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| US10114376B2 |
System and method for controlling edge dumping of mobile machines
A control system for a machine traveling on a work surface is provided. The control system includes a perception system generating data indicative of a contour of the work surface. The control system includes a controller communicably coupled to the perception system. The controller receives a signal indicative of a current position of the machine on the work surface as the machine travels along a first direction. The controller initiates a scanning of the work surface by the perception system. The controller receives the signal indicative of the contour of the work surface from the perception system and identifies a raised contour and a contour edge within a target area on the work surface. The controller determines a location of the contour edge within the target area based on the identification and controls a positioning of the machine within the target area and relative to the raised contour. |
| US10114372B1 |
Method and apparatus for transporting a payload
A method and apparatus for transporting a payload carrying device is disclosed. The method comprises providing at least one payload carrying device, a vehicle for transporting the at least one payload carrying device, a connection device for connecting the vehicle and the at least one payload carrying device, at least one sensor device for capturing information regarding the vehicle's surrounding environment, and a control unit for operating the connection device autonomously to connect the vehicle and the at least one payload carrying device where, once connected, the weight of the at least one payload carrying device rests directly on the floor and the vehicle autonomously transports the at least one payload carrying device to a desired location, and operating the connection device autonomously to disconnect the vehicle and the at least one payload carrying device at the desired location where the at least one payload carrying device is immobilized. |
| US10114371B2 |
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program
A vehicle control device includes a detecting unit that detects a towing state of a subject vehicle, a recognizing unit that recognizes surrounding situations of the subject vehicle, a control unit that performs automatic control in which at least one of acceleration-and-deceleration and steering of the subject vehicle is automatically controlled on the basis of the surrounding situations of the subject vehicle recognized by the recognizing unit, and a changing unit that changes, if the detecting unit has detected that the subject vehicle is in a state of towing an object, details of control performed by the control unit in such a manner that it is less likely to perform the automatic control than in the case where the detecting unit has not detected that the subject vehicle is in a state of towing an object. |
| US10114367B2 |
System and methods for the universal integration of plant floor assets and a computerized management system
A server platform and a method to integrate a plurality of diverse plant floor equipment with at least one computerized management system in a manufacturing operational or maintenance system. The server platform includes a plurality of plant floor drivers adapted to communicatively interface with a plurality of diverse plant floor data sources. The server platform further includes at least one computerized management system driver adapted to communicatively interface with the at least one computerized management system. The server platform also includes a message translator adapted to broker communication between the plant floor data sources and the at least one computerized management system using an open standard. The server platform, using the open standard, enables a universal enterprise type taxonomy across the plant floor data sources and the at least one computerized management system. |
| US10114366B2 |
Numerical controller for managing machining data and machining result
A numerical controller stores, as project data, input data including at least a machining program and a machining condition and output data indicative of the result of operation control of a machine based on the input data. Further, version management of the project data is performed by a data management unit. With respect to a plurality of versions, the data management unit displays, in response to an operator's request, the relationship between the content of modification of the input data between the plurality of versions of the project data and a change of the output data. |
| US10114365B2 |
Analysis device, analysis method, and program
An analysis device refers to information included in a recorded product drawing, builds apart of or the entire wire harness by drawing corresponding graphic data of each member constituting the wire harness, adds non-corresponding graphic data to the built wire harness, and displays the product drawing. |
| US10114358B2 |
Information processing device, information processing device control method and control program
An information processing device collects information on an operating state of a communication system formed of a master device that manages communication over a network and at least one slave device connected to the network and capable of performing communication as instructed by the master device. The master device and the slave device record communication log entries regarding time information and a communication state in accordance with communication processing. The information processing device includes an acquiring section that acquires communication log entries from at least one of the master device and the slave device, a log entry rearranging section that rearranges the acquired communication log entries based on the time information, and a log entry extracting section that extracts, out of the rearranged communication log entries, any communication log entry recorded within a predetermined period of time from occurrence of a communication log entry including communication abnormality information. |
| US10114344B2 |
Electronic device, time setting method, time setting system and program
An electronic device includes a communication unit that performs communication with an external apparatus; a timekeeping unit that performs timekeeping of time; and a control unit, after completion of a connection with the external apparatus using the communication unit, updates time of the timekeeping unit using time information when being in a state where time can be set by obtaining the time information from the external apparatus. |
| US10114341B2 |
Inertia setting or poising of a timepiece sprung balance assembly
A method of setting inertia of and/or poizing a timepiece sprung balance assembly including: manufacturing a balance and a balance spring irreversibly assembled to each other; fixing an outer coil of the balance spring in position in a tamperproof manner to a balance spring stud which is immobilized in a tamperproof manner by irreversible attachment to a balance cock; determining a peripheral surface of the balance, every point of which is remote from the balance spring by a first predefined distance; performing a re-machining operation only on the peripheral area. |
| US10114338B2 |
Exterior sub-assembly for a timepiece or watch or piece of jewellery
Exterior sub-assembly for a timepiece or watch or piece of jewelry, comprising a first component and a second component, arranged for a bayonet fitting between two rims and two wings comprised in the first component and the second component, and able to occupy an assembled and indexed position of the first and second components, this sub-assembly including a third component in the form of a ring, inserted between the first and second components and comprising a ring-like element housed inside a groove of the first or second component, this third component including a rotational stop with respect to the first or second component, and a resilient area with radial relief, cooperating in an angular indexing arrangement with a lug of the first or second component which is free to rotate with respect to the third component. |
| US10114332B2 |
Opening-closing mechanism and image forming apparatus
An opening-closing mechanism includes an opening-closing panel that is rotatably supported so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position; an engagement member that is rotatably supported by the opening-closing panel; a link member that is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft provided on the apparatus body; and a guide member that is supported by a support shaft on the opening-closing panel so that the guide member is rotatable in a rotation direction and movable in a direction that crosses the rotation direction. The guide member includes a first guide surface that moves while being in contact with the link member when the opening-closing panel moves to the closed position, and a second guide surface that moves while being in contact with the link member when the opening-closing panel moves to the open position. |
| US10114323B2 |
Sheet size detector and image processing apparatus
A sheet size detector to detect a sheet size of a recording medium includes a movable member to move in a sheet size detection direction to a position corresponding to the sheet size, a magnetic flux detector including a coil disposed on a board face parallel to the sheet size detection direction to generate a magnetic flux in a direction perpendicular to the board face, and a target to oppose the board face and including a material to affect the magnetic flux. The target is different in configuration in the sheet size detection direction to change the magnetic flux in the direction perpendicular to the board face as the movable member moves. The magnetic flux detector outputs a signal corresponding to changes in magnetic flux in the direction perpendicular to the board face, and the signal corresponds to the position of the movable member. |
| US10114322B2 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
A fixing device includes a fixing belt that is rotatable and a pressure rotator that is pressed against the fixing belt to form a fixing nip therebetween. A polishing roller separably contacts the fixing belt and slides over an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt while the polishing roller is pressed against the fixing belt. At least one support supports and stretches the fixing belt. A polishing aid, which is disposed opposite the polishing roller via the fixing belt, supports and stretches the fixing belt. The polishing roller is disposed opposite the polishing aid via the fixing belt to form a polishing nip between the polishing roller and the fixing belt while the polishing roller is pressed against the fixing belt. The polishing roller changes a rotation locus of the fixing belt along at least a part of a circumferential face of the polishing roller. |
| US10114314B2 |
Powder collecting device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
A powder collecting device includes an inlet through which powder flows in the powder collecting device, and a conveying screw to rotate to convey the powder inside the powder collecting device. The conveying screw includes a shaft and a screw portion spirally winding around the shaft. The powder collecting device further includes a flexible sheet including a plurality of strip portions divided by a plurality of slits spaced apart in an axial direction of the conveying screw. Each of the strip portions includes a contact portion to contact the shaft of the conveying screw. The contact portion is shifted from an end of the flexible sheet. |
| US10114311B2 |
Light emitting substrate, print head, and image forming apparatus
According to one embodiment, there is provided a light emitting substrate which includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of light emitting element groups, and a control unit. The plurality of light emitting element groups are formed by overlapping a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element on the transparent substrate. The control unit controls light emitting of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element of the plurality of light emitting element groups. Amounts of light emitted from the plurality of light emitting element groups are uniform. |
| US10114310B2 |
Optical writing device and image forming apparatus
An optical writing device driving a light-emitting element array, modulating light according to a screening pattern that expresses a dithered image, and performing optical writing by focusing light emitted from the light-emitting element array through a lens array onto a photoreceptor. The optical writing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a write start position for writing to the photoreceptor in a main scanning direction and a control unit that performs a control when the write start position corresponds to an i-th light-emitting element from a reference position that corresponds to a first light-emitting element in the main scanning direction, i being a positive integer greater than 1, wherein the control unit supplies pixel values to the i-th light-emitting element onwards, the pixel values being assigned from pixels of the screening pattern from an i-th pixel onwards, from a leading pixel of the screening pattern in the main scanning direction. |
| US10114308B2 |
Charge roller positioning
In one example, a method for calibrating a position of a charge roller is described. The method may include a processor positioning a first end of a charge roller to a first plurality of index positions, determining a capacitance between the charge roller and a photoconductor imaging plate at each of the first plurality of index positions, determining a first index position of the first plurality of index positions with a greatest change in capacitance, and calibrating a position of the charge roller based upon the first index position. |
| US10114305B2 |
Liquid toner containing a low symmetry electrically conducting material for printing conductive traces
A liquid toner for printing conductive traces is provided. The liquid toner includes a carrier liquid and toner particles dispersed in the carrier liquid. The toner particles include a low symmetry electrically conducting material dispersed in a pigment. |
| US10114304B2 |
Toner binder, and toner
The toner binder of the present invention contains a crystalline resin (A) and a resin (B) that is a polyester resin or its modified resin, the polyester resin being obtained by reaction of an alcohol component (X) and a carboxylic acid component (Y) as raw materials, wherein a temperature (Tp) of the top of an endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin (A) as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is in the range of 40° C. to 100° C., and endothermic peak areas S1 and S2 during heating satisfy the following equation. (S2/S1)×100≥35 (1) S1 is an area of the endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin (A) in the first heating process, and S2 is an area of the endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin (A) in the second heating process, when the toner binder is heated, cooled, and heated. |
| US10114302B2 |
Photoconductor, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge
A photoconductor is provided. The photoconductor includes a support, an undercoat layer overlying the support, and a photosensitive layer overlying the undercoat layer. The undercoat layer includes a binder resin and a zinc oxide particle. The photosensitive layer includes a compound represented by the following formula (1): where each of R1 and R2 independently represents an alkyl group or an aromatic hydrocarbon group. |
| US10114300B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
An electromagnetic actuator includes a coil assembly including a coil; a magnet assembly including a first and a second magnet unit, each magnet unit including a magnetic yoke and a plurality of permanent magnets mounted to the magnetic yoke, the first and second magnet unit forming a magnetic circuit for receiving the coil assembly and, upon energizing the coil, generating a force in a first direction; and a holder for holding the magnet units, wherein a weight ratio of the magnet assembly over the coil assembly is smaller than the weight ratio of the magnet assembly over the coil assembly when the ratio of force over electrical power is maximized. |
| US10114299B2 |
Lithographic apparatus
A lithographic apparatus has a compartment which accommodates a movable object. Movements of the movable object cause acoustic disturbances in the compartment. An acoustic damper is arranged to damp the acoustic disturbances in the compartment and comprises a chamber (100) in communication with the compartment and a perforated plate (101), having a plurality of through-holes (102), between the chamber and the compartment. |
| US10114297B2 |
Active eye-to-eye with alignment by X-Y capacitance measurement
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for performing photolithography processes. In one embodiment, a photolithography system includes a plurality of image projection systems each having an extendable lens, and a plate having a plurality of openings. Each extendable lens is configured to be extended through a corresponding opening of the plurality of openings during operation. The plate includes one or more elements disposed adjacent each opening and each lens includes one or more elements formed thereon. The one or more elements formed on the plate and the one or more elements formed on the lens are utilized to measure one or more distances between the lens and the plate. Any deviation of the measured distance from a reference distance indicates that the lens has been shifted. Measures to compensate for the shifting of the lens will be performed. |
| US10114288B2 |
Silicon-containing underlayers
Wet-strippable underlayer compositions comprising one or more silicon-containing polymers comprising a backbone comprising Si—O linkages, one or more organic blend polymers, and a cure catalyst are provided. These compositions are useful in the manufacture of various electronic devices. |
| US10114287B2 |
Silicone skeleton-containing polymer compound and method for producing same, chemically amplified negative resist composition, photo-curable dry film and method for producing same, patterning process, layered product, and substrate
The present invention provides a silicone skeleton-containing polymer compound containing a repeating unit shown by the general formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 500,000. There can be provided a silicone skeleton-containing polymer compound suitable used as a base resin of a chemically amplified negative resist composition that can remedy the problem of delamination generated on a metal wiring such as Cu and Al, an electrode, and a substrate, especially on a substrate such as SiN, and can form a fine pattern without generating a scum and a footing profile in the pattern bottom and on the substrate when the widely used 2.38% TMAH aqueous solution is used as a developer. |
| US10114286B2 |
Photoresist and method
A photoresist with a group which will decompose bonded to a high etching resistance moiety is provided. Alternatively, the group which will decompose can additionally be attached to a re-attachment group that will re-attach to the polymer after the group which will decompose has cleaved from the polymer. The photoresist may also comprise a non-leaving monomer with a cross-linking site and a cross-linking agent. |
| US10114284B2 |
Method for designing mask set, recording medium, template, and method for manufacturing template
According to an embodiment, a method for designing a mask set is provided. In the method for designing the mask set, an imprint-alignment mark is arranged in a region other than a chip region in an imprint shot formed in a template. The imprint-alignment mark is used for alignment during an imprint. Subsequently, the shape of the imprint shot is set based on an arrangement position of the imprint-alignment mark. Subsequently, another pattern is arranged in a region where the region is other than the chip region in the imprint shot and the imprint-alignment mark is not arranged. The other pattern is used in a process other than the imprint. |
| US10114283B2 |
Mask plate, exposure device, and exposure method
The present disclosure provides a mask plate, an exposure device and an exposure method. The mask plate includes a base plate and a plurality of patterns with openings arranged on the base plate. The base plate includes a first region corresponding to a position where a developing agent has a low concentration in the case that a target substrate is to be developed, and a second region corresponding to a position where the developing agent has a high concentration in the case that the target substrate is to be developed. In the case that the target substrate is exposed using the mask plate, an amount of light beams passing through each pattern at the first region of the base plate is greater than an amount of the light beams passing through each pattern at the second region of the base plate. |
| US10114280B2 |
Titania-doped quartz glass and making method
On an EUV light-reflecting surface of titania-doped quartz glass, an angle (θ) included between a straight line connecting an origin (O) at the center of the reflecting surface to a birefringence measurement point (A) and a fast axis of birefringence at the measurement point (A) has an average value of more than 45 degrees. Since fast axes of birefringence are distributed in a concentric fashion, a titania-doped quartz glass substrate having a high flatness is obtainable which is suited for use in the EUV lithography. |
| US10114277B2 |
Light source system with a switching system to generate two light beams having preset proportions, and related projection system
A light source system and a projection system, comprising a light source; a switching system switching light emitted by the light source into at least two light beams having a preset proportion in the manner of time division or light intensity division; a color wheel assembly located in a transmission light path of each light beam of the at least two light beams, with the color wheel assembly generating light having different colors and a preset proportion under the irradiation of each light beam of the at least two light beams, and light of different colors being able to synthesize a projection image after being modulated by a light modulation system, wherein the switching system can adjust the proportion of the at least two light beams according to the parameters of the projection image, so as to adjust the proportion of the light of different colors. |
| US10114274B2 |
Heat dissipating module having turbulent structures
A heat dissipation module includes a heat dissipation fin set. The heat dissipation fin set includes a plurality of heat dissipation fins, wherein these heat dissipation fins are stacked on each other, and each of the heat dissipation fins has a front side, a rear side opposite to the front side and at least one turbulent structure set. The turbulent structure set is located between the front side and the rear side and includes a plurality of first turbulent structures. The first turbulent structures are arranged from the front side to the rear side in sequence. A heat dissipation airflow flows from the front side toward the turbulent structure set along a flowing direction, and passes through the turbulent structure set to flow toward the rear side. An extending direction of each of the first turbulent structures is tilted relative to the flowing direction. |
| US10114272B2 |
Camera module autofocus actuator and control method thereof
An autofocus actuator for camera modules and control method thereof, the autofocus actuator incorporating a shape memory alloy wire as actuating element, at least 4 spheres as sliding aids, and including a return elastic element mounted between an autofocus housing and a lens carrier and exerting a force only in the optical axis direction. |
| US10114270B2 |
Systems and methods for an optical logic device
An optical logic device includes a distributed feedback laser configured to generate a first signal corresponding to distributed feedback laser output signal, the first signal being at a first wavelength. The device further includes a bandpass filter having a center frequency corresponding to the first wavelength. Additionally, the device can include an optical circulator having a first port coupled to a logic device input signal, a second port coupled to the first signal, and a third port coupled to the bandpass filter, wherein when the logic device input signal has a power above a predetermined threshold and there is a wavelength difference between the first wavelength and an input wavelength of the logic device input signal, a suppression of the first signal occurs. |
| US10114269B2 |
Heterogeneous waveguides and methods of manufacture
A heterogeneous waveguide is configured to achieve a nonlinear optical interaction, the waveguide including at least two materials in cross-section. The first material may or may not be poled or patterned and generally has a nonlinear optical property for generating at least one new frequency by mixing two of a plurality of input optical waves, and at least one of the other (second) materials is patterned for defining a waveguide mode in the cross-section, and for achieving phase-matched interactions of the waves along the propagation direction. Alternatively, the second material may be employed in increasing the modal confinement and improving efficiency. The optical modes are distributed between the two or more materials (e.g., in a hybrid mode). Implementations described also include methods of fabricating the heterogeneous waveguide. |
| US10114267B2 |
Display device with water-proof glue
A display device includes a cover plate, a display, a frame, a flexible circuit board and a water-proof glue. The display is disposed on the cover plate. The frame is disposed on a periphery area of the cover plate and surrounds the display to form a trench. The flexible circuit board includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is attached to the front surface of the active array substrate, and the second portion is fastened to the cover plate in the trench. The water-proof glue fills the trench. |
| US10114264B2 |
Device for regulating the passage of energy
The present application relates to a device for regulating the passage of light through a light-transmitting area which comprises a switching layer comprising a liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least one dichroic dye, where the parameters degree of light transmission and degree of anisotropy of the device are selected in a certain manner. |
| US10114251B2 |
Liquid crystal display having holding member and method of fabricating same
A pixel structure having a light transmitting region and a light shielding region usable in an liquid crystal display includes a first substrate having a counter electrode, a second substrate having a plurality of signal lines, a pixel electrode, a thin-film transistor (TFT) and a bottom black matrix, a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules and formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a holding member formed in the light shielding region and attached to the first substrate and the second substrate. |
| US10114245B2 |
Array substrate having metallic electrodes for light reflection and manufacturing method for array substrate having metallic electrodes for light reflection
An array substrate and a manufacturing method. The array substrate includes a substrate, multiple gate and data lines, and multiple common electrode lines parallel with the gate lines. The substrate includes a first surface. Among two adjacent gate lines and data lines, one pixel region is defined. The array substrate further includes a thin-film transistor, a common electrode, a pixel electrode and a storage capacitor disposed in the pixel region. The transistor includes a gate electrode, the first insulation layer, a channel layer, a source and drain electrode. The storage capacitor includes a first and a second conductive portion. The gate electrode, the common electrode line, the common electrode and the first conductive portion are disposed on the first surface. The channel layer, the source and drain electrode, the second conductive portion and the pixel electrode are disposed on the first insulation layer. The pixel electrode is a metal layer. |
| US10114243B2 |
Display device having a recess in a frame
A display device includes a display panel including a thin film transistor substrate and a counter substrate having a transparent conductive film formed on the counter substrate, a mold frame fixing the display panel on the mold frame, a conductive rubber cushion that lies astride the counter substrate and the mold frame and is attached to both the counter substrate and the mold frame, and a metal frame, made of metal, that covers the edge of the display panel and the mold frame from above the conductive rubber cushion in a plan view. The metal frame has a recess. A first surface of the recess is lower than the surrounding thereof. A second surface the recess is higher than the surrounding thereof to be in contact with the conductive rubber cushion. |
| US10114235B2 |
Eyewear docking station and electronic module
An eyewear system including an eyewear frame and an application module. The eyewear frame including a docking station, and an electronic connector including a first set of preconfigured application connection points. The application module adapted to be mounted to the docking station, and including an electronic device configured to perform a function, and a second set of preconfigured application connection points corresponding to at least some of the first set of preconfigured application connection points. The second set of preconfigured application connection points including at least two different sub-function connections used to support the function of the electronic device. |
| US10114234B2 |
Transparent optical article having a reduced yellowness appearance
The present invention relates to a transparent optical article (e.g. an ophthalmic lens) comprising a thermoplastic substrate and a dye at least partially inhibiting light having a wavelength ranging from 400 to 460 nm and an optical brightener for at least partially balancing the color imparted to the transparent optical article by the dye, wherein said optical brightener emits light by fluorescence at a wavelength ranging from 400 to 460 nm and is incorporated into a layer fused or bonded to the thermoplastic substrate. Said optical brightener allows for perception of said optical article as less yellow, and even colorless, to a user or to an observer. In addition, the UV-absorbers that may be present in the thermoplastic substrate do not negatively interact with the optical brightener. |
| US10114233B2 |
Materials and methods for mitigating the harmful effects of blue light
Provided herein are optically transparent materials configured to block an appropriate amount of incident blue light, such that when the materials are positioned in the optical path between environmental light and the retina of a user, the optically transparent materials reduce the amount of blue light from the environmental light that reaches the retina of a user. The materials can block an effective amount of blue light to minimize damage to retinal tissue while permitting transmission of an effective amount of maintain acceptable photopic vision, scotopic vision, color vision, and circadian rhythms. |
| US10114232B2 |
Fluid-filled lenses and their ophthalmic applications
A fluid lens assembly including a front rigid lens, a semi-flexible membrane that is adapted to be expanded from a minimum inflation level to a maximum inflation level, and a fluid layer therebetween. The front lens of the fluid lens assembly is configured to have a negative optical power. In an embodiment, the fluid lens assembly may be configured to have an overall negative optical power when the membrane is expanded to the maximum inflation level. In an embodiment, the fluid lens assembly can be configured to have an overall negative optical power when the membrane is expanded between the minimum inflation level and the maximum inflation level. |
| US10114226B2 |
Optical device
An optical device includes a light guiding plate which guides lights within the surface parallel to an emission surface, and light converging sections onto which the lights guided by the light guiding plate are incident, each of the light converging sections having an optical surface which allows an emitted light to be emitted from the emission surface in a direction where the emitted light is to be substantially converged on one convergence point or convergence line in space or to be substantially diverged from one convergence point or convergence line in space. The light converging sections are formed respectively along a predetermined line within the surface parallel to the emission surface, and the convergence points or the convergence lines are different from each other among the light converging sections, and an image is formed in space by an aggregation of the convergence points or the convergence lines. |
| US10114225B2 |
Directional backlight unit, three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus, and 3D image displaying method
A directional backlight unit, a three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus, and a 3D image displaying method are provided. The directional backlight unit includes a light guide plate having an emission surface on which a plurality of grating elements including first and second groups of grating elements are provided. The plurality of grating elements are arranged such that light beams emitted from the first and second groups of grating elements commonly propagate through a plurality of pixel points and respectively form first and second groups of view points of which corresponding regions do not overlap with each other. |
| US10114222B2 |
Integrated eye tracking and laser projection methods with holographic elements of varying optical powers
Systems, devices, and methods that integrate eye tracking capability into scanning laser projector (“SLP”)-based wearable heads-up displays are described. An infrared laser diode is added to an RGB SLP and an infrared photodetector is aligned to detect reflections of the infrared light from features of the eye. A holographic optical element (“HOE”) may be used to combine visible light, infrared light, and environmental light into the user's “field of view.” The HOE may be heterogeneous and multiplexed to apply positive optical power to the visible light and zero or negative optical power to the infrared light. |
| US10114216B2 |
Minimally invasive lens cleaner
A device for cleaning the lens of a scope is disclosed. The device comprises a sleeve including an inner surface configured to engage a medical device; and a pad secured around the sleeve and configured to wipe the lens of the scope. While a cleaning fluid can be applied to the pad, the device does not require nor does it contain a reservoir for cleaning solution. A method of cleaning a lens of a scope using such a device is also disclosed. A lens cleaning system comprising the device positioned on a medical device, such as an elongated surgical instrument, is also disclosed. |
| US10114214B2 |
Vehicle headlight illumination apparatus having scanning laser source
An illumination apparatus having scanning laser source and a vehicle headlight using the illumination apparatus includes a light source, a wavelength converting member and a mirror mounted on a movable frame unit configured to rotate the mirror about two orthogonal axes. Light emitted by the light source is reflected by the mirror such that rotation of the mirror by the movable frame unit scans the reflected light in two directions at a substantially right angle with respect to each other and/or direct the reflected light towards the wavelength converting member to provide various color lights. The movable frame unit might be actuated by an AC voltage having a low frequency. |
| US10114212B2 |
Deflector
The present application discloses a deflector including a substrate portion, a movable portion, a reflective portion, a support portion, and a moving mechanism. The movable portion is supported by a first end of the support portion. A second end of the support portion is supported by the substrate portion. An end of the movable portion is capable of coming into contact with the substrate portion. The reflective portion is formed on the movable portion. The moving mechanism is capable of driving the movable portion so as to bring the movable portion into at least any one of a first state, a second state, a third state, and a fourth state. |
| US10114210B2 |
Fluorescent wheel, double-color laser source and laser projection equipment
The disclosure provides a fluorescent wheel, including a fluorescent region and a transmission region; the fluorescent region has fluorescence powder for emitting fluorescence under excitation by excitation laser; and the transmission region is for transmitting laser; the fluorescent wheel is for diffusing at least laser to be transmitted. Using fluorescent wheel to diffuse laser enables laser transmission meanwhile removing speckles by diffusion, sparing a separate speckle-removing component, improving light processing efficiency of fluorescent wheel. The disclosure also provides a double-color laser source using the fluorescent wheel, and a laser projection equipment including the double-color laser source, which can output three-primary-color light via fluorescent wheel component, meanwhile removing speckles for double-color laser, thereby reducing usage of optical components, and lowering complexity of optical architecture of double-color laser source, contributing to miniaturization of laser projection equipment. The disclosure is applied in the field of laser illumination display technologies. |
| US10114209B2 |
Microscope apparatus
A plurality of specimens or a plurality of targets in a specimen are accurately examined. A microscope apparatus includes a light source; an image-generating unit generating an image of a specimen; a control unit controlling the light source and the image-generating unit depending on a predetermined irradiation condition or a predetermined image generation condition; an image-analyzing unit analyzing the image generated by the image-generating unit to extract targets; and a condition-changing unit changing the irradiation condition and/or the image generation condition based on a difference between an actual luminance of each of the extracted targets in the image and a desired luminance such that the actual luminance of the target in the image satisfies the desired luminance. If the irradiation condition and/or the image generation condition is changed, the control unit redrives the light source and the image-generating unit depending on the changed irradiation condition and/or image generation condition. |
| US10114207B2 |
Apparatus and method for obtaining three-dimensional information
A three-dimensional information obtaining apparatus includes an illumination optical system that illuminates a sample with a light sheet, an imaging device that has a two-dimensional imaging element and that captures an image of the sample illuminated by the illumination optical system, an observation optical system that forms, on the two-dimensional imaging element, a plurality of optical images of the sample observed from a plurality of different directions, and an arithmetic device that calculates three-dimensional information of the sample from a plurality of pieces of image data of the sample. A thickness D of the light sheet satisfies D≤8·PP/β/NA when PP>λ·β/(4·NA) is satisfied, where PP is a pixel pitch of the two-dimensional imaging element, λ is a wavelength of observation light, β is a magnification of the plurality of optical images, and NA is a numerical aperture on an object side of the observation optical system. |
| US10114201B2 |
Zoom lens system, image capturing device
A zoom lens system includes, in the following order from an object side toward an image side, a first lens group with negative power, a second lens group with positive power, a third lens group with negative power, and a fourth lens group with positive power. The first lens group includes, in the following order from the object side toward the image side, a first lens element having a negative meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the image side, a second lens element having a negative meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the image side, a third lens element with a concave surface facing the image side, a fourth lens element with a convex surface facing the object side, and a fifth lens element with a concave surface facing the object side. The third lens element and the fourth lens element compose a cemented lens. |
| US10114199B2 |
Optical imaging system
An optical imaging system is described including first to sixth lenses sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side, and an image sensor configured to convert incident light reflected from a subject, having passed through the first to sixth lenses, into an electrical signal. One of the first to sixth lenses includes a spherical object-side surface and another of the first to sixth lenses includes corresponding aspherical object-side surfaces. The first to sixth lenses include corresponding aspherical image-side surfaces, and a lens of the first to sixth lenses that is closer to the object side than the one of the first to sixth lenses including the spherical object-side surface, has a highest refractive index among the first to sixth lenses. |
| US10114198B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having at least one aspheric surface, and a third lens having at least one aspheric surface, arranged with a space in between. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface, a fifth lens having negative refractive power and two aspheric surfaces, and a sixth lens having negative refractive power and two aspheric surfaces, arranged with a space in between. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface on the object side is negative near an optical axis. The first lens has a specific focal length so that a specific conditional expression is satisfied. |
| US10114190B2 |
System and method for marking optical component at high speed
A system and method for marking a moving surface of a fiber optic cable is provided. The system includes a supply of the fiber optic cable, a laser generating device configured to generate a laser beam that forms markings by interacting with the material of the moving surface of the fiber optic cable. The system includes a movement device moving the fiber optic cable through the system at a speed of at least 50 m per minute. The system includes a laser directing device located in the path of the laser beam and configured to change the path of the laser beam to direct the laser beam to a plurality of discrete locations on the moving surface to form a series of marks on the moving surface. The moving surface includes a plurality of tracking indicia to allow the position of the moving surface to be determined. |
| US10114187B2 |
Two-sided optical fiber management tray and method of use
An arrangement for a fiber optic distribution network includes a fiber management tray having a first major side and an opposite second major side. The arrangement also includes a fiber optic cable including optical fibers. The fiber optic cable has first and second jacketed sections and an unjacketed mid-span access location positioned between the first and second jacketed sections. The unjacketed mid-span access location can be managed by the fiber management tray with drop splicing being performed at the first major side of the tray and the remainder of the fiber management and splicing being performed at the second major side of the tray. |
| US10114184B2 |
Optical connector
An optical connector includes: a receptacle assembly to be coupled to a substrate; a cover coupled to the receptacle assembly; a photoelectric element array coupled to the receptacle assembly; and a plug assembly inserted into a reception groove formed at the receptacle assembly, so as to be movably coupled to the receptacle assembly, wherein the cover includes a support member for supporting the plug assembly connected to the photoelectric element array by pressing the plug assembly. |
| US10114182B2 |
Rack-mountable equipment with a high-heat-dissipation module, and transceiver receptacle with increased cooling
An electrical connector includes a heat dissipation module with a first end and a second end opposed to the first end and two receptacle connectors located at the second end. The first and second ends define a transceiver-mating direction such that, when a transceiver is inserted into the first end of the heat dissipation module in the transceiver-mating direction, the transceiver mates with one of the two receptacle connectors, and in the heat dissipation module, air flows parallel to the transceiver-mating direction between the first and second ends and flows between the two receptacle connectors. |
| US10114181B2 |
Optical ferrule for multi-fiber cable and hardened multi-fiber optic connector therefore
A multi-fiber cable assembly includes an optical connector and a cable. The optical connector includes a connector body; an optical ferrule body, and alignment elements. The optical ferrule body has an end face defining a plurality of alignment openings arranged in rows and has a plurality of buckling chambers. Each buckling chamber is aligned with one of the rows of the alignment openings. The optical fibers of the cable have bare portions secured at a first end of the optical ferrule body using rigid epoxy. Each of the optical fibers is routed through one of the buckling chambers to one of the alignment holes. |
| US10114176B2 |
Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies
A preconnectorized outdoor cable streamlines the deployment of optical waveguides into the last mile of an optical network. The preconnectorized outdoor cable includes a cable and at least one plug connector. The plug connector is attached to a first end of the cable, thereby connectorizing at least one optical waveguide. The cable has at least one optical waveguide, at least one tensile element, and a cable jacket. Various cable designs such as figure-eight or flat cables may be used with the plug connector. In preferred embodiments, the plug connector includes a crimp assembly having a crimp housing and a crimp band. The crimp housing has two half-shells being held together by the crimp band for securing the at least one tensile element. When fully assembled, the crimp housing fits into a shroud of the preconnectorized cable. The shroud aides in mating the preconnectorized cable with a complimentary receptacle. |
| US10114173B2 |
Optical device
An aspect of the disclosure provides a microring resonator (MRR). Such an MRR includes a ring optical waveguide and an optical waveguide, with the optical waveguide configured such that a first portion of the optical waveguide overlaps a second portion of the ring waveguide. In some embodiments, the optical waveguide has a first refractive index and the ring optical waveguide has a second refractive index such that the first refractive index is less than the second refractive index. In some embodiments, the optical waveguide is a polymer optical waveguide and the ring optical waveguide is a silicon optical waveguide. In some embodiments, the optical waveguide is larger in height than the ring waveguide and the first portion of the optical waveguide is configured to provide space for the second portion of the ring waveguide. |
| US10114172B2 |
Multimode beam combiner
An up-taper is applied by a mode adapter to increase a signal mode area prior to tapering and combining. |
| US10114163B1 |
Optical component with image compensation
An optical component with image compensation is formed by a plurality of optical fibers arranged and connected in the same direction. A section of the optical component includes an output face, an input face, and a lateral face. The output face is formed by sections at one end of the optical fibers respectively, and each of the sections is a perfect circle or a regular polygon. The input face is formed by sections at the other end of the optical fibers respectively, and each of the sections is noncircular or is a irregular polygonal. The lateral face extends in the same direction as the optical fibers. Thereby, images shown on display devices have preset luminous intensity no matter if users are located in front of or beside the display devices. |
| US10114162B2 |
Optical film stack with retardance layer having in-plane retardance of greater than 2.0 microns
Optical film stacks are disclosed. The optical film stacks can include a first reflective polarizer, a second reflective polarizer, and a retardance layer disposed between the first reflective polarizer and the second reflective polarizer. |
| US10114157B2 |
Pulse width controller
A pulse width controller for a thermal processing system is disclosed. Pulsed electromagnetic radiation is directed through a rotatable wave plate to a polarizing beam splitter, which reflects and transmits according to the phase angle of the wave plate. Radiation transmitted by the polarizing beam splitter is directed into an optical circuit that returns the radiation to the polarizing beam splitter after a transit time. A second rotatable wave plate is positioned in the optical circuit. The polarizing beam splitter reflects and transmits the returned radiation according to the phase angle of the second rotatable wave plate. A second pulse width controller may be nested in the optical circuit, and any number of pulse width controllers may be nested. |
| US10114156B2 |
Vehicle components utilizing infrared reflective detectable layer and infrared transmissive decorative layer
A vehicle body panel includes a substrate defining an exterior surface. A detectable layer is positioned on the exterior surface and is configured to interact with a first band of an electromagnetic spectrum. A decorative layer is positioned on the detectable layer and is configured to reflect a portion of a second band of the electromagnetic spectrum and transmit the first portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. A top layer is positioned on the decorative layer and is configured to transmit the first and second band of the electromagnetic spectrum. |
| US10114155B2 |
Optical filter and imaging device comprising same
An optical filter and an imaging device comprising the optical filter are provided. The optical filet comprises: a binder resin; a light absorption containing at least two kinds of light absorbents dispersed in the binder resin; and a near-infrared reflection layer. Further, the light absorbents comprise a first light absorbent having maximum absorption in a wavelength range of 680 to 700 nm and a second light absorbent having maximum absorption in a wavelength range of 700 to 750 nm, a wavelength at which the near-infrared reflection layer has a transmittance of 50% with regard to light incident in a direction perpendicular to the optical filter is in a range of 680 to 730 nm, and the optical filter satisfies [Equation 1] ΔE*≤1.5, wherein ΔE* represents a color difference between light, which has been incident in a direction perpendicular to the optical filter and has passed through the optical filter, and light, which has been incident at an angle of 30° with regard to the direction perpendicular to the optical filter and has passed through the optical filter. |
| US10114151B2 |
Solid-state image sensor and camera
An image sensor includes microlens array having microlenses arranged to constitute rows and columns. When first axis parallel to the rows and passing through array center of the microlens array, and second axis parallel to the columns and passing through the array center are defined, microlens positioned on virtual circle having the array center as center includes first microlens positioned on the first or second axis, and second microlens positioned on neither the first axis nor the second axis. The first and second microlens have non-circular bottom shape, and width of the second microlens in second direction passing through the second microlens and the array center is larger than width of the first microlens in first direction passing through the first microlens and the array center. |
| US10114147B2 |
Device for monitoring temperature response to stress change in strata
A device for monitoring temperature response to stress change in strata, includes: a stress or strain sensor, disposed at the bottom of a borehole in the strata, encapsulated with expansive cement, and detecting a stress change in the strata; a temperature response amplifying unit, disposed in the borehole and above the sensor, encapsulated with expansive cement, and configured to detect a temperature variation caused by the stress change and to amplify said temperature variation; a power controlling and data collecting module disposed outside the borehole and configured to supply power to the sensor and the temperature response amplifying unit and to collect the stress change and the amplified temperature variation. Silicone or rubber is used to encapsulate the temperature sensors, by which the temperature response to stress change in strata is amplified effectively. |
| US10114143B2 |
Downhole tool and method for imaging a wellbore
This disclosure is related to a downhole tool to be lowered into a wellbore, having a longitudinal axis and an outer surface, the tool including: a particle detection assembly having at least one particle detector for detecting at least a predetermined type of particles, wherein the particle detectors of the assembly are each wrapped around at least one detecting portion forming an angular portion of the tool azimuthal plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tool so that the detection assembly substantially forms a ring, at least a window transparent to the particle type and extending between the outer surface and the particle detection assembly. |
| US10114138B2 |
Method to denoise pulse echo measurement using tool response in front of collars
A method includes performing pulse echo measurements using a pulse echo tool. The method also includes detecting a casing collar using the pulse echo measurements performed by the pulse echo tool. The method further includes estimating a tool response of the pulse echo tool response at the casing collar using one or more processors based on the pulse echo measurement at the casing collar. The method also includes and removing the pulse echo tool response estimation from at least some of the pulse echo measurements not at the casing collar. |
| US10114136B2 |
Streamer equipment tension control
An apparatus for acquiring survey data including streamer equipment comprising a lead-in cable; and a geophysical streamer with a plurality of geophysical sensors distributed along the geophysical streamer, including a forward geophysical sensor; a depressor coupled to the streamer equipment in front of the forward geophysical sensor; a variable tension control device coupled at a back end of the geophysical streamer; and a plurality of tension control system sensors. A method for acquiring survey data including obtaining data from tension control system sensors of a geophysical streamer system; identifying an adjustment to be made to one or more tension control factors of the geophysical streamer system to reduce or control vibrational behavior of streamer equipment of the geophysical streamer system making the adjustment to the one or more tension control factors; and acquiring survey data with the geophysical streamer system. |
| US10114133B2 |
Sensing system responsive to acoustic or seismic signals
A sensor system responsive to acoustic or seismic signals. One system includes a frame and a piezo-electric sensor element. The sensor element, responsive to a wavefield of seismic or acoustic energy, is positioned about the frame. Coupling between the sensor element and the frame is so limited as to render direct coupling of the sensor element with the wavefield the predominant means for stimulating the sensor element with seismic energy. Another system includes a frame and a cable element, responsive to a seismic or acoustic wavefield, extending about the frame. Coupling between the cable element and frame is so limited as to render direct coupling of the sensor element with the wavefield the predominant means for stimulating the sensor element with acoustic or seismic energy. The element may be coaxial cable or have piezo-electric properties to generate a charge differential measurable as a voltage between conductors. |
| US10114127B2 |
Augmented reality visualization system
An augmented reality (AR) system comprising a head mounted display (HMD) configured to display one or more AR visualizations within an operator's field of view (FOV), a control system including a processor and a storage system configured to store machine readable instructions, sensors configured to determine at least location and/or orientation of said sensors including a head mounted and device mounted sensor, and a communication system configured to communicate data between elements of the AR system. The software including various subroutines or machine readable instructions including an orientation/location instructions for determining orientation and/or position of the sensors, a visualizations generation instructions section configured to generate a visualization showing an aim point of a device coupled to said device mounted sensor, a path of travel of a projectile launched from said device, or an impact point of said projectile. Embodiments can include one or more photogrammetry processing sections. |
| US10114126B2 |
Sensor installation monitoring
Technology for surveying sensor locations on a physical platform is described. An estimated baseline vector can be calculated between a temporary navigation sensor and each fixed navigation sensor in a group of fixed navigation sensors. The temporary navigation sensor can be temporarily placed on the physical platform. The fixed navigation sensors can be installed on the physical platform. A refined baseline vector between the temporary navigation sensor and each fixed navigation sensor can be successively calculated by fixing carrier phase integer ambiguities that are variables used in the estimation of the baseline vector. A final survey distance between the temporary navigation sensor and each of the fixed navigation sensors can be generated using the refined baseline vector. |
| US10114123B2 |
Accuracy and performance of the hybrid positioning system
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the position of a WLAN positioning system (WPS) and satellite positioning system (SPS) enabled device. The method can include determining an initial WPS position of the device using WPS, calculating an error region around the initial WPS position of the device, dividing the error region into a plurality of points, obtaining satellite measurements from at least two satellites in view of the device, determining a variation in a receiver clock bias for each point within the error region based on the satellite measurements from at least two satellites, selecting the point with the lowest variation in the receiver clock bias, and determining whether or not to use the point with the lowest variation in receiver clock bias to refine the initial WPS position of the device. |
| US10114122B2 |
Crosswind speed measurement by optical measurement of scintillation
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for measuring crosswind speed by optical measurement of laser scintillation. One method includes projecting radiation into a medium, receiving, over time, with a photodetector receiver, a plurality of scintillation patterns of scattered radiation, comparing cumulative a radiation intensity for each received scintillation pattern of the received plurality of scintillation patterns, and measuring a cumulative weighted average cross-movement within the medium using the compared cumulative radiation intensities. |
| US10114118B2 |
Radar device
A radar device 1 equipped with a radar antenna 2. Specifically, this radar device 1 comprises a housing 3, a transmitting unit 6, and a receiving unit 7. The housing 3 has a first wall component 3R and a second wall component 3L that are opposite each other. The transmitting unit 6 is attached on the first wall component 3R side in an internal space of the housing 3, and is configured to transmit radar signal through the radar antenna 2. The receiving unit 7 is attached on the second wall component 3L side in the internal space of the housing, is disposed opposite the transmitting unit 6, and is configured to receive reflected wave of the radar signal through the radar antenna 2. |
| US10114117B2 |
Detection of an object by use of a 3D camera and a radar
A method (400) and a 3D camera (110) for a vehicle for detecting an object (130) in an area (140) for collecting (401) measurement data related to the area (140) by a sensor (310) in the 3D camera (110) using a first sensor setting, in addition, reception (402) of measurement data related to the area (140) from a radar (120), and detection (405) of the object (130) based on interpretation of collected (401) measurement data by the camera together with measurement data received (402) from the radar (120). |
| US10114115B2 |
Dynamic sensor array
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a beam pattern of a sensor array. The apparatus includes a plurality of sensors, wherein a distance is defined between at least two of the sensors. A shape memory alloy (“SMA”) is coupled to at least one of the sensors. The SMA is controllably deformable to vary the distance between the sensors. |
| US10114114B2 |
Ultrasonic probe with precharge circuit and method of controlling an ultrasonic probe
An ultrasonic probe includes: an ultrasonic transducer; an amplification stage; a bias circuit, which determines a bias voltage on an input terminal of the amplification stage; and a selector having an intermediate node, a high-voltage switch between the intermediate node and the transducer, and a first low-voltage switch between the intermediate node and the input terminal. A control unit controls the high-voltage switch and the first low-voltage switch so as to alternately couple and decouple the amplification stage and the transducer. A precharge circuit determines a precharge voltage on the intermediate node as a function of the bias voltage, before the amplification stage and the transducer are coupled. |
| US10114110B2 |
Object detecting device, sensing device, and mobile object device
An object detecting device includes: a light source which includes a plurality of light emitting units arranged in a sub-scanning direction; a deflector which deflects light from the light source; and an optical detector which includes a plurality of light receiving units arranged in the sub-scanning direction so as to correspond to the plurality of light emitting units, and receives light deflected by the deflector and reflected by an object. |
| US10114108B2 |
Positioning apparatus
A positioning apparatus is mounted to an own vehicle, and performs positioning of the own vehicle. The positioning apparatus acquires a light reception pattern. The light reception pattern indicates a pattern of a change in strength of reflected light in relation to a position of the own vehicle. The reflected light is obtained using a light wave for measurement that has been transmitted from the own vehicle. The positioning apparatus estimates a position of the own vehicle by referencing a database in which a reference pattern is recorded in advance, and by comparing the light reception pattern and the reference pattern. The reference pattern indicates a pattern in which a strength of reflected light is associated with each position in which a vehicle travels. |
| US10114105B2 |
Location system using ultrasound
A transmitter device transmits an ultrasonic signal encoding a binary identifier. Each bit position in the identifier is associated with a pair of frequencies and with first and second time positions in the signal. The bit value determines which of the pair of frequencies is transmitted at the first time position, with the other being transmitted at the second time position. A receiver device receives the signal. Each bit position of the identifier is decoded based on the strength of the received signal at (a) the first frequency and first time position associated with the particular bit position, (b) the associated first frequency and second time position, (c) the associated second frequency and first time position, and (d) the associated second frequency and second time position. The decoded identifier is used to determine information relating to the position of a mobile one of the devices. |
| US10114102B1 |
Secure communication with a traffic control system
A processor may receive an indication form a radio frequency identification (RFID) device that a mobile device is in a predetermined area. The processor may send a private key on a first frequency at a first time to the mobile device. The processor may receive a communication request from the mobile device that may contain a public decryption key. The processor may send encrypted configuration information and encrypted state information to the mobile device. In some embodiments, an RFID device, may identify that a mobile device is within a predetermined area. The RFID device may send a tag to the mobile device. The RFID may send a notification to a communicator that the tag has been sent. The RFID may acquire the encrypted configuration information and encrypted state information form the communicator. The RFID device may push the encrypted configuration information and the encrypted state information to the mobile device. |
| US10114101B2 |
Flow cell for batch and continuous simultaneous electrochemical and EPR measurements and a method thereof
A flow cell and a method for batch and continuous simultaneous electrochemical (EC) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements. The flow cell includes first and second tubes with hollow interiors and the first tube is removably connected to first and second tube assemblies. The interior of the second tube contains first ends of first and second electrodes and a solution comprising an analyte. When a voltage is applied to the second electrode, the analyte undergoes a reduction or an oxidation process to generate radicals, which in turn, give rise to EPR signals. |
| US10114095B2 |
Multi-spectral MRI scan with magnetization recovery
Methods, and systems and apparatus for implementing the methods, are described for performing efficient multispectral magnetic resonance imaging, such that images of multiple contrast weightings for each slice are acquired in a single scan. Such differentially weighted MR images are thus suitable for generating a plurality of coregistered parameter maps for each slice. The methods may comprise applying a first excitation pulse to a first slice of a subject; detecting a first plurality of echo signals emitted by the first slice after the first excitation pulse; waiting a first period of time; applying a second excitation pulse to the first slice during partial recovery of a longitudinal magnetization of the first slice; and detecting a second plurality of echo signals emitted by the first slice after the second excitation pulse. |
| US10114089B2 |
NMR measuring probe
A sample tube is arranged in a sample temperature adjusting pipe, and a temperature adjustment gas is supplied. A vacuum vessel is formed with the sample temperature adjusting pipe and an outer wall body, and a detection coil and the like to be placed in a cooling state are arranged in the vacuum vessel. A sealed section between the sample temperature adjusting pipe and the outer wall body is sealed by a sealing structure. The sealing structure includes a high-vacuum O-ring and a low-temperature O-ring. The high-vacuum O-ring has characteristics for sealing the sealed section in a regular temperature region. The regular temperature region is a temperature region excluding a low temperature region, and the low temperature region is a temperature region including a lower limit in a possible temperature adjustment range of the temperature adjustment gas. The low-temperature O-ring has characteristics for sealing the sealed section in the low temperature region. |
| US10114087B2 |
RF coil and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
An RF coil includes a puncture needle insertion assembly in which a plurality of holes into which a puncture needle is inserted are formed within a surface of the puncture needle insertion assembly. In the puncture needle insertion assembly, conductors of a plurality of elements of a coil that are being insulated from one another are laid to meander on a frame between the holes. |
| US10114086B2 |
Hybrid PET/MR imaging systems
A hybrid imaging system includes a magnetic resonance scanner and a second modality imaging system disposed in the same radio frequency isolation space. The second modality imaging system includes radiation detectors configured to detect at least one of high energy particles and high energy photons. In some embodiments a retractable radio frequency screen is selectively extendible into a gap between the magnetic resonance scanner and the second modality imaging system. In some embodiments shim coils are disposed with the magnetic resonance scanner and are configured to compensate for distortion of the static magnetic field of the magnetic resonance scanner produced by proximity of the second modality imaging system. |
| US10114083B2 |
Magnetometer and method of fabrication
An optical magnetometer comprising: an optical resonator having a central void; and a magnetostrictive material located in the central void such that a change in dimension of the magnetostrictive material causes a change in mechanical modes of the optical resonator. Also a method of making the optical magnetometer. |
| US10114077B2 |
Electronic device, method, and computer readable medium having instructions capable of automatically measuring parameter(s) associated with battery cell
A method applied into an electronic device and capable of automatically measuring at least one parameter includes: launching an automatic program/application on the electronic device; and using the automatic program/application to measure the at least one parameter that is at least associated with a battery cell connected to and used for providing power to the electronic device. |
| US10114076B2 |
Semiconductor device for hybrid energy storage systems
Systems and methods for semiconductor device selection, including identifying a worst operation condition for a plurality of semiconductor devices in a Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC). The identifying includes determining power losses for each of the semiconductor devices under a plurality of operation conditions, and calculating a maximum junction temperature for each of the plurality of semiconductor devices at each of the plurality of operation conditions. A maximum junction temperature under the identified worst operation condition is determined for each of a plurality of commercially available semiconductor devices which satisfy a threshold voltage rating, and all semiconductor devices which satisfy the threshold voltage rating and a maximum junction temperature threshold condition are compared to identify a semiconductor device with a lowest system cost. |
| US10114074B2 |
Systems and methods for wafer-level loopback test
Circuits and methods for loopback testing are provided. A die incorporates a receiver (RX) to each transmitter (TX) as well as a TX to each RX. This architecture is applied to each bit so, e.g., a die that transmits or receives 32 data bits during operation would have 32 transceivers (one for each bit). Focusing on one of the transceivers, a loopback architecture includes a TX data path and an RX data path that are coupled to each other through an external contact, such as a via at the transceiver. The die further includes a transmit clock tree feeding the TX data path and a receive clock tree feeding the RX data path. The transmit clock tree feeds the receive clock tree through a conductive clock node that is exposed on a surface of the die. Some systems further include a variable delay in the clock path. |
| US10114072B2 |
Processing method and electronic apparatus for digital signal
A processing method and electronic apparatus for a digital signal are provided. The method includes: detecting the quality of a first eye in an eye diagram of the digital signal; equalizing the digital signal; detecting the quality of a second eye in the eye diagram of the equalized digital signal; determining whether the quality of the second eye superior to the quality of the first eye by a predetermined threshold; and if so, outputting the digital signal, or else again equalizing and performing subsequent steps on the auto-compensated digital signal. The above solution is capable of effectively improving the quality of eyes in the eye diagram of the digital signal. |
| US10114070B2 |
Substrate inspection apparatus
A substrate inspection apparatus can efficiently inspect electric characteristics of the semiconductor device. A prober 10 includes a probe card 15 having a multiple number of probe needles 17 to be brought into contact with electrodes of a semiconductor device formed on a wafer W; and a test box 14 electrically connected to the probe card 15. A card-side inspection circuit of the probe card 15 reproduces a circuit configuration on which the semiconductor device is to be mounted after separated from the wafer W, e.g., the circuit configuration of a function extension card, and a box-side inspection circuit 21 of the test box 14 reproduces a circuit configuration on which the semiconductor device is to be mounted, e.g., a part of the circuit configuration of the mother board. |
| US10114069B2 |
Method for electrical testing of a 3-D chip stack
A method for electrical testing of a 3-D integrated circuit chip stack is described. The 3-D integrated circuit chip stack comprises at least a first integrated circuit chip and a second integrated circuit chip. The first integrated circuit chip and the second integrated circuit chip are not soldered together for performing electrical testing. |
| US10114067B2 |
Integrated waveguide structure and socket structure for millimeter waveband testing
A structure for signal transmission is disclosed. The structure comprises a first plurality of waveguides tightly disposed together and disposed substantially in parallel with each other, each of said waveguides having a first opening and a second opening, wherein each first opening is operable to align with a patch antenna, and wherein the first plurality of waveguides is disposed adjacent to a socket. The integrated structure further comprises the socket which comprises an opening operable to support an insertion of a device under test (DUT), wherein the DUT is communicatively coupled to a plurality of microstrip transmission lines on a printed circuit board (PCB) underlying the socket for transmitting test signals from the DUT, wherein each of the microstrip transmission lines is electrically coupled to a respective patch antenna. Further, the first plurality of waveguides and the socket are integrated into a single plastic or metal structure. |
| US10114066B2 |
Interface unit, conveying system and method
The invention relates to an interface unit, a conveying system and a method. The interface unit comprises an input circuit for the signal determining the safety of the conveying system. The interface unit further comprises means for testing the operating condition of the input circuit. |
| US10114060B2 |
Negative battery main contactor status determination
A system, method, and battery control module for detecting negative contactor status of a battery, such as a high voltage vehicle battery, is disclosed. The method includes applying a constant current to a bipolar transistor element having a base, an emitter, and a collector, wherein the base is electrically connected to a first resistor and an analog-to-digital converter, the collector being electrically connected to a second resistor and a diode. A collected current is delivered by the collector, and the method includes injecting the collected current through the second resistor and the diode and into a negative contactor of a battery. The method also includes determining a resistance across the negative contactor of the battery. The system may include a battery having a negative contactor, the negative contactor having a switch side, and a battery control module in communication with the battery. |
| US10114053B2 |
Pulse frequency measurement device and method and control system
The present invention discloses a pulse frequency measurement device and method and a control system, the device including: a hardware counter configured to perform a counting operation on an input pulse sequence to output a counting result; and a processing unit configured to obtain number of pulses from the counting result outputted by the hardware counter and measure a first time period during which the obtained number of pulses occupy, in which the processing unit includes a frequency calculation module configured to calculate a frequency of the input pulse sequence based on the obtained number of pulses and the first time period. According to the invention, it is possible to achieve adaptive pulse frequency measurement and multi-channel sampling for multiple input pulse sequences with a relatively low cost while ensuring the accuracy of the measurement result. |
| US10114052B2 |
Estimation of a waveform period
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for estimating a period and frequency of a waveform. In one embodiment a system may comprise an input configured to receive a signal comprising a representation of the waveform. A period determination subsystem may calculate an estimated period of the signal based on a period determination function. An estimated period adjustment subsystem may determine an adjustment to the estimated period based on a result of the period determination function. A quality indicator subsystem configured to evaluate a measurement quality indictor function based on the estimated period, and to selectively update the period of the waveform based on the measurement quality indicator. A control action subsystem configured to implement a control action based on the period of the waveform. |
| US10114050B2 |
Utility consumption identification
A method of identifying consumption of a utility by devices in a group of devices, wherein each device in the group of devices has a plurality of device-states and is arranged to consume the utility, the method comprising, for a given measurement period in a supply of the utility to the group of devices: obtaining a time-based vector of total levels of consumption of the utility by the group of devices during the given measurement period; for each of a plurality of group-states, wherein each group-state corresponds to each device in the group of devices being in a corresponding device-state, calculating a score representing a likelihood that the group of devices is in the group-state during the given measurement period, wherein said score is based on a likelihood of the obtained vector occurring based on a multivariate statistical model, corresponding to the group-state, of the total level of consumption of the utility by the group of devices during a measurement period in the supply of the utility to the group of devices when the group of devices is in the group-state; and identifying, based at least in part on the calculated scores, a most likely group-state for the group of devices. |
| US10114045B2 |
Meter and method for determining meter readings and method for the wireless transmission of electrical energy
A meter includes a hermetically encapsulated electronic metering mechanism having a meter unit for the determination of meter readings, the metering mechanism including a data memory for storing the meter readings, and the metering unit including an antenna of a defined shape, and a readout unit arranged outside the metering mechanism for reading the meter readings from the data memory. The meter is operated according to a method for the determination of meter readings and for the wireless transmission of electrical energy. The shape of the readout unit antenna is identical to the shape of the metering unit antenna, wherein the congruent and predefined positioning of the readout unit antenna ensures an effective wireless energy supply to the metering unit by electromagnetic radiation through the readout unit, and, independently thereof, a stable wireless data coupling for the determination of meter readings between the metering unit and the readout unit. |
| US10114042B2 |
Vertical probe card
A probe for a vertical probe card includes an unsupported base portion that extends from the vertical probe card, a cantilevered portion that extends substantially perpendicular to the unsupported base portion and a contact portion that includes a tip. The cantilevered portion has a first thickness at an end adjacent the unsupported base portion and a second thickness at an end adjacent the contact portion, the second thickness being less than the first thickness. |
| US10114038B2 |
Force biased spring probe pin assembly
A force-biased spring probe pin assembly includes a barrel member having a barrel wall defining an elongate internal cavity with a lower end and an upper end. The assembly also includes a first plunger member reciprocally mounted in the internal cavity proximate the lower end of the internal cavity. A spring member is positioned in the internal cavity between the plunger member and the second end of the internal cavity. At least one rectangular cavity formed in the plunger member with a movable cylindrical bearing in the cavity that applies a slight transverse force to the plunger member ensuring good electrical contact between the plunger and the wall of the barrel member. A force-biased spring probe pin assembly includes a barrel member having a barrel wall defining an elongate internal cavity with a lower end and an upper end. The assembly also includes a first plunger member reciprocally mounted in the internal cavity proximate the lower end of the internal cavity and a second plunger member reciprocally mounted in the internal cavity proximate the upper end of the internal cavity. A spring member is positioned in the internal cavity between the first plunger member and the second plunger member. At least one rectangular cavity formed in the first plunger member with a first movable cylindrical bearing in the cavity that applies a slight transverse force to the first plunger member ensuring good electrical contact between the first plunger member and the wall of the barrel member and at least one rectangular cavity formed in the second plunger member with a second movable cylindrical bearing in the cavity that applies a slight transverse force to the second plunger member ensuring good electrical contact between the second plunger member and the wall of the barrel member. |
| US10114036B2 |
Portable hunting device for generating scented vapor
A portable device for use in hunting. The portable device includes a piezoelectric element to discharge a scented vapor stream into the atmosphere. The vapor stream can carry a scent for attracting animals and/or disguising human scent. |
| US10114033B2 |
Methods, devices, and systems for mixing fluids
Improved methods, devices, and systems for mixing fluids, including small volumes of fluid, are provided. Pressing a pipette tip against an inner surface of a mixing vessel allows pressure to be applied within the tip. Greater pressure may be built-up than would be possible without engaging the tip with the mixing vessel. Disengaging the tip allows fluid flow through the tip, providing improved fluid mixing as compared to methods lacking engagement of a pipette tip with an inner surface of a mixing vessel while applying pressure within the pipette tip.Mixing vessels having features on an inner surface that are configured to engage a pipette tip, and to occlude an orifice of a pipette tip, are provided. Sample analysis devices and systems including pipette tips and mixing vessels configured to engage each other for pressure application within the tip are provided. |
| US10114032B2 |
Blood coagulation test method
In step S101, a specimen containing blood plasma and a coagulation activating agent are introduced into a flow channel, with the coagulation activating agent being positioned ahead, in a state in which portions arrayed in series in the extending direction of the flow channel flow in contact with each other. In step S102, in the process in which the coagulation activating agent, the contact region between the coagulation activating agent and the specimen, and the specimen pass through a measurement portion provided midway along the flow channel in the order named, the refractive indices of the coagulation activating agent and the contact region are measured in a time-series manner. In step S103, the blood coagulation ability of the specimen is measured by comparing the first refractive index value which is the refractive index of the coagulation activating agent with the second refractive index value which is the minimum refractive index of the contact region. |
| US10114030B2 |
Detection agent for detecting 25-hydroxy vitamin D, preparation method and use
Provided are a detection agent for detecting hydroxy vitamin D, preparation method thereof, and use thereof in 25-hydroxy vitamin D immunological detection. The detection agent comprises a conjugate formed by a 25-hydroxy vitamin D antigen derivative and protein carrier, and magnetic spheres coated by the conjugate. Also provided is a 25-hydroxy vitamin D detection kit comprising the detection agent. |
| US10114026B2 |
Cleavable probes for isotope targeted glycoproteomics and methods of using the same
Methods for producing isotopically-labelled peptides are provided. Aspects of the method include: contacting a sample including a metabolically tagged protein with a cleavable probe to produce a probe-protein conjugate; separating the probe-protein conjugate from the sample; digesting the probe-protein conjugate to produce a probe-peptide conjugate; and cleaving a cleavable linker to release an isotopically labelled peptide. The method may further include: identifying a predetermined isotopic pattern in a mass spectrum; determining an amino acid sequence of the isotopically labelled peptide; and identifying the site of protein glycosylation based on the determined amino acid sequence. Also provided are cleavable probes for practicing the subject methods, described by the Formula: A-L-(M-Z) where A is an affinity tag, L is a cleavable linker, M is an isotopic label and Z is a chemoselective tag capable of cross-linking a metabolically tagged protein. Compositions and kits for practicing the subject methods are also provided. |
| US10114024B2 |
Biomolecule-graphene quantum dot conjugates and use thereof
The invention relates to biomolecules conjugated to graphene quantum dots, and in particular, to use of such biomolecule-graphene quantum dot conjugates as fluorophores for imaging applications. |
| US10114022B2 |
Method for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of prostate cancer metastasis
The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in prostate cancer which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis in prostate cancer, as well as to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which, comprise determining the c-MAF expression level. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic target for treating the prostate cancer. |
| US10114019B2 |
Bacterial challenge model in cattle using a trans- and intra-dermal route to infect peripheral lymph nodes
The present invention includes a method of observing and evaluating bacterial infections within the lymph nodes of animals presented for harvest comprising: inoculating at one or more sites of an animal a known amount of a pathogen, wherein the one or more inoculation sites comprise lymph node drainage areas, and at one or more time points obtaining one or more lymph node biopsies to determine the extent of the pathogen in the lymph nodes. |
| US10114016B2 |
Particles and manufacturing methods thereof
Particles and manufacturing methods thereof are provided. The manufacturing method of the particle includes providing a precursor solution containing a precursor dissolved in a solution, and irradiating the precursor solution with a high energy and high flux radiation beam to convert the precursor to nano-particles. Particles with desired dispersion, shape, and size are manufactured without adding a stabilizer or surfactant to the precursor solution. |
| US10114009B2 |
Methods of detecting T1R hetero-oligomeric taste receptor expression to identify cells that are potentially sensitive to sweet tastants
The present invention relates to the discovery that the T1R receptors assemble to form functional taste receptors. Particularly, it has been discovered that co-expression of T1R1 and T1R3 results in a taste receptor that responds to umami taste stimuli, including monosodium glutamate. Also, it has been discovered that co-expression of the T1R2 and T1R3 receptors results in a taste receptor that responds to sweet taste stimuli including naturally occurring and artificial sweeteners. Also the present invention relates to the use of hetero-oligomeric taste receptors comprising T1R1/T1R3 and T1R2/T1R3 in assays to identify compounds that respectively respond to umami taste stimuli and sweet taste stimuli. |
| US10114008B2 |
Methods and devices for high throughput screening of conditions affecting stem cell differentiation
Disclosed are methods and systems for testing the effects of various morphogens and/or feeder cells on the differentiation of pluripotent cells. The assays described herein can be used for determining the optimum conditions that lead to differentiation of stem cells. Once the optimum conditions for stem cell differentiation are determined, such cells may be used in a variety of therapies. |
| US10113995B2 |
Multi-position, micro-fluidic valve assembly with multiple radial grooves to enable individual or combined flows
A rotary shear valve having a rotor device and a stator device both with planar faces. The stator face includes a central port located at a common rotational axis, a second port radially spaced a radius R1 from the central port, and a third port spaced at radius R2. The second and third ports are in general linear alignment with the central port. The rotor face includes a first rotor groove extending radially outward from the common rotational axis to a position at radius R2 from the central port. The rotor device is rotatably mounted to the stator device for rotation thereof about the axis, providing fluid-tight, selective relative rotation therebetween between two or more discrete rotor positions. When in a discrete first rotor position, the first rotor groove is oriented in radial alignment with, and fluidly connects, the central port and the second port with the third port. |
| US10113989B2 |
Sulphite sensor and method for measuring sulphite concentration in a substance
The present invention relates to a method for measuring a concentration of sulphite in a substance in a gas cleaning process, the method comprising the steps of sending a plurality of voltage pulses through the substance by a first electrode (11) and a second electrode (20), which first and second electrodes (11, 20) are in contact with the substance, receiving current responses generated by the plurality of voltage pulses, and analyzing the current responses using a multivariate data analysis for calculation of the concentration of sulphite in the substance. The present invention further relates to a sulphite sensor (1) for performing such a method. |
| US10113986B2 |
Electrochemical test strip, strip board and method for generating the same
Provided is an electrochemical test strip, including: a sampling end disposed on a wide side of the electrochemical test strip to receive a sample; a connection end disposed on another wide side of the electrochemical test strip to connect with a measuring meter; and at least one protrusion disposed on a long side of the electrochemical test strip. A strip board and method for generating the electrochemical test strip are further provided. |
| US10113985B2 |
Active matrix device and method of driving
An active matrix electro-wetting on dielectric (AM-EWOD) device includes a plurality of array elements arranged in an array, each array element including array element circuitry, an element electrode, and a reference electrode. The array element circuitry includes an actuation circuit configured to apply actuation voltages to the electrodes, and an impedance sensor circuit configured to sense impedance at the array element electrode to determine a droplet property. The actuation circuitry includes a memory capacitor for storing voltage data corresponding to either an actuated state or an unactuated state of the array element, and an input applied to the memory capacitor operates to effect an operation of the impedance sensor circuit. Such input may isolate the array element from the actuation voltage during operation of the impedance sensor circuit, and the memory capacitor may operate as part of the impedance sensor circuit as a reference capacitor for determining the droplet property. |
| US10113984B2 |
Integrated EPR NMR with frequency agile gyrotron
A frequency agile gyrotron for use in combination with an NMR system is disclosed. The frequency agile gyrotron combined with EPR-NMR magic angle spinning resonators and cryogenic sample cooling may increase the sensitivity of solid state NMR with DNP. |
| US10113983B1 |
Explosives vapor detector
Disclosed are a highly selective, highly sensitive method and apparatus for detecting vapors from explosives at low concentrations such as 1 part in 1014. Airborne explosives vapors are selectively adsorbed on a spiral-wound platinum or platinum-coated ribbon of a preconcentrator cartridge while trapping of nitrogen oxides is avoided. The vapors are released and partially decomposed to liberate nitric oxide gas by flash-heating of the ribbon, these products may then be pyrolyzed if necessary to complete the liberation of nitric oxide gas, and then the liberated nitric oxide gas is detected, as by chemiluminescent detection. Also described are various systems incorporating the explosives vapor detector such as a walk-through portal, a vehicle sniffer, and a system incorporated into the air-handling apparatus of a building. A walk-through explosives detection system is disclosed having a carousel containing an array of preconcentrator cartridges for rapid acquisition and analysis of explosives vapor samples, and which is capable of screening up to ten persons per minute for possession of explosives. |
| US10113980B2 |
Furnace for transmission mode X-ray diffractometer and transmission mode X-ray diffractometer using thereof
Provided is a furnace for a transmission mode X-ray diffractometer and a transmission mode X-ray diffractometer using the same. The furnace for a transmission mode X-ray diffractometer includes a sample heating unit disposed adjacent to a quartz capillary accommodating a sample to heat the sample, and a main body disposed to surround the quartz capillary and the sample heating unit and having an insulating function for allowing the heated sample to maintain a thermal equilibrium state. |
| US10113979B2 |
Systems, probes, and methods for dielectric testing of wine in bottle
A system for dielectric testing of wine in a bottle includes (a) a coaxial probe for interrogating the wine, wherein the coaxial probe has an open end for contacting an exterior surface of the bottle, and (b) a measurement module for determining a dielectric property associated with the wine by generating and measuring radio waves propagating through the coaxial cable. A method for dielectric testing of wine in a bottle includes measuring a radio-wave reflection signal associated with the wine by interrogating the wine, through the bottle, with radio waves, and determining a dielectric property associated with the wine from the radio-wave reflection signal. A probe for radio-wave interrogation of wine in a bottle has an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and an open end with curvature matching the curvature of an exterior surface of the bottle. |
| US10113977B2 |
Apparatus and method for acquiring a two-dimensional image of the surface of a three-dimensional object
An apparatus for acquiring a two-dimensional image of an external surface of a three-dimensional object is described. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and displacing the object, a camera for capturing images of portions of the object surface, and a friction member for rotating the object. The camera is configured to capture images corresponding to successive exposed portions of the object surface, and to sequentially capture the images as respective single frames. The apparatus further includes an electronic control unit adapted to read out a sub-frame from the single frame, store the sub-frame, and assemble successive sub-frames into an assembled frame corresponding to a two-dimensional image of a surface area of the object. |
| US10113976B2 |
Method and device for non-contact detection of thin medium
A method and device for non-contact detection of a thin medium (5) is disclosed. The device comprises a light source (1), an optical splitter (2), a reference plane (3), a linearly arrayed photoelectric detector (6), a signal processing module (4) and the thin medium (5). The method involves the following steps: acquiring time for targeted light which is emitted by the light source (1) and reflected by the thin medium (5) to the linearly arrayed photoelectric detector (6), and acquiring time for reference light which is emitted by the light source (1) and reflected by the reference plane (3) to the linearly arrayed photoelectric detector (6); according to the acquired time that the targeted light and the reference light arrive at the linearly arrayed photoelectric detector (6), computing a first optical path and a second optical path corresponding to the targeted light and the reference light respectively, and acquiring quantity of bright fringes and dark fringes of interference fringes according to a predetermined computing manner by the signal processing module (4); conducting difference comparison between the quantity of the bright fringes and dark fringes of the interference fringes and the quantity of the bright fringes and dark fringes of standard interference fringes according to the predetermined manner, and if the value of the comparison result is larger than the predetermined threshold value, determining that the foreign matters are positioned on the thin medium (5). The detection method and device solves the technical problems that precision is low and measuring wavelength is long caused by an existing mechanical thickness measuring device, an infrared detector and an ultrasonic detector used to detect the foreign substance on the surface of the thin medium. |
| US10113973B2 |
Infrared ink print testing for manufacturing
An assembly for testing an infrared (IR) ink print quality of an IR ink print area on an optical component includes a light source including an illuminated periphery and a dark interior, an IR camera having a field of view positioned to image the dark interior without imaging at least a portion of the illuminated periphery, and a component holder configured to hold the optical component between the IR camera and the light source such that IR light emitted from the portion of the illuminated periphery that illuminates the IR ink print area on the optical component is deflected into the field of view of the IR camera if the IR ink print area has defects but is not deflected into the field of view of the IR camera if the IR ink print area does not have defects. |
| US10113972B2 |
Image capture device and electronic apparatus
There is provided an image capture device including a narrow-band optical irradiation system including a light source, a solid-state imaging element including an array of pixels and sensitive to a predetermined range of wavelengths, and a metal thin-film filter provided in an optical path between the optical irradiation system and the solid-state imaging element, and having a periodic microstructural pattern having a period shorter than a wavelength detected by the solid-state imaging element. |
| US10113968B2 |
Specific detection and quantification of cardiolipin and isolated mitochondria by positively charged AIE fluorogens and method of manufacturing thereof
The present subject matter relates to a one-step method of detecting and quantifying cardiolipin in a sample using a positively charged AIE luminogen by introducing the AIE luminogen to a solution containing the sample and measuring fluorescence intensity of the solution; a method of quantifying isolated mitochondria using a positively charged AIE luminogen by staining a sample containing isolated mitochondria with the AIE luminogen and measuring the fluorescence intensity; and a method of quantifying isolated mitochondria using a positively charged AIE luminogen by introducing the AIE luminogen to a sample containing isolated mitochondria, wherein the AIE luminogen stains the isolated mitochondria and identifying the stained isolated mitochondria under microscope. With improved sensitivity and excellent selectivity to CL over other major mitochondrial membrane lipids, an aggregation-induced emission-active fluorogen, TTAPE-Me, may serve as a valuable fluorescent sensor for CL detection and quantification and the quantification of isolated mitochondria. |
| US10113963B1 |
Integrated systems and processes for online monitoring of a chemical concentration in a flow of a degassed ionic liquid
An integrated system for monitoring a chemical concentration in an ionic liquid, comprising: a. an online FTIR instrument with an ATR window; b. a sample conditioning station that removes light hydrocarbons and produces a degassed ionic liquid that is analyzed by FTIR; and c. a solvent flushing system that flows solvent across the ATR window. Also, a process for monitoring the chemical concentration, comprising: a. degassing the ionic liquid in the sample conditioning station; b. passing the degassed ionic liquid over an ATR window; c. periodically redirecting a flow of the degassed ionic liquid via a bypass line or an on-off valve that isolates the ATR window from the process unit that elutes the ionic liquid; and d. flowing a solvent and a purging gas over the ATR window during the periodically redirecting step c); and e. resuming the passing of the degassed ionic liquid over the ATR window. |
| US10113962B2 |
Automatic analyzer
To be adapted to various types of latex reagents for detecting scattered light and thereby measuring agglutination reactions with high sensitivity while sufficiently ensuring integration time. To be adapted to various types of latex particles of different particle sizes, a plurality of light receivers are arranged in a plane perpendicular to the direction of cell movement by rotation of a cell disk. To ensure sufficient integration time, the angle between the optical axis of the irradiation light and each of a plurality of optical axes of scattered light viewed from above the cell is made equal to or less than 17.7° including a mounting error. |
| US10113958B2 |
Optically transparent films for measuring optically thick fluids
A multilayered film and a method for performing spectroscopic measurements in a fluid are provided. The multilayered film includes a substrate; a porous layer adjacent to the substrate; and a reflective layer formed on the porous layer, wherein the porous layer selectively allows a component of a fluid to be optically measured when the multilayered film is immersed in the fluid. A sensor for spectroscopic measurements in crude oil samples including a multilayered film as above is also provided. A method of manufacturing a multilayered film for spectroscopic measurements in fluids as above is also provided. |
| US10113957B1 |
Non-dispersive infrared carbon dioxide gas sensor with deposited hydrophobic thin film
Provided is a white-cell type non-dispersive infrared gas sensor and more particularly, a non-dispersive infrared carbon dioxide gas sensor deposited with a hydrophobic thin film. To this end, in a carbon dioxide gas sensor for measuring a concentration of carbon dioxide included in gas, the gas sensor is a white-cell type, in the white-cell, first and second reflectors 120 and 130 are disposed to face a third reflector 140, a light source 110 is provided at one side of the third reflector 140 and a first detector 150 and a second detector 160 are provided at the other side. Further, a first hydrophobic thin film 122 may be deposited on the entire reflection surface of the first reflector 120, a second hydrophobic thin film 132 may be deposited on the entire reflection surface of the second reflector 130, and a third hydrophobic thin film 142 may be deposited on the entire reflection surface of the third reflector 140. |
| US10113954B2 |
Gas sensor by light absorption
The present invention relates to an absorption spectroscopy device, comprising a light cavity vessel (1) whose inner wall is at least partially coated with a light reflective layer (2), wherein said light reflective layer is a distributed Bragg reflector or is composed of stainless steel or aluminium; a photo-detector; and a light source, wherein said light source is capable of emitting light radiation which passes through said light cavity vessel, wherein said light cavity vessel is capable of reflecting the emitted radiation and wherein said photo-detector is capable of detecting at least a portion of the emitted light. |
| US10113950B2 |
Friction tester for a travel surface
A friction tester is provided which can measure the friction provided by a surface at a slip speed independent to the speed of travel of the friction tester. The friction tester comprises a vehicle which can travel over a surface at a first speed, and a test element which is driven to a second speed, and a measuring device, wherein the second speed is independently controllable; test element is engaged with the surface; and the first and second speeds are different so that the test element slips over the surface with a slip speed. |
| US10113949B2 |
Device and method for detecting and analyzing deposits
The present invention relates to a device for detecting deposits in a reflection area inside a liquid-bearing system comprising an ultrasonic transducer for emitting an ultrasonic emission signal towards the reflection area and a first detection means for detecting an ultrasonic reflection signal obtained by reflection of the ultrasonic emission signal in the reflection area, wherein a second detection means is disposed in the reflection area, the second detection means being configured to detect a specific kind of deposit. |
| US10113944B2 |
Circuit board testing apparatus and circuit board testing method
The present application discloses a circuit board testing apparatus to the printed circuit board, including: a base frame; a carrying platform located on the upper surface of the base frame, the carrying platform including a carrying curved surface, a first distance is formed between the central portion of the carrying curved surface and the upper surface of the base frame, a second distance is formed between the two terminals of the carrying curved surface and the upper surface of the base frame, the second distance is greater than the first distance; and a plurality of supporting components disposed in intervals, each of the supporting components including a supporting rod and a driving member, the driving member is fixed on the base frame, the supporting rods pass through the carrying curved surface, the driving member drives the supporting rod to move in the direction perpendicular to the upper surface, and makes the printed circuit board bending and deformation. |
| US10113940B2 |
Coupling device, particularly for coupling damping apparatus on a test frame of a test arrangement and test arrangement with the coupling device
A coupling device is disclosed for coupling a damping apparatus to a test frame of a test arrangement for testing the damping apparatus. The coupling device includes a receiving device configured to receive an adjustment device and for coupling the adjustment device with the test frame. The adjustment device includes a coupling interface for coupling with the damping apparatus. The coupling interface is variably configurable relative to the receiving device. |
| US10113938B2 |
Test apparatus for simulated testing of a motor vehicle on at least one test bench, test bench with the test apparatus and method for simulated testing of a motor vehicle on at least one test bench with the test apparatus
A test apparatus for simulated testing of a motor vehicle on at least one test bench includes a frame structure in the form of a functional model of the motor vehicle structure. The frame structure includes a front frame section with a functional front axle model, a rear frame section with a functional rear axle model and a middle frame section arranged between the front frame section and the rear section. The length of frame structure is variably adjustable. |
| US10113935B2 |
Distributed multi-channel coherent optical fiber sensing system
A method and system are provided. The method includes converting, using a spatial mode converter, an input signal into a plurality of spatial modes and performing polarization multiplexing and mode multiplexing, using a polarization multiplexer and a mode multiplexer, respectively, on the input signal. The method further includes injecting the input signal into a fiber optic medium. The method additionally includes applying, using at least one spatial filter in each of a forward and a backward direction within the fiber optic medium, the plurality of spatial modes within the fiber optic medium to transmit the input signal and perform distributed fault sensing on the input signal simultaneously. |
| US10113934B2 |
Integrated photonic-mirror test circuit
A reflectivity test circuit is described. The reflectivity test circuit includes a symmetric structure that cancels errors in the reflectivity measurements. In particular, the reflectivity test circuit includes an optical waveguide that is optically coupled to two optical ports and two optical couplers. The optical couplers are optically coupled to adjacent optical waveguides, at least one of which is optically coupled to a third optical port and the mirror. Moreover, a length of the optical waveguide is chosen to match the round-trip optical path length in at least the one of the adjacent optical waveguides. During operation, control logic determines the reflectivity of the mirror based at least on a ratio of an optical power measured on one of the two optical ports to an input optical power on the third optical port. |
| US10113930B2 |
Method for determining the total pressure in the cylinder of an engine
A method (45) for determining the total pressure in a cylinder (Pcyl) of an engine as a function of the angular position (crk) of a crankshaft (14) and from a quantity of fuel to be injected in possibly several injections, includes: determining the pressure in the cylinder when there is no combustion, the pressure being called the pressure without combustion (Pcyl_m), determining, for each injection (inji), a curve of sub-variation of pressure (ΔPcomb_i) caused by the combustion of the fuel quantity injected during the such injection (inji), the shape of the curve being estimated as a function of the quantity of fuel to be injected (MFi) and of the angular position for start of injection (SOIi) of the corresponding injection, determining the total pressure in the cylinder (Pcyl) by adding together the pressure without combustion (Pcyl_m) and the pressures given by the pressure sub-variation curves (ΔPcomb_i) of each injection (inji). |
| US10113929B2 |
Use of wheel slip to help identify soft spots
A compactor gathers GPS, orientation and wheel slip data to identify the location of a soft spot in a surface that is being compacted and to isolate the soft spot to a particular side of the compactor if the wheel slip data indicates that the soft spot is located beneath only one of the compactor wheels. The GPS, orientation and wheel slip data are displayed as location information to an operator and/or sent to a remote location to facilitate the fast and accurate repair of the soft spot. |
| US10113926B2 |
Ceramic sensor module including diaphragm and cylindrical portion integrated with the diaphragm
A physical quantity measuring sensor includes: a joint having a projection; a ceramic sensor module including a diaphragm and a cylindrical portion integrated with the diaphragm and provided to the projection; and an O-ring interposed between a sensor-module flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the cylindrical portion and a joint flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the projection. |
| US10113925B2 |
Multistage sensing device
A multistage sensing device includes a substrate, a deformable unit, and a sensor unit. The deformable unit has a first body disposed on the substrate, and a second body disposed on the first body and opposite to the substrate. The sensor unit includes a first sensor element and a second sensor element that are disposed in the deformable unit. The first sensor element is disposed between the second sensor element and the substrate. The second sensor element is operable to measure deformation of the second body when an external force is applied to the deformable unit. The first sensor element is operable to measure deformation of the first body when the first body is deformed by the deformation of the second body. |
| US10113923B2 |
Force detection device
A force detection device includes: a substrate that includes a power supply wire, a reference wire, a first output wire, a second output wire and first to fourth mesa gauges extending along a first direction; and a force transmission block connected to the substrate. A pair of the first and second mesa gauges and a pair of the third and fourth mesa gauges are connected in parallel to each other between the power supply wire and the reference wire. The first output wire is connected between the first and second mesa gauges. The second output wire is connected between the third and fourth mesa gauges. A contact area of the force transmission block with a first pair of the first and fourth mesa gauges is different from a contact area of the force transmission block with a second pair of the second and third mesa gauges. |
| US10113918B2 |
Arrangement of a sensor for measuring the temperature of a medium in a motor vehicle
Arrangement of a sensor for measuring the temperature of a medium in a motor vehicle. The sensor has a sensor body and two connecting wires. The first connecting wire and the major part of the sensor body is in direct contact with the medium. The second connecting wire is completely insulated from the medium. |
| US10113917B2 |
System and method for in situ temperature measurement
A system and method for monitoring the temperature of a platen and a workpiece disposed on that platen is disclosed. Since the platen is a dielectric material, its properties, such as resistivity and conductivity, may change as a function of temperature. By understanding the relationship between these parameters and temperature, it may be possible to indirectly determine the temperature of the platen. For example, the platen may be in electrical communication with a power supply, which provides a clamping voltage for the workpiece. By monitoring the current waveform associated with the clamping voltage, it is possible to determine changes in the characteristics of the platen. Based on these changes, the temperature of the platen may be calculated. |
| US10113916B2 |
Temperature sensing apparatus for heat exchanger
A temperature sensing apparatus for a heat exchanger may include a sensor bracket installed at an outer circumferential surface of a refrigerant pipe forming the heat exchanger, and a temperature sensor accommodated at an inside of the sensor bracket, and configured to be in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the refrigerant pipe, when the sensor bracket is installed at the refrigerant pipe, to sense a surface temperature of the refrigerant pipe. The sensor bracket includes a bracket body rounded to surround the outer circumferential surface of the refrigerant pipe, a sensor accommodating groove formed at an inner surface of the bracket body to be recessed and in which the temperature sensor is accommodated, and a pipe holder configured to protrude from an end of the bracket body and to be in close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the refrigerant pipe. |
| US10113915B1 |
Non-contact temperature measurement sensor
The present disclosure is directed to a sensor package having a thermopile sensor and a reference (or dark channel) thermopile sensor disposed therein for temperature measurements. In one or more implementations, the sensor package includes a substrate, a thermopile sensor disposed over the substrate, a reference thermopile sensor disposed over the substrate, a reference temperature sensor disposed over the substrate surface, a lid assembly disposed over the thermopile sensor and the reference thermopile sensor, and a thermo-optical shield. The thermo-optical shield defines an aperture over the thermopile sensor such that at least a portion of the thermo-optical shield is positioned over the reference thermopile sensor to provide optical and thermal shielding for portions of the sensor package. |
| US10113914B2 |
Divided-aperture infra-red spectral imaging system
Various embodiments disclosed herein describe a divided-aperture infrared spectral imaging (DAISI) system that is adapted to acquire multiple IR images of a scene with a single-shot (also referred to as a snapshot). The plurality of acquired images having different wavelength compositions that are obtained generally simultaneously. The system includes at least two optical channels that are spatially and spectrally different from one another. Each of the at least two optical channels are configured to transfer IR radiation incident on the optical system towards an optical FPA unit comprising at least two detector arrays disposed in the focal plane of two corresponding focusing lenses. The system further comprises at least one temperature reference source or surface that is used to dynamically calibrate the two detector arrays and compensate for a temperature difference between the two detector arrays. |
| US10113911B2 |
Automated dynamic luminaire identification using barcodes
Automated dynamic devices, systems, and methods for identifying and commissioning lighting systems are disclosed. In particular, sensor systems are configured to read barcodes for identifying luminaires in a lighting system, and lumen levels of the luminaires are adjustable to provide appropriate lighting for the sensors to read the barcodes. The sensors may also be attached to sensor clips that allow sensors to be positioned in a variety of locations and orientations on different luminaires. |
| US10113908B1 |
System and method of optical axis alignment monitor and feedback control for a spectrometer
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of a real-time, monitoring and control feedback system for a 2-D spectrometer application, to correct for active optical axis pointing misalignments or jitter (i.e., tip, tilt), that result in degraded scientific image integrity, unwanted spatial crosstalk and image blurring artifacts which severely limit the applications for high resolution spectrometer image data. The present invention provides a unique system architecture which ensures the most direct optical axis motion detection and control capability that will enable sub-pixel image motion monitoring and boresight control stability, thus, maximizing the science image quality. |
| US10113906B2 |
Devices and methods for measuring light
The invention features devices and methods for collecting and measuring light from external light sources. In general, the devices of the invention feature a light diffusing element, e.g., as a component of a light collector, connected by a light conducting conduit, e.g., a fiber optic cable, to a light measuring device, e.g., a spectrometer. This light diffusing element allows, e.g., for substantially uniform light diffusion across its surface and thus accurate measurements, while permitting the total footprint of the device to remain relatively small and portable. This light diffusing element also allows flexibility in scaling of the device to permit use in a wide range of applications. |
| US10113903B1 |
Ambient light sensor calibration
An ambient light sensor of an electronic device is calibrated using a calibration device and method which combines multiple sources of light having different wavelengths into a single calibration beam of light. This calibration beam of light provides a consistent and reproducible methodology for testing and calibrating the ambient light sensor. |
| US10113898B2 |
Liquid level detector for open vessel and closed vessel
A liquid level detector includes: a detecting element having one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface, the one surface being opposed to a liquid, while being parallel to a height direction of liquid level; a Peltier element provided on the other surface side of the detecting element; and a control unit performing a detection processing for a liquid level of the liquid. The Peltier element forms a heat flow passing through the detecting element from the other surface to the one surface, toward the liquid or a gas. The control unit calculates a liquid level on the basis of an output value of an electrical signal outputted according to the heat flow passing through the detecting element, and a relationship between an output value of the detecting element and a liquid level. |
| US10113897B2 |
Apparatus for catching oil drips associated with use of an oil level gauge tool
An apparatus is disclosed for catching and accumulating oil drips associated with use of an oil level gauge tool so as to avoid contaminating the environment with oil while using the tool. The apparatus includes: a handle receiving portion capable of receiving and securing the handle of the tool; a plumb bob receiving portion capable of receiving the plumb bob of the tool, also capable of catching and accumulating oil drips from the tool; and a tape reel receiving portion capable of receiving the tape reel tool, also capable of catching oil drips from the oil level gauge tool. The apparatus can have a hanger arm, attached to the tape reel receiving portion, the hanger arm being capable of attaching to a structure so as to support the apparatus. The apparatus can also have a base capable of resting on a surface so as to support and stabilize the apparatus. |
| US10113894B2 |
Gas flow characterization in additive manufacturing
A method of characterizing gas flow within a housing includes: positioning one or more gas flow sensors in the housing; introducing a gas flow into the housing; using the one or more gas flow sensors to generate two or more gas flow measurements at spaced-apart locations within the housing; and recording the two or more measurements to create a gas flow map. |
| US10113892B2 |
Measuring apparatus and method of manufacturing the measuring apparatus
A measuring apparatus including a tubular member, a sensor fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the tubular member, and a circuit board that relays a detection signal from the sensor, the circuit board being fixed to the outer peripheral surface in an area different from an area where the sensor is fixed and being separated from the sensor, and a wire that electrically connects the sensor and the circuit board. |
| US10113889B2 |
Quality assurance system and method for navigation-assisted procedures
A calibration system includes a channel block (102) having a plurality of channels (104) formed therein. The channels are configured to correspond to locations where treatment devices are inserted for treatment of a patient. The channels are dimensioned to restrict motion of the treatment devices. A tracking system (128) is configured to monitor a position of a treatment device (108) inserted in one or more of the channels. The tracking system is configured to generate tracking data for the at least one treatment device for comparison with an expected position for the treatment device. |
| US10113881B2 |
Method and device for providing an electronic appointment scheduler for a vehicle
A method and a device for providing an electronic appointment scheduler for a vehicle. Appointments are acquired that have associated time data and geographical positions; the residual amount of energy available for driving the vehicle is acquired and data relating to a geographical road network, including the geographical positions of energy-supply devices suitable for said vehicle, are acquired. Taking into account the time data and geographical positions associated with the appointments, the available residual energy amount, and the energy consumption of the vehicle on a potential travel route, a route plan and an energy fill-up plan are produced, with supplemental periods of time being calculated that are associated with the appointments and derived on the basis of the route plan and energy fill-up plan. An appointment schedule is then produced and issued which comprises these appointments as well as the supplemental time periods that are associated with these appointments. |
| US10113879B2 |
Hierarchy of tools for navigation
Some embodiments provide a mapping application that provides a variety of UI elements for allowing a user to specify a location (e.g., for viewing or serving as route destinations). In some embodiments, these location-input UI elements appear in succession on a sequence of pages, according to a hierarchy that has the UI elements that require less user interaction appear on earlier pages in the sequence than the UI elements that require more user interaction. In some embodiments, the location-input UI elements that successively appear in the mapping application include (1) selectable predicted-destination notifications, (2) a list of selectable predicted destinations, (3) a selectable voice-based search affordance, and (4) a keyboard. In some of these embodiments, these UI elements appear successively on the following sequence of pages: (1) a default page for presenting the predicted-destination notifications, (2) a destination page for presenting the list of predicted destinations, (3) a search page for receiving voice-based search requests, and (4) a keyboard page for receiving character input. |
| US10113878B2 |
Method and system for shared transport
A transport arrangement system operates to provide a service, which can receive a transport pool request from a rider. The transport pool request can specify a set of parameters, including a pickup location and a drop-off location. A candidate set of transport providers are identified that satisfy one or more criterion, including a criterion of proximity relative to the pickup location. One of the candidate set of drivers is selected to provide a transport pool for the rider. The selection can be based at least in part on determining which individual drivers of the candidate set satisfy one or more constraints, including a first constraint that relate to a predicted trip completion time for the rider. |
| US10113877B1 |
System and method for providing directional information
A system provides feedback to a user to guide the user to point a part of the body at a target of interest. An angle sensor senses the angle in which the part of the user's body is pointing, such as the head or the hand. The system computes the angle to a target and compares to the angle in which the part of the user's body is pointing and the feedback indicates to the user how to point more closely to the direction of the target. Additional sensors allow the system to update the angle to the target as the position of the user changes. A walking sensor is disclosed to accurately measure the position of the user. |
| US10113870B2 |
Machine vision system for forming a digital representation of a low information content scene
A machine vision system to form a digital image that includes information about both (1) relative displacements of segments of an illumination profile within the digital image due to height discontinuities of corresponding illuminated portions of various surfaces in a scene, and (2) relative reflectivity of the illuminated portions of those surfaces. |
| US10113866B1 |
Portable axle alignment apparatus and method
A portable laser emitter, laser targets, and method for aligning commercial truck and trailer axles are disclosed. The laser emitter is mounted to the wheel of a truck drive axle while the laser targets are mounted to the truck's steer wheels. Measurements are taken of the laser dot position on the laser targets for both ends of the axle. The measurements taken from either end of the axle are compared to determine the angle of the drive axle. This method may also be applied to a commercial trailer by using a floor standing laser target centered on the trailer king pin. |
| US10113857B2 |
Selective amplification of optical coherence tomography signals
Presented is an optical coherence tomography system and method to increase imaging depth of optical coherence tomography (OCT) by selective amplification. In a swept-source OCT system with periodically linear wavenumber-vs-time characteristic, the signal in principle is summation of various sinusoidal signals with different frequencies. Each frequency component of the recorded signal carries reflectivity information for a certain depth of the analyzed object. At greater depth inside the analyzed object, the reflectivity information is generally weak due absorption and scattering. An analog or digital electronic circuit selectively filters and amplifies frequencies above some threshold, possibly up to another threshold. In this way, even small signals for relatively larger depths become detectable. |
| US10113856B2 |
Line-field imaging systems and methods incorporating planar waveguides
Improved line-field imaging systems incorporating planar waveguides are presented. In one embodiment the optics of the system are configured such that a line of light on the light scattering object is imaged to the planar waveguide in at least one dimension. Embodiments where the waveguide incorporates a beamsplitter of an interferometer, where the beam divider and waveguide are referenced to one or more common surfaces, and wherein the source and waveguide are optically coupled, are also considered. In another embodiment, the planar waveguide is in contact or close proximity to the light scattering object. |
| US10113854B2 |
Device and method for detecting wall abrasion of solid filler feeding well
Disclosed is a device for detecting wall abrasion of a solid-filling feeding well and a detection method thereof. The device comprises a well wall abrasion detector, a horizontal displacement meter, a vertical displacement monitor, and a limit guide rod. One end of the limit guide rod is connected to the well wall abrasion detector. The signal output terminal of the well wall abrasion detector is connected to the signal input terminal of the horizontal displacement meter, and the other end of the limit guide rod passes through the vertical displacement monitor for slidable setting. This disclosure mainly utilizes a resistance strain displacement sensor to detect the abrasion and deformation degree of the well wall, determines the position of damages with the vertical displacement monitor, and draws wall abrasion curves by using the obtained data. The device provided is easy to use, has low cost, has high reliability, and can effectively detect the wall abrasion condition of a solid-filling feeding well, thereby providing a basis for ensuring the working efficiency of the feeding well. |
| US10113851B2 |
Probe head rotating mechanism
A probe head rotation mechanism, situated between a spindle and a probe of a coordinate measurement device, includes: a main body frame supported by the spindle; a rotor supported by the main body frame so as to be capable of tilting with respect to an axial center of the spindle; the main body frame; and a motor supported by the main body frame and driving the rotor. A motor main body is arranged away from lying on the axial center of the spindle, and an axial center of the motor is oriented outward in a diameter direction of the spindle. |
| US10113849B2 |
Wheeled distance measuring device
A wheeled distance measuring device has a longitudinal pole, a housing, a wheel, a gear coupling mechanism, and a transmission assembly. The housing is attached to the longitudinal pole and has a fork. The counter is mounted in the housing and has a spindle and a gear mounted on the spindle. The wheel is mounted rotatably on the fork and has an axle and a spur gear mounted on the axle. The gear coupling mechanism is mounted on the fork and has a stem, an upper spur gear, and a lower spur gear engaged with the spur gear on the axle of the wheel. The transmission assembly is mounted on the housing and has multiple gear elements. One of the gear elements is engaged with the gear on the spindle, and another one of the gear elements is engaged with the upper spur gear. |
| US10113841B2 |
Modular shooting target
In at least one embodiment the present invention can provide a modular shooting target for shooting practice having a first target component and a second target component, a trigger release element positioned adjacent to one of the first target component and the second target component and a connector element having a first end and a second end, the first end engaged with the trigger release element and the second end fixed to a secondary attachment point. |
| US10113837B2 |
Non-contact optical connections for firearm accessories
A tactical rail arrangement for a firearm includes a tactical rail configured to secure one or more firearm accessories to a firearm, wherein the tactical rail includes a plurality of non-contact optical connections configured to transfer optical signals between one or more accessories mounted to the tactical rail and/or to one or more electrical systems of the firearm. |
| US10113833B2 |
Apparatus for securing a holster
An apparatus that mounts to a surface and securely holds a holster and firearm by allowing the clip of the holster to pass over a landing on the apparatus. The landing being set off from the surface to which the apparatus is mounted. |
| US10113824B2 |
Composite projectile barrel
A composite projectile barrel having an inner barrel section and a composite outer barrel shell aligned coaxially with the inner barrel section is described. The inner barrel section may be made from a metal or metal alloy. The composite outer barrel shell may include two or more layers of carbon fiber prepreg and a layer of non-woven nanofiber web membrane disposed between adjacent layer of carbon fiber prepreg. The carbon fiber prepreg can include a weave of carbon fibers in a nanoparticle-reinforced resin matrix, with the resin content being less than or equal to 35 wt % of the carbon fiber content. The non-woven nanofiber web membrane can be Xantu.layr™. |
| US10113816B2 |
Air-conditioning indoor unit with axial fans and heat exchanger partition
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing having an air inlet and an air outlet and having therein an air passage, and a heat exchanger and an air-sending fan which are arranged in the air passage in the casing. The air passage is divided into a plurality of air passage sections by, for example, a partition. The air-conditioning apparatus can reduce pressure loss in an indoor unit. |
| US10113814B2 |
Double dimple pattern heat exchanger
The invention relates to a heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchanger plates, wherein each of the heat exchanger plates has a plurality of dimples. The dimples have tops and bottoms. Furthermore, the tops of at least one heat exchanger plate are connected to the bottoms of a neighboring heat exchanger plate. In order to improve the efficiency and stability of the heat exchanger at least part of the dimples are connected to at least one adjacent dimple by a wall section. |
| US10113812B2 |
Heat exchanger and manufacturing method thereof
In a heat exchanger, when louvers are viewed from an airflow direction, a louver tip end width becomes shorter with increase of a louver height. A fin width of the fin is 14 mm or shorter. Airflow-end louver lengths of an upstream-end first louver, a downstream-end first louver, an upstream-end second louver, and a downstream-end second louver are “⅝×LP” or longer, where LP is a louver pitch. |
| US10113810B2 |
Thermal energy storage apparatus
A thermal energy storage apparatus, including: a block of a heat-absorbing material, and a plurality of heat storage elements, the heat storage elements including a phase change material stored in a containment vessel; wherein each heat storage element is in thermal contact with the block of heat-absorbing material. |
| US10113809B2 |
Mechanical-chemical energy storage
This invention generally relates to mechanical-chemical energy storage. In particular, the invention relates to a mechanical-chemical energy storage system that stores energy by simultaneously compressing a gas to a higher enthalpy state and recovering the heat of compression by driving a somewhat reversible chemical reaction. The heat energy in the chemical reaction is then recovered while the gas is expanding to a lower enthalpy state. |
| US10113806B2 |
Heat exchanger, in particular block-in-shell heat exchanger comprising a separating unit for separating a gaseous phase from a liquid phase and for distributing the liquid phase
An apparatus for the treatment of infections associated with respiratory disorders in a mammal with a mixture for use as an inhalable medicament. The apparatus includes a patient interface, at least one source of helium for providing gaseous helium, at least one source of oxygen for providing gaseous oxygen, an application device for providing a mixture to the patient interface, at least one source of nitric oxide for providing gaseous nitric oxide, a gas injector for injecting the nitric oxide into the mixture, an injector for injecting a means for inhibiting growth of pulmonary pathogens, a controller programmed for controlling the gas injector, the application device and the injector. |
| US10113805B2 |
Systems for recovery and re-use of waste energy in hydrocracking-based configuration for integrated crude oil refining and aromatics complex
Configurations and related processing schemes of specific direct or indirect inter-plants integration for energy consumption reduction synthesized for grassroots medium grade crude oil semi-conversion refineries to increase energy efficiency from specific portions of low grade waste heat sources are described. Configurations and related processing schemes of specific direct or indirect inter-plants integration for energy consumption reduction for integrated medium grade crude oil semi-conversion refineries and aromatics complex for increasing energy efficiency from specific portions of low grade waste sources are also described. |
| US10113804B2 |
Heat exchanger and air conditioning device
A heat exchanger includes: a core part having tubes in which refrigerant flows; a pair of tank parts extending to intersect the tubes in an intersection direction at longitudinal ends of the tubes to distribute fluid to the tubes and to gather fluid flowing inside the tubes; an inner wall part arranged in the pair of tank parts to change a flow of the refrigerant in the tank part; and a reinforcement part that partially reinforces an outer periphery part of the pair of tank parts from the outer side. The reinforcement part is located at a position except both ends of the pair of tank parts in the intersection direction and except an outer periphery part of the tank part that is on an outer side of the inner wall part. |
| US10113797B2 |
Energy recovery in a freeze-drying system
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an energy recovery system for a freeze-drying system. In some embodiments, the freeze-drying system includes a freeze dryer chamber having one or more shelves disposed therein; a refrigeration system comprising a refrigerant condenser; a heat exchanger; a first fluid line to thermally couple the refrigerant condenser to the heat exchanger; and a second fluid line to thermally couple the one or more shelves to the heat exchanger. |
| US10113796B2 |
Liquid nitrogen (LIN) integrated lyophilization system for minimizing a carbon footprint
A process and system for lyophilizing a product. The product is first cooled in a cooling chamber (12) and then passed through a liquid nitrogen bath (14) where it is frozen. It is then freeze dried in a lyophilization chamber (26) during which the water or non-aqueous media is sublimated using a combination of gaseous nitrogen and vaporized nitrogen from liquid nitrogen supplied to the lyophilization chamber. Water and non-aqueous media removed from the product during sublimation is purged from the chamber. The system of the present invention provides more energy efficient operation, eliminates the use of hot oils and oil leaks, operates more reliably, and the liquid nitrogen can be used both as a refrigeration source, for heating shelves instead of hot oil and also can maintain the lyophilization temperature in case of power failure with minimum electric power supply in case of a power outage. |
| US10113786B2 |
Method of managing the operation of a refrigerated truck for transporting heat-sensitive products by modifying the refrigeration power
A method for managing the operation of a refrigerated truck for transporting heat-sensitive products, of the indirect-injection type, in which the parameter ΔT=Tair inlet−Tsetpoint(Tair inlet: temperature of the air coming into contact with the heat exchanger internal to the truck as a result of the action of the fan, Tsetpoint: temperature to be set in the chamber inside the truck) is determined in real time and in which if ΔT is greater than an upper setpoint value ΔTsetpoint H, a rapid-pressurization (RMP) circuit is activated to vaporize some cryogen and thus increase the pressure in the head of gas above the reserve of cryogen of the truck. |
| US10113785B2 |
Ice making machine and ice cube evaporator
An evaporator includes a refrigerant conduit sandwiched between front and rear plates. The front plate has inner flat portions, each of which is spaced from a respective inner flat portion of the rear plate to define a respective spaced portion. The front and rear plates further include a set of first protrusions and a set of second protrusions. Each first protrusion on the front plate faces a respective first protrusion on the rear plate to define a respective active cavity. Each second protrusion on the front plate faces a respective second protrusion on the rear plate to define a respective passive cavity. The refrigerant conduit extends through each of the active cavities but does not extend through any of the passive cavities. The location of the active and passive cavities are interspersed and separated by respective inner flat portions so as to define a plurality of ice forming sites. |
| US10113784B2 |
Direct-current power supply device, motor driving device, air conditioner, and refrigerator
A direct-current power supply device includes a switching unit constituted by a first switching element and a second switching element and a control unit that controls the operations of the first witching element and the second switching element. The switching unit has a first mode in which on-duty is a first value and a second mode in which the on-duty is a second value larger than the first value. When transitioning the switching unit from the first mode to the second mode, the control unit controls the switching unit such that the time until the on-duty reaches the second value is equal to or longer than a fixed time and controls, after the on-duty reaches the second value, an operation cycle of the switching unit to extend the operation cycle. |
| US10113782B2 |
Staging active cooling start-up
A novel process for activating available compressors in multiple compressor air conditioning systems, using an Optimum Stage-Up Process. This process is programmed into a controller as an algorithm, to provide a process for fast compressor start. This process shortens the time to initiate operation of compressors in a multi-compressor air conditioning system required to meet the demand call under any load condition, and hence shortens the time required for the actual sensed interior region air temperature to reach the interior region temperature set point. The Optimum Stage-up Algorithm estimates the number of compressor stages or steps that must be initiated, based on sensed or measured values, to meet the demand at any load condition. These measured values include the sensed temperature of the interior region being cooled, which is compared to the temperature set point of this interior region as well as measured mixed air temperature and supply air temperature. |
| US10113779B2 |
Expansion valve
When a power element expands in a direction of a uniaxial center, a diaphragm is pressed, in the direction of the uniaxial center, against a pressing portion of a lid member fixed to a body unit. A holder member of the power element is displaced away from the pressing portion as the diaphragm further expands outward in the direction of the uniaxial center. Displacement of the holder member in the direction of the uniaxial center is transmitted to a spherical valve, thereby increasing or decreasing an opening degree of the spherical valve. Accordingly, it is not necessary to dispose a member which may cause complicated processing work for an expansion valve between the holder member and the spherical valve, e.g., a member which needs complicated welding processing work. |
| US10113778B2 |
Chiller system
A chiller system includes a compressor that compress refrigerant, a condenser that exchanges heat between the refrigerant and a cooling water discharged from the compressor, and a flow adjusting device that is provided to a refrigerant outlet side of the condenser and adjusts refrigerant amount in the inside of the condenser, the flow adjusting device includes, a main body portion that is communicated with a tubing of the outlet side of the condenser, a refrigerant supply tube that extends to the main body portion from the condenser and supplies the refrigerant in the inside of the condenser to the inside of the main body portion, and a flow hole that is formed on the main body portion and is selectively opened and closed according to refrigerant pressure which is input through the refrigerant supply tube. |
| US10113777B2 |
Ambient water condensing apparatus
An ambient water condensing apparatus that extracts water vapor from ambient air utilizing a thermoelectric device, a superhydrophobic and/or superhydrophilic radiating condensing surface and a heat sink for providing point of source irrigation or drinking water using conventional and/or sustainable energy supplies. The thermoelectric device is thermally coupled intermediate of the condensing surface and the heat sink, and in particular a cold side of the thermoelectric device is thermally connected to the condensing surface and a hot side of the thermoelectric device is thermally connected to the heat sink. The water condensing apparatus may also include at least one fan element that cools the heat sink and introduces additional air to the condensing surface. The thermoelectric device and the fan element may be powered by any suitable electrical energy source, such as by solar energy, wind energy or grid power. |
| US10113776B2 |
Packaged terminal air conditioner unit
A packaged terminal air conditioner unit is provided. The packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes a casing. A compressor, an interior coil, an exterior coil and a reversing valve are positioned within the casing. The reversing valve is configured for selectively reversing a flow direction of compressed refrigerant from the compressor. The packaged terminal air conditioner also includes at least one ejector for combining a stream of refrigerant from a primary loop with a stream of refrigerant from an auxiliary cooling loop, thereby improving system efficiency. |
| US10113775B2 |
Temperature control device and process control apparatus including a temperature control device
A process control apparatus includes a housing, a process control device disposed in the housing, and a temperature control device operably coupled to the housing for regulating a temperature of an atmosphere internal to the housing. The temperature control device includes a vortex tube and a flow control valve. The flow control valve is coupled to the vortex tube and includes a temperature sensing feature configured to sense a temperature of an atmosphere internal to the housing and configured to move a control element of the flow control valve based on the sensed temperature between a plurality of positions to selectively direct the flow of fluid from the first and second vortex outlets to the atmosphere internal to the housing. |
| US10113774B2 |
Method and apparatus for control of fluid temperature and flow
Materials, components, and methods consistent with the present invention are directed to the fabrication and use of micro-scale channels with a fluid, where the temperature and flow of the fluid is controlled through the geometry of the micro-scale channel and the configuration of at least a portion of the wall of the micro-scale channel and the constituent particles that make up the fluid. Moreover, the wall of the micro-scale channel and the constituent particles are configured such that collisions between the constituent particles and the wall are substantially specular. |
| US10113771B2 |
Carbon dioxide-based heater
There is provided in a first form of an illustrative embodiment a method. The method includes providing a quantity of carbon dioxide in gaseous form within an interior volume of an vessel and contacting the carbon dioxide gas with a heat exchanger disposed within the interior volume of the vessel. The vessel is exposed to solar radiation, wherein the carbon dioxide absorbs radiation in one or more vibration bands of the carbon dioxide, the absorbed radiation obtained from the solar radiation. Heat within the first quantity of carbon dioxide produced by collisional thermalization of the absorbed radiation is transferred, via the heat exchanger, to a heat transfer medium within the heat exchanger and in fluid communication with an external environment of the vessel. |
| US10113769B2 |
Wall mount bracket for outdoor equipment
A wall mount bracket for HVAC Equipment such as a heat pump, AC condensing unit, and preferably the exterior condenser unit of a mini split system. The system can advantageously be used in colder climates to prevent equipment from freezing and keep equipment above the level of the snow, etc. The wall mounts herein employ an offset to space the unit away from the wall of the structure to provide clearance on the rear of the unit. The offset also allows the units to be mounted above the top of the foundation wall without disrupting the exterior siding of the structure. |
| US10113767B1 |
Air handling unit
A wall mounted heat exchanger including a plurality of panels. Individual panels may include a first end, a second end, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first gap disposed along the second end, and a second gap disposed along the second sidewall. A first plurality of panels may be arranged such that first ends of the first plurality of panels are co-planar with second ends of a second plurality of panels and first sidewalls of the first plurality of panels are co-planar with second sidewalls of the second plurality of panels. The first plurality of panels and the second plurality of panels, when arranged, may form a plurality of first inlets from the second gap, a plurality of first outlets from the first gap, a plurality of second inlets from the second gap, and a plurality of second outlets from the first gap. |
| US10113766B2 |
Air-conditioning management device and air-conditioning system using the same
An air-conditioning management device includes: a power consumption obtaining unit that obtains both individual air-conditioned area and overall power consumption amounts in one day; an overall excess coefficient calculation unit that calculates an overall excess coefficient on a monthly basis; an individual excess coefficient calculation unit that calculates individual excess coefficients each indicating a degree of excess from the individual target value on a monthly basis; an excess determination unit that determines whether the overall excess coefficient is larger than a set threshold value; an energy saving control setting unit that sets energy saving control conditions for the respective air-conditioned areas to provide high energy saving effects in descending order of the individual excess coefficients when the overall excess coefficient is determined to be larger than the set threshold value; and an operation control unit that performs energy saving operation of the air-conditioning apparatuses based on the energy saving control conditions. |
| US10113763B2 |
Refrigeration cycle apparatus
A refrigeration cycle apparatus Including a refrigerant circuit configured to circulate refrigerant to a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and an outdoor heat exchanger, the compressor being connected to the indoor heat exchanger by a gas extension pipe, the expansion valve being connected to the outdoor heat exchanger by a liquid extension pipe; pressure sensors and temperature sensors to detect an operating state amount of the refrigerant circuit; and a controller to execute refrigerant-leakage detection operation of detecting refrigerant leakage by calculating a refrigerant amount in the refrigerant circuit based on the operating state amount detected by the pressure sensors and the temperature sensors, and comparing the calculated refrigerant amount with a reference refrigerant amount. The controller controls a quality of the refrigerant at an outlet of the liquid extension pipe to be in a range from 0.1 to 0.7 in the refrigerant-leakage detection operation. |
| US10113761B2 |
Hybrid ventilator
A ventilator (10) comprises a ventilator stator (12) for mounting to a structure and a ventilator rotor (14) for mounting and rotation with respect to the stator. One or more wind-drivable elements (44) are mounted to the ventilator rotor. A motor (20) is provided for operation between the ventilator rotor and ventilator stator for selective motor-driven rotation of the ventilator rotor. |
| US10113756B2 |
Air-conditioning-apparatus outdoor unit and method of manufacturing air-conditioning-apparatus outdoor unit
An outdoor unit includes: a lower heat exchanger having a first heat-transfer tube; an upper heat exchanger provided above the lower heat exchanger, including a first-row heat-exchanger core and a second-row heat-exchanger core, and a second heat-transfer tube; and a reinforcing member supporting the upper heat exchanger, wherein the reinforcing member includes a first supporting tab supporting the bottom of the second-row heat-exchanger core; a second supporting tab supporting the lower side surface of the second-row heat-exchanger core and formed integrally with the first supporting tab; a third supporting tab providing a gap between the first-row heat-exchanger core and the second-row heat-exchanger core and formed integrally with the first supporting tab; an engaging tab holding the first heat-transfer tubes and formed integrally with the third supporting tab; and an engaging tab holding the second heat-transfer tubes and formed integrally with the third supporting tab. |
| US10113753B2 |
Discharging unit and air conditioning equipment having the same
A discharging unit and air conditioning equipment having the discharging unit are provided. The air conditioning equipment includes a main body including a housing that houses a heat exchanger and a blowing fan and an inlet and an outlet formed in an outer surface of the housing, wherein interior air flows into the inlet and the air exchanged with heat is discharged through the outlet. The air conditioning equipment also includes a discharging part including an end detachably combined with the outlet. The discharging part includes a plurality of discharging units configured to adjust a discharging velocity and discharging direction of the discharged air and to be connected to one another so as to be made into a module. |
| US10113750B2 |
Vapor extractor device comprising a mobile vapor extractor hood
A vapor extractor device includes a vapor extractor hood, and a drive motor for retracting and extending the vapor extractor hood. The drive motor is hereby controlled to reduce a retraction speed of the vapor extractor hood from a first predetermined retraction position, when the vapor extractor hood is retracted. |
| US10113747B2 |
Systems and methods for control of combustion dynamics in combustion system
The present disclosure generally relates to a system with a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes a first combustor having a first fuel injector and a second combustor having a second fuel injector. The gas turbine engine further includes a first fuel conduit extending from a first orifice to a first fuel outlet of the first fuel injector. The first fuel conduit has a first acoustic volume between the first orifice and the first fuel outlet. The gas turbine engine further includes a second fuel conduit extending from a second orifice to a second fuel outlet of the second fuel injector. The second fuel conduit has a second acoustic volume between the second orifice and the second fuel outlet, and the first acoustic volume and the second acoustic volume are different from one another. |
| US10113743B2 |
Motor-driven chimney draft system
The invention provides a motor-driven chimney draft system with a flue gas inlet, a flue gas outlet, a flue gas compartment in fluid communication with the flue gas inlet and with the flue gas outlet, the flow of flue gases in the flue gas compartment having a flow direction from the flue gas inlet to the flue gas outlet, a motor compartment with motor having a motor shaft extending through a separating wall of the flue gas compartment, the motor shaft carrying an impeller for driving the received flow of flue gases in the flow direction; each of the separating wall of the flue gas compartment and the separating wall of the motor compartment extends parallel to the flow direction of flue gases, and they are arranged facing each other so as to define an air space therebetween, where the air space has openings allowing ambient air to flow through the air space. |
| US10113742B2 |
Evaporator burner
The invention relates to an evaporator burner (1; 101) for a mobile heating device, comprising: a combustion chamber (3), a fuel feed line (4) for feeding liquid fuel, and an evaporator for evaporating fed fuel. The evaporator has a support body (6; 106) made of a nonporous material, comprising a fuel preparation surface (6a; 106a) which faces the combustion chamber (3) and which comes into contact with the liquid fuel. A surface structuring (11) with a plurality of depressions (11a) and elevations (11b) is introduced into the fuel preparation surface (6a; 106a) and/or into a support body (6; 106) rear face (6b; 106b) facing away from the fuel preparation surface. |
| US10113739B2 |
Connector for an electronic faucet
A connector for an electronic faucet including a light source. The connector includes a socket and is configured to distinguish between an electrically conductive plug and an electrically non-conductive plug for controlling activation of the light source. |
| US10113738B2 |
Underwater light fitting
An underwater wall mounted light fitting having a sealed light source chamber and an electrical supply connection chamber including a port to sealingly engage over an electrical supply line with an array of electrical conductive connectors embedded in a dividing wall and each providing a connection terminal on opposite sides of the wall within the chambers respectively. The dividing wall is moulded around the connectors which are provided as rigid spigots with circumferential grooves to receive the moulded wall material. The connection chamber is a hollow cover with the port which includes a compression gland assembly for an electrical supply line. The dividing wall is securable against a peripheral frame provided on the lens and the frame includes a continuous flange which fits around the dividing wall. The housing is releasably securable to a wall mountable bracket. LEDs provide the light source. |
| US10113733B1 |
Connector for light fixture
A connector for a light fixture, including: a housing; at least two jacks, disposed at an end of the housing; a first conductive sheet and a second conductive sheet, where a coupling end and a contact end are respectively formed at two ends of each conductive sheet, each coupling end has an clamping sheet, the two conductive sheets are disposed in the housing, the two coupling ends correspond to the two jacks, and when an electrical wire is inserted in each of the jacks, the electrical wire is clamped by a clamping sheet; and two wire release buttons disposed at the housing and being displaceable, where the two wire release buttons respectively correspond to the coupling ends of the two conductive sheets, and when the two wire release buttons are pressed, the two clamping sheets may be pushed, to release a state in which the two clamping sheets clamp the electrical wire. |
| US10113731B2 |
Remote controller and remote control display system
The present invention provides a remote controller and a remote control display system, which can solve the problem that desired buttons cannot be quickly found when the existing remote controller is used in a dark environment. The remote controller of the present invention comprises: an image signal acquisition unit, used for acquiring an image of an operating surface of the remote controller; a control unit, used for determining the position of a user's finger on the operating surface of the remote controller according to the image acquired by the image signal acquisition unit, to obtain finger position information; and a first sending unit, used for sending the finger position information output by the control unit to a display terminal. |
| US10113727B2 |
Lamp with individually rotatable light emitting modules
The lamp includes a plurality of light emitting modules each having a protruding pillar at both ends, and a lamp holder with two end frame each having a curved groove. The light emitting modules are rotatably coupled to the lamp holder through a shaft attached to the end frames, such that each protruding pillar is received in one of the curve grooves. Each one of the light emitting modules being rotatable about the shaft with the pillar sliding within the groove, to adjust the direction of emitted light. |
| US10113725B2 |
Lighting fixture
A lighting fixture with a driver housing assembly indirectly coupled to a heat sink through an offset mounting bracket. The heat sink having at least one light source attached thereto and the driver housing assembly housing a driver for powering the at least one lighting source. The lighting fixture may include a number of heat sinks with lighting sources to provide various levels of lighting. |
| US10113721B1 |
LED Lamp
The light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes an aluminum platform, a LED module, a heat sinking piece, two insulating strips, two conductive wires, and two positioning elements. The LED module and the heat sinking piece are mounted to the platform. Each conductive wire is embedded in the insulating strip and both are configured on the platform so that the LED module is electrically connected to the conductive wires. Each positioning element includes a connector portion for connecting an end of the LED module and the heat sinking element, two elastic arms extended downward from the positioning element's two ends, and an upwardly curved band whose two ends are connected to the two ends of the connector portion. Each elastic arm has a wedge at a bottom end for plugging into a groove of the platform. The LED lamp therefore provides quick and easy assembly and disassembly. |
| US10113714B2 |
Lighting units with reflective elements
Apparatus and methods are described herein for lighting control. A lighting unit (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) may include a base (104, 204, 304, 404) adapted to be inserted into a socket (106, 206, 306) of a luminaire/lighting fixture. The lighting unit may include one or more light sources (108, 208, 308, 408, 508) to emit light at least in a first direction and one or more reflective elements (110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610) arranged to define an aperture (112, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612) through which a first spatial portion (114, 214, 314, 414, 514) of the emitted light continues in the first direction, prevent a second spatial portion (116, 216, 316, 416, 516) of the emitted light from continuing in the first direction, and reflect at least part of the second spatial portion of the light in a second direction different than the first direction. |
| US10113713B2 |
Light irradiation apparatus and optical fiber path used in the light irradiation apparatus
A light irradiation apparatus includes a plurality of light sources, a plurality of light transmission paths capable of selectively transmitting lights from the plurality of light sources, respectively, and an optical fiber path provided with a plurality of light incidence ends receiving respective lights from the plurality of light transmission paths, and a single light exit end. The optical fiber path has a plurality of optical fiber bundles. Incidence ends of the plurality of optical fiber bundles configures the plurality of light incidence ends, and exit ends of the plurality of optical fiber bundles configure the single light exit end by combining themselves. A lot of optical fibers constitute the plurality of optical fiber bundles. The optical fibers of the plurality of optical fiber bundles are dispersedly arranged with each other in uniform at the single light exit end. |
| US10113711B2 |
Assembly for producing a plurality of beam bundles
A mirror assembly is provided for producing beam bundles from the beam of a light source, wherein the beam bundles includes a first beam bundle having a first main beam direction, a second beam bundle having a second main beam direction, and preferably further beam bundles having further main beam directions. The assembly includes a first mirror segment having a first focal point, which converts a first partial region of the beam of the light source into the first beam bundle, a second mirror segment having a second focal point, which converts a second partial region of the beam of the light source into the second beam bundle, and preferably further mirror segments having further focal points, which convert further partial regions of the beam of the light source into further beam bundles. The back side of the mirror segments have a curvature which is concentric to the light source. |
| US10113706B2 |
Laser lighting device
A lighting device with a laser light source, a deflecting reflector positioned at an angle to the laser light source, and a lens for focusing light from the laser light source to the deflecting reflector. In another embodiment, the lighting device includes only the laser light source and a lens arranged in the main radiation direction in front of the laser light source. |
| US10113705B2 |
Light source module and lighting device having the same
A light source module includes a frame comprising base portions disposed on different levels, respectively, and an electrode pattern disposed on the base portions. The light source module further includes light emitting portions detachably disposed on the respective base portions, and connections having elasticity, disposed between the respective light emitting portions and the frame, and configured to supply power to the light emitting portions through the electrode pattern. |
| US10113704B2 |
Headlight of a motor vehicle with low construction depth
A headlight of a motor vehicle including a light source and first projection optics, in which each one includes a respective first pair made of one respective first image mask and of one respective first projection lens with a first focal length, which is illuminated by the light source through the one respective image mask. The headlight has two projection optics, in which each one is featuring a respective second pair made of one respective second image mask and of one respective second projection lens with a second focal length, which is illuminated by the light source through the one respective second image mask. The second focal length is greater than the first focal length. An illuminated portion of the first image mask, has a shape of at least a first portion of an overall light distribution of the headlight, and a portion of the second image masks, has a shape of a central portion of the overall light distribution of the headlight. |
| US10113702B2 |
Vehicle lighting apparatus
A lighting apparatus configured to be mounted on a vehicle has a housing that defines and forms at least a part of a lamp chamber. and a lamp unit disposed in the lamp chamber. The lamp unit has a light source, a heat sink to which the light source is fixed, a projection lens through which at least a part of light emitted from the light source passes, a first screw that extends through the heat sink and has a first manipulation portion, and a second screw that extends through the heat sink and has a second manipulation portion. A reference position of an optical axis of the projection lens is adjusted in a first direction by manipulating the first manipulation portion. The reference position of the optical axis is adjusted in a second direction intersecting the first direction by manipulating the second manipulation portion. |
| US10113691B2 |
Stabilising device
A stabilizing device for a portable computing device, a display system comprising the stabilizing device and a portable computing device, and the use of a stabilizing device for holding a portable computing device are described. |
| US10113688B2 |
Magnetic mounting apparatus and method
A magnetic mounting apparatus has a base structure that includes a steel ball. A magnet is provided that has a peripheral exterior sidewall, a first face and a second face. The steel ball is secured to the first face of the magnet solely by magnetic attraction. A friction collar is provided that has an internal shoulder, a skirt section that extends in a first direction from the shoulder along the peripheral exterior sidewall of the magnet and terminates in a contact edge co-planar with the second face of the magnet and a bowl section extends in a second direction from the shoulder and surrounds the first face. The contact edge provides friction to dampen movement of the magnet along a surface of an object to which the second face of the magnet is secured. The bowl section provides friction to dampen movement of the steel ball. |
| US10113679B2 |
Fluid liner wear indicator for suction manifold of reciprocating pump assembly
A manifold through which a fluid is adapted to flow. The manifold includes an elongated member at least partially defining a fluid chamber through which the fluid is adapted to flow, a longitudinal axis, and an interior surface; a fluid liner disposed within the fluid chamber and adapted to dynamically respond to pressure fluctuations within the fluid chamber as the fluid flows therethrough; and a wear indicator positioned radially between the interior surface of the elongated member and the longitudinal axis. The fluid liner is subject to wear and/or erosion due to the flow of the fluid therethrough and/or the dynamic response of the fluid liner to the pressure fluctuations within the fluid chamber. The wear indicator is adapted to indicate the degree to which the fluid liner has been subjected to the wear and/or erosion. |
| US10113677B2 |
Connecting endpiece of a flexible pipe with a spacing member, associated flexible pipe and method
This endpiece includes at least one end segment of each armor element, an end vault and a cover, the end vault and the cover delimiting between them a chamber for receiving the end segment and a material for filling the receiving chamber, in which the end segment is embedded. The endpiece includes a spacing member positioned so as to internally bear upon the end segments of the armor elements of at least one armor layer. This spacing member defining, on at least one end segment of a armor element of said armor layer, contact areas axially spaced apart along said end segment, the contact areas delimiting between intermediate contact spaces between the filling material and the end segment. |
| US10113676B2 |
Clip for adjustable pipe fitting
A pipe connector includes a clip, first pipe fitting, and second pipe fitting. The clip includes a cross member having a first end and a second end and a leg extending from each end. The first pipe fitting includes a connecting portion comprising a first end, a second end, and a sidewall having two slots. The second pipe fitting includes a connecting portion and a first end, a second end, a sidewall extending therebetween, and a circumferential groove in an outer diameter of the sidewall. The circumferential groove aligns with the slots in the sidewall of the first pipe fitting when the second pipe fitting is inserted into the first pipe fitting, and the legs of the clip engage the circumferential groove in the connecting portion of the second pipe fitting, allowing the first pipe fitting and the second pipe fitting to rotate with respect to one another. |
| US10113672B2 |
Multilayer tube having a tubular inner film, device and method for producing same, and use thereof
The invention relates to a multilayer tube, comprising a tubular inner film made of modified polytetrafluoroethylene, and one or more layers of a planar textile fibrous material, which is saturated with a curable resin, and optionally an outer film. The outer film is preferably made of UV impermeable material. The multilayer tube can be used for repairing pipes, but it can also be used as a stand-alone pipe for transporting fluids such as liquids and gases. |
| US10113665B2 |
Low hysteresis diaphragm for a valve
A valve diaphragm processed by cold working a small concentric region of one surface has a permanent axisymmetric deformation. The deformed diaphragm can be used in a manner which causes continual elastic compression loading of the diaphragm material. The loading of the deformed diaphragm provides a valve restoring spring force and simultaneously defeats diaphragm tendency toward exhibiting hysteresis. The restoring force provided by the diaphragm can also lessen actuator hysteresis. |
| US10113663B1 |
Water meter locking device
A valve lock assembly useful in securing access to the valves of a valve system, including a housing defined by a top and a skirt, the skirt extending down from the top forming a vacuous area within the housing. The housing has a structure, such as a dual-sided corner brace, affixed to the housing top, providing a space with limited accessibility. Removably engaged with the housing is a lock assembly, including a coil rod positioned to be received in the aligned apertures of the housing top and the brace top, and further supports a plurality of dowel pins. The lock assembly may have a plurality of lock bars, affixed a plate of the lock assembly, and having a plurality of dowel pins rotatably affixed to the lock bars. |
| US10113661B2 |
Flow control valve
A valve in which the flow control element includes a fixed disk and a rotatable disk, and a motor operable to rotate the rotatable disk. The motor is disposed in the bore of the valve, aligned with the long axis of the valve body and the axis of rotation of the rotatable disk. |
| US10113659B2 |
Friction-welded pipe repair
In some implementations, an apparatus includes a container having an exterior surface, having an interior surface and having a defect, a gasket positioned over the defect in the container, the gasket having a length, a width and a depth, a rigid patch positioned over the gasket, a plurality of pairs of studs and nuts positioned near the outer perimeter of the rigid patch, the studs being friction welded to the exterior of the container. |
| US10113654B2 |
Water diverter assembly for a dishwashing appliance
A diverter assembly for a dishwashing appliance may generally include a diverter head having a body portion and first and second outlets that form a single unitary component. In addition, the first outlet may be configured to be directly coupled to a first spray-arm assembly of the appliance and the second outlet may be configured to be directly coupled to a conduit in fluid communication with a second spray-arm assembly of the appliance. The diverter assembly may also include a valve housing configured to be coupled to the diverter head. The valve housing may define an inlet in fluid communication with a pump of the appliance and may at least partially house a diverter valve that diverts fluid received via the inlet to the first or second outlet. Moreover, the diverter assembly may be configured to be mounted directly to a bottom wall of a tub of the appliance. |
| US10113653B2 |
Cartridge assembly module for high pressure fluid system and related method of use
A high pressure fluid system including enhanced safety, maintenance and servicing features. The system can include a cartridge assembly module, having a valve seat assembly and a seal cartridge assembly selectively joinable with one another and installable within the high pressure fluid system. |
| US10113650B2 |
Dual seat valve
A dual seat valve assembly includes a first valve and a concentric second valve which together form a tight seal valve assembly. The valves open and close sequentially. A quick disconnect rupture disc assembly may be used in conjunction with the valve assembly to provide a required safety feature for testing high pressure fluid ruptures that include a dump valve. |
| US10113646B2 |
Fire retardant high temperature dryer seals and related methods
Fire retardant dryer seals and related methods are provided herein. A fire retardant dryer seal can include an elongate, flexible base substrate having a first end and a second end. The base substrate can also have a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first end and the second end of the base substrate secured together so that the base substrate forms at least a portion of an annular shape. A heat resistant coating disposed on at least the first surface of the base substrate. |
| US10113644B2 |
Self-lubricating and draining, contacting face, rotating shaft seal
A shaft seal assembly and method for pressure relief in a shaft seal assembly includes a stator having a static seal and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator that has a rotating seal. The static seal has an end face in sealing engagement with an end face of the rotating seal. At least one of the static seal and the rotating seal includes an annular passage defined in the respective end face and at least one axial passage extending through the respective seal. Lubricant drains and fills through the at least one axial passage and the annular passage at the sealing surfaces of the end faces. The end faces maintain sealing engagement during rotation of the rotor. |
| US10113639B2 |
Transmission with L1-L2 shift method while engine braking
A transmission includes a stationary member, an input member, and gear sets each having a plurality of nodes. The transmission includes a first clutch that connects a node of one gear set to the stationary member to establish an L1 mode, and a second clutch that connects a node of another gear set to the stationary member to establish a 2L mode. A SOWC is connected between nodes of two gear sets, and a controller, in response to a requested shift L1-L2 shift while engine braking, executes a method to release the first clutch and thereby enters a neutral mode. The SOWC is released when slip across the first clutch exceeds a first threshold, then the first clutch reapplied when a SOWC slip level exceeds another threshold to thereby enter a 1st gear freewheeling mode. The second clutch is reapplied to enter the L2 mode and resume engine braking. |
| US10113638B2 |
Control device of automatic transmission and method of controlling automatic transmission
An object of the present invention is, even if an abnormality occurs in an oil pressure circuit of an automatic transmission, to avoid traveling performance deterioration by the abnormality when gear change is performed. The present invention provides a control device of an automatic transmission and a method of controlling the automatic transmission, each of which switches from a normal state to an abnormality diagnosis state at a predetermined change gear ratio to diagnose whether there is an abnormality in an automatic transmission, the normal state being a state where an oil pressure supply portion supplies oil pressure to a predetermined friction engaging element, the abnormality diagnosis state being a state where an abnormality diagnosis oil pressure supply portion including an oil pressure supply passage different from an oil pressure supply passage of the oil pressure supply portion supplies the oil pressure to the predetermined friction engaging element. |
| US10113634B2 |
Device including one first and at least one second bearing
A device includes a first bearing, at least one second bearing, a first bearing-attachment element configured to exert a first force on an outer ring of the first bearing, and at least one second bearing-attachment element configured to exert a second force on an outer ring of the second bearing. The first bearing-attachment element is configured also to exert a third force on the outer ring of the second bearing. |
| US10113629B2 |
Side pinion differential locking mechanism
A differential assembly is disclosed, including a housing forming an interior space, and a shaft may extend into a portion of the interior space of the housing. A side gear including an aperture may be arranged within the interior space and an end portion of the shaft is aligned and extends through the aperture. The differential assembly may further include a sliding sleeve configured with a flat flange portion, the sliding sleeve may extend through the aperture and slide over the end portion of the shaft. Furthermore, a pinion gear may be configured with a flat face portion and a pinion gear cam portion may be configured to extend axially away from the flat face portion of the pinion gear. An actuator may actuate the sliding sleeve between a sleeve first position and a sleeve second position and the flat flange portion may interact with the pinion gear cam portion. |
| US10113628B2 |
Axle assembly having a clutch collar actuator mechanism
An axle assembly having a clutch collar actuator mechanism. The clutch collar actuator mechanism may have a piston housing and a yoke that may move with respect to the piston housing. The piston housing may extend around the input shaft and may receive at least one piston. The yoke may connect the piston to the clutch collar. |
| US10113627B2 |
Differential assembly with multi-piece cross-pin
A differential assembly can include a case, a first side gear, a second side gear, a first pinion gear, a second pinion gear, a third pinion gear, and a cross-pin assembly. The case can be adapted to be supported for rotation about an output axis. The first and second side gears can be disposed within the case and rotatable about the output axis relative to the case. The first, second, and third pinion gears can be disposed within the case and meshingly engaged with the first and second side gears. The cross-pin assembly can include a spider, first, second, and third pins. The proximal end of the first pin can define a first bore that can receive a post of the spider to couple the first pin to the spider. Each pinion gear can be supported by one of the pins for rotation relative to the case. |
| US10113626B2 |
Power transmission device
A power transmission device includes a hydrodynamic converter. The blading of the pump wheel and/or turbine wheels includes at least one adjusting blade which can be actuated by an adjusting device, and/or at least one multi-element blade having at least one adjustable blade segment. |
| US10113623B2 |
Orbitual crankshaft with extended constant volume combustion cycle
An improved internal combustion engine utilizes at least one orbital body with at least one orbiting rod journal offset and engaged in a specific way from the center of orbiting body. Further, orbiting body together with orbiting rod journal and one of the gears as one body, rotationally linked to the block via stationary second gear engaged in 1:1 ratio. Which transfers the rotation to main journal via flying arm. Such that radial motion of flying arm transfers the rotation to the main crankshaft axis and constitute one body. This results in a constant volume compression period of max. 60° , improving operation, efficiency and cleanliness of the engine. |
| US10113621B2 |
Method for manufacturing ball screw and ball screw
A method for manufacturing a ball screw according to the present invention includes a seal fixing step of fixing a ring shaped seal to an attachment portion disposed in an end portion of a nut of a ball screw in an axis direction using a fixing member. The attachment portion has an inner circumferential surface having a diameter larger than that of an inner circumferential surface on which a spiral groove of the nut is formed. A through hole is formed in the attachment portion, the through hole penetrating the attachment portion in a radial direction from an outer circumferential surface thereof to the inner circumferential surface thereof. The seal fixing step includes passing the screw through the through hole and engaging the screw with an outer circumferential portion of the ring shaped seal to exert an outward-directed force in the radial direction on the ring shaped seal because of a force of the head pressing the bearing face to fix the ring shaped seal to the nut. |
| US10113616B2 |
Multi-speed transmission in planetary design for a vehicle
A multi-speed transmission in planetary design for a vehicle having a transmission housing (10); a first shaft (1), the first shaft (1) being a drive (An); a second shaft (2), the second shaft (2) being an output (Ab); at least five planetary gear sets (RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4, RS5); at least seven additional shafts (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9); and five shift elements (SE1, SE2, SE3, SE4, SE5). Through actuation of the shift elements, at least nine forward gears (G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, G6, G7, G8, G9) and at least one reverse gear (R) are realized. For the realization of each gear, two of the shift elements are open and at least three of the shift elements (SE1, SE2, SE3, SE4, SE5) are closed. |
| US10113615B2 |
Multi-speed transmission
A transmission gearing arrangement has four simple planetary gear sets and five or six shift elements. One embodiment has two brakes and three clutches and produces eight speeds by selective engagement of various combinations of three of the shift elements. A second embodiment has two brakes and four clutches and produces nine speeds by selective engagement of various combinations of four of the shift elements. A third embodiment has two brakes and four clutches and produces ten speeds by selective engagement of various combinations of four of the shift elements. |
| US10113613B2 |
Planetary gear mechanism and power transmission member thereof
A power transmission member is disclosed. The power transmission member allows a planetary gear mechanism to be reduced in volume while sufficient strength is guaranteed. A planetary gear holding part, a rotating shaft part, and a sun gear holding part constituting a power transmission member are formed integrally. The rotating shaft part is substantially cylindrical, and a planetary gear can be passed through the interior of the rotating shaft part and turnably mounted on the planetary gear holding part. An open window is formed in the planetary gear holding part, and a toothed part of the planetary gear is configured to mesh with a bearing-equipped outer gear through the open window. |
| US10113608B2 |
Movable axial element for a rotary tool dampening system
A movable axial element for a damping system includes a rectilinear absorbent mass positionable in the housing and having at least one annular groove arranged on a periphery of the absorbent mass and in which at least one elastic element is arranged to bear against an internal wall of the housing. The at least one groove includes a base formed by a shoulder of the absorbent mass. An edge formed by a structure bearing an annular lip is mounted in a sliding manner on at least one part of the shoulder along at least one axis of the movable element to form an adjusting device integrated into the movable element to enable the control of a prestressing exerted by the annular lip on the elastic element mounted on the periphery of the absorbent mass, the prestressing being generated without rotation of the annular lip relative to elastic element. |
| US10113605B2 |
Overtravel relief assembly for a gas spring
A gas spring for forming equipment may have a casing with an axially extending side wall, an open end, and a closed end wall with the walls defining in part a pressure chamber to receive a gas under pressure, a bearing assembly received in the casing, a piston rod slidably received in the bearing assembly for reciprocation between extended and retracted positions, a piston retainer received in the casing and separate from and normally carried by the piston rod, a deforming member in the casing adjacent its closed end wall, and configured to plastically deform the retainer when the piston rod is forced into the pressure chamber into an overtravel retracted position beyond its designed intended maximum retracted position and after such overtravel the piston rod returns to at least its extended position and the deformed retainer engages the bearing assembly and is fractured and separated from the piston rod. The gas spring may have a piston rod seal and a passage in the piston rod communicating with the pressure chamber and opening onto the piston rod at a location that do both axially inboard of engagement of the seal with the piston rod when it is in its normal extended position and generally axially outboard of and bypassing or disrupting the seal after overtravel of the piston rod and the retainer has separated from it and it has moved to a further extended position relative to its designed intended normal maximum extended position to thereby provide a path for compressed gas in the pressure chamber to pass through the passage to the exterior of the open end of the casing. |
| US10113601B2 |
Electric brake device
Provided is an electric brake device that can prevent a pad wear from progressing beyond its limit, and can estimate the wear of the friction pad without an increase in cost and space. The electric brake device includes: an electric motor; a brake rotor; a friction pad; a linear motion mechanism; a braking force command section; a braking force estimation section; a motor rotation angle detector; and a controller. The controller is provided with a pad wear amount estimation section configured to estimate a wear amount of the friction pad at a present time by comparing a correlation between the motor rotation angle detected by the motor rotation angle detector and the braking force obtained by the braking force estimation section with a defined correlation between a motor rotation angle and a braking force when the friction pad is unworn. |
| US10113600B2 |
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. |
| US10113596B2 |
Power transmission device
A power transmission device that transmits a rotational driving force outputted from a driving source to a target device to be driven includes: a driving rotor rotated by the rotational driving force; a driven rotor that rotates with a rotary shaft of the target device; and a connection member. The connection member has a plate shape extending perpendicular to the rotary shaft. The connection member is connected at least one of the driving rotor and the driven rotor, and is capable of connecting the driving rotor and the driven rotor to each other. The connection member has a through hole, and the driven rotor has an overlapping portion disposed overlapping with the through hole when viewed in the axial direction of the rotary shaft. |
| US10113594B2 |
Safety device for curtain controller
A safety device for a curtain controller is provided. The safety device comprises a base, a bead chain wheel, and a cover. A shaft sleeve having a conical shape is disposed in a through hole of the base to connect a shaft's terminal and thus be fixed in a sleeving hole, having a shape to fit the shaft sleeve, of the bead chain wheel, so that the motions of the shaft sleeve and the bead chain wheel are linked. A bead chain is wound on the bead chain wheel. When the bead chain is pulled down, the shaft sleeve can drive the rotation of the bead chain wheel. The upper part of the cover is pivotally connected to the base, and the lower part of the cover buckles the base. Therefore, when the bead chain is instantly pulled down, the cover can be opened to drop the bead chain wheel. |
| US10113588B2 |
Slide bearing comprising a primer system as adhesion promoter
A slide bearing can include a metal support, a primer layer, an adhesive layer applied directly thereto, and a sliding layer applied to the adhesive layer. The primer layer can include an oligomeric condensate of at least one silanol selected from the group having the formula: wherein x is 1 or 2, y is 0 or 1. The moieties R1 and R2 can be the same or different. The moieties R1 and R2 can be selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, and a functionalized alkyl group R′—(CH2)z—, wherein z is at least 1. Slide bearings comprising a primer system based on silanol oligomeric condensates show improved peel strength than their analogous slide bearings lacking the primer system. |
| US10113587B1 |
Turbocharger thrust bearing
An improved thrust bearing for a turbocharger includes a first bearing surface, a second bearing surface, an internal passageway, a primary pad, and a plurality of secondary pads. The internal passageway fluidly connects the first and second bearing surfaces. The primary pad may be defined on the first bearing surface. The primary pad further defines a first aperture in fluid communication with the internal passageway and an oil feed defined in a turbocharger housing. The plurality of secondary pads may also be defined on the first bearing surface. Each secondary pad in the plurality of secondary pads may include a secondary surface area which is smaller than the primary surface area of the primary pad. |
| US10113585B2 |
Cabled bearing
A rolling element bearing having first and second bearing rings and at least one row of rolling elements disposed between raceway surfaces of the bearing rings. The bearing further includes at least one sensor provided on a sensing surface of the first bearing ring, and a signal-carrying cable in connection with the sensor. The cable provides a cable connector, which fits into a socket. The socket is integrated in a recess provided in an external surface of the first bearing ring. The recess is in communication with the sensing surface and a signal coupling is provided between the sensor and the socket. One of the cable connector and the socket has an angled body section angled with a first angle α relative to a longitudinal axis of the recess, such that the cable is guided out of the recess at an angle to a normal of the external surface. |
| US10113575B2 |
Connecting device and method for connecting two parts
A connecting device includes a connecting element arranged on a connectible part, which includes non-self-cutting retaining projections having a curved supporting surface in the shape of a circular arc in a longitudinal section that are insertable into a groove provided on another connectible part. The groove has a curved undercut surface in the shape of a circular arc in a longitudinal section, a base segment, and two undercut segments extending away from the base segment in a thickness direction. The retaining projections engage in the undercut segments of the groove, the connecting means guiding the parts in relation to each other. One connecting element includes a guiding groove with a slotted guide and the other connecting element includes a guiding element moveable along the guiding groove in a specified guiding path having varying distances from a contact surface of the part and/or abutment surface of the connecting element. |
| US10113574B1 |
Workbench panel holder clamp fixture and system
A clamp fixture for affixing a panel to a workbench, the clamp fixture comprising a lower fixture portion that adjustably mates with an upper fixture portion and a lower end portion. The upper fixture portion comprises an upper end portion. A lower clamp is disposed on the lower end portion. The lower clamp is operable to engage a bottom area of a workbench. A middle clamp is disposed on the upper fixture portion. The middle clamp is operable to engage a top area of the workbench. An upper clamp is disposed on the upper end portion. The lower clamp and the middle clamp are adjustably separable relative to each other via the lower fixture portion to affix the clamp fixture to the workbench. The middle clamp and the upper clamp are configured to hold a panel there between. |
| US10113573B2 |
Sequencing locking mechanism for telescoging structures
A passive locking mechanism for a telescoping structure includes a stud fixed to a first panel section, a lower pawl coupled to a second panel section, an upper pawl coupled to the second panel section operable to engage the lower pawl, and a lock wedge coupled to a third panel section. The lock wedge is operable to engage the upper and lower pawls. In a retracted position of the telescoping structure, the lower pawl is engaged with the lock wedge, such that the second panel section is locked in place relative to the third panel section, and the first panel section is free to move relative to the second panel section. |
| US10113567B1 |
Hydraulic cylinder with taper lock piston assembly
A hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder assembly defining a cavity; a piston rod having an inboard end and a rod axis; a taper lock piston assembly including a piston head with a central bore and a head axis, and wherein the inboard end includes a first exterior tapered portion having a first non-zero cylinder taper angle and the central bore defines a piston tapered portion having a non-zero bore taper angle that is the same as the first cylinder taper angle; and wherein the piston head is received on the inboard end with the first exterior tapered portion in circumferential abutment with the piston tapered portion. |
| US10113565B2 |
Engine nozzle synchronization system
An actuator synchronization system comprising a control valve in fluid communication with a plurality of actuators; each of the actuators comprising an input member moveable by the control valve, a main valve moveable from a null to an off-null position, an output member moveable from a first to a second output position, and a feedback linkage and a drive link configured such that selective movement of the input member causes movement of the valve from the null to the off-null position and movement of the output member to the second output position causes movement of the valve member from the off-null to the null position; and a mechanical connector between each of the input members or drive links of the actuators configured such that rotational motion of each of the respective drive links is synchronized. |
| US10113561B2 |
Secondary flow baffle for turbomachinery
A stage of a fan for a gas turbine engine may include a rotor blade and a stator vane disposed aft of the rotor blade. A baffle may be coupled to the stator vane. The baffle may define a secondary airflow path from aft of the stator vane to forward of the rotor blade. The baffle may further define the secondary airflow path from aft of the stator vane to forward of the stator vane. |
| US10113560B2 |
Gas guiding device and facility including the same
A gas guiding device includes: a first connection part (41) connected at an end of a tubular outer casing (15) in an axial-flow rotary machine and having an annular shape around an axis (Ar); a second connection part (45) connected at an end of a tubular inner casing (16) in the axial-flow rotary machine and having an annular shape around the axis (Ar); a duct main body part (51) forming therein a flow passage (Pa) having an annular shape around the axis (Ar); and a support part (59) supporting the duct main body part (51). The duct main body part (51) is combined with the first connection part (41) and the second connection part (45) to form the annular flow passage (Pa). The first connection part (41) and the second connection part (45) have expansion joints (42), (46), respectively, which have an annular shape around the axis (Ar). |
| US10113558B2 |
Fan and compressor housing
A fan housing for an air cycle machine includes a fan exit flow passage and a ring disposed around a center axis of the fan housing and disposed around the fan exit flow passage. The ring includes a first end disposed axially opposite a second end and a guide surface facing radially inward relative the center axis and formed between the first end and the second end. The ring also includes a shelf disposed radially inward from the guide surface. The shelf includes a stop surface extending radially and disposed axially between the second end and the guide surface. The shelf also includes a shelf surface facing radially outward relative the center axis and extending axially between the first end and the stop surface. |
| US10113554B2 |
Manufacturing method of compressor impeller and compressor impeller
An object is to provide a manufacturing method of a compressor impeller which produces a small post-cutting residual strain. A compressor impeller is formed by cutting a workpiece. The manufacturing method of a compressor impeller includes: a workpiece-fixing step of fixing a workpiece W on the supporting pedestal 3; and a cutting step of cutting inter-vane regions R and forming a plurality of vane sections B1, B2 and so on with intervals between one another in the circumferential direction of the workpiece W while pressing the workpiece. The cutting step includes selecting one of following steps. In the first cutting step, when successively cutting the plurality of inter-vane regions R1, R2 and so on disposed continuously in the circumferential direction of the workpiece, adjacent one of the inter-vane regions is avoided as often as possible. In the second cutting step, when simultaneously cutting a part of the plurality of inter-vane regions R1, R2 and so on which includes more than one of the inter-vane regions disposed continuously in the circumferential direction of the workpiece, at least one of the part of the plurality of inter-vane regions being cut simultaneously is positioned away from other inter-vane regions being cut simultaneously by a distance of one or more inter-vane regions as often as possible. |
| US10113553B2 |
Centrifugal compressor with hot gas injection
A centrifugal compressor for a chiller includes a casing, an inlet guide vane, an impeller downstream of the inlet guide vane, a motor and a diffuser. The casing has inlet and outlet portions with the inlet guide vane disposed in the inlet portion. The impeller is rotatable about a rotation axis defining an axial direction. The motor rotates the impeller. The diffuser is disposed in the outlet portion downstream from the impeller with an outlet port of the outlet portion being disposed between the impeller and the diffuser. A hot gas injection passage is provided to inject hot gas refrigerant between the inlet guide vane and the impeller. A controller is programmed to control an amount of the hot gas refrigerant. |
| US10113549B2 |
Monitoring an electric submersible pump for failures
A method for monitoring an electric submersible pump. The method includes acquiring a baseline signature for the electric submersible pump in a first environment, acquiring a downhole signature for the electric submersible pump in a downhole environment while the electric submersible pump is confirmed to be healthy, applying an operator to the baseline signature and the downhole signature that results in a downhole noise component, acquiring a vibration signature for the electric submersible pump in the downhole environment while the electric submersible pump is in an operating mode, removing the downhole noise component from the vibration signature to produce an isolated electric submersible pump signature, and determining a health status of the electric submersible pump based on the isolated electric submersible pump signature. |
| US10113548B2 |
Combination of motor and vacuum pump with an exhaust flow
A vacuum pump generates a vacuum, in a suction device, with an air intake device and an air exhaust device, as well as a motor for driving the vacuum pump. The air exhaust device is provided with a discharge valve. The exhaust air is downstream of the discharge valve divided into two partial flows that are respectively associated with a pipe section. |
| US10113546B2 |
Pump for an engine
A pump for an engine includes a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, and a piston at least partly received within a relief chamber. The piston has first and second passageways provided therein. The second passageway is located closer to a face of the piston than the first passageway. The piston is movable within the relief chamber, so that the volume of the fluid transfer from the suction chamber to the discharge chamber is varied according to a pressure in the relief chamber. The first and second passageways form fluid paths between the suction chamber and the discharge chamber at a first and second pressure in the relief chamber, respectively, the first pressure being less than the second pressure. |
| US10113544B2 |
Long-stroke pumping unit
A long-stroke pumping unit for driving rod includes a tower and a counterweight assembly movable along the tower. A crown is mounted atop the tower, and a sprocket is supported by the crown and rotatable relative to the crown. A belt connects the counterweight assembly to the rod. The unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket. A sensor is used to detect a position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor. |
| US10113543B2 |
Finger type peristaltic pump comprising a ribbed anvil
The present invention includes a finger-type peristaltic pump with a ribbed anvil. According to some embodiments, a finger type peristaltic pump may comprise a plurality of pressing fingers, an infusion tube and a passive interfacing mechanism. The passive interfacing mechanism may comprise a channel, groove or other suitable mount for placing and mounting an infusion tube such that the pressing fingers are positioned on one side of the tube and the ribbed anvil on the opposite side. The pressing fingers may be positioned to apply an approximately perpendicular force on the tube, pressing it against the ribbed anvil, thus causing a pumping action. |
| US10113541B2 |
Valves and pumps using said valves
Improved, rigid valves for pumps include ribs or other support structures, increased diameters and cross-sectional areas, and conically shaped outlet valves. |
| US10113540B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor includes an inner back iron positioned in a driving coil. A flex mount is positioned within the inner back iron and is coupled to the inner back iron. A coupling extends between the flex mount and a piston, and a compliant bellows is coupled to the flex mount and the piston. |
| US10113534B2 |
Power generating windbags and waterbags
A method of using a bagged power generation system comprising windbags and waterbags integrated with drones and adapting drone technologies for harnessing wind and water power to produce electricity. An extremely scalable and environmentally friendly method, system, apparatus, equipment, techniques and ecosystem configured to produce renewable green energy with high productivity and efficiency. |
| US10113530B2 |
Methods and systems for removing and/or installing wind turbine rotor blades
In one aspect, a method for installing a blade sock onto a rotor blade of a wind turbine may generally include positioning the blade sock adjacent to a blade tip of the rotor blade, wherein the blade sock comprises a sock strap forming a closed-shape. In addition, the method may include moving the blade sock relative to the rotor blade such that the blade tip is received within the closed-shape formed by the sock strap and moving the blade sock spanwise along the rotor blade towards a blade root of the rotor blade until the blade sock is positioned at an intermediate location defined between the blade root and the blade tip, wherein the sock strap is configured to fit tightly around an outer perimeter of the rotor blade at the intermediate location. |
| US10113528B2 |
Method and processing system of sensed ionization current data for real time estimate of combustion chamber pressure in a spark ignition engine
The pressure in the combustion chamber of an electronically controlled spark plug ignition engine may be estimated in real time mode without specific sensors by processing sensed ionization current data to calculate features of the current waveform proven to be correlated to the pressure inside the engine cylinders and correlating them on the basis of a look up table of time invariant correlation coefficients generated through a calibration campaign of tests on a test engine purposely equipped with sensors. A mathematical model of the electrical and physical spark plug ignition system and combustion chamber of the engine is refined during calibration by iteratively testing the interactive performance of correlation coefficients of related terms of a mathematical expression of the model and comparing the expressed pressure value with the real pressure value as measured by a sensor. |
| US10113526B2 |
Ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine
An ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a spark plug; a first ignition coil and a second ignition coil; a battery; a booster circuit that boosts a voltage supplied from the battery; a power transistor that conducts and interrupts a primary current flowing to a primary coil included in the first ignition coil; a MOSFET that applies and interrupts the voltage boosted by the booster circuit to a primary coil included in the second ignition coil; and an ECU that starts electric discharge by the spark plug by controlling the power transistor, and repeatedly applies and interrupts the voltage boosted by the booster circuit by the MOSFET so that the electric discharge that is started is maintained. |
| US10113523B2 |
Injector
An injector includes an actuator arranged in an actuator space, a piston guide having a bore hole, and a piston arranged in the bore hole. The piston has a first end face facing the actuator and delimiting a first space in and/or on the bore hole, and a second end face lying opposite the first space and delimiting an adjoining second space in and/or on the bore hole. The piston is arranged between the first and second spaces, and a gap extends around the circumference of the piston between the piston and the bore hole. The piston includes a first material and the piston guide includes a second material, the first and second materials having different thermal expansion properties such that when the piston guide and/or piston are heated, the gap width of the gap decreases to limit fuel leakage between the first space and second spaces. |
| US10113516B2 |
Extended gasket profile
The invention relates to a filter element unit for an air filter of a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, including: a filter element, a filter medium; and a one-piece gasket. The gasket includes: a first part circumferentially surrounding the filter element and adapted to seal the filter element against a first channel of a filter housing of the air filter and a second part formed unitary with the first part and spaced away from the first part and spaced away from the filter medium, the second part is adapted to seal a second channel of the filter housing; wherein the first part and the second part are connected with each other via at least two bridges. |
| US10113515B1 |
Water cooled EGR cooler
A water-cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler may include tubes positioned within a housing at a predetermined interval, which forms an exhaust gas passage that exhaust gas passes therethrough, and a tube bonded portion that seals internally and externally the tube is provided at a first side of the tube; and supporters interpose the tubes to define a predetermined interval between the tubes and positioned within the housing wherein a coolant passage which a coolant flows between the tubes is formed, wherein an external surface of a first side of the supporter is bonded to an external surface of the tubes to form a reinforcing bonded portion wherein the supporter covers and seals the tube bonded portion. |
| US10113513B2 |
Internal combustion engines
An internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber. The chamber includes a body that is movable in the chamber to vary the chamber volume and contains a catalyst. First valving is operable to admit an intake gas into the chamber and second valving connected with an aqueous fluid supply system is operable to admit an aqueous fluid and a steam reforming fuel into the chamber. A controller is configured to cause the second valving to admit a aqueous fluid and an amount of the steam reforming fuel into the chamber and when a predetermined condition exists in the chamber during compression of the intake gas to absorb heat generated by the compression of the intake gas in the presence of the catalyst to promote a steam reformation process to separate hydrogen from the steam reforming fuel or the aqueous fluid. |
| US10113508B2 |
Gas turbine engine and method of assembling the same
A gas turbine engine having a centerline axis is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a fan and a fan cowl assembly surrounding the fan to define a bypass duct configured to channel airflow for the fan. The fan cowl assembly includes a stationary cowl and a transcowl. The gas turbine engine further includes a plurality of actuators configured for displacing the transcowl relative to the stationary cowl. Each of the actuators is skewed relative to the centerline axis of the engine. |
| US10113507B2 |
Thrust reverser cascade element of an aircraft gas turbine
The present invention relates to a thrust reverser cascade element of an aircraft gas turbine with a rigid frame and with several thrust reverser profiles mounted in the frame, wherein the thrust reverser cascade element is made of fiber-plastic composite. |
| US10113506B2 |
Nozzle for an aircraft turboprop engine with an unducted fan
The present disclosure provides a nozzle for an aircraft turboprop engine with an unducted fan, including: an inner wall, an outer wall radially spaced apart from the inner wall and concentric with the inner wall, a junction area of the inner and outer walls including an opening contained in a plane transverse to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle. In particular, the junction area of the inner and outer walls includes two connecting plates and a member to secure the two connecting plates together, or in another form, the junction area includes a pad secured to the inner wall, and a pad secured to the outer wall, facing the pad of the inner wall of the nozzle. |
| US10113504B2 |
Aluminum cylinder block and method of manufacture
A cast cylinder block for an internal combustion engine includes a first and a second cylinder bore and a shared bore wall. The first cylinder bore includes a first bore wall and the second cylinder bore includes a second bore wall. The shared cylinder bore wall includes a first portion and a second portion. A portion of the first bore wall combines with a portion of the second bore wall to form the shared cylinder bore wall. The first portion of the shared bore wall is an as-cast portion. The second portion of the shared bore wall is a metal matrix composite. |
| US10113499B2 |
Fuel injection control device for internal combustion engine
An ECU has a fuel pressure sensor that detects fuel pressure inside of a common rail. The ECU detects the fuel pressure at a predetermined frequency and calculates a drop amount of the fuel pressure in accordance with fuel injection by fuel injectors based on the detected fuel pressure. The ECU acquires a fluctuation amount of a fuel injection amount of each of the fuel injectors based on the drop amount of the fuel pressure and learns an injection characteristic of each of the fuel injectors, the injection characteristic indicating a correlation between the fuel injection amount and the fluctuation amount of the fuel injection. In a case in which a detection timing of the fuel pressure is within a fuel injection period of a predetermined fuel injector, the ECU disallows the learning of the injection characteristic using the fuel pressure detected in the fuel injection period. |
| US10113496B2 |
Connected energy management and autonomous driving strategy for engine cylinder deactivation
The present invention is a connected energy management (CEM) strategy for controlling the activation of a plurality of engine cylinders in the engine of a vehicle. A powertrain controller is operable for controlling the operation of the engine, and a second controller is in electrical communication with the powertrain controller. The second controller may be a telematics controller, or an autonomous driving vehicle controller. The second controller communicates at least one parameter to the powertrain controller, and the parameter is used to determine which of the plurality of cylinders are to be activated or deactivated. The powertrain controller then activates or deactivates one or more of the plurality of cylinders using the powertrain controller based on the parameter, which may include various road data, such as road curve shape or road grade. The parameter may also be based on a desired autonomous driving path. |
| US10113495B2 |
Exhaust gas recirculation device for internal combustion engine
An exhaust gas recirculation device for an internal combustion engine includes: an opening command signal output unit 52 which outputs an opening command signal in relation to an EGR control valve on the basis of an operating condition of the internal combustion engine; a variation component separation unit 54 which separates the valve opening command signal from the opening command signal output unit 52 into a basic component and a variation component generated so as to be superimposed on the basic component; a variation component determination unit 56 which determines whether the EGR control valve is in a steady state or a transient state on the basis of a magnitude of the variation component separated by the variation component separation unit 54; and an EGR control valve diagnosis device 58 that performs an abnormality diagnosis on the EGR control valve when the variation component determination unit determines that the EGR control valve is in the steady state. |
| US10113494B2 |
Fuel vapor flow based on road conditions
Methods and systems are provided for regulating engine operating parameters such as exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) based on road roughness conditions. Based on increased road roughness estimation, EGR flow rate may be opportunistically raised, enabling NVH associated with elevated EGR levels to be masked by NVH associated with rough road conditions. In addition, purging of fuel vapors from a canister or a crankcase to the engine may be increased while transmission shift schedules may be advanced so as to complete the shift during the rough road condition. |
| US10113493B2 |
System, method, and apparatus to control gas substitution characteristic in dual fuel engine
A system, method and apparatus for controlling a gas substitution characteristic in a dual fuel engine are provided. The gas substitution characteristic can be controlled based on measured characteristics directly or indirectly associated with operation of the dual fuel engine, including intake manifold air pressure (IMAP), load of the dual fuel engine, ambient air temperature, exhaust temperature, fan speed, and/or pressure of natural gas supplied to the dual fuel engine. Further, the gas substitution characteristic can be controlled by controlling intake manifold air temperature (IMAT) based on control of a cooling capacity of a cooling circuit. |
| US10113492B2 |
Hybrid combustion system and method
An engine having at least a primary and secondary fuel supplies is configured to operate by determining a fueling mode for each of first and second groupings of cylinders, independently. A method, therefore, for operating the engine includes monitoring engine operating parameters with an electronic controller, determining an engine operating point based on the engine operating parameters, calculating a first operating mode of a first cylinder grouping based on the engine operating point, calculating a second operating mode of a second cylinder grouping based on the engine operating point, and selectively activating at least one of a diesel injector, a gaseous fuel injector and a spark device in each engine cylinder separately and selectively for each cylinder of the first and second cylinder grouping based on the engine operating point. |
| US10113491B2 |
Air-intake shutoff valves for engines
An actuation system for a valve is disclosed. The actuation system comprises a housing having an end wall. A first piston and a second piston is slidably positioned within the housing. The second piston is positioned between the first piston and the end wall. A piston rod is coupled to the first piston and slidably extends through the second piston and the end wall. The piston rod is configured to be coupled with the valve. A first spring is arranged between the first piston and the second piston. Further, a second spring is arranged between the second piston and the end wall. The first spring and the second spring are configured to bias the valve to a closed position. |
| US10113487B2 |
Cascaded multi-variable control system for a turboshaft engine
A control system for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The control system may include a computer processor. The control system may also include an outer loop control module programmed into the computer processor to determine a torque request based at least in part on a real-time collective lever angle command. The control system may also include an inner loop control module programmed into the computer processor to receive the torque request from the outer loop control module, to determine fuel flow and inlet guide vane schedules based at least in part on the received torque request, and to send signals to a gas generator of the gas turbine engine in order to control the gas generator according to the determined fuel flow and inlet guide vane schedules. |
| US10113485B2 |
Device for the extraction of bleed air and aircraft engine with at least one device for the extraction of bleed air
A device for the extraction of bleed air from flowing air at or in an aircraft engine is provided. The device includes a means for specific adjustment of an inlet cross section of an opening at or in the area of a wall of the aircraft engine and a flow guide means for a boundary layer flow. |
| US10113482B2 |
Gearbox for gas turbine engine
A gearbox for an aircraft engine including first and second gears in driving engagement through planet gears supported by a carrier. Selective application of a brake and a blocking member permit operation in a speed change configuration and a direct drive configuration. |
| US10113480B2 |
Trunnion for high-pressure turbine, and turbojet engine including such a trunnion
The invention relates to a trunnion (23) for a high-pressure turbine (11), to be arranged between a shaft of a low-pressure turbine (9) and an inner surface (34) of a seal mounting (26) of the low-pressure turbine (8), the trunnion (23) being characterized in that it includes a drop-launching extension (32) arranged such as to extend opposite a flared portion (33) of the inner surface (34) of the seal mounting (26), such that when the trunnion (23) is rotated about the shaft of the low-pressure turbine (9), oil (H2), which tends to penetrate between the trunnion (23) and the seal mounting (26), is thrown by centrifugal effect from the drop-launching extension (32) toward the flared portion (33) of the inner surface (34) of the seal mounting (26). |
| US10113471B2 |
Multilayer composite panel
Disclosed is a multi-layered composite panel. The multi-layered composite panel comprises at least two sheets of thin plates with continuous waveform patterns having the same pitch and different heights in one direction are overlapped. In the multi-layered composite panel, an adiabatic layer is formed between the overlapping thin plates, diagonal pressing portions, which divide the waveform patterns on the top and the bottom of the thin plates into the unit of triangle-patterned cell by being pressed diagonally to cross each other on the top and the bottom of the thin plates overlapping in the diagonal direction crossing the direction of the waveform patterns, are formed and an undercut portion is formed by pressing the centers of both sides connecting a groove and a ridge of each cell on the top and the bottom of the thin plates with opposite diagonal pressing portions. |
| US10113470B2 |
After treatment device of exhaust system for vehicle
Disclosed herein is an after treatment device of an exhaust system for a vehicle. The after treatment device of an exhaust system for a vehicle is connected to an exhaust pipe and includes a canning main body in which a catalyst is received and may include a heat insulation coating layer formed on an inner wall surface of the canning main body. |
| US10113467B2 |
Catalyst storage case, exhaust duct, and engine
A catalyst storage case includes a case body having an exhaust passage; and first and second oxidation catalysts disposed in the exhaust passage of the case body. The first and second oxidation catalysts are arrayed in a direction intersecting a direction along which the exhaust passage extends. |
| US10113464B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling reductant injection into an exhaust gas feedstream from an internal combustion engine
An exhaust aftertreatment system includes first and second selective catalytic reduction devices (SCRs) and a single reductant injection system. A total ammonia storage capacity and an ammonia storage level are determined for the first and second SCRs, and determine a total SCR ammonia storage level for the first and second SCRs based upon the ammonia storage level on the first and second SCRs. A first storage error is determined, and a second storage error is determined based upon an ammonia storage level and an ammonia storage capacity for the second SCR. A second reductant dosing rate is determined based upon the second storage error. The reductant injection system injects reductant into the exhaust gas feedstream based upon the second reductant dosing rate when the second storage error indicates an imbalance between the ammonia storage on the first SCR and the ammonia storage on the second SCR. |
| US10113463B2 |
Remote fluid supply for an engine
A system includes a first diesel engine operable to drive a first device, a first DEF tank associated with the first engine and operable to provide DEF to the first diesel engine during operation, a second diesel engine operable to drive a second device, and a second DEF tank associated with the second engine and operable to provide DEF to the second diesel engine during operation. An external DEF tank is arranged to contain a quantity of DEF that is coupled to the first DEF tank and the second DEF tank and operable to selectively deliver DEF from the external DEF tank to each of the first DEF tank and the second DEF tank. |
| US10113462B2 |
Advanced exhaust aftertreatment system architecture
An exhaust aftertreatment system configured to reduce nitrous oxide (N2O) formation includes a first selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst. The first SCR catalyst is configured for low N2O formation and low ammonia (NH3) storage capacity. A second SCR catalyst is positioned downstream of the first SCR catalyst. The second SCR catalyst is configured for high NH3 storage capacity. |
| US10113461B2 |
Delivery module for use in a system for purifying the exhaust gases of a combustion engine
A liquid delivery module including: a base plate positioned through an opening made in a wall of a liquid tank; a pump assembly configured to pump liquid from the base plate and to deliver the liquid to a supply line, via a hydraulic connector; a cover adapted to be fixed to the base plate. The pump assembly is mounted outside the tank. The hydraulic connector is partially or entirely integrated to the cover. |
| US10113460B2 |
Method for adjusting the temperature of an exhaust gas aftertreatment device
A method for adjusting the temperature of an exhaust gas aftertreatment device is disclosed. A first characteristic temperature value for an oxidative carbon monoxide conversion and a second characteristic temperature value for an oxidative hydrocarbon conversion are assigned to an oxidation catalytic converter, and a third characteristic temperature value for a reductive NOx conversion is assigned to an SCR catalytic converter. Different respective values for injection parameters of injection processes for fuel injections into combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine and/or the heating output of an electric heating element are set upon reaching the first and the second characteristic temperature values for the temperature of the oxidation catalytic converter and upon reaching the third characteristic temperature value for the temperature of the SCR catalytic converter. |
| US10113456B2 |
Engine oil supply system
An engine oil supply system may include an oil pan connected with an oil pump at a first side and connected with an oil cooler at a second side, an oil passage through which oil pressurized by the oil pump flows, an oil filter disposed in the oil pan to filter impurities in the oil supplied from the oil pump, and a bypass valve disposed in the oil passage to selectively supply the oil in the oil passage to at least one of the oil cooler and the oil filter. |
| US10113454B2 |
Control device of engine
A control device of an engine, the engine including: a piston contained in a cylinder; an intake passage communicated to a combustion chamber of the cylinder; an exhaust passage led from the combustion chamber; a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel to the combustion chamber or the intake passage; and an ignition unit provided in the combustion chamber, includes: a low speed pre-ignition predicting unit configured to perform prediction of occurrence of low speed pre-ignition, based on operation condition of the engine; and a lubricating oil injection controlling unit configured to control a lubricating oil injecting device to inject lubricating oil to the piston or a member located around the piston, based on the prediction of the occurrence of the low speed pre-ignition performed by the low speed pre-ignition predicting unit. |
| US10113453B2 |
Multi-fuel compression ignition engine
An engine having subsystems and an operating cycle configured to meet all or a greater portion of the power requirements of the engine during the combustion period and not during the period in which the engine is not producing power, with the exception of the compression period and operation of an alternator. |
| US10113451B2 |
Hydraulic valve for a cam phaser
A hydraulic valve for a cam phaser and including a housing; a hollow cylindrical piston which is supported axially movable in a central opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing; a supply connection feeding a hydraulic fluid; and at least a first operating connection, a second operating connection and a tank connection, wherein one of the first operating connection or the second operating connection is connectable through an interior space of the piston with the supply connection and another of the first operating connection or the second operating connection is connectable with the tank connection as a function of a position of a position of the piston along the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the piston includes a first flow through opening and a second flow through opening connecting the interior space of the piston with the first operating connection and the second operating connection. |
| US10113448B2 |
Organic Rankine cycle based conversion of gas processing plant waste heat into power
A system includes a waste heat recovery heat exchanger configured to heat a heating fluid stream by exchange with a heat source in a crude oil associated gas processing plant. The system includes an Organic Rankine cycle energy conversion system including a pump, an energy conversion heat exchanger configured to heat the working fluid by exchange with the heated heating fluid stream, a turbine and a generator configured to generate power by expansion of the heated working fluid, a cooling element configured to cool the expanded working fluid after power generation, and an accumulation tank. The heating fluid flows from the accumulation tank, through the waste heat recovery heat exchanger, through the Organic Rankine cycle energy conversion system, and back to the accumulation tank. |
| US10113446B2 |
Rotary machine system
A rotary machine system (1) includes a first rotary machine (4) having a driving shaft (5) capable of being driven about an axis, a second rotary machine (2) having a driven shaft (3) rotatable about the axis and a bearing device (11) slidably supporting the driven shaft (3) on an axial end portion side with a pad surface (37) such that lubricating oil is supplied to the pad surface (37), a coupling unit (6) connecting the driving shaft (5) and the driven shaft (3) to each other such that rotation of the driving shaft (5) is transmitted to the driven shaft (3), and a baffle plate (7) disposed between the bearing device (11) and the coupling unit (6) and separating a space on the bearing device (11) side and a space on the coupling unit (6) side from each other. |
| US10113443B2 |
Failure detection device
The failure detection device includes an accumulated data storage unit 30, a unit space generating module 13, a signal space generating module 14 and a determining module 16, wherein the unit space generating module 13 and the signal space generating module 14 use values as they are for condition sensor values defined as sensor values that affect other sensor values and sensor values that are not affected by the condition sensor values, and use values nondimensionalized by the condition sensor values or values adjusted by the condition sensor values for the other sensor values affected by the condition sensor values, and the determining module 16 compares a distance between the unit space and the signal space and determines presence/absence of a possibility of a failure. |
| US10113439B2 |
Internal shroud for a compressor of an axial-flow turbomachine
The present application relates to a segmented inner shroud of a low-pressure compressor for an axial-flow turbine engine. The shroud includes an axial tubular wall, and a row of apertures formed in the axial wall. Each aperture has opposing edges situated to either side of a stator vane positioned in the aperture for the purpose of its attachment. The axial wall includes a radial flange which passes through the apertures in the circumferential direction of the shroud, so as to form a mechanical link between the opposing edges of the apertures. This mechanical seal permits the opposing edges to be joined together through each aperture, which improves the rigidity and the sealing. The shroud exhibits an E-shaped profile forming a sandwich structure with the annular sealing fins of the rotor, or sealing lips. The present application also relates to a method for the assembly of stator vanes abutting radially against the transverse radial flange. |
| US10113429B2 |
Liquid-capturing shaft
There is provided a liquid-capturing shaft (30). The shaft is hollow, arranged for rotation about its longitudinal axis (31), and has a cylindrical wall (32) defining an inner surface (33) and an outer surface (34) of the shaft and through which are formed a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart inlet openings (35). Each inlet opening (35) has a respective inwardly and axially facing capture surface (40) which extends from the outer surface (34) of the shaft to the inner surface (33) of the shaft. |
| US10113428B2 |
Flow rotor, in particular turbine wheel
A flow rotor (1), in particular a turbine wheel, having a wheel core (2) and an outer part (3) which surrounds the wheel core (2) and is connected thereto. The wheel core (2) and the outer part (3) are constructed from different materials. |
| US10113427B1 |
Vane heat engine
The present invention relates to a vane heat engine and in particular to a vane heat engine efficiently utilizing potential energy and having an adjustable expansion chamber wall so that the volume of the expansion chamber is adjustable. The engine has a housing with an inlet and an outlet. A rotor with a plurality of vanes is provided to rotate within the housing. An adjuster is provided for adjusting the location of an expansion chamber wall. The position or location of the expansion chamber wall determines the volume within a plurality of compartments bound by the rotor, the expansion chamber wall and two of the plurality of vanes. The expansion wall can be made of a plurality of members, whereby the expansion wall is flexible along its longitudinal dimension yet strong perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension. |
| US10113425B2 |
Underground mining system for reduced costs, improved efficiencies, higher productivity and a safer working environment through penetrated block extraction
The present invention relates to a mining method including the step of forming one or more sets of gate roads. Each set of gate roads includes at least two headings typically for providing and retuning ventilation. Dead end plunge cuts extend from the sets of gate roads. Each plunge cut is formed with a continuous miner coupled to a flexible conveyor system. Each plunge cut is greater than 30 meters in length. Advantageously, narrow elongate pillars may be left between adjacent plunge cuts, thereby resulting in greater material removal per volume and improved operating costs when compared with bord and pillar mining. |
| US10113421B2 |
Three-dimensional fracture abundance evaluation of subsurface formations
A method, apparatus, and program product evaluate fracture abundance in a subsurface formation by modeling a fracture network in a three-dimensional volume using geometric primitives. A fracture abundance parameter, e.g., a P32 fracture density, may be determined in part based upon the combined areas of the primitives with cells of a three-dimensional grid. |
| US10113419B2 |
Electromagnetic telemetry using a transceiver in an adjacent wellbore
A first transceiver positioned in a wellbore can transmit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal can include encoded data. A second transceiver can be positionable at a surface of an adjacent wellbore and can include a computing device communicatively coupled to electrodes positionable in the adjacent wellbore. The electrodes can receive the electromagnetic signal and generate respective voltages in response to the electromagnetic signal. The computing device can determine a decoded version of the encoded data based on a voltage difference between the electrodes. |
| US10113418B2 |
Methods and systems for spectrum estimation for measure while drilling telemetry in a well system
A method for configuring transmission signals is disclosed. The method includes receiving a signal from a downhole tool in a wellbore. The signal may include a telemetry portion and a noise portion. The method also includes reproducing the telemetry portion based at least partially on the signal. Further, the method includes subtracting the telemetry portion from the signal. The method includes estimating, based at least partially on the subtraction, the noise portion of the signal. The method also includes altering a transmission configuration of the downhole tool based at least partially on the noise portion of the signal. |
| US10113416B2 |
Modelling tool
A communication and data processing system for use between one or more employers and one or more service providers, at least including a mathematical model for calculating a quantity Hi(T), where Hi(T) denotes a size of a fee to the one or more service providers and T denotes the true time use. Calculating Hi(T) at least includes using the following manipulated parameters: TN, estimated time for completing the project; T, actual time for completing the project; Z, chosen portion of total project value; and at least one parameter indicative of real-time data for the project. The communication and data processing system is implemented as an application on a computer, the application acquiring real-time data automatically at predetermined times and other parameters being entered manually via a user interface. |
| US10113411B2 |
Borehole image gap filling
The present disclosure introduces methods and apparatus for acquiring a borehole image corresponding to a sidewall surface of a borehole that penetrates a subterranean formation, wherein the subterranean formation comprises structural elements and a varying geophysical characteristic. The borehole image comprises structure corresponding to the structural elements, texture corresponding to the varying geophysical characteristic, and coverage gaps (605) in which the structure and texture are missing. Trends corresponding to the structure are extracted from the borehole image. Missing structure within the gaps (605) is reconstructed based on the extracted trends. Missing texture within the gaps is simulated based on the borehole image and the reconstructed structure. A fullbore image is constructed based on the borehole image, the reconstructed structure within the gaps, and the simulated texture within the gaps. |
| US10113408B2 |
Integrated drilling control system
A computerized control system performs controlled pressure drilling in a formation with a drilling system according to a plan. A setup of at least the plan, the formation, and the drilling system is configured in the control system, and the setup is integrated with the drilling system. Functioning of the set up can then be conducted using one of a plurality of control modes, including an operating mode and a simulating mode. The control system functions the setup according to the operating mode for operational interaction with the setup using the integration of the setup with the drilling system. The control system can switch from the operating mode to the simulating mode for simulated interaction with the setup. The control system simulates for at least a time period the functioning of the setup according to the simulating mode using the integration of the setup with the drilling system. Current operations continue as at least one simulated operation or event is projected in the future. Ultimately, results from the simulating mode can be used in the operating mode as further operations continue. |
| US10113407B2 |
Electrochemical production of metal hydroxide using metal silicates
Systems are described for dissolving metal silicates to: produce metal hydroxide; remove carbon dioxide or other acid gases from the atmosphere or other gas mixture by reacting such gases with the metal hydroxide; penetrate or excavate metal silicates; extract metals or silicon-containing compounds from metal silicates; and produce hydrogen and oxygen or other gases. |
| US10113399B2 |
Downhole turbine assembly
A downhole turbine assembly may comprise a tangential turbine disposed within a section of drill pipe. A portion of a fluid flowing through the drill pipe may be diverted to the tangential turbine generally perpendicular to the turbine's axis of rotation. After rotating the tangential turbine, the diverted portion may be discharged to an exterior of the drill pipe. |
| US10113398B2 |
Fuel cell apparatus and method for downhole power systems
A rechargeable power system comprising: a drill string configured to operate in a well bore, the drill string comprising: a fuel cell system; a generator in electrical communication with the fuel cell system; a turbine, configured to rotate due to an impingement of drilling mud on one or more turbine blades, the turbine in operable communication with the generator; and where the fuel cell system is configured to provide power at least when drilling mud is not circulating in the well bore, and further configured to be recharged by the generator when drilling mud is circulating in the well bore. A method for operating a rechargeable downhole fuel cell. The method comprises: monitoring a fluid supply pressure; determining whether the fluid supply pressure is below a threshold value; and stopping a fuel cell discharge if the fluid supply pressure is below the threshold value. |
| US10113393B2 |
Systems and apparatuses for separating wellbore fluids and solids during production
There is provided parts for assembly to produce a flow diverter configured for disposition within a wellbore. The parts include an insert-receiving part including a passageway, and a flow diverter-effecting insert configured for insertion within the passageway. The flow diverter-effecting insert is co-operatively configured with the insert-receiving part such that a flow diverter is defined while the flow diverter-effecting insert is disposed within the passageway. The flow diverter is configured for: receiving and conducting a reservoir fluid flow; discharging the received reservoir fluid flow into the wellbore such that gaseous material is separated from the discharged reservoir fluid flow within the wellbore, in response to at least buoyancy forces, such that a gas-depleted reservoir fluid flow is obtained; and receiving and conducting the obtained gas-depleted reservoir fluid flow. |
| US10113388B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing wellbore isolation
An actuatable wellbore isolation assembly including a housing defining an axial flowbore and including a mandrel portion, a first end portion, and a second end portion; a radially expandable isolating member positioned circumferentially about the housing; a sliding sleeve circumferentially positioned about the mandrel, the sliding sleeve being movable from a first position, in which the sliding sleeve retains the isolating member in a narrower non-expanded conformation, to a second position, in which the sliding sleeve does not retain the isolating member in the narrower non-expanded conformation; and an actuator assemblage configured to allow movement of the sliding sleeve from the first to the second position. In an exemplary embodiment, the actuator assemblage includes a biasing chamber having a biasing member disposed therein, wherein the biasing member is configured to apply a force to the sliding sleeve to move the sliding sleeve from the first to the second position. |
| US10113381B2 |
Downhole amplification tool
An exemplary embodiment of the amplification device generally includes amplification springs, complementary amplification spring seats for the respective ends of the amplification springs, and a corresponding hammer and anvil surface. A knocker bit comprises an impact surface on its upper end for interacting with the hammer surface of an impact tool, and a hammer surface on its lower end proximate its downward facing amplification spring seat. A bottom sub provides the corresponding anvil surface at its upper end proximate its upward facing amplification spring seat. The amplification device is used with an impact tool wherein the device amplifies the impact loads. The amplification device may be utilized with an oscillating device to provide rotational frequency in addition to the amplification device's axial frequency. |
| US10113377B2 |
Drive systems for use with long lateral completion systems and methods
A completion system and method adapted for use in wells having long lateral boreholes includes a mast assembly, a pipe handling mechanism, a pipe arm, a pipe tub, a pump/pit combination skid, a rig carrier, and a control system. The mast assembly can extend in a generally vertical direction, e.g., perpendicular to the rig carrier and/or the earth's surface, such that the rig can be placed directly adjacent to a wellbore, and the top drive or a similar drive system can be engaged with and move along the mast while remaining above the wellbore. The top drive can be engaged with a support fixture that resists torque and rotation during operation. The support fixture can in turn be engaged with the mast to transfer torque forces to the mast while being vertically movable along the mast to enable positioning of the top drive. |
| US10113376B2 |
Conveyor apparatus
A conveyor apparatus (2), so-called injector head, for feeding e.g. continuous tubing (7) or coiled tubing through the conveyor apparatus (2), to and from a wellhead and a well below and related to use of well tools. A pair of oppositely located, co-operatively movable, segmented continuous belts (28; 29) are in the apparatus, each belt comprising a plurality of interconnected gripper shoe carriers (30) carried and movable by means of a pair of continuous belt drive chains (31; 32), wherein a rear side (30″) of the carrier (30) has at least one roller (35) configured to roll about a shaft (36) attached to the carrier (30) against an elongate counter-force member (37) associated with an apparatus frame (21) and extending between said drive sprockets (33; 34), and wherein a gripper shoe (38; 52) to engage and feed the tubing is located at a front side of each carrier (30), The shaft (36) of the at least one roller (35) is resiliently supported transversely of its longitudinal axis by means of a plurality of resilient members (48) fitted in the rear side (30″) of the carrier (30) to lie about the shaft (36) at spaced apart locations. |
| US10113374B2 |
Device and method for handling drill string components in a drill rig and drill rig
A device for handling drill string components in respect of 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 partly drilled into a rock formation. A support is configured to fasten the device onto the drill rig. A handling unit is movably connected to the support. The handling unit includes the gripper and is movable between a drill string position and a loading position. The handling unit includes an auxiliary engagement unit configured to engage the second drill string component in the drill string position and an angle variation unit configured to vary an angle of the gripper and thereby the gripped first drill string component in order to allow the alignment in the drill string position. Also a method and a drill rig. |
| US10113372B2 |
Centralizer
A centralizer having bow springs in a retracted position to facilitate passage through a restriction. After passing through the restriction, the bow springs may be expanded to support a casing. In one embodiment, the bow springs may be expanded using a movable sleeve. |
| US10113371B2 |
Downhole control line connector
An example connector includes a housing having a conduit chamber defined therein between a body and a shroud, a matable connector at least partially disposed within the housing and providing a mating face that faces tangentially with respect to the housing so as to mate tangentially with an opposing matable connector, and a splitter block coupled to the housing and conveying one or more communication media into the conduit chamber to communicate with the matable connector. |
| US10113370B2 |
Fluid flow control device
A downhole fluid flow control apparatus is disclosed. The fluid flow control apparatus includes a substantially tubular housing. In one embodiment, the fluid flow control device includes an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the inner diameter having a profile defined by one or more contour lines. The fluid flow control apparatus further includes a plurality of circular orifices defined on the tubular housing. In another embodiment, the fluid flow control apparatus includes a plurality of slotted orifices defined on the tubular housing. |
| US10113365B2 |
Drill bit for milling composite plugs
A roller cone drill bit having at least one roller cone cutter, the roller cone cutter having multiple rows of cutting elements, arranged concentrically around the axis of rotation of the roller cone. One row of cutting elements is located on the heel of the roller cone. Each of the rows of cutting elements includes both cemented tungsten carbide inserts and milled teeth as cutting elements. |
| US10113363B2 |
System and related methods for control of a directional drilling operation
A system and method can include a module including at least one actuation assembly configured to transition between an inactive configuration and an active configuration. The system include at least one sensor configured to obtain data that is indicative of an operating parameter, and at least one processor configured to be electronically coupled to the guidance module and the at least one sensor. The at least one processor is configured to, in response to 1) input received from the at least one sensor that is indicative of the measured operating parameter, and 2) received input that is indicative of an actual drilling direction that is deviated from the predetermined drilling direction, adjust an extent that the actuation assembly is in the active configuration. |
| US10113360B2 |
Roll-up wall tensioning
Various embodiments of a flexible, roll-up wall are described herein. The wall includes a roller drum having a selectively engageable one-way bearing, one or more power supplies, a motor, a flexible, sound-attenuating sheet, an electromagnet and at least one of a corresponding permanent magnet or ferromagnet, one or more conductive threads, a force meter, and a potentiometer. The motor is coupled to the drum by a transmission. The flexible sheet includes a base fabric and a polymer coating surrounding the base fabric, and is coupled to the roller drum at a first end of the sheet. The one or more conductive threads are woven into the base fabric. At least one conductive thread electrically couples the electromagnet to one of the power supplies. The potentiometer varies the current delivered to the electromagnet based on a force measured by the force meter. |
| US10113358B1 |
Window blinds with extendable edges
A window shade with extendable edges or inserts is described. A set of cellular inserts 2 are slidably displaced within the cells 12 of a honeycomb shade 10. The inserts 2 have a cross-sectional shape similar to the cross-sectional shape of the honeycomb shade cells 12. The inserts 2 extend within the cells longitudinally a distance 22. At a distal edge 6 of the honeycomb shade 12 the inserts 2 are connected together. A notch 5 is attached to the inserts along near distal edge 6. The notch 5 allows a user to pull the inserts 2 in a uniform manner out from the cells 12 of the honeycomb shade 10 a preferred extended distance 66. The user is thereby able to extend the sunblocking ability of the honeycomb shade. |
| US10113354B2 |
Multiple-pane insulating glazing unit assembly, gas filling, and pressing machine
A system for producing multiple-pane insulating glazing units can include a conveyor and a plurality of laterally spaced-apart processing stations that are movable transversely relative to the longitudinally extending conveyor line. Each processing station may assemble glazing panes and a glazing spacer into a partially fabricated glazing unit, deliver insulative gas to a between-pane space between the glazing panes, and press the partially fabricated glazing unit together to seal the insulative gas in the between-pane space and form the multiple-pane insulating glazing unit. In some examples, each processing station moves to an alignment position with the conveyor to load glazing panes and a glazing spacer and then performs individual fabrication steps while offset from the conveyor. During this time, a different processing station can be aligned with the conveyor to unload a fabricated multiple-pane insulating glazing units and/or load unassembled glazing panes and a glazing spacer. |
| US10113353B2 |
High speed door
This high speed door (1), for closing or opening an opening made in a wall, comprises a bearing structure (3, 4) to which are attached a flexible curtain (2) and a drive system (5) enabling the curtain (2) to be moved from a closed position into an open position in which the curtain (2) is concertina-folded into the top of the opening. According to the invention, the bearing structure (3, 4) comprises two U-shaped vertical uprights (3) comprising a web (9) and two flanges (10) between which the curtain (2) is folded, each upright (3) being formed of at least one one-piece section piece (6) incorporating at least one cavity (7) oriented in the longitudinal direction of the section piece (6). |
| US10113346B2 |
Hinge, in particular for a piece of furniture
A hinge, in particular for a piece of furniture, comprises an inner hinge portion that can be attached to the furniture carcass or to a door hinged to the carcass, an outer hinge portion that can be attached to an outer door, a connecting device that connects the inner hinge portion to the outer hinge portion so that they can pivot relative to each other by three receiving members. The inner hinge portion has a main body that can be attached to the furniture carcass or to a door hinged to the furniture carcass. A lower receiving member is movable, preferably slidable, relative to an upper receiving member which is mounted, preferably rigidly, on the main body. |
| US10113335B1 |
Latch apparatus with independent identical opposing latches
The present latch apparatus includes a swinging piece having first and second independent latches or sliders sliding in first and second slots. The first and second sliders slide independently of each other. The first and second sliders engage an undersurface of an extension of a first object such as a gate. If either the first or second slider is engaged on the undersurface, the swinging piece is locked and is not swingable such that the first object such as the gate cannot itself swing away from a second object such as a barrier section. Only when each of the first and second sliders has been slid beyond the undersurface can the swinging piece swing to permit the first object such as the gate to be released and thus swingable itself relative to the second object such as the barrier section. |
| US10113333B2 |
Bolt to pin with interchangeable combination
The invention refers to a bolt to pin lock with interchangeable combination to be used mainly in gates, cold storage rooms, commercial vehicles, containers, wagons manufacturing facilities, and doors. |
| US10113331B2 |
Vehicle panel handle for opening a panel of an automotive vehicle
A vehicle panel handle for opening a panel of an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The panel handle includes a handle lever configured to rotate around a first rotation axis between a resting position wherein the panel is closed and an opening position wherein the panel is open, a latch lever configured to rotate around a second rotation axis and to cooperate with the handle lever for opening the panel when the handle lever around the first rotation axis for reaching the opening position, and a counter weight configured for preventing the unwilling rotation of the handle lever. The counter weight has an elongated shape and is configured to rotate around a third rotation axis between an unblocking position in which the latch lever is not prevented from rotating, and a blocking position where the latch lever is preventing from rotating. |
| US10113329B2 |
Eave structure and tent frame having same
Disclosed are eave structures and tent frames with the same. An eave structure includes a sleeve member, an eave pole, a connecting pole and a sliding connector. For a tent frame having a first connector on a supporting pole and an upper pole, the sleeve member is to be disposed at the first connector, and the sliding connector is to be slidably coupled with and movable along the upper pole. The eave pole is slidably coupled with the sleeve member. The connecting pole has a first end portion pivotally connected with a first end portion of the eave pole and a second end portion pivotally connected with the sliding connector. |
| US10113325B1 |
Generator enclosure system
A generator enclosure system provides for tool-less removal of protective panels. The panels are configured to lock in place and unlock by a technician using only their hands. Side panels interlock with front and back panels. At least the front panel may be removed by actuating, by hand, a lever on a locking mechanism and lifting the panels up and away from the generator enclosure system. |
| US10113324B2 |
Re-positionable floor guide system and tool for use in the same
The tool re-positions a floor guide supporting a climbing screen. The climbing screen includes a mounting arm that extends along a longitudinal axis and is fixed to a floor of a construction. The tool includes a first member fixable to the floor of the construction at a first position along the axial length of the mounting arm, a second member fixable to the mounting arm at a second position spaced along the longitudinal axis of the mounting arm from the first member, and a driver linking the first and second members to one another and operable for varying the spacing between the first and second members along the longitudinal axis. |
| US10113322B2 |
Vertically lapped fibrous flooring
A flooring assembly (10) comprising at least one vertically lapped fibrous material layer (14), at least one pressure sensitive adhesive layer (12a) including a flexible substrate (12b), a mesh (12c) and an adhesive (12d) located along the flexible substrate, and at least one moisture impermeable membrane layer (16). |
| US10113321B2 |
Decking support system
A decking support system including a plurality of decking support elements, each decking support element including a first decking support engagement feature and a second decking support engagement feature, a plurality of connection elements, each connection element including a first connection feature adapted to co-operate with said first decking support engagement feature of a decking support element, and a second connection feature adapted to co-operate with said second decking support engagement feature of a decking support element, the arrangement being such that a first of said plurality of decking support elements is engageable with a second of said plurality of decking support elements by means of one of said plurality of connection elements dependent on said respective co-operations. |
| US10113317B1 |
Apparatus and method for hanging architectural panels with concealed attachment points
A wall and ceiling panel system which utilizes a concealed resilient beam for securing a panel to a wall or ceiling structure is disclosed. A wall and ceiling panel system having features of the present invention can comprise a panel configured for releasable attachment to a latching assembly. The latching assembly can comprise a resilient beam dynamically secured to a base bracket so as to allow the resilient beam to deflect relative to the base bracket during the panel installation and removal process. The panel can comprise a keyed flange having at least one locking slot configured to mate with the resilient beam, with the panel becoming secured to the latching assembly once the panel's key flange is mated with the resilient beam. |
| US10113315B2 |
Debris exclusion device for rain gutters
The disclosed device is a filtration system for rain gutters comprised of a frame that accepts a filter. The frame is adapted for installation on any style of gutter. The frame accepts a multitude of filters, allowing the guard to be tailored to the local environment.The disclosed device supports the use of different filters in different sections of the installed system, allowing for a system tailored to the particular home. |
| US10113313B2 |
Sheathing retention capsule
A sheathing retention capsule may include an outer body, the outer body having a tapered inner surface defining a forcing surface. The sheathing retention capsule may also include one or more holding wedges. At least one of the one or more holding wedges may have a tapered outer surface abutting the inner surface of the outer body. At least one of the one or more holding wedges may have an inner wall. |
| US10113305B2 |
Load bearing interlocking structural blocks and tensioning system
Construction materials intended for use as structural elements, such as structural blocks, used in the construction of buildings and civil engineering structures. The blocks can comprise hemp hurd and fibers, flax fiber, hydraulic lime and hydrated lime. In one aspect, the blocks may comprise a body shape configured so as to allow it to interlock with other blocks in the construction of a structure. In another aspect, the blocks may be adapted to incorporate tensioning means. Methods for manufacturing the blocks and structures comprising such materials and methods for building such structures are also disclosed. |
| US10113304B2 |
System and method for agent-based control of sewer infrastructure
The present invention is a method and system for control of sewer systems. The invention may implement ABRTC (RTC) to dynamically control of sewer systems to accomplish a desired outcome, such as CSO or SSO reduction or reduce water pollution or reduce surface flooding. In one embodiment, an Agent-Based RTC System assigns an agent to each sewer asset. Each agent measures the current state of its corresponding asset and assigns a virtual cost to any incoming flow to the asset based on the asset hydraulic or water quality state. The virtual cost is communicated to other assets upstream or downstream that may change the hydraulic or water quality state of the asset communicating the virtual cost. The network of agents may thus control the sewer to achieve the desired objective, such as asset hydraulic or water quality state. |
| US10113301B2 |
Arrangement for the removable coupling of a tool with a manoeuvrable arm of a working machine
An arrangement for removable coupling of a tool with a working machine includes a first part with opposing indentions, which is supported by the tool, and a second part that is supported by a maneuverable arm, which includes shafts to be introduced into the indentations, a lever with which the shafts can be moved away from each other, and a locking mechanism for the displacement of the shafts. One of the shafts is united at a joint with a first arm section, and another shaft is united at a joint with a second arm section. The arrangement also includes at least one knee lever joints, one of which demonstrates two levers united with the shafts. |
| US10113300B2 |
Work vehicle and ripper device
A ripper device includes a first cylinder, a shank, and an arm. The first cylinder includes a tube and a rod, and is disposed to extend and retract in the forward and backward direction in a plan view of the ripper device. The shank is disposed aligned with the first cylinder in the forward and backward direction in the plan view. The arm supports the shank and overlaps the tube of the first cylinder in the plan view. |
| US10113292B2 |
Quick coupler control device for working machine
In a control device, a pilot-operated first check valve connects a solenoid-operated first directional control valve to a lock side chamber of a lock cylinder installed in a quick coupler. A pilot-operated second check valve is connected to the lock cylinder unlock side chamber, a solenoid-operated second directional control valve connected between the second check valve and the first directional control valve. The first and second directional control valves are controlled by a controller with processed signals input from a mode selector switch, first sensor detecting a buck closing pilot pressure, and second sensor detecting a bucket closing working pressure. |
| US10113285B2 |
Revetment system
A revetment system includes multiple layers to reinforce a surface exposed to possible high water flow. The revetment system includes both a cellular confinement layer and an articulated block layer. The cellular confinement layer is adapted to be placed on the ground surface to be protected. The block layer is mounted on top of that cellular confinement layer. Optional geosynthetic layers may be mounted under the cellular confinement layer and between the cellular confinement layer and block layers. |
| US10113283B1 |
Snow discharge diverter apparatus and method
The plowing of streets and roadways in areas with snowy climates is typically done with a labor intensive, manually operated snow removal apparatus mounted on a vehicle designed to push the snow off the roadway. A problem is that there may be areas near the roadway, such as, driveways, mailboxes, crosswalks, cross streets, and fire hydrants that should not be blocked or covered with discharged snow. The present inventions are an apparatus and a method by which the snow removal apparatus can be operated automatically without the need for manual intervention, to avoid throwing discharged snow on areas that would be undesirable to block or cover with snow. |
| US10113281B2 |
Snowthrower impeller assembly with rigid cutting implement
An impeller assembly for a snowthrower includes a driven shaft configured to rotate about an axis, a flexible impeller configured to rotate about the axis and extending horizontally across substantially a complete width of the impeller assembly parallel to the axis, and a rigid cutting implement. The flexible impeller extends radially from the driven shaft to an impeller radial distance. The rigid cutting implement extends radially from the driven shaft to a cutting implement radial distance less than the impeller radial distance, wherein the rigid cutting implement is spaced apart from and does not contact the flexible impeller. |
| US10113280B2 |
Autonomous robot apparatus and method for controlling the same
An autonomous robot apparatus that is activated to perform a work routine upon detecting the accumulation of precipitation. In one aspect, the invention can be an autonomous robot apparatus comprising: a chassis; a plurality of wheels mounted to the chassis; a drive system mounted to the chassis and operably coupled to the plurality of wheels; a control module operably coupled to the drive system; a precipitation sensing module comprising an accumulation level sensor configured to generate and transmit, to the control module, a first signal upon a predetermined initial accumulation level being detected; and the control module configured to activate the autonomous robot apparatus to perform a first instance of a work routine upon receipt of the first signal. |
| US10113279B2 |
Barrier systems with programmable light assembly
A method for using barrier systems includes positioning a plurality of barrier systems at a location, each barrier system having: a barrier having an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface, the interior surface bounding a chamber that is adapted to receive a ballast; and a light assembly secured to the barrier, the light assembly comprising a housing having a lens that at least partially bounds a compartment, a light source at least partially disposed within the compartment, and programmable circuity in electrical communication with the light emitting device. A control device is used to communicate wirelessly with programmable circuity of each barrier system after the barrier systems are positioned at the location so that data is transferred between the control device and the programmable circuity of each barrier system. |
| US10113276B2 |
Cold in-place recycling machine with surge tank
A CIR-modified milling machine includes a milling drum that is adapted to mill material from a roadway, which milling drum is contained in a milling drum housing. An additive spray assembly is located within the milling drum housing and adapted to dispense an asphalt additive therein. An additive flow system includes an inlet line that is adapted to be operatively connected to an external supply line, a surge tank for asphalt additive that is in fluid communication with the additive spray assembly, and an additive pump for pumping asphalt additive from the surge tank to the additive spray assembly. |
| US10113272B2 |
Fishplate comprising a protective strip
Lateral fishplate (21) for isolating a railway rail, notably a buried rail, the upper face of which includes a protective strip (26). |
| US10113271B2 |
Decoration and adornment methods for thermoformed pulp
A method of forming a molded and printed product from pulp material including the steps of: forming a wet pulp pre-form mold; applying printing decoration to the wet pulp pre-form via an intermediate transfer surface: transferring printed pre-form to a final mold; and molding or re-molding the printed pre-form into a final shape. |
| US10113268B2 |
Installation for drying a damp non-woven web
An installation for drying a non-woven web includes a device (10, 11), a diffusion chamber (10) having an outlet fitting (21) in which there is mounted a perforated sheet (24) creating a drop in pressure. |
| US10113264B2 |
Device adapted to maintain form and assist in drying of a glove
An insert maintains the form of a glove while facilitating drying. The insert has palm, finger, and thumb portions. The palm portion is a planar or curved flange, having first and second sides. The finger portion includes an index finger flange, a middle finger flange, a ring finger flange, and a pinky finger flange, each extending from the palm portion. A first peripheral flange and a second peripheral flange are each configured to respectively extend away from, and be in continuous proximity to, a periphery formed by the first side and the second side of the palm portion and the finger flanges. First and second transverse flanges are formed for each of the finger flanges, each configured to extend away from first and second sides thereof, and be substantially centered on the finger flange, to provide eight radiused points of a contact/support being substantially equally spaced, for each glove finger. |
| US10113254B2 |
Dispersible moist wipe
A dispersible moist wipe generally comprises a nonwoven tissue web having regenerated fibers in an amount of about 10 to about 30 percent by weight and natural fibers in an amount of about 70 to about 90 percent by weight. The regenerated fibers and the natural fibers are hydroentangled such that the web has a geometric mean tensile strength of at least 250 grams per inch and a slosh-box break-up time of less than 155 minutes. |
| US10113251B2 |
Sliver guide for a drawing frame, and a drawing frame with the silver guide
A sliver guide for guiding a plurality of textile slivers in an entry region of a drawing frame, includes a first guide portion for guiding a first group of textile slivers, and a second guide portion for separately guiding a second group of textile slivers. In a side view of the sliver guide, the first guide portion and the second guide portion are spaced apart from one another. The sliver guide has a third guide portion spaced apart from the first guide portion and from the second guide portion. To at least one of the guide portions, lateral guide elements for laterally guiding textile slivers are assigned, wherein the mutual distance of the guide elements can be adjusted. |
| US10113249B2 |
Silicon carbide substrate and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide substrate includes steps of preparing a silicon carbide substrate having a main surface, polishing the main surface of the silicon carbide substrate using a polishing agent containing a metal catalyst, and cleaning the silicon carbide substrate after the step of polishing. The step of cleaning includes a step of cleaning the silicon carbide substrate with aqua regia. |
| US10113247B2 |
Semiconductor single crystal pulling apparatus and method for remelting semiconductor single crystal using this
A single crystal pulling apparatus including: a remelting detection apparatus which detects that remelting of a lower end portion of the semiconductor single crystal is completed from a change in weight of the semiconductor single crystal when the lower end portion of the semiconductor single crystal is immersed in the melt to be remolten by using the wire; and a lowermost end detection apparatus which detects a lowermost end of the semiconductor single crystal from a position where no current flows between the semiconductor single crystal and the melt when the semiconductor single crystal is taken up with the use of the wire while applying a voltage between the semiconductor single crystal and the melt by applying a voltage between the crucible and the wire. |
| US10113246B2 |
Substrate holder, plating apparatus, and plating method
A substrate holder includes: inner contacts (45) to be brought into contact with a periphery of a substrate (W) for passing an electric current to the substrate; outer contacts (42) each having elasticity, the outer contacts (42) having contact surfaces (42a), respectively, to be brought into contact with a feeding terminal (51) coupled to a power source (18), the outer contacts (42) being coupled to the inner contacts (45), respectively; and a conductive block (60) arranged in back of the contact surfaces (42a) and located away from the outer contacts (42). The outer contacts (42) are deformable until the outer contacts (42) are brought into contact with the conductive block (60) when the contact surfaces (42a) are pressed against the feeding terminal (51). |
| US10113245B2 |
Electroplating contact ring with radially offset contact fingers
A contact ring for an electroprocessor has redundant contact fingers, i.e., more contact fingers than needed for contacting a very narrow edge exclusion zone on a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The contact fingers have slightly different lengths so that they extend to different radial positions. By providing redundant contact fingers, and by slightly varying the lengths of the contact fingers, a sufficient number of contact fingers make contact with the electrically conductive surface in the edge exclusion zone to provide good electroplating results. |
| US10113244B2 |
Method and apparatus for uniformly metallization on substrate
The present invention relates to applying at least one ultra/mega sonic device and its reflection plate for forming standing wave in a metallization apparatus to achieve highly uniform metallic film deposition at a rate far greater than conventional film growth rate in electrolyte. In the present invention, the substrate is dynamically controlled so that the position of the substrate passing through the entire acoustic field with different power intensity in each motion cycle. This method guarantees each location of the substrate to receive the same amount of total sonic energy dose over the interval of the process time, and to accumulatively grow a uniform deposition thickness at a rapid rate. |
| US10113243B2 |
Manufacturing method of casing of electronic device
A manufacturing method of a casing of an electronic device including the following steps is provided. First, a casing body is formed by an injection molding technology, and the casing body includes a button portion. Thereafter, a sensing assembly is electroplated on an inner surface of the casing body. The sensing assembly includes a first conductive line and two first contacts. The first conductive line forms a strain sensing pattern on the button portion, and the two first contacts connect to two ends of the first conductive line, respectively. |
| US10113242B2 |
Systems and methods for producing metal clusters; functionalized surfaces; and droplets including solvated metal ions
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for producing metal clusters; functionalized surfaces; and droplets including solvated metal ions. In certain aspects, the invention provides methods that involve providing a metal and a solvent. The methods additionally involve applying voltage to the solvated metal to thereby produce solvent droplets including ions of the metal containing compound, and directing the solvent droplets including the metal ions to a target. In certain embodiments, once at the target, the metal ions can react directly or catalyze reactions. |
| US10113240B2 |
Cathodic protection system monitoring
A method and system is disclosed for testing a cathodic protection system that protects a metallic structure with one or more DC power sources electrically connected to the metallic structure and an associated reference electrode. The metallic structure may be cathodically protected at multiple locations. A Cathodic Protection Waveform Monitoring Unit (CPWMU) operates independently from power cycling by the cathodic protection system to measure cathodic protection voltage levels by measuring, over one or more measurement time periods, a voltage differential between the metallic structure and its associated reference electrode, a plurality of times when power provided to the metallic structure is cycled on and off. The CPWMU includes digital storage to store values indicative of the measured voltage differentials over the measurement time period. A Cathodic Protection Waveform Reader (CPWR) that may be remotely located from any CPWMU communicates with a number of CPWMU's within communication range to obtain the values stored in the CPWMUs. The CPWR may be positioned in a variety of aircraft, vehicles or be hand carried. |
| US10113238B2 |
Gold plate coated stainless material and method of producing gold plate coated stainless material
There is provided a gold plate coated stainless material characterized by comprising: a stainless steel sheet formed with a passivation film having a surface of which a Cr/O value is within a range of 0.05 to 0.2 and a Cr/Fe value is within a range of 0.5 to 0.8 when measured by Auger electron spectroscopy analysis; and a gold plated layer formed on the passivation film of the stainless steel sheet. According to the present invention, there can be provided a gold plate coated stainless material which can be improved in the coverage and interfacial adhesion property of the gold plated layer formed on the stainless steel sheet even when reducing the thickness of the gold plated layer, thereby to be excellent in corrosion resistance and conductivity and advantageous in cost. |
| US10113233B2 |
Multi-zone temperature control for semiconductor wafer
An apparatus and a method for controlling critical dimension (CD) of a circuit is provided. An apparatus includes a controller for receiving CD measurements at respective locations in a circuit pattern in an etched film on a first substrate and a single wafer chamber for forming a second film of the film material on a second substrate. The single wafer chamber is responsive to a signal from the controller to locally adjust a thickness of the second film based on the measured CD's. A method provides for etching a circuit pattern of a film on a first substrate, measuring CD's of the circuit pattern, adjusting a single wafer chamber to form a second film on a second semiconductor substrate based on the measured CD. The second film thickness is locally adjusted based on the measured CD's. |
| US10113230B2 |
Formation method of hexagonal boron nitride thick film on a substrate and hexagonal boron nitride thick film laminates thereby
The present disclosure relates to a method of producing a multilayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) thick film on a substrate, and more particularly, to a method of forming a multilayer h-BN thick film on a substrate including (a) a substrate heating step of heating a first substrate, (b) a h-BN precursor supply step of supplying h-BN precursors to the heated first substrate, (c) a precursor dissolving step of dissolving the supplied h-BN precursors in the first substrate, and (d) a substrate cooling step of cooling the first substrate containing the dissolved h-BN precursors therein, and a laminate including a multilayer h-BN thick film prepared by the preparation method and a substrate which forms a stack structure with the h-BN thick film. |
| US10113228B2 |
Method for controlling semiconductor deposition operation
The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a semiconductor deposition operation. The method includes (i) identifying a first target lifetime in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) system; (ii) inputting the first target lifetime into a processor; (iii) outputting, by the processor, a plurality of first operation parameters according to a plurality of compensation curves; and (iv) performing the first operation parameters in the PVD system. The first operation parameters includes, but not limited to, an RF power tuning, a DC voltage tuning, a target to chamber pedestal spacing tuning, an AC bias tuning, an impedance tuning, a reactive gas flow tuning, an inert gas flow tuning, a chamber pedestal temperature tuning, or a combination thereof. |
| US10113225B2 |
Maskant for use in aluminizing a turbine component
A mask is used in aluminizing of superalloy turbine component, such as a turbine blade, where a region exposed to relatively high operating temperature is aluminized to form a diffusion aluminide coating and another region exposed to relatively lower operating temperatures is masked to prevent aluminizing of the masked region while concurrently being enriched in Cr and/or retaining a pre-existing Cr-content from the superalloy chemistry itself or from a previous chromizing operation. |
| US10113224B2 |
Friction adjustment interface between two parts made of nickel or nickel or cobalt-chromium alloy that are in relative motion against one another at high temperature
An adjustment interface inserted between a first part made of nickel or made of nickel alloy or made of cobalt-chromium alloy in relative motion with a second part made of nickel or made of nickel alloy or made of cobalt-chromium alloy. The interface includes a first adjustment layer on one of the two parts and has a composition that makes it possible, with the friction with the other part, to create a glaze-type layer. A second adjustment layer is deposited on the second part for cooperation with the first layer to act as a catalyst for the oxide formed by friction with the first layer. The first glaze layer of the interface improves the sliding of the parts under friction. The catalyst function provided by the second layer makes it possible to stabilize the oxide formed by friction and to thus ensure a lubrication function over an extended high-temperature range. |
| US10113218B2 |
Cast Al—Si—Mg-based aluminum alloy having excellent specific rigidity, strength and ductility, and cast member and automobile road wheel made thereof
A casting Al—Si—Mg-based aluminum alloy comprising by mass 12.0-14.0% of Si, 1.5-4.0% of Mg, and 0.10% or less of Mn, the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and having excellent specific rigidity, strength and ductility, and its cast member. |
| US10113217B2 |
Platinum thermocouple wire
A platinum wire in which crystal grain growth is slowed in order to prevent damage caused by creep without dispersing a metal oxide, and occurrence of slip at crystal grain boundaries is slowed. A platinum thermocouple wire that is used in a negative electrode of a platinum-based thermocouple and has a nitrogen mass concentration of 10 to 100 ppm, and when structure observation of the cross section of the wire in a longitudinal direction is performed, a structure is observed in which there is a plurality of crystal grains, which have an aspect ratio {(length of major axis)/(length of minor axis perpendicular to major axis)} of 5 or more and elongate in the longitudinal direction of the wire, in a wire thickness direction. |
| US10113216B2 |
Quasicrystal and alumina mixed particulate reinforced magnesium-based composite material and method for manufacturing the same
A reinforced magnesium matrix composite includes a quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase and a magnesium alloy matrix, where the weight ratio of the quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase to the magnesium alloy matrix is (4-8) to 100; the magnesium alloy matrix including by weight 1000 parts of magnesium, 90 parts of aluminum, 10 parts of zinc, 1.5-5 parts of manganese, 0.5-1 part of silicon and 0.1-0.5 part of calcium; the quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase including by weight 40 parts of magnesium, 50-60 parts of zinc, 5-10 parts of yttrium and 8-20 parts of nanometer alumina particles of which the diameter is 20-30 nm; and the quasicrystal and alumina mixture particles reinforcement phase having a size of 100-200 mesh. |
| US10113214B2 |
Alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal extraction method
The present invention provides an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal extraction method that has excellent extraction efficiency and allows repeated use of an aqueous solution that extracts an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal from a solid. The alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal extraction method is a method for extracting an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal from a solid containing the alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal, the method including an elution step in which the solid is added to a neutral amino acid-containing aqueous solution or an amino acid-containing mixed aqueous solution produced by mixing a pH adjusting agent with an aqueous solution containing at least one of a neutral amino acid, an acidic amino acid and a basic amino acid so as to elute the alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal in the neutral amino acid-containing aqueous solution or the amino acid-containing mixed aqueous solution. |
| US10113212B2 |
Sensors
Embodiments of the present invention provide an electromagnetic sensor (400) for detecting a microstructure of a metal target, comprising: a magnetic device (410, 420) for providing an excitation magnetic field; a magnetometer (430) for detecting a resultant magnetic field induced in a metal target; and a calibration circuit (450, 551, 552, 553, 554) for generating a calibration magnetic field for calibrating the electromagnetic sensor, wherein the calibration reference magnetic field is generated by an electrical current induced in the calibration circuit by the excitation magnetic field. |
| US10113211B2 |
Method of making a dual hardness steel article
A dual hardness steel article comprises a first air hardenable steel alloy having a first hardness metallurgically bonded to a second air hardenable steel alloy having a second hardness. A method of manufacturing a dual hard steel article comprises providing a first air hardenable steel alloy part comprising a first mating surface and having a first part hardness, and providing a second air hardenable steel alloy part comprising a second mating surface and having a second part hardness. The first air hardenable steel alloy part is metallurgically secured to the second air hardenable steel alloy part to form a metallurgically secured assembly, and the metallurgically secured assembly is hot rolled to provide a metallurgical bond between the first mating surface and the second mating surface. |
| US10113210B2 |
Heat treatment apparatus for cylinder block and heat treatment method for cylinder block
A heat treatment apparatus for a cylinder block, performs heat treatment by feeding gas. The heat treatment apparatus comprises a first feed part configured to feed the gas toward bores of the cylinder block, from a first side or a second side of the bores in an axis direction of the bores. |
| US10113203B2 |
Diagnosis kit and chip for bladder cancer using bladder cancer specific methylation marker gene
The present invention relates to a kit and nucleic acid chip for diagnosing bladder cancer using a bladder cancer-specific marker gene. More particularly, the invention relates to a kit and nucleic acid chip for diagnosing bladder cancer, which can detect the promoter methylation of a bladder cancer-specific gene, the promoter or exon region of which is methylated specifically in transformed cells of bladder cancer. The use of the diagnostic kit or nucleic acid chip of the invention enables diagnosis of bladder cancer at an early stage of transformation, thus enabling early diagnosis of bladder cancer, and can diagnose bladder cancer in a more accurate and rapid manner compared to a conventional method. |
| US10113198B2 |
Genetic polymorphisms associated with rheumatoid arthritis, methods of detection and uses thereof
The present invention is based on the discovery of genetic polymorphisms that are associated with rheumatoid arthritis. In particular, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection. |
| US10113194B2 |
Gas testing unit and method
Apparatuses and associated methods are described for the efficient evaluation of C1-containing substrates, and especially for such evaluation conducted locally, or on-site, at a prospective facility for implementation of a biological conversion process for desired end product using a C1 carbon source. The exact composition of a given, industrial C1-containing substrate, as well as the range in composition fluctuations, are generally difficult to reproduce at a remote facility (e.g., a laboratory or a pilot-scale or demonstration-scale process), as required for the accurate prediction/modeling of commercial performance to justify large capital expenditures for commercial scale-up. |
| US10113188B2 |
Compositions and methods for biological production of fatty acid derivatives
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for biologically producing fatty acid derivatives, such as fatty alcohols, from recombinant C1 metabolizing microorganisms that utilize C1 substrates such as methane or natural gas as a feedstock. |
| US10113186B2 |
Alkenol dehydratase variants
Described are alkenol dehydratase variants having improved activity in catalyzing the conversion of prenol into isoprene, methods for the production of isoprene using such enzyme variants and their uses in the production of isoprene from prenol. |
| US10113183B2 |
Adeno-associated virus vectors for treatment of glycogen storage disease
The present disclosure describes improved adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for gene therapy applications in the treatment of glycogen storage disease, particularly glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD-Ia). Described are recombinant nucleic acid molecules, vectors and recombinant AAV that include a G6PC promoter/enhancer, a synthetic intron, a G6PC coding sequence (such as a wild-type or codon-optimized G6PC coding sequence), and stuffer nucleic acid sequence situated between the G6PC promoter/enhancer and the intron, as well as between the intron and the G6PC coding sequence. The recombinant AAVs disclosed herein exhibit highly efficient liver transduction and are capable of correcting metabolic abnormalities in an animal model of GSD-Ia. |
| US10113182B2 |
Subfamily E simian adenoviruses A1302, A1320, A1331 and A1337 and uses thereof
Recombinant vectors comprise simian adenovirus A1302 (SAdV-A1302, SAdV-A1320, SAdV-A1331, and/or SAdV-A1337 sequences and a heterologous gene under the control of regulatory sequences. A cell line which expresses simian adenovirus SAdV-A1302, SAdV-A1320, SAdV-A1331, and/or SAdV-A1337 gene(s) is also disclosed. Methods of using the vectors and cell lines are provided. |
| US10113172B2 |
Nucleic acid aptamers
The present invention relates to optimized aptamers and methods of using these aptamers. |
| US10113171B2 |
Methods for improving cognitive function via modulation of quinone reductase 2
An active agent capable of reducing quinone reductase 2 activity, for use in improvement of cognition in a subject is provided. Such an active agent may be a nucleic acid molecule that reduces the gene expression level of quinone reductase 2 or an inhibitor of quinone reductase 2 activity. A vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule that reduces the gene expression level of quinone reductase 2 and a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active agent capable of reducing quinone reductase 2 activity or said vector are provided as well. |
| US10113170B2 |
Preventing and treating inflammatory skin diseases
The present invention relates to methods of treating, preventing, reducing the severity of, reducing the incidence of, delaying the onset of, or reducing pathogenesis of an inflammatory skin disease, condition or lesion in a human subject, which include the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of mi RNA compositions. In addition, methods of this invention may be used to treat symptoms of inflammatory skin diseases and reduce and/or inhibit keratinocyte proliferation. |
| US10113168B2 |
Ribozyme with tRNA synthetase activity and methods of manufacturing and using the same
Ribozymes exhibiting tRNA synthetase activity and substrate specificity, as well as methods for engineering and producing the same, are disclosed. The ribozymes of the present disclosure comprise a T-box RNA module fused with a flexizyme module. The flexizyme module provides high promiscuity with respect to amino acid substrates and the T-box module provides tRNA substrate specificity. Systems are also described for aminoacylation of suppressor tRNAs with unnatural amino acids (uAAs), such systems comprising the ribozyme previously mentioned, suppressor tRNA, and the desired uAAs. Methods for incorporating a uAA into a growing polypeptide chain using the ribozyme hereof are also provided. |
| US10113166B2 |
Treatment of filaggrin (FLG) related diseases by modulation of FLG expression and activity
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides and/or compounds that modulate the expression of and/or function of Filaggrin (FLG), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Filaggrin (FLG). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and/or compounds and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of FLG. |
| US10113163B2 |
Adenosine nucleobase editors and uses thereof
The disclosure provides adenosine deaminases that are capable of deaminating adenosine in DNA. The disclosure also provides fusion proteins comprising a Cas9 (e.g., a Cas9 nickase) domain and adenosine deaminases that deaminate adenosine in DNA. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins further comprise a nuclear localization sequence (NLS), and/or an inhibitor of base repair, such as, a nuclease dead inosine specific nuclease (dISN). |
| US10113162B2 |
Modifying soybean oil composition through targeted knockout of the FAD2-1A/1B genes
Materials and methods are provided for making soybean varieties that have altered oil composition as a result of mutations in the FAD2-1A and FAD2-1B genes. |
| US10113159B2 |
Suppression of cancer
The present invention relates to polypeptides for use in suppressing cancer and cancer disorders. The treatment employs use of a non-cytotoxic protease, which is targeted to the cancer cell, and, when so delivered, the protease is internalized and inhibits secretion from the cancer cell. |
| US10113158B2 |
Glucoamylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| US10113156B2 |
Stabilized reverse transcriptase fusion proteins
Stabilized reverse transcriptase fusion proteins including a thermostable reverse transcriptase connected to a stabilizer protein are described. Attaching the stabilizer protein to the thermostable reverse transcriptase stabilizes the fusion protein and can aid in its purification, provide increased solubility, allow for longer storage, or allow the fusion protein to be used under more rigorous conditions such as higher temperature. The stabilized reverse transcriptase fusion protein can also include a linker between the stabilizer protein and the thermostable reverse transcriptase. The stabilized reverse transcriptase fusion proteins are suitable for use in nucleic acid amplification methods such as the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and other applications involving cDNA synthesis. |
| US10113153B2 |
P450-BM3 variants with improved activity
The present invention provides improved P450-BM3 variants with improved activity. In some embodiments, the P450-BM3 variants exhibit improved activity over a wide range of substrates. |
| US10113151B2 |
Composition of viral vectors in lecithin liposomes, preparation method and treatment methods
A composition is provided which comprises a recombinant viral particle comprising a capsid, wherein the viral particle is encapsulated into an anionic liposome comprising lecithin and polyethylene glycol (PEG). A method for preparing and purifying the encapsulated viral particles is provided as well. Methods for treating patients by using the encapsulated viral particles are provided as well. |
| US10113148B2 |
Method for obtaining monocytes or NK cells
The present invention relates to a method by which cells usable for an immune cell therapy are separated from peripheral blood and grown. The present invention makes it possible to provide immune system cells which are large enough in number to be used in the immune cell therapy. |
| US10113147B2 |
Method for producing megakaryocytes, platelets and/or thrombopoietin using mesenchymal cells
Provided is a megakaryocyte and/or platelet production method, enabling to produce a megakaryocyte and/or platelet from mesenchymal cells such as preadipocytes in a relatively short period of time, simply, in a large amount and at lower cost or more efficiently in vitro and a method for producing TPO simply and in a larger amount. A first invention is a method for producing a megakaryocyte and/or platelet, comprising culturing a mesenchymal cell in a mesenchymal cell culturing basic medium containing an iron ion and an iron transporter and collecting megakaryocytes and/or platelets from a culture. A second invention is a method for producing thrombopoietin, comprising culturing a mesenchymal cell or mesenchymal cell-derived megakaryocyte in a mesenchymal cell culturing basic medium containing an iron ion and an iron transporter and collecting thrombopoietin from a culture. A third invention is a method for producing thrombopoietin, comprising culturing a preadipocyte in a preadipocyte culturing basic medium containing dexamethasone, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and insulin and collecting thrombopoietin from a culture. |
| US10113146B2 |
Method of collecting placental stem cells
A method of collecting embryonic-like stem cells from a placenta which has been treated to remove residual cord blood by perfusing the drained placenta with an anticoagulant solution to flush out residual cells, collecting the residual cells and perfusion liquid from the drained placenta, and separating the embryonic-like cells from the residual cells and perfusion liquid. Exogenous cells can be propagated in the placental bioreactor and bioactive molecules collected therefrom. |
| US10113141B2 |
Cleaning liquid for semiconductor device and method for cleaning substrate for semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to provide a good cleaning liquid for semiconductor device which is used after a CMP step, and the present invention relates to a cleaning liquid for semiconductor device containing the following components (1) to (5) or (1)′ to (4)′: (1) an inorganic alkali; (2) a chelating agent; (3) an anionic surfactant selected from sulfonic acid type and sulfuric acid type anionic surfactants; (4) an amine oxide type surfactant; and (5) water, or (1)′ an inorganic alkali; (2)′ a carboxyl group-containing chelating agent; (3)′ an anionic surfactant selected from a benzenesulfonic acid substituted with an alkyl group having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms and a salt thereof; and (4)′ water. |
| US10113140B2 |
Freshening compositions and devices comprising same
The present invention relates to freshening compositions and devices comprising same that comprise a composition comprising malodor reduction compositions and methods of making and using such compositions. Such malodor control technologies do not unduely interfere with the scent of the perfumed or unperfumed situs that is treated with the malodor control technology. |
| US10113136B2 |
Fractionation of frankincense resin using supercritical carbon dioxide
A method for extracting successively essential oil, incensole derivatives and boswellic acids from frankincense resin. |
| US10113131B2 |
Phosphono paraffins
Aspects described herein generally relate to methods of making a phosphono paraffin comprising forming a reaction mixture by mixing a haloparaffin, a phosphite, and sodium iodide. Methods comprise heating the reaction mixture to form the phosphono paraffin. Aspects described herein further relate to a phosphono paraffin represented by formula (I): wherein each instance of R1 is independently —H or wherein each instance of R2 and R3 is independently linear or branched C1-20 alkyl, C1-20 cycloalkyl, or aryl; the number of instances where R1 is of formula (I) is between about 2 and about 8; and n is an integer between 4 and 22. |
| US10113130B1 |
High density/high cetane renewable fuel blends
High density renewable diesel and jet fuels have been generated by blending multicyclic sesquiterpanes with a synthetic paraffinic kerosene (5-methylundecane). The sesquiterpanes impart high density and volumetric net heat of combustion to the blends, while inclusion of the modestly branched paraffin decreases the viscosity and increases the cetane number of the blends. A surrogate diesel fuel including 65% sesquiterpanes and 35% 5-methylundecane had a cetane number of 45.7, a density of 0.853 g/ml, and a volumetric net heat of combustion (NHOC) of 133,593 btu/gal. By increasing the amount of paraffin to 60% by volume, a jet fuel surrogate was prepared with a cetane number of 57.0, a density of 0.806 g/ml, a −20° C. viscosity of 7.9 est, and a NHOC of 124,257 btu/gal. The results show that full-performance and even ultra-performance fuels can be generated by combining bio-derived sesquiterpanes and paraffins. |
| US10113128B2 |
Fluorine-containing agents for enhancing hydrate inhibitors
The present invention generally relates to one or more compositions and methods for inhibiting the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates in a fluid using a fluorine-containing agent and an anti-agglomerant. The fluid may be contained, for example, in an oil or gas pipeline or refinery. |
| US10113127B2 |
Process for separating nitrogen from a natural gas stream with nitrogen stripping in the production of liquefied natural gas
A mixed single refrigerant process for separating a nitrogen gas stream from a natural gas stream containing nitrogen to produce a nitrogen gas stream from a liquefied natural gas stream wherein the separated nitrogen gas stream is used as a refrigerant for the natural gas stream and wherein the mixed refrigerant provides cooling for the process. |
| US10113119B2 |
Thermally stable monolith catalyst for reforming reaction
The present invention relates to a monolith catalyst for reforming reaction, and more particularly, to a thermally stable (i.e. thermal resistance-improved) monolith catalyst for reforming reaction having a novel construction such that any one of Group 1A to Group 5A metals are used as a barrier component in the existing catalyst particles to inhibit carbon deposition occurring during the reforming reaction in a process for formation of a reforming monolith catalyst while improving thermal durability as well as non-activation of the catalyst due to a degradation. |
| US10113116B2 |
Liquid crystal compound and liquid crystal composition employing the same
A liquid crystal compound and a composition employing the same are provided. The liquid crystal compound has a structure represented by Formula (I) wherein R1, A1, A2, A3, A4, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, X, m, n, o, and p are defined as in the description. |
| US10113114B2 |
Apparatus and method for coating particulate material
In a method of treating a particulate landscaping material, the material is fed into a mixing chamber and an additive mixture including a functional additive and a carrier is delivered to spray nozzles within the mixing chamber. At least one of the spray nozzles is operated to direct an atomized spray into the mixing chamber. The material is agitated within the mixing chamber during and/or after directing the atomized spray into the mixing chamber. The material is then conveyed with the additive mixture applied thereto to a mixing chamber outlet. During these steps, a volumetric flow rate of the particulate landscape material through the mixing chamber is intermittently determined. The determined volumetric flow rate is intermittently compared to a predetermined target flow rate of the particulate landscape material. Based on this comparison, the volumetric flow rate of the particulate landscape material through the mixing chamber is adjusted. |
| US10113112B2 |
Preparation of nanorods
A method of preparing a core-shell nanorod can include growing a shell of a core-shell nanorod (M1X1)M2X2 in a solution through a slow-injection of M2 precursor solution and X2 precursor solution, wherein the core-shell nanorod includes a M1X1 core. |
| US10113109B2 |
Oxo- and hydroxo-based composite inorganic ligands for quantum dots
The invention provides a luminescent material (10) comprising quantum dots (100), wherein the luminescent material (10) further comprises a capping agent (110) coordinating to the quantum dots (10), wherein the capping agent comprises MxOy(OH)zn, wherein M is selected from the group consisting of B, Al, P, S, V, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Nb, Mo, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Ta and W, wherein x≥1, y+z≥1, and wherein n indicates a positive or negative charge of the capping agent. |
| US10113102B2 |
Activity enhanced scale dispersant for treating inorganic sulfide scales
Processes and compositions to control inorganic sulfide scale formations in oilfield applications, including flow lines, wellbores, and subterranean formations. One example involves providing a treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid, a scale inhibitor, and a water clarifying agent; introducing the treatment fluid into a target region, wherein an inorganic cation and a sulfide anion are present in the target region; allowing the inorganic cation and the sulfide anion to form a sulfide precipitate; and using the treatment fluid to remove at least a portion of the sulfide precipitate from the target region. |
| US10113100B1 |
Compositions with polyaziridine crosslinkers for treating subterranean formations
The present application provides a composition containing a maleic anhydride copolymer, a polyaziridine crosslinker, optionally an additional crosslinking agent such as an amine crosslinker, and optionally a gel time control agent. Methods of using the composition to treat a subterranean formation are also provided. |
| US10113092B2 |
Multicomponent crosslinkable compositions based on organyloxysilane-terminated polymers
Multicomponent crosslinkable compositions based on organyloxysilane-terminated polymers free of toxicologically objectionable catalysts and isocyanates exhibiting good tensile shear strength are useful for adhesive bonding and sealing of substrates. |
| US10113090B2 |
Adhesive composition
The present invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising: 15 to 25 parts by weight of a 1-butene homopolymer; 12 to 22 parts by weight of an α-olefin copolymer having a melting point of 90° C. or higher; 30 to 50 parts by weight of a tackifier resin having a softening point of 125° C. or higher; 6 to 22 parts by weight of a polypropylene-based wax; and 4 to 20 parts by weight of a liquid hydrocarbon. |
| US10113089B2 |
Articles and methods comprising polyacrylate primer with nitrogen-containing polymer
Articles are described such as optical films and optical film stacks 2000. The articles include a substrate 2070 and a primer layer 2075 disposed on the substrate wherein the primer layer comprises a polyacrylate and a nitrogen-containing polymer. The article further includes an adhesive layer 2060 disposed onto the primer layer wherein the adhesive layer comprises a polyacrylate component. In some embodiments, the adhesive is further bonded to a second substrate 2010 or a release liner. |
| US10113086B2 |
Expandable tape
A widthwise expandable tape is provided, the tape having a first adhesive side, a second adhesive side, and a flexible region between the two. The tape is adapted to be expandable and contractable in a widthwise direction. |
| US10113084B2 |
Mold release agent
A mold release composition is provided contains a minimum of three reactive moieties per molecule to provide for both mold adhesion and crosslink density. The composition is soluble in a VOC-free organic solvent or water, alone or with resort to an emulsifier. The composition can be used as a semi-permanent mold release in some embodiments. |
| US10113083B2 |
Resist underlayer film-forming composition containing polymer which contains nitrogen-containing ring compound
The present invention provides a resist underlayer film that has a wide focus position range within which a good resist shape can be obtained. A resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography comprising a linear polymer that is obtained by a reaction of a diepoxy group-containing compound (A) with a dicarboxyl group-containing compound (B). The linear polymer has structures of the following formulae (1), (2), and (3) derived from the diepoxy group-containing compound (A) or the dicarboxyl group-containing compound (B): The linear polymer preferably contains a polymer obtained by a reaction of two diepoxy group-containing compounds (A) each having structures of Formulae (1) and (2) with a dicarboxyl group-containing compound (B) having a structure of Formula (3), or a polymer obtained by a reaction of a diepoxy group-containing compound (A) having a structure of Formula (1) with two dicarboxyl group-containing compounds (B) each having structures of Formulae (2) and (3). |
| US10113076B2 |
Inverse emulsion acrylate ink compositions for ink-based digital lithographic printing
The disclosed embodiments are directed to a composition of an inverse emulsion acrylate ink for use in variable data digital lithographic image forming devices and methods for preparing and using the ink. The disclosed inverse emulsion acrylate ink includes an acrylate monomer, oligomer, polymer, or mixtures thereof that is a continuous phase, and water dispersed as an emulsion in the continuous acrylate phase. The disclosed inverse emulsion acrylate ink includes one or more of a color pigment component, a rheology modifying agent, a stabilizing agent, and a photoinitiator component. The water may be supplemented with a surfactant to lower a surface tension of the water. |
| US10113073B2 |
Dielectric thick film ink
A thermally conductive thick film dielectric ink for an electronic device includes a mixture of an organic medium, a glass binder, and a technical ceramic powder having ceramic particles dispersed throughout the thick film dielectric ink mixture. |
| US10113072B2 |
Electrophoretic particle, method of manufacturing electrophoretic particle, electrophoresis dispersion liquid, electrophoresis sheet, electrophoresis device, and electronic apparatus
An electrophoretic particle includes a base particle (particle), a first compound, a second compound, and a third compound bonded to the base particle. The first compound is a polymer having a dispersion portion derived from a first monomer, and a bonding portion derived from a second monomer, and is connected to the base particle at the bonding portion. The second compound includes a non-polar group and a second functional group and is connected to the base particle at the second functional group. The third compound includes a charging group and a second functional group and is connected to the base particle at the second functional group. |
| US10113071B2 |
Intumescent coating composition
A liquid intumescent coating composition comprising the following components: (a) 25.0-75.0 volume % of one or more organic thermosetting polymer(s) and one or more curing agent(s) for the organic thermosetting polymer(s), (b) 1.0-70.0 volume % of a source of phosphoric or sulphonic acid, (c) 6.0-60.0 volume % of a source of boric acid, (d) 0-2.0 volume % of melamine or melamine derivatives, (e) 0-1.0 volume % of one or more isocyanurate derivatives, wherein the volume % of components (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) is calculated on the total volume of the non volatile components in the coating composition. The thermosetting intumescent coating composition is suitable for protecting substrates against hydrocarbon fires, for example jet fires. The coating composition can be used without a supporting mesh. The present invention also relates to substrates coated the intumescent coating composition, and a method of protecting structures from fire. |
| US10113064B2 |
Water soluble ink-jet composition for 3D printing
A material composition, which may be a support material, for three-dimensional (3D) inkjet printing is disclosed. The material composition may comprise a glycol polymer, a low molecular weight polar substance and a surface-active agent. The glycol polymer may be polyethylene glycol (PEG) having a molecular weight between about 1000 and about 6000 and the low molecular weight polar substance may be dimethyl hexanediol. |
| US10113062B2 |
Modified polylactic acid, polymeric blends and methods of making the same
Polymeric compositions and processes of forming the same are discussed herein. The processes generally include contacting a polylactic acid with a reactive modifier selected from epoxy-functionalized polybutadiene, ionic monomer, and combinations thereof. |
| US10113056B2 |
Composite with improved mechanical properties and molded article including the same
The present invention provides a composite obtained by processing a resin composition including a thermoplastic resin, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, and a reinforcing material. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes have an average diameter of 10 nm or more and an Id/Ig of 1 or less. The walls of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes consist of 10 or more layers of graphene. The rate of residual length of the carbon nanotubes present in the composite is 40% or more. The composite has improved mechanical properties without deterioration of conductivity. Due to these advantages, the composite can be used to manufacture various molded articles. |
| US10113047B2 |
Exfoliated graphite-resin composite material and method for producing the same
There is provided an exfoliated graphite-resin composite material that has high dispersibility in resins and the like and is easily handled. An exfoliated graphite-resin composite material in which exfoliated graphite and a resin form a composite. When an amount of methylene blue adsorbed per g of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material (μmol/g) is y, the amount of methylene blue adsorbed as measured based on a difference between an absorbance of a methanol solution of methylene blue at a concentration of 10 mg/L and an absorbance of a supernatant liquid obtained by introducing the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material into the methanol solution of methylene blue and performing centrifugation, and a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material is x, a ratio y/x is 0.15 or more, and the BET specific surface area is 25 m2/g or more. |
| US10113046B2 |
Tetrafluorobutene blowing agent compositions for polyurethane foams
A blowing agent for thermosetting foams is disclosed. The blowing agent is 2,4,4,4-tetrafluorobutene-1 alone or in combination with a hydrofluoroolefin (HFO), hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), hydrochlorofluoroolefin (HCFO), or a hydrocarbon. The blowing agent is effective as a blowing agent in the manufacture of thermosetting foams. |
| US10113045B2 |
Molded foam article, foamed sole, and shoe
There is provided a molded foam article including a foam obtained by foaming a formation material wherein the formation material contains a resin component, an Asker C hardness of the foam is 10 degrees or more, and a ratio E40/E0 of the foam is 0.5 or more, the ratio E40/E0 being a ratio of an elastic coefficient E40 at a strain of 40% in relation to an elastic coefficient E0 at a strain of 0% of the foam.The molded foam article has appropriate softness with a small change in hardness under compressive deformation. |
| US10113043B2 |
Polyurethane gel particles, methods and use in flexible foams
Combinations of open cell flexible foams with polyurethane gel particles, and methods of making the combinations are described using a variety of procedures. The open cell flexible foam may partially or wholly comprise polyurethane foam and latex foam. |
| US10113042B2 |
Method for curing and surface-functionalizing molded parts
A method for curing and surface functionalization of molded parts, including processing materials that contain at least one unsaturated radically or cationically curable reactive resin system and further substances to form a molded part and cross-linking the materials up to dimensional stability during or after the processing. The method additionally includes subjecting the molded part to energetic radiation or energetic particles at least one of during the cross-linking and subsequent to the cross-linking to essentially complete curing at least of a surface region of the molded part to produce an essentially completely coatable molded part surface. |
| US10113041B2 |
Film and method for producing same
The present invention aims to provide a film having excellent mechanical strength and abrasion resistance. The film of the present invention contains an aromatic polyether ketone resin (I) and a fluororesin (II). The aromatic polyether ketone resin (I) has a crystallinity of 10% or higher. |
| US10113038B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition for exterior material, and molded
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition for an exterior material, and a molded product using the same, the composition containing a thermoplastic resin and at least two types of cellulose-based fibers, wherein 0.1-5 parts by weight of the cellulose-based fibers are contained on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin. |
| US10113036B2 |
Crosslinked organopolysiloxane and method for producing same, mist suppressant, and solvent-free silicone composition for release paper
Provided are: a crosslinked organopolysiloxane which has properties intermediate between a dimethylpolysiloxane oil and a gel-like crosslinked siloxane; and a method for producing the crosslinked organopolysiloxane. An oil-like organopolysiloxane which is produced by: adding a compound having a siloxane unit represented by formula (3) to a gel-like silicone, wherein the gel-like silicone is produced by a hydrosilylation reaction of an organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group with an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom in the presence of a platinum-group metal catalyst; and then equilibrating the resultant product with an acid or alkali catalyst. R12SiO2/2 (3) (R1 represents a group selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group having no aliphatic unsaturated bond and an alkenyl group represented by the formula: —(CH2)a—CH═CH2 (wherein a represents a numerical value of 0 to 6), and the average polymerization degree of formula (3) is 3 to 2,000.) |
| US10113034B2 |
Polymers from stabilized imines
The disclosure describes new compositions and methods related to polyaminals and related polymers. The compositions are useful as therapeutic/drug conjugates, self-healing materials, reversible crosslinking materials, degradable hydrogels, protective coatings, and as metal scavenging agents. New atom efficient synthetic schemes are disclosed, which yield previously unobtainable high molecular weight polyaminals. |
| US10113032B2 |
Amine functional polyamides
Amine functional polyamides comprise amine and ammonium groups along the polymer chain. Amine functional polyamides can be used as pharmaceutical agents and in pharmaceutical compositions. The amine functional polyamides are particularly useful in the treatment or prevention of mucositis and infection, specifically oral mucositis, surgical site infection, and lung infection associated with cystic fibrosis. |
| US10113028B2 |
Epoxy resin, curable resin composition, cured product, semiconductor encapsulating material, semiconductor device, prepreg, circuit board, buildup film, buildup substrate, fiber-reinforced composite material and fiber-reinforced molded article
An epoxy resin exhibits a small change in volume after thermal history, is excellent in low thermal expansion and low moisture absorption, and has high heat resistance, in terms of a cured product obtained therefrom; a curable resin composition; a cured product which has all the above properties; a semiconductor encapsulating material; a semiconductor device; a prepreg; a circuit board; a buildup film; a buildup substrate; a fiber-reinforced composite material; and a molded article. The present invention is characterized by an epoxy resin, characterized by including as essential components, a cresol-naphthol co-condensed novolac type epoxy resin (A), a naphthol glycidyl ether compound (B), and one or more xanthene compounds (C) selected from the group of compounds represented by the following structural formulae (1) to (3), wherein the content of the xanthene compound(s) (C) is from 0.1% to 5.5% in terms of area ratio in a GPC measurement. |
| US10113020B2 |
Injection stretch blow molded articles and random copolymers for use therein
A polymer composition adapted for use in injection stretch blow molding may include a metallocene random propylene-based copolymer in the absence of a clarifier. The metallocene random propylene-based copolymer may exhibit a melting point of from 105° C. to less than 175° C., a recrystallization temperature ranging from 85° C. to 100° C. as measured by DSC, a microtacticity ranging from 89% to 99%, a molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 170,000 to 210,000, and a melt flow rate of from about 1 dg/min. to about 40 dg/min. A method of forming an injection stretch blow molded (ISBM) article may include providing the metallocene random propylene-based copolymer, injection molding the metallocene random propylene-based copolymer in the absence of a clarifier into a preform, and stretch-blowing the preform into an article. |
| US10113017B2 |
Polyethylene composition having high stress cracking resistance
A polyethylene composition made from or containing a polyethylene, having the following features: 1) a density from about 0.930 to about 0.945 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; 2) a ratio of MIF/MIP from about 10 to less than about 30; 3) a MIF from about 3 to about 25 g/10 min.; 4) a Mz equal to or greater than about 1,500,000 g/mol; and 5) a long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or lower than about 0.55, wherein the LCBI is the ratio of the measured mean-square radius of gyration Rg, measured by GPC-MALLS, to the mean-square radius of gyration for a linear PE having the about same molecular weight of 1,000,000 g/mol. |
| US10113013B2 |
Catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins
The present disclosure relates to a solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti and an electron donor of the formula (I): where each Q is a group —COOR1, in which R1 is selected from C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups, optionally containing a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of halogens, P, S, N and O; or a group —CON(R2)2, in which R2 groups, equal to or different from each other, are hydrogen or R1 groups which can be fused together to form one or more cycles, and A is a bivalent bridging group with the proviso that the Q groups cannot be simultaneously a group —COOR1 or —CON(R2)2. |
| US10113012B2 |
Catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins
The present disclosure relates to a solid catalyst component for the (co)polymerization of olefins CH2═CHR, in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising Ti, Mg, and Cl, and optionally an electron donor compound selected from the group consisting of ethers, amines, silanes, carbamates ketones, esters of aliphatic acids, alkyl and aryl esters of optionally substituted aromatic polycarboxylic acids, diol derivatives chosen among monoesters monocarbamates and monoesters monocarbonates or mixtures thereof, comprising from 0.1 to 50% wt of Bi with respect to the total weight of the solid catalyst component. |
| US10113011B2 |
Process for recovering rubber from natural rubber latex
Processes for recovering natural rubber from an aqueous natural rubber latex that contains extractables and one or more additives and that is essentially free of lignocellulosic plant material are described. Natural rubber in the latex is separated from the water. Preferably, the amount of non-rubber extractables in the natural rubber is reduced by one or more extraction steps yielding a dried natural rubber. |
| US10112999B2 |
Anti-PRLR antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) and uses thereof
Provided are antibody drug conjugates that bind PRLR, in particular human PRLR, their methods of making, and uses thereof. |
| US10112992B2 |
Antigens associated with endometriosis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis
Specific binding members that bind the ED-A isoform of fibronectin for use in methods of diagnosis, detection, imaging and/or treatment of endometriosis, and/or for use in delivery to the neovasculature of endometriotic tissue of a molecule conjugated to the specific binding member. Specific binding members that bind tenascin-C, especially the A1, A2, A3, A4 and/or D domain tenascin-C large isoform, for use in methods of diagnosis, detection, imaging and/or treatment of endometriosis, psoriatic arthritis or psoriasis, and/or for use in delivery to the neovasculature of endometriotic, psoriatic arthritic or psoriatic tissue of a molecule conjugated to the specific binding member. |
| US10112987B2 |
Blood-brain barrier permeable peptide compositions comprising a vab domain of a camelid single domain heavy chain antibody against an amyloid-beta peptide
Blood-brain barrier permeable peptide compositions that contain variable antigen binding domains from camelid and/or shark heavy-chain only single-domain antibodies are described. The variable antigen binding domains of the peptide compositions bind to therapeutic and diagnostic biomarkers in the central nervous system, such as the amyloid-beta peptide biomarker for Alzheimer's disease. The peptide compositions contain constant domains from human IgG, camelid IgG, and/or shark IgNAR. The peptide compositions include heavy-chain only single-domain antibodies and compositions with one or more variable antigen binding domain bound to one or more constant domains. |
| US10112984B2 |
Light-sensitive chimeric GPCR protein
A light-sensitive chimeric protein includes domains from at least two members of the G-protein-coupled-receptor (GPCR) protein super family, which are fused to yield a light-sensitive GPCR chimera capable of coupling a light signal to the signaling cascade of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 6 (mGluR6) is provided for medical therapy and pharmaceuticals for treating loss of vision, in particular resulting from retinal photoreceptor degeneration. A first GPCR family member contributes domains which mediate the light-sensitivity to the chimeric light-sensitive GPCR protein and belongs to the family of light-sensitive GPCR proteins also called photopigments. In some cases, the GPCR protein is melanopsin, in particular human melanopsin. A second of the at least two GPCR family members is mGluR6, which contributes domains for coupling the light signal to the intracellular signaling cascade of mGluR6, which is a native component of the cell membrane of ON-bipolar cells in the inner retina. |
| US10112982B2 |
Detection of anti-neurochondrin autoantibody in patients with cerebellar ataxia or cerebellitis
Polypeptides including Neurochondrin and autoantibodies binding to polypeptides including Neurochondrin are provided. Methods for diagnosing or treating diseases associated with neurological symptoms or cancers are also provided. The methods of diagnosis may include detecting an autoantibody binding to Neurochondrin in a sample from a patient. The methods of treatment may include administering a polypeptide comprising Neurochondrin to a patient. |
| US10112978B2 |
Peptide and use thereof
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel peptide and a novel immunostimulant or hair grower containing the peptide as an active ingredient. The present invention provides a peptide of 23 or less amino acids comprising the amino acid sequence LHRLKRLRKRL (SEQ ID NO: 1), preferably the amino acid sequence LHRLKRLRKRLK (SEQ ID NO: 9), and also provides an immunostimulant containing the peptide, a vaccine adjuvant containing the peptide, a vaccine composition containing the peptide, and a hair grower containing the peptide. |
| US10112976B2 |
Process for the production of D-arginyl-2,6-dimethyl-L-tyrosyl-L-lysyl-L-phenylalaninamide
The invention relates to a process for solution-phase synthesis of D-Arginyl-2,6-dimethyl-L-tyrosyl-L-lysyl-L-phenylalaninamide, an active ingredient used for both common and rare diseases including a mitochondrial targeted therapy for ischemia reperfusion injury. |
| US10112968B2 |
Inhibitors of protein methyltransferase DOT1L and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates to DOT1L inhibitors and methods of identifying, designing, or optimizing them. The present invention also relates to crystals of DOT1L-inhibitor complexes, the crystal structures thereof, and the use of the crystal structures. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing these DOT1L inhibitors and methods of treating disorders in which DOT1-mediated protein methylation plays a part, such as cancer and neurological disorders, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. |
| US10112965B2 |
Bicyclic bridged metallocene compounds and polymers produced therefrom
Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions containing bicyclic bridged metallocene compounds. These catalyst compositions can be used for the polymerization of olefins. For example, ethylene polymers produced using these catalyst compositions can be characterized by low molecular weights and high melt flow rates, and can be produced without the addition of hydrogen. |
| US10112958B2 |
N-[2-(2-amino-6,6-disubstituted-4,4a,5,6-tetrahydropyrano[3,4-d][1,3]thiazin-8a(8H)-YL)-1,3-thiazol-4-YL] amides
The present invention is directed to compounds, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds which are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula I, and the variables R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed. |
| US10112957B2 |
Thiazolyl-containing compounds for treating proliferative diseases
The present disclosure provides thiazolyl-containing compounds of Formula (I), (II), or (III). The compounds described herein may be able to inhibit protein kinases (e.g., Src family kinases (e.g., hemopoietic cell kinase (HCK)), Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK)) and may be useful in treating and/or preventing proliferative diseases (e.g., myelodysplasia, leukemia, lymphoma (e.g., Waldenström's macroglobulinemia)) and in inducing apoptosis in a cell (e.g., malignant blood cell). Also provided in the present disclosure are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses including or using a compound described herein. |
| US10112950B2 |
Substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazines as LSD1 inhibitors
The present invention is directed to imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine derivatives of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are LSD1 inhibitors useful in the treatment of diseases such as cancer. |
| US10112944B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds useful as inhibitors of TNF
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein: X is CR6 or N; W is: (i) —(CR3R3)1-4— or (ii) —(CR3R3)x-Y—(CR3R3)y-; and Y, R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, x, and y are define herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as modulators of TNFα, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. |
| US10112941B2 |
Tricyclic compounds as anticancer agents
The present invention is directed to tricyclic compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of using said compositions in the treatment of various disorders. |
| US10112922B2 |
Inhibitor of bruton's tyrosine kinase
Provided are a compound represented by formula (III) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, active metabolites, polymorphs, esters, tautomers or prodrugs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound represented by formula (III), and the application of the pharmaceutical compositions as selective inreversible inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase for the prevention and treatment of inflammation, autoimmune diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis) associated with aberrant B cell proliferation and cancers. |
| US10112915B2 |
3-aryl bicyclic [4,5,0] hydroxamic acids as HDAC inhibitors
The present invention relates to inhibitors of zinc-dependent histone deacetylases (HDACs) useful in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with HDAC6, having a Formula I: where R, L, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 are described herein. |
| US10112914B2 |
Polymorphs of a mPGES-1 inhibiting triazolone compound
The present application relates to solid state forms of a triazolone compound which exhibit mPGES-1 enzyme inhibition activity, specifically N-(4-chloro-3-(5-oxo-1-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)benzyl) pivalamide (Compound of formula II), and process for preparation thereof. |
| US10112912B2 |
Homopiperazine-based catalysts for neutralization of organophosphorus-based compounds
Novel compositions of matter based on homopiperazine precursor materials and forming a homopiperazine-based ligand are disclosed, along with suitable techniques and materials for the synthesis and utilization thereof. In particular various synthetic schemes and techniques for applying the disclosed compositions of matter as a decontaminating agent. The decontaminating agents include homopiperazine-based ligand-metal complexes that are particularly effective at neutralizing toxicity of nerve agents, pesticides, and other toxic organophosphorus-based compounds. In preferred approaches, the homopiperazine-based ligand-metal complexes act as catalysts to facilitate substitution of a leaving group of the organophosphorus-based compound with a functional group that does not permit the organophosphorus-based compound to inactivate acetylcholinesterase upon introduction of the organophosphorus-based compound to a living organism such as insects and mammals. Advantageously, the catalytic homopiperazine-based ligand-metal complexes are formed using inexpensive, readily-available precursor materials, and may be utilized to neutralize toxins without relying on damaging caustic reactants or environmentally unfriendly organic solvents. |
| US10112909B2 |
Morphic forms of hexadecyloxypropyl-phosphonate esters and methods of synthesis thereof
The disclosure describes methods of synthesis of phosphonate ester compounds. The methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of phosphonate ester compounds having high purity and stability. Also disclosed are morphic forms of phosphonate ester compounds. |
| US10112907B2 |
Substituted indazoles for treating tendon and/or ligament injuries
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) in free form or in pharmaceutically acceptable salt form a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition. |
| US10112903B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds for the treatment of neurological and psychological disorders
Lactam compounds of Formula I and their use for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder and insomnia is disclosed. |
| US10112902B2 |
Fungicidal pyridylamidines
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are as defined in the claims. The invention further provides compositions which comprise these compounds and to their use in agriculture or horticulture for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, preferably fungi. |
| US10112901B2 |
Method for preparing dabigatran etexilate intermediate, and intermediate compound
Disclosed are a method for preparing a dabigatran etexilate intermediate, and an intermediate compound. The method for preparing a dabigatran etexilate intermediate 4 comprises: reacting a compound 3 with a C1-C3 alkyl alcohol solution of methylamine in an organic solvent, wherein, X=chlorine, bromine, or iodine. Also disclosed are an intermediate compound 3 and a preparation method thereof. The method for preparing a dabigatran etexilate intermediate of the present invention has the advantages of simple process, easy operation, high yield, and easy purification, thus being suitable for industrial production. |
| US10112898B2 |
Process for the preparation of saroglitazar pharmaceutical salts
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of pyrroles derivatives having hypolipidemic and hypocholesteremic activities. In particular, the invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of 2-ethoxy-3-(4-(2-(2-methyl-5-(4-(methylthio)phenyl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl)ethoxy)phenyl)propanoate and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, polymorphs or intermediates thereof. The invention also relates to an improved process for the preparation of mesylate compound (A1). |
| US10112897B2 |
Substituted N-acetyl-L-cysteine derivatives and related compounds
Novel substituted N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) derivatives and related compounds and methods of using these compounds for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions, including but not limited to diseases and/or conditions of, or involving, the Central Nervous System (CNS), including schizophrenia adrenoleukodystrophy, mitochondrial diseases (e.g. Leigh syndrome, Alpers' disease, and MELAS), Huntington's disease, trichotillomania, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, drug craving, and drug addiction. |
| US10112890B2 |
Compound, salt of compound, external agent for skin, cosmetic, and food additive
Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof (in the formula, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched acyl group having 11 to 30 carbon atoms, a hydrocarbon group bonded to a carbonyl carbon of the acyl group is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, and at least one of R1 and R2 represents the acyl group). |
| US10112887B2 |
Catalysts based on amino-sulfide ligands for hydrogenation and dehydrogenation processes
The present application discloses novel amino-sulfide metal catalysts for organic chemical syntheses including hydrogenation (reduction) of unsaturated compounds or dehydrogenation of substrates. The range of hydrogenation substrate compounds includes esters, lactones, oils and fats, resulting in alcohols, diols, and triols as reaction products. The catalysts of current application can be used to catalyze a hydrogenation reaction under solvent free conditions. The present catalysts also allow the hydrogenation to proceed without added base, and it can be used in place of the conventional reduction methods employing hydrides of the main-group elements. Furthermore, the catalysts of the present application can catalyze a dehydrogenation reaction under homogenous and/or acceptorless conditions. As such, the catalysts provided herein can be useful in substantially reducing cost and improving the environmental profile of manufacturing processes for a variety of chemicals. |
| US10112886B2 |
Method for purification of benzoic acid
The present invention relates to a method for purifying a crude benzoic acid (32) containing 5 to 20% by weight of byproducts and 80 to 95% by weight of benzoic acid, by means of distillation, wherein the distillation is performed in a plant comprising a first distillation system (54), which comprises a divided wall column (10). Preferably, the divided wall column (10) comprises: an upper portion having an upper undivided section (12) for concentrating low-boiling components, wherein the low-boiling components have a lower boiling point than benzoic acid, and an outlet for removal of the low-boiling components from the column (10), a lower portion having a lower undivided section (14) for concentrating high-boiling components, wherein the high-boiling components have a higher boiling point than benzoic acid, and an outlet for removal of the high-boiling components from the column (10), and a central portion arranged between the upper portion and the lower portion having at least one vertical dividing wall (20) for dividing the central portion into at least one feed section (16) and at least one withdrawal section (18), the feed section (16) having an inlet for the feed of crude benzoic acid (32) and the withdrawal section having a side draw outlet for the purified benzoic acid (34). |
| US10112881B2 |
Skin lightening compounds
The present invention provides a compound of Formula I, wherein R1 is not H when R2 is H and R2 is not H when R1 is H, further wherein R1 is CnH(2n+1)O, wherein n is 1-10, R2 is OH or CnH(2n+1)O, wherein n is 1-10, A, B and R1, R2, R5, R6, and R7 are separately and independently selected from a group consisting of H, alkyl, hydroxyl, halo, nitro and aryl groups, R11 is an alkyl or an aryl group and L is an optional linker or linking group, with x=0 or 1, i.e., if x=0, no linking group is present, or a salt or prodrug or derivative thereof that is a skin-lightening agent useful for the inhibition of melanin synthesis and/or the removal of existing melanin to function as a skin-lightening agent. |
| US10112879B2 |
Process to manufacture 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244bb)
The invention provides an improved process to manufacture 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244bb) by reacting 2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233x1) with hydrogen fluoride, in a liquid phase reaction in the presence of hydrogen chloride and a liquid phase fluorination catalyst. The hydrogen chloride is added into the reaction from an external source at a pressure of about 100 psig or more. The HCFC-244bb is an intermediate in the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene-1 (HFO-1234yf). |
| US10112875B2 |
Method for protecting a hybrid ceramic structure from moisture attack in a high temperature environment
A method for protecting the hybrid ceramic structure from moisture attack in a high temperature combustion environment is provided. The structure includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate (12). A thermal insulation material (14) is disposed on the substrate. A vapor resistant material (20) is applied through at least one surface of the hybrid ceramic structure while the hybrid ceramic structure is in a bisque condition that provides a degree of porosity to the hybrid ceramic structure so that the vapor resistant material is infiltrated through interstices available within a thickness of the hybrid ceramic structure. |
| US10112874B2 |
Method for coating metal nanoparticles on oxide ceramic powder surface
The present invention discloses a method for uniformly coating metal nanoparticles without a carbon impurity on an oxide ceramic powder surface, which includes the steps of putting grinded and mixed a metal organic material and oxide ceramic powder into a rotational reaction chamber, then bubbling oxidizing gas under a rotational and heating condition to oxidize the metal organic material into a metal oxide, and finally bubbling reducing gas to reduce the metal oxide into nanoparticles in a metallic state, so as to implement the uniform coating of the nanoparticles in the metallic state, and avoid coarsening and growing problems of nanoparticles led by a long-term coating reaction under a high temperature. The present invention has a simple method and a short preparation period, and the metal nanoparticles prepared are uniformly dispersed and have wide application prospects in multiple fields like catalytic materials and conductive ceramics. |
| US10112866B2 |
Coated article with low-E coating having absorbing layers for low film side reflectance and low visible transmission
Absorbing layers of a low-emissivity (low-E) coating are designed to cause the coating to have a reduced film side reflectance which is advantageous for aesthetic purposes. In certain embodiments, the absorbing layers are metallic or substantially metallic (e.g., NiCr or NiCrNx) and are each provided between first and second nitride layers (e.g., silicon nitride based layers) in order to reduce or prevent oxidation of the absorbing layers during optional heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering, heat bending, and/or heat strengthening). Coated articles according to certain example embodiments of this invention may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, other types of windows, etc. |
| US10112864B2 |
Glass article and light guide
To provide a highly transmissive glass and a light guide that allow high internal transmittance of plate glass to be maintained and the internal transmittance spectrum of the plate to be flattened without lowering the redox of iron to a value equal to or more than a certain value. This glass article comprises a glass which includes 1 to 80 mass ppm of total iron oxide (t-Fe2O3) in terms of Fe2O3, has a redox of iron of 0 to 50% and includes 0.01 to 4.0 mass ppm of NiO. The glass article and the light guide comprising the glass article are characterized in that an A value of the internal transmittance spectrum flatness is 0.83 or more. |
| US10112863B2 |
Float glass and method of manufacturing the same
A float glass includes a core layer, an upper ion exchange layer disposed on the core layer, and a lower ion exchange layer disposed below the core layer, where a density of the upper ion exchange layer is about 0.001 kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m3) to about 0.01 kg/m3 greater than a density of the lower ion exchange layer. |
| US10112862B2 |
Apparatus and method of manufacturing composite glass articles
A method includes supplying a conjoined molten glass stream to an overflow distributor. A cross section of the conjoined molten glass stream includes a first cross sectional portion and a second cross sectional portion. The first cross sectional portion includes a first glass composition. The second cross sectional portion includes a second glass composition different than the first glass composition. The first glass composition is flowed over a first transverse segment of a weir of the overflow distributor. The second glass composition is flowed over a second transverse segment of the weir of the overflow distributor. |
| US10112861B2 |
Method of manufacturing a plurality of glass members, a method of manufacturing an optical member, and array of glass members in a glass substrate
A method of manufacturing a plurality of glass members comprises bringing a first main surface of a glass substrate in contact with a first working surface of a first mold substrate, the first working surface being provided with a plurality of first protruding portions, and bringing a second main surface of the glass substrate in contact with a second working surface of a second mold substrate, the second working surface being provided with a plurality of second protruding portions. The method further comprises controlling a temperature of the glass substrate to a temperature above a glass-transition temperature to form the plurality of glass members, removing the first and the second mold substrates from the glass substrate, and separating adjacent ones of the plurality of glass members. |
| US10112860B1 |
Thermochemical regeneration with fuel additions
Operation of a thermochemical regenerator combustion system in which fuel is fed with furnace flue gas into the regenerators to reduce the oxygen content and optionally to establish a reducing atmosphere in both cycles in which the regenerators operate. |
| US10112857B2 |
Method and equipment for the biological denitrification of waste water
A method for biologically denitrifying waste water, includes a nitrification-denitrification sequence followed, for a first fraction of water, by a post-denitrification step during which an electron donor is injected into the first fraction, while a second fraction of water passes through a bypass, then is mixed with the first fraction downstream of the post-denitrification step; the first fraction of waste water is subjected, during the post-denitrification, to a nearly complete denitrification so as to exit the step at a nitrate [N—NO3] concentration less than 4 mg/L, to minimize nitrous oxide production. The bypass rate is determined based on: a measurement of the nitrate concentration of the water upstream of the post-denitrification, the desired nitrate concentration for the mixture of the two fractions downstream of the post-denitrification treatment, and the nitrate concentration of the first fraction at the outlet of the post-denitrification, before the mixing of the two fractions. |
| US10112856B2 |
Method and apparatus for wastewater treatment using gravimetric selection
A method and a system for selecting and retaining solids with superior settling characteristics, the method comprising feeding wastewater to an input of a processor that carries out a treatment process on the wastewater, outputting processed wastewater at an output of the processor, feeding the processed wastewater to an input of a gravimetric selector that selects solids with superior settling characteristics, and outputting a recycle stream at a first output of the gravimetric selector back to the processor. |
| US10112855B2 |
Biofiltration with enhanced sludge handling
A water treatment system including a media filter having a filter chamber with a volume to accommodate filter media and a sludge outlet and a charge chamber for storing air. The charge chamber is fluidly connected to the filter chamber and has: (i) an air outlet for admitting air into the filter chamber; and (ii) an air inlet. The system also includes a trigger for selectively allowing the passage of air from the charge chamber air outlet into the filter chamber upon reaching a trigger release point and a sludge concentration/storage volume having at least one wall extending upward to form an upper opening. This wall has a height substantially above the trigger release point and substantially isolates the sludge volume from the charge chamber, except for the upper opening. Finally, an inlet to the sludge volume is at a height which allows pressure within the media filter during a filtration stage to move water above the wall height and into the sludge volume. |
| US10112854B2 |
Oleophilic bio-barrier for controlling NAPL migration
A method for controlling petroleum hydrocarbon (NAPL) sheen releases resulting from seeps, ebullition and erosion, on water surfaces, is described. An oleophilic bio-Barrier (OBBs), which may include a composite of hydrocarbon sorptive materials through which water is readily conducted, is placed at a groundwater/surface water interface (GSI) for promoting natural aerobic degradation of the intercepted/adsorbed NAPL through natural cycling of aerobic surface water and/or atmospheric oxygen. OBBs may be protected by structural covers (i.e., sand and rock gabions, as examples). |