) of the cellulose acetate propionate to a weight (B) of the polymethyl methacrylate is 0.45 or more and 100 or less. |
| US10927236B2 |
Additive mixture
An additive mixture containing (A) at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen, C1-C22alkyl, —O—, —OH, —CH2CN, C1-C18alkoxy, C2-C18alkoxy substituted by —OH; C5-C12cycloalkoxy, C3-C6alkenyl, C3-C6alkenyloxy, C7-C9phenylalkyl unsubstituted or substituted on the phenyl by 1, 2 or 3 C1-C4alkyl; or C1-C8acyl; and R3 and R4 independently of one another are C1-C22alkyl or a group of the formula (Ia) wherein R0 has one of the meanings of R1 and R2, and (B) at least one anti-scratch additive. |
| US10927233B2 |
Stabilized plasticizers for thermoplastic polyurethane
The present invention relates to a process for producing a thermoplastic polyurethane, comprising the provision of a composition Z(W) comprising at least one carbodiimide selected from the group consisting of monomeric aliphatic carbodiimides, oligomeric aliphatic carbodiimides, polymeric aliphatic carbodiimides, monomeric aromatic carbodiimides, oligomeric aromatic carbodiimides and polymeric aromatic carbodiimides, and at least one ester selected from the group consisting of citric acid esters, acetyl citric acid esters, phthalic acid esters, benzoic acid esters, adipic acid esters, hydrogenated phthalic acid esters and phosphoric acid esters; and the subsequent addition of the composition Z(W) to a thermoplastic polyurethane or a reaction mixture for producing a thermoplastic polyurethane. Further, the present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane obtainable or obtained by a process according to the invention and to the use of the composition Z(W) as plasticizer for thermoplastic polyurethanes. The present invention also relates to moldings comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane according to the invention. |
| US10927232B2 |
Polyamide resin composition, method for producing polyamide resin composition, and molded article
The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition including (A) a polyamide resin, (B) an alkali metal compound and/or an alkaline earth metal compound, and (C) one or more compounds selected from following (C1) to (C4): (C1) a salt of one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of groups 3, 4, 11, 13, and 14 of periodic table, (C2) at least one organic heat stabilizer selected from the group consisting of a hindered phenol compound, a hindered amine compound, and an organic phosphorus compound, and (C3) a crystalline thermoplastic resin having a lower melting point than that of the component (A) and/or an amorphous thermoplastic resin having a lower Vicat softening point than that of the component (A), and (C4) an acid. |
| US10927231B2 |
Decomposition of condensation polymers
Particles of a transition metal are used as a catalyst for depolymerisation of condensation polymers in alcohol. In the method of catalysed depolymerisation of a condensation polymer in a solid form into monomers and/or oligomers, transition metal particles; are mixed with the condensation polymer in alcohol to obtain a reaction mixture. This reaction mixture is processed to disperse the condensation polymer into the alcohol and decompose it, wherein the transition metal particles act as a catalyst and the alcohol is a reagent. The catalyst is particularly supplied as a catalyst composition of transition metal particles in an alcoholic liquid. The transition metal particles are typically non-porous and may have an oxide surface. |
| US10927230B2 |
Method for preparing composite materials
A method of preparing a composite includes providing a porous material including a polymeric network and a polar particle; depositing an ink onto the porous material via a printing process; and delivering a lubricating fluid to the porous material to form a coating. A composite is obtained from the method, and an anti-fouling product including the composite is provided. |
| US10927228B2 |
Polymer matrix composites comprising intumescent particles and methods of making the same
Polymer matrix composite comprising a porous polymeric network; and a plurality of intumescent particles distributed within the polymeric network structure; wherein the intumescent particles are present in a range from 15 to 99 weight percent, based on the total weight of the intumescent particles and the polymer (excluding the solvent); and wherein the polymer matrix composite volumetrically expands at least 2 times its initial volume when exposed to at least one temperature greater than 135° C.; and methods for making the same. The polymer matrix composites are useful, for example, as fillers, thermally initiated fuses, and fire stop devices. |
| US10927223B2 |
Super absorbent polymer granules and preparation method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a preparation method of super absorbent polymer granules and super absorbent polymer granules prepared according to the same. More specifically, the preparation method of the present disclosure includes the steps of: forming a hydrogel polymer by carrying out a thermal polymerization or a photopolymerization of a monomer composition including a water-soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomer and a polymerization initiator; drying and pulverizing the hydrogel polymer; classifying the pulverized polymer into a first fine powder having a particle size of 150 μm or less, and a base resin having a particle size of 150 μm or more and 850 μm or less; surface-crosslinking the base resin; classifying the surface crosslinked base resin to separate a second fine powder having a particle size of 150 μm or less; and forming fine powder granules by mixing the first fine powder, the second fine powder, and silica in a wet state. |
| US10927219B2 |
Crosslinked silsesquioxane random copolymers absorbing both UVA and UVB and method for preparing the same
The present invention relates to crosslinked silsesquioxane random copolymers absorbing both UVA and UVB although they contain only UVB absorbing chromophores, and methods preparing the same. Crosslinked polysilsesquioxane random copolymers prepared by the method of the present invention have good sensory and are safe as they are not absorbed into human body due to their high molecular weights. These polymers have desirable UV blocking function as they absorb wider range of UV including both UV B (280-320 nm) and UV A (320-400 nm) by excimer or exciplex formation between chromophores. Also, these polymers are useful for UV blocking cosmetics as they do not develop opaque white appearance in high concentration (30%). |
| US10927218B2 |
Poly(amide-imide) copolymer, composition for preparing poly(amide-imide) copolymer, article including poly(amide-imide) copolymer, and display device including the article
A poly(amide-imide) copolymer that is a reaction product of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic diamine having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range from 500 nanometers (nm) to 650 nm in a visible light region, a diamine represented by Chemical Formula 1, a dicarbonyl compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride represented by Chemical Formula 3: wherein, in Chemical Formulae 1 to 3, A, R3, R10, R12, R13, X, n7 and n8 are the same as defined in the specification. |
| US10927212B2 |
Viscoelastic foams having high density
Provided herein is a process for producing viscoelastic polyurethane foams having a density of from 100 g/dm3 to 300 g/dm3, in which (a) polyisocyanate is mixed with (b) polymeric compounds having groups that are reactive toward isocyanates, (d) a catalyst, and (e) a blowing agent including water at an isocyanate index of from 50 to 95 to give a reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is placed in a mold and reacted to give the flexible polyurethane foam, wherein the polyisocyanate (a) is obtainable by mixing 4,4′-MDI and oligomers of propylene oxide having from 2 to 8 propylene oxide units. The polymeric compounds (b) include at least one polyalkylene oxide having a hydroxyl number of from 20 to 50 mg KOH/g derived from a trifunctional starter molecule and a proportion of ethylene oxide, based on the content of alkylene oxide, of from 0 to 10% by weight. |
| US10927207B2 |
Thermoplastic vulcanizate compositions
A thermoplastic vulcanizate comprises an isotactic polypropylene matrix phase in which cross-linked rubber particles are dispersed, the rubber particles comprising an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM) containing at least 40 wt % of ethylene-derived units. A propylene-ethylene-diene terpolymer (PEDM) containing at least 60 wt % propylene-derived units and less than or equal to 25 wt % of ethylene-derived units and having a heat of fusion (Hf) of 2 to 10 J/g is added to compatibilize the propylene/EPDM blend. |
| US10927205B2 |
Polymerization processes and polymers made therefrom
The present disclosure provides processes for polymerizing olefin(s). Methods can include contacting a first composition and a second composition in a line to form a third composition. The first composition can include a contact product of a first catalyst, a second catalyst, a support, a first activator, a mineral oil. The second composition can include a contact product of an activator, a diluent, and the first catalyst or the second catalyst. Methods can include introducing the third composition from the line into a gas-phase fluidized bed reactor, introducing a condensing agent to the line and/or the reactor, exposing the third composition to polymerization conditions, and/or obtaining a polyolefin. Polyethylene compositions including at least 65 wt % ethylene derived units, based upon the total weight of the polyethylene composition, are provided. |
| US10927201B2 |
Ziegler-Natta—metallocene dual catalyst systems with activator-supports
Catalyst systems having both a metallocene catalyst component and a Ziegler-Natta component are disclosed. Such catalyst systems can contain a metallocene compound, an activator-support, an organoaluminum compound, and a Ziegler-Natta component comprising titanium supported on magnesium chloride. |
| US10927199B2 |
Curable composition and cured product
To provide a curable composition whereby it is possible to obtain a cured product having a high Abbe number and being excellent in transparency, crack resistance and releasability; and such a cured product. A curable composition comprises, in specific ratios, surface-modified metal oxide particles (A) having (meth)acryloyl-group-containing surface-modifying groups on the surface of the metal oxide particles, a compound (B) having a fluorine atom and at least one (meth)acryloyl group, a compound (C) having a urethane bond or —OCH2CH(OH)CH2—, having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups and having a mass-average molecular weight of at least 1,000, a compound (D) having no unsaturated bond-containing ring structure and having at least one (meth)acryloyl group, and a polymerization initiator (E). |
| US10927197B2 |
Polymers derived from amino-functional vinyl alcohol ethers and applications thereof
The invention provides polymers having the structure: wherein Q, Q′, E, R1, a, b, c, d, and n are described herein. The invention further provides compositions comprising the polymers such as, personal care, hair care, coatings, and battery compositions. The invention furthermore provides hair care compositions comprising the polymers described herein. |
| US10927189B2 |
Cellulose acetate and producing method therefor
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cellulose acetate which can be used to obtain an optical film having a very small amount of bright spot foreign matters, with excellent production efficiency, even when cellulose containing a small amount of hemicellulose components and having a high degree of crystallinity is used as a raw material. A cellulose acetate in which a content ratio by mole of mannose units to a sum of xylose units, mannose units and glucose units, which are sugar chain components, is 0.04 mol % or less, and a filtration index K measured by the following measurement method is 30 mL−1 or less. (Measurement method) The cellulose acetate is dissolved in a mixed solvent containing methylene chloride and methanol at a weight ratio of methylene chloride/methanol of 9/1 to obtain a solution with a solid concentration of 16% by weight. The temperature of the solution is adjusted to 25° C., and the solution is subjected to constant-pressure filtration under a pressure of 3 kg/cm2 using a cloth obtained by stacking three sheets of calico (s 618) (diameter: 15 mm, filtration area: 1.77 cm2). At this time, the filtration index k (mL−1) is calculated from the following expression, where P1 represents the amount of filtration (mL) up to 20 minutes after the start of filtration, and P2 represents the amount of filtration (mL) from 0 to 60 minutes. Filtration index K = 2 - P 2 / P 1 P 1 + P 2 × 10 4 [ Mathematical Formula 1 ] |
| US10927188B2 |
Method for producing short-chain peptide-immobilized carrier, and short-chain peptide-immobilized carrier
Provided is a method for producing a short-chain peptide-immobilized carrier that maintains a secondary structure of a short-chain peptide, the method including a step of preparing an alcohol solution containing an alcohol solvent, and a short-chain peptide having a plurality of immobilizing functional groups, the short-chain peptide having a secondary structure induced in the alcohol solvent; and a step of bringing a carrier coupled with a spacer having a reactive group that reacts with the immobilizing functional group, into contact with the alcohol solution, and thereby immobilizing the short-chain peptide to the spacer. |
| US10927184B2 |
Treatment of cancer using humanized anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of CD19. The invention also relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to CD19, vectors encoding the same, and recombinant T cells comprising the CD19 CAR. The invention also includes methods of administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR that comprises a CD19 binding domain. |
| US10927183B2 |
Anti-human VSIG4 antibodies and uses thereof
Provided are antibodies and antigen-binding fragment thereof that bind to VSIG4. Various in vitro and in vivo methods and compositions related to antibodies. Methods include prevention and/or therapeutic treatment of cancer using an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment that binds to VSIG4. |
| US10927180B2 |
B cell maturation antigen binding proteins
Disclosed herein are B cell maturation antigen binding proteins with improved binding affinities and improved ability to mediate killing of cancer cells expressing B cell maturation antigen (BCMA). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the binding proteins disclosed herein and methods of treatment of a cancer or a metastasis thereof using such formulations are further provided. |
| US10927177B2 |
Methods of treatment using anti-c-met antibodies
The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a variety of diseases through c-Met activation in cells induced by the anti-c-Met antibody described herein which functions as a c-Met agonist. The current invention concerns a method for preventing or treating various diseases through c-Met activation by the anti-c-Met antibody described herein. |
| US10927174B2 |
Anti-ROR1 antibodies and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to anti-ROR1 binding proteins, including those that bind to a ROR1 or portion thereof such as an intracellular C terminal portion of a ROR1 protein, and the use of such binding proteins in immunohistochemical and diagnostic methods. Related kits and methods of using the binding proteins are also provided, as are methods of treatment of subjects having diseases or conditions determined to be candidates for such treatments by the binding proteins or methods of this disclosure. |
| US10927173B2 |
Humanized, mouse or chimeric anti-CD47 monoclonal antibodies
Humanized, mouse or chimeric anti-CD47 monoclonal antibodies are provided. The antibodies bind to human glycosylated and deglycosylated CD47 with an optimized Koff value, they disrupt the human CD47-SIRPα interaction, and find use in various therapeutic, preventive or diagnostic methods. The invention includes isolated antibodies and derivatives and fragments thereof, pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more of the humanized or chimeric anti-CD47 monoclonal antibodies; and cell lines that produce these monoclonal antibodies. Also provided are amino acid and nucleotide sequences of the antibodies. |
| US10927169B2 |
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. |
| US10927165B2 |
Antibodies that neutralize botulinum neurotoxins
This disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to and typically neutralize botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/E, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof and/or other antibodies that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| US10927164B2 |
Method for protein purification
The present invention provides a method for recovering a human VH3 domain-containing antibody in monomeric form. In particular the present invention provides a new method that allows recovery of monomeric human VH3 domain-containing antibodies from a mixture containing monomeric and multimeric forms of the antibody. |
| US10927163B2 |
Bivalent, bispecific antibodies
The present invention relates to nucleic acids which encode the heavy chains and light chains of a novel domain exchanged, bivalent, bispecific antibody, and vectors comprising the same. |
| US10927161B2 |
Methods for modulating an immune response
The present disclosure provides methods of modulating an immune response in an individual. The present disclosure provides methods of treatment. The present disclosure provides methods comprising administering a multimeric polypeptide (synTac) and an immune checkpoint inhibitor to an individual. The present disclosure provides methods comprising administering a multimeric polypeptide (synTac) to an individual who is undergoing treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor. |
| US10927160B2 |
Engineered invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells and methods of making and using thereof
Disclosed are invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells engineered using hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and methods of making and using thereof. Specifically, the engineered cells iNKT are genetically modified to contain at least one exogenous invariant natural killer T cell receptor (iNKT TCR) nucleic acid molecule. Further disclosed are iNKT TCR nucleotide sequences and codon optimized sequences for expression. |
| US10927159B2 |
TIGIT- and light-based chimeric proteins
The present invention relates, inter alia, to compositions and methods, including TIGIT- and/or LIGHT-based chimeric proteins that find use in the treatment of disease, such as cancer and an inflammatory disease. |
| US10927157B2 |
Helix-grafted proteins as inhibitors of disease-relevant protein-protein interactions
The disclosure provides helix grafted proteins, methods of producing helix grafted proteins and methods of use of helix grafted proteins as inhibitors of protein-protein interactions involved in disease pathogenesis. |
| US10927156B2 |
Human tear lipocalin muteins which specifically bind lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG3) and method of use thereof to stimulate an immune response
The present disclosure provides human tear lipocalin muteins that specifically bind to LAG-3, which can be used in pharmaceutical applications, for example, as anti-cancer agents and/or immune modulators for the treatment or prevention of human diseases such as cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases. The present disclosure further shows the human lipocalin muteins can inhibit the binding of LAG-3 to MHC class II on cells overexpressing MHC class II. The present disclosure also concerns methods of making LAG-3 binding lipocalin muteins described herein as well as compositions comprising such lipocalin muteins. The present disclosure further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such lipocalin muteins and to methods for generation of such lipocalin muteins and nucleic acid molecules. In addition, the application discloses therapeutic and/or diagnostic uses of these lipocalin muteins as well as compositions comprising one or more of such lipocalin muteins. |
| US10927155B2 |
Dual inhibitory action peptidomimetic inhibitor for IL-33 and IL-1beta
In one aspect, the invention relates to compositions comprising peptides and/or peptidomimetic compounds, methods of making same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and methods of treating various diseases, including, but not limited to, arthritis, obstructive lung disease, psoriasis, asthma, a defect in hematopoiesis, a neoplasia, a fungal infection, a parasitic infection, or an autoimmune disease, such as, but not limited to, rheumatoid arthritis, atopic allergy, anaphylaxis, psoriasis, asthma, lupus erythematosis, a myeloid cell disorder, or a eosinophil cell disorder. In an aspect, the disclosed peptides and/or compounds inhibit the interaction of IL-1RAcP with the ST2 and IL33 receptor/cytokine complexes. In a further aspect, the disclosed peptides and/or compounds inhibit the interaction of IL-1RAcP with the IL-1R1 and IL-1β receptor/cytokine complexes. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| US10927154B2 |
Multi-specific polypeptide useful for localized tumor immunomodulation
The disclosure provides a multi-specific polypeptide with a first moiety specific for a tumor-associated antigen on tumor cell surface and a second moiety specific for an immune checkpoint protein, which multi-specific polypeptide can be useful for biasing a T-cell-mediated response to a tumor micro-environment. For example, the polypeptide may contain: a) a first binding domain, for example, a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding domain of an antibody, specifically recognizing a tumor-associated antigen on tumor cell surface, and b) a second binding domain, such as a lipocalin mutein, capable of stimulating T-cell proliferation e.g., by inhibiting a protein receptor that down-regulates the immune system. The first binding domain may be genetically linked (i.e., peptide bond at its N- or C-terminus) to the second binding domain. The multispecific polypeptide also may contain a third or yet additional specific binding moieties, any of which can specifically bind a distinct immune checkpoint protein. The polypeptide may contain an Fc region of an antibody or of an antigen-binding domain thereof and simultaneously engage (1) a T cell receptor complex of a T cell, (2) a tumor-associated antigen on tumor cell surface, while (3) preserving the Fc function of the Fc region to Fc receptor-positive cell. The polypeptide is useful for the induction of an anti-tumor immunity in humans and/or animals. The disclosure also provides thermal-stable lipocalin muteins specific for CTLA-4. The disclosure further relates to a process for the production of the polypeptide or muteins as well nucleic acids encoding for the polypeptide or muteins, to vectors comprising the same and to host cells comprising the vector. In another aspect, the disclosure provides for a pharmaceutical composition comprising the polypeptide or muteins and medical uses of the polypeptide or muteins. |
| US10927153B1 |
Synthetic plasmodium antigens, compositions, and uses thereof
Provided herein are synthetic P. vivax antigens, antibodies and pharmaceutical formulations and vaccines thereof. Also provided herein are methods of treating and/or preventing Plasmodium infection and/or disease by administering the synthetic P. vivax antigens, antibodies and pharmaceutical formulations and vaccines thereof. |
| US10927150B2 |
Recombinant AAV1, AAV5, and AAV6 capsid mutants and uses thereof
Provided herein are modified recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) capsid proteins, such as modified rAAV1, rAAV5, and rAAV6 capsid proteins, rAAV particles comprising such capsid proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding such capsid proteins, as well as compositions, kits and methods of use thereof. |
| US10927148B2 |
Wet adhesive peptide materials and their use
Peptides that form adhesive bonds, even in aqueous and/or saline environments, are disclosed. When aggregated, the peptides may be used in methods for producing hydrogels and/or adhesive materials. Synthetic peptide analogs are provided that are designed based on protein sequences found in barnacle adhesive, and may optionally be augmented with chemistry from other organisms that secrete proteins that adhere to substrates. The peptides may be used, for example, in biomedical and aqueous applications. Methods of using the aggregated peptides as adhesives are also provided. |
| US10927147B2 |
Muramyl peptide derivative compound, synthesis and uses thereof
The invention relates to novel Muramyl Dipeptide (MDP) derivative compound of structural Formula-VIII, a process for synthesis, intermediates used in the synthesis and use thereof. Wherein, R can be both linear and branched alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl and alkoxy alkyl. These compounds possess excellent pharmacological properties, in particular immunomodulating properties for use as adjuvant in vaccine formulations. These compounds are, particularly useful as adjuvants in vaccines. |
| US10927145B2 |
Method of enhancing the performance of chromatography methods for purification of proteins
This application describes compositions, kits, and methods for removing contaminants from a protein preparation, for example a cell culture harvest comprising a recombinant protein. The methods described herein can enhance the performance of a later applied chromatographic purification step. The method generally involves contacting a protein preparation comprising a desired protein with a combination of allantoin, a cationic polymer, and a fatty acid, thereby causing the formation of solids and removal of the solids using a suitable process. Further treatment by contacting the treated sample with a chemically reactive surface further enhances results achieved by the first purification step. |
| US10927141B2 |
Salts and crystal forms of GABAA positive allosteric modulator
The invention relates to salts of Compound 1, crystalline forms thereof, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of their use. |
| US10927138B2 |
Inhibitors of D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) and uses thereof
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I) and uses thereof for inhibiting the activity of D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) or treating diseases or disorders associated with DAAO, such as a central nervous system (CNS) disorder, obesity, diabetes, or hyperlipidemia. Also provided in the present disclosure are methods of synthesizing the Formula (I) compounds described herein. |
| US10927137B2 |
Method for preparing oligomeric mannuronic diacid
The invention relates to a new method of preparing oligomannuronic diacids, important bioactives. The method utilizes oligomannuronic acids as starting materials and the target substances are obtained by acid degradation and active hypobromous acid oxidation steps. The method of preparing oligomannuronic diacids according to the invention employs moderate reaction conditions, has few side reactions, does not need further purification, achieves a yield of more than 90%, or even more than 95%, and is suitable for production with an on-line continuous reactor device, with reaction processes easy to implement automatic control. |
| US10927134B2 |
Bridged phenolate transition metal complexes, production, and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides transition metal catalysts and the respective bridged phenolate ligands contained on the catalyst, as well as, catalyst systems and polymerization processes for producing polyolefins. The catalysts and the catalyst systems provide catalytic activity values of greater than 100 kg/mmol-hr, such as greater than 400 kg/mmol-hr or greater than 500 kg/mmol-hr. |
| US10927130B2 |
Isothiazolopyrimidinones, pyrazolopyrimidinones, and pyrrolopyrimidinones as ubiquitin-specific protease 7 inhibitors
The disclosure relates to inhibitors of USP7 inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, immunological disorders, inflammatory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, ischemic diseases, viral infections and diseases, and bacterial infections and diseases, having the Formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R5′, X1, X2, X3, n, and m are described herein. |
| US10927129B2 |
N-[(2,4-difluorophenyl)methyl]-6-hydroxy-3-methyl-5,7-dioxo-2,3,5,7,11,11a-hexahydro[1,3] oxazolo[3,2-a]pyrido[1,2-d]pyrazine-8-carboxamide having HIV integrase inhibitory activity
The present invention is directed to N-[(2,4-difluorophenyl)methyl]-6-hydroxy-3-methyl-5,7-dioxo-2,3,5,7,11,11a-hexahydro[1,3]oxazolo[3,2-a]pyrido[1,2-d]pyrazine-8-carboxamide of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or stereoisomer thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The present invention has HIV integrase inhibitory activity. |
| US10927128B2 |
Oxadiazaspiro compounds for the treatment of drug abuse and addiction
The present invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the sigma (σ) receptor, and more particularly to oxadiazaspiro compounds having this pharmacological activity, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in therapy, in particular against drug abuse and addiction. |
| US10927125B2 |
Substituted cinnolines as inhibitors of KRAS G12C
Compounds having activity as inhibitors of G12C mutant KRAS protein are provided. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, prodrug or stereoisomer thereof, wherein R1, R2a, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, G1, G2, L1, L2, m1, m2, A, B, W, X, Y, Z and E are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods to modulate the activity of G12C mutant KRAS protein for treatment of disorders, such as cancer, are also provided. |
| US10927119B2 |
Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-5,7-diamine compounds as CDK inhibitors and their therapeutic use
Certain pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-5,7-diamine compounds that inhibit cycline dependent kinase (CDK) (e.g., CDK1, CDK2, CDK4, CDK5, CDK6, CDK7, CDK8, CDK9, CDK10, CDK11, CDK12, CDK13, etc.) are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and the use of these compounds and compositions to inhibit CDK; to treat disorders associated with CDK such as those arising from an inappropriate activity, mutation, overexpression, or upstream pathway activation of CDK; or disorders that are ameliorated by the inhibition of CDK; proliferative disorders; cancer; viral infections; neurodegenerative disorders; ischaemia; renal diseases; and cardiovascular disorders are also disclosed. Optionally, the treatment further comprises simultaneous or sequential treatment with a further active agent, e.g., an aromatase inhibitor, an anti-estrogen, a Her2 blocker, a cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent, etc. |
| US10927113B2 |
Process for preparing purine derivatives
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a compound of formula [I], said process comprising the steps of: formula [II]+formula [III]→formula [I] (i) forming a reaction mixture comprising (a) a compound of formula [II], (b) a compound of formula [III] and (c) 1,2-propanediol or polyethylene glycol, or a mixture thereof, and optionally (d) a base; (ii) heating said reaction mixture to a temperature of at least about 150° C. to form a compound of formula [I]; (iii) isolating said compound of formula [I]; and (iv) optionally converting said compound of formula [I] into salt form; wherein: R1 and R2 are each independently H, alkyl or haloalkyl; R3 and R4 are each independently H, alkyl, haloalkyl or aryl; R5 is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkyl-alkyl, each of which may be optionally substituted with one or more OH groups; R6 is selected from cyclopropylamino, cyclopropylmethylamino, cyclobutylamino, cyclobutylmethylamino and formula (A) where one of X, Y and Z is N and the remainder are CR9; R7, R8 and each R9 are independently H, alkyl or haloalkyl, wherein at least one of R7, R8 and R9 is other than H. Further aspects of the invention relate to a highly diastereoselective process for the preparation of compounds of formula [III], a process for preparing intermediates of formula [II], and other intermediates useful in the synthesis of compounds of formula [I], and to a process for preparing the crystalline tartrate salt and free base of compounds of formula [I]. |
| US10927105B1 |
Pyrazole MAGL inhibitors
Provided herein are pyrazole compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful as modulators of monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL). Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of pain. |
| US10927104B2 |
Ether compounds and uses thereof
The present invention provides compounds that modulate protein function, to restore protein homeostasis and/or cell-cell adhesion. The invention provides methods of modulating protein-mediated diseases, such as cytokine-mediated diseases, disorders, conditions, or responses. Compositions of these compounds are also provided. Methods of treatment, amelioration, or prevention of protein-mediated diseases, disorders, and conditions are also provided. |
| US10927100B2 |
Degradable imidazolium oligomer and polymer for antimicrobial applications
The present invention relates to an oligomer of formula (I) where the various groups are as defined in the specification. The present invention also relates to an oligomer or a polymer of formula (II) where the various groups are as defined in the specification. The present invention also relates to the methods for their preparation, antimicrobial composition, antimicrobial gel containing these oligomers and/or polymers of Formula (I) and (II), and uses of these oligomers and/or polymers in the treatment of a microbial infection or disease. |
| US10927093B1 |
Method for synthesizing 2-benzylidene tetrahydrothiophene derivative
The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing a 2-benzylidene tetrahydrothiophene derivative, which comprises the step of reacting a (cyclopropylethynyl) aromatic cyclic compound of Formula (I) with a sulfur source in an organic solvent as a reaction medium in air atmosphere at 100-200° C. to obtain a 2-benzylidene tetrahydrothiophene derivative of Formula (III). The reaction route is as follows: where Ar is selected from phenyl ring, a substituted phenyl ring, biphenylyl, thiophenyl ring or naphthyl ring, in which the substituent on the substituted phenyl ring is selected from the group consisting of halo, trifluoromethyl, cyano, a C1-C20 alkyl group and any combination thereof; and R1 is selected from hydrogen or a C1-C20 alkyl group. The method of the present invention has the advantages of simple reaction conditions, convenient post-treatment, environmental friendliness, and requiring no transition metal catalysis. |
| US10927089B2 |
Diaryl thioether piperazine compounds, preparation methods and uses thereof
The invention relates to a diaryl thioether piperazine compound, a preparation method and use thereof. Specifically, the compound is a compound of Formula (I), wherein HX is C10-20 fatty acid or pamoic acid. |
| US10927086B2 |
Substituted sulfoximine compounds as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitors
Compounds of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. |
| US10927083B2 |
Substituted benzimidazoles as inhibitors of transforming growth factor-β kinase
The present invention provides inhibitors of TAK1 having formula (II), affinity resins, and fluorescent dyes and methods of using such compounds to treat various diseases or in protein isolation or purification. |
| US10927082B2 |
Farnesoid X receptor agonists and uses thereof
Described herein are compounds that are farnesoid X receptor agonists, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with farnesoid X receptor activity. |
| US10927078B2 |
Modulators of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
Provided are IDO inhibitor compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their pharmaceutical compositions, their methods of preparation, and methods for their use in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases. |
| US10927074B2 |
Synthesis of methyl ethyl sulfide and related production systems
The present invention discloses processes for producing methyl ethyl sulfide by contacting dimethyl sulfide and diethyl sulfide in the presence of a suitable catalyst. Methyl ethyl sulfide can be used as an odorant in natural gas. Integrated mercaptan and sulfide manufacturing systems and integrated methods for making mercaptans and sulfides also are disclosed. |
| US10927073B2 |
Compound for a curable composition
The present application relates to a curable composition, a cured product and uses of the curable composition and the cured product. By comprising the curable compound having a certain structure, the present application can provide a curable composition which can increase cohesiveness of the cured product without increasing viscosity of the composition before curing, also minimize the increase of the elastic modulus, and also minimize the ratio of a nonreactive oligomer with an effect of improving the interfacial adhesion. The curable composition can be applied to a variety of optical applications and can be usefully used, for example, for bonding various optical functional members in a display device, for example, for directly bonding a touch panel and a display panel. |
| US10927068B2 |
Process for preparing acylated amphetamine derivatives
Processes for preparing acetylated amphetamine derivatives and, in particular, processes for preparing L-lysine-D-amphetamine dimesylate from D-amphetamine salts. |
| US10927057B1 |
Two bed liquid phase isomerization process
A process for ethylbenzene conversion and xylene isomerization of an alkylaromatic feed mixture is described. A C8 alkylaromatic feed mixture can be contacted with two catalyst beds successively in the liquid phase in a C8 aromatic hydrocarbon isomerization zone. The first catalyst comprises a passivated zeolite containing a ten-membered ring channel framework for the conversion of ethylbenzene. The second catalyst comprises UZM-54 zeolite for selective isomerization of the xylenes. |
| US10927056B2 |
Reactors and systems for oxidative coupling of methane
In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for the oxidative coupling of methane to generate hydrocarbon compounds containing at least two carbon atoms (C2+ compounds). The method can include mixing a first gas stream comprising methane with a second gas stream comprising oxygen to form a third gas stream comprising methane and oxygen and performing an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) reaction using the third gas stream to produce a product stream comprising one or more C2+ compounds. |
| US10927049B2 |
Method of producing hydrocarbon and apparatus for producing hydrocarbon
A hydrocarbon is produced by applying mechanical energy to a metal body containing stainless steel by solid-solid contact so that a contact pressure per unit area is 30 kPa or more, in the presence of a gas containing carbon dioxide and a hydrogen source, thereby adding hydrogen to carbon dioxide. Further, a hydrocarbon is produced by providing a reaction vessel for applying mechanical energy to a metal body by solid-solid contact in the presence of a gas containing carbon dioxide and a hydrogen source, a gas introduction unit for introducing the gas containing carbon dioxide to the reaction vessel, a hydrogen source introduction unit for introducing the hydrogen source to the reaction vessel, and a gas discharge unit for discharging a gas containing the hydrocarbon produced in the reaction vessel, and adding hydrogen to the carbon dioxide in the reaction vessel. |
| US10927047B2 |
Polymeric compositions which minimize phosphate fixation
Polymeric compositions useful for use with solid or liquid phosphate fertilizers include one or more first copolymers having at least two repeat units selected from maleic, itaconic, and sulfonate repeat units, and one or more second copolymers having maleic and olefinic repeat units. The compositions are capable of synergistically reducing or eliminating phosphate fixation, and are relatively low in cost. The compositions may also be supplemented with product-marking dyes and second copolymers having high and low molecular weight profiles in order to control fines or dust during handling and application of solid phosphate fertilizers. |
| US10927043B2 |
Lightweight and/or thermally insulating structural concretes having a higher resistance/density and/or resistance/conductivity ratio, and methods for the production thereof
A disclosed structural and light concrete includes a binding matrix and light aggregates. The binding matrix has a volume fraction from approximately 20% to approximately 50% of a concrete total volume and include: (1) a Portland Type I, II, III, IV or V cement or a mixture thereof, in a dose of at least 100 kg/m3 of concrete; (2) supplementary cementitious materials in a proportion of up to 4 times by volume of Portland cement; (3) a water component having a volume fraction relative to cement and supplementary cementitious materials in a range from approximately 0.2 to approximately 0.7; and (4) a maximum volume fraction of calcium hydroxide (CH) of approximately 10%. The light aggregates correspond to a volume fraction a range from approximately 30% to approximately 80% of the total concrete volume. Properties include increased compression resistance, decreased density, lower thermal conductivity and higher quotient of density resistance. |
| US10927040B2 |
Method for obtaining marked glass plates
A method for obtaining a glass plate marked on a portion of one of its faces with code-forming symbols, includes a stage of etching the symbols by laser radiation on a glass sheet obtained by floating on a bath of molten tin, the etching being carried out on the face which has been in contact with the bath of molten tin. |
| US10927037B2 |
Method of increasing the resistance to internal pressure of a glass container
A method for coating glass containers provides improved tensile strength (hence improved resistance to internal pressure). The method lends itself in particular to implementation as part of a continuous production process by utilising residual heat from the bottle casting step. The use of residual heat from an existing process offer considerable environmental benefits. |
| US10927036B2 |
UV-curing primer composition for the coating of glass
The invention relates to a UV-curing primer composition for the coating of glass, in particular glass hollow bodies, wherein the primer composition, in addition to reactive oligomers and/or reactive monomers and at least one photoinitiator, comprises at least one organosilane, which possesses at least one acetoxy radical, in particular 1 to 4 acetoxy radicals.The invention further relates to use of at least one organosilane for providing a UV-cured primer layer on glass and/or an ink layer on glass, a method for coating glass, a substrate coated with a UV-cured primer layer, an ink and a kit. |
| US10927029B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for continuous production of glass tubing
An apparatus for producing composite glass tube with a plurality of glass layers includes a plurality of cylindrical containers of increasing inner dimensions concentrically arranged and stationary. Each cylindrical container includes a side wall, bottom wall, and a delivery ring. Adjacent cylindrical containers define an annular chamber, a flow control region, and an annular flow channel therebetween. The apparatus includes at least one flow control valve positioned in the flow control region and translatable relative to the adjacent cylindrical containers. Translation of the flow control valves relative to the cylindrical containers is operable to change an impedance to flow of molten glass through the flow control region, thereby modifying an overall flow rate or circumferential distribution of molten glass from the cylindrical containers. Systems and methods for producing composite glass tube using the apparatus are also disclosed. |
| US10927027B2 |
Electromagnetic-force-based dewatering for sewage sludge reduction
For sewage sludge reduction, an apparatus includes a front-end auxiliary filter plate, a back-end auxiliary filter plate, and a plurality of filter plate modules disposed between the front-end auxiliary filter plate and the back-end auxiliary filter plate. Each filter plate module includes a middle main filter plate, a middle auxiliary filter plate, and a plurality of electromagnetic modules comprising an electromagnetic coil wound around an electromagnetic core. The middle main filter plate and the middle auxiliary filter plate are disposed at opposite sides of the electromagnetic modules. A plurality of microwave generators send microwaves through microwave acting channels to irradiate the sewage sludge. An electric current is applied to the electromagnetic coil, attracting the middle auxiliary filter plates and the main filter plates and applying pressure to the sewage sludge. |
| US10927022B2 |
Process for treating mine drainage
Aqueous acid mine drainage is aerated and treated with slaked lime to reduce ferrous iron as a sludge. Further treatment with an alkaline sodium borohydride solution reduces residual iron and manganese which precipitates out and is removed. |
| US10927021B2 |
Process for producing zero-valent iron nanoparticles and treating acid mine drainage
A process for treating acid mine drainage removes iron ions from the acid mine drainage in the form of zero-valent iron nanoparticles which can be subsequently used for environmental remediation. |
| US10927019B2 |
Oil monitoring system
A monitoring system is configured to detect a threshold amount of petroleum in a storm water-based fluid of an oil handling facility. For instance, the storm water-based fluid can be drained from a floating roof of a petroleum storage tank, a diked area, or a retention pond. |
| US10927018B2 |
Method for purification of drinking water, ethanol and alcohol beverages of impurities
A system and method of the purification of drinking water, ethanol and alcohol beverages is based on the action of hydrodynamic cavitation processing of microbiological and chemical contaminants, micro particles and colloidal particles. The fluid flow moves at a high rate through a multi-stage cavitation device and filtration module to generate hydrodynamic cavitation features in the fluid flow. The cavitation features generate changes in the velocity, pressure, temperature, chemical composition and physical properties of the liquid. The cavitation features also prevent the deposition of contaminants upon and remove contaminants from the surface of the filter module, reduce the load on the filter elements and increase the life of the filter module. |
| US10927016B2 |
Low temperature synthesis of aluminum hydr(oxide) inside porous media
Preparing a porous hybrid media includes contacting porous media (e.g., strong base ion-exchange media) with an aqueous solution including aluminum ions to yield a aluminum-ion-containing porous media, contacting the aluminum-ion containing porous media with a reducing agent to impregnate elemental aluminum in the porous media, and oxidizing the elemental aluminum to yield a porous hybrid media including aluminum hydr(oxide) impregnated in the porous media. In some cases, a pH of an aqueous mixture including the aluminum-ion-containing porous media may be adjusted to form a floc including aluminum hydroxide, and the aluminum hydroxide-containing porous media may be contacted with a reducing agent to yield a porous hybrid media including aluminum hydr(oxide) impregnated in the porous media. The porous hybrid media may advantageously be prepared at low temperature (e.g., room temperature). |
| US10927015B2 |
Method and apparatus for removal of oxygen from seawater
Method for removal of oxygen from seawater includes leading a stream of seawater and a pressurized stripping gas to a first mixer, mixing the seawater with stripping gas, leading the combined stream to a first gas/liquid inline separator, separating the stream into a liquid rich and a gas rich phase, leading the liquid stream and a stripping gas stream to a second mixer, mixing the liquid stream with the gas stream, leading the combined stream to a second stage inline separator, separating the combined stream into a liquid- and gas-rich phases, mixing the gas stream with a fresh water stream, leading this combined stream to a first stage scrubber, removing a portion of the salt entrained in the combined stream from the scrubber, and leading the salt depleted gas stream from the first scrubber via a heat exchanger or electrical preheater together with a fuel stream to a catalytic deoxidizer. |
| US10927011B2 |
Method for producing zeolite having controlled aluminum content by adjusting composition of synthesis mixture
Provided is a method for producing zeolite having a controlled aluminum content, wherein the sodium hydroxide molar concentration of a zeolite synthesis mixture can be adjusted to adjust the aluminum content in synthesized CHA. The structure of the low aluminum-content CHA produced by the provided method does not collapse even after high-temperature hydrothermal treatment, and thus the catalytic activity of the CHA can be maintained. Moreover, by adjusting the aluminum content in the framework, the properties of the produced CHA significantly change, and thus the CHA can be applied to various fields. |
| US10927004B2 |
Method for bonding wafers eutectically, and a wafer composite
A method for bonding wafers eutectically, including the steps: (a) providing a first wafer having a first bonding layer and a second wafer having a second bonding layer and a spacer; (b) bringing the first wafer in juxtaposition with the second wafer, the spacer resting against the first bonding layer; (c) pressing the first wafer and the second wafer together, until the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer abut, the spacer penetrating the first bonding layer; (d) bonding the first wafer to the second wafer eutectically, by forming a eutectic alloy of at least parts of the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer. Also described is a eutectically bonded wafer composite and a micromechanical device having such a eutectically bonded wafer composite. |
| US10927002B2 |
Membrane components and method for forming a membrane component
A membrane component comprises a membrane structure comprising an electrically conductive membrane layer. The electrically conductive membrane layer has a suspension region and a membrane region. In addition, the suspension region of the electrically conductive membrane layer is arranged on an insulation layer. Furthermore, the insulation layer is arranged on a carrier substrate. Moreover, the membrane component comprises a counterelectrode structure. A cavity is arranged vertically between the counterelectrode structure and the membrane region of the electrically conductive membrane layer. In addition, an edge of the electrically conductive membrane layer projects laterally beyond an edge of the insulation layer by more than half of a vertical distance between the electrically conductive membrane layer and the counterelectrode structure. |
| US10927001B2 |
MEMS cryocooler systems and methods
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods using microelectromechanical systems MEMS techniques to provide cryogenic and/or general cooling of a device or sensor system. In one embodiment, a system includes a compressor assembly and MEMS expander assembly in fluid communication with the compressor assembly via a gas transfer line configured to physically separate and thermally decouple the MEMS expander assembly from the compressor assembly. The MEMS expander assembly includes a plurality of expander cells each including a MEMS displacer, a cell regenerator, and an expansion volume disposed between the MEMS displacer and the cell regenerator, and the plurality of cell regenerators are configured to combine to form a contiguous shared regenerator for the MEMS expander assembly. |
| US10926998B2 |
Pure bamboo fiber mattress and manufacturing method thereof
A pure bamboo fiber mattress and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: trimming and cleaning bamboo; sawing; splitting; slicing the bamboo strips; knitting; softening; directional fiber opening; dry cleaning, drying and removing dust; stacking; sewing and packing. The pure bamboo fiber mattress includes a surface layer, a transition layer, a core layer, another transition layer and another surface layer that are arranged in sequence from top to bottom. The surface layer includes 3-5 layers of first bamboo mesh fabric laid one on top of another. The transition layer includes 3-8 layers of second bamboo mesh fabric laid one on top of another. The core layer includes 3-8 layers of third bamboo mesh fabric laid one on top of another. The first bamboo mesh fabric, the second bamboo mesh fabric and the third bamboo mesh fabric are made of bamboo fibers. |
| US10926997B2 |
Co-fueling nozzle with dual spouts
A co-fueling nozzle incorporating dual spouts, having a nozzle housing, a pair of fuel flow paths provided through the housing, a separate poppet and automatic shut off valve operatively associated with each flow path, such that when fuel or additive flows through the various flow paths, it is dispensed out of separate nozzle spouts, when fuel dispensing is initiated. A single actuating lever operates to open or close the poppet valves of the nozzle, and the actuating lever connects with a pair of independent actuators, that engage with their respective poppet valves and automatic shut off valves, to provide for simultaneous or independent opening and closing of the poppet valves, to allow for simultaneous or separate flow of fuel or additives through the nozzle for co-fueling of a vehicle fuel tank or tanks. |
| US10926996B2 |
Mobile distribution station having adjustable feed network
A distribution station includes an adjustable feed network that connects first and second pumps with first and second manifolds. The network is switchable between first and second configurations. In the first configuration a first pump is fluidly connected with the first manifold and fluidly disconnected from the second manifold. Concurrently, the second pump is fluidly connected to the second manifold and is fluidly disconnected from the first manifold. In the second configuration the first pump is fluidly connected with the second manifold and fluidly disconnected from the first manifold, and the second pump is fluidly disconnected from the first and second manifolds. |
| US10926993B2 |
Wall mounted beverage dispensing system
This disclosure includes devices, systems, apparatuses, and implementations associated with a wall-mounted beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system is configured to fit between standard space between studs. In some implementations, the studs may provide the sole support for the beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a filter that is accessible for replacement without the use for tools. |
| US10926992B2 |
Adapter and adapter assembly for connecting a removable liquid container to a liquid dispenser and also a method of installing and using an adapter assembly
An adapter (9) for connecting a removable liquid container (10) to a liquid dispenser (1), said adapter having at a first end thereof a liquid container connector and at a second end thereof a dispenser connector, said liquid container connector having a probe part (12) adapted to pierce an outlet comprising a self-sealing valve or membrane of said removable liquid container (10), said probe part (12) being hollow and having at least one inlet for liquid from said removable liquid container, said dispenser connector being hollow and having at its end remote from said probe part an outlet for liquid from said removable liquid container, wherein the outlet of the dispenser connector is adapted to fit tightly around an existing feed tube of the liquid dispenser (1). The adapter (9) can be part of an adapter assembly, which can optionally comprise a liquid transfer regulating means (11) adapted to cooperate with and regulate liquid transfer through said adapter (9). |
| US10926990B2 |
Liquid dispensor
A water purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing accommodating components for generating cold water and/or hot water; and a water chute which protrudes from a front surface of the housing, in which the water chute includes a water cock through which cold water or hot water flows; and a light emitting element which is mounted on the water cock to emit ultraviolet rays, in which the water cock includes a water inflow part which extends in a transverse direction and has a water inflow passage formed therein; and a water outflow part which extends in a direction intersecting the water inflow part at an end of the water inflow part and has a water outflow passage formed therein, in which the light emitting element is disposed on an upper side of the water outflow part, and in which the water outflow passage is configured to be connected to a plurality of chambers having different diameters from each other to form a stepped longitudinal sectional shape. |
| US10926989B2 |
Single paddle ice and water dispenser
A dispensing unit is operatively associated with a refrigeration appliance for selectively dispensing water and ice at a dispensing station. The dispensing unit includes an actuator that is movable to selected positions in order to support the dispensing of the water and ice. The dispensing unit can include a passageway through which ice is dispensed, and an ice door can be provided for selectively opening and closing the passageway to the dispensing of ice. In one aspect, the ice door can be opened and closed mechanically and in another aspect, the ice door can be opened and closed electromechanically. The dispensing unit also can provide for the position of a water-dispensing nozzle to be adjusted for the purpose of dispensing water to receptacles outside a recessed area at which the nozzle is located and to provide for the activation of illuminating devices to indicate operating conditions at the refrigeration appliance. |
| US10926981B2 |
Method of motion compensation with synthetic rope
A method of providing motion compensation of a subsea package with a synthetic rope comprising attaching the synthetic rope to the subsea package, supporting a first gripper with a wire rope from a winch capable of motion compensation control characteristics and gripping the synthetic rope with the first gripper, supporting a second gripper with a second wire rope, and repeating the following sequence: lowering the first gripper, the synthetic rope, and the subsea package a first distance, gripping the synthetic rope with the second gripper, releasing the first gripper from the synthetic rope, raising the first gripper the first distance, gripping the synthetic rope with the first gripper, releasing the second gripper from the synthetic rope, such that when the subsea package is lowered proximate the subsea landing location the winch capable of operating with motion compensation characteristics can operate to compensate for the vessel motion and smoothly lower the subsea package to the subsea landing location. |
| US10926976B2 |
Belt with corrugated material
An elevator system includes a hoistway, an elevator car movable along the hoistway, and one or more belts operably connected to the elevator car to propel the elevator car along the hoistway. A belt of the one or more belts includes one or more tension elements extending along a belt length, and a jacket at least partially encapsulating the one or more tension elements. The jacket includes a jacket base formed from a first material and one or more insert layers embedded in the jacket base material. The one or more insert layers have a corrugated shape along the belt length, and are formed from a second material different from the first material. |
| US10926970B2 |
Post-processing apparatus, image forming apparatus incorporating the same, and image forming system incorporating the same
A post-processing apparatus includes a binding tool configured to bind a sheet bundle, a binding tool driver, and control circuitry. The binding tool driver is configured to apply a driving force to move the binding tool to a first binding position at which the binding tool executes a first binding process on the sheet bundle and a second binding position different from the first binding position. At the second binding position, the binding tool executes a second binding process on the sheet bundle. The control circuitry is configured to cause the binding tool driver to move the binding tool to the first binding position at a first movement speed to execute the first binding process, and move the binding tool from the first binding position to the second binding position at a second movement speed slower than the first movement speed to execute the second binding process. |
| US10926967B2 |
Conveyor with integrated dust collector system
A system is disclosed for conveying proppant from a container to fracking operation equipment. The system includes a proppant delivery assembly having a frame supporting the container adjacent a proppant mover having a conveyor, a shroud enclosing a portion of the conveyor, a proppant chamber coupled to the shroud and a chute coupled to the proppant chamber. The system also includes a dust collection assembly fluidly coupled to the proppant mover to collect the dust particles contained therein. The dust collection assembly includes an air mover, a hood with a dust receptacle, and ductwork coupling the air mover to the dust receptacle. An air flow is generated along a flow path through the dust receptacle and the ductwork to the air mover such that a suction pressure generated by the air mover is sufficient to only capture and remove the dust particles, thus reducing a risk of capturing the proppant. |
| US10926965B2 |
System and method using telemetry to characterize, maintain and analyze pneumatic conveying systems
A material conveying system, comprising: one or more material sources for providing material to be transferred; one or more destination locations for receiving material from the one or more material sources, wherein each destination location has a destination material inlet valve and a destination vacuum valve; one or more material conveying tubes each configured to connect a source to one or more destination locations; a vacuum pump operatively connected to each of the destination vacuum valves via one or more vacuum source tubes, and wherein the vacuum pump is operatively connected to one or more of the material sources through the one or more vacuum source tubes and respective destination vacuum valves, the one or more destination locations and the one or more material conveyor tubes; a first sensor disposed on or near each destination vacuum valve; a second sensor disposed on or near each material inlet valve; a third sensor disposed on or near a vacuum outlet of the vacuum pump; a programmable system controller connected, via wires or wirelessly, to each component of the material conveying system including the one or more material sources, the one or more destination locations, the vacuum pump and to each of the first, second and third sensors; wherein the programmable controller is configured to determine first baseline readings from each of the first, second and/or third sensors while the system is operating but prior to any material being conveyed through the system. |
| US10926964B2 |
Device and method for transferring blister packs
In the device and the method for transferring blister packs, two blister packs are first transferred from a stamping station to an intermediate place element and then from the intermediate place element to a single-file conveying means. The two blister packs are placed on the intermediate place element next to each other in a row on either side of a longitudinal center plane of the device. During the transfer from the intermediate storage element to the conveying means, both blister packs are picked from above from their intermediate place positions and also placed from above in the common final place position. When in the final place position, each blister pack has the same side facing up as in the corresponding intermediate place position but now with a rotation of 180° around its center. In addition, the blister packs acquire a lateral offset from the longitudinal center plane during the transfer. |
| US10926962B2 |
Flexible feeding tray and system for singulating bulk objects
A flexible feeding system including a tray configured to orient, segregate and singulate objects. The tray is operatively coupled to a multi-directional vibratory platform for causing movement of the objects in multiple different directions on the tray. The tray includes an orienting region having orienting slots for orienting the objects, and a divider that separates the orienting region from a singulating region of the tray. The divider includes openings that correspond with the orienting slots. The openings are configured to permit the objects which are oriented in the slots to pass across the divider into the singulating region, while restricting the misoriented objects from passing across the divider. The tray may include an upstream bulk region for containing a plurality of the objects in bulk form. The tray also may include a downstream pick region for confining the oriented objects at predetermined locations in each of the slots. |
| US10926961B2 |
Multiline transfer of product
The present invention relates to a conveyor device, comprising a surface for receiving products that is longitudinally wound around drive means in the form of at least one first drive roller and around at least one return roller, characterized in that said receiving surface comprises a first independent section and a second independent section, said first section extending along a first part of the length of said surface, by winding around said first drive roller and around said return roller, said second section extending along a second part of the length of said surface, distinct from said first part, by winding around a second drive roller. The invention further relates to a dedicated method for conveying products, where the advancing speeds of the sections are controlled independently of each other. |
| US10926958B1 |
Extendible belt conveyor and cable management system for same
In an extendible belt conveyor with a boom mounted for movement with respect to a penultimate section and a cable extending from user controls on the boom to the penultimate section, a cable management system may include a first pulley mounted to an underside of the penultimate section and a second pulley mounted to the underside of the penultimate section, with a distance between the first pulley and the second pulley adjusted to maintain tension in the cable. The cable management system may also include a first shoe mounted to an underside of the boom near the penultimate section and a second shoe mounted to the underside of the penultimate section near the boom. The first shoe defines a channel for receiving the cable and the second shoe defines a channel for receiving the cable, with the cable passing around the first shoe and then around the second shoe. |
| US10926956B2 |
Foldable conveyor system
A foldable conveyor system is disclosed appropriate for loading and unloading an airplane using two people. In one embodiment, the foldable conveyor system is formed of a plurality of foldable sections, where each section has a first half and a second half foldably connected to each other. Each first half and each second half has reversible tension-controlled conveyor belts for moving luggage into or out of an aircraft. When fully deployed, and thus operating flat along the interior of an aircraft, the foldable conveyor system operates to move luggage and other objects placed on the foldable conveyor system in a selected direction. |
| US10926955B1 |
Finger guard member and finger guard member coupling structure
A finger guard member includes: a first surface disposed between one end of a roller and a belt wound around the one end; a second surface in which a notch having a width larger than a shaft diameter of a fixed shaft of the roller is formed with respect to the fixed shaft positioned outside the one end in a longitudinal direction of the roller; and a positioning part disposed inside the notch. When the fixed shaft has a first shaft diameter, the finger guard member is positioned by the positioning part being supported by a peripheral surface of the fixed shaft. When the fixed shaft has a second shaft diameter greater than the first shaft diameter, the finger guard member is positioned by an edge of the notch being supported by the peripheral surface of the fixed shaft with the positioning part being not present on the second surface. |
| US10926953B2 |
Control of at least two mobile industrial trucks in a goods logistics facility
A method for controlling at least two movable industrial trucks (30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 30.5) in an area of a goods logistics facility (10). The industrial trucks each have an industrial truck drive control device for controlling the travel movements of the respective industrial truck, which is connected, preferably by wireless means, with a control apparatus (40) of the goods logistics facility, which is central and/or stationary. Individual travel movement control commands and/or individual industrial truck identifications are sent by the control apparatus to the respective industrial truck drive control devices of the industrial trucks so that in a local region (25) of the areas of the goods logistics facility, in which the industrial trucks are moved simultaneously, and preferably driven, the industrial trucks are moved or are drivable in a manner dependent on the individual travel movement control commands and/or dependent on the individual industrial truck identifications. |
| US10926952B1 |
Optimizing storage space utilizing artificial intelligence
Techniques for identifying optimal placement instructions for placing an object within a container by a robotic device are disclosed. An artificial intelligence model may be trained utilizing historical placement images and/or placement data to identify subsequent placement instructions for a robotic device. As an object is brought within a threshold distance of a goal placement location, one or more images may be captured of an area adjacent to the placement location. Features of these images may be provided to the artificial intelligence model as input to cause the artificial intelligence model to identify particular placement instructions for the robotic device. By executing the identified placement instructions, the available space within the storage container may be optimized (e.g., increased) by reducing the space between objects of the storage container in accordance with the placement instructions. |
| US10926951B1 |
Material rack
A material rack includes a frame, at least one tray and at least one stopper. Each tray is movably received in the frame in a first direction. Each stopper is movably received in the frame in a second direction, and comprises at least one stopping portion. An edge of each tray is recessed toward the stopper to form at least one stopping groove. Each stopping portion is detachably received in one of the at least one stopping groove. The first direction is different from the second direction. |
| US10926950B2 |
Telescopic drive, stacker crane comprising same and operating method and use therefor
A telescopic drive contains a base having a securely attached toothed rack running in a first horizontal direction. At least one first carriage is arranged on the base, which is supported on the base such that it moves in the first horizontal direction by a linear guide, and which has a toothed belt drive formed by at least one electric motor and a revolving toothed belt. The toothed belt is driven by the electric motor, is tensioned in the first horizontal direction and is positioned on the toothed rack of the base. By integrating the telescopic drive into an electric-motor-driven cabin inside a three-dimensional shelving matrix of an equipment stand, both a compact construction and movements of a stored item are permitted, with the movements reaching up to or preferably also beyond the extension of an individual storage shelf. |
| US10926949B2 |
Vehicle mounted garbage bin cleaning system
A vehicle mounted garbage bin cleaning system includes first arms for lifting a first garbage bin, the first arms rotatably coupled to a mount on the vehicle, a hopper for accepting the first garbage bin when the first arms lifts the first garbage bin into the hopper, spray rods extending upwards from the hopper, each spray rod including a high-pressure, rotating water nozzle that sprays a water jet, wherein when the first arms lifts the first garbage bin into the hopper, the spray rods are situated within the first garbage bin, and, second arms configured for grabbing and lifting a second garbage bin smaller than the first garbage bin, the second arms rotatably coupled to the mount on the vehicle in between the first arms, wherein when the second arms lift the second garbage bin into the hopper, a spray rod is situated within the second garbage bin. |
| US10926948B2 |
Liner with lifting cradle
A liner (10) includes a liner base (11) and a cradle (12) which is used in conjunction with a conventional intermediate bulk container (13). The liner base has a bottom wall (15), a top wall (16) opposite the bottom wall, and four side walls (17) extending between the bottom wall and top wall. The four side walls include a front wall (18), a rear wall (19), and two oppositely disposed end walls (20). The top wall includes a top opening fitment (22). The front wall includes a dispensing opening fitment (23). The liner lifting cradle includes a bottom panel (26), two oppositely disposed end panels (27), and a rear panel (28). The end panels have an elongated terminal end (30) which includes a reinforced mounting hole (32). The rear panel has an elongated terminal end (34) which includes a grommet (35) defining a reinforced mounting hole (36). |
| US10926947B1 |
Weatherproof enclosure system
A weatherproof container configured to be secured within an open style utility trailer wherein the weatherproof container is operable to protect objects disposed therein from the elements. The weatherproof container includes a body said body having a plurality of walls, a bottom and a top forming an interior volume. The plurality of walls having circumferentially disposed thereon expansion sections that are operable to provide height adjustment of the body. The expansion sections include an upper perimeter edge and lower perimeter edge with an expansion member integral therebetween. The body further includes at least one access seam operable to provide entry into the interior volume of the body. The body further includes a plurality of reinforcement straps on the top thereof. A plurality of access apertures are further provided being journaled through said plurality of walls. Tie down members are present to secure the body to a trailer. |
| US10926942B2 |
Aerosol valve configurations
A propellant free continuous dispensing device comprises an inner bag surrounded by an elastic sleeve containing fluid under pressure, a valve attached to the inner bag to controllably release fluid, the valve mounted in a mounting cup, a package enclosing the inner bag and elastic sleeve which may be of non-metallic material, a flange closing the package at one end, the flange being sized for the mounting cup to fit within the flange, and wherein the flange and the mounting cup are provided with complementary shapes to allow for location of the mounting cap into the flange. |
| US10926938B2 |
Insulating container, transportation device and transportation method
An insulating container comprises a container body and a container cover connected to the container body. The container both and the container cover each comprises a frame and a plate arranged on the frame. The plate comprises, from inside out, an external high strength sheet, an extruded polystyrene sheet, phase-change insulating sheets made of phase-change material, and an internal sheet. A phase-change process of the phase-change insulating sheets cooperates with a refrigeration system of the transportation device to precisely control the temperature of the insulating container and a refrigerator truck to be near a phase-change temperature. In the present disclosure, the phase-change insulating sheets made of the phase-change material remain to be in a solid state before or after occurrence of a phase change, so that the structure of the insulating container does not change with the phase change and a leakage problem of the phase-change material does not exist. |
| US10926936B2 |
Vacuum packaging device
A vacuum packaging device according to the present invention comprises: a vacuum packaging unit for vacuum-packaging a packaging sheet; and a cutting unit provided on the vacuum packaging unit so as to form a notch for tearing on the packaging sheet. |
| US10926934B2 |
Unitized packaging suspension system
A cushioning apparatus configured to be placed inside of a shipping container includes a plurality of inflation chambers. Each of the chambers is characterized as having a general shape, when inflated, of a truncated rectangular pyramid. Each of the plurality of inflation chambers is foldably coupled to another of the plurality of inflation chambers at an edge of said inflation chamber. The plurality of inflation chambers, when inflated, are configured to be folded into a shape that surrounds a void between said plurality of inflation chambers. There may be six inflation chambers. |
| US10926931B2 |
Display package for a hand tool
Packaging comprising of a display structure for displaying the hand tool. A retaining structure is combined to the display structure for engaging the working end of the ratchet tool with friction to prevent rotation of the working end. A securement structure is combined to the display structure and is configured to secure a portion of the ratchet tool in a manner that permits rotation of the handle of the ratchet tool relative to the working end while preventing the ratchet tool from being separated from the securement structure. |
| US10926930B2 |
Flexible packages with self-folding
Packages made from flexible material, wherein the packages include one or more self-folds formed by applying activation energy to the flexible material. |
| US10926924B2 |
Drink container lid assembly
A lid assembly for a drink container includes a top, a bottom, and a plunger. The top includes a drink opening. The bottom includes a drink path opening. With the plunger connected with the top and the bottom the top is rotatable about a rotational axis with respect to the bottom to move the plunger in a direction parallel with the rotational axis such that the lid assembly is movable into an open position in which fluid in a drink container to which the lid assembly is attached is able to flow around the plunger and through the drink opening, a closed position in which fluid in the drink container is blocked by the plunger from flowing through the drink opening, and an unlocked position in which the top is removable from the bottom by moving the top with respect to the bottom in a direction parallel with the rotational axis. |
| US10926923B2 |
Closure device with opening indicator
Closure device comprising a base (100) and a lid (200) articulated by a hinge (205) comprising at least one opening indicator (207) allowing the user to know that a container has been opened at least once. Prior to the first opening, the opening indicator (207) is attached to the lid (200) by at least one separable connector (208), said separable connector (208) being broken on the opening of the container. The base (100) further comprises at least one housing (111) that receives the opening indicator (207) after its separation and shows it to the user through at least one window (112). |
| US10926917B2 |
Pallet
A pallet comprising a cover element (12) having a load bearing surface and a bottom surface being opposite the load bearing surface (11), and foot elements (10), each having a foot surface (15) being parallel with the bottom surface, and side walls (17) connecting the foot surface (15) and the bottom surface, the foot elements (10) being connected to the bottom surface (13), wherein the side walls (17) facing to each other of adjacent foot elements (10) being parallel with each other. The pallet further comprising a central stiffening element being supported against the side walls (17) facing to each other of adjacent foot elements (10) and being abutted against the bottom surface of the cover element (12), and the cover element (12) and the foot elements (10) being made from foldable sheet material. |
| US10926911B2 |
Plastic bottle with base
A beverage container for a carbonated beverage may include a body and a base. The base may have a skirt that extends from the body and a dome. Ribs extend between the skirt and the dome. The base may also include a plurality of feet. Each foot may be formed between each pair of adjacent ribs. The feet may extend from the skirt to the dome. Each foot may have a seat and two sidewalls. A transition point of each rib may be between the skirt and the dome. A tangent line formed at each transition point may have a slope of zero. A transition between each foot's seat and each foot's sidewalls may be smooth. |
| US10926901B2 |
Blister packing device and blister pack packing method
A blister packing device and a blister pack packing method are provided. The blister packing device includes a frame, a main hopper attached to the frame and configured to receive tablets, a rotation module located below the main hopper and including a plurality of cells and configured to sequentially receive the tables in the plurality of cells and convey the plurality of cells containing the tablets to a discharge region, and a buffer including a plurality of areas physically divided and configured to receive the tablets in the plurality of areas corresponding to a plurality of cells located in the discharge region and discharge the tablets to a blister pack. |
| US10926898B2 |
Medicine packing apparatus
A medicine packing apparatus is provided. The medicine packing apparatus includes: a rotation hopper provided with a plurality of partition spaces, transferring a medicine from a medicine dispenser to any one of the plurality of partition spaces through at least one injection part, and transferring the medicine to the discharge part; an inspector photographing the transferred medicine to inspect the medicine; a controller determining whether the medicine inspected by the inspector matches a medicine of a prescription; and a re-injection part disposed in a partition space between an injection part having a shortest medicine transfer distance to the discharge part on the basis of a rotation direction of the rotation hopper and the discharge part. |
| US10926892B1 |
On-orbit propellant metering and refueling
A first spacecraft includes a first fluid storage arrangement and a fluid flow metering arrangement including a holding tank coupled with the first fluid storage arrangement, a flow meter disposed proximate to the holding tank, and an active thermal control arrangement controlling the temperature of the flow meter and the holding tank. The first spacecraft is configured to service a second spacecraft, the second spacecraft including a second fluid storage arrangement, by transferring one or both of a propellant and a pressurant from the first fluid storage arrangement to the holding tank, and from the holding tank, through the flow meter, to the second fluid storage arrangement. |
| US10926891B2 |
Hold down and release mechanism for a deployable satellite solar panel
The disclosed technology includes systems, methods, and mechanism configurations related to satellite solar panels, including stowing arrangements, deployment sequences, special purpose hinges, hold down and release mechanisms, and associated components for controlled deployment of the satellite solar panels. |
| US10926889B2 |
Hybrid headlight for aircraft
This beam shaper for an aircraft headlight comprises a light input surface (3) and a light output surface (6), the output surface comprises prism-shaped areas so as to deflect a light beam transmitted between the light input surface and output surface by guiding the beam in two directions (D1, D2) which are oblique relative to an optical axis (A) of the beam shaper. |
| US10926886B2 |
Fuel tank inerting
An aircraft fuel tank inerting system is disclosed. An aircraft fuel tank inerting system may include a paramagnetic pump arranged to apply a magnetic field to a source of gas to provide a motivational force for removing oxygen from said gas. A paramagnetic pump may include a series of magnetic field generating elements configured to provide a sequence of discrete spaced apart magnetic fields. The series of magnetic field generating elements may include a series of spaced apart pairs of magnetic field generating elements. Each spaced apart pair of magnetic field generating elements may be arranged to generate a respective spaced apart magnetic field, of the sequence of discrete spaced apart magnetic fields, across an airspace therebetween. |
| US10926884B2 |
Two mode system that provides bleed and outside air or just outside air
An aircraft is provided. The aircraft includes a pressurized volume and an air conditioning system. The air conditioning system operates in a first mode or a second mode. The first mode includes when a first medium and a second medium and are mixed and provided to the pressurized volume. The second mode includes when only the first medium is provided to the pressurized volume. |
| US10926879B2 |
Device for closing a passage between two seat units
The invention relates mainly to a closure device, notably for closing a passage formed in a cabin of an aircraft, comprising: a support means that is able to slide along a slideway in a sliding direction, a closing wall that is able to close off the passage, and a locking system that is able to take up a locked state, in which the locking system ensures a mechanical connection between the closing wall and the support means, such that the closing wall is movable with the support means in the sliding direction, characterized in that, notably in the case of a malfunction, the locking system is able to pass into an unlocked state, in which the closing wall is disconnected from the support means, such that the closing wall is movable on its own in the sliding direction. |
| US10926878B2 |
Passenger tray with integrated user interface device
A passenger tray with an integrated user interface device is disclosed. In embodiments, a passenger tray assembly includes a passenger tray with a cavity defined in a surface of the passenger tray. A user interface device is disposed within the cavity. The user interface device includes a capacitive touch interface that is configured to generate signals for controlling one or more electronic components in a passenger environment. For example, the capacitive touch interface can be configured to generate signals for controlling an in-flight entertainment device, an actuator of a passenger chair, a passenger light system, and/or a flight attendant alert system. |
| US10926875B2 |
Devices and methods for facilitating capture of unmanned aerial vehicles
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capture devices and methods of operation are disclosed. A UAV capture device may include a netting system including a net launch device and a net, a propulsion system including a plurality of propellers coupled to one or more motors, a positioning system, a camera system, and a processing system coupled to the netting system, the propulsion system, the positioning system, and the camera system. The processing system may include logic to operate the propulsion system to autonomously navigate to a general location of a target UAV, to operate the propulsion system to pursue the target UAV, to deploy the netting system to propel the net at the target UAV, and to confirm if the target UAV is captured in the net. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. |
| US10926870B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating a power system architecture
A method and apparatus for operating a power system architecture including an electrical power storage system, a power distribution bus selectively connected with the electrical power storage device, a hydraulic pump selectively connected with the electrical power storage device and a controller module communicatively connected with the electrical power storage system and the hydraulic pump. |
| US10926869B2 |
Jam mitigation in aircraft fly-by-wire systems and related methods
Systems and methods for jam mitigation in aircraft fly-by-wire systems are described herein. An example method of controlling an aircraft with a fly-by-wire system includes determining a current position of a pilot cockpit controller of the fly-by-wire system, determining an amount of pilot input force applied to the pilot cockpit controller, determining an expected pilot input force value that corresponds to the current position of the pilot cockpit controller, and, if the amount of pilot input force applied exceeds the expected pilot input force value by a threshold, generating a pilot command based on the amount of pilot input force applied and not the current position of the pilot cockpit controller. |
| US10926867B2 |
Distributed trailing edge wing flap systems
Distributed trailing edge wing flap systems are described. An example wing flap system for an aircraft includes a flap and first and second actuators. The flap is movable between a deployed position and a retracted position relative to a fixed trailing edge of a wing of the aircraft. The first and second actuators are configured to move the flap relative to the fixed trailing edge. The first actuator is actuatable via pressurized hydraulic fluid to be supplied from a hydraulic system of the aircraft to the first actuator via a hydraulic module operatively coupled to the first actuator. The first actuator is operatively coupled to a first shaft. The second actuator is actuatable via an electric motor of the second actuator. The electric motor is operatively coupled to an electrical system of the aircraft. The second actuator is operatively coupled to a second shaft. The first and second shafts are selectively operatively couplable via a clutch operatively positioned between the first and second shafts. The clutch is actuatable between a disengaged position in which the second shaft is operatively uncoupled from the first shaft and an engaged position in which the second shaft is operatively coupled to the first shaft. |
| US10926866B2 |
Autopilot and manual control switching
A positioning and position maintaining device comprises a solenoid having an armature and an electromagnetic holder. The solenoid is arranged to effect positioning of an object upon translation of the armature and the electromagnetic holder is arranged to effect position maintaining in order to maintain the object in the position effected by the solenoid. An apparatus for aircraft autopilot and manual control feel-force control switching comprises an autopilot mechanism and the positioning and position maintaining device. The positioning and position maintaining device is arranged to engage the autopilot mechanism and maintain the engagement thereof. A method of switching between autopilot and manual control in an aircraft is also envisaged. |
| US10926861B2 |
Puck cover
In an example, a puck configured to be embedded in a structure of a rotorcraft creates a cavity in the structure and includes an attachment post for coupling a component to the structure in which the puck is embedded. A puck cover can be configured to cover the cavity in the structure and the puck cover can include a top cover surface to cover the cavity, a center support, and plurality of extensions, where the plurality of extensions coupled with the attachment post. |
| US10926860B2 |
Decompression panel assembly and methods of assembling the same
A decompression panel assembly for use in an aircraft includes a body panel having an opening defined therein and a cover panel positioned within the opening and spaced from the body panel. The decompression panel assembly also includes an annular spacer panel positioned outboard from the cover panel and the body panel. The spacer panel is spaced from the cover panel to define a first annular flow path between the cover panel and the spacer panel, and the spacer panel is spaced from the body panel to define a second annular flow path between the body panel and the spacer panel. |
| US10926859B2 |
Smart window activation to prevent laser disturbance
Method, system and apparatus are provided for smart window activation to prevent laser disturbance. The apparatus may include a window formed of smart glass capable of being activated in discrete sections to be impenetrable to laser light and having a smart glass activation system. A sensor arrangement may detect laser light impacting on the window and may provide data as to the position of the impact on the window. A computer-implemented window protection system may receive input regarding detecting a laser beam impacting a window from the sensor arrangement, determine the position of the laser beam impact on the window and determine a section of the window in which the smart glass is to be activated, and control activation of the smart glass in the section of the window to make the section impenetrable to laser light by instructing the smart glass activation system. |
| US10926853B2 |
Drive arrangement for propelling a boat
The present disclosure relates to a drive arrangement for propelling a boat, for example a kayak, having an electric drive motor with a shaft, a receiving device for receiving the shaft and a holder for holding the receiving device on the boat. In some embodiments, the receiving device is pivotable for pivoting the electric drive motor between an operating position and a tilt position relative to the holder. A switchable fixing device is provided for fixing the receiving device in the operating position. The fixing device has an overload protection for disconnecting the fixing in the operating position when a predetermined pivot force in the direction of the tilt position is exceeded. |
| US10926850B2 |
Ventilated life jacket
A ventilated life jacket is an apparatus that facilitates airflow through the vest. The apparatus includes a vest, a first buoyant foam layer, a second buoyant foam layer, at least one first ventilation track, at least one second ventilation track, and a plurality of harnesses. The vest further includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel houses the first buoyant foam layer. Similarly, the second panel houses the second buoyant foam layer. The at least one first ventilation track and the at least one second ventilation track traverses through and across the first buoyant foam layer and the second buoyant foam layer, respectively, for increased airflow. The plurality of harnesses secures the vest around a user. The at least one first ventilation track and the at least one second ventilation track may be a series of holes or a continuous slot. |
| US10926849B1 |
Manually propelled water skis
Manually propelled water skis support a person skiing on water. The water ski includes a base having a binding on an upper surface and propulsion structures on the bottom surface. The propulsion structures include a rearward facing and vertical propulsion surface and a forward facing and sloped surface such that drag is greater when the water ski is moved rearwardly. The propulsion surface may be arcuate, V-shape, U-shaped, or other shaped in a horizontal plane and may also be concave in a vertical plane. Buoyancy structures may be secured to the upper surface of the base forward and rearward of the binding. Water ski poles including elliptical floats at the bottom ends may be used to provide a synergistic increase in waterskiing speed. Straps on the base near the binding may be used to secure the water ski poles to the base in order to form an outrigger. |
| US10926848B1 |
Wakeboat draft measuring system and methods
Wakeboat hull control systems and methods are provided to permit the accurate reproduction of a wake behind a wakeboat. The onboard wake control system receives data from a draft measuring system. Incorporation of the data from the draft measuring system permits accurate reproduction of a wake behind the wakeboat after a change in an onboard variable such as the number, weight or position of passengers, the weight or position of cargo and the position of trim tabs or amount/location of ballast. |
| US10926845B2 |
Personal water craft foot well drainage system
A personal water craft includes a hull; a deck attached to, or integral with, the hull; a foot well having a foot well floor that is configured to receive a foot of a user of the personal water craft; and a drainage system configured to drain liquid from the foot well, the drainage system having a tube extending from the foot well floor to a location outside the hull. |
| US10926842B2 |
Line intended to be immersed in an aquatic environment
A line intended to be submerged in an aquatic environment. The line includes a mooring configured to be placed on the bottom of the aquatic environment and for immobilizing the line relative to the bottom, a buoy configured to float on the surface of the aquatic environment, an object extending along a vertical axis, having a center of balance of hydrodynamic forces when the object is subjected to a horizontal water current and called the hydrodynamic center, and having a center of gravity vertically remote from the hydrodynamic center, a frame connected to the object by a pivoting link with a substantially horizontal axis passing through the hydrodynamic center, at least one fin extending vertically, whereby the object can be oriented relative to a horizontal water current, a first section of line connecting the mooring to the frame, a second section of line connecting the frame to the buoy. |
| US10926839B2 |
Portable watercraft
An easily assembled highly portable watercraft comprising a modular boat system that seats one or more operators and is comprised of four or more pontoons connected to downward-sloping diagonally-placed outrigger beams with attached stiffeners connecting to a bridge-deck. The portable watercraft can be rowed, poled, propelled by fins or propellers, and sailed, for example, by an operator situated on the bridge-deck. The pontoons, outriggers, bridge-deck, and other aspects are easily interchangeable to conform to numerous configurations making a custom watercraft that is tailorable to varying water conditions. |
| US10926838B2 |
Boat aft cockpit extension
A cockpit extension that extends aft of a boat transom for increasing the afterdeck area of the boat. The cockpit extension includes a deck that can be accessed from the afterdeck of the boat and an under-face beneath the deck that can be above or below the water-line of the boat. The cockpit extension can also include one or more of a gunwale, inner bulkhead, and outer freeboard. A running surface can also be provided on the under-face that improves the backing down process of the boat. The boat has at least two outboard engines, attached on the port and starboard sides of the boat transom, respectively. |
| US10926836B2 |
Bicycle rear sprocket assembly
A bicycle rear sprocket assembly comprises a sprocket support and a first sprocket. The sprocket support includes a hub engagement part configured to engage with a bicycle hub assembly. The sprocket support includes a plurality of sprocket attachment members extending radially outwardly from the hub engagement part with respect to a rotational center axis of the bicycle rear sprocket assembly. The first sprocket is attached to the plurality of sprocket attachment members. The first sprocket includes a first sprocket body and a plurality of first sprocket teeth which extends radially outwardly from the first sprocket body with respect to the rotational center axis and a total number of which is equal to or larger than thirty-four. The first sprocket has a plurality of shifting facilitation areas. A total number of the plurality of shifting facilitation areas is a divisor of a total number of the plurality of sprocket attachment members. |
| US10926831B2 |
Bicycle disc brake caliper
A bicycle disc brake caliper comprises a caliper body. The caliper body includes a first body portion, a second body portion, a mounting surface, a first receiving hole, a first cylinder bore, and a second cylinder bore. The mounting surface includes a first surface and a second surface spaced apart from the first surface. The first receiving hole is provided on the first surface. The first receiving hole is configured to be threadedly engaged with a first fastener to mount the bicycle disc brake caliper to a bicycle body. The first receiving hole includes a first threaded hole having a first center axis. The first cylinder bore is provided on the first body portion. The first cylinder bore has a first cylinder center axis non-parallel to the first center axis. The second cylinder bore is provided on the first body portion. |
| US10926829B2 |
Pivot joint and vehicles that employ a pivot joint
In an aspect, a collapsing foot-deck-based vehicle is provided and includes a foot deck, at least two wheels coupled to the foot deck, and a handle structure coupled to the foot deck via a locking pivot joint. The handle structure includes at least one handle. The locking pivot joint has a pivot axis that is generally unparallel with a horizontal plane defined by the lowermost surfaces of the at least two wheels. The handle structure is selectively pivotable via the locking pivot joint between a riding configuration in which the handle is generally distal from the foot deck for gripping by a rider of the foot-deck-based vehicle, and a collapsed configuration in which the handle is generally proximal to the foot deck. |
| US10926826B2 |
Portable electric vehicle and method for controlling drive thereof
The present disclosure relates to a novel portable electric vehicle, which comprises two front-rear folding mechanisms, a left-right folding mechanism, and an operating mechanism, wherein the two front-rear folding mechanisms for supporting a driver are arranged respectively on the left side and the right side of the bottom of the electric vehicle, the rear ends of the front-rear folding mechanisms are both provided with driving wheel mechanisms, and the front ends of the front-rear folding mechanisms are both provided with rotating wheel mechanisms; two ends of the left-right folding mechanism for driving the two front-rear folding mechanisms to get close to each other are connected respectively to the two front-rear folding mechanisms; and the operating mechanism for controlling the running of the electric vehicle is mounted on the left-right folding mechanism. The present disclosure also relates to a method for controlling the drive of the novel portal electric vehicle, which utilizes an Arduino circuit board to control the running of the electric vehicle. The novel portable electric vehicle has the advantages of good driving experience, small size, light weight, convenience in folding and easiness in operation, and belongs to the technical field of electric vehicles. |
| US10926821B2 |
Methods for training a person to ride a bicycle using angular momentum
Methods of teaching and learning bicycle riding skills are disclosed, including training a student to ride a bicycle comprising positioning a student on a bicycle at the top of an inclined surface with a slope in a range of 8 to 15 degrees and a distance of at least 30 feet, wherein the student straddles the bicycle's seat such that the student's feet engage the inclined surface and the student's hands engage the bicycle's hand brakes. The student releases the brakes and lifts his/her feet from the inclined surface. Under angular momentum, the bicycle moves down the inclined surface while the student steers the bicycle. The bicycle is returned to the top of the inclined surface and the steps are repeated. The student also learns to pedal the bicycle using the inclined surface with similar repeatable steps. Other skills such as starting the bicycle with the pedals are taught. |
| US10926819B2 |
Method and vehicle for conveying an electrically driven motor vehicle during assembly thereof
A conveying method, wherein a conveying vehicle conveys an electrically driven motor vehicle during assembly thereof. In this method, the conveying vehicle uses energy which is stored in a traction battery of the motor vehicle. For this purpose, the conveying vehicle has an electrical interface which is connected to the traction battery of the motor vehicle, and a converter. This lowers an electrical voltage provided by the traction battery via the electrical interface to a value suitable for the conveying vehicle. The energy drawn by the traction battery can be used above all for the particular drive of the conveying vehicle and/or for other electrical loads of the conveying vehicle. As a result, an on-board battery for the conveying vehicle can have much smaller dimensions or can even be omitted completely. |
| US10926813B2 |
Wind deflector for a vehicle towing a trailer
The present invention provides a wind deflector adapted for use with a truck pulling a trailer in conventional towing arrangement, with a towing hitch attached to the rear of the truck. The wind deflector has a panel that extends at an angle behind the rear end of the truck, such that the deflector panel acts as a wind deflecting surface that reduces the gap between the truck and the trailer and improves aerodynamic drag. The invention also provides an inclinable truck bed tailgate that can support the deflector. Tailgate can also be adapted for storing the deflector when not in wind deflecting position, and to extend the deflector for towing. The deflector can comprise multiple panel portions that can be folded together. The deflector brings fuel economy in the order of 18% with the truck and trailer vehicle combination, thereby lowering the environmentally harmful emissions. |
| US10926812B2 |
Tailgate with mass and performance optimized reinforcement structure
A tailgate for a vehicle having structural strength and stiffness may include an outer panel, an inner panel facing the outer panel, a top boundary extending between the outer panel to the inner panel, a bottom boundary extending between the outer panel to the inner panel, a left boundary extending between the outer panel to the inner panel, a right boundary extending between the outer panel to the inner panel, and a volume of space defined within the inner panel, bottom boundary, outer panel, top boundary, left boundary, and right boundary. A plurality of bulkheads may be disposed within the volume of space, each bulkhead of the plurality of bulkheads extending in a linear direction a complete distance between the bottom boundary and the top boundary of the inner panel in a manner providing strength and stiffness to the outer and inner panels. |
| US10926811B2 |
Reinforcement member comprising a cold bent tab
The reinforcement member includes a body made of a press hardened steel having a tensile strength greater or equal to 1200 MPa. The body is coated with a zinc-based coating or with an aluminum-based coating and extends along a main direction. The reinforcement member also includes at least one tab extending from the body along a transversal direction forming a non-zero angle with the main direction. The bend between the body and the tab defines an intrados and an extrados. The tab is made of a cold bent part of the body, and the elongation of the extrados is between 10% and 25%. |
| US10926806B2 |
Vehicle torque box assembly
An assembly includes an inner rail and a rocker rail outboard of the inner rail. The assembly includes a torque box having a first panel fixed to the inner rail and the rocker rail, a second panel fixed to the inner rail and the rocker rail, and a third panel fixed to the inner rail and the rocker rail. |
| US10926804B2 |
Light weight rocker reinforcement
A rocker assembly for a vehicle comprising a rocker panel and a side sill that enclose an injection molded reinforcement. The reinforcement includes a plurality of intersecting walls that may be provided in horizontal and vertical planes. An intermediate wall formed by frames within four sided cells that define windows. The rocker assembly may include two different types of reinforcements, one with intersecting walls, or fins, extending laterally and one formed by a plurality of longitudinally extending tubular members. |
| US10926793B2 |
Coil temperature estimation
Methods for estimation of lost temperature increment after system restart for motor coil temperature estimation in an electric power steering apparatus of a motor vehicle with a power pack including an ECU with a temperature sensor and an electric motor. The methods allow to easily recover the lost heat increment value after restart of the system. Consequently, the estimation of the temperature of the motor coils will start from the correct temperature value. Damage of the motor due to overheat can be prevented. Further a more robust system diagnostics and a more accurate torque signal estimation can be provided. |
| US10926792B2 |
Cycloidal reducer with backlash self-adjustment and power steering system with such a reducer
A cycloidal gear pair reducer including an input shaft, mounted in a reducer casing such that it rotates about an axis referred to as “main axis”, an eccentric member carried by the input shaft and rotated by the latter, at least one cycloidal disc rotatably mounted on the eccentric member and having a cycloidal toothing, at least one ring gear provided with a receiving toothing with which the cycloidal toothing of the cycloidal disc meshes, and an output shaft; wherein the reducer comprises a suspension device arranged to return elastically the cycloidal toothing of the cycloidal disc and the receiving toothing of the ring gear towards one another such that the meshing backlash between the cycloidal disc and the ring gear is self-adjusted along at least one radial component relative to the main axis. |
| US10926790B2 |
Vehicle-mounted electronic control unit and vehicle-mounted mechanically/electrically integrated electric motor
A vehicle-mounted electronic controller includes a motor case that accommodates an electric motor, a lid body of the motor case, power circuitry including switching circuits that supply driving signals to the electric motor, and control circuitry including a control circuit that controls the switching circuits. The case further accommodates the power circuitry and the control circuitry. The lower surface of the lid body contacts the power circuitry. Each of the case and the lid body has a heat radiation property. The upper surface of the lid body is exposed. A vehicle-mounted mechanically/electrically integrated electric motor includes the vehicle-mounted electronic controller and the electric motor. |
| US10926789B2 |
Steering assembly
A steering assembly including an inner steering member; an outer steering member; a leaf spring disposed between the inner steering member and the outer steering member and adapted to bias the inner steering member, wherein the leaf spring comprises an inner portion and a plurality of outer portions, wherein the outer portions comprise end portions of the leaf spring that are folded over such that the outer portions overlie the inner portion, forming a folded edge; and a low friction layer supported by the leaf spring. |
| US10926788B2 |
Method for producing a toothed rack for a motor vehicle
A rack may include a toothed portion having a toothing, and a shaft portion having a threaded portion with a coaxial thread that has a thread length in an axial direction of a longitudinal axis. Separate segments comprising at least one in each case bar-shaped toothed segment and one shaft segment are provided, are aligned on the longitudinal axis, and are connected to one another at a joint. A method for producing the rack may involve providing a shaft raw material piece having a piece length that is a multiple of a shaft segment length, generating a thread that is continuous in a longitudinal direction on the shaft raw material piece across a multiple of the thread length to produce a threaded semi-finished product, cutting to length a threaded segment from the threaded semi-finished product, providing a toothed segment, and joining the threaded segment to the toothed segment. |
| US10926785B2 |
Child cross over stroller
A cross-over stroller kit is provided. The kit has a main frame assembly to receive at least one child seat assembly. The main frame assembly has a rear wheelbase and an upper attachment feature adapted to receive a lower attachment feature provided on first and second front-end frame assemblies. The first front-end frame assembly has two front wheels and the lower attachment feature adapted to mate with the upper attachment feature to define a city-mode stroller having four wheels. The second front-end frame assembly has a single front wheel and a second lower attachment feature adapted to mate with the upper attachment feature to define a sport-mode stroller having three wheels. |
| US10926783B2 |
Worker protection system
Systems and methods are provided for worker protection. The worker protection systems comprise a plurality of alert devices, comprising one or more wearable personal alert devices, each worn by a person (e.g., worker), and one or more companion alert devices that broadcast alerts or signals triggering alerts. The companion alert devices comprise vehicle-mounted alert devices, configured for operation on vehicles (e.g., trains), and wayside detection units, configured for placement on or near paths of the vehicles. The wayside detection units may be operable to autonomously detect and track the vehicles. |
| US10926780B2 |
Haptically enabled motorcycle
Haptic devices are installed in a motorcycle's handlebars, footpegs and seat to provide the rider with alerts that relate to hazards. The alert is provided before the rider notices the hazard, or before the rider reacts to the hazard. By giving advance warning, a rider is given extra time to avert a potential accident. The alerts also provide a direct instruction to the rider as to what to do to avoid the accident. |
| US10926779B1 |
Method and system for controlling a vehicle
A vehicle has an accelerator pedal in communication with a prime mover, a transmission, and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to receiving a first input indicative of a vehicle state and a second input indicative of a curve along a vehicle path within a predetermined time interval, downshift the transmission and modify a driver torque request map associated with the accelerator pedal to reduce a percentage of pedal travel associated with positive drive torque. A method of controlling a vehicle includes downshifting a transmission and modifying a driver torque request map associated with an accelerator pedal to reduce a percentage of pedal travel associated with positive drive torque when a vehicle state and a curve from an electronic horizon system predict a vehicle lateral acceleration in the curve being above a first threshold value. |
| US10926774B2 |
Method and device for evaluating and/or influencing the driving behavior of a driver of a motor vehicle
A method for evaluating and/or influencing the driving behavior of a driver of a motor vehicle, involving a motor vehicle, in particular in local public transport or in inner-city traffic, preferably for use in vehicle fleets, is designed in such a manner that at least one parameter which describes the driving mode is determined, wherein the position of the gas pedal over time is determined as parameter, and wherein the state of the driving behavior, based on the determined position of the gas pedal, is visually displayed to the vehicle driver by means of a display system in the motor vehicle. Also disclosed is a corresponding device. |
| US10926769B1 |
Method and system of controlling a quick succession drive-neutral-drive (D-N-D) shift
A method and system of controlling a drive-neutral-drive (D-N-D) shift in a multi-speed transmission. The method includes receiving a drive to neutral (D-N) shift request followed by a neutral to drive (N-D) shift request; initiating a drive to neutral (D-N) shift and determining an attained gear; determining a scheduled gear; determining if the scheduled gear is equal to the attained gear; and determining whether an off-going clutch for the drive to neutral (D-N) shift is in a hold state. The method further includes (I) aborting the drive to neutral (D-N) shift when (i) the scheduled gear is not equal to the attained gear and (ii) the off-going clutch for the (D-N) shift is in the hold state, or (II) completing a shift to neutral (N) when the off-going clutch for (D-N) shift is not in the hold state followed by shifting back drive (D). |
| US10926767B2 |
Method for carrying out a lane change in a motor vehicle
A lane change from a lane which is currently being travelled in by the motor vehicle to an adjacent lane is carried out autonomously if a recommendation to change the lane is output by a control device. The recommendation to change from a relatively fast lane to a slower lane is out-put by the control device if (1) a lane change is possible without putting at risk the motor vehicle and/or another vehicle travelling on the slower lane, (2) the motor vehicle is not being prevented from travelling at a predefined speed by another vehicle travelling ahead in the lane which is currently being travelled in, and (3) no other vehicle which is travelling at a higher speed than the speed of the motor vehicle is detected in the slower lane at a specific distance behind the motor vehicle. |
| US10926766B2 |
One-way direction sensing system
Methods, systems, and apparatus for preventing a vehicle from driving in a wrong direction. The method includes detecting, via a vehicle orientation sensor, a current driving direction of the vehicle. The method also includes detecting, via a GPS unit, a current location of the vehicle. The method also includes providing, by a powertrain, torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle. The method also includes determining, by an electronic control unit (ECU), whether the vehicle is travelling in the wrong direction based on the current driving direction of the vehicle and the current location of the vehicle. The method also includes communicating, by the ECU, an instruction to the powertrain to reduce the torque provided to the one or more wheels of the vehicle when the vehicle is travelling in the wrong direction. |
| US10926765B2 |
Cruise control interlock system
A cruise control interlock system detects a current set of conditions for a vehicle, compares the current conditions with cruise control interlock conditions (e.g., an adjustable threshold state of a windshield wiper system), and executes a process to deactivate the cruise control system. The process to deactivate functionality of the cruise control system may include presenting a notification to the operator to alert the operator to an upcoming automatic deactivation or to encourage the operator to deactivate cruise control. The process also may include a vehicle de-rate process (e.g., reducing vehicle speed) to induce the operator to deactivate cruise control. Deactivation of cruise control may be postponed in some situations, such as when the vehicle is ascending an uphill grade or where doing so may deactivate an active downhill speed control function. |
| US10926761B2 |
Vehicle and method for controlling the same
A vehicle and method for controlling the same are provided. The vehicle includes a speed detector that detects driving speed of the vehicle, a detection sensor that obtains information regarding at least one of a position and a speed of an object around the vehicle, and a yaw rate detector that detects a speed at which a rotation angle of the vehicle's frame is changed while the vehicle is driven. A controller then determines a yaw rate required for the vehicle to steer to avoid the object, applies partial braking on an inner wheel of the vehicle based on the determined yaw rate, and applies partial braking on an outer wheel of the vehicle to reduce a beta value of the vehicle obtained during the steering-based avoidance when the beta value exceeds a predetermined value. |
| US10926756B2 |
Mobility device
A powered balancing mobility device that can provide the user the ability to safely navigate expected environments of daily living including the ability to maneuver in confined spaces and to climb curbs, stairs, and other obstacles, and to travel safely and comfortably in vehicles. The mobility device can provide elevated, balanced travel. |
| US10926754B2 |
Transportation system including a hovering vehicle
A transportation system is disclosed. The transportation system has a vehicle that is self-powered and configured to generate an air cushion on a trackless lane having a substantially flat surface. The vehicle is configured to move over the substantially flat surface on the air cushion. The transportation system also has a guidance system configured to guide the vehicle between peripheries of the trackless lane. |
| US10926752B2 |
Servicable filter gladhand assembly
A gladhand assembly having a conduit for carrying a fluid and a port having a sidewall defining an interior region. The port also having a first opening in communication with an external environment and a second opening in communication with the conduit. The port includes a first recess in the interior region and disposed in the sidewall. There is a filter member including a sidewall and a first opening including a rim. The rim extends outwardly from the sidewall in a radial direction and is seated on the first recess in the sidewall of the port. There is a seal member configured to engage with and close the first opening in the port and the seal member includes a film having a first surface facing the external environment and a second surface facing the interior region of the port. The film includes a re-closable aperture. |
| US10926751B2 |
Brake cylinder maintaining with improved pressure regulation
A brake cylinder maintaining system that combines a brake cylinder maintaining check valve and a quick service limiting valve into a single unit to have lower hysteresis, and thus more precise BCM regulation pressure and a smaller pressure offset. The check valve and quick service valve are coupled to provide a single system having multiple valve seats for selective communication between quick service pressure and brake cylinder pressure on one hand, and between a brake cylinder maintaining pressure and brake cylinder pressure on the other hand. |
| US10926749B2 |
Electronic brake system and control method thereof
Disclosed herein is an electronic brake system. An electronic brake system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is an electronic brake system including a pedal displacement sensor configured to sense displacement of a brake pedal according to a pedal effort of the brake pedal, a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate a hydraulic pressure using a rotational force of a motor operated by an electrical signal output from the pedal displacement sensor, and a hydraulic control unit configured to transmit a hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device to wheel cylinders provided on respective wheels, includes a plurality of valves configured to adjust the hydraulic pressures transmitted to the wheel cylinders, a pressure measurer configured to measure hydraulic pressures of the wheel cylinders and a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic control unit, and a controller configured to control an electromagnetic force of the valve when a difference between the measured hydraulic pressure of the wheel cylinder and the measured hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic control unit is more than a preset first threshold value during an anti-lock braking system (ABS) operation. |
| US10926748B2 |
Braking system for a motor vehicle
A braking system for a motor vehicle comprises a first and second electrically controllable pressure source for providing a brake pressure for actuating the wheel brakes. An electrically controllable pressure modulation device sets brake pressures that are individual to each of the wheel brakes, said device having electrically actuatable inlet valves and outlet valves for each wheel brake. The second pressure source comprises a motor-pump unit and at least one low-pressure accumulator. The low-pressure accumulator is connected to an output connection of at least one outlet valve. A first and a second energy supply unit for the braking system are independent from one another. The first energy supply unit supplies the first pressure source with energy. The second energy supply unit supplies the second pressure source with energy. The pressure modulation device is supplied with energy by the first energy supply unit and by the second energy supply unit. |
| US10926746B2 |
Hydraulic pressure control unit
The present disclosure obtains a hydraulic pressure control unit capable of appropriately diagnosing presence or absence of fixation of an electromagnetic valve. In the hydraulic pressure control unit according to the present disclosure, a controller includes: an acquisition section that acquires a current value of a current flowing through a coil of the electromagnetic valve in a hydraulic pressure control mechanism; and a diagnosis section that determines whether the current value has exhibited behavior of being temporarily reduced in a process in which the current value is increased at initiation of applying the current to the coil of the electromagnetic valve, so as to diagnose the presence or the absence of the fixation of the electromagnetic valve. |
| US10926737B2 |
Extra-vehicular communication device, communication control method, and communication control program
An extra-vehicular communication device installed in a vehicle and capable of communicating with an external device outside the vehicle includes: a control unit; and a storage unit that has a tamper-resistant secure area and stores, in the secure area, at least one of communication destination information regarding a communication destination outside the vehicle and emergency operation information regarding a predetermined operation in an emergency. When unauthorized access in in-vehicle equipment installed in the vehicle is detected, the control unit performs at least one of control of communication with the communication destination by use of the communication destination information and processing based on the emergency operation information. |
| US10926733B2 |
Vehicle including inflatable assembly supported by seat
A vehicle seat assembly includes a seatback including a left lateral panel and a right lateral panel opposite the left lateral panel, a left airbag inflatable from the left lateral panel to an inflated position, a right airbag inflatable from the right lateral panel to an inflated position, a tether extending from the left lateral panel to the right lateral panel, and a sheet connected to the left airbag and the right airbag. The tether is connected to the left and right airbags. |
| US10926731B2 |
Airbag device
A cushion of an airbag device includes an inner inflating section convexly inflating toward the rear of a vehicle and restraining the head of an occupant from the front of the vehicle, protrusions provided to the sides of the inner inflating section in a vehicle width direction and capable of inflating so as to protrude further toward the rear of the vehicle than the inner inflating section, and outer inflating sections provided between the inner inflating section and the protrusions and temporarily convexly inflating toward the rear of the vehicle within a smaller range than the expansion range of the inner inflating section and the protrusions. The outer inflating sections are squashed by the inner inflating section and the protrusions and, as a result, the protrusions are in a posture of being pulled toward a side of the inner inflating section. |
| US10926727B2 |
Smart surface for detecting collision forces
One example method of operation may include identifying a vehicle collision event via one or more sensors disposed in one or more sensor circuits affixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle via one or more multi-layered removable stickers, responsive to identifying the vehicle collision event, identifying vehicle collision event data including a geolocation of the vehicle and a timestamp of the vehicle collision event, and storing, in a wirelessly accessible memory of the one or more sensor circuits, the vehicle collision event data received during the vehicle collision event. |
| US10926723B2 |
System and method for post-accident vehicle sensor testing
A system and method performed by a sensor testing apparatus of a vehicle are provided for determining when certain event conditions are true. The event conditions comprise detecting an occurrence of a predefined event that impacts a sensor of the vehicle. After the predefined event is detected, a test is performed to determine whether the sensor is outputting sensor values within sensor specification values. When the event conditions are true, the method includes testing the sensor relative to a reference to determine when the sensor is operating within reference criteria to produce a positive reference testing result. When the reference testing result is positive, the method directs the vehicle to return to normal operation, and otherwise directs the vehicle to be serviced. |
| US10926720B2 |
Rubber spool grommets for assembly to vehicle
A vibration damping assembly for use with an automotive vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a bracket having a C-shaped receptacle, a component such as an air cleaner housing having an integrally-formed, grommet-holding cylindrical post extending therefrom attached to the bracket, and a spool-shaped isolator mounting grommet attached to the post. The post includes a proximal end integrally attached to the component and a distal end. The distal end includes at least one integrally-formed retention barb and preferably includes two spaced-apart and integrally-formed barbs. The post includes an attachment end attached to the component and an unattached end opposite the attachment end. The barbs are formed on the unattached end. Each barb includes an upper edge extending beyond the unattached end of the post. Each barb includes a ramped, grommet-passing surface. The spool-shaped isolator mounting grommet may be formed from materials such as TPO, TPE, AEM, ECO, and EPDM. |
| US10926715B1 |
Vehicle camera system
A real time vehicle camera system is provided that can video image, record and display an area around a vehicle in response to activation of turn signals or backup lights to assist in preventing accidents with other vehicles or pedestrians. The vehicle camera system includes an array of video cameras positioned at various locations around the vehicle and a video input/output system that receives and records video images generated by the array of video cameras and displays them on a monitor for observation by a driver of the vehicle or at a remote location. The vehicle camera system also includes a control system which supplies power and a timed activation signal to the array of cameras and the video input/output system. The control system may additionally include a wireless communications terminal and a remote disabling device connected to the wireless communications terminal. |
| US10926712B2 |
Mounting solutions for mounting audio actuators inside vehicle body components
This disclosure is directed to audio actuator assemblies that include bridging brackets for mounting audio actuators inside vehicle body components. In some embodiments, the vehicle body component is a door that includes a reinforcement beam. The bridging bracket is mountable to the reinforcement beam in order to secure the audio actuator in place inside the vehicle body component in a manner that allows the audio actuator to vibrate adjacent surfaces of the vehicle body component for radiating sound signals. |
| US10926711B2 |
Mounting specification adjustable front fork mount
A mounting specification adjustable front fork mount for mounting on a bike rack on a car roof to cooperate with a quick release for securing a bicycle front fork is disclosed to include a holder having a shaft tube with a protruding portion at each of two opposite ends of the shaft tube, and two mounting tubes each having a first coupling recess and a second coupling recess so designed that the bottom of the first coupling recess and the bottom of the second coupling recess are respectively spaced from the distal end of the mounting tube by a different distance. The protruding portion at each end of the shaft tube can be selectively engaged into the first coupling recess or the second coupling recess according to the specification of the bicycle front fork. |
| US10926709B2 |
Vehicle rack system for stacked ladders
A ladder rack system for accommodating at least two stacked ladders thereon is disclosed. The system may have a stationary forward roof rail and a stationary rear roof rail. Pivotable ladder rack rear and pivotable ladder rack forward rails may also be provided. The ladder rack rear and forward rails may be selectively moved with respect to the stationary forward and rear roof rails via links that are connected to a connector bar and lever arm. |
| US10926705B2 |
Vehicle front trunk access
A vehicle having front body structure including a grille opening adjacent to a front trunk. A hood is pivotally mounted to the structure over the front trunk. A grille is mounted to the body structure or the hood via a horizontal hinge, the grille pivotable from a closed position in the grille opening to an open position extending from the body structure. |
| US10926700B2 |
Image processing device
An image processing device includes an image acquiring unit, a detection unit, and a display processing unit. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire a captured image from an image capturing device configured to capture an image of the periphery of a vehicle. The detection unit is configured to detect a lane marker defining a traveling track of the vehicle from the captured image acquired by the image acquiring unit. The display processing unit is configured to display, on a display device, a superimposition image as the captured image on which a marker image for supporting visibility of the lane marker is superimposed such that the marker image is superimposed on the lane marker detected by the detection unit. |
| US10926699B2 |
Method and system for historical state based advanced driver assistance
The present invention provides a method and system of historical emotion based driver advanced assistance. In this method, a combination of external environment to a vehicle on which the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) is mounted fetched by forward looking cameras is combined with rear looking camera for internal environment or driver state, is generated. The generated combination is utilized to analyze is there is any critical situation that is upcoming. For providing feedback for such situation, the ADAS fetches a historical combination situation similar to the current situation combination. The intensity of the feedback is varied as per the driver reaction to the feedback provided to the driver at such historical combination situation. |
| US10926697B2 |
Switch structure
The switch structure provided in a control device of a vehicle ceiling part comprises a cover that is openable and closable between a closed position to cover a switch and an opened position to open the switch, and in the cover, a region that covers an operation surface of an operation element of the switch in at least the closed position is formed of a member that transmits light, and the cover has a top surface comprising an inclined portion inclined at an upward gradient from a vehicle front toward a vehicle rear in the closed position. |
| US10926691B1 |
Aiming apparatus for horizontal aim adjustment of a motor vehicle lighting device with a breakable adjuster
An aiming apparatus for horizontal aim adjustment of a lighting device of a motor vehicle that uses an adjuster that could be broken at a neck recess portion after the horizontal aim is adjusted, thereby reducing the likelihood of any inadvertent change of the horizontal aim without the need for an additional part to cover a head portion of the adjuster. |
| US10926683B2 |
Conveyance seat
To secure both flexibility and rigidity of a pressure-receiving member, a pressure-receiving member capable of moving rearward in a state of receiving a load from a back of an occupant is included in a seat back of a conveyance seat for supporting the back of the occupant. The pressure-receiving member has a load-receiving portion which receives the load from the back of the occupant at a front face, and the load-receiving portion includes a load-receiving portion piece formed so that a length in a vertical direction of the seat back is shorter than a length in a seat width direction, and a rear reinforcement rib protruding along a thickness direction of the load-receiving portion from the load-receiving portion piece and extending along the seat width direction. |
| US10926680B2 |
Easy wash car seat cover
An apparatus for a universal child car seat cover is provided for use with a child car seat. The child car seat cover comprises an absorbent material joined with a waterproof lining that covers the child car seat and receives a seated child. The absorbent material protects the child car seat from spills and contaminants, and covers any potentially dangerous or uncomfortable surfaces on the underlying child car seat. Seat belt openings may be closed around seat belts of the child car seat to prevent passage of spills onto the child car seat. A pocket permits an entirety of the child car seat cover to be rolled and tucked into the pocket. Cup holder openings provide access to cup holders of the child car seat. A drawstring within a peripheral channel may be cinched to fixate the child car seat cover on the child car seat. |
| US10926679B2 |
Vehicle seat having a seat cover
A vehicle seat including: a seat cover including: a general cover part; and a sheet-shaped member configured by one sheet and folded inward, and an internal structure covered with the seat cover, and the sheet-shaped member has: a drawing cover part locked to the internal structure; and a concealing cover part covering the drawing cover part from outside of the seat, the sheet-shaped member has: a connection end part; and a pair of free end parts extending from the connection end part, and the sheet-shaped member is connected to an edge of the general cover part at a connection part on the connection end part, and the drawing cover part is formed at one of the pair of free end parts disposed inside the seat and the concealing cover part is formed at the other one of the pair of free end parts disposed outside the seat. |
| US10926677B2 |
Neck fan for a vehicle seat and control method therefor
The present teachings relate to a neck fan for a vehicle seat for generating a usable air flow that emerges from the neck fan toward a passenger, said neck fan being provided with at least one air conveying device for generating a usable air flow in the region of a headrest or the upper end of a seat back. It is provided that one or more compensating means are provided, by means of which asymmetrical climatic conditions caused by interfering currents in the area surrounding a passenger can be compensated for, and that one or more compensating means act asymmetrically on the usable air flow and/or impart an asymmetry to the cross-section of the usable air flow, at least in the region of an outlet of the neck fan, said asymmetry relating to at least one geometric or thermodynamic parameter. |
| US10926676B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat having a vehicle seat underbody, comprising: a base plate; a side horizontal suspension; a rolling suspension comprising a rod element rotatably mounted with respect to the side horizontal suspension; a scissors-type frame having a first swing and a second swing, wherein the first swing is connected by a first slide element to the rod element and the second swing is connected by a second slide element to the rod element and the first swing is connected to the first slide element and the second swing is connected to the second slide element; a first element carrier; a lengthwise horizontal suspension; and a first spring element, which is connected on the one hand to the first element carrier and on the other hand to the base plate or one of the swings. |
| US10926674B2 |
Lean-in cornering platform for a moving vehicle
Systems and methods for improving ride quality of an active payload support system. In one example, a seat system for a vehicle includes a seat, a support structure including an actuator configured to rotate the seat about an axis of a pivot, a first sensor positioned to detect movement of the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive a first input from the first sensor, determine a cornering lateral acceleration of the vehicle in a direction perpendicular to an axis parallel to a direction of travel of the vehicle around a turn, the cornering lateral acceleration determined based at least on the first input, generate a command signal based at least on the cornering lateral acceleration to instruct an actuator to rotate the seat about the axis of the pivot in a direction of the turn, and provide a force command to the actuator to move the seat. |
| US10926673B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat (1), transferable from a usage position for transporting persons to a non-usage position, includes a seat cushion (3) having a seat cushion support (3a), a backrest (5), a vehicle connectable base (9) and a rocker (13), which is pivotably connected by a first joint (I) to the base or to a component (11) fixed to the base and is pivotably connected by a second joint (II) to the seat cushion support. A rear foot (21) is pivotably connected by a third joint (III) to the base or to a component fixed to the base. Pivoting motion of the rear foot about the third joint is lockable. The rear foot is pivotably connected by a fourth joint (IV) to the backrest. A fifth joint (V) connects the backrest to the seat cushion support. At least one of the joints (I, II, III, IV, V) is a fitting (25). |
| US10926668B2 |
Track assembly for use in vehicle
A track assembly is provided that includes a track operably coupled with a floor pan. A rail cartridge is slidably coupled with the track. The rail cartridge includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion defines a receiving well. A connection cartridge is operably coupled with a seat base. The connection cartridge includes an interface member and defines a slot. The upper portion of the rail cartridge is received within the slot. The interface member is received within the receiving well of the rail cartridge. A latch mechanism includes a release lever and a tab. The release lever is configured to selectively lower the tab to open the receiving well of the rail cartridge. |
| US10926667B2 |
Track assembly
A track assembly includes a first track, a second track, and a support member. The second track may be disposed substantially in the second track. The lever may be configured to selectively engage the first track and/or the second track to limit longitudinal movement and/or vertical movement of the support member relative to at least one of the first track and the second track. The lever may include a tooth. The tooth may be configured to contact the second track to limit longitudinal movement of the support member along the second track. The tooth may be configured to engage an aperture in the second track. The tooth may be substantially planar and/or may extend in a transverse-vertical plane. The lever may include a hooked portion. The hooked portion may be configured to limit vertical movement of the support member. |
| US10926666B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling rear-seat leg support of vehicle seat
An apparatus for controlling a rear-seat leg support for a vehicle seat includes: a rear-seat leg support disposed at a lower side of a vehicle seat and that performs an upward-downward rotational operation and a forward-rearward slide operation; a passenger seat that performs a forward-rearward slide operation and a forward-rearward reclining operation; a drive unit that operates each of the rear-seat leg support and the passenger seat; a sensor unit connected to the drive unit and that detects a rotation angle and a slide position of the rear-seat leg support or a slide position and a reclining angle of the passenger seat; an input unit that receives an inputted operation instruction to operate the rear-seat leg support or the passenger seat; and a control unit that adjusts the slide position of the rear-seat leg support. |
| US10926661B2 |
Transient battery power management
A vehicle includes a processor programmed to create a virtual energy bucket for a battery, and set a short-term power limit corresponding to the virtual energy bucket that defines a discharge limit for the battery. The virtual energy bucket fills responsive to an output power of the battery being below a first power threshold and depletes responsive to the output power being above a second power threshold. |
| US10926660B2 |
Mounting and dismounting system for a battery assembly
A mounting and dismounting system for a battery assembly is disclosed. The system may be located onboard of an electric vehicle powered by a battery pack disposed in the battery assembly. The system includes a pair of four-bar linkages that can be used to raise and lower the battery assembly. Each four-bar linkage includes a pair of hooks with different vertical positions. The hooks are positioned to grasp horizontal mounting bars that are disposed on the battery assembly. Using vertically displaced hooks ensures the battery can be raised and lowered without rocking. |
| US10926657B2 |
Method for controlling and prioritizing a user-specific recharging of an energy storage device of a motor vehicle and a control device, charging management device, server apparatus, and motor vehicle for achieving the same
A method for controlling a charging operation of an energy storage device of a motor vehicle. A control device carries out the following: establishment of a prioritization of a motor vehicle for user-specific recharging of the energy storage device on the basis of the established prioritization; determination of a charging capacity predetermined by the prioritization for a recharging operation, depending on the determined charging capacity; creation of a digital certificate, which describes the determined charging capacity; and transmission of the created certificate to a charging management device of the motor vehicle. Depending on the charging capacity described by the certificate transmitted to the charging management device of the motor vehicle: generation of a control signal, which describes a course of the charging operation with the described charging capacity; and transmission of the created control signal to an energy delivery device of a charging station apparatus. Optionally, the charging capacity can be reduced by the certificate in the motor vehicle. |
| US10926655B2 |
Charging pile
A charging pile includes a power system and a charging terminal. The power system includes a first power unit, a second power unit, a power control unit, and a heat sink. The first power unit is connected to the second power unit, and the first power unit and the second power unit have same output voltages and same output currents. The power control unit is configured to control the output voltages and the output currents of the two power units. The charging terminal includes a charging control module, a direct-current distribution unit, and a charging plug. The charging plug is configured to connect to a to-be-charged battery and charge the to-be-charged battery. The direct-current distribution unit is configured to allocate a power supply to the charging plug. The charging control module is configured to bill and display the charging. |
| US10926650B2 |
Charging device for inductively charging an electrical energy store of a motor vehicle and method for operating a charging device
A charging device for inductively charging an electrical energy store of a motor vehicle, having a primary coil, which is designed for inducing a voltage in a secondary coil of the motor vehicle for charging the electrical energy store, and having a lifting mechanism which is designed to move the primary coil between a stowage position and a charging position. A power electronics of the charging device is coupled in heat-conducting manner to the lifting mechanism. |
| US10926649B2 |
Method to reduce losses in a high voltage DC link converter
A multiple stage switching type converter circuit provided between an AC source and a DC source is provided. The circuit includes a boost converter stage coupled to the AC source, a DC link capacitor stage comprising a DC link capacitor decoupled from an AC source and a DC source, and an isolated DC-DC converter stage coupled to the DC source. The multiple stage switching type converter circuit comprises a plurality of switches, each switch configured to operate at a baseline duty cycle, a baseline voltage, a baseline resistance, with a baseline current and providing a baseline switching time. At least one switch is altered to perform at a duty cycle differing from the baseline duty cycle, a voltage differing from the baseline voltage, a resistance differing from baseline resistance, with a current differing from the baseline current or using a switching time differing from the baseline switching time. |
| US10926647B2 |
Vehicle driving apparatus
A vehicle driving apparatus includes a first motor, a second motor, and a planetary mechanism, and obtains a driving force by combining motive forces obtained from the first motor and the second motor by a planetary gear of the planetary mechanism. The vehicle driving apparatus includes at least one of a design value and a control quantity in which a frequency ratio between a sound generated by a rotation of the first motor and a sound generated by a rotation of the second motor satisfies a reduction condition of dissonance. |
| US10926644B1 |
Compact electric vehicle fast charger with energy storage
Electronic or electrical systems and related methods provide a fast charging system for electrical vehicles and the like. |
| US10926633B2 |
Method of controlling a tandem axle assembly
Methods of controlling a tandem axle assembly in a vehicle, the tandem axle assembly including an inter-axle differential (IAD), one or more side gears, and a front tandem axle assembly having a pair of front tandem axle half shafts selectively connected to a pair of front tandem axle wheel hub assemblies. When a determined speed of the vehicle is greater or equal to a predetermined speed, the IAD may be locked, the tandem axle wheel hub assemblies may be disconnected from their respective tandem axle shafts, and/or the IAD may be moved out of engagement with the one or more side gears. When a determined speed of the vehicle is less than a predetermined speed, the IAD may be unlocked, the tandem axle wheel hub assemblies may be connected to their respective tandem axle shafts, and/or the IAD may be engaged with the one or more side gears. |
| US10926631B2 |
Transmission system
A transmission system includes a power take-off for driving an implement and a hydrostatic unit for transmitting power from the engine to the power take-off. The hydrostatic unit includes a first hydraulic power unit having a first connection line and a second connection line, and a second hydraulic power unit having a first connection line and a second connection line. The hydrostatic unit also includes a valve for connecting the first hydraulic power unit and the second hydraulic power unit, the valve being positionable at least in a first position a first position and in a second position. |
| US10926628B2 |
Fuel cell vehicle
A fuel cell vehicle mounted with a fuel gas tank in an underfloor of the vehicle. The fuel cell vehicle includes: a floor that has a projecting portion projecting upward in a height direction of the vehicle and extending along a front and rear direction of the vehicle; a fuel gas tank arranged under the projecting portion in the height direction of the vehicle and fixed to the floor; and an undercover arranged under the fuel gas tank in the height direction of the vehicle. The undercover has a fixation protruded portion that projects upward in the height direction of the vehicle in a side of the fuel gas tank in a width direction of the vehicle, and being fixed to the floor by the fixation protruded portion. |
| US10926623B1 |
Hybrid powertrain for vehicles
A hybrid powertrain may include an engine input shaft connected to an engine by a main clutch, a motor input shaft connected to a motor, first and second output shafts mounted in parallel to the engine input shaft, a variable driving gear provided on the motor input shaft to maintain or increase a rotation speed of the motor input shaft and then to transmit the maintained or increased rotation speed to the first output shaft, a composite synchronizer mounted to independently implement interruption of connection between the engine input shaft and the motor input shaft and interruption of connection between the variable driving gear and the motor input shaft, and plural gear pairs mounted to form different transmission gear ratios between the engine input shaft and the first output shaft and between the engine input shaft and the second output shaft. |
| US10926621B2 |
Control system for hybrid vehicles
A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to prevent an excessive drop in an engine speed and while reducing vibrations when decelerating the vehicle abruptly. When an abrupt decelerating operation is detected in the fixed mode, a controller shifts an operating mode from the fixed mode to the high mode or the low mode by disengaging one of engagement devices in which a torque applied thereto in the fixed mode is reduced smaller by an inertia torque of the motor resulting from the decelerating operation. |
| US10926617B2 |
Vehicle power cable system
A vehicle includes an electric equipment and a cable connected to the electric equipment, a cable connection portion of the electric equipment is disposed on one side of the vehicle in a front-rear direction, and the cable connection portion is disposed closer to the other side in the front-rear direction than an end surface on the one side in the front-rear direction of the electric equipment and at a position lower than an uppermost surface of the electric equipment. The cable includes a first wire portion extending from the cable connection portion to one side of the vehicle in the width direction; a second wire portion continuously extending to the other side in the front-rear direction, and a third wire portion continuously extending to the other side in the width direction, and the cable is disposed along an upper surface of the electric equipment. |
| US10926613B2 |
Automobile door sash structure
The automobile door sash structure includes a mall assembly body including a mall and a run channel which are assembled into a single unit. The run channel includes: an inner wall part which forms the inner wall of a rail part in collaboration with a window frame main body; and a bottom part which forms a bottom portion of the rail part in collaboration with the window frame main body. A total dimension of a dimension of the inner wall part in a frame inside-outside direction and a dimension of the bottom part in a vehicle inside-outside direction is set longer than a dimension of the window frame main body in the frame inside-outside direction. |
| US10926610B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling a mild hybrid system that powers a transport climate control system
Methods and systems for controlling energy source for a mild hybrid system that powers a transport climate control system are provided. The mild hybrid system includes a DC energy source configured to supply a first DC voltage to the transport climate control system. The system also includes an inverter connected to the DC energy source and configured to change the first DC voltage from the DC energy source to a first AC voltage. The system further includes a transformer connected to the inverter and configured to convert the first AC voltage to a second AC voltage. Also the system includes a motor that drives a compressor. The motor is driven by the second AC voltage, the second AC voltage is greater than the first AC voltage. |
| US10926609B2 |
Vehicle air conditioning device
There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioning device which is capable of judging, as early as possible, refrigerant shortage, for example, due to leakage of refrigerant with elapse of time, and protecting a compressor. The vehicle air conditioning device includes a compressor 2, a radiator 4, an outdoor expansion valve 6, and a heat absorber 9. A control device possesses normal time data indicating a relation between a suction refrigerant temperature Ts and a discharge refrigerant temperature Td of the compressor when a refrigerant circuit R is charged with a sufficient amount of the refrigerant. The control device calculates, from the normal time data, a discharge refrigerant temperature estimated value Tdst at normal time on the basis of the current suction refrigerant temperature Ts, and compares the value and the current discharge refrigerant temperature Td, thereby judging refrigerant shortage of the refrigerant circuit. |
| US10926601B2 |
Tilting vehicle and method of control thereof
A method of tilting a vehicle is provided, and a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a tilt control system to control the tilt of the vehicle. The method includes tilting the tilting vehicle and/or another tilting vehicle in response to at least one external trigger. |
| US10926600B2 |
Chassis-based force nullification systems and methods for seated and standing vehicle occupants
System and method for nullifying one or more of lateral and longitudinal acceleration forces experienced by an occupant of a vehicle in a seated or standing position while the vehicle is traveling along a travel plane, including: a chassis structure; and an occupant cell one of coupled to and defined by the chassis structure; wherein one or more of the chassis and the occupant cell are configured to pivot one or more of: laterally at a longitudinal pivot point with respect to the travel plane; and longitudinally at a transverse pivot point with respect to the travel plane. Optionally, the chassis structure is configured to pivot one or more of laterally and longitudinally with respect to one or more wheel mechanisms operable for traveling over the travel plane. Optionally, the occupant cell is configured to pivot one or more of laterally and longitudinally with respect to the chassis structure. |
| US10926598B2 |
Top suspension mount comprising a securing element in relation to a vehicle body, assembly comprising such a mount, and process for joining such a mount to a vehicle body
Vehicle top suspension mount comprising an anti-vibratory block housed in casing. The casing may comprise at least one securing element movable between an assembly position and a securing position. The securing element may be configured to block, in the securing position, the vehicle top suspension mount in relation to a vehicle body when the vehicle top suspension mount is joined to said vehicle body. |
| US10926596B2 |
Suspension system
A suspension system having a knuckle carrier. A pivot mechanism may pivotally couple a control arm to the knuckle carrier. The pivot mechanism may include a preload nut that may exert a preload force on a bearing assembly. A platform may be fixedly disposed on the knuckle carrier. The platform may support an air spring and may have an arm that is coupled to a stabilizer bar subassembly. |
| US10926590B2 |
Self-tracking method for sensors equipping the wheels of a vehicle
The invention relates to a method for self-tracking of a data acquisition sensor equipping a wheel including a tire on a vehicle comprising a plurality of wheels (200) and being equipped with a system comprising an electronic unit (300) for a data acquisition sensor placed in each tire equipped with a radio-frequency transmitter for the purpose of the wireless transmission of said data to a central transmission and reception module (100) placed on the axle or frame of the vehicle, with the central transmission and reception module (100) receiving and decoding the information signals issued by the transmitters of each wheel, each electronic unit (300) being equipped to measure acceleration. The method is remarkable in that it consists of determining the front and rear of a tire by measuring the acceleration. |
| US10926588B2 |
Combination air supply system and method
A combination air supply system for a work vehicle, includes a work vehicle compressor configured to be mounted on the work vehicle, wherein the work vehicle compressor is configured to compress a first supply of ambient air and to output a first compressed air supply via a compressed air line, wherein the compressed air line is configured to receive a second compressed air supply from an implement compressor via a compressed air connection line, wherein the implement compressor is configured to be mounted on an implement towed by the work vehicle, wherein the compressed air connection line is configured to couple the implement compressor to the compressed air line via a coupler, and a tire inflation system fluidly coupled to the compressed air line and configured to selectively increase and decrease an air pressure within a tire of the work vehicle, wherein the tire inflation system is configured to distribute the first compressed air supply, the second compressed air supply, and a combination air supply of the first and second compressed air supplies to the tire. |
| US10926586B2 |
Tire tread having a flexible gate apparatus
Various embodiments of a tire tread having one or more flexible gate apparatuses are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tire having a tread is provided, the tire comprising: a groove comprising a groove base and at least one groove sidewall; at least one flexible gate apparatus comprising a plurality of adjacent flexible gate elements oriented in a single row across at least a portion of the groove; wherein the plurality of flexible gate elements extend from the groove base; wherein the at least one flexible gate apparatus comprises a rigidity such that the at least one flexible gate apparatus does not substantially deflect at the application of an air pressure during operation; and wherein the at least one flexible gate apparatus comprises a rigidity such that the at least one flexible gate apparatus deflects at the application of a water pressure during operation. |
| US10926584B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes, in a tread portion, a belt layer including a circumferential belt layer with a belt cord disposed along a circumferential direction; and belt plies having a larger lateral direction dimension than a lateral direction dimension of the circumferential belt layer. A gauge from a surface of the tread portion to the belt layer is equal on a vehicle outer side and a vehicle inner side where the circumferential belt layer is disposed. At positions located away from a tire equatorial plane toward the vehicle outer side and the vehicle inner side by 120% of half of the lateral direction dimension of the circumferential belt layer, a gauge H1out on the vehicle outer side and a gauge H1in on the vehicle inner side to a belt ply of the belt plies located outermost in a radial direction satisfy 1 mm≤H1in−H1out≤3 mm. |
| US10926583B2 |
Method for manufacturing automobile knuckle and automobile knuckle
Provided is a method for manufacturing a knuckle that includes a bearing mounting portion on which a hub bearing is mounted, a damper holding portion which holds a damper, and a damper mounting arm portion which couples the bearing mounting portion and the damper holding portion, the method being such that by using one core, the knuckle is integrally casted so as to formed therein a cylindrical opening which is the inner space of the damper holding portion, a hollow opening in which the inner space in a hollow portion of the damper mounting arm portion, the hollow portion extending in a closed cross section from the damper holding portion, is continuous with an opening formed in the damper holding portion, and an arm-portion opening which is surrounded by a front arm portion and a rear arm portion of the damper mounting arm portion, extending from the hollow portion. |
| US10926581B2 |
Static discharge element for non-pneumatic tire
A non-pneumatic tire is provided that has a hub with a central axis. A supporting structure is located outward from the hub in a radial direction, and a shear band is located outward from the supporting structure in the radial direction. Tread is located outward from the shear band in the radial direction. A static discharge element extends from a first radial end of the supporting structure to a second radial end of the supporting structure. The first radial end is located closer to the central axis than the second radial end in the radial direction. The static discharge element is electrically conductive to conduct electricity through the supporting structure. |
| US10926580B1 |
Apparatus and method for cleaning a roller brush
An apparatus and method for cleaning a paint roller. The apparatus includes a handle configured to communicate a cleaning solvent to a cleaning casement. The solvent is tangentially directed at a surface of a roller brush contained within the cleaning casement to impart a rotation of the paint roller to dissolve and release the paint or other coating composition from the paint roller. The cleaning casement may include a top casement segment and a bottom casement segment hingedly connected to enclose the roller brush. In use the roller brush may be inserted into the cleaning casement while attached to the roller handle assembly. Removed paint and solvent are collected through an exhaust. |
| US10926575B2 |
Three-way marker for sewing
A marker ensemble includes a multi-purpose marking tool and a sharpener. The marking tool has a shell, retention sleeve, compression spring, control tab, reversible disk holder, and cap. The shell has an exit opening, an access opening with a mounting socket, and a medially located lateral control slot through which the control tab extends. The retention sleeve has a collet, compressed by the compression spring and uncompressed by the control tab. The disk holder has a body with a retention ridge and a pair of lugs extending from each end to retain a marking disk. One marking disk has a circular periphery and the other marking disk has a toothed periphery. The cap is mounted upon either end. The sharpener includes a blade with a sharpened edge secured to a body with an upper surface, a peripheral surface with a shoulder, waist, and hip, and a lower surface. |
| US10926574B2 |
Security element formed from at least two inks applied in overlapping patterns, articles carrying the security element, and authentication methods
Security element including a first and second pattern formed by a first and second material respectively in or on a first and a second region of a substrate respectively, the first pattern partially overlapping with said second pattern, the first material comprising a first luminescent dye, which upon excitation by electromagnetic radiation falling within its excitation wavelength range emits electromagnetic radiation in a first emission wavelength range, the second material comprising a second luminescent dye, which upon excitation by electromagnetic radiation falling within its excitation wavelength range emits electromagnetic radiation in a second emission wavelength range, said first emission wavelength range overlapping with the excitation wavelength range of the second luminescent dye, so that upon irradiation within the excitation wavelength range of the first luminescent dye the second luminescent dye is excited, in the overlapping area of the patterns, to emit electromagnetic radiation in the emission wavelength range. |
| US10926573B2 |
Producing an optical security element
The present invention is directed to a method for supplying an optical security element in a value document, as well as to an accordingly devised apparatus for adjusting an optical security element as well as to the value document per se. According to the invention a method is proposed which makes it possible to supply a known optical security element in an especially simple technical way, without a vapor deposition of embossed structures being necessary in this connection. Further the present invention is directed to a computer program product having control commands, which executes the method or operates the proposed apparatus. |
| US10926569B1 |
Sheet material foldable to form three-dimensional signage
A system in which flat sheet stock can be digitally printed then formed and folded through a pattern process to rapidly create digitally decorated simulated tubing, and/or other unique three-dimensional shapes includes a foldable blank of a flat sheet of material with a plurality of fold lines formed into the flat sheet of material to allow the foldable blank, when folded, to configure at least one post which replicates extruded plastic or metal tubing. The post may define an elongated interior configured to receive an elongated support, after the folding along the fold lines. In a plurality of foldable blanks, each foldable blank including a flat sheet of material, and a plurality of fold lines formed into the flat sheet of material, the flat sheets of material are each foldable along their respective fold lines to configure a plurality of elements fittable together to form a standing display. |
| US10926565B1 |
Article prepared by inkjet printing
An inkjet-printed article has an ink receptive medium with a substrate and an aqueous-based ink-receptive layer disposed thereon. The aqueous-based ink-receptive layer includes: (a) a water-soluble salt of a multivalent metal cation at 0.6-49 weight %; (b) one or both 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. The article also has an inkjet-printed image disposed on the aqueous-based ink-receptive layer, provided from one or more aqueous pigment-based inks, each of which has a) an anionically-stabilized pigment colorant; b) one or more water-miscible humectants at a total amount of 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. |
| US10926564B2 |
Method of manufacturing imprint stamp and display apparatus manufactured using the imprint stamp
A method of manufacturing an imprint stamp including forming an imprint resist only in a second area of a sample substrate including a first area and the second area, pressing the imprint resist with the imprint stamp and curing the imprint resist, in which the imprint stamp includes a fine protrusion pattern that corresponds to the first area and the second area of the sample substrate, and separating the imprint stamp from the sample substrate such that a portion of the fine protrusion pattern corresponding to the second area is separated from the imprint stamp by the cured imprint resist. |
| US10926563B2 |
Ink jet printing apparatus, control method thereof and storage medium
The ink jet printing apparatus has: an analysis unit configured to analyze whether there is an error relating to a pattern based on image data read by a reading unit; a classification unit configured to classify whether an error of analysis results by the analysis unit is an error that a user can cope with; and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where an error of classification results by the classification unit is an error that a user can cope with, display a coping method thereof on the display unit, and to, in a case where an error of classification results by the classification unit is not an error that a user can cope with, advance processing to processing other than printing position adjustment processing included in a setup without adjusting a printing position of a print head. |
| US10926561B2 |
Head unit and liquid-discharging apparatus
A head unit has: a first member in which a pressure chamber that stores a liquid to be discharged from a nozzle is formed; a piezoelectric element disposed on the first member and configured to deform in response to a driving signal; a first substrate disposed on the first member so as to cover the piezoelectric element; an integrated circuit disposed on the first substrate, and configured to supply the driving signal to the piezoelectric element; a second member disposed on the first member, and the second member including a holding chamber configured to hold the liquid, and a heat dissipation opening configured to dissipate heat of the integrated circuit; and a third member formed from a metal, the third member being disposed on the second member. The heat dissipation opening is located between the integrated circuit and the third member. |
| US10926555B2 |
Switch and resistor array for detecting paper tray dimensions
In one example, an apparatus includes a first switch array including a first plurality of switches. A first resistor array includes a first plurality of resistor pairs, where each resistor pair in the first plurality of resistors is coupled to one switch of the first plurality of switches. The apparatus also includes a second switch array including a second plurality of switches. A second resistor array includes a second plurality of resistor pairs, where each resistor pair in the second plurality of resistors is coupled to one switch of the second plurality of switches. The apparatus further includes a plurality of output nodes configured to transmit an analog voltage, where each output node of the plurality of output nodes is connected to one resistor pair of the first resistor array and one resistor pair of the second resistor array. |
| US10926552B2 |
Printing protective coatings
A method of printing a print media comprises printing an image onto a surface of a print media, and applying a protective coating over the surface of the print media using an analog printing process, wherein the protective coating comprises a plurality of micro openings. |
| US10926551B2 |
Heat transfer system, winding device, heat transfer method, and winding method
A heat transfer system is provided with a first heating element that transfers ink in an ink layer to a transfer-receiving body in a first pattern, a winding part that winds an ink ribbon having ink transferred therein on the downstream side of the first heating element in such a manner that a back surface layer is positioned outside the ink layer, a second heating element that transfers ink in the ink layer to the back surface layer inside the ink layer in a second pattern near the winding part, and a controller that controls the heating elements, and the controller controls the first heating element to transfer ink corresponding to the first pattern by transferring a portion of the ink layer, and controls the second heating element to transfer ink corresponding to the second pattern by transferring the ink layer as a whole. |
| US10926550B2 |
Recording apparatus and method for managing recording apparatus
A recording apparatus that performs recording on a recording medium includes a low temperature marker that, depending on a change in temperature, changes a color state to a low-temperature first color state or to a low-temperature second color state different from the low-temperature first color state, and a surface on which the low temperature marker is disposed. The low temperature marker has a characteristic of indicating the low-temperature second color state when a temperature of the low temperature marker is higher than at least the low-temperature first threshold temperature after reached a temperature lower than or equal to a low-temperature first threshold temperature from an initial state indicating the low temperature first color state. |
| US10926547B2 |
Closure devices
In an example, there is provided a closure device. The closure device comprises an air-permeable and ink-impermeable membrane to prevent ink egress from a refillable ink tank of a printer. The membrane has an ink tank side and an air side. The closure device also comprises a tortuous air flow path connecting the air side of the membrane to an exterior of the ink tank. |
| US10926544B2 |
Printer having platen with particle and ink collection slots
A printer includes: a printhead; a platen positioned below the printhead for supporting print media conveyed along a media feed direction through a print zone, the platen defining at least one particle-collection slot upstream of the print zone relative to the media feed direction and an ink-collection slot positioned in the print zone downstream of the particle-collection slot. A dam wall is positioned between the particle-collection slot and the ink-collection slot, with the dam wall extending transversely relative to the media feed direction. |
| US10926543B2 |
Wiper blade positions
In an example, a wiper system includes a first wiper blade, a second wiper blade, and a cam. In that example, the cam is coupled to the first wiper blade to move the first wiper blade to a first wipe position when the cam is in a first cam position and coupled to the second wiper blade to move the second wiper blade to a second wipe position when the cam is in a second cam position. |
| US10926542B2 |
Adaptive ink flushing of a printer
Systems and methods are provided for adaptive ink flushing of a printer. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes an adaptive ink flushing controller configured to obtain nozzle firing data for a nozzle of a printhead, to analyze the nozzle firing data to determine an inactive firing span of the nozzle, and, in response to determining that the inactive firing span of the nozzle exceeds a threshold, to transmit a firing instruction for ejecting ink. |
| US10926533B2 |
Inkjet printer with inkjet heads in overlapping arrangement
An inkjet printer includes first and second inkjet heads arranged to partially overlap each other in a main scanning direction and configured to eject ink to a print medium conveyed in a direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a distribution processing of distributing a number of drops of ink for each of pixels in an image to be printed by an overlap portion of the first inkjet head and the second inkjet head based on a random number between first nozzles of the first inkjet head and second nozzles of the second inkjet head overlapping each other. |
| US10926532B2 |
Endless flexible belt for a printing system
An intermediate transfer member (ITM) for use in a printing system. The ITM includes an endless flexible belt formed of an elongate belt having a longitudinal axis. Attached to lateral edges of the endless flexible belt along the longitudinal axis are a first elongate strip and a second elongate strip, each of the elongate strips including lateral formations on outward facing lateral ends thereof which are distal to the lateral edges of the belt. At least one of the first and second elongate strips includes a first longitudinal portion having a first elasticity, and a second longitudinal portion having a second elasticity, such that the second elasticity is greater than the first elasticity. The first portion is attached to the lateral edges of the flexible belt and the second portion extends between the first portion and the lateral formations. |
| US10926529B2 |
Method of additive manufacturing an internal wave sparse structure with varying geometry for localized tunable structural properties throughout a part
Disclosed are three-dimensional parts, such as orthotics and prosthetics, having sinusoidal wave pattern infill structures first and second boundary walls. Also disclosed are printers or systems configured to manufacture such parts, as well as methods of manufacturing such parts. The sinusoidal wave pattern infill structures are formed between, and normal to, the first and second boundary walls and are configured to provide locally tunable structural properties in different regions of the part. |
| US10926527B2 |
3D printer systems and methods
A print head comprising two shafts disposed in opposite sides of a filament to drive the filament to a heated chamber for delivering a molten material. The shafts are actively driven, for example, by two independent motors. The two shaft configuration of the print head can improve a control of the filament movement rate, especially for soft filament materials. |
| US10926526B2 |
Method of manufacturing three-dimensionally formed object
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensionally formed object in which the three-dimensionally formed object is manufactured by laminating layers to forma laminate, includes: forming a constituent layer corresponding to a constituent region of the three-dimensionally formed object; forming a support layer which is in contact with the constituent layer and supports the constituent layer by ejecting a flowable composition including a resin from an ejecting portion in the form of liquid drops; solidifying the support layer; and heating the laminate which is formed in the formation of the constituent layer, the formation of the support layer, and the solidification of the support layer. |
| US10926520B2 |
Fire-resistant, gas permeable decorative laminate
A decorative laminate including a decorative layered structure defining a first surface and a second surface opposed from the first surface, and a gas permeable layer underlying the decorative layered structure. |
| US10926518B2 |
Multilayer film
Bi-axially orientated polypropylene film having a thickness of between 10 μm and 120 μm, suitable to make packing, flexible packages, laminated products and labels, where the film is obtained by means of flat die co-extrusion and sequential stretching respectively in the machine direction and in a direction transverse to the machine direction. |
| US10926511B2 |
Mesh material for flexible structures and methods of fabricating same
A mesh material for fabricating hunting blinds, tents, and other similar flexible structures. The material is durable, water-resistant, and partially light-transmissive such that persons or objects inside or behind the structures are not easily seen from outside the structures. The material is also semi-permeable to air flow for ventilation purposes. The mesh material is fabricated from an interwoven polyester, polyurethane, or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) fabric that is coated with acrylic and a mixture of silicone and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). Patterns and/or colors are printed on both sides of the fabric with a heat transfer paper printing process to provide a desired level of light transmissivity. |
| US10926508B2 |
Plastic tank
A plastic tank for a motor vehicle and a method for producing such a plastic tank for a motor vehicle. The tank shell has a multi-layered structure, including at least one layer composed of high-density polyethylene, at least one barrier layer, and at least one regrind layer composed of recycled plastic arranged between the at least one layer composed of high-density polyethylene and the at least one barrier layer. The at least one regrind layer and/or the at least one layer composed of high-density polyethylene contains spherical fillers or fibrous fillers. |
| US10926507B2 |
Protective packaging machines demonstrative content
The present disclosure relates generally to a method and a machine for creating protective packaging. The machine includes a controller including a processing element and a display in electrical communication with the processing element. In response to a user input or a machine operation input, the processing element selects demonstrative content corresponding to the user input or the machine operation input and the display displays the demonstrative content. Examples of demonstrative content include tutorial videos or photographs illustrating how to operate the machine, how to replace consumables used by the machine, replace or repair machine components, and/or how to package certain items using packaging materials created by the machine. |
| US10926506B2 |
Fanfold supply cart
Disclosed herein are protective packaging stock material units that are used in a dunnage system. A dunnage system includes a dunnage conversion machine and a supply station. The supply station is a cart that includes a biased support that is connected to a vertical side support. The biased support is movable from an open position to a closed position with respect to opposing vertical side supports. In the closed position, the biased support is configured to at least partially block the opening between the opposing vertical side supports. In the open position, the biased support leaves the opening between the opposing vertical side supports sufficiently open to load fanfold stock material therein. The biased support is biased towards the closed position and the open position. The supply station also includes an alignment device forming a funnel positioned under its base. The alignment device receives a dunnage machine stand base causing the supply cart to consistently align with the stand base in response to the stand base being slid into engagement with the alignment device. |
| US10926500B2 |
Method and device for handling tires
A handling device for tires having at least one extension arm, wherein the at least one extension arm is secured with a first extension arm pivot location to a receiving member in such a manner that a pivoting of the at least one extension arm relative to the receiving member is supported and the at least one extension arm has a second extension arm pivot location so that at least one gripping tool is coupled to the at least one extension arm. At least a second gripping tool is coupled to the second extension arm pivot location, and the at least two gripping tools can be pivoted relative to at least one extension arm pivot location. The invention further relates to a method for carrying out a loading and unloading cycle with tires of a tire vulcanization machine. |
| US10926498B2 |
Method for producing a ring gear for a planetary gear train, and a modular system having such a ring gear
A method for producing a ring gear for a planetary gear train, wherein a continuous profile is produced by an extrusion process and the continuous profile is subsequently cut to a predetermined cutting length in order to form a ring gear body. |
| US10926490B2 |
Composite laminate forming apparatus and method therefor
An apparatus is provided for forming a composite laminate. The apparatus comprises a mandrel having a surface on which the composite laminate can be formed. The apparatus further comprises an application surface and a conveyor configured to move a composite material piece that has been cut to a desired shape to the application surface. The apparatus also comprises an actuating mechanism for, when actuated, lifting the application surface upward towards the mandrel to apply the composite material piece to the surface of the mandrel to form at least a portion of the composite laminate on the surface of the mandrel. |
| US10926487B2 |
Press forming method and press forming apparatus for formed film of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell
A press forming method uses a press forming apparatus for forming a film formed product as a formed film of a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The method includes the step of trimming, in the state where a film material is held between a first die and a holder, by moving a second die closer to the first die to cut the film material using a trimming blade provided for the second die. A blade edge of the trimming blade includes two inclined blade edges inclined toward a proximal side of a blade part from the center to both ends of the blade part in the direction in which the blade part extends. |
| US10926485B2 |
Light generating microcapsules for photo-curing
A process of curing a photo-curable material includes dispersing a microcapsule in a material that includes a photo-initiator and a photo-curable material. The process also includes applying a stimulus to the microcapsule to trigger a chemiluminescent reaction within the microcapsule. The chemiluminescent reaction generating a photon having a wavelength within a particular emission range that is consistent with an absorption range of the photo-initiator. The photon exits the microcapsule to trigger the photo-initiator to initiate or catalyze curing of the photo-curable material. |
| US10926484B2 |
Seam forming system and method
A system and method for forming a seam between at least first and possibly second pieces of material used to form an inflatable product utilizes at least a first and potentially a second seam forming members that are attached to an inside wall of a piece of product material that comprises the inflatable product proximate each end. The inflatable product is comprised of one or more pieces of product material and one or more seam forming members located at any location where a seam is necessary. A first portion of the seam forming member attaches to a first edge of a first piece of product material and a second portion of the seam forming member attaches proximate a second edge of the first piece of product material. The seal forming can be accomplished by radio frequency, ultrasonic, heat or other types of welding, and adhesive or chemical based bonding. |
| US10926483B2 |
Vacuum fixture
Disclosed is a vacuum fixture. The vacuum fixture may include a base plate assembly, a middle frame assembly, and a top plate assembly. The base plate assembly may have a first hinged edge. The middle frame assembly may be connected to the base plate proximate the first hinged edge and may define a void. The top plate assembly may have a second hinged edge connected to the first hinged edge, such that when the top plate assembly is in a closed position the middle frame assembly is located in between and contacts a first surface of the base plate assembly and a first surface of the top plate assembly, thereby forming a cavity in between the base plate assembly and the top plate assembly. |
| US10926482B2 |
Welding device and welding method
The welding chip heats and melts the first welded part and the second welded part, and includes a projected part, a first extension part, and a second extension part. The projected part has a tubular shape with a bottom. One end of the tubular shape extending in a predetermined direction opens and the other end of the tubular shape is closed. The projected part is pushed into the first welded part and the second welded part in the predetermined direction from the opening one end of the tubular shape. The first extension part has a shape extending from a tube outer surface of the projected part and extending annularly around the predetermined direction. The second extension part has a shape extending from the first extension part to the opening one end of the projected part in the predetermined direction and extending annularly around the predetermined direction. |
| US10926481B2 |
Method and device for connecting fibre-reinforced webs
Method and device for connecting two webs (1), reinforced with unidirectionally oriented continuous fibres, by ultrasonic welding, wherein the fibres are embedded in a matrix of polycarbonate and the webs have abutting edges that are substantially square and substantially flat, characterized by the following steps:—arranging the webs abutting one another in the region of the abutting edges in a welding device between a sonotrode (2) and an anvil (3),—welding the webs by means of ultrasound, wherein the sonotrode and the anvil exert pressure on the webs to be welded in the melting region between the webs and perpendicularly to the abutting edges of the webs,—removing the welded-together webs (4) from the welding device. |
| US10926477B2 |
Building apparatus and building method
To build an object more appropriately. A building apparatus for building an object in three-dimensional includes: an ejection head serving as a head for an object material that eject the object material constituting the object; an ejection head serving as a head for a support material that ejects the support material; and an ejection head serving as a head for a fluid material that ejects the fluid material. In a case of forming a support layer, part of the support layer is formed with the support material, and at least the other part of the support layer is formed with the fluid material. |
| US10926472B2 |
Method for producing a living body tissue three-dimensional model
An internal tissue including a lesion region in the human body is modeled as a three-dimensional model. By reconstructing thickness or flexibility of a lumen wall portion including the lesion region and making it possible to confirm a motion of the lumen wall or a flow of fluid in the inside of the lumen wall, a state of the lesion region in the lumen can be confirmed clearly by visual inspection or the like. As a result, the diagnosis in the lumen can be made easier. |
| US10926471B2 |
Embedding a database in a physical object
A method and system for embedding a database in a 3D object uses a 3D dimensional printing device and a computer-readable memory that stores a build sequence comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, will cause the 3D printing device to form a three-dimensional object by depositing layers of build material and by including, in one or more of the layers, physical representations that represent a data set that includes a record of information for production of the 3D object. |
| US10926470B2 |
Method for producing silicone elastomer articles with elevated print quality
In an additive 3D printing method for production of shaped articles from silicone elastomers, an elastomeric shaped body is built up step by step, by repeatedly precisely positioning portions of the crosslinkable silicone material and crosslinking by means of electromagnetic radiation. Charges that occur on the surface of the print material or on the article are neutralized by means of an ionization system. |
| US10926463B2 |
Grooved guide for providing filament
A filament guide that guides thermoplastic filament to an object being manufactured. A deposition head comprising the disclosed filament guide provides a filament to the intended deposition point. The filament guide comprises a guide member having a filament groove configured to guide the filament along a path of travel. The groove has an upstream end that is configured to receive the filament from a source and a downstream end that is configured to direct the filament toward the deposition point in the intended direction. A notch at the downstream end of the guide member enables the filament to travel toward the deposition point. The portions of the guide member on either side of the notch act to keep the filament centered laterally. A plate that is transparent to electromagnetic radiation from a heat source covers the groove and permits the electromagnetic radiation to reach the filament while providing added support. |
| US10926462B2 |
Integration of three dimensional printing processes
A three dimensional printing system includes a print engine, a fluid processing station, a fixture, a transport mechanism, and a controller. The fluid processing station includes a fluid injector port coupled to a fluid source. The fixture has a lower portion with a lower face and a first fluid conduit coupled to the lower face. The controller is configured to: (a) Operate the print engine to form a three dimensional article of manufacture onto the lower face and thereby defining an internal cavity and an inlet port that couples the internal cavity to the first fluid conduit of the fixture. (c) Transfer the fixture to the fluid processing station. (d) Couple the fluid injector port of the fluid processing station to the first fluid conduit of the fixture. (e) Operate the fluid source to inject fluid out of the fluid injector port and into the internal cavity. |
| US10926459B2 |
Powder-based additive manufacturing process at low temperatures
A process for manufacturing an article comprises the steps of: applying a layer that consists of particles to a target area; allowing, in a chamber, energy to act on a selected portion of the layer, according to a cross-section of the article, so that the particles in the selected portion are bonded, and repeating the steps of applying and allowing energy to act for a plurality of layers so that the bonded portions of the adjacent layers are bonded to form the article, at least part of the particles comprising a fusible polymer. The fusible polymer has a fusion range (DSC, differential scanning calorimetry; 2nd heating at a heating rate of 5 K/min.) of ≥20° C. to ≤100° C. The fusible polymer further has a complex viscosity \η*\ (determined by viscosity measurement in the melt using a plate-plate oscillating viscometer according to ISO 6721-10 at 100° C. and a shear rate of 1/s) of ≥10 Pas to ≤1000000 Pas. Finally, the temperature inside the chamber is ≤50° C. The invention also relates to an article manufactured by the process according to the invention, to an article having a substrate and to an article bonded to the substrate, the article being in the form of an adhesive joint or varnish region, and to the use of a particular polyurethane in powder-based additive manufacturing processes. |
| US10926453B2 |
Method and system for producing a pre-insulated pipe, and pre-insulated pipe
A method for producing a pre-insulated pipe, comprising inserting a length of jacket pipe (10) into a guide channel (110) having a front end (111) and a rear end (112); fixing said length of jacket pipe (10) in said guide channel (110); providing a first end (21) of a length of insulated inner piping (20), said length of insulated inner piping comprising a length of inner pipe surrounded by at least one layer of compressible insulation material (26); inserting, at said front end of said guide channel, into said length of jacket pipe, said first end of said length of insulated inner piping (20); applying an overpressure at least in an interior of said length of jacket pipe (10), around the inserted first end of the length of insulated inner piping (20); and moving said first end of said length of insulated inner piping (20) to said rear end of said guide channel (110); wherein said overpressure is such that said at least one layer of insulation material (26) is radially compressed; removing said overpressure to fix said length of insulated inner piping (20) in said length of jacket pipe (10) in order to form a pre-insulated pipe. |
| US10926452B2 |
Double-sided imprinting
Systems, apparatus, and methods for double-sided imprinting are provided. An example system includes first rollers for moving a first web including a first template having a first imprinting feature, second rollers for moving a second web including a second template having a second imprinting feature, dispensers for dispensing resist, a locating system for locating reference marks on the first and second webs for aligning the first and second templates, a light source for curing the resist, such that a cured first resist has a first imprinted feature corresponding to the first imprinting feature on one side of the substrate and a cured second resist has a second imprinted feature corresponding to the second imprinting feature on the other side of the substrate, and a moving system for feeding in the substrate between the first and second templates and unloading the double-imprinted substrate from the first and second webs. |
| US10926451B2 |
PEX expanding tool
An expanding tool comprising: an actuator comprising a cylindrical housing that defines an actuator housing cavity; a primary ram disposed within the actuator housing cavity, the primary ram defining an internal primary ram cavity; a secondary ram disposed within the internal primary ram cavity; a cam roller carrier coupled to a distal end of the secondary ram; a drive collar positioned within a distal end of the actuator housing cavity; a roller clutch disposed within an internal cavity defined by an inner surface of the drive collar; a shuttle cam positioned between the roller clutch and a distal end of the primary ram; an expander cone coupled to the primary ram; and an expander head operably coupled to the drive collar. When triggered, the actuator first rotates the expander head and then the actuator expands the expander head. |
| US10926448B2 |
Method for producing resin molded body and press molding apparatus
A method for producing a three-dimensional fiber-reinforced resin molded body by press-molding a heated and softened plate-like molding matrix using a mold, the method sequentially including: setting the matrix on a lower mold including a pad and mold main bodies by mounting a central portion of the matrix on the pad and supporting at least one end side of the matrix by at least one support protruding upward from a molding surface of at least one of the mold main bodies; bringing an upper mold and the lower mold close together to sandwich the central portion of the matrix by the pad and the upper mold; bringing the upper and lower molds still closer together to reduce the protrusion amount of the at least one support; and pressing the matrix by using the lower and upper molds to form the molded body. |
| US10926447B2 |
Decorative multilayered extrusion-blow-formed bottle
A decorative multilayered extrusion-blow-formed bottle having an inner layer of a polyethylene (A) and a metallic layer of a polyethylene (B) in which a metal pigment having an average thickness of not more than 600 nm is dispersed on the outer side of the inner layer. If the shear viscosities (Pa·s) of the resin forming the layer neighboring the metallic layer on the inner side thereof are denoted by V6 and V30 as measured at the shear rates 6 s−1 and 30 s−1 thereof at a temperature of 210° C., then the shear viscosities (Pa·s) η6 and η30 of the polyethylene (B) measured at the shear rates 6 s−1 and 30 s−1 thereof at a temperature of 210° C. satisfy the following viscosity condition formulas (1) and (2): η6≥V6−2000 (1) η30≥V30−2000 (2) |
| US10926446B1 |
Methods and systems for fabricating layered electroactive materials
In various embodiments, an electrode precursor material may be flowed into a manifold extrusion die having first and second manifold inlet openings. Further, an electroactive polymer precursor material may be flowed into the manifold extrusion die via a third manifold inlet opening such that the electroactive polymer precursor material is layered between alternating layers of the electrode precursor material from the first and second manifold inlet openings. Moreover, the electrode precursor material and the electroactive polymer precursor material may be extruded through a manifold outlet opening of the manifold extrusion die. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and materials are also disclosed. |
| US10926444B2 |
Assembly for manufacturing a turbine engine blade
An assembly for manufacturing a wax moulding of a turbine engine blade has a wax injection mould in which a core is able to be mounted in a predetermined moulding position, the core including a main element and at least a first secondary element each including at least one functional part and a non-functional part, wherein the non-functional part of the first secondary element includes a rod portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the blade and housed in a first slot of the non-functional part of the main member, the mould including a first internal boss clamping said rod portion at the bottom of the first slot. |
| US10926442B2 |
Mold of resin body and resin body
The present disclosure provides a mold of a resin body capable of reducing the cost of manufacturing a resin body including a resin base material and a foamed resin part provided on the resin base material. This mold is a mold of a resin body including resin base material molding die parts for molding a resin base material. The mold includes: a sliding part capable of sliding inside a foamed resin part molding cavity that communicates with a resin base material molding cavity of the resin base material molding die parts. The sliding part is swingably floated in a direction perpendicular to a sliding surface on which the sliding part slides. In the process of molding the resin base material, the sliding part blocks an opening part that communicates from the resin base material molding cavity to the foamed resin part molding cavity. |
| US10926441B2 |
Liquid supply member and manufacturing method of liquid supply member
There is provided a liquid supply member capable of suppressing deformation of a liquid supply path and decrease in sealing property of a liquid supply path, during molding, and a manufacturing method of the liquid supply member. For that purpose, in die-slide injection molding that combines two components, a protection portion that protects a part of one component easily affected by heat and pressure, is provided on the other component. |
| US10926439B2 |
Overmolded electronic components for transaction cards and methods of making thereof
A transaction card having an opening in a metal card body, a booster antenna in the opening, and a molding material about the booster antenna. A process for manufacturing the transaction card includes forming an opening in a card body, inserting a booster antenna into the opening, and molding a molding material about the booster antenna. |
| US10926438B2 |
Production method of mold having recessed pedestal pattern, and manufacturing method of pattern sheet
Provided are a production method of a mold having a recessed pedestal pattern for preventing a liquid flow and a manufacturing method of a pattern sheet. A production method of a mold having a recessed pedestal pattern, has: a step of preparing an insert mold having a protruding needle pattern group; a step of preparing a mold having a first mold provided with a protruding pedestal shape and a second mold; a holding step of holding the protruding pedestal shape of the first mold and the protruding needle pattern group of the insert mold in an overlapping manner; a clamping step of performing clamping with the first mold and the second mold to form a cavity; and an injection step of filling the cavity with a resin. |
| US10926437B2 |
Molded article and manufacturing method thereof
A molded article may include a composite wall portion that is composed of a resin substrate and a wood insert embedded in the resin substrate. The wood insert is integrated with the resin substrate in a boundary portion defined as a joining portion of an end surface of the wood insert and an end surface of the resin substrate with its inner and outer surfaces substantially exposed on inner and outer surfaces of the composite wall portion. |
| US10926433B2 |
Method for manufacturing high-pressure tank
A method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank, capable of removing bubbles inside a carbon-fiber layer and those on an outer surface thereof without deteriorating a strength of the carbon-fiber layer, preventing a defective appearance, reducing variations in size, and thereby manufacturing a high-pressure tank having an excellent strength is provided. A method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank includes an uncured carbon-fiber layer forming step of forming an uncured carbon-fiber layer around a liner, a glass-fiber layer forming step of forming an uncured glass-fiber layer around the uncured carbon-fiber layer, a pin inserting step of inserting a tubular pin disposed therein from an uncured glass-fiber layer side to an interface of the uncured carbon-fiber layer, a gas sucking step of sucking a gas from the pin, and a thermally-curing treatment step of forming a glass-fiber layer and a carbon-fiber layer. |
| US10926431B2 |
Tool head and glass or glass ceramic article producible using the tool head
A tool head capable of introducing deep recesses into hard and brittle material such as glass and glass ceramics is provided. The tool head includes a hollow cylindrical abrasive body merging into a hollow shank. The hollow cylindrical abrasive body has an end face with a central abrasive area at the location of a cylinder axis. The central abrasive area is connected with the inner wall surface of the hollow cylindrical abrasive body by at least one web. The end face of the abrasive body, the web, and at least a portion of the outer wall surface of the abrasive body are covered with abrasive. The hollow shank has at least one opening to the interior between the at least one web and the inner wall surface of the abrasive body. |
| US10926430B2 |
Device for stripping and blanking operations
A deflectable lifting device can be mounted to a frame, work surface, or other member of a material conveying system. The deflectable lifting device can have a base that mounts into a mounting slot of a frame, and a bendable arm arranged in the pathway of a material conveying system, such as a paper stripping or paper blanking work station. When a sheet of material travels over the deflectable lifting device, the bendable arm can bend and deflect downwardly, but still contacts the sheet of material to provide a small margin of elevation or lift to the sheet of material. The sheet of material can therefore be elevated above edges, holes, or other obstructions in the pathway, which could otherwise jam or snag the delivery of the sheet of material. |
| US10926429B2 |
Systems and methods for shaping materials
Shaping systems and methods suitable for cutting a material, and deburring devices for performing a deburring operation on an edge of the material. Such deburring devices include a manifold having at least first, second, and third nozzles having first, second, and third axes on different first, second, and third planes, respectively. The first, second, and third nozzles are adapted to project first, second, and third gas streams therefrom in the first, second, and third planes axes. A mechanism is provided for orienting the manifold to project the first, second, and third gas streams at the edge of the material. |
| US10926423B1 |
Interchangeable different style-blade utility knife
An interchangeable different style-blade utility knife includes an elongate handle having proximal and distal ends along a handle axis. A blade holder is provided for supporting a blade and actuating means is provided for selectively attaching and detaching the blade holder to the distal end of the handle at a parting line. A blade is supported by the blade holder and has an exposed cutting edge generally along a lower side of the handle and has a projected predetermined length along the axis. The blade holder has a support upper portion generally along an upper side of the handle and has a projected length along the axis substantially equal to or generally proportional to the predetermined length to provide support for the blade. A kit includes a plurality of blade holders each with a different style blade, each blade holder having a support upper portion proportional to an associated blade. |
| US10926419B2 |
Gripping tool and gripping system
According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible. A granular material is provided in an interior of the gripper. The gripper is configured to grip a workpiece by being in close contact with the workpiece in a state in which an outer perimeter of the gripper is held, and by the interior of the gripper being depressurized. |
| US10926418B2 |
Robotic devices and methods for fabrication, use and control of same
Various embodiments relate to magnetically moveable displacement devices or robotic devices. Particular embodiments provide systems and corresponding methods for magnetically moving multiple movable robots relative to one or more working surfaces of respective one or more work bodies, and for moving robots between the one or more work bodies via transfer devices. Robots can carry one or more objects among different locations, manipulate carried objects, and/or interact with their surroundings for particular functionality including but not limited to assembly, packaging, inspection, 3D printing, test, laboratory automation, etc. A mechanical link may be mounted on planar motion units such as said robots. |
| US10926411B2 |
Control system
A control system includes a drive-side control device and a host-side control device. The drive-side control device has a drive-side control structure including a drive-side feedback system and a drive-side control model part and configured so as to be capable of model tracking control in accordance with a control model which the drive-side control model part has. The host-side control device has a host-side control structure including a host-side control model part a host-side correcting signal based on a deviation between an output of the host-side control model part and the operation command signal is fed back to an input side of the host-side control model part, and a corrected command signal generated based on the host-side correcting signal that is fed back and the operation command signal is input to the host-side control model part. The corrected command signal is further input to the drive-side control structure. |
| US10926410B2 |
Layered multi-agent coordination
A method includes receiving first and second coordinated paths for first and second robotic devices. The first coordinated path comprises a dependency edge indicating a first position on the first coordinated path and a second position on the second coordinated path. The method also includes determining a first traversable portion extending to a first stopping position before or at the first position on the first coordinated path. The method also includes providing a first instruction to the first robotic device to traverse the first traversable portion; subsequently determining that the second robotic device has passed the second position on the second coordinated path; determining a second traversable portion of the first coordinated path extending to a second stopping position beyond the first position on the first coordinated path; and providing a second instruction to the first robotic device to traverse the second traversable portion. |
| US10926408B1 |
Artificial intelligence system for efficiently learning robotic control policies
A machine learning system builds and uses control policies for controlling robotic performance of a task. Such control policies may be trained using targeted updates, for example by comparing two trials to identify which represents a greater degree of task success, using this to generate updates from a reinforcement learning system, and weighting the updates based on differences between action vectors of the trials. |
| US10926402B2 |
Robotic arm assemblies with unidirectional drive actuators
A robotic arm system is provided. The system includes a one or more roll and/or angle actuators driven by a unidirectional drive. One or more clutches allow the actuators to engage and disengage with a drive shaft or a reverser assembly or angle drive coupled to the drive shaft, thereby permitting changes in rotational direction for the actuators without a change in the rotational direction of the drive. |
| US10926400B2 |
Lanyard system
The present invention is a novel lanyard system for a piece releaseably connected to a tool by a piece receiver that includes a lanyard assembly with a two ended strap and a retraction system fixed to the tool in a storage region of the tool. In particular, one end of the strap is connected to the piece and the other strap end is connected to one end of the retraction system. The other end of the retraction system is connected to the tool. The strap is of sufficient length for the retraction system to retract a piece to the storage region after disconnection from the piece receiver. It is contemplated that the retraction system includes at least one spring (coil or helical) to cause the lanyard system to remain under tension while the piece is mounted in a piece receiver, thereby preventing or at least reducing the strap from interfering with the task at hand, the piece, the piece receiver or tool itself. The retraction system has sufficient tensional force to cause the retraction of a piece to the storage region once released from the work region of the tool. |
| US10926399B2 |
Drill assist device and method for use thereof
A drill assist device comprising a first segment and a second segment telescopically coupled to one another, where the first segment further contains a gas strut. A pull down handle is configured to connect the first segment and the second segment and enable compression of the drill assist device when a worker applies pressure to the pull down handle. This compression is further assisted by at least one wire rope cable that is affixed to both the pull down handle and the second segment and may be secured via one or more wire rope clamps. The wire rope claims maybe tightened or released to extend or retract the second segment to achieve the desired height of the drill assist device. |
| US10926394B2 |
Hydraulic percussion device
The invention relates to a hydraulic percussion device intended to be fitted on a base vehicle, the device comprising: a housing comprising a closing plate; a power cell mounted in the housing; and a damper connecting the power cell and the closing plate, the damper comprising a body rigidly connected to the power cell opposite the closing plate; a chamber provided inside the body; and a closing piston which is movable inside the chamber and capable of abutting against the closing plate in order to seal the chamber, the chamber being intended to contain a compressible fluid for damping the movements of the power cell in relation to the housing. |
| US10926393B2 |
Percussion tool
A percussion tool comprises a housing and an electric motor positioned within the housing. The motor has a nominal outer diameter of up to about 80 mm and is operable to output at least about 2760 W. The percussion tool further comprises a battery pack supported by the housing for providing power to the motor. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells having a nominal voltage of up to 80 Volts and a sustained operating discharge current of between about 40 A and about 60 A. The percussion tool further comprises a percussion mechanism driven by the motor and including a striker supported for reciprocation in the housing. The percussion tool has a ratio of impact energy to mass that is greater than or equal to 2.5 Joules/kilogram. |
| US10926387B2 |
Fastener-driving tool including a reversion trigger
A fastener-driving tool includes a housing and a workpiece-contacting element movable between a rest position and an activated position. The tool also includes a trigger connected to the housing and movable between a rest position and an activated position, a control valve including an actuating pin, an actuation lever movably connected to the trigger and movable between a rest position and an actuating position adjacent to the actuating pin, and a trigger control mechanism associated with the actuation lever and configured for moving and holding the actuation lever in the actuating position. In a powered mode, the trigger control mechanism causes the-actuation lever to move and remain in the actuating position such that the tool is actuated each time the workpiece-contacting element contacts a workpiece and moves to the activated position causing the actuation lever to contact the actuating pin and initiate an actuation of the tool. |
| US10926386B2 |
Impact rotary tool
An impact rotary tool includes: an impact mechanism that applies stroke impact to an output shaft by an output from a motor; a stroke detector that detects a stroke by the impact mechanism; a controller that stops rotation of the motor based on the detection result by the stroke detector; and a voltage detector that detects a voltage in the stroke detector. The controller determines whether the stroke detector has an abnormality based on the voltage detected by the voltage detector while the motor is not rotating. An informing unit informs a user that an abnormality is occurring when the controller determines an abnormality in the stroke detector. |