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| US10083093B1 |
Consistent replication in a geographically disperse active environment
A method, system, and program product for enabling a virtual service layer to consume a storage medium of a first site and a storage medium of a second site, enabling the virtual service layer to map the storage mediums of the first and second sites as one or more virtual storage volumes, wherein the one or more storage volumes are mirrored between the first and second site, and enabling the virtual service layer to create a write order fidelity delta set of the virtual storage volumes by writing the delta set to backend storage and notifying a splitter to which delta set the IO belongs. |
| US10083091B1 |
Memory resident storage recovery during computer system failure
An approach for virtual machine (VM) random access memory (RAM) disk preservation during VM failure. A RAM disk manager receives a VM identifier and attributes for connecting a RAM disk to the VM, where the RAM disk includes a memory region separate from memory region(s) associated with the VM. The RAM disk manager creates a RAM disk VM driver for interfacing the RAM disk between a disk driver and virtual drive adapter. The RAM disk manager detects an output action based on the disk driver operation and responds to detecting an output action by storing output data to the RAM disk and marking synchronization status as pending. The RAM disk manager synchronizes the output data, asynchronously with non-volatile storage and detects a failed VM, responding by disconnecting the RAM disk and can re-assign the RAM disk to a next VM. |
| US10083090B2 |
Nonvolatile dual in-line memory module and method for operating the same
A nonvolatile memory module includes a plurality of volatile memory devices sharing a data bus through which data is transmitted and a control bus through which a command and an address are transmitted; at least one nonvolatile memory device; and a controller including a backup logic which backs up data stored in the plurality of volatile memory devices when a fail in power of the host is detected or a backup operation is instructed from the memory controller of the host, wherein the backup logic sets a command address latency (CAL) of one among the plurality of volatile memory devices to a first value, and sets a command address latency of remaining volatile memory devices to a second value different from the first value. |
| US10083089B2 |
Efficient index recovery in log-structured object stores
A method to efficiently checkpoint and reconstruct an in-memory index associated with a log-structured object store includes enabling asynchronous write operations to occur to a log-structured object store. The log-structured object store utilizes an in-memory index to access objects therein. The method further enables checkpoint operations to occur to the log-structured object store without pausing the asynchronous write operations. When initiating checkpoint operations, the method establishes a “begin checkpoint” marker on the log-structured object store. This “begin checkpoint” marker is configured to point to an earliest address in the log-structured object store that is uncommitted to the in-memory index. In the event the in-memory index is lost, the method reconstructs the in-memory index by analyzing the log-structured object store starting from the earliest address uncommitted to the in-memory index. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US10083085B2 |
Indirection data structures to manage file system metadata
Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage metadata in a data storage device. In one example, a data storage device includes a first storage zone, a shingled magnetic recording (SMR) zone, and a storage control system. The storage control system is configured to maintain metadata in a metadata location of the first storage zone for user data in the SMR zone. The storage control system is further configured to, responsive to a usage condition being satisfied for the metadata in the metadata location, identify metadata locations in the SMR zone to redirect and store the metadata. The storage control system is also configured to maintain an indirection data structure in the metadata location of the first zone that correlates the metadata locations in the SMR zone to the metadata. |
| US10083084B2 |
Method of error detecting during a booting process, and a computer system for implementing the same
A method of error detection during a booting process of a computer system includes: for each of setting variables of a BIOS program, determining whether or not a respective one of stored values corresponding to the setting variable is in a respective one of value ranges corresponding to the setting variable according to a variable range comparison table; and when it is determined that for at least one of the setting variables, the stored value corresponding thereto is not in the respective one of the value ranges, updating, according to a variable definition file, the at least one of the setting variables using one of preset default values corresponding to the at least one of the setting variables. |
| US10083081B2 |
Responding to a maintenance free storage container security threat
A method includes detecting a storage error regarding an encoded data slice. The method further includes determining failure mode information regarding a set of storage units. The method further includes determining, based on the failure mode information, whether to use a data-based rebuilding protocol or a zero information gain rebuilding protocol for rebuilding the encoded data slice. The method further includes, when the zero information gain rebuilding protocol is to be used to rebuild the encoded data slice retrieving zero information gain partial encoded data slices from one or more storage servers of the set of storage servers; and rebuilding the encoded data slices based on the zero information gain partial encoded data slices. |
| US10083080B2 |
Ultra-low power processor-in-memory architecture
An apparatus including a memory array comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A switch electrically connects to a particular row of the plurality of rows of the memory array per cycle. An energy storage unit is electrically connected to the memory array through the switch, wherein the energy storage unit is electrically connected in a series with an effective capacitance between ground and the particular row of the plurality of rows of the memory array to which the switch is connected to recycle energy from the memory array. |
| US10083077B2 |
Data storage device control with power hazard mode
In response to a warning that power may be interrupted, a non-volatile data storage sub-system of a host computer system re-orders machine readable instructions that the non-volatile data storage sub-system is going to perform. This re-ordering of instructions decreases the probability that important data will be lost. The re-ordering of instructions is performed according to rules. |
| US10083076B2 |
Salvaging lock elision transactions with instructions to change execution type
A transactional memory system salvages a hardware lock elision (HLE) transaction. A processor of the transactional memory system, based on a detection of a pending point-of-failure in a code region during HLE transactional execution, stops HLE transactional execution prior to the pending point-of-failure in the code region. The processor, based on information about a lock elided, commits a speculative state of the stopped HLE transactional execution that is stored, at least in part, in a gathering store cache. The processor starts non-transactional execution at the point of failure in the code region. |
| US10083075B1 |
System, method, and computer program for automatic discard of corrupt memory segments
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for automatic discard of corrupt memory segments. In use, one or more memory blocks are allocated to specific business related information. Additionally, the one or more memory blocks allocated to the specific business related information are assigned to one or more first memory regions, the one or more first memory regions being a portion of a memory that includes a plurality of memory regions in addition to the one or more first memory regions, the plurality of memory regions including a plurality of other business related information. Further, it is identified that the specific business related information is corrupt. Moreover, the specific business related information is discarded from the memory and a master memory, such that the plurality of other business related information is not discarded. |
| US10083074B2 |
Maximizing use of storage in a data replication environment
Mechanisms for controlling access to storage volumes on the secondary storage system is provided. A determination is made as to whether a first site computing device has sent a notification of a failure condition of a first site. In response to a determination that the notification of the failure condition of the first site has not been received, secondary workloads of a second site computing device are permitted to access storage volumes on the secondary storage system. In response to a determination that the notification of the failure condition of the first site has been received, a mode of operation of the second site is modified from a normal mode of operation to a failure mode of operation. In the failure mode of operation, the storage system controller of the second site blocks at least a portion of access requests from secondary workloads of the second site computing device. |
| US10083072B2 |
Abnormality handling determination program, method for abnormality handling determination, and administration device
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing therein an abnormality handling determination program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes, acquiring state information of appointed items regarding to a state of each of a plurality of devices in a system depending on a detection of abnormal information of a first device among the plurality of devices, judging whether the state information of the first device deviates from the distribution range of the state information calculated by the state information of the devices except the first device for every item, and determining a handling for the first device based on a result of the judgment. |
| US10083071B2 |
Temporal anomaly detection on automotive networks
An anomaly detector for a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus performs state space classification on a per-message basis of messages on the CAN bus to label messages as normal or anomalous, and performs temporal pattern analysis as a function of time to label unexpected temporal patterns as anomalous. The anomaly detector issues an alert if an alert criterion is met that is based on the outputs of the state space classification and the temporal pattern analysis. The temporal pattern analysis may compare statistics of messages having analyzed arbitration IDs with statistics for messages having those analyzed arbitration IDs in a training dataset of CAN bus messages, and a temporal pattern is anomalous if there is a statistically significant deviation from the training dataset. The anomaly detector may be implemented on a vehicle Electronic Control Unit (ECU) communicating via a vehicle CAN bus. The anomaly detector does not rely on an database of messages and their periodicity from manufacturers (dbc files) and in that sense is truly a zero knowledge detector. |
| US10083068B2 |
Fast transfer of workload between multiple processors
Techniques and systems for prescheduling an alternative CPU as soon as a need for a task is detected by a primary CPU are disclosed. A process includes detecting, by a producer thread running on a first CPU, an external interrupt, acquiring, by the producer thread, a spinlock, and in response to acquiring the spinlock, sending, by the producer thread, an event to a consumer thread that is to run on a second CPU. Upon receiving the event by the consumer thread, the consumer thread acquires the spinlock, which “stalls” the consumer thread in a loop until the spinlock is released by the producer thread. While the consumer thread is “waking up” in response to receiving the event from the producer thread, the producer thread creates a task, publishes the task, and releases the spinlock, thereby causing the consumer thread to exit the loop, retrieve the task, and execute the task. |
| US10083067B1 |
Thread management in a storage system
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for operating a storage system. The storage system may generate one or more input/output (I/O) caller threads. For each of the I/O caller threads, one or more background provider threads may be generated that may be associated with the I/O caller thread. Instructions associated with the I/O caller threads and the background provider threads may be performed. Each of the one or more background provider threads may be synchronized with the associated I/O caller thread. Each thread may check a state of the associated threads, and based upon the state of the associated threads, each thread may post a state indicator to a mailbox field in a context of the associated threads. |
| US10083064B2 |
Systems and methods for smart tools in sequence pipelines
The invention relates to bioinformatics pipelines and wrapper scripts that call executables in those pipelines and that also identify beneficial changes to the pipelines. A tool in a pipeline has a smart wrapper that can cause the tool to analyze the sequence data it receives but that can also select a change to the pipeline when circumstances warrant. In certain aspects, the invention provides a system for genomic analysis. The system includes a processor coupled to a non-transitory memory. The system is operable to present to a user a plurality of genomic tools organized into a pipeline. At least a first one of the tools comprises an executable and a wrapper script. The system can receive instructions from the user and sequence data—instructions that call for the sequence data to be analyzed by the pipeline—and select, using the wrapper script, a change to the pipeline. |
| US10083058B2 |
Batched memory page hinting
Systems and methods for batching memory page hints that may enable a hypervisor to reuse a particular memory page without copying the particular memory page to and from swap space. An example method may comprise: releasing, by a processing device executing a virtual machine, memory pages in use by the virtual machine; adding the memory pages to a set of memory pages; determining, by the virtual machine, that the set of memory pages satisfies a threshold quantity; and responsive to the determining, notifying a hypervisor that the memory pages released by the virtual machine are available for reuse by the hypervisor without being copied to persistent storage. |
| US10083054B2 |
Application-based computing resource management
Computing resources are provided to a user by identifying applications used by the user, and provisioning virtual computing resources that are adapted to the resource requirements of the identified applications. The resource requirements of the identified applications can be combined into a single set of resource requirements and used to acquire a virtual machine that is able to host the identified applications. In other examples, virtual machines may be acquired for each identified application. Each virtual machine generates a display stream via a streaming agent. The display stream is received by an application streaming client on the user's client computer system, and is displayed to the user on a client display. Multiple virtual machines may generate multiple display streams which can be combined by the application streaming client and presented to the user on the single client display. |
| US10083049B2 |
Information processing device and method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing device includes first and second detectors and a controller. The first detector detects a shipping situation of an apparatus. The second detector detects that a predetermined operation has been performed. The controller performs control so that a detection result indicating the shipping situation of the apparatus will be stored in a first memory until the second detector detects that the predetermined operation has been performed. After the second detector detects that the predetermined operation has been performed, the first detector is switched to be able to detect an operating condition of the apparatus. |
| US10083043B2 |
Random access to signal values of an FPGA at runtime
A method for accessing a signal value of an FPGA at runtime, including the steps of loading an FPGA hardware configuration into the FPGA, executing the FPGA hardware configuration in the FPGA, requesting a signal value of the FPGA, sending status data from a functional level of the FPGA to a configuration memory in its configuration level, reading the status data from the configuration memory as readback data, and determining the signal value of the readback data. A method is also provided for making an FPGA build, based on an FPGA model, using a hardware description language, including the steps of creating an FPGA hardware configuration, identifying memory locations of a configuration memory for status data of at least one signal value based on the FPGA hardware configuration, and creating a list with signal values accessible at runtime and the memory locations corresponding thereto. |
| US10083039B2 |
Reconfigurable processor with load-store slices supporting reorder and controlling access to cache slices
A processor core having multiple parallel instruction execution slices and coupled to multiple dispatch queues by a dispatch routing network provides flexible and efficient use of internal resources. The configuration of the execution slices is selectable so that capabilities of the processor core can be adjusted according to execution requirements for the instruction streams. Two or more execution slices can be combined as super-slices to handle wider data, wider operands and/or vector operations, according to one or more mode control signal that also serves as a configuration control signal. The mode control signal is also used to partition clusters of the execution slices within the processor core according to whether single-threaded or multi-threaded operation is selected, and additionally according to a number of hardware threads that are active. |
| US10083038B2 |
Mechanism to preclude load replays dependent on page walks in an out-of-order processor
An apparatus including first and second reservation stations. The first reservation station dispatches a load micro instruction, and indicates on a hold bus if the load micro instruction is a specified load micro instruction directed to retrieve an operand from a prescribed resource other than on-core cache memory. The second reservation station is coupled to the hold bus, and dispatches one or more younger micro instructions therein that depend on the load micro instruction for execution after a number of clock cycles following dispatch of the first load micro instruction, and if it is indicated on the hold bus that the load micro instruction is the specified load micro instruction, the second reservation station is configured to stall dispatch of the one or more younger micro instructions until the load micro instruction has retrieved the operand. The resources include a system memory that is accessed via a memory bus, the system memory comprising one or more page tables, configured to store one or more mappings between virtual addresses and physical addresses. |
| US10083034B1 |
Method and apparatus for prefix decoding acceleration
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory, a processor and a prefix decoder engine to access a plurality of code lengths of a header associated with a compressed data block; determine a number of instances of each code length of at least some of the plurality of code lengths; and operate a plurality of decode streams in parallel, a first decode stream of the plurality of decode streams to iterate through a first portion of the plurality of code lengths and determine codes corresponding to the first portion of the plurality of code lengths, a second decode stream of the plurality of decode streams to iterate through a second portion of the plurality of code lengths and determine codes corresponding to the second portion of the plurality of code lengths. |
| US10083023B2 |
Information processing device and program updating method
An information processing device includes a storage unit that stores a program to be updated and setting information indicating whether updating of the program is valid, a communicator that performs communication via a network, and a processor that executes a process including: when receives update management information indicating a first version of the program, determining whether the program is to be updated on the basis of the first version indicated; determining whether the setting information indicates that updating of the program is valid; when it is determined that the program is to be updated and the setting information indicates that the updating of the program is valid, making a request for data for the updating, and updating the program; and transmitting the update management information, and transmitting the data for the updating in reply to a request from a second information processing device. |
| US10083018B1 |
Systems and methods for distributing application templates to wearable client devices
Described systems and methods allow executing complex software applications on a wearable electronic device such as a smartwatch, while reducing energy consumption. Instead of installing the complete code necessary to carry out all aspects of the respective application, some embodiments install a subset of program instructions on the wearable device, and dynamically fetch selected fragments of code from a remote server computer system onto the wearable device, as needed to carry out specific operations. Such code fetches may be triggered, for instance, by the user's pressing a button of the wearable device, or by a gesture of the user. |
| US10083016B1 |
Procedurally specifying calculated database fields, and populating them
A facility for defining a calculated distinguished database field is described. The facility receives a formula usable to calculate the value of the distinguished database field for each of a plurality of database rows, the formula expressed as a method in a distinguished procedural programming language. The facility transforms the formula method into a syntax tree for the distinguished procedural programming language. The facility modifies the syntax tree to provide variable context, field projection, runtimetype dynamic property accessors, and/or field path mapping. The facility transforms the modified syntax tree into a second version of the formula method in the distinguished procedural programming language. |
| US10083014B2 |
Generating dynamic modular proxies
A runtime environment generates a proxy class in response to detecting a request for a proxy object. The proxy class implements a set of interfaces specified by the request for the proxy object. The runtime environment selects or generates a proxy module, in a module system, to include the proxy class. The runtime environment exposes interfaces from other modules to the proxy module using a qualified export that does not expose the interfaces to modules other than the proxy module. The runtime environment does not expose the proxy class, of the proxy module, to other modules in the module system. |
| US10083012B2 |
Web-based point of sale builder
This invention provides a system and a method for online, web-based point of sale (POS) building and configuration, which can assist non-expert business operators in building, editing and testing a point of sale system to manage their businesses. The business operations range from a single branch to a large chain of stores or branches. The key advantages of the Web-based POS builder are that it is completely built on the foundation of the Web. The POS builder is accessible anywhere in the world. It can be used by a person of any skill level. The POS builder builds, edits, and tests new POS terminals in real time. |
| US10083007B2 |
Fast filtering
Devices and methods for filtering data include calculating intermediate input values from input elements using a transformation function. The transformation function is based at least in part on a size of the filter and a number of filter outputs. Intermediate filter values are calculated from filter elements of the filter using the transformation function. Each intermediate input value is multiplied with a respective intermediate filter value to form intermediate values. These intermediate values are combined with each other using the transformation function to determine one or more output values. |
| US10083004B2 |
Using voice-based web navigation to conserve cellular data
Techniques disclose methods for providing voice-based web navigation through a cellular voice connection. A voice command a request to return content of a webpage having one or more topics is received via a cellular voice connection. One or more of the topics of the webpage that match the content specified in the request is identified. An audio indication of the content is returned via the cellular voice connection. |
| US10082998B2 |
Electronic device and information sharing method thereof
An electronic device for sharing images with another electronic device through bidirectional communication and providing feedback information based on the information concerning the images and an information sharing method of the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a user interface, a communication circuit configured to connect the electronic device to at least one external electronic device though at least one of first and second communication channels, a memory, and a processor which is electrically connected to the user interface, the communication circuit, and the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions for the processor to establish a communication connection with the external electronic device through the first and second communication channels, transmit contents to the external electronic device through the second communication channel, receive at least one of input information made to the contents at the external electronic device and status information of the external electronic device through the second communication channel, generate feedback information related to the contents based on at least one of the input information and feedback information, and output the feedback information through the user interface. |
| US10082997B2 |
Display system, display apparatus and adjustment method
A display system includes a plurality of display apparatuses. Each of the plurality of display apparatuses includes a display panel that displays an image and a sending and receiving unit that at least receives setting information of one of the plurality of display apparatuses. A first display apparatus that is one of the plurality of display apparatuses further includes a coordinate acquiring unit that acquires a coordinate. A first sending and receiving unit of the first display apparatus receives setting information of a second display apparatus specified by the coordinate from the second display apparatus. A first display panel of the first display apparatus displays a setting image that indicates the setting information. |
| US10082995B2 |
EHF enabled display systems
Display systems that use contactless connectors for transmitting data are provided. The contactless connectors are electromagnetic connectors that form an electromagnetic communications link. The electromagnetic communications link can be established within different locations of the same device, or between two different devices. The communications link can be established using at least two transceivers. The transceivers can be incorporated in different enclosures that are hinged together, or the transceivers can be incorporated within a hinge that enables two enclosures to move with respect to each other. A transceiver can be incorporated into a display device that can receive data from an active surface that has a transceiver. When the display device is placed on the active surface, the display device may serve as an access point to content contained within the active surface. |
| US10082994B1 |
System and method for cloud-based document content collaboration with scheduled printing
A system and method for networked document editing and printing includes a cloud server communicating with a plurality of remote computing devices via a network interface. The server stores a word processing application and receives identifiable login requests from the remote computing devices. The server receives an electronic document under direction of one of the plurality of remote computing devices and defines a document workgroup. The server receives a print schedule, defining a target print date, from a remote computing device. The server generates a remote document editing interface on the remote computing devices in accordance with a word processor application. The server receives and processes edits to the electronic document from the remote computing devices via associated remote document editing interfaces and generates a corresponding updated electronic document. The server to sends the updated electronic document to an associated printer in accordance with the print schedule. |
| US10082986B2 |
Image forming apparatus with multiple print engines for distributed processing of single print job
Upon satisfaction of a predetermined trigger condition with a first hard disk drive mounted in a first controller, a first processor executes a first common file stored in a first common file storage region and write and store a first configuration file into a first configuration file storage region. The first processor executes the first common file and the first configuration file of a first firmware program and drives a first print engine to execute a first job segment stored in a first job segment storage region. |
| US10082977B2 |
Storing data in storage area
A computer-implemented method for storing data in a storage area, includes: storing a first data unit in a first area of the storage area, in response to a request to store a first data unit having a first attribute in the storage area, when at least one data unit having the first attribute is stored in the first area; and generating, a second area by reducing the first area, when no data unit having the second attribute is stored in the storage area in response to a request to store a second data unit having a second attribute in the storage area; furthermore, storing the second data unit in the second area. |
| US10082970B2 |
Storing an effective dynamic width of encoded data slices
A method for storing a dynamic width of encoded data slices begins with determining dispersed storage error encoding parameters for encoding a data segment of data into a set of encoded data slices. The method continues by encoding the data segment into the set of encoded data slices and sending a set of write requests regarding the set of encoded data slices to a set of storage units. The method continues by receiving write responses from at least some storage units and when at least a write threshold number of favorable write responses have been received within a first time period, by sending a set of write commit requests to the at least some storage units. When less than an initial dynamic width number of favorable write responses have been received, the method continues by flagging a rebuild number of encoded data slices. |
| US10082969B2 |
System and method for managing a storage system
A system and method for managing a storage system may include recording, in a cache memory, data related to user writes to the storage system; setting a time in a next consistency point (NCP) object with a value greater than the current time; and maintaining a first counter related to the number of user writes recorded in the cache memory and that occurred before the time included in the NCP object and after a time included in a consistency point (CP) object; maintaining a second counter related to the number of user writes that were stored in a persistent storage system and that occurred before the time in the NCP object and after a time in the CP object. A system and method for managing a storage system may include initializing the storage system to a consistent state based on the time included in the CP object. |
| US10082967B2 |
Transfer apparatus and recovery control device
A transfer apparatus includes a CPU, a memory, a recovery control unit, a non-volatile memory coupled to the recovery control unit, a transfer engine, and a volatile memory, wherein the volatile memory stores a first transfer information base, wherein the non-volatile memory stores a second transfer information base, and the recovery control unit is configured to update the second transfer information base in a case of receiving an instruction to update the second transfer information base, transmit an instruction to update the first transfer information base to the transfer engine, check the consistency of the first transfer information base and the second transfer information base in a case where the transfer apparatus is rebooted, and recover the first transfer information base by using the second transfer information base in a case where the first transfer information base and the second transfer information base are consistent. |
| US10082966B1 |
Electronic storage device
A solution for reducing erase cycles in an electronic storage device that uses at least one erase-limited memory device is disclosed. |
| US10082962B2 |
Wear leveling of a memory array
In at least one embodiment, a controller of a non-volatile memory array including a plurality of subdivisions stores write data within the non-volatile memory array utilizing a plurality of block stripes of differing numbers of blocks, where all of the blocks within each block stripe are drawn from different ones of the plurality of subdivisions. The controller builds new block stripes for storing write data from blocks selected based on estimated remaining endurances of blocks in each of the plurality of subdivisions. |
| US10082960B1 |
Memory device
A memory device is disclosed. The memory device includes a memory array. The memory array includes a main memory block and an extra memory block. The memory array includes a main bit line and an extra bit line. A ratio of a quantity of the extra memory block to a quantity of the main memory block is a block quantity ratio A. A ratio of a quantity of the extra bit line to a quantity of the main bit line is a bit line quantity ratio B. The block quantity ratio A is larger than the bit line quantity ratio B. |
| US10082958B2 |
Invoking input/output (I/O) threads on processors to demote tracks from a cache
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for invoking Input/Output (I/O) threads on processors to demote tracks from a cache. An Input/Output (I/O) thread, executed by a processor, processes I/O requests directed to tracks in the storage by accessing the tracks in the cache. After processing at least one I/O request, the I/O thread determines whether a number of free cache segments in the cache is below a free cache segment threshold. The I/O thread processes a demote ready list, indicating tracks eligible to demote from the cache, to demote tracks from the cache in response to determining that the number of free cache segments is below the free cache segment threshold. The I/O thread continues to process I/O requests directed to tracks from the storage stored in the cache after processing the demote ready list to demote tracks in the cache. |
| US10082952B2 |
System and method for text input by a continuous sliding operation
A method and system for text input by a continuous sliding operation is provided. Said method comprises: detecting a movement trajectory of a sensing apparatus, recording input information, and obtaining feature information from said input information, wherein said feature information includes at least one of angle information and movement trajectory length; searching a feature lexicon according to said feature information, and selecting words that satisfying condition that the angle information is matched or the movement trajectory length is matched, as matched words so as to obtain a rough screened word set; calculating a distance between the actual movement trajectory of each word and its corresponding first standard trajectory, so as to obtain a rough filtered word set; calculating a similarity between the actual movement trajectory of each word in the rough filtered word set and its corresponding second standard trajectory, and sequencing said words according to the similarity, and then outputting said words. |
| US10082950B2 |
Finger-mapped character entry systems
A finger-mapped gesture system is a user interface method and apparatus for rapid data input on a touch-sensitive surface. The user gestures by holding the hand stationary relative to the surface and moving the fingers primarily by extension and flexion on the surface. Each finger gestures on a gesturing area instead of selecting among keys. Individual gestures are constructed from finger actions that each independently parameterize the gesture. In combination, the particular fingers gesturing and the parameters that the fingers gesture indicate the input that the user intends. On devices that do not directly identify fingers, fingers are identified via a finger map that, after calibration to a person's hand, associates each finger with a gesturing area. Gestures are otherwise independent of where they are performed, freeing users from having to look at their fingers to target visual elements. The system is optimized for rapid character data entry. |
| US10082948B2 |
Apparatus and method for grouping and displaying icons on a screen
A shortcut icon display method and a mobile device adapted to the method are provided. The method includes displaying, if a group icon including at least two icons is selected, at least two icons included in the group icon, and performing a function corresponding to a selected one of at least two displayed icons. |
| US10082943B2 |
Scrolling method of mobile terminal and apparatus for performing the same
A scrolling method and apparatus devices having display screens such as a mobile terminal. When a first image on a screen cannot be moved in a direction by a touch input, a region of the first image is modified in response to the touch input and the modified image is subsequently restored to the first image after the touch is released or a preset amount of time passes. The modification of the region of the image provides an indication that is fed back to the user so that the end or last part of the image is displayed and cannot be moved further, so that undesired repetitive touch input can be prevented. |
| US10082939B2 |
Playback of media streams at social gatherings
This disclosure concerns the providing of media, and more particularly to the streaming of media. In accordance with an example embodiment, a visual queue of media items (e.g. media items B and C) to be played next may be displayed at a user interface of the electronic device. Each one of the media items is associated with media content of a respective media content stream. While a media content stream is being played (e.g., a media content stream associated with media item A), a request to play another media content stream in accordance with a user preference may be received by the electronic device. This request may, for example, be a user selection of one of the available mood options. In response to receiving this request, the visual queue of the media items to be played next can be adjusted, and thus changed, in dependence of the selected mood option. |
| US10082938B2 |
Electronic device, control method, and control program
An electronic device includes a display unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a character string or an image. The detection unit detects contact with the display unit. In a state where a character string or a image is displayed on the display unit, in a case in which the detection unit detects contact with the character string or the image, the control unit causes at least a part of the character string or the image to be selected in accordance with such detection. The control unit activates a different function in accordance with a condition of contact with the character string or the image when the character string or the image is selected. Furthermore, the control unit causes the character string or the image thus selected to be utilized in the function thus activated. |
| US10082937B2 |
Intelligent rendering of webpages
An indication to render a webpage is received. The webpage includes two or more frames and the two or more frames are rendered in a first order. A second order from a user is received. The webpage is rendered. The two or more frames of the webpage are rendered in the second order. |
| US10082934B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for replacing a contact entry corresponding to a communication device with a contact entry corresponding to a user group
Apparatuses, systems and methods for presenting a change contact entries option to a user of a first communication device, and causing a contact entry corresponding to the first communication device to be replaced with a contact entry corresponding to a user group to which the first communication device belongs. The first communication device is configured to communicate with one or more servers responsive to being addressed both with a first unique identifier assigned thereto and a first group unique identifier assigned thereto as a member of the user group. |
| US10082933B2 |
Context sensitive active fields in user interface
A method for enabling at least one user interface display field to perform at least one action is provided. The method may include receiving a first user action associated with the at least one user interface display field. The method may further include activating the at least one user interface display field in response to the received first user action. Additionally, the method may include determining a context associated with the activated at least one user interface display field. The method may also include applying the determined context associated with the activated at least one user interface display. The method may further include receiving a second user action associated with the activated at least one user interface display field based on the applied determined context. The method may also include executing the received second user action. |
| US10082931B2 |
Transitioning command user interface between toolbar user interface and full menu user interface based on use context
Transitioning of a command user interface (UI) between a toolbar UI and a full menu UI based on a use context is provided. An application such as a messaging application detects a request to interact with a message. A presentation mode is identified based on the use context associated with the request. The use context includes a reading mode or an authoring mode. A command UI is generated based on the presentation mode. The command UI includes a toolbar UI for the reading mode or a full menu UI for the authoring mode. The command UI is displayed in proximity to the message within a messaging UI. |
| US10082928B2 |
Providing content to a user based on amount of user contribution
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a contribution action detecting unit configured to detect a contribution action representing a contribution from a user to a target, a contribution degree giving unit configured to give the user a contribution degree in accordance with the contribution action, a virtual distance setting unit configured to set a virtual distance which is a virtual distance between the user and the target on the basis of an integrated value of the given contribution degree of the user, and a contribution degree notification screen display control unit configured to control a display of a contribution degree notification screen in which the set virtual distance is visually expressed. |
| US10082926B1 |
Apparatus and method for alternate channel communication initiated through a common message thread
A server has a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are actively viewing a common message thread at the same time to establish a participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication lock prompt is supplied to the client devices in response to the participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication lock prompt by at least one participant. |
| US10082918B2 |
In-cell capacitive touch and fingerprint detector
An apparatus includes multiple pixel circuits for touch and fingerprint detection that may be integrated with a touchscreen. Each pixel circuit includes a JFET with a gate connected to a capacitor plate, where the capacitor plate may be integrated with the gate, and where the capacitor plate is connected via a first diode to a corresponding select line. Furthermore, each JFET in the multiple pixel circuits has a source (or drain) connected to a corresponding read line and a drain (or source) connected via a second diode to a corresponding select line. |
| US10082917B2 |
Touch sensor
To provide a touch senor having an improved productivity, and also achieving high reliability since there is no occurrence of a wire break in a metal wiring and having good usability since the metal wiring layer is less likely to be visually recognized. A touch senor of the present invention includes a film substrate (11) having a plurality of protrusions on both surfaces (11a), (11b) thereof, a metal wiring layer (12) provided over one surface (11a) of the film substrate, a circular polarizer film (14) provided at a viewing side A of film substrate (11), and a metal wiring layer (15) provided over the other surface (11b) of the film substrate (11). The metal wiring layer (12) has a line width of greater than 5 μm but less than or equal to 8 μm, and a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.1 μm but less than 0.5 μm. |
| US10082911B2 |
Scrolling input device
An input device may include an image sensor having an imaging surface comprising that includes an array of pixels, and an optical waveguide layer carried by the imaging surface and having an exposed user surface and a first refractive index associated therewith. The input device may also include a substrate between the optical waveguide layer and the image sensor and having a second refractive index associated therewith that is lower than first refractive index. A collimation layer may be between the image sensor and the substrate. A light source may be configured to transmit light into the optical waveguide so that the light therein undergoes a total internal reflection. The optical waveguide may be being adjacent the imaging surface so that an object brought into contact with the exposed user surface disturbs the total internal reflection results resulting in an image pattern on the imaging surface. |
| US10082910B2 |
Gesture cell and gesture sensor having a photodiode comprising a first layer formed as a serpentine element on a substrate
A gesture cell including a photodiode comprising a first layer, the first layer formed as a serpentine element on a substrate, and an optical blind configured to guide a light that is incident from a first direction on the photodiode, the optical blind being placed on the photodiode obliquely toward the first direction, wherein the serpentine element is continuously formed from multiple limbs positioned in the first directions and returning in a corresponding second direction, and each limb positioned in the first direction and the corresponding limb returning in the second direction are equally spaced apart. |
| US10082906B2 |
Touch detection circuit
A touch detection circuit includes: a map generation section configured to compare a touch signal corresponding to a proximity state of an external proximity object with each of a plurality of thresholds to generate a plurality of pieces of map data each showing touch regions; a labeling section configured to selectively perform labeling on the touch regions in the plurality of pieces of map data, based on inclusive relationship of the touch regions between the plurality of pieces of map data; and a detection section configured to perform touch detection based on processing results by the labeling section. |
| US10082900B2 |
Display device and method for driving the same
A display device and a method for driving the same are provided by the present disclosure. The display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The method includes: applying a horizontal synchronizing signal to a plurality of scanning lines of the display panel; and applying a touch driving signal to a plurality of touch driving signal lines of the touch panel; an orthographic projection of the scanning line receiving the horizontal synchronizing signal onto the display panel does not overlap an orthographic projection of the touch driving signal line receiving the touch driving signal onto the display panel at least within a predetermined time period. |
| US10082898B2 |
Detection apparatus and display apparatus with touch detection function
According to an aspect, a detection apparatus includes a touch detection surface having two dimensions, a touch detection unit and a force detection unit. The touch detection unit includes: first electrodes extending along a first direction; and a first signal output unit configured to output a first signal indicating a position of the touch operation in a second direction. Each first electrode includes divided electrodes provided in the first direction. First detection regions each provided by bundling the divided electrodes arranged in the second direction are set. The force detection unit includes a base electrode configured such that distances between the base electrode and the respective divided electrodes change when the first electrodes bend according to the applied force applied. The force signal is a signal based on electrostatic capacitances obtained by individual detection. |
| US10082896B1 |
Stylus receiving apparatus
A stylus receiving apparatus for safekeeping of a stylus includes a receiving box, a guiding member, a toggle, and a rotating member. The rotating member defines an opening. The guiding member is attached to the rotating member. The toggle is attached to the guiding member. The toggle drives the guiding member to slide. The guiding member drives the rotating member to rotate, to expose the opening to take out the stylus, or to store the stylus after use. |
| US10082893B2 |
Input device, electronic device including the same, and control method thereof
Disclosed is a device for entering an input through a rotary motion, including a rotating body, and a fixed body to which the rotating body is coupled and rotates, wherein a first magnetic material and a second magnetic material are disposed on the rotating body and the fixed body, respectively, such that a clicking sensation to the rotation of the rotating body is generated by a magnetic force between the first and second magnetic materials, and an optical sensor and one or more magnetic sensors are disposed on the fixed body such that an amount, a direction, or a speed of rotation of the rotating body is recognized by the optical sensor, and wherein the one or more magnetic sensors detect the magnetic force. |
| US10082889B2 |
Multi-electrode active stylus tip
In one embodiment, a device includes a stylus tip capable of communicating wirelessly with another device through a touch sensor of the other device. The stylus tip includes one or more surface areas, one or more substrates disposed along one or more of the surface areas of the stylus tip, and a plurality of electrodes disposed on or in the one or more substrates. |
| US10082887B2 |
Input device including a stabilizing force
An input device includes: an input portion; a supporting portion supporting the input portion; a first actuator having a first magnetic pole forming portion and a first coil; a second actuator having a second magnetic pole forming portion and a second coil; and a fixed yoke and a movable yoke forming a magnetic circuit for magnetic fluxes generated by the first and second magnetic pole forming portions. One of the fixed yoke and the movable yoke has a magnetic resistance as resistance in the magnetic circuit. A stabilizing force is generated in the movable yoke to stabilize the magnetic circuit against the magnetic resistance. The magnetic resistance is located such that an acting direction of the stabilizing force is opposite to a fall direction of the movable yoke due to own weight in accordance with an inclined installation. |
| US10082883B2 |
Optical navigation device and locus smoothing method thereof
There is provided an optical navigation device including an image sensor, a processing unit, a storage unit and an output unit. The image sensor is configured to successively capture images. The processing unit is configured to calculate a current displacement according to the images and to compare the current displacement or an accumulated displacement with a threshold so as to determine an outputted displacement. The storage unit is configured to save the accumulated displacement. The output unit is configured to output the outputted displacement with a report rate. |
| US10082882B2 |
Data input apparatus and method therefor
The present invention relates to a data input apparatus and a method thereof. The data input apparatus can input data independently or sequentially via a first input or a second input for selecting one of the indication positions or a pair of indication positions of an input unit provided with a plurality of front and back indication positions based on a reference line passing through a reference point, which is a reference position for a base within a finger movement range. When a finger is placed on the input unit, the indication positions of the input unit are easily recognized as front and back corresponding input selection positions based on the reference line or the center of the input unit. Therefore, a user can easily and rapidly input data upon inputting data using the input unit. |
| US10082881B2 |
Navigation keypad
A navigation keypad is disposed in an electronic device including a case and a keypad printed circuit board disposed in the case. The navigation keypad includes an elastic support element and a body. The elastic post includes an elastic post, and a first end of the elastic post has an inclined plane. The body is passing through the case and corresponding to the elastic support element. The body includes a direction keypad portion lean against the elastic post and providing a reload force. The direction keypad portions may be formed on the body for direction control. Therefore, the number of the components and the assembling hour of the navigation keypad can be reduced. In addition, the inclined plane allows the direction keypad portion to be closely in contact with the directional elastic post. Therefore, when one direction keypad portion is pressed, other direction keypad portion would not be affected. |
| US10082877B2 |
Orientation-independent air gesture detection service for in-vehicle environments
A vehicle sensor may indicate heading angle. A plurality of seating zones may each include an orientation sensor indicating seating angle. A component within one of the seating zones may provide interface information descriptive of commands and associated air gestures oriented to the one seating zone, and perform one of the commands responsive to a personal device detecting the corresponding air gesture, accounting for the heading angle and seating angle. Gesture input from a personal device may be adjusted to create acceleration data in a reference frame of an in-vehicle component in a seating zone using orientation of the device, vehicle heading relative to magnetic North, and orientation angle for the seating zone including the device. When the acceleration data matches an air gesture in a library of air gestures, a command may be sent to the component corresponding to the matching air gesture. |
| US10082873B2 |
Method and apparatus for inputting contents based on virtual keyboard, and touch device
Methods and apparatuses are provided for inputting contents based on a virtual keyboard in the field of terminal input. The method includes: detecting a touch operation corresponding to the virtual keyboard; controlling a touch feedback module to send key position feedback information according to a relative position between a touch position of the touch operation and keys of the virtual keyboard; and when the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the target key and a touch pressure of the touch operation is greater than a pressure threshold value, inputting contents corresponding to the target key, and controlling the touch feedback module to send key stroke feedback information. |
| US10082870B2 |
Gaze and saccade based graphical manipulation
According to the invention, a system for presenting graphics on a display device is disclosed. The system may include an eye tracking device for determining a gaze point of a user on a display device. The system may also include a graphics processing device for causing graphics to be displayed on the display device. The graphics displayed on the display device may be modified such that the graphics in an area including the gaze point of the user have at least one modified parameter relative to graphics outside the area. The size of the area may be based at least in part on an amount of noise in the gaze point over time and at least one other secondary factor. |
| US10082869B2 |
Maintaining occupant awareness in vehicles
In general, techniques are described for maintaining occupant awareness in vehicles. A device configured to maintain occupant awareness in a vehicle comprising: a processor and a display may be configured to perform the techniques. The processor may determine a location at which an occupant is gazing, and generate, when the determined location indicates that the occupant is not focused on a direction in which the vehicle is traveling, one or more contextual images capable of assisting the occupant in maintaining awareness of a context in which the vehicle is currently operating. The display may present, based on the determined location, the one or more contextual images proximate to the determined position within the cabin of the vehicle to assist the occupant in assuming control of the vehicle when the vehicle is no longer able to autonomously control the operation of the vehicle. |
| US10082865B1 |
Dynamic distortion mapping in a worn display
A display distortion correction system and method is for a worn display. The worn display includes an image display. The display distortion correction system includes an eye tracking system configured to provide an eye parameter related to viewing the image display, a memory for storing a distortion map, and a processor configured to provide a distortion map. The processor is configured to provide a first test pattern on the image display, record a first set of eye positions associated with viewing the first test pattern, and provide the distortion map in response to the first set of eye positons. |
| US10082863B2 |
Gaze-based automatic scrolling
Embodiments of the invention may include a method of scrolling content on an electronic display upon detection that a gaze of a user is pointed to a pre-defined area of the display, such as for example an edge of the display. A scroll may be triggered by the gaze point of the user being directed to the pre-defined area of the screen or on a plane of the screen. A scroll may move the displayed content by a fixed amount or by a distance that is sufficient to bring the gaze point of the user our of the pre-defined area that triggered the scroll. A scroll may continue for example so long as a smooth pursuit of the viewers eyes is maintained. Embodiments may include tracking a position of a viewer of an electronic display, and altering an orientation of a one or more elements of the display to correspond to the changed orientation of the user. A layout of content that is display may be altered to accommodate the change in orientation. In some embodiments, an orientation of the displayed content may changed in real time to match the change in orientation of the user. In some embodiments, a resting or permanent orientation may be adopted once the position of the user becomes fixed. |
| US10082862B2 |
Input cueing emmersion system and method
An input cueing system and method that allows a user to manually draw an image, input text, interface and gesture on an input surface, which is then brought into a computer such that the visual output from the computer is combined in an overlapping manner with the visual imagery of the user's hands, and then shown on a display. Located above the drawing surface is an image capturing device that captures live video images of the user's hands or other objects placed on the drawing surface. One or more reflectors and/or image repeating devices are disposed between the input surface and the image capturing device to effectively reduce the height and/or focal length so that the visual image is properly aligned and oriented to provide a real ‘live’ view of the users hands and/or action on the display. A combiner module combine the visual action on and/or about the input surface with the visual output from a computer or computing device, so that the resulting combined visual imagery may be simultaneously transmitted and on a display, with the users hands, fingers and/or tools shown in a semi-transparent and/or opaque manner. |
| US10082859B2 |
Digital power supply device and operation method thereof
A digital power supply device is provided. The digital power supply device comprises a digital power supply controller, a switch and a control module. The digital power supply controller includes a first digital power supply module configured to generate and provide a first electric energy to a first load via a first path; and a second digital power supply module configured to generate a second electric energy. The switch is electrically connected to the second digital power supply module. The control module is configured to send a control command to the switch to control the switch electrically connected to the first path or a second path. An operation method of a digital power supply device is also provided. |
| US10082857B1 |
Cooling electrical systems based on power measurements
A system includes one or more electrical systems, an electrical power distribution system, one or more power sensors, an air handling system, and one or more controllers. The electrical power distribution system includes power distribution lines. The power distribution lines supply electrical power to the electrical systems. The power sensors are coupled to the power distribution lines. The power sensors sense characteristics of electrical power supplied to at least one of the electrical systems (for example, current draw). The one or more controllers control the air handling system based on characteristics measured by the power sensors. |
| US10082856B1 |
Performing a health check on power supply modules that operate in a current sharing mode
A device may select a power supply module (PSM), from a plurality of PSMs that operate in a current sharing mode, for performing a health check. The device may perform the health check on the selected PSM by iteratively modifying an output voltage of the selected PSM and monitoring for a corresponding modification in an output current of the selected PSM. The device may determine whether the selected PSM is capable of delivering a particular load without a failure based on performing the health check. The device may perform an action based on whether the selected PSM is capable of delivering the particular load without the failure. |
| US10082853B2 |
USB power delivery extension system
Embodiments of a USB cable extension system is disclosed for delivering power to a device via a USB connection. The system can include converter circuitries to convert a voltage supplied via a USB connector to a different voltage for transmission over a power transmission wire and to convert a voltage received from a power transmission wire to a different voltage to be supplied to a USB connector connectable to a device to be powered. |
| US10082851B2 |
Cooling apparatus and information processing apparatus
A cooling apparatus includes an assembly including an electronic device and a potting material that covers a side portion and an upper portion of the electronic device, the assembly having a conical upper portion, and a cooling plate including a conical hole, into which the upper portion of the assembly is fitted, and a flow path, through which a coolant flows. |
| US10082850B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a chassis and at least one plugin unit mounted in the chassis. The plugin unit includes a substrate, a heat receiving member, a radiator, and a heat transfer member. The substrate mounts a first electronic component and a second electronic component having a higher heat release value than the first electronic component. The heat receiving member receives heat by contacting the second electronic component. The radiator is shaped as a duct. The heat transfer member transfers the heat from the heat receiving member to the radiator. The chassis includes a fan that generates air-current inside the radiator and on one or more component mounting surfaces of the substrate. |
| US10082848B2 |
Systems and methods for thermal adaptation for virtual thermal inputs in a chassis infrastructure
A system management controller may include a thermal table, a host agent, and a thermal control system. The thermal table may comprise identifying parameters for supported remote temperature sensors external to an information handling system. The host agent may be configured to receive temperature sensor data of a remote temperature sensor. The thermal control system may be configured to provide thermal control of at least one of the information handling system and a chassis in which it is disposed by determining, based on an entry of the thermal table associated with the remote temperature sensor, a local input identifier of the system management controller that defines a virtual thermal input of the information handling system associated with the remote temperature sensor, and controlling thermal properties of at least one of the information handling system and the chassis based on the virtual thermal input and a temperature value associated therewith. |
| US10082846B2 |
Temperature sensing system
A temperature sensing system includes N temperature sensing circuits, each including a diode, that are connected in series, wherein N is an integer greater than one. A control module includes a first terminal that communicates with one of the N temperature sensing circuits, that receives a combined voltage of the N temperature sensing circuits at the first terminal, and that calculates an average temperature of the N temperature sensing circuits based on the combined voltage. |
| US10082845B2 |
Cooling systems and heat exchangers for cooling computer components
Computer systems having heat exchangers for cooling computer components are disclosed herein. The computer systems include a computer cabinet having an air inlet, an air outlet spaced apart from the air inlet, and a plurality of computer module compartments positioned between the air inlet and the air outlet. The air inlet, the air outlet, and the computer module compartments define an air flow path through the computer cabinet. The computer systems also include a heat exchanger positioned between two adjacent computer module compartments. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange elements canted relative to the air flow path. |
| US10082835B2 |
Electronic device housings including deformation channels
Electronic device housings including deformation channels can, for example, include a rigid exterior member (REM) and a semi-rigid interior member (SRIM) disposed within an internal volume of the REM and including a cavity to house an electronic device, where the SRIM includes shock adsorbing spacers projecting from a main body of the SRIM to form a deformation channel between the REM and the main body of the SRIM. |
| US10082834B2 |
Portable electronic device
A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a front glass cover that forms the front of the electronic device, a back cover that forms the back of the electronic device, a bezel that surrounds the space formed between the front and back covers and is formed integrally with, or separately from, the back cover, wherein the bezel has a first opening with a first size and a second opening with a second size smaller than the first size, the second opening being disposed adjacent to the first opening, a display device that is located in the space and has a screen area exposed through the front cover, a tray structure that is inserted into the space through the first opening and is detachably mounted, the tray structure having a recess in which a memory card and/or a subscriber identification module (SIM) card is received, a first member that holds the tray structure when the tray structure is inserted into the space and a second member that allows a first member to release the tray structure by the press of an external member that is inserted through the second opening, and a waterproof structure that includes a first portion that is movably inserted into the second opening, a first end portion that makes contact with the second member by the press of the external member, and a second end portion that is pressed by the external member. |
| US10082831B2 |
Device apparatus cooperation via apparatus profile
Devices (1) cooperate with apparatuses (2) in cooperation modes such as docking modes and smart desk modes and comprise interfaces (11) for receiving first signals from the apparatuses (2) comprising indications linked with profiles of the apparatuses (2) for indicating the cooperation modes. Sensors (12) sense in the cooperation modes user signals generated by users via the apparatuses (2) and controllers (13) analyze sensing results from the sensors in view of the profiles of the apparatuses (2) and control operations of the devices (1) in response to analysis results. The profiles of the apparatuses (2) may be pre-stored in the devices (1) or may be provided by the apparatuses (2) or may be retrieved from servers. The operations of the devices (1) may be controlled in dependence of parameters defining states of the devices (1) or of the apparatuses (2) or of the environment. The user signals may be generated by the users through touching surfaces (22) of the apparatuses (2). |
| US10082826B1 |
Method and system for deploying a flexible device
A device includes a processor and memory coupled to the processor. The memory is encoded with instructions that are executable by the processor to provide content signals. The device also includes a display screen extendable to present an extended portion comprising display pixels configured to display content using the content signals. The display screen comprises a scroll element which may provide a base substrate on which thin film circuits are fabricated, and may also provide motive force during retraction. The scroll element is attached to a pull bar and the pull bar is attached to an extensible support member that provides support during extension and retraction of the display screen. |
| US10082823B1 |
Open loop solution in data buffer and RCD
An apparatus comprising an open loop circuit and a delay circuit. The open loop circuit may be configured to generate an in-phase clock signal by performing a phase alignment in response to (i) a clean version of a system clock and (ii) a delayed version of a strobe signal. The delay circuit may be configured to (i) generate the delayed version of the strobe signal in response to (a) the strobe signal received from a memory interface and (b) a delay amount received from a calibration circuit and (ii) adjust a delay of transferring a data signal through the apparatus in response to (a) the delay amount and (b) the in-phase clock signal. The data signal may be received from the memory interface. The delay of transferring the data signal may be implemented to keep a latency of a data transfer within a pre-defined range. |
| US10082819B2 |
Switched-capacitor bandgap reference circuit using chopping technique
A method includes providing a first voltage to a first output node during a first time interval, providing a second voltage to the first output node during a second time interval, and averaging the first and second voltages to provide a reference voltage to a second output node. The first voltage includes a proportional-to-absolute-temperature (PTAT) component, a complementary-to-absolute-temperature (CTAT) component, and a first residual offset component. The second voltage includes the PTAT component, the CTAT component, and a second residual offset component. An apparatus includes a discrete-time circuit to provide the first voltage to the first output node during the first time interval and to provide the second voltage to the first output node during the second time interval, and a filter to average the first and second voltages to provide the reference voltage to the second output node. |
| US10082818B2 |
Electronic circuit, protective device, and image forming apparatus
An electronic circuit includes a first consumption part, at least one second consumption part, and a current mirror circuit. The first consumption part passes a current to consume electricity when a voltage exceeding a first voltage is applied. At least one second consumption part is disposed in parallel with the first consumption part and passes a current to consume electricity. The current mirror circuit passes, to the second consumption part, a current corresponding to a current that flows through the first consumption part. |
| US10082804B2 |
Optimized technique for staging and de-staging pumps in a multiple pump system
Apparatus is provided featuring a signal processor or processing module configured at least to: receive signaling containing information about system energy consumption related to multiple pump combinations running in a multiple pump system; and determine whether to stage or de-stage a pump in the multiple pump system, based at least partly on the signaling received. The signal processor or processing module is configured to provide corresponding signaling containing information about whether to stage or de-stage the pump in the multiple pump system, and to implement control logic or a control logic algorithm based at least partly on the system energy consumption taking the form of specific energy that is a measure of energy used per unit mass for the multiple pump combinations running in the multiple pump system. |
| US10082802B2 |
Method and system for continued navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles beyond restricted airspace boundaries
A system for continued navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles beyond restricted boundaries. The system comprises a monitoring device to track a geolocation corresponding to an unmanned aerial vehicle and to compare the geolocation corresponding to the unmanned aerial vehicle with a geolocation corresponding to a restricted boundary to determine a location of the unmanned aerial vehicle with respect to a restricted environment, and a route generator to generate an alternative navigation method to navigate the restricted environment when the unmanned aerial vehicle is located within a predetermined distance of the restricted environment. |
| US10082801B1 |
Supplemental attitude with engaged and disengaged input device modes
An input attitude associated with an input device of an aircraft is received. A supplemental attitude is generated, including by selecting a position-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in a disengaged state and selecting a velocity-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in an engaged state. The input attitude and the supplemental attitude are combined in order to obtain a combined attitude. The aircraft is controlled using the combined attitude. |
| US10082796B2 |
Pedestrian face detection
A controller for a vehicle is programmed to detect a pedestrian in an image received from a camera, determine whether a face of the pedestrian is present in the image, and cause the vehicle to change lanes based on the absence of the face. |
| US10082794B2 |
Vehicle positioning in a parking area
Vehicle positioning in a parking area is provided by obtaining vehicle information of vehicles for positioning in the parking area, identifying unutilized parking space in the parking area, then based on recognizing a vehicle movement event, determining an optimized layout for the vehicles, the optimized layout including position for each vehicle of the vehicles, the vehicle movement event including (i) actual or anticipated arrival of an arriving vehicle to be positioned in the parking area or (ii) actual or anticipated departure of a departing vehicle departing from the parking area, and positioning one or more vehicles of the vehicles to conform to the determined optimized layout, the positioning including automatically controlling movement of at least one autonomous vehicle of the one or more vehicles and repositioning a vehicle, of the one or more vehicles, that is a different vehicle than the arriving vehicle or departing vehicle. |
| US10082791B2 |
Autonomous vehicle control system and method
A vehicle including an autonomic vehicle control system is described. A method for operating the vehicle includes, during operation of the autonomic vehicle control system, determining vehicle and environmental operating conditions and extra-vehicle conditions when the autonomic vehicle control system is activated. A confidence level associated with operation of the autonomic vehicle control system is determined based upon the vehicle operating conditions, the environmental operating conditions and the extra-vehicle conditions. The confidence level associated with the operation of the autonomic vehicle control system is transmitted via an operator interface device. |
| US10082789B1 |
User interface for displaying internal state of autonomous driving system
A passenger in an automated vehicle may relinquish control of the vehicle to a control computer when the control computer has determined that it may maneuver the vehicle safely to a destination. The passenger may relinquish or regain control of the vehicle by applying different degrees of pressure, for example, on a steering wheel of the vehicle. The control computer may convey status information to a passenger in a variety of ways including by illuminating elements of the vehicle. The color and location of the illumination may indicate the status of the control computer, for example, whether the control computer has been armed, is ready to take control of the vehicle, or is currently controlling the vehicle. |
| US10082788B1 |
Joystick assembly and system for controlling steering and thrust of a marine propulsion device
A system for controlling steering and thrust of a marine vessel's propulsion device includes a joystick assembly providing input signals to a control module. The joystick assembly includes a docking station at the helm; a first electrical connector in the docking station cable-connected to the control module; a detachable base for coupling with the docking station; a handle moveable within the detachable base to generate the input signals; a second, complementary electrical connector in the detachable base; and a wireless transmitter mounted in the detachable base. A wireless receiver communicates with the transmitter and the control module. When the detachable base is coupled to the docking station and the electrical connectors are mated, the cable transmits input signals to the control module. When the detachable base is removed from the docking station and the electrical connectors are disconnected, the wireless transmitter and receiver transmit input signals to the control module. |
| US10082787B2 |
Estimation of abnormal sensors
Provided is an estimation apparatus including a target data acquiring section operable to acquire target data serving as an examination target, the target data output by a plurality of sensors, a calculating section operable to calculate, for each of a plurality of sensor groups that each include two sensors among the plurality of sensors, a degree of outlierness of the target data relative to a reference data distribution of output from the sensor group, and an estimating section operable to estimate a sensor among the plurality of sensors to be a source of outlierness, based on a calculation result of the calculating section. |
| US10082784B2 |
Saturation-controlled loop current regulator
A process transmitter includes device circuitry that generates values that are to be conveyed on a current loop. A series control transistor is in series between the current loop and the device circuitry and a saturation prevention circuit prevents the series control transistor from entering saturation. |
| US10082782B2 |
System for displaying and monitoring practical data in controllers
A device that provides for the non-invasive data monitoring of analog IO of a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) system. The output is ultimately displayed on an interface in real-time and is measured directly from the IO channel. This type of device allows the accurate reading and analysis of errors and erroneous data within a device and transmission of said data to disparate secondary devices for use. |
| US10082778B2 |
Managing coordinated control by multiple decision modules
Techniques are described for implementing automated control systems that manipulate operations of specified target systems, such as by modifying or otherwise manipulating inputs or other control elements of the target system that affect its operation (e.g., affect output of the target system). An automated control system may in some situations have a distributed architecture with multiple decision modules that each controls a portion of a target system and operate in a partially decoupled manner with respect to each other, such as by each decision module operating to synchronize its local solutions and proposed control actions with those of one or more other decision modules, in order to determine a consensus with those other decision modules. Such inter-module synchronizations may occur repeatedly to determine one or more control actions for each decision module at a particular time, as well as to be repeated over multiple times for ongoing control. |
| US10082773B2 |
Formulating steady-state targets using prioritized objective functions
Computer system and methods for optimally controlling the behavior of an industrial process, in accordance with plant operating goals, without requiring a complicated trial and error process. The system and methods enable configuring optimization preference and optimization priority for key manipulated variables (MVs) of the industrial process. The system and methods translate the configured optimization preference and optimization priority for each key MV into prioritized economic objective functions. The system and methods calculate a set of normalized cost factors for use in a given prioritized economic functions based on a model gain matrix of manipulated variables and controlled variables of the industrial process. The system and methods automatically determine best achievable targets for the MVs by solving each prioritized economic objective functions in sequence of priority within the constraints of: (1) the determined CV best achievable steady-state targets, and (2) the determined MV best achievable steady-state targets from higher prioritized economic objective functions. |
| US10082765B2 |
Process cartridge and image forming apparatus
A process cartridge including a drum cartridge, a developing cartridge, and a waste toner container, is provided. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum including a photosensitive layer and a rotation axis extending in an axial direction, a drum cleaner arranged to contact the photosensitive drum, a cleaner frame configured to accommodate the drum cleaner therein, and a waste toner conveyer tube connected with the cleaner frame. The developing cartridge is movable to be attached to and detached from the drum cartridge and includes a developer roller. The waste toner container is movable to be attached to and detached from the drum cartridge. When the developing cartridge and the waste toner container are attached to the drum cartridge, the waste toner container is connected with the waste toner conveyer tube and is located on an opposite side of the developing cartridge to the photosensitive drum. |
| US10082761B2 |
Image forming apparatus including a rotatable exposure device
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, an exposure device, a drive device, a cleaning body, and an exposure device holder. The exposure device is disposed on a motion trajectory between an exposure position and a retracted position and emits light to the image bearer via a lens having a lens surface at the exposure position. The drive device causes the exposure device to move between the exposure position and the retracted position. The cleaning body disposed on the motion trajectory of the exposure device tilts a cleaning surface when contacting with the lens surface of the exposure device. The exposure device holder supports the exposure device while changing an attitude of the exposure device such that the lens surface remains in contact with the cleaning surface of the cleaning body when the exposure device moves from the retracted position to the exposure position. |
| US10082760B2 |
Printing system and method
According to one example, there is provided a method of printing. The method comprises generating a gloss modification image based on a substrate gloss level and a desired gloss level for a portion of the image, and printing the image and the gloss modification image on the substrate. |
| US10082759B2 |
Sheet processing device and image forming system
A sheet processing device includes: an accumulator on which sheets are accumulated; a staple driver; a staple receiver disposed at a position facing the staple driver, wherein the staple driver drives a staple into the sheets when the sheet are between the staple receiver and the staple driver; an arm that extends from the staple driver in a direction perpendicular to a staple driving direction to operate the staple driver in the staple driving direction; and a regulator that regulates deviation produced when the staple driver drives the staple. The deviation is in a short length direction of the arm perpendicular to a long length direction of the arm and to the staple driving direction. |
| US10082758B2 |
Developer case and image forming apparatus including the same
A developer case (10) according to the present invention includes a case main body (30) and an RF tag (36, 37). The case main body (30) contains developer and is attached to an apparatus main body (2, 71) which includes a communication device (14). The RF tag (36, 37) is arranged at the case main body (30) and makes wireless communication with the communication device (14) within a communicable area (A1, A2) around the communication device (14). The case main body (30) includes a plurality of attachment parts (41a, 41b) opposed to the communication device (14) in a state where the case main body (30) is attached to the apparatus main body (2, 71). The RF tag (36, 37) is arranged at one of the plurality of attachment parts (41a, 41b) according to the communicable area (A1, A2) unique to the RF tag (36, 37). |
| US10082756B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming system
An image forming apparatus includes: a toner-image fixer that fixes an unfixed toner image on a sheet by conveying the sheet while heating and pressing the sheet at a fixing nip; a pressing force changer that changes a pressing force against the sheet at the fixing nip; and a hardware processor that controls the toner-image fixer and the pressing force changer, in which when a conveying speed of the sheet is changed by controlling the toner-image fixer, the hardware processor causes the conveying speed to change in a state in which the pressing force is decreased by controlling the pressing force changer. |
| US10082753B2 |
Fixing member having releasing layer on the surface
The invention provides a fixation member having a fluororesin tube serving as a release layer which attains both suitable electrical conductivity and high releasability. The fixation member (fixation tube) has a release layer on the surface thereof. The release layer is formed of a fluororesin tube containing carbon. The fluororesin tube has a percent dielectric relaxation of 1.0% to 5.0% or an optical transmission density of 1 to 4. The fluororesin tube preferably has a dielectric constant of 2.15 to 2.5. |
| US10082749B2 |
Image forming apparatus for forming and transferring a toner image
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a transfer portion that transfers a toner image to a transfer material, a first roller disposed upstream of the transfer portion in a conveying direction of the transfer material, and a second roller disposed upstream of the transfer portion and downstream of the first roller. The triboelectric charge polarities of the surfaces of the first and second rollers when the surfaces are triboelectrically charged by contact with the transfer material differ from each other. |
| US10082745B2 |
Electrostatic latent image developing toner
An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles each including a core and a shell layer. The shell layer is a collection of resin particles having the same composition (primary particle diameter of at least 90% by number of the resin particles: 20 nm-30 nm). The shell layer includes a first shell layer, which is a film including the resin particles in a non-aggregated state, and a second shell layer, which is a plurality of particle aggregates (secondary particle diameter of at least 90% by number of the particle aggregates: 100 nm-150 nm). The particle aggregates each include the resin particles in an aggregated state. The surface of the core is entirely covered with the shell layer. The second shell layer is present in a surface of the toner particle in a proportion of at least 5% by area and no greater than 15% by area. |
| US10082742B2 |
Electrostatic charge image developing toner, electrostatic charge image developer, and toner cartridge
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles including an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein, when the toner particles are subjected to a measurement by differential scanning calorimetry before and after being heated at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 50% RH for a week, a relationship between an endothermic amount S1 (J/g) derived from the crystalline resin in a first heating process with respect to the toner particles before being heated and an endothermic amount Sh (J/g) derived from the crystalline resin in a first heating process with respect to the toner particles after being heated satisfies Expression (1): 0.50≤S1/Sh≤0.90. |
| US10082740B2 |
Feedback control system of an alignment system
An alignment system having long term stability in illumination center wavelength is discussed. The alignment system includes a tunable radiation source and a feedback control system. The tunable radiation source includes a light source configured to provide a broadband radiation beam and a tunable multi-passband filter configured to filter the broadband radiation beam into narrow band radiation beam having a center wavelength value. The feedback control system is configured to measure the center wavelength value of the narrow band radiation beam and compare the measured center wavelength value with a desired center wavelength value. The feedback control system is further configured to generate a control signal based on the comparison in response to a difference being present between the measured center wavelength value and the desired center wavelength value and tune the tunable filter based on the control signal to eliminate or substantially reduce the difference. |
| US10082735B2 |
Silicon-containing resist underlayer film-forming composition having organic group having aliphatic polycyclic structure
A resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography having an aliphatic polycyclic structure including, as a silane, a hydrolyzable silane, a hydrolysis product thereof, a hydrolysis-condensation product thereof, or a combination thereof, in which the aliphatic polycyclic structure is a structure which a hydrolyzable silane of Formula (1): R1aR2bSi(R3)4-(a+b) Formula (1) (where R1 is an organic group having an aliphatic polycyclic structure and bonded to a Si atom through a Si—C bond; R3 is an ethoxy group; a is an integer of 1; b is an integer of 0 to 2; and a+b is an integer of 1 to 3) has, or a structure included in a compound added as an aliphatic polycyclic compound, an aliphatic polycyclic dicarboxylic acid, or an aliphatic polycyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydride, each optionally having a double bond, a hydroxy group, or an epoxy group. |
| US10082728B2 |
Device and method for gaze attraction toward camera
A device for holding a gaze-attracting object in a position adjacent to an electronic photographic device such as a digital camera or smart phone is provided. The device includes a body having one or a plurality first projecting members extending across a gap from a secondary projecting member. The device is positionable to an as-used position with a digital camera or smartphone engaged within the gap. Holding members projecting from the body opposite the gap, maintain an object therebetween and adjacent to the lens of the camera or smartphone or other digital photo device. |
| US10082724B2 |
Illuminating apparatus and system for mobile device photography
A system for evenly-scattered adaptable subject lighting for mobile device photography, comprising a case configured to enclose and securely fasten a mobile device and an illuminating portion, the illuminating portion configured to produce light based on input received from a plurality of sensors. The system further comprising a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a network-connected computing device, and configured to direct the operation of the illuminating portion comprising at least a sensor processor and an image capture device, wherein the sensor processor adjusts the illuminating portion based on preconfigured thresholds to provide evenly-scatter lighting for capturing images of subjects via the image capture device. |
| US10082723B2 |
Image capturing apparatus for generating a high dynamic range video frame from multiple image frames with different characteristics
An image capturing apparatus is provided capable of recording an appropriate HDR still image when shooting a still image during HDR video recording. An HDR video frame having a high dynamic range is generated by generating video frames from frames of different exposure conditions and composing the video frames, and the HDR video frame is recorded in a recording medium as an HDR video. When a still image shooting instruction is accepted during the generation of the HDR video frame, an HDR still image frame having a high dynamic range is generated by generating still image frames of different exposure conditions during the generation of the HDR video frame and composing the still image frames, and the HDR still image frame is recorded in the recording medium as an HDR still image. |
| US10082720B2 |
Wavelength conversion element and wavelength conversion light pulse waveform shaping device
A wavelength conversion element includes a crystal having a periodically poled structure in which polarization is inverted with an inversion period Λ along a z-axis which is an input axis of a light pulse. The wavelength conversion element is configured to generate an output the inversion period Λ(x) at each position x by change of the inversion period Λ according to the position x, and when a target frequency linearly changing with the position x is set to fT(x)=b+ax, a frequency width of the output frequency is set to δf(x), and the output frequency is set to f(x)=fT(x)+α(x), the output frequency is set to coincide with the target frequency within a range satisfying a condition |α(x)|≤δf(x). |
| US10082718B2 |
Non-blocking mach-zehnder modulator arm imbalance monitoring and control through tones
A method and an apparatus for non-blocking Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) arm imbalance monitoring and control through tones are disclosed herein. An optical transmitter may include an MZM to supply a first portion of light to an in-phase arm and a second portion to a quadrature arm of the MZM. The optical transmitter may apply modulator arm adjustments and dither signals to the two portions. Then, the MZM may combine the two portions into an optical output signal. The optical transmitter may tap the optical output signal to provide a first portion of the optical output signal and transmit a second portion. Also, the optical transmitter may obtain first error signals, based on the first dither signal, and second error signals, based on the second dither signal, of the first portion of the output signal. The optical transmitter may change the modulator arm adjustments based on the error signals. |
| US10082715B2 |
Conductive element and liquid crystal display element
A conductive element includes: a first conductive film; a second conductive film connected to the first conductive film; a first insulating film covering the first conductive film and disposed in a layer below the second conductive film, the first insulating film having a contact hole exposing at least an edge face of the first conductive film and thereby connecting the second conductive film to the first conductive film; a second insulating film disposed in a layer above the second insulating film so as to straddle the contact hole; and a third conductive film disposed in a layer above the second conductive film with the second insulating film between the second and third conductive films, the third conductive film having a conductive film opening that contains a location overlapping the edge face of the first conductive film in a plan view. |
| US10082712B2 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus
Provided is a liquid crystal display apparatus. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a pixel area including a pixel array disposed on a first substrate; a peripheral area including a gate driver disposed outside the pixel array and a common voltage supply unit including openings disposed outside the gate driver; an overcoating layer disposed on the pixel array and the gate driver; a pixel electrode disposed on the overcoating layer and connected to the pixel array; a common electrode structure disposed on the overcoating layer, overlapped with the pixel electrode, and electrically connected to the common voltage supply unit; and a sealing member surrounding a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate, supporting the first substrate and the second substrate, and overlapped with the openings. |
| US10082709B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates facing each other and including a plurality of pixels; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates and including a liquid crystal mixture. The first substrate includes a pixel electrode in each pixel. The pixel electrode includes a stem electrode extending in a first direction and a second direction in a cross shape and dividing the pixel into first to fourth domains; and branch electrodes disposed in the first to fourth domains and extending from the stem electrode in a tilted direction to the first and second directions. The branch electrodes disposed in two adjacent domains extend to have angles different from each other with respect to the first direction and the second direction. The liquid crystal mixture includes liquid crystals, and a dopant which adjusts a pitch of the liquid crystals. |
| US10082708B2 |
Liquid crystal panels and liquid crystal devices
The present disclosure discloses a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal device. The liquid crystal panel includes a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a color filter (CF) substrate opposite to each other. Each of sub-pixel areas of the TFT substrate is configured with a first conductive film, and each of sub-optical-filter areas of the CF substrate is configured with a second conductive film opposite to the first conductive film, the first conductive film and the second conductive film are rectangular. A central point of the first conductive film projects on the central point of the second conductive film. A dimension of the second conductive film is greater than the dimension of the first conductive film, and a ring-shaped conductive film is formed in an area of the first conductive film not covered by the second conductive film. |
| US10082705B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a method of manufacturing new liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Firstly, an alignment film is formed on a substrate. The alignment film is divided into a first alignment film formed using, as a precursor, liquid-state polyimide that contains a photodecomposition substance and a second alignment film formed using, as a precursor, a polyamic acid that does not contain a photodecomposition substance. UV light is irradiated to the alignment film, and decomposed substances formed by irradiation of the UV light is removed by an at least two-step removing process. By the method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, bright spots are minimized in pixels and a brightness of black is lowered, so that a liquid crystal display device with a high contrast ratio can be realized. |
| US10082704B2 |
Liquid crystal alignment agent, liquid crystal alignment film and liquid crystal display element having thereof
A liquid crystal alignment agent which is capable of forming a liquid crystal alignment film with excellent ultraviolet reliability, the liquid crystal alignment film, and a liquid crystal display element having the same are provided. The liquid crystal alignment agent includes a polymer composition (A) and a solvent (B). The polymer composition (A) is obtained by reacting a mixture, wherein the mixture includes a tetracarboxylic dianhydride component (a) and a diamine component (b). The tetracarboxylic dianhydride component (a) includes a tetracarboxylic dianhydride compound (a-1) represented by formula (1). The diamine component (b) includes a diamine compound (b-1) represented by formula (2) and a diamine compound (b-2) containing the structure represented by formula (3). |
| US10082698B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes a display panel, a reflection plate, and a light emitting diode light source, the display panel including a lower substrate including a lower base substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the lower substrate, and a light source driving electrode disposed on a lower surface of the lower base substrate where the reflection plate is disposed under the display panel, and the light emitting diode light source is disposed on the lower surface of the lower base substrate, connected to the light source driving electrode, and emits a light to the reflection plate. |
| US10082696B2 |
Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display device
The present disclosure discloses a liquid crystal panel, including an array substrate and a color filter substrate formed oppositely to the array substrate and a LC layer sandwiched between the array substrate and the color filter substrate, and a seal formed around the LC layer. A wall is formed on a position of the array substrate next to the seal and toward the LC layer. Multiple color resister units are sequentially connected on a coplanar face to form the wall. The color resister A is formed by more than three color resisters sequentially arranged and the adjacent color resisters the two color resister units A are different. The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display device. |
| US10082694B2 |
Display device
The described technology relates generally to a display device, and the display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a main panel; an auxiliary panel positioned at two opposing edges of the main panel; and a cover glass covering a front surface of the main panel and the auxiliary panel, wherein the auxiliary panel has a curved shape. |
| US10082690B2 |
Display panel including sealing member at bonding area and display device including the same
A display device includes a first substrate including: a display area in which an image is displayed, and a non-display area in which an image is not displayed and a signal line is disposed to transmit or receive an electrical signal to or from the display area of the first substrate; a second substrate coupled to the first substrate and exposing the non-display area of the first substrate; and a sealing member which is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and couples the first substrate and the second substrate to each other. The sealing member between the first substrate and the second substrate extends to overlap the signal line in the exposed non-display area of the first substrate. |
| US10082678B2 |
Color changing contact lenses
The present invention generally relates to contact lenses. Specifically, this invention relates to contact lenses that change color based on one or more stimuli. The present application provides for a color changing contact lens that can change its color based on one or more stimuli. The color changing contact lens is constructed of an inner layer, an outer layer and a supply of liquid crystal. |
| US10082671B2 |
Head-mounted display, method of controlling head-mounted display and computer program to measure the distance from a user to a target
A head-mounted display includes: a distance measurement unit that measures a distance to a target present in a predetermined range; an imaging unit that images the predetermined range and acquires different preliminary information from the measured distance; and a distance decision unit that decides a distance to the target included in a second region based on the preliminary information acquired in regard to the target included in a measured first region when the first region and the second region different from the first region are included in the predetermined range in which the target is imaged. |
| US10082660B2 |
Transparent microscope slide having a marking
The invention relates to a transparent object carrier, which has a marking impressed in the interior, to a diagnostic instrument, preferably a microscope, in combination with a transparent object carrier inserted for diagnostic analysis, and to a method, comprising the steps of providing a transparent object carrier, impressing a marking, which is located in the interior of the carrier, supplying the transparent object carrier with a biological or chemical sample, and, optionally, dividing the transparent object carrier and thereby producing a plurality of smaller transparent object carriers that enclose material from the biological or chemical sample. |
| US10082658B2 |
High power microscopy illumination system with liquid cooled solid state light source (SSLS) unit
A high power microscopy illumination system is disclosed, having a liquid cooled, Solid State Light Source (SSLS) unit including one or more LED light sources, thermally mounted on a cold plate, which is cooled by a closed-loop liquid cooling system including a remote unit housing a heat exchanger. The SSLS unit with the LED light source is compact and lightweight, and is mechanically and optically directly coupled to the illumination port of the microscope, for efficient optical coupling to the imaging plane. High capacity cooling of the LEDs, enables the LEDs to be driven at higher current densities for increased optical output and for operation with improved thermal stability. The LED driver circuitry may also be housed within the SSLS unit and liquid cooled. The SSLS unit is vibrationally isolated from vibration-causing components of the cooling system, such as cooling fans and other bulky components, which are housed in the remote unit. |
| US10082657B2 |
Dual magnification apparatus and system for examining a single objective in a scanning optical microscope using two wavelengths of light
Dual magnification systems and apparatuses for testing and viewing a single objective in a scanning optical microscope and methods of using the systems and apparatuses are provided. Two optical paths allow two wavelengths of light to be magnified to separate magnification levels such that a lower magnification optical path can be used to examine a target area while a higher magnification optical path can be used to examine a subset of the target area and elicit test sample responses to localize a condition of interest. |
| US10082656B2 |
Lamellar bone observation microscope
A lamellar bone observation microscope includes: a light source; a condenser lens for focusing light emitted by the light source onto a sample; an objective lens on an opposite side of the sample from the condenser lens; a first polarizing plate between the light source and the condenser lens to pass only a polarization component of the light emitted by the light source; a second polarizing plate configured to pass only a polarization component of the light passed through the sample in accordance with a relative positional relationship with the first polarizing plate; a first wave plate between the first polarizing plate and the condenser lens to introduce a phase difference of λ/4 in a γ direction of the light passed through the first polarizing plate; and a second wave plate for introducing a phase difference of λ/4 in a γ direction of the light passed through the objective lens. |
| US10082652B2 |
Miniaturized optical zoom lens system
The present application provides a micromechanical (MEMS) based zoom lens system, for use in miniature device applications, such as miniature electronic imaging devices. The MEMS-based zoom lens system comprises at least four optical elements, or two Alvarez or Lohmann lenses, that are configured for passage of optical signals therethrough along an optical signal path. Each optical element is MEMS-driven and displaceable in a direction substantially transverse to the optical signal path. In use, the transverse displacement of the optical elements vary an overall focal length of the MEMS zoom lens system such as to provide an optical zoom function. A method of manufacturing a MEMS zoom lens system is also provided in a further aspect. |
| US10082648B2 |
Imaging optical system
An imaging optical system includes a positive or negative first lens group including a negative lens element closest to the object, a diaphragm, and a positive second lens group. The negative lens element closest to the object has an object-side aspherical surface including a paraxial convex surface, a paraxial curvature that is the greatest within the effective aperture, and a portion within the effective aperture having a curvature less than ½ of the paraxial curvature. These conditions are satisfied: R1/f<1.35 D1/f>0.4 −2.5 |
| US10082645B2 |
Image capturing optical system, image capturing device and electronic device
The present disclosure provides an image capturing optical system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a negative second lens element having a concave object-side surface; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element having a concave image-side surface concave, both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric, at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. |
| US10082643B2 |
Optical system and optical apparatus with diffractive optical element
An optical system includes a diffractive surface and at least one aspherical surface, an aspherical surface of at least one aspherical surface closest to the diffractive surface is referred to as a first aspherical surface, a phase function ψ(r) and an aspherical function X(r) of the first aspherical surface increase with different signs from each other in a height direction with increasing a distance from an optical axis, and a condition below is satisfied: - 0.10 ≤ ∑ i = 1 p ( Ci ⨯ ( f / Fno ) 2 ⨯ i - 1 ) / ∑ j = 1 q ( Aj ⨯ ( f / Fno ) 2 ⨯ j + 1 ) ≤ - 0.01 where f is a focal length of the optical system when focusing on an infinite object, and Fno is an F number of the optical system. |
| US10082642B2 |
Imaging lens and imaging apparatus
An imaging lens is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a front group; an aperture stop; and a rear group having a positive refractive power. The front group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: at least two negative lenses, and a cemented lens formed by cementing a negative lens and a positive lens having a smaller Abbe's number with respect to the d line than the negative lens, provided in this order from the object side to the image side, together. The rear group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: at least one positive lens, and a cemented lens having a positive refractive power as a whole, formed by cementing a positive lens and a negative lens, provided in this order form the object side to the image side, together. |
| US10082629B2 |
Optical coupling member, optical connector and electric connector
It is an object of the present invention to accurately maintain a positional relationship between a lens held in a holding member and an optical fiber without requiring any complicated operation. The invention includes a holder (11), at one end of which a housing section (11c) that houses a ball lens (12) is formed and at the other end of which an insertion hole (11a) for inserting an optical fiber (13) is formed, and a magnet (14) provided outside in a direction crossing a housing direction of the ball lens at the one end of the holder, in which the magnet generates an attracting force for aligning a center of the ball lens with a center of an optical element provided in a coupling target. |
| US10082628B2 |
Optical device, tunable light source, and optical transmitter
A disclosed optical device includes a first waveguide disposed between a branching portion and a multiplexing portion on a semiconductor substrate, and a second waveguide disposed between the branching portion and the multiplexing portion, the second waveguide being longer than the first waveguide. In the optical device, an optical confinement effect of the first waveguide is greater than an optical confinement effect of the second waveguide, the first waveguide has a curvature with a first curvature radius (Rs), the second waveguide has a curvature with a second curvature radius (Rl), and the first curvature radius is smaller than the second curvature radius. |
| US10082627B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing terahertz waves
An apparatus providing a terahertz (THz) wave may comprise at least one THz wave generator each of which generates a THz wave; at least one first phase adjuster adjusting a phase of the generated THz wave; at least one waveguide part receiving and combining the at least one phase-adjusted THz wave radiated from the at least one first phase adjuster, and guiding the combined THz wave; at least one second phase adjuster adjusting a phase of the combined THz wave from the at least one waveguide part, which is connected to the at least one waveguide part or disposed in a portion of the at least one waveguide part; and an output module outputting the THz wave guided from the at least one waveguide part. |
| US10082619B2 |
Display device
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display unit; a light source device that irradiates the display unit with light, and that includes a plurality of luminous bodies; at least one power reception unit that receives power for the light source device; and at least one power transmission unit that wirelessly transmits power to the power reception unit. |
| US10082616B2 |
Glass plate, light guide plate unit, planar light-emitting device, and liquid crystal display device
To provide a glass plate excellent in the internal transmittance of light rays in the visible region.A glass plate consisting of multicomponent oxide glass, which has an effective optical path length of from 25 to 200 cm, a thickness of from 0.5 to 10 mm, and an average internal transmittance in the visible region of at least 80% and a chromaticity Y of tristimulus values in the XYZ colorimetric system as defined in JIS Z8701 (Appendix) of at least 90%, under the effective optical path length. |
| US10082611B2 |
Near-infrared cut filter
There is provided a near-infrared cut filter which has a visible light transmitting property and a near-infrared shielding property both at high levels by that its transmission spectrum has a steep inclination in the vicinity of the boundary between the visible light and the near-infrared, and which can also be sufficiently reduced in size and thickness. The near-infrared cut filter has a near-infrared absorbing layer which contains a near-infrared absorbing dye containing at least one dye in which a condensed ring structure containing at least a benzene ring and a ring having nitrogen atom is bonded to both sides of a squarylium skeleton and which have a carboxylic acid amide structure at a second position of the benzene ring (where the carboxylic acid has a substituent having 5 to 25 having one or more branches), and a transparent resin with a refractive index of 1.45 or more. |
| US10082607B2 |
Anti-reflective lenses and methods for manufacturing the same
The invention relates to a method of applying an anti-reflective coating to an optical surface of a mold. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a lens mold having an optical surface; forming a layer of a super hydrophobic material over the optical surface, where the super hydrophobic material contains an amount of dipodal silane that is a relative percentage of the super hydrophobic material; forming an anti-reflective coating layered structure over the layer of the super hydrophobic material; and forming a layer of a coupling agent deposited with a monolayer thickness to the anti-reflective coating layered structure using vapor deposition under aprotic conditions or by dip coating or spin coating using a solution of a coupling agent in an aprotic solvent. |
| US10082606B2 |
Display device
An LCD device is disclosed, which may include display panel and a hard coating layer on the display panel from a photo curable resin composition that includes a fluorinated polymer, wherein the fluorinated polymer is included into the photo curable resin composition by about 15 to about 35 wt %. |
| US10082604B2 |
Hydrophilized carbosiloxane vinylic monomers
The invention provides a hydrophilized carbosiloxane vinylic monomer which comprises (1) a poly(carbosiloxane) segment, (2) one sole ethylenically unsaturated group, and (3) at least one terminal or pendant group which is a hydrophilic group or hydrophilic polymer chain. The present invention is also related to a polymer, an actinically-crosslinkable silicone-containing prepolymer, a silicone hydrogel polymeric material, or a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises monomeric units derived from a hydrophilized carbosiloxane vinylic monomer of the invention. |
| US10082601B2 |
System and method for geomechanical and rock physics elastostatic modeling
A method for geomechanical and rock physics modeling of a geologic volume of interest may include solving for the elastostatic boundary value problems using a finite-difference method which applies the Virial Theorem. |
| US10082600B2 |
Methods of calibration transfer for a testing instrument
A method of calibration transfer for a testing instrument includes: collecting a first sample; generating a standard response of a first instrument based, at least in part, on the first sample; and performing instrument standardization of a second instrument based, at least in part, on the standard response of the first instrument. Data corresponding to a second sample is then obtained using the second instrument and a component of the second sample is identified based, at least in part, on a calibration model. |
| US10082599B1 |
Magnetic sensing buried object locator including a camera
Portable locators for detecting a buried object based on sensing electromagnetic emissions therefrom is disclosed. A portable locator may include a magnetic field sensor array and associated processing circuitry as well as a camera and image or video processing circuitry to process images or video received from the camera. |
| US10082595B2 |
Ultra-slim nuclear magnetic resonance tool for oil well logging
NMR properties of earth formations are determined using a logging device movable in a borehole. The logging device includes a magnet assembly to generate a static magnetic field and an antenna expandable from the surface of the magnet assembly into the borehole toward the borehole wall to increase the magnetic dipole moment of the antenna. The logging device can be lowered or raised through a drill pipe with the magnet assembly being configured to generate no magnetic field while the device is conveyed within the drill pipe. The logging device may also include a side-looking sensor to acquire fast relaxation component of the NMR signals. |
| US10082594B2 |
Magnet arrays for magnetic resonance measurements
Nuclear magnetic resonance apparatuses and methods for estimating properties of an earth formation are provided. An apparatus includes a carrier configured to be deployed in a borehole, at least one transmitting assembly configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field in a volume of interest within the earth formation, at least one receiving assembly configured to detect a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal originating in the volume of interest; and a magnet assembly configured to generate a static magnetic field in the formation from a primary side of the magnet assembly. The magnet assembly includes an array of longitudinally elongated magnets having a rotating pattern of magnetic orientations, the array configured to generate the static magnetic field in the volume of interest, and the static magnetic field strength is higher at the primary side than the field strength at a side of the magnet assembly that is opposite the primary side. |
| US10082586B2 |
Detection of radiation with software methods
A system for detecting radiation using computing devices. |
| US10082579B2 |
Network aware satellite positioning system assistance information transfer
In some embodiments, Satellite Positioning System (SPS) time information associated with at least one SPS may be maintained at a UE, which may also receive time information from a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). In some embodiments, the UE may determine a corrected SPS time information for a first time based, in part, on the received WWAN time information, where the corrected SPS time information corrects the SPS time information associated with the at least one SPS maintained at the UE. The UE may initiate transmission of SPS timing assistance information to an associated device over a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), wherein the SPS timing assistance information comprises the corrected SPS time information for the first time. |
| US10082576B2 |
Optical sensor sensing illuminance and proximity
An optical sensor includes photodiodes and optical filters that are arranged on the photodiodes. The photodiodes and optical filters may be spaced apart from each other. The optical filters include an infrared blocking filter and at least one visible light filter and the optical sensor measures a light quantity of a specific wavelength band in a visible light band through the photodiodes, wherein a specific visible light filter is arranged on the photodiodes. Therefore, the optical sensor has a simplified structure and may function as an ambient illuminance sensor, a proximity sensor, and a color sensor. |
| US10082575B2 |
Method for determining the signal-to-noise ratio of a target echo from a received signal received from an ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle, driver assistance device and motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for determining the signal-to-noise ratio (20) of a target echo (11) from a received signal (UE) received from an ultrasonic sensor (3) of a motor vehicle (1), in which: a transmission signal is transmitted in encoded form, the received signal (UE) is decoded and decoding involves the received signal (UE) being correlated with a reference signal and the correlation provides a correlation signal (UK), and the target echo (11) is detected in the correlation signal (UK), wherein the signal-to-noise ratio (20) is determined by determining a value (21) of the noise in the received signal (UE) on the basis of the correlation signal (UK) and, in so doing, dividing the correlation signal (UK) into a multiplicity of signal segments (17a to 17e) and determining the value (21) of the noise solely on the basis of signal values for that one of the signal segments (17a to 17e) that contains the target echo (11). |
| US10082574B2 |
System, method and computer program product for human presence detection based on audio
Methods, systems and computer program products that allow for the determination of human presence in a room where content is being presented. The audio that is associated with the content may be captured, along with the audio that is being generated collectively by whatever sources may be in the room including the presentation of the content. Features may be extracted from both the content audio and the room audio. These features may then be compared, and the differences may be quantified. If the differences are significant, then human presence may be inferred. |
| US10082573B2 |
System and method to identify regions of airspace having ice crystals using an onboard weather radar system
Systems and methods of detecting type I ice crystals using an aircraft's onboard weather radar system are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment identifies radar returns having a return level signal strength less than a radar return sensitivity threshold level, determines if at least one of a weather condition and a flight condition concurrently exists with the identified radar returns having the return level signal strength less than the radar return sensitivity threshold level, and identifies a region of airspace potentially having type I ice crystals when the at least one of the weather condition and the flight condition concurrently exists with the identified radar returns having the return level signal strength less than the radar return sensitivity threshold level. |
| US10082572B2 |
Sensor head
An apparatus includes an extendable wand, and a sensor head coupled to the wand. The sensor head includes a continuous wave metal detector (CWMD) and a radar. When the wand is collapsed, the wand and the sensor head collapse to fill a volume that is smaller than a volume filled by the sensor head and the wand when the wand is extended. Frequency-domain data from a sensor configured to sense a region is accessed, the frequency-domain data is transformed to generate a time-domain representation of the region, a first model is determined based on the accessed frequency-domain data, a second model is determined based on the generated time-domain representation, the second model being associated with a particular region within the sensed region, and a background model that represents a background of the region is determined based on the first model and the second model. |
| US10082569B1 |
Antenna status remote monitoring system
A system for remote monitoring a network of distributed antennas. The system including at least one antenna electrically coupled to a radio-frequency (RF) transmission line, and a monitoring module electrically coupled to the RF transmission line, the monitoring module configured to receive a direct-current (DC) coded signal via the RF transmission line and compare the DC coded signal to at least one code saved in a memory of the monitoring module to determine a status associated with the at least one antenna. |
| US10082566B2 |
Parking space status sensing system and method
A parking space status sensing system is used for detecting a state of a parking space. A parking space status sensing system includes a first antenna array transmitting a first signal, a second antenna array receiving a second signal feedback reflected from an object, a radio-frequency transceiver receiving the second signal and performing down-conversion and demodulation on the second signal with receiving a local signal modulated from a triangularly modulated signal by the radio-frequency transceiver, to generate a first beat frequency signal. An analog-distance-signal-integral information and an analog-speed-signal-integral information of the object are obtained from the first beat frequency signal by related analog signal processes. |
| US10082563B2 |
Synthesized profile
A target identifier can be configured to determine a synthesized profile for a target based on active sensor data that characterizes a radio frequency (“RF”) signal reflected by the target and received at an active sensor system. The synthesized profile can characterize an estimated Line of Bearing (“LoB”) and a radial speed (“Rdot”) of the target relative to a passive sensor system. The target identifier can also be configured to match the synthesized profile with a measured profile that is determined based on RF signals received at the passive sensor system. The measured profile characterizes a measured LoB and a measured Rdot of the target. |
| US10082553B2 |
MRI phantom, method for making same and acquiring an MRI image
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) phantom includes an outer container that includes a first portion comprising a first wall; a second portion opposingly disposed to the first portion and sealingly engaged to the first portion, the second portion including a second wall; and an internal volume bounded by the first wall and the second wall, the internal volume being hollow and configured to receive a fluid; and a sample holder disposed in the internal volume of the outer container, wherein the MRI phantom is configured to maintain a constant temperature of the internal volume. A process for acquiring an MRI image includes providing an MRI; disposing a sample member in the sample holder; disposing a fluid in the MRI phantom; disposing the MRI phantom in an MRI device; achieving thermal equilibrium in the MRI phantom at a selected temperature; and subjecting the MRI phantom to MRI imaging at the selected temperature to acquire the MRI image of the sample. |
| US10082544B2 |
Sensor configuration for a latch assembly
A latch assembly comprising: a latch operative to adopt a latched condition and an unlatched condition; a magnet imparting a magnetic field; a sensor adapted to sense the magnetic field; the latch, magnet and sensor being configured such that a change in the condition of the latch effects a variance in the magnetic field sensed by the sensor such that the sensor is able to distinguish between the latched condition and the unlatched condition. |
| US10082542B2 |
Battery state detection apparatus and method for manufacturing same
A battery state detection device includes a casing (8) and a lid part (24). The casing (8) includes a board storage space (23) that stores a circuit board. The casing (8) includes an open mouth through which one side of the board storage space (23) is opened. The lid part (24) closes the open mouth of the casing (8). The lid part (24) is provided with a tapered surface (77). The casing (8) is provided with a contact portion (78) that can be in contact with the tapered surface (77). In a state where the tapered surface (77) and the contact portion (78) are in contact with each other, ultrasonic welding between the casing (8) and the lid part (24) is performed. |
| US10082541B2 |
Mixed redundancy scheme for inter-die interconnects in a multichip package
Integrated circuit packages with multiple integrated circuit dies are provided. A multichip package may include a master die that is coupled to one or more slave dies via inter-die package interconnects. A mixed (i.e., active and passive) interconnect redundancy scheme may be implemented to help repair potentially faulty interconnects to improve assembly yield. Interconnects that carry normal user signals may be repaired using an active redundancy scheme by selectively switching into use a spare driver block when necessary. On the other hand, interconnects that carry power-on-reset signals, initialization signals, and other critical control signals for synchronizing the operation between the master and slave dies may be supported using a passive redundancy scheme by using two or more duplicate wires for each critical signal. |
| US10082540B2 |
First, second access ports and selector with separate output circuitry
The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatuses for allowing a controller to select and access different types of access ports in a device. The selecting and accessing of the access ports is achieved using only the dedicated TDI, TMS, TCK, and TDO signal terminals of the device. The selecting and accessing of device access ports can be achieved when a single device is connected to the controller, when multiple devices are placed in a daisy-chain arrangement and connected to the controller, or when multiple devices are placed in a addressable parallel arrangement and connected to the controller. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure. |
| US10082538B2 |
Testbench builder, system, device and method
A testbench for testing a device under test (DUT), wherein the testbench has a verification environment including a reference model, a scoreboard and a customized agent for each interface that the DUT needs to receive input from and/or transmit output on. The testbench system is able to be generated by a testbench builder that automatically creates a scoreboard, a reference model, a dispatcher and generic agents including generic drivers, loopback ports, sequencers and/or generic monitors for each interface and then automatically customize the generic agents based on their corresponding interface such that the agents meet the requirements of the interface for the DUT. |
| US10082537B2 |
Apparatus and methods for testing electronic devices
Apparatus and methods for testing electronic devices. In some embodiments, a fixture for testing an electronic device can include a support frame including a base and a pair of side supports implemented on respective sides of the base, with at least one of the side supports including a plurality of features for mounting of a test hardware, and the base being configured to support a first test board. The fixture can further include an upper support positioned above the support frame and configured to support a second test board. The fixture can further include a suspension mechanism implemented to couple the upper support to the side supports such that the upper support is movable relative to the support frame to accommodate a misalignment between the upper support and the base. |
| US10082528B2 |
Power detector
Some embodiments relate to power detector including a voltage sensor configured to detect a voltage of a load and a current sensor configured to detect a current of the load. The power detector also includes circuitry configured to introduce a phase delay between the detected voltage of the load and the detected current of the load, thereby producing a voltage measurement and a current measurement. The circuitry is also configured to multiply the voltage measurement and the current measurement. |
| US10082524B2 |
Prober in which probe head of probe card is replaced automatically
A prober in which a probe head can be easily replaced is provided. A prober 10 includes a main body 12; a stage 11 provided within the main body 12 and configured to place a wafer W thereon; a card 16 provided within the main body 12 to face the stage 11; and a probe head holder 24 provided within the main body 12 and configured to be moved toward the card 16. The card 16 includes a probe head 30 which is detachably attached to the card 16 and has a multiple number of probe needles 35, and the probe head holder 24 is moved toward the card 16 while holding the probe head 30 thereon. |
| US10082509B2 |
Method for labeling specifically living and bacteria comprising the use of modified monosaccharide compounds
The invention relates to a method for labeling specifically living bacteria of a given category of Gram negative bacteria in a sample comprising bacteria, the method including the steps of: a) incubating the bacteria of the sample with at least one modified monosaccharide compound having a first reactive chemical group capable of reacting with a second reactive group, so that a monosaccharide residue bearing the first reactive group is incorporated into the polysaccharides of the outer membrane of such bacteria, and b) contacting the modified monosaccharide residue incorporated within the outer membrane of the bacteria, with a labeling molecule having a second reactive group. |
| US10082508B2 |
Automated analysis of circulating tumor cells
The disclosure provides methods for automated characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs), for example using automated tissue strainers. In specific examples, such methods permit characterizing a prostate cancer sample by simultaneously or contemporaneously detecting ERG rearrangements and PTEN deletions in the same CTC. Also provided are kits that can be used with such methods. |
| US10082502B2 |
Controlling fluid flow through an assay device
An assay device includes: a detection zone which includes a first set of projections which are capable of generating capillary flow. A wicking zone (WZ) has a capacity to receive liquid sample flowing from the detection zone and includes a second set of projections which are capable of generating capillary flow. The WZ is rectangular in shape and the longer side of the rectangle extends in the direction of flow to thereby reduce the pressure gradient in the assay device which increases the total flow time of liquid sample compared to a WZ having equal length sides and same volume. At least a portion of the second set of projections have at least one dimension selected from a diameter, a center-to-center spacing, or a gap between projections that is different from the first set of projections, and is selected to increase the total flow time of the sample. |
| US10082498B2 |
Methods for treating ADHD and bipolar disorder using a membrane potential ratio test
The present invention relates to a method for optimizing drug therapy treatment of patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Bipolar Disorder (BD), a method of optimizing drug dosage for treatment of ADHD and BD, a method of treating ADHD and BD, and a kit. The present method may also be used to adjust medication doses for individual patients. |
| US10082496B2 |
Targeting emopamil binding protein (EBP) with small molecules that induce an abnormal feedback response by lowering endogenous cholesterol biosynthesis
The described invention provides methods for targeting emopamil binding protein (EBP) with small molecules that induce an abnormal feedback response by lowering endogenous cholesterol biosynthesis. |
| US10082492B2 |
Flexible elements for probes and guard rings
In one general aspect, an apparatus includes a probe including an exterior probe element including a first plurality of links defining a first flexible element. The exterior probe element defines a guard ring. The probe also includes an interior probe element including a second plurality of links defining a second flexible element and disposed within at least a portion of a perimeter defined by the exterior probe element. The apparatus includes a waveform generator electrically coupled to the exterior probe element and the interior probe element. |
| US10082491B2 |
Pearl grading method
A pearl grading method includes the following steps: (1) determining the color type of the pearl to be graded; (2) generating a simulated three-dimensional graph of the pearl to be graded; (3) calculating roundness, so as to obtain a roundness grade; (4) calculating the diameter of the simulated three-dimensional graph, so as to obtain a diameter grade; (5) drawing an illumination-wavelength reflection spectrum; (6) changing a detected part, and drawing an illumination-wavelength reflection spectrum again; (7) repeating the step (6) for at least two times; (8) performing weighted average to obtain a correction curve; and (9) comparing the correction curve with each glossiness grade spectrum baseline, so as to determine a glossiness grade according to the spectrum baseline with the highest coincidence degree. The method has the beneficial effects of low cost, high speed, good result consistency and high detection precision. |
| US10082490B1 |
Variable data-dependent acquisition and dynamic exclusion method for mass spectrometry
A variable data dependent acquisition/dynamic exclusion (vDDA/DE) method selects target m/z range utilizing a MS1 precursor topography map over the most recently acquired MS spectrum to identify the precursor m/z values and MS/MS acquisition parameters to improve the selection of the next data-dependent MS/MS acquisition. The topography used to define the next set of DDA scan events is defined by previous tandem MS scan events defined by precursor quadrupole isolation windows as well as all detected compounds contained within the specific tandem MS events. At least some of the parameters used for MS/MS data acquisition are dynamic so as to exhaustively sample the user specified MS mass range with MS/MS information. These parameters include the quadrupole MS isolation width and symmetry around the targeted m/z value. Using this approach, a greater proportion of the precursor m/z space is effectively and efficiently sampled per chromatographic peak width. |
| US10082487B2 |
Apparatus and method for ultrasonic detection to detect flaws of steel plate
An apparatus and a method for ultrasonic detection are provided. The apparatus includes an injection nozzle which is installed below a steel plate being transported and forms a medium column by jet a medium toward the steel plate, an ultrasonic probe which is installed in the injection nozzle and transmits and receives ultrasonic waves for detecting flaws in the steel plate through the medium column, and a medium circulation unit which reclaims the medium which falls from the medium column and circulates the reclaimed medium to the injection nozzle. |
| US10082473B2 |
X-ray filtration
An X-ray filter assembly is disclosed having a stack of X-ray attenuating sheets that are angled so as to have a focus point. When implemented in an imaging system, the focus point of the filter assembly is spatially offset (e.g., behind) the X-ray emission location. The filter assembly may be used (e.g., translated, rotated, and so forth) to adjust the intensity profile of the X-rays seen in an imaging volume. |
| US10082465B2 |
Compositions comprising a buffering solution and an anionic surfactant and methods for optimizing the detection of fluorescent signals from biomarkers
Compositions and methods for increasing fluorescent signals generated by biomarkers are described. This serves to increase the accuracy of results when the biomarkers are used for the detection and diagnosis of physiological conditions, such as organ function and plasma volume. |
| US10082460B1 |
System and method for image specific illumination of image printed on optical waveguide
A display device component includes an optical waveguide having a surface; a first material formed on a portion of the surface of the optical waveguide; and a second material formed on a portion of the first material. The first material has light scattering properties. |
| US10082457B2 |
Ensuring stable, precise, and accurate optical absorption spectroscopic trace gas concentration measurements in the presence of time-varying etalons
Provided herein are techniques for improved optical absorption measurements in the presence of time-varying etalons. In one aspect, a method for dynamic etalon fitting for adaptive background noise reduction in an optical sensor is provided. The method includes the steps of: obtaining a zero-gas spectrum measured using the optical sensor; obtaining an analyte gas spectrum of a target trace gas measured using the optical sensor; comparing the zero-gas spectrum and the analyte gas spectrum using fit parameters that compensate for drifting etalons in the optical sensor; and dynamically extracting the drifting etalons from the analyte gas spectrum to retrieve concentration of the target trace gas. |
| US10082456B2 |
Photothermal conversion spectroscopic analyzer
The present invention includes: an excitation light source; a probe light source; a filter that mutually multiplexes a probe light emitted from the probe light source and an excitation light emitted from the excitation light source to a same optical axis; a condenser lens that focuses the excitation light and the probe light; a sample cell that stores a sample; a reflection member that is disposed on an inner wall of the sample cell and reflects the probe light; and a detector that detects the probe light reflected at the reflection member. |
| US10082451B2 |
Microscope slides with quality controls thereon
The present invention provides a microscope slide for analyzing a tissue sample. The slide includes an elongate planar substrate, which comprises a first major surface having a sample-affixing area within which a tissue sample may be affixed; a first positive control sample affixed on the first major surface at a first location adjacent to the sample-affixing area; and a second positive control sample affixed on the first major surface at a second location adjacent to the sample-affixing area. The first and second locations are spaced such that quality of the staining of the first and second positive control samples is indicative of the quality of the staining of the tissue sample. Also provided are a kit containing the microscope slide and a method of making and a method of using the microscope slide. |
| US10082447B2 |
System and method to test a contact of a connector
A device to test a contact of a connector includes a frame and a connector adaptor coupled to the frame. The connector adaptor is configured to retain the connector. The device also includes one or more alignment actuators coupled to the frame and a piston assembly movable relative to the connector by the one or more alignment actuators. The piston assembly is configured to apply a compressive force to the contact to test a locking mechanism of the contact. |
| US10082444B2 |
Method for detecting a failure in a fuel return valve of an aircraft engine fuel circuit
A method for detecting a failure in a fuel return valve of an aircraft engine fuel circuit, the fuel circuit including a fuel tank, an engine fuel system connected to the fuel tank capable of delivering a flow of fuel to the engine depending on a speed of the engine, a fuel return pipe connected between the engine fuel system and the fuel tank, a fuel return valve arranged to switch between an open and closed position, the valve being capable of blocking the fuel return pipe in the closed position, and of bringing the fuel return pipe into communication with the fuel tank in the open position, the method including measuring a pressure of the flow of fuel from the fuel tank, and if the measured pressure is lower than a predefined threshold, measuring the engine speed. |
| US10082443B2 |
System and method for monitoring bearing health in a journal assembly
A system for monitoring the health of one or more bearings of a journal assembly is provided. The system includes a split spacer, one or more vibration sensors, a speed sensor, and a controller. The split spacer is configured to be disposed on a shaft of the journal assembly, the shaft is configured to support the bearings. The vibration sensors are configured to detect vibrations emitted by the bearings. The speed sensor is configured to measure the rotational speed of the bearings. The controller is configured to electronically communicate with the vibration sensors and the speed sensor and calculate a health status of the bearings. The split spacer includes two portions that define a cavity configured to abut the shaft so as to allow the vibration sensors to be disposed inside the split spacer and next to the one or more bearings. |
| US10082442B2 |
Failure detection mechanism for electric actuator, and electric actuator having the same
A failure detection mechanism for an electric actuator and/or an electric actuator includes: a first gear mechanism connected to a first motor; a second gear mechanism connected to a second motor; an output section capable of rotating at a speed produced by adding together a rotation speed based on the first gear mechanism and a rotation speed based on the second gear mechanism; a first sensor configured to sense a value of electric current driving the first motor or a value associated with the value of the electric current; a second sensor configured to sense a value of electric current driving the second motor or a value associated with the value of the electric current; and a comparison unit configured to determine a failure based on a result of comparison between a first sensing value from the first sensor and a second sensing value from the second sensor. |
| US10082437B2 |
Optical pressure sensor with reduced mechanical stresses
There is described an optical pressure sensor comprising a sensor housing and an optical pressure cell mounted within the sensor housing and dividing the sensor housing into a first fluid space and a second fluid space. The optical pressure cell comprises a front side exposed to a pressure in the first fluid space and a back side exposed to a pressure in the second fluid space. The optical pressure sensor further comprises a fluid communication arrangement allowing pressure equalization between the pressure in the first fluid space on the front side and the pressure in the second fluid space on the back side of the optical pressure cell. |
| US10082435B2 |
Pressure sensor
A pressure sensor according to an embodiment includes: a support member; a membrane supported by the support and having flexibility; and a strain detection element formed on the membrane. The strain detection element includes a first magnetic layer formed on the membrane and having a magnetization, a second magnetic layer having a magnetization, and an intermediate layer formed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. A direction of at least one of the magnetization of the first magnetic layer and the magnetization of the second magnetic layer changes relatively to that of the other depending on a strain of the membrane. Moreover, the membrane includes an oxide layer that includes aluminum. |
| US10082432B2 |
Torque measurement system for valve actuators
Disclosed is a valve actuator configured to determine, during operation of a valve by an alternating current (AC) motor of the valve actuator, an amount of torque produced by the AC motor. A process for measuring the amount of torque produced by the AC motor includes actuating a valve using the AC motor of the valve actuator, measuring, by a microcontroller of the valve actuator and during the actuating of the valve, a time interval between: (i) a first zero crossing of a waveform of AC voltage applied to the AC motor, and (ii) a second zero crossing of a waveform of AC current drawn by the AC motor, and determining, based on the time interval, an amount of torque produced by the AC motor during the actuating. |
| US10082431B2 |
System and methods for magnetic tunnel junction pressure sensors
System and methods for magnetic Tunnel Junction pressure sensors are provided. In at least one implementation, a pressure sensor device comprises a magnetic tunnel junction comprising a free layer structure, a tunnel barrier, and a reference layer structure, wherein one or more surfaces of the free layer structure is exposed to respond to a pressure medium; and a voltage source coupled to the magnetic tunnel junction, the voltage source providing electrical power to the free layer structure and the reference layer structure. The device further comprises a current detector coupled between the magnetic tunnel junction and the voltage source; and a pressure calculating device, configured to calculate a pressure based on a current detected by the current detector. |
| US10082425B2 |
Integrated chromatic confocal sensor
A confocal chromatic device is provided, including at least one chromatic lens with an extended axial chromatism; at least one broadband light source; at least one optical detector; and at least one measurement channel with a planar Y-junction made with a planar waveguide optics technology, and arranged for transferring light from the at least one light source towards the at least one chromatic lens and for transferring light reflected back through the at least one chromatic lens towards the at least one optical detector. |
| US10082424B2 |
Diamond-based monitoring apparatus for lithographic apparatus, and a lithographic apparatus comprising diamond-based monitoring apparatus
A lithographic apparatus including a monitoring apparatus and an associated monitoring apparatus. The monitoring apparatus is configured for monitoring first radiation of a first wavelength. The monitoring apparatus has a first sensor apparatus including a diamond fluorescent material configured to absorb the first radiation and to emit second radiation being representative of the first radiation, the second radiation being of a second wavelength; and a second sensor apparatus configured to sense the second radiation. |
| US10082421B2 |
Weight monitoring system for attachment to an object supported above a foundation
A monitoring system functions both as a device for lifting the object and as a weighing system for monitoring or measuring the weight of an object, such as a feed bin. Various embodiments having a suspended load cell and methods of retrofitting the monitoring system to existing object are provided. Further, the accuracy provided by various embodiments enables one to accurately predict when the feed bin will be empty. Thus, the feed mill can be aware of anticipated needs days in advance, allowing the feed mill to better optimize its scheduling and deliveries. |
| US10082418B2 |
Fiber-optic weight management mat with microbend inducers
A weight management mat for passively and automatically monitoring weight for one or more individuals in a household. The weight management mat generally includes a housing having an upper mat and a lower mat between which is sealed a pair of perpendicular sensor arrays. Each sensor array includes fiber optic cables laid out in a grid pattern. One or more microbend inducers act to induce detectable microbends in the fiber optic cables when an individual steps on the upper mat. The change in light intensity caused by these microbends is recorded by photodetectors and processed by a microcontroller. The present invention may be utilized to identify each unique individual stepping on the present invention by the pressure map of their feet. Thus, recorded weight measurements may be tracked to aid in weight management. |
| US10082417B2 |
Calibration methods for a viscous fluid dispensing system
A method for calibrating a fluid dispensing system includes the steps of locating an external reference point with an optical sensor, moving a fluid dispenser to the external reference point, dispensing fluid with the fluid dispenser at the external reference point, locating the dispensed fluid with the optical sensor, calculating a distance between the location of the external reference point and the location of the dispensed fluid, determining a correction value based at least in part on the calculated distance, and using the correction value to improve placement accuracy of dispensed fluid. |
| US10082416B1 |
Liquid level gauge with integral electronic display
An electronic liquid level gauge assembly includes an electronic display located in a housing connected to a tank. The display has first and second display portions for indicating liquid level condition. A first electronic sensor senses a change in magnetic field of a magnet associated with a liquid level transducer, with magnet rotation being proportional liquid level change. A processor determines a temperature-compensated liquid level condition by correlating the liquid level signal with temperature measurement of the liquid. A temperature-compensated vapor space can also be calculated based on tank information and properties of the liquid. Signals related to the temperature-compensated liquid level and vapor space are sent to the display and wirelessly transmitted to a smart phone or the like for remotely viewing the tank information. The smart phone also includes a special app for sending information, firmware updates, and display configuration data to the electronic gauge assembly. |
| US10082414B2 |
Ink level sensing
In some examples, an ink level sensor includes a sense capacitor between a first node and ground, a first switch to couple a first voltage to the first node and charge the sense capacitor, a second switch to couple the first node with a second node and share the charge between the sense capacitor and a reference capacitor, causing a second voltage at the second node, and a transistor having a drain, a gate coupled to the second node, and a source coupled to ground, the transistor to provide a drain to source resistance in proportion to the second voltage. |
| US10082413B2 |
Magnetic actuated contact using a coil system
A potentiometric sensor, comprising: a potentiometer track; a collector track opposite the potentiometer track; a conductive magnetic cushion slider coupled to the potentiometer track and the collector track; and a sealed body housing the potentiometer track, the collector track, and the conductive magnetic cushion is disclosed. The potentiometric sensor may provide a variable output voltage indicative of a level of liquid in a container. The output voltage of the potentiometric sensor may be based on a position of a magnet, which may determine a position of the conductive magnetic cushion or a ferromagnetic spring. The magnet may be outside of the sealed body. As the sensor will be more cost effective and less space consuming, the totally sealed sensor incorporating the conductive magnetic cushion or a ferromagnetic spring may replace many applications that allow a hysteresis of less than 1 mm. Additionally, these applications may be used on rotary systems. |
| US10082409B2 |
Absolute position determination
Some embodiments of the invention relate to an absolute code scale of an angle or linear position encoder, which is composed of a first absolute code sequence having a first primary code period length, which is periodically continued, and at least one second absolute code sequence having a second primary code period length, which is periodically continued. The first and the at least one second absolute code sequence are codeword-foreign in relation to one another in this case.Along the absolute code scale, in each case one section from the first and one section from the at least one second absolute code sequence are successively arranged alternately and in this case the absolute code sequences are each shifted in relation to one another in the different sections from the same absolute code sequence along this arrangement. |
| US10082406B2 |
Magnetic field detection apparatus and rotation detection apparatus
A magnetic field detection apparatus has a first magnetic sensor and a bias magnet positioned to face the first magnetic sensor. The bias magnet has a magnetic pole surface that faces the first magnetic sensor and that applies a bias magnetic field to the first magnetic sensor. The first magnetic sensor detects magnetic field in a first direction that is parallel to the magnetic pole surface. The magnetic pole surface of the bias magnet has a plurality of grooves arranged in the first direction. |
| US10082404B1 |
Electronic self calibration design for disk resonator gyroscopes using electrode time multiplexing
Systems, methods, and apparatus for a disk resonator gyroscope are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves sensing, by at least one first axis sensor/driver electrode associated with a first axis of a resonator, motion associated with the resonator. The method further involves driving at least one first axis sensor/driver electrode with a first axis actuation signal produced by first axis drive circuitry associated with the first axis of the resonator. Also, the method involves sensing, by at least one second axis sensor/driver electrode associated with a second axis of the resonator, the motion associated with the resonator. Further, the method involves driving at least one second axis sensor/driver electrode with a second axis actuation signal produced by second axis drive circuitry associated with the second axis of the resonator. |
| US10082402B2 |
Parking path generation device, system including the same, and method thereof
The present disclosure provides a parking path generation device, a system including the same, and a method of automatically parking a vehicle. The parking path generation device includes: a parking space search unit to search for a parking space in a forward direction or in a reverse direction, a control unit to control a search direction of the parking space search unit, and to determine whether the parking space search unit fails to find the parking space in the search direction, and a path generation unit to generate a parking path in the search direction when the parking space search unit successfully finds the parking space. |
| US10082398B2 |
Method and device for intelligently guiding a user to ride elevator/escalator
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for intelligently guiding a user to ride an elevator/escalator in a building complex such as a shopping mall. Based on a current location and floor level of a user in the building complex and a target floor and location, and a 3D model of the building complex, either an elevator path or escalator path may be automatically and intelligently selected from possible paths. |
| US10082396B2 |
Performance monitoring systems and methods
Systems and methods for electronically providing fitness activity feedback to a user are disclosed. The method may include collecting performance data, generating comparison data by comparing the respective performance and including identifying comparison performance data representative of performance differences, and displaying the comparison data and the comparison performance data. |
| US10082395B2 |
Scaling of electrical impedance-based navigation space using inter-electrode spacing
An algorithm to correct and/or scale an electrical current-based coordinate system can include the determination of one or more global transformation or interpolation functions and/or one or more local transformation functions. The global and local transformation functions can be determined by calculating a global metric tensor and a number of local metric tensors. The metric tensors can be calculated based on pre-determined and measured distances between closely-spaced sensors on a catheter. |
| US10082390B2 |
Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies
Methods and systems for feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technolgies are disclosed. In an example, a method of thin film characterization includes measuring first XPS and XRF intensity signals for a sample having a first layer above a substrate. A thickness of the first layer is determined based on the first XPS and XRF intensity signals. The information for the first layer and for the substrate is combined to estimate an effective substrate. Second XPS and XRF intensity signals are measured for a sample having a second layer above the first layer above the substrate. The method also involves determining a thickness of the second layer based on the second XPS and XRF intensity signals, the thickness accounting for the effective substrate. |
| US10082387B2 |
Fluorescent liquid penetrants and methods of nondestructive testing
A fluorescent liquid penetrant is provided which includes a liquid medium having a plurality of fluorophores disposed therein. Upon excitation with a suitable light source, the penetrant exhibits a quantum yield greater than 40% (or in some embodiments, greater than 90%). In some embodiments, the fluorophore is a low-toxicity quantum dot. In some embodiments, the fluorophore has significantly reduced self-absorption, which allows for surface discontinuity depth measurement. Also disclosed are apparatuses for using these fluorescent liquid penetrants for non-destructive testing purposes. In some embodiments, these tests include measuring the depth of a discontinuity by analyzing photoluminescence intensity and/or photoluminescence peak position shift. |
| US10082384B1 |
Systems and methods for detecting fixation frame parameters
A detection device, such as a camera-enabled smart phone, may be used to take one or more pictures of an external fixation frame attached to a patient. The pictures may be transmitted to a computer system accessible by the patient's physician. The computer system may uniquely identify each strut of the external fixation frame and determine the length of each strut. The computer system may compare the determined length of each strut to a planned length of the struts for a particular time interval as outlined in a correction plan. If the struts are the correct length for the particular time interval, the fact may be indicated to the physician and transmitted to the patient. If the struts are not the correct length, the computer system may update the correction plan to account for the discrepancy plan, with the updated correction plan transmitted to the patient. |
| US10082383B2 |
Method and equipment for dimensional measurement of a micro part based on fiber laser with multi-core FBG probe
A method and equipment for dimensional measurement of a micro part based on fiber laser with multi-core fiber Bragg grating probe are provided, wherein a multi-core FBG probe with FBGs (12,29) inscribed in the core or cores out of the center of the multi-core fiber is used to transform the two-dimensional or three-dimensional contact displacement into the spectrum shifts with a high sensitivity. At the meantime, the FBGs in the multi-core FBG probe (12,29) work as the wavelength selection device of the fiber laser, the wavelength of the fiber laser will change thereby. So the contact displacement is finally converted into the wavelength change of the fiber laser. The method and equipment have the advantage of high sensitivity, low probing force, compact structure, high inspecting aspect ratio and immunity to environment interference. |
| US10082381B2 |
Sensor systems integrated with vehicle tires
Sensor systems using piezoresistive materials are described that may be integrated with vehicle tires for use in a variety applications such as, for example, tire pressure monitoring, tread wear monitoring, anti-lock braking system control, suspension adjustment and/or control, wheel-drive system control, or road surface determination. |
| US10082376B1 |
Penetrating and fragmenting projectile
A projectile has a liner forming an interior void, and a core disposed in a first region of the void proximal to a trailing end portion of the liner, with a portion of the void disposed forward with respect to the core. An outer jacket covers a leading end portion of the liner to enclose the interior void. When the projectile impacts a target object, the core travels in a direction of flight through the leading end portion of the liner to impact the object. When the projectile impacts a target surface at a non-zero angle of approach with respect to the normal of the target surface, the projectile creates a deformation in the target surface immediately before the core travels through the leading end portion of the liner to impact the target. This deformation reduces the probability that the core will ricochet off the deformed portion of the surface. |
| US10082375B2 |
Malfunction training device for firearms
A firearm malfunction training device and method include a blank malfunction round that simulates a T3 malfunction and allows a realistic clearing protocol during the training. The malfunction round size and shape generally mimic the corresponding live round, so that malfunction round moves like the live round through the magazine. However, the malfunction round has a front end/portion that is oversized in diameter and does not fit properly or fully through the firearm breech, to jam the firearm loading mechanism at the breech. Preferably, the malfunction round also has a conical rear region radially-undersized relative to the live round casing, whereby the malfunction round leaves the magazine when the magazine is stripped from the firearm to start the clearing protocol. The enlarged front end and undersized rear region effectively simulate, and provide a realistic protocol for identifying, clearing and, correcting, a T3 malfunction. |
| US10082373B2 |
Broadhead with multiple deployable blades
A broadhead, comprising an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and having a forward portion, a tip portion, and a rearward portion spaced from the forward portion. At least one forward blade is connected to the forward portion and configured for movement relative to the elongated body between a retracted position generally adjacent the elongated body to an extended position extending outwardly from the elongated body. And, at least one rearward blade connected to the rearward portion and configured for movement relative to the elongated body between a retracted position generally adjacent the elongated body to an extended position extending outwardly from the elongated body. |
| US10082371B2 |
Containerized tubular shooting range
The present disclosure relates to a shooting range which is movable or transportable so as to enable it to be operated at different locations as desired. The shooting range disclosed comprises of at least one open ended tubular element, a target assembly comprising at least one target and is placed at a rear end of the tubular element. The shooting range comprises of a wall means placed behind the target for resisting penetration by projectiles and to inhibit rebounding of projectiles there from. The shooting range comprises of a plurality of supporting frames for holding the open ended tubular element and wall means and further comprises a tray at the bottom of the wall means for collecting the residues. |
| US10082362B2 |
Concealed carry firearm assembly, system and method
The application is directed to a mobile firearm concealment system including a housing for concealing a corresponding firearm therein. The housing may include an outer appearance, shape and size of a mobile electronic device. The housing may also include an inner surface operationally configured to hold the firearm in a concealed position within the housing and to also direct the firearm to a non-concealed position. The housing and firearm may also cooperate in a manner effective to dictate the non-concealed position of the firearm. |
| US10082361B2 |
Portable wireless electrical weapon
The present disclosure provides a portable wireless electroshock device. The portable wireless electroshock device includes (A) a fluid reservoir containing a conductive fluid and (B) a pump in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and a terminal having an orifice. The orifice is operable to emit a fluid stream trajectory of the conductive fluid there-through, and the terminal is operable to deliver an electrical current through the fluid stream trajectory. |
| US10082355B2 |
Muzzle adapter for a firearm
A muzzle adapter for a firearm has an adapter element defining an adapter bore centered on an adapter bore axis, a portion of the adapter bore being internally threaded to removably mate with the threaded muzzle, the adapter element having a tapered exterior surface portion, the adapter element having an externally threaded portion, a muzzle device defining a device bore and having a tapered internal bore portion adapted to be closely received on the tapered exterior surface portion of the adapter element, a collar element internally threaded to mate with the externally threaded portion of the adapter element, and the collar element being axially engaged to the muzzle device and rotatably independent of the muzzle device, such that rotation of the collar draws the muzzle device onto the adapter element and wedges the tapered portion of the adapter element into the tapered internal bore portion of the muzzle device. |
| US10082353B1 |
Drum magazine
Drum magazines have a housing defining an ammunition passage having an outlet, a first spring mechanism adapted to bias ammunition in the passage toward the outlet, and a follower element in the passage, the follower element including a second spring mechanism adapted to generate a biasing force against a passage surface portion, such that the follower resists movement within the passage in the absence of a deliberately applied force. The magazine may be a drum magazine, and the passage may have a spiral shape. The first spring mechanism may include a control adapted to selectably change the first spring mechanism from a biasing condition in which force is applied to the follower element for motivating ammunition toward the outlet, and a loading condition in which the first spring mechanism is restrained to facilitate loading of the magazine in the absence of a biasing force. |
| US10082350B2 |
Heat exchanger blower system
A cleaning system for use with a heat exchanger and a fluid pressurizing assembly includes a wand assembly, a pivot assembly, and a movement mechanism having a body and a piston rod moveable relative the body in response to fluid pressurization. The wand assembly includes a wand in fluid communication with the fluid pressurizing assembly, and having a first orifice configured to eject fluid toward the heat exchanger. The wand is supported by the pivot assembly such that the wand is selectively pivotable about a first pivot axis. The movement mechanism connects to the pivot assembly at a second pivot axis offset from the first pivot axis such that selective movement of the piston rod produces pivotal movement of the wand about the first pivot axis. |
| US10082348B2 |
Heat exchanger tube-to-header sealing system
A tube-to-header sealing system for a heat exchanger comprises a pair of mating header plates, each header plate having a wall with a plurality of openings therein and including a continuous depression along the circumference of each header plate opening which forms one-half of an O-ring groove. Each of a plurality of O-rings is positioned in each O-ring groove and the header plates are secured together such that the header plate plurality of openings are aligned and trap each of the plurality of O-rings in O-ring grooves. A plurality of spaced-apart tubes each having a tube end secured in an opening in the wall of the header to form a tube-to-header joint are expanded outwardly to provide sufficient O-ring deformation to obtain a seal. In service, the resiliency of the O-ring seal allows for expansion and contraction of the tubes without the build-up of high stresses at the tube-to-header joint. |
| US10082347B2 |
Mounting assembly for mounting heat exchanger
A mounting assembly for mounting a heat exchanger comprises an elongate member defining a screw threaded axial bore at each end, and a bolt for each screw threaded bore. The assembly further comprises two elastomeric parts each being substantially top hat shaped and defining an axial bore to receive one end of the elongate member, such that the assembly can be mounted between two apertured mounting parts by arranging the heat exchanger between the mounting parts, with the elongate member received in a bore through the heat exchanger, and tightening the bolts so that the mounting part is clamped between the end of the elongate member and the bolt head, with the elastomeric parts mounting the mounting assembly in the heat exchanger bore so that resilient compression of the elastomeric parts allows movement of the heat exchanger with respect to the elastomeric parts. |
| US10082340B2 |
Heat pipe structure
A heat pipe structure includes a main body. The main body has a first board body, a second board body, a capillary structure and a working fluid. The first and second board bodies are overlapped and mated with each other to hold the capillary structure. The capillary structure is formed with at least one passage. One of the first and second board bodies is formed with a protrusion section protruding toward the capillary structure. The protrusion section is attached to the capillary structure in adjacency to the passage. Accordingly, the heat pipe structure has an extremely thin thickness. |
| US10082338B2 |
Continuous heat treatment method for an electrically conductive fluid
A method is provided for heating an electrically conductive fluid, including steps of: (i) circulating the fluid in a circuit from an inlet to an outlet, through an inlet path of the circuit in which the fluid flows in a first average direction and an outlet path of the circuit in which the fluid flows in a second average direction substantially opposite to the first direction; (ii) subjecting the fluid to a specific ohmic heating while the fluid flows through the outlet path; and (iii) transferring heat from the fluid flowing through the outlet path to the fluid flowing through the inlet path by thermal conduction through an at least partially first electrically insulated partition wall. An associated heating device is also provided. |
| US10082330B2 |
Refrigerator and method for controlling a refrigerator
A refrigerator and a method for controlling a refrigerator, including a plurality of compressors and a plurality of evaporators disposed on inlet-sides of the plurality of compressors to supply cool air to a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment includes determining whether a temperature of the refrigerating compartment belongs to a refrigerating compartment satisfaction range, determining an indoor temperature when the temperature of the refrigerating compartment does not belong to the refrigerating compartment satisfaction range, and determining whether a load corresponding operation condition is satisfied when the determined indoor temperature belongs to a set range. When the load corresponding operation condition is satisfied, a simultaneous operation of the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment is performed, and when the load corresponding operation condition is not satisfied, a cooling operation of the refrigerating compartment is performed. |
| US10082329B1 |
Cooler with modular lighting
A cooler with a modular light bar having multiple LEDs to illuminate an entire interior of the cooler is disclosed herein. The LEDs are preferably automatically activated by a switch positioned in the cooler. When the lid is in an open state, the switch completes a circuit from a battery to the LEDs of the modular light bar thereby allowing the LEDs to illuminate the entire interior chamber of the cooler. |
| US10082328B2 |
Refrigerator
There is disclosed a refrigerator including an inner case that defines an exterior appearance of a storage space, with a communication hole formed therein, an outer case spaced apart a predetermined distance from the inner case, with a communication formed at a position corresponding to the communication hole of the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case, with being maintained vacuum, to insulate the inner case from the outer case, and a connection pipe passing through the vacuum space, to connect the communication hole of the inner case and the communication hole of the outer case with each other. |
| US10082325B2 |
Refrigerating apparatus
A refrigerating apparatus includes: a refrigerating circuit in which a refrigerant that is discharged from a compressor is conveyed under pressure sequentially to a first flow rate controlling apparatus, a heat storing tank, a condenser, a first decompressing apparatus, and an evaporator, and is recycled to the compressor; a defrosting circuit in which the refrigerant that is discharged from the compressor is conveyed under pressure sequentially to the first flow rate controlling apparatus, the heat storing tank, the first decompressing apparatus, and the evaporator, and is recycled to the compressor; and a flow channel switching apparatus that connects an outlet side of the heat storing tank to an inlet side of the condenser or to an inlet side of the first decompressing apparatus to form the refrigerating circuit or the defrosting circuit. |
| US10082323B2 |
Air conditioner with user control between simultaneous heating and cooling operation and alternating heating and cooling operation
An air conditioner of the present invention includes: an outdoor unit having an outdoor heat exchanger and a compressor installed therein; a plurality of indoor units connected to the outdoor unit and having an indoor heat exchanger installed therein; a four-way valve provided on a discharge part side of the compressor; a refrigerant tube having first to third refrigerant tubes and connecting the four-way valve and the indoor heat exchanger, in which the first refrigerant tube is branched from between the four-way valve and the outdoor heat exchanger such that some of a refrigerant discharged from the compressor is fed into the indoor heat exchanger while bypassing the outdoor heat exchanger, the second refrigerant tube is connected to the four-way valve to feed all of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor into the indoor heat exchanger, and the third refrigerant tube is connected to the second refrigerant tube in parallel; and a heat pump valve provided at the third refrigerant tube to selectively close the third refrigerant tube. The air conditioner includes an outdoor unit that can be applied to simultaneous cooling and heating concurrent type air conditioners and cooling and heating switching type air conditioners through the opening and closing of the heat pump valve. |
| US10082319B2 |
Joule Thomson aided Stirling cycle cooler
An apparatus includes a chamber, a first heat exchanger, an adapter, and a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger includes a cold finger positioned within the chamber. The second heat exchanger is positioned around an adapter and within the chamber. The second heat exchanger is a counter flow heat exchanger to precool refrigerant entering a Joule-Thomson valve. The adapter is positioned between the cold finger and the second heat exchanger. The adapter transfers heat from a thermal load to both the cold finger and the refrigerant emitted from the Joule-Thomson valve. |
| US10082317B2 |
Building designs and heating and cooling systems
Building heating and/or cooling methods are provided that can include continuously distributing fluid from within conduits within a concrete floor of a building to conduits within grounds surrounding and/or supporting the building while transferring air to/from the interior of the building via a heat exchanger. Building heating/cooling systems are provided that can include: a building comprising walls and concrete floors; fluid containing conduit within the concrete floors; circulating fluid within the conduit; a least one heat exchanger operatively associated within the building and configured to transfer air to/from the building; and processing circuitry operatively coupled to fluid circulation controls and heat exchanger controls. |
| US10082315B2 |
Adaptable HVAC unit base
An adaptable base of the HVAC unit can allow an HVAC unit to align and seal with multiple duct opening configurations. Such opening configurations may be different footprints in different HVAC systems, such as may be employed for example in different roof curbs of rooftop HVAC units. The adaptable base includes a base plate, a supply air duct opening, a return air duct opening, where there is at least one additional opening for one or both of the supply air opening and the return air duct opening. Each opening has a seal around its perimeter. A seal is also arranged and located on the base plate about a perimeter around the supply air duct opening(s) and the return air duct opening(s). A cover can be connected to close one or more openings that are not being used with the unit. |
| US10082311B2 |
Device for controlling air conditioner
A device for controlling an air conditioner has a remote controller which receives an alternating current voltage from a secondary side of a first transformer, a full-wave rectifier connected to a secondary side of a second transformer, and a processor which receives a current rectified by the full-wave rectifier. One of output nodes of the full-wave rectifier is connected to one terminal of the secondary side of the first transformer. The remote controller has a switch connected to the secondary side of the first transformer, and transmits information that indicates a state of the switch to the processor as the amplitude of an AC voltage on a signal line connecting the remote controller and the processor together. |
| US10082310B2 |
User location based control of comfort devices
A method of controlling a comfort device having at least one effector capable of meeting the demand of at least a user, the method includes establishing at least one zone in which at least one service of a comfort device is provided; associating the at least one effector of the comfort device with the least one zone; determining the presence of the at least one user in the at least one zone; and controlling the comfort device to meet the demand of the at least one user. |
| US10082301B1 |
Water heater appliance with a cold water bypass
A water heater appliance includes an electronic mixing valve configured for adjusting a ratio of cold water from a cold water inlet conduit to hot water from a hot water outlet conduit at a mixed water outlet of the electronic mixing valve. A cold water bypass conduit extends between the cold water inlet conduit and the mixed water outlet conduit. A cold water bypass valve is on the cold water bypass conduit. A controller is configured to close the cold water bypass valve when a temperature measurement from a mixed water temperature sensor is less than a threshold temperature. |
| US10082300B2 |
Radiant heating and cooling system
A heat exchange assembly is disclosed. In some embodiments, the heat exchange assembly includes a plurality of profiles arranged in an parallel array, each profile including a first distal portion, a central portion and a second distal portion, with a length and a width of the central portion defining a plane, the first distal portion having a curvature departing from this plane in a first direction, and the second distal portion having a curvature departing from this plane in a second direction that is opposite the first direction. An amount of piping is thermally coupled with and disposed along the length the central portion of each profile. A bracketing system statically anchors the profiles to a surface. Fluid is circulated within the piping to facilitate heat exchange between the assembly and the surrounding environment. |
| US10082294B2 |
Fuel injector including tandem vanes for injecting alternate fuels in a gas turbine
A fuel injector for injecting fuels having a different energy density in a gas turbine is provided. A first fuel supply channel (18) and a second fuel supply channel (20) may be coaxially arranged in a fuel delivery structure (12). A first set of vanes 22 includes a radial passage (24) in fluid communication with the first channel (18) to receive a first fuel. Passage (24) branches into passages (26) each having an aperture (28) to inject the first fuel without jet in cross-flow injection. A second set of vanes (32) includes a radial passage (34) in fluid communication with the second channel (20) to receive a second fuel. Passage (34) branches into passages (36) each having an aperture (38) arranged to inject the second fuel also without jet in cross-flow injection. This arrangement may be effective to reduce flashback that otherwise may be encountered in fuels having a relatively high flame speed. |
| US10082293B2 |
Ceramic heater and manufacturing method thereof
A ceramic heater including a columnar substrate and a heat generation resistor embedded in the substrate. A taper surface (12) having a contour L1 extending along an imaginary ellipse E is composed of a plurality of successively arranged curved surfaces which decrease in radius of curvature toward the forward end with respect to the direction of an axis P. The taper surface (12) is such that the distance between the end points M1 and M2 of the contour L1 is large in the direction of the axis P, and the angle between the axis P and a tangential line of the contour L1 on the side toward the forward end surface (11) is larger than the angle between the axis P and a tangential line of the contour L1 on the side toward the side circumferential surface (15). |
| US10082291B2 |
Combustion supporting device
A combustion supporting device is provided to use with a combustion furnace. The combustion supporting device includes a cone body, a tubular member, a frusto-conically shaped member, a base plate and a supporting portion. An upper end of the tubular member is connected to the cone body. The tubular member defines a plurality of gas holes around an upper portion thereof. The frusto-conically shaped member defines an insertion opening thereon. The diameter of the insertion opening corresponds to the outer diameter of the tubular member. A lower portion of the tubular member is passing through the insertion opening and received in the frusto-conically shaped member. The base plate defines a hole corresponding to the tubular member. The base plate is connected to a bottom of the frusto-conically shaped member. The hole communicates with a lower opening of the tubular member. The supporting portion is connected to the base plate. |
| US10082290B2 |
Portable chimney system
A portable chimney system includes a trailer having an opening extending into an interior of the trailer. A door is hingedly coupled to the trailer and the door is positionable in a closed position. An awning is removably coupled to the trailer. The awning is selectively positioned on the rear side such that the awning surrounds the opening. The door abuts the awning when the door is positioned in the closed position. A chimney is removably coupled to the awning. The chimney may be fluidly coupled to a stove is positioned within the trailer thereby facilitating the chimney to direct combustion gases outwardly from the trailer. |
| US10082287B2 |
Furnace inducer choke and a gas furnace employing the same
A furnace inducer choke and a gas furnace employing the furnace inducer choke. In one embodiment, the furnace inducer choke includes: (1) a choke body configured to engage a furnace inducer blower, the choke body having an opening extending entirely therethrough to limit an amount of combustion air entering a furnace that the furnace inducer blower is attached, and (2) a tab protruding from the choke body a distance sufficient to identify the opening when the choke body and furnace inducer blower are installed in the furnace. |
| US10082283B2 |
Apparatus and method for ambient light measurement by a solid state light bulb
A method for a light bulb or fixture to emit light and measure ambient light. The method includes driving solid state light sources, such as LEDs, in the bulb with a cyclical signal to repeatedly turn them off and on, where the light sources are turned off and on at a rate sufficient for the bulb to appear on. The method also includes measuring ambient light via a light sensor in or on the bulb during at least some times when the light sources are off, and outputting a signal related to the measured ambient light. In some cases the light sensor saturates when the solid state light sources are active and measures the ambient light level when the solid state light sources are not active. The ambient light level signal can be used to control when the light bulb is on and an intensity of light output by the bulb. |
| US10082282B2 |
Light assembly with LED string
A light-emitting diode (LED) string includes an electrically conductive wire and a plurality of LEDs. The LEDs are electrically connected to the wire in series along an axial length of the wire. The LED string may include a solder layer, with the LEDs electrically connected to the wire via the solder layer. A tube having an optional phosphor coating may circumscribe the wire and LEDs. When connected to a surface, the LED string emits light in a band of at least 180 degrees with respect to the surface. A light assembly includes a first surface and a first LED string configured as set forth above. The light assembly may include a second LED string positioned with respect to the surface and having additional LEDs configured to illuminate in response to a second control signal from the controller. |
| US10082279B2 |
Lighting system for suspended ceiling
A lighting fixture for a suspended ceiling including a grid of rails and hub forming an opening in the suspended ceiling has a housing with a mounting clip operable to toollessly mount to a vertical portion of a rail from above with a cam to resiliently expand the mounting clip laterally during mounting of the housing onto the rail, a light unit support connected to the housing and operable to toollessly mount to the hub, from above, and a light unit operable to toollessly mount to the light unit support, through the hub, from below the suspended ceiling. |
| US10082278B2 |
Arrangement for forming an elongate, channel-type accommodation space
An arrangement for forming an elongate, channel-type accommodation space comprises at least two elongate mounting rail elements, two of the mounting rail elements being arranged so that their front faces abut via a joint. The arrangement further comprises a first shaped part and a second shaped part connected to the first profiled part to form the channel-type accommodation space, said space at least substantially extending at least over the length of the two mounting rail elements, and one of the two shaped parts being fastened to the mounting rail elements. |
| US10082276B2 |
Installation mechanism of LED lighting
An installation mechanism of LED lighting includes a house and a mounting plate. The house includes a mounting slot provided on a side wall along a radial direction thereof. The mounting slot includes a implantation portion and a catch portion communicating with the implantation portion. The catch portion includes at least one catching arm provided on one of two opposite side walls thereof. The mounting plate includes two catch edges inserted in the catch portion. The implantation portion is configured for presetting the mounting plate. Each of the catch edge has a Z-typed shape in a cross section of the mounting plate along the axial direction thereof. A free edge of the Z-typed catch edge is inserted into a gap between the catching arm and the bottom of the mounting slot. |
| US10082275B2 |
Wall wash light fixture
A wall wash light fixture includes a housing having an upper wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall at least partially defining an interior. The first side wall and the second side wall each include a first mounting feature having a projection extending into the interior. A mounting bracket is positioned in the interior and releasably connected to the housing. A light emitter is connected to the mounting bracket. A lens has a base, a first arm extending from the base, and a second arm extending from the base. The first and second arms each include a second mounting feature configured to mate with the first mounting feature to releasably connect the lens to the housing. |
| US10082273B2 |
LED kerosene lamp
An LED kerosene lamp includes a holder, a transmission mechanism mounted on the holder, a rotary knob connected with and driving the transmission mechanism, a lifting module connected with and driven by the transmission mechanism, an LED module mounted on the lifting module, a potentiometer connected with the transmission mechanism, and a lampshade covering the LED module. When the rotary knob is rotated in a first direction, the transmission mechanism drives the lifting module which moves the LED module upward, while the transmission mechanism drives the potentiometer which increases the brightness of the LED module. When the rotary knob is rotated in a second direction, the transmission mechanism drives the lifting module which moves the LED module downward, while the transmission mechanism drives the potentiometer which decreases the brightness of the LED module. |
| US10082269B2 |
LED lamp
A lamp includes an optically transmissive enclosure and a base connected to the enclosure. A LED board is positioned in the enclosure and has a first side and a second side. A first LED array is mounted on the first side and a second LED array is mounted on the second side where the LED arrays are operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. A first diffusive lens and a second diffusive lens are located inside of and spaced from the enclosure. The first diffusive lens receives light emitted from the first LED array and the second diffusive lens receives light emitted from the second LED array. |
| US10082262B2 |
Light fixture coupler
A modular lighting assembly includes two modular segments, each having a frame member. A coupler for forming an assembly, and an assembly formed by the coupler. In one example implementation, two members having abutment faces are drawn together using a coupler. Each of the members has a T having a T-shaped cross section, and the coupler has channel with a T-shaped cross section. The channel receives the ends of the rails. Each rail has an opening in its top face. Two screws are threaded into a back of the coupler and angled toward a center of the coupler, such that the ends of the screws engage sidewalls of the openings in the rails. As the screws are advanced into the coupler body, the ends of the screws are drawn together, drawing together the abutment faces of the two members. In other implementations, other rail and channel shapes may be used. |
| US10082256B2 |
Method of making LED light bulb with thermal radiation filaments
A method of making a LED light bulb with thermal radiation filaments contains steps of: A. providing a substrate which includes multiple conductive portions formed on two ends of the substrate respectively so as to electrically connect with an electronic circuit; B. molding LED chips, wires, and phosphors on a front face of the substrate so as to produce a LED filament sheet; C. forming a thermal radiation dissipation film on a back face of the substrate before or after producing the LED filament sheet; D. cutting the substrate into the thermal radiation filaments, wherein each of the thermal radiation filaments has a part of the thermal radiation dissipation film, a part of the LED filament sheet, and parts of the multiple conductive portions respectively; and E. fixing the thermal radiation filaments into the LED light bulb. |
| US10082255B2 |
High-efficiency LED module
A high efficiency LED module includes a circuit board having a plurality of LEDs spaced apart from each other and arranged in a cluster on the circuit board so that a first LED and a second LED are located along a single plane and a third LED is located outside of the single plane. Further included is a lens assembly fixed to the circuit board and having a single, continuous body with a cluster of lenses arranged so as to correspond with the arrangement of LEDs. Each lens includes an upper dome surface having a centrally located dimple, a substantially planar bottom surface in alignment with the other bottom surfaces of the lenses and an indention that is recessed from the bottom surface of the lens so that the indention surrounds one of the LEDs on the circuit board. |
| US10082253B2 |
Ultra-thin surface mounted LED lamp having surface emitting light
An ultra-thin surface mounted LED lamp having surface emitting light includes a house, a light module, a reflection film, a light guide plate, and a plurality of light guide points provided on the light guide plate. The light module is striped and includes a plurality of LED chips. A maximum distance between the two LED chips at a head and tail of the light module accounts for two-thirds of the total circumference of the side walls. The light guide plate includes an incident wall configured for receiving the emitted light of the light module and a reflecting wall configured for reflecting light. A length of the incident wall is equal to the maximum distance between the two LED chips at the head and tail of the light module. The light guide points are spaced apart circular dots, the total area of which is 60% to 65% of the total area of the light guide plate. |
| US10082250B2 |
LED tube lamp
An LED tube lamp including a glass lamp tube, an end cap disposed at one end of the glass lamp tube, a power supply provided inside the end cap, an LED light strip disposed inside the glass lamp tube with a plurality of LED light sources mounted on. The LED light strip has a bendable circuit sheet to electrically connect the LED light sources with the power supply. The glass lamp tube and the end cap are secured by a highly thermal conductive silicone gel. In addition, the end cap has at least one opening on surface to dissipate heat resulting from the power supply. |
| US10082244B1 |
Spill berm with inflatable sleeved air pillows and method of inflating
A spill berm that includes a floor portion and a sidewall portion sealingly attached to the floor portion. The floor portion and the sidewall portion have an interior side that is constructed from a material that is impermeable to a desired fluid, and the said sidewall portion further includes a sleeve having a hollow interior and at least one open end. Inflatable removable air pillows are positioned partly in said interior of the sleeve, where the air pillow having an inflation valve e located on the air pillow near the open end of said sleeve, and the valve is attachable to a hose connected to the exhaust pipe of a diesel or gasoline engine. |
| US10082239B2 |
Temporary support
Equipment is temporarily supported above the ground by a self-supporting, readily erectable and transportable mast. The mast comprises a pneumatically inflatable elongate tube having a first end to which the equipment is coupled and a second end coupled to a ground support tripod. The mast is provided with bracing structure adapted to brace the tube when inflated and including respective flexible members extending from each tripod leg to the first end of the tube. |
| US10082238B1 |
Jack stand construction
A steel stand for supporting heavy structures such as road construction and excavating equipment, either with or without a jacking device, wherein the stand has a central tubular steel core member, wherein ends of the core member are welded to parallel steel plates, and, wherein the stand has a perimetrically positioned plurality of steel, vertical side members spaced substantially circumferentially around the plates. |
| US10082233B2 |
Hose quick coupling
A hose quick coupling used to connect and buckle a nozzle includes a hose coupling main body and at least one buckle device. The buckle device includes a buckle handle pivotally connected to the hose coupling main body, an engaging pin movably disposed in the buckle handle, and a locking piece pivoted to the inner side of the buckle handle. When the engaging pin is biased by an elastic member, the upper end of the engaging pin extends out of the buckle handle and engages with the side wall of the hose coupling main body so that the buckle handle cannot be turned. Conversely, when the engaging pin is pulled to retract into the buckle handle, the engaging pin is disengaged and the buckle handle can be turned so that the nozzle can disengage from the hose coupling main body. |
| US10082230B2 |
Corrugated tube for protecting a cable, fastener for coupling a housing on the corrugated tube and seal element for sealing the corrugated tube against the housing
A coupling assembly has a tube, a seal, and a fastener. The tube has an outer surface with a plurality of corrugations and a reinforcing member. The seal is positioned on a first end of the tube. The releasable fastener is positioned on the first end of the tube. |
| US10082229B2 |
Meter lock and extender system and method use
In various embodiments, the present invention describes a system that attaches to an existing pipeline, pipe, valve or meter in order to prevent unwanted theft and tampering with fluids and gasses flowing through the pipeline, pipe, valve or meter. In one embodiment of the present invention, the inventive device has two locking halves that mechanically and releasably interact with each other and cover the metering device prior to being locked. In one embodiment of the present invention one housing frame connect with a rectangular base underneath the invention thereby allowing it to lock the meter. In one embodiment of the present invention the electronic signal devices are elevated from the meter thereby preventing accidental dislodging and tampering. |
| US10082226B1 |
Hose holder system and related methods
A hose holder system includes a rigid holder having a substantially vertical section and a substantially horizontal section. A flexible sling movably couples with the substantially horizontal section and includes a first flap and a second flap. A hose couples with the rigid holder through the sling, the hose coupled between the first flap and second flap, the sling supporting a portion of the hose in a position substantially parallel with the substantially horizontal section of the rigid holder. A swiveling base is coupled with the rigid holder and includes an opening therethrough through which the hose passes substantially perpendicularly. In implementations the hose holder system is configured to allow the hose to contact no rigid element of the hose holder system between the opening and a dispenser during use. The hose may enter the sling at an about 90 degree angle and exit at an about 30-35 degree angle. |
| US10082225B1 |
Multi-pipe suspension system
A multi-pipe suspension system comprises a multi-pipe trapeze hanger having a first member, a second member arranged perpendicular to the first member, the second member having a first pair of openings and a second pair of openings, a first cradle and a second cradle arranged along the first member, a first ledge projecting perpendicularly from the first cradle configured to support a first pipe, a second ledge projecting perpendicularly from the second cradle configured to support a second pipe, a third ledge defining a first through hole arranged along the first member between the first ledge and second ledge, the second member including a second through hole, a mounting rodarranged to pass through the first and second through holes, a system clamp attached to an upper end of the mounting rod and a pipe strap constructed to support a third pipe attached to a lower end of the mounting rod. |
| US10082222B2 |
Device for quickly venting and draining a filter
The invention discloses an air vent valve for venting a filter, having a cavity with an inlet and an outlet and a sealing element in the interior of the cavity for sealing the inlet in a first position and for sealing the outlet in a second position. The sealing element is freely movable between the first position and the second position, and a flow is created between the inlet and the outlet when the sealing element is in an intermediate position between the first position and the second position. |
| US10082221B2 |
Pilot valve
A pilot valve that includes a pilot valve body including a chamber, a first fluid inlet and a second fluid inlet for providing fluid to the chamber, and a fluid outlet for receiving fluid from the chamber. The pilot valve further includes a separating element and a valve rod, the valve rod is arranged to control fluid flow from the first or second fluid inlet to the fluid outlet via the chamber. The separating element is connected to, and movable with the valve rod, and has a first fluid contacting area configured to be in fluid communication with the first fluid inlet, and a second fluid contacting area configured to be in fluid communication with the second fluid inlet and arranged on an opposite side to the first fluid contacting area. The pilot valve is at least partly controlled by a difference between a first force and a second forces acting on the first and second fluid contacting areas of the separating element. |
| US10082220B2 |
Electromagnetically operated switch valve
The pole geometry of an electromagnetic switch valve includes a cylindrical well on the pole member, which is penetrated by a cylindrical pin on the magnetic armature. This obtains a magnetic force-stroke curve that first extends proportionally starting out from the initial position of the magnetic armature and then rises progressively until the magnetic armature reaches the end position. Continuously increasing the energizing of the magnetic drive upon shifting of the magnetic armature from its initial position into its end position enables the noise formation upon the closing process of the valve to be reduced. Accordingly, the noise formation upon the opening process of the valve can be reduced when the energizing of the magnetic coil is reduced not abruptly but continuously. |
| US10082214B2 |
Pinch valve for dispensing liquid
A pinch valve for a liquid-dispensing unit or machine has a pinch valve body to which is pivotally secured a closure in a clamshell arrangement. The valve body and the closure define a passageway that can hold a liquid-dispensing tube when the pinch valve is in a closed configuration. The axis about which the closure pivots is perpendicular to the passageway. |
| US10082212B2 |
Fluid control valve system and methods
A diaphragm-type control valve having a diaphragm and a valve body is provided preferably for use in the separation of and fluid control between a fluid source and a pressurized gas volume. The diaphragm element and a port in the body together form an intermediate chamber that eliminates the need for a check-valve downstream of the valve. In one preferred embodiment, an inner surface of the valve body defines a chamber having an inlet and an outlet in communication with the chamber, and an elongated seat member defining a groove in communication with the port. A diaphragm member having upper and lower surfaces is disposed within the chamber. The lower surface preferably includes a pair of spaced apart elongated members defining a channel therebetween. The diaphragm member engages the seat member placing the channel in communication with the groove to define an air seat in communication with the port. |
| US10082202B2 |
Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission is provided, which includes a double-sun-gear-type planetary gear set including coaxial first and second sun gears, a ring gear, a pinion meshed with the sun gears and the ring gear, and a carrier supporting the pinion and having a pinion shaft and a carrier body. The carrier body includes first and second plates supporting the pinion shaft, a coupling part coupling the first and second plates, and a center plate extending inward in radial directions of the gear set from the coupling part by passing between the sun gears, and coupled to a rotational member. An inlet port is formed at an inner circumferential end of the center plate, and a center plate oil path extends radially outward from the inlet port. A lubricant oil supply path communicates with a bearing from the inlet port through the center plate oil path. |
| US10082199B2 |
Direct torque path differential having spiderless pinions
A differential is disclosed for use with a drivetrain of a mobile machine. The differential may have an input gear, a first side gear, a second side gear, and a side pinion disposed axially between and intermeshed with the first and second side gears. The differential may also have a carrier nested inside of the input gear and connected to the input gear and the side pinion. The carrier may at least partially surround the first side gear and the second side gear. |
| US10082196B2 |
Hybrid transaxle
A power split hybrid transaxle includes an axis transfer chain and a final drive planetary gear set. The components are arranged such that the power split planetary gear set is opposite the final drive planetary gear set with both located at the front of the transmission. This minimized the axial length of the transaxle by limiting the number of components that must be staggered axially. Furthermore, this permits use of electric machines with a large diameter and short axial length which also reduces the total axial length of the transaxle. |
| US10082193B2 |
Actuator
An actuator includes a motor driving a worm, a gearbox, and a motor control module. The gearbox includes a gearbox housing, a worm wheel mounted in the gearbox and meshed with the worm, and an output mechanism coaxially fixed to the worm wheel. The motor control module includes a control module housing, a printed circuit board received in the control module housing, and a connector connected to the printed circuit board and mounted at an open end of the control module housing, the control module housing connected with the gearbox housing. The control module housing comprises at least one plane surface with at least one resilient vibration absorber mounted thereon. |
| US10082191B2 |
Clips for jointing devices of the ends of a conveyor belt
The present disclosure provides a clip assembly for jointing devices for a conveyor belt that includes a U-shaped clip intended to be secured and straddling an end of a conveyor belt with an overhanging of a front curved portion, or nose of the clip. The clip assembly further includes a tube secured in a front concave portion of each clip and a bracket having two cheeks secured to lateral ends of the tube. The cheeks are joined together at a rear by a connection portion. The securing of the cheeks is obtained by piercings on lateral ends of the tube. Branches of the clips are provided with through-holes to secure the clip with a stem. In one form, the branches of one or more clips in a set of clips are of unequal length. |
| US10082187B2 |
Mechanically roughened brake rotors
A brake rotor includes an outer surface; first and second opposing braking surfaces, each bounded by the outer surface to form first and second opposing braking surface edges. A plurality of concentric grooves are formed on the first and/or second braking surfaces. |
| US10082186B2 |
Brake lining and brake lining retention device of a disc brake
A brake lining retention device for a disc brake of a motor vehicle. The brake lining retention device includes a brake carrier fixed at the vehicle side and having a lining shaft for receiving a brake lining, wherein the lining shaft is delimited at the brake disc leading side in relation to a main rotation direction of the brake disc and delimited at the brake disc trailing side by a lining horn-like member of the brake carrier. The brake lining retention device includes a brake lining guided in the lining shaft and has a lining retention member and a friction lining fixed thereto, and a resilient element supported on a lining horn-like member and a support face of the lining retention member, wherein the face is adjacent to the lining horn-like member and the resilient element is inserted in a recess of the lining retention member. |
| US10082184B2 |
System and method for eliminating adverse clutch vibratory responses
Systems and methods to control an amount of axial clearance within a clutch transmission system are disclosed. A propulsion system includes a clutch transmission system having clutch vibratory response clearance control logic configured to iteratively control the amount of axial clearance within the clutch transmission system so as to achieve a desired, e.g., consistent and/or limited, clutch vibratory response. |
| US10082181B2 |
Cooling sleeve for a bearing and bearing including a cooling sleeve
A cooling sleeve for a bearing as well as a corresponding bearing, the cooling sleeve including a radial flange having a central passage opening, in which a bearing sleeve may be accommodated, in particular with the aid of a press-fit. In order to keep a mechanical stress at a low level, slits extending radially outwardly originate from the central passage opening. |
| US10082178B2 |
Roller with integrated load cell
A roller of a roller bearing providing a hollow bore in which a load cell is arranged, for measuring a radial load acting on the roller. The load cell is mounted to the roller bore in a non-fixed manner and includes one or more cantilever beams that extend in an axial direction of the roller. A contact element is provided on each cantilever beam. Each element further bears against a surface of the roller bore. At least one sensor is provided on each cantilever beam for measuring bending thereof, due to deflection of the beam in a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction. |
| US10082176B2 |
Structural element having at least one slide surface
A structural element has at least one slide layer and is formed to slide via the at least one slide layer along at least one line of motion. The slide layer includes a fiber-reinforced material containing at least one multi-component fiber that includes at least one first component, which is disposed in or on at least one first structure, and at least one second component, which is disposed in or on at least one second structure. The first and second structures are materially-bonded together and are disposed parallel to each other in a main extension direction of the at least one multi-component fiber. Either the first component or the second component is polytetrafluoroethylene. The structural element may be formed, e.g., as a bearing ring, a slide bearing bushing, a linear guide or a spherical bearing ring. |
| US10082175B2 |
Sliding element having a layer system
A sliding element which has a main body and a layer system which is applied thereto. The layer system has at least a first layer of the thickness s1, which is applied to the main body, and hard material particles having a mean extent d, which are introduced into the first layer and are therefore at least fixed on the main body. The thickness s1 of the first layer is such that it amounts to at least 60% and at most 90% of the mean extent d of the hard material particles, and the hard material particles form a surface structuring of the sliding element. |
| US10082172B2 |
Plain bearing and/or systems incorporating such bearings
A plain bearing which may have superior operational characteristics, such as the ability to work in high temperature environments with aluminum housings, or which may have the ability to support an axial load, or which may have an outer ring formed entirely of polymer or lubricant impregnated polymer, and/or components thereof. |
| US10082156B2 |
System and method for storing energy
Disclosed is a method and system that compresses ionized gas is stored in at least one containment cell. The compressed ionized gas is transferred from the at least on containment cell to an expansion chamber in which a piston is situated; The piston moves based in part on a reaction between ionized gas in the expansion chamber and an electrical charge of a surface of a head of the piston. The movement of the piston drives a drive shaft. Movement of the drive shaft is converted to electrical energy. |
| US10082153B2 |
Turbocharger compressor and method
A compressor in a turbocharger for an internal combustion engine includes a compressor wheel that includes a central hub having a centerline, a root portion and an end portion. A plurality of blades is formed around the central hub. The plurality of blades includes a group of full-blades extending from the root portion of the central hub up to a maximum distance from the root portion along the centerline, a group of partial-blades extending to an area along the centerline that is between 40% and 55% of the maximum distance along the centerline, and a group of half-blades extending to an area along the centerline that is between 55% and 70% of the maximum distance. The plurality of blades is organized in repeating sets of blades arranged around the compressor wheel, each repeating set including at least one full-blade, at least one half-blade and at least one partial-blade. |
| US10082147B2 |
Regulator assembly and centrifugal compressor
A regulator assembly, comprising a vaned diffuser, a motor, a driving gear engaged with a driven gear, the driven gear having rectangle-shaped through holes thereon, the rectangle-shaped through holes disposed and extending along an axis of the driven gear, and a regulating mechanism including a regulator, a supporting member, wherein the regulator is sleeved on the supporting member, and wherein the vaned diffuser is fixed on the supporting member, and regulator sliding members fixed to the regulator through the rectangle-shaped through holes of the driven gear, whereby the motor is configured to drive the driving gear to rotate, the driving gear is configured to drive the driven gear to rotate, the driven gear is configured to push the regulator sliding members to move, and the regulator sliding members are configured to drive the regulator to rotate relative to the vaned diffuser, thus driving the regulator to move along its axis. |
| US10082146B2 |
Blower
A blower is designed such that a backflow of air from a ventilation path into a cooling-air exhaust path is prevented by a fan-side rib and an electric motor casing-side rib. The electric motor casing-side rib is formed on an external side of the fan in a fan radial direction such that a distance between the fan-side rib and the electric motor casing-side rib in the fan radial direction becomes long. Accordingly, a flow of an electric-motor cooling air is less disturbed, and the electric-motor cooling air can be secured sufficiently. As a result, an electric motor can be cooled sufficiently, an abrasion of a brush is restricted, and a copper powder of a material making the brush is prevented from flowing into the ventilation path with the electric-motor cooling air. |
| US10082139B2 |
Pump comprising a spring
A pump, comprising a pump insert which is arranged in an accommodating space of a cup-shaped pump housing. The pump insert comprises a first housing part and a second housing part between which a rotor is rotatably arranged, and a stroke ring which surrounds the rotor and is arranged between the first housing part and the second housing part. A spring flexing along the rotational axis is arranged between the accommodating housing and the second housing part. The spring comprises a spring structure which is made of metal and which imbues the spring with its essential spring characteristics along the rotational axis. The spring is supported towards the second housing part in a region which is arranged in axial alignment with the stroke ring in the direction of the rotational axis, and thus presses the second housing part against the stroke ring. |
| US10082135B2 |
Method for producing at least one deformable membrane micropump and deformable membrane micropump
A method for producing at least one deformable membrane micropump including a first substrate and a second substrate assembled together, the first substrate including at least one cavity and the second substrate including at least one deformable membrane arranged facing the cavity. In the method: the cavity is produced in the first substrate; then the first and second substrates are assembled together; then the deformable membrane is produced in the second substrate. |
| US10082128B2 |
Wave power generation system and method
A power generator comprises a casing (110) that in use is deployed in an environment in which the casing is subjected to an excitation motion such as wave motion. A series of masses (101, 103a-c) is located within the casing, wherein at least a first mass is coupled to the casing by a first spring (102), each of the masses is coupled to at least one adjacent mass by a respective spring, and wherein the casing and the series of masses bring a motion of the power generator into resonance with the excitation motion. A plurality of electric machines each comprising a stator and a field source are each associated with a corresponding mass such that a relative motion of a mass and associated electric machine generates electrical power. A power takeoff circuit receives generated electrical power from the plurality of electric machines and outputs electrical power from the power generator. |
| US10082124B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device is provided, which includes an engine including an ignition plug oriented inside a combustion chamber, a component provided in or near an exhaust passage of the engine, a processor configured to execute a vehicle attitude controlling module for controlling an attitude of a vehicle by retarding an ignition timing of the ignition plug to reduce an engine torque so as to decelerate the vehicle, when a condition is satisfied, the condition being that the vehicle is traveling and a steering angle related value that is related to a steering angle of a steering device increases, and a torque reduction restricting module for restricting a reduction amount of the engine torque as at least one of an engine load and an engine speed increases during the vehicle attitude control. |
| US10082121B2 |
Control apparatus for power supply system
In a control apparatus mounted in a vehicle supporting start-stop control, for controlling a power supply system, a target charge level setter variably sets a target charge level of a second rechargeable battery when an internal-combustion engine of the vehicle is operating. The target charge level setter sets the target charge level to a higher level as load current increases, and when setting the target charge level, performs at least one of subtracting a first load quantity indicative of a current that is supplied to first electrical loads from a detected value of the load current and adding a second load quantity indicative of a current that is supplied to second electrical loads to the detected value of the load current. The first electrical loads operate when the internal-combustion engine is operating, and the second electrical loads operate when the engine is not operating. |
| US10082120B2 |
Engine automatic stop and start device, and engine automatic stop and start control method
Provided is a device for automatically stopping an engine when an automatic stop condition is satisfied and restarting the engine thereafter when a restart condition is satisfied, the device including: a ring gear (12) to be coupled to a crankshaft of the engine; a starter motor (14) for starting the engine; a pinion gear (16) for transmitting rotation of the starter motor to the ring gear; pinion-gear moving means (17) for moving the pinion gear by energization to bring the pinion gear into meshing engagement with the ring gear; and starter control means (11) for controlling a voltage to be applied to the pinion-gear moving means so as to fall within a predetermined range when the pinion gear and the ring gear are brought into meshing engagement by moving the pinion gear by the pinion-gear moving means. |
| US10082117B2 |
Fuel injection device
A method of controlling a fuel injection device that can control a small amount of injection is provided. A fuel injection device for use in an internal combustion engine, includes: a valve body that can open and close a fuel passage, a needle that transfers a force with the valve body, and executes valve opening/closing operation, and an electromagnet that includes a coil and a magnetic core provided as a driver for driving the needle, and a cylindrical nozzle holder disposed on an outer periphery of the magnetic core and the needle, in which a current is supplied to the coil to exert a magnetic attractive force between the magnetic core and the needle to open the valve body. |
| US10082115B2 |
Fuel system conversions for carburetor to electronic fuel injection systems, methods of production thereof
An electronic fuel injection system for land vehicles, comprising: a fuel tank, at least one pump, a fuel sump, wherein the at least one pump is operatively coupled to and between the fuel tank and the sump, and an engine, wherein the engine is operatively coupled to the fuel sump. A fuel sump system for land vehicles, comprising: an inlet from a pump, wherein the pump is operatively connected to a fuel tank, a fuel pump system, a regulator operatively coupled to the fuel pump system, an outlet operatively coupled to an engine, and a float component, coupled to the inlet. An electronic fuel injection system for land vehicles, comprising: a fuel tank, at least one pump, a fuel sump, wherein the at least one pump is operatively coupled to and between the fuel tank and the sump, and an engine, wherein the engine is operatively coupled to the fuel sump and wherein the electronic fuel injection system does not require a return line from the engine to the fuel tank. |
| US10082113B2 |
Exhaust-gas recirculation device
An exhaust-gas recirculation device is configured to be attached to a cylinder block including cylinders individually including built-in pistons and cause a portion of exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust system to recirculate to an intake system. The exhaust-gas recirculation device includes an intake manifold, a recirculation pipe, and a recirculation manifold. The intake manifold includes intake branches each including an intake passage communicating with an intake port and is configured to be disposed at the cylinder block. The recirculation pipe is coupled to an exhaust manifold capable of guiding the exhaust gas outward. The recirculation manifold includes recirculation branches each provided with a recirculation passage communicating with the intake passage via an introduction hole and is coupled to the recirculation pipe. The introduction hole has an inner diameter at a recirculation-passage side that is larger than an inner diameter at an intake-passage side. |
| US10082110B2 |
Mixer for dedicated exhaust gas recirculation systems
Systems, methods and techniques for exhaust gas recirculation are provided. The system includes mixing exhaust flow from at least one cylinder of an engine with air in an air intake system prior to combustion. The exhaust flow from the at least one cylinder is accumulated prior to mixing and distributed into the intake air system in a controlled manner. |
| US10082107B2 |
Carburetor air-fuel mixture adjustment assembly and tools
A carburetor with a fuel adjustment tamperproof valve assembly and specialized tools for adjusting the valve assembly. A needle valve is received in a recess in a carburetor body with a passage open to the exterior of the body and a cylindrical surface of the passage. A valve head with a cylindrical exterior surface is received in the passage with a slight clearance between them. The specialized tools are engageable with the head to adjust the valve by rotating it. |
| US10082104B2 |
Atmospheric storage and transfer of thermal energy
A heat engine system with pressure-regulating load-locks disposed between thermal medium storage containers and heat exchangers is disclosed. A load-lock connects one or more storage containers at atmospheric pressure to one or more heat exchangers at greater than or less than atmospheric pressure. |
| US10082100B2 |
Cylinder head and engine block configuration
A single-cylinder cylinder head is disclosed. The cylinder head may have a cylinder head body having a gas system side, a pushrod side opposing the gas system side, a circular cylinder closing face with a central injector opening, a pair of inlet openings, and a pair of outlet openings. The cylinder head may have a central injector recess extending through the cylinder head body to the central injector opening. Further, the cylinder head may have a gas inlet channel system and a gas outlet channel system. The cylinder head may also have a pushrod passage extending through the cylinder head body at the pushrod side. In addition, the cylinder head may have a plurality of cylinder mounting holes extending through the cylinder head body in an outer circumferential region of the single-cylinder cylinder head. The cylinder mounting holes may be non-equidistantly arranged around the central injector recess. |
| US10082099B2 |
Port edge shape with continuous curvature for improved ring-port interaction and flow area
A port opening edge shape for a port in a cylinder of an opposed-piston combustion engine is optimized for flow area, as well as for minimization of piston ring clipping. The port opening edge shape includes a top edge, a bottom edge, a first and second side edge connecting the top and bottom edge, and an apex in the top edge. The apex has the minimum radius of curvature of the port opening edge shape. A spline that defines the port opening edge shape can be calculated based upon a maximum height, a full width, an amount or degree of skew, and a minimum radius of curvature. A model can measure values for engine performance and determine which spline defines a port opening edge shape yields a desired engine performance. |
| US10082091B2 |
Systems and methods to improve shut-down purge flow in a gas turbine system
A system includes a controller of a power generation system including a memory storing instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. The instructions cause the controller to control the power generation system to provide inlet bleed heat flow to a gas turbine during deceleration of the gas turbine. The instructions also cause the controller to receive a first temperature, a rotational speed of the gas turbine, and an inlet bleed heat flow rate. Additionally, the instructions cause the controller to calculate an exhaust flow rate based on at least the first temperature, the rotational speed, and the inlet bleed heat flow rate. Further, the instructions cause the controller to control the power generation system to isolate a fuel source from the gas turbine at a portion of normal operating speed of the gas turbine sufficient to achieve a purging volume during coast down of the gas turbine. |
| US10082083B2 |
False start drain system with vertical header
A drain system for a combustor of a gas turbine includes a plurality of drain tubes, a vertical header connected to an end of each drain tube to receive a fluid flow therefrom, and a horizontal header downstream of the vertical header and in fluid communication therewith. Each drain tube has another end adapted to be connected to a respective combustor can of the gas turbine to drain liquid therefrom. The vertical header is disposed at an angle between 30° and 90° with a horizontal plane. |
| US10082082B2 |
Fuel injector with multi tube gas distribution
A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The fuel injector includes a flange assembly with a distribution block, three main gas tubes, and an injector head. The distribution block evenly distributes a main gas fuel to the three main gas tubes. The injector head includes an injector body with a primary gas gallery including an annular shape. The three main gas tubes are connected in a parallel configuration between the distribution block and the primary gas gallery. The three main gas tubes are all in flow communication with the primary gas gallery and provide the main gas fuel from the same main gas fuel source. |
| US10082080B2 |
Fan rotor for a turbo machine such as a multiple flow turbojet engine driven by a reduction gear
A forward fan rotor is disclosed with a hub of axis of rotation (X) and a cone mounted on the hub of the fan. The cone comprises an air bleed orifice which opens into an air duct of which a forward end portion passes through the fan rotor, said forward end portion comprising mechanical air entrainment means. The air bleed orifice has an annular shape and in that the cone is divided by said orifice into a front vertex portion and a rear frustoconical portion.A turbomachine forward axial spool equipped with such a fan rotor is also disclosed. |
| US10082079B2 |
Gas-turbine engine with oil cooler in the engine cowling
An engine cowling of an aircraft gas-turbine engine with a core engine and a bypass duct surrounding the latter, with a front cowling enclosing the bypass duct and a rear cowling movable in the axial direction, and with stator vanes arranged in the bypass duct, where recesses for removing fluid from the bypass duct are provided in the area of the stator vanes on the inside of the front cowling, where the fluid discharged through the recesses is routed by means of flow ducts through the front cowling, brought into contact with at least one heat exchanger, and subsequently discharged to the environment. |
| US10082074B2 |
Four-stroke reciprocating piston engine in a V configuration having 16 cylinders
The present disclosure relates to a four-stroke reciprocating piston engine in a V configuration having 16 cylinders, having a counter-clockwise direction of rotation, having an ignition timing control which fires the cylinders A1 to A8 and B1 to B8 in one of the following firing sequences, wherein the direction of rotation and the cylinder numbering are defined in accordance with DIN ISO 1204: a) A1-B2-A5-B4-A7-B8-A3-A8-B5-A6-B7-A2-B3-A4-B1-B6 b) A1-B2-A5-A2-B3-A4-B1-A8-B5-A6-B7-B4-A7-B8-A3-B6 c) A1-B4-A3-B2-A7-B6-A5-B8-B3-A8-B7-A4-B5-A2-B1-A6 d) A1-B4-A3-B2-B5-A2-B1-A6-B3-A8-B7-A4-A7-B6-A5-B8 e) A1-B2-A6-B4-A8-A4-B1-A7-B6-A5-B8-A2-B3-B7-A3-B5 f) A1-B2-A6-B4-A8-B7-A3-A7-B6-A5-B8-A2-B3-A4-B1-B5 g) A1-B2-A6-A2-B3-A4-B1-A7-B6-A5-B8-B4-A8-B7-A3-B5 h) A1-B4-A3-B2-A8-B5-A6-B7-B3-A7-B8-A4-B6-A2-B1-A5 i) A1-B4-B8-A4-B6-A2-B1-A5-B3-A7-A3-B2-A8-B5-A6-B7 j) A1-B4-A3-B2-B6-A2-B1-A5-B3-A7-B8-A4-A8-B5-A6-B7 k) A1-B2-A6-B5-A8-A5-B1-A7-B6-A4-B8-A2-B3-B7-A3-B4 l) A1-B2-A6-B5-A8-B7-A3-A7-B6-A4-B8-A2-B3-A5-B1-B4 m) A1-B2-A6-A2-B3-A5-B1-A7-B6-A4-B8-B5-A8-B7-A3-B4 n) A1-B5-A3-B2-A8-B4-A6-B7-B3-A7-B8-A5-B6-A2-B1-A4 o) A1-B5-B8-A5-B6-A2-B1-A4-B3-A7-A3-B2-A8-B4-A6-B7 p) A1-B5-A3-B2-B6-A2-B1-A4-B3-A7-B8-A5-A8-B4-A6-B7. |
| US10082068B2 |
Radiator having air guide for preventing heat damage in a vehicle
A radiator for cooling a heated coolant includes an air guide for preventing heat damage. The air guide is adapted to allow air entering into the radiator due to the operation of a cooling fan to flow into a gear box of a fan clutch, wherein the cooling fan is installed at an inside of the vehicle and is activated by the fan clutch. The air guide can be installed above the cooling fan and thus allow air entering due to the operation of the cooling fan to flow horizontally, and further allow the air to flow vertically and downwardly such that the air is ejected downwardly towards a region where the gear box is installed. |
| US10082062B2 |
Systems and methods for enhancing catalytic efficiency of SCR catalysts
A method for increasing a catalytic efficiency of a catalyst, comprising providing a catalyst. Finally, the catalyst is installed into a selective catalytic reduction system of an aftertreatment system configured to reduce constituents of an exhaust gas generated by an engine. The catalyst is soaked in a liquid which consists essentially of one of water or a water-comprising solution. The soaking occurs at least one of before or after installing the catalyst in the selective catalytic reduction system. The catalyst can include a copper zeolite catalyst. |
| US10082060B2 |
Enhanced performance of a gas turbine
In one embodiment, a system may include a gas turbine system. the gas turbine system includes a gas turbine, an after-treatment system that may receive exhaust gases from the gas turbine system, and a controller that may receive inputs and model operational behavior of an industrial plant based on the inputs. The industrial plant may include the gas turbine and the after-treatment system. The controller may also determine one or more operational parameter setpoints for the industrial plant, select the one or more operational parameter setpoints that reduce an output of a cost function, and apply the one or more operational parameter setpoints to control the industrial plant. |
| US10082057B2 |
Oil separator
An oil separator is provided with a case that has an air inlet and a plurality of expansion chambers formed within the case. Air that contains oil is introduced into the case via the inlet and caused to strike a impingement plate to thereby separate the oil from the introduced air and recover the oil. The transverse cross-sectional area of each expansion chamber is greater than the open area of the inlet. Partition walls with orifice holes formed therein are provided between the expansion chambers. |
| US10082055B2 |
Valve timing control device for internal combustion engine
A front plate for a valve timing control device is produced which comprises a plate part that closes a front opening of a housing body to seal operation oil chambers in the housing body and a cylindrical part that is integral with and projected forward from an opened central portion of the plate part and after production of the front plate, an annular part of a front surface of the plate part near a root portion of the cylindrical part is pressed, by a press machine, toward a rear surface of the plate part against a supporting tool that intimately supports the rear surface of the plate part, so that the rear surface of the plate part has an improved flatness at an annular area surrounding the opening of the front plate thereby to increase a sealability between the plate part and the front opening of the housing body. |
| US10082053B2 |
Continuous variable valve duration apparatus and engine provided with the same
A continuous variable valve duration apparatus may include a camshaft, a first and second cam portions, first and inside brackets transmitting rotation of the camshaft to the first and second cam portions respectively, a slider housing of which the first and second inside brackets are rotatably inserted thereto, cam caps of which each cam cap engaging portion is rotatably connected thereto, a connecting bracket connecting the cam caps and of which a guide opening for the guide protruded portion to be inserted thereto for guiding movement of the slider housing is formed thereto, a slider pin rotatably inserted into the first sliding opening and slidably inserted into the camshaft, a cam pin of which a cam opening for the cam to be slidably inserted thereto is formed and rotatably inserted into the second sliding opening and a controller selectively changing a position of the slider housing. |
| US10082048B2 |
Fuel vaporization using data center waste heat
Systems and methods are provided for data center cooling by vaporizing fuel using data center waste heat. The systems include, for instance, an electricity-generating assembly, a liquid fuel storage, and a heat transfer system. The electricity-generating assembly generates electricity from a fuel vapor for supply to the data center. The liquid fuel storage is coupled to supply the fuel vapor, and the heat transfer system is associated with the data center and the liquid fuel storage. In an operational mode, the heat transfer system transfers the data center waste heat to the liquid fuel storage to facilitate vaporization of liquid fuel to produce the fuel vapor for supply to the electricity-generating assembly. The system may be implemented with the liquid fuel storage and heat transfer system being the primary fuel vapor source, or a back-up fuel vapor source. |
| US10082040B2 |
Aircraft comprising a turbine engine incorporated into the rear fuselage with variable supply
The invention concerns an aircraft propelled by a turbine engine having contrarotating fans (7, 8), the turbine engine being incorporated at the rear of a fuselage (1) of the aircraft, in the extension of same and comprising at least two gas generators (2a, 2b) that supply, via a shared central stream (4), a power turbine (3), the turbine (3) comprising two contrarotating rotors (5, 6) for driving two fans (7,8) disposed downstream from the gas generators (2a, 2b), said aircraft comprising means (15) arranged for separating the gas flow in the power turbine (3) into at least two concentric streams (16, 17) and a device comprising first means for distributing the gas flow (21-24) between said streams (16, 17) from the central stream (4), the first distribution means being configured to be able to open or close the supply of at least one so-called sealable stream (16) of the streams (16, 17) of the power turbine (3). |
| US10082039B2 |
Segmented annular seal
An annular seal includes an annular outer casing, a plurality of seal segments, and a plurality of spring components. The plurality of seal segments is coupled to the annular outer casing to cumulatively form an annular sealing surface, the annular sealing surface is configured to face a rotating structure to inhibit fluid leakage between the rotating structure and the annular sealing surface, and each seal segment of the plurality of seal segments is configured for independent radial movement relative to other seal segments of the plurality of seal segments. In various embodiments, the plurality of spring components are configured to bias the plurality of seal segments relative to the radial movement. |
| US10082038B2 |
Axial turbomachine compressor outer casing with seal
The invention relates to an axial turbomachine compressor outer casing. The casing comprises a sealing device collaborating with a row of rotor blades. The casing comprises a wall with an annular groove in which the sealing device is housed. The sealing device comprises a segmented outer shroud and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators moving the shroud radially in the groove so as to open or close the functional clearance. The invention also proposes a method for controlling a sealing device for a turbojet engine, the method comprising a step of measuring the altitude and a step of adjusting a clearance according to the altitude. |
| US10082037B2 |
Gas turbine having at least two shafts designed as hollow shafts at least in some areas and arranged coaxially relative to one another
The present invention describes a gas turbine having two shafts, which are rotatably mounted using bearing devices in the area of a casing. An intermediate shaft sealing device is arranged between the bearing devices, which includes a sealing element connected to a first shaft, in which a further sealing element connected to the second shaft radially engages. An operating pressure is applied, in the area limited by the shafts in the axial direction of the shafts, to facing effective areas of the sealing elements, while the pressure prevailing in the area outside the shafts in the axial direction acts on effective areas of the sealing elements facing away from one another. A ratio between the outer diameters limiting the facing effective areas and the inner diameters likewise limiting these effective areas is in each case greater than or equal to 1.25. |
| US10082036B2 |
Vane ring band with nano-coating
An inner band used on a turbine engine is disclosed herein. The inner band may include a core comprising polymeric materials and a shell comprising nanocrystalline metallic materials applied to the core to cover at least a portion of the core. |
| US10082035B2 |
Erosion resistant material and turbine blade
An erosion resistant material has a continuous portion and discontinuous portions. The continuous portion has a continuous structure. The discontinuous portions are arranged inside the continuous portion to have a discontinuous structure. The discontinuous portions are formed of particles having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less. Further, the discontinuous portions are formed of a material having a surface hardness and a Young's modulus higher than those of the continuous portion. |
| US10082033B2 |
Gas turbine blade with platform cooling
A component for a gas turbine engine is provided. The component having: a platform secured to the component, the platform having an exterior surface in fluid communication with an internal cooling pocket of the platform via a plurality of cooling openings located in the platform; a channel in fluid communication with the internal cooling pocket; an internal cooling cavity in fluid communication with the channel via a feed opening extending through an internal wall of the component, wherein a portion of the channel and the feed opening are located below the internal cooling pocket; and a cover plate sealing the internal cooling pocket and the channel. |
| US10082025B2 |
System for the reduction in applied energy, improved efficiencies and reduced costs in open pit mining
The present invention relates to an open pit mining system. The system includes a material lifting machine configured to both: (1) excavate and remove overburden from an open pit of a mine; and (2) excavate and remove valuable material from the open pit. Advantageously, the machine removes the overburden waste material as well as the mined valuable material which would otherwise be conventionally removed by trucks in the pit, out of the pit up the ramps and then onto the processing plant. Accordingly, the use of trucks for transporting valuable material both along and up out of the pit is at least to some extent reduced thereby resulting in improved cost and energy efficiency. |
| US10082023B2 |
Composite sampler and nitrogen bottle
An apparatus for obtaining a plurality of fluid samples in a subterranean well includes a carrier, a plurality of sampling chambers and a plurality of pressure sources. The sampling chambers and pressure sources substantially comprises non-metallic materials. One or more of the following: conductors, transducers, power sources, communicators, data memory and processors are embedded in the materials comprising the sampler apparatus. One or more transducers for measuring the temperature, pressure, and volume of the sample are present in at least one of the plurality of sampling chambers. Means for measuring the parameters of the wellbore fluid are also present in the sampler apparatus. Means for communicating measured data to the surface are provided in the sampling apparatus. |
| US10082017B2 |
System and method for a bonded differential magnetic sensor array using pulsed eddy current for cased-hole applications
A system and method for inspecting a tube comprising a telemetry module, a centralizing module, an inspection device, a differential amplifier, a sensor array, and a service device. In embodiments, a tube inspection device may comprise a sensor array. The sensor array may further comprise a center receiver coil, a ferri-core, a peripheral receiver, and a transmitter coil. A method for inspection a tube may comprise inserting an inspection device into a tube, energizing a sensory array, inducing an eddy current within the tubing, and measuring voltage with a center receiver coil and a peripheral receiver of the sensor array. |
| US10082012B2 |
Refracturing method using spaced shaped charges straddled with isolators on a liner string
A re-fracturing method involves placement and centralization of a liner string that has shaped charges at predetermined locations that are externally isolated with packers. The shaped charges can be set off in a desired order and re-fracturing can then take place in new locations. In a bottom up order for perforating sequentially larger balls can be landed on seats and developed pressure or component movement generated by applying pressure can be used to set a shaped charge and isolate portions of the borehole below. The balls and even the seats can be later milled out or just allowed to disintegrate or dissolve with well fluids that are present or later added to clear the liner for subsequent production. Alternatively, the liner could be removed by release of the packers before production or injection begins. |
| US10082008B2 |
Dissolvable perforating device
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a perforating system for perforating a subterranean formation includes a carrier gun body having a cylindrical sleeve. The perforating system also includes a charge holder disposed in the cylindrical sleeve and a plurality of charges disposed on the charge holder. The charge holder is dissolvable in at least one wellbore fluid delivered through the carrier gun body after detonation of the charges. The charges may also be dissolvable during or after detonation. In some embodiments, the carrier gun body is dissolvable wellbore fluid delivered through the carrier gun body. By including dissolvable parts, the disclosed perforating gun yields relatively lower amounts of debris in the wellbore after detonation. In addition, the dissolving portions of the perforating gun allow the remaining portions of the gun to be used to perform wellbore operations downhole without pulling the perforating gun. |
| US10082000B2 |
Apparatus and method for isolating fluid flow in an open hole completion
A zonal isolation apparatus for an open-hole wellbore completed with a gravel pack having sections of blank pipe intermediate selected sections of sand screen, comprising a blank liner, with a first packer and second packer disposed therein. The first and second packers are set adjacent to sections of blank pipe and seal an annular area formed between the blank liner and the surrounding sections of sand screen at the first and second sections of blank pipe. The flow of fluids into the wellbore intermediate the first and second sections of blank pipe is inhibited. |
| US10081998B2 |
Method and apparatus for string access or passage through the deformed and dissimilar contiguous walls of a wellbore
Method and apparatus for providing access to a lower end wellbore through an impasse using an circumferential adaptable apparatus and downhole devices to pilot a tool string through an existing obstructive frictional or restricted passageway with dissimilar well bore walls, wherein piloting a tool string may comprise displacing debris within and/or deforming its proximally circular and/or deformed bores or traversing an obstructive passageway therebetween, and whereby various downhole devices may be incorporated, deployed and oriented relative to a proximal axis or proximally contiguous wall, using the expandable and collapsible members of the present invention engaged about a plurality of shafts, usable to pilot the tool string through a conventional impasse or restriction of said walls of said dissimilar contiguous passageways. |
| US10081994B2 |
Screened enclosure with vacuum ports for use in a vacuum-based drilling fluid recovery system
A screened vacuum enclosure for use in separating drilling fluid from drill cuttings in a vacuum-based shaker system, the screened vacuum enclosure including: a) a rectangular frame including downstream and upstream longitudinal outer frame members and transverse outer frame members, with one or more vacuum ports extending through or into one of the longitudinal outer frame members, the vacuum ports communicating vacuum suction to the interior of the screened vacuum enclosure; b) one or more inner frame support members connected to the outer frame members; c) a screen attached to the top surface of the frame; and d) a floor attached to at least part of the bottom surface of the frame. |
| US10081992B2 |
Device for conveying away drillings
The invention relates to an apparatus for removing drill cuttings loosened by a drilling tool (113) during the operation of producing a drill hole (101, 102) for laying a pipeline, having at least one pump (12) for pumping out drilling fluid mixed with the drill cuttings, and having at least one receiving body (11) with at least one receiving chamber (17), which is connected to a drill-cuttings region (117) behind the drilling tool (113) via openings (14). It is therefore an object of the invention to create an apparatus for removing drill cuttings which makes it possible for the drill cuttings to be transported away reliably using a pressure-delivery method. The solution of the invention provides, on the receiving body (11), a receiving element (13), which is intended for receiving the drill cuttings mechanically and on which are arranged at least some of the openings (14) via which the drill cuttings pass into the receiving chamber (17). |
| US10081991B2 |
Modular adapter for tongs
A portable tong system includes: a power tong; a backup tong; and an adapter. The adapter includes: a main frame having a base for mounting the backup tong; a mount for mounting the main frame to a positioning system; a leveling frame for torsional connection to the power tong; a suspension mounted to the leveling frame for supporting the power tong; a linear actuator for raising and lowering the leveling frame relative to the main frame; and a torsional arrestor torsionally connecting the leveling frame to the main frame. |
| US10081990B2 |
Kicker system for tubular handling system
A kicker assembly for a tubular handling system has a moving member of a linear actuator that moves between a first position on a fixed member of the linear actuator and a second position on the fixed member. The moving member of the linear actuator is connected to a kicker shoe by one or more connecting members to move the kicker shoe from a retracted to an extended position to move a tubular out of the tubular handling system. The axis of the fixed member of the linear actuator runs substantially perpendicular to the motion of the kicker shoe. |
| US10081989B2 |
Tool for gripping tubular items
A tool for gripping a tubular workpiece comprises: a land element for reacting compressive load against an end face of the workpiece; grip elements and grip element carrier means; a main body with means for converting axial motion of the tool relative to the workpiece into radial movement of the grip elements from a retracted position to an engaged position exerting radial load on the workpiece; and retractor means for retracting the grip elements from the workpiece the tool is displaced axially away from the workpiece. The grip element carrier means may comprise a cylindrical cage with the grip elements being radially slidable within circumferentially-spaced windows in the cage. The means for converting axial movement and load into radial movement and load may comprise a cone or ramp surface that bears against the grip elements such that radial loads from the grip surfaces are carried through the main body. |
| US10081987B2 |
Systems and methods for killing a well
A well system and associated method, in which a kill weight fluid can be flowed into a wellbore via a flow passage extending from the surface to a downhole location, and prior to the flowing, the flow passage is installed with a casing string into the wellbore. A well system and associated method, in which a flow passage is positioned external to a casing, and wherein a downhole well parameter is measured via the flow passage. Another method can include flowing a kill weight fluid into a wellbore via a flow passage extending along a casing string, the flowing being performed while a formation fluid flows into the wellbore. |
| US10081986B2 |
Subsea casing tieback
Techniques and systems to couple a high pressure casing string to a blowout preventer or a subsea shut-in device. A device includes a locking mechanism configured to interface with a terminal end of a casing string of an offshore platform to couple the device to the terminal end of the casing string. The device also includes a sealing mechanism configured to fluidly seal an area around the terminal end of the casing string, wherein the locking mechanism and the sealing mechanism are disposed at separate positions along a vertical orientation of the device. |
| US10081979B1 |
Window protector device and method for making same
A window protector device and method is provided that includes a polycarbonate receptacle configured to be received in an outermost groove of a double-hung tilt-wash window frame, a multi-wall polycarbonate rectangular cuboid panel configured for being received in said receptacle via a two sided adhesive material, the device being coupled to double-hung tilt window sashes via buckled straps disposed in horizontally oriented slotted apertures with the straps sandwiched between the receptacle and the panel, with the ends of the straps extending outwardly from the panel for strapping onto the respective window sashes. |
| US10081978B2 |
Laminated glass retention system
A laminated glass retention system for securing a laminated glass subassembly within a window sash or frame member or door panel or similar component includes a retention member applied to the laminated glass subassembly. The retention member generally can include a leg portion that engages of the laminated glass subassembly, and can further include a base portion that is coupled to the frame member in which the laminated glass subassembly is seated. The retention member helps retain the insulating glass subassembly within its frame member when subjected to high winds and wind-borne debris. |
| US10081977B2 |
Automatic door opening and closing device
An automatic door opening and closing device include a housing which may contain a control unit. A motor may be in electronic communication with the control unit, and a wheel may be coupled to the motor so that the motor may be operable to rotate the wheel in a clockwise direction and in a counter clockwise direction. A chassis may be configured to couple the motor to a door so that the wheel is in contact with a ground surface below the door. The motor may be operable to rotate the wheel clockwise across the ground surface to motivate the door in a first direction, and the motor may be operable to rotate the wheel counterclockwise across the ground surface to motivate the door in a second direction. By motivating the door in either the first direction or the second direction, the device may be configured to move the door into, out of, and between the open and closed positions. |
| US10081975B2 |
Low profile adjustable soft close hinge apparatus
Disclosed is a low profile, adjustable, soft close hinge comprised of a hinge cup pivotally connected to a hinge body via a hinge arm and a hinge link in a four-bar linkage arrangement. A spring biases the hinge to a closed position. The hinge body is adjustably connected to an inner frame with an overlay adjustment screw and depth adjustment cam. The inner frame releasably connects the hinge body to a mounting plate. A stop bracket is adjustably and slidably connected to the hinge body by a cam. The adjustable position of the stop bracket relative to the hinge body determines the point at which the damping functionality of a damper begins during a hinge closing movement. A linkage sub-assembly pivotally connects the damper to the hinge link. |
| US10081974B2 |
Hinge device with long reciprocating stroke of a front panel
Hinge device (1) with long reciprocating stroke of a front panel (P) and having a first member (3) assigned to be fixed to an appliance (A) and a second member (5) assigned to be fixed to a door (D) of the appliance; the second member is pivoted to the first member by means of a hinge pin (7). A connection means (9) is assigned to be fixed to the front panel for actuating the translation thereof along the door during the rotation of the latter between its extreme closing (C) and opening (O) conditions. The hinge device includes kinematic means (11) having one end movable in the first member and an opposite end provided with a ring gear (13) centrally and rotatably pivoted to the second member or to an element fixed thereto, by means of a respective first pivot pin (15). |
| US10081972B1 |
Versatile and economic anchor mount for a coil spring in a window counterbalance assembly
An anchor mount system for anchoring a free end of a ribbon coil spring to a guide track of a window. The ribbon coil spring has an opening formed through its structure at a first distance from the free end. The anchor mount has a body with a first section and a second section. A first tab and a second tab protrude from the second section of the body. The second tab is angled toward said first tab at an inclined angle. A second distance exists between the first tab and the second tab. This second distance is generally equal to the first distance along the ribbon coil spring. This enables the end of the ribbon coil spring to become entrapped between the tabs when engaged with the tabs and manipulated in a certain manner. |
| US10081970B2 |
Active glove box door with interlock between latch rods and strikers
An active glove box bolster system for an automotive vehicle comprises an instrument panel housing defining a door space. A glove box door comprises a longitudinally-movable latch rod having a sloped end. A striker is provided on the housing for receiving the latch rod in a pocket between a front wall and a rear wall. The front wall slidably engages the sloped end during closing of the door to retract the latch rod until it enters the pocket. The latch rod includes a first interlock element adjacent to the sloped end, and the rear wall includes a second interlock element aligned with the first interlock element. The interlock elements engage to resist movement in response to a force against the door in a direction to push the door through the door space. |
| US10081969B2 |
Lockable latching device
A lockable latching device includes a body defining a cavity therein and having a central longitudinal axis, and a plunger disposed within the cavity. The plunger has a first end and a second end and is translatable with respect to the body along the axis between an open position and a closed position. The device also includes an annular rotator spaced apart from the body along the axis and configured for rotating the plunger about the axis. The device includes an annular latch abutting the rotator that is transitionable between an unlocked state and a locked state. The device also includes an element attached to the latch and formed from a shape memory alloy that is transitionable between an austenite crystallographic phase and a martensite crystallographic phase in response to an activation signal to thereby transition the latch from the locked state to the unlocked state. |
| US10081965B2 |
Modular hyperbolic trapezoid fabric structure
The present invention relates to fabric structures and methods for erecting same. The structure of the invention includes two telescoping apex legs, two generally vertical base legs having a base adapted to resist upward force on the base leg, four roof beams and a fabric roof membrane connected to each of the roof beams along a substantial portion of its periphery. A moment is applied tending to bow the roof beams upward and outward and the roof membrane is held under tension counter to said moment when the apex legs are telescopically raised relative to the base legs and the apex and base legs are positioned vertically. The invention provides a structure with a hyperbolic trapezoid roof made from modular components that are readily transported and assembled. |
| US10081963B2 |
Utility pole repair plate systems and methods
The disclosed technology includes utility pole repair plates for repairing a pole, such as a utility pole. One or more utility pole repair plates may be attached to a utility pole in an interconnected fashion to cover a portion or the entire circumference of a utility pole. A utility pole repair plate may include multiple substantially planar interconnected plate segments disposed at angles designed to accommodate a particular pole geometry. |
| US10081962B1 |
Buoying structure and method
A buoying system includes an anchor, a plurality of vertical supports, a plurality of support mounts, and at least one floatation device. The anchor is affixed to the ground, and the plurality of vertical supports are affixed to the anchor. The anchor may comprise a plurality of anchors. The plurality of support mounts is affixed to the housing structure and are constrained laterally by the plurality of vertical supports. The floatation device is configured to elevate the housing structure above the ground in response to water reaching a predetermined lever as a result of a flood event. |
| US10081956B2 |
Wave generator system and method for free-form bodies of water
A wave park includes a body of water, and a track positioned in or proximate the body of water. The wave park further includes at least one foil coupled to move along the track, the foil being at least partially submerged in the body of water. Each foil has a curvilinear cross-sectional geometry that includes a leading surface that is concave about a vertical axis to provide drag to generate a primary wave laterally in water of the body of water that contacts the leading surface of the foil, and a trailing surface that narrows from a maximum width of the foil adjacent the leading surface to a point at an end of the foil, the trailing surface to decrease the drag of the foil and to minimize oscillatory waves that trail the primary wave from the water moving past the leading surface of the foil. |
| US10081953B2 |
Assembly for coping and mounting trim molding
A method for installing a finish trim molding on a wall, the method includes mounting a trim holding device on the wall, the trim holding device comprising a mounting bracket configured to mount in facing contact with the wall, the mounting bracket further comprising a pair of mounting flanges disposed on the mounting bracket, the pair of mounting flanges being substantially horizontal and extending perpendicularly outward away from the mounting bracket and the wall; and mounting the finish trim molding onto the trim holding device, the finish trim molding defining a pair of channels, the pair of channels being substantially horizontal and defined perpendicular to a vertical rear surface of the finish trim molding, the pair of channels configured to receive the pair of mounting flanges. |
| US10081952B2 |
System and method for interlocking sections of athletic and/or protective surface mats
First and second mat sections are interlocked using a resilient closure strip. A layer of reinforced vinyl scrim is situated on the surface of each mat section. The closure includes two closure members each having an interengaging portion and a connecting portion. The connecting portion of one closure member is mounted on one mat section with the interengaging portion in a given orientation. The connecting portion of the other closure member is mounted on the other mat section with the interengaging portion thereof in an orientation opposite to that of the first interengaging portion with at least a portion thereof extending beyond the mat surface such that the interengaging portions align and can be interengaged by a downward force when the mat sections are situated in side-by-side relation. A coating of poly-vinyl paint is situated over each of the closure members and the reinforced vinyl scrim layer. |
| US10081951B2 |
Storage structure
A storage structure is provided in which an outside surface panel can be attached and removed regardless of where the storage structure is installed. The storage structure has a plurality of columns, an outside surface panel configured to be located between two mutually adjacent columns to form a part of an outer wall, and an outward-side pressing member and an inward-side pressing member each of which can be removably attached to a column. The outside surface panel has a width which is less than a distance between the two mutually adjacent columns. The outward-side pressing member and the inward-side pressing member cooperate with each other to assist in holding the outside surface panel from both sides. |
| US10081945B2 |
White and black ply laminate
According to one embodiment, a roofing membrane laminate includes a first layer of an uncured ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber (EPDM) material and a second layer of a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) material coupled with the EPDM material. The EPDM material has a thickness of between about 50 mils and 70 mils and the TPO material has a thickness of between about 15 mils and 35 mils. The EPDM material and TPO material are coupled via crosslinking of the TPO and EPDM material at an interface thereof, whereby at least a top portion of the EPDM material is cured via the application of heat after the EPDM material and TPO material are placed into contact so as to effect crosslinking of the materials. |
| US10081942B2 |
Building element, a building comprising one or more such building elements and a method for joining such a building element and a support element
A building element includes an upper side, a lower side, at least one first lateral face, and at least one first end face, where the at least one lateral face is formed with a longitudinal lateral groove such that a longitudinal upper grove edge and a longitudinal lower groove edge are formed. The upper groove edge has a toothed shape. A building includes one or more load bearing elements, and a plurality of building elements connected to respective load bearing elements. A method of joining building elements and load bearing elements in a building includes providing the load bearing elements with a not-cast upper part, putting up the load bearing elements, arranging two or more double T building elements therewith, pulling the telescoping elements, and cast filling the joints between the building elements and the upper part of the load bearing elements such that a smooth surface is formed. |
| US10081940B2 |
Structural assembly insulation
A structural assembly (20) providing both a surface (21) and an insulating stratum associated with the surface. The assembly (20) can comprise structural members (23-24) and pods (30) associated with the structural members (23-24). The pods (30) contribute to structural integrity, thermal insulation, and/or sound attenuation. The pods or pod-like material can be used in or on horizontal or vertical cavities, in or on horizontal or vertical surfaces, and/or incorporated into a structural assembly or equipment housing. |
| US10081939B1 |
Fire retardant expansion joint seal system with internal resilient members and intumescent members
The present disclosure relates generally to systems for providing a durable water-resistant and fire-resistant foam-based seal in the joint between adjacent panels. An expansion joint seal, which may be fire-resistant and/or water-resistant, is provided which includes one or more foam members and a plurality of fire retardant members, which may be intumescent members, interspersed within the foam member or members to provide a spring recovery force and fire resistance. |
| US10081937B2 |
Universal drain cuff
A drainage pipe fitting includes a cuff that permits the fitting to be coupled with pipes or fittings of various sizes. The cuff includes a plurality of sloped surfaces. For example, the cuff may include a first set of sloped surfaces and a second set of sloped surfaces on an interior of the cuff for receiving different-sized pipes or fittings on the interior of the cuff. The cuff may also include a third set of sloped surfaces, a fourth set of sloped surfaces, and a fifth set of sloped surfaces on an exterior of the cuff for receiving further pipes or fittings of different sizes on the exterior of the cuff. If desired, the cuff can include more or less sets of sloped surfaces. In some cases the sloped surfaces are arranged on internal and external fins of the cuff. |
| US10081936B2 |
Flush toilet apparatus and drive unit for same
A flush toilet apparatus includes: a toilet main body portion, a reservoir tank portion, a discharge valve apparatus including a valve body for opening and closing a discharge opening in the reservoir tank portion, and an automatic flush drive unit for driving the discharge valve apparatus portion to open and close the valve body; wherein the drive unit includes a drive unit main body portion including an actuator for electrically driving the discharge valve apparatus portion, and an elongated operating member for connecting a discharge valve apparatus portion and a drive unit main body portion and operating the opening and closing action of a valve body by driving an electrically powered drive portion; and wherein the toilet main body includes an attaching portion disposed on the back surface side thereof, to which the drive unit main body portion is attached. |
| US10081935B2 |
Brace support device
A brace includes two or more spacers connected together using an interlocking mechanism, such as a press fit, an interference fit, a friction fit, a snap fastener, a projection-and-recess coupling system or a stud-and-tube coupling system, to provide a desired combined length. The brace may further include a U-shaped clip for attachment to a toilet tank or may use a plate with an adhesive layer for attachment to an object. The brace may also include a threaded stud and a nut coupled to a spacer for adjusting the combined length of the brace. |
| US10081933B2 |
Sanitary functional unit
The invention relates to a sanitary functional unit (2), which has a housing (6), which can be releasably fastened to the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, the housing (6) having an outflow-side housing end face (9) with outflow openings (10). It is characterizing for the functional unit according to the invention that the outflow-side housing end face (9) has at least one slot (19), the opposing longitudinal sides (20) of which slot are designed as turning engagement surfaces or tool engagement surfaces for a turning tool that can be releasably inserted into the at least one slot (19) and is preferably formed as a coin (21), and that the housing (6) of the functional unit (2) is rotatably held on the water outlet of the outlet fitting and/or the housing end face is mounted rotatably in relation to the housing on said housing. With the assistance of the slot (19) provided on the housing end face (9) and the assigned turning tool, it is possible, for example, for a housing end face (9) that is pivotably mounted in the housing to be easily aligned and/or for the turning force that is required for fitting and removing a screw connection provided between the outer housing periphery and the inner fitting periphery to be conveniently transferred to the housing (6) without special turning tools being necessary. |
| US10081930B1 |
Touch sensitive tap
A touch sensitive tap includes a tap main body; a support pipe rotatably assembled to the tap main body and disposed with a touch sensing area for a user to touch; a conductive silicone ring sealingly connecting the tap main body and the support pipe and electrically connecting the tap main body and the support pipe to form an integral conductor therebetween; an outlet portion connected to the support pipe; a waterway at least connected from the tap main body to the support pipe and connected to the outlet portion; and an on-off control portion coupled to the waterway to control opening and closing of the waterway. The integral conductor acquires a touch signal from the touch sensing area and transmits the touch signal to the on-off control portion, and the on-off control portion controls opening and closing of the waterway after receiving the touch signal. |
| US10081929B2 |
Shovel
A shovel includes a boom; a rotating upper body that supports the boom; an engine mounted on the rotating upper body; a cab mounted on the rotating upper body; a rotating frame mounted on the rotating upper body; a fuel tank mounted on the rotating frame; a liquid reducer tank, placed near the fuel tank on the rotating frame, that stores liquid reducer; and a stair system, mounted on the rotating frame at an opposite side of the cab with respect to the boom, that includes a plurality of tread boards and a plurality of riser boards, wherein the liquid reducer tank is placed in a space formed under the stair system, and wherein one of the riser boards that faces a liquid inlet of the liquid reducer tank includes a door capable of being opened and closed. |
| US10081920B2 |
Hot asphalt pavement installation method utilizing solid phase autoregenerative cohesion
A method for installing hot asphalt pavement includes heating an aggregate to a temperature of from about 350° F. to about 400° F. using an emitter comprising a birefringent material, the emitter generating electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from 2 microns to 1 millimeter, wherein the aggregate is a recycled asphalt pavement; adding the aggregate to an asphalt in a mill to yield a mixture of aggregate with baked-on asphalt; laying the mixture down over a base to form a first layer of lift; and compacting the first layer. |
| US10081918B2 |
Paving stones
Generally L-shaped, square, rectangular, triangular, hexagonal, parallelogram and other-shaped paving stones with inter-fitting vertical spacers forming serpentine side contact surfaces that provide enhanced stone-to-stone interlocking in both water-permeable and water-impermeable paving installations. |
| US10081913B2 |
Sheet manufacturing apparatus
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes an impeller mill, a first sieve, a first belt, a rotary body, a second sieve, a second belt, and a heating roller. The impeller mill defibrates a raw material containing fiber and discharges a defibrated material. The first sieve screens the defibrated material by causing the defibrated material to pass through a first net. The defibrated material passing through the first sieve is deposited on the first belt to form a web. The rotary body has a protrusion radially protruded from a rotation center and divides the web by rotation to form a subdivided body. The second sieve refines the subdivided body by causing the subdivided body to pass through the second net to form a web. The refined subdivided body is deposited on the second belt to form a web. The heating roller heats the web from the second belt to form a sheet. |
| US10081908B2 |
Water/oil repellent composition, method for producing water/oil repellent composition and article
To provide a water/oil repellent composition which is excellent in the stability as a working liquid and the water repellency whereby the occurrence of scum having a high adhesion is low, to provide its production process and to provide an article of which the surface is treated with the water/oil repellent composition whereby the occurrence of dirt is suppressed.A water/oil repellent composition which comprises a nonionic surfactant having a melting point of from 50° C. to 70° C., a fluorinated copolymer (for example, a copolymer of a (meth)acrylate having a C6 perfluoroalkyl group) and a medium containing water. |
| US10081907B2 |
Folding system
A system and method for welding edge seams at the edges of fabric is presented. A method begins by lowering a fabric pre-fold bar onto a piece of fabric. A pre-aligned portion of the fabric is pushed on top of the pre-fold bar so that the pre-fold bar is between the portion of fabric on top of the fabric pre-fold bar and other fabric below the pre-fold bar. The fabric on top of the fabric pre-fold bar is folded edge fabric and fabric not on top of the fabric pre-fold bar is not folded edge fabric. A folded edge is formed between these two sections of fabric. The method pinches some of the fabric at the folded end and then pulls the folded edge fabric off of the fabric pre-fold bar. After that, the method welds at least some of the folded edge fabric to the not folded edge fabric. |
| US10081906B2 |
Method for carpet washing and a carpet washing service
A method to wash and dry carpets and an in situ carpet washing service is described. The service uses transportable equipment comprising in one frame a washing unit, a drying unit and conveyor for transferring the carpet between the washing and drying units of the equipment, a control unit for controlling the operation of the equipment, and means for receiving production goods to the equipment. In the equipment the carpet is transported from a first feeding end, through the washing and drying units to the second receiving end at a constant speed such that the washing and drying steps can be completed in less than 20 minutes and the tack free carpet can be returned to the customer without a need of a replacement carpet. |
| US10081905B2 |
Ironing device
An electrically-powered ironing device having a sole plate on an upper arm and a sole plate on a lower arm, wherein the arms can be moved into different positions to allow a user various ways of using the device. More specifically, the ironing device includes two arms, at least two sole plates with at least one sole plate located on each arm, a plurality of heat settings, a hinge connecting the two arms together, and a power source. |
| US10081898B2 |
Laundry apparatus
A laundry apparatus including a cabinet; a first space provided in the cabinet, in which a first treating part provided to treat laundry is installed; a second space provided in the cabinet, in which a second treating part provided to treat laundry is installed; a drawer movably provided in the second space, in which the second treating part is installed; and a rail unit configured to limit vertical and horizontal movement of the drawer with respect to the second space and to guide the outward movement of the drawer. Therefore, laundry may be treated by using the first and second treating parts and vibration and noise generated in the second treating part may be reduced. |
| US10081897B2 |
Stitch distribution control system for tufting machines
A stitch distribution control system for a tufting machine for controlling placement of yarns being fed to the needles of the tufting machine by yarn feed mechanisms to form a desired pattern. A backing material is fed through the tufting machine at an increased stitch rate as the needles are shifted according to calculated pattern steps. A series of loopers or hooks engage and pick loops of yarns from the needles. The yarn feed mechanisms further can be controlled so that selected loops of yarns can be back-robbed so as to be hidden from view in the finished patterned tufted article. |
| US10081894B2 |
Merchandise tags incorporating a durable antenna
Systems and methods are provided for labeling a piece of merchandise with a wireless communication device. In addition to a wireless communication device, the merchandise tag includes an associated label made of a washable fabric material. The wireless communication device is incorporated into the label and includes an RFID chip and a slot-loop hybrid antenna, with the antenna including a conductor sheet that defines a slot. The label is secured to a piece of merchandise at a sew line, with the sew line dividing the label into an upper portion and a lower portion. The RFID chip and the slot of the antenna, along with a relatively high conductance piece or portion of the conductor sheet, are positioned within the upper portion of the label, while a relatively low conductance piece or portion of the conductor sheet is positioned within the lower portion of the label. |
| US10081891B2 |
Electrospun aligned nanofiber adhesives with mechanical interlocks
A dry adhesive includes a first plurality of fiber segments mechanically interlocked with a second plurality of fiber segments. A dry adhesive can include a first plurality of fibers mechanically interlocked with a second plurality of fibers or a single plurality of fibers having a first end region mechanically interlocked with a second end region. The fiber segments and fibers can be aligned, electrospun nanofibers. One or more continuous and scalable methods of making aligned fibers are also provided. One or more apparatuses are also provided. |
| US10081889B2 |
Hybrid fabric
This invention relates to a hybrid fabric comprising at least one structural fiber having a first melting temperature range and at least one thermo-formable fiber of having a second melting temperature range which is lower than the first melting temperature range to such an extent that the structural fiber does not melt in the second melting temperature range of the thermo-formable fiber. The hybrid fabric comprises (1) a first network comprising the structural fibers, (2) a second network comprising the thermo-formable fibers, the thermo-formable fibers comprising non-relaxed fibers made of a thermoplastic material, and (3) a plurality of openings between the fibers of the first and second network. The structural and thermo-formable fibers of respectively the first and second network interpenetrate one another and are connected to each other over at least part of the first and second network at a plurality of knot positions in the fabric where the structural and thermo-formable fibers are interwoven. |
| US10081887B2 |
Electrically functional fabric for flexible electronics
Flexible electronically functional fabrics are described that allow for the placement of electronic functionality in flexible substrates such as traditional fabrics. The fabrics can be made using flexible electronically functional fibers or a combination of electronically functional fibers and textile fibers. Electronic devices can be incorporated into the fabric to give it full computing capabilities. |
| US10081884B2 |
Method of producing a filament comprising a silica gel-fiber
The present invention provides a nozzle plate and the use of the nozzle plate for producing filaments, preferably silica gel fibers. |
| US10081880B2 |
Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) films and conductive CNC-based polymer films produced using electrochemical techniques
The present describes a chiral nematic cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) film comprising: cellulose nanocrystals that self-assemble to form an iridescent CNC structure, wherein the self-assembled structure comprises a finger-print pattern of repeating bright and dark regions, defining a pitch of the iridescent film, where the pitch variable. Also described are conductive polymer nanocomposite based on the CNC film. Further described is the electrophoretic method of producing the chiral nematic cellulose nanocrystal film as well as the polymer nanocomposites and the apparatus used. |
| US10081879B2 |
Method and apparatus for increasing a lifespan of nanopore-based DNA sensing devices
Techniques for increasing the lifespan of a nanopore DNA sensing device are disclosed. A related method may include forming a first electrode, forming a second electrode, disposing the first electrode and second electrode within an insulator, and disposing a lipid bilayer having a nanopore between the first electrode and second electrode. The forming of the second electrode may comprise forming a silver (Ag) layer, pressing a mold into the Ag layer to form a pattern in the Ag layer, removing the mold from the Ag layer, and exposing the Ag layer to an electrolyte. |
| US10081872B2 |
Hydrogen production system and method for producing hydrogen
A hydrogen production system that achieves a highly-efficient hydrogen production operation even when a time-varying electric power source is used is provided. A hydrogen production system includes a capacitor inputting electric power energy from a renewable power supply, and storing electric power, a pulse voltage generation unit generating a pulse voltage having a set amplitude and a set cyclic period by using the electric power stored in the capacitor, and an electrolytic cell applying the generated pulse voltage, and generating hydrogen by high temperature steam electrolysis by using steam supplied into the electrolytic cell. |
| US10081868B2 |
Gas supply nozzle, substrate processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Provided is a technology including a nozzle base end portion which is provided in a processing chamber processing a substrate to extend in a vertical direction and into which a processing gas processing the substrate is introduced, a nozzle distal end portion which is configured in a U shape and in which a gas supply hole supplying the processing gas is provided to a side surface of the substrate, and a gas residence suppressing hole which is provided in a downstream end of the nozzle distal end portion and has a diameter larger than that of the gas supply hole. |
| US10081866B2 |
Evaporation apparatus with gas supply
An evaporation apparatus for depositing material on a substrate by a drum is described. The evaporation apparatus includes a first set of evaporation crucibles aligned in a first line a first direction for depositing evaporated material on the substrate; a first gas supply pipe extending in the first direction being arranged between at least one of the evaporation crucibles of the first set of evaporation crucibles and the drum; and a second gas supply pipe extending in the first direction for providing a gas between the first set of evaporation crucibles and the drum with openings shaped and positioned to improve the uniformity of the deposition of the material. |
| US10081862B2 |
Deposition apparatus, method of forming thin film using the same, and method of manufacturing organic light emitting display apparatus
A deposition apparatus configured to perform a deposition process on a substrate, the deposition apparatus including a chamber having an exhaust opening in a surface, a deposition source in the chamber configured to eject one or more deposition materials toward the substrate, a cooling plate corresponding to an inner surface of the chamber, at which the exhaust opening is formed, a refrigerator contacting the cooling plate, and a pump coupled to the exhaust opening. |
| US10081861B2 |
Selective processing of a workpiece
Methods for the selective processing of the outer portion of a workpiece are disclosed. The outer portion is processed by directing an ion beam toward the workpiece, where the ion beam extends beyond the outer edge of the workpiece at two locations. The workpiece is then rotated relative to the ion beam about the center so that all regions of the outer portion are exposed to the ion beam. The workpiece may be rotated an integral number of rotations. The ion beam may perform any process, such as ion implantation, etching or deposition. The outer portion may be an annular ring having an outer diameter equal to that of the workpiece and having a width of 1 to 30 millimeters. The rotation of the workpiece may be aligned with a notch on the outer edge of the workpiece. |
| US10081855B2 |
Heat-resistant Ni-base alloy and method of producing the same
The present invention is a heat-resistant Ni-base alloy including a Ni—Ir—Al—W alloy having essential additive elements of Ir, Al, and W added to Ni, wherein the heat-resistant Ni-base alloy includes Ir: 5.0 to 50.0 mass %, Al: 1.0 to 8.0 mass %, and W: 5.0 to 20.0 mass %, the balance being Ni, and a γ′ phase having an L12 structure disperses in a matrix as an essential strengthening phase. The heat-resistant material including the Ni-base alloy may contain one or more additive elements selected from B: 0.001 to 0.1 mass %, Co: 5.0 to 20.0 mass %, Cr: 1.0 to 25.0 mass %, Ta: 1.0 to 10.0 mass %, Nb: 1.0 to 5.0 mass %, Ti: 1.0 to 5.0 mass %, V: 1.0 to 5.0 mass %, and Mo: 1.0 to 5.0 mass %, or 0.001 to 0.5 mass % of C. |
| US10081852B2 |
Solder preform and a process for its manufacture
A mixed mother alloy is prepared from a solder mixture comprising a pyrolyzable flux and high melting point metal particles, the mixed mother alloy is charged into a large amount of molten solder and stirred, and a billet is prepared. The billet can then be extruded, rolled, and punched to form a pellet or a washer, for example. |
| US10081851B2 |
Method for recovering high-purity scandium
Provided is a method for recovering scandium, with which it is possible to easily and efficiently recover high-purity scandium from nickel oxide ores. This method for recovering scandium involves passing a solution containing scandium through an ion exchange resin, then subjecting the eluant eluted from the ion exchange resin to solvent extraction and separating the extraction residual liquid and the extraction agent after extraction, then performing an oxalation process on the extraction residual liquid to obtain a scandium oxalate precipitate, and roasting the precipitate to obtain scandium oxide, wherein the method is characterized in that an amine-based extraction agent is used as the extraction agent for solvent extraction. |
| US10081849B2 |
System and methods for optimizing the efficiency of smelting copper concentrates
A method of operating a concentrator may comprise producing a final copper concentrate and periodically or continuously analyzing the produced final copper concentrate to obtain a grade value of the produced final copper concentrate. The produced final copper concentrate may be sent to a downstream smelting operation if/when the grade value of the produced final copper concentrate is at or above a minimum acceptable grade threshold and may be sent to a downstream hydrometallurgical operation capable of producing copper cathode, if/when the grade value of the produced final copper concentrate is below or falls below the minimum acceptable grade threshold. |
| US10081844B2 |
Chromophore-based PCR methods for detecting and characterizing nucleic acids in samples
Methods of detecting at least one genetic variation in a polynucleotide analyte in a sample. A fluorophore is attached to a first primer, a quencher is attached to a second primer, the first primer and the second primer are specific for the polynucleotide analyte. A signal generated by the fluorophore and quencher is measured. PCR is performed with the first primer and the second primer using the polynucleotide analyte as a template, thereby amplifying the template. A signal generated by the fluorophore and quencher from the PCR amplification product is measured. Comparison is made of the signals; and a determination is made of the presence or absence of the at least one genetic variation based i) on the change in signal as determined; and ii) by comparing said change to the change in signal observed upon PCR amplification for a corresponding polynucleotide analyte lacking the at least one genetic variation. |
| US10081839B2 |
System and method for cleaning noisy genetic data and determining chromosome copy number
Disclosed herein is a system and method for increasing the fidelity of measured genetic data, for making allele calls, and for determining the state of aneuploidy, in one or a small set of cells, or from fragmentary DNA, where a limited quantity of genetic data is available. Poorly or incorrectly measured base pairs, missing alleles and missing regions are reconstructed using expected similarities between the target genome and the genome of genetically related individuals. In accordance with one embodiment, incomplete genetic data from an embryonic cell are reconstructed at a plurality of loci using the more complete genetic data from a larger sample of diploid cells from one or both parents, with or without haploid genetic data from one or both parents. In another embodiment, the chromosome copy number can be determined from the measured genetic data, with or without genetic information from one or both parents. |
| US10081838B2 |
Gene expression signature for IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway and use thereof
The present invention relates to a set of biomarkers, microarrays that provide for detection thereof, an expression signature comprising 16 genes or a subset thereof, and the use thereof in determining the regulation status of IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway in a cell sample or subject, as well as compositions for the detection thereof. The regulation status of IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway in a cell sample or subject may be assayed based on the level of expression of one or more of these genes. The methods and compositions provided herein may be used to evaluate IL-6/STAT3 pathway regulation status in a sample; classify a cell sample as having a deregulated or regulated IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway; determine whether an agent modulates the IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway; predict the response of a subject to an agent that modulates the IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway; assign treatment to a subject; and/or evaluate the pharmacodynamic effects of therapies designed to regulate IL-6/STAT3 pathway signaling. Expression of the biomarkers is preferably determined by RT-PCR using SYBR Green methods, and the expression data analyzed and compared to a control sample by use of the random forest method. |
| US10081837B2 |
Bi-directional sequencing compositions and methods
In some embodiments, methods for obtaining sequence information from a nucleic acid template linked to a support include hybridizing a first primer to a template strand linked to a support, sequencing a portion of the nucleic acid template, thereby forming an extended first primer product that is complementary to a portion of the nucleic acid template, In some embodiments, the method further includes introducing a nick into a portion of the template strand that is hybridized to the extended first primer product, degrading a portion of the template strand from the nick using a degrading agent, where a portion of the extended first primer remains hybridized to an undegraded portion of the template strand, and sequencing at least some of the single-stranded portion of the extended first primer by synthesis. |
| US10081832B2 |
Hyperprimers
The present invention relates to methods for the design and/or production of a probe or primer that is capable of hybridizing to a plurality of sites in a sample comprising nucleic acid. Furthermore, the present invention provides methods for detecting and amplifying nucleic acid using such a probe or primer, for example, for identification of a strain, species or genera. Probe or primer sequences are determined by reference to codon usage bias of a target nucleic acid. In addition, the present invention provides methods for determining codon distribution and/or base pair distance between codons in a nucleic acid. |
| US10081830B2 |
Method of detecting nucleic acids, method of optically observing sample and fluorescent substance
[Object] A method of detecting nucleic acids easily without requiring complicated operations such as mixing of liquids and cleaning within micro-scale flow channels.[Solving Means]A method of detecting nucleic acids including the steps of bringing a sample containing the nucleic acids into contact with copper, and detecting fluorescence emitted from the sample is provided. According to the method of detecting nucleic acids, only by bringing the sample containing nucleic acids into contact with copper, the fluorescence derived from the composite of the nucleic acids and copper can be easily detected. |
| US10081829B1 |
Detection of targeted sequence regions
Provided herein are methods of detecting nucleic acids. The nucleic acid of interest may be detected by using Cas endonuclease to degrade substantially all nucleic acid in a sample except for the nucleic acid of interest, leaving the nucleic acid of interest isolated and amenable to detection. In related methods, Cas endonuclease complexes are used to protect the nucleic acid of interest while unprotected nucleic acid is digested, e.g., by exonuclease, after which the isolated nucleic acid of interest is detected. |
| US10081827B2 |
Mapping cytosine modifications
Methods, compositions and kits for selectively altering and detecting modified cytosine residues are provided. |
| US10081817B2 |
Site-specific serine recombinases and methods of their use
The present invention provides a method for obtaining site-specific recombination in a eukaryotic cell, the method comprising providing a eukaryotic cell that comprises a first recombination attachment site and a second recombination attachment site; contacting the first and second recombination attachment sites with a prokaryotic recombinase polypeptide, resulting in recombination between the recombination attachment sites, wherein the recombinase polypeptide can mediate recombination between the first and second recombination attachment sites, the first recombination attachment site is a phage genomic recombination attachment site (attP) or a bacterial genomic recombination attachment site (attB), the second recombination site is attB or attP, and the recombinase is selected from the group consisting of a Listeria monocytogenes phage recombinase, a Streptococcus pyogenes phage recombinase, a Bacillus subtilis phage recombinase, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis phage recombinase and a Mycobacterium smegmatis phage recombinase, provided that when the first recombination attachment site is attB, the second recombination attachment site is attP and when the first recombination attachment site is attP, the second recombination attachment site is attB. The invention also describes compositions, vectors, and methods of use thereof, for the generation of transgenic cells, tissues, plants, and animals. The compositions, vectors and methods of the present invention are also useful in gene therapy applications. |
| US10081816B1 |
Mechanical transfection devices and methods
Systems and methods for transfection devices are contemplated for delivery of various complex macrostructures. Preferred systems and methods are suitable for mRNA reprogramming and genome editing and use mechanical force to induce uptake of the macrostructures in a target cell. Contemplated devices are able to achieve high throughput of transfected cells in remarkably short time that remain viable and are capable of producing colonies. |
| US10081812B2 |
D-amino acid-inducible gene expression system for Rhodosporidium and Rhodotorula
The present invention relates to the field of fungal biotechnology, more particularly to a strong inducible gene expression system in fungal species, such as a species of the Rhodosporidium genus or the Rhodotorula genus. |
| US10081811B2 |
Organic compositions to treat Beta-ENaC-related diseases
The present disclosure relates to RNAi agents useful in methods of treating Beta-ENaC-related diseases such as cystic fibrosis, pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1), Liddle's syndrome, hypertension, alkalosis, hypokalemia, and obesity-associated hypertension, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to Beta-ENaC. |
| US10081808B2 |
Biomolecule isolation
Methods, devices and systems for handling sample liquids, encapsulating liquids and magnetic particles are disclosed. |
| US10081807B2 |
Methods for sorting nucleic acids and multiplexed preparative in vitro cloning
Methods and compositions relate to the sorting and cloning of high fidelity nucleic acids using high throughput sequencing. Specifically, nucleic acid molecules having the desired predetermined sequence can be sorted from a pool comprising a plurality of nucleic acids having correct and incorrect sequences. |
| US10081804B2 |
Carrier including ammonium oxidizing bacteria immobilized therein and method for preparing same
Disclosed is a method for preparing the same. The method for preparing a carrier including ammonium oxidizing bacteria immobilized therein includes: preparing a PVA-alginate mixed solution containing PVA mixed with alginate; adding sludge containing ammonium oxidizing bacteria and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) to the PVA-alginate mixed solution to obtain a foaming-beading solution; and dropping the foaming-beading solution to a saturated boric acid solution to obtain beads including sludge immobilized therein, wherein sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) is decomposed to produce carbon dioxide (CO2) which is discharged to the exterior of the beads to form pores in the beads, when the foaming-beading solution is dropped to the saturated boric acid solution to obtain beads including sludge immobilized therein. |
| US10081803B2 |
Therapeutic fusion proteins
The present invention relates to the construction of a new class of Targeted Secretion Inhibitors (TSIs), which comprise a non-cytotoxic protease, translocation peptide and a targeting moiety peptide, wherein the targeting moiety peptide has a free N-terminal domain and a free C-terminal domain; to a single-chain fusion protein precursor thereof, and to a method of activating said single-chain fusion protein precursor. |
| US10081802B2 |
Variant Enzymes
Disclosed are glycosyl hydrolase enzyme variants, particularly variants of certain oxidoreductases of glycosyl hydrolase family 61. Nucleic acids encoding the glycosyl hydrolyase variants, compositions including the glycosyl hydrolase variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods of using the variants are also described. |
| US10081801B2 |
Mutant sialidase having trans-sialidase activity for use in production of sialylated glycans
The invention provides a mutant enzyme having trans-sialidase activity (EC 3.2.1.18), characterized by an enhanced trans-sialidase:sialidase ratio when compared to its parent sialidase enzyme. Further the enzyme may be used in a method for trans-sialylating mono- and oligo-saccharides, including galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), malto-oligosaccharides (MOS), isomalto-oligosaccarides (IMO), lactulose, melibiose, maltose, glycosyl sucrose, lactosucrose and fucose. Trans-sialidated mono- and oligo-saccharides, produced with the mutant enzyme, are useful in preparing infant formula, a prebiotic nutritional supplement, and a food supplement. |
| US10081800B1 |
Lactonase enzymes and methods of using same
Novel lactonases are provided. |
| US10081798B2 |
O-glycan sialylated recombinant glycoproteins and cell lines for producing the same
The present invention relates to cell lines that are genetically modified to overexpress a β-galactoside α-2,3-sialyltransferase 1 (ST3Gal1), preferably human ST3Gal1, which can be used for the production of recombinant glycoproteins having highly or fully sialylated O-linked GalNAc glycans (GalNAc O-glycans), preferably core 1 GalNAc O-glycans, as well as to respective recombinant glycoproteins. Further, the present invention relates to respective methods of expressing recombinant glycoproteins, methods of increasing the degree of sialylation of recombinant glycoproteins, and methods of decreasing the micro-heterogeneity of GalNAc O-glycans. Finally, the present invention relates to respective uses of the above cell lines for the production of recombinant glycoproteins, for increasing the degree of sialylation of recombinant glycoproteins, and for decreasing the micro-heterogeneity of O-linked GalNAc glycans of recombinant glycoproteins. |
| US10081796B2 |
Neutralization-resistant CDV mutants and viral vectors
The present invention relates to novel canine distemper virus (CDV) neutralization-resistant mutants, methods for making the same and uses for vaccine production. |
| US10081795B2 |
Flavivirus host range mutations and uses thereof
Methods and compositions concerning mutant flaviviruses with host range mutations. In some embodiments the invention concerns nucleotide sequences that encode mutant flavivirus proteins. Viruses comprising these sequences that display reduced replication in mammalian cells are provided. In further aspects of the invention, flavivirus vaccine compositions are provided. In another embodiment the invention provides methods for vaccination against flavivirus infection. |
| US10081794B2 |
System and method for electrospun biodegradable scaffold for bone repair
This invention relates a structure and system for growth factor incorporation which can improve the osteogenic differentiation of hMSCs, for potential bone regeneration and bone growth applications or used alone for bone repair or growth applications. The system comprises a biodegradable polyester, a hydrophilic polymer, a growth factor and optionally a bioceramic. |
| US10081791B2 |
Modeling connections between dopaminergic neurons and the cerebral cortex
Disclosed are methods that include separately differentiating stem cells to form cortical neural progenitor cells and differentiating stem cells to form dopaminergic neural progenitor cells. The cortical progenitor cells are transferred to a first compartment of a culture dish and the dopaminergic progenitor cells are transferred to a second compartment of the culture dish, separated by a removable barrier. The cortical progenitor cells and dopaminergic progenitor cells are cultured in medium that promotes differentiation of cortical neurons and dopaminergic neurons, respectively. The barrier is then removed, creating a single chamber containing the cortical progenitor cells and the dopaminergic progenitor cells, separated by a gap. The cortical progenitor cells and the dopaminergic progenitor cells are then cultured in a single medium, which promotes further differentiation of the neurons and also supports formation of connections (such as synapses or synapse-like structures) between at least some of the cortical neurons and dopaminergic neurons. |
| US10081780B1 |
System for producing essential oils
A system can be used for extracting essential oils from plant matter. The system includes an extraction vessel that is configured to hold the plant matter from which the essential oil is extracted. A separation vessel is connected to the extraction vessel and configured to separate the essential oil from the plant matter. A compressor is connected to the extraction vessel and the separation vessel with a fluid system and configured to use super critical carbon dioxide to push the essential oil from the extraction vessel to the separation vessel separating the essential oil from the plant matter. A heat exchanger is attached to the fluid system and configured to cool the carbon dioxide released from the compressor. A control system is connected to the compressor. |
| US10081777B2 |
Polymer for lubricant compositions and method of forming the same
A polymer comprises a polymeric backbone, at least one piperidine ester moiety extending from the polymeric backbone, and generally at least one C8 to C22 ester moiety extending from the polymeric backbone. The polymer is useful for adjusting the total base number and viscosity index of a lubricant composition. The lubricant composition generally comprises a base oil in addition to the polymer. A method of forming the polymer comprises the steps of providing a first component and providing a second component. The first component comprises at least one of A1) a piperidine methacrylate, or A2) a methacrylate. The second component comprises at least one of B) a C8 to C22 methacrylate. Optionally, the method further comprises the step of providing a third component, which comprises at least one of C) a piperidine-ol. The method further comprises at least one reaction step involving the aforementioned components to form the polymer. |
| US10081776B2 |
Cyclen friction modifiers for boundary lubrication
Compositions comprising one or more cyclen compounds which can be structurally modified to affect anti-friction and anti-wear functionality. |
| US10081774B2 |
Systems and processes for production of fuel and fuel blends
Systems and processes for the production of fuel and fuel blends involve the production of fuels for blending with one or more alcohols such as ethanol and/or butanol. A method for producing a fuel blend includes blending a light distillate product from an oil refinery with butanol. The fuel blending can be at the oil refinery. |
| US10081769B2 |
Partial upgrading system and method for heavy hydrocarbons
Systems and methods for partially upgrading a produced heavy hydrocarbon resource at the production site (at the pad or a central processing facility) using indirect hydrogen addition, comprising a blender for blending the hydrocarbon with a hydrogen donator and a reactor for elevating the mixture to a temperature sufficient to hydrogenate the hydrocarbon to an API level required for pipeline specifications. The partially upgraded hydrocarbon can then be transported by pipeline to a refinery for further processing. The presence of catalysts and on-site hydrogen production equipment conventionally required for upgrading is eliminated. Further, the need for diluent which is conventionally used to enable pipeline ability of produced heavy hydrocarbon is reduced or eliminated, thus reducing the diluent freight cost and the required pipeline volume. |
| US10081762B2 |
Well treatment methods and fluids containing synthetic polymer
A well treatment fluid uses ingredients that include an aqueous base, a non-associative, ionic, synthetic polymer, and optionally, at least one metal crosslinker. The polymer contains a backbone and a functional group that hinders hydrolysis of the backbone. The functional group is distributed at intervals on the backbone. A well treatment method includes forming a well treatment fluid by combining ingredients including a non-associative, ionic, synthetic polymer and a first aqueous base. The first fluid exhibits a first viscosity greater than a viscosity of the first aqueous base. The method includes treating a well during a stage using the first fluid exhibiting the first viscosity. A second well treatment fluid is formed by combining ingredients including the polymer, a second aqueous base, and at least one crosslinker and by crosslinking the synthetic polymer. The method includes treating the well during another stage using the second fluid exhibiting the second viscosity. |
| US10081760B2 |
Olefinic ester compositions and their use in stimulating hydrocarbon production from a subterranean formation
Compositions for stimulating hydrocarbon production from a subterranean formation are generally disclosed. In some embodiments, such compositions include olefinic ester compounds, such as alkyl esters of C10-18 unsaturated fatty acids. In some embodiments, the olefinic ester compounds are derived from a natural oil or a natural oil derivative, for example, by catalytic olefin metathesis. Uses of such compounds, such as in oil- and gas-production methods are also generally disclosed. |
| US10081759B2 |
Method, apparatus, and composition for increased recovery of hydrocarbons by paraffin and asphaltene control from reaction of fuels and selective oxidizers in the subterranean environment
A method, apparatus and composition for safe energy delivery down hole resulting in increased recovery of subterranean hydrocarbons. The method utilizes, for example, the reaction of non-alkane fuels and selective oxidizers which are non-selective toward alkane chemical compounds. The method further utilizes an acid solution reaction with aforementioned reaction for elimination of any insoluble products of reaction permitting flow within formation strata. The energy released in the subterranean reaction is utilized to heat the production tubing, the wellbore, the formation or the formation hydrocarbons thereby lowering fluid viscosity and permitting greater flow especially for heavy oils, asphaltene deposits and/or paraffin deposits. Further, safe delivery of oxidizers can be accomplished without limit on depth as the selective oxidizer may be delivered to point of use down hole as most all formations of interest contain primarily alkane hydrocarbons and will not react with the non-alkane selective oxidizer. |
| US10081756B1 |
Loss circulation material composition comprising oil-swellable and desolvated polymer gels
An oil-swellable gel lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may include gel pieces cut from gel strands formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine. The oil-swellable gel LCM composition may be formed by mixing an elastomeric polymer solution with a crosslinker amine and heating the mixture to form a crosslinked gel. The gel may be extruded through a die having orifices into a non-solvent and allowed to desolvate in the presence of the non-solvent. The gel strands may be dried and cut into gel pieces to form an LCM. The resulting LCM may swell when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud. |
| US10081755B2 |
Set on demand cement compositions for curing fluid loss
Cement compositions containing a cement component and an oil-immiscible solvent and methods for using same are provided. In another aspect, methods for sealing subterranean zones are provided that include emplacing a cement composition into a wellbore containing a cement component and an oil-immiscible solvent, contacting the cement composition with a water source, and reacting the cement composition with the water source to form a hardened cement. |
| US10081750B2 |
Clay stabilization with control of migration of clays and fines
Various embodiments disclosed related to methods of treating subterranean formations as well as compositions and systems for performing the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that includes obtaining or providing a composition including a compound including at least one silylating group and at least one ammonium group. The method also includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation. |
| US10081746B2 |
Conformable reversible adhesives with shape memory assisted delamination
A shape memory elastomeric composite that has temperature-controlled, shape memory, and reversible adhesive properties, and is soft enough to confirm to an irregular surface. The composite is formed from a synthesized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-containing thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer and poly(ε-caprolactone) by electrospinning the two components separately and simultaneously and then hot compacting the electrospun composition to form a dense film. |
| US10081744B2 |
Adhesive composition having improved adhesive force for use as insulator
Disclosed herein is an adhesive composition for an insulator, the adhesive composition including a copolymer formed by using at least one type of phenol-based monomer; at least one type of monomer that is polymerizable by an alkali salt; and at least one type of monomer that is polymerizable by a bisulfate. |
| US10081739B2 |
Polydiphenylsiloxane coating formulation and method for forming a coating
Provided is composition for a liquid coating. The composition may include a silanol terminated copolymer, at least one cross-linker, and a catalyst. The silanol terminated copolymer may include from about 10 to about 25 mol % of a diphenylsiloxane repeat unit and greater than about 50 mol % of a dialkylsiloxane repeat unit. The at least one cross-linker may be one or more selected from: tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), a trialkoxysilane terminated polydialkylsiloxane and/or one or more of a trialkoxysilyl terminated polymer. |
| US10081732B2 |
Hydrophilic coating system
A hydrophilic coating system may comprise a second coating disposed on a condensing surface, the second coating comprising a second adhesive agent, a second insolubilizer, a second inorganic compound, and a second antimicrobial agent. The second coating may comprise between 40% and 50% by weight second adhesive agent, between 12% and 16% by weight second insolubilizer, between 30% and 40% by weight second inorganic compound, and between 3% and 4% by weight second antimicrobial agent. |
| US10081730B2 |
Polycarbonate-based resin composition and molded article thereof
The present invention relates to a polycarbonate-based resin composition and a molded article thereof, and more specifically, to a polycarbonate-based resin composition exhibiting high fluidity and excellent chemical resistance and impact resistance, and a molded article formed therefrom. |
| US10081727B2 |
Synthetic tissue structures for electrosurgical training and simulation
A surgical simulator for electrosurgical training and simulation is provided. The surgical simulator includes one or more simulated tissue structures made substantially of a hydrogel comprising a dual interpenetrating network of ionically cross-linked alginate and covalently cross-linked acrylamide. Combinations of different simulated tissue structures define procedural-based models for the practice of various electrosurgical procedures including laparoscopic total mesorectal excision, transanal total mesorectal excision, cholecystectomy and transanal minimally invasive surgery. Methods of making the simulated tissue structures are also provided. |
| US10081717B2 |
Polymeric materials
(A) a polymer composition (especially a polyester composition) which includes a compound of tungsten and oxygen (especially tungsten oxide particles) and an additional additive, wherein said additional additive is selected from an acetaldehyde scavenger and a colourant, wherein when said polymer composition includes an acetaldehyde scavenger, said polymer composition includes at least 10 ppm (suitably at least 25 ppm, preferably at least 50 ppm) of said acetaldehyde scavenger and when said polymer composition includes a colourant, said polymer composition includes at least SOpprh (suitably at least 75 ppm, preferably at least 100 ppm) of said colourant, wherein: preferably said article is a preform for a container; or (B) a sheet comprising a polymer composition (especially a polyester, polycarbonate or polyolefin composition) which includes a compound of tungsten and oxygen (especially tungsten oxide particles), wherein said sheet has a width of at least G.3 m. |
| US10081716B2 |
Process for preparing thermoplastic elastomer foam and foamed article
A thermoplastic elastomer foam is made by incorporating a gaseous or supercritical blowing agent under pressure into a molten thermoplastic elastomer comprising polymeric polymeric crystalline domains, then releasing the pressure to foam the thermoplastic elastomer. |
| US10081708B2 |
Polycarbonate copolymer and preparation method therefor
The present invention relates to a polycarbonate copolymer and a preparation method therefor and, more specifically, to a polycarbonate copolymer comprising a fluorene ester oligomer and a polycarbonate as polymerization units, and a preparation method therefor. |
| US10081707B2 |
Polycarbonate resin, molded article, and optical film
The object of the present invention is to provide a polycarbonate resin which is excellent in various properties, such as heat resistance, optical properties, melt processability, etc., and an optical film composed of the same and the present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin containing at least a structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following formula (2): wherein in the formula (1), R1 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom. |
| US10081701B2 |
Composition for magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording medium
An aspect of the present invention relates to a composition, which is a composition for a magnetic recording medium and comprises an isocyanate compound in the form of an adduct of a polyhydroxyl compound having one or more aromatic carbon rings and three or more hydroxyl groups per molecule with a polyisocyanate having two or more isocyanate groups per molecule. |
| US10081700B2 |
Delayed action gelling catalyst compositions and methods for making polyurethane polymers
Additives for making polyurethanes are disclosed. The additives are based on combining specific carboxylic acids or carboxylic di-acids together with a gelling catalysts obtained when mixing an isocyanate-reactive tertiary amine catalysts with dimethyl tin di carboxylate salts and/or dimethyltin mercaptide salts. |
| US10081697B2 |
Hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinkers and uses thereof
The invention provides a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker which comprises (1) a polydiorganosiloxane polymer chain comprising dimethylsiloxane units and hydrophilized siloxane units each having one methyl substituent and one monovalent C4-C40 organic radical substituent having two to six hydroxyl groups, wherein the molar ratio of the hydrophilized siloxane units to the dimethylsiloxane units is from about 0.035 to about 0.15, and (2) two terminal (meth)acryloyl groups. The hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker has a number average molecular weight of from about 3000 Daltons to about 80,000 Daltons. The present invention is also related to a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises repeating units derived from a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker of the invention. |
| US10081695B2 |
Cross-linked rubber
A cross-linked rubber obtained by cross-linking a nitrile rubber composition, wherein the nitrile rubber composition contains a carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber (a) with an iodine value of 120 or less and a diurethane compound (b) represented by a following general formula (1), a content of the diurethane compound (b) in the nitrile rubber composition is 5 to 15 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber (a), and a tensile strength of the cross-linked rubber based on JIS K6251 is 15 MPa or more and an elongation at break of the cross-linked rubber based on JIS K6251 is 300% or more, is provided. |
| US10081693B2 |
Retardation material-forming resin composition, orientation material, and retardation material
A retardation material-forming resin composition for providing an orientation material that has high photoreaction efficiency and with which a polymerizable liquid crystal can be aligned in a highly sensitive manner. A retardation material-forming resin composition being thermally curable wherein including a resin (component (A)) having a photo-aligning group to which a thermally reactive moiety is bonded directly or connected via a linking group; an orientation material obtained by use of the composition, and a retardation material formed by use of a cured film obtained from the composition. |
| US10081687B2 |
Process for chlorination of a polymer
The present disclosure relates to a process for chlorination of a polymer. The process of the present disclosure includes minimum use of light and maximum chlorine utilization for getting maximum chlorination yield. The chlorinated polymer obtained by the process of the present disclosure exhibit improved properties viz. thermal stability, color, inherent viscosity and mechanical properties. |
| US10081685B2 |
Emulson polymers including one or more 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds, emulson methods, and polymer compositions
The present teachings show that it is possible to polymerize 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds in an emulsion (for example using a water based carrier liquid), despite the possible reactions between the monomer and water. Polymerization of 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds in an emulsion provides opportunities to better control the polymerization compared with bulk polymerization. The emulsion polymerization techniques can be employed for preparing homopolymers, copolymers (e.g., random copolymers), and block copolymers. |
| US10081683B2 |
Monoclonal antibodies with enhanced ADCC function
The invention concerns a method for obtaining and selecting monoclonal antibodies by an ADDC-type test, said antibodies capable of activating type III Fcy receptors and having a particular glycan structure. The inventive anti-D antibodies can be used for preventing Rhesus isoimmunization in Rh negative persons, in particular for hemolytic disease in a new-born baby of for uses such as idiopathic thrombocytopenic pupura 9ITP). |
| US10081682B2 |
Conjugated antibodies against LY75 for the treatment of cancer
The invention provides antibodies which bind to LY75. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies are also provided. The antibodies may be used for the treatment of cancer, including pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, skin cancer, thyroid cancer, lung cancer, bladder cancer, multiple myeloma and lymphoma. |
| US10081681B2 |
Combination of anti-LAG-3 antibodies and anti-PD-1 antibodies to treat tumors
Provided are methods for clinical treatment of tumors (e.g., advanced solid tumors) using an anti-LAG-3 antibody in combination with an anti-PD-1 antibody. |
| US10081680B2 |
Anti-SIRP-alpha antibodies and bispecific macrophage enhancing antibodies
Anti-SIRPα antibodies, including multi-specific anti-SIRPα antibodies, are provided, as are related compositions and methods. The antibodies of the disclosure bind to SIRPα and can block the interaction of CD47 on one cell with SIRPα on a phagocytic cell. Antibodies that are bispecific for SIRPα and a second antigen are termed Bi-specific Macrophage Enhancing (BiME) antibodies and have emergent properties. The subject anti-SIRPα antibodies find use in various therapeutic methods. Embodiments of the disclosure include isolated antibodies and derivatives and fragments thereof, pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more of the anti-SIRPα antibodies; and cell lines that produce the antibodies. Also provided are amino acid sequences of exemplary anti-SIRPα antibodies. |
| US10081679B2 |
Compositions comprising anti-CEACAM1 and anti-PD antibodies for cancer therapy
The present invention provides compositions comprising anti-CEACAM1 antibodies, compositions comprising antibodies capable of inhibiting or blocking the interaction between PD-1 and its ligands, and methods for their combined use in treating cancer. |
| US10081676B2 |
Human anti-IL-32 antibodies and methods of making and using the same
Provided are novel IL-32 binding molecules of human origin, particularly human anti-IL-32 antibodies as well as IL-32 binding fragments, derivatives and variants thereof. In addition, pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods for use in diagnosis and therapy are described. |
| US10081670B2 |
Human antibodies to Ebola virus glycoprotein
The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to Ebola virus glycoproteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of use. The antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing Ebola virus activity, thus providing a means of treating or preventing Ebola virus infection in humans. In some embodiments, the invention provides for use of one or more antibodies that bind to the Ebola virus for preventing viral attachment and/or entry into host cells. The antibodies of the invention may be used prophylactically or therapeutically and may be used alone or in combination with one or more other anti-viral agents or vaccines. |
| US10081669B2 |
Therapy for filovirus infection
The present invention addresses a need for improved treatments for Filovirus infections. |
| US10081667B2 |
Composition and method for therapeutic agent delivery during pregnancy
A composition including an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) coupled to a therapeutic agent is provided. The ELP comprises at least about 5 repeats of the amino acid sequence VPGXG. Further provided is a method of using the composition for therapeutic agent delivery during pregnancy to reduce the amount of the therapeutic agent crossing a placenta in a pregnant subject. The method includes administering to the pregnant subject an effective amount of the composition comprising the ELP coupled to the therapeutic agent. |
| US10081664B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against various tumors
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. |
| US10081663B2 |
Affinity maturated T cell receptors and use thereof
The present invention relates to methods and systems for increasing the affinity of a T cell receptor (TCR) to its ligand by subjecting the TCR gene to somatic hypermutation. The present invention further relates to use of affinity maturated TCRs to create T cells reactive against a selected antigen. |
| US10081652B2 |
Purification of epidaunorubicin
A method for purifying epidaunorubicin is provided. The purification method involves the removal of the impurity epi-feudomycin, which is formed as a by-product in the biotechnological production of epidaunorubicin. |
| US10081651B2 |
Chlorination of sucrose-6-esters
There is provided a method for the chlorination of a sucrose-6-acylate to produce a 4,1′,6′-trichloro-4,1′,6′-trideoxy-galactosucrose-6-acylate, wherein said method comprises the following steps (i) to (v): (i) providing a first component comprising sucrose-6-acylate; (ii) providing a second component comprising a chlorinating agent; (iii) combining said first component and said second component to afford a mixture; (iv) heating said mixture for a heating period in order to provide chlorination of sucrose-6-acylate at the 4, 1′ and 6′ positions thereof; (v) quenching said mixture to produce a 4,1′,6′-trichloro-4,1′,6′-trideoxy-galactosucrose-6-acylate; wherein at least one of said first component and said second component comprises a reaction vehicle, and said reaction vehicle comprises a tertiary amide; and wherein said mixture comprises a cosolvent during a least a portion of the heating period of step (iv), wherein said cosolvent comprises dimethylacetamide (DMAc). |
| US10081648B2 |
Lipid-based platinum compounds and nanoparticles
The present disclosure is in relation to the field of nanotechnology and cancer therapeutics. In particular, the present disclosure relates to platinum based compounds comprising platinum moiety, linker moiety and lipid moiety and corresponding nanoparticles thereof. The disclosure further relates to synthesis of said platinum based compounds, nanoparticles and compositions comprising said platinum based compounds/nanoparticles. The disclosure also relates to methods of managing cancer by employing aforesaid carbene compounds, platinum based compounds, nanoparticles and compositions thereof. |
| US10081645B2 |
Aryl, heteroaryl, and heterocyclic compounds for treatment of complement mediated disorders
Compounds, methods of use, and processes for making inhibitors of complement factor D comprising formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof wherein R12 or R13 on the A group is an aryl, heteroaryl or heterocycle (R32) are provided. The inhibitors described herein target factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade at an early and essential point in the alternative complement pathway, and reduce factor D's ability to modulate the classical and lectin complement pathways. The inhibitors of factor D described herein are capable of reducing the excessive activation of complement, which has been linked to certain autoimmune, inflammatory, and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as ischemia-reperfusion injury and cancer. |
| US10081637B2 |
Pyrazole compounds as modulators of FSHR and uses thereof
The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as positive allosteric modulators of follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR). |
| US10081635B2 |
Substituted N-(pyrrolidine-3-yl)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-D]pyrimidine-4-amine as janus kinase inhibitor
A novel substituted N-(pyrrolidin-3-yl)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-amine and a use thereof as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor are provided. |
| US10081632B2 |
Substituted tetrahydropyrido[3′,2′:4,5]pyrrolo[1,2-α]pyrazine-2-carboxamides as RSK inhibitors
Described herein are carboxamide derivatives of Formula (II) that are useful as inhibitors of p90 ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK), pharmaceutical compositions comprising the derivatives, and methods of using the derivatives in treating diseases or conditions associated with RSK activity: wherein R2, R4a, R4b, R11, R12, and n are defined in the specification. |
| US10081631B2 |
2-(1H-indazol-3-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-C]pyridine and therapeutic uses thereof
Indazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an indazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, fibrotic disorders, bone or cartilage diseases, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states. |
| US10081630B2 |
Radioactive halogen-labeled pyrido [1,2-A] benzimidazole derivative compound
The present invention relates to a radioactive halogen-labeled pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole derivative compound represented by a specific general formula or a salt thereof, or a radiopharmaceutical comprising the same. |
| US10081627B2 |
6-fused heteroaryldihydropyrimidines for the treatment and prophylaxis of hepatitis B virus infection
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X, Y, W and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. |
| US10081612B2 |
Process for production of hexanetriol from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
Industrial scale conversions of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to commodity chemicals such as 1,2,6-hexanetriol and 1,6-hexanediol by chemocatalytic conversions using hydrogen and a heterogeneous reduction catalyst are provided. The reactions are suitable for use in continuous flow reactors. Methods of carrying out the conversions are provided, as are product and catalyst compositions. |
| US10081601B2 |
Glucocerebrosidase modulators and uses thereof
The invention provides compounds for modulating glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. |
| US10081600B2 |
2-alkoxy-11-hydroxyaporphine derivatives and uses thereof
The invention features 2-alkoxy-11-hydroxyaporphine derivatives that selectively bind D2high receptors. The compounds are useful for imaging D2high receptors and for the treatment of diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, sexual dysfunction, and depressive disorders. |
| US10081592B2 |
Complex and structurally diverse compounds
The invention a novel, general, and facile strategy for the creation of small molecules with high structural and stereochemical complexity. Aspects of the methods include ring system distortion reactions that are systematically applied to rapidly convert readily available natural products to structurally complex compounds with diverse molecular architectures. Through evaluation of chemical properties including fraction of sp3 carbons, ClogP, and the number of stereogenic centers, these compounds are shown to be significantly more complex and diverse than those in standard screening collections. This approach is demonstrated with natural products (gibberellic acid, adrenosterone, and quinine) from three different structural classes, and methods are described for the application of this strategy to any suitable natural product. |
| US10081591B2 |
Isomer selective synthesis of methanofullerenes
[6,6]-Phenyl C71 butyric acid derivatives (C70-PCBR3) having a selectivity of greater than 95 wt % of the α-isomer are provided by reacting fullerene C70 with a dialkyl sulfonium tetrafluoroborate having the formula: |
| US10081588B2 |
Production of butyl acetate from ethanol
A reactive distillation method comprises introducing a feed stream to a reactive distillation column, wherein the feed stream comprises ethanol, contacting the feed stream with one or more catalysts in the reactive distillation column during a distillation, and removing butyl acetate during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as a bottoms stream. The feed stream reacts in the presence of the one or more catalysts to produce a reaction product comprising ethyl acetate, butanol, and water, wherein the butanol and the ethyl acetate react to produce a reaction product comprising the butyl acetate. |
| US10081585B2 |
Compound containing phenolic hydroxyl group, phenolic resin, curable composition, cured product thereof, semiconductor sealing material, and printed circuit board
There are provided a compound containing a phenolic hydroxyl group, which exhibits excellent heat resistance and excellent flame retardancy in terms of a cured product thereof, a phenolic resin including the same, a curable composition and a cured product thereof, a semiconductor sealing material, and a printed circuit board. The compound containing a phenolic hydroxyl group has a molecular structure represented by the following General Formula (I): wherein X is a structural site represented by the following Structural Formula (x1) or (x2); wherein, in Formula (x1) or (x2), k is an integer of 1 to 3, m is 1 or 2, Ar is a structural site represented by the following Structural Formula (Ar1), and in a case where when k or m is 2 or greater, a plurality of Ar's may be the same as or different from each other; wherein r is 1 or 2. |
| US10081583B2 |
Stripping method
The present invention relates to a stripping method capable of recovering, by an environmentally friendly method, a high-purity ester-based compound without concern over the oxidation of an ester-based compound from a mixture containing the ester-based compound. The stripping method has advantages of generating no wastewater, enabling equipment costs to be reduced by simplifying the process, removing concern over the oxidation of an ester-based compound during the process, and enabling the reuse of the components recovered in the process. |
| US10081580B2 |
Process for preparing cyclohexane with starting materials originating from a steamcracking process
The present invention relates to a process for preparing cyclohexane by isomerizing a hydrocarbon mixture (HM1) comprising methylcyclopentane (MCP) in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst is preferably an acidic ionic liquid. The starting material used is a stream (S1) which originates from a steamcracking process. The hydrocarbon mixture (HM1) obtained from this stream (S1) in an apparatus for aromatics removal has a reduced aromatics content compared to stream (S1), and (HM1) may optionally also be (virtually) free of aromatics. Depending on the type and amount of the aromatics remaining in the hydrocarbon mixture (HM1), especially in the case that benzene is present, the isomerization may additionally be preceded by performance of a hydrogenation of (HM1). In addition, depending on the presence of other components of (HM1), further purification steps may optionally be performed prior to or after the isomerization or hydrogenation. High-purity (on-spec) cyclohexane is preferably isolated from the hydrocarbon mixture (HM2) obtained in the isomerization, the specifications being, for example, those applicable to the use of the cyclohexane for the preparation, known to those skilled in the art, of caprolactam. |
| US10081579B2 |
Explosive composition
An explosive composition comprising a liquid energetic material and sensitizing voids, wherein the sensitizing voids are present in the liquid energetic material with a non-random distribution, wherein the liquid energetic material comprises (a) regions in which the sensitizing voids are sufficiently concentrated to render those regions detonable and (b) regions in which the sensitizing voids are not so concentrated and wherein the explosive composition does not contain ammonium nitrate prill. |
| US10081578B2 |
Wax-based fertilizer coatings with polyethylene- or polypropylene-based polymers
Disclosed is a hydrophobic coating material that includes a wax-based material and a polyethylene- or polypropylene-based polymer material. Also disclosed is a coated fertilizer composition that includes a fertilizer granule and the hydrophobic coating material coated on the fertilizer granule. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing a coated fertilizer composition that includes the steps of providing a fertilizer granule and coating the fertilizer granule with the hydrophobic coating material. |
| US10081576B2 |
Structure
According to one embodiment, a structure includes a polycrystalline substance of yttrium oxyfluoride as a main component. The yttrium oxyfluoride has a rhombohedral crystal structure, and an average crystallite size of the polycrystalline substance is less than 100 nanometers. When taking a peak intensity of rhombohedron detected near diffraction angle 2θ=13.8° by X-ray diffraction as r1, taking a peak intensity of rhombohedron detected near diffraction angle 2θ=36.1° as r2, and taking a proportion γ1 as γ1(%)=r2/r1×100, the proportion γ1 is not less than 0% and less than 100%. |
| US10081574B2 |
Process for converting calcium bentonite to sodium bentonite
Method of converting calcium bentonite to sodium bentonite that is suitable for use as drilling mud or a cement additive. After the addition of a calcium bentonite sample to a prepared soda ash solution at predetermined soda ash/bentonite weight ratios, the bentonite suspension is continuously heated and stirred for up to 24 h. The heating and stirring are crucial towards enhancing the sodium activation of the bentonite, as well as other rheological properties of the bentonite. |
| US10081572B2 |
Copolymers having gem-bisphosphonate groupings
A copolymer includes a main hydrocarbon chain and side groups including carboxylic groups and polyoxyalkylate groups. The copolymer further includes gem-bisphosphonate groups. A composition, such as n admixture for suspensions of mineral particles, includes the copolymer. The copolymer can be used for fluidifying suspensions of mineral particles and maintaining the fluidity of such suspensions. The copolymer can also be used for reducing the sensitivity of hydraulic compositions to clays and alkaline sulfates. |
| US10081571B2 |
NOx reduction process in a cement kiln manufacturing system
Disclosed is a bypass system for use with off gases that have exited a cement kiln utilized in a cement making process. The bypass system is adapted to remove both NOx and volatile components that are present in the off gases while the off gases are in the bypass duct. |
| US10081570B2 |
Optical film exhibiting improved light to solar gain heat ratio
The present disclosure is directed to optically transparent and IR reflecting films having a metal oxide based composite layer which can synergistically improve the optical properties, solar properties, and production speed of the whole composite. |
| US10081569B2 |
Process for producing glass substrate, and glass substrate
A process for producing a glass substrate includes a step of forming an antiglare region on at least one of main surfaces of a glass plate, a cutting step of cutting the glass plate and a removal step of removing a part of the antiglare region. |
| US10081568B2 |
Glass plate for induction cooking device
The subject matter of the invention is a reinforced glass plate for an induction cooking device, the chemical composition of which comprises the following colorants, in a content which varies within the weight limits defined hereinafter: Fe2O3 (total iron): 0.8% to 1.8%, CoO: 0.02% to 0.06%, Se: 0 to 0.005%, Cr2O3: 0 to 0.1%. The invention is also directed towards an induction cooking device comprising at least one inductor placed under such a glass plate. |
| US10081560B2 |
Integrated plant for the treatment of medical laboratory waste
An integrated plant for the treatment of medical laboratory waste includes at least a container for collecting the waste and a loading pump which transfers separate quantities of waste to a tank, in such a way that the plant operates thanks to gravity with intermittent cycles. A method for the treatment of the waste allows the separation of a liquid part, which is discharged into the sewers after a specific treatment. |
| US10081551B2 |
Supercritical fluid process for producing graphene from coke or coal
Provided is a process for producing isolated graphene sheets from a supply of coke or coal powder containing therein domains of hexagonal carbon atoms and/or hexagonal carbon atomic interlayers. The process comprises: (a) subjecting the supply of coke or coal powder to a supercritical fluid at a first temperature and a first pressure for a first period of time in a pressure vessel and then (b) rapidly depressurizing the supercritical fluid at a fluid release rate sufficient for effecting exfoliation and separation of the coke or coal powder to produce isolated graphene sheets, wherein the coke or coal powder is selected from petroleum coke, coal-derived coke, meso-phase coke, synthetic coke, leonardite, anthracite, lignite coal, bituminous coal, or natural coal mineral powder, or a combination thereof. |
| US10081550B2 |
Direct ultrasonication production of graphene sheets from coke or coal
Provided is a method of producing isolated graphene sheets from a supply of coke or coal powder containing therein domains of hexagonal carbon atoms and/or hexagonal carbon atomic interlayers. The method comprises: (a) dispersing particles of the coke or coal powder in a liquid medium containing therein an optional surfactant or dispersing agent to produce a suspension or slurry, wherein the coke or coal powder is selected from petroleum coke, coal-derived coke, meso-phase coke, synthetic coke, leonardite, anthracite, lignite coal, bituminous coal, or natural coal mineral powder, or a combination thereof; and (b) exposing the suspension or slurry to ultrasonication at an energy level for a sufficient length of time to produce the isolated graphene sheets. |
| US10081543B2 |
Integrated reformer and purifier
A combined reformer and purifier for converting a hydrogen-rich feedstock into purified hydrogen is described. The combined reformer and purifier can include at least one compression plate as an assembly comprising at least one first cavity comprising a catalyst effective to liberate hydrogen from said hydrogen-rich feedstock and forming a hydrogen-rich mixed gas. The compression plate assembly can also include at least one second cavity enclosing a burner or oxidative catalytic reactor to oxidize said hydrogen-depleted raffinate or said hydrogen-rich feedstock to supply heat to the at least one first cavity containing said catalyst. The compression plate assembly can also include an interior surface proximal to said membrane and an exterior surface distal to said membrane. The compression plate assembly can also include a third cavity effective to preheat said hydrogen-rich feedstock prior to being delivered to said catalyst. |
| US10081542B2 |
Nanozymes, methods of making nanozymes, and methods of using nanozymes
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides for nanozymes, methods of making nanozymes, methods of using nanozymes, and the like. |
| US10081539B2 |
Two different conductive bump stops on CMOS-MEMS bonded structure
Provided herein is a method including forming a micro-electro-mechanical system (“MEMS”) wafer including a first MEMS device and a second MEMS device. A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (“CMOS”) wafer is formed including a first electrically conductive via and a second electrically conductive via. A layer stack including a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a bond layer is deposited over the first electrically conductive via and the second electrically conductive via. The layer stack is etched to define a first standoff, a second standoff, a third standoff, a first bump stop over the first electrically conductive via, and a second bump stop over the second electrically conductive via. The first bump stop and the second bump stop are etched to remove the bond layer. The first bump stop is further etched to remove the second conductive layer. The MEMS wafer is bonded to the CMOS wafer. |
| US10081538B2 |
MEMS acoustic pressure sensor device and method for making same
The present invention discloses a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) acoustic pressure sensor device and a method for making same. The MEMS device includes: a substrate; a fixed electrode provided on the substrate; and a multilayer structure, which includes multiple metal layers and multiple metal plugs, wherein the multiple metal layers are connected by the multiple metal plugs. A cavity is formed between the multilayer structure and the fixed electrode. Each metal layer in the multilayer structure includes multiple metal sections. The multiple metal sections of one metal layer and those of at least another metal layer are staggered to form a substantially blanket surface as viewed from a moving direction of an acoustic wave. |
| US10081537B2 |
Directional microphone and associated packing techniques
Aspects of the disclosure provide a packaging technique for making a directional microphone which employs mechanical structures to cancel undesired background noise to realize the directional function instead of an extra sensor required in electronic noise-cancelling techniques, thus reducing footprint and cost of a directional microphone. A directional microphone based on this technique can include an acoustic sensor and a housing enclosing the acoustic sensor. The acoustic sensor can include a sensing diaphragm, a cavity below the sensing diaphragm, and a first substrate. The directional microphone device can further includes a channel with an inlet open at an edge of the first substrate and an outlet connected with the cavity. The housing can include a cover attached to a second substrate supporting the first substrate. The cover can include a first opening over the sensing diaphragm and a second opening at a side of the cover. |
| US10081536B2 |
Gasses for increasing yield and reliability of MEMS devices
In described examples, a MEMS device is enclosed within a sealed package including nonmetal oxide gasses at levels greater than 1% by volume. In at least one example, the MEMS device is protected against premature failure from various causes, including charging, particle growth and stiction by moieties of the nonmetal oxide gasses reacting with various exposed surfaces within the package of the MEMS device and/or the adsorbed water layers on said surfaces. |
| US10081533B2 |
Micromechanical structure and method for fabricating the same
A micromechanical structure includes a substrate and a functional structure arranged at the substrate. The functional structure has a functional region configured to deflect with respect to the substrate responsive to a force acting on the functional region. The functional structure includes a conductive base layer and a functional structure comprising a stiffening structure having a stiffening structure material arranged at the conductive base layer and only partially covering the conductive base layer at the functional region. The stiffening structure material includes a silicon material and at least a carbon material. |
| US10081530B2 |
Fluid pressurization and dispensing system
A fluid pressurization and dispensing system, including a coupler releasably attached to a vessel via an attachment means for securing a vacuum seal between the coupler and the vessel for maintaining pressure within the vessel, refreshing the gas composition within the vessel, and dispensing of a fluid contents externally from within the vessel without disturbing the vacuum seal. The coupler has a rigid single body unit having a tap head, a shank, and a cap which are contiguous thereof the coupler including a plurality of channels each integrally machined within an interior portion of the coupler. The system regulates a flow of gas from a pressurized gas cartridge via a gas pressure regulator, enables venting excess gas via a gas pressure relief valve, enables measurement of gas pressure within the vessel via a gas pressure gauge. Another embodiment of the system includes a coupler including a bi-level tap head. |
| US10081528B2 |
Combined beverage container opener and beverage bottle resealer
Beverage container opener and resealer includes a bottle cap remover including a circular bottle cap receiver and guide. Bottle cap receiver is formed of a generally inverted cup including therein teeth formed on the inner surface adapted to interface with a bottle cap to be twisted off of the bottle when the opener housing is maneuvered. Teeth can be provided in the form of ribs, flutes or ridges. The guide and teeth are receivable over the cap of a beverage container. Gripping material can extend into and/or downward onto a substantially complimentary surface formed on beverage container caps. A rubber bottle resealer reseals open bottles, thereby preserving the beverage. Module is configured to be integrated into and associated with a decorative three-dimensional decorative housing provided in the form of miniature headgear. |
| US10081527B2 |
Cover removal system for use in controlled environment enclosures
An apparatus and method are presented for removing container covers within a controlled environment enclosure without using gloves. The apparatus comprises an articulated arm apparatus and a gripping apparatus and can further comprise a controller. The articulated arm apparatus can be configurable for holding and moving a container in three dimensions; and the gripping apparatus can be configured for gripping a container cover sealing the container. The method comprises moving the container using the articulated arm apparatus while holding a gripping area of the container cover substantially stationary using the gripping apparatus. The apparatus can further comprise a sensor configured for supplying information to the controller for determining the location of the container cover gripping area and an orientation of the container cover. The method can further comprise inspecting the container cover using the sensor. The container can be moved along a path and within a space determined by the controller. |
| US10081523B2 |
Load indicator for vehicle lift
An apparatus comprises a frame, a vehicle engagement assembly, a lift actuation assembly, a locking assembly, and an indicator system. The vehicle engagement assembly is designed to vertically lift a vehicle. The frame comprises at least one slot to provide a predetermined path for the vehicle engagement assembly. The lift assembly provides the force required to lift the vehicle while the locking assembly stabilizes the vehicles without further force required by the lift assembly. The indicator system determines whether the locking assembly or the lift assembly is predominantly keeping the vehicle lifted. |
| US10081519B2 |
Tool for handling a long and heavy object
A tool for handling a long and heavy object, in particular a wind turbine rotor blade, includes a clamping unit which can be fixed to the rotor blade. The clamping unit has a first clamp and a second clamp spaced from the first clamp with respect to a longitudinal direction of the object. A first rod unit is rotatably coupled to the first clamp of the clamping unit at a first coupling site is also and coupled to a traverse. A second rod unit is rotatably coupled to the second clamp of the clamping unit at a second coupling site and is also coupled to the traverse via by a rope. A length of a rope section between the second rod unit and the traverse is adjustable by a winch. |
| US10081515B2 |
Method for measuring shaft and interference determination system
A measurement apparatus is attached to a guide rail above a car. Next, a measurement by the measurement apparatus is performed, and first dimensional data including dimensional data on an upper part of a shaft is acquired. The measurement apparatus is detached from the guide rail, and the car is moved upward and then stopped. The measurement apparatus is attached to the guide rail below the car after the car is stopped. A measurement by the measurement apparatus is performed, and second dimensional data including dimensional data on a lower part of the shaft is acquired. The acquired first dimensional data and the acquired second dimensional data are integrated, and dimensional data on the entire shaft is created. |
| US10081509B1 |
Image forming apparatus and paper feeding method
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an accommodation unit and at least one driving roller. The accommodation unit accommodates a paper sheet therein. The at least one driving roller is disposed contactably with the paper sheet. A rotation direction of the at least one driving roller with respect to the paper sheet at a contact part between the paper sheet and the roller intersects a carrying direction of the paper sheet. |
| US10081508B2 |
Sheet feeder, document reader, and image forming apparatus
A sheet feeder picking up and transporting sheets includes a transport unit transporting sheets along a sheet transport path one by one, a gap occurrence detection unit detecting, within a predetermined section of the sheet transport path, occurrence of a gap between sheets, and a controller controlling a timing of the transport of sheets according to a result of the detection. The gap occurrence detection unit includes a first detection unit and a second detection unit. The first detection unit is configured to detect light that is emitted toward the predetermined section, reaches a converging surface thereof across the predetermined section, and converged on a receiving element thereof. The second detection unit is configured to detect light reflected by a sheet passing through the predetermined section. The occurrence of the gap is detected based on outputs from the first detection unit and the second detection unit. |