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| US10968528B2 |
Steel sheet for cans, and production method therefor
A steel sheet for cans which exhibits excellent weldability; and a production method therefore include the surface of a steel sheet in order from the steel sheet side, a chromium metal layer and a hydrous chromium oxide layer. The deposited amount of the chromium metal layer is 50-200 mg/m2. The deposited amount of the hydrous chromium oxide layer in terms of chromium is 3-30 mg/m2. The chromium metal layer includes: a base part having a thickness of 7.0 nm or higher; and granular protrusions which are on the base part, have a maximum grain size of 200 nm or lower, and have a number density per unit area of at least 30 per μm2. |
| US10968526B2 |
Electrolysis cell of alkali solutions
The invention relates to an electrolysis cell of alkali solutions partitioned by an ion-exchange membrane into an anodic compartment in which an alkaline electrolyte is circulated and a cathodic compartment consisting of a gas chamber; the cathodic compartment contains a gas-diffusion cathode in whose interior an electrolyte film coming from the anodic compartment percolates. |
| US10968522B2 |
Fabrication of metallic optical metasurfaces
The disclosure provides a method for fabricating a metallic optical metasurface having an array of hologram elements. The method includes forming a first copper layer protected with a conducting or dielectric barrier layer over a backplane structure by a damascene process. The first copper layer comprises a plurality of nano-gaps vertically extending from the backplane structure. The plurality of nano-gaps is filled with a dielectric material. The method also includes removing the dielectric material and a portion of the conducting or dielectric barrier layer to expose the portions in the nano-gaps of the first copper layer. The method may further include depositing a dielectric coating layer over the top portion and exposed side portions of the first copper layer to form a protected first copper layer, and filling the gaps with an electrically-tunable dielectric material that has an electrically-tunable refractive index. |
| US10968519B2 |
Sheet material, metal mesh, wiring substrate, display device and manufacturing methods therefor
A sheet material includes a resin layer containing a binder and catalyst particles, an electroless plating film on the side of one main surface of the resin layer and including first electroless plating films and a second electroless plating film, and a base material on the side of the other main surface of the resin layer. |
| US10968518B2 |
Carbon overcoat surface treatment
Systems and methods for treating a carbon overcoat surface are described. In one embodiment, the method may include depositing a magnetic recording layer over a substrate, depositing a carbon overcoat layer over the magnetic recording layer, and exposing a carbon overcoat layer to water in gas phase after the carbon overcoat layer is deposited on the magnetic recording layer. In some cases, the method may include depositing a lubricant over the outer surface of the carbon overcoat after exposing the carbon overcoat layer to the water in gas phase. |
| US10968517B2 |
Cleaning method, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium
There is provided a cleaning technique that includes supplying a hydrogen fluoride gas into a process vessel, in which a process of forming an oxide film containing at least one of carbon and nitrogen on a substrate has been performed, to remove a deposit containing at least one of carbon and nitrogen adhered to an interior of the process vessel, wherein the act of supplying the hydrogen fluoride gas is performed under a condition in which an etching rate of the deposit adhered to the interior of the process vessel is higher than an etching rate of a quartz member in the process vessel. |
| US10968512B2 |
CVD composite refractory coatings and applications thereof
In one aspect, articles are described comprising wear resistant coatings employing composite architectures including refractory layers of varying compositions and phases. Briefly, a coated article comprises a substrate and a coating deposited by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) adhered to the substrate, the coating comprising an inner refractory layer comprising M1-xAlxN wherein x≥0.7 and M is titanium, chromium or zirconium and an outer zirconia layer or outer multiphase refractory layer comprising an alumina phase and an oxide phase comprising at least one Group IVB metal, wherein the M1-xAlxN has less than 15 weight percent hexagonal phase. |
| US10968510B2 |
Sputter trap having multimodal particle size distribution
A sputter trap formed on at least a portion of a sputtering chamber component has a plurality of particles and a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions. A method of forming a sputter trap having a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions is also provided. |
| US10968506B2 |
High-manganese hot-dip aluminum-coated steel sheet having excellent coating adhesion
Provided is a high-manganese hot-dip aluminum-coated steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet containing, by weight, 5% to 35% of Mn, 0.3 to 6% of Al, 0.1 to 1.2% of Si, the balanced amount of Fe, and inevitable impurities; a hot-dip aluminum-coated layer, formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, containing, by weight, 3 to 12% of Si and the balanced amount of Al, and inevitable impurities; and an alloy layer, 0.1 to 10 μm in thickness with a Fe—Al—Si—Mn-based alloy phase on an interface between the base steel sheet and the hot-dip aluminum-coated layer, containing, by weight, 40 to 70% of Al, 2 to 13% of Si, 3 to 9% of Mn, the balance amount of Fe, and inevitable impurities. |
| US10968504B2 |
Austenitic stainless alloy
The present disclosure relates to an austenitic stainless alloy including in weight % (wt %): C less than 0.03; Si less than 1.0; Mn less than or equal to 1.2; Cr 26.0 to 30.0; Ni 29.0 to 37.0; Mo 6.1 to 7.1 or (Mo+W/2) 6.1 to 7.1; N 0.25 to 0.36; P less than or equal to 0.04 S less than or equal to 0.03; Cu less than or equal to 0.4; and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The austenitic stainless alloy has a low content of manganese in combination with a high content of nitrogen. The present disclosure also relates to the use of the austenitic stainless alloy, especially in highly corrosive environments and to products made of thereof. |
| US10968502B2 |
Method of manufacture of multiphase, cold-rolled ultra-high strength steel
A cold-rolled ultra-high strength, multi-phase structured steel is disclosed with improved stamping and forming performance during manufacturing processes, while possessing one or more of the following properties: excellent castability and rollability, excellent galvanizability and/or coatability, excellent formability, excellent fracture resistance, excellent stretch formability and stretch flangeability, excellent dent resistance, excellent durability, excellent impact performance and structural performance, excellent intrusion and crash resistance, and excellent weldability, without the purposeful addition of boron. |
| US10968500B1 |
Methods and systems for extracting materials from fly ash
When coal is combusted, such as in the process of generating electricity, fly ash is produced in abundant quantities. Methods and systems are provided for extracting materials, such as rare earth elements critical for national security or nuclear power generation, from fly ash. A method of processing fly ash includes installing a collection system in a fly ash pond. The method further includes applying water to the top surface of the fly ash pond, such that the water leaches through fly ash and into the collection system. The leached water is processed to remove materials, such as rare earth elements. Systems are also provided. |
| US10968498B2 |
High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet with excellent workability and manufacturing method therefor
A method for manufacturing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to an embodiment includes the steps of: reheating a steel slab, which includes 0.10 wt % to 0.13 wt % carbon (C), 0.9 wt % to 1.1 wt % silicon (Si), 2.2 wt % to 2.3 wt % manganese (Mn), 0.35 wt % to 0.45 wt % chromium (Cr), 0.04 wt % to 0.07 wt % molybdenum (Mo), 0.02 wt % to 0.05 wt % antimony (Sb), and the remainder being iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, at a temperature of 1150° C. to 1250° C.; hot-rolling the reheated slab in such a manner as to reach a finishing mill delivery temperature of 800° C. to 900° C.; cooling the hot-rolled slab to a temperature of 600° C. to 700° C. and coiling the cooled slab, thereby obtaining a hot-rolled steel sheet; pickling the hot-rolled steel sheet, followed by cold rolling; annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet in a two-phase region of α and γ phases; and cooling the annealed steel sheet to the martensite temperature range, followed by overaging. |
| US10968497B2 |
Tool for heating and quenching a structure
A structure is heated in a tool. The structure is quenched in the tool such that a shape of the structure is maintained, in which quenching is performed by contacting the structure with a quenching medium. |
| US10968496B2 |
Recombinant Vibrio natriegens organisms having a modified outer membrane
The invention provides engineered Vibrio sp. organisms that comprise a genetic modification to either or both of the lpxL and/or lpxM genes. The organisms score substantially lower in an in vitro endotoxin assay versus the unmodified or wild type organism. The organisms preserve substantially the growth rate of the corresponding unmodified organisms. The organisms can also have an exogenous nucleic acid cloned in the organism, or an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a protein, polypeptide, or peptide expressed by the organism, and optionally secreted from the organism. |
| US10968495B2 |
Lactobacillus reuteri and use thereof
Provided is a strain CCFM8631 of Lactobacillus reuteri and use thereof. The strain CCFM8631 of Lactobacillus reuteri can significantly increase neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine level in peripheral blood, recover the hormone levels, for example testosterone and so on in peripheral blood of rat, normalize abnormal abundances of Blautia genus and Turicibacter genus, Oscillospira genus and Bifidobacterium genus in intestinal flora of rat affected by high-fat high-starch diet, show good tolerance to simulated gastrointestinal fluid and quickly colonize in intestinal, significantly improve pathological damages of tissues such as liver, duodenum and so on, and increase triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in serum and oral glucose tolerance of rat with metabolic syndrome caused by high-fat high-starch diet. The strain CCFM8631 of Lactobacillus reuteri can be used for preventing, relieving or treating metabolic disorder, such as metabolic syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome and mental diseases related to metabolic syndrome such as anxiety, depression and so on. |
| US10968492B2 |
HPPD-inhibitor herbicide tolerance
This invention relates generally to the detection of genetic differences among soybeans. More particularly, the invention relates to soybean quantitative trait loci (QTL) for tolerance or sensitivity to HPPD-inhibitor herbicides, such as mesotrione and isoxazole herbicides, to soybean plants possessing these QTLs, which map to a novel chromosomal region, and to genetic markers that are indicative of phenotypes associated with tolerance, improved tolerance, susceptibility, or increased susceptibility. Methods and compositions for use of these markers in genotyping of soybean and selection are also disclosed, as are methods and compositions for use of these markers in selection and use of herbicides for weed control. Also disclosed are isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides relating to such tolerance or sensitivity and methods of introgres sing such tolerance into a plant by breeding or transgenically or by a combination thereof. Plant cells, plants, and seeds produced are also provided. |
| US10968484B2 |
Methods of identifying responses to map kinase inhibition therapy
The invention provides methods and devices for determining molecular signatures in a cancer that predict response to a MARPK pathway inhibitor and methods of use of such signatures. |
| US10968482B2 |
Substrates and optical systems and methods of use thereof for performing sequencing by synthesis
This invention provides substrates for use in various applications, including single-molecule analytical reactions. Methods for propagating optical energy within a substrate are provided. Devices comprising waveguide substrates and dielectric omnidirectional reflectors are provided. Waveguide substrates with improved uniformity of optical energy intensity across one or more waveguides and enhanced waveguide illumination efficiency within an analytic detection region of the arrays are provided. |
| US10968477B2 |
Method for genetic detection using interspersed genetic elements: a multiplexed DNA analysis system
By utilizing a Mini-Primer strategy targeting the target site duplication (TSD) sequence of retrotransposons, insertion and null allele (INNUL) markers, which include short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs), long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs), and composite SVA retrotransposons (SINE/VNTR/Alu, where VNTR represents “variable number of tandem repeats” and Alu represents a type of primate specific SINE that has reached a copy number in excess of one million in the human genome), can be effectively used as markers for human identification and bio-ancestry studies regardless of the size of the inserted element. The size of the amplicons for INNULs and the difference between allelic states can be reduced substantially such that these markers have utility for analyzing high and low quality human DNA samples. Multiplexes including either 15 or 20 retrotransposable element (RE) markers plus Amelogenin for single tube amplification of DNA in four color detection were successfully designed. The multiplexes provided power of discrimination suitable for forensic and paternity analyses. |
| US10968476B2 |
Direct quantification of unprocessed nucleic acid samples
A workflow for direct qPCR quantification of unprocessed forensic casework samples is disclosed herein. 13pg of DNA has been detected by direct amplification from a paper substrate. Direct qPCR quantification of unprocessed forensic casework samples and direct STR amplification of unprocessed forensic casework samples collected on the same PE-swab will greatly increase forensic laboratory's efficiency and capability. |
| US10968472B2 |
Multi-color reporter cells for detecting HIV-1
Disclosed are methods to measure the extent of viral infection and methods to measure latent viral reservoir in cells harboring or suspected of harboring such a reservoir. |
| US10968466B2 |
Process for preparing aminobenzoic acid or an aminobenzoic acid conversion product
The present invention relates to a process for preparing aminobenzoic acid or an aminobenzoic acid conversion product, comprising the steps of: (I) providing an aqueous solution of aminobenzoic acid using a fermentation process; (II) adsorbing aminobenzoic acid; (III) desorbing aminobenzoic acid at a pH in the range from −0.8 to 3.0, preferably −0.5 to 3.0, more preferably 0.1 to 3.0, very preferably 0.5 to 2.5, very exceptionally preferably 1.0 to 2.0; (IV) obtaining the aminobenzoic acid from the desorbate obtained in step (III); (V) optionally further converting the aminobenzoic acid obtained in step (IV) to an aminobenzoic acid conversion product. |
| US10968462B2 |
Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides
The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising (i) a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mut-PPO polypeptide, and (ii) a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a CYP450 polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotides (i) and (ii) confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to PPO-inhibiting herbicides. |
| US10968461B2 |
Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated growth rate and biomass in plants grown in saline conditions
The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions. |
| US10968460B2 |
High temperature seed germination
The present invention relates to a seed comprising in its genome a modified NXS gene and/or modified regulatory sequences thereof. The modified NXS gene and/or modified regulatory sequences thereof provides the seed with the capability to germinate at a high temperature as compared to a wild type seed not having the modified NXS gene. The modification to the gene and/or its regulatory sequences may lead to the expression of the NXS gene being substantially reduced or prevented. In addition to or alternatively, the seed can have a reduced level, reduced activity or complete absence of NXS protein. The modified NXS gene may for example comprise a premature stop codon and/or encode an NXS protein that comprises one or more amino acid substitutions. |
| US10968454B2 |
Functionalization of endogenous bacteria
Various aspects and embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and compositions for functionalizing endogenous bacteria in vivo. The methods include delivering to endogenous bacterial cells a recombinant bacteriophage or phagemid that is engineered to contain at least one genetic circuit. |
| US10968453B2 |
Compositions for modulating SOD-1 expression
Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for decreasing SOD-1 mRNA and protein expression. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate SOD-1 associated diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such SOD-1 associated diseases include amyotrophic sclerosis (ALS). |
| US10968450B2 |
Antisense oligonucleotides for inducing exon skipping and methods of use thereof
An antisense molecule capable of binding to a selected target site to induce exon skipping in the dystrophin gene, as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 to 214. |
| US10968448B2 |
Methods and compositions using one-sided transposition
Embodiments provided herein relate to methods and compositions for next generation sequencing. Some embodiments include the preparation of a template library from a target nucleic acid using one-sided transposition, sequencing the template library, and capturing the contiguity information. |
| US10968443B2 |
Method of RNA isolation from clinical samples
The disclosure provides methods for isolating nucleic acids from a biological fluid. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for isolating RNA. In another aspect, the disclosure provides a method for isolating DNA. In one aspect, the methods described herein utilize a protocol that combines a detergent-based initial denaturation, protease digestion, and organic extraction followed by column purification that maximizes RNA/DNA yield and preserves RNA/DNA integrity. In yet another aspect, the disclosure provides a kit for isolating RNA and/or DNA. |
| US10968441B2 |
Metalloproteinase-9 oligopeptides and their therapeutic use
The invention discloses identification and therapeutic use of matrix metalloproteinase oligopeptides, SEQ ID NO: wherein the matrix metalloproteinase oligopeptide is at least one of SEQ ID NO: 7, 11, 12, 18 and 19 and combination thereof. These oligopeptides are bound to antibodies to create an immune response in the subject mammal against the matrix metalloproteinases of various diseases. The instance method is a means of therapeutic intervention against the disease spread created by the matrix metalloproteinases. Further use of these oligopeptide-antibody responses can be extended to any and all diseases that use the matrix metalloproteinases to aid in their pathogenicity. |
| US10968433B2 |
Method for harvesting stem and progenitor cells and method of treatment of kidney disease and neurological disease
A method of generating one of podocyte progenitor cells and neural stem/progenitor cells comprising the steps of collecting a urine specimen from a patient; centrifuging the urine specimen; and removing the one of podocyte progenitor cells and neural stem/progenitor cells. |
| US10968429B2 |
Chelated iron-containing culture medium for neural stem cells
Culture media, which contain chelated iron, promote cell proliferation of neural stem cells and/or neural progenitor cells while maintaining undifferentiated state and multipotency. |
| US10968426B2 |
Universal donor stem cells and related methods
Disclosed herein are universal donor stem cells and related methods of their use and production. The universal donor stem cells disclosed herein are useful for overcoming the immune rejection in cell-based transplantation therapies. In certain embodiments, the universal donor stem cells disclosed herein do not express one or more MHC-I and MHC-II human leukocyte antigens. Similarly, in certain embodiments, the universal donor stem cells disclosed herein do not express one or more human leukocyte antigens (e.g., HLA-A, HLA-B and/or HLA-C) corresponding to MHC-I and MHC-II human leukocyte antigens, thereby rendering such cells hypoimmunogenic. |
| US10968424B2 |
Bacillus subtilis strain, culture method and use thereof
A Bacillus subtilis strain or a progeny thereof, a method of culturing the same and uses thereof. The invention also relates to a culture and lysate of the Bacillus subtilis strain or its progeny, and a method for producing D-psicose epimerase and producing D-psicose using the Bacillus subtilis strain or its progeny. |
| US10968421B2 |
Method for measuring a plurality of parameters of state of a fluid contained in a container
A method is provided for measuring parameters of state of a fluid contained in a container (10, 10′) that has a sensor carrier plate with plural sensors (S01-S10, S01′-S10′). Each sensor has a sensor head in operative contact with the interior of the container (10, 10′) and in operative contact with an external control unit (12). The external control unit (12) receives measurement data generated by the sensor heads of active sensors via their communication link and processes the data. An activation data record (24, 24′) is assigned to each sensor (S01-S10, S01′-S10′) and is recorded in a manner that is accessible for the external control unit (12). The external control unit (12) first accesses the activation data records (24, 24′), then classifies the sensors (S01-S10, S01′-S10′) as activatable or nonactivatable sensors, and subsequently activates only those sensors classified as activatable sensors. |
| US10968420B2 |
Beverage maker
A beverage maker includes: a water supply module configured to supply water used by the beverage maker; an ingredient supplier connected to the water supply module, the ingredient supplier including a plurality of ingredient holders each of which has an inlet and an outlet; a fermentation module connected to the ingredient supplier and configured to receive ingredients from the ingredient supplier and water from the water supply module; at least one connection channel configured to connect the outlet of a first ingredient holder among the plurality of the ingredient holders to the inlet of a second ingredient holder among the plurality of the ingredient holders; and a support holder located in the ingredient supplier and configured to support the connection channel. |
| US10968419B1 |
Fermentation byproduct management
An apparatus for capturing blowoff and fermentation gasses from a fermenter for food or beverages includes a blowoff vessel configured to capture blowoff from the fermenter and positioned externally to the fermenter, the blowoff vessel including a first port configured to establish fluid communication between the blowoff vessel and the fermenter; an airlock in fluid communication between the blowoff vessel and ambient atmosphere; and a gas receptacle in fluid communication with the blowoff vessel, the gas receptacle configured to receive and store fermentation gases from the fermenter during fermentation, and to allow stored fermentation gases to return to the fermenter during suck-back. |
| US10968416B2 |
Cleaning compositions and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising a mix of enzymes. The invention further relates, use of compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes. |
| US10968412B2 |
Lubricant composition
A lubricant composition includes a biodegradable polyalkylene glycol, an inherently-biodegradable polyalkylene glycol, and a non-biodegradable polyalkylene glycol. The biodegradable polyalkylene glycol satisfies the biodegradability requirements set forth in OECD 301B. The inherently-biodegradable polyalkylene glycol satisfy the inherently-biodegradability requirements set forth in OECD 301B. The non-biodegradable polyalkylene glycol is defined by OECD 301B and satisfies the non-bioaccumulative requirements set forth in OECD 107. The lubricant composition includes the biodegradable polyalkylene glycol in an amount of at least about 30 parts by weight, the inherently-biodegradable polyalkylene glycol in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 10 parts by weight, and the non-biodegradable polyalkylene glycol in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 5 parts by weight, each based on 100 parts by weight of the lubricant composition. |
| US10968411B2 |
Preventing hydrate formation in a flowline
A water content sensor is positioned within a flowline downstream of a well-choke. The water content sensor is configured to determine a water content percentage of a production fluid flowing through the flowline. A temperature sensor is positioned downstream of the well-choke. The temperature sensor is configured to determine a temperature of the production fluid flowing through the flowline. A heating jacket surroundings at least a portion of the flowline. The heating-jacket is configured to transfer heat into the flowline. A controller is configured to receive a signal from each of the water content sensor and the temperature sensor, and control the heating jacket in response to a signal from each of the water content sensor and the temperature sensor. |
| US10968408B2 |
Gasoline composition and production process therefor
It is an object of the present invention to provide a gasoline composition utilizing lignocellulosic biomass, which is a plant-derived resource that does not cause competition with food production, the gasoline composition satisfying properties required for use in gasoline engines, and a process for producing the gasoline composition. The gasoline composition contains 0.3 to 10.0 vol % of hemicellulose-derived pentene. |
| US10968407B2 |
Pyrolysis gasifier comprising automatic ash processor
A pyrolysis gasifier includes a tubular body configured to receive and pyrolyze a combustible waste, a bottom door disposed below the tubular body to selectively seal the tubular body, a main frame supporting the tubular body, a base frame supporting the bottom door, an automatic ash processor configured to, while traveling in one direction, push and remove ash remaining on the bottom door after pyrolysis of the combustible waste, and a guide frame supporting the automatic ash processor and configured to guide the travel of the automatic ash processor. |
| US10968404B2 |
Pyrolysis tar upgrading
A process id disclosed for upgrading tars, typically those resulting from hydrocarbon refining processes, to products suitable for other uses, such as blending with other hydrocarbons to provide low-sulfur fuel oils or Emission Control Area-acceptable fuels. A low-sulfur hydrocarbon product obtained from the process is also disclosed. |
| US10968403B2 |
Hydrocracker activity management
In a hydrocracking process, the hydrocarbon feed is processed by a guard reactor operating at maximum severity temperatures. The processing in the guard reactor maximizes the removal of metals and performs hydrodenitrogenation steps and hydrodesulfurization steps. The demetallized and partially desulfurized and denitrogenized hydrocarbon feed is then sent to a treating reactor for further hydrodenitrogenation and hydrodesulfurization before being sent further downstream for further hydrocracking processing. |
| US10968402B1 |
Method and system for the control of water concentration in crude oil entering the dehydrators
A computer-implemented method includes controlling water separation in a hydrocarbon stream flowing through a separator train including one or more separator vessels located upstream of a dehydrator by manipulating a demulsifier flowrate added to the separator train by: receiving data from a real-time process test of the separation train, estimating model fit parameters to the data to generate a water separation profile (WSP) correlating water draw-off and demulsifier flowrate for the separation train, determining a maximum and a minimum demulsifier flowrate from the WSP, receiving, from an operator, a separation performance for a target water separation value entering the dehydrator downstream from the separator train, and adjusting the demulsifier flowrate according to the WSP to achieve the target water separation entering the dehydrator. |
| US10968399B2 |
Online coke removal in a heater pass
This disclosure provides methods for decoking tubular passes of crude oil heaters and processed hydrocarbon heaters. The method permits continued operation of an associated crude oil processing unit or a processed hydrocarbon processing unit receiving crude oil or processed hydrocarbons from the heater during the decoking operation. The decoking operation utilizes dry steam to remove coke from passes within the crude oil heater or processed hydrocarbon heater and dry steam to maintain balanced operation of the crude oil processing unit or processed hydrocarbon processing unit. |
| US10968398B2 |
Method for producing ketones for fuel and oil applications
A method and system for producing ketones, suitable for manufacture of base oil or diesel fuel components, from a feedstock of biological origin containing fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, and being at least partly in liquid form, by subjecting the feedstock to a catalytic ketonisation reaction, wherein the ketonisation reaction is carried out in a system having one or more ketonisation reactor(s) (A′, B′) each with at least one ketonisation catalyst bed (G′). The method and system for producing ketones use a gas containing CO2 produced in the ketonisation reactors as a carrier gas. |
| US10968397B2 |
Renewable hydrocarbons, method for producing the same and use thereof
A method for conversion of levulinic acid and to a hydrocarbon composition obtainable by the method. The method includes a step of providing a feedstock, a conversion step of subjecting the feedstock to a C—C coupling reaction and a hydrotreatment, and a hydrodeoxygenation step. The content of levulinic acid dimer derivatives having 4 oxygen atoms subjected to the hydrodeoxygenation step is 20 wt.-% or more. |
| US10968396B1 |
Method and process for producing needle coke from aromatic polymer material and aromatic bottoms of an aromatic recovery complex
Methods and systems for converting an aromatic polymer material and aromatic bottoms to needle-grade coke. An embodiment of a method includes supplying aromatic bottoms from an aromatic recovery complex; mixing the aromatic polymer material with the aromatic bottoms to obtain an aromatic polymer mixture comprising the aromatic polymer material and the aromatic bottoms; delayed coking the aromatic polymer mixture to obtain petroleum green coke and volatile components; fractionating the volatile components to obtain distillate products; and calcining the petroleum green coke to obtain needle coke. |
| US10968386B2 |
Pentamethine cyanine dye and preparation method therefor
Disclosed is a pentamethine cyanine dye of formula (I) and a method of producing the same, where the dye is suitable as a fluorescent material for the STORM and SOFI super-resolution imaging. |
| US10968383B2 |
Water treatment schemes for injection water flooding recovery processes in carbonate reservoirs
Disclosed are water treatment apparatus and processes for the generation of injection water from seawater and produced water. The first water treatment apparatus includes a reverse osmosis (RO) unit that treats the seawater, a pretreatment unit that pretreats the produced water, and a carrier gas extraction (CGE) unit or dynamic vapor recompression (DyVaR) that treats the pretreated produced water and generates fresh water. The fresh water and the RO permeate are mixed with a portion of the seawater to generate the injection water. A second water treatment apparatus includes a reverse osmosis (RO) unit and a nanofiltration (NF) that treats the seawater in parallel, a pretreatment unit that pretreats the produced water, and a CGE unit or DyVaR unit that treats the pretreated produced water and generates fresh water. The fresh water and the RO permeate are mixed with the NF reject to generate injection water. |
| US10968381B2 |
Branched geminal zwitterionic liquids, method for obtaining same and use thereof as wettability modifiers having viscosity reducing properties
The present invention is related with the obtaining process and use of branched germinal zwitterionic liquids based on either bis-N,N-dialkyl-N-polyether-betaine or bis-N,N-dialkenyl-N-polyether-betaine or bis-N,N-dicycloalkyl-N-polyether-betaine or bis-N,N-diaryl-N-polyether-betaine, to be applied as modifiers of the wettability of rocks such as limestone, dolomite, sandstone, quartz or heteregenous lithologies, under the presence of brines having high content of divalent ions such as calcium, magnesium, barium or strontium, under high temperature and high pressure within enhanced oil recovery processes in order to increase the oil production.The branched germinal zwitterionic liquids of the present invention have moreover the property to act as viscosity reducers of heavy oils having high content of polar fractions, both for extraction and production, and transport and storage operations, so allowing increase the production level of this oil type. An additional advantage shown by the zwitterionic liquids, derived from their molecular structure, is that they can be handed in such a manner that can be dissolved by water, hydrocarbon or other polar and non-polar solvents. |
| US10968380B2 |
Crosslinked synthetic polymer-based reservoir drilling fluid
A wellbore fluid includes a base fluid; and a crosslinked and branched polymeric fluid loss control agent formed from at least an acrylamide monomer and a sulfonated anionic monomer; wherein the fluid loss control agent has an extent of crosslinking that is selected so that the fluid loss control agent has a viscosity that is within a peak viscosity response of the viscosity response curve. |
| US10968379B2 |
Heat-storage composition
A heat-storage composition includes a resin and a heat storage material. The composition has a viscosity of 100 to 1,000 dPa·s, as measured with a cylinder-type rotational viscometer. The composition also has a storage elastic modulus (G′) of 3 Pa or more at an angular frequency of 1 rad/s, as measured by a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement method at a temperature of 25° C. and at a strain of 0.1%. |
| US10968377B2 |
Chemical-mechanical processing slurry and methods for processing a nickel substrate surface
Described are chemical mechanical processing (CMP) compositions and related methods, including compositions and methods for polishing nickel phosphorus (NiP) surfaces for hard disk applications. |
| US10968376B2 |
Oil-enhanced polymer modified asphalt adhesive compositions and methods of making
Oil-enhanced polymer modified asphalt adhesive compositions, membrane materials including the oil-enhanced polymer modified asphalt adhesive composition, and methods for making are provided. The oil-enhanced polymer modified asphalt adhesive compositions have improved elongation, recovery, heat resistance, and cold adhesion and may include a polymer modified asphalt and an oil or oil derivative additive. The polymer modified asphalt may include an elastomeric copolymer. The oil or oil derivative additive may include one or more of vegetable oils, nut oils, and seed oils. A membrane including the oil-enhance polymer modified asphalt is also provided. A multi-layered roofing membrane is also provided. |
| US10968368B2 |
Tamper evident security labels
Labels and multilayer adhesive assemblies and laminates are described that contain one or more tamper indicating layers. After adhering to a surface of interest, upon attempted removal of the label from the surface or other manipulation of the label, the label separates along the tamper indicating layer. One or both exposed faces of the separated tamper indicating layer may include tamper indicating and or authenticity indicating provisions such as indicia to further provide evidence of attempted tampering. |
| US10968364B2 |
Plasma polymerized thin film having low dielectric constant, device, and method of preparing thin film
A plasma polymerized thin film having low dielectric constant prepared by depositing a first precursor material represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein in the above Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R14 are each independently H or a substituted or non-substituted C1-C5 alkyl group, and when the R1 to R14 are substituted, their substituents comprise an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a halogen group, a nitro group, or a methoxy group. |
| US10968361B2 |
Long-acting super-hydrophobic coating resistant to water pressure impact and preparation method thereof
A long-acting super-hydrophobic coating resistant to water pressure impact and preparation method thereof. The long-acting super-hydrophobic coating includes a conductive substrate and the following raw materials in parts by weight: 1 part to 10 parts of titanium source or zinc source, 40 parts to 100 parts of deionized water, 20 parts to 50 parts of hydrochloric acid or 20 parts to 40 parts of sodium hydroxide, 1 part to 10 parts of electrolyte, 1 part to 10 parts of low surface energy modifier, 10 parts to 20 parts of high molecular polymer, 1 part to 5 parts of carbon nanotube and 70 parts to 100 parts of organic solvent. The long-acting super-hydrophobic coating has an organic-inorganic nano-interpenetrating network structure, which improves the stability of the multi-stage nano-micro structure, so that the super-hydrophobic coating surface has a good high-pressure water impact resistance and high-pressure static water resistance. |
| US10968360B2 |
Methods of preparing porous wood products for painting and finishing
Methods of preparing porous wood products for painting or finishing are described. The methods comprise applying to a porous wood product a UV-curable coating and curing by UV light the top UV curable coating to 70% to 95% cure, preferably 85% to 95% for spray-applied top UV curable coatings to produce a partially cured porous wood product. The methods typically further include the step of sanding the surface of the partially cured porous wood product and painting or staining, for example with a water-based or solvent-based stain or paint. |
| US10968357B2 |
Transfer-printing ink and transfer-printing apparatus
A transfer-printing ink contains a pigment and a fixing resin. The mass ratio of the pigment to the fixing resin is 1:1 to 1:5, and the ink has a viscosity of 3 mPas to 10 mPas at 23° C. The ink is ejected onto a transfer paper base by an ink-jet recording device when transfer paper is prepared. The ink is then transferred from the transfer paper to cloth as a result of the transfer paper, with the cloth laid over it, being heated. |
| US10968347B2 |
Wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin
Provided is a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin having excellent heat resistance and formability. The wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin comprises structural units represented by the following formulae (I) to (V) as essential structural units, wherein the composition ratio (mol %) of the structural units (I) to (V) in the wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester satisfies the following conditions: 50 mol %≤structural unit (I)≤75 mol %; 6 mol %≤structural unit (II)≤20 mol %; 1 mol %≤structural unit (III)≤21.5 mol %; 0.5 mol %≤structural unit (IV)≤10.5 mol %; 2.5 mol %≤structural unit (V)≤22 mol %; structural unit (III)>structural unit (IV). |
| US10968344B2 |
Polyester composition suitable for ultrasonic welding and preparation method thereof
The present disclosure provides a polyester composition suitable for ultrasonic welding and preparation method thereof, the composition includes the following components in parts by weight: 30˜50 parts of poly(1,4-cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate), 40˜60 parts of ABS, 5˜10 parts of a melt enhancer, 0.1˜1 parts of an antioxidant, and 0.1˜1 parts of a lubricant. Compared with the existing technologies, the polyester composition provided by the present disclosure improves melt strength by using the melt enhancer. The melt enhancer used is an ultra-high density polyethylene resin having a glycidyl methacrylate group after an irradiation treatment, so that the compatibility of the melt enhancer to the poly(1,4-cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate) is improved. In addition, by controlling a glass-transition temperature of the composition, no chipping is generated during ultrasonic welding, and the composition has a high welding strength, which is suitable for ultrasonic welding. |
| US10968337B2 |
Oxygen-scavenging polymer compositions
The present invention describes polymer compositions that have enhanced properties as oxygen barriers, as well as manufacturing methods for such oxygen-scavenging polymers and devices composed of such oxygen-scavenging polymers. These oxygen-scavenging polymers offer several benefits over existing materials, including a reduced ability for oxygen and carbon dioxide to permeate the polymer, reduced foaming of beverages stored in containers composed of the polymers, improved moisture absorption, and increased anti-bacterial/anti-fungal properties. |
| US10968331B2 |
Shea butter-containing rubber compositions and related methods
Disclosed herein are rubber compositions comprising shea butter and a rubber, and tires (and tire components) made from the rubber compositions. Also disclosed are methods of improving the wear resistance of a rubber composition by utilizing shea butter. |
| US10968330B2 |
Particulate nucleating agent and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention provides a particulate nucleating agent and a method for manufacturing the same. The particulate nucleating agent has an average radial crushing strength of 0.2-25.0N/cm. A weight content of the active ingredients in the particulate nucleating agent is no less than 90 wt %. The particulate nucleating agent is a transparent particulate nucleating agent. The particulate nucleating agent of the present invention can be fed smoothly during production without the change of the chemical composition thereof, so as to realize uniform dispersion in the polymer and reduce defects such as white dots in the polymer. The present invention breaks the traditional view of refining particles of nucleating agent to obtain a polymer having desirable properties, and avoids adding large amount of materials except the active ingredients during the granulation process of the nucleating agent. |
| US10968328B2 |
Porous polyimide film production method and porous polyimide film produced using said method
The present invention pertains to a porous polyimide film production method and a porous polyimide film produced using said method, said method including: a step (1) in which a poly(amic acid) solution comprising 40%-97% by mass organic polar solvent and 3%-60% by mass poly(amic acid) having an intrinsic viscosity, comprising tetracarboxylic acid units and diamine units, of 1.0-3.0 is cast in film form and immersed in or caused to come in contact with a coagulating solvent having water as an essential component thereof, and a porous film of poly(amic acid) is produced; and a step (2) in which the porous film of poly(amic acid) obtained in said step is heat treated and imidized. Shrinkage in the film longitudinal direction and transverse direction after heat treatment is suppressed to no more than 8% for each direction and the speed of temperature increase in a temperature range of at least 200° C. during the heat treatment is at least 25° C./min. |
| US10968320B2 |
Thermal interface materials including polymeric phase-change materials
In an example, a thermal interface material includes a polymeric phase-change material. |
| US10968314B2 |
Polymer powder for powder bed fusion methods
A polymer powder which is suitable for a powder bed fusion method contains a polymeric material coated with a hydrophobic substance that is at least one selected from the group consisting of a saturated fatty alcohol, an unsaturated fatty alcohol, a saturated fat, an unsaturated fat, a wax, a lactam, an alkene, and an alkane. |
| US10968313B2 |
Amine polymer and preparation method and use thereof
The present invention relates to an amino polymer, its main chain is attached via a —O— group to a structure represented by the following formula (I). The present invention also relates to a process for producing said amino polymer and to its use as fuel oil detergent. Compared with the prior art, the fuel oil detergent of the present invention has the advantages such as a lower manufacturing cost and an improved deposit formation inhibition performance. In formula (I), groups and values are defined as described in the description. |
| US10968311B2 |
Wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin, molded article, and electric and electronic components
[Problem] To provide a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin having an excellent heat resistance and processability while having an extremely low dielectric tangent[Solving means] A wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin according to the present invention comprises, structural unit (I) derived from p-hydroxybenzoic acid, structural unit (II) derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, structural unit (III) derived from an aromatic diol compound, structural unit (IV) derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein the composition ratio (mol %) of said structural units (I) to (IV) satisfies the following conditions: 2 mol %≤structural unit (I)≤9 mol % 40 mol %≤structural unit (II)≤75 mol % 9 mol %≤structural unit (III)≤24 mol % 9 mol %≤structural unit (IV) 24 mol %. |
| US10968309B2 |
Polymerizable composition for a plastic lens
Embodiments relate to a polymerizable composition for a plastic lens. The polymerizable composition for a plastic lens according to the embodiment further comprises a diketone compound for the purpose of controlling the strong activity of a halogenated tin-based catalyst. Further, the polymerizable composition is preliminarily polymerized at a low temperature of 5 to 20° C. for a certain period of time, specifically 1 to 20 hours. Since it is possible to stabilize the reaction rate of the composition and to properly control the viscosity of the composition, a more stable pot life is attained, thereby improving the workability. In addition, the generation of bubbles is prevented, thereby improving the transparency of the resin. Hence, the polymerizable composition can be advantageously used for fabricating various plastic lenses such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, and the like. |
| US10968307B2 |
Methods of producing three-dimensional objects from materials having multiple mechanisms of hardening
A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by: (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid including a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from the first component; (c) irradiating the build region with light through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer scaffold from the first component and also advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate having the same shape as, or a shape to be imparted to, the three-dimensional object, and containing the second solidifiable component carried in the scaffold in unsolidified and/or uncured form; and (d) concurrently with or subsequent to the irradiating step, solidifying and/or curing the second solidifiable component in the three-dimensional intermediate to form the three-dimensional object. |
| US10968304B2 |
Polymer composition containing modified chlorinated polyolefin and method for producing same
Provided are: a method for producing a polymer composition containing a modified chlorinated polyolefin, which exhibits excellent production stability; and a coating material which contains a polymer composition containing a modified chlorinated polyolefin. According to the present invention, a polymer composition containing a modified chlorinated polyolefin is obtained by copolymerizing polymerizable monomers including (b) a chlorinated polyolefin having an allyloxy group and (c) one or more compounds selected from among (meth)acrylic acid esters, (meth)acrylic acids and styrene in the coexistence of (a) a compound having an allyloxy group and a hydroxyl group. |
| US10968303B2 |
Biomimetic synthetic rubber and methods for controlling its physical properties through backbone double bond stereochemistry by monomer selection and end group modification
In various embodiments, the present invention provides a strong, synthetic elastomer materials (and related methods for making same) with mechanical properties that are controlled by the stereochemically-defined double bonds within their backbone, yet have physical properties that are derived from monomer selection and defined, modifiable, chain end groups. The use of the organocatalyzed, stereospecific addition of thiols to activated alkynes, affords isolated high molar mass materials (>100 kDa) via step-growth polymerization with high levels of cis- or trans-double bond content. Furthermore, in various aspects of the present invention, it has been found that changing the monomer composition and chain end groups provides additional control over the materials' physical properties to provide more efficient compounding with polar additives. Using this approach to elastomer synthesis, further end group modification and toughening through various vulcanization strategies are also possible. |
| US10968297B2 |
Thiourea group IV transition metal catalysts and polymerization systems
Catalyst compositions and polymerization systems include at least one thiourea complex according to Formula (I): MQaX4-a (I) in which M is Ti, Zr, or Hf; a is 1 or 2; each group Q of the thiourea complex is a bidentate thiourea ligand bound to the metal center and having Formula (Ia), Formula (Ib), or Formula (Ic): (Formulas should be inserted here). In Formulas (Ia), (Ib), and (Ic), each group R1, R2, and R3 is independently chosen from alkyl groups or aryl groups; each group Z1 or Z2 is independently chosen from alkylene groups. If a=2, groups R1 of the two groups Q are optionally linked, or groups R3 of the two groups Q are optionally linked. Each X is covalently bonded or coordinated to the metal center and is independently chosen from alkyl groups or halides. The polymerization systems may be configured to copolymerize ethylene and α-olefins. |
| US10968291B2 |
Olefin polymerization process in a gas-phase reactor comprising a riser unit and a downcomer
A process for preparing an ethylene polymer including the step of homopolymerizing ethylene or copolymerizing ethylene with one or more comonomers in a gas-phase polymerization reactor including a riser unit wherein growing polymer particles flow upwards under fluidization, fast fluidization or transport conditions and a downcomer wherein growing polymer particles flow downward in a densified form, wherein the hold-up of polymer particles in the downcomer is from 55 wt. % to 80 wt. % of the total hold-up of polymer particles in the gas-phase polymerization reactor. |
| US10968290B2 |
Metallocene-catalyzed polyalpha-olefins
Unsaturated and hydrogenated polyalpha-olefin products can be made with a high selectivity toward vinylidenes and tri-substituted vinylenes combined, a high selectivity toward vinylidenes, and a low selectivity toward 1,2-di-substituted vinylenes by using a catalyst system comprising a metallocene compound having the following structure in the polymerization reaction: |
| US10968281B2 |
Anti-LSP1 antibody
The present invention provides a new anti-LSP1 (Leukocyte specific protein 1) antibody. This new antibody allows the specific staining of inflammatory dendritic cells and can be used in diagnosis methods or as a medicament when conjugated to a drug. |
| US10968280B2 |
Binding agents binding to PD-L1 and CD137 and use thereof
The present invention relates to novel binding agents and their use in medicine. In particular, the invention relates to binding agents such as bispecific antibodies binding human PD-L1 and binding human CD137. The invention furthermore relates to uses of the antibodies of the invention and to methods, nucleic acid constructs and host cells for producing antibodies of the invention. |
| US10968277B2 |
Gene signatures for determining ICOS expression
Gene expression signatures correlating to ICOS expression levels are provided. Methods of treatment comprising determining ICOS expression levels using gene signatures in patients and administering anti-ICOS antibodies are also provided. |
| US10968275B2 |
Anti-ROR1 antibodies and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to anti-ROR1 binding proteins, including those that bind to a ROR1 or portion thereof such as an intracellular C terminal portion of a ROR1 protein, and the use of such binding proteins in immunohistochemical and diagnostic methods. Related kits and methods of using the binding proteins are also provided, as are methods of treatment of subjects having diseases or conditions determined to be candidates for such treatments by the binding proteins or methods of this disclosure. |
| US10968273B2 |
Antibody recognizing human leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and use of anti-LIF antibodies in the treatment of diseases associated with unwanted cell proliferation
The invention relates to antibodies directed against human Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) and to a hybridoma cell line producing said antibodies. The invention also relates to a method for blocking/inhibiting the proliferation of stem cells, and to an in vitro method for the diagnosis of diseases associated with unwanted cell proliferation in a subject or for determining the predisposition of a subject to suffer from said disease associated with unwanted cell proliferation, or for prognosis of average life expectancy of a subject suffering from said disease. The therapeutic potential of said antibodies is based on observing that the inhibition of LIF can be used in therapeutic compositions for the treatment of diseases associated with unwanted proliferation. |
| US10968272B2 |
Methods of treating a crystal induced arthropathy using IL-1beta antibodies
This invention relates to a novel use of IL-1β-ligand/IL-1 receptor disrupting compounds (herein referred to as “IL-1beta Compounds”); such as small molecular compounds disrupting IL-1b ligand-IL-1 receptor interaction, IL-1b antibodies or IL-1 receptor antibodies, e.g. IL-1b binding molecules described herein, e.g. antibodies disclosed herein, e.g. IL-1b binding compounds or IL-1 receptor binding compounds, and/or RNA compounds decreasing either IL-1b ligands or IL-1 receptor protein levels, in the treatment and/or prevention of auto-inflammatory syndromes, e.g. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or adult rheumatoid arthritis syndrome and to methods of treating and/or preventing auto-inflammatory syndromes, e.g. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or adult rheumatoid arthritis syndrome, in mammals, particularly humans. |
| US10968271B2 |
Polypeptides against IL-23
The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against Interleukin-23 (IL-23). The amino acid sequences of the present invention comprise two NANOBODIES® against IL-23 and one NANOBODY® against serum albumin, linked by two linkers (9GS linkers). In particular, the invention relates to the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3 (listed in Table 1 and FIG. 1) (also referred to herein as “anti-IL 23 polypeptides of the invention”). |
| US10968265B2 |
Antibody-coupled cyclic peptide tyrosine tyrosine compounds as modulators of neuropeptide Y receptors
The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a monoclonal antibody conjugated to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein. |
| US10968261B2 |
Methods and compositions for genome engineering
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for insertion of transgene sequences encoding proteins that is aberrantly expressed in disease or disorder such as a lysosomal storage disease. |
| US10968259B2 |
High productivity algal mutants having reduced photosynthetic antenna
Disclosed herein are mutant photosynthetic microorgnaisms having an attenuated SGI1 gene. The mutants have reduced chlorophyll and increased productivity with respect to wild type cells. Also disclosed are methods of using such mutants for producing biomass or bioproducts, and methods of screening for such mutants. |
| US10968258B2 |
Streptococcus suis vaccines to protect against reproductive, nursery-age, and growing pig diseases and methods of making and use thereof
The present invention provides S. suis strains that elicit an immune response in animal S. suis, compositions comprising said strains, methods of vaccination against S. suis, and kits for use with such methods and compositions. The invention further provides a comprehensive, unambiguous method of capsular typing based on whole genome sequencing and bioinformatics. This capsular typing approach can accurately identify serotypes even when strains possess novel capsular loci and can be used to determine which strains to include when formulating vaccines, including herd specific vaccines. |
| US10968254B2 |
Trimer stabilizing HIV envelope protein mutations
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope proteins having specified mutations that stabilize the trimeric form of the envelope protein are provided. The HIV envelope proteins described herein have an improved percentage of trimer formation and/or an improved trimer yield. Also provided are particles displaying the HIV envelope proteins, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding the HIV envelope proteins, as well as compositions containing the HIV envelope proteins, particles, nucleic acid, or vectors. |
| US10968250B2 |
Intermediates for the synthesis of bile acid derivatives, in particular of obeticholic acid
The present invention relates to compounds which are intermediates in the synthesis of bile acid derivatives with pharmacological activity. The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I): wherein: , R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and Y are as defined herein. The compounds are intermediates in the synthesis of synthetic bile acids which are useful in the treatment of conditions such as liver disease. In addition, the invention relates to a method of synthesizing these intermediates and a method of preparing obeticholic acid and obeticholic acid analogues from the compounds of the invention. |
| US10968245B2 |
Method for preparing tricarbonyl technetium-99m intermediate
The invention provides a method for preparing a technetium-99m tricarbonyl intermediate. The method comprises reacting a manganese carbonyl compound used as a carbon monoxide source with pertechnetate and water to obtain the technetium-99m tricarbonyl intermediate. The method for preparing a technetium-99m tricarbonyl intermediate in an embodiment of the invention can complete the preparation of the intermediate at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The method is easy to operate, uses easily obtained raw materials, has a high labeling yield, and can be used to prepare various types of technetium tricarbonyl labeled probes. |
| US10968243B2 |
Organometallic complex and application thereof in electronic devices
Disclosed are an organometallic complex comprising a new six-membered N-heterocyclic ligand, and an application thereof in an organic electronic device, especially in a phosphorescent organic light-emitting diode. The present invention further relates to an organic electronic device comprising the organometallic complex according to the present invention, especially an organic light-emitting diode, and an application thereof in display and illumination technology. In the present invention, the device structure is optimized and the concentration of the metal complex in the substrate is changed, so that the device achieves the optimal performance, and an OLED device having high efficiency, high luminance and high stability is achieved, thereby providing a better choice of materials for full-colour display and illumination application. |
| US10968242B2 |
Cyclopentane-based modulators of STING (stimulator of interferon genes)
Compounds of the general formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for the preparation of these compounds, compositions containing these compounds, and the uses of these compounds. |
| US10968238B2 |
Substituted dihydropyrrolopyrazole compound
Methods of producing a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof include: wherein L1 is an optionally substituted C1-6 alkylene group or the like, L2 is a single bond or the like, L3 is a single bond or the like, R1, R2, and R3 are each independently an optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl group or the like, R4 is a hydrogen atom or the like, and R5 is a hydrogen atom or the like. |
| US10968237B2 |
Method for continuous production of tetraalkoxysilane
A method for producing tetraalkoxysilane includes reacting a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below with an alkali metal at a molar ratio ranging from 1.0:1.0 to 1.0:1.1 and in the absence of a solvent to produce a basic catalyst represented by Chemical Formula 2 below; and mixing the basic catalyst represented by Chemical Formula 2, silicon metal, and an alcohol represented by Chemical Formula 3 below to produce tetraalkoxysilane:Chemical Formula 1 R1O(CHR2CH2O)n—H, Chemical Formula 2 R1O(CHR2CH2O)n-M, and Chemical Formula 3 R3OH, where M is alkali metal, R1 represents a C1-C5 linear hydrocarbon group or a C3-C5 branched hydrocarbon group, R2 represents H or a C1-C3 linear hydrocarbon group, R3 represents a C1-C2 alkyl group, and n is an integer of 2-3. Thus, it is possible to increase the proportion of the catalyst in the process, and to minimize production of impurities caused by solvent decomposition. |
| US10968233B2 |
Monothiol mucolytic agents
Provided are mucolytic agents represented by formula (Ia)-(Id): where the structural variables R1, R2, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. Also provided are a variety of methods of treatment which take advantage of the mucolytic properties of the compounds represented by formula (Ia)-(Id). |
| US10968231B2 |
Substituted cyclyl-acetic acid derivatives for the treatment of metabolic disorders
Provided is a novel aromatic ring compound which may have a GPR40 agonist activity and a GLP-1 secretagogue action. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof may have a GPR40 agonist activity and a GLP-1 secretagogue action, may be useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of cancer, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiac failure, diabetic complications, metabolic syndrome, sarcopenia and the like, and may afford superior efficacy. |
| US10968230B2 |
Spiro-structured compound and organic electronic device comprising same
The present specification relates to a spiro compound and an organic electronic device including the same. |
| US10968227B2 |
Isoquinoline ether compounds as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
Isoquinoline ether compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction. |
| US10968226B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
The present invention includes novel organic materials comprising indolo[2,3-c]carbazole linked to an aromatic heterocycle via a carbazole linker. These materials may be useful as host materials for PHOLED devices. |
| US10968222B2 |
2-azabicyclo hexane JAK inhibitor compound
The invention provides a compound of formula 1 or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that is useful as a JAK inhibitor. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound, methods of using the compound to treat diseases amenable to a JAK inhibitor, and processes useful for preparing the compound. |
| US10968219B2 |
3-substituted propionic acids as αV integrin inhibitors
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are antagonists to αv-containing integrins. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating a disease, disorder, or condition associated with dysregulation of ay-containing integrins, such as pathological fibrosis, transplant rejection, cancer, osteoporosis, and inflammatory disorders, by using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US10968211B2 |
Hepatitis B core protein modulators
The present disclosure provides, in part, compounds having allosteric effector properties against Hepatitis B virus Cp. Also provided herein are methods of treating viral infections, such as hepatitis B, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a disclosed compound. |
| US10968204B2 |
Flame retardants
The invention relates to flame retardants comprising atriazine compound according to Formula 1: (1) with R=phosphite substituted with alkyl, functionalized alkyl, aryl, functionalized aryl, except halogen-substituted alkyl or aryl; R′=alkylene, arylene, alkoxy or aryloxy, all unsubstituted or functionalized, except halogen-substituted; X1 and X2=hetero atoms and X1=X2 or X1 not=X2 and to specific triazine compounds as such. |
| US10968200B2 |
Salts of an LSD1 inhibitor and processes for preparing the same
The present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing 3-(cyanomethyl)-3-(4-{[(1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}piperidin-1-yl)azetidine-1-sulfonamide, and salts and solid forms thereof, which selectively modulate demethylase. Particular embodiments contemplate compounds and disease indications amenable to treatment by modulation of lysine specific demethylase-1 (LSD1). |
| US10968198B2 |
Biaryltriazole inhibitors of macrophage migration inhibitory factor
The present disclosure describes biaryl triazole compounds, as well as their compositions and methods of use. The compounds inhibit the activity of macrophage migration inhibitory factor and are useful for the treatment of diseases, e.g., inflammatory diseases and cancer. |
| US10968197B2 |
Photoinitiators with protected carbonyl group
Disclosed are of the protected photoinitiators of the formula: wherein Aryl1 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; Aryl2 is an aromatic ring; each R1 is an alkyl, an aryl, an electron donating group or an electron withdrawing group, and subscript a is 0 to 3; each R2 is an alkyl, an aryl, an electron donating group or an electron withdrawing group, and subscript b is 0 to 3; Prot is a protected carbonyl group. |
| US10968185B2 |
Substituted thiazoles for preventing and/or treating cell or tissue necrosis
Inhibitor compounds and agents of Cathepsin C, CELA1, CELA3A and/or structurally related molecules thereto, compositions comprising same and uses thereof in the inhibition and/or prevention of cell and/or tissue necrosis are described. The compounds include thiazoles of Formula II, where G1 is an optionally substituted pyrrolidine, an optionally substituted pyridine, an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted piperidine, an optionally substituted piperazine, an optionally substituted imidazolidine, or an optionally substituted pyrazolidine. G3 is or G3 is an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted aryl or an optionally cyloalkyl. G2 is an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cyloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocycle. Various applications for the described compounds, and combination therapies are described as well. |
| US10968183B2 |
Small molecule FIEL1 inhibitor in inflammatory and fibrotic lung injury
Novel compounds are disclosed along with methods of inhibiting the TGFβ pathway and methods of treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) using such compounds. |
| US10968182B2 |
Process for the preparation of 2-cyanoimidazole compounds
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel and advantageous process for commercially preparing of 2-cyanoimidazole compounds. More particularly, it relates to an efficient method of preparation of cyazofamid synthetic precursor by simultaneous conversion of aldoxime group to the corresponding cyano-derivative and reducing of N-oxygenated-imidazole ring to imidazole under mild conditions using reducing agent selected from the group consisting of metal salts of sulfur-containing derivatives in the presence of a polar organic solvent. |
| US10968181B2 |
NRF2 activator
Provided are compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods for their use and production. |
| US10968172B2 |
USP30 inhibitors
The application relates to phenyl- or naphthylsulfonamide derivatives of the structural formula (I). The compounds are described as inhibitors of USP30 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 30) useful for the treatment of conditions involving mitochondrial defects including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's or a neoplastic disease such as leukemia. |
| US10968157B2 |
Process for the separation of formaldehyde from crude acrylic acid
A process for purification of a crude product stream recovered from the production of acrylic acid by an aldolisation reaction is disclosed. The product stream comprises acrylic acid, formaldehyde, water, non-condensable vapours and optionally heavy by-products. The process comprises: providing the crude product stream in the vapour phase to a first separation column operated at a temperature and pressure to form an intermediate overhead stream comprising water, formaldehyde and methanol; and passing said intermediate overhead stream to a formaldehyde separation column operated at a temperature and pressure to enable a stream having a higher formaldehyde concentration than the formaldehyde concentration in the intermediate overhead stream to be formed and recovered from at or near the bottom of the formaldehyde separation column as a formaldehyde enriched stream. |
| US10968152B2 |
Simplified process for isolating pure 1,3-butadiene
A process for isolating pure 1,3-butadiene from a crude C4 fraction, which produces pure 1,3-butadiene having a prescribed maximum content of at least one low boiler and a prescribed maximum content of 1,2-butadiene, in each case based on 1,3-butadiene, wherein (a) a low boiler fraction and a high boiler fraction are separated off by distillation from the crude C4 fraction, giving a purified C4 fraction whose content of the at least one low boiler, based on 1,3-butadiene, is equal to or lower than the prescribed maximum content of the at least one low boiler and whose content of 1,2-butadiene, based on 1,3-butadiene, is equal to or lower than the prescribed maximum content of 1,2-butadiene; (b) the purified C4 fraction is subjected to at least one extractive distillation using a selective solvent, giving at least a fraction comprising butanes and butenes and a pure 1,3-butadiene fraction, is described. The process makes a pure distillation column dispensable. |
| US10968148B2 |
Method of producing compound comprising alkenyl group
A method of producing at least one compound comprising an alkenyl group from at least one compound comprising an alkyl group having two or more carbon atoms, the method comprising: (i) Providing a mixture comprising carbon dioxide and at least one compound comprising an alkyl group having two or more carbon atoms; and (ii) Contacting said mixture with a catalyst comprising one or both of palladium and platinum and one or more lanthanide, thereby converting at least a portion of the at least one compound comprising an alkyl group having two or more carbon atoms into a compound comprising an alkenyl group, the total of the weight of the palladium and/or platinum being more than 0.1 wt % of the catalyst. |
| US10968145B2 |
Method to prepare a soy hydrolysate product with a high concentration of free amino acids and method of using the same
The present development is a method for producing a high concentration free amino acid soy hydrolysate composition and a method for using the resulting hydrolysate composition. The high concentration free amino acid soy hydrolysate is used to enhance the microbe population found in soil and wastewater. The enhanced microbe population can promote plant growth, particularly for use in brownfields and similar reclamation sites or on turf grasses, and can promote the digestion of sewage solids. |
| US10968141B2 |
Concrete manufacturing method using nitrogen dissolved water and method for manufacturing reinforced concrete structure
Provided are a concrete manufacturing method capable of preventing neutralization of concrete and oxidation of a reinforcing rod in reinforced concrete, and a method for manufacturing a reinforced concrete structure using the same. The concrete manufacturing method uses nitrogen dissolved water and is characterized by including: a step of generating nitrogen dissolved water by injecting nitrogen gas into water to replace oxygen and carbon dioxide dissolved in the water with nitrogen; and a step of generating a ready-mixed concrete by kneading the nitrogen dissolved water, cement, an aggregate, and an admixture. The method for manufacturing a reinforced concrete structure is characterized by forming a reinforced concrete structure using a ready-mixed concrete manufactured by a concrete manufacturing method using nitrogen dissolved water. |
| US10968138B2 |
Gypsum slurries with linear polycarboxylate dispersants
A gypsum slurry includes water, a hydraulic component including calcium sulfate hemihydrate and a linear polycarboxylate dispersant. The linear polycarboxylate anionic dispersant includes a first monomeric repeating unit and a second monomeric repeating unit. The first repeating unit of the linear polycarboxylate dispersant is an olefinic unsaturated carboxylic acid repeating unit or salt thereof. The second repeating unit of the linear polycarboxylate dispersant is a vinyl sulfonate. The slurry can be made into a gypsum panel. Methods of making gypsum slurry and a gypsum panel are also disclosed. |
| US10968128B2 |
Power generation process
A process for the generation of power is disclosed. The process comprises receiving a wastewater stream containing organic matter and passing the wastewater stream to an anaerobic digester in which the organic matter contained therein is broken down to produce biogas. The liquid content of said wastewater stream is reduced before said stream enters the anaerobic digester by passing the wastewater stream through an osmotic power unit. The said stream is passed over one side of a semi-permeable membrane which permits the passage of water but not the passage of salts, an aqueous stream of higher salinity than said wastewater stream being passed over the other side of said membrane such that latent osmotic energy present in said aqueous stream of higher salinity is converted into electricity. |
| US10968127B2 |
Phosphorus release reactor for water treatment
The invention relates to treatment of microorganisms from an activated sludge process operating with enhanced biological phosphorus removal in a reactor with baffles or other devices to induce similar plug-flow effort, designed to optimally release phosphorus and/or magnesium from the microorganisms with or without chemical addition. Further, the disclosure relates to a process designed to produce both a lower solids, phosphorus and magnesium enriched liquid stream and a higher solids, phosphorus and magnesium enriched stream. The reactor operates to give optimal performance by operating in a plug-flow mode. |
| US10968126B2 |
Pretreatment of produced water to facilitate improved metal extraction
A water treatment system that removes calcium and magnesium using coagulants and pH controls, aqueous phase organic materials from water using a biological removal system that includes microorganisms and a physical separation system that includes sparging equipment for sparging the water to remove non-aqueous phase liquid organic materials, volatile phase organic materials. An apparatus, system and method for pretreating oilfield produced water to completely remove or significantly reduce concentrations of substances that are known to interfere with downstream recovery of metals including lithium. This technology facilitates a more efficient and cost-effective extraction method from alternate sources to meet the increasing global demand. |
| US10968124B2 |
Method for changing filler pollutant accumulation of constructed wetland
A method for changing filler pollutant accumulation of a constructed wetland belongs to the field of environmental protection engineering. A coupling device of a microbial fuel cell and a constructed wetland is constructed by using active carbon as a constructed wetland filler, and pond sewage enters into the constructed wetland from the top of the device in an intermittent mode. A titanium mesh is taken as an electron collector for packaging a cathode of the active carbon filler by using the characteristic that electrons are collected by the titanium mesh in a concentrated mode, after stable operation for a period of time, active carbon close to a water surface and active carbon close to the bottom of the titanium mesh are taken out for carrying out specific surface area and biomass measurement, and the accumulation distribution condition of filler pollutants inside the constructed wetland is analyzed. |
| US10968116B2 |
Liquid treatment system
A liquid treatment system comprising at least one ultra-violet light treatment lamp arranged within an elongated protective UV-transparent sleeve provided along a central longitudinal axis A, said sleeve having an outer surface and an essentially circular cross-sectional shape; and an elongated reactor configured to receive said sleeve, whereby an elongated liquid treatment chamber for receiving liquid to be treated, is provided between an inner surface of the reactor and the outer surface of the sleeve; wherein said liquid treatment system further comprises at least one elongated cleaning device provided side by side with the sleeve within the liquid treatment chamber and along at least a part of the length of the elongated sleeve, wherein said at least one cleaning device is compressed towards the outer surface of the sleeve by the reactor, and wherein at least one of the sleeve and the reactor is configured to rotate around the longitudinal axis A such that the at least one cleaning device will be touching and cleaning the outer surface of the sleeve over essentially the whole circumference of the sleeve. |
| US10968114B2 |
Water recycling system and method
A device, system, and processor-readable medium for untreated grey water treatment and reuse are disclosed. Untreated grey water entering a building's plumbing system is tested for recyclability before it routes for treatment and reuse or disposal through a building's sewer line. Certain sensors decide how to route the untreated grey water through treatment in the device. Treatments to untreated grey water could include multi-level filtration and heating/cooling cycles for a prescribed time period to produce treated grey water meeting EPA-approved standards. Once treated, the treated grey water is routed to treated grey water tanks where it is stored for later use in a building's toilets and landscaping. |
| US10968109B2 |
Method for synthesizing mordenite MOR molecular sieve, and product and use thereof
A method for synthesizing a mordenite (MOR) molecular sieve with a modulatable location and distribution of B acid sites, and a product thereof and the use thereof. Provided is a method for synthesizing a mordenite MOR molecular sieve with acid sites located at an 8-membered ring “side pocket” in communication with a 12-membered ring pore channel in the presence or absence of an inorganic base. The method includes introducing an additional reagent and an optional fluorinating reagent which have different structures and charge densities into a synthetic gel, and the B acid sites of the obtained MOR zeolite are located at an 8-membered ring “side pocket” in communication with a 12-membered ring pore channel A catalyst product obtained exhibits an excellent performance in terms of adsorption and catalysis. The synthesis method has broad industrial application, particularly being applied to catalysts for the carbonylation reaction of dimethyl ether. |
| US10968106B2 |
Production of Si/C composite particles
The invention provides processes for producing precomposite particles by mixing silicon particles, polyacrylonitrile and one or more carbon additives (C additives) based on one carbon polymorph, optionally one or more organic pore formers and optionally one or more inorganic additives, each in the form of a powder, wherein no solvent is added before and during the mixing, and the inorganic additives are selected from the group comprising halides of the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, carbonates of the alkali metals, zinc oxide, magnesium carbonate and nickel sulfide, wherein the polyacrylonitrile, the silicon, particles and/or the C additives are wholly or partly initially charged prior to the mixing or are wholly or partly metered in during the mixing, with the proviso that, without polyacrylonitrile in the initial charge, the silicon particles and/or the C additives are at least partly metered in together with polyacrylonitrile or after addition of polyacrylonitrile. The invention further provides processes for producing Si/C composite particles, characterized in that the aforementioned precomposite particles are subjected to thermal treatment. |
| US10968104B2 |
Method for producing sheets of graphene
The invention relates to a method for obtaining sheets of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide or mixtures thereof from the powder of said materials. Said sheets consist of a set of strips, wherein said strips consist of between one and five layers. Said layers are layers of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide or tungsten disulfide having a monoatomic or monomolecular thickness. The invention also relates to a method for coating a surface with sheets of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide or sheets of mixtures thereof. |
| US10968100B2 |
Method for producing synthesis gas by means of steam reforming reactors
A process for producing synthesis gas using at least a first and a second steam reforming reactor each having at least one reaction stage enabling the circulation of a reaction mixture and at least one heat supply stage enabling the circulation of a heat transfer fluid. |
| US10968096B2 |
Microelectronic sensor device with an out-of-plane detection having a controlled cross sensitivity
Microelectromechanical sensor with an out-of-plane detection has a cross sensitivity in a first direction in the plane with a value of ST, the sensor comprising a support, a mass suspended from the support by beams stressed by bending, in such a way that the inertial mass is capable of moving with respect to the support about an axis of rotation contained in a plane of the sensor, a stress gauge suspended between the mass and the support. The bending beams have a dimension tf in the out-of-plane direction and the mass has a dimension tM in the out-of-plane direction such that t f = 3 4 ( t M - 2 l arm S T ) . Larm is the distance between the centre of gravity of the mass and the centre of the bending beams projected onto the first direction. |
| US10968081B2 |
Spreader for lifting intermodal container
A spreader (10) for lifting an intermodal transport container (22) comprises a main beam (24) extending in a longitudinal direction (L), the main beam formed of a first, upper C-beam of a relatively thicker material thickness and a second, lower C-beam of a relatively thinner material thickness; and an indicator configured to provide an indication if a distance in a transversal direction (T) between a pair of twist-locks (18) is set in a wide-body position when lowered onto respective lifting castings (20) provided with top openings (50) separated by a transversal distance corresponding to a standard position. |
| US10968072B1 |
Automatic diving tending system
The automatic diving tending system (ADTS) includes a buoyant sealed torsional apparatus having a plate with a perimeter seal to which is affixed a cover with a perimeter flange forming a dry buoyant cavity. On the plate is mounted a bridge supporting a drive shaft, a locking mechanism, a constant torque spring motor, and an overdrive transmission linkage. A tether spool apparatus is mounted on the exterior bottom side of the plate. It includes a frame with a guide, a spool, and coaxial connecting structure that connects to the drive shaft. A line wound on the spool that is pulled off tightens the spring motor, enabling the full length of the line to be rewound back onto the spool and to be stopped at any time by a diver. |
| US10968070B2 |
Apparatus and method for tensioning and threading optical fiber
An apparatus for tensioning and threading an optical fiber includes a first roller, a second roller, a belt that wraps around the first and second rollers, and a third roller. The belt may be in direct physical contact with the first and second rollers. The third roller may be movable between an engaged and a disengaged configuration relative to the belt. Alternatively, the first roller, second roller, and belt may be movable between the engaged and the disengaged configuration relative to the third roller. Actuation from the disengaged to the engaged configuration captures an optical fiber between the third roller and the belt. |
| US10968069B2 |
Tube holder for line dispensing
A tube holder supports a spool of flexible line wrapped onto the outer surface of a tube. The tube holder comprises a body portion configured to support the tube thereon, such that the interior surface of the tube rests of the top surface of the body portion; and an end protector detachably secured to the distal end of the body portion via a quick-release, contact fastener. The end protector is configured to be detachably secured to the body portion, while remaining spaced away from the tube such that the tube does not interfere with connecting the end protector with the body portion. |
| US10968068B1 |
Retail edge marker accumulation and collation system
A system for collating and stacking long cut retail edge marker strips exiting a roll fed high speed slitter/perforator/cutter apparatus includes a series of angled and stepped baffles configured to receive the cut retail edge marking strips and allow them to fall into and accumulate in bins formed by each angled baffle and then be removed from each bin consecutively by a pusher acting orthogonally to the bins to move and collate the retail edge markers into a final stack collated to meet a specific store planogram requirement. |
| US10968066B2 |
Medium discharge device and image reading apparatus
A medium discharge device includes a discharge roller pair that is provided with a discharge driving roller and a discharge driven roller which drivably rotates in contact with the discharge driving roller, and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium that is fed and discharged by the discharge roller pair, in which the medium receiving tray includes a guide member which guides such that a tip end of the medium which is discharged from the discharge roller pair enters the medium mounting surface at a predetermined angle, and the guide member is provided to be elastically displaceable in an advancing and retreating direction with respect to the medium mounting surface of the medium receiving tray and is displaced in a direction coming close to the medium mounting surface according to raising of a pressing load due to the medium that is discharged to the medium receiving tray. |
| US10968065B2 |
Emergency stop cutting mechanism for a web rewinding device
This invention provides web-cutting mechanism that can be mounted in line at an appropriate location between the web-handling peripheral (printer) and a web roll. The cutting mechanism operates before the available storage in the winder festoon has been exhausted, and decouples the roll's energy from the web. The cutting mechanism can employ a blade that is drawn through the web solely by the movement of the web itself. The blade is mounted at a (e.g.) 45-degree angle to web travel, causing it to be pulled through the web. A negator spring assembly and associated cable drives the blade into the side edge of the web when a slide-mounted blade shuttle assembly is released by a latching pawl of a solenoid assembly. The solenoid is triggered by a signal indicating an emergency stop condition, such as an upstream jam. |
| US10968061B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet container accommodating a recording medium therein, a sheet separating feeder including a sheet feeding body and a sheet separating body, an image forming part, and a bend applier. The sheet feeding body feeds the recording medium along with a surface movement thereof while the recording medium contacting the surface thereof. The sheet separating body forms a sheet separation nip region with the sheet feeding body and sandwiches the recording medium in the sheet separation nip region. The sheet separating feeder separates and feeds the recording medium contacting the sheet feeding body. The image forming part forms an image on the recording medium. The bend applier having a leading end of an elastic material contacts and bends the recording medium before the sheet separation nip region and generates a wrinkle extending on the recording medium in a sheet conveying direction. |
| US10968060B2 |
Sheet cassette
A sheet cassette that accommodates a recording sheet and is connected with a printer includes a first roller contacting a feed roller of the printer, a second roller contacting a recording sheet, a first gear and a second gear attached to a shaft of the first roller, a third gear and a fourth gear attached to a single shaft, and a fifth gear attached to a shaft of the second roller, wherein the first gear independently rotates relative to the first roller and the second gear, the feed gear of the printer engages with the first gear, the first gear engages with the third gear, the fourth gear rotates together with the third gear, the fourth gear engages with the fifth gear, and the second roller is rotated by rotation of the fifth gear. |
| US10968059B2 |
Sheet stacking device and imaging forming apparatus provided with same
A sheet stacking device includes a sheet accommodating unit, a pair of wall portions and a loading plate. The sheet accommodating unit has an open upper surface part and accommodates sheets therein. The sheets have a pair of first side edges extending in a first direction and a pair of second side edges perpendicular to the first direction. The pair of wall portions stands to face the first side edges of the sheets. The loading plate is arranged in the sheet accommodating unit. Each of the pair of wall portions includes a first observation port for exposing one end of the first side edges of the sheets in the first direction and an one area of the inner part outer than the one end in the first direction to outside of the sheet accommodating unit. |
| US10968057B2 |
Collecting chute for combination weighing device with variable slope to reduce the variation in arrival time at the discharge end of the chute of articles discharged from different hoppers arranged at varrying distances apart
A collecting chute includes a plurality of chute units having a supply port, a discharge port, and an inner circumferential surface. The chute units are arrayed along a circular virtual line in planar view and are also arrayed securing a space among the chute units at the central portion of the circular virtual line. Each of the chute units has an outer slope that is an inner circumferential surface along the circular virtual line and an inner slope that is the inner circumferential surface located on the back side of an outer circumferential surface facing the other chute units, and the tilt angle of the inner slope is greater than the tilt angle of the outer slope. |
| US10968056B2 |
Handling device for product stacks
A handling device comprises a gripping unit which is movable in three dimensions and which is specified for receiving the stack of products disposed in a receiving region, for moving the stack, and for depositing the stack in a depositing region. The gripping unit comprises at least one upper holding element for holding down an upper side of the received stack, and at least one lower holding element for supporting a lower side, opposite the upper side, of the received stack. |
| US10968054B2 |
Air assisted particulate delivery system
Methods and apparatuses for conveying particulate material are described. A particulate material conveying apparatus may comprise a slide duct having a slide duct axis. The slide duct may comprise an interior region, and the interior region may have a top third interior region, a middle third interior region, and a bottom third interior region. The top third interior region is disposed above the middle third interior region and the middle third interior region is disposed above the bottom third interior region. The duct further defines an opening. An air movement mechanism may be connected to the duct an configured to move air through the opening into the slide duct in a direction of the slide duct axis such that a greater amount of air exits through the bottom third interior region than either of the top third interior region or the middle third interior region. |
| US10968051B1 |
Adjustable robotic end of arm tool for multiple object handling
Systems and methods to manipulate objects may include an adjustable robotic end of arm tool including a pair of static forks or arms and a pair of movable forks or arms. The static forks may be configured to lift objects, such as pallets, totes, or bins. The movable forks may be configured to move between a plurality of positions, including a storage position and a lifting position. When in the lifting position, the movable forks may also be configured to lift objects, such as pallets, totes, or bins, such that the adjustable robotic end of arm tool may simultaneously or concurrently lift and manipulate multiple objects using the static forks and the movable forks, thereby improving speed and efficiency of operations or processes utilizing the adjustable robotic end of arm tool. |
| US10968049B2 |
Can body linear loader assembly
A can body loader assembly includes a turret starwheel having asymmetrical pockets and a vacuum belt that provides a precise pitch dimension between adjacent cans. |
| US10968048B2 |
Device and method for grouped feeding of containers to a cyclical processing machine
An apparatus for grouped take-up and feeding of a container-group of containers to a cyclical processing machine having a cyclical take-up device for taking up the group of containers includes an intake, a feed, and a transfer apparatus arranged in a transfer region between the intake and the take-up device. The intake forms a closed conveyor section that comprises a linear section, a conveyor, and carrying-and-holding elements that convey containers in a continuous container stream along the conveyor section. The feed uses mechanical propulsion to convey suspended containers to individually transfer the suspended containers to the carrying-and-holding elements. The transfer apparatus has rotatable grippers for taking up a container group from the container stream and after having taken up the group of containers, feeding the group of containers to the cyclical take-up device. |
| US10968045B1 |
Hygienic drum drive for spiral conveyor
Drive drum bars (54) are mounted on the drive drum frame (52) of a drive drum tower (50). The drive drum bar has an “open” construction having backing frame (56) to which is mounted a cap (58) for bearing against the side of a conveyor being powered by the drive drum tower. |
| US10968043B1 |
Anti-surge dog link for a sharp chain conveyor
A dog link for a sharp chain conveyor with at least one spike to impale into a log, where at least one forwardly and/or upwardly facing spike on each dog link is combined with at least one rearwardly facing spike and/or barb disposed on a spike to insure that wherever the log is impaled, the dog counteracts any forward surge and more securely impales the log. |
| US10968042B2 |
Belt conveyor and system
A belt conveyor (1), a belt conveyor system and a box template production system. Said belt conveyor comprising an endless loop of belt (3) which is rotating about at least two pulleys (5a, 5b) comprised in the belt conveyor, whereby different parts of the belt (3) will constitute an upper surface (7) for transporting goods during run, the belt conveyer (1) further comprising a frame (9) holding said at least two pulleys (5a, 5b) and a belt supporting device (11) configured for supporting the belt between the at least two pulleys while allowing the belt (3) to slide over the belt supporting device (11), wherein said belt (3) comprises a substantially plane middle part (13) along the length of the belt and two edge areas (13a, 13b), one provided on each side of the middle part (13), wherein at least one of said edge areas (13a, 13b) is sloped towards an opposite part of the belt in the endless loop at least when said at least one edge area (13a, 13b) constitutes a part of the upper surface of the belt. |
| US10968040B2 |
Systems and methods for automated control of a beam stageloader bootend
Automated control of a longwall stageloader bootend using a plurality of sensors. The sensors include lift sensors, side shift sensors, advance sensors, angle sensors, and conveyor belt sensors. Signals from the plurality of sensors are received by a controller and used to control the operation of the bootend. Controlling the operation of the bootend includes controlling, for example, one or more lift actuators, one or more side shift actuators, one or more advance actuators, and one or more belt actuators. These various actuators can be controlled to, for example, advance the bootend, level the bootend, or match the interfaces between the bootend and a stageloader or a conveyor structure. |
| US10968039B2 |
Storage decks and storage rack assemblies including same
A storage deck section supportable on a storage rack structure. The storage deck section includes a deck sheet formed from a plurality of wires. At least some of the plurality of wires include a sheet portion at least partially defining an approximately planar support area for supporting associated goods. A relief portion extending from the sheet portion at an acute angle relative to the approximately planar support area. An extension portion disposed along the first end is oriented transverse to the sheet portion. A support member is disposed below the deck sheet, which is secured to a beam with an elongated open channel such that at least part of the relief portion and at least part of the extension portion are disposed within the elongated open channel. A storage rack assembly is also included. |
| US10968037B2 |
Stackable bag for the transport and storage of bulk goods
A bag for the transport and storage of bulk goods including: at least a bottom, four sides connected along adjacent edges to form vertical ridges at each of the four corners of the bag and each side connected to a lid along an upper edge to form a horizontal ridge; four lifting straps each having a first and second sections separated by an intermediate section and sewn on a vertical ridge of the bag, and with the intermediate section forming an oblong loop and positioned along the horizontal ridge of the bag; and four restraining straps each having two vertical sections separated by a U-shaped section, and with each vertical section sewn on one side of the bag and the U-shaped section positioned over the intermediate section of a lifting strap and at least partially sewn thereon, and wherein the restraining straps are configured to limit extension of the top of the loops formed by the intermediate sections of the lifting straps in the vertical direction. |
| US10968035B2 |
Self-lubricating surfaces for food packaging and food processing equipment
In certain embodiments, the invention relates to an article having a liquid-impregnated surface. The surface includes a matrix of solid features (e.g., non-toxic and/or edible features) spaced sufficiently close to stably contain a liquid therebetween or therewithin, wherein the liquid is non-toxic and/or edible. The article may contain, for example, a food or other consumer product, such as ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise. |
| US10968034B2 |
Resealable container including easy open tab
A container comprises a housing that comprises a box and a lid that is hingedly attached to the box. The lid comprises a bottom edge. The box comprises a front wall and a rear wall. The container also comprises an inner package disposed at least partially within the housing and at least partially defining an interior volume for housing consumer goods. The inner package is configured to open and close when the lid of the housing is opened and closed. The inner package comprises an access opening and a sealing flap. The sealing flap comprises a tab that has a bottom edge. The bottom edge of the tab is positioned below the bottom edge of the lid when the lid is in a closed position. |
| US10968032B2 |
Refill device for dispensing a liquid product
A refill package for liquid products, comprising: (a) a rigid outer container comprising an inside face, an opening, and an air intake means; wherein the opening comprises a removable closure and wherein the air intake means comprises a sealable orifice and a sealing mechanism, and (b) a flexible inner body, for containing a liquid product; wherein the flexible inner body is joined to the rigid outer container around the opening. |
| US10968031B2 |
Piston for a collapsible cartridge
A piston for a collapsible cartridge for dispensing a material, the piston includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion. The rigid portion has a first diameter, a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to be disposed in a material dispensing direction. The flexible portion has a second diameter less than the first diameter, a first end disposed in the material dispensing direction and a second end disposed in an opposite direction. The flexible portion is disposed on the first end of the rigid portion such that the second end of the flexible portion is disposed to face the first end of the rigid portion. The flexible portion is configured to radially expand and longitudinally compress upon a force applied to the first end of the flexible portion to compress the collapsible cartridge between the flexible portion and an interior surface of a support cartridge. |
| US10968028B2 |
Container for microwave oven and package for microwave oven
The objective of the present invention is to provide a container for microwave oven and a package for microwave oven in which a clearance which is formed between a flanged portion and a lid material and a content may enter is made narrower while maintaining automatic vapor discharge function. |
| US10968027B2 |
Apparatus, arrangement and method for providing skin care ingredients
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a cosmetic arrangement can be provided, which can include a first structure that can enclose a cosmetic active ingredient(s), a second structure that can enclose a solvent solution, a third structure(s) that can separate the solvent solution from the cosmetic active ingredient(s), a medium that can be configured to absorb a mixture of the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and solvent solution, and an indicator structure that can be configured to indicate whether the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution have come in contact with one another. Upon an application of a particular amount of pressure on a portion(s) of the arrangement, the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution can be caused to come into direct contact with one another. |
| US10968026B2 |
Container system
A container system having connection devices for establishing a fluid connection between the containers. In one aspect, a connection device comprises a thin point that, within its shape, has a tip between two at least substantially straight legs and wherein the other connection device has a ram with a splitting device that is designed and arranged such as to rupture said thin point by acting on the tip when the containers are coupled. In another aspect, the thin point surrounds the ram, and in a third aspect the connection devices have corresponding, similar thin points, closure elements and splitting devices. In further aspects, the connection devices are similar, and the connection devices are linearly guided. |
| US10968022B2 |
Hot-fill container having vacuum absorption sections
The present disclosure describes a hot-fill container for use with a hot-filling process. The container includes vacuum absorption sections that resist partial collapse and uncontrolled deformation of the container's walls during the hot-filling process. The vacuum absorption sections are asymmetrically-formed and include respective edge portions and panel portions configured to deform and pivot about a linear part of the edge portions when a vacuum is created inside the container. The edge portions have a curvilinear part that is adapted to comfortably receive and engage a user's fingers during use of the container, making the container more user friendly. The vacuum absorption sections are arranged about the container's central longitudinal axis such that their respective panel portions substantially form the sides of a polygon when viewed in top plan view. The polygon appears to be inscribed within an otherwise circular container periphery. |
| US10968021B2 |
Battery packaging body
A battery packaging body allows, while infants can hardly take out a battery, a person other than infants can take out the battery. A battery packaging body includes a mount, and a blister cover which can accommodate a battery between the same and the mount. The mount and the blister cover are fixed to each other at least at their peripheral edge parts. The blister cover has a non-fixed part which is, at a position continuous to an accommodating projection, not fixed to the mount, and a first rib part provided along the accommodating projection. The non-fixed part is positioned on the opposite side to the first rib part across the accommodating projection and constitutes a part of a cuttable region P. The first rib part extends in a direction crossing a direction in which the non-fixed part, the accommodating projection and the first rib part line up. |
| US10968006B2 |
Container base including hemispherical actuating diaphragm
A container including a finish defining an opening at a first end of the container that provides access to an internal volume defined by the container. A base portion of the container includes a diaphragm that is concave relative to an exterior of the container. The diaphragm extends from a standing surface of the container to a center push-up portion of the base portion. The standing surface is at a second end of the container opposite to the first end. The diaphragm is configured to move from an as-blown first configuration to a second configuration in which the diaphragm is closer to the first end as compared to the first configuration in order to reduce residual vacuum within the container. The diaphragm is generally hemispherical in cross-section when in the second configuration. |
| US10968001B2 |
Hybrid counting device and method
A hybrid counting device may include a number of tray channels, a number of detection channels in which each tray channel may be in communication with a detection channel, and a number of governors. Objects may be motivated from the tray channels and into a detection channel that each tray channel is in communication with. A detection unit may be in communication with each detection channel, and each detection channel may be in communication with one hybrid staging channel or with one supplement staging channel. A supplement staging channel may be in communication with at least one tray channel, and the exit of objects from each supplement staging channel may be controlled by a respective governor. A hybrid staging channel may be in communication with at least two tray channels, and the exit of objects from each hybrid staging channel may be controlled by a respective governor. |
| US10967997B2 |
Cutting devices for packaging systems with clippers and related clipper assemblies
Clipper assemblies include a clipper body with a die support holding at least one clip die; and a knife cylinder with a downwardly extending rod, the knife cylinder attached to the clipper body above the clip die. The clipper assemblies also include a knife plate having a body with a perimeter with a first portion pivotably attached to the rod and a second portion pivotably attached to the clipper body below the clip die. The knife plate holds a knife which extends outward from a side of the knife plate a distance between about 1-2 inches, at an angle of between 80-110 degrees (measured from a line drawn parallel to the side from which the knife extends outward from). In operation, the knife is configured to either: (a) move upward to cut respective clipped packages or (b) move downward to cut respective clipped packages. |
| US10967993B2 |
Payload adapter ring
A lightweight spacecraft dispenser, which consists of a material made from composite materials, and of a ring structure with several payload ports. The ring structure has a surface that extends between opposite ends of the ring structure and that is at least partially spherical. The surface can be completely spherical or partially spherical between the opposite ends. |
| US10967990B2 |
Devices and methods to verify main rotor swashplate positioning
A device to verify main rotor swashplate positioning includes an inner surface of a first section and a gradient surface of a second section. The gradient surface of the second section may have a plurality of graduation indications. In one implementation, the inner surface of the first section at least partially defines a travel arc that is parallel to and concentric with the inner surface. In such an implementation, the device may be configured to move along the travel arc as it rotates about a collective sleeve to contact a swashplate lug. |
| US10967987B2 |
Locking line capture devices for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods
Locking line capture devices for unmanned aircraft are disclosed. An example line capture device is configured to be attached to a wing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The example line capture device includes a body having a line capture slot. The line capture slot has an open end and a closed end. The example line capture device further includes a retainer having a first lobe, a second lobe, and a third lobe. The retainer is movable relative to the body between a first position in which the first and third lobes are positioned on opposite sides of the line capture slot and the second lobe is positioned over the line capture slot, and a second position in which the first and second lobes are positioned over the line capture slot and the third lobe is positioned clear of the line capture slot. |
| US10967986B2 |
Potential aircraft trajectory wind effect computation
Systems, aircraft, and non-transitory media are provided. An avionics system for an aircraft includes a storage device and one or more data processors. The storage device stores instructions for monitoring an actual performance of the aircraft. The one or more data processors are configured to execute the instructions to: generate a lateral component and a longitudinal component of a measured moving air mass relative to the aircraft; generate a plurality of wind independent positions of the aircraft along a potential aircraft trajectory based on a prediction model; and generate a plurality of wind corrected positions of the aircraft based on the plurality of wind independent positions, on the lateral component, and on the longitudinal component. |
| US10967982B2 |
Motor mounting system
Systems and methods for mounting motors include a housing configured to secure motor supported by a motor support framework coupled to and housed within the housing. The motor support framework is suspended from the housing by one or more pluralities of vibration isolation devices. The housing is provided with a mounting surface configured couple the housing a quick-connect bracket disposed on a bulkhead or other structural element. |
| US10967980B2 |
Turbine engine propelled airplane having an acoustic baffle
An airplane propelled by a turbine engine having at least one fan, the turbine engine being integrated in the rear of a fuselage of the airplane, extending it rearwards, the airplane further including at least one acoustic baffle forming panel connected to the fuselage of the airplane and arranged below the turbine engine. |
| US10967979B2 |
Aircraft with rear mounted engines
An aircraft with rear mounted engines, comprising a vertical tail plane and a horizontal tail plane, in which the engines are mounted on top of the horizontal tail plane, such that the horizontal tail plane comprises an inner fixed part attached to the fuselage of the aircraft, the inner fixed part comprising an elevator, and two outer movable parts, each one of the outer movable parts being located at each side end of the horizontal tail plane which is furthest away from the fuselage of the aircraft, such that both the inner fixed part and the outer movable parts are at least partially subjected to a flow coming from the engines when the engines are in use. |
| US10967978B2 |
Aircraft air conditioning system and method of operating an aircraft air conditioning system
An aircraft air conditioning system including an ambient air supply line having a first end connected to an ambient air inlet and a second end connected to a mixer of the aircraft air conditioning system so as to supply ambient air to the mixer. A first compressor is arranged in the ambient air supply line and is configured to compress the ambient air flowing through the ambient air supply line. A bleed air supply line allows a flow of bleed air bled off from an engine or an auxiliary power unit therethrough. A bleed air turbine is driven by the bleed air flowing through the bleed air supply line and is coupled to the first compressor so as to drive the first compressor. |
| US10967977B2 |
Aircraft air supply and contaminant detection system
An aircraft pressurized air system and method is disclosed. The system includes a compressor that receives and compresses outside air, and an air cycle machine that receives compressed air from the compressor and directs conditioned air to an aircraft pressurized zone. The system also includes a contaminant sensor disposed along an air flow path between the compressor and the aircraft pressurized zone, comprising an optical guide, a metal organic framework on an exterior surface of the optical guide in operative fluid communication with air from the air flow path, a light source in communication with the optical guide at a first end of the optical guide, and a light detector in communication with the optical guide at a second end of the optical guide. |
| US10967973B2 |
Modular container transport systems
A cargo transport system comprising a spine assembly and a container assembly. The spine assembly comprises a rigid spine and a plurality of mounts arranged on the rigid spine in a plurality of mount rows. The container assembly comprises a plurality of containers and is secured to the spine assembly using at least a subset of the plurality of mounts. Each container of the plurality of containers comprises a plurality of fittings for securing the container to the spine assembly and/or another container of the container assembly. Each mount row extends along a width of the spine assembly, and the plurality of mount rows are spaced apart at regular distance intervals along a length of the spine. |
| US10967969B2 |
Vertical takeoff and landing airframe
Airframes configured for stable in-flight transition between forward flight and vertical takeoff and landing are described herein. In one embodiment, an aircraft can include a fuselage, opposed wings extending from opposed sides of the fuselage, and a plurality of engines. At least one engine can be mounted to each of the opposed wings and at least a portion of each opposed wing including at least one of the plurality of engines can rotate relative to the fuselage around a rotation axis that is non-perpendicular and transverse to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage. Rotating portions of the wings including at least one of the plurality of engines in the described manner can provide a stable and smooth transition between vertical and forward flight. |
| US10967968B2 |
System and method to provide descent rate limiting for an aircraft
A method for an aircraft may include determining a transition from an airplane mode to a helicopter mode for a propulsion system of the aircraft, wherein the propulsion system comprises a plurality of rotor blades; determining whether a descent rate condition is satisfied, wherein the descent rate condition is associated with a maximum allowable descent rate for the aircraft; and controlling a collective pitch angle for the plurality of rotor blades based on the descent rate condition. |
| US10967960B2 |
Ground movement system plugin for VTOL UAVs
A ground movement plug-in (GMP) apparatus for providing ground propulsion to an unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV). The GMP apparatus includes a frame configured to mechanically couple with the UAV, a plurality of wheels, at least one of which is actuatable by a motor, and a controller operably coupled to the motor to control propulsion of the GMP apparatus. |
| US10967958B2 |
Vortex generator arrangement for an aircraft
A vortex generator arrangement comprising a section that defines an opening to a corresponding cavity, an aircraft airflow modification device disposed within the cavity, and at least one fluidic muscle actuator arrangement coupled to the airflow modification device. |
| US10967955B2 |
Vertical tail unit for flow control
A vertical tail unit (7) including an outer skin (13) in contact with an ambient air flow (21), wherein the outer skin (13) extends between a leading edge (23) and a trailing edge (25) with opposite lateral sides (27a, 27b), and surrounds an interior space (29), and wherein the outer skin (13) has a porous section at the leading edge (23), a pressure chamber (15) arranged in the interior space (29), wherein the pressure chamber (15) is fluidly connected to the porous section (31), an air inlet (17) provided in the outer skin (13) and fluidly connected to the pressure chamber (15), and an air outlet (19) provided in the outer skin (13) and fluidly connected to the pressure chamber (15). |
| US10967950B2 |
Exhaust assembly for aerostat, and aerostat
The present disclosure provides an exhaust assembly for an aerostat, including a valve base (2) provided with a valve port (1), and a valve cover (3) that selectively covers the valve port (1), and further including: a motor driving mechanism and a transmission mechanism that are arranged on the valve base (2). The motor driving mechanism propels the transmission mechanism to drive the valve cover (3) to selectively cover the valve port (1). When the valve cover (3) is in a position where the valve port (1) is open, the valve cover (3) is arranged at an angle with respect to a plane at which the valve port (1) is located. A purpose of the present disclosure is to provide the exhaust assembly that is for an aerostat and whose exhausting pressure can be flexibly adjusted, and an aerostat provided with the exhaust assembly. |
| US10967949B2 |
Seawater intake riser interface with vessel hull
A slide-in structural interface between a Sea Water Intake Riser (SWIR) and a floating unit hull or sump tank bottom plate permits a pull-in, diver-less installation of the SWIR. Certain embodiments include an integrated, easily maintainable strainer. |
| US10967947B1 |
Airboat trim apparatus and method
A trim system for an airboat having a hull and a deck comprises an engine support carriage elevated from the deck and having a first end pivotably mounted to the deck via a rigid frame, and at least one remotely operated hydraulic ram with each including a first end braced upon the deck or an intervening structure and a second end coupled to a free moving second end of the engine support carriage opposite the first end. In a method of adjusting trim on an airboat, during operation of an engine mounted to the engine support carriage, a thrust line of the engine is selectively changed by remotely causing the at least one linearly actuated lift to selectively extend and retract. |
| US10967943B2 |
Underwater mobile inspection apparatus and underwater inspection equipment
An underwater mobile inspection apparatus capable of inspecting an inspection object on a seafloor while cruising includes a cruising body configured to submerge under-water and cruise along the inspection object so as to not come into contact with the inspection object, a first movable arm provided on the cruising-body, and an inspection tool unit provided on the first movable arm and including at least one of an image-capturing camera for use in visually inspecting the inspection object and a device configured to inspect a wall thickness of the inspection object by using an ultrasonic wave. A controller is configured to, when the cruising-body cruises along the inspection object so as to not come into contact with the inspection object, operate the first movable arm to move the inspection tool unit, such that a positional relationship of the inspection tool unit with the inspection object becomes a predetermined target positional relationship. |
| US10967942B2 |
Launching method
The invention relates to the naval field and in particular to a method for launching a structure (1) intended to float in water (15). This method comprises loading the structure (1) onto a pontoon (10) floating in the water, the bearing placement below the water (15) of at least one prop (2) connected to the structure (1) while the structure (1) rests on the pontoon (10) floating in the water (15), lowering the pontoon (10), with disengagement of the pontoon (10) vertically from the structure (1) and its subsequent removal while the structure (1) is supported by the at least one prop (2) bearing below the water (15), and lowering the structure (1), which is still supported by the at least one prop (2), until the structure (1) floats in the water (15). |
| US10967938B2 |
Fins with improved fluid dynamic properties
A fin for use on a surfboard, the fin comprising: a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a base, the base comprising at least one mount for mounting the fin onto a surfboard; a first and a second outer fin surface which meet along the leading edge and the trailing edge and abut the base; and a first ridge protruding laterally from the first outer fin surface, and/or a second ridge protruding laterally from the second outer fin surface; wherein the shape and configuration of the fin creates an area of lower water pressure around and in front of the fin, as well as disrupting and/or reducing the size of trailing vortices, resulting in additional forward thrust for the board on which the fin is mounted. |
| US10967935B2 |
Creation device, component control device, creation method, component control method and computer program
A creation device includes an acquisition part that acquires input information concerning traveling of a human-powered vehicle; and a creation part that creates different learning models that each produce output information concerning control of a component of the human-powered vehicle based on input information acquired by the acquisition part. |
| US10967930B2 |
Multi-link suspension system
A suspension system for a vehicle having a frame with a medial plane and a wheel defining a central plane. The suspension system comprises a wheel carrier rotatably connectable with the wheel and operably connected to the handle bar assembly for transferring steering motion from the handle bar assembly to the wheel, a steering shaft configured to transmit steering motion from the handle bar assembly to the wheel carrier, a plurality of locating arms, each of the plurality of locating arms having a forward end and a rearward end, a forward ball joint connecting the forward end of each of the plurality of locating arms with the wheel carrier and a rearward ball joint connecting the rearward end of each of the plurality of locating arms with the frame. |
| US10967927B2 |
Mounting brackets for auxiliary suspension systems
Brackets for mounting auxiliary suspension systems, such as lift axle systems, to vehicles are disclosed herein. For example, brackets are disclosed for attaching lift axle hanger brackets and lift axle load springs to corresponding frame members. In some embodiments, the frame brackets can include physical features (e.g., a series of graduated steps in an edge portion thereof) to facilitate visual alignment of the lift axle with the vehicle frame members during installation. In other embodiments, the frame brackets can be two-piece brackets that enable the load springs to be removed and replaced without having to detach the frame bracket from the frame rail. |
| US10967923B2 |
Track wheel with decreased power dissipation
A vehicle drive system can include wheels that have flat portions corresponding to the areas of relative flexibility of stiffness of a track. When the discontinuous, angular profile of the track of the vehicle can deform about a matching angularly-profiled wheel, a smoother ride with less power loss can be produced, and ratcheting (caused by loosened or mismatched engagement between the track and a driving structure) can be reduced. |
| US10967919B2 |
Vehicle side portion structure
A vehicle side portion structure includes an inner member and an outer member that is disposed outward of the inner member in a vehicle width direction, the inner member and the outer member being bonded to each other through spot welding. An upper corner portion of the inner member is provided with a welded portion provided with a welding point on which the spot welding is performed, and a bead portion is provided in the vicinity of the welded portion of the inner member such that the bead portion surrounds the welded portion. |
| US10967918B2 |
Kick down area enabler
A vehicle rail assembly has an extending longitudinal rail with a kick down area. A kick down area enabler is positioned in the rail at the kick down area. The kick down area enabler includes a foot rest portion, an outer part portion and a kick down portion all contacting the rail. The outer part portion and kick down portion part are cantilevered from the foot rest portion via welding. The kick down area enabler provides additional energy absorption for the rail to prevent intrusion into a passenger compartment. |
| US10967917B2 |
Panel structure
The independent Y-shaped bead 10 is provided on the panel P with a planar shape. The bead 10 includes the plurality of branching portions 10a, 10b, and 10c radially extending from the intersection R3 at an equal interval. |
| US10967916B2 |
Cross-vehicle beam with hidden brace for motor vehicle
A cross-vehicle beam for a vehicle comprises a tubular portion extending in a longitudinal direction (X), a first brace connected to the tubular portion and intended to be fixed to a windshield lower crossmember of the body of the vehicle, and a second brace connected to the tubular portion and intended to be fixed to a bulkhead of the body of the vehicle. The ends of the first and second braces at the tubular portion are located in the same transverse plane (P1) of the tubular portion. |
| US10967912B2 |
Vehicle lower section structure
A vehicle lower section structure includes a battery unit that is disposed below a floor panel, a sliding door that is provided to a side section of a vehicle body, and a lower hinge that is attached to a lower portion of the sliding door, that supports the sliding door with respect to the vehicle body such that the sliding door is capable of sliding in a vehicle front-rear direction, and that is disposed further toward a vehicle upper side than the battery unit. |
| US10967910B2 |
Side sill structure for vehicle
A side sill structure can be used for a vehicle. The side sill structure includes a side sill extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a front connection member connects a front side member located at a front side of the side sill to a front end of the side sill. |
| US10967908B2 |
Vehicle body lower structure
A vehicle body lower structure includes a pair of left and right side sills, a battery pack and a battery cross member. The battery pack accommodates a battery cell therein, and end portions in a vehicle width direction are coupled to the side sills while being disposed below a floor panel. The battery cross member is disposed inside the battery pack substantially in the vehicle width direction and extends further outward in the vehicle width direction than the battery cell. The battery cross member includes a first cross member and a second cross member extending further outward in the vehicle width direction than the first cross member. |
| US10967907B2 |
Vehicle front end structure
A vehicle front end structure includes an engine cradle and a force receiving structure. The engine cradle has a front corner and an engine mounted to the engine cradle. The force receiving structure has a force receiving surface extending laterally outboard from proximate the front corner of the engine cradle and a force directing section located rearward of the force receiving surface. The force receiving structure is installed to the engine cradle by a vertically oriented first mechanical fastener designed and structured such that during an impact event where an impacting force is applied to the force receiving surface, the force receiving structure pivots about the first mechanical fastener with an outboard portion of the force receiving surface initially moving rearward relative to the engine cradle and the force directing section initially moving laterally inboard contacting the engine and imparting a portion of the impacting force thereto. |
| US10967906B1 |
Impact structure
An impact structure includes a beam configured to deform in a particular manner. The beam may include a first deformable portion extending from a front end of the beam toward a rear end of the beam. The first deformable portion may be configured to axially crush in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the beam. The beam may also include a second deformable portion extending between the first deformable portion and the rear end. The beam may also include a reinforced section configured to cause the second deformable portion to bend. The first and second deformable portions may be configured such that an axial force acting on the front end in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction causes the first deformable portion to axially crush prior to causing the second deformable portion to bend. |
| US10967904B2 |
Emergency vehicle designed as a truck
The invention relates to an emergency vehicle (1) designed as a heavy truck, comprising a vehicle body (2) having an underbody assembly (9), a roof assembly (10) and at least one longitudinal wall (11, 12). Furthermore, a central longitudinal beam (8) is provided that is disposed in a manner extending in vehicle longitudinal direction. The central longitudinal beam (8) is joined directly and securely to the vehicle body (2), wherein it forms an integral constituent of the underbody assembly (9) of the vehicle body (2). |
| US10967896B2 |
Stackable rolling cooler bins with drawers
This invention is directed to a kit of coolers that offers a number of improvements over the prior art. The coolers are modified to specifically accommodate frozen gel ice packs instead of ice cubes. Because there is no spill water, the coolers open with front-facing pull-out drawers. The coolers stack atop one another with interlocking parts. Easy transport is provided by a handle and wheels, which may be attached to the bottom (main) bin or alternatively on a separate dolly. Internally, the cooler bins are compartmentalized horizontally or vertically with dividers. Hollow spaces within the walls and dividers of the bins accommodate frozen gel ice packs. Overall, the coolers are easier to pack and unpack, stack, load into a car, and transport on the ground than conventional ice chest coolers. |
| US10967894B2 |
Redundant, self-deterministic, failsafe sensor systems and methods for railroad crossing and adjacent signalized intersection vehicular traffic control preemption
Railroad crossing object detection systems and methods include radar sensors detecting object presence, speed and heading in a different manner. A controller compares signal outputs from the different sensors to provide traffic control preemption signals and self-diagnose sensor problems. The sensor devices may include an ultra-wideband (UWB) impulse radar device and at least one reflective device providing failsafe object presence detection and object non-presence detection in redundant fashion with at least a second sensor device such as a side-fired radar device. |
| US10967891B2 |
System and method for detection of defects in an electric conductor system of a train
A method and system for identification of obstacles near railways and for providing alarm to an operator of a train if obstacles constitute threat to the train are disclosed. The system comprise IR sensor disposed at the front of the train facing the direction of travel. The IR sensor receives images of the rails in front of the train. The system comprises pre-stored vibration profile of the train's engine that is used to eliminate influence of the engine's vibrations on the accuracy of the received images. Presence of rails in the received frames is detected based on inherent differences of temperature between the rails and the substrate in the rails' background, such as the railway sleepers and the materials underneath it. The system may detect defects in an electric conductor system of a train. |
| US10967890B2 |
Train communication system
A first antenna group includes one first antenna disposed at one end of a leading car, and another first antenna disposed at one end of a following car. A second antenna group includes one second antenna disposed at the one end of the leading car, the position where the one second antenna is disposed being different from the position where the one first antenna is disposed in a direction orthogonal to a travel direction of the leading car, and another second antenna disposed at the one end of the following car. A measurement unit measures radio wave strength between a pair of first antennas during communication via the first antenna group. A controller is enabled to make a switch from the first antenna group to the second antenna group when the radio wave strength is less than a predetermined value. |
| US10967886B2 |
Draft sill using a tension cable
A rail car includes an elongated floor supporting a rail car body, a draft sill depending from the floor, and a crash energy management (CEM) system. The CEM system includes a coupler plate coupled to the draft sill and depending from the floor between the draft sill and a first end of the floor, a coupler support depending from the floor between the coupler plate and the first end of the floor, an elongated coupler assembly extending from the coupler plate in a direction of the first end of the floor via an opening defined by the coupler support, and at least one cable connected in tension between the coupler support and the coupler plate. |
| US10967885B2 |
Dining car which may be modulated, in particular for a railway vehicle
The dining car (10) includes first and second side structures laid out facing each other, and a first lower floor (16), the dining car comprising a first consumption area (Z1), a second preparation area (Z2), and a third technical area (Z3). The first side face includes first supporting portions intended to support a second upper floor (20), and the first (Z1), second (Z2) and third (Z3) areas are all made on the first lower floor (16). |
| US10967880B2 |
Remotely controlling use of features based on automatic validation requests
A system and method for disabling a function of a feature of a vehicle based on a validation request to a centralized validation authority, prior to a use of the feature includes determining that a condition is met as part of a startup sequence of the vehicle, transmitting the validation request to the centralized validation authority, in response to determining the condition is met, wherein the validation request is part of the startup sequence of the vehicle, receiving a validation decision from the centralized validation authority, and disabling the feature of the vehicle as a function of the receiving the validation decision. |
| US10967879B2 |
Autonomous driving control parameter changing device and autonomous driving control parameter changing method
An object of the present invention is to implement, at a low hardware cost, a device that changes an autonomous driving control parameter whose step size is variably set. An autonomous driving control parameter changing device according to the present invention includes, a gesture operation acquisition unit that acquires information on a gesture operation for moving the operation target icon, a parameter changing unit that changes the autonomous driving control parameter in an increase or decrease direction defined in association with a movement direction in which the operation target icon is moved, and a step size setting unit that variably sets a step size based on a predetermined condition, the step size corresponding to an amount of change in the autonomous driving control parameter made by the parameter changing unit per occurrence of the gesture operation, and the change operation screen includes a display of the step size. |
| US10967877B2 |
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program
A vehicle control system includes a recognition unit that is configured to recognize nearby vehicles traveling around a subject vehicle, an automated driving control unit that is configured to implement a plurality of automated driving modes in which at least one of speed control and steering control of the subject vehicle is automatically implemented, the plurality of automated driving modes having different degrees of surroundings monitoring obligation of the subject vehicle imposed on an occupant of the subject vehicle, and a management unit that is configured to manage the surroundings monitoring obligation of the subject vehicle, the management unit being configured to reduce the surroundings monitoring obligation of the subject vehicle when vehicle platooning in which the subject vehicle travels while following a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the subject vehicle among the nearby vehicles recognized by the recognition unit is implemented by the automated driving control unit. |
| US10967876B2 |
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program
A vehicle control system including: a surrounding state detector is configured to detect a state of the surroundings, a first running assistor is configured to automatically control at least acceleration/deceleration or steering such that the subject vehicle can run along a route to a destination; a monitor is configured to monitor whether or not the first running assistor is in a predetermined state and limit an operation of the first running assistor in a case in which the first running assistor is in the predetermined state; and a second running assistor is configured to assist a occupant's driving on the basis of the result of the detection executed and perform steering control according to a relation between the subject vehicle and a lane in a case in which the first running assistor is determined as being in the predetermined state. |
| US10967875B2 |
Control system for autonomous all-terrain vehicle (ATV)
According to one aspect, an autonomous all-terrain vehicle (ATV) may include a controller receiving a command associated with autonomous driving and monitoring components of the autonomous ATV, a location unit determining a current location associated with the autonomous ATV and a destination location associated with the command, a navigation module determining one or more driving parameters based on map data associated with a path from the current location to the destination location, and a safety logic implementing an emergency stop based on an error determined by the controller. The controller may monitor the location unit and the navigation module for the error. |
| US10967870B2 |
Hill descent system for vehicle and control method thereof
A hill descent system for a vehicle and a control method thereof comprising: wheels; wheel speed sensors used for detecting the speeds of the wheels; motors used for selectively driving or braking the wheels; a motor controllers, for controlling the working states of the motors; resolver sensors for detecting the rotational speeds of the motors; and a vehicle control unit for determining the actual downhill speed of the vehicle and adjusting the working states of the motors to control the descent of the vehicle. |
| US10967867B2 |
Method and apparatus for efficiently providing occupancy information on the surroundings of a vehicle
A method is provided for efficiently providing occupancy information on the surroundings of a vehicle, which vehicle has sensors for ascertaining the occupancy of the surroundings. The method includes the following steps: receiving sensor measurements of the surroundings of the vehicle; determining the occupancy of the surroundings by obstacles using the sensor measurements; providing a division of the surroundings into regions; for each region of the surroundings, determining the most certainly identified occupancy in the respective region if multiple occupancies of the surroundings have been detected in the respective region; and determining the next occupancy, namely the respective region occupancy for which the shortest distance has been determined according to a distance determination specified for the respective region; and providing the most certainly identified occupancy and the next occupancy. |
| US10967866B2 |
Power-train controlling apparatus and method of controlling power train
A power-train controlling apparatus controls a power train of an engine electric hybrid vehicle. The power train is provided with an engine, a catalytic converter, an oxygen-level sensor, an engaging element, and an electric rotating machine. The power-train controlling apparatus includes a fuel injection controller, a catalyst diagnosing unit, and an engaging-element controller. The fuel injection controller stops fuel injection to the engine during coasting of the vehicle while the engaging element is engaged, introduces oxygen to the catalytic converter, and resumes the fuel injection in a fuel-rich state while the vehicle is running. The catalyst diagnosing unit diagnoses the catalytic converter after the resuming of the fuel injection. The engaging-element controller prohibits transition of the engaging element to a released state during a period between the stopping of the fuel injection and completion of the diagnosing of the catalytic converter. |
| US10967862B2 |
Road anomaly detection for autonomous vehicle
A computing system can receive sensor log data from one or more first autonomous vehicles (AVs) operating throughout a transport service region, and analyze the sensor log data against a set of road anomaly signatures. Based on analyzing the sensor log data against the set of road anomaly signatures, the computing system may identify road anomalies within the transport service region, and generate a resolution response for each road anomaly. The computing system can then transmit the resolution response to one or more second AVs to cause the one or more second AVs to respond to the road anomaly. |
| US10967861B2 |
Using discomfort for speed planning in responding to tailgating vehicles for autonomous vehicles
Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling a first vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. While doing so, a second vehicle may be identified. This vehicle may be determined to be a tailgating vehicle. An initial allowable discomfort value representing expected discomfort of an occupant of the first vehicle and expected discomfort of an occupant of the second vehicle may be identified. Determining a speed profile for a future trajectory of the first vehicle that meets the value may be attempted based on a set of factors corresponding to a reaction of the tailgating vehicle. When a speed profile that meets the value cannot be determined, the value may be adjusted until a speed profile that meets the value is determined. The speed profile that meets an adjusted value is used to control the first vehicle in the autonomous driving mode. |
| US10967859B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
A vehicle control apparatus controls a vehicle that is performing automated driving traveling. The vehicle control apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to acquire deceleration information of another vehicle by communication with the other vehicle; a setting unit configured to set, for a deceleration of the vehicle, a range of an allowable deceleration that allows a vehicle speed change within a predetermined range; a determination unit configured to compare the deceleration of the vehicle with a deceleration included in the deceleration information and determine whether deceleration control of matching the deceleration of the vehicle with the deceleration of the other vehicle can be performed within the range of the allowable deceleration; and a control unit configured to perform the deceleration control of the vehicle based on a determination result of the determination unit. |
| US10967858B2 |
Vehicle and speed-limit control method therefor
A vehicle speed-limit control method is provided. The method includes determining whether a speed-limit control inactivation condition is satisfied by accelerator pedal engaged when speed-limit control is activated. In response to determining that the inactivation condition is satisfied, a candidate value of an accelerator pedal sensor (APS) and a candidate gear shift stage are determined and a speed margin is determined based on the candidate value of the APS, the candidate gear shift stage and a vehicle speed. The speed margin is compared with a predetermined threshold. The candidate gear shift stage is determined as a transition gear shift stage and the candidate value of the APS is determined as a transition value of the APS when the speed margin is equal to or greater than the threshold. The vehicle is operated based on the transition gear shift stage and the transition value of the APS. |
| US10967854B2 |
Lane keeping system responsive to steering input
A driving supporter includes: an object-information obtainer that obtains object information relating to at least an object in an area; an environment obtainer that obtains a relative positional relationship between the own vehicle and the object located in the area and identified based on the object information obtained by the object-information obtainer; and a support inhibitor that inhibits driving support when an absolute value of a steering operation value representing a magnitude of a steering operation is greater than an inhibition threshold value. The support inhibitor includes a threshold-value determiner that determines the inhibition threshold value to a smaller value when the relative positional relationship is a specific relationship in which it is estimated that a steering operation in a direction in which the own vehicle avoids the object is to be performed, than when the relative positional relationship is not the specific relationship. |
| US10967851B2 |
Vehicle system and method for setting variable virtual boundary
A vehicle system includes a camera, a sensor, and processors for detecting an unoccupied parking spot while the vehicle traverses a detection path. The processors define a variable virtual boundary based on at least one object detected on a side of the detection path excluding the unoccupied parking spot and generates at least one parking maneuver based on the unoccupied parking spot and the variable virtual boundary. |
| US10967850B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling driving of vehicle, and vehicle system
An apparatus and method for controlling driving of a vehicle, and a vehicle system are provided. The apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a determination device that determines a closed state of an engine clutch, based on a state of a motor or an engine of the vehicle when a state of the engine clutch is unknown by an engine clutch controller. A state determination device receives information from the determination device to thus determine whether the engine clutch is in a closed or open state. A motor controller allows reverse rotation of the motor for reverse driving control of the vehicle in response to determining that the engine clutch is in the open state. |
| US10967846B2 |
Vehicle speed control
Some embodiments of the invention provide a speed control system (10, 12) for a vehicle (100), comprising: torque control means (12) for automatically causing application of positive and negative torque, as required, to one or more wheels (111, 112, 114, 115) of a vehicle (100) to cause a vehicle (100) to travel in accordance with a target speed value; path prediction means (10) for predicting a path PP of the vehicle (100) in a direction of travel; detection means (10) for detecting one or more objects (195) ahead of the vehicle (100); determining means (10) to determine whether one or more objects (195) detected by the detection means (10) lie outside the predicted path (PP); and control means (12) configured to, if said one or more detected objects (195) are determined to lie outside the predicted path (PP), automatically temporarily reduce the vehicle speed in dependence at least in part on a distance of the one or more detected objects (195) from the predicted path (PP). |
| US10967844B2 |
Control device and method for operating an electromechanical brake booster
The invention relates to a control device (10) for at least one electromechanical brake booster of a brake system of a vehicle having an electronics device (32) that is designed to compare a provided sensor signal (38) relating to a differential path (d) between a valve body (12), displaced by a controlled motor, of the electromechanical brake booster and an input rod (14) of the brake system with a specified normal value range, such that, if the sensor signal (38) relating to the differential path (d) lies outside the specified normal value range, the electronics device (32) is in addition designed to define a maximum limit value for a target quantity relating to a target motor torque to be carried out by the motor, at least taking into account the sensor signal (38), in such a way that, at least during a specified time interval after the defining of the maximum limit value, at most an actual motor torque corresponding to the defined maximum limit value can be carried out by the controlled motor. The present invention also relates to an electromechanical brake booster for a brake system of a vehicle, to a brake system for a vehicle, and to a method for operating an electromechanical brake booster of a brake system of a vehicle. |
| US10967842B2 |
Brake hydraulic pressure controller and motorcycle brake system
The invention has a purpose of obtaining a brake hydraulic pressure controller having improved vibration resistance and a motorcycle brake system including such a brake hydraulic pressure controller.In the brake hydraulic pressure controller, an end (7Eb) of a metal piece (7E) is configured by including: a first portion and a second portion that are separated from each other; a first coupling section that couples one end of the first portion and one end of the second portion; a second coupling section that couples the other end of the first portion and the other end of the second portion; and a penetrating section, an outer periphery of which is configured by including the first portion, the second portion, the first coupling section, and the second coupling section, tongue pieces that are projected to an inner side of the penetrating section are respectively formed in the middle of the first portion and the middle of the second portion, a slit-shaped clearance, in which a terminal is inserted, is formed between a tip of the tongue piece of the first portion and a tip of the tongue piece of the second portion, and middle sections of the first coupling section and the second coupling section have folded shapes. |
| US10967841B2 |
Brake fluid pressure control system for vehicle
A brake fluid pressure control system for a vehicle is provided with: a master cylinder activated by the operation of a brake pedal; a motor cylinder device that generates brake hydraulic pressure in response to an operation amount of the brake pedal; first brake fluid flow lines that allow the master cylinder to communicate with wheel cylinders; two-position three-way valves arranged at connection points between the first brake fluid lines and second brake fluid lines. The two-position three-way valves switch between a state in which the master cylinder communicates with the wheel cylinder and a state in which the motor cylinder device communicates with the wheel cylinder. |
| US10967839B2 |
Systems, vehicles, and methods for controlling trailer brake output in collaboration with dynamic electronic parking brake
A vehicle control system of a vehicle includes a trailer brake control electronic control unit (ECU), which in turn includes a trailer brake output circuit. The trailer brake control ECU is configured to receive an electronic parking brake (EPB) state flag and a vehicle acceleration message. The dynamic EPB state flag indicates one of an ON state and an OFF state of a dynamic EPB, and the vehicle acceleration message indicates an acceleration of the vehicle. The trailer brake control ECU outputs, via the trailer brake output circuit, a trailer brake signal based on the acceleration of the vehicle indicated by the received vehicle acceleration message in response to determining that the received dynamic EPB state flag indicates the ON state. |
| US10967838B2 |
Variable curvature wiper
A variable curvature wiper comprises a wiper arm with a first and second distal ends. The first distal end is pivotally supported on a pivot post. A flexible wiper blade has a first end, a second end and a mounting hub. The mounting hub is pivotally attached to the second distal end of the wiper arm. A first push rod includes a first end attached to the first end of the wiper blade and a second end attached to a push rod pivot point. The push rod pivot point is spaced from the pivot post axis. Pivotal motion of the wiper arm about the pivot post axis in a first direction causes the first push rod to push against the first end and flex the wiper blade. Pivotal motion of the wiper arm about the pivot post axis in a second direction causes the first push rod to pull the first end of the wiper blade back toward a flat position. |
| US10967836B2 |
Phone as a key vehicle access based on time policies, license information and validation and accuracy of a vehicle real time clock
Systems and methods for an in-vehicle device for a phone as a key (PAK) system of a vehicle are provided. The in-vehicle device includes a control module that determines an age of a latest obtained certificate, including license information, and determines whether the latest certificate is outdated. If the latest certificate is outdated, the control module transmits an instruction signal from the vehicle to a mobile device to obtain an updated certificate. If the certificate is not outdated, the control module determines whether the license information is accurate. Based on whether the license information is accurate, the control module determines an accuracy level of the local time or the date. Based on the accuracy level, the control module adjusts an access tolerance time, permits the user to access the vehicle, or transmits the instruction signal from the vehicle to the mobile device to obtain the updated certificate. |
| US10967834B2 |
Working machine, anti-theft system for the same, anti-theft method for the same
An anti-theft system for a working machine, includes a communication device disposed on the working machine, the communication device having a first communicator, a mobile terminal having a storage to store authentication information, and a second communicator, and a control device disposed on the working machine, the control device having an authentication processor to execute an authentication processing that determines whether to provide a permission of driving a driving portion of the working machine based on the authentication information. The first communicator sends a beacon to the mobile terminal before the authentication processing of the authentication processor is executed. The second communicator sends the authentication information to the communication device after receiving the beacon, the authentication information being stored by the storage. The authentication processor executes the authentication processing, based on the authentication information received, after the communication device receives the authentication information. |
| US10967833B1 |
Vehicle monitoring system using multiple security cameras
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring a group of vehicles for suspicious activity. The method includes grouping a plurality of vehicles in communication with a network to collectively monitor and detect evidence of theft or unauthorized intrusion using existing theft detection sensors located in the plurality of vehicles. One of the plurality of vehicles is designated as a master vehicle responsible for managing at least one control feature, and is operably coupled to the network and at least one processor. At least one input from at least one theft detection sensor of the plurality of vehicles is obtained and analyzed for suspicious information. The method includes determining that the input represents or contains evidence indicative of a theft or unauthorized intrusion. A communication is then provided to at least one of another vehicle, a vehicle owner, and the network indicating a potential theft or unauthorized intrusion. |
| US10967824B1 |
Situational impact mitigation using computer vision
An apparatus includes a first capture device, a second capture device and a processor. The first capture device may generate a first plurality of video frames corresponding to an interior view of a vehicle. The second capture device may generate a second plurality of video frames corresponding to an area outside of the vehicle. The processor may be configured to perform operations to detect objects in the video frames, detect occupants of the vehicle based on the objects detected in the first video frames, determine whether a potential collision is unavoidable based on the objects detected in the second video frames and select a reaction if the potential collision is unavoidable. The reaction may be selected to protect occupants determined to be vulnerable based on characteristics of the occupants. The characteristics may be determined by performing the operations on each of the occupants. |
| US10967820B2 |
Power source control device, battery pack, and power source system
A power source system includes a first power source, a power generator, a first electrical load, a second electrical load, a second power source, and a charge/discharge switch provided between the second power source and the power generator. The charge/discharge switch is controlled into a closed state to electrically connect the power generator to the second power source, when an amount of charge of the second power source is less than a charge request threshold, the power generator is in a power generating state, and an amount of power generated by the power generator is equal to or more than a total power requirement as a total sum of respective amounts of power required by the second power source, the first electrical load, and the second electrical load. |
| US10967813B2 |
Vehicle control device
The present invention provides a vehicle control device capable of realizing access authority definitions by the number equal to or greater than the number of access control registers provided in a memory protection device. In the vehicle control device according to the present invention, the whole or a part of a storage device that stores the access authority definitions used by the memory protection device to control the access authorities, is allocated fixedly to a memory area in advance and the rest is allocated dynamically. |
| US10967812B2 |
Vehicle acoustic dash panel seal and guide
An acoustic dash panel seal and assembly guide for a vehicle having a dash panel with a shaft aperture configured to receive a steering column shaft includes a guide portion having a converging wall that converges from a first end to an opposite second end, and a flange portion extending from the converging wall first end. The guide portion second end is configured to be disposed proximate to the dash panel shaft aperture, and the guide portion first end is configured to receive the steering column shaft therein during assembly of the vehicle. The converging wall is configured to guide the steering column shaft toward and through the guide portion second end to thereby guide the steering column shaft through the dash panel shaft aperture. |
| US10967809B2 |
Clip
An airbag device attached to a vehicle body frame member and covered by a garnish is configured such that when a bag body is deployed, the airbag device pushes out the garnish to create a gap between the garnish and the vehicle body frame member to allow the bag body to be inflated out of the gap. A clip for securing the garnish to the vehicle body frame member includes a first member configured to be fixed to the vehicle body frame member, a second member configured to be fixed to the garnish, and a connecting member for keeping the first member and the second member connected when the airbag is deployed. The first member and the second member are provided with a first inclined planar surface and a second inclined planar surface, respectively, that are slidable relative to each other. |
| US10967805B2 |
Bicycle front wheel positioning member of bicycle carry rack
A positioning member of a bicycle carry rack includes a base with a rear wheel support assembly and a front wheel support assembly. The rear wheel support assembly includes a rear wheel restricting unit which extends through the bicycle rear wheel and connected to the rear wheel adjustment unit to position the bicycle rear wheel. The front wheel support assembly includes a first restricting unit and a second restricting unit to secure the bicycle front wheel. The front wheel support assembly further includes a positioning member with a recess, and the bicycle front wheel is engaged with the recess so that the degree of freedom of the bicycle front wheel is controlled during transportation. |
| US10967804B2 |
Method and system for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle
A vehicle-mounted bicycle carrier allows a bicycle to be mounted to the carrier in a ride-ready fashion, without the need to remove one of the bicycle wheels, and permits the reversible securement of both wheels simultaneously by a simple single pivotal movement of a tire retention loop. |
| US10967799B2 |
Combined approach lamp and logo lamp
A combined approach lamp and logo lamp apparatus for use in an external rear view assembly comprising at least one aperture, the apparatus including a housing including a rear view face and a front face with the at least one aperture; a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted adjacent the rear face, the printed circuit board further including a power connector, an electronic circuit, a first light source mounted in a first location on the printed circuit board, and a second light source mounted in a second location on the printed circuit board, and a transparent lens component comprising a first lens portion and a second lens portion. |
| US10967798B2 |
Control device and method for image display
A control device and a method for image display are provided. The control device includes a mirror display unit, a backward camera unit, a reference data detection module, and an image processing module. The mirror display unit includes a mirror and a display module. The mirror generates a first image via reflection. The display module has a display surface at least partially overlapping with the mirror. The backward camera unit captures a second image, and the area of the first image is within the area of the second image. The reference data detection module generates reference data. The image processing module determines an area correspondence between the first image and the second image according to the reference data, and generates a display image from the second image based on the area correspondence. The display module displays the display image when receiving a switch command. |
| US10967796B2 |
Interior rearview mirror assembly with low profile mirror
An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror mount configured to attach at an interior portion of the vehicle. A mirror head includes a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element. The mirror mount includes a ball element and the mirror head includes a socket element, which pivotally attaches at the ball element forming a ball and socket joint to pivotally mount the mirror head at the mirror mount. The mirror head has a thickness dimension spanning between a front planar surface of said mirror reflective element and a rear surface of a laterally sideward region of the mirror casing, with the thickness dimension being less than 20 mm. A central region of the mirror casing has a thickness dimension greater than 20 mm to accommodate the socket element. The socket element is disposed at an aperture through the central region of the mirror casing. |
| US10967795B1 |
Side view mirror for automobile
A side view mirror for an automobile is configured to maximize viewing area and minimize image distortion. The side view mirror has a flat portion, having a flat portion major axis, a flat portion minor axis and a convex portion height. A convex portion is smoothly joined to the flat portion and having a convex portion major axis, a convex portion minor axis, a convex portion height; wherein the convex portion is configured to be defined around an origin point. |
| US10967782B2 |
Taillight assembly
A taillight assembly includes a lamp housing and a deformable member. The lamp housing is configured to be fixedly supported to a movable panel of a vehicle body structure. The lamp housing is positioned relative to an overhang of the movable panel such that the lamp housing and the overhang are separated by a space. The deformable member is attached to the lamp housing and disposed within the space. The deformable member has a first exposed surface that substantially aligns with a second exposed surface of the lamp housing and a third exposed surface of the overhang. |
| US10967780B2 |
Motor vehicle
A single-track motor vehicle or a multi-track motor vehicle with tilt technology, includes one or more environment sensors that are installed in the front of the motor vehicle and that are arranged for detecting an area in front of the motor vehicle, and a control unit. The control unit controls an actuator while the motor vehicle is travelling depending on the position of the motor vehicle that is detected by the position sensor system in such a way that when the motor vehicle is tilted along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof, the movable element is moved by means of the actuator so that the position of a respective environment sensor is not rotated relative to the longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is tilted compared to the position of the respective environment sensor when the motor vehicle is not tilted. |
| US10967778B2 |
Edge protectors for load securement
Edge protectors to protect cargo from damage caused by a cable. The edge protectors include a body, a first retainer, and a first ramp. The body is complementarily configured with an edge of the cargo and is configured to cover the edge when the cable secures the cargo. The first retainer is mounted to the body and is configured to receive and laterally retain the cable when the cable secures the cargo. The first ramp is mounted to the body proximate the first retainer. The first ramp is configured to guide the cable into the first retainer and is configured to cooperate with the first retainer to laterally retain the cable in the first retainer when the cable secures the cargo. In some examples, the edge protector includes a second retainer, a second ramp, and/or a bolster. |
| US10967770B2 |
Seat frame for vehicle seat
A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof. |
| US10967763B2 |
Removable and convertible seat assembly
A removable and/or mountable seat assembly includes a seat back and a seat pan that are pivotally connected to each other via a locking device and rotate about at least one common axis of rotation. The locking device is in mechanical communication with the seat back and the seat pan and is configured to lock the seat back and the seat pan relative to each other about the at least one common axis of rotation. The locking device is configured to selectively lock the seat pan and the seat back such that the seat back and the seat pan lie along the common plane forming the stretcher or selectively lock the seat pan and the seat back such that the seat back and the seat pan form a seat. Additionally, the seat back and the seat pan may be locked in yet another position allowing for the easy transport and/or storage of the seat assembly. |
| US10967759B2 |
Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle including at least one individual seat is provided. The individual seat includes a seat part and a backrest. The seat part has a seat-part main shell and seat-part side shells arranged thereon on respective sides. The backrest has a backrest main shell and backrest side shells arranged thereon on respective sides. A rail system is provided, which moves the respective seat-part side shell and/or the respective backrest side shell in a desired or specified position by way of actuators. |
| US10967758B2 |
Condition correction unit
A condition correction unit includes a plan storage unit configured to store correction plans showing contents of correction of the body condition of a seated person, a presentation unit configured to read a correction plan based on a current value measured by a measurement unit from the plan storage unit and present the correction plan to the seated person, and a processing execution unit configured to execute processing to correct posture by controlling an operating unit. The plan storage unit stores the correction plan presented by the presentation unit in association with information identifying the seated person when the correction plan is presented. The processing execution unit reads the correction plan associated with the information identifying the seated person from the plan storage unit, and executes the processing to correct the posture according to correction contents shown by the correction plan. |
| US10967756B2 |
Liquid cooling module
A liquid cooling module comprises a cooling plate, including a plurality of cooling channels for liquid flowing, and a pump block, integrated with the cooling plate and including a pump and a heat exchange chamber connecting to the plurality of cooling channels of the cooling plate, to form a circulation loop. |
| US10967748B2 |
Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle includes a battery that stores electric power for traveling, a sensor that detects the temperature of the battery, a communication circuitry configured to communicate with a server configured to collect information as to a plurality of vehicles, a temperature adjusting circuitry configured to adjust the temperature of the battery, and a control circuitry configured to control the temperature adjusting circuitry. The information as to the vehicles includes at least an ambient temperature in a surrounding area of each vehicle. The control circuitry selectively switches the mode of operation of the temperature adjusting circuitry by using the temperature of the battery and the ambient temperature collected in the server. |
| US10967747B2 |
Vehicle system for controlling charging of a traction battery of a vehicle
A vehicle system 100, for controlling charging of a traction battery 110 of a vehicle 400, comprising: means 130 for, when a next vehicle journey 10 requires charging of a traction battery 110, automatically controlling a charging level 14 of charging the traction battery 110, in dependence upon the next vehicle journey 10, and a timing 12 of charging of the traction battery 110. |
| US10967746B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle includes a battery pack including battery stacks and switching relays, and charging ports that are respectively connected to the battery stacks. The switching relays are configured to switch between a first state where the battery stack and the battery stack are electrically connected to each other, and a second state where the battery stack and the battery stack are electrically disconnected from each other. |
| US10967745B2 |
Parking assistance method and parking assistance device
A parking assistance method provides parking assistance when parking a vehicle in a parking space equipped with a ground coil for supplying electric power via a wireless connection to a vehicle coil mounted on the vehicle, at least two ground marks indicating a position of the ground coil, and a parking frame. The parking assistance method switches from a bird's-eye image including the vehicle and a circumference of the vehicle as viewed from above the vehicle to an enlarged image showing a relative position between the ground coil and the vehicle coil on a larger scale than the bird's-eye image when an absolute value of a relative angle between a longitudinal direction of the parking frame and a front-rear direction of the vehicle is a predetermined value or smaller. |
| US10967744B2 |
Electrically operated working vehicle
A dump truck is provided with a ground fault detection device that detects a ground fault detection voltage V0 as a difference between a detection voltage Vp between a positive electrode line of a DC bus and a neutral point N and a detection voltage Vn between the neutral point N and a negative electrode line of the DC bus and detects a ground fault based upon the ground fault detection voltage V0. The ground fault detection device includes a DC component determining section that extracts a DC component VLdc from the ground fault detection voltage V0 and determines a ground fault based upon the DC component VLdc, and a drive frequency component determining sections (that extract drive frequency components VLiR, VLiL of the inverters from the ground fault detection voltage V0 and determine a ground fault based upon the drive frequency components VLiR, VLiL. |
| US10967741B2 |
Electric drive system with multiple separate electrical busses operating at different voltages
An electric drive system for mechanical machinery. The electric drive system includes a first electrical bus and a second electrical bus each configured to operate at different voltages. A first generator is configured to provide electric current to the first electrical bus at a first voltage. A second generator is configured to provide electric current to the second electrical bus at a second voltage that is different from the first voltage. A first electric motor is coupled to the first electrical bus and configured to operate on electrical power from the first electrical bus at the first voltage. A second electric motor is coupled to the second electrical bus and configured to operate on electrical power from the second electrical bus at the second voltage. Mechanical power used to drive the mechanical machinery is generated by both the first electric motor and the second electric motor. |
| US10967740B2 |
Inductive power coupling systems for roadways
This invention relates to a wireless vehicle recharging apparatus for an energy storage element of a vehicle. The apparatus has at least one drive unit arrangement coupled to at least one drive coil arrangement disposed for generating a magnetic field extending from the drive coil arrangement, and includes a corresponding vehicle-mounted pickup coil arrangement coupled to a power conditioning circuit arrangement for receiving the extending magnetic field. The drive unit arrangement is operable to excite the drive coil arrangement at a fundamental frequency and the drive coil arrangement is implemented to be substantially devoid of ferromagnetic components for providing a path for the extending magnetic field. Additional aspects of the invention relate to vehicle power coupling apparatus including pickup coil arrangements. |
| US10967736B2 |
Vehicle dashboard
A vehicle dashboard instrument display for displaying vehicle operating information to a driver includes a lens system adjacent the instruments and interposed between the driver and the instruments. The lens system includes a variable focus lens operable for, responsive to input from a lens controller, adjusting to a focal length suitable for countering the visual impairment of the driver to render the instruments more easily readable by the driver. |
| US10967735B2 |
Control device for four-wheel drive vehicle
A control device is to be applied to a four-wheel drive vehicle including a first coupling device interposed between a rear-wheel final gear device and a rear left wheel axle and a second coupling device interposed between the rear-wheel final gear device and a rear right wheel axle. The control device includes a controller changes a coupling torque of the first coupling device and a coupling torque of the second coupling device independently of each other. The controller estimates, when the vehicle is accelerating, a vehicle body speed of the vehicle under a state in which the coupling torque of any one of the first coupling device and the second coupling device is set to a value larger than zero and the coupling torque of another one thereof is set to zero. Thereby, the control device can accurately estimate the vehicle body speed when the vehicle is traveling while accelerating. |
| US10967733B2 |
Fuel shutoff valve
A fuel shutoff valve includes a valve, a float, and an auxiliary member. The valve is configured to open or close an air passage of a fuel tank. The float floats on fuel and moves in a valve closing direction to close the valve, or in a valve opening direction opposite to the valve closing direction to open the valve. The auxiliary member has a predetermined weight, and abuts on the float to apply a weight on the float in the valve opening direction, or separating from the float not to apply the weight on the float in the valve closing direction. |
| US10967726B2 |
Controller and control method for hybrid system
A controller for a hybrid system is provided. A clutch is disposed between a crankshaft and a drive shaft of an electric motor. An engine-side rotating body rotates integrally with the crankshaft. A motor-side rotating body rotates integrally with the drive shaft. The controller performs balance control. In the balance control, the controller causes the engine-side rotating body and the motor-side rotating body to rotate relative to each other by bringing the clutch into the slipping state. Thereafter, the controller switches the clutch to the engaged state such that the position of the center of gravity of the engine-side rotating body and the position of the center of gravity of the motor-side rotating body are farther from each other in the circumferential direction than before bringing the clutch into the slipping state. |
| US10967723B2 |
Fluid-filled vibration damping device
A fluid-filled vibration damping device including an inner member, an outer member having a tubular part, a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting the two members, and a partition disposed on a radially inner side of the tubular part. An axial end portion of the main rubber elastic body is anchored to a radially inner surface of the tubular part and includes a sealing rubber. The partition includes a press-sealing face positioned at an outer peripheral edge of an axial end face thereof, and is pressed against an axial end face of the sealing rubber at the press-sealing face. A seal rib protruding axially outward from the press-sealing face of the partition is more strongly pressed against the axial end face of the sealing rubber such that a fluid-tight sealing is provided axially between the sealing rubber and the partition. |
| US10967722B2 |
Vehicle lower structure
A battery pack comprises a lower-stage battery stack and an upper-stage battery stack. The upper-stage battery stack is separated from the lower-stage battery stack in a vehicle height direction. A middle frame that is a reinforcing member is arranged at a height position that matches a height position of a separation space between the upper-stage battery stack and the lower-stage battery stack in terms of a position in the vehicle height direction. Longitudinal frames of the middle frame project outward from the upper-stage battery stack in a vehicle width direction. |
| US10967721B2 |
Vehicle having separable driver and propulsion modules
A vehicle has a driver module and a propulsion module selectively connected to the driver module. The modules are separable from each other as independent units. The driver module has a driver module frame, at least one front wheel operatively connected to the driver module frame, at least one front suspension assembly operatively connecting the at least one front wheel to the driver module frame, and a seat connected to the frame. The propulsion module has a propulsion module frame, at least one rear wheel operatively connected to the propulsion module frame, at least one rear suspension assembly operatively connecting the at least one rear wheel to the propulsion module frame, a motor operatively connected to the at least one rear wheel, and an energy storage device operatively connected to the motor. |
| US10967718B2 |
Trimming and sealing assembly for an edge of a window of a motor vehicle
Trimming and sealing assembly for an upper portion of a window frame of a motor vehicle door, the upper portion having a support flange having a sheet metal member having an upper wing and a rear lateral wing. The assembly has a bearing profile having an upper wing extending above the upper wing of the support flange and a front lateral wing. A downwardly-open seat is formed between the support flange and the bearing profile. An external trimming profile is connected to the front lateral wing of the bearing profile. A sealing strip, mounted in the downwardly-open seat, has first and second lateral branches, respectively adjacent to the front lateral wing of the bearing profile and to the rear lateral wing of the support flange, and provided longitudinal sealing lips. An upper space of the bearing profile is adjacent to the downwardly-open seat. |
| US10967713B2 |
Vehicle side door
A vehicle side door includes: a door main body; a mirror stay fixed to the door main body so as to be at least partially placed outwardly from the door main body, the mirror stay including a support portion placed outwardly from the door main body; and a mirror unit including a mirror holder supported by the support portion, and a mirror supported by the mirror holder, wherein: the door main body includes an outer panel constituting an outer face of the door main body, an inner panel placed inwardly from the outer panel and fixed to the outer panel, and a reinforcing member fixed to the inner panel or the outer panel; and the mirror stay is fixed to the reinforcing member. |
| US10967712B2 |
Register panel mounting structure
A register panel mounting structure includes: a retainer having a cylindrical shape and having a flow path formed therein to permit passage of air for air conditioning; and a register panel mounted at an edge portion of the retainer, the edge portion forming an opening at a downstream side. The register panel has a shape only covering, from a front side, one portion of the edge portion in a circumferential direction. The register panel includes: an inner panel disposed at a side at which the opening is located when viewed from the edge portion; and an outer panel disposed opposite to the side at which the opening is located when viewed from the edge portion. The inner panel and the outer panel sandwich one portion of the edge portion in the circumferential direction. |
| US10967711B2 |
Closing mechanism for an airflow outlet of an HVAC airflow distribution module
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) airflow distribution module with an outlet closing mechanism for a vehicle including a driver face airflow outlet defined by an HVAC module. A passenger face airflow outlet defined by the HVAC module having a center portion and a side portion. An adaptor including a door driving mechanism to control a telescoping door sub-assembly, which is mounted at the passenger face airflow outlet and is movable between a retracted position at which the telescoping door sub-assembly does not obstruct the airflow through the passenger face airflow outlet by being packaged away from outlets, and any one of a plurality of extended positions at which the telescoping door sub-assembly obstructs the side portion or both the side and center portions of the passenger face airflow outlet at different blocking levels when no passenger is present to save energy, improve fuel economy, and/or increase battery life. |
| US10967710B2 |
System and method for controlling compressor of vehicle
A system for controlling a compressor may include an engine controller controlling a fuel injection amount corresponding to an engine load and an opening amount of a throttle by reflecting a required torque required for an air conditioner, an operation information detector for detecting operation information according to driving state of the vehicle, a compressor generating pressure through a piston operation of a cylinder utilizing the power of the engine during operation of the air conditioner, and a controller determining an engine negative pressure of an intake manifold stored in the brake booster at a value, and when the negative pressure of intake manifold is below a first threshold value when the brake is operated, the engine enters a negative pressure recovery mode for predicting an insignificant negative pressure drop condition that falls below a second threshold value which is the A/C cut control condition and reduces the A/C duty. |
| US10967708B2 |
Door drive device
A door drive mechanism used for a vehicle air conditioning device includes a link mechanism connected to first and second shafts. The link mechanism includes a base member secured to an air conditioner case. The base member includes first and second shaft holes in which first and second shafts are inserted, guide grooves formed around the first and second shaft holes and configured to allow positioning portions to be inserted into the respective guide grooves, and guide portions including inclined surfaces configured to guide the positioning portions to the guide grooves. Moreover, the first and second shafts include the positioning portions protruding radially outward at positions closer to distal ends thereof than first gear portions. |
| US10967703B2 |
Method and device for vehicle cabin heating
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a vehicle cabin heating system, based on particulate filter (PF) regeneration prediction. In one example, a method includes predicting an amount of exhaust heat that may be recovered via an exhaust heat exchanger during an upcoming PF regeneration event, and prior to the PF regeneration event, adjusting an amount of electric power supplied to an electric heater of the cabin heating system. The amount of adjustment may be based on the predicted amount of exhaust heat that may be recovered. |
| US10967700B2 |
Vehicle HVAC system
A vehicle HVAC system delivers airflow to a vehicle occupant cabin having a front row and a rear row. The vehicle HVAC system includes a casing, a front duct, a shifter base assembly and a distribution duct. The front duct defines an airflow passageway that is fluidly coupled to the casing. The shifter base assembly is disposed in the vehicle occupant cabin and includes a base housing defining an airflow passageway that is fluidly coupled to the front duct. The distribution duct defines an airflow passageway that is fluidly coupled to the shifter base assembly and the rear row of the vehicle occupant cabin. The airflow passageways of the casing, the front duct, the base housing and the distribution duct form a continuous passageway through which air flows into the rear row of the vehicle occupant cabin. |
| US10967698B2 |
Self-balancing multi-chamber air spring
An exemplary self-balancing air spring includes a first chamber, the first chamber defining a primary volume, the first chamber including a movable piston, a second chamber fluidicly coupled to the first chamber via a first orifice and a second orifice, the second chamber defining a secondary volume, and an actuator coupled to the movable piston. In some aspects, the first orifice is an electromechanical valve and the second orifice is a bleed valve that equalizes the pressure between the first and second chambers. |
| US10967695B2 |
Steerable suspension system
A steerable suspension system for a vehicle, especially useful in a self-propelled vehicle that can include a worker-platform and optionally include pick-up, transport, and delivery apparatus for produce bins. The steerable suspension system includes independent pairs of parallel arms, each pair coupled to a single steerable drive-wheel, serving as both a suspension and as a shock absorber, with the parallel-acting pair of arms maintaining the steering-leg in its substantially vertical position relative to a ground surface. This steerable suspension system aids the steerable movement and suspension of the vehicle, while increasing safety and maneuverability, and helps to reduce the number of workers required to operate the vehicle. |
| US10967694B2 |
Rear suspension assembly for a vehicle
A utility vehicle includes a rear suspension assembly which has a trailing arm generally extending longitudinally. Also, the rear suspension assembly includes an upper radius rod extending in a generally lateral direction relative to a centerline of the vehicle. Additionally, the rear suspension assembly includes a lower radius rod extending in a generally lateral direction relative to the centerline of the vehicle. The rear suspension assembly further includes a suspension member configured to control toe of the at least one rear ground-engaging member. |
| US10967691B2 |
Retractable wheel assembly for an amphibian
A retractable wheel and/or track drive assembly for an amphibian comprising an actuator, a retraction linkage assembly movable between a protracted position and a retracted position, a suspension assembly at least partially connected to the retraction linkage assembly and movable between a protracted position and a retracted position, and at least one wheel and/or track drive, wherein when the retraction linkage assembly and the suspension assembly are protracted then the retraction linkage and/or suspension assembly supports and/or holds at least one wheel and/or track drive in a ground engaging position for use on land. |
| US10967690B2 |
High mobility all-terrain vehicle (ATV), for example for emergency and rescue civil activities or for activities in the agricultural field or for earth moving activities
A large-scale, high-mobility all-terrain vehicle is equipped with at least two articulated front legs and at least two articulated rear legs. Each articulated leg is connected to the vehicle structure about two mutually orthogonal axes to allow a variation of the track width distance between each pair of track assemblies and a variation of the height of the vehicle structure with respect to each track assembly. Each track assembly is connected to the respective leg about a horizontal transverse axis and about a vertical axis, and about a longitudinal axis. The vehicle structure has a front module and a rear module articulated about a longitudinal axis and a driving cabin that can be rotated downwards to allow ample visibility of the ground in front. The track assemblies are connected to the respective articulated legs by quick coupling devices. |
| US10967689B2 |
Underbed hitch mounting system
An underbed hitch mounting system is described. The mounting system may be utilized for towing vehicles wherein the mounting system may selectively accommodate either a fifth wheel hitch or a gooseneck hitch. The mounting system may include at least one rail capable of being connected to a vehicle frame, wherein the rail includes at least one socket. The socket may be engaged with a receiving member, wherein the receiving member may be engaged with a leg of a fifth wheel hitch. A mid rail may be connected to the rails and may include a hitch ball socket that is capable of engagement with a hitch. |
| US10967684B2 |
Tire
A tire includes a tread portion including a first land portion defined between circumferentially extending first and second edges. The first land portion is provided with first and second lateral grooves respectively extending from the first and second edges and terminating within the first land portion and a circumferentially extending first longitudinal narrow groove in communication with the first and second lateral grooves. Each of the first and second lateral grooves includes a wide-width portion and a narrow-width portion. The wide-width portion of each of the first lateral grooves extends from the first edge and the wide-width portion of each of the second lateral grooves extends from the second edge. The first longitudinal narrow groove passes through the narrow-width portion of each of the first and second lateral grooves without passing through the wide-width portion of each of the first and second lateral grooves. |
| US10967682B2 |
Tire having noise-reducing tread pattern
A tire includes a tire carcass, and a tread extending circumferentially about the tire carcass and including a noise-reducing tread pattern. The noise-reducing tread pattern includes a plurality of tread elements, with the tread elements having a first pitch length (1), a second pitch length (2), or a third pitch length (3). The noise-reducing tread pattern includes one of the following circumferential configurations: a circumferential row including 40 pitches, with 13 occurrences of “1,” 13 occurrences of “2,” and 14 occurrences of “3;” a circumferential row including 38 pitches, with 10 occurrences of “1,” 19 occurrences of “2,” and 9 occurrences of “3;” a circumferential row including 42 pitches, with 10 occurrences of “1,” 19 occurrences of “2,” and 13 occurrences of “3;” and a circumferential row including 44 pitches, with 11 occurrences of “1,” 20 occurrences of “2,” and 13 occurrences of “3.” |
| US10967679B2 |
Tire with a tread having reinforced sectors and self-maintaining recesses
A tire is provided with a tread that includes first and second sectors and grooves. The second sectors are formed of a rigid reinforcing compound. Each of the first and second sectors has a contact face intended to contact a road surface when the tire is in use. Each groove includes sidewalls and a bottom, and extends from an end of an adjacent contact face. A depth P of each groove is measured in a radial direction between its bottom and a position corresponding to a radial height of the adjacent contact face. At least one of the second sectors has a contact face that includes a recess having a depth p of less than 2 mm, as measured in a radial direction from a surface of the recess to a position corresponding to a radial height of an adjacent first sector. |
| US10967670B2 |
Ornament assembly with suspension effect
An ornament assembly with a suspension effect, including a base having a bottom frame and a transparent bottom cover, the transparent bottom cover being fixed on the bottom frame; a top frame fit combined with the base to form an integral body, wherein a transparent top cover is fixed on the top frame and the top cover is fit with the transparent bottom cover to form a holding space; a first magnetic member provided on the base; and an ornament, wherein a second magnetic member is provided on the ornament. The ornament is provided in the holding space and magnetic poles of the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member are oppositely arranged such that the ornament is suspended in the holding space under the repulsive force of magnetic forces. |
| US10967668B2 |
Writing instrument with a locking device
A manual device including a first portion and a second portion. The second portion being at least partially fitted into the first portion and being moveable in translation relative to the first portion. The first portion having a first distal end while the second portion has a second distal end opposite the first distal end. The second portion also includes a locking device designed to prevent the first portion from moving in translation relative to the second portion only when, considered in the direction of gravity. The first distal end is arranged above the second distal end, and the locking device includes a chamber and a ball or equivalent accommodated in the chamber. The chamber is provided only in the second portion. |
| US10967663B2 |
Printing intaglio, printing intaglio manufacturing method, print-making method, and print
A printing intaglio (100A), (100B) is a printing intaglio for use in intaglio printing, the printing intaglio having a surface which has a plurality of first recessed portions (12) that form a pattern to be printed, wherein at least one of the plurality of first recessed portions has a plurality of minute recessed portions (16p) inside the first recessed portion, and when viewed in a direction normal to the surface of the printing intaglio, a two-dimensional size of the plurality of minute recessed portions is not less than 10 nm and less than 500 nm. |
| US10967661B2 |
Printhead guard
A plastic card printer that is provided with a printhead guard that is movable between a covering position, where the printhead guard covers one or more sensitive portions of a printhead of the plastic card printer, and a non-covering position, where the printhead guard does not cover the one or more sensitive portions of the printhead thereby allowing the printhead to perform a printing function on a plastic card. The printhead guard can be at the covering position when the printhead is at a non-printing position, for example during servicing of the card printer, to protect the one or more sensitive elements when the printhead is at the non-printing position, and the printhead guard can be at the non-covering position when the printhead is at a printing position where the printhead is ready to perform printing. |
| US10967660B2 |
Media replacement process for thermal printers
The present invention embraces a method and apparatus for improving ribbon replacement for thermal printers. The present invention also applies to replacement of other media in associated printers. The improvement is achieved based a ribbon adapter or media adapter that is designed for two conditions: 1) catch condition for printing, and 2) release condition for replacing the media in the printer. By a single click or press of a button, a user can switch between the two conditions. The printing operation occurs during the catch condition. The catch condition ensures that there is no or little relative movement between media core and media adapter. The media adapter can also support different diameter media cores. The release condition is implemented when the user replaces media. The release condition can provide a relatively easy replacement of a media without a significant force or pressure. |
| US10967659B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a feeding-side motor, an inkjet recording unit, a winding-side motor, a feeding-side roll-diameter measuring unit, a winding-side roll-diameter measuring unit, and a motor drive controller. Based on a relationship between motor rotating speeds and roll diameters under conveyance of the recording medium at a specified conveyance speed, the motor drive controller determines a first rotating speed corresponding to a feeding-side roll diameter measured by the feeding-side roll-diameter measuring unit and moreover determines a second rotating speed corresponding to a winding-side roll diameter measured by the winding-side roll-diameter measuring unit to drive the feeding-side motor at the first rotating speed and moreover drive the winding-side motor at the second rotating speed. |
| US10967648B2 |
Printer
A printer includes a thermal head that performs printing on a print medium, a head unit to which the thermal head is attached, a holding part movable between a first position for holding the thermal head at an attachment position of the head unit and a second position for canceling the holding of the thermal head to the attachment position, and a receiving part that receives the thermal head when the holding part is at the second position. |
| US10967646B2 |
Jettable material firing chamber check valve
A check valve for preventing reverse flow of jettable material within a jettable material firing chamber during a firing event includes a free-floating plug. The check valve further includes at least one holding post, wherein the free-floating plug is arranged between at least one wall of the firing chamber and the holding posts, the at least one wall and the holding posts restricting the movement of the free-floating plug within the chamber. |
| US10967639B2 |
Printhead cradle with longitudinal rail engaging printhead overhead hanger
A print module includes: a cradle defining a longitudinal cavity and an access opening at a first end of the longitudinal cavity; a printhead carrier positioned in the longitudinal cavity, the printhead carrier comprising a longitudinal rail; and an elongate printhead having a longitudinal overhead hanger for complementary longitudinal sliding engagement with the rail. The printhead is removable from the cradle via longitudinal sliding movement of the printhead relative to the printhead carrier through the access opening. |
| US10967633B2 |
Recording device
In a printer configured to perform two-sided recording, a control unit generates a first correspondence relationship that associates a reference pattern with raster data of a first image in a medium transport direction, and a second correspondence relationship that associates the reference pattern with raster data of a second image in the medium transport direction, and, when the second image is recorded on a second surface, performs determination processing for determining whether the reference pattern detected by a detection unit and the raster data of the second image, which a recording unit records when the reference pattern is detected, match the second correspondence relationship. |
| US10967632B2 |
Image recording apparatus
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a conveyer, a carriage, a head and a controller. In a case of recording an image on a recording medium, the controller executes: obtaining information regarding a supply state of liquid from a liquid tank to the head in a case of executing each of recording passes; determining a moving velocity of the carriage with respect to each of the recording passes, based on the obtained information regarding the supply state; and adjusting a conveyance amount, by which the recording medium is conveyed in each of conveying operations, depending on moving velocities of the carriage determined with respect to two continuous recording passes, respectively, included in the recording passes, so as to adjust length in the conveyance direction of an overlap area in which recording areas by the two continuous recording passes overlap with each other. |
| US10967630B2 |
Sheet-fed printing press
A sheet-fed printing press has at least one coating assembly configured as a non-impact coating assembly. The sheet-fed printing press has at least one transport belt which extends, having at least one transport section of a circular path thereto, parallel to a transport direction along a partial region of a transport path provided for a sheet. At least one coating location of the at least one coating assembly is arranged along the transport section of the at least one transport belt. At least one printing head is arranged connected to at least one first frame of the at least one coating assembly. The at least one transport belt is arranged, connected to at least one second frame, via at least one deflection device and at least one radial bearing. The at least one first frame, apart from at least one installation surface which is different from the at least one first frame and the at least one second frame, is arranged in contact to the second frame at most via flexible connections. |
| US10967628B2 |
Energy-saving environment-friendly digital lettering machine
An energy-saving environment-friendly digital lettering machine comprises a conveying mechanism, a rewinding mechanism and a machine base, wherein the machine base is provided with a working platform, and the conveying mechanism and the rewinding mechanism are respectively arranged on the left side and the right side of the working platform; the lettering machine further comprise a lettering mechanism, the working platform is provided with at least one lettering mechanism, and each lettering mechanism is arranged on the working platform through a corresponding mounting base, wherein the conveying mechanism, the lettering mechanism and the rewinding mechanism are all electrically connected with a control system of the lettering machine. This equipment combines the X-axis moving assembly and the Z-axis moving assembly with the lettering assembly, the lettering assembly can move in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and the lettering cutter engraves patterns on the material part. |
| US10967626B2 |
Printhead module for additive manufacturing system
A module for an additive manufacturing system includes a frame, a dispenser configured to deliver a layer of particles over a platen, an energy source to generate a beam to fuse the particles, and a metrology system having a first sensor to measure a property of the surface of layer before being fused and a second sensor to measure a property of the layer after being fused. The dispenser, first sensor, energy source and second sensor are positioned on the frame in order along a first axis, and the dispenser, first sensor, energy source and second sensor are fixed to the frame such that the frame, dispenser, first sensor, energy source and second sensor can be mounted and dismounted as a single unit from a movable support. |
| US10967624B2 |
Fastening articles and methods of making the same
The article includes a thermoplastic layer having opposing first and second side edges and a first surface bearing male fastening elements. The thermoplastic layer is plastically deformed and has a retardance profile having an average retardance along a line from the first edge to a location 500 micrometers from the first edge and a distance from the first edge where 75% of the average retardance is observed of at least 10 micrometers. In some cases, a distance between the first and second side edges is up to 50 millimeters. In some cases, the article is a fastening tab. The method includes providing a thermoplastic film having opposing first and second side edges, with a distance between the opposing side edges of up to 50 millimeters, and stretching the thermoplastic film to form the thermoplastic layer, which is plastically deformed. The first surface of the thermoplastic film bears male fastening elements. |
| US10967623B2 |
Apparatus and method for producing elasticized composite side panels and non-elasticized side panels for absorbent sanitary articles
A method for producing elasticized composite side panels and non-elasticized side panels, comprising: feeding a continuous web of a first non-extensible material having longitudinal side edges along a first direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of said web, forming in said web, in a position within said longitudinal edges, and at a pitch, a plurality of oblong openings having a major axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said web, each opening having a maximum transverse dimension with a first length, a maximum longitudinal dimension with a second length, and two longitudinal end zones, forming a plurality of rectangular elements of elastic material having in a relaxed condition two minor sides with a first dimension greater than said first length and two major sides with a second dimension at least equal to said second length of said oblong openings, said elements of elastic material being elastically extensible at least along the first dimension, transferring each of said rectangular elements of elastic material in a relaxed condition onto said continuous web at each oblong opening and in a substantially centered position with respect thereto, welding each rectangular element to said continuous web along at least the respective longitudinal edges superimposed on the longitudinal edges of each oblong opening, so as to form a continuous composite web, making transverse cuts at predetermined intervals on said continuous composite web so as to remove transverse portions from said continuous composite web comprising the longitudinal end zones of each oblong opening and the corresponding minor sides of each respective rectangular element of elastic material, to form alternately individual elasticized composite panels comprising said elastic material and individual non-elasticized panels not comprising said elastic material. |
| US10967620B2 |
Method of preparing elastomer membrane with high water pressure resistance
A method of preparing an elastomer membrane with high water pressure resistance includes the following steps: preparing a dry material by subjecting first thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powder/particles to a drying treatment; preparing a first mixture by mixing the dry material thoroughly with one or a mixture of at least two of diethylenetriamine, diethylaminopropylamine, and diaminodiphenylmethane; preparing a second mixture by mixing an initiator thoroughly with the first mixture; preparing a first membrane layer from the second mixture; and preparing a second membrane layer and a third membrane layer through the above steps such that the second membrane layer and the third membrane layer are sequentially formed on the first membrane layer. |
| US10967617B2 |
Gas barrier film and color conversion member
A gas barrier film comprising a substrate layer containing a filler, an anchor coat layer provided on the substrate layer, and a gas barrier layer provided on the anchor coat layer. In the gas barrier film, an average particle diameter D of the filler is 0.02 to 3.00 μm, a thickness of the substrate layer is equal to or larger than the average particle diameter of the filler, and a total thickness T of one or more layers disposed between the substrate layer and the gas barrier layer is 0.02 to 0.40 μm. |
| US10967613B2 |
Laminate sheet and manufacturing method therefor
A method for manufacturing a laminate sheet including a fluororesin film and a silicone rubber sheet that are adhered to one another, where the fluororesin film has a reactive functional group as a result of a surface treatment, the side with the reactive functional group is overlapped with an organic peroxide-containing millable-type silicone rubber composition, where the silicone rubber composition is sheet-shaped and the organic peroxide has a one-minute half-life temperature in the range of 100−150° C., and the silicone rubber composition is cured by being heated under pressure at 90-135° C. The laminate sheet has a peel adhesion strength of 3N or more. The four corners of a 120 mm square test sample of the laminate sheet do not curve into one end of a semicircular arc shape or one end of a C shape, and the average warpage value of the four corners is 35 mm or less. |
| US10967612B2 |
Interlayer for laminated glass, and laminated glass
An interlayer film for laminated glass includes a first layer containing thermoplastic resin and silica particles; and a second layer containing a thermoplastic resin, wherein the first layer has tan δ of 0.8 or greater at 200° C., and wherein the second layer is disposed on a first surface side of the first layer, and has a glass transition temperature higher than a glass transition temperature of the first layer. |
| US10967607B2 |
Base material nonwoven fabric for molding and molded product obtained by the same
An object is to realize a base material nonwoven fabric for molding excellent in handling as a material, by preventing peeling between laminated components constituting the base material for molding; and even after the base material is reheated and molded, to provide a molded product having excellent elasticity resistant to external forces such as flying debris or the like, and while maintaining peeling resistance, capable of realizing excellent sound absorbing characteristics, by suppressing air permeability inhibition due to the adhesive component. A base material nonwoven fabric for molding in a predetermined shape by heat molding, characterized by having a two-layer structure of a long fiber nonwoven fabric layer comprising at least a polyester resin and a short fiber nonwoven fabric layer comprising a polyester resin, wherein a flow-solidified undrawn polypropylene layer is localized in the vicinity of an interface between the long fiber nonwoven fabric layer and the short fiber nonwoven fabric layer. |
| US10967604B1 |
Water basin construction method
The present invention relates to a new construction method to build water basin bodies of water that can be used for recreational activities such as surfing, wake boarding, body boarding, water skiing, kayaking, canoeing, river surfing, lazy rivers, tubing rivers, swimming, scuba and other recreational water activities. The present invention construction method can be used in water basins, pools, lagoons, ponds, lakes, surf lakes, surf pools, reservoirs, bodies of water and rivers. |
| US10967601B2 |
Device for fine embossing of packaging material with a set of embossing rolls of the male/female embossing type
The embossing device for fine embossing of packaging material has a set of embossing rolls with female embossing and male embossing rolls, in each case the structural elements (ML1) of the female embossing roll (M1) and the structural elements (PL1) of the male embossing rolls (P1) being assigned to each other, and the structural elements of one of the rolls being produced independently of the structural elements of the other rolls. At least one structural element (ML1; PL1) of at least one roll (M1, P1) is provided on its bottom surface (B1) and/or surface (S1) and/or side surfaces and/or in its immediate surroundings with light-scattering elements (DM1, D1), the height (H) of which is 10 μm to 150 μm. As a result of the use of light-scattering elements with small dimensions, the contrast of the structural elements can be increased substantially, by which means the overall aesthetic image is improved considerably. |
| US10967598B2 |
Box and method of constructing the same
A box suitable for the packaging of a consumer product is formed by helically wrapping an elongated continuous strip of material around a mandrel to form a main body with a plurality of bands. In one embodiment, adjacent bands partially overlie one another to form a multi-paneled main body with an open top end and an open bottom end. An adhesive is disposed within the region of contact between adjacent bands to retain the shape of the main body. First and second sets of slots are formed in the main body to create flaps dimensioned to selectively enclose the open top and bottom ends, respectively. To define the flaps and promote pivotal articulation, the main body is also preferably provided with score lines. By adjusting the configuration of the mandrel, a customized box can be constructed that is sized to receive a consumer product with limited wasted space. |
| US10967597B2 |
Method and system for feeding a lubricating or releasing agent to pressing tools of a tablet press
A method and system for feeding a lubricating or releasing agent from a dosing station to one or more pressing tools arranged in a pressing chamber of a tablet press. The tablet press is configured with a feed pipe for feeding the lubricating or release agent from the dosing station to the one or more pressing tools of a pressing chamber of the tablet press and the feed pipe is configured with a shut-off valve disposed in-line with the feed pip for controlling the flow of the lubricating or release agent to the pressing chamber. The method comprises the steps of: producing a negative pressure with respect to the surroundings of the pressing chamber of the tablet press, measuring a pressure in one of the feed pipe and the pressing chamber, and issuing a signal indicative of the measured pressure and issuing an enable signal to open a valve in response to the pressure signal. |
| US10967596B2 |
Baler with platen bypass prevention features
A baler and methods of operating a baler. The baler includes a housing defining an interior volume, the interior volume including a compression portion and a loading portion. The baler also includes a first closure movably coupled with the housing and operative to enclose the compression portion and a second closure movably coupled with the housing and operative to enclose the loading portion. Further, the baler includes a reciprocating compression assembly including a linear actuator and a platen operably coupled with the linear actuator. The platen is movable between a retracted position and an extended position in response to actuation of the linear actuator. Additionally, the first closure defines at least one recess therein and a lip extending about at least a portion of the at least one recess. The lip is operative to engage with compressible material disposed in the compression portion. |
| US10967590B2 |
Tire
A tire includes: a tire frame member formed in a ring shape from a frame resin material, and including a pair of bead sections, a pair of side sections, and a crown section; a ring shaped bead core that is embedded in and joined to each of the bead sections, and that is formed by a single strand, or plurality of strands, of bead cord extending in the tire circumferential direction, and covered with, and joined to, a covering resin material; and an extension portion that extends from each of the bead cores in a direction that intersects with the tire circumferential direction when viewed from a tire side face, and that is joined to the tire frame member. |
| US10967584B2 |
Method of forming reinforcing fiber substrate
The method of forming reinforced fiber base material is provided with: arranging, on the mold having a projection with a upper surface, a platform that is adjacent to the projection and has a flat upper surface at the same height as the upper surface of the projection; forming the laminate by placing reinforced fiber base material in layers on the upper surface of the projection; placing an end of the laminate in the width direction extending out of the upper surface of the projection, on the upper surface of the platform, with the end of the laminate in the width direction sandwiched in a vertical direction by a pair of the films of which outer ends in the width direction are fixed to each other; and removing the platform and pulling out the pair of the films while shaping the laminate along the projection. |
| US10967579B2 |
Data units for additive manufacturing
In an example, a data unit includes a mounting to removably mount the data unit on a receiving portion of an additive manufacturing build material container, a data source to provide data comprising a plurality of additive manufacturing parameters and a communications interface to communicate with a reader of an additive manufacturing build material processing apparatus. The communications interface is to transmit data from the data source to the additive manufacturing build material processing apparatus. |
| US10967577B2 |
Method and apparatus for powder system recycler for printing process
A method and powder system component of an apparatus for use in a printing process is disclosed, and for removing and recycling excess powder. The powder system results in a cutoff point of 3 microns rather than 50 microns of previous systems. The apparatus comprises a powder applicator, a powder remover, a helical cyclone, a powder collector, and two valves that alternately open and close. The two-valve system prevents air backflow. The powder is processed through the two-valve system. The method comprises: valve 1 is closed and powder accumulates; valve 2 is closed also; after valve 1 opens, powder goes through (there is no air backflow), then valve 1 closes; then valve 2 opens and allows powder onto a powder applicator; then valve 2 closes; then the cycle starts again. |
| US10967574B2 |
Laser additive manufacturing apparatus and laser additive manufacturing method
A laser additive manufacturing apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes an irradiation unit that irradiates an irradiation region with a laser beam having a light intensity distribution converted by a diffractive optical element, a head having a material supplying unit for supplying powder material to the irradiation region, and a movement mechanism which relatively moves the head and a workpiece. In the irradiation region, irradiation light forms a substantially circular spot having a light intensity distribution in which light intensity in an outer peripheral portion is higher than light intensity in a central portion, and the central portion has predetermined light intensity, and the material supplying unit supplies the powder material to the substantially circular spot. |
| US10967572B2 |
Build plates including conduits for additive manufacturing systems and methods of building components on build plates
Build plates for additive manufacturing systems are disclosed. The build plates of the additive manufacturing systems may include a body including a build surface, and a bottom surface positioned opposite the build surface. The build plates may also include a first conduit formed through the body and extending between the build surface and the bottom surface. The first conduit may be configured to be in fluid communication with a first aperture formed through a surface of a first component that may be built on the build surface of the body of the build plates. |
| US10967568B2 |
Additive manufacturing machine comprising a powder distribution system having a tray and an injector
A machine is provided for the additive manufacture of a part by complete or partial selective melting of a powder, the machine including: a horizontal working plane; at least one spreading device; at least one system for dispensing powder over the working plane comprising at least one slide for receiving powder and at least one powder injector, the receiving slide being movable in translation, with respect to the working plane, and the injector being positioned above the receiving slide, so as to dispense powder over the receiving slide which is moving between a retracted position and a deployed position. |
| US10967567B2 |
Method of forming a three-dimensional object
A method of forming a three-dimensional object 38 with a shape determined by model data defining a model 10 of the object, characterized by the steps of: a) splitting the model 10 into a high elevation/low resolution base part 18 and a low elevation/high resolution cover part 20′; b) forming a base body 30 with a shape as determined by the base part 18 of the model; c) employing a 3D printing technique for printing a sheet-like cover body 34 with a shape as determined by the cover part 20′ of the model; and d) matching the cover body 34 to the base body 30 by vacuum forming. |
| US10967565B2 |
Energy field three-dimensional printing system
Device for printing three-dimensional objects using an energy-field projection system. In operation, energy is projected into a print medium according to a four dimensional (4D) energy-field function for exposing the print-medium to a threshold energy-intensity level that causes the print medium to harden in the shape of a three-dimensional object. |
| US10967563B2 |
Method for reducing drawing force in forming process of photocurable material
The present invention provides a method for reducing a drawing force in a forming process of a photocurable material by adding a radical scavenger capable of terminating free radical polymerization into a substrate for carrying the photocurable material. The method comprises: providing a mold release composition at least comprising a radical scavenger and a molding agent; and forming a mold release film from the mold release composition by curing forming or by combining with an upper surface of a plate, thereby preparing the substrate. In this way, during the light curing reaction of the photocurable material by irradiation with a light source, the radical scavenger in the upper surface of the substrate contacting with the photocurable material can react with free radicals in the photocurable material, such that the photocurable material forms an uncured layer for which light curing does not occur on the upper surface of the substrate. |
| US10967561B2 |
System and method for close-packed gas sphere three-dimensional fabrication
An additive manufacturing (AM) system and method configured to fabricate a 3D printed object from a liquid photocurable composition is provided. The AM system comprises a gas sphere assembly and an AM assembly. The gas sphere assembly comprises a prep chamber and a generation system having a generation chamber including a gas sphere generation unit, a jet source chamber including a sphere unit, and a gas chamber, a reservoir, and a gas cylinder. When a gas is fed to the gas chamber and the liquid photocurable composition is fed to the jet source chamber and generation chamber, the gas is pushed through a plurality of first openings of the sphere unit, and then a plurality of micro-openings of the gas sphere generation unit, to generate the plurality of closed-packed gas spheres. The plurality of closed-packed gas spheres are employed in the AM system for fabrication of the 3D printed object. |
| US10967560B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for the fabrication of tissue
Described herein are bioprinters comprising: one or more printer heads, wherein a printer head comprises a means for receiving and holding at least one cartridge, and wherein said cartridge comprises contents selected from one or more of: bio-ink and support material; a means for calibrating the position of at least one cartridge; and a means for dispensing the contents of at least one cartridge. Further described herein are methods for fabricating a tissue construct, comprising: a computer module receiving input of a visual representation of a desired tissue construct; a computer module generating a series of commands, wherein the commands are based on the visual representation and are readable by a bioprinter; a computer module providing the series of commands to a bioprinter; and the bioprinter depositing bio-ink and support material according to the commands to form a construct with a defined geometry. |
| US10967558B2 |
Machine and method for paint-roller manufacturing with integrated final cutting online
A paint roller manufacturing system and method are described. In an embodiment, an inner strip of material and an outer strip of material are wound about a mandrel in offset relation. The inner strip of material and the outer strip of material each comprise material that results in a final paint roller which shrinks by less than 2.5 percent of the final paint roller axial length, or which has shrinkage that varies by less +/−0.1%, upon hardening and setting. An adhesive is applied to at least a portion of the outer strip as it is wound about the mandrel. A length of fabric is wound about at least the outer strip to form a paint roller tube, and compression is applied to the paint roller tube while advancing the paint roller tube in a direction parallel to the mandrel. A precision measuring or sensing device is used to control a cutting device causing the cutting device to cut the advancing paint roller tube into pre-selected lengths prior to the paint roller tube hardening and setting. |
| US10967555B2 |
Plastic extruder with mobile operator station and method of operating same
A plastic-extrusion system comprises a plurality of system components including an extruder and a collection device for collecting the extruded plastic material. The plastic-extrusion system has an operator station designed for taking in and outputting data of the plastic-extrusion system. The operator station further has a mobile terminal including a screen of a graphical user interface as well as a camera. The plastic-extrusion system is associated with at least one information source, and preferably a plurality of information sources. The operator station is configured so as to provide access to the at least one information source, and preferably to the plurality of information sources. |
| US10967552B2 |
Void-containing polyester film and method for producing same
A void-containing polyester is disclosed which is excellent in concealing properties, whiteness, and thermal dimensional stability. A void-containing polyester film includes an internal void-containing layer (layer A). The void-containing layer contains a polyester matrix resin and a polypropylene dispersed resin, and satisfies the following requirements (1) to (3), and an apparent density of the film is in a range of 0.8 to 1.2 g/cm3. (1) A melt viscosity (η1) of the polyester resin at a melting temperature of 280° C. and a shear rate of 121.6 sec−1 is 90 to 400 Pa·s (2) A melt viscosity (η2) of the polypropylene resin at a melting temperature of 280° C. and a shear rate of 121.6 sec−1 is 300 to 850 Pa·s (3) A melt viscosity ratio (η2/η1) of the polyester resin and the polypropylene resin at a melting temperature of 280° C. and a shear rate of 121.6 sec−1 is 1.5 to 4.5. |
| US10967549B2 |
Pull or push rod or locking nut for a molding machine
A pull or push rod for a molding machine having a groove. The groove is suitable for forming a positive-locking connection with a locking nut, by which positive-locking connection forces are transmittable between the locking nut and the pull or push rod. The groove has a groove cross-section, has at least two groove flanks, and has a groove base. The at least two groove flanks, viewed in the groove cross-section, each transition with at least one transition curvature into the groove base. The groove base in the groove cross-section is at least partially formed as a curvature, and the curvature of the groove base differs from the transition curvatures of the groove flanks. |
| US10967548B2 |
Method for manufacturing a hand tool handle, and a hand tool handle
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a handle for a hand tool, the handle comprising a body portion and a gripping part that is provided at least partly on the body portion and intended for the user to grip when using the hand tool. In the method of the invention there is first fabricated the gripping part and it is set in a mould cavity, whereafter melt mass is cast into the mould cavity to provide the body portion such that the melt mass flows underneath the gripping part, whereby the gripping part is pressed against the wall of the mould cavity. |
| US10967547B2 |
Mold, system and method for manufacturing a molded part
A mold, system and method for manufacturing a part includes injection molding a substrate in a single injection mold and optionally trimming the panel substrate. The substrate can have a first configuration or a second, different configuration. Trimming of the substrate can occur when the substrate has the first configuration to define an aperture in the substrate. |
| US10967544B2 |
Mold separation device and separation method thereof
A mold separation device includes a carrying mechanism, a scraping mechanism, and two separation mechanisms. The carrying mechanism is adapted to carry a first mold and a second mold bonded to the first mold. The scraping mechanism is disposed at an edge of the carrying mechanism and is adapted to scrape off a spilled glue produced when the first mold is bonded to the second mold. The separation mechanisms are disposed at the edge of the carrying mechanism and are located on two opposite sides of the scraping mechanism. The separation mechanisms are adapted to pull open the first mold and the second mold so that the first mold and the second mold are separated from each other. |
| US10967540B2 |
Method for operating a mold extraction assembly in a concrete products forming machine
A method for moving a mold assembly from a mounted position within a concrete products forming machine includes extending an extraction assembly forwardly from a retracted position at a rear of the concrete products machine to an intermediate position so that terminal ends of the extraction assembly are positioned below a carrying surface of the mold assembly. The extraction assembly is raised at the rear portion of the concrete products machine so that the terminal ends of the extraction assembly contact and raise the carrying surface of the mold assembly up off mold mounting surfaces on the concrete products machine. The extraction assembly is then moved to a fully extended position so that the mold assembly is moved forwardly from the mold mounting surfaces to an operative position whereby the mold assembly can be removed from the extraction assembly and replaced with a replacement mold assembly. |
| US10967538B2 |
Apparatus and method for continuous production of materials
An apparatus and method for the continuous production of materials, preferably for producing material boards made of essentially non-metallic material, comprising a continuous furnace (1) for continuously heating material (3) on an endlessly circulating conveyor belt (10) and a press (2) provided downstream in the production direction (15), wherein the continuous furnace (1) comprises a plurality of magnetrons (4) for generating electromagnetic waves and hollow conductors (5) with outlet openings (6) for feeding the waves into a radiation chamber (14). The invention is intended to solve the problem of reacting to various operating modes for the continuous furnace and, in particular, to heat up the material used in the best possible manner for later pressing. The invention is characterized in that a control or regulating apparatus (17) is arranged for controlling individual or grouped magnetrons (4) in order to provide them with different powers (L) for producing a differentiated power profile (9), preferably in and/or transversely to the production direction (15). (1491) |
| US10967536B2 |
Blade guard for a table saw
Blade guards for table saws are disclosed. The blade guards can be used in a configuration where the guard holds a work piece against a work surface. This may be thought of as blade guards with hold-down capability. The blade guards also include splitters and anti-kickback assemblies. The anti-kickback assemblies include anti-kickback pawls that can be in an operable configuration or a disabled configuration. |
| US10967534B2 |
Scrap scraper
Scrap Scraper technology is an improved Scrap Separation means for separating Loose Scrap from Boxes within a Layboy with minimal, if any, increase in possible Flap bending. A Distinct Intersection Of Action avoids problems inherent in other prior art. A shallow Scraper Funnel while maintaining a steep Scraper Angle Of Action allows effective Scrap Scraping while avoiding Flap bending. The Flexible Scraper results in Active Scrap Ejection of the Loose Scrap from the upper side of the Box down below the Board Line. Means providing the Scrap Scraper Variable Board Line Penetration and Variable Scraper Stiffness allow effective Scrap removal over a wide range of Boxes. Positioning the Scrap Scraper over a Scrap Exit Opening allows the removed Scrap to exit the Board Line area. Scrap shingling provides for subsequent boxes to push down scrap from a current box. |
| US10967531B2 |
Razor cartridge guards
Razor cartridges are disclosed that include an elastomeric guard having a plurality of curved fins. |
| US10967530B2 |
Hair cutting device
A hair cutting device includes a cutter having a guard moveable relative a blade carrier to vary a cutting length within a cutting length range. The cutter has an actuator moveable between first and second positions to move a follower element and the guard to vary the cutting length between two extreme length settings. The cutter is pivotable relative a housing of the cutting device between an open position and a closed position for cutting. The follower element is configured to cooperate with the actuator so that, when the cutter is in the open position with the follower element and guard in the first position, but the actuator is in the second position, pivoting movement of the cutter to the closed position causes the actuator to drive the follower element and the guard to the second position. |
| US10967527B2 |
Brake release device and robot manipulator employing same
A brake release device and a robot manipulator employing the same are provided. The robot manipulator includes a housing and a brake element. The housing defines an inner space and has an opening, and the inner space is in communication with a space outside the housing through the opening. The brake element is disposed within the inner space. The robot manipulator stops or is allowed to actuate according to a position of the brake element. The brake release device is connected with the brake element. The brake release device is partially located in the inner space, and the brake release device partially penetrates through the opening and is exposed from the housing. When the part of the brake release device exposed from the housing is moved by an external force so as to drive the brake element to move synchronously, the robot manipulator is allowed to actuate. |
| US10967526B1 |
Devices, systems, and methods for dynamic bending of inflatable structures
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture configured for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, an air beam configured to be dynamically moved, the air beam having an inflatable gas bladder, a first tube substantially surrounding the gas bladder, and one or more axial reinforcements. |
| US10967525B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing an adjustable positive stop in space
An apparatus for providing haptic guidance during manipulation of an end-effector includes a robotic arm. The robotic arm has at least one actuated joint, at least one other joint connected to the at least one actuated joint, and a physical constraint movable by actuation of the at least one actuated joint. The physical constraint limits the motion of the at least one other joint in at least one direction. The apparatus further includes an end-effector configured to be manipulated by an application of external forces and connected to the at least one other joint. |
| US10967524B1 |
System and method for conversion of rotational motion into linear actuation by mechanical stacking or unstacking of connected links
A Link Stacking Actuator is a scalable device that will contract or expand upon the application of rotational force. This rotational force is converted into linear force in contraction and this contraction can be released for expansion. Contraction and expansion are determined by the relative direction of rotational force applied. The device only generates linear force when contracting. Expansion is simply a relaxation of the device. The conversion of rotational force to contraction is achieved by mechanical stacking of interconnected links that fold or stack into a structure when rotational torsion is applied from a motor against a fixed mount-point or another counter-rotating motor. When used in oppositional pairs, these devices can be used to actuate hinged beams such as robotic arms, legs, and fingers. The device can also be used for direct lift applications when configured in multiple parallel sets. |
| US10967521B2 |
Robot and robot system
Provided is a robot to which is disposed a cartilage vibration-transmission source, the robot being configured so that both hands of the robot are lain onto the face of a person or hold the back of the head, or so that one hand touches the cartilage of the ear. The relative positions of both hands touching the cartilage of both ears are maintained, but movement of the face is not restricted. The hands of the robot extend in the line-of-sight direction of the robot. The mouth of the robot is caused to move in conjunction with cartilage transmission audio. A limiter is applied to the touch pressure of the hands. Permission is sought before touching. Safety is confirmed before touching. When a malfunction occurs, touching with the hands is cancelled. The hands are warmed to the temperature of the human body. |
| US10967520B1 |
Multimodal object identification
Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a command for controlling a robot, the command referencing an object, receiving sensor data for a portion of an environment of the robot, identifying, from the sensor data, a gesture of a human that indicates a spatial region located outside of the portion of the environment described by the sensor data, searching map data for the object, determining, based at least on searching the map data for the object referenced in the command, that the object referenced in the command is present in the spatial region, and in response to determining that the object referenced in the command is present in the spatial region, controlling the robot to perform an action with respect to the object referenced in the command. |
| US10967517B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for presenting information for calibration
An information processing apparatus includes a first generation unit configured to generate deviation data for each of parameters of respective apparatuses relating to three-dimensional measurement, a second generation unit configured to generate deviation data based on a captured image of a target acquired using the parameters and a registration image of the target, an acquiring unit configured to acquire similarity between the deviation data generated by the second generation unit and the deviation data for each of the parameters generated by the first generation unit, and a presentation unit configured to present presentation information relating to calibration of the parameters based on the similarity. |
| US10967516B2 |
Component insertion device, component insertion method and program
A pair of claws and included in a gripper of a robot have specific shapes and for bending or flexing a specific part of a workpiece in a thickness direction when approaching each other to clamp the workpiece. The pair of claws and are made to approach each other and clamp the workpiece in a state where the specific part is protruded to the outside while making the workpiece and also the specific part undergo an elastic deformation so as to bend or flex in the thickness direction within a range of a transverse-direction dimension of the slot. The specific part of the workpiece is inserted into the slot along an insertion direction perpendicular to a tip end surface by a compliance control based on an output of a force sensor. |
| US10967515B2 |
Apparatus for remotely controlling robots and control method thereof
An apparatus for remotely controlling field robots, includes: an interface unit; a work command generator generating a work command signal for operating field robots; an autonomous command generator which generates an autonomous operation command signal for controlling an operation of a second field robot when a user selects a following mode and the work command generator generates a work command signal for a first field robot to correspond to the following mode, or generates an autonomous operation command signal for controlling operations of the first field robot and the second field robot in order to operate an object of work when the user selects an object mode and the work command generator generates a work command signal for the object of work to correspond to the object mode; and a communication unit transmitting the generated autonomous operation command signal to the first field robot and the second field robots. |
| US10967511B2 |
Time-optimal trajectories for robotic transfer devices
A time-optimal trajectory generation method, for a robotic manipulator having a transport path with at least one path segment, comprising generating a forward time-optimal trajectory of the manipulator along the at least one path segment from a start point of the at least one path segment towards an end point of the at least one path segment, generating a reverse time-optimal trajectory of the manipulator along the at least one path segment from the end point towards the start point of the at least one path segment, and combining the time-optimal forward and reverse trajectories to obtain a complete time-optimal trajectory, where the forward and reverse trajectories of the at least one path segment are blended together with a smoothing bridge joining the time-optimal forward and reverse trajectories in a position-velocity reference frame with substantially no discontinuity between the time-optimal forward and reverse trajectories. |
| US10967506B2 |
Determining a virtual representation of an environment by projecting texture patterns
Example methods and systems for determining 3D scene geometry by projecting patterns of light onto a scene are provided. In an example method, a first projector may project a first random texture pattern having a first wavelength and a second projector may project a second random texture pattern having a second wavelength. A computing device may receive sensor data that is indicative of an environment as perceived from a first viewpoint of a first optical sensor and a second viewpoint of a second optical sensor. Based on the received sensor data, the computing device may determine corresponding features between sensor data associated with the first viewpoint and sensor data associated with the second viewpoint. And based on the determined corresponding features, the computing device may determine an output including a virtual representation of the environment that includes depth measurements indicative of distances to at least one object. |
| US10967498B2 |
Display structure for wrench
A display structure for a wrench includes a handle which includes a mirror surface or a matte surface. At least one display area is formed in the handle and is a recessed area in which at least two embossed areas and at least one blank area are formed. At least one display portion is formed within the at least one display area. The at least one display portion has a colored area formed on the top thereof, so that the at least one display portion has a color that is different from that of the body of the wrench. |
| US10967497B1 |
Multipurpose drywall installation and framing tool
A multipurpose construction device comprised of a frame having a substantially solid rigid body. The frame includes a horizontal lip configured to be inserted beneath a construction panel to lift it upward by applying pressure to a kicker via a user's foot. The frame also includes an uppermost member having first and second segments. The first segment includes a work surface area and the second segment is configured to project downward to form a palm support area to allow users to place their palm thereon when using a rasp. The rasp is coupled to the bottom of the frame. The kicker is comprised of a multifunctional hook-like mechanism that allows a user to lift a drywall panel upward or secure the hook-like mechanism on a belt or the like. The multipurpose construction device also includes plurality of holding units to fixedly store construction tools. |
| US10967492B2 |
Staple gun with automatic depth adjustment
A staple gun and a method of using the same. A stapling mechanism in the housing is activated to deliver a staple through an aperture in a housing wall and drive the staple into a surface around a stack of one or more electric cables. The gun includes a reciprocating cable guide for centering the gun on the stack of cables and closing a safety switch to permit the gun's trigger to be activated. A spacer extending outwardly from the housing wall rests on the upper surface of the cable stack. The spacer and a bumper that engages a hammer of the stapling mechanism provide for automatic depth adjustment when driving the staple into the surface. A reciprocating cable guard extending outwardly from the housing wall is positioned between the stack of cables and the staple to aid in preventing the staple from piercing the cable. |
| US10967491B2 |
Driver
To provide a driver that can be reduced in the amount of gas to be injected into a pressure chamber. The driver has: an impactor configured to hit a stopper by moving from a first position toward a second position; a pressure chamber to be filled with gas for moving the impactor from the first position toward the second position; a control mechanism configured to move the impactor from the second position toward the first position; and a gas injection portion configured to inject gas into the pressure chamber, wherein the impactor is capable of taking a standby position between the second position and the first position, and the control mechanism is configured to stop the impactor at an adjustment position closer to the second position than the standby position before gas is injected into the pressure chamber. |
| US10967487B2 |
Threaded member tightening tool and counting apparatus
Provided is a threaded member tightening tool capable of returning a count value in linkage with reverse driving by the threaded member tightening tool and only when a threaded member to be removed by the reverse driving has been counted as a tightened threaded member. A computing unit of a motor-driven screwdriver is switchable between a counting mode in which the computing unit counts the number of tightened threaded members and holds the counted number as a count value and a count return mode for returning the count value to a one-preceding count value. The computing unit returns the count value to a one-preceding count value based on the fact that the engaging element fitting unit has been driven in the reverse direction when the computing unit has been switched to the count return mode. |
| US10967479B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing system and method
The present disclosure relates to a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) pad, and an associated method to perform a CMP process. In some embodiments, the CMP pad comprises a polishing layer having a front surface with protruding asperities while a back surface being planar. A film electrode is attached to the back surface of the polishing layer and is isolated from the front surface of the polishing layer. The CMP pad further comprises an insulating layer covering sidewall and bottom surfaces of the film electrode. |
| US10967478B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus and method
A polishing platform of a polishing apparatus includes a platen, a polishing pad, and an electric field element disposed between the platen and the polishing pad. The polishing apparatus further includes a controller configured to apply voltages to the electric field element. A first voltage is applied to the electric field element to attract charged particles of a polishing slurry toward the polishing pad. The attracted particles reduce overall topographic variation of a polishing surface presented to a workpiece for polishing. A second voltage is applied to the electric field element to attract additional charged particles of the polishing slurry toward the polishing pad. The additional attracted particles further reduce overall topographic variation of the polishing surface presented to the workpiece. A third voltage is applied to the electric field element to repel charged particles of the polishing slurry away from the polishing pad for improved cleaning thereof. |
| US10967471B2 |
Chuck device
Provided is a chuck device that allows appropriate and easy setting of a discharging direction of working fluid. A chuck device configured to be attached to a spindle of a machine tool for gripping a cutting tool, in which inside the chuck device, there are provided a passage in which a working fluid flows and a discharge opening provided at a leading end opening of the passage through which the working fluid is discharged toward to the cutting tool. A discharging direction of the working fluid from the discharge opening is set opposite to a rotational direction of the cutting tool and set with a tilt of an angle calculated by a mathematical formula to a tangential direction of a rotation trajectory of the center of the discharge opening relative to a direction of an axis of the cutting tool. |
| US10967467B2 |
Wire twisting system and method
A novel head device generally consisting of at least one aperture that is capable of excepting different sizes of safety wire, at least one cam-locking lever, which may incorporate a spring return mechanism, is disclosed. The body may be rotated by a mechanical means which twists the safety wire. In preferred embodiment, the various elements of the safety wire twister device are each configured with means of limiting torque or twists of safety wire to eliminate possibility of over torqueing or twisting of safety wire. |
| US10967465B2 |
Apparatus and method for baffle bolt repair
A bolt repair platform includes a frame and a tool module. The tool module includes a tool having a first end configured to rotationally engage a bolt. The tool module also includes an actuator disposed between the tool and the frame so that actuation of the actuator moves the tool with respect to the frame. The frame is removably disposed on the structure, and the tool is movable with respect to the frame, so that, at each of a plurality of positions, the second end of the tool is capable of engagement with a respective bolt disposed in an internal support structure of a nuclear reactor vessel. |
| US10967463B2 |
Sn whisker growth mitigation using NiO sublayers
Semiconductor layers useable for minimizing or preventing the growth of metal whiskers, as well as devices and methods utilizing the same and kits for making the same, are described. The semiconductor layers may be nickel oxide layers. In some embodiments, an electronic device may include a substrate, a first metal layer on the substrate, a semiconductor layer comprising NiO on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer on the semiconductor layer. In some embodiments, an electronic device may include a substrate, a semiconductor layer comprising NiO directly on the substrate, and a metal layer directly on the semiconductor layer. A method for making an electronic device may include depositing a semiconductor layer comprising NiO on a substrate, and depositing a metal layer on the semiconductor layer, where the semiconductor layer substantially prevents the growth of whiskers on the metal layer. |
| US10967462B2 |
Foil deposition onto an additive manufactured substrate
An additive manufacturing system and method for forming a part of dissimilar materials. The additive manufacturing system may include a build platform, a recoater for dispensing build powder onto the build platform, an energy source, a foil feed assembly, and a controller for controlling actuation of these components. The method of forming the part may include the steps of depositing a layer of build powder onto the build platform surface, melting selected portions of the layer of build powder, applying a sheet of foil over the layer of build powder, melting selected portions of the sheet of foil onto the layer of build powder, removing the sheet of foil from the layer of build powder, and then lowering the build platform surface to prepare for deposition of a next layer of the build powder. These steps are then repeated one or more times, thereby forming the part. |
| US10967460B2 |
Method for manufacturing a part by melting powder, the powder particles reaching the bath in a cold state
A method of fabricating a part includes: a) supplying powder particles; b) melting a first quantity of power with a beam and forming, on a support, a first pool including the melted powder and a portion of the support; c) forming a second pool by melting a second quantity of powder on the support; d) repeating c) to form a first layer; e) heating an [n]th quantity of the powder, and forming an [n]th pool above the first layer; f) heating an [n+1]th quantity of the powder, and forming an [n+1]th pool downstream from the [n]th pool above the first layer; g) repeating f) to form a second layer above the first layer; and h) repeating e) to g) until the part is constructed. The powder particles reaching each pool are at a temperature well below the pool temperature. |
| US10967457B2 |
Laser beam irradiation apparatus and method of manufacturing organic light-emitting display device by using the same
A laser beam irradiation apparatus including a laser source configured to emit light; a collimator configured to collimate the emitted light; a scanner configured to adjust the collimated light to change an irradiation direction thereof; a first lens part configured to focus the adjusted light to irradiate a laser beam on a sealing part; a camera configured to receive visible light passing through the scanner; a heat sensing part configured to receive infrared (IR) light passing through the scanner; and a control part configured to control a moving direction and an intensity of the laser beam. |
| US10967456B2 |
Apparatus and method for bonding mask
An apparatus for bonding a mask includes a body and a pressing unit on the body. The pressing unit has a gas outlet for spraying pressing gas toward the bonding area of the mask. |
| US10967453B2 |
Method for the non-releasable connection of components or component regions and non-releasable connection
A method for the connection of components or component regions and a non-releasable connection produced in this manner. Two connection faces are partially welded to each other with an adhesive layer being incorporated between the two connection faces. The method including the following steps: arranging a welding base on a connection face, applying the adhesive layer to a connection face, moving the connection faces toward each other in such a manner that the welding base is applied against the other connection face, introducing welding current in the region of the applied welding base. A spacer is arranged between the connection faces before the connection faces are moved toward each other. The connection faces are spaced apart from each other in the region of the welding base by the extent that the welding base projects above the spacer. |
| US10967451B2 |
Methods and apparatus to control hot-start weld current for arc ignition
Methods and apparatus to control hot-start weld current for arc ignition are disclosed. An example welding-type power supply includes a power converter to output welding-type current, a temperature monitor to determine a temperature of an electrode using at least one of a temperature measurement or a thermal model, and a current controller to control a hot-start weld current output by the power converter based on the temperature of the electrode. |
| US10967450B2 |
Slicing SiC material by wire electrical discharge machining
A method of yielding a thinner product wafer from a thicker base SiC wafer cut from a SiC ingot includes: supporting the base SiC wafer with a support substrate: and while the base SiC wafer is supported by the support substrate, cutting through the base SiC wafer in a direction parallel to a first main surface of the base SiC wafer using a wire as part of a wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) process, to separate the product wafer from the base SiC wafer, the product wafer being attached to the support substrate when cut from the base SiC wafer. |
| US10967448B2 |
Rotary tool
The invention relates to a rotary tool (1; 101; 201; 301; 401) for cutting large inside diameters at the outer circumference (2) of which at least one cutting edge (4; 104; 204) is arranged, comprising a support structure (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) which includes a supporting area (14; 114; 214) which indirectly or directly supports the cutting edge (4; 104; 204), and comprising a chucking portion (24; 124; 224; 324; 424) for coupling to a tool holder, wherein the support structure (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) is designed in light-weight construction and the area (14; 114; 214) of the support structure (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) indirectly or directly supporting the cutting edge (4; 104; 204) is limited regarding thermal expansion by a corset structure (12; 112; 212; 312; 412). |
| US10967446B2 |
Apparatus and methods of producing a planar member from planar sections
A laminar is formed from a plurality of sections, where in one example, one or more of the sections are selected to have a configuration according to a known parameter or characteristic of the section, for example material characteristics. One or more sections are cut from a raw material or stock material according to the known parameter or characteristic, which for example can be a known characteristic of the stock material such as roll direction. |
| US10967445B2 |
Dynamic saw lubrication system
A lubrication system for a saw may include a lubricator that is mechanically linked to a traveling arm of a saw, such as an up-cut saw. Movement of the saw blade through a first path may result automatically in movement of the lubricator through a second path transverse to the first path. This coupled movement may result in a relatively consistent distance between the lubricator and the periphery of the saw blade, especially as compared with a stationary lubricator. |
| US10967444B2 |
Shear blade for a cutting tool
A shear blade (2) is for a portable hydraulic cutting device, such as a rescue device having a blade body (9). The blade body (9) has an assembly region (18) and a cutting region (15), a cutting edge (16) in the cutting region (15), a contact surface (13), located on one side of the cutting edge (16), for an additional shear blade. An outer surface (14), located on the other side of the cutting edge (16), is provided to act on the object to be cut. The cutting region (15) has a recess (22) for receiving a cutting insert (21). The recess (22) is configured such that the cutting insert (21) is insertable into the recess (22) at an acute angle δ to the contact surface (13) of the shear blade (2). |
| US10967443B2 |
Tool with linear drive mechanism, dual speed gearbox and elastomeric control system
A hand tool with a mechanical linear drive mechanism coupled to a work implement. The drive mechanism includes a roller screw with a torque tube connected to a roller screw's nut body. The roller screw includes a fixed outer race, a rotating set of rollers axially aligned inside the outer race, a cylindrical nut body located inside the set of rollers, a plurality of inner rollers axially aligned and inside the nut body, a threaded shaft axially aligned and inside the inner rollers, and a torque tube axially aligned inside the inner rollers. The torque tube is connected to a multiple speed gearbox which includes a primary motor coupled to a carrier gear with three planet gears. Disposed around the planet gears is an outer ring gear. Coupled to the outer ring gear is a secondary motor which when activated causes the ring gear to rotate in the opposite direction of the planet gears. |
| US10967439B2 |
Electrical tools
An electrical tool including: a cutter bit assembly, a driving mechanism for providing a power to the cutter bit assembly, and a flexible transmission mechanism, which is connected at one end thereof to the driving mechanism and connected at the other end thereof to the cutter bit assembly; the flexible transmission mechanism is twistable and bendable, and is configured to transmit the power provided by the driving mechanism to the cutter bit assembly. |
| US10967438B2 |
Sealed collet
A collet includes an axially rearward end and an axially forward end; a nose portion; a body portion having an outer surface and an inner surface for engaging a shank of a tool; a plurality of slots extending from the inner surface to the outer surface; and a plurality of coolant channels disposed within the collet between the plurality of longitudinally extending slots and extending entirely from the axially rearward end to the axially forward end of the collet. Slots include a first slot extending from the axial forward end to within an intermediary zone, a second slot extending from the axial rearward end to at least the tool holder engagement zone such that the second slot does not intersect the first slot, and a third slot from within the tool engagement zone to within the intermediary zone such that the third slot circumferentially overlaps the first and second slots. |
| US10967437B2 |
Tool holder and clamping system
A tool holder with a main part, a deformable receiving portion for clamping a tool, and at least one blocking element which is designed to engage into a corresponding counter element on the tool in order to prevent the tool from moving axially out of the tool holder. The at least one blocking element is integrally formed with the receiving portion. A clamping system having such a tool holder and a method for producing a receiving portion for such a tool holder are also described. |
| US10967435B2 |
Power tool
The invention relates to a machine tool, in particular a hand held machine tool, which has a tool receiving device that is movable, in particular in an oscillating manner, around an output shaft. The tool receiving device is designed to hold a tool device on the machine tool in such a manner that the output shaft and a tool rotation axis substantially coincide. The tool receiving device has at least one torque transmission region and a holding device. In order to transmit a driving force to the tool device, the torque transmission region has at least two output area regions that are arranged at a distance from said output shaft and each have a multiplicity of surface points. Here, the tangent planes to said surface points are inclined in regard to an axial plane which includes said output shaft. Furthermore, the tangent planes are inclined in regard to a radial plane which extends perpendicularly to the output shaft. In this way, the output torque is transmitted reliably to the tool device by the machine tool via the tool receiving device. |
| US10967433B2 |
Cutting tool
A cutting tool comprises a substrate and a coating that coats the substrate, the coating including an α-alumina layer, the α-alumina layer including crystal grains of α-alumina, the α-alumina layer including a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion being occupied in area at a ratio of 50% or more by crystal grains of α-alumina having (006) plane with a normal thereto having a direction within ±15° with respect to a direction of a normal to the second interface, the lower portion being occupied in area at a ratio of 5% or more and less than 50% by crystal grains of α-alumina having (012) plane, (104) plane, (110) plane, (113) plane, (116) plane, (300) plane, (214) plane and (006) plane each with a normal thereto having a direction within ±15° with respect to the direction of the normal to the second interface. |
| US10967432B2 |
Methods of controlling nanowire morphology
Disclosed herein are synthetic methods of producing silver nanowires with controlled morphology, as well as purifying the same. Also disclosed are coating solutions comprising populations of silver nanowires of certain length and diameter distributions. |
| US10967431B2 |
Metal powder, method of producing additively-manufactured article, and additively-manufactured article
A metal powder for additive manufacturing includes: not less than 0.2 mass % and not more than 1.3 mass % of aluminum; and a balance including copper and an incidental impurity. |
| US10967430B2 |
Method for heat treating a preform made of titanium alloy powder
A method for heat treating a powder part preform including a titanium alloy, includes heat treating the preform in a furnace at a predefined temperature, wherein the preform is on a holder during the heat treatment. The holder includes a titanium alloy having a mass titanium content no lower than 45%, or a zirconium alloy having a mass zirconium content no lower than 95%, wherein the material making up the holder has a melting temperature higher than the predefined heat treatment temperature, and an antidiffusion barrier is arranged between the preform and the holder to prevent the preform from becoming welded to the holder. |
| US10967426B2 |
Injection device of light metal injection molding machine and injection control method thereof
An injection device of light metal injection molding machine and an injection control method thereof are provided, in which a melt in a supply unit is supplied into an injection unit through a communication passage, a plunger of the injection unit is retracted to measure the melt, the communication passage is closed, and the plunger is advanced to inject the melt into a mold device through an injection nozzle of the injection unit. After the injection and before the measurement, the plunger is advanced under a pressure at which the melt does not come out from the injection nozzle to make the melt in the injection unit flow back into the supply unit through the opened communication passage. |
| US10967425B2 |
Continuous steel casting method
A continuous steel casting method includes producing a strand. The producing of the strand includes pouring molten steel into a mold of a continuous casting machine and withdrawing a solidified shell from the mold, the solidified shell being a solidified portion of the molten steel. The method includes applying a static magnetic field to at least a portion of a region of the strand, the strand being in the continuous casting machine, the region being a region where a solid fraction fs at a thickness-wise middle position of the strand is in a given range, the static magnetic field having a magnetic field strength of greater than or equal to 0.15 T and being in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the strand is withdrawn, the static magnetic field being applied at an application time ratio of greater than or equal to 10%. |
| US10967424B2 |
Casting mold and manufacturing method of cast part
The heater (structure) has the gaps facing the molding wall portion of the casting mold. The casting mold is provided with: the molding wall portion forming the internal space; and the gap-portion filling ports (filling ports) that open to portions of the molding wall portion facing the gaps of the heater and that allow the molten metal to flow into the internal space. |
| US10967423B2 |
Expandable copolymer resin used for manufacturing lost foam casting model and preparation method thereof
The invention discloses an expandable copolymer resin used for manufacturing a lost foam casting model and a preparation method thereof, wherein the molecular weight of the expandable copolymer resin is 150000-300000, and the expandable copolymer resin comprises mixed monomers, deionized water, a cellulose ether dispersant, sodium salt, an initiator, a foaming agent and a molecular weight regulator; the mixed monomers comprise MMA and ST, wherein MMA accounts for 70-95% wt of the mixed monomers, and ST accounts for 5-30% wt of the mixed monomers. The model formed by the expandable copolymer resin has the advantage of reducing or eliminating carbon defects of castings when casting cast iron and cast steel. |
| US10967422B2 |
Property adjusting system and property adjusting method for kneaded sand
A kneaded sand property adjusting system including: a kneading device; a kneaded sand storage hopper that stores kneaded sand; a molding device that molds the sand conveyed from the sand storage hopper; a control device that controls water injection until a property of the sand meets a kneaded sand target property; and kneaded sand amount measuring instruments that measure the amount of sand stored in storage hopper, wherein the control device stores the batch number of each kneaded batch and the kneaded sand property measured at the time of kneading, calculates the batch number of the kneaded batch that corresponds to the molding sand being loaded into the molding device by the kneaded sand amount measuring instruments, associates the property of the molding sand with the property stored on by the batch number that was calculated, and corrects the target property on the basis of the values of the properties. |
| US10967421B2 |
Method of reusing core sand
A method of reusing core sand includes crushing a core used for casting into granules, the core includes water glass as a binder, and the water glass includes water-soluble water glass and water-insoluble water glass; heating the core; detaching the water glass from the core sand; and separating and collecting the core sand from a mixture of the water glass and the core sand. |
| US10967419B2 |
Lockbolt collar feeder for swaging tool
A lockbolt collar feeder employing a resilient holder coupled to a linear actuator via a positioning arm, where the resilient holder can receive a lockbolt collar from a collar dispensing mechanism while disposed in a first position, and then when the linear actuator is extended the positioning arm extends and rotates the resilient holder to a second position in which the resilient holder can facilitate positioning the lockbolt collar onto a lockbolt for subsequent swaging. The linear actuator of the lockbolt collar feeder is configured to be coupled to a swaging tool, and thereby facilitates a method of positioning a lockbolt collar onto a lockbolt using the swaging tool. |
| US10967412B2 |
End closure with coined panel radius and reform step
A method of forming a can end shell is provided which includes providing a can end shell having a central panel portion, a first panel radius around the central panel portion, a chamfer extending from the first panel radius, and a second panel radius around the chamfer, coining the can end shell to form a coined section in the first panel radius around at least a portion of the circumference of the central panel portion, and reforming the can end shell to form a step in the chamfer. |
| US10967411B2 |
Can bodymaker
A can bodymaker, which includes a disc feed (1) for feeding a disc (5) directly to the bodymaker itself. A locator (9) positions the disc (5) centrally to a blankholder (12) and a draw pad (10) clamps the disc (5) against a draw die (11). The blankholder (12) then forms the disc into a cup (20) and clamps the cup against a redraw die (14) ready to be picked up by a punch and carried through dies for forming a can body. |
| US10967407B2 |
Conditioning chamber component
An apparatus for conditioning a component of a processing chamber is provided. A tank for holding a megasonic conditioning solution is provided. A mount holds the component immersed in a megasonic conditioning solution, when the tank is filled with the megasonic conditioning solution. A megasonic conditioning solution inlet system delivers the megasonic conditioning solution to the tank. A megasonic transducer head comprises at least one megasonic transducer to provide megasonic energy to the megasonic conditioning solution, wherein the megasonic energy is delivered to the component via the megasonic conditioning solution. A megasonic conditioning solution drain system drains the megasonic conditioning solution from the tank at a location above where the component is held in the megasonic conditioning solution. An actuator moves the megasonic transducer head across the tank. |
| US10967406B2 |
Backflush device for filters of a sampling system
A backflush device for filters of a sampling system having a connecting element, which is passed through by a retrieval line that is connectable to the filter and which has at least one backflush line ending in the retrieval line, having a check valve arranged at or in the backflush line, where the check valve is connectable to a pressure line for a pressurized flush medium such that in the case of an open check valve, the backflush line may be flowed through by the flush medium in a backflush direction oriented towards the retrieval line, and where the backflush line ends in the retrieval line at an obtuse angle, observed in the direction of the backflush direction. |
| US10967404B2 |
XRF analyzer for identifying a plurality of solid objects, a sorting system and a sorting method thereof
The present invention discloses a novel XRF analyzer capable of simultaneously identifying the presence of a marking composition in a plurality of objects by modulating/varying the intensity of the excitation beam on the different objects and measuring the secondary radiation thereof. The XRF analyzer comprises a radiation emitter assembly adapted for emitting at least one X-Ray or Gamma-Ray excitation radiation beam having a spatial intensity distribution for simultaneously irradiating the plurality of objects; a radiation detector for detecting secondary radiation X-Ray signals arriving from a plurality of objects in response to irradiation of the objects by X-Ray or Gamma-Ray radiation, and providing data indicative of spatial intensity distribution of the detected data X-Ray signals on the plurality of objects; and a signal reading processor in communication with the detector, the processor being adapted for receiving and processing the detected response X-Ray signals to verify presence of the marking composition included at least one surface of each object of the plurality objects. |
| US10967403B2 |
Screening apparatus
A screening apparatus includes a vibrating screen assembly that includes a screen and a vibrating mechanism operable on the screen to cause vibration of the screen, the screen having a feed end and a discharge end. At least one shield member is positioned on the screen and is configured to cover part of the screen between the feed end of the screen and a position intermediate the feed and discharge ends of the screen, such that particulate material for screening by the screen can be fed on to the, or each, shield member, the, or each shield member being positioned on the screen so that a vibrational pattern of the screen is imparted to the shield member. An adjustment mechanism is operatively engaged with the, or each, shield member to adjust a position of a discharge end of the, or each, shield member relative to the discharge end of the screen. |
| US10967396B2 |
Systems for dispensing a substance on a surface
A system for dispensing a substance in a form of a bead on a surface in a progression direction includes a dispenser having: a leading edge, a contact portion comprising two contact points with the surface, and a trailing edge that extends between the two contact points and terminates therein. The system is configured to move the dispenser along a virtual travel plane, which is parallel to the path and passes through the two contact points, while maintaining the contact portion in communication with the surface as the substance is being dispensed. The system is also configured to monitor a leading portion of the bead and to generate a signal responsive to at least one characteristic of the leading portion, wherein the leading portion is located ahead of a portion of the leading edge in the progression direction along the path. The system is further configured to control, responsive to the signal, at least one of a speed of the dispenser along the path or a flow rate of the substance to the dispenser to provide a substantially uniform cross-sectional shape of the bead along the path. |
| US10967389B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically balancing a centrifuge
A centrifuge rotor assembly includes a chamber assembly, a bearing support, and a counterweight that is substantially diametrically opposed to the bearing support with respect to the chamber assembly. The chamber assembly receives a processing chamber of a fluid circuit, while the bearing support receives a portion of an umbilicus that is fluidly connected to the processing chamber. The bearing support and counterweight are rotated about a central axis of the chamber assembly by an electric drive of the centrifuge rotor assembly, with the bearing support and counterweight remaining substantially diametrically opposed to each other with respect to the chamber assembly while being rotated about the central axis. The electric drive may rotate the bearing support and counterweight at a plurality of different speeds, with the counterweight automatically moving with respect to the bearing support between radially innermost and radially outermost positions to balance the centrifuge rotor assembly. |
| US10967378B2 |
Sample collection kit and method for collecting plant samples, in particular algae samples
The invention relates to a sample collection kit (100) for collecting plant samples, in particular algae samples for biomedical applications, which sample collection kit comprises at least one sample container for holding plant samples, a plurality of sensors, by means of which sample data can be captured, a data-recording apparatus for recording the sample data, an arrangement of tools, which has collection tools designed for harvesting the plant samples and processing tools designed for processing the plant samples, an arrangement of devices, which has auxiliary devices that can be used in the collection, transport, and processing of the plant samples, a container apparatus (70), which is designed to hold the arrangement of tools and the arrangement of devices in isolation from the environment, and identification markings (80), which contain identification data and are applied to the at least one sample container (70) to the collection tools, and to the processing tools. The invention further relates to a sample collection method. |
| US10967377B2 |
Multi-well plate
A multi-well plate allows for improvement in accuracy of experiments or tests. The present invention relates to a multi-well plate comprising: a top portion placed in a horizontal direction; a bottom portion opposing the top portion in a direction crossing the horizontal direction; and wells each recessed from the top portion toward the bottom portion, wherein the wells are horizontally arranged in a matrix with rows and columns, and each well has an opening formed at the top portion, and a peripheral wall extending from a periphery of the opening to the bottom portion. In the multi-well plate, at least two wells respectively include marks each containing at least one symbol, and each mark is placed at an opening peripheral wall end portion close to the corresponding opening. |
| US10967366B2 |
Method for producing exhaust gas purifying catalyst and exhaust gas purifying catalyst
The present disclosure provides a method for producing an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, in which fine Rh—Pd particles exhibiting high catalytic activity are produced such that a variation in the Pd composition can be reduced. The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an exhaust gas purifying catalyst having fine composite metal particles containing Rh and Pd, comprising: preparing a starting material solution containing Rh and Pd, in which the atomic percentage of Pd to the total of Rh and Pd is 1 atomic % to 15 atomic %; and allowing the prepared starting material solution to react with a neutralizer by a super agitation reactor having a rotation number of 500 rpm or more, to generate fine composite metal particles. |
| US10967365B2 |
Functionalized zinc oxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic water splitting
The present invention relates to a photocatalyst composition having visible light activity for hydrogen production through water splitting. More particularly, the present invention discloses a photocatalyst composition comprising a zinc oxide nanoparticles and a conjugated organic moiety selected from the group consisting of oligothiophenes, azo dyes, and perylenes. |
| US10967359B2 |
Polymeric sorbents for reactive gases
Polymeric sorbents for reactive gases are provided. More particularly, the polymeric sorbents are a reaction product of a divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride precursor polymeric material with a nitrogen-containing compound. The polymeric sorbent has nitrogen-containing groups that are covalently attached to the polymeric sorbent. The nitrogen-containing groups include a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, a tertiary amino group, or a combination thereof. Additionally, methods of sorbing reactive gases on the polymeric sorbents and compositions resulting from the sorption of reactive gases on the polymeric sorbents are provided. |
| US10967354B1 |
Method of manufacturing bio-diesel and reactor
A reactor and process for the production of bio-diesel. The reactor includes one or more coiled reaction lines. The lines are positioned within a tank containing a heat transfer media such as molten salt, maintained at about 750° F. A pump circulates the media within the tank. An emulsion of alcohol; refined feed stock, including glycerides and/or fatty acids; and preferably water is pumped through the reaction lines at temperatures and pressures sufficient to maintain the alcohol in a super-critical state. The curvature of the coils, pump pulsing, and the flow rate of the emulsion keep the emulsion in a turbulent state while in the reactor, ensuring thorough mixing of the alcohol and feed stock. The alcohol reacts with the glycerides and fatty acids to form bio-diesel. The reaction is fast, efficient with regard to energy input and waste generation, and requires minimal alcohol. |
| US10967353B2 |
Fluid regulation apparatus and method
A fuel composition and fluid regulation apparatus are provided for an improved fuel composition and distribution. The fuel composition may include or relate to a fluid regulation apparatus, flow component, electronic controller, regulator covers, roller clip mechanism, filling head, feeder stem and distributor. A method to operate an improved fuel composition and/or fluid regulation apparatus is also provided. |
| US10967348B2 |
Heat treatment apparatus for carbonaceous grains and method therefor
Provided are a heat treatment apparatus for carbonaceous grains and a method therefor allowing drifts and internal clogging in a direct energizing furnace to not occur, allowing heat treatment of the carbonaceous grains to be continued uniformly at high temperatures for a prolonged period of time, and allowing productivity and workability to be improved. A conductive tubular structure 14 is electrically connected to an upper part of a lower electrode 13 in a manner of surrounding an upper electrode 12. The rate of change between the specific electrical resistivity of grains when grains are lightly filled and the specific electrical resistivity of grains when the grains are tap filled is defined (1-tap filling/lightly filling)×100, and the rate of change is equal to less than 70%. |
| US10967347B2 |
Chute type monomer dispenser
A chute type monomer dispenser is provided in the present disclosure. The chute type monomer dispenser includes a chute dispenser installed to be slanted in a direction of a polymerization apparatus, the chute dispenser is configured to inject a monomer to the polymerization apparatus through an injection pipe having an injection portion having an opening at an upper portion of the chute dispenser; and an injector configured to inject an initiator and a foaming agent to the injection portion. |
| US10967345B2 |
Multiple modular system for the formation of particles in powder and microcapsule form for different processes
The present invention discloses a multiple modular system for the formation of powders, characterized in that it comprises a tower (1) comprising an interchangeable head A selected from the group consisting of a disk spray unit A1; a nozzle spray unit A2; a dual fluid spray unit A3 and a high temperature spray unit A4; and wherein said tower comprises an interchangeable collector installed in the lower part B of the tower (1) selected from the group consisting of collector type 1 (B1), collector type 2 (B2), collector type 3 (B3) and collector type 4 (B4) or combinations of the same. |
| US10967337B2 |
Aggregate attrition systems, methods, and apparatus
Attrition mills and propeller shaft assemblies therefor are described having features for enhanced installation and maintenance. Some embodiments include propellers having enhanced material processing characteristics. |
| US10967335B2 |
Water container with an ozone diffuser
A water container with an ozone diffuser is an apparatus that is used to diffuse ozone gas into water that is either flowing through the apparatus or is retained by the apparatus. The apparatus includes an aeration chamber, an ozone generator coupler, a distribution hub, a plurality of porous tubes, and a degassing unit. The ozone generator coupler allows the apparatus to connect with a pressurized supply of ozone gas. The aeration chamber is used to retain the water that is currently being aerated by the ozone gas. The distribution hub receives the ozone gas from the ozone generator coupler and distributes the ozone gas amongst the porous tubes. The ozone gas is then evenly inserted from the porous tubes into the water retained by the aeration chamber. The degassing unit is used to neutralize the excess ozone before exhausting the excess ozone into the apparatus's surroundings. |
| US10967333B2 |
Enthalpy exchanger element, enthalpy exchanger comprising such elements and method for their production
The present invention provides enthalpy exchanger elements (E, E′) and enthalpy exchangers comprising such elements. Furthermore, the invention discloses a method for producing such enthalpy exchanger elements and enthalpy exchangers, comprising the steps of a) providing an air-permeable sheet element (1); b) laminating at least one side (1a, 1b) of the sheet element (1) with a thin polymer film (3, 4) with water vapor transmission characteristics; and c) forming the laminated sheet element (1) into a desired shape exhibiting a three-dimensional corrugation pattern (5, 5, . . . ). |
| US10967332B2 |
Filter device
The invention proceeds from a filter device which is provided for stabilising a liquid, having at least one filter unit, a membrane filter unit, which has at least one filter element and at least one integrated stabiliser.It is proposed that the filter unit has at least one further integrated stabiliser.It is proposed in a further aspect of the invention that the filter device comprises at least one first precursor which is provided for forming the filter element at least partially, and the same first precursor is provided for forming the stabiliser at least partially. |
| US10967324B2 |
Reclaiming apparatus and method, and CO2 recovery device and method
A reclaiming apparatus includes: a container in which reclaiming process of an absorption liquid is performed; a waste liquid line configured through which a waste liquid from the container flows; a waste liquid cooler, installed in the waste liquid line, for cooling the waste liquid from the container; and a cleaning-water supply line for supplying the waste liquid cooler with cleaning water for cleaning the waste liquid cooler. |
| US10967321B2 |
Air filter clog detector
An air filter clog detector that provides a simpler and reliable method of determining clogging level of air filters using a grayscale or color light sensor. An example air filter clog detector includes a light source (e.g., light emitting diode (LED)), light detector, and circuitry (e.g., micro-processor controller). The light source is configured to emit light toward an air filter. The light detector is configured to measure a color of light reflected by the air filter. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the air filter is clogged based on the color of light reflected by the air filter. To prevent the air filter clog detector from becoming dirty, the detector can be positioned on the downstream side of the air filter. |
| US10967318B1 |
Filter assembly for easy fitment and removal of a filter media
The present invention is a filter assembly for use in a filter furnace and includes a frame, filter media and housing. Frame has an opening and a handle. Opening of frame facilitates receiving of filter media in frame and removing of filter media from frame. Assembly of frame and filter media is introduced in housing. After receiving of the assembly of frame and filter media, housing is inserted in a confined space provided between an air return duct and a main furnace of filter furnace by pushing handle of frame. During periodic maintenance, handle is pulled to remove housing from the confined space. Assembly of filter media and frame is removed from the housing. Filter media is removed from frame for cleaning or replaced with a new filter media. Frame also secures filter media and prevents filter media from being sucked in a blower motor of main furnace. |
| US10967316B2 |
Compact gas-liquid filtration cyclone separation unit
Disclosed is a compact separation system suitable for separating components of a multiphase fluid stream. The compact separation system utilizes a cylindrical cyclone in conjunction with a filtration system. The filtration system incorporates filtration media having at least one of the following characteristics: hydrophilic-oleophobic characteristics or oleophilic-hydrophobic characteristics. The separation system is configured to substantially preclude gas under-carrying into the liquid conduit lines. |
| US10967311B1 |
Irrigation water filtering system and method of use
A water filtering system includes a support with pontoons to provide buoyancy and a suction pipe; a plate connected to the pontoons and suction pipe; and a wheel bearing shaft. A venturi system includes a venturi suction pipe and a discharge pipe. A screen assembly to engage with the plate around the venturi system, having a filter drum; and a wheel bearing assembly engage with a wheel bearing shaft to secure the screen assembly in place; buckets are mounted to the closed end; and a pump engaged with the suction pipe. The pontoons and the suction pipe extend into the filter drum; water is pulled through the venturi suction pipe and further pushed to the discharge pipe and the split pipe to fall out and into the buckets; the filter drum to rotates; and water is dumped from each of the buckets through the screen. |
| US10967308B2 |
Modular backwash assembly and method for using the same
A modular backwash assembly and method for using the same is disclosed, the modular backwash assembly comprises a filter brick body, an ultrasonic generator and an ultrasonic connecting component, the filter brick body is provided at an upper portion with a square trench and a cover, the square trench is provided with a plurality of stiffeners and fillers, and a conductive channel is provided on the periphery of the square trench and is provided with an ultrasonic conductive medium therein. The invention has the advantages of firm structure and durable, the gas distribution uniformity may be increased up to 96% and the turbidity average is below the specification 10 NTU. |
| US10967307B1 |
Automated, self-cleaning filter
A self-cleaning, automated apparatus with a filter for fluids includes a nozzle unit assembly that has a first tube inside a second tube. Each of the tubes has a different pattern of one or more slots or holes. One tube rotates while the other is fixed, so that part of the pattern of one coincides with the other at times, resulting in a jet of cleaning fluid that removes debris from a filter. The filter is rotated so the jet can reach all parts to be cleaned. The pattern of the rotating tube may approximate a helix and the pattern of the fixed tube may approximate a line. |
| US10967304B2 |
Filter with electrical signature anti-counterfeiting feature
An anti-counterfeiting mechanism for a filter element to specifically, and preferably uniquely, identify a filter with a conductive pattern or path of conductive materials preferably either embedded (thin film circuit) under the surface, or over molded on, a portion of the filter. The conductive materials are preferably positioned at the filter end cap. The resistance of the filter element is an identifier that is preferably associated with the OEM manufacturer's labeling (such as product number) and/or other branding of the component. This electrical resistance signature permits rapid identification of counterfeit filters. |
| US10967301B2 |
Settling tank and methods for guiding partial flows in the inflow area of settling tanks
A settling or sedimentation tank including inlet structures arranged, through whose inlet opening the suspension to be separated flows to the tanks, the height of which can be variably adjusted. In addition to the height variability of the inlet opening, the volumetric flow flowing out of the inlet structure can, depending on the actual load, be directed by forming a horizontally flow-through inlet opening or a vertically flow-through inlet opening and can optionally be divided into horizontal and vertical partial flows QI and QII. As a result of the horizontal inflow, the capacity of the sedimentation tank increases at high loads, and as a result of the vertical inflow, the volume flow through the sedimentation chamber and the turbulent energy in the sedimentation chamber decrease at low loads, so that the retention of fine suspension in the sedimentation tank is increased and thus the effluent quality is improved. |
| US10967299B2 |
Vacuum waste removal system
A scum removal system for use with a wastewater treatment clarification tank containing wastewater is provided and includes a debris intake conduit, a debris discharge conduit, and a pump article. The pump article is configured to be in flow communication with the debris intake conduit and the debris discharge conduit, wherein the pump article and debris intake conduit are configured to generate a suction within the debris intake conduit and wherein the debris intake conduit is configured to be located proximate the wastewater. Additionally, the debris intake conduit is sloped downwardly at a debris intake conduit angle β, and the second discharge conduit is sloped downwardly at a debris discharge conduit angle Ω. |
| US10967296B2 |
Method and device for high-throughput solution exchange for cell and particle suspensions
A method of exchanging fluids with suspended particles includes providing a microfluidic device with a first inlet channel operatively coupled to a source of particles and a second inlet channel operatively coupled to an exchange fluid. A transfer channel is connected at a proximal end to the first inlet channel and the second inlet channel. First and second outlet channels are connected to a distal end of the transfer channel. The source of particles is flowed at a first flow rate into the first inlet channel while the exchange fluid is flowed at a second flow rate into the second inlet channel wherein the ratio of the second flow rate to the first flow rate is at least 1.5. Particles are collected in one of the first and second outlet channels while fluid substantially free of particles is collected in the other of the first and second outlet channels. |
| US10967295B2 |
Processes for removing reactive solvent from lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) using organic solvents that are stable toward anodes in lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries
Methods for making high-purity LiFSI salts and intermediate products using one, the other, or both of a reactive-solvent removal/replacement method and an LiFSI purification method. In some embodiments, the reactive-solvent removal/replacement method includes using non-reactive anhydrous organic solvents to remove and/or replace one or more reactive solvents in a crude LiFSI. In some embodiments, the LiFSI purification method includes using anhydrous organic solvents to remove impurities, such as synthesis impurities, from a crude LiFSI. In some embodiments, crude LiFSI can be made using an aqueous-based neutralization process. LiFSI salts and products made using methods of the disclosure are also described, as are uses of such salts and products and electrochemical devices that include such salts and products. |
| US10967292B1 |
Distillation tube and fraction collector with concave interior wall
A distillation apparatus has a fraction collector with an internal region surrounded by a concave wall with portals. An inner wall of a lower vertical tube extends downward from the concave wall. An outer wall of the lower vertical tube surrounds a portion of a vertical extent of the inner wall and extends downward from a portion of the fraction collector exterior to the concave wall. A cooling channel extends from above into a portion of the fraction collector interior to the concave wall. An outer shell substantially covers the fraction collector, a portion of a vertical extent of the inner and outer walls of the vertical tube, and a portion of a vertical extent of the cooling channel, excepting for a lower portal from which a portion of a vertical extent of the inner and outer walls of the vertical tube extend, an upper portal from which a portion of a vertical extent of the cooling channel extends, and a side portal. |
| US10967288B2 |
Insert-and-twist building block structure
An insert-and-twist building block structure includes a connection bar and a connection terminal unit. The connection bar has an end from which a combination projection section extends and has a conic shape. The combination projection section has an external circumferential surface formed with a bead ring including multiple raised beads intermittently arranged in a ring configuration. The connection terminal unit includes a connection terminal having an end inward recessed to form a combination cavity in a conic shape. The combination cavity has an internal circumferential surface formed with a groove ring including multiple recessed grooves intermittently arranged in a ring configuration. The recessed grooves each a middle portion forming a deep trough section and two ends each forming a shallow trough section, and a depth is decreased from the deep trough section toward the shallow trough sections. |
| US10967284B2 |
Inflatable surfing apparatus
A water attraction having one or more inflatable areas and/or features for reducing turbulence of water flow over a ride surface is disclosed. The water attraction includes a ride surface, a water delivery section, and a recovery section. The water delivery section provides water flow on the ride surface. The ride surface may include the assembly of multiple segments and may be fully or partially inflatable. The water delivery section may include one or more water delivery mechanisms, for example, nozzles. A water delivery mechanism may deliver a water flow different from the water flows from other water delivery mechanisms. |
| US10967279B2 |
System for creating an environment
The present invention relates to a system for creating an environment. More precisely, the present invention relates to a system for creating an environment that includes a server, at least one mobile element, a projection system that includes a plurality of projectors capable of projecting partial images which form an overall image, and a locating system that includes a plurality of sensors capable of detecting whether the mobile element is within its capture cone. The server determines, as a function of the information that it receives from the mobile element and from the locating system, information to be sent to the mobile element and to the projection system, so as to modify the environment perceived by a pilot of the mobile element and of potential spectators. |
| US10967277B2 |
Automated player sponsorship system
Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein provide a sponsor matching system in which players and sponsors can be matched. Upon a match based at least in part on stored sponsorship criteria and/or player preferences, a first sponsor can select a set of players to receive permission to select an advertisement associated with the first sponsor. Once a first player of the selected players selects an advertisement and an advertisement placement location associated with the first sponsor, the sponsor matching system can generate game rendering instructions for a first player system associated with the first player. |
| US10967275B2 |
Puzzle battle game
A recording medium that stores a game program processing the progress of a puzzle game and a battle game is provided. When executed on a computer including an input surface capable of detecting a touch operation of a user, the game program executes instructions. The instructions include determining whether or not a puzzle selected by the touch operation satisfies predetermined conditions, determining whether or not puzzles selected by the touch operation by drawing a locus on the input surface have the same attribute as one of the predetermined conditions, and displaying a game content for use in the battle game on a screen of the puzzle game when it is determined that the predetermined conditions are satisfied. |
| US10967272B2 |
Virtual performance system
Aspects of this disclosure relate to rewarding users of an electronic game for real-world physical activity. Further aspects relate to altering virtual items based upon physical activity. An electronic game may comprise or otherwise relate to an online world (such as a “Virtual World”). Users may be represented through customized graphical representations, such as avatars. An account of a user (or entity) may be associated a “virtual region.” A threshold level of real-world physical activity may result in obtaining a reward that may be associated with a virtual item. A reward may be configured to result in: (1) altering visual appearance of a virtual item within a virtual region; (2) altering a virtual characteristic of a virtual item, such that the first user may engage in at least one additional virtual activity using that virtual item; and/or (3) acquiring a new virtual item for a virtual region. |
| US10967268B2 |
Information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus is provided in which, if a plurality of users alternately use manipulation devices, who is to execute a manipulation input through which manipulation device can be guided in an easy-to-understand manner. An information processing apparatus connected with a plurality of manipulation devices to receive manipulation inputs from a plurality of users is configured to hold allocation information for allocating each of the plurality of manipulation devices to each of the plurality of users and display, on a screen of a display apparatus, a guide image including information for identifying a user before change and information for identifying a user after change if, in the allocation information, a user to whom any one of the plurality of manipulation devices is allocated is changed. |
| US10967266B2 |
Cinematic game camera in a gaming platform
A method and system is disclosed receives a user selection of a game from a gaming platform via a user interface. The method and system receives a user selection of a camera option of the game. The camera option enables a camera to be controlled within a three-dimensional (3D) environment of the game by a user during real-time gameplay. The method and system move the camera within the 3D environment during the real-time gameplay responsive to user input to move the camera. The method and system responsive to moving the camera within the 3D environment, provide, via the user interface, a presentation of views from a perspective of the camera of the real-time gameplay in the 3D environment. |
| US10967259B1 |
Asynchronous event management for hosted sessions
Authoritative management of application state can be provided for a large number of participants using a set of application servers. Each participant in an active session will communicate with only a specific application server, where that server will have authority over the state information for that participant. When input is received from a participant, the input is passed to the authoritative server for processing. The authoritative server performs a simulation based on the input as of the time indicated by respective timestamps, enabling the server to utilize rewind and replay semantics to enable events performed in the past on various clients to be accurately simulated on the authoritative server, dramatically reducing the perceived latency. Results of the simulation are sent to the other application servers having authority over the state information for other participants in the session for updating the state for those participants. |
| US10967257B2 |
Game control method, server device, game system, and computer-readable recording medium
A social game and the like that can increase the fun and amusement of a team battle and enhance players' motivation to participate in or continue a game by suppressing an occurrence of any non-participation team not participating in the battle are provided. A guild status determination unit determines, for each guild, whether the guild is in an inactive state or an active state, based on a result of detecting a login state of each player. A guild integrated control unit forcibly disbands a guild (i.e. an inactive guild) determined to be in the inactive state, based on guild activity information notified from the status determination unit. A disbandment notification unit notifies each player belonging to the inactive guild, of the disbandment of the guild. |
| US10967255B2 |
Virtual reality system for facilitating participation in events
A system for providing a virtual reality system is disclosed. In particular, the system provides a game-simulation hybrid that provides a massive online virtual world and accompanying network based around user profiles, events, activities, challenges, virtual lifestyle, and advertising. The system enables users to actively participate in live events or activities occurring in locations remote from the users by rendering digital versions of the live events or activities via applications executing on the computing devices of the users. The digital versions of the live events may be rendered within the virtual world and the system may enable users to interact in the virtual world in meaningful ways. For example, the system may enable users to communicate with other users during the rendering of the live events or activities, participate in the rendered live events with other users, interact with and purchase various rendered goods and services, among other functionality. |
| US10967254B2 |
Customizable controller add-on system
A controller add-on system includes a housing that mechanically couples to a game controller body. A conformable surface of the housing is configured to conform with a bottom of the body of the game controller. A plurality of buttons coupled to the housing are located opposite the conformable surface. A controller interface coupled to the housing is configured to communicatively couple to the plurality of buttons to the game controller. Buttons on the add-on may be mapped to controller buttons using customized button mapping pre-sets. A button mapping may indicate that a selected preset is to be hidden during a switching operation Upon receiving a switching operation input, the selected pre-set is skipped during the switching operation. |
| US10967253B2 |
Operation device and method for controlling the same
An operating device includes a movable part capable of moving between a first position and a second position, with the movable part being capable of operation by the finger of the user gripping the operating device. The operating device includes a regulating part that regulates a range in which the movable part can move, and a control part that determines the amount of regulation in which the movable part can move and provides the regulating part with an instruction to regulate the range in which the movable part can move according to the amount of regulation which has been determined. |
| US10967249B2 |
Gaming device
The present invention provides a gaining device for playing a game of laser tag. The gaining device includes a controller configured to control and coordinate functions between various components thereof. The gaining device includes an aiming unit configured to generate infrared light signals and a receiver configured to detect the generated infrared light signals. The gaining device includes a targeting unit configured to generate a vibration when the receiver in the targeting unit detects infrared light signals. The gaining device further includes one or more lights configured to indicate one or more states of the aiming unit and targeting unit. The controller is configured to engage the aiming unit and targeting unit in a stealth mode in which the one or more lights are switched off. |
| US10967248B2 |
Crossword puzzle generator
Methods and systems that facilitate generating and presenting a crossword puzzle. Methods include obtaining, from a content source, a plurality of data items. Using the plurality of data items, a dictionary of clue-word pairs are generated. A crossword layout is generated using a random crossword layout generator. The generated crossword layout is input to a model that outputs a likelihood that the input crossword layout results in a valid crossword. If the likelihood that the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle satisfies a first threshold, a plurality of words in a set of clue-word pairs from among the plurality of clue-word pairs is inserted into the crossword layout. If the plurality of words inserted into the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle, the crossword puzzle is provided to a user on a user device using the set of clue-word pairs. |
| US10967246B2 |
RFID-enabled systems for facilitating table games
A gaming table provides for use of RFID technology to track chip movement on a table game and to infer an association between a wager and a player position based on a chip identifier of a chip placed on a particular position of the table. In some embodiments, previous position history of the chip is also taken into account in determining a player position associated with a wager. |
| US10967245B2 |
Tracked skate runner
A tracked skate runner provides a low-profile substitute for a wheel with exceptionally low rolling resistance on rough or soft terrain. The runner includes a skate frame and rollers that bear against an endless track of hinged links devoid of pinch points that can get jammed with ground debris. The skate frame provides a channel with sidewalls and a top dirt shield. The sidewalls fit closely with the links of the track to seal out dirt, and the top dirt shield protects the rollers from dirt that shakes off the top recirculating portion of the track. |
| US10967242B2 |
Sport gloves
A glove for enhancing a wearer's grip and control of a golf club or sports device. The glove may include a palmar portion and a dorsal portion having multiple digital segments that entirely enclose a wearer's thumb, ring finger and pinkie finger. The glove further includes a forefinger digital segment that exposes at least the middle and distal phalanges including the fingertips. The forefinger digital segment covers at least a portion of the wearer's proximal phalanx. The glove also has a strap means to secure the glove onto the wearer's hand. |
| US10967239B2 |
Pitching machine and methods of use
Improved pitching machines capable of providing accurate, repeatable, and various pitches for training or simulation purposes (e.g., batting and catching). The pitching machine of the present invention may be operable to deliver pitches that each have a different predetermined trajectory, location, velocity (speed to target), and rotational velocity with repeatable precision and accuracy. Additionally, the pitching machine may be programmable and capable of simulating a pitch sequence, as thrown by a pitcher in a game situation, which provides a novel and effective tool for training batters. |
| US10967237B2 |
Exercise device
A multipurpose exercise device having a base that rests on a support surface and a user platform upon which the user stands. The lower end of a perpendicular support post is mounted to the base to axially pivot thereon and the upper end of the post is pivotally mounted to the lower surface of the user platform. The user platform pivots with the support post in a horizontal plane parallel to the support surface and pivots on the support post in a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal support surface. Resistance elements are provided having one end mounted to the support post and the other end mounted to the base to control the velocity and angle of pivot of the user platform in the horizontal plane. Preferably, a plurality of resistance elements are provided having one end mounted to the base and the other end mounted to the user platform to control the velocity and angle of pivot of the user platform in the vertical plane. In use, the user stands on the user platform and performs exercise motions to propel the user platform to pivot in the horizontal plane and the vertical plane. The user platform may include various type foot mounts to simulate sports activities such as skiing and snowboarding. |
| US10967235B2 |
Bat system with performance limiting structure and methods of making same
A bat, which has a hollow barrel and an internal assembly configured to resist deformation of the hollow barrel, is disclosed. The internal assembly includes multiple rods disposed longitudinally within the hollow barrel. The internal assembly can include a deformable ring having a substantially circular outer wall having a diameter less than an inner diameter of the hollow barrel and multiple holes, with each hole configured to at least partially receive a rod of the multiple rods. The bat can have an end cap including end cap holes extending partially through the end cap, with each end cap hole configured to at least partially receive a rod. |
| US10967231B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The front portion may include a front pocket defined by an interior wall. The golf club head may include a face portion and a polymer insert between the face portion and the interior wall. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10967230B2 |
Mixed material golf club head
A head 2 includes a face 4, a crown 6, and a sole 8. At least a part of the crown 6 and/or at least a part of the sole 8 is formed by a clad material. The clad material is joined to an adjacent portion brought into contact with a peripheral edge of the clad material. The clad material includes a first layer s1 and a second layer s2. The first layer s1 is the outermost layer. The first layer s1 is welded to the adjacent portion. The second layer s2 does not have an affinity for welding with the adjacent portion. |
| US10967229B2 |
Sports ball
A sports ball comprises a plurality of interlocking panels covered by an outer layer. Each of the interlocking panels includes a plurality of recesses. The outer layer includes a plurality of distinct surface irregularities, each of the surface irregularities aligned with one of the plurality of recesses. |
| US10967227B2 |
Multi-layer golf ball
Multi-piece golf balls having a multi-layered solid core and multi-layered cover are provided. |
| US10967225B2 |
Methods and compositions for cross-linking thermoplastic polyurethane covers for golf balls
Golf balls having covers made of thermoplastic polyurethane compositions are provided. Multi-piece golf balls can be made. In one embodiment, the outer cover layer is formed from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane and acid copolymer ionomer. The cover composition also can contain hydroxyl-containing compounds. The golf ball having the thermoplastic polyurethane cover can be treated with an isocyanate compound. The golf ball also can be treated with an amine and/or silane-containing compound. The cover composition and surface coatings can further include catalysts, ultraviolet (UV)-light stabilizers, and other additives. The coating methods have many benefits and the finished balls have good physical properties. |
| US10967224B2 |
Functional training rig kit
A functional training rig kit includes a box and a plurality of components adapted to fit within the box. At least some of the components and the box include elements by which the components are adapted to be attached to the outside of the box to provide at least one functional training rig attached to the outside of the box. |
| US10967218B2 |
Spring release for exercise rack accessory mount
An apparatus having an accessory carrier that slides along an exercise rack and repositions an accessory through one-handed operation. A stationary handle fixedly mounts to the accessory carrier by first spacers. A moving handle mounts to the accessory carrier by second spacers. Each second spacer includes a barrel having an open end a closed end. A shaft extends through the barrel and the closed end and is mounted to the moving handle. As the moving handle moves to an engaged position, a pin end of the shaft slides out of the open end of the barrel and engages the exercise rack. This engagement prevents relative movement of the accessory carrier with respect to the exercise rack and fixes the accessory carrier at a selected position. A biasing member biases the moving handle to automatically engage the pin end and lock the accessory carrier in place. |
| US10967212B1 |
Versatile, height-adjustable exercise bar
A versatile exercise bar includes a support structure formed of a pair of diverging, horizontal support legs with contiguous rear ends, spaced front ends, and an intermediate portion therebetween. A side rail vertically extends from the intermediate portion of each support leg. Adjustably mounted between the two side rails is an exercise bar that is grasped by a user when performing chin-ups or a myriad of other exercises as explained herein. When moved to a desired height and released, the bar is automatically held by a retention mechanism to allow the user to safely anchor a pair of clamps before performing a given exercise. |
| US10967211B2 |
Dry powder fire-fighting composition
Various embodiments disclosed relate to dry powder fire-fighting compositions. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of fighting a fire. The method can include contacting at least one of a fire and a source thereof with a composition including bentonite and aluminum hydroxide. |
| US10967210B2 |
Transportation vehicle power safety
Power sources, such as batteries, for transportation vehicles can provide at least partial electric drive power. The power sources can include an activation layer arranged between collectors adapted for opposite charging. The activation layer can include fire suppression system disposed therein for releasing fire suppression agent in response to high and/or excessive temperature. |
| US10967205B2 |
Oxygen flow indicator using flow-powered illumination
In one embodiment of an aircraft emergency oxygen delivery system, power can be generated by the flow of gas over a transducer disposed inside an oxygen delivery tube. A pressure differential gives rise to a temperature difference across the transducer, and the temperature difference can be converted to a voltage. The voltage can be quadratically dependent upon the Mach number M (e.g. flow velocities from 1 to 140 m/s) and proportional to a Seebeck coefficient of the transducer. The power thus generated may be used to operate LED indicators visible from the exterior of the tube, a variety of sensors, and wireless communication with a central control system. Oxygen flow to a mask may be adjusted based on ambient oxygen content and data collected from a passenger wearing the mask, including a blood oxygen saturation level, pulse or respiration rate. |
| US10967203B1 |
Oxygen delivery device
The oxygen delivery device is a portable structure. The oxygen delivery device contains a plurality of oxygen canisters. The plurality of oxygen canisters contain oxygen under pressure. The oxygen delivery device stores the plurality of oxygen canisters. The oxygen delivery device dispenses the oxygen contained in the plurality of oxygen canisters. The oxygen delivery device comprises a housing, a distribution apparatus and the plurality of oxygen canisters. The housing contains the plurality of oxygen canisters and the distribution apparatus. The housing: a) stores the plurality of oxygen canisters; and, b) forms a fluidic connection between the plurality of oxygen canisters and the distribution apparatus. The distribution apparatus delivers the oxygen received from the plurality of oxygen canisters for consumption. |
| US10967186B2 |
System and method of developing a program for providing therapeutic electrical stimulation for treating a patient
An electronic programmer is used to program a pulse generator to generate electrical stimulation to be delivered to a patient via an implantable lead. The electronic programmer simultaneously displays, via an user interface, a first control mechanism and a second control mechanism that is separate and different from the first control mechanism. A first user input is received via the first control mechanism, and a second user input is received via the second control mechanism. In response to the received first user input and the second user input, the electronic programmer sends instructions to the pulse generator to cause a migration of the electrical stimulation from a first set of electrodes on the implantable lead to a second set of electrodes on the implantable lead. The first user input defines a stimulation amplitude change for the migration, and the second user input defines a direction for the migration. |
| US10967185B2 |
Customizable titration for an implantable neurostimulator
Systems and methods for customizable titration of an implantable neurostimulator are provided. A method of titrating a neurostimulation signal delivered to a patient from an implantable pulse generator includes delivering a first neurostimulation signal with a first set of parameters, increasing a first value of the first neurostimulation signal at a first rate for a first period of time while delivering the first neurostimulation signal, ceasing delivery of the first neurostimulation signal when the first value reaches a first target value, delivering a second neurostimulation signal with a second set of parameters, and increasing the second neurostimulation signal at a second rate for a second period of time while delivering the second neurostimulation signal. |
| US10967183B2 |
Method and apparatus for neuromodulation treatments of pain and other conditions
Systems, devices, and methods for neurostimulation using a combination of implantable and external devices to treat pain are disclosed. |
| US10967181B2 |
Apparatus and methods for estimating an electrical stimulation effect on cortical neurons
A method is disclosed for predicting the stimulation effect of cortical neurons in response to extracellular electrical stimulation. The method comprising the steps of defining an electrode configuration, defining a reconstructed neuronal cell type, wherein the reconstructed neuronal cell is characteristic of the physical and electrical properties of a neuronal cell, computing an electric field potential at the reconstructed neuronal cell, computing an effective transmembrane current of an arborization of the reconstructed neuronal cell, and determining a probability of activation of the reconstructed neuronal cell. A method for inducing an electrical stimulation effect on a cortical column is also disclosed. In an embodiment, the predicted network response of a cortical column is used to configure one or more electrodes to induce cortical stimulation. |
| US10967178B2 |
Stimulator systems and methods for selectively recruiting fascicles in hypoglossal nerve trunk
An electrode lead comprises a lead body, connector contacts affixed to the proximal end of the lead body, and a cuff body affixed to the distal end of the lead body. The cuff body is pre-shaped to transition from an unfurled state to a furled state, wherein the cuff body, when in the furled state has an inner surface for contacting a nerve and an overlapping inner cuff region and an outer cuff region. The electrode lead further comprise electrode contacts circumferentially disposed along the cuff body when in the furled state, such that at least one of the electrode contacts is located on the inner surface of the cuff body, and at least another of the electrode contacts is located between the overlapping inner and outer cuff regions. The electrode lead further comprises electrical conductors extending through the lead body respectively between the connector contacts and the electrode contacts. |
| US10967176B2 |
User interfaces of a hearing device
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for dynamically adjusting a user interface provided by an external unit of a hearing device. In an example method, the external unit determines whether a state of the external unit is one of (i) a coupled state when the external unit and the stimulation unit are coupled or (ii) a decoupled state when the external and the stimulation unit are decoupled. The external unit then provides one of (i) a first user interface when the determined state is the coupled state or (ii) a second user interface when the determined state is the decoupled state. |
| US10967173B2 |
Nasal stimulation devices and methods for treating dry eye
Described here are devices, systems, and methods for treating one or more conditions (such as dry eye) or improving ocular health by providing stimulation to nasal or sinus tissue. Generally, the devices may be handheld or implantable. In some variations, the handheld devices may have a stimulator body and a stimulator probe having one or more nasal insertion prongs. When the devices and systems are used to treat dry eye, nasal or sinus tissue may be stimulated to increase tear production, reduce the symptoms of dry eye, and/or improve ocular surface health. |
| US10967172B1 |
Method and apparatus for minimally-invasive implantation of electrodes and flexible, thin-film substrates into cortical or sub-cortical structures of the brain
An apparatus for implanting electrodes in neural tissue to connect a neural modulator to the tissue to send and receive signals from the neural tissue and a method for implanting the electrodes. |
| US10967167B2 |
Using alternating electric fields to increase permeability of the blood brain barrier
Certain substances (e.g., large molecules) that ordinarily cannot traverse the blood brain barrier can be introduced into the brain by applying an alternating electric field to the brain for a period of time, wherein the frequency of the alternating electric field is selected so that application of the alternating electric field increases permeability of the blood brain barrier. In some embodiments, the frequency of the alternating electric field is less than 190 kHz (e.g., 100 kHz). Once the permeability of the blood brain barrier has been increased, the substance is able to cross the blood brain barrier. |
| US10967163B1 |
Sterile applicator assembly with hollow microneedle array
A soft tip applicator attaches to a syringe for spreading expressed liquid from the syringe onto a surface, such as skin. A detachable hollow microneedle assembly supports transdermal injection of syringe contents. |
| US10967162B2 |
Systems, devices and methods for fractional resection, fractional skin grafting, fractional scar reduction and fractional tattoo removal
Systems, instruments, and methods for minimally invasive procedures including one or more of fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, fractional scar revision, and/or fractional tattoo removal are described. Embodiments include instrumentation comprising a scalpet assembly coupled to a carrier, and the scalpet assembly includes a scalpet array. The scalpet array includes one or more scalpets configured for fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, fractional scar revision, and/or fractional tattoo removal. The system includes a vacuum component coupled to the scalpet assembly and configured to evacuate tissue from the a site. The carrier is configured to control application of a rotational force and/or a vacuum force to the scalpet assembly. |
| US10967155B2 |
Balloon catheter inflation apparatus and methods
An inflation device includes a syringe body containing a bore. The bore holds a fluid that is used to inflate a separate device such as a dilation balloon. A plunger assembly slides within the syringe bore and contains a sealing member that forms a fluid tight seal with the syringe body. A shut-off valve is disposed within the distal end of the syringe body. The distal end of the syringe body has a fluid bypass channel fluidically coupled to the aperture of a connector. The shut-off valve has a spring-biased moveable piston with a bypass lumen contained therein, wherein the bypass lumen forms a fluid path between the bore and the fluid bypass channel when the pressure of the fluid is below a threshold value. The fluid path between the bore and the fluid bypass channel is interrupted when the pressure of the fluid is above the threshold value. |
| US10967154B2 |
Adjustable guidewire
Guidewires useful for cooperating with catheters may be actively steered and/or provide adjustable stiffness. Angle or curvature of a guidewire, and/or flexural modulus of a guidewire, may be adjusted at one or more locations between ends thereof. Variable stiffness segments may include electrically operated compressible and/or extensible materials. Multiple tensile elements may terminate at different body elements to adjust angle or curvature at multiple locations. Multiple circumferentially and/or radially contractible fiber regions may be provided and distributed over a length of a guidewire. Adjustable flexure elements arranged in or along a guidewire may be electrically operated. A flexible core member may be centrally arranged in a tubular body. A flexible guide wire or track may cooperate with electrically operable motor units. |
| US10967152B2 |
Expandable introducer sheath for medical device
An expandable medical sheath can include a sheath body having a lumen that extends between proximal and distal ends of the sheath. The sheath can have first and second members where the first member has a different elastic modulus than the second member such that one provides elasticity to the sheath and the other provides column strength. The first and second members can be coupled together in alternating sections to form the tubular sheath or the stiffer members can be embedded in the elastic member along all or a portion of the longitudinal length of the sheath. The sheath can automatically move to an expanded state to allow a larger diameter medical device to pass through the lumen, and once through the sheath can automatically return to its initial diameter. |
| US10967149B2 |
Apparatus and method for everting catheter for uterine access for biopsy and cytology
An everting balloon system is disclosed that can be used for biopsy within a body of a patient or animal. The everting balloon system can be used to access a bodily cavity or vessel for tissue specimen collection at specific bodily locations. The everting catheter system described simplifies the process of tissue biopsy. |
| US10967144B2 |
Patient interface component
The present technology relates to a pad for forming a seal forming structure against a user's skin for use with a patient interface, the pad comprising, a base layer, a fibre layer comprising a plurality of fibers for contacting a patient's skin, and a connection layer for connecting the fibers to the base material, wherein the base layer and/or the fibre layer is/are adapted to act as a reservoir for substances. Furthermore, it relates to a set of pads, a kit and a patient interface. |
| US10967141B2 |
Methods and apparatus for varying the back-up rate for a ventilator
A ventilator device delivers ventilatory support to a patient in a back up timed mode when patient respiration is not detected or a spontaneous mode when patient respiration is detected. The timing threshold governing the back-up mode is chosen to deviate from normal expected respiration time for the patient to promote patient initiated ventilation in the spontaneous mode but permit back-up ventilation in the event of apnea. Automated adjustments to the timing threshold during the timed mode are made from the less vigilant timing threshold to a more vigilant threshold at or near a timing of normal expected breathing of the patient. Such adjustments may be made from a minimum to a maximum vigilance timing settings or incrementally there between as a function of time in the timed mode which is preferably the number of delivered machine breaths. |
| US10967140B2 |
Device for dispensing a fluid product synchronised with inhalation
An inhalation-synchronized fluid dispenser device having a body provided with a mouthpiece, a fluid reservoir containing a fluid and a propellant gas mounted to slide axially, a metering valve including a valve member assembled on the reservoir for selectively dispensing the fluid. The device also includes an actuator element movable and/or deformable between a non-actuation position and an actuation position; and an inhalation-controlled trigger system including an inhalation-sensitive member deformable and/or movable under the effect of inhaling so as to move and/or deform the actuator element from its non-actuation position towards its actuation position. The actuator element is a locking element that, in its non-actuation position, enables the valve member of the metering valve to move axially in the body together with the reservoir, preventing said metering valve from being actuated when the reservoir is moved axially in the body without inhaling. |
| US10967135B2 |
Method and device for removing gas and/or gas bubbles from a liquid medicament stored in a reservoir
This disclosure concerns a method for removing gas and/or gas bubbles from a liquid medicament stored in a reservoir for an infusion pump device. The reservoir comprises a displacing member which is at least partly displaceable relative to the reservoir thereby enabling receiving mechanical oscillations in order to generate mechanical waves in the liquid medicament. The method comprises: providing the reservoir; and transmitting a mechanical oscillation to the displacing member of the reservoir thereby generating a mechanical wave in the liquid medicament for removing gas and/or gas bubbles from the liquid medicament. |
| US10967129B2 |
Dosing device
A dosing device includes a rod element and a shell. The rod element has a stem with a longitudinal axis and a first thread arrangement. The shell has a second thread arrangement. The first thread arrangement of the rod element or the second thread arrangement of the shell includes a thread. The first thread arrangement of the rod element and the second thread arrangement of the shell engage. The rod element is movable along the longitudinal axis of its stem by rotating the shell and the rod element relative to each other causing the first thread arrangement of the rod element and the second thread arrangement of the shell to travel along each other. A dosage chamber is formed by moving the rod element along the longitudinal axis of its stem. The volume of the dosage chamber is varied by moving the rod element along the longitudinal axis of its stem. An inclination angle (α, β) of the thread varies along the thread. The dosing device according to the invention can allow for a precise and convenient dosing of a liquid out of a container. In particular, it can allow for efficiently dosing a comparably small volume out of a comparably large container. |
| US10967126B2 |
Joining technology of a dispense interface
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method. The apparatus comprises a body part and a cover part, wherein the body part and the cover part are configured to at least partially form a fluid channel between a surface of the body part and a surface of the cover part. The surfaces of the body part and the cover part may be facing surfaces. The method comprises manufacturing the apparatus according to the present disclosure. |
| US10967123B2 |
Self-injection device
A device (100) for delivering a medicament into a patient's body by injection into or through the patient's skin, including a main body having a top enclosure (116) and a bottom enclosure (104), a reservoir (160) disposed within the main body for containing the medicament, and an injection needle (152) for penetrating the skin of the patient, the needle (152) having a lumen and selectively communicating with the reservoir (160). The device also includes a pressurizing system (600, 140) for selectively pressurizing the reservoir (160). In a pre-activated position, the pressurizing system (600, 140) contacts and compresses the reservoir (160) to reduce the initial volume of the reservoir (160), thereby allowing for partial filling of the reservoir (160). |
| US10967121B2 |
Rotational metering pump for insulin patch
A rotary pump for a fluid metering system is provided. The rotary pump reciprocates, and is reversed by a signal from a limit switch that is deflected by an actuator arm on a rotating sleeve of the pump system. The rotary pump includes a plunger and optional stopper formed from a two-shot molding process, and including seals overmolded onto the head of the plunger and the head of the optional stopper. |
| US10967114B2 |
Dialysis machine
A dialysis machine has a blood circuit, a blood pump, a dialyzer, a venous pressure sensor, a substituate line, and a control unit. The control unit can operate the blood pump in a first operating mode and in a special operating mode, and start the special operating mode after a trigger event. In the special operating mode, a blood pump conveying rate is controlled via a default value or regulated to a desired value, with the default or desired value being derived from a value determined before the started special mode or corresponding to the value. The presence of an obstacle is polled before the special mode, and depending on the presence thereof, the start of the special mode is blocked or delayed and/or the selection of the default value or the desired value on the presence of the obstacle differs from the selection without the presence of the obstacle. |
| US10967111B2 |
Blood treatment filter and blood bag system
A blood treatment filter includes a housing having a first resin sheet and a second resin sheet, a filter member disposed in the housing, a peripheral edge molded body formed on a peripheral edge portion of the filter member and having an inner peripheral portion joined to an outer peripheral end edge of a filtering material, and a connection sheet extending outward from the peripheral edge molded body and connected to the housing. |
| US10967104B2 |
Encapsulated or coated stent systems
A stent system comprising zero or more inner stents inserted into an outer stent. The inner stents and outer stent are separated and/or encapsulated by a protein-based material of a protein matrix and/or a set biocoacervate, each comprising one or more biocompatible proteins and one or more biocompatible solvents. The protein-based material may also include one or more carbohydrates and one or more pharmacologically active agents. |
| US10967096B2 |
Tissue sealant compositions, vascular closure devices, and uses thereof
The present invention provides tissue sealant compositions and vasculature closure devices useful for the optical detection of tissue seal and/or clot formation. Compositions and devices of the present invention comprise optical dyes which undergo an observable change as the compositions and/or devices are incorporated into a tissue seal and/or clot, for example a change in fluorescence quantum yield and/or a change in visual color including a change in emission and/or absorption wavelength. Tissue sealants and vasculature closure devices of the present invention are useful for visualizing seal and/or clot formation, for example, during or after surgical procedures, after catheter removal, etc. The present invention further provides methods for formation and optical detection of tissue seals or vasculature puncture closures as well as medical kits useful for the formation and optical detection of tissue seals or vasculature puncture closures. |
| US10967087B2 |
Sterilizer with a humidity control system
The disclosed sterilizer includes a humidity control system for controlling humidity. The sterilizer for sterilizing objects comprises a chamber for receiving objects to be sterilized and a humidity control system. The humidity control system comprises a water control system which can be connected to a water source for injecting a first quantity of water vapor into the chamber, a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the chamber for measuring pressure in the chamber, a humidity sensor in fluid communication, or in selective fluid communication, with the chamber for sensing a first humidity value (RHchamber) of the first quantity of water vapor in the chamber; and a controller configured to inject a second quantity of water vapor into the chamber. |
| US10967085B1 |
Apparatus and method for disinfecting entities
A health and safety apparatus for entities such as individuals or objects includes a housing containing at least one side opening, a plurality of fluid atomizing dispensers, and a reservoir containing a fluid which includes a sanitizer, sterilizer or disinfectant. The housing includes a top wall and at least one side wall defining an inner chamber. The dispensers are mounted in spaced relation on the top and side walls and are connected with the reservoir. When an entity is arranged in the housing, the atomizing dispensers are activated to spray the fluid onto the entity. In a preferred embodiment, the housing further includes a bottom wall configured for collecting fluid. Preferably, the apparatus includes at least one motion sensor mounted on the housing for detecting motion at a threshold of the side opening to electronically operate the atomizing dispensers for a defined period of time. |
| US10967083B1 |
Ethylene oxide adsorption tower and recovery system, and method for recovering ethylene oxide
An ethylene oxide adsorption recovery system includes a tower body defining a gas channel extending longitudinally therein. A sidewall of the tower body further comprises a plurality of mounting holes disposed longitudinally along the side wall and in communication with the gas channel. A bottom portion of the tower body includes a first pipe in communication with the gas channel, and a top portion of the tower body includes a second pipe in communication with the gas channel. A plurality of adsorption panels is coupled to the tower body through corresponding respective mounting holes of the plurality of mounting holes, each of the plurality of adsorption panels extends into the gas channel. A sealing door is movably coupled to the sidewall of the tower body and configured to selectively fix each of the plurality of adsorption panels to a respective mounting hole of the plurality of mounting hole. |
| US10967079B2 |
Sterilization tray
An apparatus for sterilizing items and storing the sterilized items prior to use includes a container configured to receive items to be sterilized, a trap door coupled with the container, and a mechanism operatively coupled with the trap door and the container. The trap door is reconfigurable between an open configuration providing a fluid passage into the apparatus and a closed configuration in which the items are hermetically sealed within the apparatus. The mechanism is configured for selective reconfiguration of the trap door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and to automatically reconfigure the trap door from the open configuration to the closed configuration after completion of a sterilization cycle for items disposed within the apparatus. |
| US10967077B2 |
Imaging of metastatic or recurrent cancer
The present disclosure relates to methods of administering [18F]-FACBC. The present disclosure also relates to use of [18F]-FACBC in methods for imaging, diagnosing and monitoring metastasis or recurrence of cancer. |
| US10967072B2 |
Short interfering RNA templated lipoprotein particles (siRNA-TLP)
Nanostructures for the systemic delivery of nucleic acids, such as RNA, are provided herein. The nanostructures include templated lipoprotein nanoparticles (TLPs) composed of a core decorated with proteins, a lipid bilayer and hydrophobic molecules that self-assemble with nucleic acids, such as RNA. The nanostructures are useful for research, therapeutic and diagnostic applications. |
| US10967070B2 |
Cell penetrating conjugates and methods of use thereof
Provided herein are cell penetrating conjugates. The conjugates include a non-cell penetrating protein attached to a phosphorothioate nucleic acid or phosphorothioate polymer backbone, wherein the phosphorothioate nucleic acid or phosphorothioate polymer backbone enhances intracellular delivery of the non-cell penetrating protein. Also provided are compositions and kits comprising the cojugates. |
| US10967069B2 |
Bio-orthogonal drug activation
The invention relates to a Prodrug activation method, for therapeutics, wherein use is made of abiotic reactive chemical groups that exhibit bio-orthogonal reactivity towards each other. The invention also relates to a Prodrug kit comprising at least one Prodrug and at least one Activator, wherein the Prodrug comprises a Drug and a first Bio-orthogonal Reactive Group (the Trigger), and wherein the Activator comprises a second Bio-orthogonal Reactive Group. The invention also relates to targeted therapeutics used in the above-mentioned method and kit. The invention particularly pertains to antibody-drug conjugates and to bi- and trispecific antibody derivatives. |
| US10967068B2 |
Stability-modulating linkers for use with antibody drug conjugates
The present invention provides stability-modulated antibody-drug conjugates, stability-modulating linker components used to make these stability-modulated antibody-drug conjugates, therapeutic methods using stability-modulated antibody-drug conjugates, and methods of making stability modulating linkers and stability-modulated antibody-drug conjugates. |
| US10967064B2 |
Preparation method for a DNA origami based carrier system
The present invention provides a preparation method for a DNA origami based carrier, which essentially comprises the steps of performing multi-functional DNA origami based nanocarrier preparation. |
| US10967063B2 |
Surfactant-free, water-free formable composition and breakable foams and their uses
A substantially surface active agent-free and foam adjuvant-free composition which includes a hydrophobic solvent, a wax and a propellant. A substantially surface active agent-free and foam adjuvant-free composition, further comprising, a tetracycline antibiotic, or one or more other active agents. A method of treatment, using a substantially surface active agent-free and substantially foam adjuvant-free composition. |
| US10967060B2 |
Synergistic combination of immunologic inhibitors for the treatment of cancer
The present disclosure provides combinations of immunologic inhibitors for the treatment of cancer. In some embodiments, the methods involve the use of a combination of at least two of the following: an inhibitor of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), an inhibitor of the PD-L1/PD-1 pathway, an inhibitor of CTLA-4, an inhibitor of CD25, or IL-7. |
| US10967053B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against various cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10967052B1 |
Treatment of dyslexia using botulinum toxin
A method for treating dyslexia or reading developmental disorder (RDD) in a patient in need thereof comprises administering botulinum toxin to the patient. The botulinum toxin may be administered by subcutaneous or intradermal injection. The subcutaneous or intradermal injection may be administered to and/or around the vicinity of a trigeminal nerve, a cervical nerve, a thoracic nerve, a lumbar nerve, and/or a sacral nerve of the patient. In infants or toddlers—from about birth to 5 years old, botulinum toxin is used to prevent or minimize damage to the developing brain that would result in dyslexia; in older children and adult patients with dyslexia, botulinum toxin will be used to reduce or eliminate their symptoms. |
| US10967049B2 |
Fusion proteins containing insulin-like growth factor-1 and epidermal growth factor and variants thereof and uses thereof
Fusion proteins comprising cytokines, particularly insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and variants thereof, epidermal growth factor (EGF), and other ligands to the EGF receptor, are provided. The fusion proteins further comprise SEQ ID NO:1 or other segments having lysine, glutamic acid, or aspartic acid residues. Uses for the fusion proteins are also provided. |
| US10967048B2 |
Use of PRG4 as an anti-inflammatory agent
Disclosed herein are methods of using PRG4 glycoprotein, also known as lubricin, to reduce, inhibit, or down-regulate pro-inflammatory pathways in patients at risk of or suffering from an inflammatory response or allergy symptom through CD44 antagonization, regulating pro-inflammatory cytokine production, inhibiting NF-κB translocation and/or facilitating removal of inflammation-inducing cellular or matrix debris or allergens. |
| US10967043B2 |
Agonists of guanylate cyclase and their uses
This invention provides a method of colonic cleansing. |
| US10967041B2 |
Combination therapy for ischemia
The invention provides a combination treatment for ischemia conditions in or otherwise affecting the CNS, such as stroke. The treatment involves administration of a PSD-95 inhibitor and performing reperfusion therapy (e.g., by administration of tPA). Administering a PSD-95 inhibitor in combination with reperfusion therapy increases the efficacy of the reperfusion therapy and/or slows the decline in efficacy of reperfusion therapy with time after onset of ischemia thus extending the window in which reperfusion therapy can be administered. |
| US10967034B2 |
Muscadine topical composition with low content of condensed tannin
A method for decolorizing a muscadine pomace grape extract by processing the clarified extract by ultrafiltration through a 500-5000 kDa microfiltration membrane to obtain a first permeate in which flavor components are removed. The retentate is subjected to ultrafiltration through a 25-100 kDa ultrafiltration membrane to obtain a second permeate and a second retentate. The polymeric condensed tannins are removed in the second retentate and the second permeate is the decolorized extract having increased levels of polyphenols and lowered levels of sugars and condensed tannins compared to the first retentate. The decolorized extract can be incorporated into skin care compositions, which can also include beta-glucan and grape seed extract. The skin care compositions can and applied to the skin to maintain healthy skin without discoloration, protecting against ultraviolet radiation, and inhibiting the production of anti-inflammatory mediators in skin cells. |
| US10967009B2 |
Amniotic membrane hydrogel and methods of making
The present invention provides compositions and methods for wound healing and tissue regeneration. The compositions of the present invention comprise amniotic membrane of the placenta. In certain embodiments, the composition comprises amniotic membrane powder or solubilized amniotic membrane (SAM). In some aspects, the composition is cell-free and rich in cytokines, extracellular matrix proteins, and other components that improve tissue regeneration. In one aspect, the composition is a hydrogel scaffold that comprises amniotic membrane. The present invention reduces contraction and improves blood vessel development in regenerating tissue. |
| US10967008B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions and topical use thereof
The present invention relates to methods for the preparation of compositions comprising adipose tissue-derived secretions, for example those derived from bovine adipose tissue, and the use of such compositions in the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for topical use. The invention also relates to the use of adipose tissue-derived secretions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the topical treatment of a non-inflammatory condition, for example the treatment of a skin condition, and for the stimulation of hair growth in a subject by topical application. The invention also relates to the use of adipose tissue-derived secretions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the topical treatment of acne. |
| US10966991B2 |
Process for preparing a dry powder formulation comprising an anticholinergic, a corticosteroid and a beta-adrenergic
Dry powder formulations for inhalation containing a combination of an anticholinergic, a long-acting beta2-adrenoceptor agonist, and a corticosteroid are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of an inflammatory and/or obstructive airways disease. |
| US10966988B2 |
Method for smoking cessation
A method of treating a subject for smoking cessation including periodically administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of cefdinir to treat the subject. Cefdinir for use in treating a subject for smoking cessation. A pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically effective amount of cefdinir for use in treating a subject for smoking cessation. |
| US10966986B2 |
Compounds, compositions and methods for cancer patient stratification and cancer treatment
The present invention features improved Compounds, especially (I) methods of identifying patients having Cancer using biomarkers (e.g., PDE3A, SLFN12 and/or CREB3L1) that correlate with drug sensitivity and consequently treating a stratified patient population with an agent of the invention (e.g., Compounds 1-6 disclosed herein). |