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| US10942095B2 |
Microfluidic devices for investigating crystallization
Microfluidic devices and methods for investigating crystallization and/or for controlling a reaction or a phase transition are disclosed. In one embodiment, the microfluidic device includes a reservoir layer; a membrane disposed on the reservoir layer; a wetting control layer disposed on the membrane; and a storage layer disposed on the wetting control layer, wherein the wetting control layer and the storage layer define a microfluidic channel comprising an upstream portion, a downstream portion, a first fluid path in communication with the upstream and the downstream portions, and a storage well positioned within the first fluid path, wherein the wetting control layer includes a fluid passageway in communication with the storage well and the membrane, and wherein the wetting control layer wets a first fluid introduced into the microfluidic channel, the first fluid comprising a hydrophilic, lipophilic, fluorophilic or gas phase as the continuous phase in the microfluidic channel. |
| US10942093B2 |
Powder collector, powder collection device, and automatic powder collecting system
Provided is a powder collector or the like, which is capable of efficiently performing the work of collecting each powder of a different kind and the like while easily preventing a foreign matter such as another kind of powder from being mixed. The powder collector includes: a connecting part (12) having an air passage (11) that is to be removably connected to a pipe (35) for air intake and air supply; a collecting part (14) having an air passage (13) in which powder is collected to be kept through use of a suction force caused by air intake from the pipe (35) reaching the air passage (13) of the collecting part (14) through the air passage (11) of the connecting part (12) and from which the collected powder is discharged through use of a discharge force caused by air supply from the pipe (35); a first filter part (15), which is arranged at a midway position of the air passage (13) of the collecting part (14) and is configured to block passage of the powder to be collected; a relaying part (17) having an air passage (16) connecting the air passage (11) of the connecting part (12) and the collecting part (14) to each other; and a second filter part (18), which is arranged at a midway position of the air passage (16) of the relaying part (17) or in an end portion of the relaying part (17) on the connecting part (12) side, and is configured to block passage of the powder having passed through the first filter part (15). |
| US10942088B2 |
Opto-mechanical fuse
An opto-mechanical fuse is provided. The opto-mechanical fuse includes a chassis component, an extrusion disposed on a monitored component proximate to the chassis component and a sensor. The sensor includes an optical conductor mounted to the chassis component to assume one of an optically transmitting state and an optically non-transmitting state in both power-on and power-off conditions. An assumption of the optically non-transmitting state by the optical conductor occurs due to an interaction of the optical conductor and the extrusion resulting from a predefined magnitude of deflection of the monitored component. |
| US10942085B2 |
Oscillation device with counter balancer
An oscillating device including a vibrating table, an actuator configured to oscillate the vibrating table in a first direction, a coupling mechanism configured to couple the vibrating table with the actuator in such a manner that the vibrating table is movable relative to the actuator in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a counter balancer attached to the vibrating table and configured to compensate an imbalance of an oscillated portion including at least the vibrating table, the imbalance being caused by attaching the coupling mechanism to the vibrating table. |
| US10942083B2 |
System and method for the prediction of leakage in a pipeline
This invention relates to a method for assessing the condition of at least a portion of a pipeline to predict the possibility of occurrence of leakage from the pipeline. The method includes the steps of identifying at least one portion of the pipeline to be assessed, undertaking an assessment of the wall of the portion to identify defects located thereon and the assessment includes identifying the depth, width and length of identified defects and including reference to a value for the pressure of the fluid passing through the pipeline portion. This allows the condition of the pipeline at the portions of the same which are most critical to be identified and this is used to provide an indication of the pipeline as a whole without the need to investigate the entire pipeline. |
| US10942082B2 |
Wire bundle fitting test apparatus, system and method therefor
A leak test apparatus including a sleeve member having a first end and a second end and being configured to surround a portion of a transmission medium, a first retaining device configured to couple the first end of the sleeve member to a boundary fitting to which the transmission medium is coupled, and where the sleeve member is configured to contain a leak detection medium and effect a pressurization of the boundary fitting with the leak detection medium. |
| US10942071B2 |
Vehicle closure pressure sensor
A device for measuring a pressure of a vehicle closure member includes a pressure sensitive tip, a base, a plurality of electrical conductors, and a neck. The pressure sensitive tip is configured to output an electronic signal that corresponds to a pressure at the pressure sensitive tip. The electrical conductors electrically couple the pressure sensitive tip to the base. The neck includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is disposed about the electrical conductors. The outer layer is disposed about the inner layer. The neck is flexible along a length of the neck. |
| US10942069B2 |
Temperature measurement apparatus
There is provided a temperature measurement apparatus that differentiates temperature-measurement resolutions and temperature-calculation accuracies in accordance with the difference of the temperature-measurement range so as to make it possible to universalize temperature-calculation processing among two or more models having different temperature-measurement ranges. In a temperature measurement apparatus, for respective identifiers indicating models of an A/D conversion circuit, a temperature calculation circuit stores corresponding polynomials whose powers and the coefficients of the powers are different from one another, and calculates a temperature by use of the polynomial having the powers and the coefficients of the powers corresponding to the identifier for the A/D conversion circuit that is actually provided. |
| US10942068B2 |
Method for measuring an operating temperature of equipment
A method for measuring an operating temperature of equipment which can be oriented in a defined state using a leveling instrument, where the leveling instrument includes at least one tilt sensor with a housing that is filled with a liquid and a gas bubble, a light source, and a photosensor. The method includes storing a characteristic curve of bubble lengths for the gas bubble and temperatures in a control device of the equipment, measuring the bubble length of the gas bubble, and determining the temperature associated with the measured bubble length of the gas bubble with the aid of the characteristic curve. |
| US10942060B2 |
Blade drive module, imaging unit provided with blade drive module, and imaging device
Reduces an increase in temperature of the blade member. Comprises: a blade supporting member, disposed forward of a photodetecting sensor that acts as a thermal source, having an opening 1a through which passes light that is to be incident into the photodetecting sensor; a blade member, supported movably on the blade supporting member, for opening and closing the opening; an actuator for driving the blade member open and closed, wherein: wherein the blade supporting member comprises a containing portion 1b, for containing the blade member and the actuator on a front or rear surface that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the opening, and an exposed portion that is arranged in parallel to the containing portion. |
| US10942059B2 |
Online monitoring method for metering performance of diaphragm gas meter
The present invention discloses an online method for metering performance of a diaphragm gas meter. A magnetic turntable in an electromechanical conversion device is reasonably segment and motion information of each segment is recorded and analyzed. Every time when the diaphragm gas meter discharges gas of a rotary volume, a rotating shaft of a meter core rotates a circle. The magnetic turntable is meshed with a driving gear output by the rotating shaft in the meter or output by the rotating shaft outside the meter to ensure that the magnetic turntable rotates a circle every time when the diaphragm gas meter discharges a rotary volume. The present invention is significant for error management of the gas meter and intelligent control and gas utilization safety management of a gas user. |
| US10942058B2 |
Vibration-type fluid flow-rate measuring system having temperature compensation
The measuring system comprises a transducer apparatus with two tubes, each having a lumen surrounded by a wall. A fluid flows through each tube, while the tube is vibrated. An electromechanical-exciter mechanism maintains mechanical oscillations of each of the tubes, and a sensor arrangement registers mechanical oscillations of at least one of the tubes. The transducer apparatus includes two temperature sensors, each being mechanically and thermally conductively coupled with a wall of a respective one of the tubes and adapted to register a measuring point temperature and to convert such into a temperature measurement signal. A measuring- and operating electronics is adapted, with application of the temperature measurement signals, to generate a transducer temperature measured value, which represents a transducer apparatus temperature, which deviates both from each of the measuring point temperatures, such that a magnitude of the transducer temperature measured value is between the measuring point temperatures. |
| US10942056B2 |
Tank continuous level sensing based on average flush volume
A system and method for continuous level sensing is disclosed. The system employs a continuous level sensing strain gauge measuring a weight of an aircraft waste tank, a lower and upper point level sensors to signal the system as the liquid level reaches each sensor, and a flush counter to correlate with the CLS and the PLS to determine an average flush volume (AFV). Once the AFV is known and updated, the system determines a weighted waste tank level based on a weighted addition of the flush count and the quantity as measured by the CLS. As the aircraft tank reaches a predetermined value, the system alerts a crewmember to the status. |
| US10942052B2 |
Self-dosing measuring cap for a liquid container
In some embodiments, a system for dispensing liquid from a container holding a liquid comprises a reservoir mountable to the container so as to be in fluidic communication with the container. The reservoir may comprise an inlet and an outlet. When mounted to the container, the reservoir may be configured to measure a predetermined quantity of liquid while in first orientation and to simultaneously dispense the predetermined quantity of liquid from the outlet and receive a refilling quantity of liquid through the inlet while in a second orientation that is angled relative to the first orientation above a threshold angle. |
| US10942047B2 |
Digital sensor and computer program product
The invention relates to a method for start-up of a sensor, comprising at least the following steps: performing a factory adjustment during the manufacture of the sensor; permanent storage of adjustment data from the factory adjustment in a memory of the sensor; delivering the sensor to the customer; and performing an initial user adjustment. The method is characterized in that adjustment data from the initial user adjustment in the memory of the sensor are stored permanently, thereby making it possible to improve the status evaluation of the sensor. The invention further relates to a computer program product, a machine-readable data carrier and a sensor. |
| US10942046B2 |
Sensor system using safety mechanism
A sensor device using verification includes a sensor component and a verification component. The sensor component is configured to generate first data and second data. The verification component is configured to analyze the first data and the second data and generate verification data based on the first data and the second data. |
| US10942045B1 |
Portable sensor calibration target for autonomous vehicle
A portable sensor calibration target includes a frame assembly, a first panel, and a second panel. The frame assembly may include three legs and a plurality of frame edges that is configured to form a first frame and a second frame and is configured to be held at a pre-selected height above ground by the legs. The first panel is removably attached to the first frame in an unfolded position, and includes a plurality of boards and a plurality of hinges connecting the plurality of boards. The first panel is configured to fold at the plurality of hinges into a folded position. The second panel is removably attached to the second frame adjacent to the first frame. The first panel and the second panel meet to form an edge, which is detectable by a detection system of a vehicle for calibrating the detection system. |
| US10942044B2 |
Monitoring system and method
The invention resides in a sensor unit (100) for measuring and monitoring a plurality of parameters associated with an asset or equipment (126, 128) having a fixing connected thereto. The asset can typically be an object, such as a rail or motor casing, that is fixed, using a fixing (122) such as a bolt. The sensor unit has a housing (112) having a portion (120) for receiving a fixing therethrough; sensors (114) arranged to measure and/or monitor (i) parameters associated with a fixing that is secured to the asset via housing and/or (ii) parameters influencing the performance of the asset; a processor (142) configured to process data from the sensors; and a communicator (116) adapted to transmit said data to a remote device. At least one of the sensors can be an inductive sensor, which can measures the displacement or force applied to a fixing against the asset to which it is fixed, said fixing is biased against a resilient member located in the housing. The sensor unit can operate in at least one of a plurality of modes including: a first mode, in which the sensor unit samples one or more parameters periodically at a first sample rate, a second mode, in which the sensor unit detects the occurrence of an event, and a third mode, in which the sensor unit monitors one or more parameters periodically at a second sample rate, which second sample rate is greater than the first sample rate, and wherein the data obtained in said modes is communicable with the system and/or the reader. |
| US10942043B2 |
Encoder
A rotary encoder may include a housing having an input-side portion and an output-side portion, and an internal cavity formed therein. The housing and its internal cavity can house a central shaft configured to transfer torque from an output shaft of a motor to an input shaft of a mechanical device such as a winch or a hoist. The housing and its internal cavity can house other components including printed circuit boards, an encoder disc, a ball bearing, and a seal. |
| US10942040B2 |
Systems and methods for EMS navigation user interface
A method for interfacing with a user of an EMS navigation system according to embodiments of the present invention includes displaying on a device screen a series of display screens that are navigationally linked by a series of navigation buttons, wherein the series of display screens comprises a home screen, and wherein each display screen of the series of display screens comprises a home button linking to the home screen, wherein each navigation button of the series of navigation buttons appearing in a display screen of the series of display screens is larger than any other buttons in the display screen, and wherein each navigation button of the series of navigation buttons appearing on the display screen of the series of display screens is adjacent to a left edge or a right edge of the device screen. |
| US10942037B1 |
Method and system for determining and dynamically updating a route and driving style for passenger comfort
The disclosure provides for a method for determining a route for passenger comfort and operating a vehicle according to the determined route. To start, a set of routes from a start location to an end location may be determined. Each route includes one or more portions. For each route of the set of routes, a total motion sickness value is determined based on a sway motion sickness value, a surge motion sickness value, and a heave motion sickness value for each of the given portions. The total motion sickness value for a route reflects a likelihood that a user will experience motion sickness while in a vehicle along the route. A route may then be selected from the set of routes based on the total motion sickness value of each route of the set of routes, and the vehicle may be maneuvered according to the selected route. |
| US10942034B2 |
Shared control of vehicle functions
Control of functions associated with a vehicle can be shared between a vehicle operator and a communication device and associated user. The communication device can comprise a control component used to facilitate controlling or sharing control of certain functions associated with the vehicle. The functions can relate to vehicle operation, navigation system, climate control system, media system, or other functions. The communication device can be in the vehicle or can be remotely located from the vehicle. The control component can communicate with a vehicle control system of the vehicle to gain access rights to certain control functions to facilitate controlling certain functions of the vehicle. In instances where vehicle control is shared with more than one communication device, the vehicle control system or vehicle operator, which can be a device or a person, can resolve any conflicts between control requests or commands received from the communication devices. |
| US10942032B2 |
Personal monitoring apparatus and method
An apparatus, including a microphone, speaker, camera, memory or database which stores information regarding a travel schedule or itinerary, global positioning device, controller, and a transmitter. The controller is specially programmed to detect a deviation of the apparatus from the travel schedule or itinerary or to detect an absence of, or a leaving of, the apparatus from an expected location on the travel schedule or itinerary, and, if the controller detects a deviation of the apparatus from the travel schedule or itinerary or detects an absence of, or a leaving of, the apparatus from the expected location on the travel schedule or itinerary, the controller generates a travel route deviation message. The transmitter transmits the travel route deviation message to a first communication device. |
| US10942030B2 |
Road segment similarity determination
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a set of features associated with a road segment based at least in part on data captured by one or more sensors of a vehicle. At least one scenario that is associated with the set of features can be determined. The at least one scenario can be associated with the road segment. The associated at least one scenario and the road segment can be maintained in a scenario information database. |
| US10942024B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium
There is provided an information processing apparatus to measure a distance in a real space with a simpler operation, the information processing apparatus including: an acquisition section that acquires an image captured by a predetermined imaging section, and position information based on at least any of a position and a direction of the imaging section; an estimation section that estimates a first position and a second position in a real space, on a basis of a first image and a second image which are the image captured at each of a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint, and first position information and second position information which are the position information about each of the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint; and a measurement section that measures a distance between the first position and the second position on a basis of the estimation result. |
| US10942017B2 |
Inflatable blasthole plug assembly
Provided is an extensible spacer (14) for an inflatable blasthole plug (10) in the form of a collapsed bag (12). The spacer (14) includes a body (14.1) attached to the bag (12), and an associated leg formation (16) which may include leg segments (16.1, 16.2). |
| US10942012B2 |
Conducted electrical weapon
A conducted electrical weapon includes a housing, a laser aiming mechanism, a catapult, and an ejection switch mechanism. The laser aiming mechanism is fixed on the chute of the housing. The catapult is embedded in the housing and the ejection switch mechanism is mounted inside the housing. The catapult includes an elastic clip including a first latch and a second latch. The housing includes a first slot and a second slot. The first latch and the second latch of the elastic clip separately catch the first slot and the second slot of the housing. The ejection switch mechanism includes an ejection switch including a first locating hole and a second locating hole, a first thrust spring, and a second thrust spring. The housing further includes a first locating column and a second locating column. |
| US10942008B2 |
Energy transfer indicator in a digital reticle
A system having a digital reticle and an application running on a processor. The digital reticle has an indicator structured to provide a notification signal to a user. The digital reticle is configured to receive a ballistics profile from an electronic ballistics calculator. The application is configured to determine a predicted terminal performance value of the projectile based, at least in part, on the ballistics profile. The application is further configured to receive a user input indicative of a desired terminal performance value for a projectile and to transmit a signal corresponding to the user input. The digital reticle is further configured to receive the signal corresponding to the user input and to activate the indicator when the predicted terminal performance value does not exceed the desired terminal performance value. |
| US10942007B1 |
Apparatus to integrate ballistics information with a rifle
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a clamp element to clamp to a rifle scope. The apparatus also includes a housing. The housing is mechanically coupled to the clamp element. The housing contains recorded ballistics information. |
| US10942006B2 |
Pattern configurable reticle
A system, method, and device for configuring an optical aiming device for ballistic drop compensation (BDC). The optical aiming device can include a housing with a reticle pane defining a reticle display field viewable by a user and indicating a zero point, the housing further including a plurality of axially spaced lenses and defining an optical path therethrough. In various embodiments the system includes a display device configured to project an image generated from a display, a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The computer readable data storage medium can include instructions executable by the processor to receive a first set of ballistics input data indicating a first type of ammunition, determine a BDC pattern including at least two holdover marks corresponding to at least two ranges for the first type of ammunition, and project the BDC pattern onto the reticle display field. |
| US10942000B2 |
Gun stability plate assembly
A gun stability plate assembly includes a widened body that attaches to the fore-end of a stock or chassis of a gun by means of a clamping device. The assembly includes a main body, a clamp assembly, and a track. The clamp assembly is in communication with the main body and is configured to translate adjacent an upper surface of the main body. A rotating knob regulates operation of the clamp by rotating about an axis. The axis of the knob is coplanar with a central plane of the main body. The track is formed into the main body and configured to seat the clamp. The track is recessed into the main body. An accessory aperture is located within the main body and configured to permit attachment of one or more accessories. |
| US10941999B1 |
Device for reducing recoil of firearm
A recoil reducer device for use with a firearm is provided comprising a heavy weighted doughnut situated in a cylinder which is screwed onto the muzzle of the barrel. The exhaust gases as they exit the muzzle will enter the base of the cylinder through side portals and forcefully push the doughnut forward striking the base plate of the cylinder thereby pushing the recoil reducer device forward considerably reducing the recoil force generated by the fired bullet. A spring inside the cylinder will push back the weighted doughnut to its original position. |
| US10941997B2 |
Corner shot firearm
A corner shot firearm comprises one or more clamp, a trigger actuator, a front grip, an accessory trigger, a pivot stud and an aim control wheel. The clamp includes a first mounting point disposed at a front end of the clamp, wherein the first mounting point is configured to mount a secondary firearm. Additionally, the trigger actuator is connected to the first mounting point. The front grip is attached to a rear end of the clamp. The accessory trigger is connected to the front grip such that the accessory trigger is actuatable by a finger of the human hand holding the front grip. Additionally, the pivot stud is connected to the first mounting point. Further, the aim control wheel is connected to the first mounting point. |
| US10941994B2 |
Cased telescoped ammunition firearm with dual feed
A weapon for firing cased telescoped (CT) ammunition includes a barrel, a chamber member and a carrier assembly. The chamber member defines a chamber for a CT round for firing, and translates between a firing position aligned with the barrel and an ejection/loading position. The chamber member is spring-biased toward the firing position. Dual-feed structure provides for both a magazine mode as well as a belt feed mode of operation. |
| US10941993B2 |
Radial delayed blowback operating system for a firearm incorporating a rotational inducing profile established between bolt lugs and a mating receiving pattern within the upper receiver or a trunnion installed within the receiver
A delayed rotary blowback mechanism integrated into a firearm bolt and carrier subassembly. A plurality of radial locking lugs are configured at a rear end of the bolt and seat within a mating profile of an upper receiver interior or integrated trunnion in a fully chambered position. A plurality of chamfered locations are configured between the lugs and a receiving profile in the barrel or trunnion for influencing linear to rotational motion of the bolt. A cam pin extends upwardly from the bolt and seats through a circumferentially directed slot configured within the bolt carrier. Upon initiating of the discharge cycle, signaled by the round traveling through and out the end of the barrel, the chamfered configuration results in the bolt and cam pin rotating within the carrier and the lugs subsequently separating from the receiver or trunnion, with the bolt and associated carrier retaining sufficient inertia to cycle through the discharge cycle to the set position concurrent with reloading a subsequent cartridge. |
| US10941992B2 |
Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger includes a core having a plurality of first layers for receiving a first fluid and at least one header arranged in fluid communication with the plurality of first layers. The at least one header is integrally formed ith the core via an additive manufacturing process. The header has a first microstructure and the core has a second, different microstructure. |
| US10941986B2 |
Control plate for cooling circuit
Provided is a temperature management medium distributor for an internal combustion engine. The temperature management medium distributor comprises first connection openings for at least one engine temperature management circuit for temperature management of the internal combustion engine, at least one lubrication temperature management circuit for temperature management of a lubricant of the internal combustion engine, and at least one further medium circuit for removing from or supplying thermal energy to the internal combustion engine. The temperature management medium distributor also comprises second connection openings for heat exchangers. Using the heat exchangers, heat can be exchanged in a pairwise manner between each of the at least one engine temperature management circuit, the at least one lubrication temperature management circuit and the at least one further medium circuit. Also, channel sections are provided to produce fluid connections between the first connection openings and the second connection openings. |
| US10941985B2 |
Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat tubes provided to extend in a first direction, and a plurality of plate-shaped fins having respective surfaces extending in a second direction. The surface has a windward edge and a leeward edge. The plurality of flat tubes include a first flat tube disposed most windward in the second direction, and a second flat tube spaced apart from the first flat tube and disposed most leeward in the second direction. In the second direction, a distance between the leeward edge and a center of a flat shape of the second flat tube is at least one-third of a width between the windward edge and the leeward edge. |
| US10941983B2 |
Drying system
A drier for drying boards comprises at least one conduit for directing airflow towards one of the faces of the board. The drier is configured such that at least a portion of the airflow travels across the face of the board along the longitudinal axis of the drier, the longitudinal axis of the drier being the axis along which the board travels as it is dried. |
| US10941976B2 |
Refrigerator
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which allows a user to check the status of a storage chamber with a camera without opening a door. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage chamber, a door rotatably coupled to the body to open or close the storage chamber, a frame coupled to the door and including a housing in which a camera configured to photograph the inside of the storage chamber is installed, and a first door bin configured to receive an object to be cooled, detachably coupled to the frame, and located on an upper portion of the housing to be supported by the housing. |
| US10941971B2 |
Temperature-controlled portable cooling units
Portage storage containers including controlled evaporative cooling systems are described herein. In some embodiments, a portable container including an integral controlled evaporative cooling system includes: a storage region, an evaporative region adjacent to the storage region, a desiccant region adjacent to the outside of the container, and an insulation region positioned between the evaporative region and the desiccant region. A vapor conduit with an attached vapor control unit has a first end within the evaporative region and a second end within the desiccant region. In some embodiments, the controlled evaporative cooling systems are positioned in a radial configuration within the portable container. |
| US10941968B2 |
Refrigerated dryer power saving controls
A control system for controlling a refrigerated dryer of a gas compressor system includes a controller and a flow sensor and can be selectively operated in a power saving mode in which the controller shuts down a refrigerant compressor included in the dryer system when the flow sensor indicates that no compressed gas is flowing through the dryer. The control system uses input from a temperature sensor to determine whether to activate the compressor regardless of the flow of compressed gas through the dryer. |
| US10941966B2 |
Hot gas bypass energy recovery
System includes a compressor having a compressor suction port and a compressor discharge port; a heat rejection heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the compressor discharge port; an expansion device fluidly coupled to an outlet of the heat rejection heat exchanger; a heat absorption heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the expansion device; a hot gas bypass line fluidly coupled to the compressor discharge port; an ejector comprising a motive port fluidly coupled to the hot gas bypass line, a suction port fluidly coupled to an outlet of the heat absorption heat exchanger and a discharge port fluidly coupled to the compressor suction port; a hot gas bypass valve positioned between the compressor discharge port and the motive port of the ejector; a flow control valve fluidly coupled to the outlet of the heat absorption heat exchanger, and fluidly coupled to the suction port of the ejector and the compressor suction port. |
| US10941964B2 |
Method for operating a vapour compression system with a receiver
A method for controlling a vapour compression system, the vapour compression system including a compressor unit with one or more compressors. At least one of the compressors is connectable to a gaseous outlet of a receiver, and at least one of the compressors is connectable to an outlet of an evaporator. A parameter of the vapour compression system is measured, an enthalpy of refrigerant leaving the heat rejecting heat exchanger being derivable from the measured parameter. A setpoint value for a pressure inside the receiver is calculated, based on the measured parameter, and the compressor unit is operated in accordance with the calculated setpoint value, and in order to obtain a pressure inside the receiver which is equal to the calculated setpoint value. The vapour compression system is operated in an energy efficient manner over a wide range of ambient temperatures. |
| US10941963B2 |
Absorber system
An absorber system solves problems of known absorber systems for use in solar fields in that the absorber tube is suspended on a rail below an absorber cover. The design also makes it possible to move measuring and cleaning robots and the like along the absorber tube more and allows the absorber tube and the secondary reflector to be jointly suspended, whereby an exact mutual alignment between the two components is enabled. |
| US10941958B2 |
HVAC systems with evaporator bypass and supply air recirculation and methods of using same
An HVAC system includes an evaporator coil disposed between a return air duct and a supply air duct. The system includes a compressor fluidically connected to the evaporator coil, and a blower for providing a flow of air through the HVAC system. The HVAC system includes a supply air recirculation line with a recirculation damper and an evaporator bypass line with a bypass damper. A controller of the HVAC determines a recirculation portion of a flow of air and causes the recirculation damper to move to divert the recirculation portion to the recirculation line, so the air recirculates through the HVAC system. The controller determines a bypass portion of a flow of air and causes the bypass damper to move to divert the bypass portion to the bypass line, so the bypass portion does not contact the evaporator coil. |
| US10941953B2 |
HVAC system and method of circulating flammable refrigerant
A controller of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, the controller comprising instructions that cause the controller to determine an air flowrate of an air blower of the HVAC system and calculate a threshold value based on a minimum required air flowrate. The controller further comprises instructions that cause the controller to send a notification to an operator of the HVAC system indicating that the air flowrate of the air blower is less than the threshold value in response to determining that the air flowrate of the air blower is less than the threshold value and shut down the HVAC system such that the refrigerant is no longer circulated by the componentry of the HVAC system in response to determining that the air flowrate of the air blower is less than the minimum required air flowrate. |
| US10941949B2 |
Evaporative HVAC apparatus
An evaporative HVAC apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides an at least one housing having an inner surface that defines a substantially tubular-shaped air passage extending therethrough. An absorbent wicking layer is formed immediately adjacent to at least a portion of the inner surface of the housing, and a thermal layer is formed immediately adjacent to an inner surface of the wicking layer. The housing also provides an at least one fluid inlet aperture through which a fluid line extends a distance into the housing so as to be in fluid communication with the wicking layer. Thus, a fluid is selectively delivered to the wicking layer through the fluid line which, in turn, permeates the thermal layer and evaporates into the air located immediately adjacent an exposed inner surface of the thermal layer, thereby affecting the temperature of the air moving through the air passage. |
| US10941946B2 |
Oven equipped with automatically ascending/descending tray
An oven includes a rear panel that is located at a rear side of a cavity of the oven, a first tray frame configured to support an oven tray located in the cavity, a guide part that is located at a front surface of the rear panel at lateral sides of the rear panel, a moving rack comprising guide connection parts configured to engage with the guide part and a first frame connecting part configured to connect to the first tray frame, the moving rack being configured to move up and down along the guide part, and a rear cover that is located between the oven tray and the rear panel and that covers a first space accommodating the guide part from a second space accommodating the oven tray. At least a portion of the first frame connecting part is exposed outside of the rear cover. |
| US10941941B2 |
Fuel injector with a center body assembly
A center body assembly for a lean direct injection fuel injector is disclosed. The center body assembly defines a primary liquid passage, a liquid gallery, a liquid main first passage, a liquid main second passage, and an atomizer assembly. The primary liquid passage supplies liquid fuel to the liquid gallery. The liquid gallery aligns with the primary liquid passage and distributes fuel to the liquid main first passage, and subsequently to the liquid main second passage. The atomizer assembly is in flow communication with the liquid main second passage and provides atomized fuel for combustion. |
| US10941940B2 |
Burner for a gas turbine and method for operating the burner
A burner for a gas turbine, having a combustion chamber, a first injector adapted to inject a first fuel into the combustion chamber and a second injector adapted to inject a second fuel being less reactive than the first fuel into the combustion chamber, wherein the burner is adapted to premix the fuels with an air flow before the fuel enter the reaction zone of the combustion chamber such that a first fuel flow of the first fuel has a first premixing stream line and a second fuel flow of the second fuel has a second premixing stream line, wherein each of the premixing stream lines begins with the beginning of the premixing with the air flow and ends at the location where the fuel enters the reaction zone and the length of the second premixing stream line is longer than the length of the first premixing stream line. |
| US10941938B2 |
Fuel injectors including gas fuel injection
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a fuel injector can include an annular body defining a gas fuel inlet therein, and a structure extending radially outward from the annular body and configured to extend into an air circuit. The structure can include a gas channel defined within the structure at least partially along a radial length of the structure. The gas channel is in fluid communication with the gas fuel inlet where the structure meets the annular body. The structure also includes a slot opening defined at least partially along a radial length of the structure and configured to fluidically connect the gas channel and the air circuit to all gas fuel to effuse into the air circuit. |
| US10941936B2 |
Gas burner system for a plurality of gas types
The present invention is a system that utilizes high pressure gas (greater than ½ psig) to control flow rate and gas discharge velocity to enable interchangeability between a plurality of gases without having to change the gas/air mixing venturi size or air opening. A new approach is to use the available incoming higher gas pressure to the appliance then control the volumetric flow rate with the first orifice and then use a second orifice to change the velocity of discharge into the gas/air mixing venturi of the burner and therefore have adjustability of gas air mixing conditions without having to change the burner system or air flow control even when changing between very different fuel gases. |
| US10941930B2 |
Radially symmetric electrical connector
A light assembly is provided with a circuit board, a connector and a first light emitting device. The circuit board is formed with a first conductive path and a second conductive path. The connector is supported by the circuit board and includes a first terminal connected to the first conductive path and at least two second terminals connected to the second conductive path. The at least two second terminals are arranged radially symmetrical about an axis and are adapted to engage mating terminals of a mating connector when the mating connector is oriented in both a first position and in a second position that is angularly offset from the first position about the axis. The first light emitting device is supported by the circuit board and in electrical communication with the first conductive path and the second conductive path. |
| US10941926B2 |
Modular lighting system including light modules with integrated LED units
Lighting systems for use in building interiors, for example, which include a plurality of light modules each having an elongate substrate with a lower surface, and electrical circuitry including a plurality of LED units printed to the lower surface via thick film techniques. Each light module is formed as a single-component, packaged construct for easy installation, and facilitates conductive transfer of heat away from the LEDs for enhanced power efficiency. The light modules may be releasably connected to, and extend from, an elongate spine unit which provides structural support and power input to the light modules and optionally, the system may employ use of metallic components, such as the metallic substrate of a light module, for directly conducting current to power the LED units. |
| US10941925B1 |
Lamp
The present disclosure provides a convenient-to-replace lamp, including a bracket, a lamp body, and a locking assembly. The bracket is enclosed to form an accommodation portion. The bracket includes a hollow plate. The hollow plate includes a first flat plate and a second flat plate, where the first flat plate and the second flat plate are symmetrically disposed. A first vertical plate is convexly disposed on the surface of the first flat plate, and the first vertical plate is connected with one side of the first flat plate close to the second flat plate. A second vertical plate is convexly disposed on the surface of the second flat plate, and the second vertical plate is connected with one side of the second flat plate close to the first flat plate. The first vertical plate and the second vertical plate are oppositely disposed. |
| US10941924B2 |
LED lighting methods and apparatus
LED related lighting methods and apparatus are described. Various features relate to water tight light fixtures. Some of the fixtures are flood lights. The light fixtures in at least some embodiments include power control features. In flood light embodiments beam angle and power or light output distribution can be controlled without opening the light assembly or compromising the water tight seals which also protect against dirt. The light fixtures also support tilt angle adjustments and light fixture head adjustments. Beam distribution pattern can also be changed in some embodiments as well as power control. Beam distribution pattern, power control and tilt angle adjustments are supported in some embodiments but need not be supported in all embodiments with some embodiments using one or more of the described features but not all features. |
| US10941918B1 |
Vehicle lamp assembly
A vehicle lamp assembly includes a lamp lens having a smooth surface and a contoured surface. The contoured has a first portion, a second portion and a central section that together define a linear Fresnel lens. The first portion has a plurality of first parallel grooves and projections shaped to direct light passing therethrough in predetermined directions. The second portion has a plurality of second parallel grooves and projections shaped to direct light passing therethrough in directions approximately parallel to the predetermined directions of the first portion. The central section is disposed between the first portion and the second portion and has a first section with a vertex located a first distance from the smooth surface and a second section with a vertex located a second distance away from the smooth surface. The first section and the second section are adjacent to one another. |
| US10941917B2 |
Lighting tool for vehicle
A lighting tool for a vehicle configured to radiate light toward a side in front of a vehicle includes: a light radiation unit having a light source main body; a first optical system configured to condense light radiated from the light radiation unit; and a cover member disposed in front of the first optical system and configured to overlap at least a part of the first optical system when seen from the front, wherein an opening disposed on an optical axis of the first optical system is provided in the cover member. |
| US10941914B1 |
Solar LED lamp with flame effect and remote control
A lamp for illumination or decorative lighting having a lamp unit with a roof portion and a base portion, and a translucent cylindrical enclosure. A single, flat, and rigid PCB is disposed within the enclosure, mounted to the roof portion. A white set of LEDs is mounted on the faces of the PCB and arranged in a plurality of white rows. A colored set of LEDs is mounted on the two faces and arranged in a plurality of colored rows, the white rows interleaved with the colored rows. A battery rechargeable by solar cell powers the LEDs. A switch and electronic circuitry selectively control the white set and colored set, the circuitry configured to perform an off mode (white set and colored set are off), an illumination mode (white set is powered on continuously and the colored set is off), and a flame mode (colored LEDs of the colored set are powered on selectively to simulate a flame), selected by the switch or by a remote control. |
| US10941909B2 |
Luminaire with independently controlled light output
A light fixture includes a housing having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The light fixture further includes a first light board coupled to the first side. The first light board has at least one light emitting element emitting a first light output in a first direction. The light fixture further includes a second light board coupled to the second side. The second light board has at least one light emitting element emitting a second light output in a second direction. The light fixture further includes a first driver supported by the housing and in electrical communication with the first light board. The first driver is operable to control the first light output. The light fixture further includes a second driver supported by the housing and in electrical communication with the second light board. The second driver is operable to control the second light output. |
| US10941901B2 |
Lubricant applicator
A lubricant application device includes a base body configured to be mounted to an end surface of a gear. The base body includes a port configured to be connected to a source of lubricant and a holder for holding a lubricant applicator supported by the base body. A lubricant passage connects the port to the holder, and a lubricant applicator is mounted in the holder. The lubricant applicator is a coiled wire defining an internal passage for carrying the lubricant and may include a first length of coils with no axial spacing and a second length of coils that are axial spaced. |
| US10941899B2 |
Mounting track for retaining a mount assembly
A mounting track includes a track section having a track base, two vertical track-rails, and horizontal track-beams laterally-spaced-apart from each other by a first distance. An endpiece is attachable to the track section and includes an endpiece base, a vertical endpiece rail, and horizontal endpiece beams. When attached to the track section, the track base and the endpiece base align, the vertical track-rails and the vertical endpiece rail align, and the horizontal track-beams and the horizontal endpiece beams align to form a continuous track within which a retention element of a mount assembly can move. The endpiece includes an insertion zone where opposing portions of the horizontal endpiece beams are spaced-apart from each other by a second distance that is larger than the first distance to facilitate insertion of the retention element into the track. |
| US10941898B1 |
Collapsible support structure for a removable electronic device
A collapsible support structure for a removable electronic device. The electronic device having a touch screen configured for a user to access at least one predetermined construction document and/or application is removably connected to the support structure. The electronic device may be retained in a housing configured to be water resistant and/or impact resistant. The support structure may have a locking mechanism configured for an authorized user to gain access to remove the electronic device from the support structure, thereby, preventing an unauthorized user from gaining access for removal of the electronic device from the support structure. The support structure is configured to be foldable in a closed orientation during storage. The support stand may have a plurality of casters connected thereto. |
| US10941895B2 |
Pipeline repair
In an embodiment, a plug formulation includes a mixture of a first part of a two-part epoxy system and artificial platelets formed from a polymeric material that expands upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, moisture, or heat, wherein a portion of the first part of the two-part epoxy system is covalently bonded to a portion of the artificial platelets. In another embodiment, a plug formulation includes a mixture of a first part of a two-part epoxy system, an acrylate monomer, and artificial platelets formed from a polymeric material that expands upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, moisture, or heat, wherein a portion of the first part of the two-part epoxy system is covalently bonded to a portion of the artificial platelets. |
| US10941894B2 |
Pipe sealing device and methods of using the same
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to an apparatus for releasably sealing a pipe. Particularly, the apparatus comprises a bar that includes an interior, an exterior, a first end that includes external threads, and a second end that includes a stop. The device further comprises a sleeve positioned over a portion of the bar, and a coupling comprising internal threads that couple to the bar external threads. The device includes a compressible gasket sandwiched between first and second adaptors. Advancement of the coupling over the bar external threads increases pressure on the sleeve, which compresses the gasket between the first and second adaptors. |
| US10941890B2 |
Socket and pipe connector having same
The present invention provides a socket compatible with multiple types of plugs having front end portions varying in length and a pipe connector having this socket. The socket 10 of the present invention mainly includes a base portion 18, first steel balls 22 and second steel balls 24 housed in housing holes of the base portion 18, an outer support portion 26 supporting the first steel balls 22 and the like from the outer side, and an inner support portion 25 supporting the first steel balls 22 and the like from the inner side. The socket 10 includes first housing holes 50 in which the first steel balls 22 are housed and second housing holes 52 in which the second steel balls 24 are housed and which are longer than the first housing holes 50 in an axial direction. |
| US10941889B2 |
Pipe coupling
The present invention provides a pipe coupling comprising a tubular body having an open end, sealing means within the tubular body and pipe engaging means operable between a pipe clamping configuration in which an inserted pipe is clamped and a pipe release configuration in which an inserted pipe is not clamped and is releasable. A seal protector means is operable between a seal covered configuration in which the sealing means is at least partially covered and shielded from contact with an end of an inserted pipe, and a seal uncovered configuration in which the sealing means is uncovered and in contact with the inserted pipe. Moving means arranged within the tubular body is activated when a pipe is inserted a predetermined distance into the tubular body to move the seal protector means from the seal covered configuration to the seal uncovered configuration and the pipe engaging means from the pipe release configuration to the pipe clamping configuration. |
| US10941886B2 |
Segmental tubes
A segmental tube section structure having a length and a circumference, the segmental tube section structure including a plurality of tube segments extending the length in a longitudinal direction of the segmental tube section structure and extending in a circumferential direction of the segmental tube section structure, wherein each tube segment of the plurality of tube segments extends in the circumferential direction to span an equal arc of the circumference of the segmental tube section, and wherein each of the plurality of tube segments are connected to adjacent tube segments of the plurality of tube segments in the circumferential direction to form the segmental tube section structure. |
| US10941883B2 |
Low-PIM stacking cable hanger spacer
A low-PIM, stackable polymeric cable hanger spacer that includes a polymeric base forming a rim that defines a latch surface for capturing locking metal barbs of interface brackets of a metal snap-in cable hanger. The spacer also includes polymeric legs extending from the polymeric base with polymeric barbs for latching to an adjacent snap-in cable hanger or other support member. The base allows the metal barbs to pass through the base when the metal barbs are deflected or compressed toward each other. and then allows the metal barbs to spring back to engage the latch surface and become captured by the polymeric spacer once the metal barbs clear of the rim. The base may have a round toroidal shape with rounded edges allowing the metal snap-in cable hanger to rotate with respect to the spacer. |
| US10941880B2 |
Piezoelectric valve module, method for manufacturing the valve module, method for operating the valve module, and respiratory aid device including one or more of the valve modules
A valve module includes a semiconductor body, cavities in the semiconductor body separated from each other by a distance, a cantilever structure suspended over each cavity to enable at least partial closing of the cavity, and a piezoelectric actuator for each cantilever structure. The piezoelectric actuator is configured for use to cause a positive bending of the respective cantilever structure and so modulate a rate of air flow through the valve module. |
| US10941879B2 |
Apparatus and method for vacuumizing and sealing a package
An apparatus (10) for vacuumizing and sealing a package (322) includes a plurality of platens (12) and vacuum chambers (14), each chamber (14) adapted to mate with a dedicated one of the platens (12); a conveying system (16) for conveying the platens (12) and chambers (14) along a generally angular path having a single axis of rotation (18); an automated loading assembly (20) having a linear component (22c) and configured to load a package (322) onto each of the platens (12); an automated unloading assembly (26) having a linear portion and configured to unload a vacuumized, sealed package (322) from each loaded platen (12) onto an outfeed conveyor (30); and a vacuumizing/sealing system configured to cause relative movement of each chamber (14)/platen (12) pair, along a portion of the angular path, to form therebetween an air-tight enclosure accommodating the package (322) and effect vacuumization and sealing of the package (322). |
| US10941878B2 |
Fluid flow control devices and systems, and methods of flowing fluids therethrough
Fluid flow control devices comprise a cylindrical body extending along a longitudinal axis and having a sidewall. The cylindrical body has a first channel extending longitudinally along the sidewall and a second channel extending longitudinally along the sidewall. At least a portion of one of the at least one first channel and the at least one second channel extends longitudinally at an oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis to form a pattern of channels for improving the flow characteristics of a fluid through the channels. |
| US10941877B2 |
Switching valve
A switching valve includes a valve head having a plurality of connection ports connecting a pipe, a rotor accommodated therein and including a groove for connecting the connection ports, and a rotor shaft holding the rotor and rotatably equipped, and a driver having a holder holding the valve head and a motor rotating the rotor shaft of the valve head held by the holder. Further, the valve head is provided with a home position sensor detecting a reference position in a rotation direction of the rotor shaft, and a teaching information holder holding information on a relative positional relationship between the reference position and a position of the rotor shaft when the rotor is at a predetermined position, and the reference position acquired using the home position sensor. |
| US10941876B2 |
Retrofit damper control with collapsible blade and remotely actuated latch mechanism
A damper assembly is configured for deployment in an existing forced air duct that supplies conditioned air through a register boot to a vent cover secured relative to the register boot. The damper assembly includes a damper frame having an at least substantially obround shaped frame periphery and a damper blade having an at least substantially obround shaped blade periphery. A damper insert arm is biased into a deployment configuration in which the damper insert arm is at least substantially perpendicular to the damper frame and is movable into an operational configuration in which the damper insert arm is at least substantially parallel with the damper frame. A latch is configured to releasably engage the damper insert arm in order to hold the damper insert arm in the deployment configuration. |
| US10941874B2 |
Valve actuating drive
A valve actuator (10) has a damping circuitry including a capacitive damping circuit (37), which is activated in the event of generator operation of the stepper motor (18). The damping circuitry, together with the motor winding (26), forms a resonance assembly LCR, which has the effect of stabilising and regulating rotational speed. The rotational speed of the stepper motor (18), running in generator operation, is held constant within limits, specifically without the control intervention of control circuitry. Therefore, the damping circuitry can operate even in the currentless state of the control system and is reliable regardless of external current supply. Fast closing is achieved, and excessively long post-running of the motor (18) is reliably prevented. |
| US10941873B2 |
Mouthpiece
A mouthpiece includes: a mouthpiece main body portion including a tubular member to which an air supply device is connected on one end side and a tire valve is connected on the other end side; an annular protruding portion which is formed at a required position on the outer circumferential portion of the mouthpiece main body portion; a tire valve insertion hole provided in a tire-valve-side tip portion of the mouthpiece main body portion; an O-ring arranged on the air supply device side inside the tire valve insertion hole; and a back-up ring that presses the O-ring from the air supply device side of the O-ring; an actuation body having a substantially convex shape in which a cylindrical tip portion is reduced in diameter. |
| US10941871B2 |
Flow control apparatus
A flow control apparatus for a heat exchange system of a vehicle, including a housing, a valve cartridge assembly, and a control part. A first protrusion is provided on the housing; correspondingly, a second protrusion is provided on a shell of the control part; the first protrusion and the second protrusion are assembled and engaged; a first valve plate is sealed from a second valve plate, so that the seal performance of a product can be improved. |
| US10941869B2 |
Dual lock flow gate
A dual lock flow gate includes a valve with a flapper which may be fixed and/or locked in various positions for example to prevent fluid flow in the production string during lowering of the production string in the casing by blocking flow in the production string with the dual lock flow gate or for example to prevent rotation of the pump motor by preventing fluid flow in the production string. |
| US10941868B2 |
Valve seat and valve structure
This valve seat is disposed below a valve ball, wherein the valve seat comprises an annular member in which a seating surface and a lower end surface of the valve ball are formed into a circular shape; a flow path is formed between the seating surface and the lower end surface, for communicating a transfer fluid including a gas and a liquid; and the flow path is formed in a predetermined shape in which a horizontal distance from the central axis which crosses the lower end surface at right angle to the inner circumferential surface of the flow path excluding the seating surface and the lower end surface is not constant over the entire circumference of the flow path. |
| US10941867B2 |
High conductance valve for fluids and vapors
A high conductance valve for use in fluid delivery systems is comprised of a flat non-circular orifice ridge adjacent to which a control plate having a planar control surface is proximally positioned to adjust the valve effective opening area and thereby the conductance of the valve. The length of the non-circular orifice ridge periphery is substantially greater than the circumference of a similarly sized circular orifice and therefore the realized effective opening area is also substantially greater despite having a similar footprint. |
| US10941865B2 |
Steam valve, valve and steam turbine facility
A valve includes a valve stem, a first valve body disposed on a distal end side of the valve stem and configured to be driven via the valve stem, a first valve seat on which the first valve body is seatable, an auxiliary seat surface extending along a direction transverse to an axial direction of the valve stem, an auxiliary seat portion disposed on a proximal end side of the valve stem with respect to the first valve body and configured to abut on the auxiliary seat surface when the first valve body is closed, and a biasing member capable of generating a biasing force along the axial direction of the valve stem. |
| US10941864B2 |
Drain valve, exterior aircraft light unit and power supply box
A drain valve for draining liquid from an enclosed space comprises a movable plunger, which is movable between a closed position in which the plunger does not allow liquid to flow through the drain valve, and at least one open position, in which the plunger allows liquid to flow through the drain valve; and an elastic element, which is configured to urge the movable plunger into its closed position. The plunger is provided with at least one duct extending through the plunger and allowing fluid to flow through the drain valve when the plunger is positioned in its closed position, wherein said at least one duct is closed by a semi-permeable medium, which is permeable for air and water vapor and impermeable for liquid water. |
| US10941863B2 |
Sliding component
A sliding component includes a pair of sliding parts of which a rotating-side sliding part rotates in both forward and reverse directions. In the sliding component, at least one of the sliding parts has a sliding face provided with positive pressure generation grooves on the sealed fluid side, and a negative pressure generation groove on the opposite-to-sealed-fluid side and separated from the opposite-to-sealed-fluid side by a land, and a deep groove communicating with the sealed fluid side on the sealed fluid side of the negative pressure generation groove. The positive pressure generation grooves each have an upstream end communicating with the deep groove, and the negative pressure generation groove has an upstream inlet and a downstream outlet that communicate with the deep groove, and an intermediate portion between the inlet and the outlet located on the opposite-to-sealed-fluid side of the inlet and the outlet. |
| US10941859B2 |
Shift device
A shift lever device has a shift lever that is moved and whose shift position is changed, and a detent plate that is displaced due to the shift lever being moved. The shift lever device has a first lock bar and a second lock bar that can move toward the detent plate side or a side opposite from the detent plate, and, due to the first lock bar and the second lock bar engaging with portions of the detent plate, a range over which the detent plate is displaced is restricted, and a range of movement of the shift lever is restricted. The shift lever device has a cam that has a single engaged-with portion with which the first lock bar and the second lock bar engage, and, due to the cam being displaced, the first lock bar and the second lock bar are moved. |
| US10941857B2 |
Self-shifting bicycle that shifts as a function of power output
A self-shifting bicycle that shifts intelligently as a function of power output. The bicycle uses a computer control system mounted to the handlebar, a power meter attached to the front gearwheel, and an actuator module for adjusting the transmission. The computer control system software changes output gear ratio in accordance with load encountered as the cyclist rides. This allows the rider to set a preferred power output and to maintain that preferred power output very closely. |
| US10941856B2 |
Dual sump transmission hydraulic control system
A hydraulic control system includes a primary sump and an auxiliary sump. When the transmission fluid is warm, fluid remains in the auxiliary sump reducing the volume of oil in circulation throughout the transmission to reduce parasitic losses. An oil control valve is designed to block flow of oil from the auxiliary sump to the primary sump when the fluid is warm and to allow flow when the fluid is cold. The oil control valve also responds to transmission line pressure. At moderate temperatures, fluid is held in the auxiliary sump when the engine is running but drains back to the primary sump when the engine is off. |
| US10941855B2 |
Control device for vehicle and control method for vehicle
A controller performs control in a vehicle having a planetary gear mechanism, a forward clutch, an engine rotation sensor. a PRI rotation sensor, and a rotation sensor. The controller determines a rotation direction of a primary pulley corresponding to a rotation direction of a carrier on the basis of a rotation speed corresponding to a rotation speed of a sun gear, a rotation speed corresponding to a rotation speed of the carrier C, and a rotation speed of a ring gear, respectively. |
| US10941854B2 |
Operating device
An operating device includes a shaft operated to tilt, a contact section on the shaft in a biased state movable and tiltable integrally with the shaft, a first holding section generating a feeling of moderation by sliding against and holding the contact section at tilted positions the shaft, and a second holding section contacting the contact section, guiding the contact section to a predetermined position from the tilted positions, and holding the contact section at the predetermined position. The first holding section is movable between first and second positions. The contact section contacts the first holding section and is separated from the second holding section when the first holding section is at the first position. The contact section is separated from the first holding section and contacts the second holding section when the first holding section is at the second position. |
| US10941851B2 |
Drawn planetary pin assembly
A pin assembly for use in a planetary gear including a pin including a cylindrical side wall defining a central bore that extends from a first end to a second end of the pin along its longitudinal center axis, an inlet bore, and a first annular groove that extends radially outwardly into the side wall of the pin adjacent the first end. A first cylindrical plate includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and a cylindrical outer wall extending therebetween, the first plate being disposed within the first annular groove of the pin, wherein a width of the first plate in a direction parallel to the longitudinal center axis is less than a width of the first annular groove in the direction parallel to the longitudinal center axis so that the first plate is axially slidable within the first annular groove. |
| US10941850B2 |
Gear unit having a housing
A gear unit includes a housing, a trough for guiding oil and reducing losses due to splashing surrounding a circumferential section of a toothing part, particularly a gear wheel, especially in the radial and axial direction, the trough including at least three parts, e.g., at least one bottom plate and two side walls, the bottom plate being screw-connected to the two side walls, the trough being fastened to the housing, the trough having an opening, particularly a channel, especially at its lowest surface area, e.g., particularly at the surface area having the greatest radial distance, in particular, during rotational movement of the gear wheel, oil being conveyed from the oil pan of the gear unit through the opening between the trough and gear wheel, especially to a position higher than the level of the oil pan, the bottom plate and the side walls being stamped bent parts. |
| US10941844B2 |
Torque converter clutch assembly
A torque converter comprises a cover arranged to receive torque, an impeller including an impeller shell fixed to the cover, and a turbine fluidly coupled to the impeller. A lock-up clutch is provided that includes a dam plate non-rotatably connected to the cover, and a piston plate disposed, at least partially, between the cover and the dam plate. A fluid diversion plate is disposed between the dam plate and the turbine, wherein the dam plate is connected to the piston plate on a first axial side and connected to the fluid diversion plate on a second axial side, opposite the first axial side, via a single connector. |
| US10941843B2 |
Telescopic differential screw mechanism based 3-DOF-parallel manipulator platform to achieve omnidirectional bending
A telescopic differential screw mechanism based 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator system to enable differential length and omnidirectional bending is provided. The telescopic differential screw mechanism based 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator system includes a first circular rotating plate 102, a second circular rotating plate 104, three or more telescopic screw assemblies 106A-C and three or more actuators 108A-C. Each telescopic screw assembly 106 includes a pair of master screws 110, a pair of successive screws 112 and a universal joint 116. The three or more telescopic screw assemblies 106A-C are actuated differentially using the three or more actuators 108A-C to achieve omnidirectional bending with high angular rotations in a range of 0 to 75 degree. |
| US10941841B2 |
Traction transmission and drive unit for a motor vehicle
Traction transmission having a first and a second component transmission (26a, b) which are of mirror-symmetrical construction with respect to one another and are arranged axially adjacently in a housing (12), in each case comprising—an axially inner drive friction disc (28a, b) and an axially outer complementary friction disc (32a, b) which are arranged coaxially and can be rotated relative to one another about a transmission central axis, and—a set of friction rollers (40) which make non-positive contact between the friction discs (28a, b, 32a, b) and are mounted such that they can be rotated about in each case one roller axle (44), wherein the roller axles (44) are pivotably mounted in a manner which is spaced apart radially from the transmission central axis on a star-shaped spider (38a, b) which can be moved ax Lilly in relation to the transmission central axis, wherein the spiders (38a, b) are arranged on a common spider sleeve (50) and are coupled to one another at a variable spacing via an axially extending thread pairing (52), wherein—the complementary friction discs (32a, b) are arranged fixedly on a common output shaft (34) which is mounted in the housing such that it is fixed axially and can be rotated, —the spacing of the drive friction discs (28a, b) from one another can be varied by means of a spacing setting device (60), and—the spider sleeve (50) is mounted such that it can be displaced axially relative to the housing (12), wherein the first spider (38a) which is assigned to the first component transmission (26a) is connected fixedly to the housing (12) so as to rotate with it, the second spider (38b) which is assigned to the second component transmission (26b) can be rotated relative to the housing (12) by means of an angular position setting device (54b, 58), and the thread pairing (52) which couples the spiders (38a, b) is set up in such a way that a relative rotation of the spiders (38a, b) brings about a change in the spacing thereof. |
| US10941840B2 |
Continuously variable transmission with wedge actuation mechanism
A powertrain has a continuously variable transmission including a shaft rotatable about an axis. The CVT further comprises a variator assembly that includes a pulley supported on the shaft. The pulley has a movable sheave with a ramp surface. The movable sheave is axially movable on the shaft. The variator assembly also includes an endless rotatable device frictionally engaged with the movable sheave. An actuator mechanism includes a wedge component supported on the shaft. The wedge component has a wedge surface that automatically engages the ramp surface when torque on the shaft is in a first direction. The wedge surface applies a wedge force on the ramp surface. The actuator mechanism further includes an actuator that is operatively connected to the movable sheave and is activatable to apply a force on the movable sheave. |
| US10941836B2 |
Rotorcraft internal transfer member transmission
A transfer member includes a body including a first end having a first diameter and a second end having a second diameter. The second diameter is greater than the first diameter. A plurality of engagement features are positioned coaxially about the body and are separated by an axial gap. Each of the plurality of engagement features includes a beveled surface engageable to transfer rotation to or from the transfer member. |
| US10941834B2 |
Splice system for conveyor belt
A splice system for a conveyor belt system includes a plurality of spaced tractive rods; a plurality of rows of flat wire pickets transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting the plurality of spaced tractive rods, wherein at least one of the rows of flat wire pickets includes an outer edge link on each end thereof, the outer edge link including a reverse-turn closed edge on an outer side thereof; and wherein movement of at least one of the plurality of rods is restricted by the reverse-turn closed edge on the outer edge link. |
| US10941832B2 |
Hydromount
A hydromount that is suitable for mounting a motor vehicle engine at a vehicle body includes a supporting spring supporting a mount core and surrounding a working chamber, and a compensating chamber separated from the working chamber by a separating assembly and delimited by a compensating diaphragm. The separating assembly may have at least two nozzle systems which have one decoupling diaphragm each and in each of which one damping duct is disposed. The compensating chamber and the working chamber may be filled with a liquid and may be connected to each other in a liquid-conducting manner by damping ducts. The separating assembly may have an absorber duct connecting the working chamber with the compensating chamber. A switchable actuating member may be assigned to the absorber duct. |
| US10941827B2 |
Friction material
A friction material presents a friction generating surface and a bonding surface facing opposite the friction generating surface. The friction material includes an organopolysiloxane resin, a plurality of fibers, and a plurality of friction particles. The organopolysiloxane resin includes siloxy units independently represented by the following formula: (R1SiO3/2) and/or (R2SiO2/2); wherein each R1 and R2 is independently selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. |
| US10941820B2 |
One-way roller clutch
A one-way roller clutch, in particular for an adjuster of a disc brake, includes an inner body having an outer lateral surface, an outer ring, which covers the outer lateral surface of the inner body by way of an inner lateral surface in such a way that a clamping gap is formed, and a roller cage. The roller cage is arranged in the clamping gap. Spring-loaded clamping rollers are held in a rollable manner and are supported on respective ramp surfaces. The roller cage is retained on the inner body for conjoint rotation. |
| US10941818B2 |
Clutch and compressor comprising same
Disclosed herein are a clutch and a compressor including the same. The clutch includes a hub fastened to a rotary shaft of the compressor to be rotatable together with the rotary shaft in a state in which a position of the hub is fixed, a disk fastened to the hub to be rotatable together therewith, a pulley rotated by power transmitted from a drive source of the compressor, an elastic member for fastening the hub and the disk such that the disk is movable toward or away from the pulley with respect to the hub, a field coil assembly magnetized when electric power is applied thereto to allow the disk and the pulley to come into contact with or separate from each other, and an attenuation member interposed between the elastic member and the disk. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce noise and vibration due to contact and separation between the disk and the pulley by the elastic member and the attenuation member. |
| US10941817B2 |
Clutch cam for pumping device
Proposed is a clutch cam for a pumping device, wherein the shape of the clutch cam and the coupling structure between the clutch cam and parts coupled thereto are changed to reduce manufacturing cost and improve assembly performance. The clutch cam includes: a cam part having a cam profile provided along an outer circumferential surface thereof relative to a rotating axis of a center thereof; a first protrusion part provided on a side of the cam part by protruding therefrom toward the lever bracket on the same rotating axis as the rotating axis, and fitted to a fixing hole provided in the lever bracket; and a second protrusion part provided on the side of the cam part by protruding therefrom toward the lever bracket on the same rotating axis as the rotating axis, and fitted to an angle determination hole provided in the housing. |
| US10941809B2 |
Plain bearing with improved resistance to wear
Plain bearing providing an outer ring with an inner surface, an inner ring with an outer surface, the rings being symmetrical around an axis and metallic, at least on the rings being a textured ring with a texturation consisting of a plurality of micro-cavities arranged onto a textured surface. A composite self-lubricating composite liner that is interposed between the inner surface of the outer ring and the outer surface of the inner ring, so that upon sliding movement of the textured ring with respect to the composite liner, some solid particles of the liner, acting as a solid lubricant, are detached from the composite liner and migrate between the sliding surfaces until they get retained into the micro-cavities. |
| US10941807B2 |
Air foil bearing
Disclosed herein is an air foil bearing capable of adjusting stiffness of single bumps by varying widths of the single bumps. Since the bumps have the same height in an initial stage, a wedging effect is implemented only when a load is applied thereto by an oil film. Therefore, the air foil bearing is advantageous in terms of height management thereof. In addition, it is possible to stably dampen shocks applied in the direction of rotation of a rotor, to improve a support capability, and to reduce shocks due to damping. Therefore, it is possible to enhance durability of the air foil bearing. |
| US10941795B2 |
Clipping bushing device of fastener assembly
A bushing device includes a cap end shaped to engage a first surface of a first component having a first hole, and a slotted barrel body coupled with the cap end and elongated along a center axis. The slotted barrel body includes plural first cantilevered beam legs extending away from the cap end in directions that are parallel to the center axis. One or more of the first cantilevered beam legs has a hook at a distal end of the one or more first cantilevered beam legs. The slotted barrel body is shaped to fit inside the first hole in the first component and into a concentric second hole in a second component. The hook of the one or more first cantilevered beam legs is positioned to engage the second component to secure the first component and the second component together. |
| US10941794B2 |
Component arrangement
An arrangement which has a first component and a second component fastened to each other in a clamping manner. At least the first or second component is a fiber/plastic composite component. The arrangement has a securing element which generates a pressing force that presses the components against each other such that the components are secured to each other in a clamped manner. A friction-coefficient-increasing element is arranged between the first and second components in a pressing region in which the first and second components are pressed against each other by the pressing force. The friction-coefficient-increasing element increases a static friction produced for the pressing force in contrast to a case in which such an element is not arranged in the pressing region. The invention also provides a method for fastening the first component to the second component. |
| US10941793B2 |
Hydraulic system for working machine
A hydraulic system includes an output fluid tube connected to a hydraulic pump to output operation fluid, and an unload valve to be switched to output operation fluid or to stop outputting operation fluid, the unload valve being connected to the output fluid tube. The hydraulic system includes a hydraulic actuator to be actuated by operation fluid, a control valve to control operation fluid to be supplied to the hydraulic actuator with use of a pilot fluid that is operation fluid applied to a pressure-receiving portion of the control valve, a pilot fluid tube connected to the pressure-receiving portion of the control valve, an operation valve to change a pressure of the pilot fluid to be applied to the pilot fluid tube, and a warm-up fluid tube connected between the unload valve and the pilot fluid tube. |
| US10941790B2 |
Cylinder device, press machine, workpiece clamping apparatus, cylinder device actuating method, method for clamping workpiece, and method for pressing workpiece
A pneumatic chamber 20 is configured to include a first pneumatic chamber 21 pressurizing a first piston 11 and a second pneumatic chamber 22 pressurizing a second piston 12. The first pneumatic chamber 21 and the second pneumatic chamber 22 communicate with each other through a communication hole 87 formed via the inside of a retaining bolt 17. The second pneumatic chamber 22 is formed in a hydraulic pressure generating unit 55 moving in a thrust direction in a cylinder 2 and is separable from the first pneumatic chamber 21. In addition, the communication hole 87 is also separated into a communication hole 87a and a communication hole 87b with the corresponding separation, a rod portion 50 of the first piston 11 is also separated into a rod portion 50a and a rod portion 50b, and the communication hole 87b and the rod portion 50b are formed to be movable along with the hydraulic pressure generating unit 55 in the thrust direction. |
| US10941789B2 |
Hydropneumatic piston accumulator
A hydropneumatic piston accumulator has an accumulator housing (1) defining a housing longitudinal axis (11) and a piston (9) longitudinally movable between two housing covers (5, 7) positioned opposite each other. In the housing (1), the piston (9) separates a working chamber (13) for a compressible medium, such as a working gas, from a working chamber (15) for an incompressible medium, such as hydraulic fluid. A piston part (55) of a displacement measurement device continuously determines each position of the piston (9) in the housing (1). A rod-shaped guide (29, 57) is stationarily positioned in the accumulator housing (1) and passes all the way through the piston (9) in each of its displacement positions in the accumulator housing (1). The piston (9) is movably guided along the guide until it reaches the stop on one of the two housing covers (5, 7) and is sealed against this guide (29,57) using a sealing device (49, 50). |
| US10941780B2 |
Slurry seal assembly
A slurry seal assembly for use about a rotatable shaft between a process side and an atmosphere side is presented. The slurry seal assembly includes a sleeve, a rotatable seal ring, a stationary seal ring, a floating bushing seal assembly, and a plurality of slots. The sleeve is disposed about and rotatable with the shaft. The rotatable seal ring contacts and is rotatable with the sleeve. The stationary seal ring is arranged to form a sealing interface with the rotatable seal ring. The floating bushing seal assembly is disposed about the sleeve so that an inner annular surface along the floating bushing seal assembly is separated from an outer annular surface along the sleeve by a gap. The slots are disposed along the sleeve within the process side adjacent to the floating bushing seal assembly. The slurry seal assembly is applicable to devices whereby a fluid is movable between an inlet and an outlet. |
| US10941779B2 |
Abrasion resistant inserts in centrifugal well pump stages
A centrifugal well pump assembly has a non-rotating diffuser between upper and lower rotating impellers. The upper impeller has a cylindrical skirt on a lower side that rotates within a diffuser receptacle. The lower impeller has a cylindrical balance ring on an upper side that rotates within a diffuser cavity. Impeller sleeves are bonded to the skirt and balance ring. Diffuser sleeves are bonded to the diffuser receptacle and cavity. The diffuser sleeves are of a harder material than the impeller sleeves. Each of the impeller sleeves has upper, intermediate and lower circumferential rows of inserts. Each insert has a face flush with the impeller sleeve and is in sliding engagement with one of the diffuser sleeves. The inserts in the intermediate row may be rotationally staggered relative to the inserts in the upper and lower rows to create serpentine flow paths for well fluid leakage. |
| US10941772B2 |
Suction line arrangement for multiple compressor system
A compressor includes a shell assembly and a compression mechanism disposed within the shell assembly. The shell assembly includes first and second end caps. A suction chamber is disposed within the shell assembly between the first end cap and the second end cap. A discharge chamber and oil sump may be disposed within the shell assembly. The shell assembly includes at least one suction opening into the suction chamber. A distributor is in communication with one of the suction openings. Plugs may sealingly engage another one of the suction openings. The distributor includes an inlet path and first and second outlet paths. A suction line is coupled to the inlet path. The suction line includes at least first and second portions. A first plane bisecting the second portion along a length of the second portion is perpendicular to a second plane that bisects the first and second outlet paths. |
| US10941771B2 |
Fluid machinery, heat exchange equipment, and operating method for fluid machinery
A fluid machine, heat exchanger, and operating method of fluid machine. The fluid machine includes: a rotation shaft (10), a cylinder (20), and a piston assembly (30). The rotation shaft (10) and the cylinder (20) are eccentrically disposed relative to each other and an eccentric distance is fixed. The piston assembly (30) has a variable volume chamber (31). Because the eccentric distance between the rotation shaft (10) and the cylinder (20) is fixed, the rotation shaft (10) and the cylinder (20) rotate about their respective axes thereof during motion and the position of center of mass remains unchanged, so that the piston assembly (30) is allowed to rotate stably and continuously when moving in the cylinder (20); and vibration of the fluid machine is mitigated, a regular pattern for changes in the volume of the variable volume cavity is ensured. |
| US10941770B2 |
Variable capacity screw compressor and method
A variable capacity screw compressor comprises a suction port, at least two screw rotors and a discharge port being configured in relation to a selected rotational speed that operates at least one screw rotor at an optimum peripheral velocity that is independent of a peripheral velocity of the at least one screw rotor at a synchronous motor rotational speed for a rated screw compressor capacity. A motor is configured to drive the at least one screw rotor at a rotational speed at a full-load capacity that is substantially greater than the synchronous motor rotational speed at the rated screw compressor capacity. A variable speed drive receives a command signal from a controller and generates a control signal that drives the motor at the selected rotational speed. A method for sizing at least two variable capacity screw compressors and a refrigeration chiller incorporating a variable capacity screw compressor are separately presented. |
| US10941769B2 |
Scroll compressor with back pressure control valve
An object is to optimize a back pressure pressing an orbiting scroll against a fixed scroll in a scroll compressor to which an injection cycle is applied. A back pressure control valve (400) adjusting back pressure (Pm) in a back pressure chamber (H4), adjusts the opening degree of a first valve body (424) increasing and decreasing the flow rate of lubricant which has been separated from gaseous refrigerant compressed in a compression chamber and is supplied to the back pressure chamber (H4), in accordance with suction pressure (Ps) in a suction chamber (H1), discharge pressure (Pd) in a discharge chamber (H2), and injection pressure (Pinj). Then, the back pressure control valve (400) increases and decreases the lubricant flow rate in accordance with injection pressure (Pinj) as well as suction pressure (Ps) and discharge pressure (Pd), to adjust back pressure to target back pressure varying in accordance with injection pressure (Pinj). |
| US10941766B2 |
Multi-layer coating for plunger and/or packing sleeve
A pump fluid end comprising: a reciprocating element disposed within a reciprocating element bore and having an outer surface; a reciprocating element packing positioned within the reciprocating element bore; and optionally a sleeve positioned within the reciprocating element bore and having an inner surface proximate the outer surface of the reciprocating element, wherein at least a portion of the outer surface of the reciprocating element and/or the inner surface of the sleeve is coated with a multi-layer surface coating comprising a plurality of layers including: a first layer in contact with the at least a portion of the outer surface of the reciprocating element and/or the inner surface of the sleeve; and a second layer disposed over at least a portion of the first layer; and wherein at least one of the plurality of layers has a different visual appearance and/or material composition than another of the plurality of layers. |
| US10941764B2 |
Piston pump assembly for a hydraulic power vehicle braking system
A piston pump assembly for a hydraulic power vehicle braking system including an electric motor, a planetary gear set, a helical gear, and a piston which is displaceable in a cylinder. To prevent the piston from rotating in the cylinder, cylinder pins are situated in grooves at an inner side of the cylinder and engage with the recesses in a flange of the piston. Due to reshaping, the grooves are closed at one end, so that the cylinder pins are axially secured. |
| US10941763B2 |
Reciprocating gas compressor valve
A reciprocating gas compressor valve having a plurality of clusters of kidney shaped holes positioned along a common circular or annular locus in the main body and a sealing element with a top portion, a bottom portion and a tubular section. The tubular section is integrally connected to the top portion and bottom portion. In an open position, a flow pathway is provided through the clusters of kidney shaped holes and the tubular section and the bottom profile abuts a stop surface of the valve. In a closed position, the top profile abuts the seat for sealing gas flow within the valve. |
| US10941761B2 |
Rear leg connection for beam pumping unit
A pump jack includes a base, a pedestal supported by the base and a Samson post that supports a walking beam. The Samson post includes a front leg that is supported by the base and a connection bracket affixed to the front leg. The Samson post further includes an adjustable rear leg that is connected between the connection bracket and the pedestal. The rear leg can be rotated and shifted up and down within the connection bracket to ensure that the opposite end of the rear leg is properly located on the pedestal. |
| US10941759B2 |
Cart with capacity to internally store compressed air
Aspects of the invention are directed to a cart that includes a structural element, a compressor assembly, and a pressure regulator. The structural element may be a tubular frame member, a handle, or a deck. The structural element defines an internal storage volume within it. The compressor assembly is able to deliver compressed air to the internal storage volume. The pressure regulator assembly is able to deliver compressed air from the internal storage volume at a regulated pressure. Advantageously, embodiments in accordance with aspects of the invention provide cart designs that are capable of both transporting heavy loads and serving as sources of compressed air. A user utilizing one of these carts therefore does not need to bother with transporting a separate air compressor to a worksite. Instead, air compressor functionality is conveniently built into the cart and the user's workload is thereby reduced. |
| US10941758B2 |
Linear compressor and method for manufacturing a linear compressor
A linear compressor and a method for manufacturing a linear compressor are provided. A piston of a linear compressor may include a surface treatment body made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; a first surface treatment provided on an outer surface of the surface treatment body by a first vacuum deposition process; and a second surface treatment provided on an outer surface of the first surface treatment by a second vacuum deposition process. |
| US10941753B2 |
Temporary web support for wind turbine blade rotating device
Provided herein is a shear web support for wind turbine blade. Particularly, the present disclosure provides a frangible shear web support element that is designed to fail under certain specific conditions. The frangible support(s) enhance the structural rigidity of the shear web, allow for one-step mold closures, and rupture or disconnect once a predetermined condition (e.g. load threshold, load orientation/vector) is applied to the support element. |
| US10941748B2 |
Sea wave energy converter capable of resonant operation
A sea wave energy harvesting system includes a sea wave energy harvesting vessel positioned in the sea. The sea wave energy harvesting system dynamically adapts the motion of the sea wave energy harvesting vessel responsive to the sensed sea wave conditions to more closely align a resonant frequency of the sea wave energy harvesting vessel with the current harmonic motion of the sea waves. |
| US10941744B2 |
Fuel injector
A fuel injector for delivering fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a nozzle having a valve needle which is movable with respect to a valve needle seat. The valve needle travels through a range of movement between a closed position and an open position to control fuel delivery through at least one nozzle outlet. The valve needle cooperates with a needle sleeve or a control member which is located in a piston guide. The valve needle is movable relative to the needle sleeve or the control member. The needle sleeve or the control member is movable relative to the piston guide. |
| US10941743B2 |
Fuel injection valve
A fuel injection valve includes a body that includes an injection hole through which fuel is injected, and a valve element that opens or closes the injection hole. The body includes a metallic base material configured to form the injection hole, a corrosion-resistant layer covering a surface of at least a part of the base material that forms the injection hole and being made of a less corrosive material than the base material, and a sacrificial corrosion layer located between the base material and the corrosion-resistant layer and made of a more corrosive material than the corrosion-resistant layer. |
| US10941740B2 |
High-pressure fuel pump having a piston, a damper, and a pressure relief valve having a valve body and a spring
A high-pressure fuel pump includes a housing including a chamber, an inlet flow passage to draw fuel into the chamber, and a discharge flow passage to discharge fuel out of the chamber. The high-pressure fuel pump further includes a piston disposed in the housing and configured to compress fuel, a sleeve coupled to the housing and configured to support the piston and form a space for storing fuel, a discharge valve disposed in the discharge flow passage and configured to open when a pressure of fuel stored in the chamber is equal to or greater than a first pressure, and a pressure relief valve disposed in a relief flow passage that communicates with the discharge flow passage and the space. The pressure relief valve is configured to open when a pressure of fuel supplied into the relief flow passage is equal to or greater than a second pressure. |
| US10941739B2 |
Fuel injection device
A gap forming member has: a plate portion that is placed on an opposite side of a needle, which is opposite from a valve seat; and an extending portion that is formed to extend from the plate portion toward the valve seat, while an opposite end part of the extending portion, which is opposite from the plate portion, is contactable with a movable core. A first wall surface of the gap forming member, which is a wall surface opposed to an outer wall of the flange, is slidable relative to the outer wall of the flange, and a second wall surface of the gap forming member, which is a wall surface opposed to an inner wall of a stationary core, forms a radial gap, which is a gap in a radial direction, between the second wall surface and the inner wall of the stationary core. |
| US10941738B1 |
Method and system for spill valve movement detection
A method of injecting fuel with a fuel injector includes applying a spill valve current to close a spill valve and applying a control valve current to move a control valve to an injection position. The method also includes discontinuing the application of the spill valve current to open the spill valve and preventing a return of the control valve to a non-injection position while detecting a timing when the spill valve opens. |
| US10941737B2 |
Follower mechanism with anti-rotation feature
A follower mechanism including an outer cup having a substantially cylindrical side wall, an annular lip portion disposed at a first end of the side wall, an annular ledge disposed on the side wall, the annular ledge being disposed in a plane that is transverse to a longitudinal center axis of the follower mechanism, and an anti-rotation device disposed on the annular ledge. An inner cup includes an annular lip extending radially-outwardly therefrom and a pair of shaft apertures, the inner cup being disposed in the outer cup so that the lip abuts the annular ledge of the outer cup as well as the anti-rotation devices so that the inner cup is non-rotatable with respect to the outer cup. A shaft is received in the shaft apertures, and a roller follower is rotatably received on the shaft. |
| US10941735B2 |
Methods and systems for an exhaust-gas recirculation valve
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an EGR valve operation based on results from an EGR valve diagnostic. In one example, a method may include executing the EGR valve diagnostic during an engine deactivation, wherein the EGR valve diagnostic estimates an EGR valve stickiness used to adjust the EGR valve operation. |
| US10941730B2 |
System and method for injecting an aqueous solution on-board a vehicle
The invention relates to a vehicle system for injecting an aqueous solution, said vehicle system comprising: a tank (500) for storing an aqueous solution; an injection system (300) configured for injecting aqueous solution from the tank (500) in an injection zone (Z) in the vehicle; and a UV light decontamination device (700) configured for decontaminating the aqueous solution stored in the tank (500) by emitting UV light. |
| US10941729B2 |
Nacelle of a turbojet engine comprising an outer thrust-reversing door
A nacelle for a dual-flow turbojet engine comprises a structure, a fixed cowl, a cowl translationally mobile on the structure, a window open between a secondary jet and the outside of the nacelle, and delimited by the fixed and mobile cowls, an outer thrust-reversing door rotationally mobile and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism comprises a single power cylinder arranged at the level of a median plane and having a first end mounted articulated on the structure, a shaft with the second end of the power cylinder mounted articulated on the shaft, a first yoke joint secured to the outer thrust-reversing door and free to rotate on the shaft, and a second yoke joint secured to the mobile cowl, and where each of the two flanks of the second yoke joint has a groove in each of which the shaft is mounted to slide parallel to the median plane. |
| US10941726B2 |
Control device for internal combustion engine
Torque fluctuations caused by misfire and abnormal combustion are prevented appropriately at the time of switching from SI to HCCI, and exhaust of NOx is restricted at the time of switching.Provided is a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine performing a plurality of combustion modes each having a different air-fuel ratio and compression end temperature in a cylinder 7 from each other. In the middle of switching from a first combustion mode to a second combustion mode, an intermediate combustion mode in which the compression end temperature is increased while keeping a different air-fuel ratio from the air-fuel ratio of the first combustion mode and the air-fuel ratio of the second combustion mode is performed. Accordingly, at the time of switching between an operation mode performing SI and an operation mode performing HCCI, a temperature in the cylinder 7 and an air-fuel ratio are controlled appropriately, torque fluctuations caused by misfire and abnormal combustion can be prevented appropriately, and exhaust of NOx can be restricted. |
| US10941725B2 |
Vibration feedback controller
The disclosure includes a system that includes an adaptive control module for an engine. The adaptive control module is configured to receive a power input signal and receive, from an engine vibration sensor, a vibration signal indicative of an operating condition of the engine. The adaptive control module is further configured to determine, using a set of control laws, a power demand signal based on inputs including the power input signal and the vibration signal. The adaptive control module is further configured to output the power demand signal to at least one component of the engine. |
| US10941724B2 |
Engine system control device
An object of the present invention is to provide an engine system control device capable of stabilizing a combustion state, while improving fuel economy by performing intake air heating. According to the present invention, there is provided an engine system control device which controls an engine system including an engine configured to combust air-fuel mixture, an intake air path configured to take air to the engine, and an intake air heating mechanism configured to heat the intake air, wherein a heating amount of the intake air is controlled depending on a combustion speed of the air-fuel mixture. |
| US10941723B2 |
Controller for controlling an engine of a vehicle
A controller (125) for controlling an engine (102) of a vehicle (103) is disclosed, along with a control system (101) comprising a controller (125), a vehicle (103) and a method (200, 500). The controller (125) comprises control means configured to cause stopping of power generation of the engine (102) during movement of the vehicle (103) in dependence on at least one criterion being met and to cause restarting of power generation by the engine (102), in dependence of at least one input signal indicating a requirement for the engine (102) to restart to provide a required power output. The control means is also configured to receive a target engine speed value dependent on a current driveshaft speed and cause the engine (102) to maintain a speed that is no greater than a target engine speed, dependent on the target engine speed value, during a period after receiving the at least one input signal and until a further signal is received indicating that a reconnection of the engine (102) to a driveshaft (104) has been established. The control means is arranged to allow engine speed to exceed the target engine speed after receiving the further signal. |
| US10941721B2 |
Method and system for exhaust gas recirculation and heat recovery
Methods and systems are provided for exhaust heat recovery and EGR cooling via a single heat exchanger. In one example, a method may include selecting a specific mode of operation of an engine exhaust system with the heat exchanger based on engine operating conditions and an estimated fuel efficacy factor. The fuel efficiency factor may take into account fuel efficacy benefits from EGR and exhaust heat recovery. |
| US10941719B2 |
Evaporative fuel treating apparatus
An evaporative fuel treating apparatus includes: a canister; a vapor passage configured to cause a fuel tank to communicate with the canister; a closure valve including a valve disc arranged in the vapor passage and a stepping motor configured to open and close the valve disc; and a control device configured to control the closure valve. The control device is configured, in opening the valve disc to perform a pressure relief operation of the fuel tank, to: execute a flow rate estimation processing that calculates an estimated flow rate of gas passing through the closure valve, based on the absolute value of the amount of change of in-tank pressure of the fuel tank and a space volume inside the fuel tank; and execute a motor control processing that controls the number of steps of the stepping motor such that the estimated flow rate approaches a required flow rate. |
| US10941717B2 |
Throttle controller and throttle controlling method
When a required pressure ratio RP* is less than or equal to a calculation switching pressure ratio RPwot, an engine control unit calculates, as a target opening degree TA*, a throttle opening degree TA at which a throttle upstream-downstream pressure ratio RP is the required pressure ratio RP*. When the required pressure ratio RP* exceeds the calculation switching pressure ratio RPwot, the engine control unit obtains a switching point opening degree TAwot, a switching point load factor KLwot and a maximum load factor KLmax, and calculates the target opening degree TA* as a value that has a linear relationship with the required load factor KL* between the switching point opening degree TAwot and the maximum opening degree TAmax. |
| US10941715B2 |
Pressure coupled control method and system for diffusion combustion of natural gas engine
The present invention relates to a pressure coupled control method and system for diffusion combustion of a natural gas engine, the method comprising: S11: detecting an operating condition of a natural gas engine; S12: an electronic control unit calculating a target diesel fuel pressure value flowing into a fuel rail of the natural gas engine according to the operating condition, and detecting an actual diesel fuel pressure value flowing into the fuel rail by means of a diesel pressure sensor in the fuel rail; S13: the electronic control unit calculating a target natural gas pressure value flowing into a gas rail of the natural gas engine according to the actual diesel fuel pressure value, and regulating a natural gas flowing into the gas rail by means of a signal of a gas rail pressure sensor in the gas rail; S14: after the target diesel fuel pressure value and the target natural gas pressure value are established, successively injecting high pressure diesel fuel and a high pressure natural gas into a gas cylinder; S15: detecting in real time a real-time operating condition of the natural gas engine, and promptly regulating the target diesel fuel pressure value and the target natural gas pressure value according to the real-time operating condition. The present invention improves diffusion combustion efficiency by means of the pressure coupled control of diesel fuel and natural gas. |
| US10941712B2 |
Internal combustion engine with a regulating device
An internal combustion engine with a regulating device, whereby a fuel-air mixture is burned in the internal combustion engine with a combustion air ratio controllable by the regulating device, whereby the regulating device comprises an emission control loop, which is designed to control the charge-air pressure as a substitute variable for the NOx emission by the actuators influencing the charge-air pressure via a functional relationship, such that, for each target power or actual power of the internal combustion engine, a charge-air pressure target value can be set, and whereby the internal combustion engine further comprises a variable valve train, by means of which an operating characteristic of at least one inlet valve can be varied, whereby the functional relationship takes into account the influence of an adjustment of the operating characteristic of the at least one inlet valve. |
| US10941710B2 |
Air turbine starter with spark mitigation screen
An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet for communicating a flow of gas there through. A turbine member is journaled within the housing and disposed within the flow path for rotatably extracting mechanical power from the flow of gas. A gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member, a drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and an output shaft is selectively operably coupled to rotate with the engine. A screen is located within the interior between the at least one turbine member and the set of outlets and adapted to mitigate ejection of ignited particles from within the housing. |
| US10941707B1 |
Hybrid turbine engines, aircraft including the same, and associated methods
Hybrid turbine engines, aircraft including the same, and associated methods. A hybrid turbine engine includes a gas turbine engine mechanically and/or electrically coupled to a rotary electric engine. The rotary electric engine includes a nacelle, a fan with fan blades, a stator operatively coupled to the nacelle, and a rotor with a plurality of rotor magnets coupled to the fan blades. The stator includes a plurality of field coils. In examples, the stator is configured to rotate each field coil relative to the nacelle. In examples, an aircraft includes a hybrid turbine engine such that the gas turbine engine is substantially enclosed within the nacelle or is supported by a fuselage of the aircraft. In examples, a method of operating an aircraft with a hybrid turbine engine includes generating a gas turbine thrust with the gas turbine engine and generating an electric engine thrust with the rotary electric engine. |
| US10941705B2 |
Hanson-Haber aircraft engine for the production of stratospheric compounds and for the creation of atmospheric reflectivity and absorption and to increase ground reflectivity of solar radiation in the 555nm range and to increase jet engine thrust and fuel economy through the combustion of ammonia and ammonia by-products
Modifying existing commercial jet engine technology to leverage the temperature and pressure available in the combustion of kerosene A-1 jet fuel (or other fuels) to include the Haber process (or other industrial processes requiring high temperatures and high pressures) presents possibilities for the creation of ammonia and other down-stream compounds suitable for atmospheric seeding of reflective or absorptive compounds. Compounds such as ammonia and urea (or other compounds—as time goes on) provide alternatives to high-altitude (20 km) seeding of sulfur dioxide (which is destructive to atmosphere, vegetation, and ozone alike). Additionally, the changes required to existing engine technology analogous to adding a catalytic converter to the exhaust system of a car, provide, through the leveraging of the strong chemical bond of atmospheric nitrogen (N2), additional overall energy output to the engine system (through heat) and the production of a potentially combustible liquid or gas (ammonia and down-stream ammonia compounds or other compounds) which could be used as a downstream fuel source by the engine itself. |
| US10941704B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling engine operation to support external electric loads
Methods and systems are provided for controlling operation of an engine of a vehicle to supply power to a power box that in turn supplies power to loads external to the vehicle. In one example, a method comprises, responsive to a request by an operator to operate an engine to power one or more loads external to the vehicle, monitoring an engine temperature and issuing an alert requesting the operator to take mitigating action to reduce the engine temperature when the engine temperature reaches a threshold temperature, and controlling a cooling fan as a function of whether or not the mitigating action is taken. In this way, fuel economy may be improved and power supply to power external loads may be optimized. |
| US10941699B2 |
Exhaust gas turbocharger with combined adjustment device for bypass valve and flow connection
A multi-flow exhaust gas turbocharger (101) comprising a turbine (105), a turbine wheel, a first flow (1) and a second flow (2), a bypass line (6) for bypassing the turbine wheel, a bypass valve unit (107) for adjusting the size of a bypass exhaust gas flow through the bypass line (6), and comprising a flow connection unit (108) for adjusting an extent of the connection of exhaust gas flows into the flows (1, 2), characterized in that the bypass valve unit (107) and the flow connection unit (108) can be actuated in a mechanically coupled way by means of a coupling unit (109). |
| US10941697B2 |
Cooling system, motor vehicle and method for cooling same
A cooling system (10) for a motor vehicle has an air system that fluidically connects a plurality of coolers (12) for supplying the coolers (12) with cooling air (16). An air fan is arranged fluidically in the air system for conveying the cooling air (16) to the coolers (12). Valves are arranged fluidically in the air system upstream of the coolers (12), for blocking the cooling air (16) conveyed to the respective cooler (12). |
| US10941695B2 |
System for cooling heat-generating electronic components of a vehicle
Cooling systems for cooling various heat generating components of a vehicle are provided. A cooling system for a vehicle, according to one embodiment, includes a primary cooling assembly arranged near the front of the vehicle. The primary cooling assembly may include at least one of an air conditioning condenser configured for cooling an interior passenger space of the vehicle and a radiator for cooling a power source of the vehicle. The cooling system also includes a first electronics radiator arranged near the front of the vehicle in front of and/or adjacent to the primary cooling assembly and a second electronics radiator arranged in front of and/or adjacent to the primary cooling assembly. One or more cooling lines are operable for carrying a cooling fluid between the first and second electronics radiators and one or more electronic components disposed in the vehicle remote from the first and second electronics radiators. |
| US10941692B1 |
Mixer assembly for exhaust aftertreatment system
A mixer assembly for an exhaust aftertreatment system includes a first support ring. The first support ring defines a plurality of first slots angularly spaced apart from each other. A second support ring spaced apart from the first support ring defines a plurality of second slots angularly spaced apart from each other. A plurality of blades extends between the first support ring and the second support ring. Each of the plurality of blades is coupled to each of the first support ring and the second support ring. Each of the plurality of blades includes a base. The base includes a first connecting portion engaged with a corresponding first slot from the plurality of first slots and a second connecting portion engaged with a corresponding second slot from the plurality of second slots. At least one tab extends outwardly from the base at an angle relative to the base. |
| US10941689B2 |
Method and device for the exhaust gas aftertreatment of a combustion engine
A method for the exhaust gas aftertreatment of a combustion engine having an exhaust system in which at least three catalytic converters and at least three lambda probes are disposed. Downstream of a first catalytic converter, an actively heatable catalytic converter is provided, which is actively heated at a start of the combustion engine. The lambda control of the combustion engine is carried out in each case by that lambda probe disposed downstream of the respective last catalytic converter to reach the light-off temperature thereof. Also, an exhaust gas aftertreatment system for implementing such a method. |
| US10941685B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for regenerating a particulate filter
Embodiments described herein methods can be used in particulate filter regeneration, such as particulate filters used for filtering the exhaust of an engine, e.g., a diesel engine. Systems herein can be configured to dispense combustion gas(es) into housing were a particulate filter is contained and to ignite the combustion gases. Methods for conducting a safety verification process of such systems are disclosed, as well as methods for regenerating the filters. Still other embodiments are described. |
| US10941679B2 |
Enhanced oiling for sliding valve aspiration system
Improved multi-section slide valves for internal combustion engines for improved aspiration comprise spaced apart, continuously pressurized, annular oil confinement zones that are defined between select groups of arrays of piston rings. The oil confinement zones are axially spaced along the length of the slide valve and continuously pressured by oil flow passageways communicating between spaced apart arrays of piston rings. During slide valve movement these pressurized oil confinement zones tend to stabilize the slide valve, preventing metal-to-metal contact such as that associated with rocking, tipping, chafing or scrubbing. |
| US10941677B2 |
Power plant and power output increase controlling method for power plant
A power plant comprises a boiler, a turbine, a condenser, a feed water heater, a deaerator, a deaerator water level control valve, an extraction system which introduces the steam extracted from the turbine into the feed water heater, an extraction valve, an auxiliary steam introduction system which introduces auxiliary steam into the feed water heater, an auxiliary steam control valve and a control device. When a rapid load increase request is made, the control device controls, to orient the extraction valve in a closing direction, to maintain an opening of the deaerator water level control valve, and to orient the auxiliary steam control valve in an opening direction. |
| US10941673B2 |
Multi-component assembled hydrostatic seal
A method of manufacturing a hydrostatic advanced low leakage seal configured to be disposed between relatively rotatable components is provided. The method includes manufacturing a plurality of separate, independent components of the seal. The method also includes assembling the plurality of separate, independent components to form the seal. |
| US10941666B2 |
Multi-stage axial flow turbine adapted to operate at low steam temperatures
A multi-stage axial turbine (typically between 4 and 10 stages) designed to operate more efficiently with partial admission of low temperature steam in each stage except the last one or two stages. Each stage of the subject turbine operates efficiently with smaller pressure drops thereby maintaining much smaller reductions in fluid density per stage. Each stage has blisks built as a single piece and the steam passages built into the periphery of the blisks. Each subsequent stage then only requires a small increase in flow area that can be achieved by using only a small increase in admission and blade height. |
| US10941665B2 |
Composite airfoil assembly for an interdigitated rotor
Rotor assemblies and methods for manufacturing airfoils for rotor assemblies are provided. For example, a rotor assembly comprises a rotary structure extending circumferentially about an axial centerline of a gas turbine engine and an airfoil having a root and a tip. The root is coupled to the rotary structure and has a bulbous shape. The airfoil is formed from a plurality of composite plies, a portion of which defines at the root first and second end surfaces, which are in contact with the rotary structure and together define a chisel-shaped end of the root. In another embodiment, a rotor assembly comprises an outer rotor extending circumferentially about an axial centerline of a gas turbine engine and a composite outer rotor blade having a root and a tip. The blade root is coupled to the outer rotor and extends inward along a radial direction toward the axial centerline. |
| US10941662B2 |
Turbine wheel for a turbo-machine
A mixed-flow turbine wheel is proposed which, compared to existing mixed-flow turbine wheels, has reduced mass and moment of inertia because radially-outer portions of existing mixed-flow turbine wheels are omitted. In a first possibility, the omitted material may be scalloping of the back face of the turbine wheel at a radial position outward of a base line which is a circle on the back surface of the wheel which indicates the minimum radius of the back surface. In a second possibility, part of the webbing of each blade is omitted to one side of the blade. Thus, viewing the turbine wheel in the axial direction, the area of the webbing outside the baseline and to one side of a radial line through the inducer tip, may be at least 20% less than that on the other side. |
| US10941658B2 |
Rock bolt assembly with failure arrestor
A rock anchor assembly includes: a resiliently radially deformable tubular member longitudinally extending between leading and trailing ends and which has an arrestor formation integral with, or engaged to, a trailing end part of the member; an elongate element longitudinally extending through the member between first and second ends and which attaches to the tubular member at spaced distal and proximal load points and which has a failure arrestor fixed at a point within the member; and a faceplate on the tubular member or the elongate member. When the assembly is inserted in a rock hole, with the faceplate bearing against the rock face, and load is applied along the elongate element that will cause the element to sever above the point at which the arrestor is fixed, the failure arrestor engages the arrestor formation, arresting the ejectment of a proximal portion of the elongate element from the hole. |
| US10941657B2 |
Corrosion resistant yieldable bolt
A mine bolt includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end, with the elongated body having a first threaded section, a second threaded section, and a non-threaded section positioned between the first threaded section and the second threaded section. The non-threaded section is configured to yield under loading when the mine bolt is installed with grout in a bore hole. |
| US10941655B2 |
Downhole filtrate contamination monitoring with corrected resistivity or conductivity
A method includes operating a downhole acquisition tool in a wellbore in a geological formation. The wellbore or the geological formation, or both, contains a fluid that includes a native reservoir fluid of the geological formation and a contaminant. The method also includes receiving a portion of the fluid into the downhole acquisition tool, obtaining a measured resistivity, a measured conductivity, or both of the portion of the fluid using the downhole acquisition tool, and using a processor of the downhole acquisition tool to obtain a temperature-corrected resistivity, a temperature-corrected conductivity, or both based on a downhole temperature of the portion of the fluid and the measured resistivity, the measured conductivity, or both. |
| US10941652B2 |
Systems and methods for terahertz modulation for telemetry
Systems and methods for terahertz modulation in a terahertz frequency band from about 0.1 terahertz to about 10 terahertz propagating in a wellbore intersecting a subterranean earth formation. A transmitter generates the EM radiation in the terahertz frequency band. A modulator located in the wellbore receives the EM radiation and generates an amplitude modulated signal with the EM radiation. |
| US10941650B2 |
System and method of triggering, acquiring and communicating borehole data for a MWD system
A set of instructions stored on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium running on a computer system having at least one processor. The set of instructions extract outputs from sensors of a measurement while drilling system of a drilling rig; enable a transmitter to transmit a first data stream having at least one data series including drilling data, the first data stream having an interruptible portion encompassing at least a portion of the drilling data; detect a trigger event during transmission of the first data stream; and cease transmission of the first data stream. |
| US10941648B2 |
Methods for assessing the reliability of hydraulically-actuated devices and related systems
This disclosure includes methods for testing hydraulically-actuated devices and related systems. Some hydraulically-actuated devices have a housing defining an interior volume and a piston disposed within the interior volume and dividing the interior volume into a first chamber and a second chamber, where the piston is movable relative to the housing between a maximum first position and a maximum second position in response to pressure differentials between the first and second chambers. Some methods include: (1) moving the piston to the first position by varying pressure within at least one of the first and second chambers such that pressure within the second chamber is higher than pressure within the first chamber; and (2) while the piston remains in the first position: (a) reducing pressure within the second chamber and/or increasing pressure within the first chamber; and (b) increasing pressure within the second chamber and/or decreasing pressure within the first chamber. |
| US10941647B2 |
Matrix temperature production logging tool and use
A matrix production logging tool for measuring the temperature of produced fluids in a wellbore is described. Accurate production allocation to the pathways between the oil/gas well and the reservoir provides required data for the economic optimization of the techniques and procedures used to complete future wells and optimize the existing well. The low maintenance tool provides precise uphole, downhole and inflow temperature measurements of produced fluids within the wellbore. These are obtained at a plurality of locations along the oil/gas well as the tool is withdrawn, thus providing a matrix of temperature measures along the length of the well. From the temperature traces, inflow as well as up and downhole temperature, can be determined, and mass contribution at each inlet determined. With this method, a production profile along the entire well can be determined as used in further well optimization efforts. |
| US10941644B2 |
Downhole well integrity reconstruction in the hydrocarbon industry
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for downhole well integrity reconstruction in a hydrocarbon reservoir. One method for downhole well integrity reconstruction in a hydrocarbon reservoir includes: positioning, a laser head at a first subterranean location, wherein the laser head is attached to a tubular inside of a wellbore; directing, by the laser head, a laser beam towards a leak on the wellbore; and sealing the leak using the laser beam. |
| US10941640B2 |
Multi-functional sleeve completion system with return and reverse fluid path
Provided is a multi-functional well completion apparatus and method of operation thereof that offers the ability, in a single trip and with limited running tool manipulation, to perform a sand control frac or other fluid stimulation operation and reverse out operations that has improved reverse out flow rates. Furthermore, a combination of dropped balls and hydraulic pressure open one or more sleeves for selective access to a plurality of isolated zones. Additionally, a combination of concentric pipe and internal flow paths creates a reverse flow path. This reverse flow path provides a live annulus during treating, the ability to take returns, and the ability to reverse excess proppant from the wellbore. |
| US10941639B2 |
Multi-stage hydrocarbon lifting
A production tubing is disposed in a wellbore formed in a subterranean zone. The production tubing extends from a surface of the wellbore to a downhole location at which hydrocarbons entrapped in the subterranean zone enter the wellbore. Multiple valves are disposed in the production tubing at respective multiple tubing locations. Each valve is configured to permit one-way flow of hydrocarbons in an uphole direction. The multiple valves divide the production tubing into multiple stages. A stage is a portion of the production tubing between two successively disposed valves. Multiple gas injection valves are coupled to the production tubing and are disposed in a respective stage. A controller, coupled to the multiple valves and the multiple gas injection valves, transmits signals to the multiple valves and the multiple gas injection valves to lift hydrocarbons flowed into the wellbore at the downhole location to the surface on a stage-by-stage basis. |
| US10941637B2 |
Laser firing head for perforating gun
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for triggering detonation of a perforating gun via optical signals are provided. An improved laser firing head may be used with an optical cable (e.g., fiber optic cable) run through the wellbore to trigger detonation of a perforating gun in response to an optical signal. The laser firing head may be activated, and the perforating gun fired, upon the application of an optical signal output from the surface and transmitted through the optical cable. The disclosed system using the laser firing head with the optical cable may be impervious to electrical interference, since the laser firing head may only fire the perforating gun when a properly modulated laser or light source is directed down the optical cable for a specific period of time. |
| US10941635B1 |
Optimization computer program and method
An exemplary embodiment includes a system to determine which wells provide input volumes to gas processing plants using a mixed-integer programming (MIP) model. The system uses a balanced approach to model all plants and wells within a basin simultaneously. The model utilizes multiple publically available data sources including well production data, plant inlet data, and GIS data. The full implementation provides at minimum a tenfold time improvement over the previously used manual techniques while increasing overall model quality. |
| US10941631B2 |
Cementing plug system
An example system for isolating cement slurry from drilling fluids includes a tool configured for installation on a landing collar of a casing. The tool includes a base that conforms to an inner circumference of the casing and a tube that extends uphole from the base. The tube has a first borehole that extends downhole through the base. The tube is perforated to allow cement slurry to pass from the casing into the first borehole. A cementing plug is configured to seal to the casing uphole of the base. The cementing plug includes a second borehole to receive the tube. The cementing plug includes a covering that extends across at least part of the borehole and that is configured to break in response to contact with the tube. |
| US10941627B2 |
Axial face seal system
A technique facilitates enhanced sealing capability in a space saving format when utilizing a plurality of uniquely constructed seals. As a result, the seals are useful in swivels and other types of structures to provide secure sealing between seal surfaces while reducing the overall seal area. Each seal comprises a body having a seal base combined with lips which may be activated when the activation fluid is supplied under pressure. In swivel applications, the seals may be constructed in a vertical orientation as axial face seals. The vertical orientation of the seals enables construction of the swivel with a reduced cross-section and thus a reduced hydraulic loading. |
| US10941622B2 |
System and methodology utilizing conductor sharing offset shoe
A technique facilitates drilling operations by combining a conductor with a conductor sharing offset shoe system. The conductor sharing offset shoe system protects against collision of boreholes by properly positioning and/or orienting a drill string during drilling of boreholes through the conductor. The conductor sharing offset shoe system may comprise a bullnose disposed at a lower end of the shoe system and an upper guide member disposed at an upper end of the shoe system with a guide opening sized to receive the drill string therethrough. A guide tubing extends from the guide opening into the bullnose to guide the drill string during drilling of a borehole. The guide tubing is sized to preserve sufficient space for accommodating movement of the drill string through the conductor sharing offset shoe system externally of the guide tubing during drilling of another borehole. |
| US10941621B2 |
Unbonded flexible pipe
An unbonded flexible pipe for offshore fluid transportation is disclosed. The pipe includes from inside and outwards a sealing sheath, a pressure armor layer, at least one tensile armor layer, at least one support layer and an extruded external protective polymer sheath. The at least one support layer includes at least one support strip which is helically wound with a winding angle α of at least about 80 degrees to the longitudinal center axis to provide strip windings along the length of the pipe and the at least one support strip includes a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV). |
| US10941618B2 |
High power laser completion drilling tool and methods for upstream subsurface applications
A method of drilling a wellbore that traverses a formation, the method comprising the steps of inserting a one-stage drilling tool into the wellbore. The one-stage drilling tool comprising a laser head configured to produce a drilling beam, a completion sheath configured to line the wellbore, and a centralizer configured to support the completion sheath within the wellbore. Operating the laser head to produce the drilling beam that comprises a laser. The drilling beam has a divergent shape comprising a base at a distance from a front end of the laser head and an apex proximate to the front end of the laser head, wherein a diameter of the base of the drilling beam is greater than a diameter of the one-stage drilling tool. And drilling the formation with the drilling beam, wherein the laser of the drilling beam is operable to sublimate the formation. |
| US10941616B2 |
Step stool with rib, and method
A step stool having a platform having a length at least 1.5 times a length of a first step. The platform rotatably attached to a first front leg and a second front leg above the first step. The first step having a perimeter having a first side which extends down from a top of the first step. The first step having a first boss that extends outward from the first side through which a first fastener extends to attach the first front leg to the first step. The first step having a rib which extends outwards from the first side adjacent the first boss and in alignment with the first front leg when the first and second front legs and first and second rear legs are in an open position where they form a generally upside down V shape. The rib providing support to the first front leg when a cantilever type force is applied to the stepladder. A method for using a step stool. |
| US10941614B2 |
Operating system for an architectural covering
An operating system for an architectural covering is provided. The operating system allows at least three modes of operation of an architectural covering. A transmission may be included between an input assembly and an output drive member, and the transmission may be selectively engaged to place the operating system into one of the at least three modes of operation. The operating system may include a first drive section including an input, a second drive section including an output, and a control mechanism arranged to selectively lock an element of the first and second drive sections to control movement of the output of the operating system upon actuation of the input. A shift lock is also disclosed herein. In use, the shift lock operates to restrict shifting operation of the operating system from one operating mode to another. |
| US10941610B2 |
Water-tight compartment with removable hatch and two-sided gel seal for multiple conduit access
A water-tight or air-tight accessible compartment has a removable hatch sealed at the edge with elastically conformable opposing seals, with elongate communication elements extending into the compartment between the opposing seals, seals conforming to the topology formed between the compartment edge and the elongate communication elements. |
| US10941607B2 |
Window installation apparatus
The herein described invention is a window installation apparatus comprising of at least one wedge-shaped distance piece. The apparatus according to the invention comprises a body (1) connected in a sliding manner to a clamp (3) between which an expansion unit is positioned, comprising at least one wedge (6) and a lead screw (9) connected by means of a threaded connection with an opening (12) of the wedge (6), wherein the body (1) has protrusions (2) positioned at its opposite sides, lateral rails (5) mating with brackets (4) of the clamp (3) and an opening (10) in a rest wall (11) for the lead screw (9), while the outer walls (7) of the wedge (6) and the inner walls (8) of the body (1) and the clamp (3) converge downward at the same angle. |
| US10941606B1 |
Connector system, apparatus and methods for a door frame assembly
A system, device, assembly and methods for a frame assembly, including a connector as shown and described. The assembly may be a door frame assembly and may, by way of example, be a door jamb and/or a door mullion including a connector. A connector may provide stability to the assembly. |
| US10941604B2 |
Safety box
A portable safety container configured also for fixed installation is disclosed having a main body, which, in turn has a covering element and a containment structure. The main body also is selectively coupled with a support body and a lock element. The lock element is configured so that a locking configuration of the covering element with the containment structure corresponds to a first closing state, and an additional locking of the main body with the support body corresponds to a second closing state. |
| US10941600B2 |
Hinge device for washing machine door
A hinge device connecting a door rotatably to a washing machine main body, which enables the door to be closed smoothly and slowly, and to be opened easily. |
| US10941599B2 |
Mounting system for mounting a coil spring to a window frame in a sash counterbalance system
An anchoring system used to anchor a ribbon spring to a guide track. A mounting slot is formed in the guide track that provides access to the internal gap space. A counterbalance spring is provided having an offset tab section proximate a free end. A barb flap is formed by bending a segment of the counterbalance spring from the offset tab section. The offset tab section with barb flap are extended into the gap space through the mounting slot. As the counterbalance spring is unwound, a bias is created that engages both the offset tab section and the barb flap within the gap space. This locks the free end of the counterbalance spring in place without the need of any mechanical fastener. |
| US10941598B2 |
Door hinge assembly incorporating a latch to facilitate selective door removal
A vehicle hinge assembly includes a door portion, a body portion, and a hinge pin movable between an engaged position where the door portion and the body portion are rotatably coupled and a disengaged position where the door portion and the body portion are configured to be decoupled from one another. A latch is moveable relative to the hinge pin between a locked position where the latch blocks movement of the hinge pin and an unlocked position where the latch allowed movement of the hinge pin. The latch is configured to be in the unlocked position when the vehicle hinge assembly is in a first substantially upright orientation, and the latch is configured to be in the locked position when the vehicle hinge assembly is in a second substantially upside-down orientation. |
| US10941597B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment, a refrigerator door configured to open and close the storage compartment, a hinge assembly configured to couple the refrigerator door to the cabinet. The hinge assembly includes a first link rotatably coupled to the cabinet and a second link rotatably coupled to the refrigerator door. The refrigerator further includes a door opening device provided at the cabinet, and the door opening device includes a pushing member configured to push one of the first link or the second link to thereby open the refrigerator door. |
| US10941594B2 |
Latch mechanism for storage box
A latch mechanism for a vehicle storage box may include a pair of pawls fixed on opposite sides of a coupler and configured to cause inward translation of one pawl in response to actuation at the other pawl, and a sliding element arranged between each of the pawls and the coupler, the sliding element including at least one retention mechanism to fix the pawl to the sliding element and further including a biasing element to compress the pawl to further engage the pawl with the retention mechanism. |
| US10941592B2 |
Latch with double actuation and method of construction thereof
A latch for a vehicle hood and method of construction thereof is provided. The latch includes a housing; a ratchet pivotally mounted on the housing and a pawl pivotally mounted on the housing for pivoting between a first position in locked engagement with the ratchet and a second position out of locked engagement with the ratchet, with the pawl being biased into the first position. A pawl lever is pivotally mounted on the housing to engage the pawl and rotate the pawl from the first position to the second position. A double pull lever having an abutment surface is pivotally mounted on the pawl lever. A safety catch member is pivotally mounted on the housing, wherein the safety catch member selectively engages the abutment surface of the double pull lever to pivot the safety catch member from a locked first position to an unlocked second position. |
| US10941590B2 |
Inertial lock systems for push-push latch style vehicle drawers
Inertial lock systems for push-push latch style vehicle drawers or storage bins including an inertia lock to maintain a drawer in a closed position under a g-force. A shaft is rotatably mounted on a drawer housing; an inertia member is mounted on the shaft; and a confining member is mounted on the shaft and disposed opposite to the inertia member. The confining member is configured to move to a position to restrict movement of a rotating latch of the drawer when a g-forced applied to the drawer exceeds a predetermined level. |
| US10941589B1 |
Lock
A lock is provided for a secondary aircraft cockpit barrier. The lock has a locking tongue, a cavity for receiving the locking tongue, a locking retainer for retaining the locking tongue in the cavity, and a damped locking tongue releasing mechanism for releasing the locking retainer thereby unlocking the locking tongue from the cavity. The damped locking tongue releasing mechanism is damped such that releasing the locking retainer requires at least about 5 seconds. |
| US10941585B2 |
Central lock for folding tent
A central lock for a folding tent includes a central lock rod, an upper lock plate fixedly disposed at one end of the central lock rod, and a lower lock plate assembly detachably connected to the other end of the central lock rod. An elastic locking member and an unlocking mechanism used to control the elastic locking member to be locked are disposed in the lower lock plate assembly. The elastic locking member includes an arc-shaped portion provided integrally and two horizontal locking rods extending inwards from a gap of the arc-shaped portion. A lower end portion of the central lock rod is provided with a locking groove used in cooperation with the locking rod and a clamping and locking portion located at a lower end of the locking groove. |
| US10941579B2 |
Floor panel for forming a floor covering and method for manufacturing such floor panels
A method may be provided for manufacturing a floor panel having a decorative upper side formed by a top layer. The top layer may have at least a decorative layer that includes a digital print and a transparent or translucent wear layer. The method may involve providing a film. The digital print may be provided on the film by jetting one or more inks from a set of inks onto the film using a digital inkjet printer. A primer or adhesion layer may be provided on the digital print or on the translucent or transparent wear layer. The film and the transparent or translucent wear layer may be laminated such that the digital print is in between the film and the transparent or translucent wear layer, and the primer or adhesion layer is between the digital print and the transparent or translucent wear layer. The primer or adhesion layer may be provided by applying the primer or an adhesion promoting substance with at least one roller or by using a print head. |
| US10941577B1 |
Anti-theft apparatus and systems and methods for using same
An anti-theft tile system includes a first tile having a female interlock mechanism, a second tile having a male interlock mechanism; and an anti-theft apparatus. The female interlock mechanism engages with the male interlock mechanism to form a point of connection to temporarily secure the first tile to the second tile. The anti-theft apparatus engages with the male and female interlock mechanisms at the point of connection to prevent separation of the first and second tiles. |
| US10941575B2 |
Adaptable nosing
A stair nosing for use on stairs with composite tread composed of a stair tread and a supplementary tread of e.g. LVT, which is an elongate profile member having a back facing for abutting a front surface of the composite tread, an opposing front facing and a profile tread surface and a first fixing to fix to the nose surface of the stair tread is able be fitted securely to a stair with a bull nose without the need to adapt or cut the bull nose. The stair nosing is capable of bending in order to fit to curved stairs thereby enabling supplementary tread or covering to be applied to a curved stair without squaring off or reforming curved stairs. |
| US10941568B2 |
Shim for wall construction system
In accordance with one aspect, a wall construction system includes a plurality of blocks configured to interfit in multiple courses with aligned interior voids being defined by the blocks. At least one shim is disposed between two of the plurality of blocks, wherein each shim includes a main body having a curved surface including a portion having a non-constant radius of curvature. In addition, a cementitious material is disposed in the aligned interior voids. |
| US10941567B2 |
Wall construction system
A wall construction system including plurality of interlocking concrete blocks. The interlocking blocks include one or more stretcher blocks, corner blocks, and half blocks. The blocks include top and end shear lugs and bottom and end grooves. The bottom grooves accommodate the top shear lugs of blocks in a lower course of stacked blocks. Corner blocks provide a means for creating a corner and turning the direction of a course of blocks by 90 degrees. The interlocking features of the blocks enable dry-stacking in successive courses to construct a wall or multi-wall structure. When stacked end to end in successive rows, the top and end shear lugs of each interlocking block engage complimentary grooves in the underlying, overlying, and adjacent blocks thereby enabling the blocks to rapidly self-align vertically and lock together as they are stacked. The resulting dry-stacked structure exhibits a high lateral resistance to overpressures or transverse loads. |
| US10941565B1 |
Affordable energy efficient and disaster proof residential structures
The disclosed technology provides a module useful in constructing an energy efficient, durable building structure, the module including walls to form a vacuous, sealed chamber substantially void of structural elements, materials and gaseous molecules. One or more ribs are affixed to or formed integral with an exterior surface of the exterior wall of the module, extending the width of the module. The disclosed technology further provides a vacuum apparatus which may be incorporated in communication with the vacuous, sealed chamber, for creating and maintaining a vacuum within the module. A method of controlling heat transfer within a structure is also provided, utilizing the modules as herein disclosed, each module being coupled with a vacuum apparatus in communication with the vacuous, sealed chamber, for creating and maintaining a vacuum within the module. |
| US10941560B2 |
Connector for pipes
A connector for a pipe and drape exhibit system enables the universal attachment of drape rods to the tops of support pipes using a coupler that mounts within the top of the pipes and extends upwardly to receive a connection hook carried by a drape rod within a taper slot such that the connection hook is received and retained behind a peripheral wall defining an open center of the connector. |
| US10941559B1 |
Shelter and hub system
A shelter system is shown and described. A hub for a shelter system is shown and described. A frame for a shelter system is shown and described. In one embodiment, the shelter system includes a frame, a cover and a hub. The frame may be collapsible. The cover is configured to fit with the frame. The hub may include a receiver slot, a receiver sleeve and an attachment projection. The result is a shelter system with reduced set up time, effort and requirements and improved strength and ease of use. The inventions may also be considered a shelter kit and/or a shelter and hub method. |
| US10941558B2 |
Dwelling assembly
A dwelling assembly that has a continuous sidewall and an opening for a door and a window. A roof assembly is provided with first and second roofs that are spaced apart such that the outer roof acts as a heat shield for the inner roof to ensure the interior of the dwelling is a minimum temperature. In addition, ballast boxes are utilized in order to provide additional weight to the dwelling and a planting area in association with the dwelling assembly. |
| US10941557B1 |
Water quality unit for flow-through manhole
A drain system for water quality. The drain system may include one or more baffles. The one or more baffles may be arcuate in shape. The one or more baffles may include one or more openings therethrough. The one or more baffles may be offset in elevation. The one or more baffles may include one or more flanges projecting therefrom. The one or more baffles may be implemented in a flow-through manhole application. |
| US10941553B2 |
Robotic cleaning apparatus and related methods
A robotic cleaning apparatus for cleaning a dirty object includes a cleaning head and an articulated body. The articulated body is coupled to the cleaning head and mountable to the dirty object. The body has one or more actuators that collectively move the cleaning head into contact with surfaces of the dirty object. The one or more actuators, when activated, collectively rotate the cleaning head relative to the dirty object about first and second axes, and translate the cleaning head relative to the dirty object along an extension axis. A method of robotically cleaning a dirty object. |
| US10941551B2 |
Drain valve for a sanitary cistern
The invention relates to a drain valve (1) for a sanitary cistern, in particular a concealed cistern, having a valve housing (2) with a drain opening (4), the drain opening (4) being delimited by a valve seat (6), and a valve body (7), which rests in a sealing manner on the valve seat (6) in the closed state of the drain valve, the valve housing (2) having a housing chamber (11), arranged upstream of the valve seat (6) in the direction of flow, for receiving water. To allow the drain valve to be arranged outside the cistern and to enable access to the drain valve for maintenance as well as removal via an inspection opening that can be covered by a toilet bowl or urinal bowl, the invention suggests thatthe valve body (7) is provided with an auxiliary chamber (12) for receiving water, the receiving volume of which is smaller for water in the open state of the drain valve (1) than in the closed state of the drain valve (1), the auxiliary chamber (12) being delimited by a flexible and/or movable wall section, and wherein the auxiliary chamber (12) is associated with an auxiliary drain valve (16) which in a first position permits an inflow of water into the auxiliary chamber (12) and in a second position permits an outflow of water out of the auxiliary chamber (12). |
| US10941549B2 |
Sink unit arrangement, galley compartment and galley
A sink unit arrangement for a galley provided for installation in a transport vehicle comprises a worktop and a drip tray, which is arranged in an installation opening provided in the worktop and comprises a first section and a second section. The second section has a depth which is greater than a depth of the first section and protrudes through the installation opening provided in the worktop into a free space adjacent to the installation opening. |
| US10941548B2 |
Faucet including passive and active sensing
A fluid delivery apparatus includes a spout, an active sensor, and a passive sensor. The active sensor is configured to detect the presence of a user adjacent the spout when enabled. The passive sensor is configured to define a sensing field in an area near the spout and also to detect a presence of a user. A controller is coupled to the passive sensor and the active sensor. The controller is programmed to detect the presence of a user in the sensing field based on an output signal from the active sensor in response to detecting the presence of the user in the sensing field with the passive sensor, thereby reducing the amount of power used by the active sensor. |
| US10941547B2 |
IoT connected handwashing monitoring and compliance for various applications
A plumbing fixture assembly including a fluid flow detection system for monitoring fluid flow and flow characteristics through plumbing fixtures without contacting the fluid. The fluid flow detection system communicates collected data related to the plumbing fixtures to a water management system, which analyzes the data and provides information to a user through a portal and user interface. The fluid flow detection system also tracks users of the plumbing fixtures for compliance with a hand washing routine. The hand washing compliance data is communicated to the water management system as well. |
| US10941541B2 |
Cruise control on a work machine
A cruise control system for work machines. The system comprises one or more levers for controlling the velocity of the work machine and one or more magnet assemblies. The magnet assemblies comprise means of overcoming the neutral bias of a control lever so that the velocity of the work machine may be maintained without manual input from the operator. The magnets may act directly upon a control lever or a surface adjacent a control lever. Additional controls may be employed to set a maximum cruising speed for the work machine when cruise control is engaged. |
| US10941539B1 |
Telescoping stabilizer leg systems and methods
A system to stabilize a construction vehicle is disclosed having a frame and a pair of stabilizer legs with ground-engaging shoes at the ends of the legs. The stabilizer legs may pivotally connect to the frame on substantially opposing sides, so that the stabilizer legs pivot upwards to a stowed position and pivot downwards to a stabilizing position where the shoe engages the ground. The stabilizer legs may telescope between a retracted and extended position. The retracted position locates the shoe closer to the vehicle and the extended position further from the vehicle. A pair of hydraulic cylinders may be connected to the respective stabilizer legs to power the telescopic movement of the stabilizer legs between the retracted position and extended position. A controller may allow substantially lateral movement of the construction vehicle while the pair of stabilizer legs are engaged with the ground to support the construction vehicle. |
| US10941532B2 |
Utility whisker broom
A first work tool arm is rotatably attached to a frame or reference structure, a second work tool arm rotatably attached to the first work tool arm, and a work tool attached to an end of the second work tool arm. An actuator and a spring are each rotatably attached to the second work tool arm and configured such that separate movement of the first work tool arm relative to the frame or reference structure and movement of the second work tool arm and work tool relative to the first work tool arm are achieved with actuation of the actuator. |
| US10941525B2 |
Soft, low lint, through air dried tissue and method of forming the same
A multi-ply through air dried structured tissue having a bulk softness of less than 10 TS7 and a lint value of 5.0 or less. Each ply of the tissue has a first exterior layer that includes a wet end temporary wet strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton and a wet end dry strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton, an interior layer that includes a first wet end additive comprising an ionic surfactant, and a second wet end additive comprising a non-ionic surfactant, and a second exterior layer. |
| US10941521B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring and removing rotational variability from a nip pressure profile of a covered roll of a nip press
Multiple groups of sensors are circumferentially spaced apart at each cross-directional position along a sensing roll of a nip press to measure and cancel or nearly cancel the effects of rotational variability which may be acting on the sensing roll. The strategically-placed sensors are designed to measure the pressure being placed against the web that is being advanced through the nip press. The average of the measurements of multiple sensors spaced circumferential apart provides a good cancellation of any rotational variability that might be found at a cross-directional position on the sensing roll. In this manner, a more true measurement of the nip pressure profile can be obtained and better adjustments made to reduce nip pressure profile variability. In addition, the nip variability profile may be used as a predictor of cover or bearing failures, resonant frequencies and other roll anomalies. |
| US10941520B2 |
Fractionating and refining system for engineering fibers to improve paper production
A system for treating cellulosic fibers to improve paper, board and tissue quality; the system involves splitting fibers into an original portion having original fibers and a refinable portion. The refinable portion may further be fractionated by one or more fibers properties by a fiber fractionation system into a first fraction and a second fraction. The refinable portion as a whole, or a fractionated fraction thereof, is then refined to produce refined fibers. Varying amounts of the original unrefined fibers, refined fibers and possibly additionally fractionated unrefined fibers are blended together to form an optimized slurry that is processed by a paper machine into an optimized paper product. A master control system, fiber measurement system and optional fractionation maintenance system may be integrated with the overall system to regulate all processing. |
| US10941519B2 |
Process for reduction of energy consumption during the pretreatment of biomass
The present invention relates to a process for reduction of energy consumption during the pretreatment of biomass. |
| US10941517B2 |
Hand-held garment steamer with scale collection chamber
The present application relates to a hand-held garment steamer (1) comprising a steam generating chamber (5) having a surface (9) and a heater (10) to heat the surface (9) such that water fed onto the surface (9) is converted into steam. The hand-held garment steamer (1) further comprises a scale collection chamber (14) having an opening (25). The surface (9) and opening (25) are positioned relative to each other and configured so that when the garment steamer (1) is in a first orientation (A) in which the surface (9) extends downwardly away from the opening (25), water fed onto the surface (9) flows away from the opening (25) to be evaporated from the surface (9). When the garment steamer (1) is in a second orientation (B) in which the surface (9) extends downwardly towards the opening (25), scale dislodged from the surface (9) falls into the scale collection chamber (14) through the opening (25). The scale collection chamber (14) is located below the steam generating chamber (5) in both the first orientation (A) and the second orientation (B). The present application also relates to a garment steaming system (40) comprising the hand-held garment steamer (1). |
| US10941516B2 |
Electrical household appliance comprising a base having a gravity-fed boiling chamber
An electrical household appliance includes a base for producing steam having a steam generator including a boiling chamber and a liquid reservoir supplying the boiling chamber by gravity, the liquid flowing by gravity from the reservoir toward the boiling chamber until the liquid level in the boiling chamber reaches an equilibrium level, called the reference level, at which the liquid level in the appliance prevents air from entering the reservoir, the boiling chamber including a steam outlet through which steam can escape toward a work tool, such as a smoothing brush, and a communication opening connected to a pipe having an evacuation opening closed with a removable stopper, wherein the pipe is supplied with liquid from the reservoir via a supply duct that leads to the pipe at the level of an inlet opening provided above a particle-retention cavity arranged in the lower part of the pipe. |
| US10941514B2 |
Drying apparatus and laundry drying machine including the same
A drying apparatus according to the present invention and a laundry drying machine including the same circulate only some of humid air introduced from a drum and discharge the remaining humid air through a discharge port, and then introduce mixed air, in which external air introduced through an introduction port and circulated humid air are mixed, into the drying duct to supply the air to the drum. Accordingly, since air in which there is little moisture may be circulated, drying performance of the drying apparatus may be improved.Further, by disposing an introduction fan or a discharge fan adjacent to the discharge port and mixing the humid air with the external air, since the air of which the moisture amount is little may be discharged to the outside of a cabinet, or the air discharged through the discharge port may be quickly discharged to the outside of the cabinet by the discharge fan, occurrence of dew condensation in the cabinet may be prevented. |
| US10941511B2 |
Clothes treatment apparatus and control method therefor
The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and, more particularly, to a clothes treatment apparatus for directly heating a drum accommodating clothes. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum, wherein the induction module comprises: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire. |
| US10941510B2 |
Equipment for perforated pre-impregnated reinforcement materials
An apparatus for perforating a carbon fiber substrate material comprises a support structure including a first side support and a second side support and a cylindrical anvil rotatably connected between the first side support and the second side support. The anvil is configured to move the carbon fiber substrate material in response to rotation of the anvil. The apparatus further comprises a cylindrical cutting wheel rotatably connected to the support structure between the first side support and the second side support and positioned adjacent to the anvil. The cutting wheel includes a plurality of blades projecting outward from an outer surface of the cutting wheel wherein the blades of the cutting wheel are configured to perforate the carbon fiber substrate material when the carbon fiber substrate material moves between the anvil and the cutting wheel. |
| US10941508B2 |
Sewing machine
A sewing machine includes a feed mechanism which feeds a workpiece by a feed dog partially protruding out upward from an upper surface of a throat plate and moving along a predetermined feeding direction; a presser foot which presses the workpiece on the upper surface of the throat plate from above; a feed guide which has an abutting surface along the feeding direction and guides feeding of the workpiece; and a control device. The feed mechanism includes a lateral feed mechanism which adds a moving component in a direction along the upper surface of the throat plate and orthogonal to the predetermined feeding direction, to the feed dog. The control device controls the feed mechanism to feed the workpiece by adding a moving component to a side of the abutting surface of the feed guide by the lateral feed mechanism, in addition to the feeding along the regulated feeding direction. |
| US10941507B2 |
Stretchable member for shoe and shoe including the stretchable member
A stretchable member includes: a flat base made of a stretchable knitted fabric; and a limiting part extending in a stretching direction of the base, formed integrally with the base while having both ends in a length direction knitted in, and fixed to, the base, and configured to limit stretch of the base. The limiting part is longer than the distance between fixing points at which the limiting part is fixed to the base in an unstretched state, and is made of a knitted fabric which has a flat band shape and which is configured to become slack with respect to the base when the base is in the unstretched state. |
| US10941506B2 |
Plied cord, production method therefor, transmission belt, and method for using same
A plied cord includes three or four first twist yarns containing para-aramid fibers, wherein: the para-aramid fibers have an average size of 1000-1250 dtex, a tensile elasticity of 55-70 GPa and a tensile strength of 2800-3500 MPa; and for the plied cord, the number of first twists when the number of the first twist yarns is three is 33-40 twists/10 cm and the number of first twists when the number of the first twist yarns is four is 42-52 twists/10 cm, the second twist direction is the opposite direction from the first twist, and the ratio of the second twist coefficient to the first twist coefficient is 0.25-1. |
| US10941501B2 |
Method and composition for metal finishing
The present invention describes a composition and method to control dimensional growth during an anodizing process. Potassium permanganate has been discovered, when added to an anodizing solution containing at least one acid, to minimize dimensional change. This novel composition and method were found to be safer, quicker and less expensive than the conventional method of anodizing aluminum. In addition, the novel composition and method were found to have superior properties to aluminum anodized by the conventional method with respect to durability and corrosion resistance. In addition to anodizing, the novel solution described herein is capable of several other uses including the removal of organic and metal contaminants from solution, producing black electroless nickel on a substrate, producing a bright nickel coating on a substrate such as aluminum, and cleaning and activating aluminum for plating. |
| US10941495B2 |
Additive metal deposition process
A build piece is made from a build plan by an additive metal deposition process, the build plan created from a three dimensional definition of a desired part, the build plan having a first set of dimensions corresponding to the desired part and includes a support structure. The build piece is to a chemical etchant such that the support structure is removed from the build piece and the dimensions of the build piece corresponding to the desired part are reduced to a second set of dimensions. |
| US10941494B2 |
Electroless platinum plating solution and platinum film obtained using same
An electroless platinum plating solution is disclosed that can be subjected to plating processing with high deposition efficiency, does not self-decompose even when it does not contain sulfur or heavy metals, and has excellent bath stability, and an electroless platinum plating solution that can suppresses out-of-pattern deposition of platinum and perform platinum plating only on a necessary portion. An electroless platinum plating solution is disclosed that contains a soluble platinum salt, a complexing agent and any of a borohydride compound, an aminoborane compound and a hydrazine compound, and has a pH of 7 or more, adding a specific hydroxymethyl compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: R1—CH2—OH (1) wherein R1 is an atomic group having an aldehyde group or a ketone group. |
| US10941493B2 |
Film formation method
A film formation method is provided with a catalyst film formation step for forming a catalyst film on the surface of a substrate by displacement reduction plating, an intermediate film formation step for forming a palladium plating film on the catalyst film, and a surface film formation step for forming a gold plating film on the palladium plating film. |
| US10941491B2 |
Continuous multiple tow coating reactor
A tow coating reactor system includes a reactor for receiving fiber tow, a wedge situated adjacent the reactor and configured to receive the tow at a tip end, such that as the tow moves across the wedge, the wedge spreads the tow into a plurality of sub-tows. |
| US10941488B2 |
Method for manufacturing elementary metal including metal precursor pressurization dosing operation
A pressurization type method for manufacturing elementary metal may include a metal precursor gas pressurization dosing operation of, in a state where an outlet of a chamber having a substrate is closed, increasing a pressure in the chamber by providing a metal precursor gas consisting of metal precursors, thereby adsorbing the metal precursors onto the substrate, a main purging operation of purging a gas after the metal precursor gas pressurization dosing operation, a reaction gas dosing operation of providing a reaction gas to reduce the metal precursors adsorbed on the substrate to elementary metal, after the main purging operation, and a main purging operation of purging a gas after the reaction gas dosing operation. |
| US10941484B2 |
Plasma spray physical vapor deposition deposited in multilayer, multi-microstructure environmental barrier coating
An article may include a substrate defining at least one at least partially obstructed surface. The substrate includes at least one of a ceramic or a ceramic matrix composite. The article also may include a multilayer, multi-microstructure environmental barrier coating on the at least partially obstructed substrate. The multilayer, multi-microstructure environmental barrier coating includes a first layer comprising a rare earth disilicate and a substantially dense microstructure; and a second layer on the first layer. The second layer includes a columnar microstructure and at least one of a rare earth monosilicate or a thermal barrier coating composition comprising a base oxide comprising zirconia or hafnia; a primary dopant comprising ytterbia; a first co-dopant comprising samaria; and a second co-dopant comprising at least one of lutetia, scandia, ceria, gadolinia, neodymia, or europia. |
| US10941483B2 |
In-line coating device, in-line coating method, and separator
An in-line coating device includes: a coating section configured to perform coating on a workpiece; and a transport section configured to transport a plurality of the workpieces in the coating section. The coating section is provided with a plurality of coating materials which are aligned. The transport section transports the workpieces such that the workpieces face the plurality of coating materials. The in-line coating device includes a voltage applying section configured to, when the workpiece is transported and faces each coating material, apply to the workpiece, a bias voltage to attract particles emitted from the coating material toward the workpiece. The bias voltages applied to the workpiece by the voltage applying section when the workpiece faces one of the coating materials can be different from that applied when the workpiece faces another one of the coating material. |
| US10941478B2 |
Arc wire spraying method, equipment and product
An arc wire spraying method includes conveying at least two wires out of respective lance nozzles of a wire conveying device by means of the wire conveying device, applying current to the two wires to form an arc for melting the ends of the two wires, and applying airflow to the arc in the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the wire conveying device by means of an airflow applying device so as to spray the melted wire material toward a surface to be sprayed. The airflow applying device rotationally applies the airflow around the longitudinal direction of the wire conveying device. Parameters for spraying are variably adjusted along the rotating direction of the airflow applying device. The airflow is rotationally applied at a varying rotating speed. |
| US10941477B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and susceptor
A susceptor for receiving a substrate, the susceptor including a ceramics base member, a conductive layer formed on a top surface of the ceramics base member and a side surface of the ceramics base member, the top surface of the ceramics base member configured to receive and support the substrate, and a conducting member contacting the conductive layer at an outer surface of the ceramics base member. |
| US10941474B2 |
Apparatus for the continuous hot dip coating of a metal strip with rear pouring compartment optimally angled with the passage plane of the metal strip
An apparatus for the continuous hot dip coating of a metal strip is provided The apparatus includes a vessel intended to contain a liquid metal bath, a bottom roller and a scroll casing of the metal strip. The casing includes, at its lower end, a pouring box delimiting a front pouring compartment for liquid metal and a rear pouring compartment for liquid metal. Each pouring compartment is inwardly delimited by an inner wall and outwardly delimited by an outer wall. The outer wall of the rear pouring compartment forms, with the passage plane of the metal strip, an angle greater than or equal to 15° in the usage configuration. A method is also provided. |
| US10941472B2 |
Systems and methods for drawing high aspect ratio metallic glass-based materials
Systems and methods for drawing high aspect ratio metallic glass-based materials are provided. Methods of drawing a high aspect ratio metallic glass-based material are premised on stably drawing high aspect ratio metallic glass-based material from a preform metallic glass-based composition, accounting for the relationships between: the desired formation of an amorphous structure that is substantially homogenous along the majority of the length of the drawn high aspect ratio material; the desired final geometry of the drawn high aspect ratio material; the nature of the force that is used to draw the molten metallic glass-based composition; the velocity at which the high aspect ratio material is drawn; the viscosity profile of the material along its length as it is being drawn; and/or the effect of temperature on the metallic glass-based material. A precise thermal treatment is imposed along the forming length of the drawn material so as to enable a steady state drawing process, the precise thermal treatment being based on: the desire to develop a substantially same amorphous structure along the length of the drawn material; the desired final geometry for the drawn material; the nature of the force used to draw the material; the velocity at which the material is being drawn; and/or the thermal treatment's impact on the viscosity profile of the material along its length as it is being drawn. |
| US10941470B2 |
Cr-Mn-N austenitic heat-resistant steel and a method for manufacturing the same
A Cr—Mn—N austenitic heat-resistant steel is provided. The heat-resistant steel comprises, in weight percentage, carbon 0.20% to 0.50%, silicon 0.50% to 2.00%, manganese 2.00% to 5.00%, phosphorus less than 0.04%, sulphur less than 0.03%, chromium 20.00% to 27.00%, nickel 6.00% to 8.00%, molybdenum less than 0.50%, niobium less than 0.60%, tungsten less than 0.60%, vanadium less than 0.15%, nitrogen 0.30% to 0.60%, zirconium less than 0.10%, cobalt less than 0.10%, yttrium less than 0.10%, boron less than 0.20%, with the balance iron. The heat-resistant steel has high temperature strength, high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion coefficient, good dimensional stability, good ductility, heat resistance, impact resistance, and low production costs, and meets the requirements for high performance engines. |
| US10941469B2 |
Martensitic stainless steel
The present disclosure relates to a martensitic stainless steel suitable for rock drill steel rods. Furthermore, the present disclosure also relates to the use of the martensitic stainless steel and to products manufactured thereof, especially drill rods. |
| US10941466B2 |
Ni-base superalloy composition and method for SLM processing such Ni-base superalloy composition
A Ni-base superalloy composition to be used for powder-based additive manufacturing (AM) technology, such as selective laser melting (SLM) or electron beam melting (EBM). The cracking susceptibility during an AM process is considerably reduced by controlling the amount of elements, especially Hf, that form low-melting eutectics. |
| US10941465B2 |
Cu-based sintered sliding material, and production method therefor
The Cu-based sintered sliding material has a composition including, by mass %, 7% to 35% of Ni, 1% to 10% of Sn, 0.9% to 3% of P, and 0.5% to 5% of C, with a remainder of Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the Cu-based sintered sliding material includes a sintered body including: alloy grains that contain Sn and C and contain a Cu—Ni-based alloy as a main component; grain boundary phases that contain Ni and P as main components and are dispersedly distributed in grain boundaries of the alloy grains; and free graphite that intervenes at the grain boundaries of the alloy grains, the Cu-based sintered sliding material has a structure in which pores are dispersedly formed in the grain boundaries of the alloy grains, and an amount of C in a metal matrix including the alloy grains and the grain boundary phases is, by mass %, 0.02% to 0.20%. |
| US10941463B2 |
High-entropy alloy foam and manufacturing method for the foam
The present invention relates to a HEA foam prepared by selective dissolution of a second phase within a two-phase separating alloy comprising the HEA and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the HEA foam of the present invention has the effect of preparing a novel HEA foam, which was not available in the past, by leaving only a first phase after manufacturing a two-phase separating alloy comprising a first phase by HEA, wherein at least 3 metal elements act as a common solvent. Furthermore, the HEA foam of the present invention has a structure, wherein pores are distributed inside the HEA, in which at least 3 metal elements act as a common solvent. By adding a functional characteristic of low heat conductivity, etc., to the existing high strength characteristic of HEA, the HEA foam of the present invention can exhibit a complex effect by the combination of the two particular effects, thereby being capable of exhibiting excellent physical characteristics. |
| US10941451B2 |
Biomarker panel for the detection of cancer
The present invention relates to panels of methylation and mi RNA marker as well as their use in the prognosing, diagnosing and/or treatment of cancer, means for detecting said marker, kits comprising said means, and devices for analysing the marker panel. |
| US10941450B2 |
Urothelial cancer and methods of detection and targeted therapy
The invention provides methods for detecting a cellular proliferative disorder (e.g., urothelial cancer) in a subject by assessing the methylation status of the GULP1 promoter in a nucleic acid sample. The methods of the invention are useful for diagnostic, prognostic as well as therapeutic regimen predictions. |
| US10941449B2 |
Method of screening for colorectal cancer
The present invention relates generally to a method of determining one or more probabilities of respective classifications of a neoplasm into one or more neoplastic categories. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of determining the probability of classification of a large intestine neoplasm into one or more categories selected from adenoma, stage I, stage II, stage III or stage IV by screening for changes to the methylation levels of a panel of gene markers, including BCAT1, IKZF1, IRF4, GRASP and/or CAHM. The method of the present invention is useful in a range of applications including, but not limited to, those relating to the diagnosis and/or monitoring of colorectal neoplasms, such as colorectal adenocarcinosis. |
| US10941444B2 |
Functional ligands to lipoarabinomannan
The present invention relates functional ligands to target molecules, particularly to functional nucleic acids and modifications thereof, and to methods for simultaneously generating, for example, numerous different functional biomolecules, particularly to methods for generating numerous different functional nucleic acids against multiple target molecules simultaneously. The present invention further relates to functional ligands which bind with affinity to target molecules, such as lipoarabinomannan (LAM). |
| US10941442B2 |
Sequencing methods and compositions for prenatal diagnoses
The invention provides methods for determining aneuploidy and/or fetal fraction in maternal samples comprising fetal and maternal cfDNA by massively parallel sequencing. The method comprises a novel protocol for preparing sequencing libraries that unexpectedly improves the quality of library DNA while expediting the process of analysis of samples for prenatal diagnoses. |
| US10941441B2 |
Method and apparatus for transporting and retaining a receptacle
A receptacle transport mechanism comprises a body, a plunger configured to be movable with respect to the body, and one or more limbs movably attached to the body and positioned in operative engagement with the plunger. The plunger is movable with respect to the body between a first position whereby engagement by the plunger with the one or more limbs positions a lower portion of each limb proximal to the body and a second position whereby engagement by the plunger with the one or more limbs extends the lower portion of each limb outwardly relative to the body. |
| US10941438B2 |
Methods and kits for highly multiplex single primer extension
The present disclosure provides methods and kits for highly multiplex single primer extensions using a MutS protein and Mg2+ at a concentration higher than that in a typical PCR reaction. Also disclosed is the use of such methods and kits in next generation sequencing. |
| US10941437B2 |
Molecular manipulation system and method
A molecular manipulation system for investigating molecules, having a sample holder constructed to hold a sample comprising a plurality of molecules attached on one side to a surface in the sample holder and on another side attached to a microbead of a plurality of microbeads. The system having; an acoustic wave generator to generate an acoustic wave exerting a force on the microbeads in the sample; and a detector device to detect a response of the plurality of microbeads in the sample on the force exerted by the acoustic wave to investigate the molecules attached to the microbeads. |
| US10941436B2 |
Methods for characterizing DNA sequence composition in a genome
Methods for the high-throughput analysis of transgenic events are herein disclosed. The methods use libraries of sheared genomic DNA ligated to specialized adapters and pooled for sequence analysis and comparison to known genomic and insert sequence. The method finds use in detecting characterizing insertion site, transgene integrity, and transgene copy number. |
| US10941435B2 |
Methods and compositions for detecting or measuring caspases or apoptosis
Provided herein are compounds, enzyme substrates, compositions, kits, uses, and methods for detecting the presence or absence of a caspase enzyme, measuring the activity of a caspase enzyme, or detecting the presence or absence of apoptosis. The detection or measurement can occur through intracellular cleavage of a compound or enzyme substrate, which can lead to an increase in fluorescence, e.g., in the violet or red channel, through liberation of a nucleic acid binding dye from a peptide, such as liberation of a DNA-binding dye from a negatively charged peptide comprising a sequence recognized and cleaved by a caspase. |
| US10941431B2 |
Lysine conjugated immunoglobulins
Provided herein are conjugated immunoglobulins and methods for generating conjugated immunoglobulins using a microbial transglutaminase. |
| US10941429B2 |
Enzymatic synthesis of kavalactones and flavokavains
Disclosed are methods, compositions, proteins, nucleic acids, cells, vectors, compounds, reagents, and systems for the preparation of kavalactones, flavokavains, and kavalactone and flavokavain biosynthetic intermediates using enzymes expressed in heterologous host cells, such as microorganisms or plants, or using in vitro enzymatic reactions. This invention also provides for the expression of the enzymes by recombinant cell lines and vectors. Furthermore, the enzymes can be components of constructs such as fusion proteins. The kavalactones produced can be utilized to treat anxiety disorder, insomnia, and other psychological and neurological disorders. The flavokavains produced can be utilized to treat various cancers including colon, bladder, and breast cancers. |
| US10941421B2 |
Yeast strains engineered to produce ethanol from acetic acid and glycerol
The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol from lignocellulosic hydrolysates comprising, hexoses, pentoses and acetic acid, whereby genetically modified yeast cells are use that comprise an exogenous gene encoding an acetaldehyde dehydrogenase and a bacterial gene encoding an enzyme with NAD+-linked glycerol dehydrogenase activity. The process is further characterised in that glycerol is present in or fed into the culture medium, whereby the modified yeast cell ferments the hexoses, pentoses, acetic acid and glycerol to ethanol. The invention further relates to yeast cells for use in such processes. The yeast cells advantageously comprise genetic modifications that improve glycerol utilization such as modifications that increase one or more of dihydroxyacetone kinase activity and transport of glycerol into the cell. The yeast cell further preferably comprises a functional exogenous xylose isomerase gene and/or functional exogenous genes which confer to the cell the ability to convert L-arabinose into D-xylulose 5-phosphate and they may comprise a genetic modification that increase acetyl-CoA synthetase activity. |
| US10941418B2 |
Means and methods for generating complex glycans derived from fungal engineered hosts
The present application relates to the field of glyco-engineering, more specifically to glycosylation-engineered fungal cells, more specifically glycosylation-engineered yeast cells, optimized to produce highly homogenous forms of complex N-glycans on recombinant proteins. The invention specifically relates to methods to obtain pharmaceutical compositions comprising recombinant glycoproteins which have homogenous forms of complex N-glycans. In addition, the invention relates to novel pharmaceutical compositions which result from the methods of the invention. |
| US10941411B2 |
Modified gene resulting in parthenocarpic fruit set
The invention relates to a modified PIN4 gene, the wild type of which is as identified in SEQ ID No. 1, encoding the protein of SEQ ID No. 5, or the wild type of which encodes a protein that has a sequence similarity of at least 80% to SEQ ID No. 5, which modified PIN4 gene encodes a protein that comprises an amino acid change as a result of the modification, and which modified protein is capable of inducing parthenocarpic fruit set when present in a plant. The invention also relates to plants and fruits that carry the gene. Such plants are capable of parthenocarpic fruit set and the fruits do not contain seeds. The invention further relates to use of the gene in breeding and producing plants capable of parthenocarpic fruit set. |
| US10941404B2 |
Treatment of angiopoietin like 7 (ANGPTL7) related diseases
Provided herein are oligonucleotide compositions that inhibit ANGPTL7 and reduce intraocular pressure when administered to an eye. The oligonucleotide compositions contain nucleoside modifications. |
| US10941401B2 |
Synthetic near-threshold translational repressors
Provided herein are synthetic nucleic acid molecules and methods of using such synthetic nucleic acid molecules for strong repression of target gene expression. In particular, provided herein are methods for altering expression of a protein in a cell, where the method comprises introducing into a cell a protein coding sequence operably linked to a near-threshold translational repressor having first and second trigger recognition sequences that are fully or partially complementary to a repressing trigger RNA; and introducing into a cell the repressing trigger RNA. |
| US10941398B2 |
Selecting and stabilizing dsRNA constructs
The invention provides methods for selecting nucleotide sequences that yield dsRNA-mediated gene suppression in a target organism and enable their uptake by the target organism. The invention further provides expression constructs that confer stabilized expression of such sequences in a transgenic host cell, and methods for their use. Also provided are organisms, cells and tissues prepared by a method of the invention. |
| US10941396B2 |
Compositions and kits for molecular counting
Methods, kits and systems are disclosed for analyzing one or more molecules in a sample. Analyzing the one or more molecules may comprise quantitation of the one or more molecules. Individual molecules may quantitated by PCR, arrays, beads, emulsions, droplets, or sequencing. Quantitation of individual molecules may further comprise stochastic labeling of the one or more molecules with a plurality of oligonucleotide tags to produce one or more stochastically labeled molecules. The methods may further comprise amplifying, sequencing, detecting, and/or quantifying the stochastically labeled molecules. The molecules may be DNA, RNA and/or proteins. |
| US10941395B2 |
Method for gene editing
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for modifying a gene sequence, and for systems for delivering such compositions. For example, the disclosure relates to modifying a gene sequence using a CRISPR-Cas9 or other nucleic acid editing system, and methods and delivery systems for achieving such gene modification, such as viral or non-viral delivery systems. |
| US10941394B2 |
Device for manipulating magnetic particles and method for manipulating magnetic particles
A device for manipulating magnetic particles includes a gelled medium layer and liquid layers alternately stacked in a tubular container along a longitudinal direction of the container. A magnetic particle movement portion for moving magnetic particles exists along an inner wall surface of the container, and the magnetic particle movement portion extends along the longitudinal direction of the container. At a portion where the gelled medium layer is loaded, the cross-sectional shape of the container inner wall in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the container is non-circular, and the shape of the magnetic particle movement portion in the cross section is a curved shape or an angular shape. |
| US10941389B2 |
Variants of chymosin with improved properties
Variants of chymosin with improved α S1-casein cleavage and C/P properties. |
| US10941384B2 |
Compositions and methods for promoting the generation of endocrine cells
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the generation of insulin positive β cells, for example by exposing Pdx+ pancreatic progenitor cells to one or more compounds, and compositions and kits comprising isolated populations of insulin positive cells. |
| US10941382B2 |
Platelet production promoter and method of producing platelets using same
The present invention provides: a platelet production promoter that contains one or more substances selected from the group consisting of Wnt inhibitors and FMS-like tyrosine kinase (FLT) inhibitors; and a platelet production method that uses this platelet production promoter. |
| US10941381B2 |
Method of manufacturing dual-specific T-cells for use in cancer immunotherapy
The present invention relates to autologous dual-specific lymphocytes, methods of making and uses for the treatment of tumors. In particular, the invention relates to methods producing autologous dual-specific lymphocytes comprising an endogenous receptor for at least one tumor associated antigen and an exogenous receptor for a strong antigen. |
| US10941380B2 |
Biomimetic cell culture substrates
Embodiments of the presently disclosed subject matter provide biomimetic cell culture substrates comprising highly tunable patterned polymer nanofiber matrices capable of modulating expression of critical self-renewal factors and markers of cell-cell interaction to maintain stemness of human mesenchymal stem cells in vitro. Embodiments of the presently-disclosed subject matter also provide scalable, highly repeatable methods of making biomimetic cell culture substrates by hot pressing thermoplastic polymer films into femtosecond laser-ablated nanopore molds to form patterned polymer nanofiber matrices on flat thermoplastic substrates. |
| US10941376B2 |
Method for producing chip for cell culture
A method for producing a chip for cell culture that enables production of a microchannel structure, enables mass production at low cost, and also has functions suited to cell culture. The method includes forming a photosensitive adhesive layer by applying a photosensitive adhesive to a first substrate having transparency, thus obtaining a 3D printing substrate, 3D printing steps that employ vat photopolymerization, forming a first adhesive layer by depositing a first adhesive on a second substrate having transparency, thus obtaining a cell culture channel top plate, and bonding the cell culture channel and the cell culture channel top plate together via the first adhesive layer, and then performing thermocompression bonding to obtain a microchannel structural body having a hollow structure, wherein the first adhesive is a polyester-based resin having a Tg value of 5° C. or higher. |
| US10941372B2 |
Laundry detergent composition
The present invention provides a domestic laundry cleaning composition, said composition comprising an anionic charged surfactant, an alkyl ether carboxylic acid dispersant, a lipase enzyme; and a protease enzyme. |
| US10941365B2 |
Method for manufacturing solid fuel and solid fuel
A method is provided for producing a solid fuel to be used as fuel for a pulverized coal boiler from wood biomass as a source material at a high mass yield and calorie yield by performing a grinding treatment in a mixture with coal. A solid fuel is produced by adjusting the moisture of a ground powder of wood biomass to between 8 and 50%; densifying the ground powder of wood biomass to a bulk density of 0.55 g/cm3 or higher (measured according to JIS K 2151-6 “Bulk density test method”); and then subjecting the ground powder of wood biomass to torrefaction under conditions of an oxygen concentration of 10% or less and a temperature between 170 and 350° C. Since the bulk density of a source material is high, a trouble in conveyance such as clogging of a rotary valve at an inlet of a carbonization furnace, or clogging of a cyclone after a drier due to excessive reject can be prevented. |
| US10941349B2 |
Fuel composition for a diesel engine
The invention is directed to a fuel composition for diesel engines. The fuel composition comprises 0.1-99% by weight of a component or a mixture of components produced from biological raw material originating from plants and/or animals and/or fish. The fuel composition comprises 0-20% of components containing oxygen. Both components are mixed with diesel components based on crude oil and/or fractions from Fischer-Tropsch process. |
| US10941345B2 |
Systems and methods for valve sealing
A system for sealing an unheading or isolation valve in a petroleum refining process. Some aspects relate to a bellows seal for preventing leakage of petroleum product and steam within the valve. Some aspects relate to a restrictor for restricting the motion of a dynamic seat relative to a seat base structure. |
| US10941344B2 |
Liquid crystal cell
A liquid crystal cell which is capable of switching between a transparent mode and a scattering mode by using a non-ionic compound as a liquid crystal additive for realizing the EHDI characteristics and has excellent performance such as a driving voltage characteristic, a haze characteristic and reliability by securing solubility of the additive for liquid crystals. Such a liquid crystal cell can be applied to various light modulation devices such as a smart window, a window protective film, a flexible display device, a light shielding plate for transparent display, an active retarder for 3D image display, or a viewing angle adjusting film. |
| US10941343B2 |
Foaming additive for soil conditioning in the presence of mechanised excavation for tunnel construction
Disclosed is a liquid foaming additive for use in mechanised excavation by a tunnel boring machine, containing 5-40% by weight of one or more surfactants, 0.01-5% by weight of one or more biopolymers, and 55-94.99% by weight of water. |
| US10941340B2 |
Synthetic material for detecting ultraviolet radiation and/or X-radiation
A material represented by the following formula (I) (M′)8M″6M″′6O24(X,S)2:M″″ formula (I). Also disclosed is an ultraviolet radiation sensing material, an X-radiation sensing material, a device and a method for determining the intensity of ultraviolet radiation. |
| US10941338B2 |
Highly stable quantum DOT-containing polymer films
Highly stable films containing semiconductor nanoparticles (“quantum dots”) are prepared from resins containing a fast-curing inner phase having a high glass transition temperature (Tg) and certain inner phase/outer phase combinations. The resins may comprise an inner phase and outer phase (but may appear to be a single phase due to their homogeneous appearance when viewed using an optical microscope). The method provides a highly scalable and cost-effective procedure for preparing films that are resistant to light, elevated temperatures, moisture, and oxygen. |
| US10941335B2 |
Fines fixing agent having improved compatibility with organic complexed borate fracturing fluids
A fines-fixing agent that has improved compatibility with organic complexed borate fracturing fluids is disclosed. Existing fines fixing agents have a high concentration of unreacted caustic that results in a product pH of approximately 12. This high pH affects the crosslinker and the overall fracturing fluid system stability, promoting precipitation of the organic crosslinker. These effects can be mitigated by neutralizing the fines fixing agents with an acid such as hydrochloric or acetic acid to a pH of 6 or lower. |
| US10941333B2 |
Heavy oil activator and preparation method and use thereof
Disclosed are a heavy oil activator, a preparation method and use thereof. The heavy oil activator has a structural formula shown in Formula (1). In Formula (1), x, y, z, m, and n are respectively mass fractions of corresponding chain segments in the polymer, m being 0.75-0.85, y being 0.20-0.24, and x, z, and n all being 0.001-0.01; and p is a natural number between 2 and 9. The activating polymer provided has the effects of increasing viscosity of an aqueous phase while reducing viscosity of crude oil, and can serve both as a displacing agent and a viscosity reducer to realize integration of the two agents. The activating polymer can increase viscosity of an aqueous phase, has a displacement effect, can emulsify and disperse crude oil, and increase fluidity of a mixed phase; the dispersed crude oil continues to interact with crude oil that has not contacted the polymer, and the aqueous phase interacts with the mixed oil phase as well as new oil, by way of which continuous interactions, more crude oil can be constantly produced. The activating polymer has a relatively low interfacial tension and exhibits a certain degree of oil washing capability. |
| US10941331B2 |
Aqueous cleaning composition and method
An aqueous cleaning composition for removing paraffin, asphaltene, and scale deposits or plugs from a hydrocarbon system. The aqueous cleaning composition is formed of a cleaning composition and an aqueous liquid. The cleaning composition contains about 21-33% of a silicate, about 20-35% of a peroxygen, about 3-15% of a phosphate, about 15-40% of a carbonate or bicarbonate, about 1-10% of a chelating agent, about 1-5.5% of a surfactant combination. In one embodiment, the surfactant combination includes a surfactant polymer mixture containing a block polymer and a reverse polymer, and a wetting agent containing a sulfonated material or an ethoxylated alcohol. |
| US10941329B2 |
Slurry comprising an encapsulated expansion agent for well cementing
Methods to prepare a well cementing slurry include coating particles comprising an expanding agent with a component selected from the group consisting of a phenolic resin, a silica, a calcination product of a polysiloxane oil, and a combination thereof; and combining the coated particles with mix water and hydraulic cement to form a cement slurry for cementing a well. |
| US10941328B2 |
Carbonaceous nanoparticles as conductivity enhancement additives to water-in-oil emulsions, oil-in-water emulsions and oil-based wellbore fluids
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods of making wellbore fluids with enhanced electrical conductivities. In some embodiments, such methods comprise: (1) pre-treating a carbon material with an acid; and (2) adding the carbon material to the wellbore fluid. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to wellbore fluids formed by the methods of the present disclosure. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods for logging a subterranean well by utilizing the aforementioned wellbore fluids. |
| US10941326B2 |
Method and material for isolating a severe loss zone
A method and drilling fluid additive for reducing severe fluid losses in a well, comprising a combination of granular scrap tire particles and polymer adhesive molded into a capsule shape. Once in the severe loss zone, a plurality of LCMs wedge into the formation fractures and seal off the severe loss zone. |
| US10941325B2 |
Thermally conductive resin molded article
A thermally conductive resin molded article having a resin and a thermally conductive filler is provided. The thermally conductive filler is oriented substantially in the thickness direction of the thermally conductive resin molded article. The volumetric filling factor of the thermally conductive filler in the thermally conductive resin molded article is 20-80% by volume. Weld lines in the resin are formed substantially in the thickness direction of the thermally conductive resin molded article. An oil component is included in the thermally conductive resin molded article. |
| US10941324B2 |
Adhesive composition, and coverlay film, flexible copper clad laminate, and adhesive sheet using adhesive composition
An adhesive composition is provided which exhibits not only adhesiveness to a polyimide film or copper foil, but also high adhesiveness to gold-plated copper foil, and is also superior in heat resistance such as soldering heat resistance.The adhesive composition comprises a solvent-soluble polyamide resin (A) which is solid at 25° C., an epoxy resin (B), and an imidazole compound (C) having an alkoxysilyl group, wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the component (A) to the component (B) is 99/1-50/50, and the content of the component (C) is 0.3-5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total of the component (A) and the component (B). |
| US10941317B2 |
Room-temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition and base material
The present invention pertains to a room-temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition containing (A) an organopolysiloxane having the hydrolyzable silyl-group-containing monovalent organic group represented by formula (1) (R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-10 alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-10 aryl group, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-10 alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-10 aryl group, and R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 alkyl group or a hydrogen atom; M is an integer from 1 to 3, and n is an integer of 2 or more; and the broken line represents atomic bonding), (B) a hydrolyzable organosilane compound and/or a partially hydrolyzed condensate thereof, (C) a curing catalyst, and (F) a bleed oil. According to this configuration, an organotin-compound-free and MEKO-free product is achieved, exceptional fast-curing properties are achieved, and a cured coating film has exceptional rubber strength and exceptional antifouling performance over a long period of time. |
| US10941316B2 |
(Per)fluoropolyether derivatives
The present invention relates to novel (per)fluoropolyether (PFPE) polymer derivatives, a method for their manufacture and their use for providing an anti-soiling coating. |
| US10941311B2 |
Polyoxyethylene compound having multiple hydroxyl groups at end, and contact lens
Provided is a silicone contact lens having surface hydrophilicity and surface lubricity. It has been confirmed that a silicone contact lens including, on its surface, a graft polymer chain derived from a polyoxyethylene compound having a plurality of hydroxyl groups at a terminal thereof has surface hydrophilicity and surface lubricity. |
| US10941310B2 |
Non-skid, textured protective coating compositions for vehicle surfaces
In general, the embodiments herein provide non-skid, textured protective coating compositions for vehicle surfaces, such as vehicle beds, rocker panels, inner fenders, tailgates, bedrails, cargo vans, step area, and running boards, and other applicable metal, aluminum, fiberglass, plastic, and wood surfaces, and the method for producing same. In particular, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to textured protective coating compositions having improved impact, abrasion, and chemical resistance. These properties are obtained by a combination of an acrylic resin component and a solvent composition, and optionally a rheology additive component, a texturizing component, an adhesion promoter, and a plasticizer. |
| US10941307B2 |
Photopolymerization initiator and producing method thereof, polymerizable composition, ink jet recording method, and acylphosphine oxide compound
A photopolymerization initiator which is a compound having a structure in which one or more carbonyl groups that link to a carbon atom are further directly bonded to an aromatic ring of an aromatic acyl group that bonds to a phosphorus atom in an acylphosphine oxide structure. A producing method of a photopolymerization initiator produces the photopolymerization initiator. In a polymerizable composition and an ink jet recording method, the photopolymerization initiator is used. Furthermore, an acylphosphine oxide compound has a partial structure represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2. |
| US10941304B2 |
Metal powder sintering paste and method of producing the same, and method of producing conductive material
There is a problem that when a silver powder sintering paste that is substantially free from resin is used, an organic solvent used as a dispersion medium bleeds, which results in contamination and wire bonding defects. In order to solve the problem, provided is a metal powder sintering paste that contains, as a principal component, silver particles having an average particle diameter (a median diameter) of 0.3 μm to 5 μm and further contains an anionic surfactant but is substantially free from resin. |
| US10941300B2 |
Composition for modifying rheology of coating color, its use and a coating color
The invention relates to a composition for modifying rheology of coating colour and its use. The composition comprises an aqueous polymer dispersion, comprising a copolymer of monomer (a), which is at least one optionally substituted styrene, and monomer (b), which is at least one C1-C4-alkyl (meth)acrylate. The copolymer has a particle size D50<100 nm. Composition comprises also degraded starch having an average molecular weight Mn<1000 g/mol. |
| US10941290B2 |
Polycarbonate resin composition and molded product using the same
Disclosed are a thermoplastic resin composition including about 100 parts by weight of a base resin including (A-1) about 50 wt % to about 70 wt % of a polycarbonate resin and (A-2) about 30 wt % to about 50 wt % of a rubber modified vinyl-based copolymer, (B) about 1 to about 3 parts by weight of a cross-linkable styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer; and (C) about 1 to about 3 parts by weight of a methyl methacrylate-butyl acrylate copolymer, and a molded article using the same. |
| US10941286B2 |
Stabilized polyolefin compositions comprising benzofuranones and hindered amine light stabilizers
Polyolefin compositions comprising i) a polyolefin, ii) one or more phosphorus-containing benzofuranone compounds and iii) one or more hindered amine light stabilizers are provided excellent protection against discoloration and enhanced thermal stability during melt processing as exhibited by improved retention of molecular weight and maintenance of polymer molecular architecture. |
| US10941284B2 |
Polyethylene composition
A bimodal linear polyethylene composition, products made therefrom, methods of making and using same, and articles containing same. |
| US10941283B2 |
Nitrile rubber composition and rubber cross-linked product
A nitrile rubber composition including: a carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber containing 5 to 30% by weight of an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit, 0.1 to 10% by weight of a carboxyl group-containing monomer unit, 15 to 60% by weight of an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid ester monomer unit, and 20 to 64.9% by weight of a conjugated diene monomer unit and having an iodine value of 120 or less; and a reactive silicone oil. |
| US10941279B2 |
Surface-treated fillers for ultrathin breathable films
A breathable film is described having a basis weight from 1 g/m2 to 10 g/m2, a process for producing the breathable film and use of a surface-treated filler material product as filler in the breathable film. Finally, an article is described that includes the breathable film as well as the use of the breathable film in hygienic applications, medical applications, healthcare applications, filtration materials, geotextile products, agricultural applications, horticultural applications, clothing, footwear products, baggage products, household applications, industrial applications, packaging applications, building applications, or construction. |
| US10941277B2 |
Nucleating agent composition comprising trace amount of aromatic aldehyde, sorbitol diacetal and sorbitol triacetal
The present application provides a nucleator composition including trace amount of an aromatic aldehyde, a sorbitol diacetal and a sorbitol triacetal. The nucleator composition of the present application can improve nucleation performance of a polymer, increase transparency, glossiness, flexural modulus and tensile strength of polymer films, polymer sheets and polymer moulding articles, and can improve heat distortion temperature and dimensional stability of polymer articles. In addition, a polymer contains the nucleator composition of the present application will not give off unpleasant odour. |
| US10941274B1 |
Nanoparticle-infused ABS filament for 3D-printed materials and uses for neutron detection and discrimination
Neutron radiation can be attenuated by a material comprising acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) filament infused with gadolinium, boron, gold, and/or cadmium. The metal-infused filaments are 3D-printed to form a sleeve or cover for gamma and/or alpha radiation detectors to shield, absorb and allow detection of neutrons that are converted to gamma and or alpha radiation. The materials can also allow discrimination between neutron and gamma and/or alpha radiation in a mixed radiation field. Boron-infused filaments also provide neutron shielding and can be used in the manufacture of water equivalent phantoms. |
| US10941271B2 |
(Meth)acrylated compounds based on recycled PET
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polyester (meth)acrylate resin (I), said process comprising the steps of: (a) Reacting a thermoplastic polyester with (a1) at least one polyhydric alcohol and, optionally, with (a2) at least one triglyceride, wherein the molar ratio of triglyceride to thermoplastic polyester is between 0 and 0.3, and the molar ratio of polyhydric alcohol to thermoplastic polyester is at most 1.9 to obtain a depolymerization product A that has a hydroxyl number within the range of from 200 to 800 mg KOH/g; (b) Reacting the depolymerization product A with (b1) at least one fatty acid and/or (b2) at least one polybasic carboxylic acid and, optionally, with (b3) at least one polyhydric alcohol to provide a polyester polyol B; (c) Reacting the polyester polyol B with (c) at least one (meth)acrylating compound to provide a (meth)acrylated compound (I), wherein the weight ratio of fatty acid (b 1) to the depolymerization product A is between 0 and 0.6, wherein the weight ratio of polybasic carboxylic acid (b2) to the depolymerization product A is less than 0.3, wherein the weight ratio of (meth)acrylating compounds (c) to the depolymerization product A is between 0.1 and 0.8, and wherein the (meth)acrylated compound (I) that is obtained has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of between 500 and 5,000 Dalton. Typically PET is used as starting material. Typically compounds (I) of the invention have a PET content of at least 15 wt %, preferably at least 25 wt %. The present invention also relates to (meth)acrylated compounds (I) thus obtained and to coating compositions and inks based upon these materials. Materials of the invention allow the use of a high amount of PET waste. Inks and coatings prepared from these materials exhibit an excellent pigment wetting and/or ink-water balance. |
| US10941269B2 |
Method for purifying reclaimed polyethylene
A method for purifying a reclaimed polyethylene is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves obtaining reclaimed polyethylene, contacting the reclaimed polyethylene with a first fluid solvent to produce an extracted reclaimed polyethylene; then dissolving the extracted reclaimed polyethylene in a solvent to produce a first solution comprising polyethylene. The first solution is settled and then filtered. A purer polyethylene is separated from the resulting solution. |
| US10941268B2 |
Cosmetic supporting structure, method for preparing same, and cosmetic comprising same
The present invention relates to a cosmetic-supporting structure, including a reticulated porous foam and a silicone coating layer, serving as an outer frame, on an outer surface of the foam, serving as an inner frame, a method of manufacturing the same, and a cosmetic product containing the same. |
| US10941266B2 |
Fluoropolymer alloys for use in high performance communication cables and methods of making
Described herein are solid and foamable fluoropolymer alloy compositions and foamed articles using said foamable fluoropolymer alloy compositions. The foamable fluoropolymer alloy compositions can comprise a fluoropolymer, and a plastic polymer mixed with said fluoropolymer, wherein said plastic polymer is miscible with said fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer alloy composition may further comprise a foaming agent. By way of example, the foaming agent can be talc or a talc derivative, or a mixture of talc (or talc derivative) with a citrate compound, such as a citrate salt. One or more additives are added to render the compositions flame retardant and/or smoke suppressant. |
| US10941265B2 |
Polypropylene-type resin pre-expanded particles, and method for producing said pre-expanded particles
Pre-expanded polypropylene-based resin particles include a polypropylene-based resin. The polypropylene-based resin satisfies tan δ≤0.32×V+0.1, where tan δ represents a loss tangent at an angular frequency of 0.1 rad/s in dynamic viscoelastic behavior measurement at 200° C. and V represents a melt fracture take-up speed (m/min) at 200° C. |
| US10941256B2 |
Organogel compositions including functional additives and methods for the same
An organogel composition and methods for preparing the organogel composition and preparing a surface with the organogel composition are disclosed. The organogel composition can include one or more organic solvents, one or more acrylates, and one or more functional additives. The method for preparing the organogel composition can include contacting the one or more organic solvents, the one or more acrylates, and the one or more functional additives with one another to prepare the organogel composition, and homogenizing the organogel composition to modify a shear viscosity of the organogel composition. |
| US10941253B2 |
Block copolymer, and method of producing structure containing phase-separated structure
A block copolymer including a first block and a second block, the first block consisting of a polymer (P1) having a repeating structure of a structural unit (u1) containing in a side chain thereof a hyperbranched structure containing a silicon atom. |
| US10941250B2 |
Antistatic material, method for producing same, and antistatic film
Provided is an antistatic material that contains a mixture of first alkoxysilane that contains at least one alkoxy group and at least one polymerizable organic functional group, second alkoxysilane that contains at least one alkoxy group and does not contain a polymerizable organic functional group, a solvent, an acidic catalyst, and an ionic compound. |
| US10941247B2 |
Alkoxylated unsaturated compounds and uses thereof
Alkoxylated compounds are disclosed herein, as well as methods of making and using such compounds. In some embodiments, the alkoxylated fatty acids are formed from compounds derived from natural oils, such as fatty acids, fatty acid esters, and fatty alcohols. In some embodiments, the alkoxylated compounds are used as surfactants for making synthetic polymers by emulsion polymerization. In some other embodiments, the alkoxylated compounds are used as surfactants for making synthetic rubber, such as styrene-butadiene rubber. In some other embodiments, the alkoxylated compounds are used as surfactants in a composition for treatment of gas or oil wells, for cleaning applications, for use in various laundry-related applications, for use in personal care compositions, or for use as solvents for coating applications, such as reactive and non-reactive waterborne coating applications. |
| US10941245B2 |
Oxidation process to produce 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acids (ACFC)
Disclosed herein is a very efficient method to make 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acids (ACFC) from feedstocks comprised of furoates. When a feedstock comprised of methyl 5-methylfuran-2-carboxylate (MMFC) is used a product comprised of (5-(methoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (MCFC) is obtained in high yield. |
| US10941243B2 |
Polymer poly (triphenylacrylonitrite) and synthesis thereof
A method is directed to synthesis of poly(triphenylacrylonitrite)s (PTPANs) comprising polycoupling dibromoarenes, internal diynes, and potassium ferrocyanide, resulting in polycoupled dibromoarenes, internal diynes, and potassium ferrocyanide; and producing poly(triphenylacrylonitrite)s (PTPANs) by catalysis of the polycoupled dibromoarenes, internal diynes, and potassium ferrocyanide with palladium acetate and sodium bicarbonate, wherein the catalysis is allowed to proceed in dimethylacetamide under nitrogen at a prescribed temperature for a prescribed time. Further, poly(triphenylacrylonitrite)s (PTPANs) is a polymer and comprises a backbone structure of wherein x and y are integers; wherein each R is independently selected from the group consisting of and wherein each R′ is independently selected from the group consisting of |
| US10941230B2 |
Surfactant-compatible star macromolecules
The present invention relates to multi-arm surfactant-system thickening star macromolecules, and methods of preparing and using the same. In one aspect of the invention, a surfactant-system thickening star macromolecule is capable of providing surfactant-compatibility, increase the viscosity of a surfactant-containing system, and/or temperature-stability to an aqueous composition. |
| US10941227B2 |
Gas phase olefins polymerization process operating in condensing mode
The present invention concerns a process for the gas phase polymerization of at least one alpha-olefin comprising: polymerizing at least one alpha-olefin in a fluidized bed reactor with a polyolefin purging unit and a vent gas recovery system, wherein the fluidized bed reactor operates in a condensed mode or super condensed mode with a recycle stream comprising one or more alkane(s) having 3 to 5 C atoms, wherein further at least one additional alkane with 6 to 12 C atoms is added to the recycle stream in an amount so that it represents between 0.0095 mol. % and 7,0000 mol. % of the recycle stream composition introduced into the reactor. |
| US10941220B2 |
Process for making high pressure free radical ethylene copolymers
A high pressure polymerization process to form an ethylene-based polymer, the process comprising at least the following step: polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene and at least one comonomer, using a reactor system comprising a reactor configuration, and the following: (A) at least two reaction zones, a zone (reaction zone 1) and an ith zone (reaction zone i where i≥2), (B) at least two ethylene-based feed streams, each comprising a percentage of the total make-up ethylene fed to the polymerization process, and wherein a first stream is sent to reaction zone 1 and a second stream is sent to reaction zone i; (C) a control system to control the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the stream sent to reaction zone 1, and the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the stream sent to reaction zone i, and wherein the ratio (Q) of the molar concentration of the at least one comonomer fed to the first reaction zone, to the molar concentration of comonomer in the sum of all ethylene-based feeds to the reactor configuration, meets the following Equation 1: 0.23 ln(r1)−2.16≤Q≤−0.25 ln(r1)+2.15 (Equation 1); and wherein the comonomer has a reactivity ratio (r1) as follow: 0.3≤r1≤5.0, and a boiling point (1 atm)≤150° C. |
| US10941216B2 |
Engineered polypeptide conjugates and methods for making thereof using transglutaminase
The present invention provides engineered polypeptide conjugates (e.g., antibody-drug-conjugates, toxin-(biocompatible polymer) conjugates, antibody-(biocompatible polymer) conjugates, and bispecific antibodies) comprising acyl donor glutamine-containing tags and amine donor agents. In one aspect, the invention provides an engineered Fc-containing polypeptide conjugate comprising the formula (Fc-containing polypeptide)-T-A, wherein T is an acyl donor glutamine-containing tag engineered at a specific site or comprises an endogenous glutamine made reactive by the Fc-containing polypeptide engineering, wherein A is an amine donor agent, and wherein the amine donor agent is site-specifically conjugated to the acyl donor glutamine-containing tag or the endogenous glutamine. The invention also provides methods of making engineered polypeptide conjugates using transglutaminase. |
| US10941214B2 |
Compositions and methods comprising histidyl-tRNA synthetase splice variants having non-canonical biological activities
Isolated histidyl-tRNA synthetase splice variant polynucleotides and polypeptides having non-canonical biological activities are provided, as well as compositions and methods related thereto. |
| US10941210B2 |
Anti-PCSK9 antibodies
An human antibody or antigen-binding fragment of a human antibody that specifically binds and inhibits human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (hPCSK9) characterized by the ability to reduce serum LDL cholesterol by 40-80% over a 24, 60 or 90 day period relative to predose levels, with little or no reduction in serum HDL cholesterol and/or with little or no measurable effect on liver function, as determined by ALT and AST measurements. |
| US10941208B2 |
Anti-MUC16 antibodies
Mucin 16 (MUC16) is highly expressed in ovarian cancer and expression on cancer cells is shown to protect tumor cells from the immune system. The present invention provides novel full-length human IgG antibodies that bind to human MUC16 (monospecific antibodies) and antigen-binding fragments thereof. In some embodiments, the anti-MUC16 antibodies and the antigen-binding fragments thereof are useful in diagnostic methods for identifying the presence of MUC16 in tissue and/or plasma samples. |
| US10941197B2 |
Method of treating osteoarthritis with human oncostatin M antibodies
Antibodies and compositions capable of neutralizing oncostatin M biological functions are useful in treating diseases and disorders associated with oncostatin M, such as osteoarthritis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. |
| US10941195B2 |
Anti-follistatin-like 3 antibodies and treatment of diabetes
The present invention provides antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to human Follistatin-Like-3 (FSTL3) protein, compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods of making and using such antibodies. |
| US10941194B2 |
Methods of diagnosing and treating autism spectrum disorders
The invention describes a method of diagnosing an individual as having an increased likelihood of having an autism spectrum disorder and in some instances, selecting a therapy. The invention is related to a system or a kit for performing such a method. |
| US10941191B2 |
Immunoglobulin constant region Fc receptor binding agents
IVIG replacement compounds are derived from recombinant and/or biochemical creation of immunologically active biomimetic(s). These replacement compounds are then screened in vitro to assess each replacement compound's efficiency at modulating immune function. Particular replacement compounds are selected for further in vivo validation and dosage/administration optimization. Finally, the replacement compounds are used to treat a wide range of diseases, including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. |
| US10941190B2 |
Production of heteromultimeric proteins using mammalian cells
Described herein are methods for the efficient production of antibodies and other multimeric protein complexes (collectively referred to herein as heteromultimeric proteins) capable of specifically binding to more than one target. The targets may be, for example, different epitopes located on a single molecule or located on different molecules. |
| US10941188B2 |
Methods and compositions related to functional polypeptides embedded in heterologous protein scaffolds
The present invention provides methods for generating functional derivatives of effector polypeptides (e.g., hormones and receptor ligands) embedded in a different protein scaffold (e.g., antibody scaffolds). The methods involve modifying the effector polypeptide with a combinatorial library of terminal linker sequences, inserting the modified sequences into the host scaffold, and then selecting functional derivatives from the library of modified polypeptide sequences embedded in the host scaffold. As exemplifications, the invention also provides specific functional derivatives of leptin, scFSH and scRelaxin embedded in an antibody scaffold, as well as therapeutic applications of such functional fusion molecules. |
| US10941181B2 |
Immunotherapy against several tumors including neuronal and brain tumors
The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to 30 peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses. |
| US10941180B2 |
Peptoid compound, and derivative, salt, preparation method and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to a peptoid compound, and a derivative, a salt, a preparation method and use thereof. The peptoid compound includes the following subunits: 4-phenylphenethylamine, monoprotected ethylenediamine, monoprotected tetramethylenediamine, 3,4-methylenedioxybenzylamine, isobutylamine, and R(+)-α-methylbenzylamine, in which molecular formulas of the subunits are as follows: in which P is independently an amino protecting group. |
| US10941179B2 |
Method for suppressing aggregation of polypeptide
The present invention relates to a method for suppressing aggregation of polypeptide. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for suppressing, in a solution comprising an antibody or an Fc region-containing protein, formation of an aggregate derived from an antibody or an Fc region-containing protein having a non-native conformation, the method comprising: the steps of (i) binding an AF.2A1 polypeptide or an analog thereof with an aggregate derived from the antibody or Fc region-containing protein having a non-native conformation in the solution; and (ii) collecting the aggregate bound to the polypeptide or analog thereof from the solution. |
| US10941176B2 |
Therapeutic oligonucleotides
Methods and compositions are provided for oligonucleotides that bind targets of interest. The targets include cells and microvesicles, such as those derived from various diseases. The oligonucleotides can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The target of the oligonucleotides can be a target such as PARP1, HIST1H1B, HIST1H1D, NCL, FBL, SFPQ, RPL12, ACTB, HIST1H4A, SSBP1, NONO, H2AFJ, and DDX21, or a complex, subunit or fragment thereof. |
| US10941169B2 |
Crystal of cyclic phosphonic acid sodium salt and method for manufacturing same
An object of the present invention is to provide crystal of a cyclic phosphonic acid sodium salt (2ccPA) with high purity and excellent storage stability and a method for producing the crystal. The present invention provides a crystal of a cyclic phosphonic acid sodium salt (2ccPA) represented by formula (1): |
| US10941168B2 |
Phosphepine matrix compound for a semiconducting material
The present invention relates to a compound comprising at least one phosphepine ring and having the phosphorus atom of the phosphepine ring substituted with at least one monovalent substituent R, a semiconducting material comprising the compound, and electronic device comprising the semiconducting material. |
| US10941166B2 |
Crystalline high degree of condensation titanium-based inorganic-organic hybrid solid MOF material, method for preparing same and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a water-stable Titanium-based metal-organic framework (MOF) material having a high degree of condensation, i.e. an oxo to Ti ratio (or oxo to metal ratio, in the case of doped Ti-based MOFs) >1.0; a process of preparing same and uses thereof, particularly for heterogeneously catalyzed chemical reactions, for gas storage/separation/purification, for information storage, laser printing or as an oxygen indicator, or as proton conductive material (fuel cells), optoelectronic material (photovoltaic cells including Grätzel cells), as a matrix for encapsulating active principles (medicaments, cosmetics), or else as sensing material. |
| US10941165B2 |
Perovskite nanocrystals and methods of making the same
The present disclosure relates to a perovskite that includes A1-xA′xBX3, where A is a first cation, A′ is a second cation, B is a third cation, X is a first anion, and 0<1−x≤1. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the perovskite may further include a second anion (X′) such that the perovskite includes A1-xA′xB(X1-zX′z)3, where 0 |
| US10941162B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds and uses thereof
Trisubstituted bicyclic heterocyclic compounds (e.g., pyridopyrimidinones) and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein. |
| US10941160B2 |
Bromodomain inhibitors
The present invention relates to substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds, compositions comprising said compounds, and the use of said compounds and compositions for epigenetic regulation by inhibition of bromodomain-mediated recognition of acetyl lysine regions of proteins, such as histones. Said compositions and methods are useful for the treatment of cancer and neoplastic disease. |
| US10941155B2 |
Furo[2,3-b]pyran-2-one compounds and process for preparation thereof
The present invention discloses a novel furo[2,3-b]pyran-2-one compound of formula (I) and a single step process for the preparation of furo[2,3-b]pyran-2-ones using Lewis acid-promoted cascade annulation of alkynols and α-ketoesters. |
| US10941154B2 |
Hydrogenation process for preparing oxycodone hydrochloride from 14-hydroxycodeinone
A process for preparing oxycodone hydrochloride, said process comprising hydrogenating 14-hydroxycodeinone in an alcoholic solvent and hydrochloric acid to form oxycodone hydrochloride, wherein (a) the hydrogenation is carried out in the presence of a heterogeneous platinum group metal (PGM) catalyst and hydrogen gas, (b) the hydrogenation is carried out at one or more temperatures greater than ambient temperature in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and hydrogen gas, wherein the solution of 14-hydroxycodeinone and hydrochloric acid is heated to temperature before it is exposed to the hydrogen gas, (c) the oxycodone hydrochloride comprises 6a-oxycodol in an amount |
| US10941152B2 |
Pyrazole compounds as modulators of FSHR and uses thereof
The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as positive allosteric modulators of follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR). |
| US10941149B2 |
Substituted benzodiazoliums as ENaC inhibitors
Compounds of general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and X are as defined herein are inhibitors of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) and are useful for the treatment or prevention respiratory diseases and conditions, skin conditions and ocular conditions. |
| US10941147B2 |
Bicyclic heteroaryl derivatives
The present invention relates to a compound of formula I, 1-1 or 1-2 wherein R1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, halogen, lower alkoxy, or lower alkoxy substituted by halogen; R1 may be different if n=2 or 3 n is 1, 2 or 3 Ar is a six membered heteroaryl group, selected from wherein R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, halogen or lower alkoxy; R3 is hydrogen or halogen; or to a pharmaceutically active acid addition salt thereof. The compounds may be used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis, Dutch-type (HCHWA-D), multi-infarct dementia, dementia pugilistica or Down syndrome. |
| US10941146B2 |
Methods for inhibiting fascin
Provided are compositions and methods for treating a condition or disorder mediated by fascin activity in a subject in need thereof which method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of any one of Formula I-a to I-n, II, II-a, II-b or III or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10941144B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device and electronic device
A compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 to R8, R12 to R18, R21 to R25, R31 to R48, L1 to L3, and Ar are as defined in the specification, provides a high performance organic electroluminescence device which comprises a cathode, an anode and an organic layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein the organic layer comprises a light emitting layer and at least one layer of the organic layer comprises the compound. |
| US10941142B2 |
Formulations of a compound modulating kinases
Provided are compositions comprising Compound I having the following structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a solubilizing agent; methods of making the same; and methods of using the same. |
| US10941139B2 |
Cryptophycin compounds and conjugates, their preparation and their therapeutic use
The present invention relates to cryptophycin compounds of formula (I). The invention also relates to cryptophycin payloads, to cryptophycin conjugates, to compositions containing them and to their therapeutic use, especially as anticancer agents. The invention also relates to the process for preparing these conjugates. |
| US10941138B2 |
Quinoline and isoquinoline derivatives for treating pain and pain related conditions
The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I): showing great affinity and activity towards the subunit α2δ of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCC), especially the α2δ-1 subunit of voltage-gated calcium channels or dual activity towards subunit α2δ of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCC), especially the α2δ-1 subunit of voltage-gated calcium channels, and the noradrenaline transporter (NET). |
| US10941134B2 |
AMPK-activating heterocyclic compounds and methods for using the same
Disclosed are substituted pyridine compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure wherein E, J, T, the ring system denoted by “B”, T, R3, R4, w and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions. |
| US10941133B2 |
Compounds containing carbon-carbon linker as GPR120 agonists
The present invention relates to compound of Formula (I) containing carbon-carbon linker, a stereoisomer, a tautomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate, a prodrug, a polymorph, N-oxide, S-oxide, or a carboxylic acid isostere thereof; processes for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds; and their use for the treatment of the diseases or disorders mediated by GPR120 receptor. |
| US10941128B2 |
Thymoquinone derivatives for treatment of cancer
The present invention describes thymoquinone compounds formula (I): (i) These compounds have been identified as being useful in the treatment of cancer. |
| US10941125B2 |
Proxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) compounds and methods of using the same
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) compounds, and methods of using the same for treating bone fractures, treating osteoporosis and/or metabolic bone diseases, and inducing osteogenesis and/or chondrogenesis, are disclosed. |
| US10941124B2 |
DOTA synthesis
The present invention provides methods for the preparation of compounds useful in in vivo therapeutic and diagnostic applications. In particular, the present invention provides a method for the synthesis of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) and also methods for the preparation of metal chelates of DOTA. |
| US10941116B2 |
Crystalline forms of mesaconine and preparation methods therefor
The present invention relates to crystalline forms of mesaconine. Specifically, the present invention relates to crystalline form A, crystalline form B and crystalline form C of mesaconine and preparation methods thereof. In the method, the mesaconine is crystallized in solvent, and then the crude crystal is dried to obtain target crystalline form. The crystalline forms of mesaconine according to the present invention have good solubility, good stability, low hygroscopicity, long-term storage capability and good reproducibility, and have a good prospect to be developed as pharmaceuticals. |
| US10941110B2 |
Method for preparing aliphatic isocyanate
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an aliphatic isocyanate capable of suppressing the occurrence of side reactions and the production of by-products. The method for preparing an aliphatic isocyanate comprises a step of reacting a salt of an aliphatic amine with phosgene, wherein the reaction step comprises a first reaction step in which phosgene is primarily added and reacted with the salt of an aliphatic amine salt at a temperature of 80 to 100° C., and a second reaction step in which phosgene is secondarily added and reacted with the resultant product of the first reaction step at a temperature of 120 to 160° C., and wherein the amount of the primarily added phosgene is a certain ratio of the total amount of the phosgene. |
| US10941108B2 |
Organic compound and organic electroluminescent element comprising same
The present invention relates to an adamantane derivative compound and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) including the same, and more particularly, to an adamantane derivative compound capable of being used in an OLED and an OLED having excellent properties such as low voltage and high efficiency using the compound. |
| US10941106B2 |
Methods and compositions incorporating alkyl polyglycoside surfactant for use in oil and/or gas wells
Methods and compositions comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion for use treating an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion or the microemulsion comprises an aqueous phase, a solvent, a surfactant comprising alkyl polyglycoside, an alcohol, and, optionally, one or more additives. |
| US10941100B2 |
Method for the purification of natural vanillin
The present invention relates to a method for the purification of natural vanillin, comprising a step involving the stripping of a liquid flow F2 containing natural vanillin. The invention also relates to the natural vanillin that can be obtained using the method of the invention, as well as a device for purifying natural vanillin. |
| US10941091B2 |
Processes for producing high-purity trifluoroiodomethane
The present disclosure provides a method for purifying trifluoroiodomethane. The method includes providing a process stream comprising trifluoroiodomethane, organic impurities, and acid impurities; reacting the process stream with a basic aqueous solution, the basic aqueous solution comprising water and at least one base selected from the group of an alkali metal carbonate and an alkali metal hydroxide; and separating at least some of the organic impurities from the process stream. |
| US10941089B2 |
Processes for producing trifluoroiodomethane using trifluoroacetic acid
The present disclosure provides a process for producing trifluoroiodomethane by reacting trifluoroacetic acid, an iodine source, and a metal fluoride in the presence of a metal catalyst to produce trifluoroiodomethane. |
| US10941088B1 |
Method and reactor for oxidative coupling of methane
A method of autothermal oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) utilizes introducing a methane-containing feedstock and an oxygen-gas-containing feedstock into a reactor (10) as a flowing mixture (18) with a space time of 500 ms or less. The reactor (10) contains a catalyst bed (20) of an OCM catalyst that contacts the flowing mixture and wherein the catalyst bed (20) has a heat Peclet number (Peh) of from 5 or less, a mass Peclet number (Pem) of from 5 or more, and a transverse Peclet number (P) of from 1 or less while contacting the flowing mixture. The methane and oxygen of the feedstocks are allowed to react within the reactor (10) to form methane oxidative coupling reaction products. A reactor (10) for carrying out the OCM reaction is also disclosed. |
| US10941087B2 |
Process and plant for the adiabatic nitration of aromatic compounds
The invention relates to a method for preferably adiabatic nitration of nitratable aromatic organic compounds (aromatics) and to a corresponding plant, in particular a production plant (nitration plant) for carrying out said method. |
| US10941086B2 |
Capsaicinoid smoke
A smoke producing method and device of the present disclosure produces a non-incendiary, organic-polymerization based, smoke-producing reaction. Some versions of the smoke are effective carriers for capsaicinoid compounds. The method of generating smoke comprises initiating a frontal polymerization reaction by heating a composition comprising a monomer compound that exothermically polymerizes upon initiation with an initiator compound and an initiator compound that initiates polymerization of the monomer compound present at a mass concentration that is at least five percent of the mass concentration of the monomer compound. The polymerization of the monomer compound is exothermic, and in one embodiment the concentration of initiator compound is at least five percent of the concentration of monomer compound. The smoke mainly comprises thermal decomposition products of the initiator compound. |
| US10941082B2 |
Glaze for a ceramic article
The glaze is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: Fire Clay 10%-25%, Feldspar 30%-40%, Sand 30%-40%, Calcium Silicate 8%-12%, Graphane (i.e., disordered crystalline and hydrogenated double bounded Carbon) 5%-15% or C-doped Boron Nitride (CBN) 5%-15%, various metal oxides as pigments and water. This glaze is applied on the standard glazing operation in the ceramic insulator manufacturing process and is fired in a controlled inert-gas atmosphere. |
| US10941078B2 |
β-SiAlON wavelength converters and methods of making the same
Methods for producing wavelength converters are described. The methods include sintering a mixture consisting essentially of first particles and second particles to form a sintered article. In embodiments the first particles consist essentially of particles of β-SiAlON or precursors thereof, and the second particles consist essentially one or more sintering aids or precursors thereof. In embodiments the sintered article has a density that is greater than or equal to about 90% of a theoretical bulk density of the mixture, and is configured to convert primary light incident thereon to secondary light, wherein the secondary light exhibits a peak with a full width half maximum of greater than 0 to about 60 nanometers (nm) within a wavelength range of about 495 nm to about 600 nm. |
| US10941075B2 |
Method of forming a self-consolidating concrete construction with self-roughening properties
Adding a small amount of lightweight course aggregate to a normal weight concrete mix to produce a clean, rough top surface so that manual or mechanical roughing of the top surface is not necessary. The lightweight course aggregate will float to the surface, and make a rough surface so that the bond and shear resistance of the interface (cold joint) between previously placed and newly placed concrete will be as strong as a manually roughened joint. |
| US10941074B2 |
Composition for plasterboards and products obtained
The invention relates to a plaster-based composition comprising nanometric boehmite and/or nanometric aluminium trihydroxide, this composition making it possible to obtain products having better dimensional stability at high and in particular at very high temperature. The invention also relates to the method of obtaining the products, and the products produced. |
| US10941073B2 |
Method for manufacturing self-adhesive mineral wool pads
A process for manufacturing self-adhesive insulation products based on mineral wool includes (a) forming mineral fibers by centrifugation of molten glass or rock, (b) spraying, over the mineral fibers, immediately after the forming, a first liquid organic binder composition, (c) forming a blanket of mineral fibers which are coated with the first liquid organic binder composition, (d) covering a face of the blanket with a surfacing mat of glass or organic fibers having high heat resistance, (e) heating the blanket, covered with the surfacing mat, in a drying oven for a period of time and at a temperature sufficient to cure the organic binder, and (f) applying, to the exposed face of the surfacing mat, a self-adhesive material. A second liquid organic binder composition is applied, after stage (c), to the mat and/or face of the blanket which is intended to come into contact with the surfacing mat. |
| US10941072B2 |
Fluorophosphate glasses for active device
The disclosed fluorophosphate glasses for an active device include: a metaphosphate composition including Al(PO3)3; a fluoride composition including BaF2 and SrF2; and a dopant composed of ErF3 and YbF3, and have thermal and mechanical properties to be able to be used as a glass base material for an active device (e.g., optical fiber laser), have a high emission cross-section characteristic, have a reinforced upconversion and downconversion emission characteristic, and have high sensitivity S in a cryogenic environment. |
| US10941068B2 |
Glass panel unit manufacturing method, building component manufacturing method, glass panel unit manufacturing system, and glass panel unit
A glass panel unit manufacturing method includes a bonding step, a pressure reducing step, and a sealing step. The bonding step includes bonding together a first substrate and a second substrate with a first sealant to create an inner space. The pressure reducing step includes producing a reduced pressure in the inner space through an exhaust port that the first substrate has. The sealing step includes irradiating a second sealant, inserted into the exhaust port, with an infrared ray through a region, where a low emissivity film is nonexistent, of the second substrate. |
| US10941066B2 |
Protection film for a terminal curved surface and manufacture method thereof
The present application belongs to the technical field of manufacture for protection film for a terminal curved surface, and relates to a protection film for a terminal curved surface and manufacture method thereof, the hardened layers is provided on both sides of the substrate layer, and the substrate layer and the two hardened layers form the original sheet. The original sheet is hot-pressed by a hot pressing device, and the upper mold and the lower mold clamping the original sheet are heated, pressurized and cooled in order to obtain a protection film for a terminal curved surface, and the mold core outer rounded corner combining with the mold cavity inner rounded corner are pressurized to form a curved surface portion. The hardened layers is disposed on both sides of the substrate layer, so that the stress on both sides of the substrate layer are cancel each other after the substrate layer is heated, and the terminal surface protective film is more flat. The protection film for a terminal curved surface is easy to be molded, sensitive to be touched, high in hardness, and the outer side hardness can reach 9H, which is not easy to produce scratches, anti-fingerprint, anti-fragmentation edge, explosion-proof, and the protection film for a terminal curved surface has a curved surface portion suitable for protecting the terminal curved screen. |
| US10941063B2 |
Method for down-hole treatment of a production well for sulfur based contaminants
In some embodiments, a method may include treating water comprising sulfur based contaminants. The method may include contacting a portion of water comprising a quantity of hydrogen sulfide with a first oxidant. The method may include producing sulfur solids as a result of contacting the hydrogen sulfide in the portion of water with the first oxidant. In some embodiments, the method may include separating the sulfur solids from the water. The first oxidant may include hydrogen peroxide. In some embodiments, oxidation of contaminated fluids may be accelerated by adding an acid in combination with a second oxidant to the contaminated fluids. In some embodiments, oxidation of contaminated fluids may be accelerated by adjusting a pH of the contaminated fluids after addition of an oxidant to the contaminated fluids. In some embodiments, the pH may be adjusted to less than 7. |
| US10941061B1 |
Therapeutic frequency imprinting device
A therapeutic frequency imprinting device is used to determine a therapeutic frequency from a biological specimen known to cause an ailment in a patient, and subsequently imprint the therapeutic frequency into a carrier agent for treatment of the ailment. The specimen is placed into an in-well, which is electrically connected to a potentiometer. The resistance of the potentiometer is adjusted in order to modulate the magnetic vector potential component of the magnetic field radiated by a conductive coil connected between the potentiometer and an out-well in which a carrier substance is placed to be imprinted with the therapeutic frequency. |
| US10941055B2 |
Photoelectrochemical cell for wastewater treatment and method of fabricating the photoelectrochemical cell
According to the present disclosure, a photoelectrochemical cell for wastewater treatment is disclosed. A method of fabricating such a photoelectrochemical cell is also disclosed. |
| US10941048B2 |
Liquid purifier
The present invention relates to a water purifier. In detail, the water purifier includes: a water purifier body including a housing forming an external shape and filters disposed in the housing to filter original water flowing inside from the outside; a dispenser module at least partially protruding forward from the water purifier body and having a dispenser nozzle supplying water passing through the filters to the outside of the water purifier body; and a tray disposed under the dispenser nozzle. The dispenser module is turned to both sides and is moved up/down. |
| US10941047B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing high-purity synthetic magnetite by oxidizing metal waste
The invention relates to a method for producing magnetite with a purity of no less than 90% and higher than 98%, by oxidation of pulverized wustite (iron oxide), at temperatures ranging from 200° C. to 800° C., with the addition of water in liquid or steam form, in counter-current or concurrently, in an externally heated reaction chamber with a controlled atmosphere. The amount of water used to oxidize the wustite being 60 to 500 ml per kilogram of wustite, the grains of wustite powder are injected into the reaction chamber having a size no greater than 100 μm for optimal reaction. |
| US10941046B2 |
Process for silica removal from sodium bicarbonate production wastewater
The present invention relates to a process for producing sodium bicarbonate crystals. Sodium carbonate derived from TRONA ore is mixed with a treated mother liquor produced in a downstream process to form a sodium carbonate solution. The sodium carbonate solution is subjected to a crystallization process that produces sodium bicarbonate crystals. The sodium bicarbonate crystals are separated from the sodium carbonate solution to form a mother liquor that includes silica. To remove the silica in the mother liquor, the mother liquor is directed to a reactor where an aluminum salt is mixed with the mother liquor to precipitate hydrous aluminum oxide which adsorbs silica thereon. The hydrous aluminum oxide with adsorbed silica is removed from the mother liquor. This produces the treated mother liquor that is mixed with the sodium carbonate and which forms the sodium carbonate solutions. |
| US10941045B1 |
Process for preparing an IZM-2 zeolite in the presence of a nitrogenous organic structuring agent in hydroxide form and of an alkali metal chloride, in fluorinated or non-fluorinated medium
The invention relates to a process for preparing an IZM-2 zeolite, comprising at least: i) mixing, in aqueous medium, of at least one source of at least one tetravalent element X (XO2), at least one source of at least one trivalent element (Y2O3), 1,6-bis(methylpiperidinium)hexane dihydroxide, at least one source of at least one alkali metal M of valency n chosen from alkali metal chlorides, n being an integer greater than or equal to 1, M being chosen from lithium, potassium, sodium and caesium, and the mixture of at least two of these metals, and optionally in the presence of a source of at least one fluoride anion, BF, the mixture having a specific molar composition to obtain a homogeneous precursor gel; ii) hydrothermal treatment of said precursor gel. |
| US10941043B2 |
Method of preparing metal oxide-silica composite aerogel and metal oxide-silica composite aerogel prepared by using the same
Provided are a method of preparing a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel which includes preparing a silicate solution by dissolving water glass at a concentration of 0.125 M to 3.0 M, after adding and mixing a metal salt solution having a metal ion concentration of 0.125 M to 3.0 M to the silicate solution, precipitating metal oxide-silica composite precipitates by adjusting a pH of a resulting mixture to be in a range of 3 to 9, and separating and drying the metal oxide-silica composite precipitates, wherein the metal salt solution includes a magnesium (Mg)-containing metal salt in an amount such that an amount of magnesium ions is greater than 50 mol % based on a total mole of metal ions in the metal salt solution, and a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel having low tap density and high specific surface area prepared by the method. |
| US10941038B2 |
ATR based ammonia process and plant
A process for producing an ammonia synthesis gas, said process including the steps of: reforming a hydrocarbon feed in a reforming step thereby obtaining a synthesis gas comprising CH4, CO, CO2, H2 and H2O; and shifting said synthesis gas in a high temperature shift step over a promoted zinc-aluminum oxide based high temperature shift catalyst, wherein the steam/carbon ratio in the reforming step is less than 2.6. |
| US10941032B2 |
Loading arm system
A liquid loading device including a vertical lattice support structure, a platform coupled to the vertical lattice support structure, and a riser pipe located within the vertical lattice support structure and coupled to the vertical lattice support structure to substantially remain rotation free relative to the vertical lattice support structure. The device further includes a first rotatable joint located on a distal end of the riser pipe in which the first rotatable joint is operable to rotate relative to the riser pipe. The device further includes an arm extending from the platform and operable to be rotated relative to the platform. The device can also include a second rotatable joint coupled to the first rotatable joint through one or more rigid members, in which the second rotatable joint is operable to rotate relative to the platform. The device can further include an extension pipe extending from the second rotatable joint to a distal end of the arm. |
| US10941029B2 |
Filling-and-sealing device and filling-and-sealing method
There is provided a filling-and-sealing device and a filling-and-sealing method capable of reducing an amount of use of a replacement gas used for replacing air in a container. The filling-and-sealing device includes a filling machine that fills a container with a content fluid; a sealing machine that seals the container transferred from the filling machine with a lid; a chamber that covers the filling machine and the sealing machine; a gassing system that replaces, in the chamber, a gas in the container with a carbon dioxide gas by introducing the carbon dioxide gas as a second replacement gas supplied from a tank; and a pre-gassing system that replaces the gas in the container with a first replacement gas that remains in the chamber containing the carbon dioxide gas before processing by the gassing system. |
| US10941027B2 |
Lifting device for an industrial truck as well as an industrial truck of this type
A lifting device for an industrial truck comprises a lift frame with a moveably guided load carrier and at least one moveably guided mast stage. A free lift cylinder is configured to actuate the load carrier and at least one mast lift cylinder is configured to actuate the at least one mast stage. A hydraulic assembly supplies the free lift cylinder and the at least one mast lift cylinder with hydraulic fluid and further comprises at least one delivery valve and at least one recirculating valve. |
| US10941022B2 |
Grabbing device
A grabbing device having a plurality of jaws which can be moved between an open position and a closed position to enable the device to grasp an object(s). The technology finds particular application in the forestry industry and moving logs. |
| US10941012B2 |
Method for managing production and packaging lines of logs of tissue paper and line using said method
The method provides for detecting a temporary stop request by a machine of the line, for example to replace a member subject to wear or a consumable. In view of this stop, the speed of the line is modulated so as to increase, for example, the level of filling of an accumulator, and makes sure that the subsequent temporary stop has a minimum effect on the overall productivity of the line. |
| US10941010B2 |
Hot liquid container lid-insert combination
An insert construction or formation is attachable to a basic lid construction for outfitting a hot beverage or liquid container assembly for enabling a user to enhance heat transfer from a relatively hot assembly-contained beverage or liquid prior to consumption. The insert construction or formation provides a damming structure located in adjacency to the primary liquid outlet of the basic lid construction for selectively transferring liquid intermediate a liquid-containing compartment and at least one beverage-cooling channel made part of the damming structure. Each beverage-cooling channel or formation directs liquid therethrough and transfers heat therefrom before the liquid exits the primary liquid outlet. The primary dam structure or insert construction thereby enables the user to redirect liquid movement via the basic lid construction for delaying liquid delivery via the primary beverage outlet and transferring heat therefrom prior to liquid consumption. Certain packaging methodology of the complex lid construction is further contemplated. |
| US10941009B2 |
Stacking ring for chair bases
A stacking ring for a chair base may be disposable between a first and second chair base such that the stacking ring generally prevents lateral movement of the first chair base relative to the second chair base. The stacking ring may be integrally formed to the chair base, or separate and disposable between at least two chair bases. The stacking ring may substantially prevent rotation of a first chair base relative to a second chair base. |
| US10941005B2 |
Method for sorting conveyed objects on a conveyor system using time control
In a first step of a method for bundling conveying streams on a material handling element including a number of incoming conveyor segments, at least one coupling to an outgoing conveyor segment, on which the incoming conveyor segments converge, and a number of holding devices for holding a conveying stream on the incoming conveyor segments, target arrival times, at which the objects arrive as planned at a destination, are calculated for the conveyed objects. A conveyed object is released at a release time which substantially corresponds to the target arrival time minus the target pass-through time required for the conveyed object to be transported as planned from a current position to the destination. A material handling element carries out the method. |
| US10941003B2 |
Catenary troughing idler
A catenary idler comprises a cable, a plurality of bearing surfaces disposed along a length of the cable, and a plurality of rollers disposed over the plurality of bearing surfaces. The plurality of bearing surfaces are fixed to the cable. The plurality of bearing surfaces may be a plurality of clamps. The plurality of rollers are rotatably supported upon the plurality of bearing surfaces. The cable may be rotatably supported at its ends. The catenary idler may include a first compression spring at a first end of the cable and a second compression spring at a second end of the cable. The rollers may be formed of an oil filled nylon. A conveyor belt impact bed includes a frame, a plurality of catenary idlers supported upon the frame, and a conveyor belt supported upon the plurality of catenary idlers. |
| US10941002B2 |
Telescopic conveyor with curved sections
A telescopic conveyor includes a conveyor boom having two or more conveyor sections adapted to be extended and retracted with respect to one another in telescopic fashion to adjust the length of the boom, wherein the two or more conveyor sections are each curved about a common axis of curvature. |
| US10940999B2 |
Storage systems and methods for robotic picking
A mobile manipulator robot for retrieving inventory items from a storage system. The robot includes a body, a wheel assembly, a sensor to locate a position of the robot within the storage system, an interface configured to send processor readable data to a remote processor and to an operator interface, and receive processor executable instructions from the remote processor and from the operator interface, an imaging device to capture images of the inventory items, a picking manipulator, first and second pneumatic gripping elements for grasping the inventory items, and a coupler configured to mate with a valve to access a pneumatic supply for operating at least one of the first or second pneumatic gripping elements. The robot is configured to transition the valve from a closed condition to an open condition and selectively place one of the first or the second pneumatic gripping elements in communication with the pneumatic supply. |
| US10940996B2 |
Waste receptacle
Implementations of a waste receptacle are provided. The waste receptacle is an outdoor container configured to temporarily store dog waste, in particular, disposable plastic bags containing dog waste. In some implementations, the waste receptacle is configured to hold a trash bag so that it can be easily filled with dog waste and/or other refuse. In some implementations, the waste receptacle comprises a body, a trash chute member having a hinged cover that provides selective access to the interior of the body, a lid configured to cover the trash chute member, and a keeper configured to secure the mouth of a trash bag about a conduit extending from the bottom side of the trash chute member. In some implementations, the waste receptacle may further comprise a foot pedal that is operably coupled to the lid. In this way, the lid can be opened by stepping on the foot pedal. |
| US10940987B2 |
Insulated carry bag
The present disclosure relates to a carry bag, the carry bag includes a body having sidewalls and at least one handle disposed on the body. The body is hollow and dimensioned to receive one or more objects that are to be kept either cooler or warmer than the ambient temperature surrounding the body. The sidewalls of the body are constructed from an outer layer that corresponds to an exterior side wall of the body, a heat reflective layer that corresponds with an interior side wall of the body, and an insulative and pliable foam filling disposed between the outer layer and the heat reflective layer. The at least one handle is adapted to swing out of the way when not in use, so that the opening of the bag is unobstructed, thereby allowing the easy placement or removal of items to/from the bag. |
| US10940981B2 |
Package with lockable lid
A package having a tray and a lockable lid is disclosed herein. The lid may be removed by applying a user input so that, for example, the package is child resistant. The lid is movable between a closed position and an open position. The package may include grinders to grind contents in the package. |
| US10940979B1 |
Disposable beverage lid
The present invention is directed to a lid for use on a drinking container. The lid is capable of being releasably sealably engaged with a top end of the container. The lid can be secured to the container in a manner to resist displacement of the lid if the container is dropped or tipped. The lid includes a tab portion, which is capable of being depressed by a user's mouth, tongue or lip so as to provide an opening in the lid. The tab portion is also biased so as to return to a closed position to close the opening upon removal of pressure against the tab portion. The tab portion can have a perimeter larger in at least one dimension than the opening to resist fluid discharge when in the closed position. |
| US10940977B2 |
Multi-vessel reservoir assembly
A multi-vessel reservoir assembly is provided. The multi-vessel reservoir assembly comprises a first fluid vessel, a second fluid vessel, and at least one linkage positioned between the first and second fluid vessels. The at least one linkage serves to maintain the first and second fluid vessels in fixed and spaced-apart relationship relative to one another. The first and second fluid vessels are independent and separately operable. |
| US10940972B2 |
Configurable container assembly
A configurable container assembly is described. Embodiments of the configurable container assembly can include a container having a plurality of slots located around a perimeter of a top of the container. The slots can be configured to receive protrusions of one or more accessories. The configurable container assembly can be implemented in a closed configuration and an open configuration. |
| US10940968B2 |
Banknote-sorting production line and device thereof for banknote-bundle stamping and code spraying
Provided are a banknote-sorting production line and device thereof for banknote-bundle stamping and code-spraying, comprising a bundle stamping apparatus, a bundle code-spraying apparatus, and a banknote-supporting platform provided with a banknote inlet and a banknote outlet; the bundle stamping apparatus comprises a conveyor belt and a stamping mechanism located above the conveyor belt; the bundle code-spraying apparatus comprises a banknote-pushing mechanism and a code sprayer located directly above the banknote-supporting platform; the side of the banknote-supporting platform that is adjacent to the banknote inlet is provided with a gap matching the shape of the conveyor belt; the outlet end of the conveyor belt extends into the gap; the banknote-pushing mechanism comprises a banknote-pushing plate and a first drive mechanism that drives the banknote-pushing plate by moving reciprocatingly from the banknote-inlet side to the banknote-outlet side. |
| US10940963B2 |
Tip filling method and improvements
A device for filling a container, such as a dispensing tip, with a powdered or liquid material, and methods of use of the device are disclosed. The device generally includes a vacuum manifold having at least one port, and a vacuum source for creating a negative pressure in the vacuum manifold. The device may further include at least one container having an axial bore therethrough, a proximal end, and a distal end which includes a stop positioned therein. The negative pressure created in the vacuum manifold by the vacuum pump is sufficient to pull the powdered or liquid material through the distal end into the axial bore of the at least one container. A clearance between an outer surface of the stop and an inner wall of the container is configured to prevent passage of the powdered or liquid material. |
| US10940961B2 |
Small satellite propulsion system
A small satellite propulsion system using a gaseous oxidizer and a gaseous fuel as primary propellants with a liquid as a film coolant for the inner surface of the rocket motor. The gaseous fuel is also used as a pressurant for the coolant and as a cold gas propellant for attitude control system (hereinafter “ACS”) thrusters. The oxidizer, fuel, and coolant tanks, as well as most valves and plumbing, are integrated into a single core unit along with the rocket motor, rocket motor plumbing, and safety valves. Attitude control thrusters may be remotely located with plumbing to the fuel tank. The core unit is four inches high and less than four inches deep and wide. The small satellite propulsion system uses no pyrotechnics and no hazardous toxic materials. |
| US10940959B2 |
Configurable distributed health monitoring system for a landing system
Provided are embodiments for techniques for monitoring components of a system, where the techniques include determining an operational status of one or more processing modules, wherein the one or more processing modules comprise one or more local memories, and configuring the one or more local memories with threshold values for configuration parameters for one or more components. The techniques also include sensing sensor data for the one or more components, determining the health status of the one or more components by comparing sensor data for the configuration parameters to the threshold values for the configuration parameters, and transmitting the sensor data and the health status of the one or more components to a central server for storing the sensor data and the health status. |
| US10940957B2 |
Haptic alert mechanism for alerting an aircraft pilot, and an aircraft
A haptic alert mechanism. The mechanism includes an actuator. At least one arm of a movable stopping piece is connected to the actuator. A spring box is provided with an enclosure containing a pre-stressed torsion spring, said spring box being mounted to be movable in rotation about the axis of rotation. The enclosure includes at least one lug that is mounted to be movable in rotation about said axis of rotation. A finger of the torsion spring passes through an elongate orifice in a front flank of the enclosure to form a movable, resilient stop that is overridable. |
| US10940956B2 |
Suspension system for an aircraft auxiliary power unit
A suspension system for an aircraft auxiliary power unit (1) located in a fuselage structure (2) including: auxiliary power unit attachment brackets (3) arranged to be attached to the auxiliary power unit (1); fuselage attachment brackets (4) attached to the auxiliary power unit attachment brackets (3) and coupled to the fuselage structure (2); two longitudinal elements (5) arranged to be attached to the fuselage structure (2) in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft for supporting the auxiliary power unit (1), the two longitudinal elements (5) and the plurality of fuselage attachment brackets (4) being connected such that the two longitudinal elements (5) support the plurality of fuselage attachment brackets (4), being the fuselage attachment brackets (4) slidably movable along the longitudinal elements (5) for introducing or extracting the auxiliary power unit (1) into the fuselage structure (2). |
| US10940951B2 |
Environmental control system utilizing multiple mix points for recirculation air in accordance with pressure mode and motor assist
A system is provided. The system includes an inlet providing a first medium; an inlet providing a second medium; a compressing device including a compressor and a turbine; a motor operating on an input power that is less than or equal to 0.5 kilowatts per pound per minute of the first medium compressed; and at least one heat exchanger located downstream of the compressor. The compressing device is in communication with the inlet providing the first medium. The turbine is downstream of the compressor. An outlet of the at least one heat exchanger is in fluid communication with an inlet of the compressor and an inlet of the turbine. |
| US10940947B2 |
Waste compaction system for a vehicle and cabin monument with such a waste compaction system
A waste compaction system includes a trolley for collecting waste and a docking station that is integratable into a cabin monument of a vehicle. The trolley includes a housing with chambers for waste, an opening for introducing waste, a vacuum compaction mechanism assigned to a chamber, and a suction port accessible from outside the housing and couplable to the compaction mechanism. The compaction mechanism includes a compaction sheath extending from a bottom of the housing to a frame arranged opposite the bottom, and is fillable through the opening, and a rigid plate is arranged on or in at least one lateral surface of the compaction sheath and moves together with the compaction sheath during the evacuation thereof. The docking station and the trolley mate with each other. The docking station includes another suction port that is couplable to a suction line in the vehicle and the first suction port. |
| US10940928B2 |
Direct-drive electric outboard engine and outboard engine system
The present disclosure relates to the field of outboard engines, particularly to a direct-drive electric outboard engine and an outboard engine system for alleviating the problem of the existing outboard engines, i.e., incapability of simultaneously meeting requirements on rev and torque of different types of ships. The direct-drive electric outboard engine includes an external rotor mechanism and a stator mechanism; wherein the external rotor mechanism includes an external stator and an impeller; the external rotor is located outside the stator mechanism; and the impeller is located outside the external rotor. |
| US10940923B2 |
Kayak with side mounted motors
The side mounted motors are attached to the left side and the right side of the kayak. The invention further comprises a pair of unique clamps for attaching the pair of side mounted motors to the kayaks. The unique clamps are configured to adjust the side mounted motors both horizontally and vertically to regulate placement and depth of the side mounted motors. In a preferred embodiment, the clamp has inter-changeable wedges that conform to different profiles of a kayak to provide a more secure fit. |
| US10940919B2 |
Lightweight sea anchor system
A variable geometry anchor for controlling drift of a watercraft including: a support structure; a mast support assembly pivotally mounted to the support structure, the mast support assembly including a pair of mast arms and a foldable or flexible structure attached to the mast arms, the mast arms being movable between a first storage geometry and an operation geometry; an open-close sub-system pivotally connected to the support structure and operatively connected to the mast support assembly at fixed pivot mounts on the mast arms; wherein the open-close subsystem controls the geometry of the mast support assembly such that in a storage orientation the open-close subsystem closes the mast arms substantially together whereby the foldable or flexible structure is received between the mast arms, and in an in use condition the open-close subsystem operatively urges the mast arms apart unfolding and fanning the foldable or flexible structure there between. |
| US10940917B2 |
Watercraft device with hydrofoil and electric propeller system
A modular, weight-shift controlled watercraft device is disclosed which includes: a modular board removably attachable to a power system. The power system includes a modular power supply system, and a modular propulsion system. The power supply system includes a housing including a battery. The propulsion system includes a modular strut, a modular propulsion pod, and a modular hydrofoil. In one embodiment, the power supply system is removably and mechanically attachable directly to the propulsion system. |
| US10940912B1 |
Bicycle trailers
Implementations of bicycle trailers may include a first end and a second end, the second end opposite the first end, a first plurality of latches coupled to the first end, and a second plurality of latches coupled to the second end. The first plurality of latches may be configured to secure a rear-facing child's car seat facing the first end. The second plurality of latches may be configured to secure the rear-facing child's car seat facing the second end. The second plurality of latches may be configured to secure a front-facing child's car seat facing the first end. |
| US10940911B2 |
Motorcycle with improved action electronic steering damper
A motorcycle has a front part and a rear part, the front part including handlebars and a handlebar stem with which there is associated an electronic damper controlled by a control unit controlling the action of the damper on the handlebars, provision being made for a device detecting the angle of rotation of the handlebars and the velocity of rotation of the handlebar stem within a handlebar head of the frame. The control unit includes a first block which receives data on the velocity of rotation of the handlebar stem and which on the basis of such velocity determines the presence of oscillating or weave movement of the motorcycle or a wobble movement of the handlebars, the first block of the control unit being connected to a second block and a third block of such unit which alternatively generate a control signal intended to damp the handlebar stem on the basis of the determination made by the first block so that any weave and/or wobble movement is cancelled out. |
| US10940907B2 |
Bicycle hydration system
A bicycle comprises a frame assembly and a hydration system. The frame assembly includes a main frame and a fork assembly pivotally coupled to the main frame. The hydration system includes a reservoir supported by the frame assembly, a collapsible bladder positioned in the reservoir, and a hose coupled to the bladder and extending through a reservoir opening. The hose enters the main frame through a frame opening and passes through an inside of the main frame above a bottom bracket. The hose exits the main frame through a front opening and enters the fork assembly through a fork opening facing toward the front opening. The fork assembly can also include a nose piece in front of the headset bearing, wherein the hose passes between headset bearing and the nose piece. The fork assembly can also include a handlebar and a riser supporting the handlebar, wherein the hose passes through the riser. |
| US10940906B2 |
Portable active lighting device or same installed on a bicycle
The active lighting device of a bicycle includes a first optical system with a first light source for long-distance illumination, controlled by a control unit, and a second optical system with a second light source for short-distance illumination, controlled by the control unit. It includes a light sensor for determining the light intensity of a location in which the bicycle is situated and allows the control unit to adapt the light intensity of the light sources, if they are activated and if the ambient light intensity is below a determined light threshold. Moreover, a speed sensor is provided for determining the speed of the bicycle in use on a path, so that the control unit controls the activation of the first light source from at least one determined speed threshold. An orientation detector is provided for orienting the light sources depending on a curve travelled by the bicycle in use. |
| US10940905B2 |
Bicycle saddle with through-hole handle
A seat for a bicycle comprising: a seating surface having a longitudinal length, a longitudinally forward portion, a longitudinally rearward portion, and a lateral width between a first lateral end and a second lateral end laterally opposed to the first lateral end; an underside surface below the seating surface; an opening extending through the seating surface and the underside surface; where the opening has an opening length between a longitudinally forward periphery and a longitudinally rearward periphery and an opening width between a first lateral periphery and a second lateral periphery laterally opposed to the first lateral periphery; where the seating surface includes a bridge portion longitudinally located between the opening and the rearward portion of the seating surface; and where the opening has a lateral width greater than its longitudinal length. |
| US10940902B2 |
Track assembly and vehicle
A track assembly is to be mounted on a drive axle of a vehicle. The track assembly has a frame, at least one leading idler wheel mounted to the front of the frame for rotation about a transverse leading idler wheel axis, at least one trailing idler wheel mounted to the rear of the frame for rotation about a traverse trailing idler wheel axis parallel to the leading idler wheel axis, a single drive wheel assembly, and at least two slide rails. The slide rails have corresponding forward-facing portions, central portions, and rearward-facing portions. The forward-facing portions project from the front ends of the central portions by a projection that is greater than a length of the central portions. A vehicle having the track assembly is also described. |
| US10940898B2 |
Vehicle composite member, vehicle, vehicle manufacturing method, and mixed flow production method
A vehicle composite member to be joined at a perimeter section to a ferrous vehicle body member is provided. The vehicle composite member includes a lightweight panel that is formed of a lightweight material having a lighter specific weight than iron, and a ferrous perimeter member that has been integrated with the lightweight panel. The perimeter section is configured by the ferrous perimeter member. |
| US10940895B2 |
Sports car cockpit
Sports car including a cockpit equipped with a windscreen that delimits the cockpit, the windscreen being supported by a peripheral frame made of high-resistance material including an upper crossbeam at the top, a lower crossbeam at the bottom and a pair of side uprights connecting said upper and lower crossbeams, the windscreen including a front central upright arranged between said front side uprights to connect said upper and lower crossbeams. |
| US10940893B2 |
Reinforced open-section structural panel
A bulkhead for a vehicle body structure includes a panel. The panel has a contour defined by a contour length and characterized by an open section having three surfaces in a cross-sectional view. The bulkhead also includes a support member embedded in the panel. The support member includes an external form configured to interface with and match at least two of the three surfaces of the contour. The support member also includes a support member length configured to fit within the contour length and a boxed cross-section having a substantially uniform shape along the support member length. The bulkhead additionally includes an adhesive applied between the external form of the support member and the interfacing surfaces of the contour to thereby bond the support member to the panel and reinforce the bulkhead. A vehicle having a structure with such a bulkhead is also considered. |
| US10940891B2 |
Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle, including, a user compartment and a front section including a portion of a vehicle chassis, a crash absorbing member located in the front section and connected to the portion of the vehicle chassis, the crash absorbing member including a first extruded profile, preferably an aluminum profile, having a main extension direction in a transverse direction (y) of the vehicle, whereby the extrusion direction of the first extruded profile extends substantially in the transverse direction (y) of the vehicle, and wherein further the first extruded profile includes at least two cells (C1, C2) being defined by outer walls and at least one intermediate wall separating the at least two cells (C1, C2), wherein the at least one intermediate wall has a main extension direction in the transverse direction (y) and a second extension direction which extends substantially in a vertical direction (z). |
| US10940890B2 |
Rear vehicle-body structure
A recessed portion is formed at a frame member provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body and having a closed cross section extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein the recessed portion is configured such that a lower face of the frame member is recessed upwardly and a damper is inserted into and fixed to the recessed portion. Closed cross sections are formed inside the frame member at a position corresponding to the recessed portion. These closed cross sections are configured to branch off from the closed cross section outwardly and inwardly relative to the damper. A reinforcing member is fixed to the frame member and a wheel house inner at the position corresponding to the recessed portion such that a space is formed at a corner portion of these. |
| US10940889B2 |
System for a towing vehicle
The present invention relates to a vehicle control system (1) for controlling a trailer (5) coupled to a vehicle (3) during a reversing operation. The vehicle control system includes a processor (29) configured to determine an actual trailer travel direction (TACT) based on one or more sensor signals. The processor (29) receives a demanded trailer travel direction (TDEM), for example from a user. A maximum permissible hitch angle (ϕMAX) is calculated by the processor (29) and the demanded trailer travel direction (TDEM) is limited to an angle less than or equal to the calculated maximum permissible hitch angle (ϕMAX). The present invention also relates to a vehicle (3) incorporating the vehicle control system (1); and a method of controlling the reversing of the trailer (5). |
| US10940888B2 |
Control apparatus and control method for rear wheel steering system
A control apparatus for a rear wheel steering system is provided to control the rear wheel steering system by calculating a target rear wheel steering angle using sensors included in a parking assist system. The control apparatus includes a first sensor and a second sensor spaced apart from each other and mounted on a rear portion of a vehicle, a determiner configured to determine whether a trailer is mounted at a rear side of the vehicle using the first sensor or the second sensor, and a controller configured to control the rear wheel steering system according to a target rear wheel steering angle calculated using the first and second sensors when it is determined that the trailer is mounted at the rear side of the vehicle. |
| US10940887B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus and control method thereof
A vehicle control apparatus and method include: a sensor sensing current trailer connection information, current trailer load information, current trailer traction information, and current trailer relative angle information; a determination unit determining whether a trailer is in a mounted state by using the sensed current trailer connection information, and determining whether an ESC is in an unstable operation state by using the sensed current trailer load information, current trailer traction information, and current trailer relative angle information when the trailer is in the mounted state; and a control unit transmitting a compensation signal to an ESC apparatus to compensate the ESC apparatus in accordance with the set target ESC stable operation control information to operate the ESC apparatus in a stable operation state according to the sensed current trailer load information, current trailer traction information, and current trailer relative angle information when the ESC is in the unstable operation state. |
| US10940886B2 |
Leading-edge steering assembly
A leading-edge steering system is provided for a front suspension of an off-road vehicle. The leading-edge steering system is comprised of a spindle assembly that supports a drive axle assembly to conduct torque from a transaxle to a front wheel. A first rod-end joint pivotally couples an upper suspension arm and the spindle assembly, and a second rod-end joint pivotally couples a lower suspension arm and the spindle assembly. A steering rod-end joint pivotally couples a first end of a steering rod with a leading-edge portion of the spindle assembly. A steering gear is coupled with a second end of the steering rod and configured to move the steering rod, such that the spindle assembly rotates with respect to the upper and lower suspension arms. The leading-edge portion is configured to exert primarily tensile forces on the steering rod during travel over rough terrain. |
| US10940882B2 |
Steering control apparatus, steering apparatus and steering method for vehicle based on steer-by-wire
Some embodiments relate to a steer-by-wire-based vehicle steering control apparatus, vehicle steering apparatus, and vehicle steering method. The steer-by-wire-based vehicle steering control apparatus may include: a vehicle state information acquisition unit configured to acquire information associated with a state of operating a steering rack module, which is connected to a wheel and is mechanically separated from a steering column module connected to a steering wheel; and a steering reaction force control unit configured to determine a state of collision or contact with an external object based on the information associated with the state of operating the steering rack module and to control an operation of a steering reaction force motor, which is included in the steering column module and provides a steering reaction force to the steering wheel, according to the determination result. |
| US10940877B2 |
Vehicle communication system
A method includes wirelessly receiving, at a lead remote control (RC) communication device onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system, a request signal from an operator control unit (OCU). The method also includes communicating a reconfiguration signal from a lead communication device of the lead vehicle to a remote communication device disposed onboard a first displaced vehicle responsive to receipt of the request signal. Further, the method includes, responsive to receiving the reconfiguration signal, reconfiguring an RC communication device onboard the first displaced vehicle to switch from a first state where the RC communication device onboard the first displaced vehicle receives a control signal from the OCU for remotely controlling operation of the first displaced vehicle to a different, second state where the RC communication device onboard the first displaced vehicle repeats the control signal to the lead RC communication device of the lead vehicle. |
| US10940875B2 |
Vehicle, in particular rail vehicle
A vehicle, particularly a rail vehicle, includes at least two coach bodies being coupled together and at least one line bridging a gap between the coach bodies. The line, which is an outwardly electrically insulated high-voltage line, is flexible and is guided by a cable guiding device in the region of the gap between the coach bodies at least in sections. The cable guiding device includes a multiplicity of guiding elements which are mechanically coupled together and can be pivoted in relation to each other in a guiding plane. The cable guiding device is flexible in the guiding plane and is less flexible in a plane which is perpendicular thereto than in the guiding plane. |
| US10940873B1 |
Modified passenger, suitable or newly manufactured railroad cars provide electrical charging for battery-powered electric automobiles while in transit
A modified, hollowed-out, bi-level double decker passenger car is equipped to provide electricity to electrically charge the batteries of battery-powered electric automobiles, either on a car by car basis, using the wheels of the car to generate electricity, or as the whole of the train supplied with power generated by a locomotive, a designated generator car, or an outside source. |
| US10940871B2 |
Contextual autonomous vehicle support through pictorial interaction
An autonomous vehicle including a sensor system that outputs a sensor signal indicative of a condition of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle also includes a user interface device with a display. A computing system determines, based upon a profile of the passenger, that support is to be provided pictorially to the passenger when the support is provided to the passenger. The computing system further detects occurrence of an event that has been identified as potentially causing discomfort to the passenger. The computing system yet further sets a predefined pictorial support message defined in an account corresponding to the event maintained in a database prior to occurrence of the event as a pictorial support message to be presented to the passenger. The computing system additionally causes the display to present the pictorial support message, wherein the pictorial support message solicits feedback from the passenger of the autonomous vehicle. |
| US10940869B2 |
Driving assistance apparatus
A driving assistance apparatus includes a driving assister section, a scene determiner section, and an assignment determiner section. The driving assister section provides a driving assistance to a driver in a vehicle using a sensing result by a sensor device monitoring a periphery of the vehicle. The scene determiner section determines whether a driving scene requiring the driver to confirm safety takes place. The assignment determiner section determines an assignment of an implementation work that is to be implemented by the driver according to the driving scene when the scene determiner section determines that the driving scene requiring the driver to work takes place; the practice work precludes an exemption work from which the driving assister section exempts the driver. |
| US10940868B2 |
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program
A vehicle control device includes a travel control unit configured to control travel of a vehicle on the basis of an action plan including a plurality of events that are sequentially executed to control acceleration and deceleration or steering when the vehicle travels; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect a specific abnormal state that affects a control result of the travel control unit based on the action plan; and a changing unit configured to change content controlled by the travel control unit on the basis of either or both of a type of an event being executed according to control by the travel control unit and a type of an event scheduled to be executed following the event being executed among events included in the action plan when the specific abnormal state is detected by the abnormality detection unit. |
| US10940866B1 |
Autonomous vehicle operating status assessment
Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, a computer-implemented method for real-time determination of the status of autonomous operation features of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be provided. With the customer's permission, the operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be monitored to obtain operating data from one or more autonomous operation features. An operating status of the autonomous features may be determined based upon the operating data. After which, a change in the operating status of the autonomous features may be identified, and a report containing information regarding the change in the operating status of the autonomous features may be generated. Insurance discounts may be provided to risk averse customers that maintain their autonomous vehicles, and associated accident avoidance functionality, in good working condition. |
| US10940864B2 |
System for autonomously or partially autonomously driving a vehicle with communication module for obtaining additional information from a vehicle driver and corresponding method
Control commands in a system and method for autonomously driving a vehicle or partially autonomously driving a vehicle are generated on the basis of an environment representation, which is generated from sensor signal of a sensing means. The environment representation where ambiguous objects are identified is such that information obtained from the driver of the vehicle are added. The system generates an information request. Additional information is extracted and accumulated in the environment representation map. Traffic is then determined and suitable control signals for the vehicles are generated. In case no ambiguous objects are included in the environment representation but the system is not capable of deciding on traffic, the driver is asked to disambiguate the situation or to instruct on dealing with the traffic. |
| US10940863B2 |
Spatial and temporal attention-based deep reinforcement learning of hierarchical lane-change policies for controlling an autonomous vehicle
Systems and methods are provided that employ spatial and temporal attention-based deep reinforcement learning of hierarchical lane-change policies for controlling an autonomous vehicle. An actor-critic network architecture includes an actor network that process image data received from an environment to learn the lane-change policies as a set of hierarchical actions, and a critic network that evaluates the lane-change policies to calculate loss and gradients to predict an action-value function (Q) that is used to drive learning and update parameters of the lane-change policies. The actor-critic network architecture implements a spatial attention module to select relevant regions in the image data that are of importance, and a temporal attention module to learn temporal attention weights to be applied to past frames of image data to indicate relative importance in deciding which lane-change policy to select. |
| US10940859B2 |
Automatic speed control and method for the autonomous speed control of a vehicle
An automatic speed control including repeated autonomous establishment of a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint speed and/or a setpoint acceleration of the vehicle in such a way that the setpoint speed is smaller or equal to a specified or established maximum speed and/or the setpoint acceleration of the vehicle remains smaller or equal to a specified or established maximum acceleration controlling at least one vehicle component by taking into account the autonomously newly established setpoint variable so that an actual speed of the vehicle corresponds to the setpoint speed and/or an actual acceleration of the vehicle corresponds to the setpoint acceleration; and establishing the maximum speed and/or the maximum acceleration by taking into account a measured and/or estimated temperature of a component of a wheel brake caliper and/or a driving variable that is relevant for overheating of the component of the wheel brake caliper. |
| US10940858B2 |
Multi-mode collision avoidance system
Implementations a method using a collision detection device associated with a user to detect a moving object in an environment and provide an alert to the user are provided. In some implementations the environment comprises at least one transmitter of opportunity. In some implementations, the collision detection device comprises a receiver and a processor. In some implementations, the method comprises receiving at the collision detection device Wi-Fi signals reflected from the moving object where the Wi-Fi signals originate from a Wi-Fi source not associated with the moving object. The method further comprises detecting, measuring, and tracking the Doppler effect of the Wi-Fi signals at the collision detection device to track velocity vector relative to the collision detection device. The method further comprises calculating the time of arrival of the moving object based on the velocity vector relative to the location of the collision detection device. The method further comprises tracking the relative angle between the moving object and the collision detection device based on the velocity vector. The method further comprises predicting the occurrence of a collision between the moving object and the collision detection device based on the relative angle. The method further comprises providing a notification based on the predicting step. |
| US10940857B2 |
Driving control apparatus for a vehicle
A driving control apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The driving control apparatus includes: an object detection device configured to detect objects in the vicinity of the vehicle and generate information on the objects; a sensing unit configured to detect a state of the vehicle and generate vehicle state information; and a processor configured to: based on the vehicle state information and the information on the objects, generate information on collision with a first object out of the objects, and based on the information on the collision, generate a control signal for at least one of steering, partial braking, and partial driving of the vehicle and provide the generated control signal so as to control operation of the vehicle after the collision through at least one of a steering control action, a partial braking control action, and a partial driving control action. |
| US10940852B2 |
Method and system for enhanced yaw response for a vehicle
A method and a system for controlling wheel torques of a vehicle (201) to provide a desired vehicle yaw torque during a cornering event. A set of indirect yaw torque parameters (a,k) indicative of the indirect vehicle yaw torque contribution from lateral wheel forces are determined based on the present wheel torque data (PtTq) and the lateral acceleration data (LatAcc) and a model. A required torque for the front axis wheels (202, 204) and a required torque for the rear axis wheels (206, 208) are calculated such that the desired longitudinal wheel torque and the target vehicle yaw (MzReq) provided, taking into account the set of indirect yaw torque parameters. The calculated torques are applied to the respective individual wheels. |
| US10940841B2 |
Method and control unit for controlling a hydraulic braking system
A method for controlling a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The braking system includes a controllable first braking pressure generator and a sensor for a deceleration signal of the vehicle. The method includes: impressing a pressure characteristic with the aid of the first braking pressure generator on an original setpoint braking pressure; and monitoring the deceleration signal for the presence of a deceleration characteristic corresponding to the pressure characteristic. |
| US10940840B2 |
Actuating system for a vehicle brake and method of operating the actuating system
The disclosure relates to an actuating system for a vehicle brake, with an actuating arrangement, in particular a brake pedal, at least one (first) piston-cylinder unit, which is connected via a hydraulic line to the vehicle brake (braking circuit) in order to supply the braking circuit with pressure medium and apply pressure to the vehicle brake, and with a drive for the piston-cylinder unit. Pressure medium can be fed to the braking circuit in controlled manner in both piston movement directions, in particular the advance stroke and the return stroke, by means of at least one, in particular stepped, piston of the piston-cylinder unit. |
| US10940832B1 |
Identifying suspicious events relating to a vehicle
A system for monitoring suspicious activity of a vehicle includes a memory designed to store pattern data corresponding to a historical pattern of behavior of the vehicle. The system further includes a sensor designed to detect sensor data corresponding to a current vehicle behavior. The system further includes a network access device designed to communicate with a remote device. The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the memory, the sensor, and the network access device. The ECU is designed to determine a suspicious event when the current vehicle behavior deviates from the historical pattern of behavior of the vehicle by a threshold amount. The ECU is further designed to control the network access device to transmit a notification of the suspicious event to the remote device. |
| US10940829B1 |
Method for operating a vehicle having an electrical outlet
A method for operating a vehicle that includes an electrical power output is described. In one example, the method includes preventing shifting of transmission gears in response to an external electric power consumer being coupled to an electrical power output receptacle of the vehicle. The method may reduce a possibility of interrupting electrical power that may be supplied to the external electric power consumer. |
| US10940827B2 |
Belt retractor having a force limiter
The invention relates to a belt retractor comprising a frame (10), a belt reel (12) rotatably arranged within the frame (10), a blocking mechanism (18) by which the belt reel (12) can be blocked within the frame (10), and a load limiter which comprises a corrugated disk (36), characterized in that the corrugated disk (36) is disposed between the belt reel (12) and a cover (38) which is laterally attached to the belt reel (12). |
| US10940826B2 |
Passenger airbag inflator and system for vehicle
A passenger airbag inflator for a vehicle includes: a housing having a first gunpowder therein, including a vent hole, and communicating with an airbag cushion; a first chamber located in a first side inner space of the housing, having a first booster and a first igniter, and configured to be triggered forwardly when the first igniter is ignited; and a second chamber located in a second side inner space of the housing, having a second booster and a second gunpowder, including a second igniter, and configured to be triggered forwardly when the second igniter is ignited. |
| US10940819B2 |
Method and device for detection of the displacement position of a motor vehicle seat
A method for detecting the displacement position of a vehicle seat is described. When the vehicle seat is being displaced, a magnetic field-sensitive sensor device monitors a change of one magnetic field component and depending on the output signal which has been generated by the sensor device, a conclusion is drawn about the adjustment position of the vehicle seat. The magnetic field-sensitive sensor device is displaced relative to a measuring section using the magnetic field-sensitive device. An absolute value of the magnetic field strength of a magnetic field whose magnetic field strength changes essentially continuously along a longitudinal extension of the measuring section is detected and converted into an absolute displacement position of the vehicle seat. |
| US10940815B2 |
Bumper beam having an 8 shaped cross-section
A bumper beam made of at least one roll formed steel sheet is described. The bumper beam contains an upper beam and a lower beam extending in a transversal direction, the upper beam and the lower beam each having a closed cross-section defined by a front wall, a rear wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, the upper wall and the lower wall joining the front wall to the rear wall, and a central wall extending between the front walls, the rear walls of the upper beam and of the lower beam forming both the lower wall of the upper beam and the upper wall of the lower beam, the central wall extending in at least two different planes. |
| US10940813B2 |
Universal platform architecture for hybrid more electric aircraft
An aircraft power system includes a front-end power converter and a back-end power converter. The front-end power converter is configured to generate a first direct current (DC) supply voltage or a second DC supply voltage based on a voltage level of an alternating current (AC) supply voltage output from an AC voltage source. The backend power converter sub-system is configured to convert the first DC supply voltage or the second DC supply voltage into a backend supply voltage. An active power distribution system is configured to select different electrical paths between the front-end converter and the backend converter subsystem in response to detecting output of the first DC supply voltage and the second DC supply voltage. |
| US10940810B2 |
Trim element on a vehicle and method of manufacturing same
A trim element on a vehicle is comprised of at least one trim element body and a design area that is modified to individualize the vehicle appearance. The design area includes at least one plastic panel which is structured for a three-dimensional appearance by laser processing, with the outer surface being unaffected. |
| US10940801B1 |
Actuating device for a component
An actuating device for a component includes a shaft, a housing, a clutch ring, a drive gear, and a motor drive engaged with the housing and drivably coupled to the drive gear. The shaft includes a plurality of detent teeth. The housing is movably disposed around the shaft and is coupled to the component. The housing includes a plurality of tabs. The clutch ring is movably disposed around the shaft, and includes a plurality of cam surfaces, a plurality of engagement grooves and a plurality of detent recesses. Each tab of the housing is configured to be at least partially and removably received within a corresponding engagement groove. Each detent recess is configured to releasably engage with a corresponding detent tooth. The drive gear is movably disposed around the shaft and includes a plurality of cam followers. Each cam follower is configured to travel on a corresponding cam surface. |
| US10940799B2 |
Inner rear-view device for vehicle
The present invention provides an inner rear-view device for a vehicle that includes a stay, a pivot, a bracket, a housing, a knob, a rear-view unit, a switching mechanism, a fixed engagement section, an elastically-engaged section, an elastically-deformed section, and a suppressing section. The inner rear-view device for the vehicle can adjust angles of a screen and the like and prevent movement of a knob at the time of angle adjustment of the screen and the like even when pivot torque is increased by a magnitude that corresponds to an increase in masses of the housing and the like. |
| US10940798B2 |
Camera monitor system
A camera monitor system includes: a capturing device; a displaying device; a detecting device detecting at least one of a state of an engine switch of a vehicle, a state of an engine, a state of a gear shift, an open/closed state of a door, and a seated state of a driver; and a control device controlling consumed power by the capturing device and the displaying device on the basis of at least one type of detection output of the detecting device. The control device controls at least one of the capturing device and the displaying device to a low power consumption state when a specified time elapses since the detection output of the detecting device is changed. |
| US10940797B2 |
Obstacle detecting and notifying device, method, and computer program product
An obstacle detecting and notifying device according to an embodiment is to be installed in a vehicle, to issue an alarm upon detecting a moving obstacle. The device includes a moving-obstacle detector that detects a moving obstacle in a given monitoring area; a first calculator that calculates an expected moving route of the moving obstacle; a second calculator that calculates an expected moving route of the vehicle; a setter that sets an alarm area in the monitoring area in accordance with the expected moving route of the vehicle, the alarm area in which the alarm is to be issued; an excluder that excludes, from alarming moving obstacles, the moving obstacle unlikely to reach the alarm area, in accordance with the expected moving route of the moving obstacle and the expected moving route of the vehicle; and an alarm that issues an alarm against the alarming moving obstacles. |
| US10940790B1 |
System and method for adjustable lighting based on occupant and object identification in a vehicle
A system includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including determining a current state of a vehicle, the current state determined based on information from sensors, receiving a lighting control signal based on the information received from the sensors, and activating an adjustable and controllable spotlight based on the lighting control signal. |
| US10940787B1 |
Landscape equipment holder
A landscape equipment holder includes a “bracket in proximity to a spring-biased pivoting latch. The latch is capable of being removably secured over the bracket to entrap a elongated portion of landscape equipment. |
| US10940785B2 |
Vehicle holding unit
A vehicle holding unit includes a cupholder and a holding member. The cupholder has a sidewall defining a cup receiving area. The holding member having a base movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The base being mainly vertical in the stowed position. The base being mainly horizontal and extends into the cup receiving area in the deployed position. |
| US10940783B2 |
Headrest guide and vehicle seat
This headrest guide 52 for holding a pillar 43 protruding from a headrest 4 is provided with cylindrical section 61 having formed therein a through-hole 63 which extends in a longitudinal direction and into which the pillar 43 is inserted. The cylindrical section 61 has a protrusion 64 provided on the inner peripheral surface of the through-hole 63 and coming in contact with the pillar 43 inserted in the through-hole 63. The protrusion 64 extends in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical section 61, and the length of the protrusion 64 in the top-bottom direction is set to be greater than the length thereof in the left-right or front-rear direction. The configuration makes it possible to suppress the rattling of the headrest because of an increase in the region of contact with the pillar inserted in the through-hole. |
| US10940781B1 |
Seatback recliner system for a vehicle seat of a motor vehicle
A seatback recliner system for a vehicle seat including a seat bottom and a seatback is provided. The system includes a latch mechanism movable between a latched state where the latch mechanism holds the seatback in a fixed angular position relative to the seat bottom and an unlatched state where the seatback is angularly movable relative to the seat bottom. A handle is movable between a rest position where the latch mechanism is disposed in the latched state and an actuated position where the latch mechanism is disposed in the unlatched state, in response to the handle receiving an actuation load from a user. A handle extension member is releasably mounted to the handle by a coupler that disengages the handle extension member from the handle such that the handle remains disposed in the rest position relative to the latch mechanism. |
| US10940778B2 |
Headrest height adjustment mechanisms for child safety seats
The present invention discloses a headrest height adjustment mechanism for child safety seats, which comprises a backrest (1), a headrest (2) and an adjustment device (3); wherein the adjustment device comprises a limiting block (31), a spring (33), an adjustment bar (32) capable of sliding up and down inside the mounting chamber (21); the limiting block (31) has a blocking portion (311); the adjustment bar (32) has a driving portion (321); the spring (33) is disposed between the adjustment bar (32) and the headrest (2) and enables the adjustment bar (32) to have a trend to slide downward. Compared with the prior art, the headrest height adjustment mechanism for child safety seats is convenient for operation and has high reliability of locking and unlocking. |
| US10940774B2 |
Adjusting device for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, method for assembly thereof and guide piece
An adjusting device for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat comprising a first rail and a second rail movably guided in a longitudinal direction relative to the first rail includes a guide piece mounted to a side-wall of the first rail, comprising a main body, a plurality of connecting devices for connecting to the first rail, and a positioning device locked in a positioning recess, for positioning the guide piece with respect to the first rail in the longitudinal direction. The connecting devices are formed as hook-like members that are inserted through the locking recesses and grip behind the side-wall to fix guide piece to the first rail. The guide piece comprises a flexible portion connected to the positioning device and the main body, which is configured to bend in a transverse direction when mounting the guide piece to the first rail and to be locked in the positioning recess. |
| US10940771B1 |
Optimized operation of electric propulsion system having reconfigurable series/parallel voltage source
An electric propulsion system includes a polyphase rotary electric machine that imparts motor torque to a load, a traction power inverter module (“TPIM”) connected to the electric machine, a reconfigurable energy storage system (“RESS”) connected to the TPIM, and a controller. The RESS has multiple battery modules and a switching circuit. The battery modules are connectable in a series-connected (“P-connected”) configuration at a first/low battery voltage level, and a series-connected (“S-connected”) configuration at a second/high battery voltage level that exceeds the first voltage. The controller determines power losses of the electric propulsion system at the first and second battery voltage levels, receives a commanded output torque and output speed of the electric machine, and selects the S-connected or P-connected configuration based on the predetermined power loss and commanded output torque and speed. |
| US10940770B2 |
Lighting concept for a charging park
A method for operating a charging system for charging electric vehicles, wherein the charging system has a charging station and at least two charging columns which are physically separate from one another and each have at least one charging connection. Each charging column has a light sensor and also a light and/or a display. The method includes receiving signals of the individual light sensors and also collectively evaluating the signals and adjusting the brightness of the light and/or the display of at least one of the charging columns depending on a result of collectively evaluating the received signals. Also described herein is a corresponding charging system. |
| US10940767B2 |
Self-propelled surface-traveling robot system and method for returning to primary charging station
A method, applicable in a self-propelled surface-traveling robot system, for returning to a primary charging station, where the robot system comprises a surface-traveling robot and at least two charging stations for charging the robot, comprising the following steps: S1: the robot establishes a map of an area; S2: one of the charging stations is set as the primary charging station and the position of the primary charging station is recorded in the map of the area; and S3: when finishing working, the self-propelled surface-traveling robot returns to the primary charging station according to the position of the primary charging station in the map of the area. In the method, applicable in a self-propelled surface-traveling robot system, for returning to a primary charging station of the present invention, the robot returns to the position of the set primary charging station after it finishes working so that the robot may be found by a user as accustomed at the position of the primary charging station when the robot is not working; and the starting point of the robot for each time working may also be determined, by setting the charging station at an important position where the robot is firstly needed to work as the primary charging station, facilitating arrangement of position for priority work. |
| US10940765B2 |
Bicycle display
A bicycle display is provided that allows the user to recognize the selected operation mode. The bicycle display includes a display screen configured to display an output state of a motor that assists in propelling of a bicycle. The display screen is configured to display an output state of the motor in a first color in a state where the motor is controlled in a first operating mode, and configured to display an output state of the motor in a second color which is different from the first color in a state where the motor is controlled in a second operating mode which is different from the first operating mode. |
| US10940764B2 |
Augmented permanent magnet system
A magnetic bearing system for controlling magnetic coupling between a mobile carriage and a guideway and a method for controlling the magnetic bearing system. The magnetic bearing system includes at least one engine, which includes at least two poles, at least one permanent magnet and at least one coil. The engine is configured to be magnetically coupled to the guideway through at least one air gap. |
| US10940756B2 |
Fuel tank vent shutoff valve
A fuel tank vent shutoff valve is provided with a leak countermeasure for preventing liquid fuel leaking from the vent shutoff valve into an evaporative emissions canister. In one embodiment, the vent shutoff valve includes a case disposed over a valve body. The case includes a floor surface surrounding an opening and a cover disposed over the case. The case also includes a flange structure extending away from the floor surface towards an inside surface of the cover. The inside surface includes an annular wall aligned over the opening and extending towards the floor surface of the case. The annular wall includes a first section having a first height that is greater than a second height of a second section. A free end of the first section extends past a free end of the flange structure of the case to prevent fuel from leaking into the evaporative emissions canister. |
| US10940755B2 |
Diesel exhaust fluid tank venting system
An exhaust after-treatment system associated with a diesel engine includes a diesel exhaust fluid storage unit. The storage unit includes a diesel exhaust fluid tank and a vent system coupled to the tank and configured to regulate flow of air into the tank and fluid vapor out of the tank. |
| US10940750B2 |
Hybrid all-wheel drive system having dynamic clutches
An All-Wheel-Drive (AWD), multi-mode, power-split hybrid vehicle employing a drive combining all electric motors and an internal combustion engine, together collocated on a 2-planetary-gear (PG) set. The present teachings are capable of delivering competitive performance while maximizing fuel economy through power-split hybrid design. |
| US10940746B2 |
Door weather strip
A door weather strip couples to a door adjacently to a belt line. The door weather strip includes: a fin at a bottom of the door weather strip; a main seal and a sub seal which extend vertically in upper and lower directions on an internal circumference and an outer circumference on a surface of the fin and which make elastic contact with an end of a roof weather strip when the door is in a closed position; a channel between the main seal and the sub seal; and a sealing wall which extends between a top end of the main seal and a part of the sub seal below a top end by a distance such that the sealing wall on the sub seal is spaced from the end of the roof weather strip when the door is in the closed position. |
| US10940741B2 |
Vehicle door or tailgate with support structure and method for the production of such
A vehicle door or tailgate, in particular for motor vehicles, with a frame which is formed as a support structure of the door or tailgate and is separate from an exterior and/or interior trim, wherein the frame is produced separately from plastic and/or a composite material, wherein the frame comprises at least two components which are connected to one another, and wherein the at least two components have connection means which comprise tongue and groove connections. |
| US10940735B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
Provided are a vehicle control apparatus and a vehicle control method, including: a sensor configured to sense a vehicle speed value, operation information of an actuator for generating a torque in a stabilizer bar of an active roller stabilizer (ARS), and operation information of the stabilizer bar; and a controller configured to calculate a target torque value that is to be generated in the stabilizer bar on the basis of the sensed vehicle speed value, the sensed operation information of the actuator, and the sensed operation information of the stabilizer bar, and to determine whether the sensed vehicle speed value is a target vehicle speed value that is set to perform an ARS control mode, and in response to the sensed vehicle speed value determined to be the target vehicle speed value, and determine a deadband period in which a torque of the actuator is not transmitted, using a change value of a torque value and a change state of the torque value while the torque value is tracing the calculated target torque value. |
| US10940722B2 |
Tire for a motorcycle
A tire (1) for a motorcycle comprises a tread portion (2) comprising main grooves (3) and narrow grooves (4). The main grooves (3) include first main grooves (5) and second main grooves (6) arranged on an axially outer side of the first main grooves (5). The narrow grooves (4) include open narrow grooves (7) and semi-open narrow grooves (8). Each of the open narrow grooves (7) is arranged such that one end (7a) is substantially connected with respective first main groove (5) and the other end (7b) is substantially connected with respective second main grooves (6). A first end (8a) of each of the semi-open narrow grooves (8) is substantially connected with one of the first main grooves (5) or the second main grooves (6). A second end (8b) of each of the semi-open narrow grooves (8) terminates on a ground contacting surface (2a) of the tread portion (2). |
| US10940721B2 |
Pneumatic radial tire
A tire has cap rubber that forms a contact patch. The cap rubber has a plurality of lugs. A shoulder lug, which among the plurality of lugs is that which is located outwardmost in a tire width direction, has a narrow groove that extends in the tire circumferential direction and that partitions the shoulder lug into a main lug portion toward the interior in the tire width direction, and a sacrificial lug portion toward the exterior in the tire width direction; and low-modulus rubber, for which stress at a given elongation is lower than that of the cap rubber, is arranged at a corner where the contact patch at the main lug portion and a groove side face toward the interior in the tire width direction which forms the narrow groove intersect. |
| US10940719B2 |
Tire for heavy industrial vehicle
A tire includes a tread and a crown reinforcement arranged radially internal to the tread. The crown reinforcement includes a protective reinforcement and a working reinforcement. The protective reinforcement includes a protective ply that exhibits a force at break greater than or equal to 1300 daN·cm−1. The protective ply includes protective reinforcing elements, each of which exhibits a force at break greater than or equal to 3000 N. The working reinforcement is arranged radially internal to the protective reinforcement and includes a working ply. The working ply includes working reinforcing elements, each of which includes a working cord formed of at least a strand that includes an external layer of unsaturated threads. |
| US10940717B2 |
Shaft locking assembly, system, and method for use in an apparatus to provide motion control of the apparatus
In one version there is provided a shaft locking assembly for use in an apparatus, to provide motion control and unwanted movement elimination of the apparatus. The shaft locking assembly includes a locking device with a locking shaft having a castellated ring element with castellations. The shaft locking assembly includes a drive shaft and a rotating element disposed around the drive shaft. The shaft locking assembly includes a retaining structure assembly having a side portion with projection members corresponding to the castellations. The shaft locking assembly is in a locked position when the castellations are engaged and interlocked with the projection members, and the shaft locking assembly is in an unlocked position when a shaft engagement device is engaged with the drive shaft and the locking shaft, and actuates the locking shaft, so that the castellations are disengaged and unlocked from the projection members, and rotates the drive shaft. |
| US10940713B2 |
Thermochromic writing instrument having a separable eraser
A thermochromic writing instrument capable of causing curiosity and interest of a user by configuring an eraser to be easily separated from the main body of the thermochromic writing instrument and to be shaped into various character dolls. A rotation member is inserted into a pen body and a hollow upper cover is detachably coupled to an outside of the upper portion of the pen body, a first eraser is connected to the rotation member by a connection member, a connection portion of an operation member is disposed in a groove formed at one side of the side wall of the pen body, the first body portion of the operation member is inserted into the pen body and a clip portion of the operation member is exposed to the outside of the pen body. |
| US10940711B2 |
Bandage with an insertable medical data card
A bandage with an insertable medical data card consisting of a bandage with a central pocket, a slit for accessing the pocket, a flap for sealing the pocket, and a transparent faceplate on the pocket. The medical data card contains pertinent medical data of a user adapted to be inserted into the pocket of the bandage and the bandage worn upon the body of the user. The bandage is changeable every three to four days and the medical data card can be transferred from one bandage to another. The system provides a wearable medical data card which instantly informs first responders and medical caregivers of the user's pertinent medical information, saving precious time while life saving measures based on the pertinent medical information gleaned from the medical data card are being implemented. |
| US10940710B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes: a needleless binding device configured to form a recessed or raised impression as a needleless binding part by performing needleless binding on a bundle of sheets; an environment sensor; and a controller configured to perform, based on a value detected by the environment sensor, control to display a confirmation image requesting a user to make confirmation on the needleless binding prior to execution of the needleless binding. |
| US10940705B2 |
Base material processing apparatus and detection method
A displacement amount calculation part in a base material processing apparatus calculates the degree of matching between an upstream data section and a downstream data section included in a first and a second detection results, which indicate time-varying changes in the positions of an edge of a base material in the width direction at an upstream and a downstream detection positions. This calculation uses calculation results obtained by sequentially calculating the degrees of matching between sub-data sections in the upstream data section and downstream sub-data sections in the downstream data section. This reduces the amount of computation and enables highly accurate detection of the amount of displacement of the base material in the transport direction on the basis of an identification result of the downstream data section that is highly matched with the upstream data section. |
| US10940704B2 |
Conveyor belt sensors
In one example, a printing system is described, having a conveyor belt, a first optical sensor, a second optical sensor, and a controller. The first optical sensor is located proximate to a first edge of the conveyor belt. The second optical sensor is located proximate to a second edge of the conveyor belt, wherein the second edge is on the opposite side of the conveyor belt to the first edge. The controller receives data related to optical detection of lateral movement of the conveyor belt from the first and second optical sensors, and causes a correction for the detected lateral movement of the conveyor belt in association with a print job of the printing system. |
| US10940702B2 |
Integrated inkjet module for scalable printer
An integrated inkjet module includes: a support chassis configured for fixedly mounting on a media feed chassis; a maintenance chassis slidably mounted on the support chassis; and a print bar chassis liftably mounted on the maintenance chassis, the print bar chassis having one or more inkjet printheads mounted thereon. |
| US10940701B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a conveying part configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction. A discharge head is configured to discharge a droplet onto a medium carried by the conveying part. A heating part is arranged at the downstream of the discharge head and configured to heat a medium while contacting with the medium attached with a droplet discharged by the discharge head. The heating part is arranged at a position contacting with at least part of the droplet present on the surface of the medium. |
| US10940697B2 |
Image generation on a transparent or semitransparent substrate
A method of generating an image on a transparent or semitransparent substrate, the method comprising analyzing a first image to be printed on a first side of the substrate to identify a region associated with a predominant color, printing, on the first side of the substrate a color patch with the identified predominant color, printing, on a second side of the substrate, a test color pattern overlapping with the color patch on the first side of the substrate, determining, in a transmission geometry, a color distribution in the color patch, and generating from the determined color distribution, for the region associated with the predominant color identified in the first image, a transmission mode color profile for printing on the second side of the substrate. |
| US10940694B2 |
Detecting fluid levels using a variable threshold voltage
An example printing cartridge includes a sensing die including a plurality of sensing locations in thermal contact with a fluid container, an on-die controller to select a sensing location of the plurality of sensing locations to activate and to provide a variable threshold voltage, and a voltage comparator to compare a sensed voltage generated at a selected sensing location to the variable threshold voltage, and output time-based information based on the comparison, the time-based information representative of whether a fluid is present at a fluid level associated with the selected sensing location. |
| US10940690B2 |
Method of manufacturing an ink-jet printhead
The present application relates to a method of manufacturing an ink-jet printhead comprising: providing a silicon substrate (10) including active ejecting elements (11); providing a hydraulic structure layer (20) for defining hydraulic circuits configured to enable a guided flow of ink; providing a silicon orifice plate (30) having a plurality of nozzles (31) for ejection of the ink; assembling the silicon substrate (10) with the hydraulic structure layer (20) and the silicon orifice plate (30); wherein providing the silicon orifice plate (30) comprises: providing a silicon wafer (40) having a planar extension delimited by a first surface (41) and a second surface (42) on opposite sides of the silicon wafer (40); performing a thinning step at the second surface (42) so as to remove from the second surface (42) a central portion (43) having a preset height (H), the silicon wafer (40) being formed, following the thinning step, by a base portion (44) having a planar extension and a peripheral portion (45) extending from the base portion (44), transversally with respect to the planar extension of the base portion (44); and forming in the silicon wafer (40) a plurality of through holes, each defining a respective nozzle (31) for ejection of the ink. The method according to the present invention is characterized in that the silicon wafer (40) is a silicon-on-insulator wafer, wherein the silicon-on-insulator wafer comprises a silicon device layer (38) adjacent to the first surface (41), a silicon handle layer (37) adjacent to the second surface (42) and an insulator layer (39) in-between. |
| US10940689B1 |
Multi-nozzle print head assembly with ink retraction mechanism
A print nozzle assembly is presented for use in a printer. The print nozzle assembly may include: a printing pin; a wetting mechanism associated with the printing pin, and an ink retraction mechanism integrated into the wetting mechanism. The wetting mechanism includes an ink reservoir with an outlet arranged in close proximity to a tip of the printing pin. The ink retraction mechanism is configured to retract ink away from the outlet of the ink reservoir. |
| US10940678B2 |
Polyamide compositions for metal coating and metal components coated with the same
The present invention provides polyamide compositions comprising (a) at least one high chain-length polyamide [polyamide (PA)]; (b) at least one grafted polyolefin [olefin (PO)]; and (c) at least one aromatic diacid [acid (DA)]. The polyamide composition can be advantageously used as a material to be coated on a surface of metal component. |
| US10940677B2 |
Thermoplastic membranes containing expandable graphite
A multi-layered membrane comprising a first thermoplastic first layer and a second thermoplastic layer, where the second layer includes expandable graphite. |
| US10940676B2 |
Anisotropic conductive film, display device and reworking method thereof
The present disclosure relates to an anisotropic conductive film, a display device and a reworking method thereof. The anisotropic conductive film comprises: a first resin layer having positively photosensitive characteristics and conductive particles distributed in the first resin layer. Since the first resin layer has positively photosensitive characteristics, it can be decomposed after the exposure process. In this case, when failures occur in the binding of the display panel with the external circuit by the anisotropic conductive film, the first resin layer in the anisotropic conductive film can be decomposed by performing an exposure process on the anisotropic conductive film, so as to separate the external circuit from the display panel for reworking of the display panel. In this way, no heating process is needed, which not only simplifies the reworking procedure, but also is suitable for the reworking of a flexible display panel. |
| US10940670B2 |
Aerogel composite and method for preparing same
A method of preparing an aerogel composite, which includes a wetting pretreatment step for suppressing the generation of air bubbles in a fibrous material such as a mat, and a step of impregnating the fibrous material with a precursor by injecting the precursor in a vessel under a reduced pressure. The method provides a high quality, high insulation aerogel-impregnated composite without air bubbles. |
| US10940666B2 |
Packaging structures and additive manufacturing thereof
A packaging system includes a packaging unit and an article. The packaging unit includes a solid layer, a porous layer and a plastic layer with a cavity. The cavity is configured to receive and secure the article in an opening defined by the cavity that is flexible between a first and a second dimension. The packaging unit is fabricated by a 3D printing process. A tensioning device of a 3D printing machine tensions a feed filament during the 3D printing process. |
| US10940659B2 |
Strap assembly on stock material units for a dunnage conversion machine
Stock material units that may be used in a dunnage conversion machine. For example, stock material units include sheet material that may be fed into the dunnage conversion machine and may be converted thereby into dunnage. The stock material unit includes one or more material sheets that form a three-dimensional body and a strap assembly wrapped about the three-dimensional body. The strap assembly includes a base sheet that defines a first face of the strap assembly, a reinforcement member secured to the base sheet and extending along at least a portion of a length thereof, and an adhesive securing a first end of the strap assembly to an opposite, second end of the strap assembly to retain the dunnage in the stock material unit configuration. |
| US10940657B2 |
Pouch container aligned structure, manufacturing device for same, and manufacturing method for same
Provided is a pouch container aligned structure, wherein: each pouch container has a folded body part that is the top end of one of a pair of body sheets folded into a substantial V shape, with one end of a top sheet also forming the folded body part by being joined to the top end of the body sheet and the other end of the top sheet forming the distal end portion of the container by being joined to the top end of the other of the pair of body sheets; and the pouch containers are aligned in a state in which the distal end portion of one pouch container is inserted into the folded body part of another pouch container. |
| US10940652B2 |
Device and a method for repairing a hole in a part
A repair device for repairing a hole in a part includes a resin tank and an injector endpiece connected to the tank. The endpiece is designed to be inserted in the hole. The endpiece includes at least one injection orifice enabling resin to be injected into at least one cavity situated around the endpiece. The endpiece can be extracted from the hole after the resin has hardened. |
| US10940651B2 |
Large scale smart susceptor heater blankets requiring multi zone control
A processing apparatus such as a heating and/or debulking apparatus that may be used to debulk a plurality of uncured composite layers to form an article such as an aircraft component may include a plurality of interconnected smart susceptor heater blankets. The plurality of smart susceptor heater blankets may be connected in series or in parallel, and may be controlled to uniformly heat the component during formation. |
| US10940650B2 |
Laying unit, device and method for producing a fiber composite component
A laying unit for producing a fiber composite component includes a drive device which is formed for magnetic cooperation with a running face, which provides a magnetic field and/or is ferromagnetic, to advance the laying unit on the running face. A device for producing a fiber composite component including a laying unit of this type and a method for producing a fiber composite component including a device of this type are disclosed. |
| US10940641B2 |
Multi-light beam energy delivery with rotating polygon for additive manufacturing
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a platform, a dispenser to dispense a plurality of layers of feed material on a top surface of the platform, and an energy delivery system. The energy delivery system has one or more light sources configured to emit a first light beam and a second light beam, and one or more reflective members each having reflective facets to redirect the first light beam or the second light beam toward an uppermost layer of feed material to deliver energy to the uppermost layer. The one or more reflective members are each rotatable such that motion of each sequential facet of the reflective facets of each of the one or more reflective members sweeps the first light beam along a first path on the uppermost layer or sweeps the second light beam along a second path on the uppermost layer. |
| US10940640B2 |
Printhead dispensing deposition material, method of forming printed object, flow path structure body and heating plate for dispensing deposition material from flow path
A building material discharge head is provided with, a flow path structure which, by stacking multiple plate-form bodies having a through-hole and closing both ends of the through-holes, forms a flow path in the direction orthogonal to the through-holes and in a long direction of an elongate shape of the through-holes, and in which a discharge opening is formed in at least one end of the body to communicate with the path, a thin plate which closes one side of the path, which is at one end of the through-holes, a heating plate which is provided on the opposite side and which heats the inside of the path, a closing plate which is provided on the other surface of the path, which is the other end of the through-holes, and an LED which is provided near the discharge opening and which irradiates light along the direction of the path. |
| US10940636B2 |
Ship flat blow-molded tunnel
One example of a flexible structure includes an elongate body having a first end and a second end, and the first end is configured to be releasably connected to the second end. As well, one or more living hinges are positioned in the elongate body between the first end and the second end, and the one or more living hinges are configured and arranged to enable the first end and second end to be moved toward each other. Finally, the flexible structure is configured to alternatively assume at least a flat state and an assembled state, and in the assembled state, the first end of the elongate body is connected to the second end of the elongate body. |
| US10940634B2 |
Blow molding apparatus and system
A blow mold clamping apparatus and a blow molding system are disclosed. |
| US10940633B2 |
Method for producing a filled and closed container, and device for carrying out the method and container produced thereby
A method produces a filled and closed container by the blow-moulding, filling and closing method. An initially open container part (52) is held in a mould (46) and has been vacuum-moulded and/or blow-moulded by a blow pin and is filled successively with media (74, 76) of different types, in particular viscosity, by metering units (12, 14) via its free, upwardly directed container-part opening (54). The filled-in media (74, 76) are separated from one another in the container part (52), and subsequently, by closing of the top mould halves (56, 58) of the mould (46). A container top part (60) is moulded, and the container part (52) is closed, forming the container. |
| US10940625B2 |
Method and apparatus for extrusion of thermoplastic handrail
A method and apparatus for extrusion of an article is provided. A die assembly can apply flows of thermoplastic material to an array of reinforcing cables to form a composite extrusion. A slider fabric can be bonded to one side of the composite extrusion. After exiting the die assembly, the slider fabric can act to support the extrudate as it passes along an elongate mandrel, which can cause the base of the slider fabric to change shape from a flat profile to the final internal profile of the article. The extruded article can then be cooled to solidify the material. The die can include cooling for the slider fabric and means for promoting penetration of the thermoplastic into reinforcing cables. |
| US10940620B2 |
Method for manufacturing foam molded body
A method for manufacturing a foam molded body which can allow the foam resin sheet to follow the shape of the cavity of the mold with high accuracy even when the thickness of the foam resin sheet is thick. The method includes an arranging step to arrange one sheet of a foam resin sheet between first and second molds, the foam resin sheet being formed by extruding and dangling a molten foam resin from a slit; and an expanding step to expand the foam resin sheet by subjecting the foam resin sheet to a reduced pressure suction. |
| US10940616B2 |
Method for printing of three-dimensional objects
A method for preventing detachment of a three-dimensional object from a printing tray of a printing apparatus is disclosed. The method includes printing a carpet of building material below and around the base of a three-dimensional object to be printed; and printing said three-dimensional object. The portions of the carpet that protrude out of the boundaries of the base of the three-dimensional object are coated with one or more layers of support material to help keep the carpet flexible and adhesive in texture. |
| US10940613B2 |
Method and apparatus for crystallizing and increasing molecular weight of polymer particles
The present subject matter claims a process and apparatus for forming, crystallizing and increasing the molecular weight of polymer particles which does not require re-heating the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) pellets after they are cut and crystallized in the under water cutting (UWC) section. In the existing solid state polycondensation (SSP) technologies where an UWC is used, high crystallinity of the PET pellets can occur, by cooling and re-heating the PET pellets, which results in reduced removal efficiency of by-products, such as acetaldehyde (AA) and furthermore also a reduction of the reaction rates of molecular weight increasing reactions. |
| US10940611B2 |
Incident radiation induced subsurface damage for controlled crack propagation in material cleavage
A cleaving system employs a shaper, a positioner, an internal preparation system, an external preparation system, a cleaver, and a cropper to cleave a workpiece into cleaved pieces. The shaper shapes a workpiece into a defined geometric shape. The positioner then positions the workpiece such that the internal preparation system can generate a separation layer at the cleaving plane. The internal preparation system focuses a laser beam internal to the workpiece at a focal point and scans the focal point across the cleaving plane to create the separation layer. The external preparation system scores the external surface of the workpiece at a location coincident with the separation layer. The cleaver cleaves the workpiece by propagating the crack on the external surface along the separation layer. The cropper shapes the cleaved piece into a geometric shape as needed. |
| US10940606B2 |
Router bit with a flared cutting edge
A bearingless groove router bit includes at least one cutting element affixed to a head of the router bit and has a first end spaced from an end of connected shank connected to the head and a second end adjacent to the second end of the head. The cutting element includes a cutting edge extending along the cutting element between the first end to the second end of the cutting element. The cutting edge may include a radial side edge that projects radially inwardly relative to a central axis of the router bit and a straight side edge that extends from an end of the radial side edge outwardly relative to the central axis to minimize tear out during cutting of a groove in a work piece. |
| US10940600B2 |
Device and method of forming an opening in a baby bottle nipple
A device for forming an opening in a nipple of a baby bottle has a housing having a platform formed on a top surface thereof. a cutting unit is positioned on the platform. The cutting unit moves in an up and down manner forming the opening in the nipple. A holding device on the platform has a base and a cutout formed in a top surface of the base holding the nipple there within. The cutout is formed to hold the nipple so that an area of the nipple where the opening is formed is positioned in a bottom area of the cutout. A slot is formed in a bottom section of the cutout and extending through the base, the slot allowing the cutting unit to penetrate through the nipple and into the slot. The cutting unit contacts and stretches an interior wall of the nipple where the opening is to be formed reducing disfiguration where the opening is formed. When the cutting unit is withdrawn once the interior wall has been penetrated therethrough, the interior wall of the nipple where the opening is formed returning to an initial non-stretched state. |
| US10940597B2 |
Razor cartridge having a blade housing with slits receiving clips for securing razor blades
Provided is a razor cartridge having a new fixing clip mounting structure. Such a razor cartridge includes at least one razor blade having a cutting edge, a blade housing configured to accommodate the at least one razor blade in a longitudinal direction, which is perpendicular to a shaving direction, and a pair of fixing clips configured to secure both ends of the at least one razor blade to be seated in the blade housing, wherein the blade housing includes a pair of side slits which are disposed at a forward position with respect to the at least one razor blade and configured to be open at a side end of the blade housing, and each of the pair of fixing clips includes a first leg portion and a second leg portion, wherein for each of the fixing clips, the corresponding first leg portion is accommodated in a corresponding side slit of the pair of side slits and the corresponding second leg portion is wrapped around a rear end of the blade housing. |
| US10940596B2 |
Hair trimming device
A manually operated hair trimming device having a barrel which is rolled over hair to be trimmed. The barrel has at least one aperture through which hair is able to protrude. The device has a first cutting blade provided inside the barrel and a second cutting blade is associated with the barrel. In use, as the barrel is rolled over hair to be trimmed, hair protrudes through the at least one aperture and is cut by a shearing force between relatively moving first and second cutting blades. |
| US10940595B2 |
Robot
A robot includes a robot main body that includes a base and a robot arm connected to the base, a motor that is provided inside the robot main body and drives the robot arm, a control board that is provided inside the robot main body, a power supply board that supplies electric power to the control board, and a drive board that drives the motor based on a command from the control board, and in which the robot main body includes a suction hole from which a pipe to which a suction device for sucking gas inside the robot main body is connected is detachable. |
| US10940593B2 |
Robot apparatus
The present invention provides a robot apparatus which can determine a contact state at a contact point without increasing the contact point, can be miniaturized, and also can decrease the cost. Contact points are provided in a hand device. Contact points are provided in a tool device, which come in contact with the contact points, respectively, when the tool device has been mounted on the hand device. A voltage detecting circuit is provided in the tool device, which detects a voltage between the contact points. The controlling circuit determines contact states between the contact points and the contact points, by using a value of the voltage which has been detected by the voltage detecting circuit. |