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| US10161276B2 |
Method and system for non-uniform catalyst heating for internal combustion engine
A method and system for non-uniform catalyst heating for reducing exhaust gas emissions when the catalyst is below a predetermined light off temperature is provided. The method includes providing a catalyst formed of a plurality of electrically conductive subsections and at least one catalyst heating device that is operable to heat at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive subsections of the catalyst to form at least one predetermined non-uniform heating pattern. A heater control module is provided for controlling the operation of the at least one catalyst heating device. If the engine is in a cold start condition, then the heater control module causes the at least one catalyst heating device to heat at least one of the electrically conductive subsections of the catalyst to obtain a first predetermined non-uniform heating pattern. |
| US10161274B2 |
Hydraulic control valve and valve-timing control device for internal-combustion engine using hydraulic control valve
A hydraulic control valve allows increased flexibility of port layout without requiring high dimensional accuracy. The hydraulic control valve includes a cylindrical valve body having, at a cylindrical shaft portion, retard and advance ports and reintroduction ports, and a spool valve provided slidably in an axial direction in the valve body and permitting switching between supply/discharge of working fluid to/from retard and advance hydraulic chambers through land portions. The control valve further includes a cylindrical sleeve formed with synthetic resin material and fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft portion, and an actuator that moves the spool valve in an axial direction. The sleeve has, at a peripheral wall thereof, retard and advance oil passage holes communicating with retard and advance ports, and has, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, communication grooves communicating with the reintroduction ports. |
| US10161271B2 |
Air compressor having supplemental power source
A fluid expander is disclosed as used in conjunction with an air compressor that is driven by a prime mover. The fluid expander is structured to extract useful work from a fluid stream and add that work to the work provided by the prime mover to the compressor. In some embodiments a clutch can be used to decouple the expander from the compressor if insufficient work is developed by the expander. A gear train can also be used to change the rotational speed prior to work being delivered to the compressor. |
| US10161269B2 |
Output efficiency optimization in production systems
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing system output in production systems, comprising. The method includes separating, by a processor, one or more initial input variables into a plurality of output variables, the output variables including environmental variables and system response variables. The method also includes building, using the processor, a nonparametric estimation that determines a relationship between one or more initial control variables and the system response variables, and estimating a global input-output mapping function, using the determined relationship, and a range of the environmental variables. The method further includes generating one or more optimal control variables from the initial control variables by maximizing the input-output mapping function and the range of the environmental variables. The method additionally includes incorporating one or more of the optimal control variables into a production system to increase production output of the production system. |
| US10161261B2 |
Detecting blade structure abnormalities
To identify abnormal behavior in a turbine blade, a failure detection system generates a “fingerprint” for each blade on a turbine. The fingerprint may be a grouping a dynamic, physical characteristics of the blade such as its mass, strain ratio, damping ratio, and the like. While the turbine is operating, the failure detection system receives updated sensor information that is used to determine the current characteristics of the blade. If the current characteristics deviate from the characteristics in the blade's fingerprint, the failure detection system may compare the characteristics of the blade that deviates from the fingerprint to characteristics of another blade on the turbine. If the current characteristics of the blade are different from the characteristics of the other blade, the failure detection system may change the operational mode of the turbine such as disconnecting the turbine from the utility grid or stopping the rotor. |
| US10161259B2 |
Flexible film-riding seal
A seal apparatus for a rotary machine, including a plurality of sealing assembly segments surrounding a rotor element which is mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis and has an outer surface. Each of the segments includes a shoe with one or more labyrinth teeth facing the outer surface and a shoe plate disposed downstream of the one or more labyrinth seal teeth and configured to generate an aerodynamic force between the shoe plate and the outer surface of the rotor element. The shoe is further configured to be flexible in a radial-axial plane in response to fluid film forces generated by interaction of the sealing assembly segment and the rotor element, and an axially-oriented beam spring connects the shoe to a stationary seal body. |
| US10161253B2 |
Blade having hollow part span shroud with cooling passages
A rotating blade for use in a turbomachine is disclosed. In an embodiment, the rotating blade includes an airfoil portion having a plurality of radial cooling passages extending longitudinally therein, a root section affixed to a first end of the airfoil portion, and a tip section affixed to a second end of the airfoil portion, the second end being opposite the first end. A part span shroud is affixed to the airfoil portion between the tip section and the root section, wherein the part span shroud further comprises at least one hollow passage fluidly connected to at least one radial cooling passage of the plurality of radial cooling passages. |
| US10161249B2 |
Suction/compression assembly for a waste material intake equipment or system
The invention relates to a suction/compression assembly for aspirating/compressing gases from/in a system to/from an external environment. The assembly includes an operating machine comprising a body, which defines a chamber, within which one or more rotors are housed, rotating about a corresponding rotation axis. Such a chamber has a symmetrical transverse section evaluated on a plane with respect to at least one first reference plane on which said rotation axis lies. The assembly comprises a device for injecting gas into said chamber which comprises a manifold, connectable to an external source, and a plurality of injection pipes connected to the manifold and to the body of the machine. The body defines a plurality of injection passages, each of which is configured to make one of said injection pipes communicating with the chamber of the machine. |
| US10161248B2 |
Method for cooling a refuge chamber in an emergency situation
A method for cooling a refuge chamber (100) with an emergency cooler (10) in an emergency situation includes cooling of a refrigerating agent (22) in a cold accumulator (20) with a cooling device (30) and detecting an emergency situation. Cold being stored in the refrigerating agent (22) of the cold accumulator (20) is released into the refuge chamber (100)—the refrigerating agent (22) of the cold accumulator (20) is exposed for heat transfer with the refuge chamber (100). |
| US10161247B2 |
ROV mountable subsea pump flushing and sampling system
An ROV-mountable flush and sample skid is described that reduces the project cost and deliveries, and also improves HSE risk during Subsea Pump installation campaigns. The ROV skid can be configured as part of a standard ROV tooling across different projects. The tool also reduces the total pump module installation weight that is important in deepwater applications. The ROV-mountable flushing and sampling skid is mounted to an ROV and deployed to a subsea location to provide flushing of and sampling of barrier oil from a barrier oil supply jumper from an subsea umbilical termination assembly. The Subsea pump flushing and sampling ROV skid includes of a set of flush accumulators with enough capacity to flush the installed jumpers clean, and also one or more sample accumulators configured to sample the barrier oil after the flushing has been performed. |
| US10161244B2 |
System and methodology using annulus access valve
A technique facilitates pressure testing of seals along a tubing hanger, such as a tubing hanger used in a subsea application. In some applications, the tubing hanger is sealed along its exterior with an upper tubing hanger seal and a lower tubing hanger seal. A valve assembly is deployed along a fluid passageway which is routed to the tubing hanger seals. The valve assembly may be selectively actuated to a test position, e.g. a closed position, which enables pressure isolation and pressure testing of the tubing hanger seals. The valve assembly may also be selectively utilized to introduce fluids into the formation below the tubing hanger. |
| US10161239B2 |
Systems and methods for the evaluation of passive pressure containment barriers
Systems and methods for the advance, real-time and/or post-event evaluation of inaccessible passive pressure containment barriers using an iterative process. |
| US10161238B2 |
Subsea technique for promoting fluid flow
A submersible pumping system that is operable under hydrostatic pressure. The system suitably comprises a prime mover submersible within a first fluid; a pump means submersible within the first fluid and sealably coupled to the prime mover; and a fluid source in fluid communication with the prime mover, the fluid source providing a second fluid effective to act on the prime mover to power the pump means; wherein the second fluid is discharged in the first fluid after acting on the prime mover; and wherein the second fluid has a chemical composition substantially similar to the first fluid. |
| US10161234B2 |
Acid soluble abrasive material
This disclosure is related to a method of treating a formation, a wellbore, or equipment in a wellbore. The method includes introducing a soluble abrasive material into a wellbore for various oil and gas operations. The method also includes introducing an acidic solution into the wellbore to dissolve at least a portion of the soluble abrasive material to allow for more efficient removal of the soluble abrasive material from the wellbore. |
| US10161232B2 |
Lift valve with bellow hydraulic protection and chatter reduction
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate gas lift valves for use in hydrocarbon wells for artificial lift operations. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a valve. The valve comprises a housing and a bellows disposed in the housing. A first side of the bellows is in fluid communication with an inlet of the housing, and a second side of the bellows faces a closed chamber in the housing. The valve further comprises a barrier assembly disposed in the closed chamber. |
| US10161231B2 |
Plunger lift with internal movable element
A plunger includes a sleeve having a passage therethrough and a valve member in the passage. When the plunger falls in a production string of a hydrocarbon well, the valve member is open and allows gas flow through the plunger. When the plunger contacts a liquid slug in the production string, the valve closes so that pressure from below reverses movement of the plunger so it pushes liquid above the plunger toward the earth's surface and ultimately to a well head where liquid and gas are separated. |
| US10161230B2 |
Well plunger systems
Embodiments of well plunger systems, assemblies, and apparatuses are described. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a body having a first open end, a second open end, and a channel extending from the first open end through the body to the second open end, the channel for passing fluid from an oil or gas well. The apparatus may also include a receiver disposed at the first open end, the receiver configured to receive a stopper configured to at least partially seal off the channel, the first open end comprising a retention member receiver configured to receive one or more specially adapted retention members for applying a retention force to the stopper when the stopper is engaged with the receiver. |
| US10161227B2 |
Permanent bypass whipstock assembly for drilling and completing a sidetrack well and preserving access to the original wellbore
The present invention relates to drilling lateral wells or sidetrack wells from a primary wellbore to enhance the efficiency and productivity of oil and gas wells. |
| US10161221B2 |
Dual vacuum insulated tubing well design
A method and system for insulating wells using dual concentric vacuum insulated tubing layers with joints staggered with respect to one another. The method can be combined with other insulating methods, and well as with other subsidence mitigation techniques. |
| US10161220B2 |
Plug-actuated flow control member
A downhole tool deployable within a wellbore for controlling the supply of treatment to fluid to a reservoir is disclosed. The downhole tool includes a housing defining a passage and a port extending through the housing. The housing includes a seat that is configured for deployment to a plug-receiving position for receiving a plug that is deployed through the passage. A key profile for effecting actuation of the seat to the plug-receiving position in response to registration of the key profile with a matching key on the plug being deployed through the passage is provided. The downhole tool further includes a flow control member configured for displacement relative to the port in response to application of a sufficient net force effected by a fluid pressure differential that is created by supplying pressurized fluid to the passage while the plug is deployed on the seat. |
| US10161213B2 |
Internal and external pressure seal assembly
A system, method, and seal assembly for sealing between two devices. The system comprising a first device, a second device, and a seal assembly, which is configured to seal between the first device and the second device. The seal assembly comprises an annular gasket configured to seal against a pressure internal to the system. The seal assembly also comprises first and second annular seals positioned on the gasket and configured to seal against a pressure external to the system. |
| US10161212B2 |
Packer assembly with multiple different inserts for blowout preventer
A blowout preventer (“BOP”) includes a housing comprising a vertical bore extending through the housing and a packer assembly movably positioned within the housing and configured to form a seal within the housing. The packer assembly includes an elastomeric body comprising an elastomeric material, an exterior insert at least partially positioned within the elastomeric body, and an interior insert at least partially positioned within the elastomeric body to diminish extrusion of the elastomeric body when forming the seal. |
| US10161209B1 |
Oilfield downhole/wellbore section mill
The present invention provides a section mill/casing cutter/stabilizer apparatus and method featuring a segmented body that allows different pressure actuated sequences of extending stabilizer blades and cutting blades to cause the cutting and milling of wellbore casing and other debris in a wellbore. Applied pressure results in the flow through a flow restriction that creates a force on return springs associated with the centering and the cutting blades. The segmented body allows the manipulation of the blades and centralizers as needed. The spring returns a mandrel to the original retracted or run-in position on cessation or reduction of flow. The ability to vary the segments and sequences makes it easier to run the apparatus in conjunction with other milling and cutting tools, enhancing their performance through centralization and enlarging of cutting capacity. |
| US10161207B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for treating a reservoir using re-closeable sleeves and novel use of a shifting tool
There is provided a method of stimulating a formation within a wellbore that is lined with a wellbore string, the wellbore string including a port and a flow control member, wherein the flow control member is displaceable relative to the port for effecting opening and closing of the port. The port is opened by displacing the flow control member in response to an applied pressure differential across a sealing interface. The port is closed by displacing the flow control member with hydraulic hold down buttons prior to removing the sealing interface and effecting pressure equalization. |
| US10161205B2 |
Mitigating swab and surge piston effects across a drilling motor
A method of mitigating undesired pressure variations can include flowing fluid between wellbore sections, thereby mitigating a pressure differential due to drill string movement, and the fluid flowing between the wellbore sections via a bypass passage extending through a drilling motor. A drill string can include a drilling motor, a bypass passage in the drilling motor, a sensor, and a flow control device configured to selectively increase and decrease fluid communication between opposite ends of the drilling motor via the bypass passage, in response to an output of the sensor indicative of drill string movement. A method of mitigating undesired pressure variations in a wellbore due to drill string movement can include selectively preventing and permitting fluid communication between wellbore sections on opposite sides of a drilling motor, the fluid communication being permitted in response to detecting a threshold drill string movement. |
| US10161202B2 |
Drill rod store, drilling rig and method for downward drilling
The invention relates to a drill rod store having a first storage area and a second storage area, in which a plurality of drill rod elements are in each case stored in horizontal alignment. Between the two storage areas a trough-shaped receiving part for a single drill rod element is provided. The trough-shaped receiving part is designed to deliver a single drill rod element. For this purpose, a joint supply means is provided, through which drill rod elements are supplied both from the first storage area and from the second storage area to the trough-shaped receiving part. |
| US10161198B2 |
Centralizer with integrated stop collar
A method and apparatus for centering a casing section in a wellbore. A centralizer includes a plurality of centralizer bow springs arranged between and around circumferences of end bands. The end bands are arranged over stop collars such that the end bands can rotate about and slide along the stop collars. At least one stop collar includes a radially-inward-extending lug that engages a groove in the stop collar. The groove limits the amount by which the end band can slide relative to the stop collar. When the centralizer is lowered into a wellbore, an interference between the lug in the end band and the groove in the stop collar can pull the centralizer into the wellbore. The pulling force can prevent the centralizer bow springs from expanding radially outward due to contact forces with edges of the wellbore. |
| US10161192B2 |
Downhole self-isolating wellbore drilling systems
One example of a downhole self-isolating wellbore drilling system to pulverize formation cuttings includes a cutting grinder tool and an isolation tool. The cutting grinder tool can be attached to a drill string uphole relative to a drill bit attached to a downhole end of the drill string. The cutting grinder tool can receive and pulverize formation cuttings resulting from drilling a formation using the drill bit. The isolation tool can be attached to the drill string uphole relative to the cutting grinder tool. The isolation tool can control flow of the pulverized formation cuttings mixed with a drilling mud uphole through the drill string. |
| US10161185B2 |
Ladder leveling and stabilizing assembly
The assembly includes a first arcuate tube attached to a ladder. A second arcuate tube is slidably disposed in the first arcuate tube. A lock subassembly is disposed on the first arcuate tube for limiting movement of the second arcuate tube relative to the first arcuate tube. A step lever extends along the first arcuate tube and is coupled with the lock subassembly. A first flange and a second flange each extend radially from the first arcuate tube. An actuating member defines a cam surface abutting the second flange. A bar extends through the flanges and attaches to the actuating member. The step lever attaches to the actuating member to move the actuating member and cause the cam surface to slightly deform the first arcuate tube about the second arcuate tube and engage the second arcuate tube. A foot is pivotably disposed at each end of the second arcuate tube. |
| US10161184B2 |
Telescopic ladder assembly
A telescopically extendable and collapsible ladder assembly includes a top ladder section, a bottom ladder section, and one or more intermediate ladder sections. The assembly may include sliding automatic release actuators, having a slanted actuating surface for interaction with actuator surfaces of spacers provided at each end of a rung of an adjacent ladder section, such that, when a rung is moved towards the rung of an adjacent lower ladder section, the activation surfaces of the spacers push the release actuators into an unlocking position and subsequently position the rung at an anti-finger pinching distance. The top rung of the bottom ladder section may be provided with a centrally arranged grip element that forms a housing for manually operable release actuators provided at the bottom side of the rung. |
| US10161183B2 |
Light blocking element for a covering for an architectural opening
A light blocking element is movably coupled to and recessed into one of a first rail and a movable rail, and, when the movable rail moves to a position closest to the first rail, the light-blocking element enters into a recess in the other of said first rail and said movable rail and thereby is recessed into both said first rail and said movable rail. |
| US10161178B1 |
Bicycle security vault system and method
A bicycle security vault system includes a compartment, a door, a digital number pad, a digital thumbprint scanner, a mechanical lock, at least one front wheel security device, and a rear wheel security device. The compartment includes an exterior and an interior, the interior forming a large cavity suitable for storing multiple bicycles. A door is integrated into the compartment to provide access for storing and removing the bicycles. A mechanical lock secures the door shut with the compartment, preventing access to the interior. A digital number pad and a digital thumbprint scanner are provided to unlock the mechanical lock by an authorized user. |
| US10161176B1 |
Grain bin cover opening system
A grain bin cover opening system for remotely and safely opening grain bin covers. The grain bin cover opening system generally includes an upper arm adapted to raise or lower a cover, a lower arm connectable to a fixed bracket on the grain bin. The grain bin cover opening system also may include an actuator operably coupled between the upper arm and the lower arm to move the upper arm away from or toward the lower arm, in order to open the cover. The System may also include an inner stiffener coupled to the lower arm, configured to slide into and out of an outer stiffener coupled to the upper arm to maintain a substantially constant angle between the upper arm and the lower arm. |
| US10161175B2 |
Moving object detection for power door system
A vehicle door system is disclosed. The system comprises a door actuator, at least one sensor, and a controller. The at least one sensor is configured to capture data corresponding to an environment local to the vehicle. The controller is configured to process the data to identify at least one object moving proximate the vehicle and control the door actuator to oppose an opening motion of the door in response to the identification of the object. |
| US10161170B2 |
Openable cover mechanism and image forming apparatus
An openable cover mechanism includes a shaft section disposed in a casing, a hinge section that swings around the shaft section, a cover that is supported by the hinge section and is openable and closable relative to the casing, and a stopper section supported by the casing. The stopper section includes a contact section that makes contact with the hinge section and an urging section that urges the contact section. The hinge section includes a peripheral surface in an arc shape that makes contact with the contact section, and a raised section that is raised from the first peripheral surface. When the cover moves from a closed position to an open position, the contact section slides along the peripheral surface relative to the peripheral surface and engages with the raised section to fix the cover in the open position. |
| US10161169B2 |
Method and device for transmitting electrical power and signals between a wall and a leaf pivotable relative thereto
A method for transmitting electrical power and first and second signals between a wall and a leaf pivotable relative to the wall. The method includes providing a leaf comprising an electric consumer and an electrical signal transmitter, providing a control and evaluation unit on a wall, providing a single power transmitting device, providing a first optocoupler, and providing a second optocoupler. The electrical actuating power and the electrical operating power are transmitted from the wall to the leaf in a galvanically isolated manner via the single power transmitting device. The first signals are transmitted from the leaf to the wall via the first optocoupler so as to regulate the electrical power supplied on the wall according to an actuating and operating power demand. The second signals are transmitted bidirectionally between the control and evaluation unit on the wall and the electric signal transmitter on the leaf via the second optocoupler. |
| US10161168B1 |
Cowlings and latching assemblies for cowlings on marine drives
A latching assembly is for a cowl on a marine drive, the cowl having a first cowl portion and a second cowl portion that mates with the first cowl portion. A latching device is configured to latch and unlatch the first cowl portion to the second cowl portion. An actuator actuates the latching device. A flexible connector has a first end coupled to the latching device and a second end coupled to the actuator. Actuation of the actuator pulls the flexible connector to rotate a pulley and actuate the latching device. One of the first and second ends has a spherical bearing that is nested in a cylindrical bearing and seated in a cavity in the pulley. Pulling on the flexible connector pulls the spherical bearing against the cylindrical bearing such that the cylindrical bearing is pulled against the cavity in the pulley, thereby causing the pulley to rotate. |
| US10161164B2 |
Dishwasher
A door opening unit for automatically opening a door for a dishwasher includes an actuator, a link member that makes a straight motion due to pressurization of the actuator and has a plurality of legs, a plurality of rotation levers that are connected to the plurality of legs of the link member, and a plurality of pressurization members that are connected to the plurality of rotation levers. Since the plurality of pressurization members may pressurize a plurality of points of the door, the door may be more smoothly opened. Also, the door opening unit for automatically opening the door includes a restoring spring that restores positions of the plurality of pressurization members when power to the actuator is turned off. |
| US10161163B2 |
Cylinder lock and associated key
A cylinder lock and an associated key, the lock comprising a fixed body and a plug, which is accommodated within a respective cavity of the body and can rotate with respect to the body. The plug comprises a substantially longitudinal compartment for the functional accommodation of a key which comprises a grip portion from which an elongated body extends which is provided with coding grooves and protrusions on its outer surface; between the plug and the body there are respective accommodation channels for translating coding elements, which open onto the substantially longitudinal compartment; the plug comprises at least one auxiliary duct, which faces the substantially longitudinal compartment and extends at least partially in the body, for the sliding accommodation of at least one coding unit that is constituted by at least one pin and at least one conical portion. |
| US10161162B2 |
Escutcheon mounting plate
A mount is provided for securing an escutcheon on a door. The mount comprises a plate member having a central aperture and an upper pair of elongated slots and a lower pair of elongated slots. Each of the elongated slots extends parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the plate member. A mounting stud is slidably received in at least one of the upper pair of elongated slots and the lower pair of elongated slots for positioning of the stud relative to the central aperture, wherein the studs can be located at selected distances from the central aperture for alignment with a hole through the door. |
| US10161157B2 |
Tent frame and a tent
A tent frame (1) for carrying a tent cloth comprises at least four rods (2) each configured to have one end (3a) resting on a ground, to extend from that end convergingly towards a top of a said tent and to carry a tent cloth bearing outside thereon, and an arrangement (6) configured to interconnect said rods (2) so as to hold them in a determined mutual position. Said arrangement (6) comprises, for each pair of adjacent rods (2a-b), at least one rigid elongated element (7) and at least two elongated members so as to provide support for holding said rigid elongated element (7) between the adjacent rods (2a-b) and these in a said determined mutual position. |
| US10161151B2 |
Swimming pool skimmers and skimmer nozzle connectors
A pool skimmer including a skimmer housing and a venturi system is disclosed. The skimmer housing includes a pool throat opening, an angled pool throat extension. A pump inlet port into the skimmer housing includes an upper end and bayonet lugs, and an internally threaded surface between the bayonet lugs and the upper end of the pump inlet port. A nozzle comprises a nozzle housing with bayonets on an external surface of the nozzle housing, the bayonets releasably engaged with the bayonet lugs of the pump inlet port, wherein when the bayonets of the nozzle housing are in a fully tightened position in relation to the bayonet lugs of the pump inlet port, the at least a first nozzle is directed to spray toward the pool return port of the skimmer housing. |
| US10161150B1 |
Swimming pool hose retention device
A removable retention device for a swimming pool vacuum or pressure hose. The retention device holds the hose along a side wall of a swimming pool when there is a desire to keep the hose out of the way of a swimming pool user. The retention device is dimensioned to be placed over an edge of the swimming pool, either on a pool deck or over a wall of the swimming pool, and the geometry of the retention device is such that it captures the hose against the side wall of the pool. When restraining the hose, the retention device is situated such that the restrained hose is located at or below a waterline of the swimming pool. The retention device can remain in place or be removed from the pool when the hose is in use, after freeing the hose from the retention device. |
| US10161145B2 |
Devices for levelling covering parts
The invention relates to a levelling device comprising a first substantially flat body (1), provided with an appendage (11), in the top part, which has, on a first end, close to the first body (1), a first fracture zone (12) for the separation thereof from the first body (1) and, on a second end, at a distance from the first body (1), a hook (13) for attaching an actuating tool and a second fracture zone (15) with a lower fracture resistance than that of the first fracture zone (12); and a second, upper body (2) containing a passage (21) for mounting said body on the appendage (11) such that it can move into an operative position in which it presses the covering parts (P) against the first body (1). |
| US10161143B2 |
Plastering machine having foldable upright rail
A plastering machine having foldable upright rails includes a base (1), upright rails (2), and a plastering pedestal (3), wherein the upright rails (2) are mounted on the base (1). The upright rails (2) include a first left rail piece (6) and a second left rail piece (7) which are connected to each other by a first left rail articulation piece (16) and a second left rail articulation piece (17). The right rail (5) includes a first right rail piece (8) and a second right rail piece (9) which are connected to each other by a first right rail articulation piece (18) and a second right rail articulation piece (19). The left rail (4) and the right rail (5) can ordinarily be in a folded state. The plastering machine has a simple structure, and is convenient to carry and operate, and has a high construction efficiency. |
| US10161142B2 |
Access panels
Structures and methods for access panels. Some include a panel member having an inner side; a mounting member having a portion extending from the inner side at an angle to the inner side; and a retaining member coupled to the mounting member, the retaining member having a length and being biased to be in contact with the inner side along a portion of the length, the retaining member also being capable of flexing away from the inner side. |
| US10161140B1 |
Polymeric primer compositions and methods of use in flooring applications to displace gases
A polymeric degassing primer composed of an alkali-resistant polymer having a low viscosity. The degassing primer is spread over a concrete substrate prior to applying a waterproof adhesive. The waterproof adhesive can be used to bond a flooring material to the concrete substrate coated with the degassing primer. The degassing primer penetrates and displaces air from the concrete micro-channels and pores, thereby eliminating the possibility of creating air bubbles under the flooring material. |
| US10161133B2 |
See through plastic roofing paper system
This embodiment specifically pertains to the field of roofing to find roof leaks or problems fast and easy. This idea and components can find the exact location of a leak in a matter of seconds by simply looking through the paper. See-through paper can turn a do-it-yourselfer into a professional instantly to find leaks from water, gas, or related roofing problems or any roof; flat or pitched. This two layer system, plastic (clear) (FIG. 1) and blotter-paper (FIG. 2), allows leaks to finally be seen as they happen and will stop them in their tracks. Optionally wireless pressure sensitive pads (FIG. 3) alerts owners of buildings or authorities to IPhones or laptop computers of fires, sparks, or intruders. A repair kit (FIG. 4) allows amateurs or professionals to seal and repair roof leaks. Kit includes caulking, clear adhesive, 2 hand rollers, and one pointy trowel. |
| US10161128B2 |
Anchor rail and building structure having an anchor rail
An anchor rail has a base body having a longitudinal groove that extends along a longitudinal center line of the anchor rail, and a rail back, fixed with an anchor, on the side opposite the longitudinal groove. The base body has a one front side perpendicular to the longitudinal center line and fixed with an end plate that protrudes beyond the rail back to the side of the base body facing away from the longitudinal groove and supports an anchoring element, which extends from the side of the end plate on which the base body is arranged. The end plate is flush to the front side and does not protrude into the base body. For a building structure with a concrete member, into which an anchor rail is cast, the longitudinal groove is on a first router side of the concrete member. The end plate runs along a second side of the concrete member and the anchoring element protrudes into the concrete member. |
| US10161126B2 |
Panel with defined fastener location
The disclosed subject matter pertains to an artificial panel including a spaced apart first wall and second wall. Each of the walls has an inside surface and an outside surface, and at least one fastener location configured at an outside surface of the at least one of the first wall and the second wall of the panel. The fastener location is configured for receiving therethrough a fastener and where one or more ribs extend between the first wall and the second wall, along at least a portion of the panel, the fastener location being indicative of the location thereof. |
| US10161124B2 |
Sewer overflow discharge monitoring system and method
A method and a system for monitoring the performance of combined sewer overflow structures is described. The inventive system includes sensors for monitoring the level of sewage in the structure and the operation of valves. A data processing unit collects data and calculates the flow of an overflow event and/or the performance of gate valves. The system may be battery operated and may adaptively change the sensor sampling time to prolong battery lifetime. |
| US10161122B2 |
Twin water-drainage valve inner core tube starting apparatus
A twin water-drainage valve inner core tube starting apparatus includes a button seat, main body, half drainage button, full drainage button, half drainage float, full drainage float, inner core tube and lever, the half drainage float, full drainage float and inner core tube being installed inside the main body to form a half drainage structure and full drainage structure, the button seat being configured on the main body, and the half drainage button and full drainage button being mounted on the button seat, where at least two levers arranged symmetrically are mounted inside the main body, one end of the two levers is abutted against the half drainage button and full drainage button, and another end thereof is in connection with the inner core tube through a pull rod. Whereby, the present invention can reduce the water drainage pressing force and decrease the friction between the components. |
| US10161118B2 |
Faucet
A faucet includes a spout base having a first end mounted to a mounting surface and a second end opposite the first end that includes an elbow, more than one water supply line within the spout base, and a hub containing a mixing valve. The hub includes an inlet end and an outlet end. The second end of the spout base and the inlet end of the hub connect together. The inlet end of the hub connects to the water supply lines. The mixing valve is approximately midway between the elbow and a dispensing end of the faucet. |
| US10161114B2 |
Fresh water generation system using coastal atmosphere and ocean water
This invention is designed to create potentially unlimited commercial fresh water at a significantly reduced cost in relation to existing fresh water creation systems such as sea water desalination. This invention pumps coastal atmospheric air through sealed pipes to ocean water depths (ideally) of approximately 100-305 meters, or (ideally) into the local ocean's thermocline layer. Fresh water condensation occurs inside the sealed air pipes as cold ocean water chills the outside of the pipes. Condensation fresh water flows via gravity to the low point in the sealed air pipes where a powered fresh water pump is located. This powered fresh water pump then pumps the accumulated condensation water to the ocean surface and then on to shore as usable fresh water. The pumped-in air, now dehumidified, is piped to the surface and returned to the atmosphere. |
| US10161113B2 |
Locking device for securing a wear member
Locking device for securing a wear part (1) on a support (2) for excavators and similar machines, the locking device that comprises a locking element (20), with a locking end, a thread (40), and at least one helical spring (30) defining a longitudinal axis, where the spring (30) is at least partially threaded in the thread (40). The support (2) comprises a housing (12) and the wear part (1) comprises an orifice (11) so that, in a mounted position, the housing (12) and the orifice (11) are at least partially overlapped, where the locking device is able to be introduced in the housing (12), where, in the mounted position, the locking end at least partially emerges from the housing (12) and penetrates into the orifice (11). |
| US10161111B2 |
Display system of excavation machine, excavation machine, and image display method
A display system of an excavation machine including a work machine having a bucket and a body portion on which the work machine is mounted. The display system includes a bucket position information generator which generates position information of the bucket; a storage which stores information of a dimension of the bucket and information of a target construction surface indicating a target shape of a construction object; a display which displays an image of the target construction surface on a screen; and a processor which displays a straight line image that is generated by extracting a part corresponding to a bottom surface of the bucket, viewed from a side surface, along with the image of the target construction surface on the display. |
| US10161108B2 |
Hydraulic fluid energy recovery system for work
Provided is a hydraulic fluid energy recovery system for a work machine equipped with a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator for driving the work machine, an operating device for operating the hydraulic actuator, and a regenerating device for recovering a return fluid flowing back from the hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic fluid energy recovery system includes: a fluid line for allowing the return fluid from the hydraulic actuator to flow through the line; a section for branching the fluid line into a plurality of fluid lines; a recovery circuit that serves as one of the branch fluid lines and includes the regenerating device; a discharge circuit that serves as the other of the branch fluid lines and discharges the return fluid to a tank; a flow control device disposed in the discharge circuit so as to be able to control a flow rate of the return fluid; an operation amount detector for detecting the operation amount on the operating device; and a control device configured to acquire the operation amount detected by the operation amount detector, calculate a target discharge flow rate of the return fluid flowing through the discharge circuit, and calculate a target regeneration flow rate of the return fluid flowing through the recovery circuit, the control device thereby controlling the flow control device according to the target discharge flow rate and also controlling the regenerating device according to the target regeneration flow rate. |
| US10161106B2 |
Platform assembly for a ground engaging tool
A platform assembly for a ground engaging tool contains a platform that establishes a single substantially planar support surface, at least one pivot joint that is coupled to the platform to facilitate its rotation between a lowered and raised position and that is coupled to the ground engaging tool. The platform supports an object above the ground engaging components of the ground engaging tool while the platform is in the lowered position, and the platform facilitates access to the ground engagement components of the ground engaging tool while the platform is in the raised position. |
| US10161104B2 |
Front attachment in traveling machine body for operation
To set time difference to the starting time of excavation and scooping by setting the starting of the scooping with a bucket behind the starting of the excavation with a ripper in an excavation machine where the bucket and the ripper are equipped to an arm, and are manipulated to open and close with each other by expansion and contraction of a hydraulic cylinder. During the first half of the contracting process at a hydraulic cylinder, a pin mounted on a connecting link where a bucket and a ripper are connected moves through a slot formed on the bucket to make bucket delay in closing, and the bucket and the ripper close at the same time during the latter half of the contracting process. |
| US10161098B2 |
Anchor pier for manufactured building
An anchor pier for supporting a manufactured building, in which the anchor pier includes having a shaft with a connector and a helical flight proximate a driving tip, with a brace member attached to the connector and to the manufactured building with a connector, to transfer loading between the manufactured building and the ground. A method of supporting a manufactured building is disclosed. |
| US10161097B2 |
Hybrid foundation structure, and method for building same
A hybrid foundation structure includes a first perforation hole formed in the ground, at least one second perforation hole formed adjacent to the first perforation hole on a side surface of the first perforation hole, and a first pile and a second pile formed by mixing and injecting soil and soil solidifying agent into the first perforation hole and the second perforation hole. |
| US10161096B2 |
Ground reinforcing device
The disclosure relates to a device for reinforcing a ground on which is disposed a loading structure. Threaded inclusions are disposed vertically within the ground and reinforce said ground. The core diameter of threaded inclusions is between 250 mm and 450 mm and the external diameter is between 350 mm and 600 mm. A load transmitting layer is interposed between the ground and the loading structure disposed thereon, so as to transmit and distribute the load from the loading structure to both the ground and the plurality of inclusions. A ratio between a distance between axes of two adjacent inclusions and the internal diameter of said adjacent inclusions is between 4 and 14, and the inclusions are made from a material having a specified 28-day compressive strength between 5 MPa and 35 MPa. |
| US10161094B2 |
Erosion-preventing laminate mat and assembly system
An erosion-preventing laminate mat may include a first layer of slivers of a natural material, a second layer of slivers of a synthetic material, and, in embodiments, a third layer of an open mesh. A system for utilizing the erosion-preventing laminate may include a movable frame having an upper surface shaped to pass beneath a substantially flat sheet of tied block mat, the frame including a spindle below the upper surface for supporting a roll of the first mat, the first mat including the first layer of slivers of a natural material, the second layer of slivers of a synthetic material, and the third layer of an open mesh. In embodiments, a system for forming the mat includes a movable frame shaped to pass beneath a substantially flat sheet of the tied block mat, and including a spindle below the upper surface for supporting a roll of the first mat. |
| US10161093B2 |
Method and system for a retractable floodwall system
The present invention relates to a retractable floodwall unit that comprises a foundation unit having a plurality of guide tracks along side walls of the foundation unit, a floodwall panel stowed in the foundation unit; and a power system for raising and lowering the floodwall panel. The foundation unit includes a first housing unit enclosing an actuator of the power system, and the floodwall panel includes a plurality of guides that mate with the guide tracks of the foundation unit. |
| US10161087B1 |
System and method for asphalt heating
A paver machine includes an engine, a hopper for receiving a volume of asphalt, and a screed element for spreading the asphalt into an asphalt mat. The machine also includes an induction heating element positioned within the hopper for maintaining a predetermined temperature of the asphalt during operation of the paver machine. |
| US10161083B1 |
Soft creped tissue
The invention provides a creped tissue web having satisfactory softness without the excess use of water insoluble creping compositions. The satisfactory softness levels, which may be measured as TS7, are generally less than about 10.0 and may be achieved by creping the tissue web with less than about 100 mg/m2 (milligrams of creping composition per square meter of creping cylinder surface area) such as from about 25 to about 100 mg/m2 and more preferably from about 50 to about 75 mg/m2. It was previously believed that water insoluble creping compositions need to be added at high add-on levels, such as 100 mg/m2 or greater to achieve a desirable softness at a given tensile strength. It has now been surprisingly discovered that the add-on of water insoluble creping composition may be reduced significantly by adding a water soluble adhesive to the creping composition. |
| US10161082B1 |
Contact surface having a composite release layer and method of making
A processing roll has a release layer that includes a porous rigid layer and polymer composite. The porous rigid layer may be a thermally sprayed metal that has discrete metal portions or a network of contiguous metal portions. Discrete metal from a flame sprayer may attached to each other on a contact surface to form the rigid layer. The polymer composite at least partially fills the spaces between the metal portions. The polymer composite may comprise a particulate filler, such as silica or glass beads. The release layer has good durability as the exposed surface contains both a portion that is the rigid material and a portion that is the polymer composite. This configuration enables very high release and long term durability even as the release layer wears. |
| US10161081B2 |
Sizing composition and process for textile materials
Use for sizing textile materials with an aqueous sizing composition including at least one co-polymer obtained by the polymerization of at least one non-ionic monomer and/or one anionic monomer, and at least one monomer of formula (I): in which: R1 is an atom of hydrogen or a methyl radical; x=0 or 1; Z is a divalent grouping —C(═O)—O—, —C(═O)—NH—, or —CH2—; n is an integer between 1 and 250; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a carbonated radical—saturated or unsaturated, possibly aromatic, linear, ramified or cyclic—including from 1 to 30 carbon atoms and from 0 to 4 hetero-atoms chosen from the group including O, N and S. |
| US10161079B2 |
Continuous batch tunnel washer and method
A method of washing fabric articles in a tunnel washer that includes moving the fabric articles from the intake of the washer to the discharge of the washer and through multiple modules or sectors. Liquid can be counter flowed in the washer interior along a flow path that is generally opposite the direction of travel of the fabric articles. A dual use zone includes multiple of the modules or sectors. In a dual use zone, a module or modules can be used to both wash and thereafter rinse the fabric articles. While counterflow rinsing, the flow rate can be maintained at a selected flow rate or flow pressure head. One or more booster pumps can optionally be employed to maintain constant counterflow rinsing flow rate or constant counterflow rinsing pressure head. |
| US10161078B2 |
Control method for laundry dryer
The present invention relates to a control method for a laundry dryer. The laundry dryer is a heat-pump type laundry dryer and a compressor of the laundry dryer is a variable-frequency compressor. The control method includes setting a minimum running frequency of the compressor according to an amount of clothes to be dried, where the more the clothes are, the larger the set minimum running frequency is. Specifically, when laundry drying is started, the amount of the clothes being dried is detected. According to the detected information, a minimum running frequency of the compressor, corresponding to the information, is invoked, and the minimum running frequency of the compressor in the current laundry drying process is set. |
| US10161077B2 |
Washing machine and liquid additive supply device for the same
A washing machine with a liquid additive supply device capable of sensing an amount of liquid additive contained therein. A buoyancy body and a sensing unit are disposed in a reservoir tank of the liquid additive supply device. The vertical position and therefore the distance between the buoyancy body and a sensing unit vary with the surface level of liquid additive in the reservoir tank due to buoyancy effect. The buoyancy body may include a magnetic body and the sensing unit can detect the intensity of the magnetic body. The surface level of the liquid additive is too low, the sensing unit can generate a signal indicative of liquid additive shortage. |
| US10161076B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
A laundry treating apparatus including a body provided with a laundry inlet; and a door configured to open or close the laundry inlet, wherein the door includes a door frame having a first opening portion facing the laundry inlet when the door is closed and a second opening portion corresponding to a display module mounted at an inside, and a door cover coupled to the door frame to form an appearance of the door, and the door cover includes a non-light-transmitting region, and a first light transmitting region corresponding to the first opening portion and a second light transmitting region corresponding to the second opening portion within the non-light-transmitting region. |
| US10161073B2 |
Floating coupling system for laundry appliance equipment
A laundry appliance includes a clutch/coupler floating member positioned between basket and stirrer and provides selective and automatic coupling therebetween according to the phase of the washing cycle. At least one coupler cooperates pivotally and simultaneously with the moving basket and the stirrer. The coupler comprises a stem rotatably hinged to a pivot which cooperates with the basket and is disposed orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the stirrer, wherein a rod end of the coupler cooperates with at least one first coupling member and the other end of the rod cooperates with at least one floating body. The basket comprises at least one housing cooperating with the floating body of the coupler. The stirrer comprises a coupling cooperating with the first coupling member of the coupler. |
| US10161071B2 |
Washing machine
A washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine includes an outer tub that is configured to hold water. The washing machine further includes an inner tub that is located in the outer tub and that is configured to hold laundry and spin. The washing machine further includes a circulation flowpath that is configured to circulate water discharged from the outer tub. The washing machine further includes a first nozzle that is configured to jet water supplied from the circulation flowpath to the inner tub. The washing machine further includes an adjustable pump that is configured to pump water through the circulation flowpath to the first nozzle, the adjustable pump being configured to adjust flow of water to the first nozzle. |
| US10161065B2 |
Cloth and textile product
An object of the invention is to provide a cloth having water absorbency, water repellency, and a tendency to float on water, and also a textile product using the cloth. A means of resolution is to obtain a cloth using a fiber A that is not water repellent and a fiber B that is water repellent in a weight ratio (fiber A:fiber B) within a range of 50:50 to 87:13. |
| US10161061B2 |
Potassium sodium niobate ceramics with single crystal
Disclosed is a (K,Na)NbO3 (abbreviated by “KNN”)-based single crystal ceramic. The KNN-based single crystal ceramic according to the present disclosure is formulated by (K0.5−x/2Na0.5−x/2−y□y/2Mx+y/2)Nb1−x/3+yO3, wherein M indicates a metal having a different valence from Na, and □ indicates a metal vacancy. The above formulated KNN-based single crystal ceramic allows compensating for the volatilization of Na in a growing grain due to the addition of M2+ ions, and substituting M2+ ions for Na+ ions to form metal vacancies, thereby making possible the single crystal growth. |
| US10161053B2 |
Control system for an electrolytic cell
A control system for an electrolytic cell includes a voltage converter converting an input voltage into a decomposition voltage, a temperature sensor generating a sensed temperature, an electric power sensor generating a sensed voltage, and a control unit storing voltage-temperature characteristics. The control unit determines a voltage that corresponds to the sensed temperature according to one of the voltage-temperature characteristics, and generates, according to a difference between the voltage thus determined and the sensed voltage, a control signal which is provided to the voltage converter such that the decomposition voltage decreases along with increase in the sensed temperature. |
| US10161052B2 |
Method for preparing a gallium-doped zinc oxide electrode decorated with densely gathered palladium nanoparticles
A method for manufacturing a palladium coated doped metal oxide conducting electrode including immersing a metal oxide conducting electrode into an aqueous solution having a palladium precursor salt to form the metal oxide conducting electrode having at least one surface coated with palladium precursor. To form a layer of palladium nanoparticles on the metal oxide conducting electrode the palladium precursor on the metal oxide conducting is reduced with a borohydride compound. The palladium nanoparticles on the metal oxide conducting electrode have an average diameter of 8 nm to 22 nm and are present on the surface of the metal oxide conducting electrode at a density from 1.5×10−3 Pd·nm−2 to 3.5×10−3 Pd·nm−2. |
| US10161050B2 |
Ion exchange membranes, electrochemical systems, and methods
Disclosed herein are ion exchange membranes, electrochemical systems, and methods that relate to various configurations of the ion exchange membranes and other components of the electrochemical cell. |
| US10161049B2 |
Magnetic powder, and manufacturing method thereof
A magnetic powder contains magnetic particles, a first coating layer disposed on surfaces of the magnetic particles and containing a first glass, and a second coating layer disposed on the first coating layer and containing a second glass different from the first glass. A method of manufacturing magnetic powder includes preparing magnetic particles, forming a first coating layer containing a first glass on surfaces of the magnetic particles, and forming a second coating layer containing a second glass different from the first glass on the first coating layer. |
| US10161046B2 |
Method for forming metal particle layer and light emitting device fabricated using metal particle layer formed by the method
Disclosed is a method for forming a metal particle layer having irregular structures in a simpler manner. The method includes bringing a base into contact with an activation solution including a metal compound, an organic acid activator, and a complexing agent. The base is oxidized by the organic acid activator to produce electrons and the metal compound is reduced by the electrons to deposit metal particles on the surface of the base. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating a light emitting device with improved light extraction efficiency that uses a metal particle layer formed by the above method. |
| US10161040B2 |
Shower head for electronic device having dispersion pins fabrication and shower head assembly
A showerhead is provided. The showerhead includes a body and a plurality of first dispersion pins. The body has one side having a plurality of injection holes penetrated therethrough and the other side facing the one side. The plurality of first dispersion pins protruding from the plurality of spray holes of the one side to the other side such that end portions thereof support the other side. The first dispersion holes have first gas inlet holes on one side and first passages connected to the first gas inlet holes therein. Gas introduced between the one side and the other side is immediately discharged to the outside of the body through the plurality of spray holes by passing the first gas inlet holes and the first passages. |
| US10161039B2 |
Apparatus and method for spatial atomic layer deposition
A semiconductor fabrication apparatus includes a processing chamber, a wafer stage configured in the processing chamber, a first chemical delivery mechanism configured in the processing chamber to provide a first chemical to a first reaction zone in the processing chamber, and a second chemical delivery mechanism configured in the processing chamber to provide a second chemical to a second reaction zone in the processing chamber. The second chemical delivery mechanism includes an edge chemical injector and a first radial chemical injector both configured to deliver the second chemical to the second reaction zone. |
| US10161038B2 |
Substrate loading in an ALD reactor
An apparatus and method for loading a plurality of substrates into a substrate holder in a loading chamber of a deposition reactor to form a vertical stack of horizontally oriented substrates within said substrate holder, for turning the substrate holder to form a horizontal stack of vertically oriented substrates, and for lowering the substrate holder into a reaction chamber of the deposition reactor for deposition. The technical effects achieved are: a top loading system for a vertical flow deposition reactor in which the substrates can be loaded with horizontal orientation, eliminating the need for flipping each substrate separately by flipping the whole substrate holder and minimizing a loading distance in a reactor cluster. |
| US10161034B2 |
Rapid chamber clean using concurrent in-situ and remote plasma sources
A method for cleaning a processing chamber of a substrate processing system includes supplying nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) gas to a remote plasma source (RPS); generating RPS plasma using the RPS; supplying the RPS plasma to the processing chamber; supplying NF3 gas as bypass gas to the processing chamber; striking in-situ plasma in the processing chamber while the RPS plasma is supplied; and cleaning the processing chamber during a cleaning period using both the RPS plasma and the in-situ plasma. |
| US10161032B2 |
High-purity titanium ingots, manufacturing method therefor, and titanium sputtering target
Provided is a high-purity titanium ingot having a purity, excluding an additive element and gas components, of 99.99 mass % or more, wherein at least one nonmetallic element selected from S, P, and B is contained in a total amount of 0.1 to 100 mass ppm as the additive component and the variation in the content of the nonmetallic element between the top, middle, and bottom portions of the ingot is within ±200%. Provided is a method of manufacturing a titanium ingot containing a nonmetallic element in an amount of 0.1 to 100 mass ppm, wherein S, P, or B, which is a nonmetallic element, is added to molten titanium as an intermetallic compound or a master alloy to produce a high-purity titanium ingot having a purity, excluding an additive element and gas components, of 99.99 mass % or more. It is an object of the present invention to provide a high-purity titanium having decreased intra- and inter-ingot variations in the content of the nonmetallic element, a uniform structure, and improved strength by containing at least one nonmetallic element selected from S, P, and B. |
| US10161029B2 |
Manufacturing process of heat-resisting glass or enamel coating on a thermally insulated container chamber
A manufacturing process of a heat-resisting glass or enamel coating of a thermally insulated container chamber is described. The process comprises selecting a thermally insulated metal container body, and performing sand blasting to a chamber surface of the body such that the chamber surface becomes a rough surface. The process comprises spraying a glass or enamel glazing material on the rough surface of the body and drying the glazing material on the rough surface. The process comprises placing a dried body on a bracket and sintering the dried body. After sintering is performed, the process comprises removing the body from the bracket. Using this disclosure the chemical properties of the glass coating or enamel coating are relatively stable, so corrosion will not occur. Because the thermal expansion and cold contraction are relatively small, the coating is suitable for manufacturing thermally insulated containers such as thermally insulated cups. |
| US10161026B1 |
Self healing lead, tin, and their alloys, and solders, incorporating shape memory alloys, reactive particles and hollow vascular networks
The invention discloses the internal structures and processes to synthesize the structure of self-healing materials, especially metallic materials, metal matrix micro and nanocomposites. Self-healing is imparted by incorporation of macro, micro or nanosize hollow reinforcements including nanotubes, filled with low melting healing material or incorporation of healing material in pockets within the metallic matrix; the healing material melts and fills the crack. In another concept, macro, micro and nanosize solid reinforcements including ceramic and metallic particles, and shape memory alloys are incorporated into alloy matrices, specially nanostructured alloy matrices, to impart self healing by applying compressive stresses on the crack or diffusing material into voids to fill them. The processes to synthesize these self-healing and nanocomposite structures, including pressure or pressureless infiltration, stir mixing and squeeze casting in addition to solid and vapour phase consolidation processes are part of this invention. |
| US10161017B2 |
Method for crushing hard tungsten carbide scraps
Provided are a method for crushing hard tungsten carbide (WC) scraps which is a pre-step of alkaline leaching and acid leaching processes for recycling of tungsten and cobalt, the method including mixing hard tungsten carbide (WC) scraps such as chips, wires, bolts, drills, etc., that are metalworking tools to be discarded after being used, with aluminum, followed by heating to a high temperature, to form an intermetallic compound, metal oxides, or mixtures thereof in a sponge form, and crushing the intermetallic compound, the metal oxides, or the mixtures thereof in a sponge form. Further, provided is a method for recovering tungsten and cobalt from hard tungsten carbide (WC) scrap powder through alkaline leaching and acid leaching methods. |
| US10161013B2 |
Method for the isolation and purification of anhydrogalactose
The present invention discloses a method for isolating and purifying anhydrogalactose. Using the method for isolating and purifying anhydrogalactose including the steps of preparing a sugar mixture containing anhydrogalactose produced through chemical synthesis and hydrolysis; and isolating anhydrogalactose by performing recycling preparative liquid chromatography (recycling-prep-LC) with the sugar mixture, highly pure anhydrogalactose can be efficiently isolated and purified in large amounts. |
| US10161011B2 |
Method for quantifying adeno-associated virus
A method for quantification of an adeno-associated virus genome, including the steps of (a) preparing a composition containing a sample, at least one primer pair for use in amplification of only a nucleotide sequence contained in inverted terminal repeats of an adeno-associated virus, and an intercalating dye; (b) performing nucleic acid amplification reaction using the composition prepared in the step (a); and (c) detecting an amplified product obtained in the step (b). The present invention is especially useful in the fields of medicine, gene engineering, and biology. |
| US10161010B2 |
Methods for detection of anti-cytomegalovirus neutralizing antibodies
The present disclosure provides methods useful for determining levels of HCMV infection in host cells and, by extension, determining levels of neutralizing antibodies present in a sample. The present disclosure encompasses the recognition that HCMV viruses that have a fluorescent moiety permit detection of viral infection (e.g., by assessing fluorescence in cells after contacting the host cell with the virus). In some embodiments, levels of HCMV infection are determined by fluorescence detection where the virus has been preincubated with a test sample (e.g., a serum sample) from a subject. In some embodiments, the subject has been administered a candidate HCMV vaccine. |
| US10161002B2 |
Modular nucleotide compositions and uses therefor
Nucleic acid compositions, methods of making and using such compositions that comprise modular functional groups that can be configured to provide desired functionality to different nucleotide types through a swappable and preferably non-covalent linkage component. Such compositions are useful in a variety of applications including nucleic acid analyses. |
| US10160999B2 |
Sequencing device and method for operating a sequencing device
A sequencing device has at least one sequencing channel configured to fluidically connect a first gap with a second gap. The sequencing channel is formed as a cavity in the region of the first gap and is formed as a pore in the region of the second gap. The pore has a smaller cross section than the cavity. |
| US10160997B2 |
Matrices and media for storage and stabilization of biomolecules
The present invention provides compositions useful for biomolecule storage comprising a water soluble inorganic compound, a stabilizer, or a combination thereof. The present invention also provides methods of using the compositions of the invention to store biomolecules in the dry state and in solution, as well as sample carriers and kits comprising compositions of the invention. |
| US10160993B2 |
Tyrosine kinase biosensors and methods of use
The present disclosure illustrates new synthetic ALK-specific biosensors used to measure the activity or ALK, and methods of using the synthetic ALK-specific biosensors in assays, including high throughput assays. |
| US10160992B2 |
Analysis of amino acid copolymer compositions
Methods for analyzing, selecting, characterizing or classifying compositions of a co-polymer, e.g., glatiramer acetate are described. The methods entail analysis of pyro-glutamate in the composition, and, in some methods, comparing the amount of pyro-glutamate present in a composition to a reference standard. |
| US10160991B2 |
Assay for the comprehensive identification of antibiotic sensitivity
Disclosed herein are methods determining susceptibility of bacteria in a sample from a subject suspected of having an infection to a plurality of antibiotics simultaneously, wherein the sample is tested without first isolating the bacteria from the sample. |
| US10160990B2 |
Analysis bag, manufacturing process for analysis bags, and microbial culture process using the same
An analysis bag for receiving a biological sample for microbial culture with a culture broth powder disposed within an inner volume of the container and retained by a porous wall. The culture broth powder can be disposed in at least one pouch comprising an envelope of porous material with an open inner volume. The container can have two compartments sharing a common porous wall with one compartment adapted to receive the culture broth powder and the other compartment adapted to receive the biological sample. The pouch can be manufactured with a panel of porous material folded over and sealed with the culture broth powder retained therein. A microbial culture process can be implemented with such analysis bags retaining at least one pouch or having compartments separated by a common porous wall. |
| US10160978B2 |
Prokaryotic 2-component signaling pathways for use as logic gates in mammalian cells
The invention relates to mammalian cells comprising at least one prokaryotic two-component signaling (TCS) pathway comprised of an activator protein A, a response regulator (RR) protein B activated by said protein A, such activation leading to an activated RR protein B, and an output gene C operably linked to a promoter. Transcription from said promoter is activated by activated RR protein B, and the expression of output gene C defines at least a first state (0, no transcription) and a second state (1, detectable transcription). The invention further relates to logic gates designed from such cells, and methods for integrating a plurality of output signals based on the cells and logic gates of the invention. |
| US10160976B2 |
Chromobacterium subtsugae genome
Disclosed herein is the nucleotide sequence of the Chromobacterium subtsugae genome. Also provided are the nucleotide sequences of open reading frames in the C. subtsugae genome (i.e., C. subtsugae genes). In addition, the amino acid sequences of proteins encoded by the C. subtsugae genome are provided. Nucleic acids, vectors and polypeptides comprising the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Homologues, functional fragments and conservative variants of the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Compositions having pesticidal, bioremedial and plant growth-promoting activities comprising C. subtsugae genes and proteins, and methods for the use of these compositions, are also provided. |
| US10160974B2 |
Engineered cytokine- and chemokine-expressing Candida albicans strains and methods of use
Recombinant nucleic acid constructs for expression of heterologous cytokines or chemokines in C. albicans, and genetically modified C. albicans strains comprising the recombinant nucleic acid constructs, are described. The recombinant nucleic acid molecules include a C. albicans gene promoter sequence, a nucleic acid sequence encoding a C. albicans secreted protein signal sequence and a heterologous open reading frame (ORF) of a cytokine or chemokine gene. Also described are a method of expressing a heterologous cytokine or chemokine protein in a subject, and a method of treating or inhibiting the development of candidiasis in a subject. These methods include administering a genetically modified C. albicans containing a recombinant nucleic acid construct for expression of a heterologous cytokine or chemokine. Exemplary cytokines or chemokines include IL8, IL17A, CXCL1, CXCL2 and CXCL5. |
| US10160973B2 |
Nucleic acid aptamers binding to vascular endothelial growth factor receptors
[Problem] To provide a novel nucleic acid aptamer for a vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, said nucleic acid aptamer being useful for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases associated with VEGFs that can regulate angiogenesis and receptors for the VEGFs, e.g., tumor angiogenesis, diabetic retina and chronic rheumatoid arthritis.[Solution] A nucleic acid aptamer characterized by comprising a nucleotide sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 5, and also characterized by being capable of bonding to a human VEGF receptor specifically. In a preferred embodiment of the nucleic acid aptamer, a primer recognition sequence, a fluorescent label, or a biotin molecule, an avidin molecule, a streptavidin molecule or other specific binding tag peptide may be linked to the 5′- or 3′-terminal of the nucleic acid aptamer for the purpose of making it possible to detect the nucleic acid aptamer easily. |
| US10160969B2 |
Chiral design
The present invention relates to chirally controlled oligonucleotides of select designs, chirally controlled oligonucleotide compositions, and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, a provided chirally controlled oligonucleotide composition provides different cleavage patterns of a nucleic acid polymer than a reference oligonucleotide composition. In some embodiments, a provided chirally controlled oligonucleotide composition provides single site cleavage within a complementary sequence of a nucleic acid polymer. |
| US10160967B2 |
Methods and compositions for identifying a peptide having an intermolecular interaction with a target of interest
A system of a recombinant bacteriophage library and a target of interest complex, wherein the recombinant bacteriophage peptide library includes a plurality of peptides expressed on the surface of recombinant bacteriophages wherein each recombinant bacteriophage includes (a) a pill protein; wherein each pill protein includes (b) a peptide or polypeptide involved in an intermolecular interaction, which differs by at least one amino acid from other peptides or polypeptides in the library; and (c) a modified protease cleavage site proximal to the peptide, wherein the modified protease cleavage site is the same in each bacteriophage, the modified cleavage site having a reduced binding affinity to a protease, as compared to a non-modified cleavage site, and wherein the target of interest complex includes a protease, a flexible linker attached to the protease, and a target of interest attached to the flexible linker, wherein the target of interest participates in an intermolecular interaction. |
| US10160966B2 |
Sample preparation method and apparatus
A method of preparing a nucleic acid sample with target enrichment uses a reaction vessel (11), within which is added a chelating agent to a sample with heating to about 99° C. to provide a crude lysate. A PNA probe is provided at a concentration sufficient for binding and capture of discernible levels of target nucleic acid. The PNA probe may be attached to beads (26) which are initially embedded in a wax body (17) and are released during the heating so that they are free to move and come into contact with the PNA probe and target DNA. After binding has occurred, the beads are magnetically attracted back into a pocket (16) along with the wax (17), which is allowed to solidify before they are removed from the reaction vessel. |
| US10160957B2 |
Development of dengue virus vaccine components
The invention is related to a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus that contains a mutation in the 3′ untranslated region (3′-UTR) comprising a Δ30 mutation that removes the TL-2 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and nucleotides additional to the Δ30 mutation deleted from the 3′-UTR that removes sequence in the 5′ direction as far as the 5′ boundary of the TL-3 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or a replacement of the 3′-UTR of a dengue virus of a first serotype with the 3′-UTR of a dengue virus of a second serotype, optionally containing the Δ30 mutation and nucleotides additional to the Δ30 mutation deleted from the 3′-UTR; and immunogenic compositions, methods of inducing an immune response, and methods of producing a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus. |
| US10160950B2 |
Methods of maintaining, expanding and differentiating neuronal subtype specific progenitors
Methods for expanding proliferating populations of neuronal subtype-specific progenitors and creating substantially pure populations of motor neurons are provided herein. In particular, the present invention provides methods for maintaining the unique gene profile and differentiation potential of neuronal subtype-specific progenitors, such as motor neuron progenitors and hindbrain serotonergic neural progenitors. |
| US10160946B2 |
Pluripotent tissue harvester and methods of manufacture thereof
Disclosed herein is a tissue harvester comprising a substrate having an airfoil shape; and a textured surface disposed upon the substrate, where the textured surface comprises a spatial array of nanometer or micrometer sized pillars of varying cross-sections. Disclosed herein too is method comprising disposing upon a substrate a textured surface; where the substrate has an airfoil shape and where the textured surface where the textured surface comprises nanometer or micrometer sized pillars; contacting the tissue harvester with biological cells whose proliferation under different conditions is desired; and disposing the tissue harvester in a flow field such that cells disposed on the tissue harvester at different locations may experience different flow fields. |
| US10160945B2 |
Horizontal immersion cover type carbon supplement device and carbon supplement method used for microalgae culture in open pond
The invention relates to the field of mass cultivation of microalgae and specifically relates to a horizontal submerged cover type carbon supplement device and carbon supplement method for cultivating microalgae in an open pond. The horizontal submerged cover type carbon supplement device for cultivating microalgae in an open pond, comprises: one or more than two covers and gas distributors, wherein the gas distributor is arranged at the bottom of the open pond and the cover is arranged above the gas distributor; the cover, in form of a cylinder with openings at both ends, is arranged along the flow direction of the culture solution, the two ends of the cover being a culture solution inlet and a culture solution outlet respectively; the gas distributor is kept away from the culture solution outlet of the cover by more than 40 cm. According to the invention, when microalgae cells are cultivated in the open pond, carbon dioxide can be effectively utilized for carbon supplement, so production cost is greatly reduced. |
| US10160944B2 |
Fluid circulation systems incorporating fluid leveling devices
Fluid circulation and leveling systems and methods of using the same are described. A fluid circulation system includes a fluid mixing chamber and open fluid chambers in fluid communication with the fluid mixing chamber. Each open fluid chamber includes a microfluidic fluid leveling conduit with an orifice disposed in the open fluid chamber at a minimum fluid level associated with a corresponding minimum fluid volume. A controller causes a first pump to generate a first direction of fluid flow during a first time period between the open fluid chambers, and causes the first pump to generate a second direction of fluid flow during a second time period between the first and second open fluid chambers. The controller also causes a second pump to generate a flow of fluid during a third time period from one of the first and second open fluid chambers into the fluid mixing chamber. |
| US10160943B2 |
Method and microfluidic system for processing organic cells and manufacturing method for producing a microfluidic system for processing organic cells
A method for processing organic cells includes providing a microfluidic system having a chamber comprising a stationary phase in the form of a plurality of microparticles. The method further includes letting a plurality of organic cells in a mobile phase into the chamber across a first opening of the microfluidic system. The method further includes accumulating the organic cells in a tapered section of the chamber that is upstream of a filter of the microfluidic system that is impermeable to the microparticles. The method further includes flushing a lysis agent into the chamber to resuspend the microparticles and the organic cells in the chamber for a disruption of the organic cells. |
| US10160942B2 |
Fermenter supply method, biogas plant, and conversion method
A biogas plant fermenter supply method increases total throughput of substrate through fermenter chambers while not changing the number of fermenter chambers. An inoculum fermenter chamber is supplied with raw fermentation substrate and fermenting for a dwell time, returning part of the substrate fermented in the inoculum fermenter chamber in the form of a self-inoculating substrate to the inoculum fermenter chamber by a return path, the part being mixed with the raw fermentation substrate, and supplying a fast fermenter chamber coupled to the inoculum fermenter chamber with an additional part of the substrate fermented in the inoculum fermenter chamber in the form of a fast fermenter inoculation substrate and mixing the additional part with fast fermenter raw substrate of an amount per unit of time, wherein fermented output substrate is removed from the fast fermenter chamber after a dwell time of the substrate mixture introduced into the fast fermenter chamber. |
| US10160939B2 |
Low-water-content, liquid detergent comprising surfactants obtained from renewable raw materials
The application describes a water-soluble package which contains a liquid washing or cleaning agent and a water-soluble envelope. The liquid washing or cleaning agent contains a) nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkoxylated fatty alcohols, alkyl polyglycosides, ethoxylated methyl esters of natural fatty acids and mixtures thereof, b) anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohol sulfates, fatty alcohol ether sulfates, fatty acid soaps, sulfonated estolides and mixtures thereof, c) organic solvent which comprises a mixture of 1,2-propanediol and ethanol, and d) up to 15 wt. %, relative to the entire washing or cleaning agent, of water. |
| US10160936B2 |
Laundry scent additive
A laundry scent additive having polyethylene glycol and perfume. The laundry scent additive enables consumers to control the amount of scent imparted to their laundry. |
| US10160935B2 |
Consumer products comprising amino modified hydrocarbons
Products selected from the group consisting of: hair conditioners, fabric softeners, skin moisturizers, shampoos, paper product additives, cosmetics, personal cleansing products, shave preparation products, detergents, non-woven additives, oral care products, and assembled products comprising treated paper or non-woven components, and comprising a polyisobutylene composition. |
| US10160933B2 |
Care product for automatic dishwashers having an optimised surfactant combination
The invention relates to a care product for automatic dishwashers, which is effective against fat deposits in an automatic dishwasher, and includes at least one fatty alcohol of the formula R1—O-(EO)m—H as defined here. The invention further relates to the use of said care product for cleaning and/or care of an automatic dishwasher, and to a method for cleaning and/or care of a dishwasher using said care product. |
| US10160930B2 |
Electro-rheological fluid and haptic device
The present invention relates to an electro-rheological fluid comprising particles of at least one inorganic or organic material suspended in a polar liquid crystalline medium, the use of such electro-rheological fluid in an haptic device, an haptic device itself, a method of the production of such haptic device and the use of such haptic device in electro-optical devices. |
| US10160929B2 |
Rotation transmitting apparatus with built-in one-way clutch
The present invention provides a rotation-transmitting apparatus with a built-in one-way clutch which is capable of preventing rolling contact surfaces and rolling surfaces of inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing from peeling and fretting wearing and is excellent in its resistance to heat and wear. The rotation-transmitting apparatus with a built-in one-way clutch has an inside rotational member; a cylindrical outside rotational member disposed concentrically with the inside rotational member; a one-way clutch connecting the outside surface of the inside rotational member and the inside surface of the outside rotational member to each other only when the outside rotational member rotates at a higher speed than the inside rotational member; and a pair of rolling bearings allowing the inside rotational member and the outside rotational member to rotate relative to each other. Grease is enclosed inside an internal space of a clutch where a plurality of rollers is mounted and inside a space of the bearing where a plurality of rolling elements is mounted. The grease contains a base oil, a thickener, and an additive. The base oil is PAO oil. As the additive, 0.01 to 15 wt % of at leas one compound selected from among ZnDTC and ZnDTP is contained for the entire amount of the grease. |
| US10160926B2 |
Axle oil composition having enhanced fuel efficiency and low viscosity
An axle oil composition having enhanced fuel efficiency and low viscosity is provided, wherein the axle oil composition contains 40 to 70 wt % of poly alpha olefin (PAO) synthetic oil; 5 to 35 wt % of an oil soluble poly alkylene glycol (OSP) synthetic oil; 15 to 20 wt % of an ester-based viscosity modifier; 0.05 to 0.5 wt % of calcite; and 5 to 20 wt % of additive, wherein the axle oil composition having enhanced fuel efficiency and low viscosity has average kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 11.5 to 13.5 cSt and average kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 65 to 75 cSt and forms an oil film having a thickness of 85 to 96 nm even at low viscosity, largely improving durability and fuel efficiency of a vehicle. |
| US10160920B2 |
Sequential cracking process
A sequential cracking process for the thermal cracking of a hydrocarbon feedstock in a cascade of cracking units wherein said hydrocarbon feedstock is heated in a furnace to a predetermined maximum temperature and thermally cracked in the cascade of cracking, such that the formation of coke is reduced. |
| US10160917B2 |
Cobalt metal foam catalyst, method of making same, thermal-medium-circulating heat-exchange reactor using same, and method of producing a liquid fuel by means of a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction using thermal-medium-circulating heat-exchange reactor
A method of producing liquid fuel by a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction using a thermal medium-circulated heat exchanger type reactor is provided. The thermal medium-circulated heat exchanger type reactor uses the cobalt metal foam catalyst including a metal foam coated with cobalt catalyst powder is used. Exothermic reaction heat generated by the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction occurring in the cobalt metal foam catalyst layer of the tube unit is controlled by thermal medium oil circulating in the shell unit at a reaction temperature of 190˜250° C. and a reaction pressure of 20˜25 atm, and simultaneously the reaction is conducted, thus producing liquid fuel. |
| US10160914B2 |
Process and system for above ground extraction of crude oil
Processes and systems for the above ground extraction of crude oil from a mud-water slurry well bore mined from oil rich diatomite formations. The slurry is separated into liquid and solid factions, the liquid faction having oil, water and small sized solids, and the solid faction having larger chunks of solids. The solids faction is processed to form a slurry mixture which is cooked to disassociate oil therefrom and is centrifuged to yield an oil/solvent faction, a water faction, and a lowered oil content solids faction. The oil/solvent faction is further processed to separate the oil and solvent. Alternately, the mud-water slurry is treated to form an emulsion having a neutral pH, with solids being removed and the remaining emulsion processed to break the emulsion by removal of water as a vapor to recovery crude oil, with remaining crude oil in the solids being further processed. |
| US10160913B2 |
Shale-gas separating and cleanout system
This invention relates to the separation of shale, gas and fluid at a shale-gas well. The shale debris and water from a shale-gas well is tangentially communicated to a vessel where the cyclonic effect within the vessel facilitates the separation of the gas from the shale debris. The separated shale debris and fluid falls to a jet assembly whereby it encounters a jet communicating a fluid therethrough. A venturi provides a motive force to the shale debris and fluid sufficient to propel it into a collection bin. The shale-gas separator incorporates a fluid bypass overflow line to prevent a buildup of fluid within the vessel. The shale-gas separator also incorporates an internal aerated cushion system (IACS) pipe for further motivating the shale debris and into the jet assembly, to ensure the walls of the vessel are clean, and to provide an air cushion restricting gas migration to the jet assembly. |
| US10160912B2 |
Processes for pyrolysis vapor upgrading
This disclosure relates to the fast pyrolysis of organic matter. More specifically, it relates to the catalytic modification of vapors created during the fast pyrolysis of organic matter to create transportation fuel or a transportation fuel component. At least a first portion of pyrolysis vapors is catalytically stabilized or converted, then combined with a portion of raw, unconverted bio-derived pyrolysis vapors at a temperature and pressure sufficient for molecules of the combined vapors to react and produce hydrocarbons of increased molecular weight that are suitable for use as a hydrocarbon transportation fuel or component thereof. |
| US10160903B2 |
Multi-functional additive for oil or gas operations
A method of treating particles of a particle pack located in a subterranean formation comprising: introducing an additive into the subterranean formation, wherein the additive: (i) comes in contact with the particles of the particle pack; (ii) has a chemical attraction to the particles of the particle pack; and (iii) comprises a first functional group, wherein the first functional group is a water-control agent. |
| US10160898B2 |
Diverter composition including rheologically-modified invert emulsion and method of use
Diverter compositions including an invert emulsion. A method of treating a subterranean formation. The method can include placing in a subterranean formation a diverter composition including an invert emulsion. The invert emulsion includes a continuous oil phase that includes at least one rheological modifier. The invert emulsion also includes an internal aqueous phase. |
| US10160897B2 |
Earth metal peroxide fluidized compositions
Disclosed is an alkaline earth metal peroxide concentrate, or fluidized suspension, for addition to aqueous hydraulic fracturing fluids to efficiently decrease the viscosity of the hydrated, hydrophilic polysaccharide polymer in the system. The concentrate comprises a hydrophobic, water insoluble liquid, an organophilic clay suspension agent, a polar activator, a sparingly-soluble alkaline earth metal peroxide, and an anionic surfactant. Advantageously, these concentrations, or suspensions, exhibit high flash points, making them easier to transport using commercial transportation means. |
| US10160892B2 |
Solid, self-bondable organic polymers and methods for using same
Solid compositions made from or coated with a non-melting organic polymer having a main glass transition temperature of at least 65° C., few if any isocyanate groups and a wet aged glass transition temperature of up to 60° C. are self-bonding materials that are useful in a variety of adhesive and molding operations. Under conditions of heat and moisture, these compositions will self-bond. The compositions can be used as adhesive coatings, which are solid and non-tacky and thus can be transported and stored easily under ambient conditions. These compositions are especially useful in applications in which, due to the location and/or orientation of the substrates, liquid or melting materials cannot be applied easily or will run off the substrates. |
| US10160891B2 |
High performance water-based tackified acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives
A pressure-sensitive adhesion composition comprising: a first polymer that is acrylate polymer or copolymer comprising polymerized monomers selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, octyl acrylate, styrene, vinyl acetate and combinations thereof; and b) a second polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer, oxidized polyethylene, oxidized ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, maleated polyolefin and combinations thereof; wherein the composition is water-based and adapted for pressure-sensitive adhesion to substrates. The adhesion composition may also comprise a tackifier resin selected from the group consisting of rosin ester resin, rosin acid resin, synthetic hydrocarbon resin, synthetic terpenic resin and combinations thereof. An article of manufacture comprising a support member and a pressure-sensitive adhesion layer attached thereto that comprises said pressure-sensitive adhesion composition. A process of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive article of manufacture. |
| US10160884B2 |
Metal compound chemically anchored colloidal particles and methods of production and use thereof
Metal compound chemically anchored colloidal particles wherein the metal compound is in molecular form are disclosed. A facile and fast process to chemically anchor metal compounds uniformly onto colloidal particle surfaces via chemical bonding has been developed. Metal compounds are chemically anchored to the surface of colloidal particles via an organic linking agent. Uniformly distributed metal compounds remain in molecular form after the process. The metal compound chemically anchored colloidal particles can be used as solid catalyst in metal chemical-mechanical planarization process. |
| US10160872B2 |
Aqueous dispersion of a polyester and a polyamide of low acid number and coating composition comprising same for applying a basecoat
The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion (P) comprising at least one polymeric resin (P1) and at least one polymeric resin (P2) different therefrom, where the polymeric resin (P1) is a polyamide and the polymeric resin (P2) is a polyester which is at least obtainable by reaction of at least one polymerized aliphatic C12-C24 monocarboxylic acid with at least one diol and/or polyol, (P) being obtainable by dispersing of (P1) in water or an aqueous medium in the presence of (P2), and where (P1) has an acid number <10 mg of KOH per g of polyamide, and (P) contains at most 25 wt %, based on the total weight of (P), of one or more organic solvents, and also to an aqueous coating composition comprising (P), at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), which is different from the polymeric resins (P1) and (P2), and at least one pigment (B) for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat film. |
| US10160871B2 |
Aqueous coating composition for applying a basecoat film, comprising a mixture of a polyester and a polyamide with low acid number as rheological assistant
The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one mixture (M) of at least one polymeric resin (P1) and at least one polymeric resin (P2), different therefrom, where (P1) is a polyamide and (P2) is a polyester which is at least obtainable by reaction of at least one polymerized aliphatic C12-C24-monocarboxylic acid with at least one diol and/or polyol, at least one binder (A) comprising at least one polymeric resin (A1), which is different from the polymeric resins (P1) and (P2), at least one pigment (B), where the polyamide used as polymeric resin (P1) has an acid number <10 mg of KOH per g of polyamide and the mixture (M) is obtainable by dispersing of the polymeric resin (P1) in water or an aqueous medium in the presence of the polymeric resin (P2), to a method for at least partly coating a substrate with a basecoat film by means of the aqueous coating composition, and to a use of the mixture (M) as a rheological assistant in aqueous coating compositions. |
| US10160870B2 |
Durable and scalable superhydrophobic paint
A paint that imparts a superhydrophobic surface on an object is a suspension of hydrophobic particles in a polymeric binder and a plasticizer in a solvent or mixed solvent. The particles are a metal oxide that is surface functionalized with a fluorinated alkyl silane or an alkyl silane. The binder is a mixture of PDVF and PMMA in a ratio of 3:1 to 10:1. The plasticizer is a mixture of triethylphosphate and perfluoro(butyltetrahydrofuran) or other perfluorinated hydrocarbon. Surfaces coated using this paint display contact angles in excess of 150° and resist abrasion. |
| US10160869B2 |
Conductive compositions comprising metal carboxylates
A conductive composition that comprises a branched metal carboxylate and one or more solvents. The solvents may be an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent. In embodiments, the branched metal carboxylate is a silver carboxylate. The conductive composition may be used in forming conductive features on a substrate, including by inkjet printing, screen printing or offset printing. |
| US10160862B2 |
Production of titanium dioxide pigment obtainable by the sulfate process with a narrow particle size distribution
The invention relates to a process for producing a titanium dioxide pigment obtainable by the sulfate process with a narrow particle size distribution, the pigment itself, and the use of said pigments in coatings and printing inks. |
| US10160851B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition and molded article employing same
The present invention relates to a styrene-based thermoplastic resin composition with improved flowability and, more specifically, a thermoplastic resin composition, which retains heat resistance and improved flowability by introducing a low-molecular weight styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) resin into an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resin, which has enhanced heat resistance through the addition of a heat-resistant resin, and to a molded article into which the composition is molded. According to the resin composition, there can be obtained: a thermal resin composition, which has an improvement in the flowability of the heat-resistant ABS resin and retains non-deteriorating or favorable heat resistance and impact resistance; and a molded article. |
| US10160848B2 |
Polyolefin compositions and articles manufactured therefrom
A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 55 to 75 wt % of a polyethylene having a density of 0.920 to 0.940 g/cm3 and a fraction soluble in xylene (XSA) of less than 10%, based upon the weight of the polyethylene; B) from 25 to 45 wt. % of a copolymer of ethylene with one or more comonomers selected from α-olefins having formula HC2═CHRI, where RI is an alkyl radical, linear or branched, having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, made from or containing from 50 to 70 wt. %, based upon the weight of the copolymer of ethylene, of ethylene and having a fraction soluble in xylene (XSB) of at least about 50 wt. %, based upon the weight of the copolymer of ethylene; the polyolefin composition having a flexural modulus of less than 260 MPa as measured according to ISO 178. The polyolefin composition is useful for producing geomembranes. |
| US10160847B2 |
Tyre tread
A tire, which has an improved grip on wet ground, includes a tread formed of at least a rubber composition. The rubber composition includes: 20 to 100 phr of a first diene elastomer bearing at least one SiOR function, with R being hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical, and with phr referring to parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer; 100 to 160 phr of a reinforcing inorganic filler; and a plasticizing system. The plasticizing system includes: a content A of between 5 and 60 phr of a hydrocarbon resin having a Tg above 20° C.; and a content B of between 5 and 60 phr of a liquid plasticizing agent. A total content A+B is greater than 45 phr. The rubber composition optionally includes 0 to 80 phr of a second diene elastomer. |
| US10160843B2 |
Nucleation efficiency of talc in the foaming behaviour and cellular structure of polymer-based foams
A polymer-based foam composition includes a polymer and up to 20 wt. % talc particles, based on the total weight of the composition. The talc particles include microcrystalline talc. |
| US10160840B2 |
Polymer nanoparticles for controlling permeability and fiber volume fraction in composites
A fiber tow may include a plurality of reinforcing filaments each having a filament cross-sectional width. At least a portion of the polymer nanoparticles may be coupled to at least one of the reinforcing filaments and/or to other polymer nanoparticles. The polymer nanoparticles may have a particle cross-sectional width that is less than the reinforcing filament cross-sectional width. The polymer nanoparticles may provide a local filament spacing between the reinforcing filaments to reduce or avoid direct contact between reinforcing filaments, to allow for resin flow between the filaments, and/or to meet fiber volume fraction requirements. |
| US10160836B2 |
Water dispersible hyperbranched polymer composition
There is provided a composition comprising: (i) a hyperbranched polymer having peripheral reactive groups comprising epoxy functional groups and hydroxyl functional groups; and (ii) a compound having one or more hydrophilic functional groups, wherein the amount of epoxy functional groups relative to the total number of peripheral reactive groups does not render the hyperbranched polymer from being indispersible in an aqueous solvent. There is also provided a method of preparing the same and uses thereof. |
| US10160828B2 |
Group 8 transition metal catalysts and method for making same and process for use of same in metathesis reaction
Metal catalyst compounds are disclosed. The catalyst compound are represented by the formula (I-II and VII): wherein M is a Group 8 metal; X is an anionic ligand; L is a neutral two electron donor ligand; K 2 (A-E) is a ditopic or multitopic ligand. Also disclosed is an easy applicable catalyst synthesis and the application in different olefin metathesis processes, e.g. Reaction Injection Molding (RIM), rotational molding, vacuum infusion, vacuum forming, process for conversion of fatty acids and fatty acid esters or mixtures thereof, in -olefins, dicarboxylic acids or dicarboxylic esters, etc. |
| US10160826B2 |
Hardeners for cold-curing epoxy systems
A hardener composition comprising: a) an isolated adduct comprising a reaction product of i) a polymer with a functionality of at least three, wherein said polymer contains at least one epoxy group; and ii) an amine wherein the isolated adduct is present as an aqueous solution; and b) a capping agent. This hardener can be used with a liquid epoxy resin to form a curable composition. |
| US10160824B2 |
Cyanate ester compound, curable resin composition containing said compound, and cured product of said composition
The cyanate ester compound of the present invention is obtained by cyanating a modified naphthalene formaldehyde resin. |
| US10160819B2 |
Ethylene/alpha-olefin/polyene based compositions
The invention provides a composition comprising a first composition that comprises at least one ethylene/alpha-olefin/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer; and wherein the first composition has a Mooney Viscosity (ML1+4, 125C) greater than, or equal to, 10, and wherein the first composition has a “13C NMR % Peak Area,” which is the {[(13C NMR peak area from 21.3 ppm to 21.8 ppm) divided by the (total integral area from 19.5 ppm to 22.0 ppm)]×100}, that is greater than 3.5 percent, as determined by 13C NMR. |
| US10160818B2 |
Polyolefins
The present invention provides a polyolefin polymer having a bimodal composition with a reduced higher molecular weight component prepared using a self-supported phosphinimine single site catalyst. The catalyst is prepared by precipitating an emulsion of the activated catalyst from a perfluoroalkane continuous phase resulting in spherical catalyst particles having a diameter typically from 5 to 200 μm. |
| US10160814B2 |
Innovative discovery of therapeutic, diagnostic, and antibody compositions related to protein fragments of glutamyl-prolyl-tRNA synthetases
Provided are compositions comprising newly identified protein fragments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides that encode them and complements thereof, related agents, and methods of use thereof in diagnostic, drug discovery, research, and therapeutic applications. |
| US10160813B2 |
Tissue plasminogen activator antibodies and methods of use
A molecule that binds specifically to a human tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) or a TPA mutant is provided. The molecule having sub-nanomolar affinity to inhibit fibrin-dependent plasminogen activation with an IC50<5 nM, to inhibit degradation of human fibrin clots without affecting TPA amidolytic activity or non-fibrin-dependent activation, and the amino acid sequence of the TPA mutant is at least 65% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2. Further provided is a method for treating systemic bleeding and brain hemorrhage after TPA treatment in a patient in need of such treatment. The method comprises administering to said patient an effective amount of the molecule, wherein the molecule selectively inhibits fibrin-augmented plasminogen activation in the patient. |
| US10160809B2 |
Anti-TEM1 antibodies and uses thereof
The invention relates to Anti-TEM 1 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, yeast libraries comprising the same, and prophylactic, diagnostic, and therapeutic methods using the same. |
| US10160807B2 |
Methods of treating inflammatory diseases by administering anti-PILR-alpha antibody
Described herein is a novel receptor-ligand interaction and agents that may modify and/or block the interaction. Methods, uses, reagents and kits for the modulation of ligand activities related to its interaction with the novel receptor are disclosed. Also disclosed are therapeutic uses of reagents in treating inflammation-related disorders. |
| US10160806B2 |
Covalently bonded diabodies having immunoreactivity with PD-1 and LAG-3, and methods of use thereof
The present invention is directed to bi-specific diabodies that comprise two or more polypeptide chains and which possess at least one Epitope-Binding Site that is immunospecific for an epitope of PD-1 and at least one Epitope-Binding Site that is immunospecific for an epitope of LAG-3 (i.e., a “PD-I×LAG-3 bi-specific diabody”). More preferably, the present invention is directed to bi-specific diabodies that comprise four polypeptide chains and which possess two Epitope-Binding Sites that are immunospecific for one (or two) epitope(s) of PD-1 and two Epitope-Binding Site that are immunospecific for one (or two) epitope(s) of LAG-3 (i.e., a “PD-1×LAG-3 bi-specific, tetra-valent diabody”). |
| US10160799B2 |
Humanized tau antibodies in a alzheimer's disease
The present invention is in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, and Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, prevention, and treatment Provided herein are humanized antibodies against human tau that are capable of discriminating between normal (healthy) and pathological (disease-associated) tau. |
| US10160798B2 |
Anti-aP2 antibodies and antigen binding agents to treat metabolic disorders
This invention is in the area of improved anti-aP2 antibodies and antigen binding agents, and compositions thereof, which target the lipid chaperone aP2/FABP4 (referred to as “aP2”) for use in treating disorders such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, and/or cancer, among others. In one aspect, improved treatments for aP2 mediated disorders are disclosed in which serum aP2 is targeted and the biological activity of aP2 is neutralized or modulated using low-binding affinity aP2 monoclonal antibodies, providing lower fasting blood glucose levels, improved systemic glucose metabolism, increased systemic insulin sensitivity, reduced fat mass, reduced liver steatosis, reduced cardiovascular disease and/or a reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease. |
| US10160791B2 |
Protamine in treatment of neuronal injuries
The present invention relates to treatment of neuronal injury. The present invention discloses a novel use of an agent and a novel method for promoting neurite outgrowth and/or neural regeneration in CNS injuries. A novel mechanism of promoting neurite outgrowth by increasing the interaction of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan (CSPG) to receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma (RPTPσ) is disclosed. |
| US10160790B2 |
HYR1-derived compositions and methods of treatment using same
The disclosure features isolated polypeptides of Hyr1. The disclosure further features vaccines and antibodies useful in treating or preventing candidiasis or Acinetobacter infections or both. Further disclosed are isolated polypeptides consisting of between 14 and 20 amino acids for vaccine preparation. The specific amino acid sequences of isolated polypeptides of Hyr1 are also disclosed. |
| US10160788B2 |
Stabilized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope (ENV) trimer vaccines and methods of using same
The invention features stabilized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope (Env) trimers. The invention also features vaccines, nucleic acids, and vectors to deliver and/or facilitate production of the stabilized HIV Env trimers. In addition, the invention features methods of making and using the stabilized HIV Env trimers of the invention. |
| US10160786B1 |
Immunotherapy against several tumors, such as lung cancer, including NSCLC
A method of treating a patient who has glioblastoma and/or gastric cancer includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has glioblastoma and/or gastric cancer. A method of treating a patient who has glioblastoma and/or gastric cancer includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the glioblastoma and/or gastric cancer. |
| US10160783B2 |
Neuroactive 13, 17-substituted steroids as modulators for GABA type-A receptors
The present disclosure is generally directed to neuroactive 13, 17-substituted steroids as referenced herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as, for example, an anesthetic, and/or in the treatment of disorders relating to GABA function and activity. The present disclosure is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. |
| US10160781B2 |
Non-caloric sweeteners and methods for synthesizing
Disclosed are steviol glycosides referred to as rebaudioside V and rebaudioside W. Also disclosed are methods for producing rebaudioside M (Reb M), rebausoside G (Reb G), rebaudioside KA (Reb KA), rebaudioside V (Reb V) and rebaudioside (Reb W). |
| US10160779B2 |
Synthesis of phosphoramidates
A process for preparing a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, the process comprising providing a compound of formula (III) wherein PG is an inert electron withdrawing hydroxyl protecting group, reacting the compound of formula (III) with a fluorinating agent, obtaining a compound of formula (II) and deprotecting the compound of formula (II). |
| US10160778B2 |
Pyrimidine phosphonic acid esters
This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Y1a, Y1b, Y2a, Y2b, Y3a, and Y3b are each independently selected from hydrogen and deuterium, Y4a, Y4b, Y5a, Y5b, Y6a, Y6b, Y7a, Y7b, Y8a, Y8b, Y9a, Y9b, Y10a, Y10b, Y11a, Y11b, Y12a, Y12b, Y13a, Y13b, Y14a, Y14b, Y15a, Y15b, Y16a, Y16b, Y17a, Y17b, Y18a, and Y18b are each deuterium, X1a, X1b, X2a, X2b, X3, X4a, X4b, X5, and X6 are each independently selected from hydrogen and deuterium; and R is CD3. This invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a viral DNA polymerase inhibitor. |
| US10160777B2 |
Alkenyl(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acids
The invention relates to alkenyl(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acids, to the preparation and intermediates thereof, to the use thereof as monomers for the preparation of oligomers and/or polymers, to the corresponding oligomers/polymers, to the corresponding support materials comprising the oligomers/polymers, and to the use thereof as ion exchangers, as catalysts or extraction medium and corresponding salts thereof. |
| US10160775B2 |
Group 4 transition metal compound and use thereof
The present invention relates to a novel group 4 transition metal compound, a method for preparing the compound, a catalyst composition containing the compound, and a method for preparing a polyolefin, comprising a step for forming a polymerization reaction of olefin monomers in the presence of the catalyst composition. The group 4 transition metal compound of the present invention exhibits an excellent catalytic activity and has excellent thermal stability in a polyolefin synthesis reaction, and thus can be used even in a polyolefin synthesis reaction at a high temperature. In addition, the compound of the present invention can be advantageously used in the synthesis process of grade-controlled polyolefin since the weight average molecular weight of the synthesized polyolefin and the octane content in the polymer can be adjusted by varying the kinds of center metal and ligand. |
| US10160772B2 |
5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b]thieno-[2,3-d]azepine derivatives
There are provided inter alia compounds which are intended to treat or prevent respiratory syncytial virus infections and associated disease particularly infections caused by the A and B strains thereof. |
| US10160768B2 |
Stereochemically defined polypropionates and methods for making and using the same
The present invention relates to stereochemically defined polypropionates and methods for preparing and using the same. The stereochemically defined polypropionates may be useful in the synthesis of natural products and/or natural product-like libraries. |
| US10160765B2 |
Crystalline forms of therapeutic compounds and uses thereof
Described herein are certain crystalline forms of Compound 3, as well as pharmaceutical compositions employing the crystalline forms. Also provided are particles (e.g., nanoparticles) comprising such crystalline forms or pharmaceutical compositions. In certain examples, the particles are mucus penetrating particles (MPPs). The present invention further relates to methods of treating or preventing diseases using crystalline forms or pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US10160763B2 |
WDR5 inhibitors and modulators
Described are compounds that disrupt the WDR5-MLL1 protein-protein interaction, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating disorders and conditions in a subject. |
| US10160758B2 |
Method for the production of praziquantel
The present invention relates to a method for the racemization of enantiomerically pure or enantiomerically enriched Praziquantel under basic conditions and a method for the production of (R)-Praziquantel in enantiopure or enantiomerically enriched form, which comprises the racemization method. |
| US10160756B2 |
Antiviral compounds and methods using same
The present invention includes compounds that are useful in preventing or treating viral infections, such as viral infections caused by a filovirus, arenavirus, rhabdovirus, paramyxovirus, and/or retrovirus. The present invention further includes compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating a viral infection in a subject using such compounds. |
| US10160748B2 |
Indazolones as modulators of tnf signaling
The disclosure provides indazolone compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pro-drugs, biologically active metabolites, stereoisomers and isomers thereof wherein the variables are defined herein. The compounds of the disclosure may be useful for treating immunological and oncological conditions. |
| US10160746B2 |
1H-indazole-3-carboxamide compounds as glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta inhibitors
The present invention relates to the 1H-indazole-3-carboxamide compounds as glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK-3β) inhibitors and to their use in the treatment of GSK-3β-related disorders such as, for example, (i) insulin-resistance disorders; (ii) neurodegenerative diseases; (iii) mood disorders; (iv) schizophrenic disorders; (v) cancerous disorders; (vi) inflammation, (vii) substance abuse disorders; (viii) epilepsies; and (ix) neuropathic pain. |
| US10160742B2 |
Pyridyl reverse sulfonamides for HBV treatment
The present invention includes a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing HBV infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention. |
| US10160741B2 |
Recovery of monomer from polyurethane materials by depolymerization
Methods for recovering monomers from polymers, such as polyurethanes (including thermoset polyurethanes) include heating the polymer to depolymerize the polymer and release the monomer. The monomer may be directly recovered. The polymer may include a poly(β-methyl-δ-valerolactone) (PMVL) block and the monomer recovered may be β-methyl-δ-valerolactone (MVL). |
| US10160740B2 |
Carbonate-promoted carboxylation reactions for the synthesis of valuable organic compounds
A method for synthesizing furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (FDCA2−) is provided. Furan-2-carboxylic acid is provided. A CO32− salt is provided to form a mixture, which converts the furan-2-carboxylic acid to furan-2-carboxylate. CO2 gas is provided to a mixture of the furan-2-caboxylic acid and CO32− salt. The mixture is heated to a temperature to at least partially melt the furan-2-caboxylate. |
| US10160738B2 |
Neuroactive substituted cyclopent[a]anthracenes as modulators for GABA type-A receptors
The present disclosure is generally directed to neuroactive substituted cyclopent[a]anthracenes as referenced herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as, for example, an anesthetic, and/or in the treatment of disorders relating to GABA function and activity. The present disclosure is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. |
| US10160736B2 |
1,3,4-oxadiazole and 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives as immunomodulators
The present invention relates to synthetic methods for 1,3,4-oxadiazole and 1,3,4-thiadiazole compounds. The general synthetic scheme is: R1 substituents are —CH2OH, —CH(CH3)OH, —CH2Ph, —CH3, or —CH2C(O)NH2 optionally substituted with alkyl or aralkyl. R3 substituents are —CH2OH, —CH3, —CH2CH2C(O)OH, —CH2CH2C(O)NH2, —CH2C(O)NH2, or —CH2C(O)OH, wherein the carboxylic acids and amides are optionally substituted with alkyl or aralkyl. |
| US10160735B2 |
Process for the purification of diaminophenothiazinium compounds
A process for the purification of diaminophenothiazinium compounds, and particularly of methylene blue, is described. The process provides for simple and effective purification by reduction of the post-synthesis or commercially available diaminophenothiazinium compound to form a reduced complex thereof. This can then be purified in a more straightforward manner than the original compound by, for example, recrystallization before being allowed to oxidize back to the diaminophenothiazinium compound. |
| US10160733B2 |
Methods for producing viloxazine salts and novel polymorphs thereof
Provided here are methods of manufacture of viloxazine and its various salts, as well as viloxazine-related compounds, such as novel intermediate reaction products and polymorphs thereof. In particular, the methods provide a substantially pure API of viloxazine HCl while avoiding undesirable impurities. The methods further provide for separating, identifying, and characterizing novel polymorphs of viloxazine. Further provided are methods for synthesis and identification and characterization of novel intermediates of viloxazine, as well as for some important metabolites and precursors of metabolites of viloxazine. |
| US10160730B2 |
Triazoles as KV3 inhibitors
Compounds of formula (I) are of use in the modulation of Kv3.1, Kv.3.2 and Kv3.3 channels and have utility in the treatment or prevention of related disorders. |
| US10160729B2 |
Hsp70 modulators and methods for making and using the same
The present invention, among other things, provides compounds and compositions thereof for use in the modulation of Hsp70. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a method for inhibiting Hsp70 activity. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from or susceptible to a disease, disorder, or condition responsive to Hsp70 inhibition comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a provided compound. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a method for treating or preventing cancer in a subject suffering therefrom, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a provided compound. |
| US10160722B2 |
Method for producing perfluoroalkanesulfonyl phenol compounds
A compound represented by formula (3): (wherein R1 represents a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl group, R2 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, and m represents an integer of 0 to 3) or a salt thereof, which is useful as a production intermediate of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, can be produced by reacting an alkali metal salt or zinc salt of a C1-C6 perfluoroalkanesulfinic acid with 2-aminophenol optionally substituted by 1 to 3 C1-C6 alkyl groups or a salt thereof in the presence of an oxidizing agent. |
| US10160718B2 |
Methods of making compounds having antidegradant and antifatigue efficacy
A method of making antidegradant compounds is disclosed, in which a p-phenylenediamine is reacted with an alpha-hydroxy carbonyl compound to thereby obtain an enediamine, which is reduced to thereby obtain a mixture comprising the antidegradant compound. |
| US10160714B2 |
Processes for purifying acetic acid and hydrating anhydride
Processes for purifying acetic acid by distilling a process stream in a column in which acetic anhydride is formed in the lower portion of the column. The product stream withdrawn from the column comprises acetic acid, water at a concentration of no more than 0.2 wt. %, and acetic anhydride at a concentration of no more than 600 wppm. The process further comprises hydrating the acetic anhydride in the product stream to form a purified acetic acid product comprising acetic anhydride at a concentration of no more than 50 wppm. |
| US10160710B2 |
Synthesis method of 3,4-hexanedione
A synthesis method of 3,4-hexanedione comprises a step of 4-hydroxy-3-hexanonen oxidation, and in the step of 4-hydroxy-3-hexanonen oxidation, water is used as a catalyst, acetic acid is used as a cocatalyst, and ozone is used as an oxidizing agent to carry out an oxidation reaction on 4-hydroxy-3-hexanonen, and after the reaction, distillation under reduced pressure is carried out to obtain the 3,4-hexanedione. According to the synthesis method of 3,4-hexanedione in the invention, in the process of 4-hydroxy-3-hexanone oxidation, the 4-hydroxy-3-hexanone is placed in the water, the ozone is used for oxidation on the 4-hydroxy-3-hexanone, and the acetic acid is used as the cocatalyst, so that the entire oxidation reaction process is mild in conditions and simple to operate, no sewage is produced when the final product (3,4-hexanedione) is obtained, and the yield is greatly increased. |
| US10160708B2 |
Systems and methods for producing dimethyl ether from natural gas
Integrated methods and systems are disclosed for the production of dimethyl ether. The method may include reforming natural gas to syngas in a first reactor; contacting the syngas produced in the first reactor with a catalyst system in a second reactor to produce dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide; and supplying steam as a cofeed to at least one of the first reactor and the second reactor in an amount sufficient to achieve a Mm value of 1.4 to 1.8 or to improve the hydrocarbon or oxygenate selectivity. |
| US10160700B2 |
Process and apparatus for recycling and refining propylene
An apparatus for recycling propylene includes a first propylene recovery column, a flash tank, a second propylene recovery column, and a depropanizing column. The apparatus can effectively solve the problem of high power consumption in the prior art, and can be used for the industrial manufacturing of propylene recovery from a propylene oxide apparatus. A process for recycling and refining propylene also is described. |
| US10160699B1 |
Light olefin and aromatics processes incorporating hydrogen selective membranes
A catalytic reactor and membrane separation process is described in which a hydrocarbon feed comprising at least one alkane or alkylaromatic is at least one of dehydrogenated, dehydrocyclized, or dehydrocyclodimerized in first and second reactors. The reaction mixtures are separated in first and second membrane separation zones using first and second small pore microporous inorganic non-metallic membrane with a pore size of less than or equal to 4 Å at a temperature of greater than 500° C. The membrane separation zones are separate from the reactors. |
| US10160698B2 |
Use of membrane for oxidative-dehydrogenation process
A process is presented for the dehydrogenation of paraffins. The process utilizes heated air for the combustion of a fuel within the dehydrogenation reactor to provide the heat of reaction for oxidative dehydrogenation. The nitrogen in the air is utilized as a diluent. A paraffin feedstream is mixed with a fuel, and the fuel/paraffin feedstream is mixed with an oxidant air stream at the inlet of dehydrogenation reactor. |
| US10160694B2 |
Agent for introducing protecting group for hydroxy group and/or mercapto group
A novel agent for introducing a protecting group for a hydroxy group and/or a mercapto group that can be introduced and removed under mild conditions is provided. The agent for introducing a protecting group for a hydroxy group and/or mercapto group of a substrate compound having the hydroxy group and/or mercapto group is represented by the following formula (I), wherein A represents a ring structure having 1 to 5 rings in which two carbon atoms of an adjacent benzene ring are included, the ring structure comprises a substituted or unsubstituted five-membered ring or six-membered ring and optionally include a heterocycle; each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 is independently a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and X is a halogen atom or OSO2R5 (R5=an aryl group or an alkyl group). |
| US10160693B2 |
Processing apparatus for quick resource recovery of kitchen garbage
Provided is a processing apparatus for quick resource recovery of kitchen garbage, configured as a fully enclosed silo and comprising: a transportation chain configured to drive a charger to lift up and down with a feed port correspondingly disposed above the transportation chain, shredder blades being provided within the feed port to shred materials; a fermentation chamber below the shredder blades, a main stirring shaft being horizontally provided within the fermentation chamber, two secondary stirring wheels being provided on the main stirring shaft at two respective side walls of the fermentation chamber, at the respective side walls the main stirring shaft is connected onto the fermentation chamber the main stirring shaft configured to be rotated in a direction opposite to that of the secondary stirring wheels; the main stirring shaft being provided with stirring paddles; a spiral discharger horizontally provided below the main stirring shaft and provided with a discharge port at one end thereof; a deodorant chamber provided at one side of the feed port, four layers of spaces for placing deodorant fillers therein being arranged within the deodorant chamber, the four layers of deodorant fillers comprising activated carbons, a molecular sieve, a mixture of compost product as well as fungal chaff and lees, and a mixture of wood cuttings and straws in an up-to-down order; the deodorant chamber being provided with an air inlet at its bottom and with an air outlet and a monitor at its top. |
| US10160691B2 |
Thermal insulation material and method for making the same
A cellular structure thermal insulation material includes by weight as compared to the material total weight: from 4 to 96% of a hydraulic binder, which prior to being contacted with water, includes at least one phase selected from C3A, CA, C12A7, C11A7CaF2, C4A3$ (Yee lemite), C2A(1-x)Fx (where x belongs to [0, 1]), hydraulic amorphous phases having a C/A molar ratio ranging from 0.3 to 15 and such that cumulated amounts of Al2O3 of these phases be ranging from 3 to 70% by weight of the hydraulic binder total weight, from 4 to 96% of at least one filler, the material having a pore volume ranging from 70% to 95%. The use of a mineral foam for making thermal insulation material as well as methods for making the mineral foam are also described. |
| US10160690B2 |
Silicon nitride circuit board and semiconductor module using the same
The present invention provides a silicon nitride circuit board in which metal plates are attached on front and rear sides of a silicon nitride substrate having a three-point bending strength of 500 MPa or higher, with attachment layers interposed therebetween, wherein assuming that a thickness of the metal plate on the front side is denoted by t1, and a thickness of the metal plate on the rear side is denoted by t2, at least one of the thicknesses t1 and t2 is 0.6 mm or larger, a numerical relation: 0.10≤|t1−t2|≤0.30 mm is satisfied, and warp amounts of the silicon nitride substrate in a long-side direction and a short-side direction both fall within a range from 0.01 to 1.0 mm. Due to above configuration, TCT properties of the silicon nitride circuit board can be improved even if the thicknesses of the front and rear metal plates are large. |
| US10160686B2 |
Optical glass, optical preform and optical element
The invention provides an optical glass having excellent precision molding performance and having a refractive index of 1.46-1.53 and an Abbe number of 77-84. The optical glass comprises the following components based on cations in the molar percentage: P5+: 10-35%, Al3+: 10-35%, Ba2+: 1-20%, Sr2+: 10-35%, Ca2+: 1-20%, Gd3+: 0-10%, and Na+: 0-10%; the ratio of Sr2+/(Gd3++Na+) being 1-30; anions comprising F− and O2−, wherein the ratio F−/P5+ of F− content relative to the total molar percentage of anions to P5+ content relative to the total molar percentage of cations is 2.5 or more. The invention by rationally adjusting the proportions of the components, the molding performance of the optical glass is improved, and the problem that glass is broken and forms fogs during the molding process is solved, thereby the yield in manufacturing optical elements is improved. |
| US10160685B2 |
Non-opaque arsenic-free beta-spodumene glass ceramic exhibiting brown-grey coloration
Methods, compositions, and articles provide for LAS-type glass-ceramics having specific thermo-mechanical, optical and coloration characteristics to yield generally brown-grey products. The glass-ceramic materials may include as colorants iron oxide, vanadium oxide, chromium oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide and/or cerium oxide. |
| US10160678B2 |
Process for operating an upflow continuous backwash filter
An upflow continuous backwash deep bed sand filter (UCBF) having a recycle line for returning carbonaceous denitrifying bacteria attached to biomass to the influent of the UCBF. The recycle line returns the biomass to the treatment process at a location upstream of the upflow continuous backwash filter. Further, a liquid level control unit is provided that reduces fluctuations and significant drop in the liquid level upstream of the upflow continuous backwash filter, thereby avoiding or minimizing flow turbulences, air induction, and undesirable wastewater aeration resulting in the need to dose excessive carbon source to remove dissolved oxygen in the aerated wastewater. |
| US10160674B2 |
Improving wastewater pumping and conveying efficiency
Methods and systems for improving pumping or conveyance efficiencies of wastewater within a wastewater treatment system is described. In an embodiment, an effective amount of a magnesium compound may be added to wastewater within a wastewater treatment system to increase at least one of a pumping and a conveyance efficiency of the wastewater within at least a portion of the wastewater treatment system. In an embodiment, the method may also include measuring at least one or the pumping efficiency and the conveyance efficiency of the wastewater within the portion of the wastewater treatment system. A concentration of the added magnesium compound may be adjusted to increase at least one of the pumping and the conveyance efficiency within the portion of the wastewater treatment system. Other methods and systems are described. |
| US10160666B2 |
Personal system and apparatus for sanitizing water
A portable fluid-sanitizing system and assembly configured for personal use are provided. The system and assembly combine mechanical and electrical methods for removing and/or deactivating harmful chemicals, molecules, atoms, ions, and even microorganisms from fluid. The system and assembly comprise a hand-holdable container that is sized to receive a filter, such as an activated carbon block capable of adsorbing or otherwise capturing a variety of undesirable contents from the fluid. Ultraviolet lights may be disposed along an inner or outer portion of the container and placed so that their emissions penetrate any fluid contents of the container. Finally, means for electrically powering the lights may be provided. The means may be mechanically operated, such as by mechanically inducing a current in a coiled wire, or by hand-cranking a dynamo in electrical communication with the lights. Thus harmful or undesirable contents may be physically filtered and further irradiated to provide potable water. |
| US10160658B2 |
Cerium oxide particles and method for production thereof
The present invention relates to cerium oxide particles that have excellent heat resistance especially useful for catalysts, functional ceramics, solid electrolyte for fuel cells, polishing, ultraviolet absorbers and the like, and particularly suitable for use as a catalyst or co-catalyst material, for instance in catalysis for purifying vehicle exhaust gas. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing such cerium oxide particles, and a catalyst, such as for purifying exhaust gas, utilizing these cerium oxide particles. |
| US10160656B2 |
Organotemplate-free solid-state synthetic method for zeolite molecular sieves
Described is a preparation method for zeolite molecular sieves by means of solid-state reactions without the usage of organic templates. The method comprises the following steps: grinding and mixing the solid raw materials comprising the silicon source, the aluminum source and the alkali source, transferring the obtained mixture into an autoclave, conducting the crystallization for a period of 5 hours-20 days at a temperature of 50-200° C. After filtering and drying the crystallized products, molecular sieves in a powder form can be obtained. The method provides different molecular sieves, including ZSM-5 zeolite, Beta zeolite, FAU zeolite, MOR zeolite, LTA zeolite, and GIS zeolite, with a high crystallinity and an adjustable Si/Al ratio within a certain range. The obtained products exhibit a high crystallinity and a high purity, and the method does not require the use of organic templates and solvents, which avoids unnecessary consumptions during the production, simplifies the synthetic process, and also increases the yield from the autoclave reactor. |
| US10160655B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing and packaging of high performance thermal insulator aerogels
In various embodiments, novel methods of fabricating and/or packaging aerogels are provided. |
| US10160653B2 |
Method of producing graphene-based materials, obtainable materials and their use
A method of producing a graphene-based material, namely a direct sonication assisted method for producing a graphene-based material, in particular comprising 2D porous graphene includes subjecting a mixture of at least one carbide compound and at least one etching compound to sonication. This method enables the production of large amounts of a graphene-based material in a short time at ambient temperature and pressure and without the need for toxic reactants. The obtained porous graphene-based material has excellent electrical conductivity, due to the direct chemical synthesis, and is free of any template and not attached to any substrate. The 2D porous graphene can be directly used without transfer processes. The invention further relates to the graphene-based material obtained or obtainable by the method and the use of the graphene-based material. |
| US10160645B2 |
Microwave AC conductivity of domain walls
Microwave AC conductivity may be improved or tuned in a material, for example, a dielectric or semiconductor material, by manipulating domain wall morphology in the material. Domain walls may be created, erased or reconfigured to control the AC conductivity, for example, for crafting circuit elements. The density and placement of domain walls may increase or decrease the AC conductivity and may control AC conduction pathways through the material. An electric potential applied to the material's surface may create a desired pattern of domain walls to meet desired AC conductivity criteria. Incline angle of the domain walls may be modified relative to a crystallographic axis of the material to temporarily or permanently modify or gate AC conductivity of the material. For example, the AC conductivity of the material may be gated by domain wall incline angle to increase, decrease or throttle current flowing through the material for an electronic circuit element. |
| US10160634B2 |
Small wafer are MEMS switch
Deep via technology is used to construct an integrated silicon cantilever and cavity oriented in a vertical plane which creates an electrostatically-switched MEMS switch in a small wafer area. Another embodiment is a small wafer area electrostatically-switched, vertical-cantilever MEMS switch wherein the switch cavity is etched within a volume defined by walls grown internally within a silicon substrate using through vias. |
| US10160633B2 |
MEMS devices and fabrication methods thereof
A device includes a carrier having a plurality of cavities, a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) substrate bonded on the carrier, wherein the MEMS substrate comprises a first side bonded on the carrier, a moving element over a bottom electrode, wherein the bottom electrode is formed of polysilicon and a second side having a plurality of bonding pads and a semiconductor substrate bonded on the MEMS substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a top electrode and the first moving element is between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. |
| US10160628B2 |
Pneumatic lifting device
A pneumatic lifting device includes a base, a first mast attached to the base, and a second mast attached to the base opposite the first mast. The first mast has a first rail extending therealong, and the second mast has a second rail extending therealong. A lift platform is operatively coupled to the base. The platform includes a first pair and a second pair of bearings coupled thereto so as to move in conjunction with the lift platform. The first pair of bearings is operatively coupled to the first rail so as to enable the first pair of bearings to move with respect to the first rail. The second pair of bearings is operatively coupled to the second rail so as to enable the second pair of bearings to move with respect to the second rail. |
| US10160623B2 |
Compact composite handrails with enhanced mechanical properties
A handrail includes a carcass, a stretch inhibitor arranged within the carcass, a cover bonded to the carcass, and a sliding layer secured to the carcass. At a central width axis of the handrail, a face height between an upper exterior surface of the cover and a bottom surface of the sliding layer may be less than about 8.0 mm. The carcass may be formed of a first thermoplastic material, the cover may be formed of a second thermoplastic material, and the first thermoplastic material may be harder than the second thermoplastic material. The first thermoplastic material may have a modulus at 100% elongation of between 10 and 16 MPa, and may have a hardness of between 93 and 96 Shore A. |
| US10160622B2 |
Self-powered handrail sterilizing device and information collecting device using handrail sterilizing device
Disclosed herein are a self-powered type handrail sterilizing device and a device for collecting visitor information using the same. The self-powered type handrail sterilizing device includes: a housing having an opening fastened to a handrail of an escalator or a moving walk; a power unit installed at an inner side of the housing to convert a rotational motion depending on driving of the handrail into power; and a ultraviolet lamp module installed on an inner surface of the opening of the housing and configured to irradiate sterilizing light to the handrail through the power of the power unit. |
| US10160620B2 |
Tension member for elevator system
A load bearing member is provided including at least one load bearing segment having a plurality of load carrying fibers arranged within a matrix material. At least a portion of the load bearing member has a radius of curvature when the load bearing member is untensioned. |
| US10160611B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
Let a point at which a lock member and a leading end positioning member abut against each other when a roller holding member is located at a feeding retracted position be represented by a contact point. A tangential direction of a surface of the leading end positioning member at the contact point is substantially parallel to a direction in which the roller holding member moves to a feeding position from a feeding retracted position. |
| US10160609B2 |
Laboratory sample distribution system and laboratory automation system
A laboratory sample distribution system and a laboratory automation system are presented. The laboratory automation system comprises a laboratory sample distribution system. The laboratory sample distribution system comprises a plurality of electro-magnetic actuators. Each electro-magnetic actuator comprises a ferromagnetic core and an excitation winding. Each excitation winding exceeds its assigned ferromagnetic core. |
| US10160607B2 |
Networked motorized drive roller conveyor
A motorized drive roller conveyor includes an upstream zone and a downstream zone, with each zone having a drive roller, an idler roller that is driven by the drive roller, and a sensor. The upstream zone and the downstream zone are controlled by a card, which measures a gap between a first item on the conveyor and a second item on the conveyor by beginning a counter when a trailing edge of the first item passes the sensor of the upstream zone and stopping the counter when a leading edge of the second item passes the sensor of the upstream zone to generate a counter value. If the first item is stopped in the downstream zone, the card of the upstream zone causes the drive roller of the upstream zone to advance the second item into the downstream zone for a distance derived from the counter value before stopping the transportation of the second item. |
| US10160606B2 |
Conveyor system wheel failure detection and remediation
A sorting conveyor for transporting objects and unloading objects at one or more unloading stations adjacent the conveyor. The sorting conveyor includes a conveyor track and a train of conveyor carts connected end-to-end. At least one of the conveyor carts may include a frame base for engaging the conveyer track; a conveyor surface for holding the objects; and a conveyor support for supporting the conveyor surface above the frame base. A wear guard associated with the axle support prevents track wear. A track wear prevention system includes a wear guard and a height detection module. Systems and methods for track wear prevention are also disclosed. |
| US10160605B1 |
Oscillating auger support
An auger system has oscillating auger supports. The auger moves through a pile of stored material to move material from one location to another. The auger support may be a hanger that shuttles along the central axis of the auger as the auger rotates. A bearing shaft has cam followers that contact an angled surface on the bearing to slide the bearing back and forth along said central axis when said auger rotates. An alternate support may be a support wheel that rotates about an angled shaft that causes the contact surface of the support wheel to move back and forth with respect to the central axis as the auger rotates. The angled shaft may adjust the amount of oscillation. The oscillating motion of the auger support in combination with synchronized cutters on the auger allows material to be removed from the path of the advancing auger support. |
| US10160602B2 |
Configurable in-feed for a food processing machine
A food processing machine includes a first frame, a plurality of in-feed cartridges, and at least one motor. The plurality of in-feed cartridges are connected with the first frame in spaced-apart relation. Each in-feed cartridge includes a base member and a belt member moveably disposed around the base member. The at least one motor is connected with the belt members and configured to drive the belt members of the plurality of in-feed cartridges around their respective base members. The plurality of in-feed cartridges are disconnectable with the first frame and reconfigurable so that any number of the plurality of in-feed cartridges can be reconnected with the first frame in varying spaced-apart relation. |
| US10160599B2 |
Chute and sorting installation, and method for sorting articles
The invention relates to a chute for articles, in particular packages and/or consignments, having a chute base for the article to slide down, having at least one storage installation, preferably assigned to the lower end of the chute, for the articles that have slid down along the chute base, wherein the storage installation is configured to be adjustable, in particular pivotable, from an upper receiving position for receiving the articles sliding down the chute into a lower discharging position for discharging the received articles, and back again. |
| US10160595B1 |
Modular fluid storage tank
A flexible fluid storage tank and method for assembling said tank, with specific emphasis on a system that may be easily road transported and field assembled with little or no tools, while preserving the flexibility of being tailored in size, shape and configuration to the user's needs with minimal customization and disassembly capabilities. |
| US10160593B2 |
Container for reducing deterioration of horticultural produce
A container for reducing deterioration of horticultural produce, including a parallelogram base member; first and second parallelogram side members, each extending substantially normally from respective opposed sides of the base member; first and second parallelogram end members, each extending substantially normally from respective opposed ends of the base member; and four webbings coupled between neighboring end sections of side members and end members, wherein each webbing of said webbings includes inner and outer triangular sections having a common apex at the base member and wherein the inner triangular section of each webbing is foldable to overlie an external side of a respective one of said end members. |
| US10160590B2 |
Vented non-collapsing containers, dispensers and refill units having vented non-collapsing containers
Exemplary embodiments of dispensers and refill units are disclosed herein. An exemplary refill unit for a soap, sanitizer or lotion includes a non-collapsing container. The non-collapsing container includes a neck. An annular projection is located at least partially on the neck. A one-way valve is located proximate the annular projection. The one-way valve allows air to flow into the non-collapsing container once the vacuum pressure in the container reaches the cracking pressure of the one-way valve and the one-way valve prevents liquid from flowing out of the annular projection. In addition, a pump for pumping the contents of the container out of the container is also included. |
| US10160584B2 |
Hair weave and extension material packaging
The present invention is directed to packaging for hair weave-extension materials that can include a container having a top portion used for storage and display of the hair weave-extension material and a bottom opening for receiving the hair weave-extension material. A top cavity can receive the head of the hair weave-extension material so that the top of the hair weave-extension material is disposed below the top portion. A cinch can be included disposed beneath the top cavity and is operatively associated with the container and the tie of the hair weave-extension materials in order to secure the hair weave-extension material in the storage area. The hair weave-extension material can be replaceably removed from the storage area. |
| US10160582B2 |
Package integrity feature for recloseable package
A package integrity feature for a recloseable package is provided. The recloseable package may be made from a laminate film and may comprise a scored inner layer having a machine direction and a scored outer layer laminated together with both permanent adhesive and pressure sensitive adhesive to form a recloseable flap that covers an opening in a package body. The package integrity feature may be a strip of material cut into the inner layer of the laminate film in such a way that the strip breaks when the package is opened, leaving one end of the strip attached to the package body and the opposite end attached to the recloseable flap. |
| US10160578B2 |
Child resistant lid and packaging
Aspects of the invention include a child resistant packaging system that makes use of a container, a protective sleeve and a two part child resistant lid with inner lid and an outer lid that are co-axially aligned. The protective sleeve has a recessed groove that substantially matches a corresponding lip on the container enabling the protective sleeve to retain the container without a stretch fit. Also provided is a sleeve for protecting a container that is constructed from a molded silicone and has a recessed groove for retaining a container. |
| US10160575B2 |
Bottle sealing device
A bottle sealing device for reversibly sealing a bottle includes a tube that is hollow. The tube is configured to insert a neck of a bottle such that the tube is reversibly couplable to the bottle with a threaded section of the bottle protruding through an upper end of the tube. A cap is pivotally coupled to the upper end of the tube. The cap also is reversibly couplable to the upper end of the tube. The cap is substantially complementary to the threaded section of the bottle. The cap is configured to reversibly and sealably couple to a lip of the bottle as the cap is reversibly coupled to the tube. |
| US10160574B2 |
Carry-on package bag
A carry-on package bag includes a bag opening and two primary bag sheets opposite to each other. Top edges of the primary bag sheets collectively define the bag opening. Each primary bag sheet includes a first fold line, a first foldable sealing section below the first fold line, and a second foldable sealing section between the first fold line and the top edge. Each first foldable sealing section has at least one first carrying hole. Each second foldable sealing section has at least one second carrying hole symmetric with respect to the first carrying hole about the first fold line. The second foldable sealing sections are foldable along the first fold lines toward the same direction to be overlapping and stacked on the first foldable sealing sections so that the second carrying hole and the first carrying hole correspond to and communicate with each other. |
| US10160571B2 |
Lock package having package holder
A lock package is provided. The package holder is suitable to simultaneously position at least two locks. The package holder includes a plate portion and a partition. The plate portion has two opposite surfaces, at least two positioning portions, and a non-positioning portion. The surfaces are configured to be disposed with the locks. The positioning portions are configured to position plural escutcheons of the locks, and a portion of each of the escutcheons is exposed, in which the non-positioning portion is configured to cover a plurality of handles of the locks. |
| US10160567B2 |
Blank used for making a rapidly erected and collapsible container
A blank used for making a rapidly erected and collapsible container is disclosed. The container is movable between a flat configuration and a box configuration. The blank comprises a primary panel and a secondary panel, which are hingedly coupled to each other. The primary panel is hingedly coupled to a terminal portion. The terminal portion is hingedly coupled to a terminal flap. The secondary panel is hingedly coupled to a secondary flap. The secondary flap is configured to fold towards the secondary panel. The terminal portion is configured to fold towards the primary panel. The terminal flap is configured to connect to the secondary flap. Embodiments foster a blank used for making a container that rapidly, easily, and conveniently transitions from a flat configuration to being ready for use in a box configuration. Moreover, the container provides speed and efficiency without compromising cost effectiveness and structural integrity. |
| US10160562B2 |
Spout holding device, spout supply mechanism, and spout seal machine
A spout holding device for holding a spout part having a communication hole, includes an elastic part capable of elastically deforming in a direction orthogonal to a first direction when compressive force or tensile force is applied to the elastic part in the first direction, wherein the elastic part applies elastic force to the spout part in three or more different directions orthogonal to the first direction to hold the spout part. |
| US10160561B2 |
Relay device
Provided is a relay device capable of moving objects to be conveyed from a conveying section of a continuous conveying system to a conveying section of an intermittent conveying system in various modes. The relay device includes: a first conveying section that conveys the objects to be conveyed, continuously in a forward direction in a first direction; a second conveying section that transfers a plurality of assembly sections intermittently in the forward direction in the first direction; a relay conveying section provided between the first conveying section and the second conveying section; and a relay driving section that moves the relay conveying section in the first direction. The relay driving section moves the relay conveying section in the forward direction in the first direction, at the same speed as a speed at which the plurality of objects are conveyed in the forward direction of the first direction by the first conveying section, at least while the first pusher moves the plurality of objects in the forward direction of the second direction. |
| US10160554B2 |
Engineered material arresting system and methods for forming same
A vehicle arresting system includes a base layer comprising a crushable aggregate and a cover layer comprising a cementitious material having an oven-dry density of 100 lb/ft3 or less. The system also may include an arrestor bed and a plurality of anchors. Each anchor includes a support rod coupled to an associated puck, each support rod being secured to a foundation that supports the arrestor bed, and each puck being embedded in the cover layer slab of the arrestor bed. Additionally, each support rod is coupled to its associated puck via a shear link breakable at a predetermined load. |
| US10160553B2 |
Pump health monitoring
A pump health monitoring system for an aircraft fuel pump. The health monitoring system compares environmental data to a reference environment and captures pump data when the environmental data matches the reference environment. The pump data captured is therefore normalized to the reference environment. A pump remaining useful life is calculated from the normalized pump data. |
| US10160549B2 |
Ice detecting apparatus
An ice detecting apparatus comprising: a body including at least one ice detector mounted thereon and having an ice detecting surface and a scraping member so mounted relative to said body as to allow their movement one relative to the other and configured for scraping ice from said detecting surface during said movement. |
| US10160546B2 |
Air cycle machine with cooling air flow path
An air cycle machine comprises rotating components that include a fan, a compressor, and a first turbine. The air cycle machine also includes a cooling airflow path that receives cooling air from a cooling air source, directs the cooling air to an air-cooled bearing for at least one of the rotating components, and discharges the cooling air. The airflow path is isolated from an inlet of the compressor by a seal member, and the airflow path is configured to maintain pressure at the seal member above a pressure at the compressor inlet. |
| US10160540B2 |
Rotor head for a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
An apparatus is provided for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The apparatus includes a rotor head with a rotor hub and a plurality of rotor blade attachment structures. The attachment structures are disposed about and extend radially out from the rotor hub. Each of the attachment structures may be configured from or otherwise include flexible matrix composite material. In addition or alternatively, the rotor head may be a monolithic bearingless rotor head. |
| US10160537B2 |
Apparatus for using aircraft active vibration control system as pilot cueing aid
Systems and methods for cueing a helicopter pilot when a flight parameter (such as rotor-induced vibration level, airspeed, bank angle, icing accumulation, etc.) exceeds operational constraints. This is accomplished by reformulating the on-board cockpit active vibration control system to add a pilot cueing aid. When the measured flight parameter becomes excessive, the active vibration control system is temporarily detuned, which reduces the amount of vibration suppression it provides or turns off vibration suppression, causing an increase in airframe vibration levels to cue the pilot to take action (e.g., to fly within operating limits). |
| US10160536B2 |
Aircraft comprising a retractable arm equipped with an obstacle detector
The invention relates to an aircraft (5) comprising: a structure (6); a landing gear (1) mounted on the structure (6) of the aircraft; and at least one obstacle detector (2). The aircraft (5) is characterized in that the obstacle detector (2) is secured to an arm (3), said arm (3) being mounted on the structure (6) such that it can move between a rest position in which the arm (3) is retracted and a detection position in which the arm (3) is deployed such that the obstacle detector (2) extends close to a lower portion of the landing gear (1) at a distance from the structure (6) of the aircraft (5). |
| US10160533B2 |
Aircraft cabin pressure regulating subfloor
An aircraft cabin subfloor construction has flow paths through the subfloor that vent air pockets trapped beneath an air impermeable floor mat on the subfloor where, due to a difference in pressure in the air pockets trapped beneath the floor mat and the air in the aircraft cabin above the floor mat, the air pockets would create bubbles or buckling in the floor mat. The venting of the air pockets beneath the floor mat by the flow paths eliminates the problem of bubbling or buckling in the floor mat. |
| US10160532B2 |
Aircraft door with retractable header
The disclosed embodiments relate to an aircraft having an interior cabin door with a retractable header. Accordingly to non-limiting embodiments, an interior cabin door for an aircraft includes a door panel having an opening in a top portion thereof. A retractable header configured to retract into the opening in the door panel as the door panel moves toward an open position. As the door panel moves toward a closed position, a lifting system is configured to raise the retractable header to interface with the ceiling of the aircraft. The lifting system includes a four-bar mechanism, a cable and pulley system and a biasing member configured to upwardly bias the retractable header. |
| US10160531B2 |
Contour retention in segmented fuselage assemblies
Systems and methods are provided for enforcing contours onto parts of an aircraft. One embodiment is a method for enforcing a contour onto aircraft parts. The method includes removably attaching segmented ring details to aircraft skin details, attaching stringers to skin details to create skin assemblies, positioning skin assemblies at a support structure defining a contour, and fastening frames to the skin assemblies to create a panel. The method also includes removably installing a spreader section onto the panel to complete assembly of a brace prior to removal of the panel, transporting the panel while the brace enforces the contour, attaching the brace to braces for other panels to form a barrel section of a fuselage for an aircraft while the brace enforces the contour, and removing the brace from the barrel section after the barrel section has been formed. |
| US10160523B2 |
Autonomous maritime container system
The present invention provides an apparatus, method and system for utilizing commercial cargo containers. The present invention utilizes containers made autonomous by coupling a container with a detachable propulsion system, having a motor and navigation and steering controls, permitting the rapid, controlled, efficient and safe delivery of cargo containers individually by water. Ballast units, deployment systems and control via remote units are also disclosed. The containers, utilizing their inherent buoyancy, can move autonomously according to a preplanned or remote controlled route to a specific location. |
| US10160521B2 |
Buoyant structure with a plurality of columns and fins
A buoyant structure contains a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower ellipsoidal section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the keel having the n-polytope shape, and a plurality of columns connected between the keel having the n-polytope shape and the main deck forming one or more tunnels between the plurality of columns. |
| US10160517B1 |
Watercraft hull with angled keels
A pressurized air cushioned hull with fixed rigid side, front and rear seals. The hull includes a plurality of keels, with an air cushion disposed between inboard walls of each keel and an air cushion created/disposed along the outboard walls of each keel. These air cushions along the outboard walls of the keels are created by angling each keel by about 0.02° to about 1° relative to the longitudinal axis of the hull, wherein the left keel(s) is rotated clockwise and the right keel(s) is rotated counterclockwise, such that a distance between the keels is smaller at the front end of the keels than at the rear end of the keels. This slight angle was found to allow air, rather than water, to contact the outboard walls, unexpectedly reducing drag resistance a significant amount, thus improving performance of the hull as a whole. |
| US10160516B2 |
Marine structure platform having movement damping function and submersible marine structure having same
The present invention provides a marine structure platform including: horizontal connecting parts which are disposed under the seawater and connected to one another in a lattice structure; vertical connecting parts which are installed uprightly at four corners of the horizontal connecting parts and protrude from the seawater; and movement damping parts which are extended at the four corners from the vertical connecting parts along the horizontal connecting parts adjacent to one another, the movement damping parts having a plate shape so as to define a vertical gap therebetween. |
| US10160506B2 |
Straddle type vehicle
To suppress intake noise and secure a quiet ride on a straddle type vehicle wherein a box-shaped structure includes an air cleaner box connected to an engine. In addition, exhaust air from the radiator disposed in the vicinity of the box-shaped structure is prevented from hitting a leg portion of a rider. A main frame is provided as a separate body from a head box so as to support a power unit and a front two-wheeled suspension device. The head box is supported on the main frame due to the fact that an air cleaner box is fixed on the main frame through a fixing member. A guide portion is formed on the air cleaner box so as to guide the exhaust wind from a radiator to the lower direction. |
| US10160504B2 |
Lubricating system for a fifth wheel traction coupling of a semi trailer traction engine
The invention concerns a lubricating system for a fifth-wheel traction coupling of a towing vehicle, comprising a coupling plate, the upper side of which has at least one grease discharge aperture which is connected to a lubricating device via a supply line fixed to the coupling plate. The invention addresses the problem of developing a lubricating system for towing vehicles which permits automatic lubrication irrespective of whether a central lubricating system is provided. The invention solves the problem using a lubricating system in which the lubricating device is associated with the fifth-wheel traction coupling and is arranged directly on the fifth-wheel traction coupling or in the vicinity of the fifth-wheel traction coupling. |
| US10160503B1 |
Electric skateboard with motion assistant gravity control
An electric skateboard is disclosed. In one aspect, the electric skateboard comprises a foot placement section. The electric skateboard comprises a wheel suspension truck connected to the foot placement section. The electric skateboard comprises a first wheel and a second wheel, wherein the first wheel and the second wheel are spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another and wherein the first wheel and the second wheel are connected to the wheel suspension truck. The electric skateboard comprises a deformation sensor module attached to the wheel suspension truck, the deformation sensor module configured to generate a weight signal and a gravity angle signal associated with the electric skateboard. The electric skateboard comprises a control logic configured to output control signals that control a movement of the electric skateboard in response to the weight signals, and the gravity angle signals. |
| US10160502B2 |
Device for loading and unloading a spare wheel of a vehicle
A device for loading and unloading a wheel of a vehicle includes an actuating device operable to move a cable between a lifted wheel position and a lowered wheel position. A support anchored to the wheel is elastically suspended to a supporting rod carried by the cable. A bracket secured to the vehicle has an axially fixed bush, through which the supporting rod moves following actuation of the cable. The rod has a lateral surface provided with projections. The rod and the bush have cam surfaces which come into engagement with each other during a final lifting stage to cause the bush to rotate towards a position in which, following a lowering of the cable, the projections rest on seats on the upper end surface of the bush to discharge the weight of the wheel. |
| US10160499B2 |
Rocker assembly with a pultruded load distribution insert
A rocker assembly includes a rocker reinforcement panel attached to a side inner panel to define a cavity and an elongated bar disposed within the cavity. The elongated bar is formed of a polymer resin that includes reinforcement strands of continuous fiber roving that are embedded in the polymer resin and extend along a full length of the bar. The elongated bar has a constant cross-section perpendicular to the length of the bar that may define at least one elongated opening. A method of making a rocker assembly includes pultruding a polymer resin and a continuous fiber roving to form a reinforced elongated bar that is assembled into a cavity defined between the rocker reinforcement panel and the side inner panel. |
| US10160497B2 |
All terrain vehicle
An ATV is disclosed having a frame, a seat supported by the frame, front and rear wheels supporting the frame, a drivetrain supported by the frame, and an operator's compartment extending generally between the seat and a front enclosure. The front enclosure extends forwardly to a position proximate an axial centerline of the front wheels. Front lower alignment arms have an inner end and an outer end. Front struts have a shock absorber and a hub portion, where the front struts are coupled to the front lower alignment arms at a lower end of the front struts and the frame at an upper end. A steering mechanism is positioned forward of the axial centerline of the front wheels and is coupled to the front struts. |
| US10160496B2 |
Structure of side sill for vehicle
A structure of a side sill for a vehicle extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle may include a side sill including an internal side sill panel and an external side sill panel coupled to each other with a wheel extension panel connected to a quarter panel and interposed between the internal side sill panel and the external side sill panel. Here, a rear end portion of the external side sill panel extends to the wheel extension panel as a single piece and upper and lower end portions of the external side sill are weld-jointed to the wheel extension panel. |
| US10160494B2 |
Vehicle body front section structure
A vehicle body front section structure includes a front side member, an outer side frame member, a linking member, and a reinforcing structure. The outer side frame member is disposed separated from the front side member at a vehicle width direction outer side, has a vehicle front-rear direction rear end connected to an apron section or to a front pillar, and has a vehicle front-rear direction front end side overlapping with a vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the front side member in side view. The linking member links the vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the front side member and the vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the outer side frame member, and is input with a collision load. The reinforcing structure reinforces the outer side frame member at a portion of the outer side frame member overlapping with the front side member in side view. |
| US10160493B2 |
Vehicle framework structure
A vehicle framework structure includes a tunnel, a pair of rockers, a dash cross-member, a front side member rear and a floor reinforcement. The tunnel is disposed at a vehicle width direction central portion of a floor panel of a vehicle. The rockers are disposed at each vehicle width direction outer sides of the floor panel. The dash cross-member connects front portions of the rockers with the tunnel. A front side member is disposed at the vehicle front-and-rear direction front side of the floor panel. The front side member rear is provided under the floor panel at the vehicle front-and-rear direction rear side of the front side member. A vehicle front-and-rear direction front portion of the floor reinforcement is disposed between the dash cross-member and the floor panel, and the floor reinforcement is joined to the floor panel and to the front side member rear. |
| US10160492B2 |
Battery junction box housing configured to direct crash forces in an electric vehicle
In an embodiment, a battery housing arrangement integrated into a vehicle floor of an electric vehicle includes a BJB housing including a BJB configured to be electrically coupled to each of a plurality of battery modules in a battery housing upon installation of the plurality of battery modules into the battery housing. The BJB housing is positioned between at least one center structural support bar and one or more vehicle chassis bars, and is configured to protect the plurality of battery modules in the battery housing from crash forces by directing crash forces from the one or more vehicle chassis bars to the at least one center structural support bar. |
| US10160490B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device according to an embodiment includes: a steering controller configured to control steering of a vehicle; and a controller configured to, when the vehicle is located at a first position on a travel route, instruct the steering controller to control the vehicle at a steering angle corresponding to a second position that is an advanced position from the first position in a traveling direction on the travel route. |
| US10160488B2 |
Steering system for a vehicle and steering method for a vehicle
A steering system for a vehicle includes at least two wheels configured to be steered independently of each another. A steering setpoint generator is configured to steer the at least two wheels according to a steering program. An operating element is configured to rotate the vehicle during travel about a center of rotation which moves with a principal movement vector. The steering program is configured so that a direction of the principal movement vector of the center of rotation can be changed with the steering setpoint generator. |
| US10160481B2 |
Electric power steering apparatus and control apparatus determining parameter set to the same
An electric power steering apparatus that achieves a desired steering characteristic in minutely steering at on-center, suppresses frictional feeling, and improves linear steering feeling at on-center, and a control apparatus that determines a parameter. The apparatus calculates a current command value by using an assist map related to a steering torque and a vehicle speed, drives a motor based on the current command value, and assists and controls a steering system. |
| US10160479B2 |
Eccentric adjustment retainer
According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention an eccentric adjuster assembly is provided. The eccentric adjuster assembly includes a housing, an eccentric adjuster, an axial retainer, and an eccentric adjuster retainer configured to retain the eccentric adjuster relative to the housing, the eccentric adjuster having an eccentric adjuster radial position and an eccentric adjuster axial position. The eccentric adjuster retainer includes a retainer body having an inner perimeter with a cavity disposed therein and an outer perimeter, the eccentric adjuster extending through the cavity and at least a portion of the outer perimeter engaging the housing to retain the eccentric adjuster radial position relative to the housing. |
| US10160477B2 |
Electric power steering column assembly
An electric power steering column assembly includes a steering shaft and a travel stop assembly. The steering shaft has a first end that is configured to attach to a steering wheel. The steering shaft has a second end that extends through a steering actuator. The travel stop assembly engages the second end of the steering shaft. The travel stop assembly is configured to inhibit rotation of the steering shaft. |
| US10160474B2 |
Telescopic latch apparatus of steering column for vehicle
A telescopic latch apparatus of a steering column for a vehicle is provided, wherein supporting force against a collision load is more constantly maintained while the steering column collapses, by structurally increasing the supporting force during the initial period of the collapse, in respect to a telescopic structure of the steering column, and thus increasing the amount of collision load (collapse load) initially absorbed by the steering column, and reducing a difference between the supporting force during the initial period of the collapse and the supporting force during the middle and late periods of the collapse after the initial period of the collapse at the time of a vehicle collision. |
| US10160470B2 |
Market trolley
A personal shopping cart, or trolley, to be used to transport purchased items, includes a wheeled base, a handle that extends and retracts, and multiple nesting bins or containers. The wheels and handle are such that the trolley can be easily pulled or pushed. The bins are attached to a frame allowing different vertical positions, enabling the bins to either nest into each other (for storage, minimizing its size), or to extend vertically for carrying merchandise. All bins, with the exception of the bottom bin, are removable from the frame. |
| US10160467B2 |
Convertible cart device
A convertible cart device facilitates transport of a temporary structure and other items needed for use at a stock show, convention or the like. The device includes a pair of wheels coupled to a frame proximate a bottom end of the frame. A handle is removably couplable to a top end of the frame. A noseplate is removably couplable to the frame to define a hand truck. Each of a pair of side panels is removably couplable to the frame with first ends of the side panels being aligned with the top end and second ends of the side panels being outwardly spaced from the bottom end of the frame. The handle is removably couplable to the second ends of the side panels to define a hand cart. |
| US10160466B1 |
Systems and methods for interfacing a railroad centralized traffic control wayside and a railroad centralized traffic control office using interoperable train control messaging
A method of exchanging centralized train control (CTC) messages in a railroad communication system includes generating a message having a format defined by a protocol with an application running on a sending one of a railroad wayside system and a railroad dispatch system. A railroad edge messaging protocol (EMP) header and a railroad Class D messaging transport header are appended to the message to generate a packet. The packet is transmitted to a receiving one of the railroad dispatch system and the railroad wayside system across the railroad communications system. |
| US10160464B2 |
Article transport facility
An article transport facility includes an engaging member capable of being moved to an engaging position at which the engaging member is in engagement with a movable guide portion and with a fixed guide portion to hold the movable guide portion in the guiding position, and to a releasing position at which the engaging member is not in engagement with at least one of the movable guide portion and the fixed guide portion wherein the engaging member supports the movable guide portion from below when in the engaging position; an urging member for urging the engaging member; a holding device for generating an operating force with electric power supplied from an electric power supply to hold the engaging member in the engaging position against an urging force of the urging member; and a power-supply controller for controlling the operation of the electric power supply. The power-supply controller maintains electric power supply in an electric power supplying state while fire information is not outputted from a fire detector and switches the electric power supply to an electric power non-supplying state if fire information is outputted from the fire detector. |
| US10160460B2 |
Failure determining device of hybrid vehicle and failure determining method therefor
The integrated controller determines whether or not, regardless of execution of the WSC control, a rotation speed of the motor generator falls to less than an idle rotation speed and also whether or not differential rotation of the second clutch becomes less than a predetermined value, and determines that, if the determination is positive, a continuous MAX pressure failure has occurred in the second clutch. |
| US10160458B2 |
Driving characteristic measurement apparatus
When the number of pieces of traveling data belonging to the same category as a category of the current traveling data is equal to or greater than a first number being predetermined, a driving characteristic measurement apparatus selects the traveling data, and, when the number of pieces of the traveling data is less than the first number, selects traveling data whose number of pieces is not less than the first number, from among traveling data belonging to a category similar to the category of the current traveling data. The driving characteristic measurement apparatus measures driving characteristics on a currently traveling road using the selected traveling data. |
| US10160456B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle based on degree of fatigue
An apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle based on a degree of fatigue of a driver is provided. The apparatus includes: a fatigue degree learning device configured to learn a degree of initial fatigue of the driver based on biometric information of the driver received from a sensor; a fatigue degree monitoring device configured to, when learning the degree of initial fatigue of the driver is completed and driving of a vehicle is started, monitor the degree of fatigue of the driver by receiving the biometric information of the driver from the sensor, and output a control signal corresponding to the degree of fatigue of the driver, and a driving controller configured to control the driving of the vehicle based on the control signal. |
| US10160455B2 |
Combined sensors for making recommendations to a driver
A system that identifies road conditions associated with a road surface is provided. The system includes a first sensor recording a first motion amount related to a head of a rider and at least a second sensor recording at least a second motion amount of a portion of a vehicle. The system also includes a comparison manager determining a severity level based on a comparison between the first motion amount and the second motion amount. Also included is a notification manager providing recommendations to the rider based on the severity level. Additionally, an implementation manager may dynamically implement one or more actions based on the severity level. |
| US10160448B2 |
Object tracking using sensor fusion within a probabilistic framework
A controller receives outputs form a plurality of sensors such as a camera, LIDAR sensor, RADAR sensor, and ultrasound sensor. Sensor outputs corresponding to an object are assigned to a tracklet. Subsequent outputs by any of the sensors corresponding to that object are also assigned to the tracklet. A trajectory of the object is calculated from the sensor outputs assigned to the tracklet, such as by means of Kalman filtering. For each sensor output assigned to the tracklet, a probability is updated, such as using a Bayesian probability update. When the probability meets a threshold condition, the object is determined to be present and an alert is generated or autonomous obstacle avoidance is performed with respect to an expected location of the object. |
| US10160445B2 |
Shift control method for hybrid electric vehicle
The present disclosure provides a shift control method for a hybrid electric vehicle including: controlling a speed of a vehicle driving source; simultaneously controlling a release element and a connection element in a transmission based on a rotation acceleration of a transmission output shaft when shifting by a power-on down shift. |
| US10160443B2 |
Control system for vehicle
A control system for a vehicle includes: a motor-generator to regenerate an electric power; a secondary battery to be charged with the electric power regenerated by the motor-generator; an electrical load to be activated with an electric power supplied from at least one of the motor-generator and the secondary battery; a power supply device to supply the electrical load with the electric power generated by the motor-generator based on a deceleration power generated by a braking operation of the vehicle; and an electronic control unit to calculate excess power which is electric power exceeding chargeable power with which the secondary battery is chargeable of a required deceleration power required by the braking operation, and to control the power supply device in accordance with a command value for causing the electric power supplied from the power supply device to the electrical load to be less than the excess power. |
| US10160442B2 |
Control device for hybrid vehicle
For a hybrid vehicle including: an engine and a motor, each of which is mounted as a driving source; a generator driven by the engine; a high-voltage battery and a low-voltage battery, each of which can be charged and discharged; a converter connected between the high-voltage battery and the low-voltage battery; and an auxiliary load that consumes electric power supplied from the high-voltage battery via the converter or electric power supplied from the low-voltage battery, a control device includes a control unit that executes converter limit control that stops the converter or reduces output of the converter when a state of charge of the high-voltage battery is lower than or equal to a predetermined threshold. |
| US10160440B2 |
Methods and system for controlling driveline torque
Systems and methods for operating a hybrid powertrain that includes an engine and a motor/generator are described. The systems and methods adjust torque converter clutch opening responsive to whether or not a motor/generator is available to provide a negative torque to a driveline. Further, the motor/generator and the vehicle's engine are operated to provide a desired amount of driveline braking. |
| US10160438B2 |
Multi-mode electromechanical variable transmission
A vehicle includes a drive axle, a multi-mode transmission, and a controller coupled to the multi-mode transmission. The multi-mode transmission includes a first gear set having a first planetary gear carrier and a second gear set having a second planetary gear carrier, a first motor/generator coupled to the first gear set, a second motor/generator coupled to the second gear set and selectively coupled to a connecting shaft, a brake positioned to selectively limit a rotational movement of a ring gear of the second gear set when engaged, a first clutch selectively rotationally coupling the first gear set and the second gear set to the drive axle when engaged, and a second clutch selectively rotationally coupling the second motor/generator to the connecting shaft when engaged. The controller is configured to engage the brake and the clutches to selectively reconfigure the multi-mode transmission to an intermediate shift mode of operation. |
| US10160435B2 |
Hovercraft using single ducted fan with vectoring propulsion
The invention discloses a hovercraft using single ducted fan with vectoring propulsion, including a hull and a single ducted fan arranged on the hull, wherein the single ducted fan comprises barrel shaped shell and oar-blade component arranged in chamber of the shell, a first air outlet is disposed on one side of shell towards the tail end of the hull, diversion rudders enabling to block the first air outlet are disposed on the shell, two first air guide all connected with chamber of the shell is disposed on both sides of the shell, a second air outlet towards external of the single ducted fan is disposed on the first air guide, and the second air outlet and the first air outlet are arranged in reverse or with an included angle greater than 0 degree. |
| US10160432B2 |
Method and system for actuating a vacuum pump associated with a brake booster
A method for actuating an electric vacuum pump of a brake booster including indirectly ascertaining a negative pressure in the brake booster. Depending on the indirectly ascertained negative pressure, and on a pumping capacity of the vacuum pump, ascertaining at least one activation parameter for the vacuum pump. Activating the vacuum pump in accordance with the activation parameter, when the indirectly ascertained negative pressure drops below a predefined minimum value. |
| US10160430B2 |
System and method for operating a vehicle brake system
A method for operating a service brake system in a vehicle is described. The method includes the stages of determining whether the vehicle is stationary, and detecting whether the brake pressure exceeds a predetermined value in that stationary state. If the brake pressure value exceeds the predetermined value, as part of final stage, the method includes regulating the brake pressure to a predefined limiting value, where the predefined limiting value is sufficient to maintain the vehicle in that stationary state. |
| US10160429B2 |
Stopping control device for vehicle
Provided is a stopping control device for a vehicle, which is applied to a vehicle having a braking apparatus that affords braking forces to respective wheels by supplying high pressure working liquid to wheel cylinders provided on the respective wheels and an inter-vehicle distance controller that controls an inter-vehicle distance between the own vehicle and a preceding vehicle, and comprises a braking controller that is configured to control the braking apparatus to increase the braking forces afforded to the wheels when a demand for stopping the own vehicle is input from the inter-vehicle distance controller; the braking controller being configured to end increasing of the braking forces when it is determined that an actual baking force of the entire vehicle exceeds a reference braking force set in advance as a value for maintaining the own vehicle in a stopped state. |
| US10160427B2 |
Method for establishing a wireless connection
A method for establishing a wireless connection between a first transceiver in a trailer vehicle (12) having an electronic braking system and at least one second transceiver outside of the trailer vehicle (12) is disclosed. The first transceiver is assigned to an electronic control unit (14, 22) in the trailer vehicle (12), which is coupled to a tractor vehicle (10) and a wired connection (15, 16, 17) exists. In the method, a) a trigger signal is generated in the tractor vehicle (10) and transmitted the control unit (14, 22); b) the first transceiver establishes a preliminary connection to the at least one second transceiver, c) the at least one second transceiver indicates via an output unit the preliminary connection, and d) if conditions are met, a permanent connection between the first transceiver and the second transceiver is established. |
| US10160426B2 |
Driver monitoring device
A driver monitoring device is provided. The driver monitoring device includes a detection unit that detects an unbalanced posture of a driver based on an image of a driver's seat of a vehicle captured by a camera; a determination unit that determines whether or not the unbalanced posture of the driver detected by the detection unit is a habitual posture of the driver; and a notification unit that notifies the driver of the unbalanced posture in different manners in accordance with whether the unbalanced posture determined is the habitual posture of the driver or the unbalanced posture determined is other than the habitual posture of the driver. |
| US10160424B2 |
Translationally maneuverable trailer jack track system
A translationally maneuverable trailer jack track system includes a frame having dual opposing inwardly facing elongated slotted sides. The frame is adapted to mount to a trailer frame between a ball coupler and a trailer. A carriage is mounted inside the frame with opposing side elements, each opposing side element bears on and is movably disposed within one of the dual opposing elongated slotted side elements, where the carriage has a centrally located jack collar and at least one threaded receiving element. A drive screw traverses the frame lengthwise and is threaded through the carriage threaded receiving element, where the drive screw is constrained on one end by a fastening device and has a drive cap on the other end. |
| US10160420B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle control apparatus includes: a vehicle-mounted transmitter which transmits a first response request signal; a vehicle-mounted receiver which receives, from a portable device, a response signal to the first response request signal; and a controller which allows an operation for welcoming a user carrying the portable device to a vehicle according to a reception state of the response signal. When intermittently transmitting the first response request signal at predetermined intervals via the vehicle-mounted transmitter, the controller determines whether condition set in advance is established. When the condition is established, the controller transmits a second response request signal different from the first response request signal. When the vehicle-mounted receiver receives a response signal which is transmitted from the portable device as a response to the second response request signal, the controller continues to transmit the second response request signal via the vehicle-mounted transmitter. |
| US10160414B2 |
Bumper assembly method and apparatus
A method of mounting a bumper to the body structure of a motor vehicle using a locating member having an lamp-engagement portion for engaging a lamp, and a fixing portion. The fixing portion is movably coupled to the lamp-engagement portion. The method includes attaching the fixing portion to the body structure so that the locating member is movable relative to the body structure. The locating member is positioned such that the lamp engagement portion engages the lamp and the locating member is fixedly mounted to the body structure. The bumper is located in an aligned position in relation to the lamp using an alignment portion of the locating member. The bumper is then fixed in the aligned positioned. |
| US10160407B2 |
Noise insulation structure of automotive vehicle
A vehicle-body bottom portion comprises a noise-insulation inferior part and a noise-insulation superior part provided adjacently to a periphery of the noise-insulation inferior part. Between the vehicle-body bottom portion and a floor carpet are provided a sound-absorbing member which is arranged between the noise-insulation inferior part and the floor carpet, a cross member which connects the noise-insulation superior part and the floor carpet and seals a gap between the vehicle-body bottom portion and the floor carpet, and a noise insulation space which is adjacent to the sound-absorbing member and the cross member and enclosed by the sound-absorbing member and the cross member. |
| US10160406B2 |
Mobile platform and operating method thereof
The present invention discloses a mobile platform and an operating method of the mobile platform. The mobile platform comprises: a base; a housing disposed above an upper surface of the base and forming a placement space placing a work device with the upper surface of the base; and a travel mechanism disposed below a lower surface of the base for driving the housing and the base to move, wherein the lower surface of the base is provided with a groove and a bottom of the housing is disposed outside of an edge of the base. Moreover, during movement of the mobile platform, a dripping liquid drips down along the housing when the mobile platform is in an upright state, and the dripping liquid drips into the groove when the mobile platform is in an inverted state. |
| US10160404B2 |
Multilayer composite interior component
Provided is a multilayer composite interior component in which boundary protrusions (20b) aligned in a row on both sides of a parting line (L) are arranged in a staggered manner so as to bend toward the boundary protrusions (20b) in the row opposite thereto. In this way, even when the boundary protrusions (20b) are separated from the parting line (L) by a predetermined distance (g1, g2) in order to maintain the strength of a divided mold, the boundary protrusions (20b) bend and deform so as to fill in an empty part in the vicinity of the parting line (L) when a surface layer member (16) is pressed by fingers or a hand. As a result, a feeling of unevenness resulting from decreases in reaction force in the vicinity of the parting line (L) is minimized, thus making it possible to obtain a more uniform texture. |
| US10160399B1 |
Vehicle speaker systems and methods
Vehicle audio systems can include a first speaker system oriented towards a first seat of a vehicle and configured to emit a first sound based on a first audio file. Vehicle audio systems can also include a second speaker system oriented towards a second seat of the vehicle and configured to emit a second sound based on a second audio file that is unrelated to the first audio file while the first speaker system emits the first sound. |
| US10160397B1 |
Cargo system with concealable rack for a motor vehicle
Provided are a cargo system for supporting cargo on a vehicle, and a vehicle provided with the cargo system. The cargo system includes a plurality of racks to be arranged at different positions along a length of the vehicle comprising. The racks include a frame assembly configured to cooperate with an internal structure of the vehicle. A rack arm is adjustable relative to the frame assembly, and a coupling system couples the rack arm to the frame assembly in a plurality of different positions. The different positions include at least: (a) a recessed position relative to a body panel of the vehicle, and (b) a deployed position extending vertically above the body panel of the vehicle for supporting the cargo vertically above a portion of the vehicle. A rack support cooperates with the rack arm and is configured to support the cargo. |
| US10160390B2 |
Net pocket apparatus for vehicle
A net pocket apparatus for a vehicle includes a base frame having guide rails formed respectively on opposite inner surfaces. A movable frame has guide protrusions moving along the guide rails. The movable frame is nested in and fixed to the base frame when the guide protrusions are positioned at one ends of the guide rails while the movable frame is fixed in a form of protruding from the base frame when the guide protrusions are positioned at the other ends of the guide rails. A net wire with opposite ends is rotatably coupled to the movable frame such that it is fixed to the movable frame in a form of being nested in the movable frame or a form of protruding from the movable frame. A net is coupled to the net wire. |
| US10160379B2 |
Integration of side reflex and light pipe side marker
A lighting device including a reflector having a plurality of reflex pins, a light pipe integrally connected to the reflector along the periphery of the reflector forming a neck between the light pipe and the reflector, wherein the light pipe and the reflector function independently, and a light source connected to the light pipe. |
| US10160378B2 |
Light output system for a self-driving vehicle
A control system of a self-driving vehicle (SDV) can dynamically determine a set of autonomous driving actions to be performed by the SDV, and generate a set of intention outputs using a light output system of the SDV based on the set of autonomous driving actions, where the set of intention outputs indicating the set of autonomous driving actions prior to the SDV executing the set of autonomous driving actions. The control system can then execute the set of autonomous driving actions using acceleration, braking, and steering systems of the SDV. While executing the set of autonomous driving actions, the control system can generate a corresponding set of reactive outputs using the light output system to indicate the set of autonomous driving actions being executed, where the corresponding set of reactive outputs replacing the set of intention outputs. |
| US10160376B2 |
Road surface drawing lamp unit
A road surface drawing lamp unit includes a light source module and an optical system. In the light source module, a plurality of light sources which correspond individually to drawing patterns, each of which is long in a first direction which is a width direction of a road and short in a second direction which intersects the width direction of the road and an emitting axis of the light sources, are arranged so that the drawing patterns are drawn at a plurality of locations on the road along the second direction, and the light sources are formed so as to be turned on and off independently. The optical system emits light emitted from the light sources to the front. |
| US10160375B2 |
Illuminated air catcher passage
An automotive vehicle includes a headlamp housing mounted to a body of the vehicle. An airflow opening extends through the headlamp housing. A light guide coupled to the housing forms a portion of an airflow passage extending from the airflow opening into an interior of the body of the vehicle. A surface of the light guide is etched with a design extending along a length of the airflow passage. An LED light generating unit is positioned adjacent an end of the light guide to pass light from the light generating unit through the light guide that illuminates the etched design. |
| US10160369B2 |
Trailer with automated trailer ramp
A trailer having a trailer ramp system that includes a trailer ramp coupled with the trailer and an actuator pivotally coupled to the trailer on a first end of the actuator and pivotally coupled to the trailer ramp on a second end of the actuator. The actuator is located below the trailer and is aligned with a central axis of the trailer ramp and a central axis of the trailer. The actuator is movable linearly to rotate the trailer ramp between an open position and a closed position. |
| US10160367B2 |
Grain cart with rotatable folding auger assembly
According to a first aspect, a grain cart is provided. The grain cart includes a rolling frame; and a bin mounted to the frame and having one or more walls defining a space for storing an agricultural product. The grain cart also includes a folding auger assembly having an upper auger portion with a first longitudinal axis and a lower auger portion with a second longitudinal axis. The upper auger portion further has an upper auger, an upper auger housing, and a discharge spout coupled to a top end of the upper auger housing. The lower auger portion further has a lower auger and lower auger housing. A bottom end of the lower auger housing is coupled to the bin and a top end of the lower auger housing is coupled to a bottom end of the upper auger housing, such that the lower auger and upper auger are operable to convey the agricultural product from the bin to the discharge spout. The auger assembly is foldable about a folding axis between a stored position and an operating position, such that in the stored position, the upper auger portion is folded relative to the lower auger portion so that the upper auger portion extends along a wall of the bin, and in said operating position, the upper auger portion extends upwardly from the lower auger portion. The auger assembly is rotatable in the operating position about the second longitudinal axis. |
| US10160366B1 |
Rollback dump truck
A rollback dump truck having a chassis, a support frame, a bed frame, and a latching extension. The chassis further having at least one rear axle laterally extending between two sides and a pivotal axis parallel and rearward thereof. The subframe assembly is positioned above and supported by the chassis and is operatively connected thereto at a hinge point aligned with the pivotal axis. The subframe assembly may pivot about the hinge point away from the chassis to positions that include a dump position and a load position. Additionally, the bed frame may slide relative to the support frame in the load position while the load angle is held constant by the latching extension. |
| US10160363B2 |
Baby changing station for a motor vehicle
A baby changing station is provided for a motor vehicle. That baby changing station includes a car seat having a seat bottom and a seat back. A cavity is provided in a rear face of the seat back. A cover is carried on the seat back. That cover is displaceable between a first position covering and concealing the cavity and a second position opening the cavity. The baby changing station also includes a storage net carried on a first face of the cover. |
| US10160362B2 |
Vehicle seat accessory mounting system
A support system is attachable to a seatback of a seat, via a pair of strut holders attached to the seatback. A headrest is attachable to the headrest via the strut holders. The support system operatively supports an accessory, relative to the seatback, via an attachment assembly. The attachment assembly includes a base member and a cover mount. The base member includes a base mount and a support flange. Portions of the base mount are operatively disposed between the support surface and each strut holder. The flange is configured to support the accessory, relative to the seatback. The cover mount is disposed in overlapping relationship with, and secured to, the base mount, such that each strut holder is sandwiched between the base mount and the cover mount, such that each strut holder is retained therebetween and the support system is operatively supported relative to the seatback. |
| US10160361B2 |
Four-way electric power actuation head restraint
A head restraint assembly includes a base portion mountable to a vehicle seat. Also included is a frame plate disposed within a cover. Further included is a vertical power actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the frame plate for vertical adjustment of the frame plate. Yet further included is a fore-aft power actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the frame plate for fore-aft adjustment of the frame plate. |
| US10160360B2 |
Cover assembly and storage compartment with cover
A cover assembly has a support defining a pivot axis, a cover pivotal relative to the support about the pivot axis between an open position and a closed position, and a torque spring having first and second ends, a biasing coil part from which the first end extends, and a gripping coil part extending from the biasing coil part and from which the second end extends. The first end is seated in the cover, and the gripping coil part, except when is installed or adjusted, frictionally tightly and elastically engages the support and nonrotatably secures the second end to the support against rotation relative to the pivot axis. The gripping coil part is elastically deformable during installation or adjustment to disengage from the support and allow angular or axial movement of the gripping coil part and repositioning on the support. |
| US10160359B2 |
Seatback panel
A seatback panel forms a seatback which is configured to be selectable between a rising-up position and a falling-down position. The seatback panel is made of a metal-made plate material, and embossed portions and bead portions surrounding the embossed portions are formed in areas at its flat face. The bead portions are provided to protrude on one side of the panel and the embossed portions are provided to protrude on the other side of the panel. A protrusion height of the bead portion is configured to be different from a protrusion height of the embossed portion. Either one of the bead portion and the embossed-portion which has a smaller projection height is configured to protrude on a back-face side of the panel having the rising-up position. |
| US10160355B2 |
Vehicle seat ventilation system and control
A ventilation system includes a seat bottom blower unit configured to selectively draw an airflow into a seat bottom of the vehicle seat, a seat back blower unit configured to selectively draw an airflow into a seat back of the vehicle seat, and a controller in signal communication with the seat bottom blower unit and the seat back blower unit, the controller configured to generate a common pulse width modulation (PWM) duty cycle signal. The seat bottom blower unit is configured to operate at a first predetermined blower speed based on the common duty cycle signal, and the seat back blower unit is configured to operate at a second different predetermined speed based on the common duty cycle signal. The seat bottom blower unit and the seat back blower units are configured to simultaneously operate at different speeds based on the common duty cycle signal. |
| US10160350B2 |
Adjusting device for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat and method for assembly
An adjusting device for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat comprises a lower rail 2 and a second rail 1 movably guided relative to the first rail. A first end stop 4 is supported on the second rail 1 or on the first rail 2 at a central position so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction, for defining the front end position and/or rear end position of the second rail 1 by cooperation with the first rail 2 or the second rail 1 and edges of a retainer cage 6 used for accommodating bearing members. According to the invention the total travel range of the adjusting device can be extended, because the central end stop can be displaced in longitudinal direction. |
| US10160343B2 |
Method for managing the cooling of a battery with adjustable cooling thresholds
A method for managing a battery located in a motor vehicle includes cooling the battery when a data item indicative of the temperature of the battery exceeds a first threshold, stopping the cooling of the battery when the data item indicative of the temperature of the battery drops below a second threshold, notably lower than the first threshold, and adjusting at least one of the first and second thresholds. |
| US10160340B2 |
Adaptive system and method for optimizing battery life in a plug-in vehicle
A system for optimizing life of a battery pack in a plug-in vehicle includes sensors for measuring battery performance data, including an open-circuit voltage, charging current, and/or temperature of the battery pack, a GPS receiver, a user interface, and a controller. The controller executes a method to monitor degradation of the battery pack using the performance data, and determines driving and charging histories for an operator of the vehicle using the measured battery performance data and a position signal from the GPS receiver. The histories identify the days, hours, and locations at which the operator has driven the vehicle and charged the battery pack. The controller identifies a state of charge data bin missing performance data or containing old performance data. The controller then controls a charging operation of the battery pack via a charging control signal, and records the measured battery performance data for the identified SOC data bin. |
| US10160338B1 |
Control system and method for on-board battery charger of vehicle
A control system and a method for an on-board battery charger (OBC) of a vehicle generate a DC link voltage instruction through a proportional integral control that regards, as an instruction, a resonance switching frequency determined by a resonance capacitance and a resonance inductance of the LLC converter and allow the switching frequency of an LLC converter to operate at the resonance frequency, thus enhancing efficiency of the OBC. |
| US10160337B2 |
Low voltage DC-DC converter of eco friendly vehicle
A low voltage DC-DC converter of an eco-friendly vehicle is provided. The converter includes an output current limit map applier that is configured to output an output current limit value using an output current limit map. A power controller is configured to amplify the output limit value output from the output current limit map applier to a predefined gain. Furthermore, an output limiter is configured to output the output limit value output from the power controller, and filter and output the output limit value after a predefined time lapses. |
| US10160336B2 |
Multiphase converter auxiliary power reduction
An electrical system for use with an AC power supply having multiple phase voltages, e.g., three phase voltages, may include a high-voltage battery pack or other high-voltage DC device, a 12 VDC battery or other auxiliary-voltage DC device providing auxiliary power to the electrical system, multiple AC-DC converters, and a controller. The AC-DC converters each provide a DC output voltage to the high-voltage DC device, and are operable for converting a respective one of the phase voltages from the AC power supply into the DC output voltage. The controller selectively disables the AC-DC converters in response to a detected predetermined operating condition to thereby reduce consumption of the auxiliary power within the electrical system. A vehicle may include a high-voltage DC battery pack, an auxiliary-voltage DC battery providing auxiliary power, an onboard charging module, a charging port, an auxiliary power module, an electric machine, and a controller. |
| US10160335B2 |
Power distributing apparatus of vehicle
A power distributing apparatus of a vehicle includes an on-board charger (OBC) for charging a battery of an electric vehicle, an electric power control unit (EPCU) stacked on the on-board charger for controlling power of the electric vehicle, and a junction block including a first bus bar block and a second bus bar block supplying a current, wherein in the junction block, the first bus bar block is coupled to the on-board charger and the second bus bar block is coupled to the EPCU. |
| US10160333B2 |
Backup power system for railroad power units
A backup power system for a railroad power unit includes an emergency backup generator that enables continuous operation of both traction motors and accessories on the power unit when a main generator and/or an accessory power unit (APU) become inoperable. The backup generator can provide power to accessories on the railcar when the APU becomes inoperable and when power provided by the APU is diverted to the traction motors due to the main generator becoming inoperable. |
| US10160331B2 |
Electrical power system for vehicles requiring electrical power while the vehicle is not running
A system for powering a hotel load in a vehicle which has a power supply with a positive pole and a negative pole, an alternator connected to the engine and in direct connection with the power supply, a starter connected to the engine and in direct electrical communication with the power supply. The vehicle also has a power inverter in electrical communication with the power supply through a pair of power inverter cables. The alternator, the starter, and the power inverter are connected in parallel and directly to the power supply. |
| US10160330B2 |
Wind powered system for vehicles
Provided is a wind powered system which provides electrical energy to a vehicle using wind flow through wind tunnels. The system includes a plurality of ducts or wind tunnels each of which accommodates a plurality of rotary fans which are connected to a corresponding one of a plurality of alternators. A pulling fan and a motor connected to the pulling fan are provided to pull and move the wind throughout the ducts. |
| US10160329B2 |
Electrical vehicle charging system
The invention provides an alternative electrical charging system for a vehicle which is at least partially powered by electricity. The system employs a wind driven generator which produces electricity in response to air motion. When the generator is operating, electricity is communicated the battery of the vehicle. Operation of the generator involves a controller that monitors the electrical status of the battery and selectively activates a fan or opens a ducting system communicating with the generator. The controller also, in some embodiments, monitors the motion and the attitude of the vehicle. |
| US10160328B2 |
Electric vehicle
A power storage unit of an electric vehicle includes a first computer that controls a first traction motor, a second computer that controls a second traction motor, and a support member. The power storage unit is disposed behind a seat of the electric vehicle. In a state that the first computer is fixed to a first surface of the support member and the second computer is fixed to a second surface of the support member, the support member is disposed between the seat and a power storage device in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. |
| US10160324B2 |
Automatically sensing a type of charging cable and setting maximum amperage output of an electric vehicle charging station accordingly
An electric vehicle charging station detects a property of a charging cable connected to the electric vehicle charging station and determines, based on the detected property, an ampere capacity of the charging cable. The electric vehicle charging station automatically sets a maximum amperage output of the electric vehicle charging station to not exceed the determined ampere capacity of the charging cable. |
| US10160322B2 |
Head-up display device
A head-up display device includes a display unit that projects a display image to a windshield of a vehicle; a control board that has a control circuit, which controls the display unit; and a housing case that receives the control board and has a hollow space, which is in contact with the control board. The display unit is placed at an outside of the housing case. The housing case includes a communication passage that communicates between a duct and the hollow space while the duct conducts air, which is blown from an air conditioning device of the vehicle toward a vehicle cabin. |
| US10160321B2 |
Methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for driver decision support
The present invention includes methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for providing driver decision making support. According to some embodiments, there may be provided a driver decision support system, which may generate action recommendations to a commercial driver, such as a taxi driver, a cab driver, a limo driver or any other kind of driver who picks up and transports passengers or cargo on an ad hoc (or otherwise flexible/uncertain) basis. |
| US10160319B2 |
Vehicle display processing apparatus
A vehicle display processing apparatus includes: a first determination portion that determines whether a vehicle is at a stop; a first display processing portion that displays on a first display device, an operation screen image, the first display device being provided between a driver seat and a front passenger seat; a second display processing portion that displays a screen image relating to the operation screen image, which is displayed on the first display device, on a second display device provided to a driver seat side; and a second determination portion that determines whether a running speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed. The second display device is provided by a head-up display. When the running speed of the vehicle is lower than the predetermined speed, the second display processing portion does not display the screen image on the second display device. |
| US10160318B2 |
Vehicle cruise control with multiple set points
In various embodiments, the present disclosure includes a cruise control system with (a) a vehicle having a steering system, an accelerator system, a braking system, a battery, a display, a processor, and memory; and (b) a cruise control program, operatively coupled to the accelerator system and configured to display a most recent cruising setpoint and a menu of user-adjustable cruising setpoints. |
| US10160315B2 |
Two wheel drive low range devices and systems
Removable devices and systems for operating the four wheel drive (4WD) system of a tow vehicle having an electronically controllable part time 4WD system including a selectable 4WD low range mode are described. The removable device may comprise a first interface for coupling the removable device to a selector, the selector providing an indication of a desired operating mode for the 4WD system; a second interface for coupling the removable device to a controller-area network bus of the tow vehicle; a memory storing vehicle control codes; and at least one controller communicatively coupled to both the first interface and the second interface. The removable device, and system, may allow a vehicle operator to operate the tow vehicle in two-wheel drive low range mode. |
| US10160308B2 |
Structure of brake-cooling duct
A structure of a brake-cooling duct, which is disposed at one side of an intercooler tank to cool a brake disc using air may include the brake-cooling duct has an air movement channel and a through-hole formed in a side surface thereof to expose the channel to an outside, wherein the brake-cooling duct is disposed close to one side of the intercooler tank so that an external surface of the intercooler tank is exposed to the channel via the through-hole, allowing the air introduced into the channel to be brought into contact with the external surface of the intercooler tank, and thereafter be discharged rearward thereof. |
| US10160307B2 |
System and method for controlling motor temperature for green car
The present disclosure provides a system and a method of controlling motor temperature for a green car including: a drive motor as a power source; a battery configured to provide a driving voltage to the drive motor; a water pump configured to supply coolant to the drive motor to cool the drive motor; a data detector configured to detect data regarding a driving state of the green car; and a vehicle controller configured to determine a driving mode based on the data regarding the driving state, to determine pump control rotation speed based on the driving mode, SOC of the battery, or motor temperature of the drive motor, and to operate the water pump based on the pump control rotation speed to change flow rate of the coolant supplied to the drive motor. |
| US10160304B2 |
Power transmitting apparatus for vehicle
A power transmitting apparatus may include: an electric supplementary drive unit; a torque converting device having first, second, and third rotation elements, wherein the first rotation element is connected to the electric supplementary drive unit, the second rotation element is connected to an engine, and the third rotation element is operated as an output element; a first input shaft directly connected to the second rotation element, and a second input shaft directly connected to the third rotation element; a direct coupling device selectively connecting two rotation elements among the first, second, and third rotation elements, a first speed output unit having first and second synchronizer modules, and a second speed output unit having third and fourth synchronizer modules; and a reverse speed device having an idle gear and engaging to any one input gear on the first and second input shafts. |
| US10160303B2 |
Control system for an active powertrain mount
A control system for an active powertrain mount includes a control signal which is based on the input velocity of the chassis at the active powertrain mount. The control signal may be proportional to the input velocity or to the mount velocity, which is the difference between the input velocity of the chassis at the active powertrain mount and the output velocity of the powertrain component at the active powertrain mount. The input velocity of the chassis at the active powertrain mount may be determined by a controller based on the CG heave and the roll and pitch velocities of the chassis. The output velocity of the powertrain component at the active powertrain mount is determined by the controller by integrating an acceleration signal from a component accelerometer disposed on the powertrain component proximate to the active powertrain mount. Corresponding methods for controlling an active powertrain mount are also provided. |
| US10160296B2 |
Sash coupling structure and method for sash coupling
An object is to provide a sash coupling structure and a method for sash coupling that ensures omission of the process. The sash coupling structure is made such that on a door frame constituted of a column and an upper sash, a coupling cross-sectional surface of the column and a coupling cross-sectional surface of the upper sash are butted together. The column is constituted of a channel member and an inner member. The channel member and the inner member include adhering portions coupled one another along a longitudinal direction. The inner member is plated. A non-adhering portion, which faces a non-not-yet-adhering portion of the inner member, is formed on the channel member at a butted coupling portion. |
| US10160293B2 |
Airflow outlet
An airflow outlet is provided. The airflow outlet comprises at least a first housing, a second housing, a first shut-off door, a second shut-off door, and a control apparatus. The first housing defines an outlet opening and the second housing defines an inlet opening. The first housing and the second housing are operatively coupled and define a substantially closed airflow path between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The first shut-off door is coupled to the second housing and rotatable about a first axis. The second shut-off door is coupled to the second housing and rotatable about a second axis. The first shut-off door and the second shut-off door are operatively configured to meter a flow of air through the inlet opening by occupying a selectable operating position. The control apparatus is configured to control the selectable operating position of the first shut-off door and the second shut-off door. |
| US10160290B2 |
Modular designed high performance heat pump system for a vehicle with low waste heat radiation
An air conditioning system for conditioning air of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The air conditioning system operable in a cooling mode, a heat pump mode, and a reheating mode, the system includes an enclosure with a first flow channel and a second flow channel conducting air, and a refrigerant circulation system with a heat exchanger operable as an evaporator independent of the operating mode and a heat exchanger operable as a condenser independent of the operating mode. Both heat exchangers are located inside the enclosure. The refrigerant circulation system also includes a heat exchanger outside of the enclosure and inside the refrigerant path, an expansion element upstream from the evaporator in the flow direction of the refrigerant, and a bypass parallel to the refrigerant path to channel the refrigerant around the heat exchanger as needed. |
| US10160283B2 |
Electromagnetic damper system
A relative velocity between a sprung mass and an unsprung mass of a vehicle is calculated by differentiating a stroke amount of an electromagnetic damper with respect to time. The relative velocity is compared with a predetermined value that is set in advance, and a determination is made whether or not the relative velocity is the predetermined value or higher. In a case where the relative velocity is lower than the predetermined value (relative velocity |
| US10160280B2 |
Vehicle yaw motion control method and apparatus using suspension
A control method includes calculating a roll angle and a roll angular velocity of a vehicle, setting damping forces applied to front and rear wheel dampers to execute first and second modes according to signs of the roll angle and roll angular velocity, and controlling the front and rear wheel dampers in consideration of the damping forces. Upon determination that the signs of the roll angle and the roll angular velocity are different, in the first mode, damping force greater than front wheel reference force and damping force smaller than rear wheel reference force are set to be applied to the front wheel dampers and the rear wheel dampers, respectively, and in the second mode, damping force smaller than the front wheel reference force and damping force greater than the rear wheel reference force are set to be applied to the front wheel dampers and the rear wheel dampers, respectively. |
| US10160279B2 |
Hydraulically operated actuator for controlling vehicle ride height
A hydraulic actuator assembly is configured to receive a pressurized fluid from a pump. The hydraulic actuator assembly includes a housing and a piston arranged concentrically with respect to a longitudinal axis, wherein the housing is configured to receive a first portion of the pressurized fluid to displace the piston relative to the housing. The hydraulic actuator assembly also includes a sleeve arranged concentrically with respect to the housing and to the piston, and configured to restrain the piston relative to the housing and receive a second portion of the pressurized fluid from the pump to selectively release the piston. A vehicle including a suspension corner connecting the vehicle's road wheel to the vehicle's body, the fluid pump, and the subject hydraulic actuator assembly to change the vehicle's ride height at the suspension corner is also disclosed. The vehicle may also include a controller configured to control the actuator assembly. |
| US10160277B2 |
Vehicle height adjustment system
A vehicle height adjustment system includes: a vehicle height adjustment actuator provided for each wheel of a vehicle; a pressure medium intake and exhaust device configured to supply and exhaust a pressure medium to and from the vehicle height adjustment actuator; and a vehicle height adjustment unit including a computer, the vehicle height adjustment unit configured to: adjust a vehicle height by controlling the pressure medium intake and exhaust device, the vehicle height being a distance between the wheel and a vehicle body; adjust the vehicle height when a get-in estimation condition is satisfied; and limit a number of times the vehicle height is adjusted within a set period to a number of times smaller than a set number of times. |
| US10160276B2 |
Contactless sensing of a fluid-immersed electric motor
A method and system for measuring rotor position or velocity in an electric motor disposed in hydraulic fluid. The system comprises a contactless position sensor that measures electric motor rotor via magnetic, optical, or other means through a diaphragm that is permeable to the sensing means but impervious to the hydraulic fluid. An electronic sensor is positioned outside the operating fluid, whereas the motor is located in the fluid volume. |
| US10160274B1 |
Method and apparatus that generate position indicators for towable object
A method and apparatus that provide position indicators for features of a towable object. The method includes obtaining position information corresponding to a feature of a towable object, converting the position information to feature display information corresponding to a position of the feature on a display, and displaying an element indicating the position of the feature on the display. |
| US10160269B2 |
Vehicle air supply system
An air supply system on a vehicle having a tire. The system includes a compressor having a supply mode for supplying air to a consumer connected to the compressor. The consumer is provided with a reservoir and the compressor switches to an idle mode when the pressure of the reservoir attains a first predetermined reservoir pressure. During a supply period when the consumer is supplied with air from the compressor, the pressure of at least one tire is measured and prior to a subsequent tire pressure measurement, air is discharged from the reservoir so that the compressor remains in the supply mode and the consumer and/or reservoir continues to be supplied with air. |
| US10160267B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with a shoulder main groove and a crown main groove to form a middle land portion therebetween. The middle land portion is provided with a first middle lug groove including a first groove wall and a second groove wall, wherein the first groove wall includes a protrusion protruding toward the second groove wall on the side of the shoulder main groove. The protrusion includes a front wall located so as to form a sipe portion between the front wall and the second groove wall, a top wall, a first lateral wall located axially outward of the front wall and a second lateral wall located axially inward of the front wall. The front wall is configured to a triangular shape. |
| US10160265B2 |
Tire with reinforced tread
A tire includes a circumferential tread constructed of a base material. The circumferential tread has a plurality of bars, each of the plurality of bars having a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The circumferential tread further has a plurality of valleys disposed between the plurality of bars. A reinforcement layer covers at least some of the plurality of valleys and an outer layer covers at least a portion of the reinforcement layer. |
| US10160264B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes a strip member which extends in a tire circumferential direction, with both ends thereof reaching each bead portion, and a belt layer disposed in a tread portion on an outer side in the tire radial direction of the strip members. The strip members are divided in the tire width direction, with each of the divided strip members having joints that join in the tire circumferential direction. The relative positions of the joints are disposed at less than 20° in the tire circumferential direction within the region of the maximum width TW in the tire width direction of the belt layer. |
| US10160261B2 |
Cover for vehicle wheels
The cover for vehicle wheels comprises fixing means which allow said cover to be fixed to a rim of a tire and is characterized in that said fixing means comprise a plurality of protrusions, each one of which is associated with a fixing element, each fixing element preferably being housed in the interior of one of said protrusions. It allows mounting/removal (under pressure) of the plastic covers from the frontal part of the tire facilitating, to a large extent, the personalization of the wheel, after the sale of the vehicle, by means of simply interchanging the plastic covers by the end user and/or car dealership. |
| US10160258B2 |
Digitally printed heat transfer label and method of making a decorated article
A heat transfer label assembly comprises a carrier, a release layer overlying a first side of the carrier, and a primer overlying the release layer such that the release layer is disposed between the carrier and the primer. The primer may comprise at least one polyacrylic acid polymer. |
| US10160256B2 |
Inserter and method for opening an envelope throat of an envelope transported along an envelope channel
A method for opening an envelope throat of an envelope transported along an envelope channel dependably opens the envelope throat of the envelope during insertion in an inserter. The envelope, in order to open the envelope throat, is first over-pressed against a counter-pressure and then the counter-pressure is released to open the envelope throat, and/or the envelope is over-pressed against the hold-down force that holds the envelope down on an envelope transport, in order to open the envelope throat. For this purpose, an inserter inserts one or more items into an envelope moving along an envelope channel. |
| US10160255B2 |
Disaster safe document binder
A disaster-safe document binder includes rigid frame components: a front cover panel, a back cover panel, a spine assembly, and an apron. The rigid frame components form a book-like structure sized to store documents. The spine assembly includes a plurality of mounting rods that extend across the width of the spine assembly and are removably and rotatably coupled to each support member of spine assembly. The mounting rods physically support documents hanging vertically downward from the linear mounting brackets. The spine assembly includes a locking bar or locking pin that slides within a channel of a support member of the spine assembly to release or close the mounting rods within the spine assembly. The disaster-safe document binder formed from a metal that will not rust, emit harmful gases, or stain or discolor documents contained therewithin. The disaster-safe document binder is sealed closed to control an internal micro-climate within the binder. |
| US10160252B2 |
Hole-less editable binding system
A system for externally binding flat media by hand for presentation purposes without a need for creating a spine, hole-punching paper, permanent covers or insertion into pre-constructed sleeves. It employs a slim, external bar, placed in the margin area on the front side of a flat media stack and a rigid backing board on the rear side. The entire assembly is held together firmly by threaded bolts and adjoining screw posts that are adjusted depending upon the quantity of sheets included and their thicknesses. The stack is compressed and decompressed by tightening or loosening the threaded bolts whenever sheets are added or removed. The low-profile system firmly grips sheets with unlikely slippage, requires no heat or adhesives, and provides the ease of turning the pages or sheets as typical in a perfect-bound book. It accommodates common lengths of paper stock and fabric swatches, and multiple thicknesses within the same stack. |
| US10160248B2 |
Processing fluid, image forming method, recorded matter, and inkjet recording device
A processing fluid contains a water soluble cation polymer having a quaternary ammonium cation in the main chain, either of one of phosphoric acid-based inorganic salt and p-tert-butyl benzoate, and water, wherein the phosphoric acid-based inorganic salt is either of one of disodium monohydrogen phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium polyphosphate, dipotassium monohydrogen phosphate, and potassium dihydrogen phosphate, wherein the water soluble cation polymer accounts for 40% by weight to 60% by weight. |
| US10160246B2 |
Information recording medium
An information recording medium having a front surface and a back surface has a first color developing layer, a second color developing layer and a third color developing layer. The first color developing layer develops yellow at a temperature not less than a first threshold value. The second color developing layer is arranged at the back surface side with respect to the first color developing layer. The second color developing layer develops magenta at a temperature not less than a second threshold value that is lower than the first threshold value. The third color developing layer is arranged at the front surface side with respect to the first color developing layer. The third color develops cyan at a temperature not less than a third threshold value that is higher than the first threshold value. |
| US10160241B2 |
Liquid discharging apparatus and method of adjusting rail section in liquid discharging apparatus
A liquid discharging apparatus including a fixed section; a movable section that is mounted to be displaceable with respect to the fixed section; a rail section which has a planar portion, in which a plane is formed in a reference direction, and in which the planar portion is fixed to the movable section; and a carriage on which a head that is able to discharge a liquid is mounted and which is mounted on the rail section to be movable in the reference direction, in which the movable section is displaced with respect to the fixed section so as to rotate the rail section about an axis extending in the reference direction. |
| US10160239B2 |
Printer with printhead assembly, clutch assembly, and printer ribbon transport assembly
A printer may include a printhead assembly, a clutch assembly, and/or a printer ribbon transport assembly. An example clutch assembly includes a first spool engagement member defining a first friction torque; a first friction member configured to frictionally engage the first spool engagement member; a second spool engagement member defining a second friction torque that is larger than the first fiction torque; and a second friction member configured to frictionally engage the second spool engagement member. |
| US10160238B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of droplets ejecting members that are opposed to a continuous sheet being conveyed, are arranged in a sheet conveying direction, and eject droplets onto the continuous sheet; movement restriction members that restrict movement, in a sheet width direction, of one end portion, in the sheet width direction, of a portion, opposed to the droplets ejecting members, of the continuous sheet; and tension application members that give tension in the sheet width direction to the portion, opposed to the droplets ejecting members, of the continuous sheet in a state that movement, in the sheet width direction, of the portion, opposed to the droplets ejecting members, of the continuous sheet is restricted by the movement restriction members. |
| US10160236B2 |
Sheet conveyor for transporting a sheet, method for transporting a sheet in a sheet conveyor, inkjet printing apparatus comprising the sheet conveyor
A sheet conveyor is provided for transporting a sheet. The sheet conveyor includes a supplying conveyor, a receiving conveyor and a sheet guidance unit. The receiving conveyor includes a support surface arranged for supporting the sheet on a contact side of the sheet and an attraction unit arranged for attracting the sheet to the support surface. The supplying conveyor includes a transport belt being arranged for advancing the sheet in a transport direction along a transport path towards the support surface of the receiving conveyor; the sheet having two side edge portions relative to the transport path. The sheet guidance unit is arranged at a downstream end of the transport path for guiding the sheet towards the receiving conveyor, wherein said sheet guidance unit includes a lifting element arranged for lifting both side edge portions of the sheet away from the support surface while a middle portion of the sheet in between both side edge portions is guided towards the support surface. |
| US10160235B2 |
Printing device
To provide a printing device such as an inkjet device capable of transporting a recording medium at satisfactory precision with a simple configuration. The inkjet device includes a feed amount correcting section that corrects a feed amount of a recording medium, and a control section that controls the feed amount correcting section. The feed amount correcting unit includes a moving section that moves with a movement of the recording medium in a transporting direction and a displacement sensor section that detects a displacement amount of the moving section, and the control section controls the feed amount of the recording medium based on a difference between a feed amount acquired at a time of printing and a set feed amount set in advance. |
| US10160234B2 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus which is capable of suppressing or avoiding a concern on a defect such as a paper jam, deterioration of recording quality, or the like at the time of performing an overlapping transportation is provided. |
| US10160231B2 |
Printing system for apparel
A printing system for an article of apparel includes an article receptacle device for receiving an article to be printed. The printing system includes a receptacle receiving system for receiving an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include an article positioning system for positioning an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include a linear actuating assembly for positioning an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include a printhead for printing an indicia portion on an article that corresponds to a design element on the article. |
| US10160230B2 |
Printing system for apparel
A printing system for an article of apparel includes an article receptacle device for receiving an article to be printed. The printing system includes a receptacle receiving system for receiving an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include an article positioning system for positioning an article receptacle device with an article to be printed. The printing system can include a printhead for printing an indicia portion on an article that corresponds to a design element on the article. |
| US10160228B2 |
Thermal head and thermal printer with improved sealability
A thermal head includes a substrate, a heat storage layer disposed on the substrate and including a bulging portion, heating elements disposed on the bulging portion, a protective layer disposed on the heating elements, and a covering layer disposed on the protective layer. The covering layer includes a first portion disposed apart from the bulging portion, and a second portion disposed between the bulging portion and the first portion. The height of the second portion from the substrate is smaller than the height of the first portion from the substrate. |
| US10160225B2 |
Liquid supplying device, liquid ejecting apparatus, and liquid supplying method
A liquid supplying device includes a first intermediate storage and a second intermediate storage that store liquid and are provided such that the liquid can be supplied from a liquid ejecting unit which ejects the liquid, a liquid supply source holding unit that holds a liquid supply source which accommodates the liquid and that can supply the liquid accommodated in the liquid supply source to the first intermediate storage and the second intermediate storage, and a pressure regulating mechanism that can regulate pressures inside the first intermediate storage and inside the second intermediate storage. In the liquid supplying device, the inside of one intermediate storage, out of the first intermediate storage and the second intermediate storage, is depressurized, and the liquid is supplied from the liquid supply source to the one intermediate storage. |
| US10160223B2 |
Ink circulation device for ink jet head
An ink circulation device for an ink jet head includes a first ink storage unit that stores ink to be supplied to an ink jet head, a second ink storage unit that stores ink to be returned from the ink jet head, a pump that operates according to an electric signal to transport the ink from the second ink storage unit to the first ink storage unit, a filter between the pump and the first ink storage unit, a first pressure sensor configured to detect an internal pressure of the first ink storage unit, a second pressure sensor configured to detect an internal pressure between the pump and the filter, and a drive circuit configured to generate the electric signal according to a pressure difference between the internal pressure detected by the second pressure sensor and the internal pressure detected by the first pressure sensor. |
| US10160220B2 |
Liquid storage unit and liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid storage unit includes at least one liquid storage part that stores liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejection part ejecting the liquid and includes an injection port to which the liquid is injectable, a first opening/closing body that is openable so as to cover the injection port when the first opening/closing body is closed, and a locking part that locks the first opening/closing body and keeps the closed state of the first opening/closing body. The first opening/closing body includes a first insertion hole through which a locking member locking the closed first opening/closing body is insertable. The locking part is provided at a position facing the first insertion hole in an area covered by the closed first opening/closing body, and includes a second insertion hole through which the locking member is insertable. |
| US10160219B2 |
Image forming apparatus including cartridge having first storage chamber, cartridge attachment portion having second storage chamber, and recording portion
For an image forming apparatus including first and second storage chambers, an inequality expression of “R2>A×R1” is met. R1 is a sum of a passage resistance value obtained by flowing air through a first air communication portion and a passage resistance value obtained by flowing liquid through a supply portion. R2 is a passage resistance value obtained by flowing air through a second air communication portion. A is a cross-sectional area ratio obtained by dividing a first average cross-sectional area of a first space of the first storage chamber taken along a plurality of horizontal planes by a second average cross-sectional area of a second space of the second storage chamber taken along the plurality of horizontal planes. The first space contains at least a portion adjacent to the supply portion and accumulating the liquid. The second space contains at least a portion accumulating the liquid. |
| US10160218B2 |
Printer
For printers there are issues relating to consideration to be given to heat sources. A printer is provided with a printhead capable of executing printing on a printing medium by jetting an ink onto the printing medium, a tank having an ink container portion capable of containing ink to be supplied to the printhead, and a heat source. A low thermal conductance part that reduces thermal conductance is positioned between the heat source and the ink container portion. |
| US10160215B2 |
Flow channel member, liquid discharge head, and recording device
A flow channel member comprises a plurality of discharge elements; a plurality of first discrete flow channels; a plurality of second discrete flow channels 14; a first common flow channel extending from one side to another side in a first direction and connected commonly to the plurality of first discrete flow channels; a first opening that connects the first common flow channel and an outside; a second common flow channel extending from the one side D1a to the other side in the first direction and connected commonly to the plurality of second discrete flow channels; and a second opening that connects the second common flow channel and the outside. The first opening is located on the one side of the first common flow channel in the first direction, and the second opening is located on the one side of the second common flow channel in the first direction. |
| US10160214B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head including a substrate where a plurality of hollow portions are formed, a flexible plane that delimits a part of the hollow portion, and a piezoelectric element provided corresponding to the hollow portion, an inspection mechanism that inspects ejection of liquid from a nozzle based on an electromotive force of the piezoelectric element, and a signal generation circuit that generates a first drive signal and a second drive signal. The second drive signal maintains a state, where a second vibration portion including the second piezoelectric element and the flexible plane corresponding to the second piezoelectric element is deformed, during a detection period in which the inspection mechanism performs inspection based on vibration caused when a first vibration portion including the first piezoelectric element and the flexible plane corresponding to the first piezoelectric element is driven. |
| US10160213B2 |
Molded fluid flow structure
A fluid flow structure may include a micro device embedded in a monolithic molding. The molding may include a channel therein through which fluid flows directly into the micro device. The micro device may include a fluid flow passage connected directly to the channel, a silicon substrate, and a fluid port formed in the silicon substrate and fluidically coupled to the channel. A fluid is feedable through the fluid port. The channel is wider than the fluid port. The channel includes an open channel exposed to an external surface of the micro device. |
| US10160206B2 |
Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms
Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms can include identifying a previous ejection waveform having a first plurality of parameters including a time interval from a final pulse of the previous ejection waveform. Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms can include determining a second plurality of parameters based on the first plurality of parameters, where the second plurality of parameters define a current ejection waveform that accounts for oscillations caused by the previous ejection waveform. Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms can include applying the current ejection waveform to cause an ejection nozzle of the printhead to generate a desired fluid drop. |
| US10160202B2 |
Liquid discharging apparatus
A liquid discharging apparatus includes a print head that discharges a liquid, a carriage that is mounted on the print head, a control signal generation circuit, a drive signal generation circuit, a first cable through which a drive signal generation control signal is transmitted to the drive signal generation circuit, a second cable through which a drive signal is transmitted to the print head, a control circuit substrate on which the control signal generation circuit is provided, and a drive circuit substrate on which the drive signal generation circuit is provided. The shortest distance between the control circuit substrate and the carriage is longer than the shortest distance between the drive circuit substrate and the carriage. The drive circuit substrate is provided at a position where a region in which the carriage moves and at least a part of the drive circuit substrate overlap each other. |
| US10160200B2 |
Head unit and liquid ejecting device
A head unit includes a structure and a driver IC. The driver IC includes: a first electrode group including first and second electrodes electrically connected to one ends of first and second actuators; a second electrode group including third and fourth electrodes electrically connected to one ends of third and fourth actuators; a third electrode group including electrodes electrically connected to the other ends of the first and second actuators; and a fourth electrode group including electrodes electrically connected to the other ends of the third and fourth actuators. The third electrode group is arranged along one side of the driver IC, the fourth electrode group is arranged along a side different from the one side, and an area where the first and second electrode groups are arranged is situated between an area where the third electrode group is arranged and an area where the fourth electrode group is arranged. |
| US10160193B2 |
Additive manufacturing techniques and systems to form composite materials
A printer system may include a coaxial extruder head that extrudes a core, a bulk, and/or a core and bulk cladding to form complex structures without retooling. The coaxial extruder head may include a distribution channel with an entrance and an exit, a priming chamber that surrounds the distribution channel. The priming chamber may include an outlet and a first inlet, a heating element thermally connected to the priming chamber, and a nozzle connected to the outlet of the priming chamber. Further, the nozzle may converge from the outlet of the priming chamber to an orifice of the nozzle. In addition, the exit of the distribution channel may be disposed at the orifice of the nozzle. This structure facilitates extruding a core and cladding type composite from the extruder head. |
| US10160191B2 |
Paper-scrim-foil core having extruded polypropylene resin
Embodiments of the invention provide a facer used as protective covering for an insulation product. The facer may include a metallic foil layer, a scrim layer, and a paper layer positioned adjacent the scrim layer. The facer may also include a polypropylene material forming a polypropylene layer positioned adjacent the paper layer and heat bonded to an exposed major surface of the paper layer such that a portion of the polypropylene extends into pores of the paper layer to assist in coupling the polypropylene material to the paper layer. |
| US10160190B2 |
Method for the production of a sealing tape roll
A method for the production of sealing tape rolls of flexible, compressed foam with at least one barrier layer extending in a radial direction thereof, the barrier layer arranged axially between two layers of the foam, comprises the following steps: providing a foam web of flexible foam; introducing at least one cut into the foam web in a longitudinal direction thereof to form parallel foam strips; introducing film strips, adhesive tape strips, and/or an adhesive liquid medium into the intermediate spaces between each pair of adjacent foam strips produced by the cuts; bonding all of the foam strips together to produce a foam-barrier layer web; winding up the foam-barrier layer web into an intermediate roll; and cutting the intermediate roll at one or more points in an axial direction thereof to produce a plurality of sealing tape rolls, which are less wide than the intermediate roll. |
| US10160175B2 |
Press machine and method for controlling slide of press machine
There is provided a press machine which can apply a large compression force to a mold as well as impart smooth vibration only in a rectilinear advancing direction to the mold, and thereby can improve the press-formability. A main slide and a sub-slide constitute a slide and at the same time a cylinder-piston mechanism. During press-forming, a compression force is transmitted to the sub-slide (an upper mold) through hydraulic pressure applied interlockingly with driving of the main slide, and the sub-slide is vibrated with the hydraulic pressure being periodically changed. Favorable press-forming can be performed even under relatively difficult press-forming conditions, by controlling the vibration such that a vibration frequency of the sub-slide (the upper mold) becomes 9 Hz or higher but 33.3 Hz or lower and a vibration amplitude of the sub-slide becomes 0.05 mm or larger but 0.5 mm or smaller. |
| US10160173B2 |
Method of producing thin polarizing film involving in-air stretching, underwater stretching, and stretching while drying
A method of producing a thin polarizing film having an excellent polarization degree includes, forming a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer on a thermoplastic resin substrate to prepare a laminate, subjecting the laminate to underwater stretching in an aqueous solution of boric acid and stretching the laminate while drying the laminate after the underwater stretching. |
| US10160169B1 |
Systems and methods of forming a composite layup structure
A layup system for use in forming a composite layup structure from a plurality of plies of composite material, wherein an outermost ply of composite material has a removable film adhered thereto. The system includes a robotic device and an end effector coupled to the robotic device. The end effector includes a layer of compressible material configured to compress the plurality of plies of composite material together when positioned over the composite layup structure. The end effector further includes a first suction device configured to grip the removable film adhered to the outermost ply of composite material. The robotic device is configured to translate the end effector relative to the composite layup structure such that the removable film is peeled from the outermost ply of composite material while the first suction device grips the removable film. |
| US10160168B2 |
Cutting mats and methods of making same
In various embodiments, a method of making a cutting mat backing includes creating a roving by wrapping a fiber material around a rotary cylinder under tension to form a plurality of layers. Each of the plurality of layers is angled with respect to a central axis of the rotary cylinder and the roving has a normalized axial flexural rigidity of from 2 lbf.in2 to 30 lbf.in2 over a beam width of 1 inch and a ratio of normalized circumferential flexural rigidity to normalized axial flexural rigidity of from 1:1 to 30:1. The method further includes infusing the roving with a polymer resin and curing the resin via electromagnetic radiation to form the cutting mat backing. Cutting mats including the cutting mat backing are also described. |
| US10160164B2 |
Systems and methods for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects using needle felting
A system for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects through felting. The system may include a composition head configured to deposit a manufacturing material comprising a strand of interlocked fibers onto a composition bed along a composition path. The composition path may define a path along which the composition head deposits the manufacturing material to form a predetermined three-dimensional object. The composition head may include a reciprocating felting needle configured to draw the manufacturing material from a material source and deposit the manufacturing material on the composition bed, and a feed lock configured to control the feed of the manufacturing material from the material source to the composition head. The system may include a controller for the composition head comprising one or more processors configured by computer-readable instructions to control the composition head to deposit the manufacturing material on the composition bed through felting. |
| US10160162B2 |
Induction sealing device and method for manufacturing an induction sealing device
The present invention relates to an induction sealing device for heat sealing packaging material for producing sealed packages of pourable food products. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such an induction sealing device. The device comprises at least one inductor coil provided with at least one elongated sealing surface for cooperation with the packaging material during sealing. The sealing surface comprises a protruding ridge extending along a longitudinal extension of the sealing surface for cooperation with the packaging material and for increasing the sealing pressure on the packaging material during sealing. |
| US10160153B2 |
Resin pelletizer device and cavitation monitoring method
Provided is a resin pelletizer device capable of monitoring cavitation. A resin pelletizer device (100) includes a die (6) including a die surface (61) in which die holes (63) are formed, rotary blades (21) that rotate on the die surface (61) in the water, thereby cutting resin extruded from the die holes (63) in the water into a pellet form, a sensor (150) that detects an elastic wave generated during the rotation of the rotary blades (21) on the die surface (61), and a determination unit (121) that monitors an output value of the sensor (150), and determines that cavitation occurs when the output value of the sensor (150) becomes less than a predetermined threshold. |
| US10160149B2 |
Access to cooling manifold valve controls in injection molding operations
In an injection molding system a cooling manifold system includes a first manifold disposed adjacent to a second manifold. Supply valves are arranged to selectively pass a coolant from the first manifold respectively to each of a plurality of mold cooling circuits and a plurality of return valves are arranged to selectively pass the coolant from the plurality of mold cooling circuits to the second manifold when one or more of a plurality of return valves is in an open position. Valve pairs associated with a common mold cooling circuit are mechanically linked so that operation of a supply valve and return valve can be concurrently performed from one side of the manifold system without interference from a plurality of hoses attached to the supply and return valves. |
| US10160145B2 |
Microfluidic device
A method of manufacturing a microfluidic device comprises molding a substrate using a master die having at least one outer stepped formation; and forming at least one microstructured formation having an outer rim, the depth of the outer rim being shallower than that of the microstructured formation. |
| US10160143B2 |
Method and apparatus for molding columns
A column or other elongate molded part is molded using an elongate tubular mold having a closed end, an open end and a flexible sidewall. After the column or other molded part is formed, it is extracted from the mold by pulling the column or other molded part axially through the open end of the mold. The inner surface of the mold may comprise a recessed or protruding form to mold a protruding or sunken relief on or in an exterior surface of the molded part. The column may be extracted using an expandable plug that is inserted into the interior of the column or other molded part through the open end of the mold. The expandable plug is expanded to engage and seal against an inner surface of the elongate molded part. A pressurized gas is introduced into the interior of the elongate molded part through the plug to expand the mold before pulling the column through the open end of the mold. |
| US10160141B2 |
Molds for making contact lenses
The present invention general related to a mold for making a contact lens comprises a first mold half having a first mold surface in contact with a polymerizable and/or crosslinkable silicone containing lens forming composition and a second mold half having a second mold surface in contact with the lens-forming composition, and the first mold half and the second mold half are configured to receive each other such that a cavity is formed between the first mold surface and the second mold surface. The cavity defines the shape of a contact lens to be molded. At least one of the mold halves is made from a sulfur containing polymer having a refraction index greater than 1.5. The dimension stability of the plastic mold can be improved. |
| US10160139B2 |
Method for speed controlling a power tool and related power tool
A method to control a power tool including the method steps: specifying the rotational speed of the drive at a first value, measuring a first amplitude of a signal, filtering the signal within a frequency range, measuring a second amplitude of the filtered signal, reducing the rotational speed of the drive to a second value if the first amplitude exceeds a first quantity and if the second amplitude exceeds a second quantity, and incrementally increasing the rotational speed of the drive to the first value, whereby each incremental increase of the rotational speed only takes place once the first amplitude remains below the first quantity for a time interval, and the second amplitude remains below the second quantity. A power tool that uses this method, includes: a drive, an acceleration sensor a filter, and a control unit. |
| US10160134B2 |
Method of cutting and cutting apparatus using high pressure liquid
A method of application of cutting a stream of products using a source of high pressure liquid is disclosed, and where a conveyor is provided for moving a stream of product along a path of travel which is at least partially unsupported, and a liquid jet is provided all which generates a pressurized liquid stream which severs individual objects in the stream of products while the individual objects are moving in an unsupported fashion along the path of travel. |
| US10160132B2 |
Flow-propelled rotary knife
A flow-propelled rotary knife system includes a housing, having an outlet end and walls defining a fluid passage, a rotatable blade holder, disposed at the outlet end and having a central aperture substantially aligned with the fluid passage, and at least one blade, extending diametrically across the central aperture of the blade holder. The blade holder is configured to rotate about a rotational axis passing through the central aperture, and the at least one blade has a twisted shape selected to rotationally propel the blade and the blade holder to rotate about the rotational axis when the blade is contacted by fluid flowing through the fluid passage and the central aperture in a flow direction, whereby objects propelled along the fluid flow path in the flow direction toward the outlet are helically cut by the rotating blade. |
| US10160129B2 |
Mechanical roughening profile modification
Tools and methods for forming modified mechanical roughening profiles are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an engine block is provided including a body defining a cylinder bore having a bore surface. The bore surface may have defined therein a plurality of grooves extending from the bore surface and each groove may have a base and a top portion. The top portion may have opposing chamfered edges. The chamfered edges may be formed by a tool including at least one cutting element having triangular teeth and at least one cutting element having rectangular teeth. In another embodiment, a tool including at least one cutting element having curved teeth and at least one cutting element having rectangular teeth may be used to form grooves having a curved/radiused edge surface. The disclosed roughening profiles may reduce oxide growth when a coating is applied to the bore surface. |
| US10160128B2 |
Apparatus for use with a trimmer to produce a plurality of books having different trim sizes
Apparatus for use with a trimmer to produce a plurality of books having different trim sizes are described. In a described example, a trimmer for use with a bindery system includes a cutting surface and a first movable backstop adjacent the cutting surface to be engaged by a first book. Additionally, the trimmer includes a second movable backstop adjacent the cutting surface and spaced from the first movable backstop. The second movable backstop is to be engaged by a second book. Further, the trimmer includes a cutter movable relative to the cutting surface to cut a face of the first book to form a book having a first size and to cut a face of the second book to form a book having a second size different than the first size. |
| US10160126B2 |
Protective sheath for securing a blade of a cutlery implement
A protective sheath is provided for removably securing a blade within the sheath. The sheath includes walls forming a cavity to receive the sheath within the cavity. The sheath also includes a concave detent portion having at least one arm for removably and frictionally securing the blade within the sheath so as to prevent inadvertent or unintended removal of the blade from the sheath. |
| US10160124B2 |
Scissors
Scissors include first and second body portions, and a pivot support portion that supports the first and second body portions. The scissors further include a movable transmission member attached to a handle of the first body portion, a spring provided between the handle of the first body portion and the movable transmission member, and rows of teeth configured to transmit urging force from the spring to the second body portion through the movable transmission member. The pivot support portion has a pivot and a pivot hole that enables the first and second body portions to be assembled and disassembled. The rows of teeth are provided on the movable transmission member and a handle of the second body portion, and can be attached to or detached from each other when assembling and disassembling the first and second body portions. |
| US10160120B2 |
Wiring structure for robot arm
A wiring structure for a robot arm includes a pair of arm members that each have a hollow shaft shape including a first end section and a second end section, and that are arranged to be parallel to each other. A wire-shaped body is introduced into the arm member from the first end section and led out of the arm member through the second end section so as to penetrate at least one of the pair of arm members in an axis direction of the arm member. A regulating member is provided at least in an intermediate region of the arm member in the longitudinal direction to regulate a displacement of the wire-shaped body within the arm member in a radial direction of the arm member. |
| US10160119B2 |
Robot system
A robot system comprising: a robot having an attaching/detaching mechanism; a controller; and a hand stand on which hands are put and includes a ground circuit for electrically grounding the hands, wherein a first electrode to which detection voltage is applied is fixed to the robot, each of the hands has a reference position used when the hand is attached to the attaching/detaching mechanism, and is provided with a second electrode so that distance from the reference position to the second electrode differs for each hand, a detecting unit for detecting current in the ground circuit is provided, the controller includes: a storage that stores the types of the hands and those corresponding positions of the second electrodes, and a hand identifying unit that identifies whether the hand is a selected hand based on the current when the first electrode is moved to a position of the second electrode. |
| US10160110B2 |
Output-mode switching device for electric tool
A switching device for an electric tool includes: an output shaft unit disposed in an outer casing, having an output shaft, a movable ratchet wheel mounted such that the movable ratchet wheel is movable axially along the output shaft and is non-rotatable therewith; a fixed ratchet unit having a fixed ratchet wheel sleeved around the output shaft and having ratchet teeth for meshing with ratchet teeth of the movable ratchet wheel; and a function switch unit having a switch ring mounted rotatably on the casing. Rotation of the switch ring about its axis results in rotation of pawls within the switch ring, thereby driving the pawls about its pivot points and meshing and/or non-meshing of the pawls with external ratchet teeth of the fixed ratchet wheel, thereby switching the output shaft among a continuous rotation, rotation in a single direction and simultaneously providing an axial impact during the rotation. |
| US10160109B2 |
Pyrotechnic driving device
The invention relates to a driving device, comprising a hand-held housing having an energy transmission element accommodated therein for transmitting energy to a fastening element to be driven in, an exchangeable propellant charge and a combustion chamber arranged between the propellant charge and the energy transmission element, said combustion chamber extending about a central axis, wherein the combustion chamber is subdivided by means of a dividing member having a number of interruptions into a first subchamber adjoining the propellant charge and at least one second subchamber adjoining the energy transmission element, wherein an ejection region, enclosing a central axis, for the propellant charge is provided in the first subchamber, said ejection region extending between the propellant charge and a central region of the dividing member, wherein the ejection region is bounded at the central region of the dividing member by a closed surface of the dividing member. |
| US10160103B2 |
Tool with pivoting function
A first pivoting member has a first connecting end including at least one first jaw portion and at least one second jaw portion disposed in a spaced relationship from the at least one first jaw portion with a gap defined therebetween. A second pivoting member is pivotally connected to the first pivoting member and is pivotal about a pivotal connection. The second pivoting member has a second connecting end pivotally connected with the first connecting end. The second connecting end includes a joining portion pivotally disposed in the gap. At least one strengthening member connects with and spans between the at least one first and at least one second jaw portions and restrains the joining portion from moving out of an opening between the at least one first and at least one second jaw portions. |
| US10160097B2 |
Double-sided buffing pads with intertwined seams
Provided are buffing pads that have intertwined seams such that any hard or unyielding edges are covered and not exposed during a buffing or polishing process. A double-sided buffing pad for polishing surfaces comprises a backing plate; two fibrous buffing media with filaments of textiles extending therefrom that are affixed one media to each face of the backing plate; and a seam that is intertwined by a portion of the filaments from each media are intertwined. The filaments may be intertwined by needle-tacking, air entanglement, or hydro-entanglement. |
| US10160096B2 |
Grinding wheel and method for manufacturing grinding wheel
A grinding wheel includes a disc-like member and a grinding layer disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the disc-like member. The grinding layer includes a plurality of circumferentially-divided grinding chips which are divided in a circumferential direction. Each of the circumferentially-divided grinding chips is formed by arranging a first grinding chip and a second grinding chip in the axis direction, the first grinding chip and the second grinding chip having different properties. A boundary portion between the first grinding chip and the second grinding chip of at least three circumferentially-divided grinding chips continuously arranged in the circumferential direction are arranged toward a predetermined direction in the axis direction in the order in which the circumferentially-divided grinding chips are arranged. |
| US10160093B2 |
Carrier head membrane roughness to control polishing rate
An apparatus comprises a flexible membrane for use with a carrier head of a substrate chemical mechanical polishing apparatus. The membrane comprises an outer surface providing a substrate receiving surface, wherein the outer surface has a central portion and an edge portion surrounding the central portion, wherein the central portion has a first surface roughness and the edge portion has a second surface roughness, the first surface roughness being greater than the second surface roughness. |
| US10160087B2 |
Honing method for the precision machining of bores
A honing method for machining the inner surface of a bore in a workpiece via at least one honing operation using an expandable honing tool with an annular cutting group. The method includes coupling of the honing tool to a working spindle of a machine tool, and; inserting the honing tool into an inlet of the bore with the cutting material elements retracted, until it is in a final insertion position, in which the cutting group is located in an end region of the bore. Then the honing tool is turned and the annular cutting group is simultaneously expanded to create a cylindrical widening of the bore, followed by withdrawal of the honing tool from the bore with simultaneous turning of the honing tool in such a way that the bore is successively further widened in the direction of the inlet side. |
| US10160086B2 |
Blade positioning
A method of, and apparatus for, urging blades of a gas turbine engine radially outwardly is disclosed. The method may be used to grind blade tips of blades of a rotor stage of a gas turbine engine. The method comprises locating a fluid-tight bag which is in a radial gap formed between a radially inner surface of a respective blade root and a slot in a disc which the blade root cooperates. The method comprises inflating the fluid-tight bag and rotating the rotor stage relative to a grinding surface so as to grind any blade tips that contact the grinding surface during rotation. This results in more accurate positioning of the blades during the grinding process and/or during operation. |
| US10160081B2 |
Workpiece holder device and method for mounting a workpiece in a workpiece holding device
A workpiece holder device for workpieces to be machined on multiple sides, wherein the workpiece can be held axially and radially relative to the first axis between a first workpiece holder, operatively connected to at least one support spindle of the workpiece holder device and rotatable about a first axis, and at least one second workpiece holder, operatively connected to at least one drive spindle of the workpiece holder device and rotatable around the first axis, by force locking by a clamping force which can be built up in the manner of a vice between the first workpiece holder and the second workpiece holder in the axial direction of the first axis and acting on the opposite sides of the workpiece. |
| US10160075B2 |
Main spindle device for machine tool and machine tool
The main spindle device for a machine tool is provided with: a bearing for rotatably supporting the main spindle; a bearing case for holding the bearing; a housing inside which the bearing case is disposed; and a stiffness-switching device, which supports the bearing case with respect to the housing and is able to switch the stiffness of the bearing case support between multiple levels. When the stiffness-switching device is supporting the bearing case at a low stiffness, the main spindle device is formed so that the bearing case slides with respect to the housing. A friction member is disposed on the area where the bearing case slides with respect to the housing. |
| US10160074B2 |
Method of joining a functional element, having an attachment part, with a metal sheet
In a method for joining a functional element with a metal sheet, with the functional element having an attachment part for attachment of a structure to the metal sheet, a cold forming process employed for the metal sheet is also used to mark the metal sheet with a sink mark by which a joining position of the metal sheet with the functional element is indicated. After the functional element is joined with the metal sheet at the joining position, the joining position is checked with respect to a position of the functional element inside of the sink mark. |
| US10160073B2 |
Screw-fastening robot system
A robot screw-fastening device includes a nut runner that is attached to a distal end of an arm of a robot to fasten screws one by one. A screw magazine accommodates a plurality of screws to be fed to the nut runner. A magazine inserting-extracting mechanism inserts and extracts a screw retrieving position of the screw magazine to and from below the nut runner. The screw magazine includes a flat support surface with a slit-like opening that contacts with a bearing surface of each of the screws so as to support the screws in a hanging state. The slit-like opening allows an underhead section of each screw to extend therethrough so that the plurality of screws are arranged parallel to each other in a single row. |
| US10160070B2 |
Method for assembling an aircraft structure assembly without use of any of shimming, locating fixtures and final-hole-size drill jigs
A method is provided for assembling an aircraft structure assembly composed of a plurality of sections without use of any shimming, locating fixtures or final-hole-size drill jigs. The method includes supporting a first and second frame sections on respective adjustable supports, and positioning an interconnecting frame section therebetween. The method includes aligning first pre-drilled mating holes in the interconnecting frame section, and installing fasteners through the aligned, first pre-drilled mating holes. The method includes aligning second pre-drilled mating holes in structural mating sections, and installing fasteners through the aligned, second pre-drilled mating holes. The method includes positioning the structural mating sections relative to the first and second frame sections and the interconnecting frame section. The structural mating sections are assembled inwardly from the first and second frame sections that form an outer perimeter structure of the aircraft structure assembly. |
| US10160066B2 |
Methods and systems for reinforced adhesive bonding using solder elements and flux
The present disclosure relates a bonding system formed by a process that provides a first substrate and a second substrate. A flux coating is applied to the first contact surface, and a solder-adhesive mixture comprising an adhesive and a plurality of solder elements in at least a portion of the adhesive is applied to the first contact surface. The second substrate is positioned adjacent the solder-adhesive mixture much that a second contact surface of the second surface is opposite the first contact surface, and heat is applied to the solder-adhesive mixture by way of at least one of the first and second contact surfaces. The solder-adhesive mixture is heated to a temperature that is intended to at least partially melt or at least partially vaporize the flux coating upon contact to promote a bonding condition between the solder-adhesive mixture and the first substrate. |
| US10160061B2 |
Systems and methods for modifying acoustic waves based on selective heating
An acoustic wave is modified by initiating excitation of an acoustic wave from a first location on a substrate to a second location on the substrate and selectively heating the second location of the substrate so as to alter a property of the second location. With such arrangements, the altered property of the second location modifies the acoustic wave to result in a modified acoustic wave that is propagated from the second location to a third location on the substrate. Related apparatus, systems, and methods are also described. |
| US10160059B2 |
Decoupled liquid-jet guided laser nozzle cap
A head assembly for a liquid jet guided laser system is disclosed having a coupling unit removably disposed to a laser focus optic module of the laser system. The coupling unit has a nozzle assembly removably connected to the coupling unit. The nozzle assembly has a liquid jet nozzle and a nozzle cap. The nozzle cap has a plurality of axial assist gas conduits and static assist gas conduits in fluid communication with an assist gas source extending through the nozzle cap body to individually transport assist gas to axial exit ports and static exit ports positioned to exhaust assist gas proximate the liquid jet. At least a portion of the plurality of axial assist gas conduits are partitioned from fluid communication with the liquid jet hole. A lateral movement assembly can be configured between the laser focus optic module and coupling unit. |
| US10160057B2 |
Method and device for the optimized resistance welding of metal sheets
The invention relates to a method for the resistance welding of a metal sheet to a further metallic component, wherein the metal sheet is welded to the further component by a flow of electric current for welding in a circuit comprising the metal sheet, the further component, a first welding electrode and a second welding electrode, wherein the first welding electrode is in contact with the metal sheet and the second welding electrode, lying opposite the first welding electrode, is in contact with the further component on the side of the further component that is facing away from the metal sheet, wherein, in a first phase, the metal sheet is subjected at least for a time to a first force at least by the first welding electrode and, in a second phase, the metal sheet is subjected at least for a time to a second force at least by the first welding electrode during the flow of electric current for welding, the second force being lower than the first force. |
| US10160052B2 |
Keyway machining path creating device for wire electric discharge machine
A machining path creating device for wire electric discharge machines creates a machining path for machining a keyway in a side surface of a round hole. The machining path creating unit compares a “keyway depth” and a diameter of the round hole input by an operator. The machining path creating device determines that the input “keyway depth” is a cut depth when the input “keyway depth” is smaller than the diameter of the round hole and that a value obtained by subtracting the diameter of the round hole from the input “keyway depth” is the cut depth when the input “keyway depth” is larger than the diameter of the round hole. |
| US10160050B2 |
Reaming head interface
The invention relates to a tool head for a rotary tool. The tool head extends along, and rotates about, a rotational axis in a rotational direction during operation. The tool head is designed for replaceable fastening on a carrier shank of the rotary tool and comprises on the back thereof a coupling surface comprising a first serration having a plurality of ribs running parallel to one another and grooves running parallel to one another. The first serration comprises at least two part-serrations oriented toward one another in the rotational direction at an angle. Each part-serration having a plurality of ribs and grooves running parallel, for centering the tool head relative to the carrier shank. The invention furthermore relates to a rotary tool having such a tool head. |
| US10160049B2 |
Power tool having rotary input control
A power tool includes a housing, a motor, an output member driven by the motor, and a reaming attachment coupled to the output member. The reaming attachment has a front end portion selectively driven in rotation by the output member to drive a fastener into a workpiece, and a reaming portion selectively driven in rotation by the output member to remove material from an end surface of a conduit. A rotational motion sensor in the housing is operable to detect rotational motion of the housing about an axis. A controller receives a signal indicative of rotational motion from the sensor, determines a direction of the rotational motion of the housing, and drives the motor in a direction corresponding to the direction of rotational motion of the housing. |
| US10160045B2 |
Anti-vibration damper
An anti-vibration damper for tools for machining of metallic work pieces is provided. For improving the damping in order to be more effective under rough includes a vibration damping device received in a hollow cylindrical space of a tool member. The vibration damping device includes a plurality of rotationally symmetrical stacked on top of each other to form a stack. A part of mutually facing upper and lower surfaces of adjacent members is spaced at a distance from each other by elastically deformable elements. The outer diameter of the stack is smaller than the inner diameter of the hollow cylindrical space of the tool member, thereby providing a cylindrical gap, which is substantially filled with spherical balls, wherein clear gap width between the inner diameter of the hollow cylindrical space and the common outer diameter of the stack deviates from any integer sum of the ball diameters. |
| US10160028B2 |
Expanding flexible bladder to insert tool
A flexible bladder can be expanded to insert a tool by implementing a tool assembly that includes an elongated hollow member including a hollow portion to receive at least one of a flexible bladder or a tool. An inlet member is attached to an end of the elongated hollow member. The inlet member receives at least one of the flexible bladder or the tool. A port is positioned on the elongated hollow member to apply vacuum inside the elongated hollow member. |
| US10160025B2 |
Deep drawing die and method for deep drawing a workpiece
A deep drawing die is provided having a top die with a hold-down clamp, a bottom die with a die plate, and at least one device arranged in a flange region, by which the distance between the hold-down clamp and the die plate can be modified in portions or partially. A method for deep drawing a workpiece with a deep drawing die includes inserting a workpiece between top and bottom dies, deep drawing by closing the dies, and controlling at least one actuator to generate a holding force during deep drawing. By selectively increasing forces in the flange feed at selected locations between hold-down clamp and die plate, it is possible to control the flow of material into the die plate and relieve load on regions having high deforming work, so that tears or cracks at these points in the finished component can be prevented. |
| US10160018B2 |
Method of manufacturing closed-structure part and apparatus for the same
A method manufactures a closed-structure part by forming a flat plate-shaped workpiece into a closed structure including a bottom portion curved along a longitudinal direction. The method includes a first forming step of forming a plurality of first out-of-plane deformed portions and a bent portion, the first out-of-plane deformed portions being formed in a region of the workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion and arranged along the longitudinal direction, each of the out-of-plane deformed portions having a recessed shape or a protruding shape; and a second forming step of squashing the first out-of-plane deformed portions between a pad and a punch such that the region of the workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion is curved and bending bent portions by pressing the punch into a space between dies while the region of the workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion is clamped between the pad and the punch. |
| US10160009B2 |
Method and apparatus for coating a pipe
A method for coating a pipe involves applying a coating material of cellular structured extruded thermoplastic material to the pipe and enclosing it on the outside by an outer covering layer of compact plastic. In an extrusion head, the annular opening for supplying coating material can be adjusted to a desired temperature by a region having coolant channels separated from the annular opening by an annular heat exchange surface. Before being applied to the pipe, the flowable coating material is guided along the heat exchange surface and cooled to a temperature just above the solidification temperature thereof. After the coating material leaves the annular opening, the coating material expands in a controlled manner, widening the outer covering layer depending on the adjusted temperature of the coating material, until the coating material begins to solidify. The outer covering layer surface condition can correspond to or be different from the pipe. |
| US10160008B1 |
Aluminum alloy hub polishing color register process
This patent discloses an aluminum alloy hub polishing color register process, specifically comprising the following steps of: polishing a blank, pre-treating, spraying transparent powder 1, curing, placing a hard protector, spraying a colored paint, curing, polishing a color register boundary line off line, pre-treating, spraying transparent powder 2, curing and discharging. The process solves the problems that the polished surface is easily scratched in the color register boundary treatment process and that the treatment efficiency is relatively low in the traditional polished color register products, improves the yield and production efficiency of polished color register products and increases the additional values of the products. |
| US10160005B2 |
Coated articles and methods of making the same
During an example coating method, a metallic substrate is provided. A foundation coat precursor is applied on the metallic substrate. The foundation coat precursor includes a matrix and a plurality of capsules present in the matrix. Each capsule includes a shell and a healing agent surrounded by the shell. A basecoat precursor is applied, and a clearcoat precursor is applied. The metallic substrate, the foundation coat precursor, the basecoat precursor, and the clearcoat precursor are heated i) after each respective application or ii) simultaneously, in order to cure the foundation coat, basecoat, and clearcoat precursors and respectively form a foundation coat, a basecoat, and a clearcoat. The foundation coat is ultraviolet (UV) stable and bonds the metallic substrate to the basecoat and the clearcoat. |
| US10159998B2 |
Measured dose dispensers and methods of using the same
A dispensing closure (10) for dispensing a flowable product (12) from a squeeze-type product container (14) includes a closure body (16) having an upper deck (32), an exit orifice (34), a flow conduit (36) providing a flow path to the exit orifice, and a skirt (40) configured to attach to the product container. A measuring reservoir (26) is received in engagement with a lower surface of the upper deck. The measuring reservoir is filled with a measured dose of flowable product through flow ports (54) when the container is inverted. A piston valve (28) is slidably movable within the measuring reservoir between an open position and a closed position. The piston valve is movable from the open position to the closed position to dispense the measured dose of product responsive to pressure within the container induced by squeezing. |
| US10159997B2 |
Low cost trigger sprayer
A trigger sprayer has a housing, a piston bore within the housing, and a piston reciprocally mounted within the piston bore. The housing further includes a flow passage through which liquid passes from a passage inlet to a passage outlet. An actuator is operable to reciprocate the piston within the piston bore between a vacuum stroke creating reduced pressure in the piston bore and a compression stroke creating increased pressure in the piston bore. A valve assembly within the flow passage controls the flow of liquid through the flow passage upon operation of the actuator. The valve assembly further comprises a check valve and a priming valve. The sprayer has a closure for mounting the sprayer to a container. The valve seat for the check valve is in a component formed separately from and operatively connected to the housing. |
| US10159993B1 |
Combination shower head
A shower head comprises a mounting base, a locating base hinged onto the mounting base, a handheld shower head detachably connected to the locating base and a main shower head connected to the locating base. The main shower head is annular or strip-shaped, and the main shower head can surround the outside of the handheld shower head and jointly form a top shower head with the handheld shower head. The main shower head is rotatably connected to the locating base, to adjust the included angle between the water spraying surface of the main shower head and the water spraying surface of the handheld shower head. There is an access clearance between the inner recessed rim of the main shower head and the outer rim of the handheld shower head. |
| US10159987B2 |
Shredder comprising one or more nozzle assemblies
A shredder comprises one or more nozzle assemblies each including an elastic element configured to work in conjunction with the nozzle and the nozzle housing such that the nozzle is held in the home position when in an unloaded rest condition and as a result of an impact temporarily moves in the direction of the impact position. |
| US10159979B2 |
Microfluidic device for high-volume production of monodisperse emulsions
A high volume microfluidic system for producing emulsions includes a fluid distribution network to produce uniformly sized emulsions and encapsulates. |
| US10159977B2 |
System and method for performing droplet inflation
The present invention generally pertains to a system for performing droplet inflation, and methods and kits comprising the same. The system comprises at least one microfluidic channel comprising one or more droplets flowing therein, one or more fluid reservoirs, one or more inflators, one or more inflator nozzles, and at least one mechanism for disrupting an interface between a droplet and a fluid. The present invention provides for the inflation of a relatively controlled volume of fluid into a droplet resulting in an increase in the volume of the droplet relative to its volume prior to inflation and, accordingly, dilution of the concentration of species, if any, previously present and emulsified in the droplet. |
| US10159973B2 |
Sample liquid preparing apparatus, test kit, and sample liquid preparing method
A sample liquid preparing apparatus includes a first cylinder portion, a cap portion, and a liquid preparation vessel. The first cylinder portion has a first to-be-fixed portion and a second to-be-fixed portion. The first cylinder portion accommodates a first plug and a second plug. A liquid is sealed between these plugs. The cap portion includes a plunger portion to push the second plug and a first fixing portion to limit the plunger portion from pushing the second plug by fixing the first to-be-fixed portion. The liquid preparation vessel includes a second cylinder portion whose internal space is pressed by the first cylinder portion and a second fixing portion to limit the first cylinder portion from pushing by fixing the second to-be-fixed portion. |
| US10159969B2 |
Ammonia synthesis at moderate conditions using hydrogen permeable membrane reactors
The present invention relates to a method to synthesize ammonia at moderate conditions. The present invention also relates to a new chemical reactor configuration to achieve ammonia synthesis at moderate pressures and temperatures, and methods to make membranes for use in ammonia synthesis. |
| US10159968B1 |
Method of making ZSM-based catalyst and forming a propylene/ethylene mixture
A method of producing propylene and ethylene from a butene-containing hydrocarbon stream by cracking olefin compounds in the butene-containing hydrocarbon stream in the presence of a core-shell ZSM catalyst, wherein the core-shell ZSM catalyst comprises a ZSM-5 core and a silica shell disposed thereon. Various embodiments of the method of producing propylene and ethylene, and the method of making the core-shell ZSM catalyst are also provided. |
| US10159964B2 |
High charge density metallophosphate molecular sieves
A family of highly charged crystalline microporous metallophosphate molecular sieves designated PST-19 has been synthesized. These high charge density metallophosphates are represented by the empirical formula of: Rp+rA+mM2+xEyPOz where A is an alkali metal such as potassium, R is an organoammonium cation such as tetraethylammonium, M is a divalent metal such as zinc and E is a trivalent framework element such as aluminum or gallium. The PST-19 family of materials are among the first MeAPO-type molecular sieves to be stabilized by combinations of alkali and quaternary ammonium cations, enabling unique compositions. The PST-19 family of molecular sieves has the SBS topology and catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes and separation properties for separating at least one component. |
| US10159963B2 |
Catalyst for conversion of oxygenates to aromatics
Catalyst compositions including a zeolite having a molar ratio of silicon to aluminum of about 10.0 to about 300.0; a Group 10-12 element and combinations thereof; a Group 15 element and combinations thereof; and optionally, a binder, wherein the catalyst composition has a molar ratio of Group 15 element to Group 10-12 element of about 0.01 to about 10.0 are disclosed. Methods of converting organic compounds to aromatics using such catalyst compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10159958B2 |
LNT catalyst
A lean NOx trap (LNT) catalyst includes a plurality of carriers connected to each other in series, wherein each of the carriers is embedded with at least one of a first wash coat containing magnesium (Mg)-substituted alumina, ceria (CeO2), barium (Ba), and a precious metal, a second wash coat containing magnesium (Mg)-substituted alumina, ceria (CeO2), barium (Ba), a third wash coat containing magnesium (Mg)-substituted alumina, ceria (CeO2), and a fourth wash coat containing magnesium (Mg)-substituted alumina, ceria (CeO2), and a higher content of a precious metal than the first wash coat, a ratio of the magnesium-substituted alumina to ceria (CeO2) being lower than that of the third wash coat, wherein the third and first wash coats are disposed in a foremost carrier through which exhaust gas passes sequentially from a front portion of the foremost carrier. |
| US10159957B2 |
Zirconium phosphate recharging customization
The invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for recharging zirconium phosphate in a reusable zirconium phosphate sorbent module. The devices, systems, and methods provide for customization of the zirconium phosphate effluent pH based on the needs of the user and system. The devices systems and methods also provide for calculation of the volumes of recharge solution needed for fully recharging the zirconium phosphate modules. |
| US10159956B2 |
Water absorbing material and manufacturing method thereof
A water absorbing material which can reduce burden on the environment in disposal and can be manufactured at low cost, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The water absorbing material contains paper obtained by separating polyvinyl chloride from vinyl chloride wallpaper as a raw material. |
| US10159954B2 |
Microchannel reactors and fabrication processes
A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising: (a) loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels; and, (b) ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit. |
| US10159951B2 |
FCC feed injector with improved atomization
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for mixing and atomizing a hydrocarbon stream using a diluent/dispersion stream. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: an inner conduit and an outer conduit concentric to each other to define an annular space, said outer conduit having an inlet for receiving the hydrocarbon stream and an outlet for dispensing a mixture comprising the hydrocarbon and the dispersion/diluent streams; a diluent/dispersion steam distributor being in connection with the inner conduit and defining a central orifice and a first set of orifices, said first set of orifices adapted to direct a first portion of the dispersion/diluent stream into the annular space and said central orifice adapted to direct a second portion of the diluent/dispersion stream into the inner conduit; at least one contraction member and expansion member, said contraction member located downstream of the first set of orifices and said expansion member located downstream said expansion member; the inner conduit located downstream of said expansion member comprises a second set of orifices, said second set of orifices disposed on a periphery of the inner conduit and adapted to dispense a second portion of the dispersion/diluent stream into the annular space. |
| US10159943B2 |
Carbon membrane for fluid separation, fluid separation membrane module, and method for producing carbon membrane for fluid separation
The present invention provides a carbon membrane for fluid separation with which a high-pressure fluid can be separated and purified and which has excellent pressure resistance and is less apt to be damaged. The present invention relates to a carbon membrane for fluid separation, including: a core layer which has a co-continuous porous structure; and a skin layer which has substantially no co-continuous porous structure and is formed around the core layer. |
| US10159940B2 |
Method for cleaning hollow fiber membrane module
An efficient method is provided for cleaning hollow fiber membrane modules, the method being capable of efficiently removing substances accumulated inside hollow fiber membrane modules. The internal liquid on the raw liquid side of the hollow fiber membrane module (3) is discharged from a lower end face nozzle (19) of the hollow fiber membrane module (3) while air-cleaning is performed. The method for cleaning hollow fiber membrane modules is characterized in that the rate of liquid discharge from the lower end face nozzle of the hollow fiber membrane module (3) when discharging the internal liquid from the lower end face nozzle is adjusted so that the air supplied from the lower end face nozzle of the hollow fiber membrane module (3) through the aeration holes is supplied to the hollow fiber membrane module (3). |
| US10159939B2 |
Reverse osmosis system
A method is provided for sanitizing a reverse osmosis system to supply high-purity permeate. Included in the method is supplying raw water to a feed tank and to a filter module using a raw-water inlet line having an inlet valve. A primary circuit is provided, and has a first pump connected to the filter module. A secondary circuit is provided, and has a second pump and a heater, both of which are connected to the filter module. The primary circuit is separated from the secondary circuit using a semipermeable membrane disposed in the filter module. The secondary circuit of the reverse osmosis system is cleaned or disinfected while the raw-water inlet line is in a disconnected state and the inlet valve is in a closed state using the second pump and the heater. |
| US10159936B2 |
Reverse osmosis membrane filtering device
A reverse osmosis membrane filtering device includes: a water-collecting member including at least one water collecting pipe, and having a plurality of sections each of which has a plurality of water collecting apertures; at least one filter assembly disposed around the plurality of sections, the at least one filter assembly including a filter member including a reverse osmosis membrane; at least one insertion tube disposed inside the water-collecting member and defining a plurality of permeate-water channels corresponding to the plurality of sections inside the water-collecting member in cooperation with at least one seal member; and a pressure adjusting device configured to increase a pressure of at least one of the plurality of permeate-water channels to a pressure higher than that of another one of the plurality of permeate-water channels. |
| US10159934B2 |
Exhaust gas purification catalyst
Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst that combines reduction of pressure loss and enhancement of purification performance. This invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising a wall-flow-type substrate and first and second catalytic layers. The first catalytic layer is provided to the interior of a partition wall, in contact with an entrance cell, from an exhaust inlet-side end in the running direction, having a length L1 less than Lw. The second catalytic layer is provided to the interior of a partition wall, in contact with an exit cell, from an exhaust outlet-side end in the running direction, having a length L2 less than Lw. An internal portion of partition wall in contact with entrance cell has a substrate-exposing segment near the exhaust outlet-side end. |
| US10159933B2 |
Method for producing oxide layer material in landfill field for treating methane gas by using household refuse
The application provides an oxide layer material capable of adsorbing and degrading methane gas, which is obtained by a method comprising the steps of: 1) subjecting a cracked household refuse to aerobic biological pretreatment; 2) subjecting the material which has been subjected to the aerobic biological pretreatment to biological stabilizing treatment; and 3) adding copper chloride, potassium sulfate, magnesium oxide, and a composite bacterial agent for oxidizing methane gas to the material which has been subjected to the biological stabilizing treatment to obtain the oxide layer material capable of adsorbing and degrading methane gas. This disclosure further discloses a method for preparing the oxide layer material capable of adsorbing and degrading methane gas described above. |
| US10159932B2 |
Use of porous glass media for a biofilter to remove odorous compounds from an air stream
A system for removing undesirable compounds from contaminated air includes a biofilter having porous glass media. Hydrogen sulfide is removed from contaminated air by passing the contaminated air through the biofilter. |
| US10159929B1 |
Ammonia-adding system for ammonia-based desulfurization device
Ammonia-adding apparatus and methods for ammonia-based desulfurization use multi-stage control, calculate a theoretical amount of ammonia based on gas amounts provided by an inlet continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) and an outlet CEMS of the ammonia-based desulfurization device or associated gas amounts, a SO2 concentration provided by the inlet CEMS, and a predetermined SO2 concentration of the outlet CEMS. The apparatus and methods calculate a corrected theoretical amount of ammonia using half of the ratio of the actual amount of added ammonia to the actual amount of removed sulfur dioxide as a correction coefficient for the theoretical amount of ammonia; add an ammonia absorbent equivalent to the corrected theoretical amount of ammonia to the ammonia-based desulfurization device through an ammonia metering means and an ammonia control valve, and automatically control the actual ammonia flow rate based on the actual SO2 concentration and a change trend provided by the outlet CEMS. |
| US10159928B2 |
Method for treating a flue gas stream with a sorbent composition having pneumatic conveyance capabilities
Sorbent compositions including sorbent particles of a small particle sized sorbent with increased pneumatic conveyance properties. The sorbent compositions have relatively small median particle size and have a controlled particle size distribution (PSD). Specifically, the sorbent compositions include a relatively small percentage of very fine particles, such as a small percentage of particles having a particle size of not greater than about 5 μm. The sorbent compositions are particularly useful for the treatment of a flue gas stream to remove mercury from the flue gas stream. |
| US10159927B2 |
High purity gas purifier
High-purity gas purifiers for purification of corrosive gases, such as halogen gases or halide gases, and noncorrosive gases, such as hydrogen and inert gases, methods of making and methods of using the gas purifiers, are described. The gas purifier includes a housing made of nickel or stainless steel. Within the housing, the gas purifier includes a purifier resin, including a modifier coated onto a substrate. The gas purifier further includes porous nickel membranes located at the inlets and outlets of the device. The inlets and outlets are capable of fluid communication with external fixtures. |
| US10159923B2 |
Hollow filter element, grip device of a hollow filter element, and filter device with at least one hollow filter element
A hollow filter element of a filter device for filtering air is arranged exchangeably in a filter housing of the filter device so that at least one air inlet of the filter housing for air to be filtered is separated from at least one air outlet of the filter housing for filtered air. The hollow filter element is provided with at least one filter bellows made of at least one filter medium surrounding at least one element interior circumferentially relative to an element axis of the hollow filter element. At least one grip device is arranged at an end face of the at least one filter bellows that is not provided for passage of air in operation of the hollow filter element. The hollow filter element can be gripped by the at least one grip device at least for installation into or removal from the filter housing. |
| US10159922B2 |
Apparatus for removing contaminated material
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for removing a contaminated material, the apparatus comprising: a housing having a first duct and a second duct; a plurality of partition walls slantly installed at the inside wall of the housing to form a zigzag air current; and a adsorbent discharging unit installed inside the housing to discharge an adsorbent to the zigzag air current. |
| US10159921B2 |
Inertial impact type energy recovering and dust removing apparatus
Disclosed herein is an inertial impact type energy recovering and dust removing assembly comprising: a first blade inclined with respect to a flow of a high temperature contaminated gas by a predetermined angle to thereby be inclined with respect to a direction of a wind of the high temperature contaminated gas by a predetermined angle; a second blade extended from the first blade while having a bending angle; and a heat pipe formed at a connection point between the first blade and the second blade. |
| US10159920B2 |
Sintered Fe—Al based porous alloy material with high-temperature oxidization resistance and filtering elements
Disclosed are a sintered Fe—Al based alloy porous material with high temperature oxidation resistance and a filter element using same. The porous material has a porosity of 30-60% and an average pore diameter of 0.5-50 μm, and has that: a) it mainly consists of three elements of Fe, Al and Cr, and the total weight of these three elements accounts for at least 90% of the weight of the porous material, wherein the weight of Fe is 60-85% of the total weight of Fe and Al, and the weight of Cr is 10-30% of the total weight of Fe, Al and Cr; b) the Cr in the porous material mainly presents in the form of a chromium compound of a Fe—Al based compound, or mainly presents in the form of a chromium compound of the Fe—Al based compound and FeCr, and is almost uniformly dispersed in the porous material; and c) it has a tensile strength≥45 MPa, an air flux≥80 m3/m2·KPa·h for the sintered Fe—Al based alloy porous material with a thickness≤5 mm, a weight loss rate of at most 0.5% after being immersed into a NaOH solution with a mass fraction of 10% at room temperature for 15 days, and a material weight gain rate of at most 0.25% after being kept at 1000° C. in air for 90 hours. |
| US10159919B2 |
Filter alignment device
A removable device that ensures that the port of a filter cartridge is liquid tightly sealed to the port of the head of a housing even when there is insufficient room beneath the bowl to allow one to physically secure the cartridge port to the head port before securing the head and bowl together. The invention uses one or more removably attached alignment devices to center the cartridge in the bowl and maintain it at a height sufficient to ensure that the two ports are aligned and liquid tightly sealed to each other when the bowl and head are mated together. |
| US10159917B2 |
Filter device having a diverging cleaning duct with internal partitions
A filter device includes a housing with an end part and a side wall and containing an axially arranged array of filter elements, such as ceramic elements. An inlet in the end part supplies fluid to the filter elements and an outlet in the side wall is provided for transporting filtered fluid from the housing, the side wall of the filter device being provided with a cleaning duct for supplying cleaning fluid to the filter elements via the side wall. The cleaning duct 6 includes a distal channel portion 15 having a relatively small diameter D1 and a proximal portion 16 adjacent the side wall having a relatively large diameter D2. A number of partitions 36, 37 extend in the proximal portion from a position at or near the sidewall towards the distal channel portion 15 at an angle (β) to a center line 20 of the cleaning duct 6. |
| US10159916B2 |
Syringe filter
The present invention provides a syringe for filtering a liquid comprising: a housing with a plunger slidable therein; an inlet for taking in liquid from a liquid source into the housing; an outlet for expelling liquid from the inside of the housing; a filter; and a rotatable valve member being rotatable between a first position and a second position; wherein rotation of the valve member to the first position permits liquid that is drawn through the inlet into the housing by pulling the plunger to bypass the filter, and rotation of the valve member to the second position forces liquid that is expelled from the inside of the housing by pushing the plunger to pass through the filter and out of the outlet. |
| US10159915B2 |
Device and method for degassing liquids
Devices for the removal of gases and/or volatilizable contaminants from liquids are described. In one example device, a liquid fluid containing dissolved gases and/or volatilizable contaminants are passed through at least one local constriction in a flow-through chamber at a sufficient pressure and flow rate to create cavitation bubbles in the liquid flow. The dissolved gases and/or volatilizable contaminants migrate into the cavitation bubbles. The velocity of the liquid flow is then reduced, which allows for the cavitation bubbles in the liquid flow to coalesce. The velocity of the liquid flow can then be reduced further, resulting in additional coalescing of the cavitation bubbles. The cavitation bubbles that contain the gases and/or volatilizable contaminants can then be separated from the liquid flow. The separation generally leaves a liquid flow product that may have a concentration of one or more gases or volatilizable contaminants lower than the starting liquid flow. |
| US10159913B2 |
Degassing liquid eluent of a preparative SFC fluid chromatography system
Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for degassing a supersaturated solution. An example degasser is described having a continuous body of gas-permeable tubing to remove an amount of a gas from the supersaturated solution below the gas's saturation point in the supersaturated solution. The degasser can be connected to at least one of a fraction collector or a detector. The example degasser is sized and/or positioned to cause a change in pressure (ΔP) across the degasser to drive removal of a dissolved gas from a supersaturated solution passing through the degasser. As a result of the reduction of gas, efficiencies in system flow and fraction collection are achieved. |
| US10159910B2 |
Sealing mechanism and sealing method
The invention relates to a sealing mechanism and to a method which forms the basis for the former and in which a clamping ring which loads a sealing element compensates for an operationally induced change in the volume which is available for the sealing element, as a result of which the sealing action of the sealing element can be maintained reliably even in the case of high operating pressures. |
| US10159907B2 |
Laminar flow distribution adapter
A laminar path distillation device receives gaseous and/or liquid condensate material from a condenser. The liquid material exits through a bottom-side portal while the gaseous material is further cooled by way of a chilled coil. Some, all, or substantially all of the gaseous material which enters the laminar path distillation device passes there-through in a laminar manner until exiting via an exit portal into an apparatus housing a cold trap. As such, the laminar path of the gas is pulled through via a vacuum and also, in embodiments of the disclosed technology, extends on a diagonal slant downwards through the laminar path distillation device or “cow”. |
| US10159900B2 |
Avatar teleport controller
A virtual reality (VR) game platform has an input mechanism, software executing on a processor from a non-transitory medium, and a display screen displaying, under control of the software, an object at a first position in a virtual environment, the object controllable by a player interacting with the VR game platform to move in the virtual environment viewed by the player from a camera centered on the object, the display screen further displaying a symmetrical region of the environment centered on the controlled object, the symmetrical region expanding in radius at a controlled rate. The player is enabled to select, using the input mechanism, a second position within the expanding symmetrical region to move the object, after which selection the object teleports to the second position, and the camera teleports to the second position as well. |
| US10159899B2 |
Video game processing program, video game processing system and video game processing method
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program product for causing a user terminal to realize functions to control progress of a video game in response to an operation of a user is provided. The functions include: a time measuring function configured to measure an elapsed time for a character on the basis of the elapsed time, the character starting an action; a first updating function configured to update information regarding a gauge, the gauge representing the elapsed time measured by the time measuring function; a second updating function configured to update information regarding a gauge, the gauge representing a value to be increased in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition including a condition that at least the first gauge is in a predetermined state; and a displaying function configured to display a game screen on a display screen of a display device. |
| US10159898B2 |
Server device, method for controlling the same, computer-readable recording medium and game system
A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player. |
| US10159892B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for match-3 strategic adventure
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a board game or an electronic version of the same, including a match-3 component and a strategy game piece component. The game may be implemented as a physical board game or as a computer-executed application. Matches of three or more tokens or icons result in an effect that is applied to game pieces of the player who made the match and/or an opponent of the player who made the match. The effect on game pieces resulting from a match are limited to game pieces positioned within the rows and/or columns that correspond to the rows and/or columns within which the matched tokens or icons are positioned. |
| US10159891B2 |
Method and apparatus for pre-fabricating a synthetic sports field
A system for pre-fabricating a plurality of synthetic turf strips at an indoor facility. The indoor facility is separate from an installation facility for assembling the plurality of strips into a synthetic field. The system includes a plurality of strips for creating the synthetic field and equipment at the indoor facility for prefabricating the plurality of strips. The indoor facility is capable of storing the equipment performing the prefabrication. A floor at the indoor facility is provided, the floor including dimensions that correspond to locations on a field at the installation facility. The dimensions correspond to markings on an underside of each of the plurality of strips. |
| US10159889B2 |
Consensus-scoring wristband for pick-up basketball
A consensus-scoring wristband allows the user to track the points scored in a pick-up basketball game. The wristband is similar in structure and function to a sports wristband, but provides a consensus-scoring function. Each user may quickly add points as they are scored to each team's score, such that the score may be easily kept while participating in the game. A mobile application is also provided, enabling the user to transmit and update the score to a smartphone. The application employs consensus-scoring, such that the input from the wristband users may be relied upon as an accurate score for the game. |
| US10159888B2 |
Location and event tracking system for games of sport
A location-and-event-tracking system includes radio-enabled anchors and tags on a field of play, e.g., a basketball court. Tags are attached to players and to balls or other game-play objects. The system determines the location in space of each of the tags. For tags connected to game-play objects, the system evaluates proximity to players to assess possession of the game-play object. If the game-play-object tag is not sufficiently close to a player for the player to be in possession of the object, the position of the game-play object is evaluated to determine whether the game-pay object is in a goal zone region. If so and the game-play object has been within an attempt zone, i.e., a sub-zone within the goal zone region, then the system determines whether a goal has been made by evaluating whether the game-play object passed in order through a number of sub-regions before, at, and after the goal. |
| US10159882B2 |
Swing and throw training tool
A device is provided that has an arcuate guide disposed about a shoe. The guide has a start point on an inner side of the shoe, an intermediate point on a heel side of the shoe, and an end point on an outer side of the shoe. The guide is angled upward across the heel side from the inner side to the outer side with the angle in a range between 30 degrees to 60 degrees. The start point and end point are positioned on the shoe at a point lower than the intermediate point. An indicator is moveable along the guide. The indicator is an alert that the user has executed proper body motions during a swing or throw, when the indicator traverses from the start point through the intermediate point to the end point. |
| US10159880B1 |
Adjustable metal wood golf club head with moveable weight structure
An adjustable golf club head and weight structure is disclosed. The adjustable golf club head can include a crown, a toe, a hosel, and a sole. The sole of the club head may have one or more tracks located thereon. Each of the one or more tracks can have one or more weights secured therein. Each of the one or more weights can include an upper weight portion, and a lower weight portion. A screw can be positioned to adjoin the upper weight portion and the lower weight portion. The weight can also include a clip fastened to the screw such that the clip retains the screw within bores located in the upper and lower weight portions. In order to prevent the upper and lower weight portions from rotating with respect to one another, the weight can include an alignment portion and an alignment receptacle. |
| US10159873B2 |
Graphene core for a golf ball
A golf ball with a core comprising polybutadiene and graphene is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a single core comprising polybutadiene and graphene. Alternatively, the golf ball has a dual core with an inner core comprising polybutadiene and graphene. Alternatively, the golf ball has a dual core with an outer core comprising polybutadiene and graphene. |
| US10159872B2 |
Balance training device and balance training method
A balance training device includes an inverted two-wheel vehicle, a posture detection unit that detects a posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, a control unit that enables control of the inverted two-wheel vehicle so that the inverted two-wheel vehicle moves according to the posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle detected by the posture detection unit and control of the inverted two-wheel vehicle so that the inverted two-wheel vehicle is forcibly moved in an arbitrary direction irrespective of the posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, and a position determining unit that determines a position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle. When a distance between the obtained position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle and the reference position is greater than or equal to a threshold, the control unit suppresses the control to forcibly move the inverted two-wheel vehicle in a direction from a reference position to the position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle. |
| US10159860B2 |
Article transport facility
An article transport facility is provided in which, when a fire breaks out on a floor below, smoke etc. can be prevented from entering floors above through an opening. An opening, which a raised and lowered member can move through in a vertical direction, is formed in an intermediate floor portion located between the floor above and the floor below. A fire door for opening and closing the opening is provided. A gas ejection device having an ejecting portion for ejecting gas is provided at a lower position than the fire door. The ejecting portion ejects gas horizontally toward an area directly below a gap formed at an edge of the fire door when the opening is closed by the fire door. |
| US10159858B2 |
Leg strap assembly and safety harness including the same
A leg pad assembly for a safety harness, the leg pad assembly including a pair of leg pad portions structured to receive leg straps of the safety harness, a central pad portion connecting the pair of leg pad portions and structured to receive a seat strap of the safety harness, a pair of handles, wherein each handle is attached to one of the pair of leg pad portions, and elastic cording attached to each of the pair of handles and being structured to bias the pair of handles toward each other and against the pair of leg pad portions. |
| US10159846B2 |
Utility module interface
A defibrillator system optimizes the timing and manner of applying a defibrillator charge to a patient based upon data provided to the defibrillator from a utility module or one or more external devices. A parameter module on the utility module provides the defibrillator with patient parameter information. Devices external to the utility module may provide the utility module with coaching data that the utility module may pass through to the defibrillator as a proxy to the external devices. The utility module may also provide external devices with patient data that the utility module may pass through to the external devices as a proxy to the defibrillator on a scheduled or other basis. The utility module may additionally provide a reserve of power to enable defibrillators to be used where power is unavailable and to enable defibrillators to deliver multiple charges more readily anywhere, anytime. |
| US10159842B2 |
System and method for detecting tamponade
Systems, methods, and devices for determining occurrences of a tamponade condition are disclosed. One exemplary method includes monitoring an accelerometer signal of a leadless cardiac pacemaker attached to a heart wall, determining if a tamponade condition of the patient's heart is indicated based at least in part on the monitored accelerometer signal, and in response to determining that the tamponade condition is indicated, providing a notification of the tamponade condition for use by a physician to take corrective action. |
| US10159840B2 |
Active implantable medical device for nerve stimulation therapy with dynamic adjustment of stimulation periods
An active implantable medical device for neurostimulation therapy is disclosed. The device produces stimulation pulse sequences generated continuously in succession during activity periods separated by intermediate inactivity periods during which no stimulation is issued. An input signal, provided by a physiological sensor, representative of cardiac activity and/or of the patient's hemodynamic status is received by circuitry. The circuitry further provides for dynamic control of the neurostimulation therapy, wherein the length of activity periods is modulated based on the current value level of the control parameter compared to a threshold. The duration of the next period of inactivity is calculated by the circuitry at the end of each activity period to maintain a constant duty cycle ratio between periods of activity and periods of inactivity. |
| US10159839B2 |
Site specific deep brain stimulation for enhancement of memory
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for enhancement of memory. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) implanting intracranial electrodes in a patient, wherein the electrodes are placed selectively at a specific brain site; (2) determining a threshold for eliciting an after-discharge threshold of the patient, and (3) stimulating the electrodes with current set below the after-discharge threshold while the patient is in a particular phase of sleep so as to enhance memory of the patient. |
| US10159832B2 |
Electrode with increased stability and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention provides an implantable electrode with increased stability wherein the surface is of the electrode comprises mesh grids which are filled with sticks which are filed with a conducting or insulating material. The present invention further provides a method of manufacturing an electrode with increased stability, comprising: depositing a metal layer on an base layer; applying photoresist layer on the metal layer; patterning the photoresist layer providing openings; electroplating the openings with metal; removing the photoresist layer leaving spaces; and filling the spaces with polymer. |
| US10159831B2 |
Implantable stimulating assembly arrangements
Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to a stimulating assembly of a cochlear implant that includes a perimodiolar flexure. The perimodiolar flexure is formed in a basal section of the stimulating assembly and has elastic properties and a shape so as to, after insertion into the cochlea, position the stimulating contacts disposed in the basal section of the stimulating assembly adjacent to a modiolar wall of the cochlea. |
| US10159828B2 |
Patient fluid line access valve antimicrobial cap/cleaner
Cap and cleaning devices antiseptically maintain patient fluid line access valves to minimize the risk of infection via catheters. The devices have a cap that may contain a dry pad impregnated with an antimicrobial agent. The cap covers the access portion of the access valve when not in use. The devices have a hood that contains a wet pad impregnated with a cleaning solution and, optionally, an antimicrobial agent. The wet pad cleans the access portion of the access valve prior to and optionally, after the access valve is utilized to access the patient fluid line. |
| US10159821B2 |
Perfusion catheters and related methods
This patent document discloses perfusion catheters and related methods for treating complications related to CTO interventions or dilating a vessel occlusion while maintaining a passage through the treated vessel segment. A perfusion catheter can include a balloon formed of an inflatable tube and an elongate shaft having a lumen for providing inflation fluid to, or withdrawing inflation fluid from, the balloon. The inflatable tube can be coiled in a helical manner around a central axis into a series of windings. Adjacent windings can be stacked against and bonded to each other, and an inner surface of the series of windings, when inflated, can define the passage. The elongate shaft can be eccentrically attached to a proximal portion of the balloon and the shaft's lumen can be in fluid communication with the interior of the balloon, specifically the inflatable tube. The inflatable tube can include two different polymer tubes, one slightly smaller than the other. |
| US10159818B2 |
Safety needle system operable with a medical device
A safety needle system operable with a medical device includes: a housing with a needle mount having a needle; and a sheath telescopically engaged with the housing and surrounding the needle such that the sheath operates in a retracted position, in which the sheath exposes the needle, and an extended position, in which the sheath surrounds the needle. The sheath is coupleable to the medical device such that removal of the needle from the medical device draws the sheath over the needle, transitioning the sheath from the retracted position to the extended position. In one embodiment, the system includes a slider engaged with the sheath and/or housing and including a restraint that engages and disengages the sheath to respectively reinforce and weaken the coupling of the sheath and medical device. In another embodiment, the sheath includes a longitudinal track that slidingly engages a setting of the housing between sheath positions. |
| US10159816B2 |
Systems and methods for preventing, mitigating, and/or treating dementia
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for at least one of preventing, reducing, and treating a level of or change in at least one of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide, C-terminal fragment-β (β-CTF), β-secretase (BACE1), γ-secretase, neuroinflammation, and/or dementia (e.g., Alzheimer's disease or age-related decline) in a subject by inducing synchronized gamma oscillations in the brain of the subject using, for example, a stimulus-emitting device to emit a stimulus (e.g., light, sound, and/or haptic) at a frequency (e.g., about 40 Hz) that synchronously activates in vivo a specific cell type (e.g., fast-spiking-parvalbumin (FS-PV) immunoreactive interneurons) and/or brain region (e.g., a sensory cortex and/or hippocampus) of the subject. |
| US10159805B2 |
Contact trigger release needle guard with elastic spring
A needle guard device mountable to a pre-filled syringe in its ready-to-fill state. The device includes a device shield interconnected to a lock collar with flexible member and biased to move relative to the lock collar. The lock collar interfaces with the syringe neck to attach the device to the syringe. As the device shield moves proximally, rotation arms of the lock collar interact with angled cutouts in the device shield, causing the device shield to rotate relative to the lock collar and disengaging one or more keys on the device shield from one or more keyways in the lock collar triggering the device shield to move from a first configuration in which the device shield is retractable to expose a syringe sharp to a second configuration in which the device shield is fixedly positioned to cover the syringe sharp. |
| US10159804B2 |
Reuse prevention mechanism
A reuse prevention mechanism includes a guidance arm with a pin engaged in a guidance contour adapted to control movement of the guidance pin, and a blocking part adapted to block access to a needle in a fourth position of the reuse prevention mechanism. The guidance contour is adapted to constrict linear movement of the reuse prevention mechanism in a direction from a first position to a third position. |
| US10159801B2 |
Assembly for a drug delivery device and drug delivery device
Assembly for a drug delivery device and drug delivery device An assembly for a drug delivery device (1) is described comprising an activation member (6A) adapted and arranged to be axially moved in a delivery direction for triggering a dose delivery operation of the assembly, a first interaction member (17) and a second interaction member (18) which are adapted and arranged to mechanically cooperate with one another during a dose delivery operation of the assembly and to be rotated with respect to one another during the dose delivery operation, wherein the assembly is configured such that movement of the activation member (6A) in the delivery direction brings the interaction members (17, 18) into mechanical contact for generating a friction between the interaction members (17, 18), wherein an amount of friction controls a relative rotational speed of the interaction members (17, 18) during a dose delivery operation. Furthermore, a drug delivery device comprising the assembly is described. |
| US10159797B2 |
Logging device for drug delivery device
An add-on logging device (100, 300) mounted to a drug delivery device is turned on when the cap is removed. After a given amount of time in inactivity the sensor means of the add-on device is turned off automatically to save energy. If the user takes a dose of drug this is not detected as the add-on device is only turned on when the cap is removed. According to the present invention a warning message is provided when the cap is re-mounted after the sensor means has been turned off automatically, the warning message indicating to a user that an expelled dose may not have been detected. |
| US10159796B2 |
Syringe assembly having a telescoping plunger rod
A syringe assembly including a syringe barrel having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining a chamber is disclosed. The syringe assembly includes a stopper disposed within the chamber of the syringe barrel and a plunger rod having an inner member engaged with the stopper and an outer member adapted for telescopic movement with respect to the inner member. The plunger rod is transitionable from a collapsed position, in which a portion of the inner member is nested within the outer member, to an extended position, in which the same portion of the inner member extends outside the outer member. The syringe assembly also includes a stop member configured for cooperation with a portion of the syringe barrel, upon relative movement of the outer member with respect to the inner member, to limit the outward travel of the plunger rod from the syringe barrel. |
| US10159792B2 |
Drug administering device and assembly method therefor
The present disclosure refers to drug administering devices that may include a casing front portion in which a cavity is formed and which includes front connecting means, a drug container received in the cavity, a casing rear portion comprising a piston rod which is displaceable into the cavity, and rear connecting means for releasably connecting to the front connecting means, wherein said casing front portion comprises at least two members which, in locking engagement with each other, delimit a front portion of the cavity and a rear portion having a cross section which is narrower than that of the front portion and too narrow for the drug container to pass. |
| US10159786B2 |
Hybrid ambulatory infusion pumps
Ambulatory infusion pumps, durable assemblies, and disposable assemblies, including energy sources, reservoirs, baseplates, and related components therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods. |
| US10159784B2 |
Initialization of a dosing unit for drug infusion
Disclosed is a method for initializing a dosing unit (20) of an ambulatory infusion system, the method including carrying out a first priming routine. The first priming routine includes: providing the dosing unit (20) with a dosing chamber (202) having a minimal dosing chamber volume, a draining valve (205) being closed and a filling valve (204) being open. The first priming routine further includes measuring an initial reservoir fluid pressure p2 and computing, a first priming volume v1. The method further includes increasing the dosing chamber volume by the first priming volume v1, with the first priming volume v1 being computed such that a reservoir coupling conduit is filled with liquid drug substantially completely at the end of the dosing chamber volume increasing. The first priming routine further includes closing the filling valve (204) and opening the draining valve (205) and emptying the dosing unit (20) by decreasing the dosing chamber volume to the minimal dosing chamber volume. Disclosed are further a control unit for controlling operation of a dosing unit as well as an ambulatory infusion device. |
| US10159777B2 |
Blood processing unit with modified flow path
A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. The heat exchanger may be configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path. |
| US10159775B2 |
Pump preload index/indicator
A method of estimating an amount of work available to be performed by a blood pump implanted in a patient includes calculating a first coordinate value characterizing a volume of blood impelled in the pump and a second coordinate value characterizing a differential pressure across the pump for each of a plurality of flow rate data points of a given cardiac cycle of the patient, each flow rate data point indicative of a flow rate of blood through the pump. An area enclosed by the first and second coordinate values of the plurality of flow rate data points is determined, the determined area being indicative of an amount of work available to be performed by the blood pump. |
| US10159774B2 |
Method for operating a pump device and a pump device
A method may be provided for the operation of a pump device, which comprises at least one pump as well as a suction element which is connected to the at least one pump and which has a suction opening positioned in a cavity of a body of a patient that sucks a fluid by way of producing a reduced pressure in the suction element, wherein an acceleration is measured and monitored during the operation of the pump device, wherein the reduced pressure in the suction element is reduced at least for a limited reaction time period, given the occurrence of an acceleration variable which lies above a fixed threshold valve. A correspondingly configured pump device may be provided. |
| US10159768B2 |
Multi-layer biodegradable device having adjustable drug release profile
Methods and apparatus for a biodegradable multi-layer device suitable for medical applications are provided, wherein the device is formed from multiple film-layers configured to have different characteristics from one another such as different release profiles for therapeutic agents, adhesive properties, stiffness properties, and solubility properties. The film-layers may include a solid fibrinogen component. A device having multiple film-layers may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within or on tissue, and thereafter may be exposed to moisture to take an adherent form on the tissue. The device may include a number of additives, including materials to improve the mechanical properties of the device, or one or more therapeutic or contrast agents. |
| US10159765B2 |
Tissue engineered devices and methods for making same
Tissue engineered constructs and methods for fabricating the disclosed constructs are provided. Some of the disclosed tissue engineered constructs are designed to fill a void in the body due to surgical resection, for example from mastectomy or lumpectomy, wounds and the like. Some disclosed constructs comprise one or more projections designed to mimic the appearance of a structural feature when implanted into a host. |
| US10159764B2 |
Extracellular matrix sheet structures
A sheet structure formed from an extracellular matrix (ECM) composition that includes acellular ECM derived from small intestine submucosa (SIS) tissue, gentamicin and vancomycin. The sheet structure is configured to modulate inflammation of damaged biological tissue and induce cell and tissue proliferation, bioremodeling of the damaged biological tissue, and regeneration of new tissue and tissue structures with site-specific structural and functional properties, when the tissue structure is delivered to the damaged biological tissue. |
| US10159762B2 |
Hemostatic compositions and dressings for bleeding
The present invention provides hemostatic compositions comprising components of the flowers of pharmaceutical chamomile (Chamomilla recutita), the leaves of dioecious nettle (Urtica dioica), kaolin, chitosan, fibrinogen and thrombin. Further inclusion of a biocompatible polymeric base, particularly an alignate, generates a composition with superior and broad spectrum hemostatic capabilities, including the ability to arrest arterial hemorrhage. The invention further provides methods of using the inventive compositions in to reduce or stop bleeding, as well as a variety of apparatuses useful in hemostatic contexts that incorporate the inventive compositions. In one particular embodiment, the invention provides hemostatic dressings in which a polymeric layer incorporating chamomile, nettle, kaolin, chitosan, fibrinogen and thrombin components is applied to a textile or fabric material, for example a non-woven viscose. |
| US10159761B2 |
Sanitizing surfaces
Sanitizing surfaces in a location related to aircraft. There are multiple rows of seats. A sanitization device includes a mobile body configured to travel along the aisle of the aircraft. An arm extends from the sanitization device laterally from the mobile body across the seats, and a source of UV radiation mounted on the sanitization device is directed across the seats exposing surfaces in the passenger area to UV radiation. There can be a unit hand operated, pushed down the aisle by hand, wings deployed and stowed by hand. There can be a plug in version with long extension cords that a human can keep from tangling. The operator can be protected with skin and eye protective gear and there can be remote control by an operator standing nearby. |
| US10159747B2 |
Compounds and compositions for the treatment of ocular disorders
The disclosure describes prodrugs and derivatives of prostaglandins, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, kinase inhibitors, beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists and other drugs, as well as controlled delivery formulations containing such prodrugs and derivatives, for the treatment of ocular disorders. |
| US10159744B2 |
Cross-linked collagen comprising metallic anticancer agents
The disclosure describes collagen constructs comprising anticancer agents, preferably, platinum, and related methods. |
| US10159743B2 |
Non-linear multiblock copolymer-drug conjugates for the delivery of active agents
Non-linear multiblock copolymer-drug conjugates for the treatment and prevention of diseases and disorders of the eye are provided. The polymer-drug conjugates can form nanoparticles, microparticles, and implants that are capable of effectively delivering therapeutic levels of one or more active agents for an extended period of time. Administration to the eye of an active agent in the form of a non-linear multiblock copolymer-drug conjugate produces decreased side effects when compared to administration of the active agent alone. Also provided are methods of treating intraocular neovascular diseases, such as wet age-related macular degeneration as well as diseases and disorders of the eye associated with inflammation, such as uveitis. |
| US10159740B2 |
Compositions with high content of sesamin class compounds
The present invention improves the solubility of sesamin-class compounds in fish oil and/or wheat germ oil. More specifically, γ-orizanol is combined with fish oil and/or wheat germ oil as well as sesamin-class compounds. |
| US10159737B1 |
Guided bone regeneration membrane and manufacturing method thereof
A guided bone regeneration material is disclosed. The guided bone regeneration material includes biodegradable fibers produced by an electrospinning method. The biodegradable fibers produced by the method include a silicon-releasing calcium carbonate and a biodegradable polymer. The silicon-releasing calcium carbonate is a composite of siloxane and calcium carbonate of vaterite phase. The biodegradable fibers may be coated with apatite. When the guided bone regeneration material is immersed in a neutral aqueous solution, silicon species ions are eluted from the calcium carbonate. The guided bone regeneration material excels in bone reconstruction ability. |
| US10159736B2 |
Plant virus particles for delivery of photosensitive agents
Photodynamic virus particles including a plant virus particle associated with a photosensitizing agent are described. Methods of treating cancer in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the photodynamic virus particles and illuminating a cancer-bearing region of the subject to activate the photodynamic virus particles are also described. |
| US10159734B2 |
Magnetic particle control and visualization
Some embodiments provide a system for external manipulation of magnetic nanoparticles in vasculature using a remotely placed magnetic field-generating stator. In one aspect, the systems and methods relate to the control of magnetic nanoparticles in a fluid medium using permanent magnet-based or electromagnetic field-generating stator sources. Such a system can be useful for increasing the diffusion of therapeutic agents in a fluid medium, such as a human circulatory system, which can result in substantial clearance of fluid obstructions, such as vascular occlusions, in a circulatory system resulting in increased blood flow. |
| US10159732B2 |
Stable aqueous formulations of adalimumab
The invention provides aqueous pharmaceutical adalimumab compositions suitable for long-term storage of adalimumab, methods of manufacture of these compositions, methods of administration, and kits containing same. |
| US10159731B2 |
Methods and compositions for inhibiting Akt3
Compounds and compositions for selectively inhibiting Akt3 are provided. Methods of using the compounds are also provided. Because Akt3 modulates the suppressive function of natural Tregs and the polarization of induced Tregs, the disclosed compounds are useful for modulating immune responses. |
| US10159728B2 |
Multivalent VLP conjugates
The invention is directed to vaccines comprising capsular polysaccharides conjugated to one or more components of virus like particles (VLP), and methods for the administration of and methods for the manufacture of vaccines of the invention. Preferably vaccines of the invention generate a therapeutically effective response in an individual in need thereof to multiple strains and/or serotypes of the same or of different infectious agents. Preferably such vaccines generate a therapeutically effective immune response to all pathogenic strains and/or serotypes of the same infectious agent. In particular, the invention is directed to methods and compositions for the cost efficient administration of a vaccine to a patient in need thereof exposing the patient's immune system to only the immunogenic components that are likely to be beneficial for the generation of a protective immunological response, both efficacy and safety are increased and cost effectively. |
| US10159726B2 |
Peptides, combination of peptides and scaffolds for use in immunotherapeutic treatment of various cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10159725B2 |
Composition of tumor-associated peptides and related anti-cancer vaccine for the treatment of gastric cancer and other cancers
The present invention relates to immunotherapeutic peptides and their use in immunotherapy, in particular the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention discloses tumor-associated T-helper cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions which stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. In particular, the composition of the peptides of the present invention can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses against gastric cancers (GC). |