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| US10101829B2 |
Braille display system
A Braille display system can include a plurality of Braille cells; and a touch sensitive surface for providing input to the system. The Braille display system can include a plurality of modular portions, with each portion including a plurality of Braille cells. A Braille display system can include a docking station to receive one or more modules with a plurality of Braille cells. |
| US10101826B2 |
Electronic device
A novel electronic device including a flexible display is presented. The electronic device has a flexible display including an organic light emission diodes and a plurality of columnar bodies linked together. Users can transform the shape of the electronic device into a tablet, an eBook, or a hand-held gaming device. The electronic device is configured to resize its main display area in accordance with the selected mode. |
| US10101823B2 |
Data input system and operation method thereof
A data input device, an electronic device using the data input device, and an operation method based on the data input device and the electronic device are provided. The data input device for effectively changing a color of data to be input to the electronic device includes a color changer configured to change a color of data to be input to the electronic device, a communicator configured to communicate with the electronic device, and a controller configured to receive an output signal from the color changer, to convert the received output signal into color identification information, and to control the communicator to transmit the converted color identification information to the electronic device. |
| US10101822B2 |
Language input correction
The present disclosure generally relates to language input correction. In one example process, a sequence of contact inputs can be detected via a keyboard interface on a touch-sensitive display. A contact input of the sequence of contact inputs can include a contact motion from a first position to a second position of the keyboard interface. A plurality of candidate words corresponding to the sequence of contact inputs can be determined. The plurality of candidate words can be ranked based on a probability that the contact input is an intended input to select a first key of the keyboard interface, and a probability that the contact input is an intended input to select a second key of the keyboard interface. A portion of the plurality of candidate words can be displayed for user selection. |
| US10101821B2 |
Keyboard apparatus having operation system and computer assembly
A keyboard apparatus having an operation system, including: a housing; a keyboard assembly having a keyboard portion for performing an input operation outside of the housing and formed in a form of personal computer keyboard; a circuit board provided within the housing; a display output interface connected to the circuit board; and an internal operation system unit connected to the circuit board and adapted to communicate with the keyboard assembly and the display output interface. The keyboard apparatus includes a system switch device for communicating with the display output interface and having: an internal system interface adapted to communicate with the internal operation system unit; an external system interface adapted to communicate with an external operation system unit independent of the keyboard apparatus; and a switch operation component, wherein the internal system interface or the external system interface selectively communicates with the display output interface based on an operation of the switch operation component. The present disclosure further relates to a computer assembly having the above keyboard assembly. |
| US10101814B2 |
Perceptions in a haptic system
A system providing various improved perceptions techniques for haptic feedback above interactive surfaces that require no contact with either tools, attachments or the surface itself is described. A range of receptors in a perceiving member which is part of the human body is identified to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback. A vibration frequency that is in the range of the receptors in the perceiving member is chosen and dynamically altered to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback throughout the receiving member. |
| US10101812B2 |
Haptic device and display having the same
A haptic device and a display having the same are disclosed. The haptic device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include a first moving bar coupled to a first lateral surface of a touch sensor and a first actuator coupled to the first moving bar and configured to repeatedly move the first moving bar minutely in a direction of the first lateral surface. |
| US10101811B2 |
Algorithm improvements in a haptic system
A system providing various improved processing techniques for haptic feedback is described. An acoustic field is defined by one or more control points in a space within which the acoustic field may exist. Each control point is assigned an amplitude value equating to a desired amplitude of the acoustic field at the control point. Transducers are then controlled to create an acoustic field exhibiting the desired amplitude at each of the control points. When human skin interacts with the acoustic field, vibrations of the skin are interpreted by mechanoreceptors being excited and sending signals to the brain via the nervous system. Improved processing techniques allow for more efficient real-world operation. |
| US10101805B2 |
Non motorized omni directional walking system device
A walking system that includes a walking dish formed in any one of a circular shape, a semi-circular shape, and a polygonal shape; a rolling ball formed on an upper surface of a ball fixing device; multiple auxiliary balls having multiple rolling balls on the surface of the walking dish and formed below the rolling ball so that the rolling ball smoothly rotates in all directions in 360 degrees; the ball fixing device fixing the auxiliary ball and the rolling ball while allowing the auxiliary ball and the rolling ball to rotate in all directions in 360 degrees; and a ball fixing table formed with the ball fixing device for joining the multiple ball fixing devices on the inclined surface at a predetermined interval to allow a user to walk in all directions in 360 degrees according to a virtual reality or walking motion image. |
| US10101800B2 |
Method of managing power and electronic device
Provided is a method of managing power of an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining operation information related to an operation from among operations performed by the electronic device. The operation is recognizable to a user via a product of hardware processing performed by hardware included in the electronic device. The method also includes obtaining load information related to a load generated by the operation performed by the electronic device. In addition, the method includes performing power management on the hardware included in the electronic device based on the operation information and the load information. |
| US10101798B2 |
Reducing power consumption in a server cluster
A method of reducing power consumption of a server cluster of host systems with virtual machines executing on the host systems is provided. The method includes recommending host system power-on when there is a host system whose utilization is above a target utilization, and recommending host system power-off when there is a host system whose utilization is below the target utilization. Recommending host system power-on includes calculating impact of powering on a standby host system with respect to reducing the number of highly-utilized host systems in the server cluster. Recommending host system power-off includes calculating impact of powering off a host system with respect to decreasing the number of less-utilized host systems in the server cluster. |
| US10101792B2 |
Capacitive proximity sensor configuration including an antenna ground plane
Embodiments of a capacitive sensor configuration for proximity detection by a playback device are provided. A example playback device includes a capacitive proximity sensor and a radio frequency (RF) antenna. While a grounding plane of the capacitive proximity sensor is decoupled from a grounding plane of the RF antenna, the playback device determines that the playback device will be rendering audio, and responsively causes the grounding plane of the capacitive proximity sensor to be coupled to the grounding plane of the RF antenna while the playback device is rendering audio. |
| US10101786B2 |
Holistic global performance and power management
Methods and apparatus to provide holistic global performance and power management are described. In an embodiment, logic (e.g., coupled to each compute node of a plurality of compute nodes) causes determination of a policy for power and performance management across the plurality of compute nodes. The policy is coordinated across the plurality of compute nodes to manage a job to one or more objective functions, where the job includes a plurality of tasks that are to run concurrently on the plurality of compute nodes. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. |
| US10101785B2 |
Electronic device, power control method, and program
An electronic device includes an address acquisition unit that performs communication with an approaching communication terminal to acquire a unique address of the communication terminal, and a power control unit that shifts its own power state from a standby state where power is supplied only to a minimum function to a quick start state where power is supplied to a function other than a presentation function to a user, when the unique address acquired by the address acquisition unit matches a registered address. |
| US10101783B2 |
Head mounted display
A head mounted display includes a lens unit, at least one lens temperature sensor, an environment temperature sensor, an environment humidity sensor, a temperature controller, a housing, and a display unit. The lens unit includes a carrier having a touching surface and a back surface opposite to each other and two lenses disposed on the carrier. An enclosed space is formed between a user and the touching surface. The at least one lens temperature sensor is adjacent to the lenses, and the sensors are all disposed on the touching surface. The temperature controller is disposed on the back surface and increases or decreases a temperature of the enclosed space and lens temperatures of the lenses according to sensing actions of the at least one lens temperature sensor, the environment temperature sensor, and the environment humidity sensor, so as to adjust the environment temperature and humidity of the enclosed space. |
| US10101782B2 |
System and method for thermal control of an information handling system
A computer-implemented method enables Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) progress code based thermal control during start-up of an information handling system (IHS). A start-up thermal control sub-system (i) determines an initial cooling level for use during a pre-BIOS progress code operation state of the IHS, (ii) detects each BIOS progress code provided during a boot loading operation of the IHS, and (iii) determines whether a detected BIOS progress code has an associated cooling level requirement that is different from a current cooling level provided by one or more cooling devices of the IHS. In response to the detected BIOS progress code having an associated cooling level requirement that is different from the current cooling level provided by the one or more cooling devices, the one or more cooling devices are triggered to adjust the current cooling level to a next pre-established cooling level associated with the detected BIOS progress code. |
| US10101781B2 |
System and method for controlling temperatures of computer
In a system and a method for controlling temperatures of a computer, an infrared induction module and a temperature-detecting module are applied to obtain position information and temperature information of a device module, and the position information and the temperature information are further analyzed and judged by a baseboard management controller to carry out different control means for the device module under different operation status and temperature conditions. Through the system and the method, the device module can be kept in operating under an operation temperature less than a predetermined temperature, so as to ensure the normal operation of the device module and to further promote the efficiency of test, maintenance and repair. |
| US10101780B2 |
Secondary management device determining desired fan speed upon failure of primary management device
A power device powers a hardware component and a fan cools the component. A primary management device monitors a first characteristic, which is the temperature of the component or the power provided by the power device, and determines a desired fan speed of the fan based on the first characteristic. A secondary management device monitors a second characteristic, which is the temperature of the component or the power provided by the power device, and sets the fan speed to the desired fan speed determined by the primary management device. The secondary management device constructs a profile of the fan speed in relation to the second characteristic by periodically recording the fan speed and the second characteristic. In response to the primary management device failing, the secondary management device determines the desired fan speed based on the profile and set the fan speed to the desired fan speed that it determined. |
| US10101771B2 |
Remote control docking station and system
The system, method and device for enabling remote-control of consumer electronic devices is disclosed. The system may comprise a docking station. The docking station may comprise an infrared receiving module and Micro-controller unit (MCU). The pre-processor of the infrared receiving module or the processor of the MCU may demodulate the one or more input control signals received from an input control device or a first communication device respectively. The pre-processor or the processor may modulate the one or more input control signals demodulated to obtain one or more modulated control signals. Further, the processor may retrieve one or more infrared codes from a preconfigured database based upon the one or more modulated control signals. The processor may transmit the one or more infrared codes to one or more consumer electronics device in order to remotely control the one or more consumer electronic devices. |
| US10101761B2 |
Semiconductor device
A plurality of IO cells are arranged along an edge portion of a semiconductor chip. Some elements forming a reference voltage generation circuit are arranged in a first corner region of the semiconductor chip. Remaining elements forming the reference voltage generation circuit are arranged in a core region on an inner side of the edge portion of the semiconductor chip. Among a plurality of corner regions, the first corner region is located closest to the remaining elements. |
| US10101760B1 |
Power-on control circuit and input/output control circuit
A power-on control circuit is provided. The power-on control circuit includes first and second power terminals, a switch circuit, an inverter chain circuit, and a capacitor. The switch circuit has a control terminal receiving a first control signal, an input terminal coupled to the second power terminal, and an output terminal coupled to a first node. The inverter chain circuit has an input terminal coupled to the first node and generates the first control signal. The capacitor is coupled between the first node and a ground. When the first power terminal receives a first voltage and the second power terminal does not receive a second voltage, the switch circuit is turned on according to the first control signal. When the first power terminal receives the first voltage and the second power terminal receives the second voltage, the switch circuit is turned off according to the first control signal. |
| US10101755B2 |
Electrical assembly
An electrical assembly comprising a first control system adapted to control a power conversion system, a sensor system adapted to detect conditions relating to the first control system, the conditions comprising temperature and/or humidity, and a heating system adapted to heat the first control system of the electrical assembly. The electrical assembly further comprises a second control system which is adapted to receive information from the sensor system and in connection with turning on the electrical assembly to selectively turn on the first control system and/or the heating system based on conditions relating to the first control system. |
| US10101749B1 |
Combined airspeed and inertial data for rotorcraft longitudinal control
A rotorcraft includes airspeed sensors, inertial sensors, and a flight control computer (FCC) operable to provide a longitudinal control for the rotorcraft. The FCC receives a first indication of longitudinal airspeed from the airspeed sensors and receives a first indication of longitudinal acceleration from the inertial sensors. The FCC generates a filtered indication of longitudinal airspeed from the first indication of longitudinal airspeed and generates a scaled and filtered indication of longitudinal acceleration from the first indication of longitudinal acceleration. The FCC combines the filtered indication of longitudinal airspeed with the scaled and filtered indication of longitudinal acceleration to generate a determined longitudinal airspeed. The FCC generates a flight control signal to control operation of the rotorcraft, the flight control signal based on the determined longitudinal airspeed. |
| US10101748B2 |
Methods for launching and landing an unmanned aerial vehicle
Methods and apparatus are provided for launching and landing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) including multi-rotor aircrafts. The methods and apparatus disclosed herein utilize positional change of the UAV, visual signal, or other means to effect the launch or landing. The methods and apparatus disclosed herein are user friendly, particularly to amateur UAV users lacking practice of operating a UAV. |
| US10101747B2 |
Formatting sensor data for use in autonomous vehicle communications platform
A sensor synchronization system for an autonomous vehicle is described. Upon initializing a master clock on a master processing node for a sensor apparatus of the autonomous vehicle, the system determines whether an external timing signal is available. If the signal is not available, the system sets the master clock using a local timing signal from a low-power clock on the autonomous vehicle. Based on a clock cycle of the master clock, the system propagates timestamp messages to the sensors of the sensor apparatus, receives sensor data, and formats the sensor data based on the timestamp messages. |
| US10101745B1 |
Enhancing autonomous vehicle perception with off-vehicle collected data
In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, at an autonomous vehicle, reported data regarding an object in proximity to the autonomous vehicle. The data is collected by a collecting device external to the autonomous vehicle, and is relayed to the autonomous vehicle via a server. The reported data includes a current location, type, or predicted location of the object. The method further includes determining whether the reported data of the object matches an object in an object list determined by on-board sensors of the autonomous vehicle. If the determination finds a found object in the object list, the method correlates the reported data of the object to the found object in the object list. Otherwise, the method adds the reported data of the object to an object list of objects detected by sensor from on-board sensors of the autonomous vehicle. In embodiments, the collecting device is a mobile device. |
| US10101740B2 |
Travel control device for work vehicle, and work vehicle
The travel control system includes: a travel zone holding unit configured to hold a travel zone which is set in a particular travel area set beforehand and over which a dump truck is to autonomously travel; a target position setting unit configured to set, on an outer side of the particular travel area, a target position that the dump truck is to reach; a distance measurement unit configured to measure a traveling distance of the dump truck from a position of the dump truck as acquired using a position acquisition device provided in the dump truck to the target position set by the target position setting unit; and an autonomous travel control unit configured to control the dump truck so that the dump truck moves to an outer side of a travel zone held by the travel zone holding unit and autonomously travels the traveling distance. |
| US10101738B2 |
Secure control of automotive systems using mobile devices
Disclosed are systems and methods for secure control of automotive systems using mobile devices. An exemplary method comprises: connecting a vehicle, as a peripheral device, to a mobile device, which acts as a master device, via a security device of the vehicle, wherein the security device provides secure transmission of data and commands between the vehicle and the mobile device; receiving, by the mobile device, via the security device, from one or more measurement devices of the vehicle, measurement data from one or more automotive systems of the vehicle; based on the received measurement data, forming by the mobile device control commands for actuating devices of the vehicle, wherein the control commands enable and/or regulate operation of the actuating devices of the vehicle; and transmitting, by the mobile device, via the security device, the control commands to the actuating devices of the vehicle. |
| US10101726B2 |
Autonomous control system
An autonomous control system having a numerical control device configured to perform machining operation by driving control of an item in a machining tool and an external device, the numerical control device includes a configuration data storing unit configured to store configuration data representing configuration of the item, and a machining program looking-ahead processing unit configured to generate item disposition data, and the external device includes a work information storing unit, an interference determination processing unit configured to command start of operation of the external device at time when the operation of the external device does not interfere with the item driven in the machining tool. |
| US10101722B2 |
Method of determining a radius of a cutting end of a tool for a turning machine
A method of determining a radius of a cutting end of a tool for a turning machine using a touch probe is provided. One of the cutting end and the touch probe is movable relative to a reference frame having a first axis and a second axis and having a reference point trackable in the reference frame. The method comprises establishing a first contact point and recording a first coordinate of the reference point on the first axis; establishing a second contact point and recording a second coordinate of the reference point on the second axis; establishing a third contact point and recording a third coordinate of the reference point on the first axis and a fourth coordinate of the reference point on the second axis upon contact; and determining a radius of the cutting end based on the first, second, third and fourth coordinates. |
| US10101721B2 |
System and method for determining an optimized schedule of a production line
A method determines an optimized production schedule of a production line including a hybrid multi-cluster tool formed by a plurality of single-arm tools and dual-arm tools interconnected with each other. The method includes determining time for individual operations of a robotic arm and a processing module in the plurality of single-arm tools and dual-arm tools; determining robot waiting time of the single-arm tools and dual-arm tools based on the time for individual operations and different connection relationships of the plurality of single-arm tools and dual-arm tools; determining whether the optimized production schedule exists using the determined waiting time, wherein the optimized production schedule only exists if the hybrid multi-cluster tool is process-dominant where the robot activity time of the plurality of single-arm tools and dual-arm tools is substantially shorter than processing time at the processing module; and determining the optimized production schedule if the optimized production schedule exists. |
| US10101720B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring and/or controlling dynamic environments
A dynamic environment (e.g., an automated industrial process) has multiple conditions in response to which corresponding actions are required, and comprises various equipment, control device(s) to control the equipment, and one or more sensors to generate input signal(s) representing a monitored condition of the environment. A control system for the environment comprises a master processor and one or more co-processors, wherein the master processor configures a given co-processor to evaluate only a first subset of conditions expected to occur in the environment within a specified time period (e.g., less than a response time of the master processor), and to provide first control information representing an action to be taken if a particular condition of the first subset is satisfied. The co-processor receives the input signal(s) representing the monitored condition, processes the input signal(s) so as to determine if the particular condition of the first subset is satisfied, and provides the first control information to the control devices so as to control the equipment. Exemplary applications include dynamic environments in which machine vision techniques and/or equipment are employed. |
| US10101719B1 |
Aircraft control system based on sparse set of simulation data
A flight control system is disclosed. In various embodiments, a flight control system includes a data storage device configured to store an aerodynamic model; and a processor coupled to the data storage device and configured to use the aerodynamic model to determine a set of actuators and for each actuator in the set a corresponding set of one or more actuator parameters to achieve a desired set of forces and moments. The aerodynamic model provides for each actuator in the set of actuator corresponding force and moment data for each of a first set of operating conditions based on a first set of simulations performed by varying one or more actuator parameters while holding other actuators at a baseline value and a second set of simulations to determine interactions between the actuator and said other actuators under each of a second set of operating conditions. |
| US10101718B2 |
Smart appliance control system
A smart appliance control system includes a memory device, a connecting interface device and a central controlling device. The central controlling device converts a control command into at least one appliance control command. A first smart mobile device receives a user command and processes it as a control command. The connecting interface device receives the control command and sends it to the central controlling device. The central controlling device executes one of operations as follows according to the control command: (A) A corresponding action is executed, and the control command and information of the corresponding action are backed up in a memory device; and (B) the control command is converted into the appliance control command and sent to at least one appliance, and the control command, the appliance control command and the information of the corresponding action are backed up in the memory device. |
| US10101713B2 |
Energy analysis apparatus and recording medium
An energy analysis apparatus that analyzes behaviors of a plant. The apparatus includes a processor coupled with a memory device and configured to execute instructions to provide (1) a plant information input unit for accepting inputs of device information indicating device models configuring the plant, and connection information indicating connection between the device models, (2) a plant analysis condition input unit for accepting an input of a plant analysis condition, and (3) a first-order predicate logical expression generation unit for generating a first-order predicate logical expression on the basis of the device information, the connection information and the plant analysis condition. |
| US10101712B2 |
Energy storage device control based on commands from an electrical power distribution system
In a method of controlling energy consumption from an electrical power distribution system by energy storage devices, a first electrical load range for a first period in the future is communicated to the electrical power distribution system using a controller comprising a processor. A plurality of commands from the electrical power distribution system are received during the first period using the controller. A rate of electrical energy consumption by the group of energy storage devices is adjusted during the first period to a value within the first electrical load range responsive to each of the commands using the controller. A portion of the energy consumed by the group of energy storage devices is then stored in energy storage mediums of the devices during the first period. |
| US10101706B2 |
Image-forming apparatus including frame to which developing cartridge having electrical contact surface is attachable together with drum cartridge
An image-forming apparatus includes a developing cartridge, a drum cartridge, an electrical contact, a frame to which the developing cartridge attached to the drum cartridge is attachable, and first and second guide portions. The developing cartridge includes a storage medium having an electrical contact surface, and a holder including: a first outer surface holding the electrical contact surface, a second outer surface, and a resilient member connected to the both outer surfaces. The drum cartridge includes a holder support portion. The frame allows the developing cartridge to move from a first position to a second position, and then to a third position during insertion of the developing cartridge into the frame. The first guide portion guides the first outer surface, and the second guide portion guides the holder support portion to allow the electrical contact surface to contact the electrical contact during insertion of the developing cartridge into the frame. |
| US10101704B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a medium on which an image is to be formed; a placing portion capable of placing the medium; a power generator configured to generate electricity from heat generated inside the image forming unit; and an illumination unit configured to be lit with the electricity generated by the power generator and to be capable of irradiating at least the placing portion with light. |
| US10101702B2 |
Image forming apparatus
A separating claw unit includes: a separating claw provided beside and against a surface of an image carrier on which a toner image to be transferred to a recording paper sheet in a nip area between the image carrier and a transfer section is to be formed, the separating claw being configured to separate the recording paper sheet having passed through the nip area off the surface of the image carrier in a direction away from the surface of the image carrier; and a cushion guide provided next to the separating claw to extend beyond the separating claw in the direction away from the surface of the image carrier, held elastically and displaceably away from the surface of the image carrier, and configured to come into contact with the recording paper sheet to guide the recording paper sheet downstream in a direction of conveyance of the recording paper sheet. |
| US10101701B1 |
Paper path sensing of non-reflective paper with reflective sensors
A method and system for controlling and adjusting marker timing for a marking system comprises receiving data from a plurality of sensors in a marking system, evaluating a performance of each of the sensors in the marking system determining a marker timing offset for the marking system according to the performance of the sensor, updating marker timing of the marking system according to the marker timing offset, and marking media with the marking system according to the marker timing. |
| US10101699B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image quality adjusting method
An image forming apparatus includes: a density unevenness measurement mode processing portion that, in a density unevenness measurement process, detects density of a density unevenness measurement toner image, which has been formed in a rotational direction of the photoreceptor drum, multiple times in the rotational direction and captures in a memory portion all detected density information associating thereof with rotation phases of the photoreceptor drum; and an image quality adjustment processing portion that, in an image quality adjustment mode, detects density of an image quality adjustment toner image, which has been formed at any position in the rotational direction of the photoreceptor drum, in the rotational direction and corrects detected density information based on density information associated with a rotation phase matching a rotation phase where density of the image quality adjustment toner image has been detected among said all density information having been captured in the memory portion by the density unevenness measurement processing portion. |
| US10101698B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus having a touch panel capable of detecting multi-touch operations detects a touch event based on an operation by a user on the touch panel, and generates a single touch event based on a detected multi-touch event. Then, the information processing apparatus transmits the generated single touch event to an application not supporting multi-touch events. Thus, conventional operabilities can be maintained even in a case where an application not supporting multi-touch events is operated. |
| US10101686B2 |
Developer cartridge having housing accommodating flexible container for storing developer
A developer cartridge includes a first flexible container, a second flexible container, and a housing accommodating the first flexible container and the second flexible container. The first flexible container is openably sealed. The second flexible container is openably sealed. At least one of the first flexible container and the second flexible container stores developer. |
| US10101684B2 |
Image forming apparatus and cartridge comprising detection gear
A cartridge includes a detection gear and a memory. The detection gear may be rotatable about a first axis extending in a predetermined direction. The detection gear may include a first protrusion movable with rotation of the detection gear. The memory may include a first storage region configured to store, based on the motion of the first protrusion, new product determination information representing that the cartridge is detected as a new product. |
| US10101683B2 |
Toner and external additive for toner
Provided is a toner, including: a toner particle; and an organic-inorganic composite fine particle on a surface of the toner particle, in which the organic-inorganic composite fine particle includes: a resin fine particle; and an inorganic fine particle embedded in the resin fine particle, and part of which is exposed to a surface of the composite fine particle, and in which the composite fine particle satisfies the following relationships: (i) in viscoelasticity measurement of the composite fine particle, when the loss elastic modulus thereof at a temperature T (° C.) is represented by G″T [dN/m2], a change ratio d(Log(G″T))/dT of a common logarithm of the loss elastic modulus has a minimum in a temperature range of from 60° C. to 150° C., and the minimum is less than −0.10; and (ii) the loss elastic modulus (G″180) thereof at a temperature of 180° C. is 1.0×104 dN/m2 or more and 1.0×107 dN/m2 or less. |
| US10101679B2 |
Electrophotographic photoconductor and image forming apparatus
Provided is an electrographic photoconductor resistant to surface discharge and having good wear resistance. The electrographic photoconductor has a conductive support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support, the photosensitive layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transport material. A layer forming the surface of the electrographic photoconductor contains a resin binder forming the layer and a layered carbide dispersed in the resin binder. The layer forming the surface has a light transmittance in the range of 20 to 98% at a wavelength of 350 to 800 nm. |
| US10101675B2 |
Metrology apparatus, method of measuring a structure and lithographic apparatus
Disclosed is a metrology apparatus and method for measuring a structure formed on a substrate by a lithographic process. The metrology apparatus comprises an illumination system operable to provide measurement radiation comprising a plurality of wavelengths; and a hyperspectral imager operable to obtain a hyperspectral representation of a measurement scene comprising the structure, or a part thereof, from scattered measurement radiation subsequent to the measurement radiation being scattered by the structure. |
| US10101673B2 |
Movable body drive method and system, pattern formation method and apparatus, exposure method and apparatus for driving movable body based on measurement value of encoder and information on flatness of scale, and device manufacturing method
A drive unit drives a wafer stage in a Y-axis direction based on a measurement value of an encoder that measures position information of the wafer stage in the Y-axis direction and based on information on the flatness of a scale that is measured by the encoder. In this case, the drive unit can drive the wafer stage in a predetermined direction based on a measurement value after correction in which a measurement error caused by the flatness of the scale included in the measurement value of the encoder is corrected based on the information on the flatness of the scale. Accordingly, the wafer stage can be driven with high accuracy in a predetermined direction using the encoder, without being affected by the unevenness of the scale. |
| US10101670B2 |
Statistical model-based metrology
Methods and systems for creating a measurement model based on measured training data are presented. The trained measurement model is used to calculate process parameter values, structure parameter values, or both, directly from measured data collected from other wafers. The measurement models receive measurement data directly as input and provide process parameter values, structure parameter values, or both, as output. The measurement model enables the direct measurement of process parameters. Measurement data from multiple targets is collected for model building, training, and measurement. In some examples, the use of measurement data associated with multiple targets eliminates, or significantly reduces, the effect of under layers in the measurement result, and enables more accurate measurements. Measurement data collected for model building, training, and measurement, may be derived from measurements performed by a combination of multiple, different measurement techniques. |
| US10101666B2 |
Illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
An illumination optical apparatus guides exposure light emitted from an exposure light source, to an illumination target object. The illumination optical apparatus has a plurality of spatial light modulation members arranged in an array form, and each spatial light modulation member is so configured that a plurality of reflecting optical elements each including a movable reflecting surface are arranged in an array form. At least one of the spatial light modulation members is arranged in an optical path of the light emitted from the light source. |
| US10101662B2 |
Developing method
A developing method includes rotating a wafer. A developer solution is dispensed onto the rotated wafer through a first nozzle. The first nozzle is moved from a first position to a second position. The first position and the second position are over the wafer and within a perimeter of the wafer when viewed from a top of the wafer. The developer solution is dispensed through the first nozzle when moving the first nozzle from the first position to the second position. The first nozzle is moved back from the second position to the first position immediately after the first nozzle is moved from the first position to the second position. The developer solution is dispensed through the first nozzle when moving the first nozzle from the second position to the first position. |
| US10101660B2 |
Methods of forming patterns of semiconductor devices
In a method of forming patterns, an object layer is formed on a substrate. Guide patterns are formed on the object layer. A brush layer is formed using a brush polymer on surfaces of the guide patterns. The brush polymer includes at least one of a first brush polymer and a second brush polymer. The first brush polymer includes a hydrophobic repeating unit and a hydrophilic terminal group having at least two hydroxyl groups. The second brush polymer includes a hydrophobic repeating unit and a hydrophilic random repeating unit having a hydroxyl group. A self-aligned layer is formed using a block copolymer on the brush layer to form blocks aligned around the guide patterns. At least a portion of the blocks is transferred to the object layer. |
| US10101659B2 |
Lithography method with surface modification layer
A lithography method is provided in accordance with some embodiments. The lithography method includes forming a surface modification layer on a substrate, the surface modification layer including a hydrophilic top surface; coating a photoresist layer on the surface modification layer; and developing the photoresist layer, thereby forming a patterned photoresist layer. |
| US10101656B2 |
Active light sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition, active light sensitive or radiation sensitive film, mask blank provided with active light sensitive or radiation sensitive film, pattern forming method, method for manufacturing electronic device, and electronic device
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an alkali-soluble resin (A) and a compound (B) exemplified below, the compound (B) has a specific structure within a molecule. |
| US10101653B2 |
Resist composition and patterning process
A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a sulfonium or iodonium salt of iodinated phenoxy or iodinated phenylalkoxy-containing fluorinated sulfonic acid offers a high sensitivity and minimal LWR or improved CDU independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone. |
| US10101647B2 |
Illuminator and projector
The color separation/light combining element included in an illuminator has at least one first region and at least one second region. The light ray flux contains a first light ray flux outputted from the first light emission unit and a second light ray flux outputted from the second light emission unit. a wavelength conversion element, a diffusive reflection element, and the color separation/light combining element are so disposed that part of the first light ray flux is incident on the diffusive reflection element via the first region, the other part of the first light ray flux is incident on the wavelength conversion element via the first region, a part of the second light ray flux is incident on the wavelength conversion element via the second region, and the second region combines the converted light with a part of light reflected off the diffusive reflection element to produce illumination light. |
| US10101646B2 |
Semiconductor device, light emission control circuit, and electronic appliance
A semiconductor device of the invention is a semiconductor device that controls a transistor that controls an electric current that flows through a light emitting element, the transistor including a gate that is connected to one end of a capacitor. The semiconductor device includes: a first terminal that is connected to the gate of the transistor and the one end of the capacitor; a second terminal that is connected to the other end of the capacitor; a first driving circuit that outputs a first control signal to the first terminal; and a second driving circuit that, in order to control the transistor in an on-state or an off-state, activates or deactivates a second control signal, and outputs the second control signal to the second terminal, the second control signal having a potential lower than a potential of the first control signal. |
| US10101639B2 |
Low-profile lens mount
Disclosed is a housing for a portable handheld electronic device such as a cellphone. The device has a housing, having a left side and right side. At least one of the left side and right side is provided with integral surface features or surface structures to enhance gripping the cellphone, preferably along the entire length of the phone or within about the top half or one third of the phone. |
| US10101636B2 |
Auto-focus camera module with MEMS capacitance estimator
A MEMS actuator for a compact auto-focus camera module is configured to measure physical values and to estimated values each indicative of position or motion or both of a MEMS component. A smart logic component determines a set of MEMS driver control values based on analyzing the measured physical values and substituting estimated values to more accurately position the MEMS component. A MEMS driver component receives the set of MEMS driver control values and controls the position or motion, or both, of the MEMS component based on the MEMS driver control values. |
| US10101635B2 |
Blade drive device and optical apparatus
To provide a blade drive device capable of suppressing variations in movement speed of blades at the time of continuous operation and shortening the operation interval of blades. A blade drive device 10 includes a bed plate 11 having an opening 12, a blade receiving plate 15 arranged so as to face the bed plate 11, a plurality of blades 31b to 34b provided between the bed plate 11 and the blade receiving plate 15, which are expanded in a state where the opening 12 is closed and are housed while overlapping one another in a state where the opening 12 is opened and a regulating member 80 having an abutting surface 82 on which side edge portions 31b1 to 34b1 of the blades 31b to 34b abut when the blades are housed. The abutting surface 82 is an inclined surface 83 inclined to the bed plate 11 side as it goes from the bed plate 11 side to the blade receiving plate 15 side. |
| US10101630B2 |
Optical waveguide device
An optical device may include at least two waveguides with different propagation constants. Each waveguide is associated with a grating antenna with a grating period selected to emit light at the same emission angle despite the different propagation constants. Each waveguide may be part of an optical path that includes phase shifters. Additionally, the waveguides may be formed in a waveguide layer that is separate from a perturbation layer in which the grating antennas as formed. |
| US10101621B2 |
Display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, display device
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: plural gate lines each having at least one end provided with plural first electrostatic discharge (ESD) units configured to discharge static electricity in the gate lines. The plural first ESD units have curvatures different from each other. By discharging the static electricity through the plural ESD units, in case one of the ESD units is broken down by electrostatic current, the other ones can continue working. |
| US10101619B2 |
Display device and driving method for the same
A display device has a transistor including a gate terminal, a first input-output terminal and a second input-output terminal, the gate terminal connected to a scanning signal line and the first input-output terminal connected to a video signal line, a photoconductive element including a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal connected to the second input-output terminal of the transistor and the second terminal connected to a first power line, and a light-emitting element including a third terminal and a fourth terminal, the third terminal connected to the second input-output terminal of the transistor and the fourth terminal connected to a second power line. |
| US10101617B2 |
Transparent electrode for electronic displays
A transparent electrode is described and includes metallic nanowires and a polymeric overcoat layer for protecting the nanowires from corrosion and abrasion. The polymeric overcoat layer includes nanoparticles, particularly antimony tin oxide, zinc oxide and/or indium tin oxide, and has a sheet resistance of greater than about 107 ohm/sq. The transparent electrode can be used in electronic displays such as polymer-dispersed liquid crystal, liquid crystal, electrophoretic, electrochromic, thermochromic, electroluminescent and plasma displays. |
| US10101615B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, liquid crystal panel and display device
An array substrate includes: a base substrate; a sub-pixel region on the base substrate in which a first electrode and a second electrode are disposed; and a first insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode for insulating the first electrode and the second electrode. One of the first electrode and the second electrode is a common electrode and the other is a pixel electrode. A surface of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a curved surface. The array substrate is intended to provide a liquid crystal panel and a display device with high light transmittance in sub-pixel regions. A manufacturing method of an array substrate is further disclosed. |
| US10101613B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same
The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate spaced apart from and opposite to the first substrate; a first lower alignment layer formed on an upper surface of the first substrate; a first upper alignment layer formed on a lower surface of the second substrate; a second alignment layer formed in an array on either or both of an upper surface of the first lower alignment layer and a lower surface of the first upper alignment layer; a polymer barrier positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, the polymer barrier formed on the array of the second alignment layer; and a liquid crystal positioned between the polymer barriers. |
| US10101611B2 |
Display device
A backplate having a folding region and an unfolding region adjacent to the folding region includes: first and second material layers corresponding to the folding and unfolding regions; and a third material layer between the first and second material layers, the third material layer is more rigid than the first and second materials layers, wherein the first and second material layers extend from the folding region to the unfolding regions such that a thickness of the first and second material layers is gradually reduced from the folding region to the unfolding region. |
| US10101610B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel including a display surface defined therein and curved in a first direction, and a backlight unit which provides the display panel with light. The backlight unit includes a center light source, outer light sources, and a reflective layer. The display panel includes a display surface defined therein and curved. The center light source includes center light emitting diode packages. Each of the outer light sources includes outer light emitting diode packages. The reflective layer defines a reflective surface. Each of the center light emitting diode packages is disposed on a first support surface. At least one of the outer light emitting diode packages is disposed on a second surface, which is different from the reflective layer. |
| US10101608B2 |
Manufacturing method of color filter substrate
The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a color filter substrate, in which a layer of photoresist layer of a negative photoresist resin material is first formed on the color filter film layer; then, back side exposure is conducted on the photoresist layer from the underside of the backing plate so that a part of the photoresist layer that is adjacent to the backing plate gets cured for subsequently forming a planarization layer; afterwards, a mask is used to conduct front side exposure on the photoresist layer from the backing plate to form post spacers; and finally, the photoresist layer that has been subjected to exposure twice is subjected to development to remove a portion of the photoresist layer that has not been cured so as to form, simultaneously, a planarization layer and post spacers located on the planarization layer. This, when compared to an existing manufacturing method of a color filter substrate, can greatly simplify operation flow and thus greatly reduce investment on manufacturing line facility and lower down manufacturing costs of products and potential risks of unexpected problems occurring in the manufacturing process and shortening product manufacturing cycle. |
| US10101606B2 |
Semiconductor device
A variable capacitor is formed from a pair of electrodes and a dielectric interposed between the electrodes over a substrate, and an external input is detected by changing capacitance of the variable capacitor by a physical or electrical force. Specifically, a variable capacitor and a sense amplifier are provided over the same substrate, and the sense amplifier reads the change of capacitance of the variable capacitor and transmits a signal in accordance with the input to a control circuit. |
| US10101604B2 |
Adaptable bezel assembly for extreme service conditions
A display assembly includes front and rear bezel members each defining a frame around a display opening. The front bezel member is capable of secure attachment to the rear bezel member at an interface that defines at least one gap. A display panel is retained against the rear face of the rear bezel member. At least one additional panel member is retained in the gap between the front and rear bezel members, such as a touch panel or EMI panel. The display panel, EMI panel, and touch panel are each individually removable from the display assembly. |
| US10101596B1 |
Eye patch attachable to eyeglasses
An eye patch formed of a flexible, opaque material is attached to a pair of eyeglasses. The patch has an asymmetric conical shape when in repose. The patch extends from an eyeglass nose bridge around a ninety degree (90°) bend to an eyeglass temple piece and overlies a lens of the eyeglasses. At least one slit is formed in an outboard end of the patch to slidingly receive the eyeglass temple piece. An elastic strap is secured to a peripheral boundary of the patch at the inboard end of the patch. The elastic strap underlies the nose bridge so that the elastic strap captures the nose bridge. The peripheral boundary of the patch abuts a user's face in encircling relation to an eye when the patch is secured to the eyeglasses so that light is prevented from reaching the eye. |
| US10101592B2 |
Self-moiré target design principles for measuring unresolved device-like pitches
Metrology targets and methods are provided, which provide self-Moiré measurements of unresolved target features, i.e., interaction of electromagnetic fields re-scattered off elements within a single target layer provides signals with Moiré pitches that are measurable, although the actual target pitches are unresolved and possibly device-like. Targets comprise cell(s) with interlaced lines of elements having different device-like pitches which are selected to yield resolved Moiré pitch(es). Different target designs are presented for scatterometry and imaging metrology measurements, as well as for critical dimension, dose and focus, and pitch walk measurements—of device-like targets. |
| US10101589B2 |
Optical element, display device, master, and method for manufacturing optical element
There is provided an optical element including: a substrate; and a plurality of microlenses formed on the substrate. A reflecting surface of the microlens is an aspherical surface and asymmetrical with respect to an optical axis of the microlens. A pitch between adjacent ones of the microlenses is 10 to 230 μm. A depth of the microlens is 3.2 to 15.4 μm. |
| US10101587B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus and a display method are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a left eye block and a right eye block. Each of the left eye and right eye block includes a relay unit and an eyepiece unit. Relay unit including at least one first optical lens is configured to receive light beams of input image, and generate a relay image by enlarging input image through the at least one first optical lens. The eyepiece unit including at least one second optical lens is configured to receive light beams of relay image, and generate an output image for a user to see by converging light beams of relay image through the at least one second optical lens. |
| US10101586B2 |
Display device and control method for display device
An HMD includes an image display section worn on the head of a user and configured to output image light and an illuminance sensor configured to detect light. The HMD includes a sub-control section. The sub-control section adjusts, on the basis of a detection value of the illuminance sensor, the image light output by the image display section. |
| US10101585B2 |
Stereoscopic display device and control method
According to one of aspects, a display device includes: a display unit configured to three-dimensionally display an object by displaying images respectively corresponding to both eyes of a user by being worn; a detection unit configured to detect a real body that operates the object; and a control unit configured to change the object according to movement of the real body, and perform order processing for ordering a product corresponding to the object. |
| US10101584B2 |
Mounting structure for head up display
A head up display unit can be provided in an inner portion of an instrument panel. A column bracket for mounting a steering column is at a lower portion of a vehicle body strength member and extends in a vehicle width direction in a vehicle rear side of a front wall panel of a vehicle interior. The head up display unit is mounted on the column bracket so as to be movable to a vehicle upward direction by an emergency input load from a vehicle front direction. |
| US10101581B2 |
Electronic ophthalmic lens with eye closed sensor with open eye prompt and data logging
An eyelid position sensor system for an ophthalmic lens comprising an electronic system is described herein for determining at least one of drowsiness or sleep onset of the wearer. The eyelid position sensor system is part of an electronic system incorporated into the ophthalmic lens. The electronic system in at least one embodiment includes a power source, power management circuitry, one or more sensors, clock generation circuitry, control algorithms and circuitry, and an alert mechanism. The eyelid position sensor system is utilized to determine eyelid position and use this information to determine if the wearer is asleep or awake. |
| US10101577B2 |
System to prognose gas turbine remaining useful life
A flash thermography device for generating an infrared image of a turbine component located inside a turbine, wherein the turbine includes at least one inspection port. The device includes a flash source that generates a light pulse that heats the turbine component and an infrared sensor for detecting thermal energy radiated by the turbine component. The device also includes a borescope having a sensor end, a viewing end that includes the flash source and an interior hollow that extends between the sensor and viewing ends. The borescope is positioned in the inspection port such that the viewing end is located inside the turbine. Thermal energy radiated from the turbine component is transmitted through the hollow to the infrared sensor to enable generation of the infrared image. The device further includes a reflector located on the viewing end that directs the light pulse toward the turbine component and a flash power supply for energizing the flash source. |
| US10101576B2 |
Bore scope system
A bore scope system includes an HVAC system has at least one duct and at least one vent. An electronic device is provided that has an input and a display. The electronic device is manipulated to observe the display. A camera unit is provided. The camera unit is comprised of a resiliently bendable material. Thus, the camera unit may be manipulated into a selected shape. The camera unit is inserted into the at least one vent and is urged into the at least one duct. Thus, such that the camera unit records an interior of the at least one duct for inspection purposes. |
| US10101575B2 |
Endoscope objective optical system
This endoscope objective optical system is capable of acquiring images of high resolution and wide angle of observation field, maintaining low invasiveness and appropriately correcting various aberrations. This optical system has at least a first cemented lens which has a positive lens and a negative lens, in which the cemented lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: (1) 15.0<νA−ndA<15.75 and (2) −0.2>rdyA1/ih>−20, wherein νA is an Abbe number of the negative lens, ndA is a refractive index of the negative lens at the d-line, rdyA1 is a curvature radius of a joining surface of the negative lens, and ih is an image height. |
| US10101574B2 |
Optical coupler for optical imaging visualization device
An optical coupler for mounting at a distal end of an optical imaging device includes a visualization section and an attachment section. At least one surface of the visualization section has a roughness that does not interfere with a video capture system of an optical imaging device. |
| US10101570B1 |
Optical fiber connector inspector with two-dimensional scanning function
A connector inspector includes a microscope assembly, a supporting tray, and a main frame. The microscope assembly is placed within the supporting tray with a bottom cylindrical protrusion inserted into a base plate of the supporting tray, and the supporting tray is coupled with the main frame with a pair of pivoting joints. The microscope assembly is horizontally biased by a spring and an adjusting knob, both set between the main frame and the microscope assembly. The microscope assembly is vertically biased by a spring and an adjusting knob, both set between the main frame and the microscope assembly. Thus, the microscope assembly is able to swing to shift the imaging axis of the microscope assembly in two dimensions using the two adjusting knobs respectively. Because the biasing means for the imaging axis are built inside the inspector, the inspector may be used with just one hand. |
| US10101566B2 |
Camera methods and apparatus using optical chain modules which alter the direction of received light
Methods and apparatus for capturing or generating images using multiple optical chains operating in parallel are described. Pixel values captured by individual optical chains corresponding to the same scene area are combined to provide an image with at least some of the benefits which would have been provided by capturing an image of the scene using a larger lens than that of the individual lenses of the optical chain modules. By using multiple optical chains in parallel at least some benefits normally obtained from using a large lens can be obtained without the need for a large lens. Furthermore in at least some embodiments, a wide dynamic range can be supported through the use of multiple sensors with the overall supported dynamic range being potentially larger than that of the individual sensors. Some lens and/or optical chain configurations are designed for use in small handheld devices, e.g., cell phones. |
| US10101565B2 |
Imaging lens and imaging apparatus
An imaging lens includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive first lens group, a stop, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group. The first lens group includes, consecutively in order from the most object side thereof, a negative lens and a positive lens. The second lens group is of a three lens configuration and includes a positive lens and a negative lens. The third lens group includes, consecutively in order from the most object side thereof, a negative lens and a positive lens. The imaging lens satisfies Conditional Formula (1): 0 |
| US10101559B2 |
Monolithic optical mounting element
A monolithic optical mount having a bore for accommodating an optical element, the bore including: a first ridge located at a first position on the inside circumference of the bore; a second ridge located at a second position on the inside circumference of the bore; and a flexure extending from along the inside circumference of the bore to a point beyond a threaded hole which passes through from the outside circumference of the bore to the inside circumference of the bore; wherein the flexure is actuated by turning a screw in the threaded hole thereby adjusting an amount of force pushing against a point on the flexure by a tip of the screw. |
| US10101558B2 |
Lens driving device
A lens driving device is provided, including a frame, a lens holder, and a dust-proof structure. The frame includes a top casing and a bottom base. The lens holder carries a lens and is movably disposed in the frame and has a first anti-twist structure. A second anti-twist structure corresponding to the first anti-twist structure is formed on a surface of the bottom base. The dust-proof structure is formed on the surface of the bottom base to prevent dust from entering a receiving hole in the bottom base, and the receiving hole is used for receiving an image sensor. |
| US10101557B2 |
Imaging lens module and electronic device
An imaging lens module includes a plastic barrel, an optical lens assembly and a glue material. The plastic barrel includes an outer object-end surface, an outer image-end surface and an inner tube surface. The inner tube surface connects the outer object-end surface and the outer image-end surface, and includes a plurality of parallel inner surfaces. A plurality of stripe structures are disposed on and protruded from at least one of the parallel inner surfaces, wherein the stripe structures are regularly arranged along a circumferential direction of the parallel inner surface. The optical lens assembly includes a plurality of optical elements disposed in the plastic barrel and arranged along the optical axis, wherein an outer annular surface of at least one of the optical elements is disposed correspondingly to the stripe structures. The glue material is applied among the outer annular surface and the stripe structures. |
| US10101556B2 |
Optical lens assembly
An optical lens assembly including at least two lens elements and an adhesive is provided. The lens elements are stacked disposed, and each of the lens elements includes an optical portion allowing imaging rays to pass through and an assembly portion configured to fix the lens. Each of the assembly portions of two adjacent lens elements includes an adhesive surface, and the adhesive surfaces are disposed opposite to each other to form an adhesive gap. The adhesive is distributed in the adhesive gap and adhered to fix the adhesive surfaces disposed opposite to each other. The adhesive surface of one lens element extends outwardly towards a direction away from an optical axis of the lens element to form an adhesive entering tapered surface configured to guide the adhesive into the adhesive gap. |
| US10101554B2 |
Cable clamp and telecommunications enclosure
A telecommunications closure (10) comprising cables (46), a cover (20), an interior frame (30), the frame (30) holding telecommunications equipment (32), and a seal block (40) sealing the cover (20) closed relative to one or more cables (46) which enter the closure (10). The frame (30) defines a plurality of clamp assembly holders (36). A plurality of clamp assemblies (60, 160, 260) are provided, each clamp assembly (60, 160, 260) for holding a cable including a jacket (48), interior optical fibers (52), and at least one interior strength member (50). Each clamp assembly (60, 160, 260) includes a jacket clamp assembly (64, 164, 264) moveable relative to the frame, and including a wrap (68) which mounts around the jacket, and a strength member clamp assembly (80, 180, 280) moveable relative to the frame. The wrap (68) wraps around the jacket (48) and is adjustable for different jacket diameters. The strength member clamp assembly (80, 180, 280) is mountable in a plurality of positions relative to the jacket clamp assembly (64, 164, 264) to account for variations in the relative location of the strength member relative to the jacket clamp assembly. The clamp assembly (60, 160, 260) is moveable relative to the frame (30) wherein the cable (46) is allowed to move to a proper position relative to the seal block (40) so as to reduce the likelihood of a leak by being centrally positioned relative to the cable opening through the seal block. |
| US10101548B2 |
Optical connector assemblies incorporating electrical contacts
Optical connector assemblies for device-to-device optical connections are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical connector assembly includes a housing having a mating surface, an optical coupling body, a first contact pin, and a second contact pin. The optical coupling body includes an optical coupling face such that the optical coupling face is exposed at the mating surface of the housing. The optical connector assembly further includes a plurality of GRIN lenses disposed within the optical coupling body, wherein each GRIN lens has a coupling surface positioned at the optical coupling face of the optical coupling body. The first and second contact pins extend from the mating surface of the housing such that they are positioned on opposite sides of the optical coupling body. Optical connector assemblies incorporating a total-internal-reflection surface are also disclosed. |
| US10101547B2 |
Fixing structure for optical fiber, semiconductor laser module, and fixing method for optical fiber
This fixing structure for an optical fiber comprises a groove provided to a fiber-fixing base along the axial direction of an optical fiber to be fixed. The groove opens upward. The optical fiber is arranged within the groove along the groove. The optical fiber is fixed to the inner surface of the groove using an adhesive. The inner-side surfaces of the groove that face each other serve as fixing surfaces for the optical fiber. In other words, the optical fiber is fixed to the fixing surfaces that are the inner-side surfaces of the groove and that face each other using the adhesive. A space in which the fiber-fixing base and the adhesive are not bonded is formed in the vertical direction of the optical fiber. In other words, a space is provided in a vertical direction that is substantially perpendicular to the fixing direction in which the optical fiber is fixed. |
| US10101544B2 |
Fiber optic connector assemblies with rotatable pivot arm
Fiber optic connector assemblies and subassembly are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fiber optic connector subassembly includes a body and a pivot arm. The body includes a first body shell and a second body shell having a joint portion. The first body shell is coupled to the second body shell. The pivot arm is rotatably coupled to the joint portion. In another embodiment, a fiber optic connector assembly includes a plurality of cable assemblies, a housing, a body, and a pivot arm. Each cable assembly includes a fiber optic cable having a plurality of optical fibers, and a ferrule. The plurality of optical fibers is coupled to the ferrule. The housing receives the ferrules of the plurality of cable assemblies. The body is coupled to the housing. The pivot arm is rotatably coupled to the body. The plurality of optical fibers is disposed within the pivot arm. |
| US10101543B2 |
Indexing terminals for supporting a bidirectional indexing architecture
Aspects of the present disclosure relates to an indexing terminal including a multi-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location, a first single-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location and a second single-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location. The multi-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location includes a plurality of fiber positions with one of the fiber positions optically coupled to the first single fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location. |
| US10101542B2 |
Managed connectivity systems
In managed connectivity systems, media reading interfaces at adapter blocks read information from storage devices attached to plug connectors. Media reading interfaces include one or more contact members. The contact members of certain types of media reading interfaces are held together by a base body to be handled as a unit. Certain types of media reading interfaces have support contacts that increase the beam length of the contact members. Certain types of media reading interfaces rock within the adapter block. |
| US10101539B2 |
Optical fiber adapter with shutter members
An optical fiber adapter according to the present disclosure includes a main body, a first shutter member, a second shutter member, an inner housing, a first elastic member and a second elastic member. The first elastic member includes a first base portion, a first driving portion and a first connecting portion. The first connecting portion connects the first base portion with the first driving portion. The second shutter member includes a second base portion, a second driving portion and a second connecting portion. The second connecting portion connects the second base portion with the second driving portion. The inner housing is positioned within the main body through the first opening. The first shutter member is attached to and is driven to move by the first driving portion. The second shutter member is attached to and is driven to move by the second driving portion. |
| US10101536B2 |
Multichannel optical coupler array
A multichannel optical coupler array comprises a coupler housing structure and longitudinal waveguides. At least one of the longitudinal waveguides is a vanishing core waveguide. Light traveling from a first end to a second end can escape from an inner vanishing core into a corresponding outer core proximally to an intermediate cross section, and can escape from the outer core into a combined waveguide formed by at least two neighboring outer cores proximally to the second end. |
| US10101532B1 |
Silicon-waveguide-based broadband polarization splitter-rotator
A waveguide-based polarization splitter-rotator (PSR) includes a converter with tapered rib-structure configured to convert TM0/TE0 polarization mode of an input light to a TE1/TE0 mode, a splitter coupled to the first plane for splitting the input light evenly to a first wave at a first port and a second wave at a second port. Furthermore, the PSR includes a phase shifter having a first arm coupled to first port and a second arm coupled to the second port. The first arm guides the first wave to a third port with no phase shift while the second arm adds 90 or 270 degrees to the second wave. The PSR also includes a 2×2 MMI coupler for coupling the first wave and the second wave to output a first output light in TE0 mode exclusively from TM0 mode and a second output light in TE0 mode exclusively from TE0 mode. |
| US10101530B2 |
Intersecting splitter, and multicast switch and multicast switch module using same
An intersecting splitter configured so that the branching ratio of each optical splitter differs in accordance with the difference in the number of intersections in each branched waveguide. The branching ratios (totaling 100%) of the optical splitters are adjusted so that the branching ratios on the high side as to the number of intersections is high in comparison with the branching ratios on the low side as to the number of intersections, and it is thereby possible to level the total loss. |
| US10101528B2 |
Optical coupling device with a wide bandwidth and reduced power losses
A photonic integrated circuit includes an optical coupling device situated between two successive interconnection metal levels. The optical coupling device includes a first optical portion that receives an optical signal having a transverse electric component in a fundamental mode and a transverse magnetic component. A second optical portion converts the transverse magnetic component of the optical signal into a converted transverse electric component in a higher order mode. A third optical portion separates the transverse electric component from the converted transverse electric component and switches the higher order mode to the fundamental mode. A fourth optical portion transmits the transverse electric component to one waveguide and transmits the converted transverse electric component to another waveguide. |
| US10101526B2 |
Multicore fiber
A multicore fiber communicates using light up to an xth-order LP mode (where x is an integer of 1 or more) in a communication band. The multicore fiber includes: a plurality of cores; a clad that surrounds the plurality of cores and has a refractive index lower than refractive indexes of the plurality of cores; and a cover layer that covers the clad and has a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the clad. Each of the plurality of cores propagates light up to an (x+1)th-order LP mode. A core pitch is set to a distance where crosstalk of the light up to the xth-order LP mode becomes less than or equal to −40 dB/km and crosstalk of light of the (x+1)th-order LP mode becomes greater than or equal to −30 dB/km. |
| US10101524B2 |
Display apparatus
According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a display panel; a backlight device disposed on a back surface side of the display panel; an adhesive member bonding the display panel to the backlight device; and a housing covering a back surface side of the backlight device. The housing includes a bottom portion and a wall portion rising from a periphery of the bottom portion toward the display panel side. The adhesive member is disposed between the display panel and the wall portion. |
| US10101523B1 |
Light guide heat dissipation module and electronic device
A light guide heat dissipation module includes a first heat dissipation member, a second heat dissipation member, a light guide member, and a light source assembly. The first heat dissipation member includes an opening. The second heat dissipation member is thermally coupled to the first heat dissipation member. The light guide member is disposed between the first heat dissipation member and the second heat dissipation member. The opening of the first heat dissipation member exposes a portion of the light guide member. The light guide member includes a light incident surface. The light source assembly includes a light source and a pad electrically connected to the light source. The light source is disposed beside the light incident surface of the light guide member. The pad is disposed on a bottom surface of the second heat dissipation member away from the first heat dissipation member. An electronic device including the light guide heat dissipation module is further provided. |
| US10101519B2 |
Lighting assembly for display illumination
A lighting assembly for a vehicle instrument panel includes a light guide supported within a light housing proximate to a light source. The light guide includes a top surface with a plurality of prisms for efficiently transmitting light toward a display and operator. The light guide may be coupled to a diffuser with a plurality of serrations that include a light reflecting surface for directing light from the light guide in a direction toward an operator. |
| US10101518B2 |
Integrated back light unit
A light emitting device includes a support having an interstice and at least one LED located in the interstice and at least one of a waveguide or an optical launch having a transparent material encapsulating the at least one LED located in the interstice. |
| US10101516B2 |
Optical compensation plate
An optical compensation plate comprises a substrate, a phase difference compensation layer, and an antireflection layer. The substrate is for example a glass substrate. The phase difference compensation layer is formed by oblique vapor deposition of an inorganic material on a surface of the substrate, and has a microstructure where columnar structures stand with inclination in relation to the surface of the substrate. The antireflection layer is provided on the upper side of the phase difference compensation layer, and has an uneven structure equally formed on one surface. |
| US10101514B2 |
Laminate, stretched laminate, manufacturing method of stretched laminate, manufacturing method of optical film laminate having polarizing film using the same, and polarizing film
Provided is a laminate comprising a thermoplastic resin substrate and a polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate, being used to form a polarizing film of the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer treated with a post-process comprising at least a dyeing step of dyeing the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer with a dichroic material, the post-process being performed after the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate is stretched together with the thermoplastic resin substrate, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer comprises a polyvinyl alcohol based resin and a halide. |
| US10101513B2 |
Method for manufacturing thin polarizer, thin polarizer manufactured using same, and polarizing plate
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin polarizer, the method comprising the steps of: forming an auxiliary support on both ends in the transverse direction (TD) of an unstretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film; and wet-stretching the polyvinyl alcohol-based film, which has the auxiliary support formed thereon, in the machine direction (MD) of the polyvinyl alcohol-based film, in such that the thickness of the polyvinyl alcohol-based film is 10 μm or less. |
| US10101507B2 |
Mirror device
A mirror device includes at least one electrically conductive shielding element, which forms a mechanism for producing an electric field in a region adjacent to at least one side surface and/or a rear side of a mirror body. |
| US10101506B2 |
Display assembly with diffusing member for appearance matching
A display unit includes a display region and a border region. The display region is configured to include a dark state. A diffusing member is positioned adjacent to the border region such that the diffusing member is coextensive with the border region. A first electromagnetic ray bundle incident on the display region in the dark state produces a first bidirectional reflection distribution function. A second electromagnetic ray bundle incident on the border region produces a second bidirectional reflection distribution function. The diffusing member is configured such that the first bidirectional reflection distribution function is substantially identical to the second bidirectional reflection distribution function. The diffusing member may include a base layer and a surface hologram recorded onto the base layer. The surface hologram is configured to encode a spatial pattern in at least one of the opacity, density, and surface height of the base layer. |
| US10101505B2 |
Device and method for generating vortex beam generation
A vortex beam device includes: a metal reflector, a low refractive index layer, and multiple elliptical dielectric elements. The low refractive index layer located on the metal reflector. The multiple elliptical dielectric elements are embedded in the low refractive index layer and arranged in an array, major axes of the multiple elliptical dielectric elements are parallel or coincident. The multiple elliptical dielectric elements have a same thickness. A thickness of the low refractive index layer is greater than a thickness of the elliptical dielectric element. An outer surface of each elliptical dielectric element is flush with an outer surface of the low refractive index layer. A refractive index of the low refractive index layer is less than a refractive index of the elliptical dielectric element. |
| US10101504B2 |
Optical element and display device
An optical element includes a substrate and a resin and satisfies the following formula, RTmax/RTmin≤9/5, wherein RTmin represents the resin thickness at the thinnest regions of a major patterned component that is made of the resin, and RTmax represents the resin thickness at the thickest regions of the major patterned component which is made of the resin. |
| US10101503B2 |
Anti-reflective coated glass article
A coated glass article includes a glass substrate and a coating formed over the glass substrate. The coating includes a first inorganic metal oxide layer deposited over a major surface of the glass substrate. The first inorganic metal oxide layer has a refractive index of 1.8 or more. The coating also includes a second inorganic metal oxide layer deposited over the first inorganic metal oxide layer. The second inorganic metal oxide layer has a refractive index of 1.6 or less. The coated glass article exhibits a total visible light reflectance of 6.5% or less. |
| US10101500B2 |
Composition for manufacturing contact lenses and method for manufacturing contact lenses by using the same
A composition is provided for manufacturing contact lenses including a siloxane macromer represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently C1-C4 alkyl groups, R4 is C1-C6 alkyl group, R5 is a residue obtained by removing NCO group from an aliphatic or aromatic diisocyanate, R6 and R7 are independently alkylene groups, and n is an integer of about 4-80, m is an integer of about 3-40; a crosslinking agent or a siloxane macromer represented by the following formula (II), wherein p is an integer of 4-80 and q is an integer of 3-40: and an initiator. |
| US10101498B2 |
Well survivability in multidimensional geomechanical space
A method can include receiving well path data and geomechanical simulation data; rotating at least a portion of the geomechanical simulation data from geomechanical simulation coordinates to well coordinates associated with the well path data; determining at least one of an axial strain proxy and a shear strain proxy based at least in part on the rotating; and analyzing at least the one of the axial strain proxy and the shear strain proxy. |
| US10101497B2 |
Method for determining a karstic region
The present invention relates to a method for determining a karstic region modified by karstification phenomena. This method comprises, from a geological model, determining a seed cell and a target cell in that model. If a distance between the seed cell and the target cell is above a given distance, it is possible to update the seed cell with a bifurcation cell based at least on the coordinates of the seed cell, the coordinates of the target cell, a distance distribution, an angular distribution, and to re-iterate the test. Based on that bifurcation cells, trajectory is computed and cells of that trajectory is updated with new cell characteristics. |
| US10101484B2 |
Assessing risks of compartmentalization
Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for assessing risks of compartmentalization. In one implementation, the method may include receiving seismic data for a formation of interest; identifying areas in the formation having a dip angle greater than about 30 degrees; performing a plurality of downhole fluid analysis (DFA) within a wellbore around the formation having the dip angle greater than about 30 degrees to identify areas experiencing mass density inversion; and determining the areas experiencing mass density inversion by DFA as having one or more risks of compartmentalization. |
| US10101483B2 |
Vibration control for a cement evaluation tool
Systems and methods for evaluating a cement installation are provided. In one example, the cement may be evaluated using a casing arrival measurement sensor that measures casing arrival signals resulting from firing a signal from a cement bond logging acoustic source. External signals (e.g., signals other than the casing arrival signals) may be attenuated by firing an attenuation firing signal. |
| US10101482B2 |
Method for steering a towed acoustic linear antenna
A method and apparatus are provided for steering a first acoustic linear antenna belonging to a plurality of acoustic linear antennas towed by a vessel. A plurality of navigation control devices are arranged along the plurality of linear antennas in order to act at least laterally on the position of the linear antennas. At least one of the navigation control devices arranged along the first acoustic linear antenna performs steps of: obtaining a local measurement of a feather angle or of a parameter linked to the feather angle, the local measurement being associated with the at least one of the navigation control devices arranged along the first acoustic linear antenna; computing a lateral force, as a function of the obtained local measurement; and applying the computed lateral force. |
| US10101479B2 |
Marine deterministic notch compensation
A method of performing notch compensation and a system to perform notch compensation for a first seismic streamer are described. The method includes disposing the first seismic streamer at a first depth, where the seismic streamer includes a first set of sensors to receive reflections resulting from a seismic source, the reflections indicating a notch at a frequency. The method also includes disposing a second seismic streamer at a second depth, the second depth being less than the first depth and the second seismic streamer including a second set of sensors to receive reflections resulting from the seismic source. The method further includes processing the reflections received by the first set of sensors and the second set of sensors together to derive the match filter, and applying the match filter to the reflections received by the first set of sensors of the first seismic streamer to compensate for the notch. |
| US10101478B2 |
Flexible printed circuits in marine geophysical streamers
Disclosed are flexible printed circuits incorporated into marine geophysical streamers. An embodiment discloses a streamer for geophysical surveying comprising: a jacket; geophysical sensors; and a flexible printed circuit assembly disposed inside the jacket and coupled to the geophysical sensors, wherein the flexible printed circuit assembly comprises sensor signal conductors that communicatively couple the flexible printed circuit assembly to two or more of the geophysical sensors. |
| US10101474B2 |
Pixel based dead time correction
A positron emission tomography (PET) apparatus and method employs a plurality of radiation detectors (20) disposed around an imaging region (16) and configured to detect 511 keV radiation events emanating from the imaging region. A calibration phantom is disposed in the imaging region. One or more processors are configured to: acquire and store listmode data of the phantom; measure a random rate for each line of response (LOR) from the listmode data using a coincident 511 keV events detector (34) with a time offset (54); determine a singles rate for each detector pixel from the random event rate, for example via a histogram plotting singles rate for each detector pixel; compute a live time factor of each LOR; compute a dead time correction factor as the reciprocal of the live time factor; and correct images according to the dead time correction factor. |
| US10101473B2 |
Semiconductor detector
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor detector. The semiconductor detector comprises: a detector crystal including a crystal body, an anode and a cathode; a field enhance electrode for applying a voltage to the detector crystal; an insulating material disposed between the field enhanced electrode and a surface of the detector crystal. The semiconductor detector further comprises a field enhanced electrode circuit board having a bottom connection layer in contact with the surface of the detector crystal and a top layer opposite to the bottom connection layer, wherein the top layer is connected to a high voltage input terminal of the semiconductor detector, and an insulating material is provided between the bottom connection layer and the detector surface of the detector crystal. |
| US10101469B2 |
Radiation image acquisition device
A radiation image acquisition device includes: a radiation source which emits radiation; a wavelength conversion member which generates scintillation light according to incidence of the radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted by an object; first imaging means which condenses and images the scintillation light emitted from an entrance surface for the radiation in the wavelength conversion member; and second imaging means which condenses and images the scintillation light emitted from a surface opposite to the entrance surface in the wavelength conversion member, wherein one of the first imaging means and the second imaging means condenses the scintillation light emitted from the entrance surface or the opposite surface in a direction of a normal thereto, and wherein the other condenses the scintillation light emitted from the entrance surface or the opposite surface in a direction inclined with respect to a direction of a normal thereto. |
| US10101464B2 |
Geospatial positioning using correction information provided over cellular control channels
Disclosed is a method of calculating a geospatial position by a mobile device by monitoring with the mobile device a first control channel from a first cell of a cellular communications system; monitoring with the mobile device a second control channel from a second cell of the cellular communications system at the same time as the first cellular control channel; receiving with the mobile device a first correction value sent over the first control channel; receiving with the mobile device a second correction value sent over the second control channel; receiving with the mobile device a signal from a global navigation satellite system; calculating with the mobile device the geospatial position based upon the signal from the global navigation satellite system and at least one of the first correction value and the second correction value. |
| US10101461B2 |
Radio frequency circuit structure for implementing function of converting GNSS satellite signal into baseband signal
The present invention relates to a radio frequency circuit structure for implementing a function of converting a satellite signal of a global navigation satellite system into a baseband signal. The radio frequency circuit structure comprises a channel dividing function module, a plurality of frequency converting function modules, a plurality of local oscillator signal modules, and a plurality of analog-to-digital convertor modules. The channel dividing function module is used for dividing a satellite signal of the global navigation satellite system received by an antenna into satellite signals in a plurality of channels. Each of the frequency converting function modules is used for performing frequency conversion on the satellite signals in the corresponding channels to form near zero-frequency signals. Each of the local oscillator signal module is used for generating a local oscillator signal and outputting the local oscillator signal to the frequency converting function module. By using the radio frequency circuit structure for implementing a function of converting a satellite signal of a global navigation satellite system into a baseband signal, frequency conversion and follow-up signal processing can be performed on the satellite signals in each frequency band separately, the signal quality insured, a sufficient signal to noise ratio is provided for a baseband processing circuit, thereby providing a wider application range. |
| US10101460B2 |
Pet locating device
A pet-locating device adapted for embedding under the skin of an animal that includes: a micro global positioning transmitter; a rechargeable battery, where the rechargeable battery supplies power to the global positioning transmitter; a voltage regulator, where the voltage regulator controls the power supply to the global positioning transmitter; and a power generator, where the power generator charges the rechargeable battery. The power generator uses mechanical motion as the mechanism to generate power. |
| US10101457B1 |
Mirror tilt actuator
In some embodiments, a depth map acquisition system, includes a housing, a light source for emitting light to illuminate objects in a scene subject to depth mapping, fixedly mounted to the housing, a mirror tilt actuator, fixedly mounted to the housing, for tilting a mirror fixedly mounted to the mirror tilt actuator, a mirror fixedly mounted to the mirror tilt actuator, for reflecting light from the light source to the objects, and a partially transparent photosensitive detector in the direct path of the light from the mirror to the objects. |
| US10101456B2 |
Method and device for measuring the speed of an aircraft by Doppler
The invention relates to the measurement of the speed of an aircraft by Doppler laser anemometry, the aircraft being equipped with a LiDAR using coherent detection. According to the invention, the measurement method comprises the following steps: emission by the lidar of a laser beam, reception by the lidar of a signal backscattered by particles present in the path of the beam emitted and generation of the corresponding heterodyne signal, processing of the heterodyne signal by the processor unit which comprises the following sub-steps: time-frequency analysis of the heterodyne signal, estimation of the speed of the aircraft based on the time-frequency analysis, wherein the step for processing the heterodyne signal comprises a statistical test sub-step with: estimation of a statistical function from the TFR of the heterodyne signal, estimation of a reference statistical function from the TFR of the noise associated with the heterodyne signal, calculation of a difference between the statistical function from the TFR of the heterodyne signal and the reference statistical function from the TFR of the noise. |
| US10101455B1 |
Apparatus utilizing electro-optical/infrared threat warning, proactive and reactive countermeasures
An apparatus for combining electro-optical infrared threat warning, and proactive and reactive countermeasures includes a laser which generates a laser beam. A tracking module is included in the apparatus which scans a field of regard with the laser beam and collects threat signals generated from objects of interest. A passive warning module observes the threat signals in the field of regard and generates passive warning operational signals. A proactive module also observes the threat signals in the field of regard with the laser beam and generates proactive operational signals. A reactive module directs the laser beam at the objects of interest in said field of regard, and generates reactive operational signals. The modules exchange the operational signals therebetween and with the laser and the tracking module to at least monitor the objects of interest. |
| US10101453B2 |
Time of flight apparatuses and an illumination source
An apparatus includes a detector circuit configured to receive a modulated electromagnetic wave signal from an illumination source and to provide a detection signal having a frequency dependent on a modulation frequency of the modulated electromagnetic wave signal. The apparatus further includes a reference circuit configured to generate a reference signal based on the detection signal. The apparatus further includes a sensor circuit configured to generate based on the reference signal a sensor signal based on reflected modulated electromagnetic waves emitted by the illumination source and reflected by an object. The apparatus further includes a processing circuit configured to determine distance information related to the object based on the sensor signal. |
| US10101452B2 |
Distance measuring device
In a distance measuring device, a pixel G includes sub pixels Po and Pe in a row direction. Floating diffusion parts Fd1 to Fd4 detect charge quantities relating to reflected modulated light Lb in four terms which are delayed in start by every ¼ of a period of emitted modulated light La in order. A binning group Gv is configured by an array part that the two sub pixels Po and the two sub pixels Pe are adjacent to each other in a row direction. |
| US10101448B2 |
On-board radar apparatus and region detection method
An on-board radar apparatus includes a transmitter/receiver that transmits a radar signal to a detection range for every frame and receives one or more reflected signals which are the radar signal reflected by one or more objects; a detector that detects, for every frame in each direction within the detection range, a position of a reflection point closest to the on-board radar apparatus as a boundary candidate position, which serves as a boundary with a region where no object exists within the detection range, among one or more reflection points detected on the basis of the one or more reflected signals; a calculator that calculates movement amount concerning an amount of movement of the on-board radar apparatus; an estimator that generates, for every frame in each direction within the detection range, an estimated boundary position by converting the boundary candidate position detected in a past frame into a boundary position in a current frame on the basis of the movement amount; and a smoother that performs, for every frame in each direction within the detection range, smoothing processing by using the boundary candidate position in the current frame and the estimated boundary position to calculate a boundary position with the region where no object exists within the detection range and outputs the calculated the boundary position to a driving support apparatus. |
| US10101447B2 |
Shared aviation antenna
An Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) avionics device for use in an aircraft with a transponder and an antenna comprises a first port, a second port, a transmitter, a switch, and a processing element. The first port may electrically couple to the transponder, and the second port may electrically couple to the antenna. The transmitter generates data to be transmitted over the antenna. The switch includes a first mode in which the transponder is electrically coupled to the antenna and a second mode in which the transmitter is electrically coupled to the antenna. The processing element is programmed to switch the switch from the first mode to the second mode, instruct the transmitter to transmit an ADS-B Out data packet to the second port, and switch the switch from the second mode to the first mode after the packet is transmitted. |
| US10101445B2 |
Power centroid radar
A system for signal processing is provided that obviates the use of prior-knowledge, such as synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, in time compressed signal processing (i.e. it can be knowledge unaided). The knowledge-unaided power centroid (PCKU) is found by evaluating a covariance matrix RSCM for its moments mi. Because RSCM uses a sample signal, rather than SAR data, the power centroid PCKU may be found without needing SAR data. |
| US10101443B1 |
Airframe-embedded ultrasonic transducers
Aerial vehicles may be outfitted with one or more ultrasonic anemometers, each having ultrasonic transducers embedded into external surfaces. The transducers may be aligned and configured to transmit acoustic signals to one another, and receive acoustic signals from one another, along one or more paths or axes. Elapsed times of signals transmitted and received by pairs of transducers may be used to determine air speeds along the paths or axes. Where two or more pairs of transducers are provided, a net vector may be derived based on air speeds determined along the paths or axes between the pairs of the transducers, and used to generate control signals for maintaining the aerial vehicle on a desired course, at a desired speed or altitude, or in a desired orientation. The transducers may be dedicated for use in an anemometer, or may serve multiple purposes, and may be reoriented or reconfigured as necessary. |
| US10101442B2 |
Distance measuring apparatus and method for calibration
A distance measuring apparatus includes: a light-transmitting unit that transmits signal light from a light source toward a target object; a light-receiving unit that has a light-receiving element and receives the signal light from the target object on an optical axis different from that of the light-transmitting unit; a distance measuring unit that measures a distance to the target object based on propagation time from light transmission to light reception of the signal light; and a compensating unit that, while either optical path of an optical path from the light-transmitting unit to the light-receiving unit or an optical path from the target object to the light-receiving element is fixed, compensates an optical path of the signal light by displacing the other optical path at the light-transmitting unit or the light-receiving unit. |
| US10101433B2 |
Methods for locating a vehicle key fob
A system and method of locating a key fob with respect to a vehicle includes: detecting short-range wireless signals communicated between the key fob and a plurality of nodes at the vehicle using an IEEE 802.11 protocol; calculating the distance of the key fob relative to each of the nodes attached to the vehicle based on the detected short-range wireless signal; and determining the location of the key fob based on the distance of the key fob relative to each of the nodes. |
| US10101431B2 |
Systems and methods for pursuit governance in a monitoring system
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and method for supporting enhanced target pursuit. As an example, a system is disclosed that includes a monitoring device including: a location determination circuit and a controller circuit. The location determination circuit is operable to identify a location of the monitoring device. The controller circuit is operable to: receive a request to modify a schedule of location updates from a standard mode schedule to a pursuit mode schedule, where the standard mode schedule calls for updating the location of the monitoring device at a lower rate than the pursuit mode schedule; and cause an increase in the rate of updating and reporting the location in accordance with the request to modify. |
| US10101430B2 |
Closed loop tracking system using signal beam
The invention is a system and method for heliostat mirror control. Here, each heliostat mirror generates a low intensity “signal beam”, directed at an angle off from the heliostat mirror's high intensity and sensor blinding “main beam” of reflected solar energy. The low intensity signal beams may be created by reflecting a small portion of the incident solar light at an angle from the main beam, by reflected artificial light, or from lasers shinning onto mirrors from known locations. The signal beams are detected by optical sensors mounted way from the main heliostat receiver focus, and can be used in a closed loop control system to efficiently ensure that individual heliostat mirrors in a heliostat array accurately track sunlight and direct the sunlight to a central receiver. Because heliostat mirrors need not be taken “off sun” for positioning, the system allows heliostat arrays to be run at high efficiency. |
| US10101426B2 |
Generation and display of plural MR images having different cross-sectional directions with fixed common observation direction
In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes: a gantry including at least an RF (Radio Frequency) coil and a gradient coil, wherein the RF coil receives MR (Magnetic Resonance) signals from an object when an RF signal from the RF coil and a gradient magnetic field from the gradient coil are applied to the object in a main scan; processing circuitry configured to reconstruct image data of a plurality of images of the object based on the MR signals, and generate display image data from the reconstructed image data, wherein the display image data is generated such that display images are observed from a unified observational direction, regardless of a case where cross-sectional directions vary; and a display configured to display the display images observed from the unified observational direction based on the display image data. |
| US10101423B2 |
Creation of nearly-equivalent nuclear spin singlet states using spin-lock induced crossing
Methods and systems for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectra of samples having unresolved peaks are described. The methods and systems allow for the creation nuclear spin singlet states in nearly-equivalent spin pairs, for example, using continuous spin-locking with a nutation frequency matched to the coupling strength between spins. The invention relates generally to the field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy can be used as a tool for determining the chemical structure and/or geometry of a molecule in a sample. In many samples, however, resonance frequencies of different nuclei fully or partially overlap, which makes chemical identification of molecule(s) in a sample difficult or impossible. |
| US10101420B2 |
Cryostat arrangement with a vacuum container and an object to be cooled, with evacuable cavity
A cryostat arrangement (1), with a vacuum container (2) and an object (4) to be cooled, is provided, wherein the object (4) to be cooled is arranged inside the vacuum container (2) comprising a neck tube (8) leading to the object (4) to be cooled. A closed cavity (9) is formed around the cooling arm (10) of a cold head (11), wherein the cavity (9) in normal operation is filled at least partly with a first cryogenic fluid (34), and wherein a first thermal coupling component (15) is provided for the thermal coupling of the first cryogenic fluid (34) in the cavity (9) to the object (4) to be cooled. The cryostat arrangement (1) further comprises a pump device (14), to which the cavity (9) is connected, and with which the cavity (9) is configured to be evacuated upon failure of the cooling function of the cold head (11). Various cryostat configurations are provided. |
| US10101419B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and local coil assembly and local coil thereof
A local coil assembly for an MRI apparatus includes an RF channel setting unit, a basic coil having a first slot, and a first additional coil connected to the first slot. Each of the basic coil and the first additional coil includes one or more receiving channels. The RF channel setting unit is configured for setting a receiving channel of the basic coil and a receiving channel of the first additional coil. The basic coil is configured for receiving an RF signal according to a receiving channel set by the RF channel setting unit. The first additional coil is configured for receiving an RF signal according to a receiving channel set by the RF receiving channel setting unit. The present teachings are compatible with multiple coils, and support the combined use of multiple coils. |
| US10101414B2 |
Thin film resistive device for use in an integrated circuit, an integrated circuit including a thin film resistive device
Thin film resistive sensors typically include a number of resistive components. These components should be well matched in order for the sensor to provide accurate readings. When a sensor is incorporated within an integrated circuit, the resistive components may be formed over, or under, metallic traces that form part of other components. As a result, the thin film resistive components are subjected to different levels of stress. This disclosure provides a structure that is arranged to mitigate the effects of stress. |
| US10101413B2 |
Magnetic field detection device
A magnetic field detection device includes: a first magnetic field generating part, including a first magnetic field generating conductor; a first magnetic field detection part, including a first magnetic field detection element and a first differential operation part, wherein a first output of the first magnetic field detection element corresponding to the environment magnetic field is inputted into the first differential operation part, and a first feedback current flows into the first magnetic field generating conductor, and thus the first magnetic field generating part provides the first magnetic field detection element with a first feedback current magnetic field, with a direction opposite to the environment magnetic field; a second magnetic field generating part, including a second magnetic field generating conductor, in which a second current corresponding to the first feedback current flows; and a second magnetic field detection part, including a second magnetic field detection element. |
| US10101410B2 |
Methods and apparatus for sensor having fault trip level setting
Methods and apparatus for a sensor having non-ratiometric fault trip level setting. In embodiments, a sensor has a sensing element with a fixed gain. A signal processing module receives the fault trip level setting and maintains the fault trip level setting constant during changes in the supply voltage. |
| US10101407B2 |
Method and system for diagnosing battery system problems
A method and system for diagnosing battery system problems in a vehicle, where the method distinguishes between problems of various battery system components. More particularly, battery connection problems such as loose connections, corroded battery terminals, etc., may be distinguished from battery system problems as a whole. Load related readings that generally reflect the performance of the battery system during a cranking event and one or more non-load related readings may be gathered and used to determine whether there is a battery system problem and whether there is a battery specific problem. If load related readings and/or non-load related readings fail to indicate a battery specific problem, a battery connection problem may be diagnosed. |
| US10101401B2 |
Energy storage device management apparatus, energy storage device management method, energy storage device module, energy storage device management program, and movable body
An energy storage device management method for deciding an SOC estimated value includes: preparing first and second SOC estimation methods for estimating an SOC; and employing a predetermined value as the SOC estimated value when a first SOC region and a second SOC region are different. V-SOC correlation between a voltage and the state of charge of the energy storage device is sectioned into a plurality of SOC regions. The first SOC region is the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the first SOC estimation method belongs to, and the second SOC region is the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the second SOC estimation method belongs to. The predetermined value is set to a value close to a boundary value on a side close to the first SOC region of boundary values sectioning the second SOC region, or a value between the boundary value and an intermediate value of the second SOC region. |
| US10101397B2 |
Electric vehicle charge-related information processing and display
A system includes a vehicle network integrated in an electric vehicle and a display device disposed in the electric vehicle. The display device is communicatively coupled to the vehicle network. The system also includes a computer processor communicatively coupled to the vehicle network and logic executable by the computer processor. The logic is configured to implement a method. The method includes monitoring, over the vehicle network, components relating to a charging function of the electric vehicle and determining from data resulting from the monitoring factors affecting the charging function. The method also includes processing the data to determine an impact of the factors and displaying results of the processing on the display device. |
| US10101396B2 |
Detection of current sensor malfunction
A machine control system and a method of detecting a current sensor malfunction include obtaining a first current signal from a first current sensor corresponding with a first phase of a multi-phase machine, obtaining a second current signal from a second current sensor corresponding with a second phase of the multi-phase machine, and obtaining a position signal indicating an angular position of a rotor of the multi-phase machine corresponding with values of the first current signal and the second current signal. A determination is made of whether the current sensor malfunction occurred in the first current sensor or the second current sensor based only on the values of the first current signal and the second current signal at four of the angular positions of the rotor. |
| US10101394B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining the aging of an electronic interrupter element, in particular of a power contactor
The disclosure relates to a method for determining the aging of an electronic interrupter element which is configured to open and close a power circuit. The method according to the disclosure comprises the following steps: a) initializing an aging counter NWear, b) determining the amount I of a current which flows through the electronic interrupter element upon opening the power circuit, c) determining a current-dependent aging value Nwear (I) from the amount I of the current, d) refreshing the aging counter NWear using the current-dependent aging value Nwear (I). The disclosure further relates to a computer program and to an apparatus for determining the aging of an electronic interrupter element and to a battery management system which are in particular configured to carry out the method. |
| US10101392B2 |
Scan test multiplexing
System and method for performing scan test on multiple IC devices by site-multiplexing. Multiple test sites of an ATE are coupled to multiple DUTs through a multiplexer. A scan test includes a scan-in/out phase and consecutive launch/capture cycles. Each site performs scan in/out in parallel on the corresponding DUT. In each launch/capture cycle, a respective site drives/captures data from a DUT while the remaining sites are inactive. The multiplexer allows the active site to borrow test channels assigned to other test sites such that all the test data of a DUT can be driven/captured in the launch capture cycle despite the test channel limitation of the active test site. As the tester channels receive interleaved data of the multiple sites, each strobe edge of a receive channel is assigned to a particular test site and used to quickly identify a failure site without post-processing test data. |
| US10101391B2 |
Adapter circuitry with link and system interfaces to core circuitry
A system and method for sharing a communications link between multiple protocols is described. A system includes a communications interface configured to exchange information with other systems using at least one of a plurality of protocols; a protocol select register that stores a value that selects a protocol from among the plurality of protocols to become an active protocol; and a state machine accessible to the communications interface, the state machine used to control the exchange of information through the communications interface according to the active protocol. The active protocol is used by the communications interface to exchange information while the remaining protocols of the plurality of protocols remain inactive. The state machine sequences through a series of states that cause the communications interface to operate according to the active protocol, and that are designated as inert sequences under the remaining protocols. |
| US10101390B2 |
Boundary scan test system
A testing system including a plurality of ports, at least one controller, and a programmable memory. The plurality of ports may be adapted to implement an IEEE 1149.x standard interface. The at least one controller may be in electronic communication with at least one of the plurality of ports. The programmable memory may be in electrical communication with the at least one controller and adapted to store at least one clock forming variable. The at least one controller may be adapted to form an IEEE 1149.x clock signal for at least one of the plurality of ports based on the at least one clock forming variable. The at least one controller controls the IEEE 1149.x clock signal for at least one of the plurality of ports independently of the IEEE 1149.x clock signal for any other of the plurality of ports. |
| US10101389B2 |
Power configuration verification of power-management system
A method for verifying a power-management system including a controller and a plurality of power devices, wherein the controller receives a plurality of input signals to generate a plurality of control signals to control the power devices, includes: determining each of the power devices operating in a corresponding mode when the power-management operates under a power configuration; determining a target combination of the control signals when each of the power devices operates in the corresponding mode; patternlessly verifying a behavior of the controller with an input combination of the input signals for the power-management system operating under the power configuration to generate a calculated result of the control signals; comparing the calculated result to the target combination; and determining that the input combination is valid when the calculated result is equal to the target combination. |
| US10101387B1 |
Sharing a JTAG interface among multiple partitions
An integrated circuit device includes a first partition and a second partition. The integrated circuit device also includes a Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) system that controls at least a portion of the integrated circuit device via multiple logic signals. The JTAG system includes a JTAG interface receives the multiple logic signals. The JTAG system also includes a JTAG hub instantiated in the first partition and being communicatively coupled to the JTAG interface. The JTAG system further includes JTAG-based logic instantiated in the second partition. The integrated circuit device further includes an interface instantiated in the first partition configured to communicatively couple the JTAG hub to the JTAG-based logic. |
| US10101384B2 |
Signal converter circuit and method for evaluating a sensor signal of a safety-oriented device
A signal converter circuit includes a sensor connection, two comparator circuits, each having a signal input for an electric connection to the sensor connection, a reference input for an electric connection to a respectively assigned reference signal source and a signal output for a provision of an output signal, with a feedback line being formed between the respective signal output and the respective reference input, and further including two reference signal sources, each of the comparator circuits being configured for comparing a signal level at the signal input to a signal level at the reference input and for outputting a digital output signal as a function of a comparison result between the signal levels, wherein the two reference signal inputs are connected to one another via a coupling line being configured to transmit a presettable fraction of the respective signal level present at one reference input to the other reference input. |
| US10101383B2 |
Semiconductor device inspection device and semiconductor device inspection method
A semiconductor device inspection system includes a laser light source for generating light to be irradiated a semiconductor device, an optical sensor for detecting the light reflected by the semiconductor device and outputting the detection signal, a tester unit for applying a operating signal to the semiconductor device, an electricity measurement unit to which the detection signal is input, an electricity measurement unit to which the detection signal and the operating signal are selectively input, and a switching unit having a detection signal terminal and a operating signal terminal. The switching unit inputs the detection signal to the electricity measurement unit by connecting a connection section to the detection signal terminal and inputs the operating signal by connecting the connection section to the operating signal terminal. |
| US10101379B2 |
Sensor self-diagnostics using multiple signal paths
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for sensor self-diagnostics using multiple signal paths. In an embodiment, the sensors are magnetic field sensors, and the systems and/or methods are configured to meet or exceed relevant safety or other industry standards, such as SIL standards. For example, a monolithic integrated circuit sensor system implemented on a single semiconductor ship can include a first sensor device having a first signal path for a first sensor signal on a semiconductor chip; and a second sensor device having a second signal path for a second sensor signal on the semiconductor chip, the second signal path distinct from the first signal path, wherein a comparison of the first signal path signal and the second signal path signal provides a sensor system self-test. |
| US10101372B2 |
Method and device for analyzing positions
The method and device for analyzing position are disclosed. By analyzing sensing information with at least one zero-crossing, each position can be analyzed. The number of analyzed positions may be different from the number of zero-crossings. When the number of analyzed positions is different from the number of zero-crossing, the number of analyzed positions is more than one. |
| US10101371B2 |
Synchronous detection circuit and method for extracting magnitude and phase from a waveform
Embodiments of synchronous detection circuits and methods are provided for extracting magnitude and phase information from a waveform. One embodiment of a synchronous detection circuit includes a driver circuit, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a controller. The driver circuit is configured to supply an input waveform at an input frequency to a load. The ADC is coupled to receive an output waveform from the load, and configured for generating four digital samples, each spaced 90° apart, for every period of the output waveform. The controller is configured for setting an oversampling rate (OSR) of the ADC, so that the ADC generates an integer number, M, of sub-samples for each digital sample generated by the ADC, where the integer number, M, of sub-samples is inversely proportional to the input frequency of the input waveform. The controller is further configured to use the digital samples generated by the ADC to extract magnitude and phase information from the output waveform. |
| US10101367B2 |
Microelectronic test device including a probe card having an interposer
A microelectronic test device comprising an organic substrate, a probe holder, and an interposer disposed between the organic substrate and the probe holder, wherein the interposer has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is less than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the organic substrate. The interposer may effectively decouple the organic substrate from probes in the probe holder, which may substantially reduce or eliminate probe misalignment due to the coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch between the organic substrate and other components of the microelectronic test device and to provide require stiffness to the organic substrate. |
| US10101363B2 |
Coaxial connector locking bracket
A coaxial connector locking bracket supports a connection between a coaxial connector and a corresponding mating connector. The locking bracket includes a locking member at one end configured to engage a coupling nut of the coaxial connector and an attachment at an opposite end configured to fix a location of the locking bracket relative to the coaxial connector. The fixed location of the locking bracket is to prevent the coupling nut from rotating about an axis of the coaxial connector. The locking bracket further includes a body connected between the locking member and the attachment. |
| US10101362B2 |
Probe module with high stability
A probe module, which is provided between a tester and a DUT for transmitting electrical signals therebetween, includes a signal transmitting member, a plurality of probes, a positioning member, and a signal connector. The signal transmitting member has a circuit and two grounding. The probes are electrical connected to the circuit and the groundings of the signal transmitting member. The positioning member is made of an insulating material, and provided on the probes. The signal connector is adapted to be electrically connected to the tester, wherein the signal connector has a signal transmission portion and a grounding portion; the signal transmission portion is electrically connected to the circuit of the signal transmitting member, and the grounding portion is electrically connected to the at least one grounding of the signal transmitting member. |
| US10101361B2 |
Method for testing semiconductor devices
A method of testing semiconductor devices includes placing a plurality of semiconductor devices in a carrier assembly and performing at least one testing operation on the plurality of semiconductor devices while they remain inside the carrier assembly. |
| US10101358B2 |
Trimming circuit for a sensor and trimming method
An on-board trimming circuit suitable for trimming an accelerometer provides offset trim and gain trim modules for determining correct trim codes for subsequent programming into the trimming circuit. The correct trim codes may be determined by comparing sensor outputs which have been adjusted by successive trim codes, with a reference voltage in a comparator until the comparator toggles or by using a successive approximation technique. The reference voltage is supplied form a tap of a feedback resistance divider circuit which forms a part of an on-board voltage reference generator which may be used to provide a full scale reference for an analog to digital converter which converts a sensor output voltage into a digital signal. Using these reference voltages significantly lessens the impact of any offsets inherent in the voltage reference generator on the trimming process. |
| US10101356B2 |
Instrument and method for measuring low indicated air speed
An improved instrument for measuring low indicated air speed greatly reduces variation with one or more of time, temperature, and ambient pressure change. This is accomplished by periodically re-zeroing the transducer using only a single electronically controlled valve. Re-zeroing may be initiated in response to a change in the internal temperature of the transducer. |
| US10101353B2 |
Liquid sample loader for analytical instruments and method of loading same
A liquid sample loader for an analytical instrument includes a sample holder with a sample well for holding a liquid sample and a sample passageway extending upwardly at an inclined angle from a bottom portion of the well, a pump positioned upstream from the sample holder and an upstream passageway coupled between the sample and the pump. A controller controls the pump to push the sample in the sample well downstream through the sample passageway toward the measuring instrument. |
| US10101349B2 |
Analytical test management system and method
A test management system is presented. The system comprises an analyzer to perform tests a sample according to a first set of instructions, a manager module connected to the analyzer, and a first order interface connected to the manager module. The manager module directs activity of the analyzer according to a second set of instructions. The first order interface receives an order for a first analytical test and a second analytical test and transmits the order to the manager module. If the order is for the first analytical test, the test manager module forwards the order directly to the analyzer and the sample is analyzed by the analyzer according to the first set of instructions. If the order is for the second analytical test, the manager module handles the order according to the second set of instructions and generates and transmits secondary test requests to the analyzer. |
| US10101348B2 |
Sample analyzer
The sample analyzer includes: a reagent arranging section for arranging a plurality of reagents; an analyzing section for analyzing a measurement sample prepared by mixing a sample and the reagent arranged on the reagent arranging section; a display device; an input device; and a display control section for displaying a reagent arrangement displaying region for displaying a plurality of reagent marks inscribed with a reagent name respectively on the display device, wherein the each reagent mark is displayed in a manner selectable by the input device, wherein arrangement of the each reagent mark on the reagent arrangement displaying region corresponds to arrangement of the each reagent on the reagent arranging section, wherein the display control section displays detailed information related to the reagent corresponding to the reagent mark selected by the input device on the display device. |
| US10101345B2 |
Test strip pickup mechanism, test strip moving apparatus, liquid sample analyzer, and test strip pickup method
Disclosed is a test strip pickup mechanism configured to pick up test strips for liquid sample analysis one by one from a test strip bottle, the test strip pickup mechanism including: a pickup head configured to suck and hold a test strip; and a motor for rotating the pickup head, wherein the pickup head is provided with a suction hole for sucking and holding the test strip, and the motor is a hollow motor, a hollow portion thereof being connected to the suction hole. |
| US10101344B2 |
Diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases
Methods, kits and compositions for diagnosing and treating autoimmune diseases such as rheumatiodi arthritis, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis. |
| US10101342B2 |
Devices and methods for electronic analyte assaying
An improved qualitative or semi-quantitative diagnostic test for measuring low levels of any analyte, such as hCG, in a biological sample, such as urine. The test comprises a test device containing reagents for the detection of the monitored analyte and an electronic reader that measures color development at a detection area of the device. The color development is converted to an electronic or digital signal. Improvements were made to the electronic reader to optimize the coverage of the detection area on the test strip. This improves the detection sensitivity and consistency of the test result while maintaining its reliability and accuracy. |
| US10101341B2 |
Biomarkers of immunotherapy efficacy
The invention relates to proteins for use as markers for the efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy. In particular, the proteins may be used to predict the responsiveness of a patient to immunotherapy. The invention may find use in selecting patients as suitable candidates for immunotherapy. |
| US10101339B2 |
Methods and compositions for wound treatment
The present disclosure relates to methods for identifying proteins or peptide motifs of intracellular, extracellular, or extracellular matrix proteins specifically exposed in wound sites, as well as compositions for treating wounds, and methods for their use. |
| US10101338B2 |
Biomarkers
The invention relates to biomarkers and a method of diagnosing or monitoring depression, anxiety disorder or other psychotic disorder. |
| US10101335B2 |
Methods for mass spectrometric based characterization of biological molecules
Applications of ion-ion reaction chemistry are disclosed in which proton transfer reactions (PTR) combined with higher-collision-energy dissociation (HCD) are used to (1) simplify complex mixture analysis of samples introduced into a mass spectrometer, and (2) improve resolution and sensitivity for the analysis of large proteins in excess of 50 kDa by removing charge, reducing the collisional cross section, and, in several cases, enhancing the sequence coverage obtained. |
| US10101333B2 |
Methods for affinity maturation-based antibody optimization
Provided herein is a rational method of affinity maturation to evolve the activity of an antibody or portion thereof based on the structure/affinity or activity relationship of an antibody. The resulting affinity matured antibodies exhibit improved or optimized binding affinity for a target antigen. |
| US10101332B2 |
Covalent tethering of functional groups to proteins and substrates therefor
A mutant hydrolase optionally fused to a protein of interest is provided. The mutant hydrolase is capable of forming a bond with a substrate for the corresponding nonmutant (wild-type) hydrolase which is more stable than the bond formed between the wild-type hydrolase and the substrate and has at least two amino acid substitutions relative to the wild-type hydrolase. Substrates for hydrolases comprising one or more functional groups are also provided, as well as methods of using the mutant hydrolase and the substrates of the invention. Also provided is a fusion protein capable of forming a stable bond with a substrate and cells which express the fusion protein. |
| US10101328B1 |
Detection of microorganisms in food samples and food processing facilities
Provided herein are methods and apparatus for the identification of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms in food and environmental samples. The disclosure solves existing challenges encountered in identifying food borne pathogens, including pathogens of the Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, and Escherichia genera in a timely and efficient manner. The disclosure also provides methods for differentiating a transient versus a resident pathogen, correlating presence of non-pathogenic with pathogenic microorganisms, distinguishing live versus dead microorganisms by sequencing. |
| US10101326B2 |
Method for determining a marker in small volume of a sample of a bodily fluid
The invention refers to a method for determining a marker in a small volume of a sample of a bodily fluid, the method comprising the steps of: providing a flow test element having a plurality of functional zones (3, 4, 5, 6, 7), the plurality of functional zones (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) being at least partially fluidly connected and comprising an application zone (3) and a testing zone (5) fluidly connected to the application zone (3) and configured for determination of a marker in a bodily fluid and/or a constituent of the bodily fluid, applying a small volume of a liquid sample to the sample application zone (3) of the flow test element, determining a correct test performance, wherein the step of determining correct test performance comprises the steps of measuring at least one optical parameter for one or more functional zones (3; 4; 5; 6; 7), comparing the at least one optical parameter measured to at least one predefined optical parameter assigned to the one or more functional zones (3; 4; 5; 6; 7), and, if the correct test performance is determined, determining the marker in the liquid sample by reading the testing zone (5). Also, a method for determining a correct test performance for a flow test element is provided. |
| US10101323B2 |
Liquid diagnostic assays utilizing marangoni flow
The present invention provides simple and inexpensive assays for the detection of virtually any analyte in any sample that is in liquid form or that can be solubilized. The assays utilize the fluid dynamics of drop evaporation whereby soluble materials, including analytes and particles binding thereto, are drawn to the center of the drop by Marangoni flow and ultimately form a concentrated residual spot. The presence or absence of certain reagents can then be detected through a number of different approaches. |
| US10101322B2 |
Photoactivated chemical bleaching of dyes using borates
Methods comprising the use of photoactivated chemical bleaching for detecting multiple targets in a biological sample are provided. The methods include the steps of providing a biological sample containing multiple targets, binding at least one probe to one or more target present in the sample, and observing a signal from the probe. The method further includes the steps of contacting the sample comprising the bound probe with a cationic or zwitterionic borate compound and irradiating the sample, thereby initiating a photoreaction that substantially inactivates the probe by photoactivated chemical bleaching. The method further includes the steps of binding at least one probe to one or more target present in the sample, and observing a signal from the probe. The process of binding, observing and bleaching may be iteratively repeated. |
| US10101318B2 |
Measurement apparatus
A centrifugal separation unit that performs centrifugal separation on a sample that has been injected into a container by rotating the container about a center axis of the container, as a rotation axis, a measurement unit that measures a sample component in the container that has been centrifugally separated by the centrifugal separation unit, and a correction unit that performs, on a result of the measurement, correction operation processing based on a change in concentration caused by evaporation of the sample during the centrifugal separation are provided. |
| US10101310B2 |
Potency test for vaccine formulations
The invention relates to certain methods for the determination of an antigen content of a first antigen in a mixture comprising two or more antigens. The invention also relates to a potency test for an antigen in a combination vaccine. The method allows the determination of the antigen content in a mixture additionally comprising antibodies that are capable of binding with the antigen. |
| US10101308B2 |
Refractive index detector and liquid chromatograph
An embodiment of a refractive index detector includes a sample cell, a reference cell, a measurement section, a liquid inlet port, liquid outlet sections, and a switching mechanism. The inlet port leads to a sample cell inlet. A first outlet port and a second outlet port are for discharging a liquid. The switching mechanism includes a reference liquid supply mode for forming a channel for connecting a reference cell outlet to one of the first outlet port and the second outlet port while connecting a sample cell outlet to a reference cell inlet, and an analysis mode for forming a channel for connecting the sample cell outlet to one of the first outlet port and the second outlet port while sealing the reference cell outlet. |
| US10101305B2 |
Chromatograph data processing system and data processing method
Provided is a chromatograph data processing system for presenting unexamined analysis conditions to a user in an easily understood manner when changing a plurality of analysis condition parameters. The system is used for a chromatograph for analyzing a sample according to a schedule table in which a plurality of analysis conditions and execution order of a plurality of analyses are described, each of the plurality of analysis conditions being defined by a combination of control parameter values. The system includes: memory 61 for storing a plurality of analysis conditions; unexamined analysis condition creator 66 for creating all combinations of values of control parameters included in the plurality of analysis conditions, and for creating a list of unexamined analysis conditions from the created combinations, the list being composed of analysis conditions that are not included in the plurality of analysis conditions stored in the memory 61; and display section 72. |
| US10101297B2 |
Optimised ion mobility separation timescales for targeted ions
An analytical device for analyzing ions is provided comprising a separator for separating ions according to a physico-chemical property and an interface comprising one or more ion guides. A quadrupole rod set mass filter is arranged downstream of the interface. A control system is arranged and adapted: (i) to transmit a first group of ions which emerges from the separator through the interface with a first transit time t1; and (ii) to transmit a second group of ions which subsequently emerges from the separator through the interface with a second different transit time t2. |
| US10101294B2 |
Method of recovering process for gas sensor
Provided is a method for recovering output of a gas sensor in shorter time. The method includes: determining a recovering temperature T1 and a recovering time Δτ1 based on a condition setting range where a high recovery rate is expected; and recovering the output based on T1 and Δτ1, wherein in the recovering, a duty ratio for a heater is instantly increased to value D1 higher than a value in a normal driving mode when the recovering starts, D1 is maintained up to T1, and PID control is performed by reducing the duty ratio to value D2 to maintain T1. After an elapse of Δτ1, the duty ratio is reduced to value D3. When the temperature of the element reaches a value 1 to 1.2 times as high as the temperature in the normal drive mode, the duty ratio is instantly changed to value D0 in the normal drive mode. |
| US10101291B2 |
Mobile device having gas-sensing function
A mobile device having a gas-sensing function including a case body, a backlight module and a gas sensor is provided. The case body has at least one through hole. The backlight module is disposed in the case body. The gas sensor is disposed in the case body. The gas sensor includes a gas-sensing material layer for sensing a gas. The gas-sensing material layer receives a visible light emitted from the backlight module and is activated by the visible light. |
| US10101288B2 |
Wireless impedance spectrometer
A system and method for measuring the permittivity and/or the impedance of a material are based on transmitting a first RF signal to a transponder coupled to the material. The transponder is equipped with a resonant antenna coupled to the material such that the response of the antenna is affected by the material. The signal strength of a second RF signal transmitted by the transponder in response to the first RF signal, and received by an interrogator, is measured. The interrogator can calculate both the real part and the imaginary part of the complex impedance of the material from multiple measurements of the signal strength of the second RF signal taken at a plurality of frequencies of the first RF signal. |
| US10101284B2 |
3 Dimensional X-ray CT apparatus, 3 dimensional CT image reconstruction method, and program
Provided are a three-dimensional X-ray CT apparatus, a three-dimensional CT image reconstruction method, and a program, which are capable of reducing an operating time. A three-dimensional X-ray CT apparatus includes: a CT imaging portion for continuously and relatively rotating a measurement system with respect to a subject to perform a CT imaging measurement for taking data on a plurality of transmission images for reconstructing a three-dimensional CT image of the subject; and an image reconstruction portion for reconstructing the three-dimensional CT image based on the data on the plurality of transmission images taken by the CT imaging portion and displaying the three-dimensional CT image. During a period in which the CT imaging measurement is being performed, the image reconstruction portion reconstructs the three-dimensional CT image based on already-taken data on transmission images and displays the three-dimensional CT image before the CT imaging measurement is completed. |
| US10101280B2 |
Device and method for detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and/or drug packaging
Featured are a device (20) and method for the detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and/or packaging therefore. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are detected by visual inspection upon exposing a suspected counterfeit pharmaceutical to one or more light sources having different wavelengths, and observing the differences in color and/or brightness between the suspected counterfeit and a genuine pharmaceutical/packaging. In further embodiments, a image acquisition device acquires an image showing color and/or other visual effect(s) brightness of the suspect counterfeit and this image is compared to an image of a authentic pharmaceutical/packaging. |
| US10101270B2 |
SO3 analysis method and analysis device
To provide an SO3 analysis device and analysis method capable of accurately and rapidly measuring the concentration of SO3 in exhaust gas without pre-processing. The present invention is provided with a light source (11) for radiating laser light (2) to exhaust gas (1) including SO3, CO2, and H2O, a photodetector (13) for receiving the laser light (2) radiated to the exhaust gas (1), a light source control unit (14a) of a control device (14) for controlling the wavelength of the laser light (2) radiated by the light source (11) so as to be 4.060 μm to 4.192 μm, and a concentration calculation unit (14b) of the control device (14) for calculating the SO3 concentration by infrared spectroscopy on the basis of the output from the photodetector (13) and a reference signal from the light source control unit (14a). |
| US10101267B2 |
Quantum dot light emitting diodes for multiplex gas sensing
A gas detection device comprising a light emitting source including a first plurality of quantum dots of substantially discrete size and made of a semiconductor material a gas cell to contain the gas to be detected and a light detector. |
| US10101251B2 |
Load testing system and device for sustain load measurement over time in different environmental conditions
A load testing system comprising a load frame device adapted to load test one or more test specimens and to generate load test measurements; one or more environment controlling chambers adapted to be positioned within the load testing frame for subjecting the one or more test specimens to desired environmental conditions; one or more environment condition regulators adapted to be connected to the one or more environment controlling chambers for regulating the desired environmental conditions; a data acquisition device for receiving sustain load measurements of the one or more test specimens and environmental condition measurements to which the one or more test specimens are subjected during the load test; and a load monitoring device adapted to be connected to the data acquisition device for receiving and monitoring the sustain load measurements and the corresponding environmental condition measurements as a function of time. |
| US10101250B2 |
Manipulation of cell nuclei in a micro-fluidic device
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to the manipulation of a cell nucleus in a micro-fluidic device as well as compositions, systems, and kits for performing such methods. In some aspects, the disclosure provides methods for placing one or more selected cell nuclei into an isolation region of a sequestration pen in a micro-fluidic device. The isolated nucleus/nuclei may then be retrieved from the isolation region of the sequestration pen and used in any desired downstream assay or process. |
| US10101249B2 |
Staining agent for staining tissue, production method for staining agent for staining tissue and tissue staining kit including staining agent for staining tissue
An object of the present invention is to provide: a staining agent for tissue staining which has an improved fluorescence signal evaluation accuracy; and a tissue staining kit comprising the staining agent. The staining agent for tissue staining contains, as a staining component, dye-resin particles comprising thermosetting resin particles and a fluorescent dye immobilized on the resin particles, wherein the resin particles contains a substituent having an electric charge opposite to that of the fluorescent dye and forms an ionic bond or a covalent bond with the fluorescent dye, and the dye-resin particles have a particle size variation coefficient of 15% or less. |
| US10101247B2 |
Solution and method for adhering suspension components to a substrate
This disclosure is directed to a method and an attachment solution for adhering a cytological or histological sample, such as buffy coat, to a substrate, such as a microscope slide. The attachment solution includes an attachment base, an anti-coagulant, and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The attachment base may be an alcohol, an acid, an oxidizer, an organohalogen, a ketone, or any combination thereof. Once a sample is obtained, the sample may be re-suspended in the attachment solution or the attachment solution may be added to the sample. The sample may then be dispensed onto an analysis platform as one or more droplets and cured. |
| US10101241B2 |
Kit for bearing and bearing arrangement
A kit including a plurality of modules which can be integrated in a bearing installation space is disclosed. The modules include a plurality of supply management modules for supplying bearing components, a plurality of functional modules for measuring bearing state variables and/or for triggering and/or activating specified events under specified conditions, and a plurality of infrastructure modules for implementing communication tasks and/or for saving and processing specified and/or recorded data. A bearing arrangement having a bearing and a plurality of modules which can be connected to a common connection medium is also disclosed, wherein the modules are components of the kit. |
| US10101237B2 |
Test leak device having integrated pressure sensor
A test leak device for calibrating or testing leak detection apparatuses, said test leak device having a pressurized gas container that has an inlet for filing in a test gas and a leak that has a predefined leak rate. The test leak device has an integrated pressure sensor that monitors the pressure in the pressurized gas container and is designed for the wireless transmission of the measured pressure values to a receiver. |
| US10101231B2 |
Overload safe pressure sensor, especially pressure difference sensor
A pressure sensor includes a sensor body with a sensor chamber in the interior, at least a first separating membrane, forming a first separating membrane chamber connected with the sensor body. A measuring membrane divides the sensor chamber into two chamber portions. A pressure transfer liquid, with which the first separating membrane chamber, the first chamber portion and a channel therebetween are filled, in order to transfer a pressure to the measuring membrane; wherein the pressure sensor is specified for a temperature range between a minimum temperature and a maximum temperature, as well as for a pressure range. At the minimum temperature, the pressure transfer liquid volume in the first chamber portion, the first channel and the first separating membrane chamber is sufficient over the total pressure range to transfer the pressure to the measuring membrane, without the first separating membrane coming to rest, and that when, in the case of overload at maximum temperature, the entire pressure transfer liquid volume moves out of the first separating membrane chamber into the first chamber portion, and is accommodated by the measuring membrane, the measuring membrane experiences no plastic deformation. |
| US10101229B2 |
Pressure sensor having a helmholtz resonator
This disclosure provides example methods, devices, and systems for a sensor having a Helmholtz resonator. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a sensing element; a header coupled to the sensing element; a housing coupled to the header; an adaptor coupled to the housing; a screen disposed in an opening of the housing, wherein a first cavity is disposed between the screen and the sensing element and a second cavity is disposed between the adaptor and the sensing element, and the screen in combination with the first cavity and the second cavity form a Helmholtz resonator. |
| US10101227B2 |
Piezoelectric pressure sensor
A piezoelectric pressure sensor includes a sensor housing enclosing a membrane, a piezoelectric sensor, an electrode arrangement and a pre-stressing body. The membrane captures a pressure profile causing polarization charges generated on the piezoelectric sensor. The electrode arrangement receives the polarization charges generated and includes a charge-pick-off and a charge output. The charge pick-off is electrically and mechanically connected to the charge output, which is electrically is mechanically connected to the pre-stressing body via an electrical feedthrough arrangement on a side of the pre-stressing body that faces away from the membrane and seals the third gap in a pressure-tight manner from an environment of the third gap. |
| US10101225B2 |
Pressure sensor with light detection of diaphragm protrusion
Provided is a pressure sensor that includes a detection film that is arranged on a silicon substrate, detects a pressure applied to a surface thereof, and generates a protrusion deformation in response to the pressure. The pressure sensor also includes an optical transmitter and an optical detector that are arranged on the silicon substrate on opposite sides of the detection film and are located at a plane parallel to a plane comprising the detection film. The pressure sensor also includes a pressure calculation module that is connected to the optical detector and is used for acquiring light intensity data and calculating a pressure value according to the light intensity data. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the pressure sensor. |
| US10101219B2 |
Carbon nanotube sensing system, carbon nanotube dew point hygrometer, method of use thereof and method of forming a carbon nanotube dew point hygrometer
A system, a method of use, and a Carbon Nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor for determining a dew point and/or ice point is provided. For example, a sensing system may include a thermal device configured to generate heating or cooling to change a temperature of a surface, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the surface, a controller configured to control the thermal device, a carbon nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor mounted on the surface having a moisture sensitive resistance and a processor configured to determine one or more parameters based on the moisture sensitive resistance of the CNT condensation sensor and the temperature measured by the temperature sensor. The one or more parameter can be used to determine the dew point and/or ice point. A method for forming a carbon nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor is also provided. |
| US10101218B2 |
Thermal sensor
A thermal/overheat sensor for an aircraft includes an outer electrode, an inner electrode, a support layer disposed between the outer electrode and the inner electrode. The support layer contains a state changing material wherein the state changing material is configured to transition between a non-conductive state to a conductive state at a threshold temperature to electrically connect the outer and inner electrodes. |
| US10101217B2 |
Method for temperature drift compensation of temperature measurement device using thermocouple
Methods for temperature drift compensation of a temperature measurement device using a thermocouple are presented. In one embodiment, the temperature drift may be compensated for through reference junction compensation alone using a thermistor for reference junction compensation without providing a separate temperature measurement element. Thereby, precision of a measured temperature may not change despite change in temperature of the surroundings measured by the temperature measurement device, and the manufacturing cost may be effectively reduced. |
| US10101215B2 |
Sensing assembly and method for fabricating a sensing assembly
A method for fabricating a sensing assembly, preferably for sensing temperature, comprising: positioning, e.g. inserting, at least one elongated member, e.g. a temperature probe, a cable or a wire, preferably for determining a temperature, and at least one pre-formed fitting, e.g. a ceramic block, into an inner cavity of a sleeve member, e.g., a tube. |
| US10101214B2 |
Temperature monitoring
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to phase-change materials. In accordance with an example embodiment, a phase-change material has a crystalline structure that manifests changes that increase as a function of time. For example, such changes may be implemented for monitoring the time that a perishable item has been exposed to an environment having a temperature that is greater than a threshold temperature. Based on the changes, a characterization is provided, indicative of the exposure of the phase-change material to the environment having the temperature that is greater than the threshold temperature. |
| US10101208B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring the concentration of trace gases by SCAR spectroscopy
The present invention relates to a ring-down spectrometry apparatus in absorption saturation condition, for measuring the concentration of a gas through a measurement of the spectrum of a molecular transition of said gas. The apparatus includes a laser source, an adjuster for varying the wavelength of said radiation emitted by said laser, and a resonant cavity. A photodetector is adapted to detect an electromagnetic radiation beam and is adapted to generate a decay signal. An electronic circuit receives the signal from the photodetector and is adapted to convert it to a processor. A processor is adapted to receive said decay signal from the photodetector and perform interpolation to obtain a concentration of said gas. |
| US10101202B2 |
Fiber-optic measurement system and methods based on ultra-short cavity length Fabry-Perot sensors and low resolution spectrum analysis
An optical system having an optical sensor with an ultra-short FP cavity, and a low-resolution optical interrogation system coupled to the optical sensor and operational to send light signals and receive light signals to and from the optical sensor is disclosed. The optical system may operate in a wavelength range including the visible and near-infrared range. Optical assemblies and methods of interrogating optical sensors are provided, as are numerous other aspects. |
| US10101200B2 |
Optical sensor using a ratio between first and second light reception signals to expand usable sensing distance range
The invention relates to an optical sensor having a light transmitter for transmitting transmitted light into a detection zone, having a first and a second light receiver which are configured for receiving received light from the detection zone which is reflected in a reflective or diffuse manner and for generating received signals from the received light, and having an evaluation unit for generating a detection signal from the received signals. The light receivers are arranged such that each light receiver receives a portion of the received light. Each light receiver has an effective reception surface, with the effective reception surface of the second light receiver being smaller than the effective reception surface of the first light receiver such that the ratio between the received signal generated by the first light receiver and the received signal generated by the second light receiver depends on the sensing distance of the detected object. |
| US10101199B2 |
Inspection apparatus
An inspection apparatus includes a light emitting unit, a first lens, an aperture unit, a second lens, a light receiving unit, and an inspection unit. The light emitting unit emits irradiation light to an object to be inspected. The first lens changes a divergence level of the irradiation light which is emitted from the light emitting unit and is transmitted through the first lens. The aperture unit has an opening which narrows the irradiation light transmitted through the first lens. The second lens condenses the irradiation light passing through the opening, toward the object. The light receiving unit is disposed between the aperture unit and the second lens. The light receiving unit includes plural light receiving elements which receives reflected light obtained by the irradiation light being emitted to the object and then being transmitted through the second lens. |
| US10101195B2 |
Sterilizable animal scale
A sterile scale is described suitable for automated use in animal cages. A case is covered by a flexible membrane that provides both sealing against pathogens and mechanical compliance for transfer of weight on an above weighing platform through a single sealed penetration in the membrane to a load cell in the case. The membrane comprises a perimeter that is attached and sealed to the case with a membrane frame, a penetration area, penetrated by a rigid weight-bearing element, and an isolating compliance area. A skirt on the weighing platform surrounds the case, protecting detritus from entering from below onto the membrane, while providing open-air movement. The weighing platform and case are easily separated permitting fluid-based sterilization of both. The weight-bearing element may contain an electrical connection from the case to the platform, through the membrane. |
| US10101193B2 |
Apparatus and method for determining a level of a fluid surface in a fluid container
A fluid level sensor may include a first sound transducer, a second sound transducer, a reference element, a first deflection element, and a control unit. The reference element may be disposed at a predetermined distance from the second sound transducer and arranged in a fluid space of the fluid container. The first deflection element may be arranged in the fluid space to deflect the second sound signals by a first predetermined angle toward the fluid surface. The control unit may establish a speed of sound within a fluid in the fluid space based at least in part on the second sound signals and establish the level of the fluid surface over a base portion of the fluid container based at least in part on the first sound signals, the second sound signals, and the speed of sound within the fluid. |
| US10101192B2 |
Radiometric measuring arrangement and method for detection of accretion formation in a radiometric measuring arrangement
Radiometric measuring arrangement for measuring and/or monitoring a measured variable, especially a fill level or a density, of a fill substance located in a container and a method executable therewith for detection of accretion formation in the container. The variable to be measured is measured by means of a measuring system, which during operation sends radioactive radiation along a measuring path through the container, and measures radiation intensity emerging from the container along the measuring path, and by means of a comparison measuring system, which sends radioactive radiation along a comparison path through the container and measures radiation intensity emerging from the container along the comparison path. The comparison path extends in such a manner through the container that in the case of the presence of an accretion layer on the inner walls of the container a ratio of a sum of the two segments of the measuring path extending through the accretion layer to the length of an additional segment of the measuring path (A, A′) extending between these two segments is different from the ratio formed in the same manner for the comparison path, and an accretion formation occurring in ongoing operation is detected based on deviations ascertained in ongoing operation between the measurement results of the measuring system and the measurement results of the comparison measuring system. |
| US10101191B2 |
Fuel tank level monitoring system
Described herein are embodiments of a system for monitoring and detecting a level of a tank storing a material. The system may be used in making a determination of whether and/or when to provide additional material to the tank, to refill the tank partially or entirely. In some embodiments, the tank may be disposed at a premises such as a residence or commercial building and the system may be disposed in part at that premises to monitor the level of the material in the tank. In some embodiments, the material may be a fuel and the tank may be a fuel tank, to provide fuel to utilities equipment at the premises. In other embodiments, the tank may include other materials, such as other utilities materials. In some embodiments, the utilities material may be potable water. |
| US10101189B2 |
Tank level indication system with a lighted handrail
A fire apparatus includes a chassis, a tank, a sensor, a controller, and a handrail. The tank is coupled to the chassis and configured to store a liquid. The sensor is associated with the tank and configured to provide sensor data relating to a level of the liquid in the tank. The controller is in communication with the sensor and configured to monitor the level of the liquid in the tank based on the sensor data. The handrail is coupled to the chassis, and the handrail includes a housing and a light source coupled to the housing and in communication with controller. The controller is configured to selectively illuminate the light source based on the level of liquid in the tank. |
| US10101185B2 |
Method and measuring assembly according to the differential pressure principle having a zero-point calibration
In order to perform a zero-point calibration of a measuring assembly according to the differential pressure principle, which measuring assembly has a measuring transducer having a measuring cell, which measuring transducer is connected to at least one evaluating unit and at least one communication unit with regard to signaling, the digital signals provided to a communication unit are recorded. At least one characteristic value relevant to the zero-point calibration is determined from the digital signals. The at least one relevant characteristic value at a first time is stored as a reference characteristic value. At a second time lying after the first time, at least one relevant characteristic value is determined as a current characteristic value. A comparison of the reference characteristic value and the current characteristic value is performed. A zero-point calibration of the measuring assembly occurs if the result of the comparison lies outside of a specified tolerance. |
| US10101180B2 |
Variable reluctance sensor interfaces with clearing and methods of their operation
The embodiments described herein include systems with a variable reluctance sensor (VRS) interface and methods of their operation. Embodiments of VRS interfaces include a clearing signal generator configured to generate a clearing signal corresponding with the timing of a noise event. The clearing signal may be configured to clear a post-processing circuit. |
| US10101170B2 |
Predicting an impact of a moving phenomenon on a travelling vehicle
Phenomenon data for at least one moving phenomenon that affects travel on at least one roadway can be received. An impact distribution for the phenomenon over a plurality of phenomenon cells can be determined and corresponding phenomenon impact distribution data can be generated. For at least one vehicle, a plurality of candidate routes for the vehicle to reach an intended destination can be determined. For each candidate route, whether the candidate route intersects with at least phenomenon cell impacted by the phenomenon can be determined. If so, a vehicle simulation agent for that vehicle and that candidate route can be initialized. Using the vehicle simulation agent, an impact of the phenomenon on the vehicle can be determined based on the phenomenon impact distribution data. Data indicating the impact of the phenomenon on travel of the vehicle if the vehicle were to travel along the respective the route can be output. |
| US10101169B2 |
Architecture for distributing transit data
Some embodiments provide a program that receives from several data providers route data and graphical representation of route data (e.g., transit systems, schedules, stops, etc.) for different localities. The program also stores this data on a set of servers for later retrieval and transmission to commute applications operating in different localities. The program further retrieves from external vendors location data of transit vehicles that traverse routes based on the route data and schedule data. The location data is for transmitting to commute applications. |
| US10101167B2 |
Electronic device and navigation method
A navigation method includes establishing a communication connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. A current position of the first electronic device is obtained. The current position of the first electronic device is sent to the second electronic device. Once a confirmed navigation route is obtained from the second electronic device, navigate according to the confirmed navigation route. |
| US10101166B2 |
System for navigating drivers to service transportation requests from a simplified transportation request device
In one embodiment a first transportation request is received at a backend server from a first device dedicated solely to functions associated with a transportation service, wherein the first device sends the first transportation request in response to a user pressing a button of the first device, wherein direct user input to the first device is limited to one or two buttons. In response to receiving the first transportation request, an account of the user is accessed to identify a geographical location associated with the first device. A driver associated with the transportation service is navigated to pick up the user at the geographical location associated with the first device. |
| US10101162B2 |
Cartographic data using utility data
One embodiment provides a method for improving cartographic data using utility data, the method including: obtaining cartographic information; obtaining geo-location information associated with at least one utility asset; utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: generating, based on the geo-location information, a cartographic representation of the at least one utility asset; and modifying, based on the cartographic representation, the cartographic information. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10101161B2 |
Seamless display of objects
A system may generate a database of a geographical map of a navigation device. The geographical map covering a geographical area which is divided into several update regions. The system may identify at least one object in the geographical map which covers an object area in the geographical area. The object area can be divided into different parts which are located in different update regions. The system can store in the database, for each of said at least one object, information indicating that the object area overlaps with plural update regions, the information including pointers to update regions in which the respective different parts of the object area are stored. |
| US10101159B2 |
Three axis gyroscope
A micro-electro-mechanical device detects angular velocity, for example relating to a three axis gyroscope. The three axis gyroscope includes a two axis gyroscope structure and a one axis gyroscope structure. The gyroscope further includes a lever spring system coupling a linear drive mode oscillation of the two axis gyroscope structure and a linear drive mode oscillation of the one axis gyroscope structure into one combined primary motion. The lever spring system causes the one and two axis gyroscope structures to have equal drive mode oscillation amplitudes. A symmetrical arrangement of the lever spring system causes any reactive forces created in the lever spring system to cancel each other. |
| US10101158B2 |
Circuit for physical quantity sensor, physical quantity sensor, and method for manufacturing physical quantity sensor
A circuit for an angular velocity sensor as a circuit for a physical quantity sensor according to an embodiment of the invention includes a drive circuit that generates a drive signal that drives a driver to vibrate and a switch circuit that switches a state in which a detector that outputs a detection signal in accordance with a physical quantity is electrically continuous with the drive circuit or a state in which the detector is not electrically continuous with the drive circuit to the other state. |
| US10101151B2 |
Device and method for measuring measurement objects
The invention relates to a device for industrially measuring measurement objects with a measuring probe that can be led up to the measurement object, on which measuring probe at least one distance sensor is provided for measuring instantaneous distance of a reference point of the measuring probe from a wall of the measurement. The measuring probe is rotatably supported on a retainer, which is fixed in relation to the measurement object and/or the position of which in relation to the measurement object is known. The device also include an evaluating apparatus designed to receive at least one distance value determined by the distance sensor and to associate the at least one distance value with a rotational position of the measuring probe in the context of a measurement. Means are provided for determining a change in the relative position between the retainer and the measurement object occurring during the measurement. |
| US10101149B1 |
Methods to control adhesiveness using topography
Methods and systems are disclosed for analyzing the adhesiveness of enamel frits using topography. One method includes analyzing a topography of a defined area of an enamel frit surface having a plurality of peaks and determining a topographical parameter of the defined area based on peak shape and/or density. The determined topographical parameter may be compared to a threshold value. The method may then include applying an adhesive to the enamel frit and bonding the enamel frit to a substrate if the determined topographical parameter is below the threshold value. The analysis of the topography may be performed using a non-contact profilometer, such as an optical profilometer. In one embodiment, the topographical parameter may be developed interfacial roughness (Sdr). The method may be integrated into a manufacturing/assembly line for vehicle glass components, such as windshields or side windows. |
| US10101147B2 |
Method and apparatus for motility contrast imaging
A system for motility contrast imaging a biological target within tissue comprising a CCD array; an illumination source for generating an incoming beam; a first beam splitter for receiving the incoming beam and producing an object beam and a reference beam; a second beam splitter for illuminating a multitude of biological targets with the object beam and for directing backscattered object beams towards the CCD array; a computer-controlled delay stage for zero-path-matching the reference beam to the backscattered object beams; a reference beam that intersects the backscattered object beams at an angle to produce a series of interference fringes that modulate Fourier-domain information; and a computer for receiving a time series of Fourier-domain information. The interference fringes between the backscattered object beam and the reference beam are recorded by the CCD array and passed to the computer which constructs a digital hologram at successive times. |
| US10101145B2 |
Passive temperature error compensation for strain gauge pressure sensors
A sensor system includes a plurality of strain gauges and a passive compensation circuit. The plurality of strain gauges are configured to provide an output voltage indicative of a sensed pressure using an input voltage. The passive compensation circuit that includes a span resistor, first and second compensation resistors, and a zero offset resistor. The span resistor is connected between an input voltage and the pressure sensor and is configured to control a range of an output voltage for a pressure range of the pressure sensor. The first and second compensation resistors are operatively connected in parallel with the pressure sensor and are configured to control current provided to the pressure sensor. The zero offset resistor is operatively connected between the first and second compensation resistors and the pressure sensor and is configured to control a base value of the output voltage for zero pressure. |
| US10101142B2 |
Method in the installation of an elevator and tool for use in the method
The object of the invention is a method in the installation of an elevator, said elevator being provided with an elevator car traveling in a controlled manner along guide rails in an elevator hoistway, for determining the disposal location of the hoistway components to be disposed in the elevator hoistway and/or the landing doors of the elevator. The disposal location of the hoistway components and/or of the landing doors of the elevator is determined in relation to the guide rails of the elevator car by copying the disposal location at different heights in the elevator hoistway mechanically by means of a tool, in which tool the disposal locations according to plan of the hoistway components are arranged to remain fixed for essentially at least the whole period of the aforementioned determination of the disposal locations of the hoistway components of the elevator hoistway and/or of the landing doors of the elevator. The object of the invention is also a tool to be used in the method. |
| US10101136B2 |
Polymer ammunition cartridge having a three-piece primer insert
The present invention provides a polymeric ammunition cartridge comprising: a three piece primer insert; a substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body extending about the three piece primer insert, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body comprises: a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end coupling element at a first end of the substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body opposite a substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end connected by a powder chamber, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end extends over the substantially cylindrical coupling element and covers an circumferential surface of the primer flash hole aperture; and a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end upper portion comprising a bullet-end coupling element connected to the substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end coupling element opposite a projectile aperture adapted to engage a bullet. |
| US10101133B2 |
Multi-sided target assembly
A target device for target practice. The target device is foldable from a planar cardboard material sheet into a three-dimensional housing having lifted target extensions. The target extensions can be formed or printed with a target shape, or a separate target label can be applied over the target extension. The target extensions can include a tab cut therein that can be folded outward to change the angle of the target extensions relative to the shooter user. |
| US10101131B2 |
Armor structures
A method for manufacturing armor includes coating a first side of a ballistics arresting core with a first shell layer to create a partially coated ballistics arresting core, placing the partially coated ballistics arresting core in a vacuum bag and depressurizing the vacuum bag and curing the partially coated ballistics arresting core in the depressurized vacuum bag to create a partially shelled ballistics arresting core. The method further includes removing the partially shelled ballistics arresting core from the vacuum bag, coating a second side of the partially shelled ballistics arresting core with a second shell layer to create a fully coated ballistics arresting core, placing the fully coated ballistics arresting core in a vacuum bag and depressurizing the vacuum bag, and curing the fully coated ballistics arresting core in the depressurized vacuum bag to create a fully shelled ballistics arresting core. |
| US10101130B2 |
Structure with breathable fabric for the production of ballistic and stab-resistant protections
The present invention relates to a flexible, breathable, anti-penetration fabric, made of antiballistic yarns, partially o wholly impregnated with one or more polymer resins, having a positive coefficient of expansion and hardness greater than 75 Sh D. The structure obtained by the process according to the present invention provides transpiration qualities which make the protections realized with this structure particularly comfortable. |
| US10101129B2 |
Blast/impact frequency tuning mitigation
A protective device and method of design to protect against multiple blast and impact events for use in any application in which a delicate target has to be protected. The protective device for mitigating the effects of blast or impact employs a first layer having a first acoustic impedance and a second layer having a second acoustic impedance. The second acoustic impedance is different than the first acoustic impedance. The second layer is proximate to the first layer. The first layer and the second layer are chosen collectively to tune the stress waves from the blast or impact events to one or more specific tuned frequencies. A third layer of a visco-elastic material is employed having a critical damping frequency that matches one or more specific tuned frequencies to dissipate the stress waves of the blast and impact event. The third layer is proximate to the second layer. |
| US10101128B2 |
Fabrics with ballistic protection and garments made from same
Fabrics having fiber blends and constructions engineered to enhance the ballistic protection as well as the comfort and/or dyeability/printability of such fabrics. |
| US10101126B2 |
Mounting device
An improved mounting device for enabling a user to quickly and securely attach and detach an accessory (e.g., a scope, light, bayonet, etc.) to a Magpul MLOK rail of a firearm. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, and at least one locking mechanism to enable a user to quickly removably attach the improved mounting device to an MLOK rail on a firearm. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device also comprises a side wedge and side wedge spring. |
| US10101125B2 |
Precision engagement system
A system and method having a first device mounted on a first gimbal mount; a first visual feedback associated with the first gimbal; a second device mounted on a second gimbal mount physically displaced relative to the first gimbal mount; a second visual feedback mechanism associated with the second device. The orientation of the first device differs from the orientation of the second device by a dynamic correction amount. A correction controller having input that when acted upon by a user causes movement of the second device independently of movement of the first device to alter the correction amount to a revised correction amount such that subsequent movement of the first device causes motion in the second device that is at least partially dependent upon the revised correction amount. |
| US10101124B2 |
Scope adapted for short and long range zeroing
A device adapted for zeroing of a projectile device having a first scope, the device including a second scope; and an adaptor for securing the second scope to the projectile device. Further disclosed is a method for zeroing a projectile device having a first scope and a second scope, the method including: adjusting the aim of the projectile device by aiming a reticle of the second scope at the center of a bullseye at a target plane disposed at a distance; firing a first shot of the projectile device to create a first point of impact at the target plane; and aiming a reticle of the first scope at the center of the point of impact, wherein a subsequent shot fired from the projectile device is configured to impact a second point of impact aimed at with the reticle of the first scope at the target plane. |
| US10101122B2 |
Rifle scope elevation turret mechanism
A scope turret including a dial assembly that is configured to adjust point of aim optics of a scope is disclosed. The turret may include an adjustable stop assembly that prevents the dial assembly from rotating in one direction. The adjustable stop assembly may include a traveler, a nut assembly, and a bolt. The adjustable stop assembly may be internally-adjustable or externally-adjustable. The dial assembly may include an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism may include a button that is slidable between an engaged position and a disengaged position of the engagement mechanism. The turret may further include a locking mechanism that selectively prevents the dial assembly from rotating in any direction. |
| US10101121B2 |
Collapsible reflective sight for a firearm
A collapsible reflective optical sight for a firearm includes a base configured to mount the optical sight to a firearm; a lens attached to and able to rotate with respect to the base, wherein the lens includes a first optic with a reflective surface, and the lens is movable between a collapsed configuration in which the lens is folded down with respect to the base for storage and a deployed configuration in which the lens is angled with respect to the base for use in aiming the firearm; a light source mounted to the base that reflects light off the reflective surface of the first optic to a user for aiming the firearm; and a hood rotatably mounted to the base and connected to an upper portion of the lens. Additionally, the collapsible reflective optical sight can include a firearm and a mechanical sight. |
| US10101120B2 |
Inside waistband holster for a concealed weapon
An inside waistband holster includes a front panel comprising a waistband connector that holds a top side of the front panel at a waistline of a user's pants. The holster also includes a back panel attached to the front panel, such as along a bottom side of the back panel and the front panel and along lower sides of the back panel and the front panel. The front panel and the back panel define a pouch in which a firearm may in stored, and a top portion of the front panel is unattached to the back panel. The back panel includes a flap configured to extend over the front panel and to releasably connect to the waistband connector in a stored condition. The flap is also configured to be pulled upward such that the top portion of the front panel peels away from the back panel in an exposed position. |
| US10101119B2 |
Holster dock
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a mounting dock to receive and to support an implement (such as a handgun, for example) or an implement holster (such as a handgun holster, for example). The dock includes a substantially planar mount portion having two substantially planar surfaces opposite to each other and a plurality of side edges. The substantially planar mount portion includes an entry edge on a first side edge and a grip portion on a second side edge. The dock includes at least one hard mount base configured to temporarily or permanently couple the hard mount component to a selected surface in a variety of configurations. |
| US10101117B2 |
Firearm magazine band
A magazine identifier is provided. The magazine identifier is an endless band having a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, an inner surface, an upper rim and a lower rim. The endless band is formed of a material with rubber elasticity. For example, the endless band may be made of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, silicone or any material with a similar elasticity to rubber. The endless band is placed over a magazine of a firearm to identify the type of ammunition carried within the magazine and the owner of the magazine. |
| US10101114B2 |
Self defense bracelet and associated systems and methods
A self defense bracelet for a user comprising an ornamental defense member comprising at least one defensive protrusion configured to be used to protect the user; the ornamental defense member further defining at least one opening, configured to accept at least on finger of the user; and a strap member comprising a wearable region configured to be worn about a user's wrist. |
| US10101111B2 |
Method and apparatus for firearm recoil simulation
A method and apparatus for firearm training simulator which simulates realistic recoil of conventional firearms. The method and apparatus incorporates a linear motor and controllable mass for generating recoil. One embodiment includes an adjusting system for adjusting the amount of recoil provided. Also provided are means for simulating semi-automatic and/or full automatic operation of firearms. One embodiment can include a laser emitter which simulates the path for a bullet fired from a firearm that the method and apparatus is simulating. |
| US10101099B2 |
Radiator, as well as space vehicle structure comprising such radiator
A radiator, comprising at least one heat conductive layer with pyrolytic graphite material and an in-plane heat conductivity of at least 500 W/m·K. The radiator further comprises at least one heat emission layer that is in contact with the heat conductive layer, wherein the emission layer has an exposed surface with an emissivity of at least 0.7. The radiator is to be used in combination with a space vehicle structure, and due to its flexible character may be conformed to the particular shapes of such structure. |
| US10101096B2 |
Heat exchanger
Provided is heat exchanger in which a rib of a core plate has a shape that is recessed from a flat surface of a flat body portion, and the rib is provided with: a rib bottom part including a bottom line that is recessed from and parallel to the flat surface of the flat body portion; and a rib inclination part that is positioned between the rib bottom part and a flat part. The rib is positioned so that the rib inclination part overlaps, in the tube stacking direction, the edge of the tube in the tube width direction. |
| US10101095B2 |
Heat storage capsule and heat storage member using the same
It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat storage capsule capable of being readily produced and a heat storage member using the same.A heat storage capsule 10 includes a heat storage material 20 reversibly changing into a hydrate of a salt and an aqueous solution of the salt and also includes a capsule coating 22 encapsulating the heat storage material 20. The capsule coating 22 includes an inner sub-coating 24 and an outer sub-coating 26. The inner sub-coating 24 is a hydrogenated oil layer. The outer sub-coating 26 is made of a hydrophilic gel. The heat storage capsule 10 has a W/O/W three-layer structure. |
| US10101094B2 |
Heat receiving tile formed of carbon fiber composite material and method of manufacturing the same
A heat receiving block formed of carbon material having a through hole; a cooling tube formed of copper alloy fitted in the through hole of the heat receiving block; cylindrical material of interlayer disposed between the heat receiving block and the cooling tube; and brazing material layers inserted between the material of interlayer and the heat receiving block and between the material of interlayer and the cooling tube, also a slit which penetrates the heat receiving block and the material of interlayer over thickness of the heat receiving block and reaches the cooling tube on the back side of the heat receiving surface. It can provide heat receiving tile formed of carbon fiber composite material for high heat flux component such as a first wall of nuclear fusion reactor, which is produced by metallurgically joining carbon material with copper alloy and has higher cooling efficiency than conventional heat receiving tiles. |
| US10101092B2 |
Power generation system including multiple cores
The present disclosure relates to a power generation system and related methods that use closed supercritical fluid cycles, and in particular, to a power generation system and related methods where multiple cores may be selectively operated to adjust power levels generated by the system. |
| US10101091B2 |
Heat exchanger and refrigeration cycle apparatus using the same heat exchanger
A heat exchanger including a first heat exchanger disposed on upstream side of a heat exchange fluid and a second heat exchanger disposed on downstream side of the heat exchange fluid, which are connected in series in a flow path of a heat medium, wherein the heat medium flows from the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger so as to be parallel to the flow of the heat exchange fluid when the heat exchanger serves as an evaporator, the heat medium flows from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger so as to be opposed to the flow of the heat exchange fluid when the heat exchanger serves as a condenser, and a sum of flow path volume of first heat-transfer tubes of the first heat exchanger is smaller than a sum of flow path volume of second heat-transfer tubes of the second heat exchanger. |
| US10101090B2 |
Duct cleaning and valve device for furnace system
A furnace system includes a furnace and a preheater configured to preheat material before it enters the furnace. The system further includes a duct system including a mixing chamber disposed between the furnace and preheater. The duct system further includes an exhaust duct in fluid communication with an exhaust fluid outlet of the furnace and configured to vent fluid exhausted from the furnace. The exhaust duct is in fluid communication with the mixing chamber and configured to redirect a portion of the fluid exhausted from the furnace to the mixing chamber. The duct system further includes a preheater duct in fluid communication with the mixing chamber and a fluid inlet of the preheater and configured to direct fluid from the mixing chamber to the preheater. The system further includes a duct scraper configured for movement within the mixing chamber to move particulates from the mixing chamber into the exhaust duct. |
| US10101085B2 |
Directional freezing
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method of freezing a liquid substance contained in at least one receptacle, comprising the steps of: providing the liquid substance in at least one receptacle, providing a cooling chamber and a cooling device having a cooling surface; setting the temperature of the cooling surface, starting a freezing procedure by placing the receptacle with the liquid substance therein on the cooling surface to form a seed or initial zone of nucleation; and continuing the freezing procedure to completely freeze the substance. |
| US10101083B2 |
Process for removing light components from an ethylene stream
A process for removing light components from an ethylene stream may include providing a dried ethylene stream containing ethylene, ethane, CO, CO2, H2, CH4, and C3+ hydrocarbons. The process may include sending the dried ethylene stream to a stripper to produce an overhead stream containing ethylene, CO, H2 and CH4, and a bottom stream containing ethylene, ethane, CO2, and C3+ hydrocarbons. The gaseous phase on top of the stripper may be condensed in a heat exchanger cooled by a refrigerant stream to get a first gaseous phase and a first liquid phase. The first gaseous phase may be condensed in a heat exchanger cooled by liquid ethane or liquid ethylene to get a second gaseous phase containing ethylene CO, H2 and CH4 and a second liquid phase. The first and second liquid phases may be the reflux of the stripper. |
| US10101082B2 |
Cooling system for beverage dispensing systems
A cooling system for a beverage dispensing system includes a cooling jacket for placement around a beverage container, such as a keg. The cooling jacket includes a main body having a top edge, an opposite bottom edge, an inner surface and an opposing outer surface. The main body is configured for placement around a side of the container. The main body has a first interior space for receiving the container, wherein the main body is formed of a first insulation material. The cooling jacket also includes an openable and closeable upper body that is for placement above and over a top of the container. The upper body is coupled to the main body such that is lies thereabove. The upper body is formed of a second insulation material. The upper body has a means for closing the upper body for completely enclosing the container within the cooling jacket. |
| US10101080B2 |
Dispenser with vessel identification
A refrigeration apparatus includes a dispenser for dispensing water or ice into a receiver vessel. The dispenser includes a dispense command input for receiving a dispense command from a user and a code reader for interpreting an identification code associated with the receiver vessel. At least one controller is operatively connected to the dispense command input to receive the dispense command, and to the code reader to receive a vessel identification based on the interpreted identification code. The at least one controller controls the dispensing. A memory is configured to store the vessel identification in association with a usage parameter for the vessel. The at least one controller determines whether water/ice has been previously dispensed into the receiver vessel. When the at least one controller has determined that water/ice has not been previously dispensed into the receiver vessel, the at least one controller causes the usage parameter to be stored in the memory, in association with the vessel identification, based on the dispense command received from the user. |
| US10101079B2 |
Cooling device having a storage plate comprising a profile
The invention is a cooling device (1), particularly a domestic refrigerator, having a storage plate (10) for storing an item disposed in the cooling device (1) and a profile (20) disposed on an edge (15) of the storage plate (10) and that the cooling device (1) comprises a profile (20) configured as being on the same level with or a lower level than an upper face (11) of the storage plate (10) when the profile (20) is disposed on the edge (15) of the storage plate (10). |
| US10101075B2 |
Refrigerator
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet (10) configured to define a first storage region in which food is stored, a door (20) rotatably connected to a first rotating shaft via a first hinge member (40) to open or close the first storage region, the first rotating shaft being located at the front of the cabinet (10), a gasket provided at the door (20) and a container (100) configured to define a second storage region, the second storage region being received in the first storage region, the container (100) being rotatably connected to a second rotating shaft via a second hinge member (200), the second rotating shaft being located at the door (20). |
| US10101062B2 |
One-piece part including a magnetocaloric material not including an alloy including iron and silicon and a lanthanide, and heat generator including said part
A one-piece part based on a magnetocaloric material not comprising an alloy comprising iron and silicon and a lanthanide is provided. The part comprises a base in a first plane defined by a first and second direction and a set of N unitary blades secured to the base; the blades having a first dimension in the first direction, a second dimension in the second direction and a third dimension in a third direction at right angles to the first and second dimensions; an ith blade being separated from an (i+1)th blade by an ith distance; the ratio between the second dimension and first dimension being at least 10; the ratio between the third dimension and first dimension being at least 6; the first dimension being the same order of magnitude as the distance separating an ith blade from an (i+1)th blade. A thermal generator comprising one-piece parts is provided. |
| US10101058B2 |
Air conditioning equipment
An air conditioning equipment includes a housing comprising a heat exchanger therein, a water container mounted to, and dismounted from a receiving portion of the housing and to collect a condensate generated by the heat exchanger, and a valve configured to selectively open and close a discharge port by being interfered with a portion of the water container according to the mounting and the dismounting of the water container to or from the receiving portion of the housing. The valve is inserted within the receiving portion of the housing through the discharge port in order to reduce a protruded length that is interfered by the portion of the water container. |
| US10101055B2 |
System and method for heating a pipeline using heated lines
A system for heating a pipeline comprises a heater that heats a fluid, a supply line, and a return line. Heated fluid flows through the supply line away from the heater and through the return line back to the heater. The system further comprises a strap having a first end, a second end, and a middle portion between the first end and the second end. The strap forms a first pocket when the first end is folded over and attached to the middle portion of the strap. The strap forms a second pocket when the second end is folded over and attached to the middle portion of the strap. The first pocket holds the supply line in thermal contact with a first portion of the pipeline. The second pocket holds the return line in thermal contact with a second portion of the pipeline. |
| US10101053B2 |
HVAC controller with checkout utility
A zone control panel that is easy and intuitive to use and to program. In some embodiments, a zone control panel may be configured to have an easy to use, single level menu structure with, for example, a configuration mode and/or a checkout mode. The configuration mode may, if present, include a number of menu screens sometimes without any sub-menu levels. Likewise, the checkout mode may, if present, include a number of menu screens sometimes without any sub-menu levels. A mode selector may be provided to select a particular mode, after which, the menu screens that correspond to the selected mode may be sequentially displayed to the user. Other features and aspects are also disclosed. |
| US10101052B2 |
Location-based approaches for controlling an energy consuming device
In some aspects, the subject technology relates to an “Eco-mode” on a thermostat. A button or other user interface element may be configured to activate and/or deactivate) the eco-mode on the thermostat. Upon selection of the eco-mode option, various energy-saving programs can be implemented on the thermostat. The energy-saving programs can be configured to adjust a temperature setting of the thermostat or to provide notifications to a user associated with the thermostat that implement various approaches for reducing energy consumption of a heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) system associated with the thermostat. The eco-mode button can provide users/consumers with a convenient way to save energy, without requiring the user to think of comfort tradeoffs that may need to take place. |
| US10101049B2 |
Determining parameters of air-cooling mechanisms
A method for determining parameters for one or more air-cooling mechanisms for a computer system. A current operating temperature of a system component within a particular system is determined. A maximum operating temperature of the system component is obtained. A difference value between the maximum operating temperature and the current operating temperature is computed. A parameter of an air-cooling mechanism of an environment, which includes the system component, is selected and modified based on the difference value between the maximum operating temperature and the current operating temperature. |
| US10101048B2 |
Supervisory controller for HVAC systems
A supervisory controller for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is described herein. One device includes a data management module configured to receive a zone demand signal from a local controller of a zone of an HVAC system and receive a number of additional signals from a number of sensors, and a parameter identification module configured to determine, based on the zone demand signal, whether the zone is in a comfort state by loading a best model structure from a number of models and identifying parameters of the best model structure based on data received from the data management module. |
| US10101047B2 |
Gas purifier for wafer substrate accommodating unit
A gas purifier to be applied on a wafer substrate accommodating unit with an inlet hole includes an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tube is disposed on the wafer substrate accommodating unit and has a plurality of first gas filling apertures. One end of the inner tube is a closed end and the other end is an open end. The inner tube has a plurality of second gas filling apertures, and its open end is interconnected with the inlet hole. The inner tube is movably disposed within the outer tube between a first operating position and second operating position. The second gas filling apertures are correspondingly configured to an inner wall of the outer tube when the inner tube is at a first operating position, and interconnected with the first gas filling apertures when the inner tube is at a second operating position. |
| US10101046B2 |
Apparatus for both humidification and air cleaning
Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes: a water tank storing water; a watering housing disposed in the water tank and suctioning water stored in the water tank to spray suctioned water to the outside; a watering motor providing a torque to the watering housing; a pump groove protruding inside the watering housing, suctioning water of the water tank into the watering housing when rotating, and pumping the suctioned water to an upper side of the watering housing; and a nozzle disposed in the watering housing and spraying the upwardly pumped water to the outside of the watering housing. |
| US10101045B2 |
Apparatus for both humidification and air cleaning
Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes: a water tank storing water; a watering housing disposed in the water tank and suctioning water stored in the water tank to spray suctioned water to the outside; a watering motor providing a torque to the watering housing; a watering groove protruding inside the watering housing, suctioning water of the water tank into the watering housing when rotating, and pumping the suctioned water to an upper side of the watering housing; a nozzle disposed in the watering housing and spraying the upwardly pumped water to the outside of the watering housing; and a water curtain preventing rib disposed inside the watering housing, disposed over the watering groove, and mutually interfering with the pumped water. |
| US10101044B2 |
Humidification and air cleaning apparatus
Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes a water tank storing water, a visual body forming at least a portion of the water tank and formed of a transparent material, a water tank inlet formed at the water tank and communicating the inner and outer sides of the water tank, a water tank humidification medium covering the water tank inlet, formed of a water absorbing material, and providing humidification on air passing through the water tank inlet, a watering housing disposed inside the water tank, drawing water of the water tank into the inside, pumping the drawn water upwardly when rotating, and spraying the pumped water, a watering motor providing a torque to the watering housing, a lower nozzle disposed at the watering housing and spraying the pumped water to the water tank humidification medium, and a upper nozzle disposed at the watering housing and spraying the pumped water to the visual body. |
| US10101042B2 |
Air conditioner including a handle and method of controlling the same
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner that is designed to include a first space in which an evaporator is disposed and a second space in which a condenser is disposed and which is divided from the first space. An outdoor unit and an indoor unit are integrally formed, and thus it is easy to move the air conditioner. A structure and disposition of a heat exchanger are improved, and thus heat exchange efficiency is improved. Operations of a cooling mode and a dehumidifying mode are possible. |
| US10101038B2 |
Gas oven and control method thereof
A gas oven and a control method thereof are The control method of the gas oven, that includes a cooking space that is divided into a first cooking space and a second cooking space by a removable divider, a burner that directly heats a cooked object accommodated in the first cooking space, and an auxiliary heater that heats air of the first cooking space, includes performing baking for the first cooking space when a baking mode for the first cooking space is selected among a plurality of cooking modes, wherein the baking may include operating the burner according to the comparison result of a temperature of the first cooking space and a first setting temperature, and operating the auxiliary heater according to the comparison result of the temperature of the first cooking space and a second setting temperature. |
| US10101036B2 |
Heater with flame display
A heater with a visual flame display is described. The heater may include a top portion and a base, separated by concentric cylinders. The innermost cylinder houses a flame element, which may be spun into a vortex. The cylinders may be constructed from transparent materials such that the flame element is visible to an observer. The base provides heat at or near ground level for efficient heat distribution. |
| US10101029B2 |
Combustor panels and configurations for a gas turbine engine
The present disclosure relates to combustor configurations, panels and components for a gas turbine engine. In one embodiment, a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a support structure including a plurality of openings and a plurality of panels mounted to the structure. The plurality of panels define a combustion cavity of the combustor. Each panel includes a first wall configured to receive cooling air and a second wall configured to provide air flow for the cavity. The first and second walls form a cavity and include one or more elements for controlling the cooling effectiveness of each panel. Another embodiment is directed to a combustor panel including one or more elements for controlling cooling effectiveness. Another embodiment is directed to a support structure for a combustor of a gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is directed to configurations of panels including single walled portions or single walled panels. |
| US10101027B2 |
Systems and methods for cessation of carbon monoxide production
Briefly, apparatus and methods for detecting and terminating production of undesirable gases, such as carbon monoxide (“CO”), at a potential source, such as a household appliance. The apparatus and methods may determine a threshold level of the gas. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus may determine whether to provide power to a power supply input of a controller of a potential gas producing device based on the detected level of gas, where providing power to the power supply input of the controller of the potential gas producing device enables the controller of the potential gas producing device to provide power to the potential gas producing device. In another embodiment, when gas concentrations about a potential source are above a maximum threshold, the system communicates with a fuel supply valve of the potential source to cause the valve thereof to interrupt the supply of fuel to the potential source. |
| US10101026B2 |
Evaporator arrangement
An evaporator arrangement for an evaporator burner for a mobile heating device is provided, having: an evaporator body support into which a fuel supply line for supplying a liquid fuel opens, and an evaporator body for distributing and evaporating the liquid fuel. The evaporator body comprises at least one layer of a metal woven fabric of interwoven metal wires. |
| US10101023B2 |
Solid fuel heating device
Heating devices and methods for mitigating heating device pollution are generally described. In an example embodiment, a heating device includes a primary combustion chamber for combustion of a fuel. A first and a second secondary combustion chamber are in fluid communication with the primary combustion chamber for receiving an exhaust flow of combustion products from the primary combustion chamber and are configured for combustion of one or more combustion products received from the primary combustion chamber. The first and second secondary combustion chambers may provide parallel fluid paths from the primary combustion chamber. A secondary combustion selector is provided for selectively allowing the exhaust flow through the first and second secondary combustion chambers. |
| US10101022B2 |
Fluid utilization facility management method and fluid utilization facility management system
A method for optimizing a fluid utilization facility. The method includes monitoring an operating state of a fluid utilization device and an operating state of a drain trap in a fluid utilization facility based on detection information obtained by detectors installed in various places in the fluid utilization facility. A running state of the fluid utilization facility is optimized based on a monitoring result. |
| US10101021B2 |
Control method for operating a heat recovery steam generator
A control method for operating a heat recovery steam generator having a flue gas channel in which an evaporator, having at least two evaporator heating surfaces arranged successively in the flue gas channel and at least one intermediate heating surface arranged between the evaporator heating surfaces, is provided, the method including determining a characteristic value characteristic of the heat absorption in the evaporator for the evaporator heating surfaces, additionally determining for the at least one intermediate heating surface, an additional characteristic value for the heat absorption of the intermediate heating surface, and subtracting this additional characteristic value from the characteristic value characteristic of the heat absorption in the evaporator. |
| US10101019B2 |
Portable device including flexible display panel
The present invention relates to a portable device including a flexible display panel and having a new structure in which the flexible display panel is easily accepted and withdrawn to be used. In the portable device including a flexible display panel according to the present invention, when a support (40) is rotated using a rotation driving unit (100), a display panel (30) is withdrawn from a case (10) or the display panel (30) is accepted into the case (10). Therefore, the flexible display panel (30) is easily accepted and withdrawn to be used and since there is a feature that the flexible display panel (30) is wound in the form of rolled paper and maintained in a compact size when not used, there is an advantage capable of minimizing the overall size of the portable device. |
| US10101015B2 |
Fire proof recessed light fixture
A fireproof recessed light fixture for receiving a light source comprises a metal housing defining an open end for receiving the light source and a closed end. The housing comprises an annular shoulder at the open end for abutting a wall into which the recessed light fixture is installed. The housing comprises a first wall of generally cylindrical shape extending between the open and closed ends and a second wall defining the closed end of the housing. Both first and second walls have thicknesses between 0.5 and 1 mm and are completely sealed so to prevent air flow between an interior and an exterior of the housing other than through the open end and through an opening for feeding through cables for electrical energy supply. The first and second walls render the recessed light fixture fireproof by preventing high temperatures or fire from propagating quickly through the housing. |
| US10101014B2 |
Lighting module for a motor vehicle, including a modulated intensity source of coherent light
The invention proposes a lighting module for a motor vehicle, including a modulated intensity source of coherent light. The features of the invention make it possible to increase the safety of a device of this kind by employing more robust fault detection than the prior art. A method for controlling a device of this kind is also proposed. |
| US10101013B2 |
Seasonal light strings and method of assembling seasonal light strings employing capacitor shunts
Employing capacitors as shunts in a decorative light string can prevent the circuit from being opened when a lamp burns out or becomes loose in the socket. But manually assembling such a light string is costly and the quality of the resulting string is not assured to be high. The present disclosure introduces a shunted light string, and a method of assembling that light string that is able to be automated to ensure a consistent quality level by reducing or eliminating human workmanship issues. |
| US10101010B2 |
Irradiation device including a pump radiation source
Various embodiments relate to an irradiation device including a pump radiation source for emitting pump radiation, a conversion element for converting the pump radiation into conversion radiation of longer wavelength, and a reflection surface, which is reflective to the conversion radiation and on which backscattered conversion radiation emitted at a backscatter emission surface and thus counter to a useful direction is incident and is reflected therefrom back to the conversion element; said reflection surface is concavely curved relative to the conversion element in such a way that at least the backscattered conversion radiation emitted divergently from a surface centroid of the backscatter emission surface is incident on the reflection surface at an angle of incidence of at most 20° in terms of absolute value. |
| US10101006B2 |
Wearable mining lamp with uniform auxiliary lights
The present invention relates to a wearable mining lamp with uniform auxiliary lights, comprising a main light source and a main lamp cup. The mining lamp further comprises auxiliary light sources and auxiliary lamp cups for mounting the auxiliary light sources; the side wall of the auxiliary lamp cup has a reflecting effect, the reflecting surfaces are flat surfaces, and the side wall is in the form of a rearward tapering horn. The miniature lamp cup structure disclosed by the present invention can regulate the low-beam projection in a predefined area to provide uniform illumination without light spots and shadow interferences, so as to provide a high-quality illumination environment for low-beam operation and meet the requirements of close-range observation or operation. |
| US10101000B2 |
Lamp unit comprising a shield having at least one light window
A lighting unit for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, having at least two light sources (1a, 1b), at least one reflector (2a, 2b), which delimits two light chambers (3a, 3b), a bezel (4), and a projection lens (5) having an optical axis (A), wherein a light chamber (3a) is arranged on an upper side and a light chamber (3b) is arranged on an underside of the bezel (4), wherein at least one light source (1a, 1b) is arranged within each of the light chambers (3a, 3b) and the bezel (4) extends substantially as far as a focal plane (E) of the projection lens (5) in order to produce a sharp light/dark boundary in a light exposure produced by the lighting unit, wherein the bezel (4) has at least one light window (7a, 7b), wherein at least one light path (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) extends outwardly from a light chamber (3a, 3b), through the at least one light window (7a, 7b) and through the projection lens (5). |
| US10100999B2 |
Apparatus for radiating light from a virtual source
A lighting assembly that includes an LED source that generates a light cone (solid angle); and a transparent near field lens having a front surface, a collimating surface, and an aspherical groove. The collimating surface collimates the light cone into a beam that reflects off of the front surface toward the aspherical groove, and the aspherical groove directs the beam away from the lens as an exit cone from a virtual focal point, positive virtual focal ring or a negative virtual focal ring. The exit cone may be evenly distributed, substantially forward or substantially rearward from the virtual focal point or virtual focal ring. Parabolic or aparabolic reflectors can be employed with lighting assemblies having a virtual focal point or virtual focal ring, respectively, to reflect the exit cone in a vehicular exterior lighting pattern. |
| US10100997B2 |
Semiconductor light source and driving aid system for a motor vehicle comprising such a source
A semiconductor light source and driving aid system for a motor vehicle comprising a semiconductor light source. The semiconductor light source includes a plurality of electroluminescent rods of submillimetric dimensions. At least certain rods are electrically interconnected in a first assembly dedicated to an emission of a light beam at a first wavelength, and other rods are electrically interconnected in a second assembly dedicated to an emission of a light beam at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, the first and the second assemblies forming two selectively activable emission areas. |
| US10100994B2 |
Vehicle lamp
In a vehicle lamp in which a plurality of lamp units is arranged side by side in a direction intersecting with a lamp longitudinal direction, a central luminous intensity of a light distribution pattern is increased while securing a sufficient irradiation light quantity. A first additional reflector 34A configured to reflect the light from a second light emitting element 22B toward the front is disposed in the vicinity of a front end edge 24A1 of a first reflector 24A. |
| US10100991B2 |
Multi-flame electric candles
Various embodiments of electric candles are described having multiple flame elements, each of which generate a flickering flame effect, and collectively simulate a candle having multiple flames. The candles include a housing that encloses various lighting devices and circuitry that can control one or more aspects of the lighting devices. The enclosure can also house one or more drive mechanisms that help to effect movement of the flame elements. |
| US10100985B2 |
Organic light-emitting device for lighting
The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting device for lighting, and more specifically relates to an organic light-emitting device for lighting whereby it is possible to achieve excellent brightness by increasing the light-emitting area per unit area of an organic light-emitting element. For this purpose, the present invention provides an organic light-emitting device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other; a frame section which is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and is formed on the periphery of the first substrate and the second substrate so as to hermetically close the space between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a flexible organic light-emitting element which is disposed inside of the space, and of which at least one part has a curved surface. |
| US10100982B2 |
LED module
A light emitting diode (LED) module includes a base that is conductive and is selectively covered with an insulative layer. The base can include a connecting flange and a light emitting region. Traces are provided on the insulative coating and can be used to connect LEDs positioned on the light emitting region to pads on the connecting flange. The connecting flange can be offset in angle and/or position from the base and can be configured to provide a contact shape suitable to mate with a connector in a polarized manner. The base can be shaped so as to provide the desired functionality. |
| US10100980B2 |
Methods for storage and transportation of natural gas in liquid solvents
Systems and methods to create and store a liquid phase mix of natural gas absorbed in light-hydrocarbon solvents under temperatures and pressures that facilitate improved volumetric ratios of the stored natural gas as compared to CNG and PLNG at the same temperatures and pressures of less than −80° to about −120° F. and about 300 psig to about 900 psig. Preferred solvents include ethane, propane and butane, and natural gas liquid (NGL) and liquid pressurized gas (LPG) solvents. Systems and methods for receiving raw production or semi-conditioned natural gas, conditioning the gas, producing a liquid phase mix of natural gas absorbed in a light-hydrocarbon solvent, and transporting the mix to a market where pipeline quality gas or fractionated products are delivered in a manner utilizing less energy than CNG, PLNG or LNG systems with better cargo-mass to containment-mass ratio for the natural gas component than CNG systems. |
| US10100979B2 |
Liquid air as energy storage
A method of liquid air energy storage is provided. This method includes liquefying and storing air to form a stored liquid air during a first period of time; during a second period of time, introducing a compressed air stream into a cryogenic system, wherein the cryogenic system comprises at least one cold compressor, and at least one heat exchanger. The method includes producing a first exhaust stream and a second exhaust stream. The method also includes vaporizing at least part of the stored liquid air stream in the heat exchanger, thereby producing a first high pressure compressed air stream, then combining the first high pressure compressed air stream, the first exhaust stream and the second exhaust stream to form a combined exhaust stream, heating the combined exhaust stream, then expanding the heated combined exhaust stream in an expansion turbine to produce power. |
| US10100976B1 |
Mounting system for a tablet computer
A mounting system for interchangeably mounting a tablet computer to a rail and a wall may include a tablet bracket attached to a tablet computer; a rail bracket designed to attach to the rail, the tablet bracket removably engaged with the rail bracket when a user desires mounting the tablet computer to the rail; a wall bracket designed to attach to a flat surface, the tablet bracket removably engaged with the wall bracket when the user desires mounting the tablet computer to the flat surface; and a cord guide bracket attached to the tablet computer, the cord guide bracket including a charging cable channel, wherein the cord guide bracket prevents a charging cable from being unintentionally detached from the tablet computer during use. |
| US10100973B2 |
Flange adapter
A flange adapter can include a plurality of walls, with at least one wall being an overlapping wall. The overlapping wall can include multiple layers formed from overlapping folded sections extending from at least two other walls, or from overlapping extensions of at least two other walls. The overlapping wall can receive a fastener through the multiple layers to secure a support structure to the flange adapter. A main body of the flange adapter, including the plurality of walls, can be integrally formed from a single-piece of material. |
| US10100971B2 |
Device for supporting portable terminal
A device for supporting a portable terminal includes a base member fixed to an installing surface, a horizontal rotation member coupled to the base member such that the horizontal rotation member is rotatable in a horizontal direction with respect to the installing surface, wherein a vertical support protrudes from a top surface of the horizontal rotation member, a vertical rotation member coupled to the vertical support such that the vertical rotation member is rotatable in a vertical direction with respect to the installing surface, and a support member formed on one end of the vertical rotation member, wherein the portable terminal is detachably attached to the support member. According to the device, the supporting angel of the portable terminal may be freely controlled and the supporting state may be stably maintained at the controlled angle, so that the convenience in use is improved. |
| US10100970B1 |
Electronic device and hinge structure
A hinge structure includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a first fixing member connected to the first bracket, a second fixing member connected to the second bracket, a first linking member, a second linking member, a first resilient member, a second resilient member, a first linking bar pivotally connected to the second bracket, a second linking bar pivotally connected to the first bracket, a first sliding member and a second sliding member. The first linking member and the first resilient member are disposed on the first fixing member. The second linking member and the second resilient member are disposed on the second fixing member. The first linking bar is pivotally connected to the second linking bar. The first sliding member is connected to the first linking member and the first linking bar. The second sliding member is connected to the second linking member and the second linking bar. |
| US10100969B1 |
Movable sunshade base
The present disclosure relates to a movable sunshade base. The base comprises a base frame, a base cover, a roller component, a rotary assembly, a transmission component, a first drive rod, a second drive rod and a pull rod. Through swinging a pull rod, the second drive rod drives the transmission shaft, thereby driving the first drive rod. Driven by the first drive rod, a wheel bracket achieves power transmission using the leverage theorem, thereby controlling the roller to move to the outside of the base frame. When the movement is completed, the pull rod is swung to the opposite direction so that the roller can shrink into the base frame. The disclosure has the advantages of simple operation, convenient appearance, strong practicability and low cost, and can effectively solve the problem of moving difficulty and can be applied to various types of sunshade base. |
| US10100968B1 |
Mast systems for autonomous mobile robots
A protractible and retractable mast system for an autonomous mobile robot includes an elongate flexible member including a first lateral end and a second lateral end, and a fastener having a first portion extending along a length of the first lateral end and a second portion extending along a length of the second lateral end. The flexible member is configured to be at least partially coiled within a body of the robot, and a portion of the flexible member is vertically movable away from the body when the flexible member is being uncoiled. The fastener is configured to connect the first lateral end to the second lateral end when the flexible member is being uncoiled, and disconnect the first lateral end from the second lateral end when the flexible member is being coiled. |
| US10100966B2 |
Insulation composition and method to detect water in an insulation composition
The invention is directed to an insulation composition comprising the following layers (a) a hydrophobic, moisture permeable layer composed of a woven, non-woven, or knit fibrous material, (b) a hydrophilic wicking layer, (c) an insulation material layer. The invention is also directed to a method to remove water from an insulated metal transport conduit comprising a metal transport conduit and an insulation composition, wherein the insulation composition comprises of a layer (b1) of a high void material, by supplying a stream of gas to the layer of high void material at a first point and discharging a stream of the gas and any water picked up from the high void material at a second point. The invention is also directed to a method to detect and locate liquid water in an insulation composition positioned around a metal transport conduit wherein the insulation composition comprises of a layer of wicking material and wherein the method is performed by measuring the local electric conductivity in said wicking material. |
| US10100965B2 |
Non-metallic vertebrae bend restrictor and vertebrae end piece
A non-metallic clip connection system includes a non-metallic clip having a substantially rectangular base portion, a first longitudinal flared wing portion, and a second longitudinal flared wing portion, wherein a plurality of edges of the clip along a path of insertion are beveled or radiused. The non-metallic clip connection system also includes a first non-metallic member having a first portion of a non-metallic clip receiver and a second non-metallic member having a second portion of the non-metallic clip receiver. The first non-metallic member is secured to the second non-metallic member by inserting the non-metallic clip in the non-metallic clip receiver. A non-metallic vertebrae bend restrictor and a non-metallic vertebrae end piece may use a non-metallic clip connection system. |
| US10100963B2 |
Method of dispensing a material
A method and system for dispensing a material through a delivery apparatus is provided. The material initially comprises or is manipulated to comprise a low viscosity. The material either can comprise a curable material or can comprise initiators, which can be activated to raise the viscosity at a later time and position. The low viscosity material is moved through the delivery apparatus for a relatively long distance using low energy. Upon nearing an end use application, the material and/or initiators can be activated by a curing agent, such as a light or heat source, such that the viscosity of the material be raised prior to the end use application thereof. Therefore, the present invention provides a method and system for moving a material normally having a higher viscosity a long distance requiring lower energy and pressure. |
| US10100962B2 |
High pressure fluid swivel
A fluid swivel including a stationary inner housing assembly and a rotatable outer housing operatively connected to the inner housing assembly. The outer housing includes an annular passage with upper and lower surfaces. Upper and lower seals are positioned between the inner housing assembly and the outer housing in seal recesses. A passage in the inner housing assembly provides fluid of pressure to the annular passage. The fluid exerts a first force axially inward on outer housing outer surfaces, and a larger second force axially outward on the annular passage's upper and lower surfaces. The second force is greater than the first force so upper and lower ring portions deflect outward such that the elastic axial deflections of the inner housing assembly match the axial deflections of the outer housing, thereby causing the axial clearances between the components at the upper and lower seals to remain almost the same. |
| US10100960B2 |
High-pressure-standable pipe connector and high-pressure-standable connector
Provided is a pipe connector having high resistance to pullout force and having high durability. The outer diameter of a nipple (20) is substantially uniform when viewed in the lengthwise direction. The end part of a hose (24) is placed over the nipple (20). A spring (32) is wound around the outer circumference of the hose (24) such that no gap occurs between adjacent wires. The shaft part of a connector main body (14) supports the nipple (20). A fastening nut (26) has an internally threaded part (28) which meshes with an externally threaded part (16) provided on the connector main body (14), and encloses the end part of the hose (24) together with the connector main body (14). The spring (32) is compressed by tightening the threaded part of the fastening nut (26). The end part of the tightly wound spring (32) rotates and the outer diameter thereof is reduced, thereby generating high fastening force. Thereafter the fastened state is maintained by frictional force. |
| US10100958B2 |
Gasket for use in sealing flanges together
A gasket for use with flanges has an annular member formed of a metallic material. The annular member has a cross-sectional profile with a body portion having an end surface, a first side, a second side, and a T-shaped portion extending from the body portion. The T-shaped portion of the body portion defines a pair of annular grooves on opposite sides of the annular member. The T-shaped portion has a central portion connected to the body portion and a head portion at an end of the central portion opposite the body portion. The central portion of the T-shaped portion has a weep hole extending therethrough. The weep hole has opposite ends opening respectively to the pair of annular grooves. |
| US10100953B2 |
Lightweight fire hose coupling with protective shoulder and method of manufacturing the coupling
A fire hose coupling includes a substantially annular body having a first end adapted to connect to a fire hose and a second end having male threads. The annular body has a central bore. The coupling includes circumferentially spaced-apart lugs extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of the first end of the body. The coupling further includes a protective shoulder extending radially outwardly from the body between the male threads and the lugs. The protective shoulder has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the male threads to thereby protect the male threads. |
| US10100949B2 |
Check-valve and microchemical chip using the same
A check-valve comprises: a thin sheet and a thick sheet; flow paths for flowing fluid which are formed by penetrating the thin sheet and the thick sheet; a flow-in chamber and a flow-out chamber which are connected to the flow paths; a partition sheet which is bonded to the thin sheet and the thick sheet while being sandwiched therebetween, and has a flexible inner flange which projects in cavities of the flow-in chamber and the flow-out chamber and does not close the flow-out valve chamber by flexing toward the flow-out valve chamber in a normal flow, and closes the flow-in valve chamber by flexing toward the flow-in valve chamber in a reverse flow; and a through-pass hole which is opened at the partition sheet and connects the both valve chambers. |
| US10100947B2 |
Shutter for a rotary adjustment valve
A shutter for a rotary valve, comprising: a main body (2), having a substantially spheroidal conformation or suitable for rotating about an axis and equipped with a through cavity (3); at least one plate (4), provided with a plurality of through holes (5) and arranged inside the through cavity (3). The plate (4) has a curved conformation. |
| US10100943B1 |
Filling valve
A valve for use in filling containers includes a valve flange, nozzle assembly and valve sleeve. The valve flange defines a first through passage. The nozzle assembly includes a liquid fill outlet and air vent outlet below the valve flange. The valve sleeve defines a second through passage and is movable between a lowered valve closed position and a raised valve open position. The valve sleeve including a first portion positioned for sliding movement within the first through passage and a second portion positioned below the valve flange and configured for sealingly closing both the liquid fill outlet and the air vent outlet when the valve sleeve is in the lowered valve closed position. The valve sleeve has a weight sufficient to cause the valve sleeve to move downward from the raised valve open position to the lowered valve closed position. |
| US10100941B2 |
Valve positioning structure
A valve positioning structure is provided for pressing down a switch arranged in a valve so that fluid is allowed to flow through an inlet opening of the valve when the switch is pressed down in order to control the fluid to flow into/out of at least one bladder. The valve positioning structure includes a casing that receives the valve therein and the casing is provided with a contact member and a manipulation member respectively and movably on upper and lower surfaces of the casing. The contact member and the manipulation member are coupled to each other so that the contact member is operable to drive the manipulation member to move. The manipulation member includes an operation section, where the operation section is movable toward and is enabled to press down the switch when the manipulation member is driven by the contact member to move toward the switch. |
| US10100938B2 |
Variable flow gas valve and method for controlling same
A gas control valve and method of controlling a gas control valve to provide infinite adjustability is provided. The gas control valve defines a fluid flow path. A flow adjustment arrangement within the fluid flow path has a plurality of discrete open configurations. Each discrete open configuration establishes a different flow rate through the fluid flow path. A controller operatively cyclically alternates the flow adjustment arrangement between different ones of the discrete configurations to provide an average flow rate through the fluid flow path that is between the flow rates permitted by the different ones of the discrete open configurations. The controller establishes residence times at the various ones of the discrete open configurations such that the resultant flow rate is the desired flow rate. |
| US10100936B2 |
Parallel slide gate valves and related methods
A parallel slide gate valve includes a valve body comprising an interior surface, and an obturator therein. A portion of the interior surface defines a groove having a longitudinal axis oriented substantially perpendicular to a direction of flow through the valve body. The groove has a first width at a first end proximate to the fluid flow path and a second width at a second end distal from the fluid flow path, the second width smaller than the first width. The obturator is at least partially within the at least one groove. The obturator is configured to translate from the first end of the at least one groove toward the second end of the at least one groove as the obturator moves from a closed position to an open position. |
| US10100930B2 |
Sleeve seal for electric furnace electrodes
A highly flexible sealing arrangement designed to seal high-temperature furnace ports, particularly the electrode port of an electric furnace. The seal comprises an annular support member fixed to a flexible sealing member and employs the use of a garter spring to uniformly apply the desired amount of seal compression. The arrangement and flexibility of the sealing member allows the seal to adapt itself to the wide range of operating and upset conditions that typically exist for a furnace electrode seal. Frictional wear on the seal may be greatly reduced as the design inherently allows for a much lower amount of seal compression to be applied, furthermore, the seal is able to move axially which can significantly reduce wear caused by electrode regulation. |
| US10100929B2 |
Piston ring
The present invention provides a piston ring having excellent abrasion resistance to an aluminum alloy cylinder or cylinder liner formed of a mating material and is therefore capable of decreasing abrasion of the mating material. An exemplary piston ring has a hard carbon coating formed on an outer peripheral surface, and the hard carbon coating contains 0.5 atom % or more to less than 5 atom % of tungsten (W). |
| US10100928B2 |
Floating piston
An actuator is provided. The actuator includes: a housing having an interior elongated hole; a rod dimensioned to fit in the elongated hole; a piston dimensioned to fit in and move along the elongated hole while connected to the rod; mating structure located on at least one of the piston and rod, the mating structure configured to allow the rod to attach to the piston in a manner to create clearance between the rod and the piston to allow the rod and piston to move with respect to each other. A method of attaching a piston to a rod in an actuator may also be provided. The method may include: fitting the piston to the rod; providing a clearance between the piston and the rod; fastening the piston to the rod in a loose manner as to preserve the clearance and allow the piston to move with respect to the rod. |
| US10100921B2 |
Vehicle shift controller
A stay time integrating device integrates stay time of an accelerator pedal in each pedal stroke position within a predetermined stroke range including a click position. A click stroke calculating device calculates a click stroke based on a pedal stroke position where stay time calculated by the integrating device is the shortest. Thus, it is possible to correctly calculate the click stroke with which the accelerator pedal is actually depressed beyond the click position. In accordance with the click stroke, a control stroke calculating device updates a relationship of the control stroke with a pedal stroke. Accordingly, even if the click stroke varies from one vehicle to another, kick-down which a driver intends can be performed in synchronism with depression of the accelerator pedal beyond the click position by compensating for the variation. |
| US10100919B1 |
Shifter assembly
A shifter assembly selects a first mode and a second mode of a transmission for a vehicle. The shifter assembly includes a housing and a shift lever movably coupled to the housing and pivotable relative to the housing. The shift lever includes a body and a cap defining an aperture and being coupled to the body. The cap is rotatable relative to the body between a first and a second orientations. The shift lever further includes a toggle device partially received by the cap in the aperture with at least a portion of the toggle device being moveably coupled to the body between a rest and a depressed positions. The shift lever further includes an element mounted to the toggle device and rotatable with the cap between the first and the second orientations. The shift lever further includes a sensor system configured to interact with the element to detect rotation of the cap between the first and the second orientations. |
| US10100918B2 |
Device with a torque-proof first structural component and a second structural component that is connected at least in certain parts in a rotatable manner to the first structural component
A device with a torque-proof first structural component and a second structural component that is connected at least in certain areas in a rotatable manner to the first structural component, wherein hydraulic fluid can be guided to lubrication points via the first structural component and the second structural component. The second structural component is embodied with blade areas which are extending substantially at a defined angle in the radial direction inside the second structural component and between which transmission areas for hydraulic fluid of the second structural component are provided, with their flow cross sections decreasing in the transmission areas in the flow direction of the hydraulic fluid. |
| US10100915B2 |
Transmission unit
A transmission unit for a vehicle driven by muscle power. The transmission unit has one through shaft and one output shaft, as well as at least two sub-transmissions and at least one intermediate shaft. In the transmission unit at least one of the intermediate shafts and the output shaft is formed as a hollow shaft which is arranged coaxially to another shaft of the transmission unit. |
| US10100914B2 |
Gear
A gear includes a toothed portion, a boss, a first connector, a second connector, and a dynamic damper. The toothed portion is disposed at a radially outer side of the gear. The boss is disposed at a radially inner side of the gear. The first connector connects the toothed portion and the boss. The second connector connects the toothed portion and the boss. The second connector faces the first connector such that the toothed portion, the boss, the first connector, and the second connector define a sealed space. The dynamic damper is disposed in the sealed space. |
| US10100913B2 |
Transmission
Disclosed herein is a transmission having a tooth holder for holding teeth of a toothed ring, said teeth being arranged around an axis of rotation of the transmission, wherein the teeth are arranged in the tooth holder in such a way as to be movable and to be guided in a radial direction. The transmission furthermore has a drive element, which is rotatable about the axis of rotation, for driving the teeth in a radial direction, wherein the drive element has a cam contour with lobes in a radial direction. Swivel segments are arranged between the teeth and the drive element. A thrust washer is arranged in the tooth holder, at least on one side in an axial direction of the swivel segments. A method for producing a transmission according to the embodiments described herein is furthermore described. |
| US10100911B2 |
Modular cross shaft yoke
A mounting system for a differential comprises a cross shaft. The cross shaft comprises a passageway through the cross shaft perpendicular to a long axis. The passageway comprises a first hole and a second hole. A recess comprising a planar wall is proximal to the first hole. A first stub shaft comprises a planar surface in contact with the planar wall. A second stub shaft is proximal the second hole. A yoke in the passageway comprises a first portion extending in to the first stub shaft and a second portion extending in to the second stub shaft. A first bang ring is on the first portion of the yoke, and a second bang ring is on the second portion of the yoke. The yoke slip fits to the first stub shaft and the yoke slip fits to the second stub shaft. |
| US10100906B2 |
Spindle drive for an adjustment element of a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a spindle drive for an adjusting element of a vehicle comprising a drive motor with a spindle-spindle nut gear arranged downstream for producing a drive force along a geometric spindle axis, wherein two connectors for transferring the drive force are provided, wherein an internal housing connected to the one connector and an external housing connected to the other connector are provided, and wherein during the motorized adjustment, the internal housing runs in a telescopic manner. It is proposed that at least one of the two housings, is designed to be at least in two parts and is provided via a first axial housing portion of a first housing part made of a first material and via a second axial housing portion of a second housing part made of a second material. |
| US10100905B2 |
Shifting device and gear unit
A shilling device for a gear unit, having a shaft, on which a plurality of idler gears are mounted, it being possible for the idler gears to be connected to the shaft by means of switching pawls, the switching pawls being mounted rotatably and being capable of being actuated selectively by way of a camshaft, the camshaft being connected to drive means, in order to rotate the camshaft relative to the shaft in order to actuate the switching pawls, the camshaft having a plurality of actuating sections, in order to actuate the switching pawls which are assigned to the respective idler gears, wherein the actuating sections in each case have at least one surface section, and the surface sections which are assigned to the switching pawls of different idler gears have different pitches. |
| US10100902B2 |
Motor with encoder flywheel
Electric motors are disclosed. The motors are preferably for use in an automated vehicle, although any one or more of a variety of motor uses are suitable. The motors include lift, turntable, and locomotion motors. |
| US10100899B2 |
Apparatus for reducing vibration of vehicle
The present disclosure provides an apparatus for reducing vibration of a vehicle including; a lug which connects an engine to a torque converter and forms a predetermined gap between the engine and the torque converter; and an inertial body which is connected to the lug between the engine and the torque converter. the inertial body moves in a rotational direction or a reverse rotational direction of the torque converter in accordance with the rotation of the torque converter. |
| US10100897B2 |
Vibration-damping electromagnetic actuator, active fluid-filled vibration-damping device and active vibration-damping device using the same
A vibration-damping electromagnetic actuator including: a stator; a movable member displaceable relative to the stator, and being disposed within or about it; a coil member with a coil generating a magnetic field through energization, which is disposed at one of the stator and the movable member; an armature displaceable relative to the coil member by an effect of the magnetic field generated by the coil, which is disposed at the other one of the stator and the movable member; a tubular guide sleeve disposed between the stator and the movable member so that the movable member is slidable along the guide sleeve; and an elastic support body fixed to the guide sleeve being clamped by the stator at a portion of the elastic support body apart from the guide sleeve so that the guide sleeve is elastically supported by the stator. |
| US10100894B2 |
Extension for a shock absorber
Extension for a cylinder of a vibration damper comprising a base and a tube portion adjoining the latter. The base and the tube portion are formed in one piece. The tube portion has a circumferential bend pleat with respect to the base. |
| US10100892B2 |
Electric brake caliper
An electric brake caliper, including: a caliper main body; brake pads; and an actuator including a piston, an electric motor of a rotary type, and a motion converting mechanism, wherein the motion converting mechanism includes a hollow output sleeve configured to be linearly moved to move the piston disposed at one end of the output sleeve nearer to the one of the brake pads and an input shaft disposed in the output sleeve and configured to be rotated by the electric motor, the motion converting mechanism being configured to convert rotation of the input shaft into a linear movement of the output sleeve, wherein the electric motor includes a hollow driving rotary shaft, and wherein the motion converting mechanism is disposed in the driving rotary shaft, and the input shaft includes a flange whose outer circumferential end is in mesh with an inner circumferential portion of the driving rotary shaft. |
| US10100890B2 |
Systems and methods for forming a layer onto a surface of a solid substrate and products formed thereby
A method for forming a vehicular brake rotor involving loading a shaped metal substrate with a mixture of metal alloying components and ceramic particles in a dieheating the contents of the die while applying pressure to melt at least one of the metal components of the alloying mixture whereby to densify the contents of the die and form a ceramic particle-containing metal matrix composite coating on the metallic substrate; and cooling the resulting coated product. |
| US10100886B2 |
Back-plate composition, back plate, brake pad, and caliper device
A back-plate composition of the present invention is a composition for forming a back plate of a brake pad, the brake pad having a friction material and the back plate bonded to the friction material. The back-plate composition includes a resin, a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers having an average length shorter than an average length of the first fibers. In the case where the average length of the first fibers is “L1” [μm] and the average length of the second fibers is “L2” [μm], “L2”/“L1” is in the range of 0.001 to 0.5. This makes it possible to provide a back-plate composition having excellent moldability, as well as a back plate formed of the back-plate composition, a brake pad including the back-plate and a caliper device provided with the brake pad. |
| US10100885B2 |
Launch control method for vehicle
A launch control method of a vehicle includes: a clutch hold step of maintaining a clutch torque until an engine torque becomes smaller than the clutch torque, when a driver releases an accelerator pedal during launch control; a time constant determination step in which a time constant for a rate of releasing the clutch torque is determined depending on a difference between the clutch torque and a target creep torque when the engine torque becomes smaller than the clutch torque; a filter processing step of processing the time constant and the target creep torque using a low-pass filter that has the time constant and the target creep torque as an input and has a nominal clutch torque as an output; and a clutch control step of controlling a clutch using the nominal clutch torque. |
| US10100880B2 |
Release bearing for clutch mechanism
The invention relates to a release bearing (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, having a body (2) delimiting a pressure chamber (22), and a piston (18) mounted slidingly in the chamber (22), the piston (18) being intended to actuate a diaphragm as it slides with respect to the body (2), wherein the body (2) has at least one supply orifice (12) opening at one end into the pressure chamber (22) and at another end into a supply groove (8) configured on an outer surface (3) of the body (2), sealing means (11) being located on either side of said channel (8). |
| US10100875B2 |
Roller bearing and systems including such
A bearing includes an inner raceway and an outer raceway extending about a rotational axis. The outer raceway is spaced radially from the inner raceway such that an annular cavity is defined between the inner raceway and the outer raceway. The bearing also includes a plurality of first rollers disposed in the annular cavity. Each first roller of the plurality of first rollers includes a first end, a second end spaced axially from the first end, and a first surface extending between the first end and the second end. A first profile drop extends between the first end and the first surface. A second profile drop extends between the second end and the first surface. The second profile drop differs from the first profile drop. The bearing further includes a plurality of second rollers disposed in the annular cavity and spaced axially from the plurality of first rollers. |
| US10100873B2 |
Radially deflectable bushing and steering gear assembly using the same
A bushing is provided for adjusting to differences in diameter between concentric elements of an assembly. The bushing may be provided with a plurality of leaf springs coupled to one another to form parts of a wall. The bushing wall may have a first contact face and a second contact face opposite the first contact face. The bushing wall may also be configured to be positioned in a generally annular shape. Each of the leaf springs forming part of the bushing wall may be radially deflectable relative to each of the other leaf springs in order to self-align the bushing by the resilient response of each leaf spring. |
| US10100867B2 |
Lock washer
A profiled element suitable for repeated deformation and relaxation, which profiled element is made from a case hardened stainless steel including at least 9% chromium and up to 6% nickel which profiled element has a material thickness in the range of from 0.2 mm to 3 mm and a nitrogen martensitic case with a case depth in the range of from 10 μm to 50 μm and a surface hardness of up to 750 HV0.05 and to a method of case hardening a workpiece made from a stainless steel including at least 9% chromium and up to 5% nickel, which workplace has a material thickness in the range of from 0.2 mm to 3 mm. The profiled element may be a fixing element for fixing a bearing element and a fastening element against each other, and the method is suited in the manufacture of the fixing element. |
| US10100863B2 |
External heat-stake arrangement
An external thermal heat-stake arrangement includes a polymeric base member having a collared heat-stake having an inner diameter and a second member disposed within the inner diameter of the collared heat-stake. The collared heat-stake is operatively configured to be deformed by a heated element to retain at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the second member to the polymeric base member. |
| US10100861B2 |
Beam clamp for strut channel
A beam clamp for securing strut to a beam includes a clamp body having a first strut engagement portion configured for engaging a first attachment structure of a strut, and a second strut engagement portion separate from the first strut engagement portion and configured for engaging a second attachment structure of a strut. |
| US10100856B2 |
Mounting element for fastening a tensioning frame part of a tensioning frame and method for fastening a tensioning frame part of a tensioning frame by means of the mounting
Mounting element (3) for fastening a tensioning frame part of a tensioning frame on flat or uneven surfaces. The mounting element (3) has a frame-like fastening section (5), which can be clipped onto the tensioning frame part of the tensioning frame on a first side and has a plurality of support parts (6) variable in length on a second side. |
| US10100855B2 |
Pulsation damping system
The present invention relates to a pulsation damping system for a paint spray device for spraying paint including a pulsation damper for damping the pulsation of a paint stream, wherein the pulsation damper includes a housing, a chamber, a chamber inlet, a chamber outlet and a damping means. In this connection, an opening of the chamber outlet comprises a cross sectional area which is smaller than a cross sectional area of an opening of the chamber inlet, and as a result forms a throttle. |
| US10100845B2 |
Fan
A fan includes a motor, an impeller and a heat-dissipating structure. The motor includes a stator magnet assembly, a frame, a first circuit board, and a cover. The frame supports the stator magnet assembly. The frame and the stator magnet assembly define a first accommodating space, and the first circuit board is disposed in the first accommodating space. The cover covers the first circuit board. The motor drives the impeller and the impeller includes a hub and a plurality of first blades. The hub has at least a heat-dissipating hole. The first blades are disposed around the hub, and the heat-dissipating structure is disposed at the outer side of the hub. The heat-dissipating structure has a baffle and at least a second blade extended from the baffle and located corresponding to the heat-dissipating hole. |
| US10100844B2 |
Multi-stage-type compressor and gas turbine equipped therewith
This compressor is provided with: a rotor casing that encircles a rotor, which rotates around a rotational axis; an air bleed chamber casing that is provided to the outer peripheral side of the rotor casing and demarcates an air bleed chamber interconnecting to a primary duct via a slot; and an air bleed tube that is connected to the air bleed chamber casing from the outer peripheral side and is provided with an air bleed pathway. In the slot, at which an opening to the primary duct is formed, a large opening, at which the opening area of the opening is locally larger than that of the other positions in the peripheral direction of the opening, is formed at a position in the peripheral direction corresponding to the position at which the air bleed tube is provided. |
| US10100842B2 |
Cover of a turbomachine centrifugal compressor capable of being rigidly connected via the downstream side near to the upstream edge of same, and turbomachine comprising this cover
A cover of a centrifugal compressor intended to be rigidly connected to a turbomachine housing, which includes a plurality of ports, is provided. The cover further includes a fastening device for fastening the cover to the housing. A portion of the fastening device is located upstream relative to the ports and can be accessed by a fastening tool through at least one of the ports of the cover. A turbomachine uses this cover to form a sealed space, in particular with a view to collecting air. |
| US10100833B2 |
Scroll compressor
A scroll compressor includes a compression mechanism having fixed and movable scrolls defining a compression chamber, an introduction mechanism, and an auxiliary introduction mechanism. The introduction mechanism supplies fluid from the compression chamber to a back-pressure chamber supply throughout a first period. The auxiliary introduction mechanism has an auxiliary introduction passage and a check valve. The auxiliary introduction mechanism supplies fluid from the compression chamber to a back-pressure chamber supply throughout a second period. The second period includes a time point prior to the first period. |
| US10100831B2 |
Liquid pump
A liquid pump includes a pump assembly attached to a motor. The pump assembly includes an inlet chamber and pump chamber. The pump chamber accommodates a drive gear driven by an output shaft of the motor and driven gear meshed with the drive gear. An inner cover is disposed within the pump chamber. An outer cover overlies the inner cover with an elastic member disposed there between. The outer cover exerts a force to the inner cover through the elastic member and holds the inner cover in sliding contact with an axial end of the drive and driven gears. An outlet chamber formed between the inner cover and the outer cover is in fluid communication with and the pump chamber. |
| US10100829B2 |
Dump valve assembly with spring and method therefor
A dump valve assembly is disclosed. The dump valve assembly has a seat plug, a spring, a standing valve, and a ball. The seat plug is anchored to the standing valve and has two prongs that engage two corresponding slots within the standing valve. By pressing downwardly upon the seat plug, the spring is compressed and the prongs slide downwardly until they engage the ball. By ceasing the downward pressure on the seat plug, the spring relaxes and expands, thereby lifting the ball off of the standing valve in order to open the standing valve for pump drainage. |
| US10100828B2 |
Systems and methods for analyzing an infusion pump
Systems and methods for analyzing an infusion pump are provided. One infusion pump analyzer includes a fluid flow path configured to be coupled to an infusion pump to be tested and a pair of fluid chambers. The infusion pump analyzer further includes dual linear piston pumps coupled with the pair of fluid chambers and the fluid flow path to control the flow of fluid therethrough, and a valve coupled with the pair of fluid chambers and configured to rotate to selectively fill and drain the pair of fluid chambers. |
| US10100826B2 |
Pad plunger
A plunger for a wellbore plunger lift system includes a piston having a top end and a bottom end, and a pad having an inner surface that is positioned adjacent to the piston. In some embodiments the pad is moveable from a retracted position to an extended position where a bottom end of the pad is positioned a greater distance than a top end from a central axis of the piston. The piston may include a communication passage extending through the piston from a position above the pad to a position between the piston and the inner surface of the pad. The pad plunger may be a bypass or non-bypass plunger. |
| US10100822B2 |
Pump having freely movable member
A pump includes a main chamber and a pair of valves on opposite ends of the main chamber. The respective valves each contain a freely movable member to selectively open and close each respective valve, wherein the freely movable member is formed from at least some of the same material used to form a chamber portion of the respective valves. A force applicator is coupled relative to the main chamber to alternately induce a suction action and an expulsion action. |
| US10100818B2 |
Human powered irrigation pump
A human-powered pump assembly includes a frame and a treadle pivot attached to the frame, such that the treadle pivot defines a horizontal rotational axis. The pump assembly includes a pair of treadles coupled to the treadle pivot and a rocker pivot attached to the frame, such that the rocker pivot defines a separate horizontal rotational axis. The pump assembly includes a reciprocating rocker coupled to the rocker pivot and to the pair of treadles to constrain the motion thereof, such that the rocker pivot axis is located below the treadle pivot axis. |
| US10100812B2 |
Methods and systems to operate a wind turbine system
A wind turbine system is presented. The wind turbine system includes a wind turbine tower, a plurality of blades, a rotor supported by the wind turbine tower and rotatably coupled to the plurality of blades, a torque control device coupled to the rotor, and a control system programmed to predict an over-speeding time T of an occurrence of an over-speed rotor event based at least in part upon a current rotor acceleration and a current rotor speed, that cannot be compensated by an available counter-torque margin of the torque control device, and, in response, to generate pitch commands for the pitch angles of the plurality of blades to avoid the over-speed rotor event. |
| US10100811B2 |
Noise control for a wind turbine
An arrangement for determining a d-component (Idref, I*d) of a reference current in a d-q coordinate system for reducing noise of a wind turbine, the arrangement including a noise/vibration determination module for determining noise/vibration components of oscillations of at least one wind turbine component, and a processing block for calculating a first type of the d-component of the reference current based on the noise/vibration component output by the noise/vibration determination module, is provided. |
| US10100808B2 |
Rotor blade extension body and wind turbine
The invention relates to a rotor-blade extension body for use with a rotor blade of a rotor of a wind turbine. The rotor-blade extension body is elongate and is realized, for example, as a steel tube segment. There is a lift-generating element mounted on the circumference of the rotor-blade extension body. |
| US10100804B2 |
Wind turbine rotor blade with a cone angle and a method of manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade with a cone angle
A wind turbine rotor blade (14) comprising a root portion (15) having a substantially cylindrical shape and a longitudinal axis (22), the root portion having a mounting face (25); a plurality of bores (26) in a wall of the root portion and extending from the mounting face into the root portion, the bores being configured to receive respective connecting means for connecting the wind turbine rotor blade to a wind turbine hub; wherein the plurality of bores are inclined at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the root portion to define a cone angle. |
| US10100796B2 |
Reciprocating pump
A reciprocating pump comprising a roller tappet and a pump plunger that is operatively connected to the roller tappet, wherein the roller tappet has a roller support, a roller and a pin, wherein a first bearing eye and a second bearing eye are formed in the roller support, wherein the pin is mounted in the first bearing eye and in the second bearing eye, wherein the roller is arranged on the pin in a rotatable manner, and wherein the pin is mounted more flexibly in the first bearing eye than in the second bearing eye. |
| US10100795B2 |
High pressure pump for a fuel injection system
The invention relates to a high pressure pump for a fuel injection system, in particular a common rail injection system, comprising a housing part (1) with a bore (2), in which a pump piston (3) is received such that it can be moved with a reciprocating movement, which pump piston (3) is supported via a tappet assembly (4) on a cam (5) or eccentric and delimits a pump working chamber (6) in the axial direction, which pump working chamber (6) can be filled with fuel via an upstroke valve (7) which is integrated into the high pressure pump. According to the invention, a feed bore (8) is configured in the housing part (1) in order to supply the upstroke valve (7) with fuel, which feed bore (8) is connected to a bore (11) of a further housing part (12), which bore (11) connects a pump interior chamber (9) and a tappet chamber (10). |
| US10100794B2 |
Fuel injector
A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine includes an injector body in which there are positioned an actuator, a control valve, and a needle guide. The actuator actuates the control valve, the control valve controlling an injection needle sliding the needle guide between an open position in which injection is permitted and a closed position in which the injection of fuel is prevented. The injector additionally includes a first electrical connection extending from the needle guide to a metal that are internal to the injector, and a metal extension extending from the metal ring to a connector pin accessible from the outside of the injector, so that an electrical signal indicative of the position of the needle can be transmitted from the needle guide for the needle to the connector pin. |
| US10100793B2 |
Intake sound reduction device for internal combustion engine
Intake sound reduction device for internal combustion engine includes an elastic member formed into substantially cylindrical shape and having an open base end, a top end sealed by an end surface wall and a bellows circumferential wall; a base plate retaining base end of elastic member; and a communication pipe whose one end is connected to base plate so that a volume chamber formed inside elastic member communicates with an intake passage of the engine. Intake sound reduction device has first resonance system formed by expansion and contraction in axial direction of elastic member and second resonance system formed by film-vibration of end surface wall. When either one of resonance frequencies of the first and second resonance systems is primary resonance frequency and the other is secondary resonance frequency, the primary resonance frequency is set to 30˜200 Hz and the secondary resonance frequency is set to 50˜300 Hz. |
| US10100786B2 |
Two-stage engine charge air system with branch conduits
A system is provided comprising an engine having a first cylinder bank and a second cylinder bank disposed in a VEE configuration, a first compressor configured to compress fluid to a first pressure, a first cooler coupled to the first compressor, the first cooler receiving the compressed fluid from the first compressor and cooling the compressed fluid, a second compressor coupled to the first cooler, the second compressor being configured to receive cooled, compressed fluid from the first cooler and compress the cooled, compressed fluid to a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure, and a second cooler coupled to the second compressor, the second cooler receiving the compressed fluid from the second compressor and cooling the compressed fluid for introduction into the pair of cylinder banks. The first compressor, the first cooler, the second compressor and the second cooler are disposed within the VEE. |
| US10100783B2 |
Filter arrangement of a vehicle
A filter arrangement of a vehicle includes a filter, preferably an active carbon filter, a sprung suspension for the vibrational mounting of the filter in the vehicle, a sensor unit for determining a variable corresponding to the current weight of the filter from a vibrational movement of the filter, and an analyzing unit for calculating a filling degree of the filter from the filter weight determined, taking the empty weight of the filter into account. The filter is suspended such that the filter can vibrate about a rotational axis fixed to the vehicle. |
| US10100782B2 |
Systems and methods for vehicle evaporative emissions system diagnostics
Methods and systems are provided for conducting a diagnostic routine of the fuel vapor system using pressure generated by raising or lowering a vehicle body element such as a hood or a trunk. In one example, by utilizing lift gate cylinders coupled to the hood or trunk, during raising a hood or trunk, the fuel vapor system may be evacuated and during lowering the hood or trunk, the fuel vapor system may be pressurized. A change in vacuum or higher pressure in the fuel vapor system may be monitored over a time period to detect any undesirable evaporative emissions from the fuel vapor system. |
| US10100780B2 |
Nacelle for an aircraft turbojet engine comprising a secondary nozzle section with rotary doors
The present disclosure relates to a turbojet engine nacelle having an external cowling with an internal wall defining, with an internal fixed structure, an annular flow channel for a secondary airflow and an exhaust nozzle for said secondary airflow. The nozzle includes at least one opening, at least one continuous downstream end portion, downstream of said opening, and at least one door moving between a closed position and an open position allowing the passage of a part of said airflow through said opening. The nacelle is notable in that it includes a shaped device for activation of the door, during their activation from a closed position to an open position of the door, to drive the door in a combined movement that is translational in the direction running upstream from the nacelle and rotary towards the exterior of the nacelle. |
| US10100776B2 |
Preformed article for cylinder head, cylinder head, and method for manufacturing cylinder head
A preformed article for a cylinder head, includes: a first portion where a first through hole is to be formed from an upper wall portion to a central portion which is a portion, of a bottom wall portion, forming a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine; and a second portion where a second through hole is to be formed to the central portion from an outer wall portion (for example, the upper wall portion) positioned above an intake port which opens to the central portion. The first portion and the second portion are portions where a cooling water passage is not formed. |
| US10100774B2 |
Systems and methods for fuel injection
Methods and systems are provided for pressurizing a step chamber of a direct injection fuel pump. In one example, the step chamber may be pressurized to a pressure higher than an output pressure of a lift pump, the lift pump supplying fuel to the direct injection fuel pump. The pressurization of the step chamber may occur during at least a portion of a pump stroke of the direct injection fuel pump. |
| US10100772B2 |
Fuel injection control device and fuel injection control method
A fuel injection control device controls a spark-ignition engine of an intra-cylindrical direct fuel injection type. The engine includes a fuel injection valve configured to directly inject a fuel to an interior of a cylinder, and a spark plug configured to ignite, by a spark, an air-fuel mixture inside the cylinder. When the injected fuel collides with a portion in a predetermined low-temperature state, the fuel is injected while changing a fuel injection condition under predetermined operating conditions so as to restrain a fuel spray from keeping colliding with the same position continuously. |
| US10100771B2 |
Method and system for sensor rationality check
Methods and systems are provided for performing rationality check of a hydrocarbon sensor in an evaporative emission control system. In one example, a method may include sensing fuel vapors vented from a fuel vapor canister to atmosphere via the sensor, and performing sensor rationality check by flowing desorbed hydrocarbons from the fuel vapor canister to an engine via the sensor during purging of the fuel vapor canister. |
| US10100768B2 |
Engine-out emissions controls
Unique apparatuses, methods, and systems including engine-out emissions controls are disclosed. One embodiment is a system including an internal combustion engine system including at least one fueling actuator and at least one air handling actuator and an electronic controller. The electronic structure may be structured to determine initial values for a plurality of combustion references, determine a plurality of target emissions values or ranges based upon the plurality of combustion references, determine errors between the emissions target values or ranges and sensed emissions information, determine correction factors and weighting factors for the combustion references, the weighting factors being based at least in part upon the errors between the between the emissions target values or ranges and sensed emissions information, selectably determine modified values for the combustion references based upon the correction factors and the weighting factors, and control operation of the at least one fueling actuator and at least one air handling actuator based upon the modified values. |
| US10100760B2 |
Method for operating an internal combustion engine employing a dedicated-cylinder EGR system
A multi-cylinder spark-ignition internal combustion engine (engine) that includes a dedicated-cylinder exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system is described. The dedicated-cylinder EGR system includes a controllable exhaust gas diverter valve that selectively diverts all exhaust gas produced by one of the cylinders to an air intake system of the engine. A method for controlling the engine includes monitoring a parameter associated with operation of the dedicated-cylinder EGR system. Upon detecting a change in the parameter that indicates a change in operation of the dedicated-cylinder EGR system, a controller controls operation of the internal combustion engine to reduce an effective cylinder compression ratio. |
| US10100759B2 |
Exhaust gas recirculation control device and exhaust gas recirculation control method
An exhaust gas recirculation control device controls an exhaust gas recirculation device that includes an exhaust gas recirculation passage adapted to circulate a portion of exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine from an exhaust passage downstream of a turbine of a turbo supercharger along an exhaust flow to an intake passage upstream of a compressor of the turbo supercharger along an intake flow and downstream of an air flow meter along the intake flow, and a recirculation control valve adapted to adjust an amount of exhaust gas circulated to the intake passage. Furthermore, the exhaust gas recirculation control device includes recirculation ratio setting means adapted to set a lower target recirculation ratio for a smaller intake air amount of the internal combustion engine. |
| US10100748B2 |
Dual fuel gas turbine thrust and power control
An aircraft, controller, and method for simultaneously using a liquid fuel and a gaseous fuel. The use of natural gas and other similar fuels in gas turbines engines can enable an aircraft to operate less expensively. However, aircraft often use liquid fuels en route to the gas turbine engine burners for secondary purposes, such as oil cooling and hydraulic pressure. The aircraft, controllers, and methods described herein feed a minimal quantity of liquid fuel to an engine to satisfy the secondary purposes while simultaneously feeding a quantity of gaseous fuel to the engine to satisfy a thrust command for the engine. |
| US10100742B2 |
Drainage method and purge collector of a carburation system of a helicopter
A helicopter engine collector includes an external longitudinal wall and two closed end walls, a longitudinal symmetry axis inclined ascendingly, couplings configured to be connected to purge drains, and a connection connected to a gas ejection pipe and connected to the bottom end wall. The collector also includes, in its internal space, a chamber with its symmetry axis substantially parallel to the axis of the collector. The chamber includes a longitudinal wall and two transverse end walls. The chamber is connected to the purge coupling of the injection wheel via a radial connection emerging on its longitudinal wall, the symmetry axis of the chamber being inclined, with respect to the horizontal reference ground when the helicopter is in a ground position, by a reference angle such that this axis is situated parallel to the reference ground when the helicopter is in an acceleration phase. The collector prevents formation of fumes. |
| US10100738B2 |
Overcooled air cooling system with annular mixing passage
A cooling system is provided. The cooling system may comprise a heat exchanger and a first conduit fluidly coupled to an outlet of the heat exchanger. An annular passage may be fluidly coupled to the first conduit. A tangential onboard injector (TOBI) may be fluidly coupled to the annular passage. A gas turbine engine is also provided and may comprise a compressor, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor, and a diffuser around the combustor and a turbine. A heat exchanger may have an inlet fluidly coupled to the diffuser. A second conduit may be fluidly coupled to an outlet of the heat exchanger. An annular passage may be fluidly coupled to the second conduit. A tangential onboard injector (TOBI) may be fluidly coupled to the annular passage. |
| US10100736B2 |
Gas turbine engine sump heat exchanger
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section in series flow with a turbine section. The compressor section includes one or more compressors and the turbine section includes one or more turbines, the compressor section and turbine section together defining a core air flowpath. A sump is positioned inward of the core air flowpath for containing and collecting lubrication oil. Additionally, a heat exchanger is positioned in direct thermal communication with the sump for removing heat from lubrication oil contained therein to reduce a size and/or amount of heat exchangers located radially outward of the core air flowpath. |
| US10100735B2 |
Low loss oil accumulator assembly
An oil accumulator assembly may comprise a scavenge tube including an aperture defined by a break in the scavenge tube and/or an annular cylindrical structure concentrically situated about the scavenge tube. The aperture may be configured to receive oil flowing through the scavenge tube, and the annular cylindrical structure may be configured to accumulate oil flowing through the aperture. The oil accumulator assembly may further comprise a drainage outlet disposed in the annular cylindrical structure. Oil accumulated within the annular cylindrical structure may drain through the drainage outlet in response to an engine being shut down. The oil accumulated within the annular cylindrical structure may fill a portion of the scavenge tube situated within an engine fan case to prevent coking within the scavenge tube. |
| US10100729B2 |
Cooling device for electro-pneumatic controller
A valve system includes a valve, a valve controller, and a heat exchanger. The valve is configured to open and close a control device in response to a working fluid. The controller controls the flow of the working fluid to and from the valve. The heat exchanger is mounted between the valve and the valve controller. The heat exchanger receives the working fluid from the valve, cools the working fluid using a cooling stream, and delivers cooled working fluid to the valve controller. |
| US10100724B2 |
Vehicle, jet propelled watercraft, and engine unit
A jet propelled watercraft includes a watercraft body, an engine mounted on the watercraft body, an air intake box configured to supply air to the engine, and a mounting portion provided on the air intake box. The air intake box is disposed opposite to the engine. An electrical device is mounted on a front surface and a right surface of the air intake box, which are different from the surfaces of the air intake box that oppose the engine. The electrical device is removably mounted on the mounting portions without using an implement such as a tool. |
| US10100716B2 |
Engine having integrated heat exchanger
An engine having an integrated heat exchanger includes a cylinder head defining combustion chambers; an intercooler embedded at an intake side in the cylinder head and cooling intake gas by using a coolant; an EGR cooler embedded in the cylinder head and cooling exhaust gas, which is discharged from an exhaust side of the combustion chambers and recirculates to the intake side of the combustion chambers through an EGR passageway formed in the cylinder head; and an EGR distribution tube formed at an upper side in the cylinder head, supplied with the exhaust gas passing through the EGR cooler, and having distribution holes through which the exhaust gas is distributed into intake ports connected with the combustion chambers. |
| US10100714B2 |
Cylinder head
A cylinder head comprising a cavity for receiving a pre-chamber gas valve, wherein an opening extending substantially or completely around the pre-chamber gas valve forms an annular passage with a wall of the cavity, that surrounds the pre-chamber gas valve, wherein the annular passage is connected to at least one gas feed passage for supplying the pre-chamber gas valve with combustion gas, wherein the annular passage with at least one inclined gas passage is connected with the lower cavity of the pre-chamber gas valve. |
| US10100712B2 |
Ground milling machine having a cooling system, cooling system, and method for cooling a ground milling machine
The present invention relates to a ground milling machine with two cooling ducts, which allow a mutually separated guidance of cooling air. The present invention further relates to such a cooling system and a method for cooling a ground milling machine. |
| US10100710B2 |
Detachable water pump reservoir
A detachable water pump reservoir to collect coolant leakage from a housing of an engine water pump to which the reservoir is attached in use is described herein. The reservoir includes a hollow body defining a chamber in which the coolant leakage is collected and having a mouth shaped to complement a surface of the housing, at least one attachment apparatus configured to enable the reservoir to be easily and quickly attached to and removed from the housing of the water pump, and a level indicator to indicate the level of the coolant collected in the reservoir. |
| US10100708B2 |
Engine temperature regulating device
Disclosed is an engine temperature regulating device installed to a cool air inlet of a casing of an engine. The engine temperature regulating device includes a power source, a link rod module connected to the power source, a control module and a fan cover module including a fixed casing and a movable casing. The control module is provided for detecting a temperature when the engine is turned on to control the power source to drive the link rod module, so as to control the rotation of the connected movable casing and further adjust an air intake hole of the fixed casing to a smooth or obscured state. |
| US10100705B2 |
Exhaust mixer and method of making same
An exhaust mixer includes, a plurality of outwardly oriented vanes having planar surfaces, and a plurality of inwardly oriented vanes alternately positioned perimetrically between the plurality of outwardly oriented vanes, and a core flow area defined inwardly of inner most portions of the plurality of inwardly oriented vanes, the exhaust mixer being configured such that a minority of the total flow through the exhaust mixer travels through the core flow area when the exhaust mixer is employed during a mixing operation. |
| US10100703B2 |
Method and system for exhaust particulate matter sensing
Methods and systems are provided for a particulate matter (PM) sensor assembly positioned downstream of a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust system. In one example, a method may include rotating the PM sensor assembly inside an exhaust passage to generate an output, the rotation based on exhaust flow conditions within the exhaust passage. By rotating the PM sensor assembly via a bearing, a rate of soot particulate accumulation on a sensor element of the assembly may be maintained at a desired level, and independent of a direction of exhaust flow inside the exhaust passage. |
| US10100702B2 |
Method and system for exhaust particulate matter sensing
Methods and systems are provided for a particulate matter (PM) sensor assembly positioned downstream of a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust system. In one example, a PM sensor assembly may include a bent tube having a first, upstream end coupled to an exhaust passage, and a second outwardly flared end at a downstream end of the assembly. In this way, the second end of the bent tube may form a venturi that serves to block larger particulates from entering the assembly, and additionally serves to increase exhaust flow into the sensor assembly. |
| US10100695B2 |
Exhaust fluid dosing control system and method
A dosing control system for an exhaust system of an engine includes: a tank containing a reductant solution having urea; an injector operable to inject the reductant solution into an exhaust flow upstream of an SCR apparatus; first and second NOx sensors disposed to sense NOx emissions in the exhaust flow upstream and downstream, respectively, of the SCR apparatus; and a control module. The control module is disposed in signal communication with the first and second NOx sensors and in operable communication with the injector, the control module being operable to set an original dosing level and decrease a dosing of the reductant solution injected by the injector based on a determination from signals received from the first and second NOx sensors that a reduction in a conversion efficiency of the SCR apparatus below a defined level of conversion efficiency has occurred. |
| US10100694B2 |
Reducing agent injection device and exhaust gas treatment device
A reducing agent injection device includes a first honeycomb structure and a urea spraying device spraying a urea water solution in mist form. A pair of electrode members is formed in the first honeycomb structure. The ratio L/D of length L in the cell extending direction of the honeycomb structure body to diameter D of the cross section perpendicular to the cell extending direction is 0.5 to 1.2. Also, it is preferable that a urea hydrolysis catalyzer is provided in the second end face side of the honeycomb structure body, with a gap from the second end face. |
| US10100692B2 |
Device for metering fluid
The invention relates to a device for metering fluid, particularly for the metered injecting of a reduction agent into the exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine, which has an electrically controllable metering valve (11) having a valve housing (16), having an inlet opening and a metering opening (14, 15) for the fluid, and a cooling module (12) to which a coolant is applied for cooling the metering valve. In order to achieve a permanent fording ability of the device, the metering valve (11) is hermetically sealed in the cooling module (12) and only the inlet opening and the metering opening (14, 15) of the valve housing (13) are exposed. |
| US10100683B2 |
Compressed gas engine
An engine has spherical pressure vessels attached to a continuous vertical conveyor. Each spherical pressure vessel has an operating pressure sufficient to hold gas at a pre-defined pressure. At least one gas compressor is in communication with each spherical pressure vessel, and the gas compressor is capable of compressing a gas in each pressure vessel to the pre-defined pressure. A pressure relief mechanism is in communication with each spherical pressure vessel. The pressure relief mechanism is capable of returning the gas in each vessel to atmospheric pressure. A plurality of reciprocating electrical generators is disposed in each spherical pressure vessel to convert the heat generated during pressurization to electrical power. |
| US10100681B2 |
System and method for increasing the responsiveness of a duct fired, combined cycle, power generation plant
A system and method for increasing the responsiveness of a duct fired, combined cycle power generation plant (12) via operating one or more gas turbine engines (14) at a part load condition less than 100 percent load, one or more steam turbine engines (16), and one or more supplemental burners (18) providing additional heat to a heat recovery steam generator (20) upstream from the steam turbine engine (16) is disclosed. The combination of the steam turbine engines (16) and supplemental burners (18) operating together with gas turbine engines (14) at a part load condition enables the system to quickly change output to accommodate changes in output demand of the duct fired, combined cycle power generation plant (12). By operating the one or more gas turbine engines (14) at a part load condition, the gas turbine engines (14) are able to be used to increase net output of the combined cycle power generation plant (12) faster than relying on increasing output via duct firing. |
| US10100678B1 |
Reciprocating piston engine
A steam reciprocating piston engine that uses a pressurized working fluid to drive first and second pistons in reciprocating power strokes is disclosed. A piston is configured for reciprocating motion within the cylinder and traverses between bottom dead center and top dead center positions. An uppermost stop is reached wherein the working fluid is allowed to escape the cylinder through one or more exhaust ports whereby the fluid travels through a closed loop circuit ultimately directing pressurized fluid back into the cylinder inlet. Momentum causes a spring connected mass to continue upward maintaining the piston above the exhaust port so as to allow escape of the working fluid. Return of the piston and mass is caused by opposite movement of a second piston whereby another stroke is initiated. Power output may be transferred to any suitable system. |
| US10100677B2 |
Fixture for restraining a turbine wheel
A fixture for restraining a wheel of a turbomachine is provided. The fixture includes a dovetail section adapted for insertion into a dovetail slot of the wheel, and a mounting section located adjacent to, or formed integrally with, the dovetail section. At least one coupling ring is attached to a top of the mounting section. The at least one coupling ring is adapted to be secured to a stationary anchoring point via a restraint. |
| US10100673B2 |
Pump gear
An integrated drive generator includes an input shaft and an input drive gear connected to the input shaft. The integrated drive generator also includes an input driven gear meshed with the input drive gear. The integrated drive generator also includes a hydraulic speed trimming device. The hydraulic speed trimming device includes an input shaft connected to the input driven gear, an output shaft, an accessory drive gear connected to the output shaft, and an output ring gear connected to the output shaft. The input driven gear, the accessory drive gear, and the output ring gear are coaxial and disposed proximate a first end of the hydraulic speed trimming device. The integrated drive generator also includes a pump assembly with a pump drive shaft and a pump gear connected to the pump drive shaft and meshed with the accessory drive gear. |
| US10100672B2 |
Fluid-cooled seal arrangement for a gas turbine engine
A component for a gas turbine engine includes a compartment housing that redirects oil from at least one passage in a rotational component onto a backside of a seal land. |
| US10100671B2 |
Oil drain for the bearing housing of a turbocharger
An oil drain (8) in a turbocharger bearing housing (1) is provided in which the oil flows out along the outer edge of the oil drain (8) leaving the center of the drain (8) open. Air can flow between the bearing housing (1) and the oil sump allowing for an equalization of air pressure therebetween. |
| US10100668B2 |
System and method of fabricating and repairing a gas turbine component
A method of fabricating and repairing a gas turbine component having a plurality of cooling holes defined therein is provided. The method includes determining a parameter of a first cooling hole defined in the gas turbine component, and generating a tool path for forming a protective cap around the first cooling hole. The tool path is based at least partially on the parameter of the first cooling hole. The method also includes directing a robotic device to follow the tool path, and discharging successive layers of ceramic slurry towards the gas turbine component as the tool path is followed such that the protective cap is formed around the first cooling hole. |
| US10100667B2 |
Axial flowing cooling passages for gas turbine engine components
A gas turbine engine component is provided. The gas turbine engine component comprises a main body and a leading edge cooling passage defined within the main body. The main body has a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion extending between the leading edge and a proximate flowpath surface of the main body. The leading edge cooling passage comprises an axial flow cooling passage defined within the main body and adjacent to the leading edge wall and has a leading edge periphery that generally conforms to the elongated transition portion of the leading edge wall. |
| US10100664B2 |
Ceramic centerbody and method of making
A ceramic centerbody (120) for an aircraft gas turbine engine. The ceramic centerbody (120) comprises an interlaced fiber structure having fibers oriented in a substantially transverse directions and a ceramic matrix surrounding the ceramic fiber structure. The ceramic fiber and matrix are formed into a conical shape having a fore end (128) and an aft end (126). The centerbody includes a means for mechanical attachment (130) circumferentially oriented around the fore end of the centerbody. The fore end further includes additional plies oriented in a third preselected direction, thereby providing additional strength to for mechanical attachment. |
| US10100662B2 |
Mechanical device for amplifying relative displacement
A mechanical device is provided for amplifying relative displacement between first and second mechanical structures operatively connected to opposite sides of a bearing. The relative displacement is caused by a thrust load on the bearing. The device includes a first bracket portion attachable to the first mechanical structure. The device further includes a compliant mechanism which extends from the first bracket portion to make contact with the second mechanical structure. The compliant mechanism is configured such that a measurement end of the mechanism moves in response to relative displacement between the first and second mechanical structures. The compliant mechanism is further configured such that the movement of the measurement end amplifies the relative displacement. The device further includes a sensor which measures the mechanically amplified movement of the measurement end. |
| US10100661B2 |
Method for operating a gas turbine arrangement
The invention concerns a method for operating a gas turbine arrangement, wherein the gas turbine arrangement can be actively connected to a grid system and includes a separation of compressor and turbine shaft to operate both components individually as unit. A first unit can include at least one turbine and at least one generator and a second unit can include at least one compressor and least one motor. Various switches are situated along power lines and are actively connected to a frequency converter and/or the grid system, wherein the compressed air duct operating downstream of the compressor includes a flap. |
| US10100660B2 |
Seals for gas turbine engines
A turbine shroud for use in a gas turbine engine that includes a metallic carrier, a blade track, and a seal is disclosed. The seal is engaged with surfaces of the metallic carrier and the blade track to block ingress of hot gasses at the interface of the blade track and the metallic carrier. |
| US10100656B2 |
Coated seal slot systems for turbomachinery and methods for forming the same
A coated seal slot system for turbomachinery includes a first turbine component comprising a first groove having at least one first coating attached to at least a portion of the first groove of the first turbine component, a second turbine component comprising a second groove having at least one second coating attached to at least a portion of the second groove of the second turbine component. The first and the second turbine components are disposable adjacent to each other with the first groove having the first coating and the second groove having the second coating together forming a coated seal slot extending across a gap between the first turbine component and the second turbine component. A seal is disposable in the coated seal slot and extendable across the gap between the first and the second turbine components and engageable with the first coating and the second coating to inhibit leakage of gas through the gap. |
| US10100655B2 |
Brush seal and method for producing a brush seal
The invention relates to a brush seal, in particular for the sealing of gaps occurring in turbomachines, including a plurality of individual fibers, individual wires or bundles of individual fibers or wires, wherein, in each case, at least two individual fibers or wires, and/or at least two fiber bundles or wire bundles are braided or twisted into a fiber or wire package. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing a brush seal. |
| US10100653B2 |
Variable pitch fan blade retention system
A variable pitch fan for a gas turbine engine includes a fan blade defining a pitch axis and attached at a radially inner end to a trunnion mechanism. The variable pitch fan also includes a disk having a disk segment with the trunnion mechanism extending at least partially through the disk segment. A key is positioned at least partially in a key slot defined in a base of the trunnion mechanism, and further positioned adjacent to a support member of the disk segment. The key defines a first contact line between the key and the key slot and a second contact line between the key and the support member. The first and second contact lines respectively define a first contact reference line in a second contact reference line. The first and second contact reference lines define an angle with the pitch axis of the fan blade greater than zero degrees and less than ninety degrees. |
| US10100652B2 |
Cover plate for a rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine
A cover plate according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body, a first tab near a bore of the body, and a second tab circumferentially spaced from the first tab. A slot is defined between the first tab and the second tab, the first tab, the second tab and the slot extending at an angle relative to a slot axis that extends through the bore. In another embodiment, the cover plate includes a bumper that limits deflection of the body. |
| US10100649B2 |
Compliant rail hanger
A gas turbine engine assembly includes a supporting component and a supported component. The supporting component includes features engaged by the supported component. The supported component comprises ceramic-containing materials. |
| US10100646B2 |
Gas turbine engine component cooling circuit
A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body portion, a cooling circuit disposed within the body portion and including at least a first cavity and a microcircuit in fluid communication with the first cavity. A plunged hole intersects at least a portion of the microcircuit. |
| US10100645B2 |
Trailing edge cooling configuration for a gas turbine engine airfoil
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes pressure and suction surfaces provided by pressure and suction walls that extend in a radial direction and are joined at a leading edge and a trailing edge. A cooling passage is arranged between the pressure and suction walls and extends to the trailing edge. Elongated pedestals are arranged in the cooling passage and interconnect the pressure and suction walls. The elongated pedestals are spaced apart from one another in the radial direction and extend from a plane to the trailing edge. A metering pedestal includes at least a portion that is arranged between the plane and the trailing edge. The portion is provided between adjacent elongated pedestals in the radial direction. |
| US10100643B2 |
Vibration damper
A gas turbine engine including a rotor and a cooling fluid delivery system is presented. The rotor includes a disc and a plurality of blades extending radially therefrom. Each blade has a suction side and a pressure side and includes a shank, a platform and a main portion, the main portion being radially outward of the shank and separated therefrom by the platform. At least one cavity is defined, each radially inward of the platforms and between a suction side of the shank of one blade and a pressure side of the shank of an adjacent blade. The rotor includes at least one damper, the damper including a main body in contact with at least one blade and a deflector nose. The deflector nose extends from the main body into the cavity. |
| US10100642B2 |
Low diameter turbine rotor clamping arrangement
A gas turbine engine having turbine discs includes a low diameter turbine rotor clamp for securing the turbine discs together. The rotor clamp includes a clamp sleeve, a clamp cylinder adapted to be threadably engaged to the clamp sleeve to apply an axial force on the turbine discs being coupled together. The rotor clamp includes an anti-score ring positioned between the bore of a turbine disc and the clamp cylinder and a lock tube used to prevent unwanted rotation of the clamp cylinder with respect to the clamp sleeve. |
| US10100638B2 |
Method for reservoir evaluation employing non-equilibrium asphaltene component
The present disclosure relates to a method for characterizing a hydrocarbon reservoir of interest traversed by at least one wellbore that includes (a) using a numerical model to simulate over geological time a non-equilibrium concentration of an asphaltene component as a function of location within the wellbore, (b) analyzing fluid samples acquired from at least one wellbore that traverses the reservoir of interest to measure concentration of the asphaltene component as a function of location within the wellbore, (c) comparing the non-equilibrium concentration of the asphaltene component as a function of location within the wellbore resulting from the simulation of (a) to the concentration of the asphaltene component as a function of location within the wellbore as measured in (b), and characterizing the reservoir of interest based upon the comparing of (c). |
| US10100634B2 |
Devices and methods to communicate information from below a surface cement plug in a plugged or abandoned well
Systems and methods for communicating information relating to at least one wellbore condition across a surface cement plug in a plugged off wellbore. Induction telemetry or galvanic telemetry are used to transmit electromagnetic signals across the axial length of a surface cement plug. |
| US10100633B2 |
Magnetic detection of drill pipe connections
A system for determining a location of a drill pipe joint deployed in a bore includes at least one magnetometer deployed on the bore. A processor is in electronic communication with the magnetometer and is configured to process magnetic field measurements made by the magnetometer to determine at least one of an axial position and a lateral position of the drill pipe joint. |
| US10100629B2 |
Systems and methods for providing end-to-end monitoring and/or control of remote oil and gas production assets
Implementations are directed to remote data aggregation, data management, and data visualization of field data from remote field site locations. Actions can include generating, by one or more sensors, the field data, each sensor of the one or more sensors being responsive to field site activity, transmitting, through a regional network, the field data to a back-end system, processing, by the back-end system, the field data to provide visualization data, transmitting the visualization data to one or more mobile computing devices, and providing a computer-executable application for execution on a mobile computing device, the computer-executable application processing the visualization data to provide data visualizations. |
| US10100625B2 |
Method of thermobaric production of hydrocarbons
A process for the thermobaric production of hydrocarbons from natural reservoirs through conventional wells. The hydrocarbons are converted into corresponding vapor phase fractions in the downhole, through the use of a combination of gasifying agents, heated atmospheric air, and steam—all pumped into the downhole. Temperature and pressure gradients that develop in the reservoir lead to disintegration of low-porosity rock and decompaction of impermeable rock. The vapor phase fractions are recovered at the well head and condensed on-site into high quality liquid and gaseous products. |
| US10100623B2 |
Intra-stroke cycle timing for pumpjack fluid pumping
A pumpjack is operated continuously over a sequence of two adjacent pump stroke cycles, by energizing an electric motor to operate the pumpjack over a first pump stroke cycle according to a motor speed profile over a plurality of discrete control periods within the cycle, while receiving sensory feedback from one or more sensors. In response to the feedback, and while continuing to operate the pumpjack, one or more speed adjustments are made to specific control periods, so as to alter the motor speed profile while continuing to operate the electric motor to drive the pump jack. The intra-cycle control optimizes flow while reacting to detrimental and changing conditions. |
| US10100622B2 |
Autonomous flow control device and method for controlling flow
A flow control device includes a housing; a choke member movably operably positioned at the housing. The member presenting a convex surface positioned to be exposed to a fluid flowing through the flow control device during use. A method for controlling flow through a flow control device. |
| US10100621B2 |
Downhole expandable tubular
The present invention relates to a downhole expandable tubular to be expanded in a well downhole from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter to abut against an inner face of a casing or borehole, the downhole expandable tubular having an axial extension, wherein the downhole expandable tubular is made of metal and is machined from one metal tubular blank, providing the downhole expandable tubular with at least one circumferential projection. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an annular barrier, to a downhole completion comprising a downhole expandable tubular according to the present invention, to a downhole completion comprising a well tubular structure and an annular barrier according to the present invention and to a manufacturing method for the manufacture of the downhole expandable tubular according to the present invention. |
| US10100619B2 |
Systems and methods for subsurface oil recovery optimization
Systems and methods for subsurface secondary and/or tertiary oil recovery optimization based on either a short term, medium term or long term optimization analysis of selected zones, wells, patterns/clusters and/or fields. |
| US10100618B2 |
Bore connector engagement technique
A technique for engaging a bore connector with a receptacle on subsea equipment. The technique may include providing an operator with a visual indication of acceptable alignment between the connector and the receptacle in advance of attaining engagement. In this way, a proper and reliably sealed engagement may be achieved. Further, the bore connector and techniques for use thereof include added indication of completed sealed engagement sufficient for testing and/or operational use of the connector in supporting a fluid application directed at the equipment through the receptacle. |
| US10100617B2 |
Expandable slip system
An expandable slips system for use on a mandrel having a longitudinal axis, the mandrel adapted to be run into a borehole, the expandable slips system comprising: at least one slip which in use is adapted to be moved outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the mandrel to grip against and thereby engage a downhole formation, the at least one slip comprising at least one angled member; at least one cone member for engagement with the at least one slip, the cone member comprising at least one angled member for engagement with the at least one angled member of the slip; and at least one cone member expansion device for engagement with the at least one cone member, the cone member expansion device comprising at least one angled member for engagement with another at least one angled member of the cone member. |
| US10100615B2 |
Systems and methods for managing debris in a well
Various systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for handling contaminants in a wellbore or riser. A washpipe debris trap (WPDT) traps contaminants traveling up a wellbore from a downhole location, and the WPDT may serve as an indicator for a breached screen in a downhole location. A marine riser reversing tool (MRRT) may reverse the flow of fluid between a workstring conduit and an annulus between the workstring and the wellbore such that fluid rises to the wellhead with greater velocity. A bi-directional chamber trap (BDCT) may be utilized in a wellbore operation to remove contaminants from a fluid. |
| US10100613B2 |
Subwater heat exchanger
The present disclosure provides a subwater heat exchanger that includes a duct, first coils, a first impeller and a second impeller. The duct is configured to receive a first fluid. The first coils are inside of the duct and are configured to receive a second fluid that is heated or cooled by the first fluid. The first impeller is inside of the duct that is configured to initiate flow of the first fluid around the first coils. The second impeller is inside of the duct and is substantially in line with the first impeller along a duct lateral axis of the duct. |
| US10100612B2 |
Indexing dart system and method for wellbore fluid treatment
A smart dart has a central bore and a collapsible annular protrusion extending radially outward from the dart body. The dart is deployed in a run-in configuration and actuated to a landing configuration to stop on a target seat identified by a control mechanism based on a seat count. The dart also includes a latch tool at a nose section and the central bore and the inner bore of the latch tool are aligned axially. A valve is installed in the central bore and a valve actuator closes the valve to seal the central bore for pressure isolating the wellbore downhole from the wellbore uphole the valve when the dart lands on the target seat. |
| US10100607B2 |
High temperature, bi-directional shear seal and related methods
A valve includes an outer piston, an inner piston telescopically disposed in the outer piston. A cavity separates at least a portion of the inner piston and the outer piston. The valve also includes a seal disposed in the cavity and that forms an upper pressure chamber and a lower pressure chamber. A first flow space connects the lower pressure chamber with a first flow path and a second flow space connects the upper pressure chamber with a second flow path. A biasing member engages the inner and outer piston. |
| US10100606B2 |
System and method for gravel packing a wellbore
A downhole tool includes a housing having a screen. An inner tubular member is positioned radially-inward from the housing such that an annulus is formed therebetween, and a first opening is formed radially-through the inner tubular member. A valve is positioned within the annulus. A flow control device is positioned within the annulus. A degradable member is configured to at least partially degrade in response to contact with a fluid. The valve is configured to actuate from a first position to a second position in response to the degradable member at least partially degrading. This changes a proportion of the fluid that flows through the flow control device after entering through the screen. |
| US10100603B2 |
Mixing system for cementing applications
A technique facilitates various types of cementing applications, such as a downhole cementing applications along a wellbore. The technique utilizes a mixer having a rigid body and a flexible skirt disposed along at least a portion of the interior of the rigid body. The mixer further comprises a cement blend inlet and a fluid inlet through which cement blend and fluid are introduced into the mixer to form a cement slurry. The flexible skirt is constructed to enable selective deformation, e.g. flexing, during formation of the cement slurry to reduce or prevent the formation of cement slurry caking within the mixer. |
| US10100598B2 |
Downhole expandable metal tubular
The present invention relates to a downhole expandable metal tubular to be expanded in a well downhole from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter to abut against an inner face of a casing or borehole, the downhole expandable metal tubular having an outer tubular face and a longitudinal extension and comprising a first circumferential edge and a second circumferential edge provided on the outer tubular face and having a distance along the longitudinal extension, and a circumferential sealing element being arranged between the circumferential edges, wherein the downhole expandable metal tubular further comprises: a circumferential resilient element having an outer face part facing away from the outer tubular face and having an extension along the longitudinal extension, the extension of the circumferential resilient element being smaller than the distance, a space arranged adjacent to the circumferential resilient element in the longitudinal extension, and a first portion of the circumferential sealing element at least partly overlapping the outer face part of the circumferential resilient element, the circumferential resilient element arranged between the portion of the circumferential sealing element and the outer tubular face. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an annular barrier, to a downhole completion system and to a sealing method. |
| US10100595B2 |
Hanger seal assembly
A tubing or casing hanger seal assembly is disclosed including an actuation sleeve to be mounted on a tubing hanger, a shoulder member to be mounted on the tubing hanger, and a seal assembly disposed between the actuation sleeve and the shoulder member. The seal assembly includes a first set or pair of seals engaged at a tapered interface, and a second set or pair of seals engaged at a tapered interface. Radial sectional areas can differ between seals of the seal pairs. Further, the first set of seals can be coupled to the second set of seals such that the first and second sets of seals are energized by the same setting motion of the actuation sleeve. |
| US10100594B2 |
Control system and a method for monitoring a filter in an underwater hydrocarbon well
A control system for monitoring a filter in a subsea control module (SCM) of an underwater hydrocarbon well is presented. The control system includes an upstream pressure transducer disposed upstream of a filter of the SCM and configured to sense an upstream pressure. The control system further includes a downstream pressure transducer disposed downstream of the filter and configured to sense a downstream pressure. Furthermore, the control system includes a subsea electronics module (SEM) coupled to the upstream pressure transducer and the downstream pressure transducer. The SEM is configured to determine average pressure differential values at different instances based on the upstream pressure and the downstream pressure. Moreover, the control system also includes a master control station (MCS) coupled to the SEM and configured to predict a filter maintenance generate an indication of the predicted filter maintenance due time for an operator of the underwater hydrocarbon well. |
| US10100593B2 |
Power tong unit
A power tong unit having a gear train in which one or more of the gears in the gear train have removable and replacement roller tooth elements, in lieu of conventional gear teeth. In one embodiment, the ring gear and pinion gears have roller tooth elements, and idler gears disposed between the ring gear and pinion gears, have a semi-circular tooth root profile to mesh with the roller element gear teeth. The ring gear of the power tong unit may also have a removable section. A means for removing the removable section from the ring gear, and moving it to a position in which a tubular can be inserted into a central opening in the ring gear, may include a hydraulic cylinder, a clamping mechanism, and a cam surface to generate rotation of the removable section once lifted out of engagement with the ring gear. |
| US10100592B2 |
Device for handling drill string components with respect to a rock drill rig and a rock drill rig
A device for handling drill string components with respect to a drill rig. A gripper is configured to grip a first drill string component to be threaded on to or off from a second drill string component being part of a drill string which is partly drilled into a rock formation. A handling unit includes the gripper is movable between a drill string position and a loading position wherein a drill string component can be brought into or taken out from the gripper. The handing unit includes auxiliary engagement unit configured to align the gripped first drill string component to essentially in line with an axial direction defined by the second drill string component. The gripper and the auxiliary engagement unit are adjustable for gripping drill string components of different dimensions with maintained alignment of gripped drill string components. |
| US10100587B2 |
Hydraulic-mechanical pipe connector for tool connection and pipe splicing
The present invention provides a device, namely a hydraulic-mechanical pipe connector that allows a simple, user friendly way to attach pipe and tools to one another whether this is a single connection to a bottom hole assembly or a splice connection joining two pipe ends together, thereby eliminating the need for tools such as wrenches and tongs and removing the need and difficulty of requiring pipe rotation to make up the connection. It also provides a simple, safe and efficient manner to affix a tool, sub assembly, bottom hole assembly or similar oil tools to the end of a pipe that has no thread attachment, without the need for the hand tools and wrenches. More importantly, the present invention provides a device that can splice multiple pipe or coil sizes together using the hydraulic actuation technique. |
| US10100585B2 |
Pipe mat and method for using same for collecting fluids draining from drill pipe
A pipe mat for use with a tubing tray for receiving, organizing and storing drill pipe tripped out of a drill string on a drilling rig has a plurality of substantially parallel and spaced-apart support rails to form a plurality of drain channels disposed between adjacent pair of support rails. A plurality of substantially parallel and spaced-apart nub rails is disposed on the plurality of support rails. The nub rails are substantially orthogonal to the support rails, thereby forming a lattice structure having openings disposed between the nub rails that are in communication with the drain channels. A plurality of spaced-apart pipe nubs extend upwardly from the nub rails, which hold a drill pipe in place when an end of the drill pipe is placed onto one of the pipe nubs. A method for collecting fluids draining from drill pipe uses the pipe mat with the tubing tray. |
| US10100583B2 |
Cutting elements with wear resistant diamond surface
Cutting elements include polycrystalline diamond which may be attached to a substrate. The polycrystalline diamond may have a ratio of cubic to hexagonal cobalt crystalline structures of greater than about 1.2. The polycrystalline diamond may have a high level surface compressive stress of greater than about 500 MPa. |
| US10100578B2 |
Pressure control check valve for a down-the-hole drill hammer
A down-the-hole drill hammer for optimizing air consumption. The down-the-hole drill hammer includes a housing, a backhead connected to the housing, and a pressure control check valve assembly mounted within the housing. The pressure control check valve assembly includes a first check valve and a second check valve. The first check valve controls a flow of working fluid through the backhead. The second check valve is mounted to the first check valve and controls a flow of working fluid through the first check valve. |
| US10100571B2 |
Concealed hinge for a pivoting window or pivoting door and window equipped therewith
A hinge for a pivoting window or door with a frame and a leaf that can tilt with respect to the frame, whereby the hinge includes a frame part fastened to the frame and a leaf part fastened to the leaf, with a scissor mechanism between the frame part and the leaf part on which the leaf part is hingeably affixed around an axis of rotation, whereby the scissor mechanism comes into operation in a first phase of the tilting movement of the leaf, so that the axis of rotation moves in a direction essentially transverse to the plane of the frame into a locking position whereby the axis of rotation is at a distance from the frame such that the axis of rotation is a fixed axis around which the leaf can tilt further in a second phase of the tilting movement of the leaf. |
| US10100569B2 |
Operation input detection device and control device for vehicular opening-closing body
An operation input detection device includes: a side-surface proximity sensor that is provided at a lower side surface portion of a vehicle; and an operation input detection portion that detects an operation input based on a sensor output of the side-surface proximity sensor, wherein the operation input detection portion determines that the operation input is performed in a case where when a change in the sensor output indicating proximity of a detection object is detected, after a first peak is detected in an acceleration of the sensor output, a second peak is detected in the same direction as that of the first peak at a first predetermined interval that is set in advance. |
| US10100568B2 |
Electromechanical strut with lateral support feature
An electromechanical strut for moving a closure member between open and closed positions relative to a vehicle body includes a housing having an inner surface bounding a cavity extending along a central axis between opposite first and second ends. A power screw is disposed in the cavity in operable communication with a motor, with a gear assembly operably connecting the motor to the power screw. An extensible member has an outer cover tube received in the housing cavity and a drive mechanism for converting rotary motion of the power screw into linear motion of the extensible member. An annular gap extends between the inner surface of the housing and an outer surface of the outer cover tube. An annular bushing is disposed within the annular gap to minimize laterally play between the housing and the outer cover tube. |
| US10100562B2 |
Pop-up device for butterfly door grip handle and method thereof
A pop-up device for a grip handle that is mounted in a butterfly door, the pop-up device may include a grip handle device including a first end portion formed to protrude in a handle shape from a door trim of the butterfly door, a guide device fixed at a predetermined position in the door trim and configured to guide the grip handle device, and a first drive device configured to drive the grip handle device in response to a signal of opening or closing the butterfly door. |
| US10100560B2 |
Console for vehicle interior
A component for vehicle interior is disclosed. The component comprises a base, a bin and a cover. The cover is configured to move relative to the base from a closed position to cover the bin to an intermediate position to partially uncover the bin to an open position to uncover the bin. The cover provides a latch. The latch is configured to secure the cover to the base at the closed position, the intermediate position and the open position. The latch is also configured to release the cover from the base at the closed position, the intermediate position and the open position. The latch comprises a button and two arms. The button is configured to facilitate movement of the two arms between an extended position and a retracted position. The two arms engage with the base to secure the cover to the base when the two arms are at the extended position. The two arms disengage with the base to release the cover from the base when the two arms are at the retracted position. |
| US10100557B1 |
Tamper-resistant lock
A locking system includes a tamper-resistant lock and key. The tamper-resistant lock includes a cylindrical lock body with external threading on at least a portion thereof and a bore extending into an end of the cylindrical lock body. The bore includes an engagement feature disposed on the wall that defines the bore, and the engagement feature is disposed a particular distance away from the bore opening. The key includes a collar that has a cylindrical key body that fits within the bore of the cylindrical lock body. The cylindrical key body also includes an opening defined by the collar sidewall, a retractable engagement member at least partially disposed within the opening, a spring disposed within the collar, and a plunger disposed within the collar that is operable to engage the spring and has a recess sized and shaped to accommodate the retractable engagement member. |
| US10100556B2 |
Door and home security system and method
A door security system and method may increase the home security for elderly people without limiting the privacy of or convenience for residents. The method comprises detecting closing of a door; keeping a first locking mechanism of said door in an open position for a first predetermined period of time after said closing; after said predetermined period of time, changing said first locking mechanism into a locked position. The re-entry time frame permits a user to re-enter without a key, immediately after realizing they forgot it. The method may further comprise recognizing motion of a person on a door of a house through a camera provided in or near the door; producing streaming footage; sending the streaming footage to a central processing server; processing the streaming footage for face recognition purpose and checking against several; and storing all data on the server. |
| US10100555B2 |
Lock and binary key therefor
An arrangement for a lock is provided, comprising a stator, a rotor, which is rotatably arranged in the stator, and a set of elements arranged in the rotor for cooperating with the stator, which elements each have an opening and which elements are arranged successively in the longitudinal direction of the rotor and the openings of which together form a through hole for receiving a key, each of the elements being readjustably arranged, independently of each other, between a state which upon actuation is blocking and a state which upon the same actuation is releasing. The disclosure further concerns a key, which has a body along which a plurality of projections are arranged, the plurality of projections all being arranged in a common plane and the plurality of projections all having the same height and defining together the profile of the key. |
| US10100552B2 |
Lock assembly with an interchangeable lock core
An interchangeable core assembly for a lock core assembly capable of being flush mounted in a door including a housing, a lock insert mounted in the housing, a lock core mounted in the housing adjacent to and cooperative with the lock insert, a thumb-turn assembly mounted in the non-cylindrical housing coaxial with the lock core, a first offset cam mounted on the thumb-turn assembly for rotation therewith, and a second offset cam mounted on the lock core for rotation therewith. The barrel of the lock core assembly is unobstructed by locking train components such that the lock core assembly extends completely through the latch assembly when installed therein. The lock core assembly is secured to the latch assembly without threads and a means to remove/replace the thumb-turn component is provided. |
| US10100551B2 |
Fence post cap
A fence post cap is fabricated of thin-walled material with a cap portion above a plurality of depending walls. A first wall has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled first protrusion with a first upper edge providing a mouth between the first wall adjacent the first upper edge and the first upper edge. Likewise, a second side wall, opposite the first side wall, has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled second protrusion with a second upper edge providing a mouth between the second side wall adjacent the second upper edge and the second upper edge. The protrusions can be positioned so that they are opposite one another such that a shortest distance between the first wall adjacent the first protrusion and the second wall adjacent the second protrusion is greater than a shortest distance between the first wall inwardly extending portion and the second wall inwardly extending portion. Each protrusion can be a wall of a dimple that inclines inwardly and upwardly to an upper edge where the upper edge is separated from the side wall from which the dimple extends. The dimple wall can have a notch extending from this upper edge. The cap can be a unitary structure fabricated of sheet metal. |
| US10100548B2 |
Base angle attachment assemblies
A base angle attachment assembly includes a connector for coupling to a base and a pole supported by the base. The connector has a first connecting member and a second connecting member extending generally perpendicularly with respect to the first connecting member. The first connecting member of the connector defines an aperture for receiving a fastener configured to couple the connector with the base. The second connecting member of the connector defines apertures for receiving fasteners configured to couple the connector with the pole. The base angle attachment assembly also includes a containment assembly configured for insertion into an interior cavity of the pole for receiving and aligning the fasteners with the apertures defined in the second connecting member of the connector. |
| US10100545B2 |
Vacuum head and hose apparatus and related methods
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for an improved underwater vacuum cleaning system. Urging elements are provided on a vacuum head to encourage debris, especially large pieces of underwater debris, to matriculate under the head or otherwise toward the vacuum opening, rather than traveling over the head or otherwise NOT toward the vacuum opening. Various embodiments of engagement elements are disclosed between the vacuum head and a vacuum hose to improve the connection therebetween. |
| US10100539B2 |
Concrete depression form system and method
A concrete depression form system and method having a rail that is readily removable from sacrificial support towers after the concrete has sufficiently cured, leaving a slab having an elevated interior slab surface and a depressed or lower exterior slab surface, the support towers being structured such that concrete flow is only minimally impeded and such that no portion of the support towers extends outwardly from the slab surfaces. |
| US10100534B2 |
Mortar mixture and method of laying tiles employing the same
Disclosed is an improved mortar mixture comprising a mixture of a pre-mortar mixture and water. The pre-mortar mixture comprises cement ranging between 37 and 41% by weight, sand ranging between 59 to 63% by weight, bentonite ranging between 0.001 and 0.003% by weight, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose (HMPC) ranging between 0.001 and 0.002% by weight and plaster of paris ranging between 0.002 and 0.004% by weight. |
| US10100529B2 |
Removable cladding system
A cladding system for a wall includes a plurality of panels (3), each with first and second longitudinal edges blocked to each other and to the wall by a respective plurality of fastenings (5, 7). Removable fastening means (5) include a releasable clamping member (23) movable with respect to corresponding locking means (21) and movably joinable thereto so as to fix to the wall a concave housing means (15) of the first longitudinal edge (11) of a panel (3) that contains a first rib means (17) of the second longitudinal edge (13) of the other panel (3), the first rib being inserted in the concave housing means. The release of the releasable clamping members (23) from the respective locking means (21) of the plurality of removable fastening means (5) of the edges (11, 13) of the two adjacent panels (3) allows to release said edges (11, 13). |
| US10100527B1 |
Hollow baluster installation system
Hollow baluster installation system that utilizes either the mounting holes that remain from the removal of a previous wooden baluster or newly drilled holes and components including a bottom plug, baluster insert and top cap which allow for installation of the hollow baluster in a staircase or railing. |
| US10100525B2 |
Wind turbine with a concrete tower and method for the assembly thereof
The present invention relates to a wind turbine with a concrete tower wherein the tower comprises a plurality of sections formed by segments a platform system comprising a plurality of platforms, wherein the platform system is configured to allow access to junction areas between sections wherefrom optionally, the execution of joints between adjacent sections may be carried out, the platforms situated inside the tower once erected being detachable, stackable and transportable. |
| US10100522B2 |
Low-profile rain gutter screen
A low-profile screen which allows water to pass through apertures formed therein to allow water to drain through the screen. A plurality of ridges are formed on the surface of the screen to allow water to drain at a number of different elevations, to increase the structural rigidity of the screen, to improve snow-melting, and to improve the screens reliance when compressive forces are exerted on the screen. Under compression the screen snaps into place. The ridges further promote debris being blown off of the surface of the screen. |
| US10100519B2 |
Ceiling system and mounting bracket for use with the same
A ceiling system having a perimeter frame; a grid configured to support a plurality of substrates; and a plurality of bracket assemblies coupling the grid to the perimeter frame, the plurality of bracket assemblies adjustable between a plurality of states in which the grid is supported at a different height relative to the perimeter frame in each of the plurality of states. |
| US10100516B2 |
Deck framing system
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a deck framing system formed of light gauge steel. The thickness of the light gauge steel components may be different among particular components depending on the load carried by the particular component and depending on the forming method for fabrication of the particular component. The deck framing system includes a ledger in which bracket slots are formed. The bracket slots are spaced apart from each other along a length of the ledger. Each bracket slot receives a joist support bracket. Each of the joist support brackets are received within an end of a joist. According to certain embodiments, the joists are generally in a closed box-like shape. The deck surface is laid on top of and supported by the joists. |
| US10100515B2 |
Lifting and leveling insert for a precast concrete slab
An insert for lifting and leveling a precast concrete slab is provided. The insert includes a sleeve that extends through the concrete slab and has two distinct threaded portions on an inner surface of the sleeve. This configuration allows a lifting bolt to be positioned into an upper end of the sleeve to lift the concrete slab, and a different-sized leveling bolt to be positioned in the sleeve to selectively elevate or raise part of the concrete slab relative to a ground surface. |
| US10100510B1 |
Expandable shade and shelter system
An expandable shade and shelter system that includes an expandable grid structure of reversibly expandable cells in a two-dimensional grid configured to collapse to a rectangular cuboid with a top surface, an anchored bottom, an anchored first end, an expandable second end, and two expandable sides. The system includes a connecting device fixed at corners of the top surface and/or the expandable second end of the structure, a vertically oriented support structure having a top and bottom ends, where the expandable grid structure is configured to expand upwardly from the second end and inwardly towards the top of the vertically oriented support structure, while the anchored first end remains anchored, to connect the connecting device to the top of the vertically oriented support structure to form a three dimensional shelter. |
| US10100504B2 |
Bidet apparatus
A bidet apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a nozzle case provided inside of a frame; a nozzle, provided in the nozzle case so as to be movable forward and backward, having a discharge outlet at one end thereof; and a drier, provided inside of the frame, for spraying air toward the discharge outlet. As such, a user can dry a nozzle discharge cutlet by only a simple button operation. |
| US10100503B2 |
Flush toilet
A float rise speed control tank in a flush toilet is formed so that when the flush water level inside a flush water tank rises and the flush water level reaches a window due to supply of flush water into the flush water tank by a water supply device, the inflow into the float rise speed control tank by flush water in the flush water tank from a window formed above the bottom edge part of the float causes the rise speed of the flush water level in the float rise speed control tank to increase more than the rise speed of the flush water in the flush water tank. |
| US10100500B2 |
Managing a fluid condition in a pipe
According to an example, a system for managing a fluid condition in a pipe includes a controller to receive temperatures of the pipe detected by the temperature sensor over a period of time. The controller may determine, based upon the temperatures of the pipe over the period of time, a temperature profile of the pipe and may determine that the temperature profile of the pipe indicates that a freezing onset event has occurred. The freezing onset event may include a transition from a drop in temperature to an increase in temperature, in which the temperature during the transition is below a freezing point temperature of a fluid contained in the pipe. The controller may further trigger at least one of an alarm and an activation of a first freezing prevention device in response to the determination that the freezing onset event has occurred. |
| US10100499B2 |
Retaining pin installation/removal tool and method
A tool for installation or removal of a retaining pin to or from aligned bores in first and second components. The tool includes a drive rod adapted to be positioned adjacent a first end of the aligned bores.An actuator is operable to move the drive rod, to thereby push the retaining pin into or from the aligned bores. |
| US10100493B2 |
Shovel
A shovel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an engine; a motor generator that functions as a motor that uses a drive force of the engine and functions as a motor capable of assisting the engine; a power storage system, a swiveling motor; a DC bus that connects the motor generator, the power storage system, and the swiveling motor; and a controller that controls movements of the motor generator, the power storage system, and the swiveling motor. In a case where the power storage system is stopped, the controller supplies electric power of the motor generator that functions as the power generator to the swiveling motor when the swiveling motor is in a power running operation, and supplies regenerative electric power of the swiveling motor to the motor generator that functions as the motor when the swiveling motor is in a regenerative operation. |
| US10100491B1 |
Plow tunneling
Apparatus and method contemplating plowing with a plow blade having a subsurface cutting edge and an opposing trailing edge. A tow link is supported by the plow blade at the trailing edge. A source of pressurized fluid is connected to a discharge conduit supported by the plow blade. The discharge conduit is supplied with pressurized fluid by the source and the discharge conduit has a discharge opening positioned to discharge the pressurized fluid adjacent the link. |
| US10100490B1 |
Machine pushed trencher assembly
A machine pushed trencher assembly includes a first plate that is triangularly shaped. A pair of second plates is coupled singly to and extends transversely from opposing sides of the first plate. The second plates are coupled to define a cutting edge. A fourth plate that is coupled to a base of the first plate is configured to couple to a front end of a machine. A second bar is coupled to the fourth plate and extends angularly above the second plates. A third bar is pivotally coupled to the second bar. An actuator is coupled to the second and third bars. At least one wheel is rotationally coupled to the third bar. The machine compels the cutting edge through a substrate to prepare a trench. The actuator positions the wheel so that it rolls on a surface of the substrate to control a depth of the trench. |
| US10100489B2 |
Structural connectors for dragline boom and mast tubular clusters and methods for repair, reinforcement and life extension of dragline booms and masts
A construction for a boom such as a dragline boom provides a spade plate that connects lacing members to a main chord at a cluster. The spade plate is curved. One edge of the spade plate has tabs attached to the lacing members. Another edge of the spade plate is attached to the main chord. The spade plate may be applied for new construction or repair. |
| US10100487B2 |
Hydraulic assembly and logging equipment using same
A hydraulic assembly including a pivot connection defining a pivot axis, a hydraulic element linked to the pivot connection, and a connector for connecting a hydraulic conduit to the hydraulic element. The connector defines a connection axis and the connector is configured such that the connection axis approximately intersects the pivot axis. The hydraulic assembly may be used in various applications, including in forestry equipment, for example, with a rotator link assembly. |
| US10100482B2 |
Method of installing an offshore foundation and template for use in installing an offshore foundation
The present invention provides a method of installing a foundation for an offshore wind turbine and a template for use herein. In illustrative embodiments, the template is releasably anchored in a seafloor and the template is leveled before installing a pile. In a method according to some illustrative embodiments herein, a template may be provided, the template comprising at least one hollow guiding element for receiving the pile, at least one suction bucket, a frame body to which the at least one hollow guiding element and the at least one suction bucket are coupled, and controlling means configured to supply a pressure to the at least one suction bucket. The method may comprise disposing the template on the seafloor, supplying a negative pressure to the at least one suction bucket for driving the suction bucket in to the seafloor, and controlling the negative pressure supplied to the at least one suction bucket to adjusting a penetration depth of the at least one suction bucket so as to level the frame relative to the seafloor. |
| US10100474B2 |
Modular barrier
A kit contains mast modules that may be erected and connected in a variety of configurations to provide a barrier to accomplish any one or more of the following: guide traffic, protect and rope off an accident or crime scene, warn pedestrians and motorists of dangerous conditions, and shelter an area and/or first responders from sun and precipitation. Masts, coupling sleeves, coupling slots, slits and bases are interconnected to form a barrier. |
| US10100467B2 |
Process for the manufacture of structured materials using nano-fibrillar cellulose gels
A process for manufacturing structured material by providing cellulose fibers and at least one filler and/or pigment, combining the cellulose fibers and the at least one filler and/or pigment, fibrillating the cellulose fibers in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, subsequently providing additional non-fibrillated fibers, and combining the gel with the additional non-fibrillated fibers. |
| US10100465B2 |
Integrated method and system for recycling waste material
Integrated methods and systems for recycling waste material including waste paper are provided, the methods including treating the waste material in the pressure vessel at an elevated processing temperature and an elevated processing pressure to form a treated waste material including a substantially re-pulped waste paper; discharging the treated waste material from the pressure vessel; and thereafter separating and diluting the treated waste material to dilute a portion including the substantially re-pulped waste paper to from about 1% to about 20% by weight solids. The recovered paper pulp fraction and substantially fiber-free recoverable/recyclable plastics and metals may be further separated and used as feedstock in a variety of subsequent processes. |
| US10100464B2 |
Paper filler composition
A method for preparing an aqueous suspension may include providing a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose having a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 700 cm3, and microfibrillating the fibrous substrate in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of a grinding medium which is to be removed after completion of grinding. The grinding may be carried out in the absence of grindable inorganic particulate material, wherein the grinding medium is present in an amount of at least about 10% by volume of the aqueous environment, and wherein the microfibrillated cellulose has a fiber steepness of from about 20 to about 50. |
| US10100463B2 |
Method for non-destructive testing of synthetic ropes and rope suitable for use therein
Methods for non-destructive testing of synthetic ropes is described, where the rope in use is subjected to X-ray, terahertz, permanent magnetic field or electromagnetic analysis to determine a pattern, the results of the analysis are compared with a standard pattern determined by the analysis, and the results of the comparison are used in determining whether the rope is fit for use; where the rope comprises at least two types of fibers, the first fiber type has a density which differs from the density of the second fiber type and the second fiber type is of the same polymer material as the first fiber type, but provided with a high-density or low-density material. Ropes suitable for use in this method are also described. |
| US10100460B2 |
Method of operating a heat pump laundry dryer and heat pump laundry dryer or heat pump washing machine having drying function
A method is provided for operating a heat pump laundry dryer or a heat pump washing machine having drying function. The laundry dryer or washing machine includes: a control unit controlling the operation of the laundry dryer or washing machine, a laundry treatment chamber for treating laundry using process air, a process air circuit for circulating the process air, a heat pump system having a refrigerant loop, in which the refrigerant fluid is circulated through a first and a second heat exchanger, a compressor for circulating the refrigerant fluid through the refrigerant loop, and a cooling fan unit (24) for cooling the compressor. The method includes: modifying or changing an operation parameter set of the cooling fan unit (24) in dependency of at least one of the following input variables: a user selectable input variable, a working parameter of the laundry drum, a working parameter of a process air fan, a working parameter set meter of an electric driving motor, a working parameter of the compressor, a drying progress status parameter or a status parameter of the laundry to be dried, and an environment parameter of the treatment apparatus environment. |
| US10100459B2 |
Flexible drying solution for delivering clothing care externally of a drying appliance
An external accessory attachment for a drying appliance includes a housing defining a drying space. A suction attachment extends from the housing and is adapted to fit within a filter slot of the drying appliance. The suction attachment is capable of accepting airflow. A blocking flange is adapted to redirect an airflow path of the drying appliance through the housing and the suction attachment. |
| US10100456B2 |
Laundry appliance
Laundry appliance (1), for example laundry washing machine, laundry dryer or laundry washer dryer, having a) a cabinet (2) with a housing (10) having at least one front face (112A, 112B) and at least one front panel (12), b) at least one fixing device (38, 22, 131) for fixing said front panel (12) to the housing (10) by applying a fixing force in a fixing direction (FD),and c) at least one pulling device (20, 30, 12A, 12B) for exerting a pulling force (F) in a pulling direction (PD) onto the front panel (12) pulling the front panel (12) against at least one front face (112A, 112B) of the housing (10, 10A, 10B). The fixing direction (FD) of the fixing force is different to the pulling direction (PD) of the pulling force (F), and the fixing device (38A, 131) is coupled to the pulling device (30) in such a way that the fixing force generates the pulling force (F) or is partly transformed into the pulling force (F). |
| US10100455B2 |
Method of indicating operational information for a bulk dispensing system
A method of determining the number of doses and the types of a treating chemistry available in the bulk dispensing system, and providing an indication of the determination on a user interface. |
| US10100447B2 |
Installation for consolidating a fiber batt, particularly by needlepunching and consolidated nonwoven
An installation for consolidating a batt of fibers, for example a nonwoven web, includes a mechanical consolidation workstation using needlepunching from which the fiber batt emerges in a machine or MD direction. A device is provided downstream of the consolidation workstation for stretching in the cross or CD direction which is transverse, in particular perpendicular, to the machine direction, and parallel to the plane of the batt, particularly before it is wound onto a reel. A consolidated nonwoven that can be obtained by the installation is also provided. |
| US10100445B2 |
Method of forming a unitary knit article using flat-knit construction
A method for manufacturing an article of apparel from a singular knit component in disclosed. According to techniques described herein, multiple tubular knit components may be formed in succession, and as run of knit components, by a standard flat-knit machine. Thereafter, the knit components may be separate from each other, and portions of the knit components may be removed to transform each knit component into an article of apparel. |
| US10100428B2 |
Methods for reducing the erosion rate of a crucible during crystal pulling
Production of silicon ingots in a crystal puller that involve reduction of the erosion rate at the crucible contact point are disclosed. |
| US10100422B2 |
Near field transducers including electrodeposited plasmonic materials and methods of forming
Methods of forming near field transducers (NFTs) including electrodepositing a plasmonic material. |
| US10100418B2 |
Oxidation electrode and photoelectrochemical device
According to one embodiment, an oxidation electrode includes: a collector; an oxidation catalyst formed on the collector; and a modified organic molecule which is bonded to the surface of the oxidation catalyst, and comprises a cationic functional group. |
| US10100411B2 |
Supernucleating multiscale copper surfaces for high performance phase change heat transfer
A method is provided for forming a biphilic surface on a substrate comprising copper, such as a heat exchanger surface, wherein the method involves forming one or more hydrophilic areas on the surface by reacting those areas with at least one of hydrogen peroxide and ammonium hydroxide to form copper oxide and forming hydrophobic areas on the surface by reacting those areas with ammonium hydroxide solution to form copper hydroxide or by chemical etching with a combination of hydrochloric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and iron chloride. The functional surface can exhibit temporal biphilicity in response to one or more stimuli in high performance heat transfer applications. |
| US10100407B2 |
Hardware and process for film uniformity improvement
The present inventors have conceived of a multi-stage process gas delivery system for use in a substrate processing apparatus. In certain implementations, a first process gas may first be delivered to a substrate in a substrate processing chamber. A second process gas may be delivered, at a later time, to the substrate to aid in the even dosing of the substrate. Delivery of the first process gas and the second process gas may cease at the same time or may cease at separate times. |
| US10100405B2 |
CVD coated cutting insert and method of making the same
A coated cutting insert for a chipforming material removal operation wherein the coated insert has a substrate and a coating scheme on the substrate. The coating scheme includes a CVD transition coating layer. The coating scheme further includes a CVD multi-layered coating scheme having a plurality of coating sets. Each one of the coating sets has an aluminum oxide coating layer and a nitrogen-containing coating layer. |
| US10100403B2 |
Surface-coated cutting tool and method of producing the same
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on a surface of the base material. The coating includes a first hard coating layer including crystal grains having a sodium chloride-type crystal structure. The crystal grain has a layered structure in which a first layer composed of nitride or carbonitride of AlxTi1−x and a second layer composed of nitride or carbonitride of AlyTi1−y are stacked alternately into one or more layers. The first layer each has an atomic ratio x of Al varying in a range of 0.76 or more to less than 1. The second layer each has an atomic ratio y of Al varying in a range of 0.45 or more to less than 0.76. The largest value of difference between the atomic ratio x and the atomic ratio y is 0.05≤x−y≤0.5. |
| US10100402B2 |
Substrate holder for graphene film synthesis
An apparatus and method for graphene film synthesis. The apparatus includes a quasi enclosed substrate holder which includes one open side, a cap disposed over the one open side of the quasi enclosed substrate holder, and a substrate for graphene film synthesis located inside the quasi enclosed substrate holder. The method includes placing a substrate for graphene film synthesis inside of a quasi enclosed substrate holder and generating a graphene film on the substrate via chemical vapor deposition, wherein the quasi enclosed substrate holder includes one open side and a cap disposed over the open side of the quasi enclosed substrate holder. |
| US10100399B2 |
Cathode assembly
A cathode assembly is provided in which, while preventing the occurrence of abnormal electric discharging between a projected portion of a backing plate and a side surface of a target, particles can be prevented from being generated. The cathode assembly for a sputtering apparatus of this invention has: a target made of an insulating material; a backing plate bonded to one surface of the target; and, where such a side of the backing plate as is on the side of the target is defined as a lower side, an annular shield plate disposed to lie opposite to the lower side of that projected portion of the backing plate which is projected outward beyond an outer peripheral end of the target. The cathode assembly has a bonding portion arranged to be protruded relative to the projected portion. An inner peripheral edge portion of the shield plate is positioned in a clearance between that extended portion of the target which is extended outward beyond the bonding portion in a state in which the target is kept bonded to the bonding portion, and the projected portion of the backing plate. |
| US10100397B2 |
Vapor deposition unit, vapor deposition device, and vapor deposition method
A vapor deposition unit (1) includes: a vapor deposition mask (10); a limiting plate unit (20) having limiting plates (22); and a vapor deposition source (30). The vapor deposition source (30) includes: a plurality of first openings (31) for injection of vapor deposition particles; and at least one second opening (32) for pressure release, wherein each of the first openings (31) is provided in a corresponding one of limiting plate openings (23) between the limiting plates (22) in a plan view, and the at least one second opening (32) is provided in such a position as not to face the limiting plate openings (23) in a plan view. |
| US10100394B2 |
High-strength galvannealed steel sheet and method for manufacturing the same
A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.14% or more and 0.24% or less, Si: 0.8% or more and 1.8% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.0040% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Ca: 0.0001% or more and 0.0020% or less, and the balance including Fe and incidental impurities, and a microstructure, in which the total area ratio of a ferrite phase and a bainite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 30% or more and 70% or less, in which the area ratio of a tempered martensite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 20% or more and 40% or less, in which the area ratio of a retained austenite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 1% or more and 5% or less, in which the area ratio of a martensite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 2% or more and 20% or less, and in which the total area ratio of cementite and a pearlite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 10% or less. |
| US10100387B2 |
Copper-titanium alloy for electronic component
There is provided a copper-titanium alloy with large fluctuations in Ti concentration. The copper-titanium alloy for electronic components contains 2.0 to 4.0% by mass of Ti and, as a third element, 0 to 0.5% by mass in total of one or more selected from a group consisting of Fe, Co, Mg, Si, Ni, Cr, Zr, Mo, V, Nb, Mn, B, and P, with a balance being copper and unavoidable impurities, wherein when crystal grains having <100> orientation in a section parallel to a rolling direction are subjected to area analysis of Ti concentration in a matrix phase, a difference between a maximum Ti concentration and a minimum Ti concentration is 5 to 16% by mass. |
| US10100386B2 |
Method for preparing a metallic article having an other additive constituent, without any melting
A method for preparing an article of a base metal alloyed with an alloying element includes the steps of preparing a compound mixture by the steps of providing a chemically reducible nonmetallic base-metal precursor compound of a base metal, providing a chemically reducible nonmetallic alloying-element precursor compound of an alloying element, and thereafter mixing the base-metal precursor compound and the alloying-element precursor compound to form a compound mixture. The compound mixture is thereafter reduced to a metallic alloy, without melting the metallic alloy. The step of preparing or the step of chemically reducing includes the step of adding an other additive constituent. The metallic alloy is thereafter consolidated to produce a consolidated metallic article, without melting the metallic alloy and without melting the consolidated metallic article. |
| US10100383B2 |
Martensitic steel and method for producing same
Provided is martensitic steel which is used in structures such as buildings and bridges, and automotive underbody, and mechanical parts such as gears and is more suitably used for steel products such as thick steel sheets, shape steel, a deformed steel bar, steel bars, or steel wires. The martensitic steel has a microstructure of a martensite structure containing a chemical composition, by mass %, of Si: 1.0 to 3.5%, Mn: 4.5 to 5.5%, Al: 0.001 to 0.080%, Nb: 0.045% or less, and C having an amount in which the following regression equation (1) is satisfied and the maximum stress (TS) becomes 1800 to 2160 MPa, a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities of: P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, and N: 0.010% or less, the martensitic steel having total elongation of 13 to 15%. TS(maximum stress) [MPa]=4000×C[mass %]+1050 (1). |
| US10100382B2 |
Copper ferrous alloy for shielding electromagnetic waves and method for preparing the same
A rolled foil formed of the Fe—Cu alloy according to an embodiment of the present invention is manufactured to consist of 3 to 30 wt % iron and 70 to 97 wt % copper having a thickness of 100 μm to 10 μm, by casting a molten metal of a Fe—Cu parent alloy and a metal copper into a slab, heat-treating the slab, and roll-milling the heat-treated slab by using a multi-pass rolling mill with the total reduction ratio of 90% or higher. In this regard, the Fe—Cu alloy rolled foil according to the present invention provides an effect of shielding electromagnetic waves of 80 dB or more within high frequencies ranging between 1 GHz to 1.5 GHz. |